Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 62 Bribery
In the alchemy room.

A dark golden alchemy furnace about ten feet high stood firmly in the center of the magic circle. The intricate and dense array patterns and restrictions on the walls and the ground sparkled with brilliant light.

As the spiritual energy from the underground second-level spiritual vein was continuously drawn in, the dark blue spiritual flame burned fiercely at the bottom of the furnace.

With eyes like dots of lacquer, Ling Changqing, dressed in a gorgeous purple robe, sat in front of the alchemy furnace, occasionally casting spiritual spells, concentrating on controlling the changes in the temperature of the spiritual flame.

In the corner of the alchemy room, there stood several beauties including Ling Xueyu, Ling Bingyun, Qin Yun, Ling Yuzhu, Ling Yulu, Tang Qiuyao, etc., quietly watching the alchemy process.

"…This guy's skills are pretty good. He doesn't even look like a rookie!"

Ling Yuzhu, who was wearing a bright red dress and had willow-shaped eyebrows and phoenix eyes, spoke in a low voice.

As a senior elder of the family, his eyesight is naturally not bad.

"Well, this is also the first time I've seen this guy making pills. He's really good at it. It makes sense that the patriarch chose him to be his apprentice."

Qin Yun, who was tall and plump, as charming as a fox, responded softly with a dim look in her eyes.

Tang Qiuyao, who was wearing a bright yellow dress embroidered with phoenixes, looked dignified, elegant and generous. She smiled:

"The head of the family would never do anything meaningless. I am sure that as long as Ling Changqing does not die halfway, it is only a matter of time before he grows into a second-level high-grade alchemist!"

The women were slightly startled, and their first reaction was naturally doubt. The requirements for aptitude and endowment for a second-level alchemist, as well as the exaggerated cost of training, made them even rarer than foundation-building cultivators. How could they be so easy to create?
But after thinking about it carefully, the women felt that it was possible.

After all, Ling Changqing is too young and has enough time to grow. Moreover, he has already reached the seventh level of Qi training, which is better than all the new generation members of the Ling family.

Even in those sects with Jindan Zhenren in charge, Ling Changqing's performance is enough to qualify him to become an inner disciple and receive attention and training from the top.

The cold and serious elder Ling Yulu thought for a moment and said softly:

"If this is true, then wouldn't the family have two second-level alchemists in the future? Then..."

She didn't continue speaking, but the girls all understood what she meant.

As long as they don't make strategic mistakes in the future, the rise and growth of the Ling family is a natural thing.

Perhaps after a few years, there will only be one person in charge in the Feiyu Sea?

Of course, this also requires Ling Qiyue to successfully break through to the Golden Core realm. Otherwise, no matter how many foundation-building cultivators there are, they will not be able to support such a huge foundation.

Ling Bingyun and Ling Xueyu silently watched the performance of the beautiful young man in purple with complicated expressions.

Qin Yun glanced at her daughter and sighed inwardly.

She had been thinking about bringing together Ling Changqing and her daughter for a good marriage, but now it seemed that their statuses were clearly no longer equal.

Not to mention that in the future, Ling Changqing will definitely achieve foundation building first. How easy will it be for Ling Bingyun to catch up with him?

Half an hour later, a low humming sound was heard from inside the alchemy furnace, and spiritual energy gushed out, tumbling upwards and gathering on the dome to form a huge Ganoderma lucidum-shaped cloud.

Ling Changqing, with a calm expression, continued to practice the spiritual spell. As the heavy furnace cover slowly rose, more than twenty thumb-sized, shiny and round pills emerged, lifted up by the clouds.

"It's done!"

Tang Qiuyao breathed a sigh of relief, raised her hand and pinched the magic technique of controlling objects, absorbed all the soul-returning pills, and put them into the green jade pill bottle.

"Why do I feel that this guy's success rate in refining pills is... much higher than normal?"

Ling Yuzhu hesitated for a moment and spoke softly to the girls.

She had watched Ling Changqing making the elixir more than once, and she seemed to have never noticed any mistakes from him.

Elder Ling Yulu agreed with this: "Indeed, this shows that his talent and potential are outstanding enough, and there is still a lot of room for growth in the future, right?"

Qin Yun asked Tang Qiuyao for two soul-restoring pills, held them in her palm, and counted her breaths, then said softly:

"The quality of this batch of pills is also quite good, and they can all be classified as genuine products." Ling Yuzhu turned his head to look at Ling Xueyu beside him, and sighed silently in his heart.

We can only blame this girl for being unlucky and not being able to please Ling Changqing.

But this young man is still alone and does not have much sense of belonging to the family. He needs to be changed subtly and gently.

Perhaps, we could consider arranging a few more tribeswomen for him? Given his growth potential, this wouldn't be unfair to Xueyu.

At this time, Ling Changqing had already extinguished the spiritual flame, closed the magic circle restriction, took a soul-restoring pill and adjusted his breathing for a while before getting up.

"Thank you for your hard work, Junior Brother,"

Tang Qiuyao said with a smile: "Take a break before continuing. There are still a lot of materials in the warehouse, enough for you to use."

Ling Qiyue is in seclusion, but the family treasury receives a lot of medicinal raw materials every month. This includes the output of their own medicine garden, the contribution of the sea pearl divers, external purchases by the family caravan, and so on.

Since most of them are materials for refining first-grade pills, Ling Changqing can use them at will with his current level.

"Ok."

Ling Changqing agreed, said hello to several female elders, and left the alchemy room.

Ling Bingyun stared at Ling Changqing's departing back. She wanted to invite him to visit her cave, but she didn't dare to speak.

It didn't take long for the news that Ling Changqing had become a first-class intermediate-grade alchemist to spread throughout the family.

In fact, Tang Qiuyao had no intention of hiding it. After all, this young man had been treated unusually well by the head of the family in recent years, which had caused many members of the Ling family to secretly complain.

A distant descendant who originally came from a humble background and had nothing to do with the family suddenly was listed in the family tree and became the most trusted confidant of the head of the family. How could those direct descendants who felt good about themselves tolerate this?
It's just that Ling Changqing's cultivation rate is increasing at a speed worthy of such preferential treatment. Coupled with Ling Qiyue's consistent strong style, no one dares to play tricks.

Of course, now that Ling Changqing has shown his talent in the field of alchemy, many of the clansmen have become interested and want to come and curry favor with him.

After all, to improve one's cultivation, one cannot do without various medicinal resources. The status of the head of the family, Ling Qiyue, is too high, and there is no opportunity to curry favor with her.

Therefore, for the young members of the Ling family, if they can establish a good relationship with Ling Changqing, the new alchemist, it will be very cost-effective in the long run.

For a time, there was an endless stream of family members visiting Ling Changqing.

There were even some elders among them. They were old and wanted first-level longevity elixirs to prolong their lives, so asking Ling Changqing for help became a natural choice.

Regarding these behaviors, Ling Changqing adheres to the principle of equal exchange. As long as the other party can afford the corresponding price, he doesn't mind helping to refine the pills.

However, Ling Changqing firmly rejected those old men who wanted to take advantage of their seniority and get free benefits, and he did not indulge them at all.

Tang Qiuyao fully agreed with his approach. She also couldn't stand the faces of those old guys who were just sitting in their positions doing nothing. Even the head of the family, Ling Qiyue, had never let Ling Changqing work for free, so what right did they have?
On this day, another member of the Ling family came to the door.

In the inner garden flower hall.

"...Mr. Changqing, I am here on behalf of a certain force to discuss a big deal with you!"

Seeing that there was no one else present, the visitor did not beat around the bush and stated his purpose directly.

Ling Changqing, who was looking down at the jade slip, suddenly raised his head, his eyes becoming more fierce:

"Are you from the Wu family? Or the Mu family?"

The male cultivator, who looked obviously disguised, smiled and said:

"Master Changqing, the Ling family already has a second-level alchemist. Even if you stay here, your status will not be higher than hers."

"Why don't you listen to me and leave the Ling family? The position of the chief alchemist of the Wu family will be reserved for you, and the most outstanding daughter of the family will marry you. In the future, you will be able to get whatever you want there. Isn't it much better than here?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)