Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 247 Profound Origin Fire Lotus and the Cultivation of Golden Core Spirit Flame Technique
At 9:00 AM, Zhou Ling left the workshop with a happy expression.

After a morning of testing, he was very satisfied with the effect of the weapon refiner's puppet.

Although these two second-tier top-grade weapon refiner puppets consumed a considerable amount of resources.

Excluding his labor costs, the cost of materials such as Soul Stones and Black Iron Stones alone would be at least close to twenty mid-grade spirit stones.

But it was all worth it.

Except for the inability to forge inscriptions, this puppet is capable of performing almost all other forging tasks, and is much better than a typical second-tier weapon forger.

The number of spirit stones consumed was less than he had expected.

One mid-grade spirit stone is enough to last for a month.

"If we create one or two more weapon refiner puppets, we can further improve efficiency and enhance quality."

"However, we can only refine it when the workshop at home is further expanded in the future."

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

During this time, he had already exchanged the points he had accumulated for magic arrays and soul stones.

If you don't have enough points, you need to buy Soul Stones outside, but they're not easy to find.

"Once I have enough points, I'll exchange them for a few more Soul Stones. Besides crafting a Weapon Refiner Puppet, I'll also craft two Sword Master Puppets to guard the house."

Zhou Ling was making plans in his mind.

Although we now have a magic array and two spirit beasts, the Golden Fire Crow and the Stone Rock Rat, it's always better to be cautious when it comes to safety.

Of course, creating a swordsman's puppet is much more difficult than creating a weapon refiner's puppet.

It requires the cooperation of a sword cultivator to create, but since he himself is a sword cultivator, it is not difficult for him.

With two second-tier top-grade swordsmen guarding the family, the family would be much safer.

Of course, the most important thing is the workshop's weapon-refining puppet.

As long as the family workshop can fulfill its current orders, it can continue to expand.

With his title as the deputy director of Tiangong Company, he is sure to attract many customers.

Therefore, we still need to appropriately increase the workshop's output.

As for weapon refiners, there are currently Bai Ji, Song Yue, Xu Qiang, and others.

Adding myself to the mix, it should be about the same.

He would be responsible for the inscriptions of second-tier superior grade and above, while the other three would handle the rest.

In addition, if we are too busy, we can always find more people from Xuan Yuan Dao Academy, so we have a sufficient reserve of weapon refiners.

This is also a major advantage of the workshop.

However, there's no rush. After all, the workshop has just been established, and we need to ensure quality and develop steadily.

With the workshop as a constant source of fresh resources, the family's resources will continue to improve.

This is enough to ensure a foothold in Qingyun Immortal City.

And the family's cultivation resources were also adequately guaranteed.

Becoming a Golden Core family within ten years is not a problem.

"Oh, Sister Qingshang, you're here?"

Chen Ling walked into the hall and saw Wang Xin sitting with Wang Qingshang.

He immediately bowed to Wang Qingshang.

Wang Qingshang smiled and nodded.

After Zhou Ling sat down, Wang Xin poured him a cup of spiritual tea.

"Sister Qingshang, what brings you here today?"

Zhou Ling then asked Wang Xin.

"Now that your workshop is open, I plan to have you make a few Tri-Price Treasure Robes for me to use by the members of the Evil Slaying Division."

Wang Qingshang said with a smile.

It was stated that the Exorcism Department had received a significant increase in funding due to the annihilation of the Blood Soul Cult's stronghold.

Now that he has extra funds, he naturally prioritizes the safety of his members.

"Five pieces of third-tier treasure robes?"

Zhou Ling couldn't help but show a look of joy.

This is quite a large order.

A single piece of low-grade, third-tier treasure robe can cost dozens of mid-grade spirit stones.

This single order alone has earned three or four hundred mid-grade spirit stones.
"This is the deposit of one hundred mid-grade spirit stones for this order, plus one Profound Origin Fire Lotus!"

"This Xuan Yuan Fire Lotus was a gift from the Wang family to celebrate your family's establishment. Your father sent it to you after he learned that you had established your family."

Wang Qingshang handed a spirit stone bag and a jade box to Zhou Ling.

"Mysterious Origin Fire Lotus?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise on his face.

Unexpectedly, the head of the Wang family even sent him a belated congratulatory gift.

This was completely unexpected.

Of course, what pleased him even more was the spirit stone bag, containing one hundred mid-grade spirit stones—a fortune that many cultivators had never seen in their entire lives.

But now it's just a deposit for one of his weapon-refining orders.

However, he couldn't be too direct about it, so he took the jade box first.

The fact that the Wang family sent him a congratulatory gift clearly shows their goodwill.

Although he was Wang's son-in-law, he had not informed Wang's family before marrying Wang Xin.

Moreover, he has made it clear that he does not want to become a son-in-law of the Wang family.

Therefore, he was well aware that his relationship with the Wang family was not going to be good.

Of course, one should express gratitude when someone sends a congratulatory gift.

"Thank you for the congratulatory gift, Patriarch Wang!"

Zhou Ling also smiled and said.

Then the jade box was opened.

Inside, there was a fist-sized, shimmering red lotus flower.

"This is the Profound Origin Fire Lotus?"

Zhou Ling's eyes narrowed slightly when he saw the fire lotus, and he said with some delight.

The fire lotus in front of me was about three inches wide, its petals dazzling and shimmering, as if flickering with spiritual flames.

[You are observing the Mysterious Fire Lotus, Intermediate Observation Level +1]

According to the [Intermediate Observation] indicator, he knew that this was a low-grade, third-tier Profound Origin Fire Lotus.

"It really is a Mysterious Origin Fire Lotus!"

Beside her, Wang Xin looked on with surprise as she looked at Huo Lian.

As a second-grade alchemist, she knew how precious this Xuan Yuan Fire Lotus was.

"Have you met Zhou Ling before?"

Wang Qingshang was somewhat surprised.

Her beautiful eyes were calm, and a smile appeared on her delicate face as she said, "This Xuan Yuan Fire Lotus is a fire lotus nurtured by the Ancestral Flame, and it is very difficult to find outside."

“This time, the family happened to have a mature plant. After my father learned that you had established a family, he asked me to give it to you as a congratulatory gift.”

Wang Qingshang said this.

"Thank you so much, Patriarch and Sister Qingshang!"

Zhou Ling let out a soft breath and cupped his hands in greeting to Wang Qingshang.

Through [Intermediate Observation], he knew that this Xuan Yuan Fire Lotus would have a great effect on his fire attribute cultivation technique.

However, given his current relationship with the Wang family, is it necessary for the Wang family to give him such a good thing?
Zhou Ling couldn't figure it out for a moment.

"Didn't I give you a Golden Core Spirit Flame Technique last time?"

Wang Qingshang spoke up again.

Zhou Ling nodded.

The Golden Core Spirit Flame Technique is a secret method that uses spirit flames to condense a golden core.

Since he was still far from achieving the Golden Core stage, he had not yet begun cultivating.

But as long as the spiritual flame within his body increases, then cultivating this secret technique will naturally be much easier in the future.

"This Profound Origin Fire Lotus is an excellent spiritual object to assist the Golden Core Spiritual Flame Technique."

"Once you refine the Profound Origin Fire Lotus, it will grow within your Qi Sea, absorbing spiritual energy and continuously strengthening."

"When you are ready to condense your golden core, then fuse with this Profound Origin Fire Lotus, and the quality of your core will be even better."

Wang Qingshang introduced it to Zhou Ling.

"There's this benefit too!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling's face lit up with joy. Although the [Intermediate Observation] mentioned that the Profound Origin Fire Lotus could absorb spiritual energy, Zhou Ling hadn't immediately thought of using it in conjunction with the Golden Core Spirit Flame Technique.

This is mainly because he has not yet cultivated the Golden Core Spirit Flame Technique.

But if it has such benefits, then the preciousness of the Profound Origin Fire Lotus is self-evident.

"It seems you haven't even begun cultivating this Golden Core Spirit Flame Technique yet!"

"The main principle of this secret technique is that during the Foundation Establishment stage, one begins to compress and refine a portion of one's magical power using spiritual flames, so that the magical power can be integrated into the spiritual flames."

"When attempting to break through to the Golden Core stage, one can release the magical power within the spiritual flame and condense it into a Heavenly Grade Golden Core!"
"This not only increases the success rate of Core Formation, but also greatly reduces bottlenecks in the cultivation process, accelerates the absorption of spiritual energy, increases cultivation speed, and ultimately improves the quality of the Core Formation!"

"The more spiritual energy that the spirit flame condenses, and the purer it is, the higher the upper limit of the golden core that can be condensed will be."

"With the help of the Profound Origin Fire Lotus, the amount of spiritual flame fused with magical power will increase many times over."

Wang Qingshang looked at Zhou Ling and explained everything to him in detail.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling felt as if the Profound Origin Fire Lotus was tailor-made for him.

Moreover, this Profound Origin Fire Lotus can also enhance one's abilities, even after reaching the Golden Core stage.

It can be upgraded to the fourth rank in the future, and it can also assist in the condensation of the Nascent Soul.

Of course, raising it to the fourth tier is not so easy.

It requires absorbing a large amount of spiritual flame power.

However, what I have in abundance is spiritual flame.

It's a pity there's only one Xuan Yuan Fire Lotus. I have five spiritual flames. If I had five, it would be perfect.

Of course, Zhou Ling was only thinking about it.

If we follow Wang Qingchang's logic, then cultivating the Golden Core Spirit Flame Technique should also become a part of daily life.

Zhou Ling bowed again in gratitude to the Wang family head for gifting him such a valuable item.

He then asked Wang Qingshang, "Sister Qingshang, when do you intend to use these five treasure robes?"

"You should do this as soon as possible. Recently, traces of Blood Soul Cult disciples have reappeared in Qingyun Immortal City, and our Demon Slayer Division will be busy again!"

Wang Qingshang spoke up.

"Have the remnants of the Blood Soul Cult reappeared in Qingyun Immortal City?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling was startled.

He played a crucial role in the last battle against the Blood Soul Cult.

He also earned many military merits.

However, things are different now than they used to be.

That time, I had just joined the Demon Slayer Division, and the mission came up suddenly.

He had no choice.

Now that he is somewhat famous in Qingyun Immortal City, he should be wary of the remnants of the Blood Soul Sect finding out that he was the one who destroyed their stronghold.

Given the Blood Soul Cult's evil nature, they would definitely target their own family members.

This is something that is impossible to guard against.

If it were a matter of dealing with himself, he would naturally not be afraid, and would even be happy if the other party sent several more.

He will also be able to earn more military merits.

But dealing with family members would be a huge problem.

After all, the Blood Soul Cult's methods are bizarre and difficult to guard against.

"There are signs, but it's not easy to confirm yet!"

“These days, we have been patrolling the city. Although we have found traces of the remnants of the Blood Soul Cult, they disappear very quickly.”

"I can't confirm it for the time being. I'm worried that the other party's cultivation level might be too high."

"We are unable to detect his exact aura, so we still need to forge a third-tier treasure robe, just in case."

"I'll also help with the inspections these days."

Wang Qingshang said in a deep voice.

"Sister Qingshang, come and pick it up in six days!"

Upon hearing about the Blood Soul Sect, Zhou Ling decided to work overtime to expedite the forging of the Five Paths of Evil Slaying Armor.

According to Wang Qingchang's statement, he might be a remnant of the Blood Soul Cult at the Golden Core stage, which would be troublesome.

Therefore, it is absolutely necessary to eliminate the remnants of the Blood Soul Cult as soon as possible to prevent them from threatening the safety of our families.

"As for participating in the inspection, I will try my best to join when I have time after I finish my work here!"

Zhou Ling spoke up again, saying that he had made an agreement with Wang Qingshang when he joined the Demon Slayer Division.

Wang Qingchang agreed, even though she was busy and might not have time to participate in the inspection.

"it is good!"

Wang Qingchang nodded.

Then, Zhou Ling took out the contract and wrote down the details of the cooperation agreement for Wang Qingshang to customize five pieces of third-tier low-grade treasure robes at the Zhou family workshop.

It comes with various agreements regarding materials, refining processes, delivery dates, and the receipt of deposits.

Wang Qingshang had no objections after reading it.

After signing the contract, you must take your leave.

Zhou Ling invited her to stay for a meal.

Seeing that it was already lunchtime, Wang Qingshang did not refuse.

The Zhou family now has quite a few members.

Yuanhu's wife was responsible for cooking.

Soon, Yuanhu and the others returned from the workshop.

Three tables were also set up inside the restaurant.

There are so many people and it’s lively.

The food was also good, with four dishes and a soup per table, including spirit beef, chicken soup, and spirit fish.

There's also spirit wine.

This was a meal specially arranged by Li Ru, and it was quite lavish.

Wang Qingshang ate a little something and then took her leave.

Zhou Ling escorted her to the door, then returned to his own cultivation room.

There are still ten days left until the competition among the four major academies.

Forging five third-tier treasure robes in six days was not particularly difficult for him.

However, this consumption is considerable.

Therefore, the treasure armor must be completed as soon as possible before the competition to maintain its best condition.

However, before that, I need to refine this Xuan Yuan Fire Lotus in my hand first.

Sitting cross-legged on the futon, Zhou Ling took the Profound Fire Lotus out of the jade box.

In an instant, the Xuan Yuan Fire Lotus released a dense aura of flames.

With a thought, Zhou Ling's body shone with a dense layer of flames, and golden-red Qianyang True Fire surged from his palm, enveloping the Xuan Yuan Fire Lotus in front of him.

Instantly, the crimson flames of the Xuan Yuan Fire Lotus flickered, releasing a vigorous life force.

Zhou Ling could sense that at this moment, the Xuan Yuan Fire Lotus seemed to be absorbing the flame power of the Qian Yang True Fire.

However, under the influence of the Qianyang True Fire, it is also being continuously refined.

After a long while, the Profound Origin Fire Lotus was completely refined, turning into a red stream of light that flowed into Zhou Ling's meridians along with the Qianyang True Fire.

It fell into the Qi Sea.

Within Zhou Ling's Qi Sea, it was as if a red spiritual spring had appeared, constantly absorbing the wisps of spiritual energy from the surrounding area.

"Now I can enjoy gathering spiritual energy!"

Zhou Ling's face lit up with joy.

The Profound Fire Lotus within the Qi Sea can now be considered successfully refined.

In this way, even without cultivating the Golden Core Spirit Flame Technique, they are already able to absorb spiritual energy.

If one cultivates the Golden Core Spirit Flame Technique, the speed of absorbing spirit flames will be much faster.

"Then let's cultivate the Golden Core Spirit Flame Technique first!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

At this moment, he could sense that the Xuan Yuan Fire Lotus was absorbing spiritual energy at a considerable speed.

If combined with the Golden Core Spirit Flame Technique, cultivation will be twice as effective with half the effort.

He then took out the jade slip containing the Golden Elixir Spirit Flame Technique and infused it with his divine sense.

They began to comprehend the cultivation methods within.

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(End of this chapter)