Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Two days later, Commander Zhang came to the camp and informed Zhou Ling that the great formation covering a radius of thirteen miles around the camp had been set up.

"It's finished so quickly?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling's face showed surprise.

I asked Commander Zhang the day before yesterday, and he said it would take at least four or five days.

Unexpectedly, it was completed in just over two days.

"Thanks to Xia Zhizheng's assistance, the speed was so fast."

"Xia Zhizheng can be described as an unparalleled genius in formations."

Commander Zhang said to Zhou Ling with a smile.

It should be noted that he led an elite battle battalion to the desolate star of Shiyan for half a year, and only managed to expand the area to a radius of about 150 zhang.

However, Zhou Ling arrived at the camp and within ten days, he killed the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan members who were lurking near the camp.

They also quickly expanded their territory to an area of ​​several miles in radius.

With the magic array set up, this immortal city stronghold was established.

Then we can continue to explore other things.

The establishment of this immortal city was also a great military achievement for him.

He was naturally excited.

Of course, he wasn't the only one who was excited.

Zhou Ling was equally excited.

Establishing a celestial city stronghold means that he has completed half of his trial mission.

There are two main tasks in this trial.

The first step is to establish a stronghold in the Immortal City.

Secondly, kill the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan members to gain military merit.

Successfully establishing a celestial city stronghold will also earn military merit rewards.

Therefore, Zhou Ling also had some expectations for this immortal city stronghold.

The two left the camp and arrived at the border between the stronghold and the evil fog.

Xia Ruohe, Deputy Commander Gu, and others were all present.

Upon seeing Zhou Ling arrive, Xia Ruohe smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, the formation of the stronghold is complete. You are already far ahead in this round of trials."

There seemed to be a hint of sourness in his tone.

It should be noted that Zhou Ling's original points had already reached more than 20,000.

Now that the Immortal City stronghold is completed, his points will increase significantly.

This makes it extremely difficult for others to catch up.

It's worth noting that establishing this immortal city outpost also comes with a reward of 20,000 points.

Now Zhou Ling has a lead of over 40,000 points.

She didn't have a single point yet.

Moreover, Zhou Ling wouldn't stop to wait for them.

Fortunately, she also knew that sharpening the axe wouldn't delay the work of chopping wood.

With the fourth-tier Absorbing Stone refined by Zhou Ling, the establishment of the Immortal City stronghold will be very fast.

Moreover, he possessed exceptional skill in formations.

Instead, they set up a powerful enough magic array to lure the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan there.

It will be much easier to earn military merits then.

It's not impossible for them to catch up with Zhou Ling.

Thinking this way, she felt much more at peace.

After all, their main opponent in this trial is the Heavenly Palace.

However, it now appears that Zhou Ling has considerable competitive potential.

"Thank you for your hard work, Vice Commander Gu and everyone else."

Zhou Ling cupped his hands in greeting to Deputy Commander Gu and the three array masters.

It should be noted that this is a fifth-order grand formation.

It only took less than three days.

This shows how much effort everyone put in.

Of course, this magic array is just an extension of the original magic array.

Therefore, it is relatively easier to set up.

"Chief Zhou, we owe a great deal to Xia Zhizheng's help this time."

Deputy Commander Gu cupped his hands in greeting to Zhou Ling.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Xia."

Zhou Ling also bowed to Xia Ruohe in thanks.

The relationship between him and Xia Ruohe is primarily one of cooperation.

He helped her refine the evil-absorbing stone.

She set up a magic array and prepared a recipe for the Soul-Cleansing Pill for herself.

All things considered, I naturally benefited greatly.

However, despite not having spent much time with Xia Ruohe, Zhou Ling could tell that she was an extremely shrewd woman.

If the amulet stone hadn't been valuable enough to her, she wouldn't have traded it for herself.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, you flatter me."

"This fifth-order grand formation was already set up; it's just an extension of the formation, and there's not much difficulty in it."

"However, I still made some additions to the original magic circle."

Xia Ruohe said with a smile.

"Some changes have been made?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling raised an eyebrow and stopped, having originally intended to hand over the fourth-tier Absorbing Stone to Xia Ruohe.

This magic array will be of great use in dealing with the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan.

I wonder what changes Xia Ruohe made?
"The adjustments made by Chief Zhou and Chief Xia to the magic array were also approved by me."

At this moment, Commander Zhang spoke up.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling nodded and asked Xia Ruohe, "Any adjustments have been made?"

After all, I was only participating in a trial.

After completing the trial, we must leave this desolate planet.

But Commander Zhang is different.

He will be stationed here year-round.

There is no room for carelessness.

Xia Ruohe was able to convince him, which meant that the magic array must have even more powerful effects.

"Originally, this place was set up with a fifth-order Golden Cloud Array. By moving the array flags, the range of the array's coverage can be adjusted."

"However, the Golden Cloud Formation has no problem in terms of defense, but its offensive capabilities are relatively weak."

"So after discussing it with Commander Zhang, we added two more layers of attack restrictions to increase the overall attack power of the formation."

Xia Ruohe spoke up to Zhou Ling.

At the same time, he gestured for Commander Zhang to demonstrate to Zhou Ling.

Commander Zhang immediately took out the array plate.

Recite the incantation to activate the magic array.

Instantly, the faint defensive shield covering the stronghold began to ripple with golden light.

As the golden light continued to condense, it was as if streaks of golden sword energy were being formed.

"This is my upgrade of the Golden Cloud Attack from the Golden Cloud Formation to the Sword Cloud Attack."

"Once activated, it can condense into a cloud of swords for attack, which is powerful enough to deal with fifth-tier alien races."

"However, its consumption is also considerable."

Xia Ruohe gave Zhou Ling a brief introduction.

Commander Zhang continued to manipulate the magic array, condensing a cloud of swords so that Zhou Ling could experience its power.

"Boom!"

Instantly, golden spiritual light surged from the great array, and a golden sword cloud condensed, seemingly transforming into a giant golden sword hundreds of feet long, exuding an extremely sharp and terrifying aura.

[You are observing the Golden Cloud Sword Formation. Intermediate Observation +1]

[You are analyzing the Golden Cloud Sword Formation, Intermediate Analysis +1]

"Such power requires an astonishing amount of energy."

Looking at the golden giant sword in the sky, Zhou Ling nodded and said.

After observing and analyzing with his two talents, he also found that there was nothing wrong with the Golden Cloud Sword Formation, except that it consumed too much energy.

However, as long as the power is sufficient and it can be effective, a higher energy consumption is acceptable.

"Yes, a complete attack would probably require several top-grade spirit stones."

Xia Ruohe nodded.

Then she continued to tell Zhou Ling, "The second change is the Golden Cloud Spiritual Light, which can block attacks on the soul."

"This will be quite effective in dealing with the Blood Domain of the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan."

As the voice faded, Commander Zhang activated the golden cloud spiritual light in coordination.

A burst of golden light erupted from the great formation, instantly filling the faint defensive shield that had been shrouding the sky with golden light.

The entire formation was then covered with a layer of golden light.

"This golden cloud spiritual light cannot completely isolate the blood soul attack, but it is enough to block about 40% of it."

"To prevent the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan from forming a blood domain to attack the cultivators within the city."

Pointing to the golden light shield, Xia Ruohe continued speaking to Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling looked at the golden light shield, and two talents appeared.

As Xia Ruohe had described, the golden cloud light was indeed just as it had been.

It seems I was overthinking things. Xia Ruohe didn't do anything to the formation.

He is also someone who knows how to consider the bigger picture.

With these improvements, the power of the entire Golden Cloud Formation has been greatly enhanced.

He then took out the refined fourth-order aura-absorbing stone from his storage ring, handed it to her, and said with a smile, "This time, we owe a lot to Fellow Daoist Xia."

"This is the evil-absorbing stone that I've been rushing to refine these past two days."

I originally planned to give the evil-absorbing stone to Xia Ruohe in a few days.

But since she's helping to improve the magic array, then I'll just give her the Absorbing Stone directly.

"Thank you, Brother Zhou."

Upon receiving the absorbing stone, Xia Ruohe's eyes lit up, and she bowed to Zhou Ling in thanks.

"Now that the magic array here is complete and the immortal city stronghold is taking shape, I shall take my leave!"

Xia Ruohe then cupped her hands to Zhou Ling and the others.

She also needs to go back and establish a stronghold in the immortal city as soon as possible.

Then concentrate our forces to deal with the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan.

"Alright, Fellow Daoist Xia, I won't see you out."

Zhou Ling and the others also cupped their hands in greeting.

Xia Ruohe and the other two boarded the warship and then piloted it away from the stronghold.

“Chief Zhou, now that the stronghold has been established, the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan probably won’t allow us to continue expanding like this.”

"Therefore, we need to strengthen our vigilance."

Commander Zhang spoke to Zhou Ling with a serious tone.

He had fought against the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan for many years and had a good understanding of their nature.

The camp base was able to expand so smoothly this time.

It's all about speed.

In just a few days, the evil fog that had been cleared for more than ten miles was cleared away.

This is something the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan could never have imagined.

It can be said that they were completely caught off guard.

However, once they know that the outpost has been established...

They will certainly spare no effort to destroy this stronghold.

Therefore, it is essential to be well-prepared.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling nodded and said in a deep voice, "Commander Zhang, you can arrange the defense matters."

"We will fully cooperate."

The fifth-order magic array at the stronghold has now been set up.

In addition, there's the Azure Lotus Sword Formation.

It can be said that everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared.

They were just waiting for the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan to arrive.

Otherwise, fighting in the fog would actually put our side at a disadvantage.

If the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan doesn't attack, then they should continue expanding their Immortal City stronghold.

It expanded from a dozen miles to a hundred miles, and then to several hundred miles.

Naturally, this will allow them to take action when the time is right.

Therefore, the initiative is now in our own hands.

"Yes, take the head!"

Commander Zhang replied in a very respectful tone.

In just a few days, he was completely convinced by Zhou Ling.

Putting aside everything else, this absorbing stone alone can reduce the number of casualties among human cultivators.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Ling instructed Feng Lan and Yan Yutian to each lead a team to assist Commander Zhang in their patrol.

He then returned to his tent.

He sat on the futon, drank a few sips of spiritual tea, and then took out his points jade token to check his current points.

Based on the results of the trial, the Immortal City stronghold was successfully established.

You can earn 20,000 points.

"Forty-two thousand points!"

Zhou Ling's face lit up with joy as his gaze swept over the object.

The jade tablet showed that his points had reached 42,000.

The second is Qin Yi.

However, there were only a little over 1,500.

It's less than a fraction of his.

Wu Daoyuan, on the other hand, only had one thousand points, ranking third.

"Thanks to the Absorbing Stone, I am able to be so far ahead."

After putting away the jade pendant, Zhou Ling said calmly.

This time, weapon crafting techniques played a crucial role.

In addition to the two thousand points gained from killing two fourth-tier golden-eyed spirit race members.

The remaining 40,000 points.

The 20,000 came directly from City Lord Chen as a reward for refining the evil-absorbing stone.

The fact that we were able to establish our immortal city stronghold so quickly is also thanks to the Absorbing Evil Stone.

Others, however, were not so lucky.

But that also shows strength.

Creating an aura-absorbing inscription is not an easy task.

However, with the fourth-tier Absorbing Stone, Xia Ruohe should be able to establish a Celestial City stronghold soon, given her abilities.

Of course, even so, Zhou Ling was not worried.

They still have a 20,000-point advantage.

Furthermore, with his greatly increased spiritual cultivation, he now has many more ways to deal with the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan.

He was quite confident that he could pass this trial.

However, their biggest rival is the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan.

He did not engage in direct combat with the fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan, and did not know their specific combat strength.
Therefore, we cannot be careless going forward.

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"what?"

"Zhou Ling has reached 40,000 points?"

"How did this guy do it, in just a few days?"

Inside a base camp, Qin Yi and the others watched the changes in their jade token points.

Everyone looked on incredulously.

In the past few days, they took the initiative and finally found a stronghold of the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan.

Under Qin Yi's leadership, they successfully killed more than a dozen Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan members at this stronghold.

However, some of them were injured.

After all, they didn't gain any advantage fighting under the evil mist.

The two are currently resting and recovering at the camp.

But then the jade pendant began to glow faintly, immediately catching their attention.

A notification will appear every time the first place is displayed on the jade tablet, or whenever someone earns a large number of points.

So when Zhou Ling earned 20,000 points, they immediately took notice.

"They actually managed to establish a celestial city outpost. How did they do that?"

Attentive observers noticed that a symbol of a celestial city appeared next to Zhou Ling's figure.

This symbolizes that his immortal city stronghold has been successfully established.

"How can this be?"

"We geniuses have expanded by about a hundred zhang."

Cultivators from other desolate regions also noticed the symbol of the immortal city, and were even more incredulous.

Qin Yi frowned deeply, unable to imagine how Zhou Ling had managed to do it.

If it were only 20,000 points originally, he would still be confident in catching up, but now it's 40,000 points.

His confidence also wavered somewhat.

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Camp One Outpost.

"Zhou Ling of the Dao Alliance has actually reached more than 40,000 points. How did he do that?"

"With these points, they would have won the championship in previous years."

"He actually established a celestial city outpost."

The Heavenly Palace cultivators who participated in the trial also spoke with shocked expressions.

Their overall strength is the strongest.

However, after several days, the area of ​​the stronghold has only expanded to a radius of over two hundred zhang.

Zhou Ling had already established a stronghold in the Immortal City.

How can they believe that?

Wu Daoyuan stared at the points on the jade tablet, his gaze sharpening, his expression one of surprise.

Zhou Ling's strength seems to be much greater than he expected.

I never imagined that in just a few days, he would pull ahead of me so much. (End of Chapter)