Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 55: Fine Foundation Building Pill

The next day.

As soon as the golden morning light dyed the eastern sky, Ling Qiyue, Tang Qiuyao and Ling Changqing set off.

Since they had disguised themselves before leaving, and with Fu Yinxue's secret help, the process of leaving Hanyuezhou Market was uneventful.

Luo Ji had few monks under his command, and although they had been watching the area around the market town, they were unable to detect any clues.

Of course, just in case, Ling Qiyue still steered the flying boat around in the depths of the vast ocean. After making sure that there were no suspicious people following her, she accelerated her return journey towards Chanxin Island.

Half a month later, when the familiar coastline appeared at the end of her sight, Ling Qiyue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"...Senior Sister, what are we going to do next?"

Ling Changqing asked, now that he was poor again, the right thing to do was to continue working in the sea to earn resources.

Ling Qiyue rolled her eyes at him charmingly and said, "What else can I do? Of course, I'll help Senior Sister make the elixir!"

"Once this is over, I will provide you with some cultivation resources so that you can continue your retreat."

Anyway, in order to prevent any unexpected situations, it is better for me to let my junior brother stay at home for now, and don’t go out if I can.

The junior brother must at least advance to the late stage of Qi training before he has a certain ability to protect himself, which can make them feel a little more at ease.

"Ok."

Ling Changqing agreed. As long as there were enough resources for cultivation, it didn't matter what kind of work he did. Besides, his alchemy level also needed to be continuously improved.

Not long after, Tang Qiuyao announced to the elders that the head of the family was refining medicine behind closed doors, and that she would be in charge of handling all matters within the family for the time being.

Since this kind of thing has happened more than once or twice in the past, the elders have become accustomed to it.

As long as more medicinal resources are refined by the head of the family, it will benefit the entire Ling family and make the family stronger and stronger.

Of course, this news would not be good news to some insider spies, as it would make the top leaders of the surrounding forces even more uneasy.

In the next few months, Ling Changqing basically never left the alchemy room, and the same was true for Ling Qiyue.

Except for Tang Qiuyao who would come in occasionally to take a look, other elders and clan members were not allowed to step into the alchemy room. Violators would be severely punished.

The newly promoted foundation-building elder Ling Yulu played an important role. He personally led the family's law enforcement team to guard outside the alchemy room to ensure that not even a mosquito could fly in.

In the alchemy room.

The bright spiritual flame burned continuously, the high temperature was oppressive, and the aroma of medicine filled the space.

The forbidden array patterns on the walls and the ground glowed with spiritual light, and a low humming sound came from inside the alchemy furnace.

Ling Qiyue, dressed in an apricot-yellow Taoist robe and with skin as white as snow, sat in front of the alchemy furnace. She was enveloped in spiritual light, her facial features were dignified and beautiful, exquisite as a painting, and she looked like a beautiful sculpture.

Ling Changqing was standing at one side at this moment, silently watching Ling Qiyue perform one fire-controlling spiritual technique after another, adjusting and controlling the spiritual flames with perfect accuracy.

He had already refined two batches of Qi-boosting and Yuan-invigorating pills as a practice, and then Ling Qiyue would refine the second-level anti-aging pills.

This has been the basic routine for the past few months, with Ling Changqing responsible for refining various first-grade, lower-quality elixirs and accumulating experience.

Ling Qiyue personally refined various second-level elixirs, including anti-aging pills, healing pills, spiritual nourishing pills, etc., as well as the most important foundation-building pills.

Whenever this happened, Ling Changqing would come to help, and the two of them worked in perfect harmony.

"...The level of alchemy is improving very quickly. Perhaps it won't take too long before I can try to refine a first-grade intermediate-quality pill?"

Ling Changqing pondered secretly.

As his mind looked inward, the Epoch Star Palace in his sea of ​​consciousness shook slightly, and a cryptic message came:

[Dan Dao: 4175/5000 (First-level lower grade)]

[Main cultivation technique: Xuanzhen Black Water Sutra (second level) 5110\10000]

[Spiritual roots: gold, wood, water, fire, earth, average character 7330/10000]

Perhaps due to his luck and fortune, the success rate of this round of alchemy was extremely high. Except for a furnace of foundation-building pill materials that wasted, the rest of the materials were put to good use and the pills were successfully produced.

After all, this was Ling Qiyue’s first attempt at the Foundation Building Pill that used the Soul-Devouring Blood Soul Fruit as its main ingredient, so she accidentally failed.

Fortunately, the remaining materials were not wasted, and a total of six genuine foundation-building pills were refined, one of which even reached the top-quality level.

This is no less than disastrous news for the surrounding foundation-building forces.

Even the Mu family, which was far away from the Zen Heart Island and had more than a dozen foundation-building monks in charge, felt their scalps tingling and became anxious after hearing the news.

Although strictly speaking, the foundation-building stage can only be regarded as the real starting point of the immortal cultivation career, it is not an earth-shaking achievement.

Without going too far, let's just say that within the Hanyue Sect, which has many Jindan and Jiadan Zhenren in charge, would they take the so-called foundation-building cultivators seriously?

Even if the Ling family suddenly had thirty to fifty Foundation Establishment cultivators, they were not worth mentioning in the eyes of the Hanyue Sect's top leaders, not to mention those forces with Nascent Soul cultivators in charge.

However, for low-level cultivators and those small forces, building the foundation has become the supreme goal that they need to pursue at all costs and use all their life energy.

Ling Changqing didn't feel too much about this. After all, his experience in his previous life made him understand that the small house that ordinary people need to work hard for their whole lives may not be worth as much as the cost of a dinner for the big shots.

It is said that all roads lead to Rome, but some people are born in Rome, and some are born to be cattle and horses. In the world of immortal cultivation with extraordinary powers, this polarization of resources will only be more exaggerated.

In order to better control and exploit the vast number of lower-level cultivators, those big forces would try their best to monopolize and control even the resources at the foundation-building level, not to mention the resources at the golden elixir and nascent soul levels.

Now that the Ling family has the support of these resources, it is enough to ensure that they will be as stable as a rock in the future surrounded by a group of foundation-building forces. They can even annex several small forces to expand the territory for the family.

However, if the family wants to complete a true transformation and join the ranks of a more powerful force, a genuine Jindan master must be born.

Obviously, this is not a goal that can be achieved in the short term.

After a day and a night, the refining of this batch of second-level anti-aging pills was nearing completion, and everything seemed to be going well.

The sound of soft footsteps was heard, and Tang Qiuyao, who was wearing an embroidered scarlet dress and looked graceful, elegant and radiant, walked in from outside. The golden hairpins on her cloud-like bun trembled slightly, creating layers of light and shadows.

"Sister, you are here!"

Ling Changqing called out, his eyes sweeping over the curves of her plump and graceful body. Under the bright red bodice, the round and majestic mountains squeezed out bottomless snowy ravines.

"Is this furnace almost done?"

Tang Qiuyao squeezed Ling Changqing's palm, a smile filling her beautiful eyes.

"Almost done, the pill will be ready soon."

Ling Changqing said that with so many materials to practice, Ling Qiyue's attainments in alchemy would probably improve a lot as well.

After waiting for another half an hour, with the roar from inside the alchemy furnace, the heavy lid slowly rose, and billowing spiritual energy gushed out, rolling and gathering on the dome to form a huge Ganoderma lucidum-shaped cloud.

After a few breaths, a milky white spiritual mist emerged, carrying seven finger-sized, glowing bright red pills.

Ling Changqing immediately used the magic of controlling objects to absorb all seven precious second-level anti-aging pills and sealed them into the prepared Lingyu pill bottle.

Adding the several furnaces that had been successfully refined previously, Ling Qiyue now had a lot of second-grade anti-aging pills in her hands.

But the family actually cannot digest so much, so most of them can be sold. Those older female cultivators who are in the foundation-building stage will never be stingy with their spirit stone resources in this regard.

Ling Qiyue performed the last few spiritual spells, extinguished the spiritual flame, and closed the magic array restrictions one by one. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.

Ling Changqing stepped forward at the right time to help her up. The wonderful touch of the thin fabric, soft yet surprisingly elastic, made his eyes slightly distracted for a moment.

"..."

Ling Qiyue's face blushed slightly and she glared at him coquettishly, but didn't say anything.

"Okay, let's discuss the distribution plan for these pills, shall we?"

Tang Qiuyao said softly.

Once you have resources, you must transform them into strength as quickly as possible, rather than letting them sit locked in a warehouse.

Ling Changqing pondered and said, "Senior Sister, do you think there are six suitable elders at the peak of the ninth level of Qi training in the family now?"

There must be more than six members of the Ling family who have reached the ninth level of Qi training, but not all of them are suitable to participate in the distribution of foundation-building pills.

The first thing is of course loyalty. You have to be a clansman who supports Ling Qiyue. Those who don't get along with her can forget about it.

In addition, elders who are nearing the end of their lifespan and whose vitality is on the verge of exhaustion are not suitable. Even if they get the foundation-building pill, their hope of successfully building a foundation is very slim.

Then there are those guys with poor aptitude. The Foundation Establishment Pill is hard to come by, so of course it should be distributed to those who have the greatest hope of a breakthrough.

"Five people are enough,"

Ling Qiyue smiled slightly: "This best foundation-building pill is for you, my little junior brother. No one else needs to think about it."

As she spoke, she picked up the shiny, round, and spiritually rich fine foundation-building pill and stuffed it into Ling Changqing's hand.

Although Junior Brother has only reached the sixth level of Qi training and cannot use it for the time being, he can keep it for now. After all, a high-quality foundation-building pill is hard to come by.

"Okay, thank you, Senior Sister."

Ling Changqing did not refuse. He took the pill and put it away carefully.

"Do we still need to be polite to each other? This is what you deserve."

Ling Qiyue smiled and said, "The auxiliary resources needed for foundation building will be prepared for you later. Of course, you have to keep it a secret, little junior brother, and don't let outsiders know that you have foundation building pills, otherwise those annoying old guys will be unable to restrain their thoughts."

Tang Qiuyao said coldly: "From now on, if anyone in the family dares to offend you, no matter who he is, just kill him. We will take care of all the trouble for you."

There is no need to say much about Ling Changqing's current value to the family. If it weren't for him, Ling Qiyue would have found it difficult to obtain these precious resources from the bottom of the sea, and refining pills would naturally be out of the question.

Protecting Ling Changqing means ensuring the future hope of the Ling family. Ling Qiyue will certainly not be confused on such a matter of principle.

"I hope there won't be such a fool."

Ling Qiyue pursed her lips and smiled: "Okay, let's discuss how to distribute these foundation-building pills."

So the three of them started discussing in low voices.

This kind of strategic resource certainly cannot be given to the elders for free. It must be exchanged for enough spirit stones and family merits. Even if it cannot be produced right away, a spirit contract must be signed and the repayment can be made in installments after a breakthrough in the foundation-building stage in the future.

(End of this chapter)