Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 110 Parents' Surprise and Improved Cultivation (Please Subscribe)
"Ling'er, you've truly become a Heavenly Craftsman."

Li Ru couldn't help but cry tears of joy. She never expected her son to be so promising, becoming a Tiangongwei at the age of eleven.

"Thanks to our ancestors, my Zhou family has finally produced a Tiangongwei."

Zhou Shan was also excited and filled the wine cups on the altar table in the middle of the main room, which was against the wall, with the ancestral tablets.

In their eyes, their son's entry into the Heavenly Crafts Bureau was a great honor for the family.

For independent cultivators, this is a source of pride and honor.

Zhou Ling was stunned, not expecting her parents to react so emotionally.

But he also felt a sense of pride and accomplishment.

Today, after hearing his master mention the realms, he realized that the cultivation world was vast and boundless, and his own cultivation level was truly insignificant.

But seeing his parents' surprise, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

But thinking about it, it's normal. If it weren't for the chance encounter that led me to meet He Zijian and get in touch with Deacon Qin, a second-grade weapon refiner.

With the added assistance of the talent [Divine Soul Like a Blade], he successfully inscribed two soul imprints, gaining their recognition. It wouldn't have been so easy for him to enter the Heavenly Crafts Bureau.

Even if a rogue cultivator's weapon-refining skills are slightly better than his, without connections, he will most likely have no chance.

"Son, does becoming a Heavenly Craftsman Guard guarantee your entry into the Six Great Dao Academies?"

Li Ruping calmed himself down, carefully examined Zhou Ling's Heavenly Craftsmanship Jade Seal, and asked with a smile.

Originally, her only expectation for her son was that he could live a better life than her and her husband, and that he wouldn't have to work so hard or even take risks for cultivation resources. That would have been enough for her.

But now her son is only eleven years old, and he has already met her expectations.

This raised her expectations for her son even higher.

Being able to enter one of the six major academies, one might even be able to establish a prestigious family in Lingxia Immortal City.

Now that he had entered the Heavenly Crafts Bureau, he figured that the six major academies should be no problem.

"Mother, it doesn't matter. The Heavenly Crafts Bureau and the Six Great Dao Academies are not the same organization."

"The six major academies belong to the Heavenly Religion Bureau, and they generally don't have much interaction!"

"But Mother, don't worry, I will definitely pass the assessment of the six major academies!"

Zhou Ling patted his chest and said confidently.

"Good, he's truly my son!"

Zhou Shan, beaming with joy, patted his son's shoulder hard with a hearty laugh.

Hearing her son say this, Li Ru was overjoyed and said with a smile, "Son, you've met a benefactor. How should we thank them?"

“Mother, you don’t need to concern yourselves with this matter!” Zhou Ling said.

The situation at home has only just begun to improve.

However, as their cultivation levels improved, both the mother and father needed more cultivation resources.

Furthermore, one must change cultivation methods, which requires a large amount of spirit stones.

Furthermore, He Zijian is a scion of a prominent family, while Qin is a steward of the Heavenly Crafts Bureau.

Even if they wanted something in return, they didn't have anything they could be interested in.

However, he naturally kept this favor in mind and would repay it when he had the chance!
Hearing her son's words, Li Ru could only instruct, "Ling'er, you must listen to Steward Qin carefully in the Heavenly Crafts Bureau from now on, and ask him questions if you don't understand anything!"

Zhou Ling nodded.

"Father, Mother, this is some blood-scaled fish meat that Master asked me to bring back for you. Please try it!"

Zhou Ling then took half a piece of blood-scaled fish meat from the storage bag and placed it in the wooden basin in the courtyard.

"Second-tier Bloodscale Fish Meat, this is far too valuable!"

Looking at the bloodscale fish, Li Ru said with a surprised expression.

"Master said that since I've drunk so much of your spiritual wine, I should thank you properly!"

"This blood-scaled meat will be our dinner!"

Zhou Ling smiled.

"Your master is too kind!"

"She taught you cultivation without ever taking a single spirit stone from us, so this spirit wine is rightfully ours to offer to her!"

Upon hearing Zhou Ling's words, Li Ru smiled.

“Now that Ling’er has become a Heavenly Craftsman, let’s invite the brothers from the medicine-finding team and the neighbors to celebrate tomorrow. How about we save some of this Bloodscale Fish?” Zhou Shan said, looking at the Bloodscale Fish meat, which weighed about thirty or forty pounds.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling was taken aback; his father's stubborn pride had kicked in again.

Such an expensive item, and you're bringing it out to entertain guests?

However, Zhou Ling couldn't refute it!

Li Ru thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "This bloodscale fish is too valuable. It might cause trouble instead."

"Besides, you and Ling'er still need to improve your cultivation. Eating more of this bloodscale fish will be good for you."

"As for treating everyone, I'll buy some top-quality game meat tomorrow!"

Hearing Li Ru's words, Zhou Shan nodded.

Next, Li Ru began to prepare the blood-scaled fish and cook dinner for them.

That night, Zhou Ling ate quite a lot of blood-scaled fish meat again; about a quarter of a blood-scaled fish weighing several tens of kilograms ended up in his stomach.

After returning to his room, Zhou Ling began to circulate his Five Elements Qianyang True Technique to refine and absorb the spiritual energy contained within the Bloodscale Fish.

puff!
puff!
I don't know how much time passed, but then I heard two popping sounds from inside my body.

Two more spiritual acupoints have finally been opened.

The number of acupoints in the body reached forty-six.

"This bloodscale fish is really effective!"

Feeling that the spiritual energy within his body had become even more abundant, Zhou Ling's face lit up with joy.

However, after letting out a soft breath, his brows furrowed slightly again.

There are less than three months until the assessment in June.

At this rate of cultivation, it will be difficult to reach the sixth level of Qi Refining.

"In order to ensure that I can enter the Six Paths Academy, I still need to fuse with the Azure Lotus Flame Seed to improve quickly!"

Thinking about how fusing with the beast flame directly activated several spiritual acupoints, Zhou Ling was somewhat tempted.

"With my current abilities, I have a first-grade superior-quality Xuan Robe from the Heavenly Crafts Bureau."

"There's also Beast Flame and the talents [Beast Intimidation] and [Concealing Qi]."

"With our own combat strength and some prepared fireballs, we should be able to deal with the fire crows."

"Besides, now that the [Crisis Response] can sense a distance of about ten feet, if it is really dangerous, I will have plenty of time to escape with the help of the Haoyang Fire Wings."

Zhou Ling weighed the options in his mind.

They decided to still enter the Black Cloud Mountain Fire Crow Valley to search for the Blood Lotus.

After all, although there are many methods available now, most of the people they are dealing with are scions of powerful families.

Others will always have more tricks up their sleeves than we do.

Entering Fire Raven Valley now, the risks are still within a controllable range.

Having made his decision, Zhou Ling stopped thinking about it, took out his black robe, and began to draw the soul imprint.

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The next day, early in the morning.

chop!
chop!
Zhou Shan was chopping meat in the courtyard.

This is the meat of a first-tier early-stage demon beast, most of its body, estimated to weigh around two hundred pounds.

It should be worth ten or twenty spirit stones.

The distillery is closed today, and Yuanhu and Chen Yan came over early this morning to help out.

Yuan Hu and Zhou Ling helped move the tables and chairs.

Zhou Shan then went door to door to invite people.

Chu Xing, Xu Jiu, and the others were shocked to hear that Zhou Ling had become a member of the Heavenly Crafts Guard.

Becoming a Heavenly Craftsman Guardian is something even more worthy of celebration than reaching the late stage of Qi Refining.

Zhou Ling then went to invite Master Lu and Instructor Fang.

These two people were of great help to him in drawing the inscription.

(End of this chapter)