Qingyun Sect, outside the main gate.
“Lu Daoist, why are you helping me like this?”
Zhao Qingqing looked at Lu Changsheng with complex emotions and asked in a daze.
“Don’t ask. If you ask, it’s because I crave your body.”
Lu Changsheng saw the turmoil in Zhao Qingqing’s heart and said with a light laugh.
“Ah…”
Upon hearing his words, Zhao Qingqing’s mind buzzed, and she was somewhat stupefied.
Although she had such a guess in her heart, she never expected Lu Changsheng to respond like this.
Her heart immediately started ‘thumping’ with fast beats.
She immediately cupped her hands in thanks and then quickly entered the gate.
If someone else were to be so frivolous, she would naturally scold them coldly.
But when Lu Changsheng spoke like that, it really made her stupefied, dizzy, and her heart inexplicably sped up.
After all these years, she had a rather positive impression of Lu Changsheng.
Apart from being somewhat promiscuous, she couldn’t pick out any other faults with him.
In particular, she envied his usual leisurely, easy-going and carefree attitude towards life.
Although she had a certain pursuit in cultivation, she was not firmly committed to the Great Dao.
Deep down, she truly yearned for a leisurely life dedicated to cultivating spirit plants and healing others.
“Huff….”
Zhao Qingqing let out a long breath to calm herself, muttering to herself, “Lu Daoist must have seen the confusion in my heart and made that joke to help me relax, not overthink, and focus on my Foundation Establishment.” ṞàꞐОᛒƐṢ
However, she keenly sensed in her heart that she wasn’t very opposed to Lu Changsheng.
Not like when facing the grandson of her own master….
“Hehe.”
Outside the gate, Lu Changsheng saw Zhao Qingqing leave in a bit of a hurry and chuckled lightly.
Although his words were a joke, they did carry a bit of truth.
Zhao Qingqing, having only a Sixth Grade Spiritual Root but still being a Vegbody, caught his interest.
He had once read in ancient books that if both parents were Spiritual Bodies, their offspring had a higher probability of being born with a Spiritual Body.
However, the chances of birthing a Spiritual Body were exceedingly low, and no one could specify exactly—there was just such a theory.
Furthermore, if she could break through to Foundation Establishment with her Vegbody, it would indeed boost the path of spirit plant cultivation significantly.
In turn, it could be of certain help to his own Golden Armor Bean Mother, Luminous Treasure Tree and even the Abyssal Ghoul Blossom or Mount Sumeru Tree King.
But she was not yet one of his own.
These things, he was not yet willing to let her know about, to study and cultivate.
“But once a woman starts to be moved, it should not be difficult.”
Lu Changsheng shook his head, not overthinking it, and rode the flying shuttle back to Bi Lake Mountain.
Such matters were just casual deeds for him, he was not forceful about them, letting nature take its course.
…..
A day and a half later.
“Hmm, Quanzhen?”
Lu Changsheng rode a purple flying shuttle back to Bi Lake Mountain’s boundary.
Seeing a black-robed youth below riding a spirit steed, he recognized his son Lu Quanzhen and immediately descended.
Lu Quanzhen instinctively tensed his body, but upon seeing the visitor was Lu Changsheng, a smile broke across his face as he called out, “Father!”
He was clad in a black brocade robe, his features stern, looking much the same as two years ago.
But Lu Changsheng keenly noticed that his son, compared to two years ago, had developed a bit more killing intent.
Clearly, these past two years abroad hadn’t been without bloodshed.
“Hehe, you’ve finally decided to come back.”
Lu Changsheng said with a bemused smile.
“My travels have been long, I’ve caused you worry, Father.”
Lu Quanzhen spoke up.
“Your mother has been talking about you every day.”
Lu Changsheng shook his head, asking his son to put away the spirit steed.
Then, picking up his son and forming a mana shield around them, he whisked Lu Quanzhen across the sky like a shooting star, directly into Bi Lake Mountain, returning to Bi Yun Peak.
“So this is Foundation Establishment, flying through the sky…”
Lu Quanzhen murmured to himself as he landed on Bi Yun Peak, expressing a bit of longing for the experience of flying through the air.
“Quanzhen!?”
Qu Zhenzhen, upon hearing the news, rushed over in a hurry to see her son had returned.
Clad in a pink and white dress with her hair neatly coiffed and a white jade hairpin askew on her head, she advanced upon him with a worried expression, pinched her son’s arm and said with concern, “Why have you taken so long to return, it must have been hard outside, Mother can see you’ve gotten thin…”
Lu Changsheng: “…”
Lu Caizhen: “….”
The father and daughter next to Qu Zhenzhen were both somewhat speechless at her comment.
They didn’t see where Lu Quanzhen had gotten thin.
Lu Changsheng, for one, noticed not only the increase in killing intent on his son but also a significant improvement in his cultivation level.
As for his sister Lu Caizhen, even though she couldn’t perceive much, she also felt her brother somewhat changed, seemingly more fierce.
Then Qu Zhenzhen began inquiring about her son’s life abroad over the past two years and whether he had been bullied.
Lu Quanzhen reassured her that his travels were safe and he’d never encountered any danger, then described the places he’d been to, the interesting things he’d come across, and how his experiences had broadened his horizons, charming Qu Zhenzhen into wonder and making her feel that such travels seemed quite enjoyable.
Lu Changsheng listened and just shook his head.
Such tales could deceive Qu Zhenzhen but not Lu Miaoyun or Lu Miaohuan—neither of them would believe such tall tales from their son.
After the mother and son had caught up, Lu Changsheng and his son stepped out of the hall, and he took out a High Rank Breakthrough Elixir from his storage bag and handed it to his son.
He said, “This is a High Grade Breakthrough Elixir; you can use it if you need it.”
“However, it’s best to break through on your own if you can, and not rely on elixir medicines.”
His son Lu Quanzhen was only an Eighth Grade Spiritual Root.
Without the help of a Breakthrough Elixir, it would be quite difficult to advance past the Energy Refinement Late Stage, likely requiring a long struggle.
Considering his son’s activities involved fighting and killing outside, he directly gave him an elixir, hoping he would focus on cultivating at home in peace.