Night had fallen, and countless stars twinkled in the sky.
In a courtyard of the Lu Mansion, Lu Yu sat cross-legged in the open air, immersed in cultivation.
Silvery white light swirled around him.
At a glance, Lu Yu's entire body emitted a faint silver glow, resembling a radiant star.
Suddenly, Lu Yu woke up, his eyes sparkling with joy.
After cultivating the Huan Yu Xing Chen Jue for over a month, he finally opened the fourth Star Aperture of the Tianshu Realm, advancing to the middle stage of the Tianshu Realm.
However, he was certain that ordinary people would need at least three months, or even longer, to achieve this.
With the assistance of the mysterious crystal, he was able to accelerate his progress significantly, without worrying about damaging his physique and requiring additional restorative elixirs.
Of course, this month, he only cultivated the Huan Yu Xing Chen Jue at night, reaching such a level.
He had tried to cultivate the Huan Yu Xing Chen Jue during the day, but the results were not satisfactory due to the inability to absorb enough stellar energy. Therefore, he usually practiced this technique at night.
He didn't waste his daytime hours either. Instead, he cultivated the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Technique, a top-grade Heaven-ranked body refinement technique.
Alternating between these two cultivation methods, he felt it was quite effective.
However, Lu Yu felt a little short of time, given that he could only practice this powerful Huan Yu Xing Chen Jue at night.
He decided to visit the family's treasure pavilion tomorrow and use his remaining family contribution points to exchange for some materials containing stellar energy to see if they could help him practice this technique during the day.
If it worked, he would first slightly improve his strength and then take on more family missions to earn more family contribution points to exchange for more stellar materials.
With this decision made, he resumed his cultivation of the Huan Yu Xing Chen Jue.
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Meanwhile, in Lu Tian Ming's courtyard within the Lu Mansion.
Lu Tian Ming sat cross-legged, cultivating the Spiral Tour Seven Spirit Transformation secret technique.
Dragon shadows coiled around him, and lightning phoenix phantoms flickered.
The power was terrifying, with his blood surging and booming sounds reverberating.
Ming Lao, who was cultivating nearby, was startled awake.
Seeing this scene, Ming Lao was speechless.
He couldn't believe that this kid, after merely refining a drop of true dragon essence blood, had actually awakened the True Dragon Battle Body.
Ever since, this kid's cultivation speed for any technique or secret technique was incredibly fast. Ming Lao couldn't help but feel a tinge of envy.
He didn't know what kind of luck this kid had to awaken such a top-tier physique.
He even wondered if Lu Tian Ming's sudden awakening of the True Dragon Battle Body had anything to do with the Lu Mansion's master, who was the reincarnation of a great figure?
After all, that drop of true dragon essence blood was given to this kid by the Lu Mansion's master. If merely refining a drop of essence blood could awaken the True Dragon Battle Body, he wouldn't believe it.
Only those reincarnated great figures, through powerful secret techniques, could possess such uncanny abilities.
Though he suspected this, he couldn't be certain and could only observe further.
However, the stronger Lu Tian Ming became, the more beneficial it would be for him. It meant he had a greater chance of condensing his true body faster.
After pondering for a moment, he slowly retracted his gaze and continued his cultivation.
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Besides Lu Yu and Lu Tian Ming, who were diligently cultivating, other talented individuals like Lu Jian Chen and Lu Si Yin were also striving to improve within the family.
Since they awakened their physique talents, their cultivation speed within the family's excellent training environment had been incredibly fast, a day's progress being equivalent to a hundred days before.
They remembered the kindness of the king towards them, and even more so, the high hopes he had placed upon them.
How could they not diligently cultivate and improve their strength to repay the family's kindness?
Moreover, these four, after being assessed by the elders, had all been promoted to the rank of core disciples within the family.
They were all recognized as the top talents of the Lu family, receiving the most resources.
Although Lu Yu didn't have a top-tier talent, with the help of the mysterious crystal, his strength was increasing at a visible rate, his combat prowess not inferior to Lu Jian Chen and the others, so he was also included in the ranks of core disciples.
For these four, almost all of the family's techniques and martial arts were open to them.
After all, as the family's core members, how could they not be properly nurtured?
Time flew by like a white horse crossing a gap, and soon another half year passed.
During this half year, everything within the family had progressed rapidly.
Especially after the family's fortune increased, many family members, when traveling, had the chance to experience unexpected good fortune.
For example, they might purchase a few spirit herbs from a vendor, only to discover that they were mutated, high-grade spirit herbs with their effectiveness amplified several times.
Or they might be on the verge of being killed by a beast, only to have a lightning bolt strike from the heavens and kill the beast.
There were many such unexpected fortunate events, all happening within this half year.
It could be seen how important family fortune was for the entire clan.
Besides these fortunate incidents, the most joyous thing was the significant improvement in the overall strength of the family.
First, the Great Elder, possessing the Gengen Metal Body, advanced the fastest, reaching the sixth level of the Hun Gong Soul Palace Realm.
Although the other eight core elders didn't possess a spirit body, under the influence of the Lu Mansion's rich cultivation environment and the provision of numerous resources.
They all advanced to the fifth level or above of the Xuan Dan Essence Pill Realm, and even two had broken through to the peak of the Xuan Dan Realm, just a step away from the Hun Gong Realm.
Apart from these core elders, twelve of the other elders from the three branches had also stepped into the Xuan Dan Realm.
As for Jiang Xuan Ya, who possessed the Xuan Bing Profound Ice Spirit Body, she had already broken through to the fourth level of the Hun Gong Realm, reaching the same level as the Great Elder.
So far, the older generation of the Lu Mansion possessed two Hun Gong Realm and twenty Xuan Dan Realm experts.
Besides the significant progress of the older generation, the younger generation also boasted outstanding talents.
Individuals like Lu Tian Ming, Lu Jian Chen, and Lu Si Yin, as core members, although their starting cultivation levels were lower, with their inherent talents and half a year of effort, they had caught up with the older generation's core elders and successively stepped into the mid to late stage of the Xuan Dan Realm.
As for the cultivation levels of other younger generations, they had also made varying degrees of progress.
There were nearly a hundred young people who had entered the Zi Fu Purple Mansion Realm, all potential stocks for the Lu Mansion. Although their talents couldn't compare to Lu Tian Ming, Lu Jian Chen, and the others, with the abundance of resources provided by the Lu Mansion, their future achievements wouldn't be low.
Within this half year, Lu Yu had also cultivated both the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Technique and the Huan Yu Xing Chen Jue to completion.
Lu Yu had cultivated the Huan Yu Xing Chen Jue to the third level, breaking through to the middle stage of the Tian Ji Tianshu Realm, completely opening thirty Star Apertures.
Of course, the Lu Mansion's greatest progress came from Lu Qing Xuan and Ling Xi Yue.
Up to now, Lu Qing Xuan had cultivated his strength to the eighth level of the Shen He Divine Fusion Realm.
Besides his cultivation advancement, he had also achieved great progress in other aspects.
His sword intent had reached the sixth level, approaching the state of perfection.
Generally, the comprehension level of martial techniques and intents is divided into: one level for entry, three levels for initial perfection, five levels for minor perfection, seven levels for major perfection, nine levels for peak, and ten levels for completeness.
Apart from sword intent, Lu Qing Xuan's soul power, through cultivating the Nine Revolutions Divine Grinding Observation Technique, had reached a level comparable to a peak Nirvana Realm cultivator.
The Purple Clarity Saint Pole Domination Scripture had also reached the fourth level, his physical strength was terrifying, powerful enough to shatter top-grade Heaven-ranked magic artifacts with his bare hands.
As for other martial techniques and secret techniques, Lu Qing Xuan had also cultivated them to some degree of mastery.
Even Lu Qing Xuan himself didn't know how strong he was.
Similarly, Ling Xi Yue, with her remarkable talent, under the constant nourishment of Lu Qing Xuan, had also broken through to the fourth level of the Shen He Realm.
However, because she was nearing her due date, she had been resting diligently for the past period.
In a few days, the first offspring of Lu Qing Xuan and Ling Xi Yue would arrive.
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