Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 243 Establishment of the Clan Land
"Ling'er, you've reached the third level of Foundation Establishment? That's wonderful!"

In a slightly busy open space, Zhou Shan looked at his son and said excitedly.

This is the ancestral burial ground of the Zhou family.

Sun Dajie was directing the puppets as they excavated and constructed the structure.

Under his control, a dozen or so puppets were either digging trenches or filling in soil.

The efficiency is also extremely high.

Chu Xing and Zhou Shan were responsible for assisting with the transport of materials.

Seeing that Zhou Ling had already entered the third level of Foundation Establishment, the group was all very surprised.

"Congratulations, Brother Ling!"

"Congratulations, Brother Ling!"

Chu Xing and Sun Dajie also joined Zhou Ling in offering their congratulations.

"A bit of luck!"

Zhou Ling also said modestly.

For cultivators, advancing to each level is not easy and is extremely important.

The two of them also knew Zhou Ling's personality.

After all, Zhou Ling had given them so many surprises that they had become accustomed to it.

"Once we're done here, we'll go back tonight and have a proper celebration!"

Zhou Shan said with a beaming smile.

"Yes, we should celebrate properly!"

Zhou Ling also said with a smile.

Since entering the fourth level of Qi Refining as a child, every time I advanced to the next level, my family would invite a pharmacist and the surrounding neighbors to celebrate.

This has now become a habit for the Zhou family.

Now that I've reached the third level of Foundation Establishment, I should celebrate even more.

However, Zhou Ling didn't intend to invite anyone.

After all, he has seen more of the world and has a certain status now.

If I were to invite people to celebrate, I imagine many more would show up uninvited.

Although there will definitely be many gifts, it will be tiring to deal with them.

So Zhou Ling planned to just have his family celebrate with Sun Dajie and Chu Xing, and that would be fine.

As for He Zijian and his sister, they have both been in seclusion recently. One is preparing to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, while the other hopes to achieve good results in the competition among the four major academies.

Therefore, Zhou Ling did not invite them.

"Brother Ling, the ditches in the spiritual land have all been dug. Next, Wang Xin just needs to set up the magic array to introduce the earth's spiritual energy and earth fire."

Sun Da pointed to the crisscrossing ditches on the ground and spoke to Zhou Ling.

Looking at the spiritual land that was already showing signs of being planned, Zhou Ling was very satisfied and said to Sun Dajie with a smile, "I'll be counting on you for the next few days!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Dajie seemed to be highly valued and said with a smile, "Brother Ling, don't worry, I will definitely build this place to your satisfaction."

"Good work!"

Zhou Ling then took out a bottle of Qi-Harmony Pills from his storage ring and handed it to Sun Dajie.

"Thanks, Brother Ling!"

Sun Dajie accepted the gifts without hesitation, though these puppet-building projects mainly consumed spirit stones.

However, prolonged manipulation of this technique also takes a considerable toll on his magical power and spiritual consciousness.

Looking at the busy puppets on the spiritual land, Zhou Ling couldn't help but feel a little emotional. He had been in Qingyun Immortal City for less than two years, and now he finally had his own spiritual land.

Moreover, workshops and spiritual fields were planned on the spiritual land.

This gave Zhou Ling a great sense of accomplishment, something that ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators couldn't achieve.

However, his goal is not only to own a sacred land and establish his own family.

Instead, the goal is to establish a family like the Wang family, a lineage that has been passed down for over a thousand years.

However, if the workshops and spirit fields are built, resources such as ores and spirit grains will still be needed.

These can be collected from the sects in the Ancient Cloud Realm.

Things there, like mineral resources, are cheap. If we bring them back to Qingyun Immortal City, craft them into magical artifacts, and sell them, the profits will be substantial.

"We'll head to the Ancient Cloud Sect tomorrow to gather some resources."

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

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That evening, Li Ru prepared a sumptuous feast of spiritual food to entertain Sun Dajie and the others.

We also want to thank them for their help with the construction of the spiritual site over the past few days.

While eating, the group discussed the construction of the sacred site.

In the past few days, the foundation has been leveled and dug.

The next step is to build a small courtyard and workshops, etc.

There is also the planning and construction of Lingdi and Xiaolinghu.

The plan is to complete it within the next two weeks.

Zhou Ling and his family were very happy about this progress.

Chu Xing also suggested that if there weren't enough people, Xu Jiu and the others from the original medicine-finding team could come and help.

Having been in Qingyun Immortal City for more than half a year, his cultivation has become increasingly solid.

The abundant spiritual energy of Qingyun Immortal City significantly improved his cultivation level.

Next, with the establishment of the Zhou family, the workshops and spirit fields naturally needed to hire people.

The original members of the medicine-finding team are also reliable.

Moreover, this spiritual land is a third-tier spiritual land. Even if they help in the spiritual land without any reward, it will still greatly benefit their cultivation progress.

That's why he made that suggestion to Zhou Shan.

Zhou Shan readily agreed; he couldn't be happier.

"Uncle Chu, I'll leave this matter to you."

"Find some time to go back to Lingxia Immortal City and see the uncles from the original medicine-finding team. If any of them want to come to Qingyun Immortal City, bring them with you!"

"These are the expenses for the journey!"

As Zhou Ling spoke, he took out a spirit stone bag and handed it to Chu Xing.

There are several hundred low-grade spirit stones inside.

That's enough to cover the expenses of this trip to Lingxia Immortal City.

The members of the medicine-finding team are the people their parents know best. If Xu Jiu and the others could come to Qingyun Immortal City...

Parents won't be too bored.

There's someone to talk to and keep you entertained most of the time.

Of course, there are also some people who are unwilling to leave Lingxia Immortal City due to family or other factors.

"Okay, Brother Ling, I'll go back tomorrow."

Chu Xing nodded and said.

"If I weren't so busy here in Lingdi, I would go with you!"

Zhou Shan poured Chu Xing a bowl of spirit wine and said with a smile.

He is a person who cares a lot about his image.

Now, his son has not only established himself in Qingyun Immortal City, but also has his own sacred land.

This is something he and his brothers in the medicine-finding team can brag about for a while.

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The following day, Zhou Ling activated the spatial teleportation array and arrived at the Ancient Cloud Rank Purple Cloud Sect.

"Meet the sect master!"

"Meet the sect master!"

Upon seeing Zhou Ling emerge from seclusion, Liu Yue'er and Li Yun hurriedly came over to pay their respects.

The two were shocked to sense the completely different aura emanating from Zhou Ling.

"Moon, I see your aura is already close to the peak of Qi Refining, it's time to prepare for Foundation Establishment!"

Zhou Ling smiled as he sensed that Liu Yue'er and the other girl's cultivation had both improved significantly.

Liu Yue'er is now at the peak of Qi Refining, while Li Yun is at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Both of them have quite good talent.

"Yes, Sect Master!"

"But Foundation Establishment Pills are not easy to buy these days!"

Liu Yue'er frowned slightly.

"I'll figure out a way to solve this for you!"

Zhou Ling spoke up. In Qingyun Immortal City, purchasing ordinary Foundation Establishment Pills is not difficult.

However, obtaining a low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill is not so easy.

However, Mother now has two Foundation Establishment Pills.

One was a Grade Earth Foundation Establishment Pill that I obtained from the Dao Academy, and the other was a Grade Heaven Foundation Establishment Pill given to me by Xin'er.

In Zhou Ling's plan, the Heavenly Grade Foundation Establishment Pill was intended to be the main pill.

If the mother fails to establish her foundation on the first attempt, then she should use Earth-grade Foundation Establishment Pills afterwards.

This would also increase the Zhou family's chances of achieving Foundation Establishment.

If the foundation can be successfully established in one go, that would be ideal.

"Thank you, Sect Master!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yue'er thanked her with a look of delight.

"However, we cannot guarantee that it is a low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill!"

Zhou Ling continued.

Of course, he would do his best to find a suitable Foundation Establishment Pill with Liu Yue'er.

But I don't dare to be too absolute in my statements.

"Any Foundation Establishment Pill will do!"

Liu Yue'er replied with a faint smile.

"Have you encountered any difficulties in your cultivation during this period?"

Zhou Ling picked up the spirit tea, took a sip, and then spoke.

During this period, although the two women made rapid progress, the sect currently has no Foundation Establishment cultivators to oversee things.

He relied on the original techniques to explore and cultivate.

There will definitely be many questions.

Zhou Ling also wanted to give them some guidance.

Although they practiced different cultivation methods, Zhou Ling was able to discover the weaknesses in their cultivation by using [Intermediate Observation] and [Intermediate Analysis].

Given such a good opportunity, the two women naturally wouldn't miss it.

After thanking Zhou Ling, Li Yun called over two other women.

These two female disciples were pretty and looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old.

One is at the third level of Qi Refining, and the other is at the fourth level.

She is Liu Yue'er's newly accepted disciple.

Afterwards, Liu Yue'er and Li Yun began to ask Zhou Ling some questions about his cultivation level.

The main issues are related to martial arts techniques and sword skills.

The main cultivation techniques of the Ziyun Sect are the Ziyun Technique and the Ziyun Sword Technique, which are low-grade Xuan-level techniques.

With the help of his two talents and his observation of the two women, Zhou Ling was able to discover the problem.

After talking for more than an hour, the two women suddenly understood many of their cultivation problems, and were filled with joy.

Although there were some things they didn't understand immediately after Zhou Ling's explanation, they kept them in mind and planned to go back and study them carefully.

Liu Yue'er's cultivation of the Purple Cloud Sword Technique has also brought her close to comprehending the essence of swordsmanship.

Zhou Ling also displayed the Fiery Cloud Sword Intent for him to observe and experience, since sword intent is something that cannot be taught.

Instead, one must learn it on their own.

After watching Zhou Ling unleash the Fiery Cloud Sword Intent, Liu Yue'er gained some insights, but she hadn't yet grasped the essentials.

The two disciples listened from the side, filled with curiosity about this sect leader who looked very young and handsome.

In the afternoon, Zhou Ling went to Ziyun Lake.

To his delight, the sect had developed rapidly over the past eight months under the management of Liu Yue'er and her partner.

The number of spiritual herbs, spiritual grains, and spiritual fish in the spiritual lake has increased significantly.

What delighted him most was that the Bloodscale Fish had reached the late stage of the second tier, with a body size of five or six zhang, and the dragon blood energy within its body was even more concentrated.

The Golden Fire Crow has also reached the late stage of the second tier, and its growth rate is extremely fast.

The Rock Rat was a bit slower, only at the early stage of the second tier.

However, Zhou Ling thought this was normal, since the quality of the Stone Rock Rat bloodline was only top-grade Yellow Rank.

However, they all have their own Blood Beast Mark within them, which accelerates their growth rate.

Now that his body refinement has reached the late stage of the second tier, and his essence blood has become several times stronger, he can enhance the blood beast seals within them.

The three-headed demon beast sensed Zhou Ling's arrival and was extremely friendly.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling inquired in detail about the current situation of Liu Yue'er's sect.

With Zhou Ling killing several second-tier cultivators from the Blood Beast Sect, the sect has now fallen apart. Its largest family has also submitted to the Purple Cloud Sect and handed over two mines within its territory to the Purple Cloud Sect.

These are black iron ore and cloud concentrate, both of which are common ores used in refining magical artifacts.

Moreover, the quality of these two ore veins is not low, reaching the third tier, and their monthly output is also quite considerable.

In this way, the Ziyun Sect has four mineral veins, and the monthly output of ore is quite substantial.

Over this period of time, I have accumulated thousands of pieces of ore.

The spirit grains and spirit herbs have also yielded a harvest, and if sold, they can earn a considerable amount of spirit stones.

Of course, spirit stones are expensive in the Ancient Cloud Realm because the spiritual energy is relatively scarce.

It would be a loss to exchange these spirit grains and spirit rice for spirit stones.

After learning about the sect's situation, Zhou Ling took out several hundred spirit stones and several bottles of Qi-Harmony Pills and Soul Essence Pills, and gave them to Liu Yue'er and the others.

They were also given two mid-grade second-tier puppets. With these two puppets and the Bloodscale Dragon in the Spirit Lake, the safety of the Purple Cloud Sect could be ensured.

As for the ores, spirit grains, and spiritual herbs, Zhou Ling put them into his own storage ring, intending to take them back to Qingyun Immortal City.

Putting everything else aside, just these thousand-plus pieces of ore, including more than a dozen tier three stones, are worth two or three hundred mid-grade spirit stones each.

The next day, Zhou Ling guided the two in their cultivation again, and then personally irrigated the spirit field and fed the spirit fish in Ziyun Lake.

With the assistance of the "Farming Expert" talent, their growth can be accelerated.

After reaping the benefits from the Ziyun Sect, Zhou Ling announced his seclusion and left the Ancient Cloud Realm.

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After returning to Qingyun Immortal City, Zhou Ling began his secluded cultivation. As for the construction of the spiritual land, there wouldn't be any problems with his father and the others overseeing it.

After all, there is less than a month left before the competition among the inner disciples of the four major academies.

This is also the highlight of Qingyun Immortal City every year.

Therefore, every disciple of the Taoist academy prepares diligently and strives to achieve good results.

Those who can stand out in such competitions will easily gain the favor of important departments of the Dao Alliance, such as the Xuan Ting Division.

If you're lucky, you'll rise to great heights.

Zhou Ling was no exception.

Of course, his main motivation was to obtain the reward.

As for Xuan Ting Si, his current status as a Heavenly Guard of the Heavenly Crafts Bureau is sufficient.

In addition, the instructors at the Taoist academy didn't have that much time.

As soon as he stepped out of the cultivation room, his communication jade started ringing repeatedly.

Zhou Lingxuan immediately took out the sound transmission jade, which contained dozens of sound transmissions.

Some were sent by disciples, some by the Heavenly Crafts Bureau, and some by family members.

After reviewing the responses, Zhou Ling replied to each one.

They then quickly left the Taoist temple.

One of the messages was from his mother, telling him that the sacred site had been built and was waiting for him to emerge from seclusion so he could prepare to move.

Zhou Ling was also overjoyed. Sun Dajie was quite efficient and reliable. He had completed the construction of ten acres of spiritual land in about twenty days.

Upon arriving home, he was momentarily stunned.

The house is very lively.

Besides the parents and Xin'er, there were also Chu Xing and Xu Jiu, as well as Xu Jiu's two children.

He Yuanhu's family.

"Brother Ling! You're back!"

"Ling-ge'er!"

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Upon seeing Zhou Ling arrive, everyone greeted him.

Xu Jiu, Yuan Hu, and the others looked at Zhou Ling with eyes full of respect.

Zhou Ling, who was in Lingxia Immortal City back then, is now a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and his status is vastly different from theirs.

"Uncle Xu, Aunt Xu, Tiger, you've all come over!"

Zhou Ling greeted everyone with a smile.

(End of this chapter)