plumnovel Chapter 52: The Lu Siblings
Chapter 52: The Lu Siblings
"Wenqing, hurry up! That dragon tongue flower should bloom today! If we're too late, someone else will pick it and we'll miss our chance! The Azure Flame Immortal Sect will be coming to Dragon Lake Mountain to recruit disciples in three months!" A young man's voice rang out.
After a few breaths, Yang Jiuli used his divine sense to see a young man dressed in a blue outfit with his trouser legs tied tightly with ropes, moving like a nimble monkey among the ancient trees in the mountains.
Behind him was a girl in a green dress, with delicate features and a pair of large, bright eyes; she was quite beautiful.
They are a brother and sister.
The boy's name was Lu Wenzheng, and he was 15 years old.
The girl's name is Lu Wenqing, and she is 13 years old.
"Brother, be careful! If you make too much noise and disturb the great demon in the mountain, it will be bad!" The girl moved like a fox, her feet barely touching the ground. With a few flashes, she chased after the boy.
"The great demons in the mountains have already been wiped out several times. Besides, we have prepared 'Swift Wind Talismans' this time. Even if we can't defeat those long snakes, we can still escape." Lu Wenzheng laughed heartily, clearly having made preparations for this trip.
However, he slowed down his movements while speaking.
Lu Wenqing then caught up closely.
"A cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining..."
"First level of Qi Refining... Sure enough, there are cultivators nearby." Yang Jiuli sensed the cultivation levels of the two people with his divine sense.
The boy is at the second level of Qi Refining.
The girl is at the peak of the first level of Qi Refining.
"The Azure Flame Immortal Sect will be accepting disciples in three months?" Yang Jiuli pondered these two important pieces of information.
"Looks like this is an opportunity!" he thought to himself, a slight thrill rising within him.
In the world of cultivation, anyone who can establish a sect must have at least a second-tier spiritual vein.
Even a third-order spiritual vein.
If one could join a cultivation sect, one's cultivation would be twice as effective with half the effort.
As he murmured, Yang Jiuli continued to secretly observe the young man.
The young man's cultivation level was too low. Although he had developed divine sense, he did not notice Yang Jiuli's surveillance.
This is because Yang Jiuli has cultivated the "Concealing Spirit Technique," which allows him to effectively conceal the aura of his released divine consciousness.
Unless one is a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining, they would definitely not be able to detect it.
After a short while, the boy drew closer and closer.
Yang Jiuli realized that the boy had come from the direction of the mountain stream where he was.
"Is this where we came from?" Yang Jiuli whispered.
Immediately, he withdrew his divine sense and sensed the surrounding area of the mountain stream.
On a mountain wall ahead, beside a long stretch of green moss, stood a magical flower, which began to slowly bloom.
The roots of this spiritual flower resemble a small dragon, while its blooming flowers resemble the forked tongue of a snake.
Therefore, it is called dragon tongue flower.
"It's actually agave... It seems this young man came for this!" Yang Jiuli murmured.
The medicinal properties of agave flower can not only cleanse the marrow and essence, but also remove impurities from the spiritual root, allowing the spiritual root to better absorb spiritual energy.
It is difficult to improve the quality of one's spiritual root after birth, but it will become clouded and impure due to the absorption of impurities by the human body, which will affect cultivation.
If cleansed with agave flowers, it can restore its original state, making cultivation twice as effective with half the effort.
The Lu siblings were worried that the immortal sect was going to recruit disciples, but they were afraid that their cultivation level was not high enough and they would be rejected.
Therefore, he wanted to pick the dragon tongue flower to cleanse his spiritual root and increase his cultivation speed.
After glancing at the agave flower, Yang Jiuli withdrew his divine sense.
He already had a plan in mind.
Perhaps picking agave flowers would be of some benefit to oneself.
However, they would miss an opportunity to integrate into this cultivation world.
"Someone's coming!" At that moment, Qin Zhixue's eyelids twitched as she sensed the sound of wind breaking in the distance.
Tang Yifan shuddered and looked over warily.
"Don't panic..." Yang Jiuli said, "We can use this opportunity to leave the deep mountains!"
"To leave using this method?" Tang Yifan's heart stirred.
"If they ask, just say we are ordinary martial arts practitioners from the neighboring county. We went into the mountains to gather herbs and were accidentally chased by a giant tiger, which caused us to fall down," Yang Jiuli said. Although he had already given these instructions, he couldn't help but add a few more words to prevent his identity from being exposed.
After all, coming from another planet would surely bring about a great disaster if it were discovered.
As for killing Tang Yifan and Qin Zhixue to silence them?
Tang Yifan and Qin Zhixue ultimately had some connection with Yang Jiuli.
If I were to actually commit such an act of annihilation, I would surely develop inner demons when I attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, leading to my death and the dissipation of my cultivation.
Yang Jiuli would never do something that would ruin his future.
He was not an evil cultivator after all.
Of course, Yang Jiuli would not hesitate to retaliate if someone tried to harm him.
He has his own bottom line.
"Yes!" Tang Yifan nodded.
Qin Zhixue nodded slightly.
A short while later, at the end of the ravine, a figure flashed in the thicket of thorns a dozen meters away, and a boy leaped into the ravine.
This young man was none other than Lu Wenzheng.
As soon as he leaped into the mountain stream and landed on the pebbles by the creek, Lu Wenzheng's gaze sharpened, and he looked ahead with a wary expression.
Lu Wenqing also landed.
As soon as she landed, she saw her brother reach out to her, signaling her not to go any further.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Lu Wenqing blinked his clear, watery eyes and peeked out.
Upon seeing this, she was startled.
"Someone's there!" Lu Wenqing pulled her head back and shrank to her brother's side, a hint of fear in her eyes.
Lu Wenzheng then looked at the three people in the mountain stream.
At this moment, Tang Yifan and Qin Zhixue also looked at Lu Wenzheng and his sister.
"They're not Qi Refining cultivators!" Lu Wenzheng withdrew his gaze from the three people, his tense nerves relaxing slightly.
Then he glanced at the scattered branches in the mountain stream and the ancient tree that was a hundred meters tall.
There were broken branches on the ancient tree, suggesting that the people had fallen from a great height and were injured.
"Don't be afraid!" Lu Wenzheng then said to his younger sister beside him.
He was already a Qi Refining Level 2 cultivator, and he also had several low-grade talismans with him, so he was naturally not afraid of ordinary martial artists.
"Hmm!" Lu Wenqing nodded, blinking her long eyelashes as she looked at Yang Jiuli and the other two.
At the same time, he glanced out of the corner of his eye at the mountain wall on one side in front of him.
Seeing that the agave flower was still there, Lu Wenqing breathed a sigh of relief.
"Where are you from? What brings you here?" Lu Wenzheng asked Yang Jiuli and the other two with a wary look on his face.
"Hehe, young man, we are martial arts practitioners who came to the mountains to gather herbs. We accidentally encountered a large mountain tiger and fell into this ravine."
Yang Jiuli bowed slightly and said.
"A martial arts master who gathers herbs?" Lu Wenzheng glanced at Yang Jiuli, then at Qin Zhixue beside him.
Upon seeing Qin Zhixue, he paused slightly, thinking to himself, "This lady is so beautiful..."
Qin Zhixue is the young master of the Famous Sword Manor. In the martial arts world of the Great Wei, few women can compare to her status.
She naturally developed a noble air that ordinary women could not possess.
Although Lu Wenzheng was a Qi Refining cultivator.
However, the spiritual energy in Longhu Town, where he lived, was scarce, and they were just the lowest level of cultivators.
Even if some women have extraordinary qualities, they are only slightly more lively than ordinary mortals.
But Qin Zhixue now has a cool and aloof temperament, as well as a certain nobility, which is not something that ordinary Qi cultivators can cultivate.
Therefore, Lu Wenzheng was stunned at first glance.