Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 65 More money is needed!
Elder Wu Jinghong’s proposal made Wu Canglang silent for a long time.

The failure of borrowing resources from Hanyue Sect last time and the feelings of that Tianyang elder towards the clan member Wu Qi are no longer a secret and everyone in the family knows about it.

More than half of the elders were quite angry about this. After all, Wu Qi had already established a foundation and had the potential to make further progress in the future.

If Wu Canglan dies in the future, she will be fully qualified to compete for the position of the next head of the family.

Therefore, the Wu family would never let her marry outside the family. Even if she wanted to find a Taoist partner, the man had to marry into the family.

Therefore, the proposal of Elder Tianyang of Hanyue Sect to take Wu Qi as a concubine was undoubtedly humiliating in nature, and under normal circumstances would not be accepted by the Wu family at all.

However, the situation the Wu family is facing now is not optimistic. If they cannot borrow enough resources, it will be impossible for them to overcome the imminent difficulties.

"…Is there no other choice?"

After a moment, Wu Canglang's slightly bitter voice sounded.

Wu Jinghong sighed: "Given the current situation of the family... we can no longer offer any more bargaining chips. Even our allies are considering changing sides now."

"If we can't defeat the Ling family as soon as possible, the situation we are facing will quickly collapse and it will be difficult to recover!"

"This one……"

Wu Canglang paused, frowned and pondered in silence.

In fact, just looking at the conditions offered by Elder Tianyang, it cannot be said that he is stingy.

Everything else is fine, the key is that he is willing to help the Wu family for free once, which is a promise that is enough to change the fate of the Wu family.

After all, the Ling family does not have a Fake Dan Zhenren now. Even if they have some advantages in the number of foundation-building cultivators, they are afraid they will not be able to contend against a Fake Dan Zhenren's full-strength attack.

"That's all,"

After a painful struggle, Wu Canglang gritted his teeth and finally made this difficult decision:

"Now that the family is facing a crisis of life and death, all members of the family should contribute and sacrifice for the family, and Wu Qi... is no exception!"

"Crack!"

The sound of a teacup breaking came from behind the black jade painted screen.

Wu Qi appeared with a slightly pale face, his bright eyes full of disbelief:

"Uncle, you actually...how could you do this?"

She had actually been there a long time ago, but she just didn't show up.

Wu Canglang glanced at his niece, frowned, and said slowly:
"Wu Qi, there is nothing we can do about it. If Elder Tianyang hadn't intervened, the fate of our family's decline would have been difficult to reverse."

“Who knows, in a few years, this great foundation of Longhuan Island may become the property of the Ling family.”

"So...I have to inconvenience you this time!"

Wu Qi's face turned pale, and he said in a trembling voice: "You want me to sleep with that disgusting old ghost? He doesn't have many years left to live!"

"Miss, isn't this just right?"

Wu Jinghong whispered, "As long as Elder Tianyang dies, you can still be free and continue to serve the family in the future."

Wu Qi was immediately furious, glaring at Wu Canglang fiercely and scolding him harshly:

"Then why don't you let your own daughter sacrifice? Does it have to be me?"

"Because they don't have good qualifications, they can't be sold at a good price!"

At this time, Wu Canglang no longer pretended, and his voice sounded extremely cold:

"Elder Tianyang specifically asked for you, this is your chance!"

"It is such an honor to be able to sacrifice for the family. Since you have enjoyed the family's resources and training opportunities, you should always put the family's interests first!"

"You, you bastard..."

Wu Qi's body shook, and he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

He didn't expect that even though he was already a foundation-building cultivator and could be the backbone of many small families, he couldn't escape the fate of becoming a pawn and a victim.

Now that Wu Canglang has made up his mind, no one in the family would be willing to speak for Wu Qi, including her parents. After all, they haven't even established their foundation yet and have no say at all.

Wu Canglang sighed again, and his attitude softened a bit:

"Wu Qi, don't blame your uncle for being cruel. For the sake of the survival of our Wu family, we have no choice but to resort to this last resort!"

"How about this, wait for Elder Tianyang to destroy the Ling family, then Chanxin Island will be your dojo, and after I die, the position of the head of the family can also be yours, is that all right?"

Wu Canglan has been the head of the family for a long time, so he is naturally familiar with things like making promises.

In his heart, he even thought about convening a meeting of senior family elders to publicly confirm Wu Qi's status as the heir to the head of the family, so as to appease her emotions and make her willingly marry Elder Tianyang.

At the same time, the family also had something to say to Elder Tianyang: This is the most outstanding girl in my Wu family, the heir to the next generation of the family head. Now she comes to be your concubine, you have to give her some benefits, right?
If you want to sleep with the next generation head of the Wu family, you have to pay extra!
This is what Wu Canglang planned. Since it was inevitable, he had to strive to maximize the benefits and squeeze as much benefit as possible out of Elder Tianyang to justify the Wu family's efforts.

As for Wu Qi's own wishes, it is no longer important. If she is still alive by then, she can naturally come back and continue to serve the family.

If she died, then of course there would be no point in talking about anything. …

Zen Island.

Ling Changqing stayed at the family headquarters for more than three months. While accompanying Tang Qiuyao, he also did not forget to open the furnace to refine pills from time to time.

Continuous practice allowed him to accumulate a great deal of experience, and his level of Dandao improved at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Especially because of his strong luck and fortune, Ling Changqing's success rate in alchemy is unusually high, and his failures are very few.

Generally speaking, when a first-level alchemist starts to refine pills, not only is the success rate low, but the quality of the pills produced is also difficult to guarantee.

Wasted pills and inferior pills are everywhere, and the number of genuine pills is quite limited, which wastes a lot of precious medicinal raw materials.

The reason why alchemists are rare is because the cost of training them is too high.

If one wants to train a somewhat talented alchemist apprentice into a qualified first-class top-grade alchemist, the resources spent can train two foundation-building monks, or even more.

However, this rule does not work for Ling Changqing. The quality of the pills he refines may not be very good, but at least they can be classified as genuine products. There are very few inferior pills, which means that most of the medicinal herbal raw materials are not wasted.

This surprised and delighted Tang Qiuyao and a group of senior elders, and they had a deeper understanding of Ling Changqing's importance.

If Ling Changqing can perform so well in the Qi training stage, how amazing will he be if he becomes a foundation-building cultivator in the future?
It’s not that no elders suspected that Ling Changqing might be hiding a secret, but without Tang Qiuyao and Ling Qiyue saying anything, no one dared to do anything out of line with him.

As for the pills he refined, Ling Changqing handed most of them over to the family treasury, which were converted into his own merits. Anyway, Tang Qiuyao would never let him suffer a loss.

Ling Changqing chose to keep the remaining small part to ensure his daily practice needs.

On this day, Ling Changqing had just finished processing a batch of spiritual medicines and herbs, and had not yet figured out what to do next when Tang Qiuyao walked in with a tense expression.

"Sister, what happened outside?"

Ling Changqing asked in surprise. He rarely saw Tang Qiuyao with such an expression.

"The Wu family... has formed an alliance with Elder Tianyang of the Hanyue Sect!"

Tang Qiuyao's words suddenly changed Ling Changqing's expression.

Compared with the small forces in the Feiyu Sea area today, the Hanyue Sect can be said to be an absolute behemoth.

If the Wu family is really involved with a senior elder of the Hanyue Sect, the subsequent situation will indeed be very unfavorable to the Ling family.

"What's going on?"

Ling Changqing stepped forward and took Tang Qiuyao's arm, and they both sat down on the couch beside them.

"Senior sister, have some tea."

Ling Changqing raised his hand slightly, took the green jade teacup on the table not far away, and handed it to the beautiful woman.

Tang Qiuyao took the teacup, took a sip gracefully, and then said softly:

"The Tianyang elder of Hanyue Sect is a fake Dan Zhenren who has a short life span, but he is lustful..."

It didn't take long for Ling Changqing to understand the whole story.

"She just married him as a concubine, but the Wu family still has the nerve to say it's a marriage between two families? They really have no shame."

Ling Changqing felt speechless.

Fifteen hundred medium-grade spirit stones, plus four foundation-building pills, are enough to make the Wu family willingly send their own daughter away as a concubine. This is simply shameless.

Tang Qiuyao frowned slightly: "It doesn't matter what status I marry into the family. The key is that after the Wu family gets the resources, they can train a few more foundation-building cultivators."

"Moreover, if the Wu family goes to war with us in the future, Elder Tianyang, if he is still alive, will most likely attack as an individual."

“It’s really a hassle.”

Ling Changqing nodded. The combat power of a Fake Dan Zhenren, even one who was about to die of old age, was not something that an ordinary foundation-building cultivator could contend with.

If the other party has any powerful means in his hands, even if it is a magic weapon borrowed temporarily, the Ling family will face unbearable pressure.

"How much time can we buy?"

Ling Changqing asked, now that the Wu family has gained such a strong ally, it might not be long before they consider launching an all-out war against the Ling family.

"A year at most, maybe even less!"

Tang Qiuyao frowned and said, "Once their newly-breakthrough foundation-building cultivators have stabilized their realm, it will be a natural choice to start a war."

After all, the lustful Elder Tianyang doesn't have much time left. If it's delayed too long, he may lose the ability to take action, and the Wu family will suffer a great loss.

“One year is too short.”

Ling Changqing sighed, frowned and pondered in silence.

My senior sister and I went to work in the sea. The resources we brought back would be refined into pills, and then used to enhance the family's strength. This would take more than a year.

What's more, Ling Qiyue hasn't come out of retreat yet. If the cultivators from the Wu family come to attack, Tang Qiuyao and those foundation-building elders alone may not be able to stop them.

(End of this chapter)