Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 271 Xuan Ting Division's Reward
After his spiritual cultivation and the Three Pure Ones' soul body had completely stabilized, Zhou Ling emerged from seclusion.

This time, he went into seclusion for more than a month, and upon emerging from seclusion, he opened the communication jade.

Then a large number of voice transmissions sounded one after another.

Most of the messages came from disciples of the two Taoist academies, and they were mostly inquiries about cultivation levels.

Zhou Ling listened to these messages but did not reply. He planned to respond to them one by one after class.

Several other important transmission methods.

What pleased him most was the telepathic message from Wang Qingshang.

He received his reward for killing a Golden Core cultivator from the Blood Soul Cult.

Two thousand military merits, ten high-grade spirit stones, eight bottles of second-tier top-grade pills, a third-tier treasure, and three third-tier runes.

This is a huge reward. Putting aside everything else, two thousand military merits alone are enough to exchange for twice the amount of spiritual land that the Zhou family has now.

After all, military merit is hard to come by.

Ten high-grade spirit stones are also extremely generous.

The spiritual power contained in the top-grade spirit stone is extremely abundant, no less than that of a third-grade elixir.

Very few are available on the market.

The Dao Alliance has a rule that only military merit can be used to exchange for spiritual lands and spiritual veins.

Moreover, the minimum requirement is one thousand military merits, and one must be a cultivator who has made significant contributions to the Dao Alliance.

Now, Zhou Ling is a Heavenly Guardian and has killed a Golden Core cultivator from the Blood Soul Sect, thus fully meeting this standard.

The family's spiritual land that was acquired earlier can be described as a special case handled by Qingyun Immortal City.

However, now that Zhou Ling knows his master's identity and has inherited the Lingxiao lineage, if he wants to establish a sect and purchase spiritual land in the future, he will need at least 10,000 military merits.

Therefore, Zhou Ling did not intend to exchange his two thousand military merits for the family's sacred land.

After all, the family's spiritual land is sufficient for the time being.

Next, I need to accumulate more military merits, so that I can exchange them for spiritual land when my master plans to establish the Lingxiao Daoist Temple.

Another piece of news came from Lu Yunxi, reminding him of the competition for the position of Chief of the Heavenly Crafts Bureau in October.

Currently, among the Heavenly Crafts Bureau of Qingyun Immortal City, the people with the best relationship with Zhou Ling are Qin Zhizheng and Lu Yunxi.

Both of them were kind to him.

However, Lu Yunxi's rank is now lower than Zhou Ling's.

Qin Zhizheng is about to be transferred to Golden Light Immortal City.

Of course, he also knew that Zhou Ling lacked experience in the Tiangong Division.

Therefore, Lu Yunxi was also arranged to help Zhou Ling.

However, this also depends on Zhou Ling being able to defeat the other two competitors from the Heavenly Crafts Division.

Previously, this competition was quite difficult.

But now, with his spiritual cultivation greatly improved, Zhou Ling feels that his confidence has also greatly increased.

It's already late September, and there are still about ten days until the assessment.

The last message came from Gong Yuanzi, asking about his recent progress with the Five Elements Sword Technique.
Zhou Ling was also somewhat surprised that the Palace Master seemed to be paying extra attention to his progress in the Five Elements Sword Technique.

Thinking about it, it seems to be related to her honing her sword intent by using the Five Elements Sword Intent.

There was also a message from Song Yue, who had also emerged from seclusion and successfully achieved the Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment.

This also made Zhou Ling very happy.

However, this was to be expected.

When Song Yue tested the probability of Foundation Establishment at the Dao Academy, it showed that the probability of achieving Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment was over 70%.

This time, the preparations were extremely thorough.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, it is almost certain to succeed.

There were also messages from the Zhao siblings, but nothing important.

"Let's go to the Demon Slayer Tribe first and collect the reward!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

After thinking for a moment, he sent a telepathic message back to Lu Yunxi and the palace courtyard.

He told Lu Yunxi that he was ready.

As for Gong Yuanzi, he said that he had some things to do recently and had not entered the Sword Shadow Jade to cultivate the Five Elements Sword for the time being.

However, he knew in his heart that with the significant improvement of his divine sense, it would be of great help to weapon crafting, puppetry, and even sword techniques.

Finally, he sent a telepathic message to Song Yue, congratulating her on achieving the Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment.

Now that the Blood Soul Sect's Golden Core cultivator has been killed, the Zhou family has resumed its original operations.

Of course, family members will still be relatively cautious when going out.

Li Ru has been staying at home these days, and besides brewing wine, the most important thing is taking care of Wang Xin.

"mother!"

"Xin'er!"

Outside the courtyard, Li Ruzheng and Wang Xin were taking a walk.

Wang Xin's belly is now noticeably protruding.

Therefore, Li Ru took meticulous care of her.

When they saw Zhou Ling, their faces lit up with joy.
"My husband, you've emerged from seclusion!"

"Out of seclusion!"

His tone revealed his concern for Zhou Ling.

After all, they had never seen Zhou Ling in seclusion for such a long time.

"Is my husband alright?"

Wang Xin, dressed in a light blue dress, with a beautiful and charming face, asked Zhou Ling with concern.

"It's alright, we've gained a lot this time!"

Zhou Ling laughed, squatting down and pressing his ear against Wang Xin's belly, "Let me hear if this little one is behaving himself?"

Looking at his wife, he was filled with joy.

"They're still too young to understand!"

Li Ru smiled and said, "The elixir is being simmered in the kitchen. I'll go check if it's ready."

Then walk along the corridor to the kitchen.

"The little guy is very well-behaved; it's probably a little girl!"

Zhou Ling stood up and smiled.

"That's utter nonsense!"

Wang Xin gave him a coquettish glance and smiled.

"Husband, why have you been in seclusion for so long this time?"

Although Zhou Ling said he was fine, Wang Xin still asked with some concern, after all, she had never seen Zhou Ling in seclusion for so long.

"Breaking through the bottleneck of spiritual cultivation, my spiritual cultivation has greatly improved and is now no less than that of a Golden Core cultivator."

Zhou Ling didn't hide it from Wang Xin and spoke up.

"Golden Core Divine Soul, excellent!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Xin's face lit up with joy.

No wonder he's been in seclusion for so long; he was trying to break through the bottleneck in his spiritual cultivation.

He hadn't expected that Zhou Ling's soul would reach the Golden Core realm so quickly.

It should be noted that his current magical power cultivation level is only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

However, his spiritual cultivation has already reached the Golden Core stage, so if he were to undergo the Golden Core Tribulation in the future, there would be no risk in the tribulation of his spiritual soul.

Congratulations, Ling Lang!

Wang Xin offered her congratulations again.

"What kind of miraculous medicine did Mother prepare for us?"

Zhou Ling asked with a smile.

"It seems like today's dish is chicken soup with ginseng!"

"These days, Mom has been eating and drinking well every day. I reckon I'll gain weight in a few days!"

"How about you drink this spirit chicken soup today!"

Wang Xin said with a smile.

"no problem!"

Zhou Ling nodded.

With Wang Xin's Dark Fire Spirit Body physique and her Heavenly Foundation Establishment level, whether or not she takes supplements will not have any impact.

Zhou Ling had been consuming fasting pills for some time and was already feeling hungry.

After enjoying the stewed soup, Zhou Ling headed to the workshop.

For the past month or so, the workshop has been operating normally, and orders have increased significantly.

According to Yuan Hu, it seems that another family has discovered a new territory and is preparing for a new pioneering war.

So during this period, the workshop's business has improved considerably.

Zhou Ling walked around and chatted with Yuan Hu, Master Lu, Chu Xing, and others for a few minutes. They could all clearly sense that Zhou Ling's aura was noticeably different from before.

However, they were already quite used to Zhou Ling's astonishing progress.

Song Yue successfully achieved the Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment.

This is also the most attention-grabbing thing about Xuan Yuan Dao Academy recently.

No one expected that less than two years after Zhou Ling achieved the Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment, Xuan Yuan Dao Academy would produce another Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment disciple.

The emergence of two Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment disciples within two years has made Xuan Yuan Dao Academy overshadow other Dao academies.

What's even more surprising is that Song Yue is actually Zhou Ling's disciple.

The fact that the master and disciple were only two years apart in terms of their Heavenly Foundation Establishment level became a popular topic of conversation.

"Master, the family plans to hold a Foundation Establishment celebration for me in three days, and we would like to invite you to attend!"

Zhou Ling had just stepped out of the workshop when he received a telepathic message from Song Yue.

"Okay, I'll definitely be there!"

Zhou Ling replied.

For a Nascent Soul family like Song Yue's, Foundation Establishment is usually not celebrated in a grand manner, but Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment is a completely different story.

After all, if one can achieve the Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment, there is a high probability that one will be able to enter the Nascent Soul stage in the future, barring any unforeseen circumstances.

After leaving his family, Zhou Ling arrived at the Xuan Ting Division's Evil-Slaying Department and saw Wang Qingshang and He Zijian discussing something in a side hall.

"Sister Qingshang!"

"Brother He!"

Zhou Ling greeted the two of them.

"Zhou Ling, you've finally emerged from seclusion!"

Upon seeing Zhou Ling, Wang Qingshang smiled slightly and said...

Because Wang Xin was pregnant, she would visit her whenever she had time, so she also knew about Zhou Ling's period of seclusion.

"Zhou Ling, your aura is incredible!"

He Zijian smiled and nodded to Zhou Ling, then raised his eyebrows. He could sense that Zhou Ling's aura was very different from before.

It's not that Zhou Ling has improved by much.

At this moment, He Zijian could not sense any aura from Zhou Ling at all.

That's truly amazing.

Generally speaking, they are all Foundation Establishment cultivators of the same level. Even if one is in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, one can still feel the powerful aura of the other party when facing a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator.

But at this moment, Zhou Ling's aura was calm and without fluctuation, making him feel that there was no aura flowing out.

It is evident that Zhou Ling's control over his own magical power has reached a completely different level.

"My recent cultivation of the soul technique has improved somewhat!"

Zhou Ling smiled and said.

He Zijian and Wang Qingshang both had a good relationship with him.

He only gave a brief explanation; there was no need to go into the specifics.

"You're pretty good, kid!"

He Zijian praised.

Wang Qingshang also looked surprised and sighed inwardly. With Zhou Ling's cultivation speed, her father had said that he would enter the Golden Core stage in ten years.

It's estimated that he'll be able to reach the Golden Core stage in less than five years.

Moreover, his current strength is already enough to kill a Golden Core cultivator from the Blood Soul Cult.

It can be said that he is no less than a Golden Core cultivator.

Therefore, Zhou Ling has already won this so-called ten-year agreement.

Of course, this ten-year agreement was supposedly proposed to Wang Xin, but more importantly, it was a test of Zhou Ling's strength.

From the current perspective, Zhou Ling is completely fine.

She also told her father about it.

Her father has already replied, and from now on, she will have complete control over Zhou Ling and Wang Xin's affairs.

And based on the time she has spent with Zhou Ling these past few days.

They had roughly figured out Zhou Ling's personality: he was easily swayed by gentle persuasion but not by force, and he was very sensitive to spirit stones and treasures.

Therefore, she did not intend to follow the family's plan regarding Zhou Ling and Wang Xin.

But have your own ideas.

"This is your reward for killing a Blood Soul Cult Golden Core cultivator!"

Looking at Zhou Ling, Wang Qingshang handed him a storage bag.

"Thank you, Sister Qingshang!"

Zhou Ling thanked him, then took the storage bag and began to examine it.

Inside are military merit jade tokens, ten sparkling high-grade spirit stones, and third-tier treasures, among other things.

The treasure is a third-tier firewood sword, a sword that combines offense and defense, forged from a top-grade third-tier firewood spirit tree.

This wooden fire sword was also specially crafted to deal with the Blood Soul Cult disciples.

The fiery sword energy it unleashed had a great suppressive effect on Blood Soul Cult cultivators, while the wood-attribute sword energy could block soul attacks.

However, the Firewood Sword was only of average use to Zhou Ling.

After all, the Five Elements Sword in his hand was already as powerful as the Fire and Wood Sword.

Moreover, activating this Firewood Sword consumes a great deal of magical power.

Regardless, it is a top-grade third-tier sword, and its value is considerable.

As for the eight bottles of second-tier pills, they consist of four bottles of Enhancing Essence Pills to increase magical power cultivation and four bottles of Soul Essence Pills.

As for the runes, they are third-tier lightning and fire runes, which are clearly runes that counter the Blood Soul Cult.

Zhou Ling guessed that this was probably specially applied for for him by Wang Qingshang.

With these three third-tier lightning and fire talismans, even if one is no match for a Golden Core cultivator from the Blood Soul Sect, it will be enough to save one's life.

"Zhou Ling, everything is in the storage bag. Please check it carefully!"

Wang Qingshang smiled at Zhou Ling.

"Sister Qingchang, there's nothing wrong!"

Zhou Ling smiled.

"That's good!"

Wang Qingchang nodded.

"Brother He, keep this Thunderfire Talisman for self-defense!"

Zhou Ling took out a third-tier lightning and fire rune from his storage bag and handed it to He Zijian.

He Zijian is currently at the second level of Foundation Establishment, although he mainly cultivates lightning-attribute techniques.

However, with this level of cultivation, he would have little power to resist a Golden Core cultivator from the Blood Soul Sect.

"Give it to me? I can't possibly accept that!"

He Zijian scratched his head, a wry smile on his face.

He used to be the one helping Zhou Ling out, but now the situation is completely reversed.

"What's there to be embarrassed about?"

"You have to patrol every day, and there's a high chance you'll run into those Blood Soul Cult prodigies, so you still need to be careful!"

Zhou Ling handed over the purplish-red Thunderfire Talisman and said solemnly.

"This, okay!"

"Thank you, Zhou Ling!"

He Zijian thought for a moment, then accepted the Thunderfire Talisman without any formalities and thanked Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling smiled and nodded.

Given his relationship with He Zijian, a third-tier rune was nothing to him.

"Zhou Ling, could you sell me the other two lightning and fire runes?"

At this moment, Wang Qingshang asked.

The fact that Zhou Ling was able to give the Thunderfire Talisman to He Zijian shows that he must have something even more powerful than the Thunderfire Talisman.

If we can acquire the other two Thunderfire Runes, we'll have more options for dealing with the Blood Soul Cult's monsters.

Zhou Ling shook his head. "Sister Qingshang, I want to keep these two remaining lightning and fire runes for my parents' self-defense!"

Although he had already killed the Golden Core cultivator of the Blood Soul Sect.

But no one knows whether there are other Blood Soul Cult Golden Core cultivators or Foundation Establishment cultivators lurking in Qingyun Immortal City.

Therefore, it is still necessary to make sufficient preparations.

Now that the family has a second-tier top-grade defensive armor, plus this third-tier lightning and fire rune, their safety is somewhat guaranteed.

Hearing this, Wang Qingshang didn't say anything more.

Zhou Ling's idea is also reasonable.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling asked Wang Qingshang about whether any Blood Soul Sect disciples had appeared in Qingyun Immortal City recently!
After chatting for a while, I said goodbye and left.

(End of this chapter)