Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 79: Divide the Feiyu Sea?

After finishing his business, Ling Changqing had no plans to practice for the time being, so he stayed in his own spiritual cave for more than twenty days.

Soaking in hot springs, eating snowballs, enjoying wine and delicacies every day, and occasionally flirting with the pretty maid around me, this kind of fairy-like life is so comfortable.

As January approached, Ling Changqing finally received a magical message from Tang Qiuyao, asking him to leave for the family headquarters immediately.

Ling Changqing in the hot spring pool did not dare to delay. He pushed away Song Xuelan who was massaging his legs, got up, took a shower, changed clothes, and went out after packing up.

However, before leaving the edge of the cave's protective formation, Ling Changqing carefully explored the surroundings with his spiritual sense, and only felt relieved after confirming that everything was normal.

Even though he was only at the eighth level of Qi training, because of the extremely powerful origin of his soul, the range of his spiritual awareness reached hundreds of feet in radius, which was in no way inferior to that of an ordinary cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building.

If some short-sighted members of the Ling family wanted to ambush and plot against Ling Changqing, they would definitely not be able to conceal it. Unless a cultivator in the middle or late stage of foundation building took action, there would be no chance of success.

Of course, with Ling Changqing's cautiousness and alertness, it is impossible for him to face a strange foundation-building cultivator alone. As long as he holds on to his senior sister's ties on the territory of Longhuan Island, his safety will be guaranteed.

The Lingmai Cave was not far from the family headquarters. After a moment, Ling Changqing appeared on the white jade square in front of the meeting hall.

At this time, hundreds of young men and women were lined up neatly, being inspected by Ling Qiyue and many family elders.

"Junior brother is here?"

Tang Qiuyao, with her cloud-like hair and phoenix hairpin, was graceful and voluptuous. She turned her head and saw the familiar handsome young man in purple appear beside her. A touching smile appeared in her beautiful eyes.

After not seeing him for a while, she found that she still missed this guy a lot.

Thinking about those vixens outside who coveted him, Tang Qiuyao felt uneasy again.

Otherwise, why not just consider agreeing to his request? Now, he is the only male cultivator that I am willing to get close to.

"Sister."

Ling Changqing smiled, stood beside her, and squeezed her soft and fragrant hand unnoticeably.

"This is the immortal seedling carefully selected by the family's top leaders this time. What do you think, little junior brother?"

Tang Qiuyao transmitted the message through telepathy.

Ling Changqing looked at the audience below. There were a total of 125 immortal seedlings selected this time. Their ages ranged from seven or eight to fifteen or sixteen. They all looked very energetic and in good spirits.

"It seems that Senior Sister Ling is quite courageous this time!"

Ling Changqing whispered,

Normally, with the financial resources of an ordinary foundation-building force, if there are eight or ten immortal seedlings selected in each batch, it is considered a good result.

The huge investment of resources and the long training cycle forced the family leaders to be thrifty and select a few of the best immortal seedlings for training.

There were many candidates who originally met the requirements, but due to limited resources, they had to be given up by the family’s top management reluctantly.

Moreover, such selection does not take place every year. Usually, there is only one batch every five to ten years. Otherwise, the family’s resources cannot afford it.

In the past, the Wu family was better off than the surrounding smaller forces. They could select immortal seedlings once every three years, with no more than twenty candidates each time. This was already a symbol of the family's growing power.

The current Ling family is much better off than the Wu family in every aspect, and will definitely get better and better in the future.

Therefore, Ling Qiyue decided to include all the immortal seedlings with spiritual root qualifications selected in this selection into the family training plan.

"you do not say!"

Tang Qiuyao pursed her lips slightly, and a smile spread across her fair and rosy face:

"Seventy percent of these immortal seedlings are from the family, most of them are from the direct branches and collateral branches, and the rest are from the mortal cities outside."

In the world of cultivating immortals, there are still some differences between families and sects.

Due to the influence of blood ties, the cohesion of the family is usually stronger than that of the sect. The disadvantage is that the sectarianism is deep, and non-core family members are difficult to be valued.

Sects are generally better in this regard. As long as a person is good enough, no matter what his background is, he will easily be trained by the top leaders. If his contributions are sufficient, he may even become the headmaster.

Ling Changqing agreed and said, "Let's not talk about family background. Senior Sister Ling is right to do this. I think in ten or twenty years, the family will be completely transformed."

For mortals, twenty years is a long time, but for a family of immortal cultivators like the Ling family, twenty years is not a long time at all.

The rise of a family, like the rise of a great country, is not a goal that can be achieved overnight. It requires sufficient patience and strategic determination.

"Junior brother, what do you think of these candidates?" Not far away, Ling Qiyue, who was dressed in a black Taoist robe and looked cold and charming, finished her speech to the immortal seedlings in the audience, and suddenly looked at Ling Changqing with clear eyes.

Ling Changqing was slightly startled and replied softly:

"With the help of my senior sisters and elders, the result is certainly correct. My cultivation is still low, so I won't say anything more."

This is a fact. If Ling Changqing were to be solely responsible for the assessment, he knew that he would not be able to do better. He might even not be able to match the vision of these foundation-building elders, even though he had great fortune.

Of course, if there was guidance from the Epoch Star Palace... but this is impossible. Ling Changqing would never let his ultimate secret be discovered by outsiders, under any circumstances.

Ling Qiyue nodded slightly and said nothing more. After all, her junior brother had not yet established his foundation, and it was indeed a bit difficult for him to be involved in such an important matter now.

"...Master, the Mu family's special envoy sent someone to deliver a letter, wanting to visit you!"

A guard in the distance hurried to the stage, saluted and reported.

When these words were spoken, all the foundation-building elders present were a little surprised. They obviously did not expect that under the current circumstances, the top leaders of the Mu family would actually send someone.

Elder Ling Yulu said in a deep voice with a stern look on her face: "What bad ideas are the people of the Mu family planning again? We might as well just chase them back!"

Elder Ling Tianhe pondered and said, "Given the current situation... the Mu family is unlikely to start a war, so it would be okay to meet them."

Ling Qiyue frowned slightly, thought for a moment before ordering:

"Then let them go to the meeting hall and wait. I will be there shortly."

"Elder Qin Yun, you and Elder Ling Dongyang should arrange for this batch of immortal seedlings to go to the treasury to get the cultivation resources!"

"Yes!"

Qin Yun and another foundation-building elder agreed and went to work with a group of monks from the law enforcement team.

Ling Changqing took Tang Qiuyao's slender hand and returned to the family meeting hall with the elders.

The Mu family's envoys consisted of three people, one main and two deputy, followed by several guards who were at the seventh or eighth level of Qi training.

Seeing Ling Qiyue walk in surrounded by many elders, the middle-aged man in the lead stood up from his chair and stepped forward to bow slightly:
"Mu Qinling, the core elder of the Mu family, greets the head of the Ling family!"

Ling Qiyue sat down in the main seat, her tone indifferent:

"Friend Mu, there is no need to be so polite. Sit down and talk!"

Mu Qinling thanked him and sat down again.

Ling Changqing, who was sitting next to Tang Qiuyao, looked up at the other party. This envoy was at the middle stage of foundation building, and the two deputy envoys were at the ninth level of Qi training.

Elder Ling Tianque stroked the bronze ruler in his hand and asked indifferently:

"The Mu family has never had any dealings with our Ling family. I wonder why they came to visit us this time?"

Mu Qinling smiled and said, "I was entrusted by the Patriarch to come and discuss with the Patriarch of the Ling Family about the division of the sphere of influence in the Feiyu Sea Area in the future. What do you think?"

Ling Qiyue frowned slightly and asked calmly:

"Dividing the Feiyu Sea? What exactly do you, the Mu family, want to do? Can such a big thing be decided by just our two families?"

For thousands of years, the Feiyu Sea has been in a state of disunity, chaos and endless fighting, with various small forces innumerable.

The current Mu family, like the Ling family, is a relatively powerful force, but it is still far from enough to unify the Feiyu Sea.

There are still several forces of the same or similar size as the two companies in the depths of the Feiyu Sea.

Even if the Mu family's envoy's proposal is followed and the two families can equally share the ruling power of the entire sea area in the future, the current Ling family does not have enough manpower to take it over and defend it.

There shouldn't be too many forces in the Feiyu Sea that have been around for more than three hundred years and have relatively deep roots and backgrounds.

Even though Ling Qiyue has reached the Jindan Zhenren realm, she cannot solve all the problems by herself. Just effectively governing such a large territory is a nearly impossible task.

Mu Qinling smiled and said, "The development prospects of the Ling family are well-known in the outside world, so Fellow Daoist Ling does not need to be modest."

"We are just roughly confirming the size of each other's sphere of influence, and then we will do what we need to do."

What this means is that the two families can develop with peace of mind and should not easily go to war at this stage, so as to avoid both sides suffering losses and benefiting the small forces in the surrounding waters.

(End of this chapter)