Chapter 55: Chapter 55 Opening of the Ruin Realm (Part 1)

Inside Qingping Hall.After Lu Qingshan left, Lu Zhou, who had been serious-faced, now transformed like a man changing his face, his eyes filled with teasing amusement as he addressed Lu Bei.

"Qing Ling, your son really takes after you. This unyielding spirit is exactly the same as yours back in the day."

Lu Bei's expression remained unchanged as he retorted, "I wonder if the Great Elder playing the villain is feeling gratified?"

"Back in the day, you failed to intimidate me; now, my son isn't scared either. All these years and yet, Great Elder, you really haven't made any progress."

Three or four decades ago, his talent had just become apparent, but he was extremely indifferent to cultivation; he too was summoned to Qingping Hall for a talk by Lu Yuan and Lu Zhou.

The scene that day was just like today: the Great Elder played the villain, scolding and threatening him while the Family Head Lu Yuan tried to soothe and played good cop.

Unfortunately, he wasn't the least bit afraid, putting the two Golden Core Cultivators in a rather awkward position.

The Great Elder Lu Zhou's face stiffened: "You are in your sixties now, yet you still act so flippantly, with a punchable demeanor that annoys people."

...

Lu Yuan, seeing the verbal spar between the two ending with a minor victory for Lu Bei, promptly interjected to ask, "What do you think this young man meant by saying that he does not need any resources from the family for support?"

Lu Zhou pondered for a moment before saying, "Perhaps, someone will provide him with the necessary cultivation resources?"

Lu Yuan quickly caught on: "You mean... Zhi Shou Building?"

Lu Zhou nodded: "If Zhi Shou Building provides cultivation resources, he naturally wouldn't value the Lu Family's resources."

Lu Yuan hesitated, then asked, "But why would Zhi Shou Building take an interest in this kid?"

Why would Zhi Shou Building, such a powerful force, take an interest in an ordinary mortal with average talent?

He couldn't understand.

"The three of us, Golden Core Cultivators, stand above him; yet this junior can still speak confidently and respectfully, remaining composed in the face of my anger. With such demeanor, why wouldn't Zhi Shou Building take notice of him?"

"Lu Yuan, don't let the fact he is a junior lead you to subconsciously overlook his merits. If you lead the Lu Family with such an attitude, you'll eventually pay a heavy price for it." Lu Zhou said sternly.

Lu Yuan fell silent for a long while before slowly nodding: "Great Elder's lesson is well taken; my mindset hasn't been properly adjusted."

After some thought, Lu Zhou then instructed, "Although this little rascal claims he doesn't need family resources, there's no reason for our Lu Family to let down our own. Have someone send him the resources he deserves later. The amount should be distributed as per a regular Qi Refining Tenth Layer disciple, no need for special treatment."

...

Lu Qingshan was timing his return to the Lu Family with the opening of the Ruin Realm.

Therefore, after the discussion in Qingping Hall, he only rested for two days at the garment workshop before receiving a message instructing him to gather at Xuan Yue Square within the family's blessed land in preparation for the journey to the Ruin Realm.

After leaving behind a storage bag filled with Spirit Pills and Spirit Stones, Lu Qingshan bid farewell to Lu Zhi and Lu Xun.

For a lengthy period, he wouldn't return.

Xuan Yue Square.

By the time Lu Qingshan arrived, there were already seven Lu Family cultivators gathered.

Among them were six Qi Refining Cultivators and one Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

With the arrival of Lu Qingshan, there were a total of eight.

These were all the people the Lu Family was sending to the Ruin Realm this time.

Each time the Ruin Realm opened, it could accommodate one hundred eighty Qi Refining Cultivators and forty-eight Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Meanwhile, the Ruin Realm Alliance consisted of thirty-six cultivator families.

There was no way to distribute the spots evenly.

Even if it was possible to distribute evenly, it wouldn't be done that way.

Although all referred to as the thirty-six great cultivator families, there are still rankings according to strength within each family.

If you were to give the same number of spots to the first-ranked cultivator family and the last-ranked, do you think the top family would be pleased?

The number of spots each family receives for the Ruin Realm is determined by the strength of the family.

The Lu Family is a mid-ranking family among the thirty-six and receives seven spots for Qi Refining Cultivators and one spot for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Very much in line with the norm, very close to an average share.

As soon as Lu Qingshan arrived, the other cultivators glanced his way.

The Lu Family's own Ruin Realm spots were allocated well in advance.

Lu Qingshan suddenly jumping the queue two days before the Ruin Realm opening meant that one of the Qi Refining Cultivators who originally had a spot was bumped.

It was natural for everyone to be curious as to who could make the family pull strings for him this way.

Human nature.

Therefore, Lu Qingshan paid no mind to the stares of the others.

...

The wait was not long.

In less than half an hour, a beam of spiritual light flashed, and then Great Elder Lu Zhou landed in front of the crowd.

He was the one leading the team this time.

Lu Zhou looked around at the people present, and seeing that everyone had arrived,

"The time has come, let's go," said Lu Zhou, casting an extremely subtle glance at Lu Qingshan with an indifferent tone.

As he spoke, Lu Zhou took out a very mini boat-shaped mold from his Storage Ring, stretched out his hand, and with a flick of Spiritual Power,

the boat-shaped mold grew out of thin air, eventually turning into a giant wooden boat before the crowd.

[Qingxia Wooden Boat], a specialized multi-person Flying Artifact.

Lu Zhou flew onto the boat.

"Everyone, come aboard."

Following Lu Zhou's command, the other cultivators present leapt onto the boat.

Once everyone was on board, the wooden boat took off into the sky under Lu Zhou's control, speeding away towards the distant horizon.

The entrance to the Ruin Realm was still quite a distance from the Qianzhou mountain range where the Lu Family was located. Sёarᴄh the Nôvelƒire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

After flying for about two hours, a majestic mountain range came into view.

Dayan mountain range.

The location of the entrance to the Ruin Realm.

Lu Zhou steered the Qingxia Wooden Boat to land before a huge, misty pit.

Once everyone had disembarked, the Qingxia Wooden Boat reverted to a mini wooden boat and was taken back into Lu Zhou's Storage Ring.

To dominate the Ruin Realm, every family in the Ruin Realm Alliance sent several family cultivators to station here, preventing outsiders from entering.

A Lu Family cultivator stationed here had received news long ago and had been waiting for quite some time for Lu Zhou to lead the team.

When the waiting Lu Family cultivator saw Lu Zhou, he immediately greeted him respectfully, "Great Elder."

"No need for formalities. How many families have arrived now?" inquired Lu Zhou.

"Reporting to the Great Elder, a total of twenty-three families have already arrived; we are the twenty-fourth," replied the cultivator.

Lu Zhou nodded, "Not too early, not too late, just right. Let's go in then."

Lu Zhou stretched out his finger and gently tapped towards the mist in the front.

Quickly, the mist dispersed to both sides, revealing a small path.

Lu Zhou led the way and was the first to walk in.

Lu Qingshan and the others hastily followed suit.

Once they had entered the pit and saw the scene inside, the Lu Family cultivators beside Lu Qingshan couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation.

The sight before them was indeed a bit mystical.

A giant dark passage, seemingly rotating, stood tall before them.

At this moment, the open space in front of the passage was already bustling, with over a hundred cultivators gathered.

Only Lu Qingshan still maintained an unperturbed demeanor.

Not without reason—as he was very familiar with the place.

At present, this place was called the entrance to the Ruin Realm.

But in the game "Nine Heavens," the full name of the Ruin Realm was [Ruin Realm Instance] (Normal/Elite).

The normal difficulty allowed only Qi Refining Realm players to enter, while the elite difficulty was exclusive to Foundation Establishment cultivators.

And this [Ruin Realm Instance], he had entered at least a dozen times.

If the story unfolded as expected, the Ruin Realm Alliance's dominance over the Ruin Realm would last only three years.

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Which meant that this time would be the last occasion the Ruin Realm Alliance monopolized the quotas for the Ruin Realm.

By the end of the year, when the Corpse Puppet Chaos erupted, the major cultivator families would be too preoccupied to fend for themselves.

Some families with bad luck would suffer heavy losses, with several high-rank Golden Core cultivators dead, leaving them unable to continue dominating the mountain range blessed with high-grade Spirit Veins.

There would also be some families who would annex those who had suffered heavy losses, seizing the opportunity to rise to power.

Then, it would be time for all the major forces to reshuffle, with the large families busy vying for resources such as Spirit Veins and undermining each other. Naturally, the Ruin Realm Alliance would crumble and cease to exist.