Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 2 Mysterious Palace
This mysterious palace shrouded in clear light has been sleeping in Ling Changqing's sea of ​​consciousness since he was first born into this world. It is the core secret that enables him to quickly adapt to the laws of time and space in this world and settle down.

In his previous life, Ling Changqing was a small town test-taker. While struggling in the workplace, he worked day and night to pass the civil service exam and put all his energy into it.

With victory in sight, he was inexplicably brought to this magical and magnificent world by the mysterious palace and reincarnated as one of the countless living beings.

No matter which time and space world, life at the bottom is always extremely difficult. Before awakening in the mysterious palace, Ling Changqing was a distant branch of the Ling family. At the age of twelve, he became a pearl diver on the Ling family's territory.

Compared with their previous lives when they had no worries about food and clothing, the lives of pearl divers were now extremely miserable.

Especially in this world with powerful monks, it is more difficult than one can imagine for the lower class without any power to counterattack and cross classes.

The instinct for survival allowed Ling Changqing to gradually adapt to his new identity. In addition, the mysterious palace was officially awakened half a year ago, and a glimmer of light began to emerge in the dark future.

After calming his thoughts, Ling Changqing began to communicate with the mysterious hall. Amidst the clear and bright light, a familiar warm breath enveloped his consciousness. He felt like his whole body was soaked in a top-quality spiritual spring, feeling indescribably comfortable and cozy.

A message with a mysterious rhythm of Taoism emerged silently:
[Lord of the Era Star Palace: Ling Changqing]

【Bone age: 14】

[Cultivation: Qi training level 2]

【Luck:10+81】

【Fortune: 10+56】

【Physique:9】

【Root bone: 8】

【Comprehension: 10】

[Soul: 12]

[Main Skill: Water Control Technique (Level 197) 200\]

[Spiritual roots: low quality, gold, wood, water, fire, earth]

[Noble: Ling Zifeng]

"...This palace called Jiyuan Xing Palace, I don't know what level of treasure it is, it can actually display the owner's comprehensive qualities and cultivation strength in the form of data..."

"Perhaps... in the future, as my cultivation level increases, He will show me more miraculous powers?"

This is not the first time that Ling Changqing has communicated with the Era Star Palace. After so much time of repeated exploration and trial, he has now begun to understand some of its magical uses.

Compared to when he just crossed over, Ling Changqing's physique and bone attributes have not changed, but his soul has continued to improve from 8 to 12. Under its influence, his comprehension has also improved from 9 to 10.

Of course there is also the level of spiritual roots. Ling Changqing possesses all five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, but his character is only at a low level.

Spiritual roots are divided into several levels, including waste, ordinary, human, earth, and heaven. Each level is further divided into three grades: upper, middle, and lower.

The higher the level of spiritual roots, the better the aptitude of the cultivator, and the easier it is to break through the bottleneck of cultivation. As long as resources are not a hindrance, cultivation will naturally be twice as effective with half the effort.

It is rumored that there are some rare spiritual roots in this world, but most cultivators have no chance to see them.

As for the only skill that Ling Changqing mastered, the "Water Control Technique", it has also grown from the original entry level to the current second level, and is only one step away from breaking through to the third level.

Then there are luck and fortune, which were originally only 4, but have now gradually grown to 10, which is the attribute with the largest change.

The value after the plus sign is somewhat erratic. In fact, it is brought by this mysterious palace called Epoch Star Palace and cannot be considered as Ling Changqing’s own qualifications at all.

Of course, as long as the Era Star Palace is not taken away by outsiders, there will be no negative impact on Ling Changqing.

The last one is "noble person", which is the special ability of Jiyuan Xing Palace. It can make the specific target person selected by Ling Changqing subtly develop a friendly and close emotion towards him, so as to give Ling Changqing some care and convenience without endangering their own interests.

Working in the sea is full of dangers. If you perform too poorly, you won’t be able to make a living. If you perform too well, you may attract the attention and suspicion of those who have ulterior motives.

Therefore, the hidden ability of this "noble man" of Jiyuan Xinggong is very important. Under the invisible influence of this rare treasure, Ling Zifeng has always been very friendly to Ling Changqing, or he likes him more and does not doubt him.

Of course, now the ability of the Era Star Palace can only affect one target, so Ling Changqing directly chose Ling Zifeng, who manages the entire pearl diving team, to ensure his own safety to the greatest extent.

As for the future, as the level of cultivation increases, perhaps this special ability can affect more targets?

"What a pity... this cultivation is still too weak! If you want to change your fate, you must improve your strength as soon as possible, otherwise you will die inexplicably sooner or later..."

After a while, Ling Changqing ended his meditation and breathing, slowly opened his eyes, and began to think about his next plan to improve his cultivation.

If you want to practice cultivation, you cannot do without resources. If you want to quickly improve your cultivation, the demand for resources will naturally be extremely huge.

However, Ling Changqing is just a low-level cultivator with no power or influence. Although his surname is also Ling, he has no relationship with the direct members of the Ling family. He can barely be considered a distant branch disciple.

Since his parents had passed away long ago, several of his close relatives were also low-level cultivators who lived a very hard life and were unable to help Ling Changqing at all.

Therefore, when he was twelve years old, he was forced to join the family's pearl divers team, working during normal times and going out to sea to fish when busy. He risked being buried at the bottom of the sea at any time and barely managed to make a living by collecting some resources.

It is said that only those who endure the most hardships can become the best. However, the cruel reality tells us that only those who endure the most hardships can endure more hardships!
As long as you can endure hardship, there will be endless hardship to endure.

People at the bottom of society work hard all their lives, but they are likely to remain at the bottom of society! How can it be so easy to change your fate?
"Well, it's better to rely on yourself than on others. As long as you act prudently and always adhere to the essence of the Tao, you will rise to the top sooner or later!"

Ling Changqing pondered secretly.

In this magical and magnificent world, the way of cultivation has evolved and developed over countless years, and has now formed a huge and complete cultivation system.

The Qi training realm is divided into nine small realms, which are the foundation stage of the cultivation system in this world. Above that are the foundation building, golden elixir, Nascent Soul, God transformation... and many other incredible realms.

It is said that after a monk's power reaches the extreme and he has passed many tests of heavenly tribulations, he can step into the legendary mysterious realm of immortals. From then on, he will live as long as the heaven and earth, shine as brightly as the sun and the moon, and live in eternal bliss and freedom.

Of course, these are too far away for Ling Changqing. Not to mention building a foundation, even completing the seven small realms after the Qi training realm is an extremely difficult task.

Although there are countless low-level cultivators in this world, there are only a few lucky ones who can break through the limit of the ninth level of Qi training and cultivate to the foundation-building stage.

The current Ling family is the leading cultivation family within the sea area of ​​thousands of miles.

Including the head of the family, there are only three great cultivators in the foundation-building stage in the clan, and there is not a single strong man in the golden elixir stage.

The senior elders of the Ling family, as well as the most outstanding direct descendants, are now in the middle and late stages of Qi training, working hard and trying their best. It is unknown when they will be able to accumulate the huge amount of resources to break through the realm.

It is said that except for the youngest patriarch, the other two foundation-building masters of the Ling family are already very old and have no hope of forming a pill, and they don’t have much time left to live.

If the two elders in the foundation-building stage pass away and no new foundation-building masters are born in the family, the high-end combat power of the Ling family will inevitably be greatly weakened.

If there is an invasion by foreign enemies at that time, it would be hard to say whether the Ling family could still maintain its current foundation.

Certain forces that have old grudges against the Ling family have long been secretly colluding and sharpening their knives, waiting for the Ling family to decline in the future so that they can take advantage of the situation and add insult to injury.

Gathering his scattered thoughts, Ling Changqing raised his hand, took out a small jade bottle from his arms, and unscrewed the cap.

Inside the jade bottle is a finger-sized pill that is as white as jade. A faint fragrance permeates the air, making people feel refreshed and happy.

This is a Qi-replenishing and Yuan-invigorating Pill, made from a variety of primary spiritual herbs and herbs, and refined by an alchemist using a magical furnace. It can strengthen meridians, regulate internal organs, condense blood and improve cultivation, and is one of the cultivation resources that low-level cultivators can barely afford.

On the market, each Qi-boosting and Yuan-Yunning Pill required at least thirty Spirit Sands to be exchanged. With Ling Changqing's current meager wealth, he could only buy and use them carefully.

In the past life, it was difficult to move forward without money. In this life, it is also difficult to move forward without spiritual stones...

Ling Changqing sighed, poured out the pill and swallowed it, then began to sit in silence and practice Qigong, allowing blood and Qi to circulate through his meridians, quietly digesting the power of the medicine.

After a round of practice, when Ling Changqing opened his eyes again, he could faintly hear the crackling sound of bones popping from all over his body. His blood was vigorous and he was full of energy. He had already reached the third level of the Water Control Technique.

(End of this chapter)