Eternal Life: Talent Grows with Age-Chapter 323 - 201: Profound Water Snake Bone

The Lu Mansion is a rather peculiar presence in Platinum Immortal City, with the Yun’an Store bringing in quite a bit of money.

It’s already catching up to families like the Qu Family, who’ve been accumulating wealth for many years, but the highest cultivation in the clan is only at the mid-stage of Qi Cultivation.

That was enough to stir envy in many people’s hearts.

Fortunately, Lu Chang’sheng was once a class-B Alchemist from White Cloud Cave Mansion. In the eyes of many, this meant deep connections, so no one dared to act rashly.

But now, with White Cloud Cave Mansion suddenly plunged into upheaval and the situation growing ever more complicated, some people were inevitably getting restless.

Lu Chang’an and Lu Ziyou knew their father was practicing the upper-grade Barrier-Breaking Pill formula, but they hadn’t expected he’d succeed so soon.

The two of them were all smiles.

Then they headed toward the inner chambers.

In one of the courtyards, Li Nangua was sitting cross-legged, cultivating inside her training room. But whenever she tried to break through the barrier, something was always just barely out of reach.

A miss by a tiny margin, a thousand miles away from success!

After repeated failed attempts, she began to doubt whether she’d ever succeed.

Right then, she finally understood why, back at Fuyun Mountain, people had warned her about dragging things out—the longer she waited, the weaker her talent would seem.

Li Nangua had thought she’d only face real obstacles trying to break through from Qi Cultivation to Foundation Establishment, but she was feeling the resistance already.

This was also due to her Spiritual Body.

Whenever she thought about giving up, she’d immediately think of Lu Chang’sheng.

She still wanted to stay by Chang’sheng’s side for many years to come.

Knowing her current state wasn’t right for a breakthrough, Li Nangua opened the door of the training room and stepped out.

"I wonder what Chang’sheng is doing right now?"

She was eager to see Lu Chang’sheng, so she planned to look for him directly—only to see him striding right toward her.

"Still worried about your realm breakthrough?"

Lu Chang’sheng asked with a smile.

Li Nangua nodded, her gentle eyes lingering on Lu Chang’sheng’s face, not even sparing a glance for Lu Ziyou and Lu Chang’an behind him.

"Are we getting ignored again?"

Lu Ziyou rolled his eyes.

Ever since Father brought Mother back from Fuyun Mountain, the two of them had grown closer, always ignoring the two of us when they were at home.

Lu Chang’an just smiled, feeling secretly pleased about it.

The two of them simply stepped back to give their parents space.

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When it came to Li Nangua’s situation, Lu Chang’sheng had his own suspicions.

It seemed to be something like a heart demon.

This kind of heart demon isn’t always present. Instead, the thoughts you dwell on get magnified by your own heart and mind at the brink of a breakthrough, making it impossible to concentrate your spirit.

That’s why, at breakthrough moments, some cultivators always keep Concentration Pills on hand, to gather their Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and adjust their state to perfection.

Especially during Foundation Establishment—it’s pretty much mandatory by then.

One look, and Lu Chang’sheng could tell Li Nangua was being affected because of all those years getting goaded on Fuyun Mountain, so her breakthrough was being hampered now.

"You, of all people—aren’t you the smart one? Don’t you realize you’re older than me?"

"I’m not!"

Li Nangua squinted with a smile.

"Then is your talent worse than mine?"

Li Nangua smiled, but didn’t have the heart to say anything.

She was happy being by Lu Chang’sheng’s side, never wanting to outpace him.

Lu Chang’sheng gently ruffled her hair, just as he used to in Black Mountain Prefecture.

Li Nangua closed her eyes slightly, relishing every moment.

"Your Spirit Root Talent is way better than mine. If I’m not worried about breakthroughs, what’s got you so worked up?"

Lu Chang’sheng rapped her head lightly.

Li Nangua shot him a mock-annoyed look.

But thanks to what Lu Chang’sheng just said, her mood settled considerably.

Lu Chang’sheng didn’t want to give her too much pressure, so he didn’t mention what Lu Chang’an had just said.

This family, in the end, was still his to shoulder.

But Li Nangua understood this as well. Deep inside, she wanted to provide Lu Chang’sheng a peaceful home front, so every so often she’d ask Lu Chang’an about how the two stores of Lu Mansion were doing.

When Mother asked in person, of course Lu Chang’an wouldn’t hide anything.

So, Li Nangua was in the loop.

"Then I’m going back to cultivate." After a while, she looked at Lu Chang’sheng and said.

"Wait, take this with you."

Only then did Lu Chang’sheng bring out the pill.

"This is—"

"An upper-grade Barrier-Breaking Pill," Lu Chang’sheng said with a smile.

Li Nangua didn’t think too much, just sighed, "With things so unstable these days, a lot of pill shops are restricting their sales. Pills like this are insanely precious now."

She thought Lu Chang’sheng had spent Spirit Stones to buy it, which made her feel a little guilty.

Previously, Lu Chang’sheng had bought her a few upper-grade Barrier-Breaking Pills for her breakthroughs, but unfortunately, she was always a step short of success.

For average cultivators, even a small wall barrier is brutally hard to cross.

"Don’t worry. I didn’t buy it this time."

Lu Chang’sheng said.

"You didn’t? Don’t tell me—you’ve broken through with the pill formula?" Li Nangua’s face brightened instantly with delight.

Lu Chang’sheng nodded.

"Just a minor achievement, that’s all," Lu Chang’sheng said, not all that thrilled—after all, it wasn’t Great Success yet.

If he could get to Great Success, that’d be a huge money-maker.

Of course, given the limitations on materials, you couldn’t really make bank with Barrier-Breaking Pills all the time anyway.

If you wanted steady income, Qi Storage Pills and Rejuvenation Pills—those perfected formulas—were the right way to go.

"Just minor achievement?"

Li Nangua shot Lu Chang’sheng a look.

The upper-grade Barrier-Breaking Pill formula is not something you get to minor achievement on that easily.

If the Fang Family didn’t have such deep foundations and Patriarch Fang Yuan hadn’t been so willing to go all in and supply Lu Chang’sheng with tons of resources, that minor achievement might’ve taken twice as long.