Every family had their own rules on the distribution of Mystical Materials and treasures. Not even the future Family Patriarch could have everything he wanted. Otherwise, the other disciples would not be convinced and the unity of the family would be affected.
Of course, if the future Family Patriarch was talented and the family had more resources, the other disciples wouldn't say anything.
Lu Renhuang was an example. After all, it was a good thing for the Lu Family that Lu Renhuang had become more powerful.
Lu Li's status was much lower than Lu Renhuang's, even lower than Lu Suan and Lu Ni.
What was more, Lu Zhengtan was in charge now. How could Patriarch Four and Patriarch Eight give Lu Li Mystical Materials and treasures at will?
Therefore, Lu Li only got one set of Mystical Materials for reaching the Fate Wheel Realm and one Heaven Serpent Fruit.
Actually, Lu Zhengtan had to agree to the distribution of such Mystical Materials. However, Lu Li had a special identity and he was talented so the two patriarchs made the decision. Lu Zhengtan wouldn't say anything if they gave him some.
Lu Li ran away as soon as he got the Mystical Materials, fearing that Lu Zhengtan would come back.
He also got a secret method for reaching the Fate Wheel Realm. With the secret method and the Heaven Serpent Fruit, it would be easier.
There were better secret methods in the Warlord Album of the Lu Family. However, Lu Li was not sure that he was Lu Renhuang's son so the two patriarchs wouldn't give him the other methods.
Back at the Rising Dragon Pavilion, Lu Li went to Yu Huashen and Ming Yu and asked them about their experiences on reaching the Fate Wheel Realm. He chatted with Lu Feixue for a bit and then went back to his room.
The Xuan Wu Realm, Spirit Sea Realm and Soul Pond Realm were all about building the foundation. The Fate Wheel Realm and the first three realms were worlds apart.
Cultivation of Wu Dao was about changing one's fate.
Reaching the Fate Wheel Realm would change one's fate. One Fate Wheel could prolong one's life by 500 years. With a Fate Wheel, one could fly.
If the first three realms were like children, then reaching the Fate Wheel Realm would be like becoming adults.
The Eternal Realm and Noble Lord Realm were like young people. When they reached the Human Sovereign Realm, they would take another leap and enter the prime of their lives.
Lu Li didn't think too much about the later realms. He went back to his room and started to study the secret method.
He couldn't wait to reach the Fate Wheel Realm because Lu Ling would be back soon and he wanted to give her a surprise.
The principle of forming a Life Wheel was not complicated, but the process of forming a Life Wheel was very complicated. One mistake and the Life Wheel might break.
There was a legend among the people — Fate Wheel was actually a bit like the growth rings of a tree. The longer a tree lived, the more growth rings it would have. Humans actually had growth rings too, but they were hidden in the body and could not be seen.
Therefore, in order to live longer, the ancestors tried to increase the number of Fate Wheels.
For example, a tree only had ten growth rings, but if a hundred growth rings were engraved in advance, the tree would theoretically be able to live for a hundred years.
Of course, this was just a rumor among the people. It was a very vulgar metaphor and not accurate.
In truth, it was using many heavenly materials to condense a source of life in the body, allowing this source of life to continuously change the body's functions, allowing a martial artist's body to age longer and always remain young and full of vitality.
The source of life was the Fate Wheel. It was very difficult to form a Fate Wheel. The Mystical Materials needed were determined after hundreds of thousands of attempts and improvements by the ancestors.
Creating a Fate Wheel was not as simple as creating an object and putting it in one's body.
It also had to be completely compatible with the human body, completely integrated, and become a part of the human body.
There were three steps to forming a Fate Wheel!
The first step was to get rid of the impurities in the body so that the body could be as pure as a piece of white paper. Only in this way could it be more compatible with the Fate Wheel.
The second was to form a Fate Wheel. He had to use the dense Dark Force in the Deity Sea and countless treasures to form a Fate Wheel.
The third step was the most critical, to make the Fate Wheel fit with the body.
If not, the Fate Wheel would not be a part of the body and it could collapse at any time. The Heaven Serpent Fruit was used for this step.
Hunchback Tian tried to reach the Fate Wheel Realm for more than 80 times but failed because he was too old and his body was aging.
Also, when he failed to form a Fate Wheel, his body could no longer fit with it. He only succeeded after Ye Cha gave him the Heaven Serpent Fruit.
It took Lu Li more than half a day to memorize the secret method of forming a Fate Wheel.
He didn't start rashly. Instead, he went out to have a meal with Lu Feixue, played a game of chess, chatted for a while and then went back to his room to rest.
He had a good night's sleep so that his body and spirit could be at the peak. The next day, he began to try to reach the Fate Wheel Realm.
First, he took out three pellets and swallowed them. The pellets were used to get rid of impurities in his body. The pellets would be painful. After all, he was forcing the impurities out of his body.
As he expected …
In the time for one incense stick to burn, Lu Li's body began to heat up. His skin turned red as if he was being grilled on a stove.
As a matter of fact, getting rid of impurities was no different from grilling. The pellets Lu Li took to refine his body had the same effect.
In order to refine iron ores into good ones, he had to grill them with fire to get rid of the impurities.
"Hot …"
Soon, Lu Li felt he was getting hotter and hotter. His body was boiling and even his breath was hot.
The pain was nothing for him. Sweat was running down his forehead and his clothes were soaked. But he didn't notice it. He sat with his legs crossed with his eyes closed, motionless.
Time moved on. Lu Li's robe was soaked and there was steam coming out. He looked like he was in pain. Every time he moved, his muscles would tremble.
Gradually …
Black liquid came out from Lu Li's body. His skin turned black and he smelled bad. Still, he didn't open his eyes and continued to sit with his legs crossed.
Two hours, twelve hours, thirty four hours ….
Finally, Lu Li opened his eyes. But his eyelids were covered with black dirt and he smelled bad. There was no glow in his eyes. He was shaking as if he was going to collapse.
He didn't have time to clean himself. He just lay on the ground and took a rest, gasping for air.
The secret method of condensing Fate Wheel stated clearly that the longer he rested, the less effective the Fate Wheel would be. Therefore, Lu Li had to make every second count to rest.
In just an hour, Lu Li opened his eyes and sat with his legs crossed again.
This time, he began to condense Fate Wheel. He had the Heaven Serpent Fruit. As long as he could successfully condense Fate Wheel, the third step would not be a problem.
Lu Li took out the Mystical Materials one by one. Then, he took out a dagger and cut his abdomen.
His abdomen split open and blood oozed out. Lu Li gasped. He took out some powders and elixirs that he had prepared and applied them to the wound.
Ming Yu and Yu Huashen didn't condense Fate Wheels like this. This was a secret method given to him by the Lu Family.
It was said that Fate Wheels made this way could be more solid, many times stronger than regular ones. Lu Li chose to believe in the Lu Family's secret method.
Regular Fate Wheels could be as solid as Heaven Grade Xuan Artifact. However, Heaven Grade Xuan Artifact was not that strong. Little White could bite through it easily and a powerful attack from an Eternal Realm warrior could break a Fate Wheel.
Big Families had their own secret methods to make Fate Wheels more solid and unbreakable.