Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 281 Ling Qiyue: Beauty pageant is my husband’s favorite game, right?

Linsha Island.

From Ling Changqing's perspective in his previous life, this was already an extremely vast continent. However, in this vast world, this size could only be considered an island, at best a relatively large island.

In Linshazhou, the magnificent mountains and rivers unfold like a picture scroll, filled with spiritual energy and showing a unique natural landscape.

Two majestic main mountain ranges stand tall in the north and south, shrouded in clouds and mist, while several jade-like rivers meander through the east and west, spawning countless tributaries, and the clear waters reflect the sky.

"…After more than a year of hard work, it is finally finished!"

Ling Changqing walked along the jade corridor covered with mysterious patterns, surrounded by a group of stunning beauties. He looked at the magnificent pavilions, palaces and archways around him and sighed slightly.

"Well, although it's been a bit hard for the sisters, this is the foundation of our family, and it's worth spending more time on it."

Yu Ruoshuang, dressed in a jet-black palace dress, was elegant, charming, gentle and quiet, and smiled.

Ling Qiyue looked up and saw the sky above the family headquarters. There was a faint golden glow and clouds gathering from the dark void, which gradually thickened as time passed.

That is the embodiment of the Ling family's luck. Although it looks a bit superficial at present, it has already firmly established itself as a senior Nascent Soul force and will only become more powerful in the future.

Nourished by the underground spiritual veins, the area within a thousand miles where the family headquarters is located is shrouded in clouds and mist like a fairyland. The magnificent family meeting hall is like a dormant giant beast, and the glazed golden tiles are sparkling with colorful light in the sun, as if all the splendor of the world is condensed in one body.

It has been more than a year since the family headquarters moved here. Ling Changqing and the daughters have been busy with various upgrades and construction projects, and only now have they been completed.

The Cen family had limited resources, so the original protective formation and the palaces, caves and Taoist temples did not meet Ling Changqing's expectations. They had to be fully upgraded and renovated, and the projects in many areas needed to be demolished and rebuilt.

Ling Changqing then divided the entire project plan into three parts, with the three major super chambers of commerce, Xingyun Falcon, Huanzhen Pavilion, and Juhaixuan, each responsible for one part.

Qin Mengxuan, Liuying Ziying and Bai Qingyi secretly contributed some spirit stone resources as a way of supporting their husband Ling Changqing.

The family headquarters is guarded by two sets of large-scale fourth-grade superior protective formations. In addition, formations of corresponding specifications are also constructed in other important areas, such as the production areas of rare spiritual mineral resources.

All the palaces, all the fourth-level and third-level cave dwellings have been built and upgraded, and many of them have new owners.

All of Ling Changqing's Taoist companions with official titles have obtained cave dwellings and Taoist temples of corresponding levels according to their own cultivation levels.

However, the girls did not like to stay in their own caves and temples. Instead, they chose to stay by Ling Changqing's side in order to get more opportunities for dual cultivation. This was much more effective than practicing hard behind closed doors.

Of course, the original Changqingzhou in Feiyu Sea and Lilongzhou in Chixue Sea were not abandoned. Ling Qiyue still arranged for family elders to stay behind and sent people to patrol from time to time.

"By the way, you just came back from an outing. How are the conditions in the Guiqing and Longjiao seas?"

Ling Changqing asked Tang Qiuyao.

The noble, beautiful and elegant lady smiled and said, "Everything is calm now. Those guys are behaving themselves. I was planning to pick out a few of the troublemakers and kill them to establish my authority."

Ling Qiyue smiled and said, "Unless the forces in the surrounding seas join forces, they will not be able to pose a threat to us. Who would dare to take the initiative to cause trouble?"

Ling Changqing nodded and said, "For us, the most vulnerable period has passed. In the future, the strength of the family will only become stronger and stronger, and actual control of the five sea areas is just around the corner."

Even in the past two years, dozens of new foundation-building and false elixir cultivators have been born within the family, and there are even more cultivators in the middle and late stages of Qi training, as well as several true elixir and golden elixir cultivators.

Therefore, time is completely on the side of the Ling family. Ling Qiyue feels that after one hundred or eighty years, the family should be able to try to reach the threshold of becoming a god.

Xue Qingtan, who was dressed in a snow-white palace gown and was bright and beautiful, said:
"Husband, the Chamber of Commerce has decided to provide the Ling family with a larger loan limit, and the purchase restrictions on certain strategic resources will also be further relaxed. What do you think..."

A senior Nascent Soul force that controls five sea areas naturally deserves more attention from the Nebula Falcon Chamber of Commerce, and increasing investment is an inevitable operation.

The attitudes of the remaining Huanzhen Pavilion and Juhaixuan are similar. They all hope to maintain good relations with the Ling family and deepen cooperation in more areas.

"Then accept it. We are in need of resources right now. With the support of these three families, the family can train new people faster and better!"

Ling Changqing nodded.

Five seas, millions of islands of all sizes, and a vast ocean area. With a population of nearly three trillion mortals, the total value of the various resources produced each year is a pretty astonishing figure.

Therefore, the annual trade volume between the three major chambers of commerce and the Ling family is bound to increase further, and both sides will get what they need and gain considerable benefits.

"My dear husband, what is the appropriate number of candidates for this immortal seed selection plan?"

Qin Yun, who was dressed in a palace gown of ink and wash, elegant and charming, as seductive as a fox, asked.

Ling Changqing thought for a moment and said, "How about 20,000 people? We can afford it now anyway."

"Okay, that's settled."

Ling Qiyue had no objection to this, as it was an indispensable foundation for senior Nascent Soul forces.

Although the family's territory is getting bigger and bigger and the manpower is a bit tight, it can still be completed as long as you are willing to spend more time.

As for the process, the deacons and elders will conduct the first few rounds of preliminary selection, and then Ling Changqing will do the final review. This is how it has always been done.

Being able to see through the fog of the long river of fate and identify the immortal seeds that are suitable for cultivation one by one, the sense of accomplishment that Ling Changqing feels is truly unparalleled.

The beautiful Yu Yalan smiled softly and said, "This is my husband's favorite thing, right? After he was promoted to the Nascent Soul True Lord, did his ability in that aspect also improve?"

Before Ling Changqing could speak, Ling Qiyue smiled and said, "My husband's favorite thing is not this, but beauty pageants! Don't you think so?"

Ling Changqing was speechless. Is he such a person? He shouldn't slander me like this, right?

Tang Qiuyao seemed to be thinking about something. For the future of the family, and to balance the influence of those foreign female cultivators on Ling Changqing, a beauty pageant might be inevitable?

Of course, these two things can be done together. After the selection of fairy seedlings is completed, the women with the best character and appearance among the shortlisted candidates can be singled out and sent to serve Ling Changqing.

As long as they follow Ling Changqing's practice, their cultivation progress will advance by leaps and bounds, which is more effective than taking any natural treasures.

……

More than three months later.

Outside the Linsha Sea, high above the sky.

A Tianzhou ship, about a hundred feet long, beautifully decorated and covered with a sapphire light curtain, slowly flew in from the end of the sky.

Inside the ship, in the luxurious and elegant cabin, more than a dozen monks in different attire sat in a circle, including men, women, young and old.

In the middle is a huge magic projection mirror, which clearly shows the maps of the five sea areas of Feiyu, Chixue, Linsha, Guiqing and Longjiao.

Originally, these five sea areas were not under the jurisdiction of each other, and each sea area was in a state of disunity, making it impossible to form a joint force.

But now, these sea areas have been connected into one and are controlled by one family. This is like a thorn in the side of the surrounding forces, both large and small, making them unable to sleep or eat.

“…I never thought that after only a few years of seclusion, the situation in the surrounding waters would become like this!” An old man with white hair and beard and a green robe sighed slightly.

He is Song Yuanshan, the head of the Ice Sea Sword Sect in the Yutong Sea. He is the only Nascent Soul True Lord in the sect and has reached the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

Another burly bald monk in linen clothes and with cold eyes snorted:

"I ordered people to investigate the past of the Ling family. They are just a small family that has been rising for less than a hundred years. I don't know how they got so lucky that they could take over five sea areas? How did they do that?"

He is the abbot of the Holy Elephant Sect in the Demon-Subduing Sea: Fa Ming, whose cultivation is even higher than Song Yuanshan.

The Demon-Subduing Sea is far away from the coastal area of ​​Yuzhou. In fact, it is close to the coastal area of ​​Yaozhou, and is separated from the Ling family’s territory by seven or eight sea areas.

Therefore, this matter actually has little to do with the Holy Elephant Sect. In the foreseeable future, the Ling family is unlikely to extend their hands to their territory.

However, for Yuanying Zhenjun, whose lifespan has exceeded a thousand years, the Ling family's development speed is too fast. It may be possible for them to unify the coastal areas of Yuzhou during their lifetime and thus threaten their territory.

At this time, a beautiful girl with a red dress, an exquisite flower basket hanging on her white wrist, and a beautiful figure smiled and said:
“The head of the Ling family can be said to be extremely talented, and the opportunities he obtained were also extraordinary, so he was able to build such a huge foundation in less than a hundred years!

However, if they expand too quickly, their foundation will definitely be unstable. If they don't know when to advance and when to retreat, they will inevitably make too many enemies and be targeted by all forces!"

This beautiful girl came from Zuihua Palace, which is located in Yuzhou Continent and adjacent to the coastal area. It is a sect with three Yuanying Zhenjuns in charge. She is the sect leader Su Zhenxia.

Obviously, the actions of the Ling family have attracted the attention of certain forces in the coastal areas of Yuzhou, which have decided to intervene.

The rest of the cultivators also spoke out, and the implicit meaning of their words was nothing more than blaming the Ling family for their actions, which had seriously undermined the balance and stability of the regional situation.

Although the situation in Yuzhou's cultivation world is tense and delicate, and all the bigwigs are watching the Saint Yu Dynasty and the movements of those top forces, Zuihua Palace and other coastal forces have still noticed the unexpected rise of the Ling family.

So after a period of coordination, the heads of these forces agreed to visit the Ling family, just to have a talk with the top leaders of the Ling family, or to put a pressure on them, so that this family would behave themselves and not cross the line again.

……

At this time, at the Linshazhou family headquarters, the first batch of fairy seedlings that had been preliminarily shortlisted had been escorted by the elders from five sea areas.

Ling Changqing got up early for the first time in his life, dressed himself up with the help of the girls, and then received the batch of reserve fairy seedlings totaling more than 20,000.

Of course, in the following six months, several more batches of the same fairy seedling seeds will be delivered.

After being screened by Ling Changqing, only a small number of them were finally allowed to stay and receive family investment and training.

In the center of the huge square, Ling Changqing stood on a high platform, quietly looking at the boys and girls in white Taoist robes with nervous expressions.

He is now a True Lord Yuanying. His every move exudes an aura that is profound and majestic, and intimidating without even being angry. Naturally, no one dares to act rashly in front of him.

Silently using his innate magical powers, Ling Changqing looked at them one by one, marking those that met the standards first and automatically eliminating those that did not.

With the help of the palace spirit, Ling Changqing had completed his practice in just over half an hour. His efficiency was more than ten times higher than that in the Jindan period.
It has to be admitted that after the base number of mortal people has increased significantly, the average quality of the selected fairy seeds has also improved significantly, far from the level when they were still in Changqingzhou.

If we look at the selection criteria at that time, all the boys and girls present could have been kept.

It’s a pity that this world is never short of good talents suitable for cultivation, but resources are limited.

Therefore, even if Ling Changqing has greatly increased the number of finalists for long-term considerations, still only a small number of fairy seedlings can remain.

"Okay, this batch of candidates are all here. Madam, you can arrange the rest."

Ling Changqing handed the jade slip list in his hand to Ling Qiyue.

"Well, my husband has worked hard, go back and rest first!"

Ling Qiyue said with satisfaction.

Ling Changqing nodded and left surrounded by the girls.

Ling Qiyue immediately instructed the deacons and elders present to send away the unsuccessful candidates first, and then place the shortlisted fairy seedlings.

Compared to the last time, there are nine people on the jade slip list who have the chance to impact the Immortal Seedlings of the Nascent Soul True Lord realm, including four girls and five boys.

Ling Qiyue looked intently at the jade slip list, on which thousands of names flashed with different colors of light.

Among them, there are more than one hundred names for pure gold, more than five hundred names for light gold, and the following are yellow, red, white, etc.

Different colors represent their future growth limits.

Pure gold means they have the potential to reach the level of Jindan Zhenren. Light gold means they are Zhendan cultivators, yellow means they can reach the level of Jiadan cultivators, and red means they have the chance to build a foundation.

The premise is that they will not encounter disaster and die prematurely, and they must work hard enough instead of just lying down and doing nothing.

After reading it, Ling Qiyue still listed the names of the hundreds of female cultivators inside and ordered the elders to lead them to the secret hall to wait.

After all the matters at hand came to a temporary end, Ling Qiyue, Tang Qiuyao, Qin Yun and other girls came to the secret hall to meet with this group of female cultivators individually.

In the end, sixty-four girls with the most outstanding character, appearance and qualifications stood out and were kept by Ling Qiyue.

They will be sent to serve Ling Changqing, just like the previous batches of maids.

The benefits of being a maid are real. The amount of cultivation resources they can get every month will be three times the standard of ordinary fairy seeds, so no girl will refuse.

As long as they are favored by Ling Changqing in the future and their cultivation is advanced to the foundation-building level, they can obtain the official status of Taoist companions, own a second-level spiritual vein cave residence, and their resource quota will be greatly increased.

"...Master, the heads of eleven Nascent Soul forces, including the Ice Sea Sword Sect, the Holy Elephant Sect, and the Drunken Flower Palace, have jointly sent a visiting card, requesting a face-to-face meeting with you!"

Core elder Ling Tianhe walked in and reported with a serious expression.

"Ok?"

Ling Qiyue was slightly startled and asked doubtfully, "We have never had any dealings with these forces. Why did they come to our house together today? Are they trying to put pressure on our Ling family?"

"if not?"

Tang Qiuyao snorted, "These guys must be unhappy to see our family occupy five sea areas at once, so they are planning to threaten us!"

Ling Qiyue's face darkened slightly: "Go inform my husband, and ask the elders to raise the alert level of the formation. Trouble is coming."

Although the other party has more people and more power, the Ling family is not afraid of them based on their real trump card.

A moment later, the Tianzhou ship slowly landed in the square in front of the family meeting hall.

(End of this chapter)