Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 155 Dragon Soul Valley

In front of the portal with overwhelming spiritual pressure and brilliant light and shadow, the elites of the nine great families entered one after another.

Due to the special spatial restrictions, after they enter, they will be randomly teleported to a corner of the Dragon Soul Valley instead of gathering at the entrance.

This is to prevent the monks from different families from having conflicts too early, or even doing evil things like blocking the door and killing people.

Therefore, the order in which the monks from different families enter the gate is not important. If you are unlucky, those who enter first may face greater danger.

"...My dear, be careful when you go in, and meet up with Liu Qin and the others as soon as possible!
Also, ignore those coquettish women who come up to you. If they insist on pestering you, just kill them! I will take on any trouble I can get!"

Luo Qingxuan spoke to Ling Changqing through telepathic communication.

Ling Changqing nodded. Since it concerned his own safety, he certainly would not be confused.

Soon, it was the turn of the deep-sea dragon team. Ling Changqing mixed in the middle of the team and approached the circular light gate silently.

The four female officials, Liu Qin, Jin Wan'er, Yang Feifei and Chu Xinlan, followed closely around Ling Changqing, carefully guarding their surroundings.

Not far behind him, a group of female cultivators with bright eyes and white teeth quietly approached Ling Changqing, but were stopped by some invisible force.

Luo Qingxuan kept staring at Ling Changqing's figure until he disappeared into the depths of the light gate, and then her expression relaxed a little.

The next step was to wait. Luo Qingxuan had already agreed with Elder Luo Cangli that she would stay here until the training in Dragon Soul Valley was over.

In this way, when Ling Changqing comes out two months later, she will take him away immediately, and no outsiders will have any chance to contact him.

A quarter of an hour later, all the monks who were participating in the training had entered.

So the elders of each family returned to the camp to rest, leaving only some low-level deacons on the scene to pay attention to the movements near the gate.

After all, there are always some monks who will return early for various reasons, and they will be responsible for picking them up then.

"...Sixth sister, this is a bit too much!"

Inside the camp, the eldest princess Luo Qingyi, who had been silent all this time, finally met Luo Qingxuan.

A group of dragon princesses all arrived at the scene, with unfriendly looks on their faces, staring at Luo Qingxuan with eyes full of hatred for the enemy.

Luo Qingxuan sneered: "Whoever's man is favored by whom, Ling Changqing is my consort, this is approved by my father and mother, what does it have to do with you?"

"But he shouldn't be yours alone!"

Luo Qingyu, who looked like a jade, said coldly: "Such a great opportunity, you can't grasp it alone, it's right to share it with everyone!"

Luo Qingxuan was unequivocal and pushed back directly: "Come on! What's mine is mine, why are you trying to divide it up?"

These vixens really...are there no good men out there? One by one, they're all eyeing Ling Changqing, trying to squeeze in and be his mistress, right?
The supreme elder Luo Cangli sat leisurely by himself, drinking by himself, with two pots of spirit wine and a few plates of delicious side dishes in front of him, as if he was watching a show.

As long as the dragon princesses didn't turn against each other and fight on the spot, he wouldn't have to care.

Luo Qingyi, with her eyes as beautiful as stars and bright and generous, smiled:
“Although you were the first to meet Ling Changqing and brought him back to the Deep Sea Dragon Palace, this heaven-defying opportunity is not only yours, but belongs to the entire dragon clan!

Only if we join in, can we better hold his heart and prevent outsiders from taking advantage of him! What do you think? "

The charming and lovely Luo Qingning added: "Men...are always fickle, what if he gets tired of you one day?

So we come together, so he can always feel fresh, and we won’t be afraid that he will run away! ”

Luo Qingxuan was almost laughing out of anger. These sisters were really trying hard to make such shameless words sound righteous.

The bright and charming Luo Qingyu smiled and said, "In fact, my father has already agreed to this matter, but my mother has not yet agreed.

So, Sixth Sister, you should know that for the sake of the Dragon Clan’s overall interests, Ling Changqing will marry us sisters together sooner or later!"

Luo Qingxuan: "..."

……

Dragon Soul Valley.

As his vision returned to normal, Ling Changqing found himself standing beside a rippling lake.

The concentration of spiritual energy in the surrounding environment is acceptable, roughly equivalent to the level of a third-order upper-middle-grade spiritual vein. If a foundation-building cultivator can practice in seclusion here all year round, the benefits will be obvious.

After all, even among the foundation-building cultivators who come from the nine great families, the number of people who can regularly enjoy the resources of the third-level spirit veins and caves is extremely limited, unless they have the potential to be promoted to True Dan cultivators in the future.

In the past, there had been some cultivators from the side branches of the nine great families who were not favored by the top leaders and secretly hid in the Dragon Soul Valley. Even when the entrance was closed, they refused to go out, determined to use the environment here to practice in seclusion all year round.

However, no one knew what they encountered in there. When the Dragon Soul Valley was reopened fifty years later, none of the monks who had secretly stayed in the valley survived.

When the accidents happened enough times, the later monks finally didn't dare to take the risk anymore, and when the entrance was closed, they would honestly choose to withdraw.

Ling Changqing took a few steps, and as the water mist on his body flickered, a clear and transparent water-based flexible shield quietly enveloped his entire body.

Then, four Taoist puppets appeared, wearing heavy black armor and huge shields, holding battle axes. They were shining with black light all over their bodies, and gave off an oppressive aura.

They are all second-grade, top-grade Taoist puppets. Their combat power is equivalent to that of a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building, and their defensive power is even better.

Ling Changqing's powerful divine consciousness, which far surpassed that of a foundation-building cultivator, spread out in all directions, silently brushing over the nearby soil, the bushes on the shore, the seemingly calm lake surface, and reaching deep underwater...

Because of his main practice of "Taixuan Cangming Roushui Jue", Ling Changqing has now mastered a variety of practical water-related magical skills and has a natural affinity for all water environments.

Within a radius of four hundred feet, all movements were clearly presented in Ling Changqing's sea of ​​consciousness.

Under normal circumstances, this is the range of spiritual detection that only Jindan cultivators can have, but Ling Changqing's soul is extremely powerful, far exceeding that of ordinary late foundation building cultivators, so he can now possess such strength in advance.

As expected, the biological population in Dragon Soul Valley is extremely rich, with countless tiny creatures in the soil and lake water.

There were some black beetles and birds flying fast in the sky, insects and strange mushrooms lurking deep in the soil, and in the water there were many kinds of colorful fish, shrimps and shellfish, as well as purple water plants spitting bubbles...

Just when Ling Changqing wanted to investigate further, he felt a faint burning sensation at the soul level, as well as some slowly emerging dangerous aura, forcing him to quickly retract his thoughts.

In just a few dozen breaths, Ling Changqing's spiritual power was consumed by about half.

"Some of the creatures here are really difficult to deal with..."

Ling Changqing muttered to himself. The information that Bai Qingyi had sent over had a detailed description that some special creatures in the valley had the strange ability to devour the spiritual thoughts of cultivators.

Some fierce and terrifying guys would even treat the brains and souls of foreign monks as food, as nourishment for themselves to break through the shackles of evolution.

In line with the principle of being cautious, Ling Changqing decisively withdrew his divine sense and took out a jade slip from his storage bag to examine it carefully. The jade slip recorded a lot of information in the Dragon Soul Valley, including the location of some important opportunities, the gathering places of various dangerous creatures, various terrains and landforms, etc.

Due to the effects of some ancient natural formations and restrictions, the scope inside the Dragon Soul Valley is extremely large, almost equivalent to the area of ​​ten Changqing Continents.

There are all kinds of landforms including mountains, rivers, lakes, oceans, plains, hills, virgin forests, etc.

From its first appearance to now, the Dragon Soul Valley has been opened no less than a hundred times, but there are still many opportunities inside.

Due to the large number of unknown dangerous creatures, as well as various deadly traps and restrictions, even though generations of foundation-building cultivators have come forward one after another and sacrificed their lives, the entire cave world has still not been fully explored.

Ling Changqing was not sure how much information the nine great families had collected, but even in the map data held by the Dragon Clan's top leaders alone, there were hundreds of important resource collection areas, and even more secondary locations.

Moreover, there are a few places where the most precious opportunities appear, which the Dragon Clan and the nine great families are unwilling to give up and they have to compete for them every time.

As neither side was willing to give in, bloody conflict became the inevitable result. As the number of monks who died in these places accumulated, tens of thousands of them died.

"Well, this place should be called... Jingyue Lake. It seems that there is a kind of beautiful purple stone produced at the bottom of the lake. If we take it out, we can sell it for the same price as the third-level material?"

Ling Changqing thought that for an ordinary foundation-building cultivator, this was already a very good gain.

Wealth, friends, Dharma and place are the four core conditions for spiritual practice, and wealth is undoubtedly ranked first.

Wealth refers to resources for cultivation. The most crucial reason why low-level independent cultivators are so miserable is that cultivation resources are extremely scarce, and they have no way to obtain them.

Even among cultivators who come from the nine great families, except for a few with the most talent and potential, and the most favored immortal seedlings, most of the disciples still have to find ways to make money and obtain resources in order to meet the needs of their daily practice.

The situation of the wealthy dragon clan is better in this regard, but they cannot satisfy all of their descendants, and in the end they still have to rely on themselves.

Even Ling Changqing, who had become the dragon clan's prince consort, was not so extravagant as to ignore the third-level materials.

"How about...try your luck here first?"

Ling Changqing thought about it and wanted to try out how difficult the indigenous creatures here were.

If it is particularly difficult to deal with, the subsequent strategy will have to be adjusted.

He took out the glazed yellow umbrella that had not been used for a long time, and a light golden tough light curtain poured out like water waves, covering his whole body.

Then, Ling Changqing controlled the two Taoist puppets and let them walk towards the lake step by step.

"Shh!"

A sound of breaking air was heard, and a dark stream of light appeared without warning from under a rock by the lake, heading straight towards the Taoist soldier puppet.

As expected, it crashed head-on into the heavy shield, making a dull sound.

The burly heavily-armored puppet staggered and actually took a step back, which showed how fierce the impact was.

Without waiting for the creature to react, the smooth axe blade hit it hard, squeezing it flat.

"Clap!"

As the body exploded, emerald green blood flowed down the surface of the shield, and the broken head and deformed insect body fell weakly.

Is that a "hornet" about a foot long with membrane-covered back? There are several dark golden stripes on its pitch-black body, which looks ugly and ferocious.

This guy's vitality is extremely strong. If it were some demon cultivators who had practiced the secret method of devouring, they could completely deprive it of its remaining vitality and devour it, turning it into food for their own growth.

The two heavily armored Taoist puppets continued to move forward, walking into the bottom of the lake step by step without hesitation, splashing water everywhere, and unsurprisingly attracted attacks from more creatures.

Strange-looking insects kept popping up, as well as some fish in the water. They didn't seem to have any particularly powerful magical powers, but they just used their bodies to frantically hit the Taoist soldier puppets.

However, due to the strong defense of the Taoist puppets, this level of attack cannot pose a fatal threat to them.

As Ling Changqing on the shore moved his mind slightly, whirlpools with a diameter of several feet formed in the water, carrying those strange little creatures into the air.

Immediately, bolts of lightning fell from the sky and hit these creatures accurately, electrocuting them to the point where they were burnt on the outside and tender on the inside, leaving them dying.

In just a few moments, hundreds of indigenous creatures were killed one after another by Ling Changqing's exquisite magical powers.

This is the powerful killing power brought by high-level skills and magical powers. These little things can almost be killed with one blow without consuming much mana.

If Ling Changqing had used the Xuanzhen Black Water Sutra that he had practiced before, perhaps five or six attacks might not be enough to defeat the enemy.

In the lake, two Taoist puppets had already dived to the bottom of the water. The number of besieging indigenous creatures increased so much that they were knocked all over the place.

After a few bright silver fish several feet long and emitting a dangerous aura appeared, Ling Changqing no longer dared to be careless, and a golden sword rainbow flew out from his hand like a stream of silk.

The lake was split into two, and the spiritual sword rainbow arrived in an instant, cutting the big fish into two pieces, along with many indigenous creatures nearby, crushing them all to pieces.

However, the feeling of stagnation coming from the flying sword made Ling Changqing realize that the defense of these creatures was not bad. If he didn't have a lot of good things on him, it would not be easy to deal with them.

With the flying sword of the top-grade spiritual weapon leading the way, the actions of the two Taoist soldier puppets became much smoother and they began to search the bottom of the lake.

As for those big silver fish that were killed, Ling Changqing naturally would not waste them. He captured them all with the magic of controlling objects, froze them and put them into the storage bag.

The information in the jade slip has already introduced that this creature called Silver Sun Fish is of the second level. Thanks to the abundant spiritual environment of Dragon Soul Valley, its meat is quite delicious and is perfect as a side dish.

Not long after, the Taoist soldier puppets at the bottom of the lake made a discovery.

After digging through the mud about a foot thick and killing several eel-like creatures as thick as arms and covered with dark green patterns, a fist-sized, glowing dark purple stone finally revealed its true appearance.

Zi Xi Crystal, a third-level auxiliary material used for refining equipment, has a wide range of applications, so it has always been in good sales in the market.

Due to the far distance, Ling Changqing on the shore controlled the flying sword, lifted the purple crystal out of the water, and flew all the way back.

After using his divine sense to investigate and confirm that there was nothing wrong with the thing, Ling Changqing put it into his storage bag.

After thinking about it, Ling Changqing released four more Taoist soldier puppets and asked them to guard him. Then he asked the previous four Taoist soldier puppets to go into the water and dig mud at the bottom of the lake.

After a while of busy work, another slightly larger piece of purple crystal was found, which was checked and put away by Ling Changqing.

Of course, he did not forget to pay attention to the slightest movement around him. In this unfamiliar environment, danger is everywhere.

After weighing the pros and cons for a moment, Ling Changqing took out a puppet the size of a washbasin and shaped like a bamboo dragonfly from his storage bag and activated the formation restriction on it.

Immediately, complex and detailed array patterns appeared on the surface of the mechanical puppet, and it slowly rose into the air and stopped at a height of more than 200 feet above the ground.

(End of this chapter)