Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 82 Returning with a Full Load
The three of them moved quickly enough that in less than two hours, all the storage instruments were filled.

"Okay, let's retreat!"

Ling Changqing wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. His luck and fortune were being depleted at an accelerated rate. If he stayed any longer, he would not be able to hold on any longer.

Ling Qiyue nodded, put her jade arms around the beautiful young man in purple beside her, and together with Tang Qiuyao, they quickly rose towards the sea surface, and in the blink of an eye they were a hundred feet away.

Behind him, a huge octopus-like sea monster suddenly appeared, and as its long tentacles waved, large chunks of rock collapsed.

It stared coldly at the direction where the three people left, and let out a series of dull roars from its bloody mouth, scaring the ferocious creatures in the surrounding sea away.

However, in a short moment, the three of them had returned to the waters about ten feet away from the sea surface.

Tang Qiuyao released the flying boat disguised as a sea fish again, and the three of them entered the flying boat together.

"Little Junior Brother, take a rest. It's safe now."

In the cabin, looking at Ling Changqing's slightly pale face, Ling Qiyue took out a pill and fed it to him personally, speaking softly.

Ling Changqing nodded, took the pill, and began to lie in Ling Qiyue's arms and regulate his breathing silently.

This time he prepared several large-capacity storage bags, all filled with spirit stone ores, which would be enough to last for a long time after he returned.

“…This guy is getting more and more capable!”

Tang Qiuyao controlled the flying boat forward while talking to Ling Qiyue with a smile on her face.

"Well, let him do his job well from now on!"

A bright smile appeared on Ling Qiyue's snow-white face. It can be said that the gains from this trip to the sea were more than any previous time.

With Ling Changqing around, whenever the family's financial situation is not optimistic in the future, he can come down to ask for money and get a batch of spirit stones to use in emergencies.

"How are you going to spend this harvest, Senior Sister?"

Tang Qiuyao asked, the Ling family is now preparing to vigorously train new people, and resources are urgently needed in all aspects.

Ling Qiyue pondered and said, "Can we pay off part of the debt first? The rest can be used for various expenses of training new people."

Of course, the Ling family had foreign debts in the past, and the amount was quite large.

Not to mention anything else, the cost of the third-level formation that the Nebula Falcon Chamber of Commerce helped to set up not long ago alone was enough for the Ling family to pay for many years.

Of course, there is no need to rush to pay off these new debts now, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the Nebula Falcon Chamber of Commerce. Paying off part of the old debts first can effectively reduce the family's financial pressure.

As for the part of the spirit stone ore that Ling Changqing brought back, according to the previous agreement, it all belonged to his private property, and the two women would definitely not have any extra thoughts.

"I don't know what the Mu family is doing now,"

Tang Qiuyao sneered: "I guess they are waiting for us to take the bait? Maybe they have arranged people to lie dormant in that sea area and wait for us."

Ling Qiyue's eyes were cold: "There is no need to pay attention to them for now. When our family is strong enough in the future, there will naturally be a day to settle accounts with them."

Today, the Mu family is basically at the same level as the Ling family in terms of the number of Jindan Zhenren and foundation-building cultivators.

However, in terms of the territory, resources and number of Qi training cultivators under their control, the Mu family still has a significant advantage.

That's why Ling Qiyue didn't want to break up with the family too soon. Instead, she planned to train the newcomers of the Ling family first, and at the same time distribute more training resources to the existing family members in the Qi training stage, so that they can grow up as quickly as possible.

When the Ling family becomes strong enough in the future, they can choose to go to war and swallow up the Mu family's foundation in one fell swoop.

With the current development speed of the Mu family, they will never be able to catch up with the Ling family. Time is undoubtedly on Ling Qiyue's side.

A few days later, Ling Qiyue and the other two returned to Longhuan Island safely in a flying boat. Since she only claimed to the outside world that she was refining the elixir behind closed doors, even the senior elders were kept in the dark, not to mention the dormant secret agents.

After Ling Changqing woke up, he still chose to go into seclusion and practice in order to restore his greatly depleted luck and fortune.

Ling Qiyue and Tang Qiuyao continued to handle family affairs. With no shortage of resources, many things had become quick and smooth. Unlike other foundation-building forces, they had to calculate everything carefully and were stretched everywhere.

……

Youye Islands, Mu family headquarters.

In the gorgeous and elegant inner study, which was shrouded in a faint spiritual light, the head of the family, Mu Yesheng, leaned back in his chair, listening to the elders' reports with a calm expression.

The head of the family was in high spirits at this time. Not long ago, with the help of the Nebula Falcon Chamber of Commerce, he succeeded in breaking through to the Jindan realm by chance, and since then he has become an enviable Jindan Zhenren.

Once one reaches the Golden Core realm, one's lifespan can reach over 500 years. Not only will one's magical powers increase greatly, but there is also the possibility of going further and impacting the Nascent Soul realm in the future.

More importantly, the overall strength of the Mu family has undergone a qualitative change since then, and it has the hope of unifying the entire Feiyu Sea.

If the female head of the Ling family had not taken the lead and achieved the Golden Core True Person realm, the Mu family would have already considered the Feiyu Sea as their own.

"...Mu Shun, is there still no movement over at Desolate Spirit Island?"

After a while, Mu Yesheng suddenly asked.

The handsome young Foundation Establishment monk with red lips and white teeth stood up and responded:

"Father, according to the report from our spies, the sea area around the seabed mineral deposits is very calm, and no signs of riots by deep-sea monsters have been detected. This shows that the Ling family has not taken any action yet."

"..."

Mu Yesheng frowned slightly and snorted: "The top leaders of the Ling family are quite cunning, but I don't believe that they will not be tempted by such a huge profit."

Elder Mu Qinling smiled and said, "Master, please be patient. The Ling family is not taking any action right now. They must still be hesitating and waiting. They will fall into the trap sooner or later."

When the jade slip was delivered to the head of the Ling family, the Mu family had already set up a secret base on Huangling Island, where the underwater mineral deposits were located, and arranged for capable personnel to monitor and wait day and night.

Once it is discovered that cultivators from the Ling family have come to investigate the seabed mineral deposits, they will immediately inform the higher-ups of the Mu family, and a subsequent ambush and killing plan personally led by Mu Yesheng will be initiated.

If the situation was ideal, the female head of the family would be besieged by many ferocious creatures at the bottom of the sea and would be seriously injured if not killed.

When she finally escaped from the sea and prepared to flee back to Longhuan Island, the Mu family's ambush force could take advantage of this opportunity to capture her.

After losing their only Jindan Zhenren, the Ling family will become vulnerable and will soon be destroyed by the Mu family.

By that time, there would no longer be any force in the Feiyu Sea that could hinder the expansion of the Mu family.

Mu Yesheng pondered for a while and nodded slightly: "Then let's wait a little longer. Don't provoke the Ling family for the time being. Let's wait until the result of this most crucial matter comes out!"

As long as Ling Qiyue is safe, the top leaders of the Mu family will not dare to act rashly.

Others may not know, but Mu Yesheng himself knows very well that it was a bit of a stretch for him to achieve the Golden Core realm. Strictly speaking, he only reached the more powerful True Core level.

False elixir, real elixir, and golden elixir, the development potential of these three realms is completely different.

The lifespan and combat power of the True Dan level are close to those of the Golden Dan Zhenren, but the chance of reaching the Nascent Soul level is not high unless there is another opportunity.

Mu Yesheng didn't know the quality of the golden elixir Ling Qiyue had achieved, but it was definitely much better than his own. After all, she was too young, not even as old as his daughters, so one could imagine her potential for future development.

Given a choice, he really didn't want to confront Ling Qiyue head-on, lest he be completely destroyed.

(End of this chapter)