Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 178: Unification of Feiyu Sea

The core hub area of ​​the formation.

At this time, Xue Qingtan was in charge of the operation of the formation, assisted by formation master Ling Yulu. Ling Bingyun, Qin Yun, and Tang Qiuyao were all present.

The magic power projection mirror showed the battle scene in mid-air.

Ling Qiyue was still able to gain the upper hand even when facing the full-force attacks of two Jindan True Immortals and nine Fake Dan cultivators.

Not long after, the two weakest fake Dan Zhenren were seriously injured by Ling Qiyue's casual attack, and they retreated from the battlefield covered in blood.

However, with her current cultivation level, she could suppress the opponent, but it would be difficult for her to severely injure or even kill the two Jindan cultivators.

"…If we let this couple escape today, there will be endless troubles for Changqingzhou, right?"

Ling Changqing said with a frown.

Xue Qingtan nodded slightly: "Of course, I don't need to tell you how terrible the destructive power of Jindan Zhenren is, so it's best for the two of them to stay here forever today."

Without talking about any other strategies, as long as this pair of wandering cultivators lie dormant in the Feiyu Sea, launching sneak attacks and guerrilla warfare every day, and killing a few lone Ling family members every now and then, there will be no peace in Changqing Island.

Especially if they are determined to run away, Ling Qiyue may not be able to stop them.

Qin Yun looked worried and said softly, "Sister Qingtan, if you can personally help, can you keep one of them?"

"Sister Yue and I working together should have a 70% to 80% chance of keeping Yun Wushuang."

Xue Qingtan pondered: "But Lu Jia will go crazy afterwards, which means Changqingzhou will have another enemy who will never give up!"

Ling Changqing's eyes were slightly cold, and he said slowly:

"It seems that only if I take action once can I keep both of them!"

Even if they cannot be kept, at least they must be seriously injured so that they cannot go out and cause trouble for a while.

"you……"

Xue Qingtan was slightly startled: "Husband, are you sure? Don't put yourself in danger. We can figure out a way to deal with this."

Ling Changqing is just a foundation-building cultivator now. Facing head-on with a Jindan Zhenren who has rich fighting experience, he has no chance of winning at all.

Ling Yulu gently tugged at Ling Changqing's sleeve and complained in a low voice:

"Husband, why are you causing trouble? What will the sisters do if something happens to you?"

"Don't worry, I have a special method!"

Ling Changqing spoke briefly.

Originally, I was reluctant to give up my trump card, but under the current situation, I can't care too much.

The girls of Ling Bingyun looked at him in confusion. Although they knew Ling Changqing well, they still felt that this husband was unpredictable.

As Ling Changqing's mind moved slightly, in the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness, the last of the ten dark gold statues standing in front of the Era Star Palace hall quietly disappeared.

Immediately, as a large amount of golden light emerged, a combat puppet about ten feet tall, wearing a golden helmet and armor, and exuding overwhelming pressure appeared in the air outside the protective formation.

Before Lu Wushuang could react, under the control of Ling Changqing's spiritual power, this combat puppet, holding a long spear, turned into a flash of lightning and swooped down.

"Oh!"

Under its full-strength attack, the light curtains of several top-grade defensive spiritual weapons on Lu Wushuang's body collapsed bit by bit, shattering into gorgeous streams of light that scattered everywhere.

"It's actually a third-grade, top-grade Taoist puppet? Where did it come from?"

Lu Jia's face changed slightly. He didn't expect that the Ling family would have another Jindan Zhenren-level fighter. How should they fight next?
The couple's cooperation relationship with those three companies is only temporary. It's fine when it's profitable, but if the risks outweigh the benefits, they won't risk their lives for those three companies.

Just when Lu Jia was hesitating whether to withdraw and leave, the newly appeared combat puppet had already approached Yun Wushuang's body regardless of anything.

Ignoring her desperate attacks, the puppet reached out and grabbed her shoulders, then decisively launched a self-destruction.

"Do not--!"

Lu Jia let out a desperate roar. Following an earth-shaking explosion, a dazzling golden light appeared in the sky, as if a sun had suddenly appeared.

This was naturally done deliberately by Ling Changqing. Anyway, this thing could only last for a hundred breaths before dissipating, so it would be better to let it self-destruct directly, so as to deal with the difficult enemy in one go.

By the time the high-temperature fire cloud dissipated a little, Yun Wushuang's charred, dying body had fallen straight from mid-air and was intercepted in time by another golden-armored combat puppet.

"S-stop!"

Under Lu Jia's shocked and angry gaze, Yun Wushuang was beheaded on the spot by the golden-armored combat puppet.

Ling Qiyue behind him launched an attack at the right time, and the violent sword light covered down like a rain of pear blossom needles, crushing Yun Wushuang's broken golden elixir and soul.

In this way, dust returns to dust, and the possibility of the other party taking over another's body and reincarnating is completely eliminated.

"...Damn it! Damn that little bitch from the Ling family, let's wait and see!"

Seeing the second golden-armored combat puppet continue to pounce on him, Lu Jia, feeling chill in his heart, did not dare to fight any longer. He made a feint with his sword and his body turned into a beam of light and disappeared quickly.

He really couldn't do anything about this crazy fighting style. If he didn't run away, he might even lose his life!
In fact, the entire battle process was quite short, but the situation on the battlefield was completely different.

With one Jindan Zhenren dead and one escaping, the defeat of this loose alliance camp was inevitable.

In the previous big explosion, the few fake Dan Zhenren around who were unable to escape were also caught in the disaster and almost all of them were injured.

Seeing that the real boss had run away, Ling Changqing controlled the second golden armor combat puppet to finish off those fake Dan Zhenren, and Ling Qiyue also followed to help.

In less than ten breaths, except for two fake Dan monks who managed to escape, the rest were killed.

Then, it was the turn of those foundation-building monks.

When the golden-armored combat puppet turned into a ball of light feathers and dissipated in the air, there were only a few foundation-building cultivators still alive in the field.

Some frightened guys tried to surrender, but were still killed ruthlessly by Ling Qiyue.

"...Okay, we can't just sit there doing nothing, let's go out and lend a hand to the Patriarch, right?"

As Tang Qiuyao spoke, the family elders around her naturally had no objections.

Soon, thousands of family members, together with nearly two thousand independent cultivators, led by more than twenty foundation-building cultivators, left the formation and rushed towards the cultivators of the alliance.

Since the high-end combat power had been completely lost, how could these Qi training alliance monks withstand the counterattack of the Ling family? The battle situation was immediately at a one-sided disadvantage.

In the end, more than half of the Qi-cultivating monks died on the spot, and the remaining remnants scattered like birds and beasts and fled the battlefield separately.

In this battle, the Ling family won a great victory.

Except for Lu Jia who escaped, the other fake elixirs and foundation-building cultivators were almost wiped out.

Yuan Wuya, Shemu, Bai Yunsong and other three leaders were not spared and were killed by Ling Qiyue in the first place.

Then Ling Qiyue and Tang Qiuyao led people to chase and kill them separately for a while, and arranged personnel to patrol various places in Changqingzhou to prevent those who had escaped the net from lurking and waiting for opportunities to cause sabotage.

Ling Changqing originally wanted to go with them, but Xue Qingtan insisted on keeping her. She was worried that something might happen, so it would be better for her husband to stay at home.

It was not until nightfall that all the pursuing teams returned one after another, bringing back hundreds of monks' heads.

However, Ling Qiyue took a group of family members to Yulong Island, intending to take over the foundation of the sect as soon as possible to avoid any more trouble. On Yulong Island, the few Qigong cultivators who managed to escape only had time to inform the remaining disciples of the great defeat, and Ling Qiyue led the team to attack them.

The result was not suspenseful at all. Faced with a powerful late Jindan warrior who was in his prime, the remaining elders of Yulong Island obediently closed the formation and announced unconditional surrender.

A few days later, the remaining elders of the Yuan and Bai families sent envoys to meet Ling Qiyue and expressed their willingness to surrender unconditionally.

Ling Qiyue readily agreed and sent two groups of family members, led by several foundation-building elders, to take over their territory.

Under the current circumstances, the top leaders of the Ling family are no longer afraid of these people's tricks. In the face of sufficiently strong strength, those conspiracies and tricks are meaningless.

As expected, the process of taking over the land went smoothly without any trouble.

Then, it was the turn of the remaining small foundation-building forces, including the families and sects that had been in a neutral and wait-and-see state, all of whom expressed their unconditional submission to the Ling family of Changqingzhou.

They had no choice but to surrender, as their families usually only had one or two foundation-building cultivators in charge, their territories and wealth were quite limited, and there were also few children suitable for cultivation.

Faced with a behemoth like Changqingzhou, these small shrimps can only choose to depend on it, give up all their autonomy, and integrate into the Ling family.

In the following months, the top leaders of the Ling family were very busy.

Taking over island territories, counting spiritual veins and caves, as well as many industries such as spiritual fields, medicine mountains, and mines, as well as a large number of mortal populations, are the foundations for the survival and development of all forces.

Most of the seedlings suitable for cultivation come from the mortal world. These need to be counted and recorded for reference by higher-ups, so as to absorb fresh blood to enrich the family's foundation.

The next step was to redeploy defenses in various locations. Since the Ling family was already the master of the entire Feiyu Sea, the territory they were responsible for was dozens of times larger than before.

As a result, the manpower is not enough. Even if the thousands of guest cultivators employed by the Ling family are included, it is still not enough to arrange the staff.

For this reason, at Ling Changqing's suggestion, Ling Qiyue also sent out those newly recruited monks from small forces, but they stayed in other places.

For example, the surviving descendants of the former Bai family were all arranged to take charge of the Mingsha Islands in the east.

The surviving monks from the original Yulong Island were arranged to the southernmost Chiba Islands, and were mixed with some of the Ling family's disciples.

After all these operations, the problem was finally solved. Although the garrison forces in various places were relatively small, at least they were not in an undefended state.

When there are more family members available in the future, this hidden danger can be gradually resolved.

Moreover, Ling Qiyue has publicly announced that every five to ten years, the defense zones of each team of monks will be rotated in turn, and no one will be an exception.

This approach is, of course, intended to prevent those monks from taking root in one place for a long time, and eventually colluding with the locals and becoming too powerful to be eliminated.

Finally, there are those foreign chambers of commerce that also need to be appeased and persuaded to continue doing business in the Feiyu Sea.

This process was not difficult. Tang Qiuyao simply promised that they could move their respective businesses and shops to the Changqingzhou market, and she gained their unanimous support.

In the inner room of the boudoir.

"...From now on, Feiyu Sea is our territory!"

Between the brocade curtains, Ling Changqing hugged Ling Qiyue's plump, enchanting, warm rosy body and said with a relaxed look.

Beside her, Tang Qiuyao, with her long black hair, turned over, her eyes half asleep, and said lazily:

"It only looks like this on the surface, but it will take a long time before we can actually take control! It will take at least ten or eight years."

The territory is too large, the Ling family has limited available manpower, and the loyalty of those newly joined monks is not high. Once there is any disturbance, who knows what kind of changes will happen?
In reality, even the current Changqing Island has a large area that has not been developed and operated, not to mention the newly acquired islands.

After all, more than 20 years ago, the Ling family was just a small foundation-building family, with only three foundation-building cultivators, and there was no foundation to speak of.

First there was Ling Qiyue, the head of the family who could be described as a daughter of destiny, and then there was Ling Changqing, the son of luck, which made the Ling family rise and grow rapidly until it has the foundation it has today.

But the sequelae of expanding too quickly is that there are not enough available manpower, and it is impossible to quickly digest the results of the battle, so they can only hold on.

Ling Changqing was silent for a while, and said helplessly: "This problem can't be solved in a hurry. We can only wait for the new generation of family members to grow up!"

Ling Qiyue, with a rosy face and eyes as bright as water, hugged Ling Changqing and kissed him, smiling softly:
"As long as our Ling family continues to recuperate and does not continue to expand, this won't be a big problem, right?"

"Yeah, that's the truth!"

Tang Qiuyao nodded.

In the world of cultivating immortals, the time required for a force to rise and grow strong usually takes hundreds of years, or even a thousand years.

Most of the old forces like the Nine Great Families of Yuzhou have been in existence for tens of thousands of years, or even hundreds of thousands of years.

"Husband, do you think the Ling family will encounter external changes in the next few decades?"

Tang Qiuyao put her arms around Ling Changqing's neck and asked softly.

Ling Changqing thought for a moment and said, "It probably won't happen. As long as the Ling family keeps a low profile and doesn't take the initiative to cause trouble, it will be fine!"

"That's good!"

Ling Qiyue immediately smiled, slightly propped up her snowy and dazzling body, and began to feed him snow seeds.

The words of the Son of Destiny are somewhat mysterious and prophetic. If he says no, then there is basically no problem.

"But……"

A trace of worry appeared in Tang Qiuyao's beautiful eyes, and she whispered:

"That independent cultivator Lu Jia is still on the loose. If we don't find a way to deal with him, he will become a fatal threat sooner or later!"

An enemy with the cultivation level of a mid-stage Jindan is a huge threat to the Ling family today.

Except Ling Qiyue herself, no one in the Ling family could be his opponent.

As for trying to reconcile? There is no such thing.

His Taoist partner and the third-level combat pet were all killed in Changqing Island. The two sides have long been enemies who will fight to the death.

Ling Qiyue frowned slightly and asked thoughtfully, "I wonder if you have any good ideas, my husband?"

She could go out in person to hunt down Lu Jia, but the other party knew that he was not as strong as her and would not fight with her at all. If he insisted on hiding, then the matter would be difficult to handle.

It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. This is a motto in the secular world.

However, in the world of cultivating immortals, it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge, even after a hundred years, a thousand years, or even ten thousand years!
It is not uncommon in the world of immortal cultivation to see those old villains who keep hiding until their old enemy is dead, and then dig up the enemy's grave and deal with his descendants.

As a casual cultivator, Lu Jia finds it extremely difficult to practice. He doesn’t have much life left, but he still has a hundred or eighty years.

"I can use the secret method of heaven to deduce his hiding place, and then we can hunt him down together!"

Ling Changqing said that with his luck, he was still somewhat confident about this matter.

"Okay, it's settled!"

Ling Qiyue's beautiful eyes lit up and she agreed immediately.

Tang Qiuyao wanted to object, but then she changed her mind and realized that Ling Changqing could now perfectly conceal his true identity, and with Ling Qiyue protecting him, there shouldn't be any problem for him to go out.

Therefore, she also expressed her approval. No matter what, this hidden danger must be resolved as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)