Clan Cultivation: I Transmigrated With My Smartphone-Chapter 648 - 586: Enlightenment Stone, Hidden Dragon List Challenge

Ning Xue spoke, "Master has been gone for less than three hundred years, yet the Spiritual Qi in Chu Country has further revitalized, increasing by five layers, the number of Spirit Veins is constantly increasing, and various resources are also on the rise. Most importantly, the crust that Chu Country is on is expanding, with the area having increased threefold."

"Over these years, Chu Country has changed significantly. Just the number of Divinity Transformation Cultivators has reached one hundred and thirty-five, and as for the unrecorded cultivators, who knows how many there are. There are already more than five thousand Nascent Soul Cultivators, and a million Golden Core Cultivators; as for the lower-level Golden Core Cultivators and Purple Mansion Cultivators, they are simply too many to count!"

"In the past era, Five Spirit Roots had a very low chance of achieving Foundation Establishment due to needing to absorb more Spiritual Qi, taking more time, and consuming more resources. But now, the chances for Five Spirit Roots to achieve Foundation Establishment are high; a Five Spirit Root Cultivator has a five-layer probability of achieving Foundation Establishment as long as they don’t fall midway!"

"Many cultivators at the peak of Qi Refining can naturally achieve Foundation Establishment without taking Foundation Establishment Pills. The era has changed and has become very different... The world has become increasingly unfamiliar!"

Saying this, Ning Xue too felt her heart surge with emotions.

In her era, achieving Foundation Establishment was very difficult, only a few prodigies had the qualification for it; yet in today’s era, seven out of ten cultivators can achieve Foundation Establishment, with the remaining three dying midway.

In that era, a Golden Core was a significant figure, capable of being called a king and dominating, revered as an ancestor.

But now, a mere Golden Core is not qualified to be called an ancestor; only Divinity Transformation Cultivators have the right to that title.

Ning Xue continued, "The number of cultivators is increasing, yet the difficulty of achieving Nascent Soul remains. Most Divinity Transformation Cultivators are stuck between the first and second layers of Divinity Transformation, with their Realms quite low. Whereas I, at sixth-layer Divinity Transformation cultivation, am enough to suppress all contenders. Over these years, many cultivators have had fortuitous encounters and soared to great heights!"

"Then, certain cultivators started to swell with pride, wanting to challenge the dignity of the Lu Family, and ended up being killed by me."

"In the past three hundred years, I’ve successively killed twelve Divinity Transformation Cultivators..."

"The revival of Spiritual Qi has increased the number of Divinity Transformation Cultivators, significantly boosting combat power. Yet correspondingly, we cultivators from the End of Dharma Era have faster cultivation speeds and even stronger combat power!"

Hearing this news, Lu Xuanji sighed, "The era has changed, we’ve encountered a favorable era, and fortunately, we hold an initial advantage, which allows faster progress. However, we can’t afford to be complacent; if we’re slightly slower and surpassed by the younger generation, it would be quite embarrassing!"

Ning Xue said, "The emergence of strong cultivators requires vast resources, especially resources after the Divinity Transformation stage, which are rare and precious. To some extent, whoever controls those top-tier resources controls the number of strong cultivators that emerge. Over these years, I’ve continuously managed, and Chu Country’s ordinary resources over five layers and top-tier resources over seven layers are all under the control of the Lu Family!"

"There are one hundred thirty Divinity Transformation Cultivators in Chu Country, yet the Lu Family alone has produced over fifty, with more than thirty affiliated Divinity Transformation Cultivators, and most of the remaining Divinity Transformation Cultivators have good relations with the Lu Family. As for those Divinity Transformation Cultivators who have bad blood with the Lu Family, some were killed by me, and some left Chu Country for other places."

"Chu Country is the Lu Family’s private domain, but the Lu Family is also experiencing bottlenecks in its development, with ongoing infighting among its various factions, a shortage of talent, unfair resource distribution, and conflicts with Loose Cultivators and some allied clans, all of which restrict both the Lu Family’s progress and that of Chu Country as well!"

Lu Xuanji, listening, slightly frowned and said, "What is your plan?"

Ning Xue said, "We could combine the Lu Family, Zhao Family, Ye Family, Bai Family, and a dozen other sects to form a new sect."

Lu Xuanji contemplated and said, "I understand. Your intention is to transform from the Lu Family enjoying benefits alone to several clans sharing them together?"

Ning Xue nodded and said, "Chu Country is too big, and the Lu Family is too small. Trying to control Chu Country is somewhat beyond our capability. Forceful control is not impossible, just very costly. It’s like the Li Family of Wu Country controlling the entire country, which is possible, just not cost-effective!"

"I plan to..."

Lu Xuanji said, "I understand, you may proceed as you suggested!"

Ning Xue breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Over these years, Chu Country has yielded many resources, some of which are particularly rare and quite beneficial for Master... All those treasures are placed in the secret repository."

"What a coincidence!"

Lu Xuanji said, "I’ve also purchased some local specialties in Central State, which happen to be scarce in Chu Country."

Ning Xue nodded, heading to a certain location upfront.

Moments later, they arrived at a Cave Mansion, surrounded by a powerful array for protection.

Ning Xue stepped forward to open the array, accompanied by the change of the light membrane, and the two entered the secret repository.

In the secret repository, there were shelves one by one, with items placed on them; some preserved in special boxes with labels affixed, others holding a broken Treasure Sword, appearing unremarkable but upon close inspection revealed to be a remnant of a Seventh-Grade Spiritual Treasure.

There were also some scrolls, recording the cultivation enlightenment of a Harmonization expert;

Another was a roll of Beast Hide, inscribed with a Supreme Divine Technique;

Yet another was a Jade Scroll, holding half a roll of Immortal Scripture.

The secret repository was not large, but its contents were of very high quality, though rare and precious in type.

Ning Xue said, "Master, in recent years, the Lu Family has started some marketplaces and many shops in various places, which manage to collect some strange items. Some cultivators might use rare fifth-grade items to request certain items or seek the Lu Family’s assistance!"