Chapter 1 - The Lu Clan’s Patriarch
In a luxurious room was an old man sitting in a cultivation position. The man had a long white beard, wrinkles under his eyes and a white and golden sash on his belt. Although the man exuded a very powerful aura, one could see he was someone that already passed the limit of their current lifespan and is facing a nearing death.
That old man is the Patriarch of the Lu Clan, Lu Ran. At his current age he managed to reach the 9th stage of the Foundation Establishment realm. Placing him on par with the patriarchs of the other clans and even ahead a couple stages.
He's reached the age of 334 years old and urgently needs to break through in order to regain enough lifespan.
The old man slowly opened his eyes and one could see he had a stern gaze.
Lu Ran seemingly cleared his throat and mumbled, ‘I am still unable to break through to the Core Formation realm.’.
It seems I have to end my closed door cultivation and tell the Clan I failed to reach the Core Formation realm.
His body was aching a lot and his shoulders felt sore. He stood up and exited the cultivation room. Lu Ran looked around for a bit and thought, ‘It seems not much has changed during these 6 years of closed door cultivation.’.
He then walked for a bit and arrived at a large hall. This is one of the most important places in the clan. It’s called the Clan Hall.
The Clan Hall is a large space filled with chairs for the elders with of course the Patriarch chair at the head. The hall is decorated with expensive materials, plants and is surrounded with three arrays.
The first array is a Protection array, the 2nd is a Killing array, the 3rd is a Soundproofing Array. That shows how much wealth the Lu clan, one of 4 leading Clans in Moon Cloud City, has accumulated.
Which is to be expected from a Clan with a 9th stage Foundation Establishment Patriarch.
The other leading clans only have a Patriarch between the 6th and 8th stage of the Foundation Establishment.
The other clans have a hidden alliance to help protect each other against the strength and wealth of the Lu Clan. Of course this meant that the Lu Clan could not recklessly destroy them. Although Lu Ran might be stronger than the other patriarchs, his clan itself would be outnumbered when a war breaks out. And the royal family of the Purple Sky Kingdom would not simply permit an all out war.
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Luckily for the Lu Clan, the royal family won’t intervene as long as nothing grave happens.
After arriving at the Clan Hall, he noticed a man sitting on the Patriarch’s Chair.
The man on the chair is called Lu Chenfeng, Lu Ran’s son.Lu Chenfeng stood up, clasped his hands and looked at his father.
Greetings Patriarch, have you finally managed to break through the Core Formation realm?
I unfortunately haven’t managed to break through. I am simply checking on the Clan’s wellbeing right now. I can see all is going well, you have been managing the Clan well, Lu Ran smiled.
Chenfeng, you have cultivated hard while I was in closed door cultivation. I can see you managed to reach the fourth stage of the Foundation Establishment realm
Yes I have trained diligently, father. I haven’t neglected my cultivation despite having many duties to attend as the vice clan head. I broke through 5 months ago, Lu Chenfeng replied.
Satisfied with his son’s response, Lu Ran simply turned around.
I will be breaking through this time. If I don’t return after 3 months, I will have passed away.
While throwing a list to his son, Lu Ran said, prepare our clan during this time.
I have plans to get our clan to expand its territories without those other foxes to interfere after I succeed. You can have a little faith in this frail old man, Lu Ran jokingly said.
Lu Chenfeng clasped his hands once and bowed to his father. He quickly left the Clan Hall to inform the Elders about these events. He needed to follow his fathers words.
Meanwhile Lu Ran had already returned to his cultivation room.
After positioning himself, he calmly started circulating his Qi. The cultivation technique he uses is called the Nine Clouds Technique.
There are nine stages in this cultivation technique.
Lu Ran, as a powerful peak Foundation cultivator, has obviously mastered all 9.
After all, he is the person that created this cultivation technique.
Creating one's own technique is something not just anyone can achieve.
After all, great knowledge, inspiration, understanding of Qi and high level comprehension is needed. After its creation it quickly became the main cultivation technique for the patriarch’s bloodline. It had such prowess and potential, it would be a shame if only Lu Ran could use it.
Even though he created his own technique, the only reason Lu Ran managed to live 34 years past his lifespan, is because he consumed a mysterious herb.
That plant was found 5 years ago during a hunt for medicinal ingredients needed for the Clan’s Alchemist. As Lu Ran had already reached his lifespan limit back then, he offered himself up to try this medicinal herb.
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