Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 274 Attacking the Black Sect

Ancient Cloud Realm, Purple Cloud Sect.

Zhou Ling put away the Five Elements Formation and walked out of the secluded cultivation room.

"Meet the sect master!"

"Meet the sect master!"

In the small courtyard outside, Liu Yue'er was instructing her four disciples in cultivation.

When they saw Zhou Ling, they were all pleasantly surprised and bowed.

"No need to be polite!"

Zhou Ling waved his hand dismissively and smiled.

Perhaps because of their long-term seclusion, their appearance surprised and delighted them.

"Congratulations, Sect Master, on your great progress in cultivation!"

Liu Yue'er, dressed in a light blue dress, with a beautiful face, cupped her hands in congratulations to Zhou Ling.

She is now at the peak of Qi Refining, but she is completely unable to sense Zhou Ling's aura.

It is evident that Zhou Ling's cultivation level has improved significantly compared to before.

It might even be the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

However, Zhou Ling was only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

However, since his spiritual consciousness had already reached the early stage of the Golden Core realm, the aura he exuded was extremely solid.

In the ancient Yun Kingdom, being in the late Foundation Establishment stage is already considered a master.

"Congratulations, Master."

"Congratulations, Master."

The four children beside him also offered their congratulations.

"Sect Master, these two are newly accepted disciples! Lu Ling and Chen Rou."

Liu Yue'er reported to Zhou Ling.

"Qi Refining Level 2, not bad!"

Seeing that all four were at the early stage of Qi Refining and under ten years old, he smiled and nodded.

He took out four bottles of Qi-Harmony Pills from his storage ring and handed them out, saying with a smile, "These are Qi-Harmony Pills, they will help your cultivation to some extent, one bottle for each of you!"

"Thank you, Sect Master!"

The four of them thanked Zhou Ling in unison, and then happily accepted the pill bottles one by one.

Seeing Zhou Ling throw out four bottles of Qi-Melting Pills at once, Liu Yue'er couldn't help but feel envious.

Of course, I was also a little surprised. The sect leader had been in seclusion for more than half a year, yet he still had pills in his possession?
Perhaps they were unaware of it because the sect leader was away.

After all, given the sect leader's cultivation level, they naturally wouldn't be able to detect it.

"Moon, this is the Foundation Establishment Pill I promised you last time, and it's a Grade Earth Foundation Establishment Pill!"

Seeing Liu Yue'er's expression, Zhou Ling took out another pill bottle and handed it to her.

When Liu Yue'er last came to the Ancient Cloud Realm, she was already at the peak of Qi Refining.

So Zhou Ling agreed to buy her a Foundation Building Pill.

This time, I also used the points from the Heavenly Crafts Bureau to exchange for a Grade Earth Foundation Establishment Pill.

"Earth Grade Foundation Building Pill!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yue'er accepted the pill bottle with a look of delight, her tone filled with excitement.

Over this period of time, the magical power within her body had become increasingly abundant, and she knew that she could prepare to establish her foundation.

However, the Foundation Establishment Pill is currently nowhere to be found.

Although the sect leader said last time that he would buy Foundation Establishment Pills for himself, he has been in seclusion ever since.

Liu Yue'er was also unsure.

Unexpectedly, the sect leader had already prepared this for me.

"Sect Master, you're so kind!"

Looking at the potent Foundation Establishment Pill inside the bottle, Liu Yue'er was too grateful to speak.

To her, Zhou Ling was like a second life, and now he had even prepared a Foundation Establishment Pill for her.

She was so grateful that she was almost speechless.

"There is also a two-hundred-year-old Lingxia Immortal City and a second-tier spirit gathering array, both of which are aids in foundation building."

"In addition, this jade slip contains some Foundation Establishment experience that I have collected. Take a look at it yourself, and if there is anything you don't understand, ask me!"

Zhou Ling then took out a pill bottle, a jade slip, and an array plate, and handed them to Liu Yue'er.

Currently, the spiritual veins of the Purple Cloud Sect are only of the second-tier middle grade, and the concentration of spiritual energy is still somewhat thin.

Therefore, in order to improve the Foundation Establishment rate, Zhou Ling also prepared this second-tier high-grade spirit gathering array.

That's enough to raise the spiritual energy concentration to the second-tier high-grade level.

The success rate of foundation building will be higher if done this way.

Looking at the three items, Liu Yue'er was even more excited than before.

I originally thought the sect leader had forgotten about my Foundation Establishment.

I never expected the sect leader to have prepared everything for me!
The sect leader is so good to me!

"The sect leader is so concerned about me! Could it be that he has taken a liking to me?"

This thought suddenly popped into Liu Yue'er's mind.

A blush involuntarily appeared on her pretty face.

Earth-grade Foundation Building Pills and Spiritual Mist Springs—these require a significant amount of resources to purchase.

Thinking of this, her heart started pounding.

The sect leader is so young yet his cultivation is already so high, and he's also handsome.

"Moon, how much ore does the sect still have?"

Zhou Ling asked again.

Liu Yue'er put the items into her storage bag and calmed herself down before saying to Zhou Ling, "Reporting to the sect master, the sect currently has more than 300 pieces of second-tier ore and more than 1,300 pieces of first-tier ore!"

Afterwards, Liu Yue'er reported to Zhou Ling on the sect's harvest over the past few months.

This number was significantly less than Zhou Ling had expected.

The main reason is that the Blackwater Sect took away the several spiritual veins that had originally been seized from the Blood Beast Sect.

Since Zhou Ling had not yet emerged from seclusion, Liu Yue'er, with her cultivation level, naturally dared not act rashly.

In addition, the Blackwater Sect also sent people to provoke the sect.

However, they were defeated by the puppets left behind by Zhou Ling.

After that, they dared not venture into Ziyun Mountain again.

"Blackwater Sect!"

Hearing Liu Yue'er's words, Zhou Ling frowned.

When he killed the Blood Beast Sect Master, some Blackwater Sect cultivators accompanied him.

It was just that I acted in time, and the other party took the opportunity to leave.

Now the Blackwater Sect actually dares to seize the Purple Cloud Sect's mine!

With his current cultivation level, he naturally no longer fears the Blackwater Sect.

There are no Golden Core cultivators within the Blackwater Sect.

The sect leader and the first elder are both at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, while the second elder died in battle years ago.

The Third Elder was in the late Foundation Establishment stage and was a puppeteer.

He also had five other Foundation Establishment cultivators and dozens of Qi Refining disciples under his command.

With their strength, and having remained out of the public eye for years, they watched as the Purple Cloud Sect devoured the Blood Beast Sect's resources all by themselves.

They were not willing to accept this.

"Sect Master, it is said that the Grand Elder of the Blackwater Sect is preparing to undergo the Golden Core Tribulation. If that's the case, our Purple Cloud Sect is in big trouble!"

Liu Yue'er said with a worried expression.

"Now, you can focus on preparing for foundation building."

"You don't need to concern yourself with the Blackwater Sect's affairs."

Zhou Ling smiled and said.

Due to the scarcity of spiritual energy in the Ancient Cloud Realm, even if someone successfully reaches the Golden Core stage, their strength will still be somewhat lower than that of the Golden Core cultivators in the Azure Cloud Immortal City.

Zhou Ling was able to kill a Golden Core cultivator from the Blood Soul Sect, so he was naturally confident that he could kill the Blackwater Sect's Grand Elder.

Moreover, his spiritual cultivation has greatly improved.

It also embodies the souls of the Three Pure Ones and their divine powers.

Seeing Zhou Ling's confidence, Liu Yue'er's eyes gleamed with admiration. It seemed that the sect leader's cultivation was even higher than she had expected.

Zhou Ling then had Liu Yue'er practice some more, and through [Intermediate Analysis], he pointed out some shortcomings in her.

This also brought Liu Yue'er considerable gains.

After completing this, Zhou Ling went to the warehouse and collected the ore.

A simple statistical analysis was conducted.

The second-order ores are mainly composed of cold iron ore, black gold ore, and red ore.

First-tier ores are mainly composed of black iron.

As for other spiritual herbs, spiritual rice, and other resources, Zhou Ling also collected some, leaving enough for Liu Yue'er and the others' cultivation expenses.

After completing these tasks, he took another tour of the sect. Three mid-stage second-tier puppet beasts were stationed within the sect for protection, ensuring a certain level of security.

What pleased him even more was that the purple-scaled fish in Purple Cloud Lake had reached the peak of the second tier.

Its growth rate is also extremely fast, and it is already showing signs of transforming into a dragon. Its purple fish scales shimmer with purple light, and its fish head looks extremely ferocious.

He ate so many of the other spirit fish in Ziyun Lake that only about a quarter remained.

If Zhou Ling hadn't given the order that it could only eat a certain number of spirit fish...

It's likely that the spirit fish in Ziyun Lake have already been completely devoured by it.

"It seems that the purple-scaled fish can no longer stay in Purple Cloud Lake!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

I plan to bring the Purple Scale Fish back with me when I return to Qingyun Immortal City this time.

The family also has a spirit pool where they nurture their spirit.

Then buy other spirit fish to raise together.

Originally, he planned to return to Qingyun Immortal City after collecting the ore.

After all, in a few days, it will be the day for the Heavenly Crafts Bureau to compete for the position of Chief Executor.

This position of principal officer is also very important to him.

Not only has the salary been greatly improved, but it also allows for the management and coordination of many resources in Qingyun Immortal City.

This will be of great help in acquiring sacred sites in the future.

Originally, compared to the other two third-tier weapon refiners, his chances were not great.

However, with the significant improvement in his spiritual cultivation, coupled with the [Sixth Transformation], he felt that he still had a great chance.

However, the Blackwater Sect has now seized several mineral veins from the Purple Cloud Sect.

This resulted in him collecting less than half the amount of ore he had expected.

Therefore, he naturally wanted to take it back.

As for how to get it back...

Time was limited, and he wasn't going to beat around the bush; he would head directly to the Blackwater Sect the next day.

Another matter is Liu Yue'er's foundation building.

He would still give her some pointers on things she didn't understand.

As night fell, Liu Yue'er prepared a sumptuous feast of spiritual food.

There is fish and meat.

These things no longer held much appeal for Zhou Ling, but the children were overjoyed, as if it were a festival.

Li Yun went down the mountain early in the morning and returned to the sect in the evening. He was overjoyed to learn that Zhou Ling had emerged from seclusion.

That evening, Zhou Ling gave the two of them some more guidance on their cultivation.

He returned to his cave dwelling, sat cross-legged, and began to cultivate.

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The next morning, Zhou Ling rode his flying puppet beast towards the Blackwater Sect in the east.

Although he has great confidence in his current strength.

But to ensure everything went smoothly, he still used the [Risk Avoidance Simulation] to make a prediction before setting off.

Only proceed if there is no significant risk involved.

Two hours later.

A puppet beast resembling a hawk appeared in the sky above Blackwater Island.

A young man in a blue robe was sitting on the back of a puppet beast.

The Blackwater Sect was established on Blackwater Island in Blackwater Lake.

There is a second-tier top-grade spiritual vein on the island.

The lake's water is dark brown year-round, hence its name, Blackwater River.

[You are analyzing the second-tier top-grade magic array, Golden Light Array. Intermediate Analysis +1]

On the back of the puppet beast, Zhou Ling looked at the black water light shining above the Blackwater Sect, his eyes narrowing slightly.

With the help of [Intermediate Analysis], he quickly identified the weakness in the golden light array.

Zhou Ling flew off the puppet, transforming into a streak of light, and arrived at the area of ​​the black light array.

He directly unleashed the Fiery Cloud Sword and slashed down at the great formation in front of him.

boom!
In an instant, the fiery sword light swept down, crashing heavily onto the golden array.

After a huge commotion, the once intact formation collapsed.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Who has the audacity to cause trouble for my Blackwater Sect?"

Upon seeing this, the Blackwater Sect disciples who were on patrol and on guard all changed their expressions drastically and rode their magical artifacts toward Zhou Lingfei.

"Who are you, and why are you attacking my Blackwater Sect?"

A burly, square-faced middle-aged man leaped into the air and shouted at Zhou Ling.

"I am the sect master of the Purple Cloud Sect. Your Blackwater Sect seized my sect's mines. How much did you take from me before? Today you will have to spit it all out!"

Zhou Ling stared at the middle-aged man and spoke calmly.

"Sect Master of the Purple Cloud Sect!"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man's expression changed.

However, judging from the aura emanating from Zhou Ling, which was only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, he immediately snorted coldly, "A mere Ziyun Sect dares to be so arrogant, does it really think my Blackwater Sect is easy to bully!"

His entire body surged with magical power, exuding the aura of a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator.

If the visitor were Fairy Ziyun, he would naturally have to give way, but the visitor looked to be just a young boy.

He naturally couldn't afford to diminish the Blackwater Sect's prestige.

Of course, the fact that the opponent's sword broke through the golden light array also made him quite wary.

It is clear that this is definitely a third-tier treasure sword.

We must be careful in dealing with this.

"I'll ask you one more time: are you going to hand over the ore or not?"

Zhou Ling was completely unconcerned about the immense pressure emanating from his opponent, who was at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. He said with a grim expression.

With his current powerful spiritual cultivation.

If we unleash our full power, we could suppress this person directly.

However, he did not rush to make a move.

Because once this matter is over, he will have to return to Qingyun Immortal City.

Liu Yue'er was preparing for Foundation Establishment.

Therefore, he planned to directly suppress the Blackwater Sect's sect leader and two elders.

If this person is suppressed directly, how dare the other two come out?

What if they manage to escape?

Once he leaves, their journey to the Purple Cloud Sect will be extremely disadvantageous for Liu Yue'er.

"Where did this brat come from, daring to be so insolent in my Blackwater Sect!"

"That's practically suicide!"

A slightly hoarse voice came, followed by a black voice coming from the right side of the burly man.

The newcomer was a thin old man with late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation.

Looking at the newcomer, Zhou Ling guessed that this person should be the one who had planned to go to the Purple Cloud Sect with the Blood Beast Sect Master last time.

"Just the two of you?"

"Why hasn't the other Grand Elder come out yet?"

Facing two Foundation Establishment cultivators whose cultivation levels far surpassed his own, Zhou Ling remained calm and indifferent.

"You brat, you're really courting death! We need the Grand Elder to deal with you!"

"I'm enough on my own!"

The old man in black robes snorted coldly.

But as soon as the words fell.

call!
A flash of light appeared, and another golden sword materialized in Zhou Ling's hand.

"cut!"

Zhou Ling had a thought.

The Fiery Cloud Sword and the Golden Dragon Sword immediately slashed down at the two of them from the air.

The fiery sword light condensed into fiery sword intent, covering the sky and the earth.

The Golden Dragon Sword transformed into a roaring golden dragon, shaking the heavens!
The two sword beams had different strengths, but were equally difficult to block.

"not good!"

"This is third-tier sword intent, be careful!"

The two old men in black robes were both startled when they saw the sword light.

Although they could tell that this was the sword intent of the third realm.

But he found it hard to believe. How could a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator condense two sword intents of the third realm?

But soon they realized that this person was a disciple of Fairy Ziyun.

(End of this chapter)