Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 183 The Power and Gains of the Five Elements Sword Formation
Zhou Ling descended from Ziyun Mountain, moving with the lightness of a swallow and the speed of flight.

When we arrived at the foot of the mountain.

[Danger Scenario: The right side of the jungle holds hidden dangers.]

[The Blood Beast Sect Master has arrived in the jungle on the right. Please make your choice quickly!]

The notification sound appeared.

Zhou Ling suddenly heard sounds coming from the jungle dozens of feet away to his right.

His eyes swept over.

Immediately, a middle-aged man dressed in a black robe, with a burly build and ruddy complexion, came rushing out of the jungle.

"Late-stage second-tier body refinement!"

Instantly, Zhou Ling's face darkened.

Based on the [Danger Avoidance Simulation] prompt, this person is undoubtedly Du Sheng, the sect leader of the Blood Beast Sect.

"Hmph! You brat from the Purple Cloud Sect, you finally dare to come down the mountain!"

The man quickly landed about ten feet in front of Zhou Ling, and a vast blood aura surged from his body, giving people a tremendous sense of pressure.

It felt as if they were being targeted by a ferocious beast.

This person was none other than Du Sheng, the sect leader of the Blood Beast Sect.

"You killed my Blood Beast Sect's Second Elder and the others!"

As Du Sheng stared intently at Zhou Ling, his mind was filled with doubts.

At this moment, Zhou Ling's aura was only at the Qi Refining stage.

The Second Elder and the others were all at the second level of body refinement cultivation, how could they possibly be killed by him?

Could it be that Fairy Ziyun really did kill them?
Thinking of this, Du Sheng couldn't help but look towards Ziyun Mountain, his face showing a look of apprehension.

Seeing the other party's expression, Zhou Ling nodded calmly and said indifferently, "That's right, your two elders of the Blood Beast Sect died at my hands."

"What!"

Upon hearing this, Du Sheng's expression changed drastically. He lowered his voice and roared furiously, "Boy, today I, the sect master, will make everyone in your Ziyun Sect pay for their deaths!"

He was wary of Fairy Ziyun, but he never expected that a Qi Refining cultivator would be so arrogant.

They really don't take the Blood Beast Sect seriously.

"Why haven't you made a move yet after all this time? Are you waiting for someone else?"

"You don't need to wait anymore. My master has already set his sights on that person, so he can't come!"

"You should prepare to die too!"

Zhou Ling smiled coldly, and with a thought, a red stream flashed, which was the mid-grade spirit sword, the Furnace Sword.

The best approach is to first win their heart and make them hesitant to act rashly.

"What? Fairy Ziyun is really alive?"

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Du Sheng gasped in surprise, fear flashing in his eyes.

A year ago, third-grade ore was discovered in the mines within the Ziyun Sect, and there were also rumors that Fairy Ziyun had already passed away.

The Blood Beast Sect had long planned to seize the Purple Cloud Sect's mines, but they were worried about Fairy Purple Cloud.

Later, through gradual probing, they killed two disciples of the Purple Cloud Sect in succession.

We did not see Fairy Ziyun make a move.

Only then did they dare to storm Ziyun Mountain.

But to everyone's surprise, the third brother was killed.

Later, the Second Elder was also killed.

Although he was wary of Fairy Ziyun, he couldn't swallow his anger, so he immediately joined forces with the third elder of the Blackwater Sect.

They came to the Purple Cloud Sect together.

Even if Fairy Ziyun were to take action, the two of them should be able to handle it.

"Hehe, those who dare to attack the Purple Cloud Sect will pay the price!"

Zhou Lingli shouted.

Now we need to put enough pressure on the other party.

"Good lad, you really think you can take over my Blood Beast Sect!"

Du Sheng roared angrily, for he was indeed afraid of Fairy Ziyun.

But as long as He Wei of the Blackwater Sect arrives.

At that time, he would not be afraid even if he faced Fairy Ziyun!
"Still trying to stall for time?"

Zhou Ling snorted coldly, having achieved his goal of intimidating the other party.

With a thought, the sword light before him shone brightly.

The other four mid-grade spirit swords shot out.

"The Five Elements Return to One!"

Zhou Ling gave a low shout!
Immediately afterwards, five sword beams shot into the sky, condensing into a five-element sword ring in the air.

"Ta-da!"

Each sword ring emanated an astonishing aura; as the sword light flashed, ancient trees snapped in two with a resounding crash.

At the center of the five rings, a giant five-colored sword rapidly condensed, radiating a dazzling sword light and exuding an incomparably intense sword intent.

Of the five spiritual swords, only the fire and metal elements contain sword intent.

Moreover, fire and metal are both sharp and deadly sword intents, making them perfect for offense.

"The Five Elements unite, and destruction ensues!"

Zhou Ling pointed his finger at the Five Elements Sword Formation.

The Five Elements Spirit Sword whistled and spun, as if guided, and the sword light it released kept converging and compressing, finally revealing a dazzling giant sword of more than ten feet in length.

As Zhou Ling finished speaking, the giant sword slashed down at Du Sheng with unstoppable force.

Considering that the Blackwater Sect cultivator would arrive soon, Zhou Ling dared not hold back and immediately unleashed his trump card, the Five Elements Sword Formation.

"What kind of sword formation is this?!"

Seeing this terrifying giant sword materialize before his eyes, even the well-informed Du Sheng couldn't help but show a look of horror on his face.

The sword formation deeply shocked him.

Is this a sword technique that can be used by someone at the Qi Refining stage?
Amidst his heart pounding, he roared, "Blood Ape Splits the Mountain!"

He cultivates a low-grade Xuan-level body-refining technique, the Ancient Ape Body Refining Technique.

Among them, the Blood Ape Fierce Mountain is particularly powerful.

His blood energy surged and roared instantly, and with a deafening roar, a giant blood ape materialized and roared, its blood-red light spreading, reaching a height of over ten zhang.

Seeing the power of the giant sword, Du Sheng dared not underestimate it. He directly burned his blood essence and used the Blood Ape Mountain Split technique with all his might.

With the fusion of essence and blood, this blood ape possessed astonishing power.

"Boom boom!"

The giant sword and the blood ape clashed fiercely.

The deafening roar instantly shattered the surrounding trees and rocks, sending sand and stones flying and dust billowing into the air.

The deafening roar was terrifying.

But at this moment, both figures within the terrifying shockwave were giving it their all.

No one dared to be careless in the slightest.

The flaming greatsword swept relentlessly, relentlessly engulfing the blood ape's giant fist.

Under the bombardment of the furnace sword energy, the blood ape was quickly put at a disadvantage, and half of its huge body was directly cut off.

"Blood Ape Shakes the Heavens!"

Seeing the situation deteriorate rapidly, Du Sheng gritted his teeth and his vital essence burst forth.

A massive stream of blood-red energy condensed and flowed into the blood ape's body.

The blood ape, which had already shrunk considerably, suddenly surged with crimson light, and its body burst forth once more.

It reached a height of several tens of feet.

Then, a pair of giant fists slammed down heavily onto the giant sword.

"Boom!"

The Blood Ape and the Five Elements Sword Qi bombarded the ground once more, their energy sweeping across the earth and carving deep, gaping wounds into the ground!
"This is the power of the Five Elements Sword Formation!"

Zhou Ling was delighted to see that the Five Elements Sword Light was not at a significant disadvantage.

The Five Elements Sword Formation was even more powerful than he had imagined.

Immediately with a thought, the Five Elements Sword Ring spun rapidly, and instantly, sword energies roared out from the ring like a rain of swords, sweeping towards the Blood Ape.

Within moments, the Blood Ape, which had been able to contend with the Five Elements Sword Qi, was directly shattered.

It transformed into wisps of blood-red light, dissipating into the world.

"No!"

Du Sheng's blood-qi defense had already been blasted apart by the barrage of sword rain.

Blood was gushing out, and his entire body was covered in sword wounds.

"crack!"

The Golden Fire Crow, which had been circling in the air for a long time, seized the opportunity and shot out a giant ball of fire.

Rumble!
The giant ball of fire blasted Dewey to pieces. "Whoosh!"

"This is the power of the Five Elements Sword Formation! It's terrifying!"

"I'm only at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and I've only unleashed a portion of its power."

"If someone in the Foundation Establishment stage were to unleash the full power of the Five Elements Sword Formation, how astonishing would that be!"

Seeing Du Sheng killed, Zhou Ling let out a deep breath, licked his dry lips, and was overjoyed.

A wave of weakness washed over me.

This was the first time he had truly activated the Five Elements Sword Formation and witnessed its true power.

Fortunately, he comprehended the Five Elements Sword Intent and was also blessed with the [Sword at Will] ability.

Otherwise, even other cultivators, including Foundation Establishment sword cultivators, would find it difficult to control the sword formation in such a way, let alone break through the Blood Ape's blood aura defense.

Then, Zhou Ling's gaze swept across the ground, found Du Sheng's storage ring, and took it.

They headed towards the mountain gate.

With Du Sheng killed, the remaining Blackwater Sect Third Elder will be much easier to deal with.

After all, the Blackwater Sect cultivators specialize in puppetry.

This greatly reduces the threat to him.

On one hand, he also had puppets, and on the other hand, his divine sense was strong enough, plus several spiritual flames.

The connection between the puppeteer and the puppeteer can be severed at any time.

Therefore, the puppet is not a great threat to him.

Of course, third-tier puppets are a different story.

Meanwhile, on a mountain peak several miles away, a middle-aged man with a red face and a thin build stared in the direction of the Purple Cloud Sect with a solemn expression. "Such terrifying sword energy, this Purple Cloud Fairy is really alive!"

"It seems that Sect Leader Du is in grave danger!"

Then, with a turn, he sped off westward without looking back.

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In the afternoon, in the Purple Cloud Courtyard, Zhou Ling was sitting cross-legged in meditation, his cultivation level having recovered to 70%.

"The Blackwater Sect elders haven't left, have they?"

Zhou Ling murmured.

Upon returning to his sect, he took a Qi-union pill and waited for the Blackwater Sect elder to arrive.

But it's still quiet.

[Risk Avoidance Simulation] There are no warnings, so there shouldn't be any danger.

Meanwhile, the Golden Fire Crow patrolling outside the sect did not send any warning signals.

"It's good that they withdrew!"

Zhou Ling then took out the Blood Beast Sect Master's storage ring, activated the Beast Flame, and removed the blood energy mark from it.

Soon after, Zhou Ling cleared out a large pile of items from his storage ring.

There are more than two hundred second-tier blood crystals alone.

In addition, there are thirty-three mid-grade spirit stones and about one hundred low-grade spirit stones.

There was a small pile of other Tier 2 ores, estimated to be three or four hundred pieces, mainly composed of Purple Origin Crystals.

There were even five pieces of Tier 3 ore, which were also Purple Origin Crystals.

There were also a large number of animal bones, hides, and medicinal herbs, including more than two hundred second-tier medicinal herbs and more than a dozen third-tier medicinal herbs.

Six bottles of pills, all second-tier pills, Blood Essence Pills.

And a lot of books, odds and ends, a whole bunch of miscellaneous things.

The Six Paths Books are all cultivation techniques of the Blood Beast Sect, among which the Blood Ape Body Refining Technique and the Mountain Moving Technique are both low-grade Xuan-level techniques.

They were able to cultivate to the third level of body refinement.

The other few are Yellow-rank body-refining techniques.

These are all ancient body-strengthening techniques, and they are all quite difficult to cultivate.

“It’s done now!”

Looking at the small piles of treasures in front of him, Zhou Ling couldn't help but swallow hard.

The Blood Beast Sect is far more wealthy than the Purple Cloud Sect.

The sect leader alone is incredibly wealthy.

As Zhou Ling tallied up his haul, he was in high spirits!
Murder and arson are indeed quick ways to make money.

This is the correct route to another world.

However, he quickly shook his head, realizing that while killing and robbing might be exhilarating in the moment, the risks were too great.

It's not suitable for me.

Now that we have the Ziyun Mountain industry, the right way is to manage it slowly and steadily, like a steady stream of income.

Now that the Blood Beast Sect Master has been killed, the Blackwater Sect still wants to seize the Purple Cloud Sect's mines. They'd better think twice.

"Now we have five mid-grade spirit swords, which is enough for the time being."

"These five pieces of purple source crystal can be used to forge a suit of armor."

Looking at the ore, Zhou Ling weighed his options in his mind.

"As for the Blood Ape Body Refining Technique and the Mountain Moving Technique, they are suitable for Father to cultivate!"

Zhou Ling turned his gaze to the two books and pondered to himself.

Although Zhou Ling gave the "Three Yang Technique" to his father a while ago, his progress in cultivating it has been somewhat slow.

He felt it wasn't a good fit for his father.

On the contrary, the Blood Ape Body Refining Technique and the Mountain Moving Technique are more compatible with his father.

It requires persistent and painstaking effort, and with the help of demonic beast essence and blood crystals, the effect will be very good.

After tidying up, Zhou Ling put the items back into his storage ring.

This time, they received thirty-three mid-grade spirit stones in one go, in addition to the dozen or so mid-grade spirit stones they already had.

Now there are forty-seven mid-grade spirit stones alone.

Then, Zhou Ling took out two mid-grade fire-attribute spirit stones and began to refine and absorb them.

[You are absorbing a fire-attribute spirit stone. Spiritual affinity +1, fire-attribute spiritual energy +4]

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Two more days passed, and everything was calm again.

The [Danger Avoidance Simulation] did not display any prompts. After tidying up, Zhou Ling headed to Black Valley that day.

However, to prevent unnecessary trouble.

This time, Zhou Ling flew away from the sect riding on the back of the Golden Fire Crow.

Since Zhou Ling is only at the ninth level of Qi Refining, he is not yet able to fly.

Sitting on the back of the Golden Fire Crow, Zhou Ling was still somewhat worried.

Fortunately, the golden fire crow took flight, as steady as Mount Tai.

Moreover, his bloodline aura was astonishing.

Flying at low altitude, no other monsters dared to approach.

After traveling westward for about five or six hundred miles, the man and the beast finally arrived at a valley covered with black rocks.

This is the Black Valley that Liu Yue'er mentioned.

The entire valley is made of black mountain rocks.

"According to Yue'er, the valley is filled with interconnected underground caves, some of which are hundreds of feet underground and are not easy to find."

Looking at the valley that stretched for nearly twenty or thirty miles, Zhou Ling murmured to himself.

Generally speaking, spirit flames mostly lurk in underground magma.

The fact that the miner was able to discover the spirit flame was mostly due to chance.

[Danger Scenario: Danger lurks within the underground caves of the valley.]

[You have entered Black Valley in search of the Spirit Flame, but have encountered a Tier 3 Fire Scale Beast. Your fate is uncertain. Do not proceed!]

[Two hundred feet ahead of you is an underground cave containing spiritual flames. Search the mountain for treasure +1]

After entering the valley for about a hundred feet, a prompt appeared on the panel.

"The Spirit Flame is just ahead."

"However, there is a Tier 3 Firescale Beast."

Looking at the prompt that appeared on the panel, Zhou Ling frowned.

The information Liu Yue'er received did not mention the Fire Scale Beast.

However, it makes sense, considering that a cultivator with only a mid-stage first-level Body Refinement realm would encounter a third-level Fire Scale Beast.

How could he possibly save his life!

But the key question now is how to deal with it?

Zhou Ling pondered.

(End of this chapter)