Unlimited Investment in the Destined Protagonist: Forging an Eternal Immortal Clan - Chapter 13

Chapter 13: The Lu Clan’s Surging Fighting Spirit, Changes in the Core Elders of the Lu Royal Mansion, Langya Heavenly Sect!

After distributing the rewards, Lu Qingxuan glanced at the clansmen still immersed in excitement and spoke.

“Starting today, the basic cultivation resources for all members of our Lu Royal Mansion will be doubled each month.”

Since they had already confiscated all the resources of the three major families, combined with the resources returned by the system, the Lu Royal Mansion’s resources were now extremely abundant.

To quickly enhance the overall strength of the family, Lu Qingxuan naturally wanted to use these resources to significantly improve the cultivation of the clansmen.

Upon hearing this, everyone widened their eyes, momentarily stunned. After a moment, the clansmen became excited, and some of the younger ones even tugged at the people beside them in their enthusiasm.

Immediately afterward, all the clansmen bowed deeply to Lu Qingxuan, saying, “Thank you, Your Highness!”

Their voices were loud and resonant, and when they looked at Lu Qingxuan again, their eyes were filled with admiration and reverence.

Lu Qingxuan nodded and continued, “If you want to obtain even more cultivation resources, then work hard to make greater contributions to the family, earn family contribution points, and exchange them for the resources you each desire!”

Although the basic monthly resources for the clansmen had doubled, the contribution point system that the Lu Royal Mansion already had in place still needed strong promotion.

This would also encourage more clansmen to contribute to the family.

After encouraging everyone to contribute more to the family, Lu Qingxuan swept his gaze over all the clansmen and said solemnly:

“Although our Lu Royal Mansion can now claim dominance over Beiyuan County, this is not the end—it is the beginning. I hope all clansmen will strive harder to break through their limits and unite as one. As long as you don’t give up on yourselves, the entire Lu family will never abandon you. Every one of you is the future of our Lu Royal Mansion. Under my leadership, I hope each of you can become a pillar of strength for the Lu family, taking the Lu family further and making it stronger! You must remember, no matter what dangers you face outside, the family will always be your steadfast support!”

Words of encouragement, resounding like thunder, echoed in the ears of every Lu clansman.

As Lu Qingxuan’s voice fell, the hearts of all the Lu clansmen surged with passion, their fighting spirit soaring.

Immediately, every one of them respectfully said to Lu Qingxuan in unison, “We will dedicate ourselves fully to the family and not let down Your Highness’s expectations!”

[Ding! The host’s family cohesion has increased again, rewarding 1,000 family luck points!]

Hearing this, Lu Qingxuan felt a bit surprised.

He had unexpectedly gained another 1,000 family fortune points. He believed that as the family fortune points increased, the clansmen’s luck would also improve. Perhaps in the future, the family might dig up ore or a clansman might stumble upon a treasure just by stepping outside.

Lu Qingxuan collected his thoughts, glanced at the clansmen whose fighting spirit had surged, and nodded slightly.

“The core elders will stay behind; everyone else, go cultivate diligently!”

Following Lu Qingxuan’s instructions, the clansmen gradually left the council hall, leaving only the five core elders behind.

For these elders, Lu Qingxuan was even more generous, rewarding each of them with a substantial amount of resources—enough to significantly boost their cultivation.

The five elders looked at the numerous high-level resources in their hands, their expressions filled with excitement, their eyes gleaming with delight. Having served as core elders for so many years, they had never received such an abundance of cultivation resources.

Now, under Lu Qingxuan’s leadership, they were fortunate enough to obtain so many cultivation resources, and it felt almost too thrilling to believe. They believed that with these resources, they had a chance to cultivate to the peak of the Spiritual Pill Realm.

In the past, most of them had little hope of breaking through to the Spiritual Pill Realm. But now, they were confident they had a 60-70% chance.

They also grew more convinced that under Lu Qingxuan’s leadership, the entire Lu Royal Mansion would not only continue to prosper but also grow stronger—perhaps one day even expanding beyond Beiyuan County or the entire Lingyun Dynasty.

At this moment, their hearts were filled with drive, eagerly anticipating that day.

Seeing the reactions of the five elders, Lu Qingxuan’s face revealed a faint smile before she began assigning tasks.

After all, the three major families had just been eradicated by the Lu family, and many matters still needed to be taken over by the Lu family.

Subsequently, Lu Qingxuan arranged for the elders to take charge of the various industries and affairs of the three major families. But at this point, Lu Qingxuan realized that five core elders were clearly insufficient.

After some discussion, Lu Qingxuan initiated a reform of the core elders.

First, he reorganized the positions of the five core elders, adjusting their ranks. The Second Elder was promoted to Grand Elder, the Fourth Elder to Second Elder, the Sixth Elder to Third Elder, and so on in that order.

Although, during his father’s reign, the family had a total of nine core elders—four from the direct line, three from the collateral line, and two from the outer line. But now, only five remained: two from the direct line, two from the collateral line, and one from the outer line.

Of course, the outer line here didn’t refer to people with different surnames; they still bore the Lu name. These were simply clansmen born from Lu family women and men who had married into the Lu Royal Mansion.

Lu family women generally didn’t marry out; instead, they brought husbands into the Lu Royal Mansion. This prevented the loss of Lu family descendants and allowed the family to grow more prosperous.

After reorganizing the positions of the five elders, Lu Qingxuan instructed them to recommend one elder each from the direct line, collateral line, and outer line within two days.

Lu Qingxuan planned to select two from the direct line, one from the collateral line, and one from the outer line from these recommended regular elders to fill the four vacant core elder positions.

Only when the core elder positions were fully staffed could the Lu family’s numerous resources and industries be properly managed.

After finalizing the reforms, Lu Qingxuan suddenly remembered another important matter and shifted his gaze to Lu Qianchuan, who had been promoted to Second Elder.

“Second Elder, regarding the investigation I asked you to conduct about the deaths of our Lu clansmen overseas, have you made any progress?”

The Second Elder stepped forward and respectfully reported, “Your Highness, there hasn’t been much progress on this matter, but there are some findings, though they aren’t entirely certain.”

Lu Qingxuan’s interest was piqued. “Oh? Tell me more.”

“After investigating discreetly for some time, we found that although many forces were vying for that opportunity overseas, none of them witnessed how our clansmen perished. The result of that struggle for the opportunity was that the Langya Heavenly Sect emerged as the greatest victor, without losing a single person. As for the other forces that went to seize the opportunity, they all suffered losses of cultivators to varying degrees, and their strength was roughly on par with our Lu family’s. If there’s a force capable of silently wiping out our Lu clansmen, the Langya Heavenly Sect is the most likely candidate.”

Lu Qianchuan relayed all the information gathered from the recent investigation.

“Langya Heavenly Sect?” Lu Qingxuan’s eyes narrowed slightly.

This sect was a high-tier fifth-grade sect, with not only dozens of Spiritual Pill Realm experts but also seven or eight Soul Palace Realm powerhouses, making it a dominant force across several major counties near Beiyuan County.

If his elder brother and the group of Lu clansmen had been ambushed and killed by the Langya Heavenly Sect while vying for that opportunity, it was indeed highly plausible.

He had always suspected that the unexplained deaths of the Lu clansmen overseas during that opportunity were due to human interference, so after taking over as head of the Royal Mansion, he had ordered an investigation.

He hadn’t expected the most likely suspect to be the Langya Heavenly Sect.

“Continue following up on this matter and report any progress to me immediately!” Lu Qingxuan ordered.

“Your Highness, rest assured. We have a disciple in the family named Lu Tianming who previously joined the Langya Heavenly Sect. He has now become an inner disciple, and I’ve quietly instructed him to gather internal information from the sect,” Lu Qianchuan nodded, revealing a channel for obtaining information.

Lu Qingxuan gave a hum of acknowledgment and cautioned, “Be sure to protect that Lu family disciple and ensure the Langya Heavenly Sect doesn’t catch wind of his investigation.”

Lu Qianchuan agreed and returned to his seat.

Finally, after giving a few more instructions, Lu Qingxuan concluded the meeting.

After the meeting ended, Lu Qingxuan first buried numerous Earth-tier spiritual veins beneath Sky-Supporting Island.

These spiritual veins, of course, belonged to the three major families and had now become spoils of war for the Lu Royal Mansion.

Next, he set up a top-grade Heaven-grade protective clan formation across the entire Sky-Supporting Island, greatly enhancing its security several times over. Lastly, Lu Qingxuan placed a two-story spiritual energy tower within the family grounds.

With this spiritual energy tower, the cultivation of the Lu clansmen would surely improve rapidly.

After completing these tasks, Lu Qingxuan visited his mother, Jiang Xuanya, and handed over a wealth of resources to her. After leaving his mother’s palace, Lu Qingxuan headed straight to where Ling Xiyue was.