Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 164 Meteorite Abyss

The lakeside dinner is still going on.

Yu Qingyang stood up and walked around the lake. When he came back, he had seven or eight large fish with red beards and golden scales in his hands. Yu Yalan took out several third-level spirit beasts that she had hunted on the way.

Ling Changqing took out the grill from the storage bag, cleaned and cooked the prey, skewered them with a fork and roasted them on the fire.

With the monks' magical powers, it is much easier for them to handle these tedious matters than for ordinary people.

After a while, the meat on the grill slowly exuded light golden fat, and the tempting aroma spread.

The three of them ate and chatted, discussing the cooperative relationship between the nine major families, some more private anecdotes, important events that had occurred in the Yuzhou cultivation world over the past few decades, and so on.

As the chosen ones of the Yu family who are being carefully trained, Yu Qingyang and his sister are naturally well aware of these things and have their own unique insights and analyses.

Ling Changqing was not as good as others in this aspect, so he spent most of his time listening, which broadened his horizons.

For example, the unlucky patriarch of the Mu family was cuckolded not long ago. He was a Yuanying Zhenjun, with more than a hundred children, but not one of them was his own. It was simply... outrageous!

Ling Changqing could only sigh inwardly, the waters of this world of immortal cultivation are really deep. The intrigues and palace fighting in the secular dynasties of the mortal world can only be regarded as minor fights.

"...There is one thing I still don't quite understand,"

Ling Changqing asked softly: "How valuable is a child of destiny? In other words, how much help can he bring to your family?"

Yu Qingyang looked at his sister and said thoughtfully:
“To be honest, I didn’t really know before, but the old guys in the family all said the same thing.

It is said that as long as Ling Changqing can become the son-in-law of our Yu family, the family will be blessed with supreme fortune and luck, and will surely usher in a prosperous situation.

I guess those old guys are smart enough to squeeze oil out of stone, so they won't do a business that loses money, right?"

Ling Changqing shook his head and did not continue the topic.

Seeing that the meat on the rack was almost cooked, Yu Yalan stood up, took the roasted meat off, cut it with a knife, put it on a silver plate, and brought it to the table.

"…This is our Yu family's specialty wine. Fellow Daoist Wang, why not try it too!"

Yu Qingyang took out two half-person-high mud-gold wine jars, the seals on them shining with a faint light.

"It's a big portion. Looks like I can drink to my heart's content today!"

Ling Changqing smiled and said that this guy's hobbies were quite similar to his own.

Yu Qingyang smiled innocently: "Fellow Daoist Wang and I hit it off right away, so naturally I won't be stingy with some external things. Just drink as much as you can, fellow Daoist, I have plenty of good wine!"

"If you get drunk, just crawl back by yourself. I won't care about you!"

Yu Yalan rolled her eyes at him and said unhappily.

This spiritual wine tastes good, but if you drink too much, people with limited cultivation will not be able to bear it.

Ling Changqing smiled slightly: "I'm not drunk, I have some sobering pills here, so just drink it!"

"Really? Then I can have a few more drinks!"

Yu Yalan smiled widely, her fair and delicate face slightly flushed.

Perhaps it was the influence of some mysterious destiny, but at this moment the Yu siblings had a really good impression of Ling Changqing, even though they themselves were not clearly aware of this.

Yu Qingyang opened the seal on the wine jar, and as his mind controlled it, a stream of wine as pure as amber rose from the jar and fell steadily into the bronze wine jug on the table, filling it up exactly, not a cent more or less.

Ling Changqing picked up the wine bottle, saluted slightly, and drank it all in one gulp.

Yu Yalan took small sips of the wine. After all, the wine tasted a bit strong and wasn't very suitable for a female cultivator.

"By the way, when the Son of Destiny was in the Dragon Palace, was it true that he only had the Sixth Princess as his companion? He didn't have any concubines or maids?"

Yu Qingyang asked with a serious look.

Yu Yalan's beautiful ears stood up quietly. It was obvious that this question was very important to the Yu family and to herself.

"Indeed."

Ling Changqing nodded. There was nothing to hide about this kind of thing.

"Really? I don't think that's right!"

Yu Qingyang stroked his chin and said thoughtfully: "I heard that when he first entered Dragon Soul Valley, he had contact with a group of female cultivators from the Liuying family.

I don't know what method that Liuying Bingchan used to make Ling Changqing agree to marry her as his Taoist partner. It shows that he should... not be resistant to beauty."

However, the Yu family's intelligence forces have not yet figured out the details of this matter, so Yu Qingyang's tone is somewhat ambiguous.

However, the top management of the Yu family felt that they had found a breakthrough, so they cancelled Yu Yalan's engagement and planned to let her win over Ling Changqing.

The other eight great families, as well as some powerful forces hidden behind the scenes, have all formulated corresponding plans for this.

For these big forces that control vast amounts of resources, wouldn't it be easy if they could just win over a lucky son and arrange for a few outstanding beauties?
Ling Changqing smiled and said, "It seems that all the big powers have the same idea. Do you think that person is particularly fond of beautiful women?"

Yu Qingyang said: "This is definitely good news for us. We are just worried that he has no weaknesses and is the kind that is unyielding. Then we will have no good solution!"

Wine, sex, money and power are the desires that ordinary people cannot avoid, and monks are even worse in this regard.

Some cultivators in the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation stages who have limited qualifications and no hope of making further progress often buy land, mansions, and beautiful women among the people, imitating the emperors and generals of secular dynasties and enjoying the rest of their lives in extravagance.

"If we can really find the son of destiny, how are you going to tell him? You can't just threaten and bribe him, right?"

Ling Changqing asked. Such a special existence naturally could not be persuaded by ordinary means.

"We don't know, so we can only take it one step at a time!"

Yu Yalan said frankly that there was too little information about the Son of Fortune, so they didn't know how to deal with it best.

Yu Qingyang pondered and said, "Fellow Daoist Wang, since you are also from the Deep Sea Dragon Clan, do you know how the Son of Fate met Luo Qingxuan and agreed to follow her back to the Deep Sea Dragon Palace?"

Seeing Ling Changqing silent, the honest fat man immediately took out a bottle of second-level medicine, placed it on the table and pushed it over.

It is obviously impossible to obtain intelligence without giving enough benefits, and even brothers have to settle accounts clearly.

Ling Changqing was not polite. He grabbed the pill bottle and put it into his storage bag, then said:

"The reason is not complicated. I heard that the Sixth Princess went to travel in the human territory and accidentally met the son of destiny. She was attracted by his beauty and snatched him back!"

"……It's that simple?"

Yu Yalan's beautiful eyes widened as she asked in disbelief.

Yu Qingyang's reaction was not much better either. He originally thought that the Dragon Clan had paid some unknown price to obtain this unprecedented opportunity.

But I never thought... that it could be done this way?

"It's that simple!"

Ling Changqing said affirmatively that he was the person involved and no one knew what happened better than him.

Yu Qingyang stroked his round chin, looking confused:

"This shouldn't be possible. How could someone so easily get the upper hand over the Son of Luck, given his status? Unless..."

"Unless what?"

Yu Yalan asked, turning her head sideways.

"Unless the Sixth Princess is so outstanding in appearance and beauty that the son of luck fell in love with her!"

Yu Qingyang said slowly, after thinking about it, it seemed that only this explanation made sense.

The top leaders of the Yu family naturally knew about Luo Qingxuan, the sixth princess of the deep sea dragon clan. She was indeed a rare and stunning beauty, and it was not impossible for the Son of Fortune to take a fancy to her.

Yu Yalan frowned slightly and thought without saying anything.

Combined with the contact between Liuying Bingchan and Ling Changqing, it seems that this inference makes perfect sense.

If the truth of the matter is really like this, the Son of Fortune likes beautiful women, then doesn't that mean I have a chance as well?
Her talent, character and appearance are not inferior to that of the Sixth Princess of the Deep Sea Dragon Clan, and of course the female cultivator of the Liuying Family.

"Sister Lan, I think you can do it!"

Yu Qingyang looked excited, feeling that he had found an opportunity to solve the problem.

With Yu Yalan's peerless beauty, it is not difficult to make the Son of Fortune fall in love with her, and she can also give him a large group of gifts.

The Yu family has no shortage of outstanding girls waiting to get married. As long as the son of luck is interested, he can choose whomever he wants in the future. The ancestors will only be happy to see this.

"The premise is... you have to find him first and try to gain his trust before you can do this!"

Ling Changqing said indifferently.

It always felt a little weird that these two siblings were talking about how to plot against me right in front of me.

"Yes, we have to find him first!"

Yu Qingyang sighed. This was the most difficult step. If he couldn't meet Ling Changqing, all the plans would be out of the question.

Yu Yalan looked around and said softly:

"There is still more than a month before the Dragon Soul Valley closes. If we search slowly, there should be a chance, right?"

"Well, that's all!"

Yu Qingyang said this, and hope rekindled in his heart. The reason why he left the family's main team and escorted his sister around everywhere was because he was worried that too many people would make him too conspicuous, which might make Ling Changqing wary?

Before anyone knew it, the spirit beast meat in the jade tripod was almost gone.

"Our next stop is to go to Meteorite Abyss. Brother Wang, are you willing to come with us?"

After picking up the wine bottle in his hand and drinking it all, Yu Qingyang invited him.

Seeing Ling Changqing mumbling in silence, the bright and radiant Yu Yalan beside him also said:

"Fellow Daoist Wang is alone, so you are bound to run into some ignorant fellows. Why don't you join us?

The name of our Yu family is still more useful after all."

"Okay, it's settled!"

Ling Changqing finally nodded and agreed.

Yu Yalan breathed a sigh of relief, and deep down she felt a little secretly happy that she wasn't even aware of.

After packing up her things, Yu Yalan released a green willow-leaf-shaped flying boat that was more than ten feet long and had an exquisite appearance.

After the three of them got on, the flying boat took off, leaving a faint trail in the sky.

The opportunity in Meteorite Abyss is said to be as precious as that in Fallen Cherry Mountains, and is one of the top Feng Shui treasures in Dragon Soul Valley.

Of course, now, the attention of all cultivators is focused on the Son of Fortune, and the attention to these places has declined significantly.

The flying boat was speeding across the sky, and the pale blue light curtain blocked the strong wind and low temperature outside.

Meteorite Abyss is thousands of miles away, and at the speed of a flying boat, it can be reached in one day.

“…Someone is coming!”

Yu Yalan suddenly said this, and a hundred miles away, groups of flying swords could be vaguely seen.

Ling Changqing had already noticed it, but just didn't say anything.

Yu Qingyang stood up and looked over, saying, "It should be the cultivators from the Yin and Tang families. When did they get together?"

"Don't worry about them, we just need to hurry on."

Yu Yalan said disapprovingly.

The Yu family is not afraid of these guys. Even if the other side has more people, with her and Yu Qingyang's means, at least it won't be a problem to escape unscathed.

The flying boat did not change its route and continued to move forward at a rapid speed.

A moment later, the team was not far from the flying boat and recognized the identities of the Yu siblings.

The leading Yin family cultivator hesitated for a moment, but still came over.

"...Brother Qingyang, have you found any trace of Ling Changqing?"

He called from a distance.

Yu Qingyang spread his hands and responded innocently: "If I really find out, do you think I can still stay here?"

"That's right, I was thinking wrong!"

The man sneered and rode his flying sword back to the team.

The two sides separated at this point, and then encountered several teams one after another, all of which were easily dealt with by Yu Qingyang.

The past battle records of this pair of proud sons of the Yu family were there, and unless they had no other choice, the cultivators from other families did not want to fight with them.

If you are not fully confident of defeating the opponent, acting rashly will only create hatred and the result will be more trouble than gain.

After an unknown amount of time, a pitch-black circular volcano with a diameter of dozens of miles appeared in sight.

Around it, there are numerous circular volcanoes of various sizes.

"We're here, let's go down!"

Yu Yalan said softly.

It seems that there are not many people gathering here right now, but it’s hard to say after a few days.

The flying boat lowered its altitude and circled around the largest circular volcano. After confirming it was safe, it landed on the flat ground at the edge of the crater.

The dormant crater has a completely flat ground around its edges, and it is the kind of smooth and flat black rock formation. You can feel the warm breath through your boots.

This circular plain is about three hundred feet wide and is a nearly perfect circle. It does not look like a landform formed by natural evolution at all.

The huge crater does not contain solidified lava, but looks more like a deep, tranquil and mysterious blue sea of ​​stars.

This is the Meteorite Abyss. It is rumored that it was formed by the fall of a special alien star in ancient times. After a long period of evolution and changes, this strange place was formed.

Ling Changqing looked into the distance and saw groups of monks who had already prepared their tools and were sitting on the edge of the crater, ready to try their luck.

The tool is a specially refined magical fishing rod. The thin fishing line is hundreds of feet long, and the end falls directly into the bottomless sea of ​​stars in the crater, but there is no hook.

This sea of ​​stars is just like the vast and boundless void outside. You can see countless projections of stars, some big, some small, and of varying brightness, just like a sea of ​​stars.

As long as the spiritual essence of a cultivator can resonate with the projection of a star in the starry sea, there will be a chance to fish up some second-level or even third-level spiritual gold and spiritual ore materials.

It is said that there was a cultivator who was particularly lucky and even caught fourth-grade spiritual gold materials.

Of course, in addition to materials, there are some rarer opportunities, such as obtaining the blessing of some kind of star power, which makes the cultivator's soul more stable and powerful.

Otherwise, one can draw the essence of star power to temper the body, thereby obtaining a strong physique that is not inferior to that of physical cultivators of the same level.

One can imagine how precious this opportunity is. Since the first opening of the Dragon Soul Valley training, it has appeared only a few times.

"...Fellow Daoist Wang, are your tools ready? Do you want me to give you a set?"

Yu Yalan took the initiative to speak.

"That's not necessary. I have it myself."

As Ling Changqing spoke, he took out a pair of crystal white jade fishing rods from his storage bag.

This thing was used by Luo Qingxuan when she entered Dragon Soul Valley. Unfortunately, she was not very lucky at that time. After all her efforts, she only got a few ordinary materials in the end.

When Ling Changqing came in this time, Luo Qingxuan took out this set of fishing rods from her collection and gave them to him to see how his luck was.

"Okay then, let's get started!"

Yu Qingyang greeted enthusiastically.

His personality is that of a typical fisherman, so when he encounters something like this, he will naturally experience it for himself.

Ling Changqing followed his example and sat down on the edge of the platform. He took out his fishing rod, threw the long transparent fishing line into the depths of the starry sea, and began to communicate with the countless star projections inside with concentration.

Yu Yalan carefully placed a circle of flags around the three people and built a defensive formation before coming over to join them.

"...What exactly is this place? Can you sense it?"

Ling Changqing communicated with the palace spirit in his sea of ​​consciousness calmly.

"It's just a cave secret realm that has not yet been fully formed. The spatial structure inside is even more fragile than that of the Dragon Soul Valley."

Gong Ling's voice rang out in the sea of ​​consciousness: "However, there is some kind of indescribable subtle connection between it and the real starry sky and ocean outside. It is difficult to explain it in a short time...

In short, Master, don't think about going down to test the depth, just fish outside. With your supreme luck, it won't be difficult to get something."

"understood."

Ling Changqing agreed.

He had indeed thought about going down to take a look before, but if he really put it into action, he would probably be stuck in there and unable to get out.

After a stick of incense had passed, there was movement from Yu Yalan's side.

The sea of ​​stars seemed to vibrate, and with an imperceptible strange humming sound, a small ball of dazzling golden light emerged from the end of the fishing line.

Yu Yalan exerted a little force to pull up the fishing rod, and the ball of golden light flew up lightly and landed in her hands with a faint glowing trail.

It was a palm-sized piece of irregularly shaped spiritual gold, with a dark green surface dotted with fine golden light, and it was quite heavy.

"Cangqing Secret Gold? It's a good harvest."

Yu Qingyang took it and looked at it. He was quite satisfied with this piece of second-grade top-quality material.

This thing can increase the speed of flying swords or flying boats and is a very sought-after resource on the market.

Yu Yalan put away the spiritual gold with satisfaction and continued to try.

After a while, Yu Qingyang's fishing rod also responded.

"Hey, here we come!"

The honest-looking fat man suddenly became excited. He pulled the fishing rod hard and stood up straight at the same time.

At the end of the fishing line was a piece of silvery-white spiritual gold, about the size of a human head.

(End of this chapter)