Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 35 Eating soft food?
Of course, it was impossible for Ling Changqing to agree to Ling Bingyun's proposal now.

But before he could open his mouth, a young and handsome young man waving a folding fan came over and said in a hurried tone:

"Bingyun, this matter is of great importance to you. Why don't you consider it carefully?"

The look in his eyes as he looked at Ling Changqing beside him was filled with well-hidden jealousy and hostility, and his intentions were obvious.

However, Ling Changqing was too lazy to look at him directly, and waved his sleeves lightly: "Since Miss Bingyun has something to do, why not talk about it another day!"

After saying this, he turned around and left despite the beautiful woman's attempts to stop him.

Ling Bingyun's face suddenly turned cold, and he said in a bad tone: "Ling Yang, what do you mean by this? Do I need you to take care of my affairs?"

The young man named Ling Yang looked a little embarrassed and explained in a low voice:

"Bingyun, I am also thinking about you. Cultivating together as a couple is related to the great cause of the Tao. How can we make a hasty decision?"

He had admired Ling Bingyun for a long time and dreamed of marrying her as a dual cultivation partner one day. Unfortunately, his aptitude was lacking and he was still only at the fourth level of Qi training at the age of over 30.

Naturally, such conditions would not satisfy the elders behind Ling Bingyun, so he has never been able to get what he wanted.

"Really? Then who are you?"

Ling Bingyun was angry and said coldly: "I am not interested in arguing with you. Go and explain this to the ancestor yourself!"

Several guards with stern expressions came over silently and restrained him without saying a word.

"Uh, this..."

Ling Yang's face turned pale as he finally realized the seriousness of the matter. This must be the intention of Patriarch Tianhe. Now that he had ruined the matter, how could that foundation-building master let him off?

But in his opinion, Ling Changqing was just a descendant of a distant branch, and only became a direct descendant with the support of the patriarch. Why should he be compared with himself, who had a legitimate family background?
However, the guards would not reason with him and dragged him out of the courtyard roughly.

On the other side, Ling Changqing continued to stroll around. During this time, there were some young and beautiful girls from the tribe who approached him, but he dealt with them all calmly.

Nearly an hour later, it was almost noon when Ling Changqing returned to the pavilion in the middle of the lake. Tang Qiuyao was still sitting there quietly sipping tea.

The intricate and gorgeous bright yellow skirt outlines the enchanting and graceful curves of her figure, with a bulging and full front and bottomless snow-white ravines under the bright red bodice.

"came back?"

The stunningly beautiful woman put down the teacup in her hand and said with a smile: "I thought you would be attracted to one or two girls from the clan. Is there no one among so many pretty girls that can move your heart?"

Except for Ling Tianque and Ling Tianhe, the two lineages are not suitable for consideration. As for the girls from other branches, Tang Qiuyao does not object to Ling Changqing contacting them.

Especially in the family of the head of the family, Ling Qiyue, there are several girls with outstanding character and appearance. If they can get close to Ling Changqing, Tang Qiuyao will naturally be happy to see it happen.

Ling Changqing shook his head: "I really don't feel anything. Let's not talk about this kind of thing again."

If I don't reach the foundation building stage, I won't be at ease. How much say can I have in the Qi training stage? Aren't I just a pawn in the eyes of those old guys?
Tang Qiuyao nodded slightly: "It is indeed good to devote one's heart to the Tao, but if fate has already arrived, there is no need to deliberately refuse it."

"Senior sister is right."

Ling Changqing nodded and said nothing more.

In the afternoon, a small auction within the family was held as scheduled.

This time, not only the new generation of young people came, but also some elders who had not been seen for a long time came, because it was said that there would be several longevity pills appearing in the auction.

For those old guys whose time is up and who have no hope of building a foundation, the opportunity to live a few more years is naturally an irresistible temptation.

"... Senior Sister, most of the longevity pills that appeared here were made by the Patriarch, right?"

In a corner of the stands, Ling Changqing was quietly communicating with Tang Qiuyao through his spiritual consciousness.

"Of course," Tang Qiuyao responded calmly:

"The several kinds of elixir that break through the level in the middle and late stages of Qi training, the longevity elixir, and even the second-level elixir required for daily cultivation in the foundation-building stage are now basically refined by the head of the family himself."

This is the benefit of having a high-level alchemist in charge of the family. In the past, the Ling family had trained several alchemists of average level, so that those high-value elixir resources mainly relied on external purchases.

As a result, most of the family's annual fiscal surplus went to the outside chambers of commerce and sects.

After Ling Qiyue took over the family, apart from other things, at least the supply of these high-value elixirs was much more abundant, which enabled her to gain the support of the vast majority of clan members, and the power of the head of the family was easily consolidated.

It is difficult for small families and sects to grow and develop. One of the key reasons is that they rely heavily on purchasing strategic resources from outside, and it is inevitable that they will be controlled and strangled by others.

Ling Changqing was thoughtful. It seemed that the hidden strength of the Ling family was much stronger than he had previously estimated.

Although it seemed that Ling Tianque and Ling Tianhe, two foundation-building masters, were nearing the end of their lives, and the family's future was not optimistic, with Ling Qiyue around, this was not a big problem.

No wonder the surrounding forces are so wary of the Ling family. As time goes by, the power of the Ling family is indeed growing.

In the long run, even if Ling Qiyue did not become a Jindan powerhouse, the Ling family would have several more foundation-building cultivators to take charge, and it would be no problem for them to suppress the surrounding forces.

"It seems that with the head of the family here, the family's prosperity is just around the corner!"

Ling Changqing sighed and said that high-level alchemists are an absolute strategic force.

With Ling Qiyue's strength, even if she goes to those large sects with Nascent Soul ancestors in charge, her status and position will not be low.

Tang Qiuyao glanced at the purple-clothed handsome boy beside her and said, "But having an alchemist alone is not enough. We also need the key raw materials for alchemy! After all, even a skilled cook cannot cook without rice."

Others may not know, but she understands Ling Qiyue’s difficulty, which is that the raw materials for some high-quality elixirs are really too difficult to gather, especially the foundation-building elixir.

If the bottleneck in this area can be resolved, the number of high-quality pills that Ling Qiyue can refine every year will at least increase by two or three times, and the positive significance to the family is self-evident.

Ling Changqing was silent for a while, and responded: "I will do my best to help the master with this matter."

Due to the dangerous and terrifying nature of the deep sea area, some of the rare resources grown there should be the only ownerless things that are not controlled by the big sects and forces.

Although there are some foundation-building or even golden elixir-level cultivators among them who go to the deep sea for travel and exploration, the ocean is too vast and boundless, and no one can completely monopolize the resources here.

Especially in the sea areas deeper than ten thousand feet, it is said that there are huge monsters and giant demons from the ancient times lurking. They are so dangerous and terrifying that even the Yuanying and Huashen ancestors dare not set foot there easily.

Tang Qiuyao's beautiful eyes sparkled with a strange light, and she said in a gentle voice, "After the party is over, I will take you to see the head of the family to discuss the plan of traveling to the deep sea, right?"

Ling Changqing had no objection to this. As long as he helped Ling Qiyue get what she wanted, he would also gain benefits in the future.

A moment later, a soft green beam of light appeared on the podium in the center of the venue, and the whole place fell silent.

A dignified elder walked slowly up to the stage and, after a brief opening speech, announced the start of the auction.

The first item to be auctioned is the Qingyuan Yunlu Pill, a breakthrough elixir used to reach the middle stage of Qi training. It is said that six Qingyuan Yunlu Pills will be auctioned this time.

Compared with the market price, the price of this kind of internal family auction is usually more favorable.

"You can use this right now. Do you want me to help you take one?"

Tang Qiuyao asked with a sweet smile.

Ling Changqing declined politely: "No, I haven't encountered a bottleneck in my cultivation, so I don't need this thing."

Although he had a good relationship with this stunningly beautiful woman, Ling Changqing still couldn't accept the benefit she gave him with peace of mind.

Because that would give Ling Changqing the feeling of being a gigolo, although it is not a loss to be a gigolo like Tang Qiuyao.

(End of this chapter)