Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 19: The Patriarch Ling Qiyue

In front of the family meeting hall, on a square of several hundred acres in radius, a flying boat shrouded in spiritual light slowly landed.

Since Ling Changqing's naturalization issue had to be dealt with first, Tang Qiuyao brought him here.

"...According to convention, you must first meet the head of the family, hold a naturalization ceremony, and then go to the bank to handle the resource loan."

Tang Qiuyao said to Ling Changqing.

Ling Changqing nodded: "I don't know anything about this, everything is up to Senior Sister to arrange."

The two of them crossed the square and headed towards the main entrance of the council hall. They passed many guards and questioned them along the way before finally stepping onto the hundreds of white jade steps.

When he arrived at this place, the concentration of spiritual energy in the space was about ten times stronger than when Ling Changqing was at sea.

At the end of the stairs is the magnificent and majestic meeting hall, with its carved beams and painted buildings, magnificent and stunning.

Although the Ling family is not large in the cultivation world, it has many foundation-building cultivators in charge and has been developing and operating for hundreds of years. The financial and material resources it actually controls are much stronger than those mortal dynasties in the secular world.

When they got closer, a guard came to inform them that the master of the house was not in the meeting hall to handle business at the moment, but had gone to the back garden to rest.

Tang Qiuyao then took Ling Changqing around in a big circle, entered the inner house complex through the side hall, passed through the long corridors, passed dozens of luxurious and exquisite palaces and courtyards, and finally arrived at the inner flower garden where the master of the house lived.

Ling Changqing couldn't help but feel emotional as he walked along. Such a large-scale palace and garden project would be considered a foolish act of extravagance and disregard for the suffering of the people in a secular dynasty.

But for a family of cultivators that possess extraordinary powers, this kind of thing is just a piece of cake.

No matter how poor the lower-level cultivators are, their lives are much more comfortable than those of ordinary mortals, not to mention those cultivation families that have been passed down for hundreds of years.

A moment later, after passing through the last line of defense, Tang Qiuyao and Ling Changqing arrived in front of an exquisite and beautiful embroidered building shrouded in spiritual light.

After informing the maid at the door and obtaining permission, Ling Changqing finally walked into the boudoir of the rumored female head of the household.

"...Qiuyao, have you brought the person?"

Accompanied by a clear, soft voice like the sound of nature and the melodious sound of jingling jewelry, a stunningly beautiful woman in a skirt as white as snow and with a graceful figure came slowly towards her. Her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her eyes were like autumn water, and her long hair as black as ink reached her waist.

The female head of the family does not look very old. She has curved eyebrows, pink and translucent lips, and dark and lively eyes that shine like stars.

The round and upright peaks on her chest seem to be about to burst through her clothes, her plump legs are long and straight, her charming curves are ups and downs, her waist is swaying, and she is graceful and attractive.

The new generation head of the Ling family: Ling Qiyue.

Ling Changqing didn't look at him any further. He bowed and greeted him politely, allowing the other person's gaze, as solid as substance, to fall on him.

Ling Qiyue's dark eyes looked at the blue-shirted boy for a while, her soft voice became a little more volatile, and her glossy and charming cherry lips slightly opened:
"It is indeed a little extraordinary. It is reasonable that you can make further progress in the future. No wonder Ling Zifeng thinks so highly of you. There is no need to be polite here. Sit down and talk!"

"Thank you, Master."

Ling Changqing bowed again and then sat down on the embroidered cushion brought by the maid.

The Epoch Star Palace in the body is already hidden in the heavy chaotic fog, and no matter how powerful the magic is, it is difficult to detect any clues.

It is rumored that the female head of the family before them is extremely talented and is the first favored daughter in hundreds of years who is expected to break through the perfect foundation-building level and enter the golden elixir realm. I don't know if it is true.

Moreover, the previous head of the Ling family and Ling Qiyue were not from the same direct lineage. The reason why he handed over power and retired was because she forced him to step down by force.

This shows that this person is very capable and is by no means as harmless as he appears to be.

Ling Qiyue swayed her waist and sat down elegantly in the main seat, and said thoughtfully:

"Qiu Yao has already mentioned your situation once before, so from now on, you are a direct member of my Ling family."

"I will take charge of your last loan of 3,000 spirit stones today and write it off. In addition, you can also receive a certain amount of cultivation resources from the family every month. I hope you will practice well and build your foundation soon..."

Ling Changqing's expression became more serious, and he thanked her calmly. No matter what the female head of the family planned, at least the benefits she had given him were real.

After talking for a while, Tang Qiuyao took Ling Changqing and left.

The naturalization ceremony was held in the Ling family's clan ancestral hall. Ling Qiyue naturally did not need to show up, as it was presided over by a senior elder of the Ling family, and several powerful deacons, including Tang Qiuyao, watched and witnessed.

After the ceremony, Ling Changqing's name was officially recorded in the genealogy of the direct lineage. From then on, his status and position were completely different from those of the poor low-level casual cultivators. "Okay, now I'll take you to the warehouse to get the resources!"

Tang Qiuyao said with a smile that being a direct member of the Ling family was certainly not just an empty title, but had substantial benefits.

The family treasury is a heavily guarded palace courtyard, which is magnificent and majestic.

On the steps at the entrance stood two rows of grim-looking black-robed monks with magic swords on their backs, and behind them stood groups of Taoist puppets.

Since today is not the day for the routine distribution of resource quotas, there are no Ling family members lingering at the door.

After verifying their identities, Tang Qiuyao took Ling Changqing straight in.

There was a huge black jade table in the courtyard, with three solemn-looking old men sitting behind it, surrounded by a group of clerks, servants, guards, etc. on duty.

Seeing Tang Qiuyao coming in, the old man sitting in the middle greeted with a smile: "Deacon Tang, what brings you here today?"

"According to the order of the Patriarch, bring this young man here to collect the resource fee."

Tang Qiuyao spoke gently and handed the purple jade token of Ling Changqing, which symbolized that he was a member of the direct lineage, to the old man.

The old man took it with a solemn look, checked it and confirmed it was correct, nodded and said: "So it is a newly promoted direct descendant. Wait a moment, I will tell them to do it immediately."

At his command, several servants left quickly and returned with several boxes and crates in a short while.

Thirty Qi-replenishing and Yuan-Yin-nourishing pills, five Xuanyin Blood-Yin-nourishing pills, fifty kilograms of first-level monster meat, sixty kilograms of red crystal spirit rice, fifteen liters of spirit wine, and thirty low-grade spirit stones.

This is the amount of resources that the younger generation of the Ling family's direct descendants can receive every month. If they make contributions, the family treasury will also have corresponding resources rewarded.

From the perspective of a direct descendant, this monthly quota of resources is not much. But for those low-level monks with no background, this amount of resources is enough for them to risk their lives to fight for it.

Since this was Ling Changqing's first time coming to collect resources, according to the rules, he also received a set of Taoist robes and a long sword, both of which were basic magical weapons.

Ling Changqing didn't say much. He signed the roster and then put all his things into the storage bag.

Next, Tang Qiuyao took Ling Changqing out of the treasury and went to the Ling family bank.

This time, Ling Yunfeng came out in person to receive them again.

As soon as he saw Ling Changqing's current appearance, the bank owner understood about 60% of what was going on and laughed:
"This young man is indeed very talented, and the head of the family has a keen eye. It seems that in time, the family will have another great foundation-building cultivator."

"Then I will accept your good words,"

Tang Qiuyao smiled softly and said, "I came here this time to arrange another resource loan for him. Let's choose the one that costs 10,000 spirit stones!"

Ten thousand low-grade spirit stones is the maximum amount that Ling Changqing can borrow given his current status.

Furthermore, until this loan was fully repaid, he would not be able to borrow more from the family bank unless the head of the family asked for permission.

Ling Yunfeng nodded and agreed: "No problem, then let's do it this way."

After the routine loan procedures, Ling Changqing asked for a list and began to choose the resources he needed to exchange.

The first thing, of course, is the choice and exchange of magical powers and spells, such as the complete advanced version of the Water Control Technique, as well as offensive magical powers and spells such as Water Mirror Communication, Water Tornado, and Mysterious Ice Water Arrow.

Including the Water Escape Technique and Water Spirit Shield that I exchanged last time, I got the complete versions this time.

Then came the exchange of various medicinal resources, two hundred Xuanyin Blood Yuan Pills, eighty Chunyuan Yangshen Pills, thirty Baiquan Juling Pills...all exchanged based on three months' usage.

Finally, Ling Changqing exchanged himself for a Taoist robe and a long sword, both of which were mid-grade magical weapons, as well as a stack of fine talismans.

In a short while, the quota of 10,000 low-grade spirit stones had been reduced to less than 900.

"Okay, take me to retreat and practice!"

Ling Changqing said that after three months of intensive training, those newly acquired magical powers and spells should have reached a certain level of proficiency.

There was no reason for Ling Yunfeng to refuse, so after seeing Tang Qiuyao off, Ling Changqing, led by his maid, returned to the courtyard where he had been in seclusion last time.

(End of this chapter)