Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 216 Yu Yalan: Where is Ling Changqing?

The fierce battle lasted less than half an hour before it ended.

Sect leader Ma Deqing, deputy sect leader Zhenren Xili, and several other Jindan cultivators were all killed and their souls were destroyed.

This group of black-clothed men of unknown origin destroyed the mountain gate of Haoyue Sect and killed all the disciples, even those in the Qi training stage.

All the property of the sect was looted. Finally, this group of men in black set a fire and quickly evacuated in the thick smoke, and their whereabouts were unknown.

More than twenty days later, the news gradually spread.

The monastic forces in the surrounding waters were surprised, but also secretly rejoiced. After all, many people were quite envious of this ownerless land and planned to take it into their possession.

Now that this has happened, they have become cautious and suspicious again.

Never mind. It’s just a territory with a third-level spiritual vein. If you can’t touch it, then don’t touch it. It’s really no big deal.

No matter how good the territory is, if one has to sacrifice the lives of everyone in the sect for it, no one would be willing to take the risk.

……

Changqing Island.

"…Husband, the matter over there has been settled."

In the inner study, Xue Qingtan spoke to Ling Changqing with a smile on her face.

"Well, that's good."

Ling Changqing nodded. He had been thinking that if things didn’t go well for Xue Qingtan, it would be okay for him to take action himself.

Now that this hidden danger has been eliminated, the Ling family can have some peace and quiet for a while.

"By the way, there's nothing going on over at the Cangyu Islands, right?"

Ling Qiyue, who was wearing a bright yellow palace gown embroidered with the sun and the moon and a phoenix, and cloud-like hair and a phoenix hairpin, asked the question.

She had just come out of retreat not long ago, and her cultivation had already successfully reached the peak of the Golden Core stage. She was only one step away from the coveted Yuanying Zhenjun realm.

For most Jindan cultivators, this step is like an insurmountable chasm that they may find difficult to overcome in their entire lifetime.

But Ling Qiyue obviously doesn't need to worry. With Ling Changqing around, it is only a matter of time before she becomes a Yuanying True Lord.

"They went to Longsha Sea to find another third-level alchemist to make the elixir. It has been successful so far, and the entire sect is also stepping up preparations for the battle."

Meng Feiyu spoke.

The intelligence network of Xianyin Pavilion and Xingyun Falcon Chamber of Commerce is very powerful. It is not difficult for the two of them to use it in exchange for some information that interests them.

In comparison, the Ling family's intelligence network is much inferior. After all, this is not a problem that can be solved by having resources, but requires sufficient time to accumulate and operate.

Ling Changqing pondered: "The Changsheng Palace has our support behind it, so it can still hold on for now, right? We don't need to take action ourselves."

Tang Qiuyao smiled and said, "That's for sure. Before they are confident enough, the Cangyu Islands will not go to war in the next few years. Instead, they will choose to be patient and accumulate strength."

Ling Changqing and the other girls had no objection to this. No matter how arrogant and rebellious Gu Binglong of the Cangyu Islands was, he would never fight a war that was bound to be lost.

As long as the Ling family and the Hall of Eternal Life do not provoke the Cangyu Islands, he will not take the initiative to cause trouble.

Xue Qingtan frowned and said, "But I heard that he has recently been in contact with the Nutao Sect, the Feng Family, and several other Jindan forces, and seems to be planning to form an alliance."

"Alliance? Is this aimed at us?"

Tang Qiuyao's expression became serious.

"certainly,"

Xue Qingtan said: "We now control an entire sea area. Although the Chixue Sea Area is larger and has fourth-level spirit vein caves, it belongs to eleven forces. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to compete with the Ling family!"

Obviously, Gu Binglong had already seen the potential threat from the Ling family, so he planned to prepare for it.

Under the current circumstances, it is entirely possible that other forces could be persuaded by Gu Binglong. Even if they will not form an alliance for the time being, it is possible for them to deepen their cooperation with each other.

Ling Changqing smiled and said, "I can understand their thinking. With a huge beast squatting next to them and unable to drive it away, they probably can't even sleep peacefully, right? What else can they do?"

There are more than 30 scattered sea areas within the coastal area of ​​Yuzhou. There has never been a precedent of unification in the past, not even partial unification.

It was rare in the past for a family like the Ling family to control an entire sea area alone, and it would often fall apart for various reasons before long and become a mess again.

The reason for this is naturally that some Yuanying forces in Yuzhou are secretly causing trouble. They do not want a new force to emerge in these waters to compete with them for the right to speak within the coastal areas of Yuzhou.

In the past thousand years, once there were signs of unification near the coast of Yuzhou, it would quickly arouse the vigilance of the Yuanying forces along the coast, and there is no need to say what would happen next.

Qin Yun, who was gentle and demure, asked softly, "Husband, we don't need to expand externally now, right?"

"Yes, indeed."

Ling Changqing said: "Our family is still adhering to the strategy of low-key development. If we want to make some changes, we must have at least 20 Jindan Zhenren and hundreds of Jiadan cultivators before we can consider it."

Of course, the most crucial one is that Ling Qiyue becomes a Yuanying Zhenjun.

By then, she and Luo Qingxuan, one in the open and one in secret, can thwart the constraints and calculations of certain coastal Yuanying forces and ensure that the Ling family's basic foundation is not affected.

As long as the Ling family's sphere of influence expands to the two sea areas in the future, it is inevitable that they will attract malicious suppression from the Yuanying forces along the coast of Yuzhou.

However, as long as the Ling family has enough Nascent Soul True Lords in charge, especially after Ling Changqing enters the Nascent Soul realm, they will not be afraid of their interference.

Ling Qiyue finally said: "Let's wait and see what happens. As long as those guys don't cause trouble, we don't need to pay attention to them."

After a pause, the female head of the family looked at Ling Changqing and said with a sweet smile:
"My husband, you should spend more time with Bingyun and the others during this period of time, so that they can break through the Jindan Zhenren realm as soon as possible, right?

Also, among those female students, you should recruit all the ones you like. The family needs to improve its strength as soon as possible, so you can’t be lazy! "

Ling Bingyun, Ling Zhiqing, Song Xuelan and Ling Menghuan are all in the late stage of foundation building and are not far from the Jindan realm.

If Ling Changqing is willing to put more effort into them, it won't take too long before they can attempt a breakthrough.

Even for Mu Yuxin, Ling Xueyu, and Yang Yunfei who are lagging behind in progress, as long as Ling Changqing is willing to pamper them, rapid improvement in their cultivation will be a natural result.

"Okay, it's settled then!"

Ling Changqing nodded. This kind of thing really can only be done by oneself and cannot be entrusted by others.

Time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, more than a year had passed.

With the large amounts of resources from Huanzhen Pavilion and Juhaixuan arriving one after another, the development of the Ling family has quietly accelerated.

Among the 160 female students that Ling Changqing focused on training, more than half have now reached the late stage of Qi training.

In addition to Yang Yunfei, Xiao Meiniang, Chen Zihan and Li Hanyou, there are eight other female students who have reached the foundation-building stage.

They originally came from many small families and forces in the Feiyu Sea Area. When they first joined the Ling family, they were already in the middle and late stages of Qi training.

So after Ling Changqing's training over the years, they are now qualified to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

Ling Qiyue was naturally not stingy with them and gave them all foundation-building pills. After they practiced in seclusion, they could become foundation-building cultivators.

It is said that as long as the cultivators who are favored by Ling Changqing have enough resources and have no failures in breaking through to new realms, they will be able to get what they want.

As for the male disciples, although Ling Changqing did not instruct them many times, five of them had reached the threshold of foundation building, and there were also quite a few cultivators in the late stage of Qi training.

On this day, in Ling Bingyun’s cave temple.

"...Husband, I will go into seclusion then."

At the door of the training room, Ling Bingyun, who was dressed in a snow-white Taoist robe and had beautiful eyebrows and eyes as pretty as a peach, spoke nervously.

Ling Changqing held her smooth and tight waist and said softly, "Just go, madam. Don't worry. It will definitely succeed this time."

"OK, all right."

Ling Bingyun's face turned slightly red, she put her charming arms around him and kissed him, then let go and walked into the training room gracefully.

All the resources needed for Dan formation were naturally prepared, and with Ling Changqing in charge to protect her, there was no possibility of any accidents happening.

A few days later, a huge vortex of spiritual energy slowly emerged above the cave temple. It was extremely oppressive and was still slowly expanding.

Such a movement immediately attracted the attention of many people.

"...Eh? What's going on? Is there another person from the Ling family trying to reach the Jindan realm?"

"It seems to be correct. Unbelievable! I wonder who will be the one to form the elixir this time..."

"Looking at this situation, the possibility of successfully forming the elixir is very high!"

"I seem to remember that it hasn't been a few years since Tang Qiuyao succeeded in forming a pill last time, right?"

"Yes, it seems that the Ling family is becoming more and more powerful, worthy of being the family that controls the Feiyu Sea."

"Hey! It's a pity..."

Many monks communicated silently with their spiritual thoughts, and their emotions of envy, jealousy and hatred were barely concealed.

For the forces behind them, the birth of any Jindan cultivator is no trivial matter.

That means a huge investment of resources, many years of hard training, and indispensable luck.

Even if all preparations are perfect, it is still possible to fail in the end.

However, on the Ling family's side, whenever a cultivator attempts to reach the Jindan or foundation-building stages, regardless of whether he is from the family or an outsider, the probability of success seems to be higher.

No one knows the reason, but a tacit understanding has quietly formed among the group of independent cultivators in Feiyu Sea. As long as there are cultivators who need to break through the realm, they will find ways to come to Changqing Island and rent a cave temple of the corresponding level for retreat.

The results have proved more than once that their guess was correct. The feng shui of Changqingzhou is stronger than other places.

This is indeed the case. In the eyes of the two reincarnated masters, Meng Feiyu and Xue Qingtan, the current fortune of the Ling family in Changqingzhou is more than ten times that of those senior Jindan forces, and it is still increasing.

Even if the eleven Jindan forces in the Chixue Sea were added together, their luck could only barely be on par with the Ling family. After all, they were not a unified force.

In another three to five years, it is inevitable that the luck of these forces will be completely surpassed by the Ling family.

In the family meeting hall, Ling Qiyue has already ordered the activation of the formation, just in case.

Although she didn't think that there would be any foolish people coming to cause trouble, it was always better to be prepared.

Two days later, off the coast of Changqing Island.

A slender black flying boat passed through the clouds in the sky and slowly approached.

On the small deck, Yu Yalan, Yu Youqin and Yu Ruoshuang stood by the railing.

"...Aunt, this should be it, right?"

Yu Yalan, dressed in a bright red feathered dress, with skin as white as snow and graceful manners, looked at the ground below and spoke softly.

Yu Ruoshuang, who had a gentle temperament and was full of intellectual and bookish air, looked around intently and nodded slightly after a long while.

"Although Changqing Island was born not long ago, the power of the geomantic omen and luck here is indeed much stronger than that of land of the same size."

The extremely intelligent and beautiful woman whispered, "So, this is simply not something that a Jindan-level power can possess!"

Yu Youqin, who was standing next to him with long and slender legs and bright and beautiful appearance, suddenly became excited and asked:

"So that guy must be hiding here and enjoying his life? Right?"

Ling Changqing, this bastard, made it so difficult for us to find him!
Yu Ruoshuang smiled and said, "If what you saw and heard last time you came here is correct, the possibility that he is hiding here... should be 50% to 60% right?"

Yu Yalan thought thoughtfully: "Ling Changqing? Changqingzhou? I always thought this name was fake, but now it seems that I was wrong."

"Okay, let's go over there quickly, shall we?"

Yu Youqin was impatient: "Hurry up and meet the female head of the family. There is no need to test anything. Just confront her directly. I don't believe she dares to deny it!"

Yu Yalan nodded: "That's right, if she refuses to admit it, we will stay here!"

Yu Ruoshuang smiled and said, "Don't threaten him. After all, we will all serve him together in the future, so it's better to be gentle."

The flying boat quietly accelerated and flew towards the inland of Changqing Island.

After several hours, the Ling family headquarters was already in sight, and even the light curtain of the mountain protection formation was clearly visible.

"So someone is trying to reach the Jindan realm?"

Yu Yalan said with a slightly surprised look: "Looking at the size and stability of this spiritual energy vortex, it must be another Jindan Zhenren!"

"If I am not mistaken, the one who has reached the Golden Core stage this time must be another female cultivator, and she is definitely related to Ling Changqing!"

Yu Ruoshuang said softly.

The three girls smiled at each other, becoming more certain of their guess.

"It looks like this will take a few days to finish. We might as well wait!"

As Yu Youqin spoke, she controlled the flying boat to move back a little to avoid any misunderstanding from the Ling family.

It was not until seven days later, when the spiritual energy vortex completely disappeared, that the family headquarters' protective formation lowered its alert level.

However, at this time, the top management of the Ling family still did not accept visits from outsiders.

After waiting for another ten days, Ling Bingyun, who had formed a golden elixir, had stabilized his state and walked out of the training room to meet Ling Changqing.

At this time, Ling Qiyue, Tang Qiuyao and other girls were already waiting in the pavilion, all of them beautiful and charming.

"Sister, three female cultivators from the Yu family have sent you a visiting card, saying they want to discuss something important with you!"

Tang Qiuyao walked in with a frown on her face and spoke to Ling Qiyue.

"Which Yu family?"

Ling Qiyue asked in surprise.

"Which other Yu family could it be? Of course it's the most prominent family in Yuzhou!"

Xue Qingtan frowned and said, "I have a bad feeling. Could it be that they noticed something?"

"That's true, and this level is not easy to pass!"

Meng Feiyu also said that with their keen intuition, they had already made plans for the worst.

Ling Qiyue's brows slightly frowned, then relaxed: "Don't worry too much, just listen to what they have to say."

She felt that with the influence of Ling Changqing's supreme luck, the three women of the Yu family might not be here to steal people, otherwise they would have been surrounded by the strong men of the Yu family by now.

"We'll go with you."

Xue Qingtan and Meng Feiyu stood behind Ling Qiyue. With some hidden tricks of their own, they were not afraid of the three people from the Yu family turning against them.

Ling Qiyue did not refuse, and the three women went to the inner study together, and then told the maid to invite the guests over.

A moment later, Yu Ruoshuang, Yu Yalan and Yu Youqin walked in together.

(End of this chapter)