72: Farewell Dad

After a day, Lu Xingchen arrived at Wanchun City in Qinming Kingdom.

As soon as he stepped into the Starlight Auction House, Sun Jie came to greet him.

After all, a Fourth-Grade Alchemist, even in Qinming Kingdom, was an existence like stars supporting the moon.

As the chairman of an auction house, he dared not offend Lu Xingchen.

In fact, due to his friendship with Lu Xingchen, the King supported the Starlight Auction House, allowing his influence to enter the Royal City.

It could be said that Sun Jie benefited from Lu Xingchen's prestige.

Lu Xingchen got straight to the point.

"Chairman Sun, have the Materials I need been gathered?"

Sun Jie smiled and said, "Great Master Lu, the King used the full power of Qinming Kingdom to find the Materials for you, and they have finally been gathered."

With that, Sun Jie touched the Storage Ring on his hand.

A fourth-grade demon core and other Spirit Medicine appeared on the table.

Lu Xingchen put away the Materials, then took out ten fourth-grade rejuvenation pills and handed them to Sun Jie.

"Since that's the case, our transaction is settled. Chairman Sun, this is where we part ways."

"Wait a moment!"

Lu Xingchen stopped, a little puzzled: "Does Chairman Sun have anything else?"

Sun Jie: "I also have a Pill Formula for a fourth-grade elixir here. Great Master Lu is a regular customer of our Starlight Auction House, and we have collaborated so many times. This Pill Formula will be a parting gift for Great Master Lu."

Lu Xingchen's heart trembled: "You know I'm leaving?"

Sun Jie chuckled: "Fengming Kingdom has been destroyed. With Great Master Lu's ambition, he will surely continue to Cultivate back at Lingxiao Sect."

Lu Xingchen did not decline.

A fourth-grade Pill Formula was exactly what he urgently needed.

Putting the Pill Formula into his embrace, Lu Xingchen smiled and said, "I will remember Chairman Sun's kindness."

What Sun Jie wanted was exactly that sentence from Lu Xingchen.

After confirming that Lu Xingchen had taken the gift of the Pill Formula to heart, he felt incredibly pleased.

After putting away his things, Lu Xingchen no longer lingered, riding Xiao You back to Dayan Kingdom.

In the Royal City, at the Lu family mansion, Lu Xingchen locked himself in his room and began to attempt refining the Earth Fiend Puppet.

There was only one corpse of Li Ning, and only one fourth-grade demon core. He had to succeed in one go!

One by one, the Spirit Medicine was placed into the green stone cauldron by Lu Xingchen, turning into liquid, which then slowly integrated into Li Ning's corpse, forming a connection with the fourth-grade demon core located in his chest.

An hour later, all the medicinal Materials were refined.

However, there was a problem with the Fusion of the medicinal liquid and Li Ning's corpse.

The temperature of ordinary flames was too low to complete the Fusion process.

Lu Xingchen could only exchange time for temperature, controlling the flames to continuously burn Li Ning's corpse while maintaining the integrity of the medicinal liquid.

This was a huge consumption of Lu Xingchen's Soul Power.

But there was only one chance, and he had to endure it even if it was difficult.

It took a full day and night for the Earth Fiend Puppet to take its initial form.

Lu Xingchen, in front of the green stone cauldron, was already sweating profusely, his arms trembling, and his Soul Power almost depleted.

But he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

After another half an hour, the Martial Spirit Realm Earth Fiend Puppet was finally refined.

Lu Xingchen put the Earth Fiend Puppet into his Storage Ring. Before he even had time to extinguish the fire in the green stone cauldron, his vision went black, and he collapsed to the ground.

After sleeping for a full day and night, Lu Xingchen slowly woke up.

His Soul Power had not fully recovered, and his head was still throbbing intermittently.

Rubbing his head, Lu Xingchen couldn't help but complain, "Damn, this Earth Fiend Puppet is really hard to refine!"

Actually, it wasn't that Lu's technique wasn't up to par, but rather that he lacked suitable tools.

Since becoming a Fourth-Grade Alchemist, ordinary flames were already somewhat insufficient.

The Materials for refining Medicinal Pills were more precious and harder to refine, requiring precious Spirit Fire to accomplish.

Spirit Fire, as it was called, was a flame naturally formed between heaven and earth, possessing higher temperatures, but also incredibly rare.

At the same time, Spirit Fire could also enhance an Alchemist's Qi and strengthen an Alchemist's combat power.

"It seems I'll have to find a Spirit Fire when I have time, otherwise, it will be difficult to continue on the path of an Alchemist!" Lu Xingchen thought to himself.

After putting away the green stone cauldron, Lu Xingchen pushed open his door and knocked on Lu Chaoyang's door.

"Come in!" a deep, serious voice came from inside the room.

Lu Xingchen pushed the door open and saw Lu Chaoyang, who was dealing with military affairs.

"Dad, how have things been recently?"

Lu Chaoyang looked up at Lu Xingchen, a smile appearing on his face.

"It's Xiao Chen! Everything is normal. Fengming Kingdom has been destroyed. Next, we will send troops and officials to manage the land. You don't need to worry about it."

Lu Xingchen nodded slightly: "Since that's the case, Dad, I'm leaving too!"

Hearing this, Lu Chaoyang's heart trembled, then he smiled and said, "Hahaha! My son's ambition lies in all directions, and I can't stop you. You have stayed in Dayan Kingdom long enough, it's time to soar higher."

"It's good that Dad understands me. But before I leave, I want to give Dad a gift."

With that, Lu Xingchen waved his sleeve, and five Great Martial Master Realm Earth Fiend Puppets appeared in the room.

With so many "corpses" suddenly appearing around him, Lu Chaoyang was startled.

He then quickly reacted, realizing that these corpses actually had Qi fluctuations.

Even the Qi fluctuations of two of the corpses were stronger than his.

Lu Chaoyang said in a deep voice, "Xiao Chen, these wouldn't be Puppets, would they?"

Lu Xingchen chuckled: "Dad reacts quite quickly. These Puppets are called Earth Fiend Puppets. There are two Three-Star ones, two One-Star ones, and one Three-Star one. I refined them using the corpses of my enemies."

"Dayan Kingdom has acquired so much land, and it needs even more powerful individuals to guard it and deter villains. These five Earth Fiend Puppets are for Dad. With them, Dayan Kingdom can be safe, and they can also protect Dad's safety!"

Lu Chaoyang said in a deep voice, "What about you? I'm already retired. Aren't you, traveling the Tianyuan Continent, in greater need of these Puppets?"

Lu Xingchen chuckled: "Great Martial Master Realm Puppets are no longer of much use to me. It's more suitable to leave them to you, Dad. I still have better ones."

Lu Chaoyang was slightly stunned, then his eyes reddened a little.

"Xiao Chen has truly grown up. He can already stand on his own."

Lu Xingchen smiled and said, "Then that's it, Dad. I'll prepare a bit more and then leave."

"Where do you want to go?"

Lu Xingchen shook his head slightly and smiled: "I haven't decided yet. Tianyuan Continent is too big. Perhaps, I will go to Cangxuan Sect!"

Lu Chaoyang nodded heavily: "Just follow your heart!"

After bidding farewell to his father, Lu Xingchen found Lin Jing.

"Senior Sister Lin Jing, the war is over now, you can return to Lingxiao Sect. Let's part ways here!"

Hearing this, Lin Jing was slightly stunned.

"Aren't you coming back with me?"

Lu Xingchen shook his head slightly: "My Realm has already Broken through to Great Martial Master, and Lingxiao Sect's help to me is no longer significant."

Lin Jing said solemnly: "But Lingxiao Sect needs your help!"