Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 176: War Clouds Restart
For more than two months, Changqing Island was peaceful and nothing major happened.

Xue Qingtan has come out of retreat and successfully entered the realm of Golden Core True Person. From now on, he will have a lifespan of at least 500 years.

This is exactly the same as Ling Changqing's previous estimate. Any female cultivator who has a close relationship with him has basically never failed in their attempt to reach a new level.

The inner room of the boudoir was filled with a faint and exotic fragrance.

On the large and luxurious embroidered bed, Ling Changqing gently stroked the fragrant, smooth and tender snow-white skin of the beauty in his arms, his eyes full of joy.

"…My realm has stabilized, but I don't plan to explain this to my superiors just yet."

Xue Qingtan narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly and spoke lazily, hugging Ling Changqing tightly with her plump and warm body.

"Is that so? That's fine."

Ling Changqing nodded. Xue Qingtan had the same idea as him, which was to make a fortune quietly.

The rule of the Nebula Falcon Chamber of Commerce is that as long as one's cultivation is advanced to the Golden Core True Person level, one can obtain a higher position and the right to speak, and there are many tangible and intangible benefits.

But from Xue Qingtan's point of view, he already has a Taoist companion like the Son of Fortune, so the benefits within the Chamber of Commerce are not worth mentioning at all.

Once you are promoted, you will need to be transferred to another place and accept investigations and inquiries from above. You never know if there will be villains who will secretly trip you up, and there will be a lot of troubles.

That's why she didn't bother to think about it. It was good to maintain the status quo. As long as she could always be with Ling Changqing, there was still a glimmer of hope for her to reach the late Jindan stage or even the Yuanying Zhenjun realm in the future.

"By the way, my husband, you should be careful when handling those sensitive resources you brought back, so as not to be targeted by those with ulterior motives."

Xue Qingtan warned with a serious look.

"Okay, I know that."

Ling Changqing agreed.

She was talking about the cultivators that Ling Changqing had killed when he was training in the Dragon Soul Valley, and the storage bags, spiritual weapons, elixirs, talismans and other resources on them.

Some of these spoils were kept by Ling Changqing for his own use, and most of them were not suitable for his own use, so he could choose to sell them through various channels and exchange them for spirit stone resources.

However, the top leaders of Yuzhou's immortal cultivation world are now actively investigating the whereabouts of the Son of Fortune, so some things must be paid attention to.

During such a sensitive period, any careless negligence may lead to serious consequences.

Xue Qingtan rested for a while, raised her delicate head with long black hair like a waterfall, and looked at the beautiful boy beside her with her beautiful eyes, with a faint flame flickering in her eyes.

She felt that she had recovered, so she moved her smooth jade hand gently down, grabbed Ling Changqing's handle, and rubbed it with slight force.

"Stop making trouble, okay? Wasn't it enough before?"

Ling Changqing couldn't help but feel ashamed.

The fighting power of Jindan Zhenren is much stronger than Ling Bingyun and the others. Even in a one-on-one situation, it would be very difficult for me to win.

This was the result of Ling Changqing's practice of high-level physical cultivation techniques. Otherwise, with the physique of an ordinary foundation-building cultivator, he would have been completely squeezed out by the opponent.

“But I thought about it!”

Xue Qingtan grumbled coquettishly, and her flawless and beautiful body turned over and pressed him down, and the war was reignited...

Time passed quietly, from sunrise to sunset, and then the eastern sky was once again bathed in the golden dawn.

The two finally got up, took a bath in the hot spring together, then dressed neatly and went out. The maids had already prepared a delicious breakfast.

"From now on, every month...husband, you have to come over and spend a few days with me. Don't refuse!"

During the meal, Xue Qingtan spoke in a soft voice.

The benefits of practicing dual cultivation with the Son of Luck are self-evident. It is an all-round improvement from the physical body to the origin of the soul, from spiritual roots to luck and fortune.

Although the effect may not be obvious once or twice, the final effect will be extremely significant over a long period of time.

"Okay, I'll do as you say! Of course, the time spent in seclusion and cultivation doesn't count."

Ling Changqing said.

"Yeah, that's no problem."

Xue Qingtan smiled widely, her beautiful big eyes narrowed into crescent shapes.

After breakfast, Xue Qingtan, in high spirits, went to the Chamber of Commerce branch to handle daily affairs.

Ling Changqing went to the embroidery building in the master's boudoir, intending to talk to Ling Qiyue.

In the study, Ling Qiyue was flipping through a book on alchemy. Her thin snow-white Taoist robe outlined the ups and downs of her figure, and her graceful back was straight.

Ling Changqing walked straight in, but did not see Tang Qiuyao. He probably went out to do something.

"Senior sister, are you reading a book?"

As he spoke gently, he climbed onto the seat with ease and walked around behind her. He immediately hugged her plump and charming body and began to touch her all over.

"…Bad guy, have you had enough trouble?"

After a moment, Ling Qiyue blushed and said coquettishly, this guy is simply... becoming more and more ridiculous and shameless.

"I just miss Senior Sister!"

Ling Changqing finally stopped and sat down next to her.

"Senior Sister, how far is the threshold to becoming a third-level upper-grade alchemist?"

"That's going to take a while. It hasn't been long since I broke through to the third-level mid-level!"

Ling Qiyue spoke softly, re-tied the exquisite knot of her bellyband, and buttoned up her collar and belt.

After refining the crystal bead given to her by Ling Changqing, Ling Qiyue's spiritual root aptitude has successfully reached the upper earth level, and her cultivation has also entered the late golden elixir realm.

It can be said that as long as he does not die in a calamity, Yuanying Zhenjun is already a visible goal for Ling Qiyue.

At the same time, she is also a third-level mid-grade alchemist. With this level, she can obtain a status and voice that matches her identity even among the nine major families in Yuzhou.

"To be honest, it's all because of your help, my husband. Otherwise, I would have to endure at least a hundred more years to reach my current state!"

Ling Qiyue said with a smile that the more she looked at her husband, the more satisfied she was.

The pleasant sound of jingling jewelry came from afar. The tall, bright and graceful Tang Qiuyao lifted the pearl curtain and walked in gracefully.

"My wife is back!"

Ling Changqing called out. Her cultivation had now reached the late stage of foundation building, which showed that she had also not slacked off.

Tang Qiuyao smiled and said, "Why did my husband come here today? I thought you were still with them!"

"I haven't seen you for a few days. I mainly wanted to come and spend time with you guys!"

Ling Changqing smiled and said that the girls each had their own caves where they lived and practiced, and they didn't meet each other very often, so she was the only one who needed to run back and forth.

Tang Qiuyao rolled her eyes at him charmingly, straightened her expression slightly, and said to Ling Qiyue:

"I just received news that those three companies have been making some big moves recently, and it seems that they are planning to take action!"

Ling Qiyue's expression was not at all surprised: "I heard that they have invited two independent cultivators, Jindan Zhenren, to come to help. Are they going to preemptively attack us?"

What she was talking about was naturally the Bai family, the Yuan family and the Yulong Island family.

The Bai family's territory is the Huiyue Islands, and the Yuan family's territory is the Langshan Islands. Both of these families have third-level spiritual veins, which should be able to give birth to true Dan cultivators, but unfortunately the children of the family are not up to the task.

Yulong Island is not a family, but a sect. There are two large third-level spiritual veins on its territory. In the past, it was almost the most powerful force in Feiyu Sea.

The main island of Yulong Island is a large island with a circumference of more than 40,000 miles. It was once considered the largest island in the Feiyu Sea.

It, together with a series of affiliated islands in the surrounding waters, has been occupied and ruled by the current sect for thousands of years.

In the last war for the ownership of Changqingzhou, Ling Qiyue led the Ling family to victory. These three families suffered heavy losses and were forced to sign a 20-year truce agreement with the Ling family.

But now it seems that the truce period is only halfway through, and the three of them are planning to tear up the agreement.

Ling Changqing pondered and said, "It may be that our strength is increasing too fast, so that they can't sleep or eat well, right?"

"Yes,"

Ling Qiyue smiled and said, "If they turn the table over now, they may still have a chance. If they really wait until twenty years later, the three families can just surrender!"

The overall strength of the Ling family is getting stronger and stronger. In another ten or twenty years, Ling Changqing himself may be able to successfully reach the Golden Core True Person realm.

At that time, how can the three families still compete? The foundation-building forces in the entire Feiyu Sea area combined are not enough.

Ling Changqing asked, "They were able to invite two independent cultivators to help? This is quite unexpected. I guess the price they paid was not small, right?"

Tang Qiuyao nodded and said, "That's true. According to the family's insider report, they promised that after the success, half of the land of Changqingzhou can be given to the two casual cultivators as a cave residence.

As for the three families, they divided up the remaining half of the territory and served the two Jindan Zhenren as their leaders!"

Ling Changqing sneered: "The sacrifice is really huge, but compared to getting nothing, being someone else's vassal slave doesn't seem to be such a bad result, right?"

Ling Qiyue said calmly: "Unfortunately, they still underestimated our true strength, so even if we turn against each other and start a war now, the fate of their three families will not change!"

Ling Changqing said: "Then let's start the battle! I believe that after this battle, there will be only one voice in the entire Feiyu Sea!"

A few days later, three forces including the Bai family, the Yuan family, and Yulong Island gathered more than 20 small foundation-building forces and publicly issued an ultimatum to the Ling family of Changqingzhou.

They demanded that the Ling family unconditionally give up 70% of the territory of Changqingzhou, otherwise they would go to war directly and destroy all the foundations of the Ling family.

This unreasonable request was naturally flatly rejected by Ling Qiyue.

So, the war broke out.

First, a large number of small groups of monks sneaked into Changqing Island and carried out various sabotage and harassment to test the reaction of the Ling family.

Ling Qiyue would not tolerate these guys, and immediately let Xue Qingtan take charge of the core of the family headquarters, while she personally led the team to attack.

When a lion fights a rabbit, he also uses all his strength.

She wanted to use this method to make the opponent lose as much blood as possible, and weaken them as much as possible before the final decisive battle.

Ling Changqing also accompanied them. With his supreme luck helping them, the sniper operation was successful.

After more than ten days, more than 90% of the harassment teams sent by the opposite side were blocked by Ling Qiyue. The result was a total annihilation without any suspense. Those unfortunate monks could not even escape with their remaining souls.

The loss of one or two teams would be fine, but if they were almost completely wiped out, no one would be able to help but feel the pain, after all, the three of them did not have many bargaining chips to begin with.

Therefore, after discussion, Yuan Wuya, Bai Yunsong and Shemu, the three leaders, decided to start the decisive battle ahead of schedule.

The harassment stopped for three days. On the morning of the fourth day, dozens of flying boats appeared in the waters off Changqing Island.

The alliance headed by the three families has gathered more than 3,000 cultivators, including more than 75 foundation-building cultivators and nine fake elixir masters.

A large number of them are temporary hired independent cultivators, and there are also several notorious robbery gangs. They naturally want to take advantage of the situation and make a fortune.

Of course, this amount of power can't do anything to the Ling family who has the home advantage. Their greatest reliance is actually the two independent cultivators who have reached the Jindan level.

This pair of Jindan cultivators are a pair of Taoist companions who changed their ways to Taoism lately. The man is named Lu Jia and the woman is named Yun Wushuang.

It is not easy for independent cultivators to survive, and practicing is even more difficult. This couple was able to practice to the Golden Core level despite all the hardships, which obviously showed that they had some luck.

In mid-air, Lu Jia, a handsome man with gray hair and dressed in a dark gray robe, summoned a slender sword with a faint murderous aura and countless fine symbols swirling around it, and squinted his eyes to look at the protective formation in front of him.

On the ground far below, thousands of cultivators in the Qi training stage were forming a formation in a chaotic manner, then surrounded the outer edge of the formation from a distance and began to attack.

However, the blue light curtain of the formation was as solid as a rock, with only a few ripples on the surface.

For a true third-level protective formation, this level of attack is no more than a tickle.

"It won't be easy to win this battle!"

Lu Jia pursed his lips and spoke calmly.

He waved his hand casually, and as the sword trembled, a thousand-foot-long, condensed and murderous, snow-white blade light fell lightly from mid-air and slashed heavily on the light curtain of the formation.

The huge semicircular light curtain trembled for a moment, and a gully several feet deep was cut into it, and then it returned to normal in the changing light and shadow.

"Senior Lu, how long do you think it will take to break this formation?"

Yuan Wuya, the head of the Yuan family, asked respectfully.

"If we attack with all our strength, it will probably take two or three days!"

As Lu Jia spoke, he did not conceal the heat in his eyes.

Next to her, a graceful woman dressed in a dark Taoist robe suggested:

"Husband, it seems that we have to go all out this time. You are responsible for holding back Ling Qiyue, and I will lead the attack on the formation. How do you think?"

She is in the early stage of Jindan, and Lu Jia is in the middle stage of Jindan, so this arrangement is reasonable.

In their opinion, the only powerful person that the Ling family can produce is Ling Qiyue, who is also in the middle stage of the Golden Core.

As long as she was restrained, Yun Wushuang could work with these foundation-building cultivators to attack the protective formation without distraction and kill all the Ling family cultivators who dared to rush out.

"Very good, let's decide it like this!"

Lu Jia nodded and agreed.

Changqing Island is indeed a rare treasure land. He has been wandering outside for too long. It is time to find a suitable place to settle down.

All of this can become a reality as long as the Ling family's foundation is destroyed.

As for Ling Qiyue, no matter how powerful she was, she could not withstand the siege of two Jindan Zhenren. It was lucky that she could escape alone.

Family headquarters.

"...Sister Qingtan, you come to lead the formation. I'm going to go out and kill that Lu Jia first!"

Ling Qiyue said in a cold voice.

Of course, she would not take a person in the middle stage of Jindan seriously now, after all, she had many magical weapons on her.

Xue Qingtan agreed, and Tang Qiuyao beside him said with a little worry:
"They have a bunch of fake Dan Zhenren helping them, sister, you can't take it lightly!"

"Don't worry, nothing will go wrong!"

Ling Qiyue smiled. In front of a late Jindan powerhouse who possessed a powerful protective magic weapon, a mere nine fake Dan masters really couldn't do anything to her.

(End of this chapter)