Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 97 Ling Qiyue: Is it time to eat my junior brother?
Amidst the wind and clouds, a huge vortex of spiritual energy slowly spun, then gradually stabilized, and in the depths of the vortex, a faint, gorgeous glow of colorful light shone.

The size and state of the spiritual energy vortex, as well as its duration, will vary depending on the cultivator's own qualifications and talents, development potential, and so on.

The strange phenomenon that appeared above the cave immediately attracted the attention of many people around.

"...Is there another person from the Ling family trying to reach the foundation building stage?"

"...It seems to be correct, but I wonder if this person can succeed?"

"I think it's possible. Just look at the size, shape, and stability of this spiritual energy vortex. You can tell that the other party has a very solid foundation and has accumulated a lot of experience. There is a great hope that he can pass this level."

"I remember now, that seems to be Ling Changqing's cave temple. I didn't expect that he could reach the foundation building stage so quickly!"

"So he is the young man who followed the Patriarch to learn the Dao of Alchemy? He is indeed a man of outstanding talent, and it is no wonder that the Patriarch values ​​him so much!"

……

The monks who were watching from afar were talking to each other in low voices, their expressions varied, ranging from surprise, envy, indifference, jealousy, to worry...

For the many forces in the Feiyu Sea, the birth of every new foundation-building cultivator is no trivial matter and will definitely attract attention from all parties.

After all, there didn't even exist a fake Dan Zhenren in the Feiyu Sea before. Foundation building is the highest level of combat power, and one more person might affect the rise and fall and survival of a certain small force.

Although there are two more Jindan cultivators now, the status of foundation-building cultivators has not declined significantly.

In the crowd, a pair of ordinary-looking monks silently watched the spiritual energy vortex in the distance, communicating silently with their divine thoughts:

"Alas! The number of foundation-building cultivators in the Ling family is increasing. If this continues, won't it be..."

"Well, it seems that this person is not an ordinary foundation-building cultivator. What is going on with this Ling family? In recent years, their fortunes have flourished and their business has been booming. Could it be that they are really going to unify the entire Feiyu Sea in the future?"

"Who knows? It's a pity that our sect's hundreds of years of inheritance will become the spoils of the Ling family in the future..."

"Brother, be careful with your words. After all, this is not our territory. Be careful not to be discovered!"

"I know. I'll contact the sect elders later. I still need to report this matter."

……

In the cave temple, Ling Qiyue, Tang Qiuyao, Ling Yulu, and Qin Yun all looked nervous, concentrating on being alert to any disturbance in the surroundings.

They were not very worried about Ling Changqing's condition, but they were afraid that some hostile forces outside would show up and cause trouble.

In the training room.

Ling Changqing's mind had sunk into his body, communicating silently with the Era Star Palace.

In the sea of ​​consciousness, a message with a mysterious rhyme emerged silently:
[Lord of the Era Star Palace: Ling Changqing]

【Bone age: 24/297】

【Cultivation: Initial stage of foundation building】

【Luck:81+203】

【Fortune: 78+179】

【Physique:30】

【Root bone: 30】

【Comprehension: 37】

[Soul: 87]

[Dan Dao: 4990/20000 (First-class superior)]

[Main cultivation technique: Xuanzhen Black Water Sutra (third level) 17533\20000]

[Spiritual roots: gold, wood, water, fire, earth, excellent character 11791/20000]

[Noble: Tang Qiuyao/Ling Qiyue/Xue Qingtan]

[Noble:? ]

[Taoist Companion: Tang Qiuyao]

After being promoted to the foundation-building stage, the cultivator's physical qualities will be significantly optimized and improved, and they are no longer on the same level as the cultivators in the Qi training stage.

Even the body shape and appearance can be fine-tuned and optimized, so there are very few ugly female cultivators above the Foundation Establishment stage.

As for male monks, they don't care much about this. Of course, there are some monks with strange temperaments who want to be unique and make themselves look very distinctive.

A cultivator in the foundation-building stage can usually live for about two hundred and fifty years, while the limit for a cultivator in the Qi training stage basically does not exceed one hundred and twenty years.

Perhaps because of the Epoch Star Palace, Ling Changqing's upper limit of lifespan is higher, reaching as long as two hundred and ninety-seven years. I wonder if there is room for increase in the future.

The luck and fortune that Ling Changqing cared about the most had both increased significantly, including the upper limit of the luck and fortune belonging to the Era Star Palace itself.

This gave him a feeling that heaven and earth were on his side, and that good luck would come to him when he encountered adversity, and that all his goals could be achieved as he wished.

There is still some distance to go before one's attainment in alchemy can be promoted to the second level, but this is already an improvement that can be seen with the naked eye.

When you become a second-level alchemist in the future, you will be able to refine second-level elixirs such as Foundation Establishment Pills, Tianhua Longevity Pills, and Songhe Rejuvenation Pills.

Ling Changqing's current main practice: the third level of the Xuanzhen Black Water Sutra is about to be completed, and he will be able to start practicing the fourth level soon.

However, he was not very satisfied with this mid-grade yellow-level martial arts technique. When he had the chance in the future, he would definitely acquire a better martial arts technique.

The aptitude of spiritual roots is steadily increasing, and perhaps after breaking through the middle stage of foundation building in the future, it will be able to transform and sublimate into earth-grade spiritual roots.

Earth-grade spiritual roots mean that one has the capital to reach the Golden Core realm. Once one has reached the Golden Core True Person realm, there will be hope of reaching the Nascent Soul realm in the future.

Foundation-building cultivators can already use spiritual weapons to fight against enemies, and their actual combat lethality has been significantly improved. Of course, Ling Changqing doesn't have any spiritual weapons yet, but maybe he can go to Hanyuezhou Market to buy a few in the future.

With the successful establishment of the foundation, you can also consider starting to practice the idle physical cultivation technique "Vajra Demon Subduing Technique".

"If I continue to work in the sea, the rate at which my luck and fortune are depleted should be further reduced. I can stay on the seabed longer, and it will be easier to find certain good things..."

Ling Changqing pondered secretly.

As my realm became more stable, a month passed quietly.

When Ling Changqing opened his eyes after finishing his practice, he felt full of energy and his spiritual awareness could easily cover an area of ​​100 meters, which was an unprecedented peak. Thinking about how he had been in this world for 24 years, and had gone through many hardships and obstacles, he had finally reached this point.

After a long time, Ling Changqing retracted his scattered thoughts, got up from the bed, and closed all the formation restrictions one by one.

As the door of the training room slowly opened, two plump and tall figures flashed in and grabbed him from the left and right.

"…Has the foundation-building stage been stabilized? Very good!"

Ling Qiyue grasped his arm tenderly, used her mind to briefly probe the condition of Ling Changqing's body, and nodded with satisfaction.

This guy has a solid foundation, and his magic power is pure and abundant. He is not inferior to himself when he was just establishing his foundation. His future potential is extremely considerable.

"It's OK. I didn't disappoint Senior Sister!"

Ling Changqing smiled and said, although he knew that his success was a high probability event, no one dared to guarantee it before starting.

Now that the dust has settled, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Tang Qiuyao looked at him with delight, her voice soft and tender:

"You have finally made it this far. Now that you have enough strength, you can go to many more places in the future!"

"Of course, we'll be together then!"

Ling Changqing said.

After building the foundation, I am no longer a burden to the team, and I don't need them to always be distracted to protect me.

In fact, only when both Taoist partners are at the same level of cultivation can they support each other and ensure that they can go further in the future.

No matter whether practicing or traveling to encounter immortals, exploring secret realms, fighting with others, etc., the realm of cultivation is a threshold that cannot be avoided.

A small gap in realm is not a problem, but a large gap in realm, if it cannot be made up for a long time, will indeed be a greater burden on the other party.

Of course, in Ling Qiyue's opinion, this guy is growing fast enough, and maybe it won't take too long for him to catch up with her in the future?

And even now, Ling Changqing and she are only one major realm apart. If she wants to eat him up sooner, that is not an option that cannot be considered, right?
When she thought of this, Ling Qiyue's eyes looking at the young man in front of her suddenly became more passionate.

Tang Qiuyao glanced at her. How could she not understand what her senior sister was thinking? She suddenly hesitated.

Thinking about what this guy had done to her in her boudoir, she felt so ashamed and angry. It was really too absurd and shameless!
If Ling Qiyue, who didn't know what was going on, rashly joined in and was treated by this bastard with the same shameless means, wouldn't the consequences be...

With her cold and arrogant temperament, if she couldn't control her emotions, Ling Changqing might suffer a lot.

Thinking of this, Tang Qiuyao wanted to remind Ling Qiyue that it would be better to consider the matter of Taoist companionship carefully.

But this matter was so embarrassing that she found it difficult to talk about it.

"Senior Sister, I think you should..."

Tang Qiuyao gently tugged at Ling Qiyue's sleeve and spoke hesitantly.

"what's wrong?"

Ling Qiyue tilted her head, a hint of inquiry flashing in her beautiful eyes.

Ling Changqing seemed to have guessed the reason and quickly interrupted:

"Sister, shall we go eat first? We can talk about the rest later."

Ling Qiyue nodded slightly: "Okay then, I know you are hungry, let's go eat first.

Besides, you have finally succeeded in building your foundation, maybe you should consider holding a banquet to celebrate within the family?"

According to past practice, after a cultivator successfully built his foundation, his forces would hold a celebration banquet, with the intention of deterring and warning potential hostile forces.

Ling Changqing said: "I have no objection to this, but it's up to Senior Sister to arrange it."

Tang Qiuyao stared at Ling Changqing deeply, but finally held back.

Well, let's just give this guy some face for the time being, and then tell him the truth tactfully when we are together in private in the future, right?

When they walked out of the training room, Ling Yuzhu, Ling Yulu and Qin Yun came over and congratulated them with smiles on their faces.

Among the new generation of children in the Ling family, Ling Changqing's aptitude was not outstanding at first. Unexpectedly, he became the first one to successfully build a foundation, surpassing those direct descendants who were previously favored by the elders.

"... Changqing, how about visiting my dojo when you have time? And give Bingyun some pointers?"

Seeing that Tang Qiuyao wasn't paying attention, the beautiful and charming Qin Yun spoke to him quietly with her mind.

Ling Changqing looked slightly startled, and hesitated for a moment before responding:

"Well, let's talk about this later when we have a chance!"

"Then it's settled!"

Qin Yun, with a blushing face, rolled her eyes at him quietly and said nothing more.

As a woman, she vaguely felt that this guy had never paid much attention to Ling Bingyun, but was more interested in herself?
The elder Ling Yuzhu next to him was smiling, but there was worry in his eyes. Ling Changqing had already established his foundation, so what about his junior Ling Xueyu?
If she cannot successfully establish her foundation in the future, then it will be impossible for her to be with Ling Changqing, not to mention being unable to be a legitimate Taoist partner. At least she can't be a concubine at best.

……

In an inconspicuous shop on the northwest side of the market.

A waiter dressed in a coarse robe, with a sallow complexion and dim eyesight, was standing on the steps.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the gradually dissipating vortex of spiritual energy at the end of his field of vision. It was a long while before he retracted his gaze and went into the house coughing.

An old lady in coarse linen clothes and with wrinkles all over her face was calculating the accounts in her hands, complaining in a low voice:

"... God have mercy on me, how many of these have you had?"

"It seems that the possibility of the Ling family becoming the master of Feiyu Sea is getting bigger and bigger. What should our family do in the future?"

The old man glanced at her and said indifferently:

"What else can we do? Either we move our family away, or we surrender, or we will be exterminated!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)