Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 38 Heading to the Deep Sea
Longhuan Island.

In the family meeting hall, Wu Canglan, the head of the Wu family, sat in the main seat, with more than ten elders sitting on both sides.

In addition to himself, the other four foundation-building elders of the Wu family were also present.

The latest changes in the Ling family on Chanxin Island have aroused the vigilance of the Wu family's top management, so Wu Canglang summoned all the powerful figures to a meeting this time.

"… If you elders have any opinions on this matter, please feel free to speak up."

Wu Canglang spoke slowly, his brows furrowed.

There was a moment of silence in the field.

Since the people of the Ling family were able to obtain a strategic resource like the Foundation Establishment Pill, they would naturally go into seclusion immediately to make a breakthrough and would not just sit there and sleep.

So faced with this kind of thing, the Wu family actually doesn't have any good solution. They can't just stop them from practicing in seclusion, right?

After a while, a Foundation Establishment cultivator wearing feathered clothes and a scarf, who looked to be no more than twenty years old, spoke:
"We can't stop this...unless we go to war with the Ling family."

He is the new foundation-building elder of the Wu family: Wu Cangyuan.

"It's impossible to start a war. We don't have much chance of winning now."

Wu Jinghong frowned and said, given the current situation, even if the Wu family found a way to defeat the Ling family, the price they would have to pay would not be small.

With both sides suffering losses, will other surrounding forces come to reap the benefits? The Wu family leaders cannot make such a low-level mistake.

"Can we unite with our allies to put pressure on the Ling family?"

Another elder made a suggestion.

Wu Canglang still shook his head. At the critical moment, few of those so-called allies were reliable. They changed their attitudes faster than turning the pages of a book.

The Ling family also has allies. When the two sides confront each other, it will be just a war of words at most, and it is impossible to get into real trouble.

"Since it can't be stopped, just accept the facts!"

A woman who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a Taoist robe as white as snow, said:

"What we need to worry about now is: Are there any more foundation-building pills in the Ling family? Will there be another foundation-building expert after Ling Yulu?"

She is another newly promoted foundation-building elder of the Wu family: Wu Xiuqing.

The whole audience couldn't help but be slightly surprised. This kind of thing was not impossible. After all, the head of the Ling family was already in the late stage of foundation building and had the attainments of a second-level top-grade alchemist.

When refining a furnace of foundation-building pills, generally speaking, there will be at least one successful pill, and if you are lucky, there will be two.

If the alchemist's alchemy level is high enough, it is possible to refine three foundation-building pills in one furnace.

From the information collected in the past, it is a common consensus as to Ling Qiyue's attainments in alchemy.

If someone said that she could refine three foundation-building pills at a time, not many people would doubt it.

So now, the issue that the Wu family's top brass needs to consider is not that the Ling family will soon have one more foundation-building expert, but... three? !

“This is a worst-case scenario, but it’s not impossible!”

Wu Jinghong looked grim. If in the next few years, the number of people in the Ling family who were building the foundation increased from three to six, wouldn't they be able to suppress the Wu family?
Unfortunately, the Wu family had no way to stop it and could only watch.

The head of the family, Wu Canglang, coughed and spoke to ease the atmosphere: "There is no need to be so pessimistic. After all, this is just a guess."

"Perhaps there aren't three Foundation Establishment Pills this time? Otherwise, the number of Foundation Establishment Pills they would have put out for internal auction wouldn't be just one."

Elder Wu Xiuqing pondered and said, "That's true. Ling Qiyue has never had the experience of refining foundation-building pills before. This is the first time. Even if she succeeds by chance, she can't possibly have two, right?"

"Well, that makes sense."

When the elders thought about it carefully, their expressions looked a little better.

A second-level alchemist can indeed refine foundation-building pills, but due to different alchemy inheritances, the quality of raw materials and alchemy furnaces, and other factors, the success rate is not high.

Because the raw materials are too precious, a second-level alchemist cannot have a lot of opportunities to practice and accumulate experience, so Ling Qiyue will not be able to produce a second foundation-building pill in the short term.

Wu Cangyuan sighed slightly: "From a long-term perspective, the Ling family has a second-level alchemist like Ling Qiyue, which is really a great advantage. We have to prepare for the rainy day!"

The elders looked at each other in bewilderment. After all, Ling Qiyue was too young. As long as she didn't die unexpectedly, she would be able to sit firmly on the position of the head of the family for the next one or two hundred years.

As long as she is still alive, she will be able to refine more foundation-building pills sooner or later. By then, won’t the Ling family have more and more powerful foundation-building people?

According to conservative estimates, the Ling family adds a new Foundation Establishment expert every twenty years. In a hundred years, they can accumulate five Foundation Establishment experts to rule the family, and in two hundred years, that would be ten.

Of course, this does not include the natural death of the strong foundation builders or the accidental death in the outbreak of war.

"Master, we must attract more allies. In addition, we must find a way to train our own second-level alchemist."

Wu Xiuqing said: "Only in this way can we preserve the family's foundation!"

Wu Canglang thought for a moment and nodded slowly: "This is as it should be. Our Wu family cannot be without its own second-level alchemist. Let's just leave it like this."

The training of a second-level alchemist is very difficult, and the amount of resources required is an extremely exaggerated number for a foundation-building family. Compared with training a foundation-building strongman, training a second-level alchemist, a high-tech technical talent, is even more difficult.

Especially since the time cost is as long as decades, and if you don’t have enough patience, you simply can’t afford to wait.

It’s just that the competition and layout between different cultivation families, just like the competition and game between countries, are often protracted, and it is common for them to last for decades or even hundreds of years.

Therefore, when it is impossible to determine the winner in a short period of time, the two sides can only compete in strategic determination.

……

Zen Heart Island, in Tang Qiuyao’s spiritual cave.

When Ling Changqing walked out of the training room again, nearly two months had passed.

"Sir, Elder Tang wants you to come over and have a chat."

The maid leader, Long Yun, bowed slightly and spoke softly.

Ling Changqing agreed and left the courtyard with her and came to the flower hall in the inner courtyard where Tang Qiuyao lived.

Tang Qiuyao, radiant in a peach-red palace gown, cloud-like hair and phoenix hairpins, sat behind the desk, flipping through the jade slip in her hand.

"coming?"

She raised her head, looked Ling Changqing up and down for a moment, and pursed her cherry lips:

"It looks like your cultivation has improved again, very good. Come with me to see the head of the family later. She always talks about you!"

"Ok."

Ling Changqing naturally had no reason to refuse.

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "That Elder Yulu...has successfully established his foundation?"

Tang Qiuyao smiled and said, "Of course, do you still have any doubts about the candidate chosen by the Patriarch? We in the Ling family now have four foundation-building masters."

Ling Changqing nodded. The Ling family had become stronger, which was also good for him. After all, it was good to lean on a big tree for shade.

Perhaps within a few years, Tang Qiuyao will also successfully break through, and by then the Ling family will have five foundation-building masters.

"As long as you are willing to help the Patriarch share his worries and make enough contributions, you will get one of the Foundation Establishment Pills in the future!"

As if she could see what the beautiful young man in purple was thinking, Tang Qiuyao spoke with a smile.

"I will."

Ling Changqing nodded again. This did not conflict with his own interests either. Following Ling Qiyue was better than following an outsider.

"Okay, let's go over there now!"

The stunningly beautiful woman stood up gracefully, swaying her waist, and led Ling Changqing out.

Half an hour later, in the embroidery building of the owner's boudoir.

Accompanied by the pleasant sound of jingling jewelry, the beaded curtain rolled up and the beautiful woman with a graceful figure and elegant manner walked in slowly.

Ling Changqing and Tang Qiuyao stood up at the same time and bowed to greet them.

"No need to be polite, just sit down!"

Ling Qiyue spoke gently, her beautiful black and white eyes looked at Ling Changqing for a few breaths, then nodded with satisfaction.

"...Junior sister has already told me about you. Why not wait for the best day? Let's go to the deep sea area together today to take a look?"

Ling Qiyue didn't beat around the bush and got straight to the point.

She and Tang Qiuyao privately call each other senior sister and junior sister, and it is obvious that their relationship is not as simple as outsiders think.

Ling Changqing hesitated and said, "It's fine for me, but the family headquarters still needs some strength to take charge, right?"

As the head of the family, Ling Qiyue obviously cannot leave Chanxin Island at will, so as to avoid being unable to react in time when something important happens.

Tang Qiuyao smiled and said, "That's fine. The three foundation building elders are all here, and we won't be away for too long. It won't have any impact!"

Only the three of them knew about this matter, and no one else was informed in advance, so there was naturally no possibility of leakage.

"Okay, this matter is up to the master's orders."

Ling Changqing said nothing more. With Ling Qiyue's intelligence, she had naturally arranged everything.

Ling Qiyue returned to her boudoir and changed into a snow-white outfit, revealing her fair and smooth skin, and her enchanting and hot body curves.

The three of them left the embroidery building and boarded Tang Qiuyao's flying boat to the sea.

(End of this chapter)