Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 223 Heavy losses
Yan Xiaoshan.

This is the most important medicinal garden in the Qi family's territory, covering an area of ​​hundreds of hectares.

There are thousands of kinds of rare medicinal herbs growing in the medicine garden, the oldest of which have been growing for thousands of years.

Since some extremely delicate herbs can only survive with the nourishment of a top-grade third-level spiritual vein, the location of this medicine garden is within the coverage of the island's large third-level spiritual vein.

Naturally, the Qi family's top leaders attached great importance to such an important place. Not only did they set up a third-order formation, but they also had two True Dan elders and seven False Dan monks stationed here all year round.

Normally, the defense of the medicine garden is naturally extremely tight. Even if family members need to enter or exit here on official business, they must hold a special token issued by the top leaders. Anyone who dares to enter without permission will be killed without mercy.

If they attack from the outside, with the formation fully activated, even if several Jindan Zhenren join forces, it would be impossible to break through in a short time, and the Qi family's top leaders would have enough time to provide support.

However, Ling Changqing had the Jiyuan Star Palace by his side, so he easily deceived the family guards at the entrance and sneaked into the depths of the medicine garden without being noticed.

As for Ling Qiyue and Luo Qingxuan, they were hiding in the paradise of Jiyuan Star Palace at this time.

Without much effort, Ling Changqing found the location where the two True Dan elders were practicing in seclusion.

Then he and Ling Qiyue teamed up to launch a sudden sneak attack and killed her in one fell swoop.

The next things were much simpler. The two of them easily killed the remaining fake pills and foundation-building cultivators, and then began to plunder.

All the herbs that had grown for more than a hundred years were taken away by Ling Changqing and put into his storage bag.

After bringing these medicinal resources back to Changqing Island, some of them can be planted in the family medicine garden, and the rest can be used to make medicines and elixirs.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the Qi family members in the outer areas immediately scattered and fled back to the family headquarters to report the news.

"...When the Qi family receives the news and rushes over to support us, can we still make some arrangements and set up an ambush?"

Ling Changqing asked, maybe the method used last time could be used again.

Ling Qiyue shook her head: "I'm afraid it's not feasible. The terrain here is not complicated. If the other party sends out multiple Jindan Zhenren, it will be impossible to hide it."

Ling Changqing said: "Then we will leave after a round of looting and continue harvesting somewhere else?"

"Well, that's totally fine."

Ling Qiyue agreed. Because of Ling Changqing's special identity, it was impossible for the Qi family to know his whereabouts.

Therefore, he and Ling Changqing could fight in a mobile manner, wreak havoc on all the important areas in the Qi family's territory, and kill as many living forces as possible.

The two continued to search, and as large amounts of herbs were uprooted, all the large-capacity storage instruments were almost full.

Ling Changqing then stored the remaining herbs in the paradise of Jiyuan Star Palace. The huge space with a radius of five miles could easily accommodate these spoils.

More than two hours later, Ling Changqing silently deduced the situation and estimated that the Qi family's support would arrive soon, so he evacuated with Ling Qiyue and disappeared after leaving the medicine garden area.

Sure enough, within half an hour, a dark purple high-speed flying boat appeared in the sky and rushed towards the medicine garden at full speed.

When they got closer, Qi Songshou and a group of family elders left the flying boat, and a large group of family members also appeared. They were all alert and began to observe the surroundings.

"...These damn bastards! I will tear them into pieces!"

Seeing the medicine garden destroyed beyond recognition, with many precious medicinal herbs disappearing, Qi Songshou became so angry that he started cursing.

The expressions of all the family elders were extremely grim. The top family members poured too much effort into this important medicine garden. It was because of its existence that the family could obtain a lot of medicinal herbs every year to prepare medicines and elixirs, and train the family members better and faster.

Now that this place has been destroyed, it will take at least a hundred or eighty years to restore it.

This loss is so shocking that it is even more heartbreaking than the death of the two True Dan elders.

Especially those magical herbs and medicines that have grown for thousands of years are the most important strategic assets of the family. Now they are being wiped out by foreign enemies, which really makes them heartbroken.

"Master, the attacker has...already run away!"

After a long while, a deacon finally came over trembling with fear and reported.

"Run away? Where did you run to?"

Qi Songshou asked with a gloomy face.

The deacon shook his head helplessly. How could he know?

"Master, do we need to send someone to pursue it?"

Qi Songyun, the core elder of the family, came over to ask. He was Qi Songshou's brother and had reached the early stage of the Golden Core cultivation.

"Of course we have to track them down. By the way, inform all the family members to strengthen the security of important areas. We can't let the enemy take advantage of the opportunity!"

Qi Songshou said in a gloomy tone that this was an indispensable measure, but it was hard to say what the effect would be.

In this situation, it is too difficult to lock down the attacker's whereabouts and then intercept and kill him. The Qi family does not have a master who is proficient in the art of divination.

Perhaps we can ask other forces to make a calculation afterwards, but the cost will certainly not be small, and it will not be enough to help in an emergency.

On the other side, Ling Changqing easily escaped thousands of miles away, found a secluded cave, hid in it to rest and recover for a while, then took out a jade map and began to examine it.

This thing was of course provided by Liu Qianlan. Although it is not very accurate, the more important areas are marked on it, which is enough for Ling Changqing now.

"Well, why not choose this smelting factory as our next target? Let's just destroy it!"

Ling Changqing muttered to himself that he could do this by himself and did not even need the help of Ling Qiyue and Luo Qingxuan from the paradise.

After putting away the jade slip, Ling Changqing walked out of the cave leisurely, identified the direction and left.

Half a day later, Ling Changqing appeared on the top of a mountain over a thousand feet high. The plain area under his feet was the location of the Qi family's spiritual gold smelting factory.

Huge blast furnaces with flickering spiritual light stood on the flat ground, spewing out billowing smoke. Under the scorching flames of the earth, melted spiritual gold liquid flowed continuously along the long groove pipes. The scorching heat was so high that even the monks in the Qi training stage could not bear it.

The spiritual gold ore shipped from various mines is sent here and goes through a series of processes such as screening and crushing, smelting and stratification, filtering and purification, and finally becomes pieces of finished spiritual gold ingots with extremely high purity, and then sent to the family warehouse.

The main uses of these spiritual golds are to create and refine various magical instruments and spiritual weapons, set up formations, build caves, and engage in foreign trade, etc.

On the plain, tens of thousands of young and middle-aged mortals were busy under the command and scolding of their family members, just like groups of industrious worker ants.

A factory of this size would naturally cost a lot to build, and the annual income it could provide to the family was not a small sum.

The Ling family in Changqingzhou currently only has one spiritual gold smelting factory of the same size, and another one has not yet been completed.

It’s not that there is a shortage of spirit stones, but the main reason is that the Ling family is short of manpower and cannot find enough cultivators to manage the business at the moment.

Ling Changqing watched for a while, and as he silently activated his magic power, dozens of huge thunder balls surrounded by electric light and with terrifying aura appeared beside him and flew slowly.

After a few breaths, he waved his hand lightly, and dozens of thunder balls fell rapidly with a roar.

"Enemy attack!"

A foundation-building cultivator from the Qi family was the first to notice something was wrong. He looked up and was immediately frightened out of his wits and yelled in panic.

This is a method that only a Jindan Zhenren can use. He, who is just a foundation-building cultivator, could not possibly handle it. After giving a warning, he controlled the escape light and fled the scene frantically.

"Boom!" As earth-shaking explosions occurred one after another, the entire smelting plant was in ruins. Amidst the billowing smoke, blast furnaces collapsed one after another, and the hot spiritual gold molten liquid splashed everywhere.

"How dare you do this, you thief!"

A fake Dan cultivator roared, took out his spiritual flying sword, and pounced towards Ling Changqing.

"remarkably brave!"

Ling Changqing smiled, and the Yunjiao Sword turned into a stream of light hundreds of feet long, coiling down like a swimming dragon, breaking through the space and easily blocking the fake pill cultivator who was rushing over.

That guy's strength was not at the same level as Ling Changqing's. He barely lasted a few rounds before his head was chopped off by a sword, and even his soul was swallowed up by the Epoch Star Palace.

This fake Dan cultivator was already the Qi family member with the highest cultivation level here. With his death, the remaining chickens and dogs were even less worth mentioning and were slaughtered cleanly by Ling Changqing.

Then it was time to clean up the battlefield and collect the spoils. Ling Changqing was already very familiar with this and did it very smoothly.

After a moment, Ling Changqing, feeling satisfied, flew away in a flash of light.

He has naturally changed his appearance now, and the same goes for Ling Qiyue and the other girl, so even if some of the Qi family members slip through the net, they don't have to worry about exposing their identities.

More than two hours later, the exasperated Qi Songshou finally arrived with reinforcements, but the entire smelting plant had already been reduced to ruins, with only broken walls and numerous mutilated bodies of family members left.

At this time, Ling Changqing had already arrived at a spiritual gold mine of the Qi family. He also killed the remaining monks, looted the spoils, and left after causing extensive damage.

Over the next twenty days, Ling Changqing adopted guerrilla tactics, changing locations after each attack, in a fight with the Qi family.

He visited many important targets in the family's territory, including mines, workshops, spiritual fields and medicinal gardens, ports and cities, and turned them all into ruins.

All together, there was one Jindan Zhenren, four Zhendan cultivators, nineteen Jiadan cultivators, and hundreds of Foundation Establishment cultivators who were killed by Ling Changqing.

As for the number of Qi family members in the Qi training stage, there are even more of them, and Ling Changqing is too lazy to count them.

Not to mention the staggering losses caused to the Qi family after these important targets were destroyed, which would probably take decades to recover from.

Qi Songshou, the head of the Qi family, could only chase Ling Changqing endlessly with his reinforcements in vain, but he could never catch any trace of him.

An elder suggested setting up an ambush using some important targets to lure the attackers into taking the bait, but it was still useless.

With Ling Changqing's attainment in the secret art of heaven, it was not easy for him to control the movements of the top leaders of the Qi family. He was always able to avoid traps in time and choose to attack those places with weak defenses.

"… Bastard! Damn bastard! Is there no way to deal with that damn thief?"

In a devastated pearl mining field, Qi Songshou was furious, his face as red as blood, and he was almost on the verge of losing his mind.

After so many days, Qi Songshou was almost going crazy after seeing the family territory he had worked so hard to build being destroyed beyond recognition and a large number of family members killed.

The old man could not accept the fact that the powerful Qi family was being played around by a mysterious enemy.

With so many Jindan cultivators in the family going out together, they still couldn't catch that bastard. Instead, he escaped time and time again, causing great damage to the family's territory? !

The family elders around looked at each other, and no one dared to say a word.

This matter... is really too frustrating. After nearly a month, I still don't know what the other person looks like or what his identity or background is. What else can I do?
Moreover, such a big thing cannot be kept secret. By now, the Nutao Clan, Feng Family, and Lilongzhou in the surrounding waters should have received the news and are waiting to see the Qi family's joke.

Core elder Qi Songlin narrowed his eyes and whispered:

"Master, why don't we send an envoy with generous gifts to meet Master Hua Yulong in the Linsha Sea Area and ask him to help figure out the details of that guy's origins?"

Hua Yulong from the Linsha Sea is a casual cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage. He is also a master in the field of divination and has a high reputation in the surrounding seas.

"This one……"

Qi Songshou was slightly startled, then he concentrated on thinking.

With nothing to go on, this seemed to be the only possible solution.

"Master, this is related to the rise and fall of the family, and we can't hesitate any longer!"

Elder Qi Songyuan also advised.

The current situation is extremely unfavorable to the Qi family.

If Qi Songshou cannot resolve this matter immediately, I am afraid that the family's past enemies will want to take advantage of the situation and tear a piece of meat off the Qi family.

The Qi family, whose strength has been greatly damaged, will definitely not be able to withstand the joint siege of those enemies.

"Okay, it's settled!"

Qi Songshou was decisive and made the decision immediately.

……

On the huge reef by the sea, Ling Changqing, Ling Qiyue and Luo Qingxuan sat opposite each other.

"…Madam, it should be almost done, right?"

Ling Changqing asked.

During the journey, all the storage magic tools on the three people, including those seized, were filled up, and even the paradise in the Era Star Palace was filled.

If we continue like this, there will be no place to put the good things.

Ling Qiyue nodded slightly: "It is indeed possible. The Qi family is no longer a concern. Let's go back to Changqingzhou first, and then go to the You family to see if we can cause them some trouble."

The Qi family suffered heavy losses. Even if they don't encounter any external enemies taking advantage of the situation, it will take decades of recuperation to recover to its previous peak state.

Under such circumstances, unless Qi Songshou was extremely stupid, he would never dare to continue plotting against the Ling family.

"so be it."

Ling Changqing nodded and took out the high-speed flying boat he carried with him.

More than half a month later, Ling Changqing returned to the family headquarters with his two daughters.

After dealing with the backlog of affairs and arranging all the spoils, Ling Changqing set off again.

But this time, Ling Qiyue stayed behind to look after the house, while Tang Qiuyao, Yu Yalan and Luo Qingxuan accompanied him out.

The You family's territory is located in the Qishan Islands in the middle of the Chixue Sea. Its size and resource endowment are similar to those of the Cangyu Islands.

Although the head of the family, You Xiyun, is a woman, she is a ruthless and cruel person who will do anything to achieve her goals.

Ling Changqing and his party spent half a month on the journey. After arriving at the territory of this force, they did not say much and immediately began to follow the same method they had used against the Qi family, using all the means they had used against the You family.

Not long after, the news that the You family's territory had been attacked and that the family members had suffered heavy casualties was hurriedly transmitted back to the family headquarters.

After receiving the news, You Xiyun was furious and immediately led a group of elite family members to provide support. Unfortunately, when she arrived at the place, the attacker had disappeared.

(End of this chapter)