Establish A Long-Lived Family From The Son-In-Law

Chapter 30: Counting the Harvest!

"Are they dead!?"

Lu Changsheng's heart jumped as the golden brick fell, causing a tremor.

He stared fixedly at the three figures in front, the towering golden brick resembling a small mountain.

Under this strike, the three couldn't even let out a scream of agony.

Several defensive spells and black shield artifacts seemed to disappear in an instant when the golden brick struck.

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

After a moment of daze, Lu Changsheng relaxed, his emotions fluctuating slightly as he gasped for breath.

Although talismans didn't consume much spiritual energy, they did consume mental energy. Using nearly twenty of them took a toll on him.

The main issue was that activating the treasure talisman, the golden brick, directly drained more than half of his spiritual energy.

With a thought, Lu Changsheng put away the treasure talisman.

The enormous golden brick immediately retracted its radiance, returning to its original form as a talisman and flying back into Lu Changsheng's hand.

Where the golden brick had landed, it left a huge pit several zhang wide and several zhang deep.

The three robbers had already turned into a pile of bloody mud in an instant.

As for the black shield artifact, it was directly shattered and deformed by the attack of the golden brick, becoming a lump of iron.

"So this is the power of a treasure talisman!? It's terrifying!"

"I'm only at the third level of Qi Refinement, so I can only unleash a portion of its power."

"If I were at the later stage of Qi Refinement or the Foundation Building stage, and I could fully unleash the power of the treasure talisman, it would be astonishing."

Lu Changsheng looked at the three people turned into a pile of flesh in the pit, licked his slightly dry lips, and felt extremely shocked.

This was his first time using a treasure talisman and witnessing its power.

He had thrown more than ten talismans at the three people, but they were all blocked.

But with the treasure talisman, it crushed them effortlessly.

The three had no ability to fight back.

This not only allowed Lu Changsheng to witness the power of the treasure talisman, but also gave him a glimpse of the strength of a Foundation Building cultivator.

Based on the power of the treasure talisman he unleashed at the third level of Qi Refinement, he estimated it was comparable to a single strike from a Foundation Building cultivator.

He didn't dare to think too much, fearing that the commotion just now would attract attention. Lu Changsheng suppressed his nausea and jumped into the deep pit, retrieving the storage bags from the pile of bloody mud.

He used a cleaning spell to remove the bloodstains from the storage bags, then used a flame talisman to destroy any traces of flesh and mud.

Picking up the damaged and deformed lump of iron shield and flying knife artifact nearby, he used a wind control talisman on himself, leaped out of the deep pit, and quickly left the area.

An hour later.

Lu Changsheng, who had restored his original appearance, rode his horse a hundred li away from Niutou Mountain. After confirming that no one was chasing him, he stopped to rest and prepare to restore his spiritual energy.

"Phew!"

"Fortunately, I didn't try to save energy and directly used the talismans after activating them."

"Otherwise, with only low-grade and mid-grade talismans, it would have been impossible to kill those three."

"This cultivation world is truly incredibly dangerous. Even though I'm so cautious, I still ended up being targeted."

"It seems I'll have to be even more careful in the future."

Lu Changsheng found a grove to rest in, recalling the previous situation, and felt a lingering fear as he let out a long breath.

Thinking that he was already so cautious, yet still being targeted, made him realize the level of danger in the cultivation world had risen.

He felt that this cultivation world was like a naked law of the jungle, where the weak were prey to the strong.

Without strength, one would encounter danger and accidents anytime and anywhere.

"It seems joining a faction and relying on a powerful backer is the way to go."

"Although I'm currently under the Lu family's protection, at least there is some guarantee of safety."

Lu Changsheng muttered to himself, realizing the benefits of having a family faction.

In a family sect, although one had to contribute to the collective, at least there were people sheltering and protecting them in the early stages.

After a short meditation, Lu Changsheng couldn't help but shake his head.

The spiritual energy in the secular world was too thin.

It was too slow to recover through meditation alone, and he didn't know when he would fully recover.

He took out a spiritual stone and began to meditate to restore his energy.

After a long time, the translucent spiritual stone became much dimmer.

Most of the time, spiritual stones were used as currency, but they could also be used for cultivation, absorbing the spiritual energy within to accelerate one's progress.

However, for most cultivators, directly using spiritual stones for cultivation was too wasteful.

It was more cost-effective to buy spiritual rice, spiritual tea, spiritual wine, and other spiritual food.

After using a spiritual stone, Lu Changsheng's spiritual power has recovered almost completely.

He took out the storage bags he had taken from the three people and began to count his gains.

"Fortunately, the three of them had storage bags, otherwise I would have suffered a loss."

"I wonder what's in these storage bags, whether it's enough to replenish my energy."

Just now, he used a talisman, which was worth about thirty to forty spiritual stones.

As for the consumption of the talisman, Lu Changsheng himself couldn't estimate it.

But it was worth at least a hundred spiritual stones.

If these three people were poor, it would be a huge loss.

After a while, Lu Changsheng sorted out a total of one hundred and three spiritual stones from the three storage bags.

There was also a flying sword and a bell-shaped magical tool.

Three bottles of Foundation Building Pills, one bottle of Yellow Dragon Pill, one bottle of Clear Spirit Pill, and three bottles of unidentified potions.

Fifteen first-grade talismans, six second-grade talismans, and one third-grade talisman.

As well as some miscellaneous books and items.

"These flying sword, bell, and flying knives all seem to be low-grade magical tools, and they should be worth about fifty spiritual stones each."

"This shield is a magical tool, but all the restrictions inside have been completely damaged. It can only be sold as scrap, I don't know how much it's worth."

"But these three storage bags should be worth about one hundred and fifty spiritual stones."

"Adding up these miscellaneous items, there should be a total of five hundred spiritual stones."

After counting the items of the three people, Lu Changsheng felt much better.

He smacked his lips and exclaimed, "It's true that killing and looting is the fastest way to make money no matter where you are."

When he first arrived at the Lu family, he became a son-in-law and only earned two spiritual stones a month.

As a talisman master, he only earned ten spiritual stones a month.

Selling one hundred talismans today was equivalent to a month's worth of work, and after deducting the cost, he earned about a hundred spiritual stones.

It couldn't compare to the simplicity and speed of killing and looting.

However, Lu Changsheng had no intention of relying on killing and looting to make money.

Not to mention his moral values, he couldn't bring himself to harm innocent people.

It was also too dangerous and didn't fit his style of doing things.

With the system in place, he didn't need to resort to such risky and unorthodox methods.

Marrying a wife, taking concubines, and having children was the right path!

Moreover, he was only a third-level Qi Refining cultivator, and he won this battle relying on talismans and magical tools.

After organizing everything, Lu Changsheng took the long sword and tried to control it.

Cultivators at the third level of Qi Refining could control magical tools with the "Control Technique".

Previously, Lu Changsheng was rewarded with a flying sword at the Lu family because he had his first child, but he sold it without experiencing it.

Now that he had a flying sword in his hand, he couldn't help but want to try it out.

"Whoosh!"

Under Lu Changsheng's control, the flying sword immediately turned into a silver stream of light and shot out.

Ordinary magical tools didn't require refinement and could be controlled with the Control Technique.

Spiritual tools used by Foundation Building cultivators, which possessed spirituality, needed to be refined and recognized by a master to be controlled.

There were also some high-end magical tools made by top-level refiners that required special control techniques to be used.

But those kinds of magical tools were relatively high-end, and this flying sword was obviously not in that category.

Under Lu Changsheng's control, the flying sword was like a silver dragon, emitting sword qi and easily cutting through the surrounding trees like tofu.

Then, with a "pu" sound, it easily pierced through a boulder and turned into a silver light, returning to Lu Changsheng's side.

"It truly is a magical tool!"

"It's no less powerful than a basic spell, but it consumes much less. In a battle between two cultivators, having a magical tool or not makes a world of difference!"

After a simple experience with the flying sword, Lu Changsheng showed a look of joy and exclaimed.

If he used a spell like Fireball, his spiritual power would be almost depleted after using it four or five times.

But if he controlled the flying sword, he estimated that he could use it for about fifteen minutes and launch multiple attacks.

Due to his limited spiritual power, Lu Changsheng didn't try other magical tools. He put away the flying sword and rode his horse towards the Red Whale Gang.

He was ready to meet up with Li Feiyu and then go home to settle his family before returning to Qingzhu Mountain as soon as possible.

It was still too dangerous outside, so he planned to stay at the Lu family to improve his strength and have more children. That was the right path.

(End of this chapter)