Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 116 He Zijian Invites You to the Mountain (Please Subscribe)
In the days that followed, Zhou Ling resumed her routine of going back and forth between home and work.

He goes to Maple Leaf Mountain to cultivate every day, and paints a black robe when he returns home in the evening.

Because drawing the black robe took up a lot of time, the number of magical artifacts that could be crafted for the Lu family workshop was also reduced considerably.

Of course, there's nothing we can do about it.

There are gains and losses; it's impossible to have everything.

At the same time, as his cultivation level improved, the techniques became increasingly difficult. Despite his talent, he devoted more and more time to cultivation every day.

Life went on in this hectic yet fulfilling way.

Zhou Ling's inscription skills continued to improve, and his spiritual sense, spiritual power, and even his combat skills became increasingly refined.

The success rate of drawing twenty inscriptions on seals has now exceeded 60%.

Moreover, with the help of the Five Elements Spirit Flame and [meticulous attention to detail], one can operate with ease and rarely encounter situations where spiritual energy is insufficient.

Besides having him refine soul imprints, Deacon Qin also tried to have him draw other inscriptions.

After passing the first-grade inscription master assessment, Zhou Ling can be considered to have officially joined the Heavenly Crafts Bureau.

In addition, Steward Qin also told him that he had successfully entered the Tiangong Division's assessment list.

In the future, there will be opportunities to become a true steward of the Heavenly Crafts Bureau.

They even received special training from the Heavenly Crafts Bureau.

The Heavenly Crafts Bureau of Lingxia Immortal City is merely a local entity.

They are still somewhat different from the true deacons of the Heavenly Crafts Bureau.

Currently in Lingxia Immortal City, the only people who can be considered to truly work for the Heavenly Crafts Bureau are Steward Qin and another second-grade alchemist.

Zhou Ling was extremely grateful for this.

She knew in her heart that her relationship with He Zijian was not enough to make Steward Qin care about her so much.

It not only helped me get into the Tiangong Division, but also provided a lot of assistance for my future development.

He couldn't help but wonder, did Deacon Qin really think he was worth training?

However, Zhou Ling didn't think much about it.

Deacon Qin is a fair person. Although he has been given a lot of preferential treatment, he has always acted within the rules of the Heavenly Crafts Bureau.

In addition, the Tiangong Division also has a well-established referral system.

I am now someone recommended by Steward Qin, and I hope that I can develop my career in the Heavenly Crafts Bureau in the future.

This will also be of great help to Steward Qin.

Zhou Ling thought about it and realized that this might be the most likely reason.

However, regardless of the circumstances, Deacon Qin had done him a great favor.

He still kept that in mind.

Of course, with his status as a second-grade weapon refiner and a senior deacon of the Heavenly Crafts Bureau, Steward Qin was a high-ranking figure in Lingxia Immortal City.

There was nothing he needed to help with.

A month later, he activated another spiritual acupoint, bringing the total number of spiritual acupoints in his body to forty-seven, which was not far from the sixth level of Qi Refining.

However, there is only a little over a month left before the assessment of the six major academies in June.

At this rate, he can probably only activate one more spiritual acupoint to reach the level of forty-eight spiritual acupoints.

There is still a minor bottleneck before reaching the sixth level of Qi Refining.

However, over the past month, Zhou Ling has also made many preparations.

It should be enough to deal with the blood crows in Blood Raven Valley.

Therefore, he also plans to enter Black Cloud Mountain and Blood Raven Valley in recent days to search for the Snow Lotus.

Once we find the Blood Lotus, we can trouble Aunt Wang to refine the Blood Lotus Fusion Pill.

With the Blood Lotus Fusion Pill, combined with the True Glow Spirit Spring and the Haoyang Fusion Technique, it is enough to ensure the fusion of the Azure Lotus Fire Seed.

Of course, if the Blood Lotus still cannot be found...

Then he would have to consider whether to use the Haoyang Fire Fusion Technique and the True Cloud Spirit Spring to directly fuse with the Azure Lotus Fire Seed.

Although the risks will increase significantly.

But now his body already contains Beast Flame and Five Elements Spirit Flame.

With the help of these two spiritual flames, it is not impossible to suppress the Azure Lotus Flame.

The risk is just too great.

After all, with this kind of Heaven and Earth Spirit Flame, even the slightest mistake can be extremely dangerous, and could potentially lead to a trip to the gates of hell.

However, we need to find an opportunity and an excuse to go to Black Cloud Mountain.

I promised my mother last time that I wouldn't go into the mountains so easily again.

If my mother knew about this, she definitely wouldn't agree.

If his father finds out, it will be even more troublesome; he might even go into the mountains to search for the Blood Lotus himself.

After all, in his view, searching for medicinal herbs in the mountains was his forte.

Zhou Ling didn't want to cause trouble for her parents, and she didn't want them to worry about her.

But this is really not a good thing.

Fortunately, the opportunity finally arrived.

That day, as usual, Zhou Ling returned home from Maple Leaf Mountain.

My mother has already prepared the meal.

The table was steaming hot, with four dishes and a soup, mostly spiritual food. As the winery's business improved, Li Ru's three meals a day now mainly consisted of spiritual food.

Although it wasn't high-grade spiritual food, it was still a significant improvement over their previous lives.

In Li Ru's view, other aspects can be saved on, but spiritual food is absolutely indispensable.

After all, the only thing they can do to help their son now is provide him with food.

Although these spiritual foods are only ordinary or of the first rank, consuming them daily can more or less improve one's spiritual cultivation.

"Ling'er, I have good news for you!"

Zhou Shan opened a jar of fine spirit wine and said to Zhou Ling with a happy expression.

"Dad, what's wrong?"

Zhou Ling, while eating, asked.

"He Zijian came to the distillery to see you today."

Zhou Shan took a big gulp of wine and continued in a relaxed manner, "He said that the He family has three other restaurants, and they will all use our spirit wine from now on."

"The quantity is considerable, especially at the two restaurants in the East and South of the city, where dozens of jars of spirit wine are consumed every day."

"So many?" Zhou Ling was taken aback upon hearing this.

Li Ru handed him a bowl of medicinal soup and said with a happy smile, "Your father and I have discussed finding another person to come and help."

Zhou Ling nodded, "Mother, with this number, you can find one more person without any problem, you don't need to work so hard!"

“What’s so hard about it? Young Master He trusts us so much.”

"The quality of this spirit wine naturally can't be bad either. I'll brew it myself so I can have peace of mind!"

Li Ru said with a smile.

Knowing his mother's temperament, Zhou Ling didn't say much. He had a top-grade first-level brewing furnace, plus two other brewers.

They should be able to handle it!
"Dad, this is indeed great news, let's celebrate!"

Zhou Ling picked up the wine jar and filled each of his parents' bowls with wine.

He poured himself another bowl and said with a smile, "Dad, Mom, let's have a toast to wish our winery a prosperous business!"

The family of three only made one.

"call!"

Zhou Shan drank the spirit wine in the earthenware bowl in one gulp and breathed a satisfied sigh of relief. Li Ru picked up the wine jar and poured him another bowl.

Zhou Shan picked up his chopsticks, took a few roasted peanuts, chewed them, and said to Zhou Ling, "Ling'er, Young Master He came here this time not only to discuss the spirit wine, but also for another matter."

"The siblings need to go to Black Cloud Mountain for some business and want you to go with them."

"Are He Zijian and his sister going into the mountains? What's the matter?" Zhou Ling asked upon hearing this.

The last time I met He Zijian and his sister in Black Cloud Mountain, they were there to capture the Haoyang Bird.

What will happen this time?
But that's perfect, if I go into the mountains with them, my parents won't have to worry so much.

I no longer need to rack my brains to find excuses!
"They didn't say what it was about."

"I was thinking that I know the mountain area better than you do, so I can go!"

Zhou Shan shook his head and said.

He took a sip of wine and continued, "But He Lingyun seems to be going through some kind of trial, and thinks it would be more appropriate for you to go with her!"

I didn't say anything more!

Zhou Ling thought for a moment, and seeing the worry on his mother's face, he smiled and said, "He Zijian is a member of the Xuan Ting Guard. Sometimes he has to go into the mountains to patrol and check if any high-level demonic beasts will appear in the outer mountain area."

"It seems they're just patrolling the outer mountain area; there shouldn't be any danger!"

Hearing Zhou Ling's words, Zhou Shan nodded and then added, "However, Xu Jiu said that there seem to be more monsters in the mountains recently."

"You all need to be careful while you're in the mountains!"

"Father, Mother, don't worry. He Zijian is a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, a member of the Xuan Ting Guard, and also a formation master and sword cultivator. He has many tricks up his sleeve, so there won't be any danger!" Zhou Ling said confidently.

"Besides, I am now a Heavenly Craftsman Guardian, wearing a black robe. Even if I encounter a late-stage first-tier demon beast, I will be fine."

Hearing Zhou Ling say this, Li Ru finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

But I still told Zhou Ling to be careful.

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The following day, after handing over the black robe at the Heavenly Crafts Bureau, Zhou Ling went to the Mysterious Court Bureau to find He Zijian.

After meeting, Zhou Ling first thanked He Zijian for the Spirit-Stabilizing Wine.

Then they inquired about going into the mountains.

Only then did they learn that He Zijian's main purpose this time, besides the inspection, was to have He Lingyun undergo a trial.

This is also in preparation for the upcoming assessments of the six major academies.

Although He Lingyun has tamed the Haoyang Bird for some time, the teamwork between He Lingyun and the Haoyang Bird still needs to be improved.

So he wanted to go into the mountains to try his skills.

He Zijian also took the opportunity to invite Zhou Ling to go together.

After all, Zhou Ling had left a very good impression on him during his last trip to Black Cloud Mountain.

Zhou Ling naturally had no problem.

The two then discussed some matters concerning their trip into the mountains and the necessary preparations.

We finally decided to depart in three days.

(End of this chapter)