Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 291 Family Heritage and Limit-Breaking Deduction

Flamelight Island.

Where Zhou Ling collected the spiritual vein, a charred giant pit appeared, measuring tens of feet in both length and width.

The pit was filled with steaming heat, and abundant fire-attribute spiritual energy rose up like tangible mist, clearly visible.

Its interior is filled with spiritual energy, like a pool of spiritual energy.

"Deacon Luo, is this spirit pit feasible?"

A figure leaped out of the deep pit; it was Zhou Ling, dressed in flowing white robes.

Because the source of the spiritual vein is buried deep underground.

After Deacon Luo locates the source, he will need to excavate the stone layers.

Only then was Deacon Luo able to set up the Five Elements Formation and collect the spiritual veins.

Digging these stone pits for steps is no small undertaking.

Since Deacon Luo was going to set up a magic array, Zhou Ling naturally couldn't let him waste his energy for nothing.

However, Song Ping and the others had limited cultivation levels and were unable to determine the specific distribution range of the spiritual veins.

If we let them dig, they might accidentally damage the spiritual vein.

Therefore, Zhou Ling had to do it himself.

Fortunately, his body refinement is now close to the third level, so he can withstand it completely.

This deep pit was also the result of most of his work that day.

A significant amount of essence and blood in the body has also been depleted.

"That's enough. The source of this spiritual vein has been fully revealed. All we need to do is set up the Five Elements Formation."

"You can collect it using the Five Elements Formation Diagram!"

Deacon Luo replied with a smile.

"Then we'll have Butler Lauro!"

Zhou Ling nodded.

Then, Deacon Luo began chanting incantations, and one after another, the magic flags in his hand fell into the deep pit.

With the infusion of the Dharma Flag, Zhou Ling, through his [Intermediate Observation] talent, was able to clearly see some changes occurring in the underground spiritual veins.

This spiritual vein stretches for hundreds of feet and has a smaller accompanying spiritual vein.

"Zhizheng, in the eyes of us array masters, spiritual veins are actually a kind of treasure."

"We call them spirit dragons!"

"If we're not careful, this dragon might escape!"

After casting all the array flags into the ground, Deacon Luo smiled and introduced them to Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling listened attentively; he also knew a little about formations.

The formation of spiritual veins is extremely complex. They are formed by the earth's veins absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth over countless years.

The earth veins are what array masters call earth dragons.

Only by concentrating the earth's veins can one absorb and nurture the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, thus forming spiritual veins.

If the earth's veins are damaged, it will affect the spiritual veins.

Therefore, Deacon Luo set up the Five Elements Array, which could both collect spiritual veins and protect the earth veins.

Even after being moved to the Zhou family's residence, this earth vein will still be able to retain spiritual energy and enhance its own attributes.

Of course, collecting spiritual veins is not easy; it also depends on the skill of the array master.

"call!"

After setting up the Five Elements Formation, Deacon Luo sat cross-legged to recover his magical power.

The next step, collecting the spiritual veins, is the most crucial.

There can be no mistakes whatsoever.

If something goes wrong, this spiritual vein will become a useless vein!
Now a guest elder of the Zhou family, he is well aware that this spiritual vein is crucial to the Zhou family's future development.

Obtaining a third-tier spiritual vein is not an easy task.

Watching Deacon Luo begin to close his eyes and recover.

Zhou Ling did not disturb them and patiently waited by their side.

Two hours later.

"The Five Elements Diagram, descend!"

A scroll appeared in Deacon Luo's hand. He made a hand seal and threw the scroll into the air.

The Five Elements Diagram in the air then opened.

A magnificent landscape painting appeared before Zhou Ling.

Then, five-colored light appeared on the Five Elements Diagram, enveloping the entire spiritual vein terrain.

Then, Deacon Luo continuously cast spells.

The array flags that were originally driven into the ground suddenly emitted waves of brownish-yellow light, echoing the Five Elements Diagram.

"Hoohoo!"

For a moment, the surrounding spiritual energy seemed to freeze.

Deacon Luo was focused, his forehead beaded with sweat, as he continuously cast incantations that landed on the magic flag.

After an incense stick had burned, the entire spiritual vein area was covered by a rich five-colored light.

The entire spiritual vein seemed to be enveloped, and the presence of spiritual energy could no longer be felt around it.

"Five Elements Diagram, collect!"

As Deacon Luo's voice faded, the Five Elements Diagram landed on the source of the spiritual vein.

Buzz!
The surrounding mountains began to tremble continuously.

Zhou Ling knew that the Five Elements Diagram had already begun to collect spiritual veins, and whether it succeeded or failed depended on this moment.

I couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

This third-tier spiritual vein was his greatest gain from this boundary expansion.

All those precious artifacts supplied in the early stages were for this spiritual vein.

If the collection fails, then all the money will be wasted.

However, after a short while, the five-colored light of the Five Elements Diagram became increasingly intense.

The tremors of the surrounding ground gradually ceased.

Seeing this, Zhou Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Meanwhile, Deacon Luo continuously cast spells, which landed within the Five Elements Diagram.

This continued for several hours.

It's already late at night.

The stars twinkled in the sky.

A ravine stretching hundreds of feet across the ground appeared.

Within the Five Elements Diagram, there appears an additional terrain feature identical to this ravine.

"receive!"

Deacon Luo gave a low shout.

Slowly put away the Five Elements diagram.

Then he continued to cast spells, collecting the array flags one by one.

As the spiritual veins were taken away, the presence of spiritual energy in the surrounding area could hardly be felt.

It is foreseeable that it will be very difficult for cultivators to appear on Flamelight Island again in the future.

"Zhizheng! I have not failed in my mission!"

After putting away the Five Elements Diagram, Deacon Luo respectfully addressed Zhou Ling.

"Thank you, Butler Lauro!"

Zhou Ling said with a delighted expression.

"You should rest for a while before we return to Qingyun Immortal City!"

It has been ten days since I arrived in this Realm of Immortality.

Finally, the spiritual vein has been successfully collected, and it's time to go back.

"it is good!"

Deacon Luo nodded, sat cross-legged, and began to recover.

Zhou Ling then found Song Ping and gave him a bottle of second-tier Qi-enhancing pills to express his gratitude.

Song Ping hesitated for a few moments, but Zhou Ling insisted, so he put it away.

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Two weeks later, on this bright and cloudless day, the sky was clear.

The Zhou family home was unusually lively.

The entire clan territory seemed to have been completely renewed, with the spiritual energy more than doubled.

Even in December, it is full of vitality and lush greenery.

Thanks to Deacon Luo's efforts, and after more than ten days of preparation, the third-tier mid-grade fire-attribute spiritual vein was finally fully integrated into the Zhou family's earth vein.

The Zhou family now has its own spiritual vein in a true sense.

These third-tier mid-grade spiritual veins are completely different from the spiritual energy diverted from the Xuan Yuan Dao Academy.

This third-order spiritual vein, integrated into the original fourth-order spirit gathering array, already possesses the potential to become a fourth-order spiritual vein.

With this third-tier spiritual vein, the Zhou family now possessed true foundation, making them a legitimate Golden Core family.

The standard for measuring a family is generally the level of its spiritual veins and the cultivation level of its cultivators.

The third-tier spiritual vein corresponds to the Golden Core family.

As for cultivators, although Zhou Ling is only at the late Foundation Establishment stage, his weapon crafting skills have reached the fourth level, so he is fully capable of being a Golden Core family.

"Thank you for your hard work, Steward Luo."

Zhou Ling clasped his hands in thanks to Deacon Luo.

Finding a formation master like Deacon Luo in Qingyun Immortal City is really not easy.

Otherwise, this spiritual vein could not have been completed in just over twenty days.

"You're being too kind; this is simply my duty!"

Deacon Luo said with a smile.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "Now that we have this fire-attribute spiritual vein, we can set up a third-tier fire-attribute dual-purpose offensive and defensive formation."

"Does Deacon Luo have any suggestions?"

Zhou Ling smiled.

The family's magic array was only at the second level, so it definitely needs to be upgraded.

"There is a Four Directions Fire Dragon Formation inside the Heavenly Craft Bureau, which I think would be suitable."

"This Four Directions Fire Dragon Formation is a high-grade third-tier formation, and its power is sufficient to contend with a peak Golden Core cultivator."

"In addition, maintaining even the lowest level of operation normally requires consuming more than ten mid-grade spirit stones per month."

"Each activation consumes the equivalent of thirty mid-grade fire-attribute spirit stones of spiritual energy."

"Moreover, the spiritual flame controlled by Zhizheng will greatly enhance the power of the magic array."

Deacon Luo said so.

"Alright, then I'll go back to the Heavenly Crafts Bureau and take another look!"

Zhou Ling nodded.

Deacon Luo then gave a brief introduction to the Four Directions Fire Dragon Formation before taking his leave.

"Four Directions Fire Dragon Formation!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself, according to Deacon Luo's introduction, this Four Directions Fire Dragon Formation, if fused with his own Qianyang True Fire, could even be used to deal with Nascent Soul cultivators.

Zhou Ling was also very interested in this.

However, he doesn't have much contribution value left in the Heavenly Crafts Bureau, and it's not enough to exchange for this Four Directions Fire Dragon Formation.

"I'll have to wait until next year to exchange it!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

There's no risk right now, so there's no rush.

After the New Year, once I've accumulated enough points, I can redeem them.

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In the days that followed, Zhou Ling began practicing the Five Elements Sword Technique again.

During this period, he was busy with various things and didn't have much time to practice the Five Elements Sword Technique.

However, he doesn't need to cultivate much now.

The effect of using the [Illusionary Realm Simulation] is much better than him trying to understand it through hard work.

After all, the [Illusionary Realm Simulation] can directly deduce his sword intent.

Furthermore, as the [Illusionary Realm Simulation] rank increases, it can even deduce limit-breaking techniques.

In other words, the original deduction was based on the cultivation method already possessed by the Five Elements Sword Technique.

Even now, even though the Five Elements Sword Technique has reached its limit, it can still perform limit-breaking deductions.

To make the Five Elements Sword Technique a higher-level sword technique.

After all, the Five Elements Sword Technique is only a mid-grade Xuan-level sword technique, which means one can only comprehend the third-level sword intent.

However, the situation is different if there is a [Fantasy Realm Simulation].

Otherwise, continuing to cultivate would only result in limited progress, which could be described as achieving twice the result with half the effort.

Zhou Ling immediately activated the [Illusionary Realm Simulation] to deduce and cultivate the Five Elements Sword Technique.

[Illusionary Realm Simulation] The Five Elements Sword Technique started off fairly standard.

It begins with comprehending the Five Elements Sword Intent and gradually evolving.

Sword intent, sword energy, the Five Elements Sword Formation, and the unity of man and sword are clearly distinguished in terms of primary and secondary elements.

After achieving the unity of man and sword, Zhou Ling's Five Elements Sword Technique reached that stage as well.

After Zhou Ling exhausted a great deal of his spiritual energy to deduce the subsequent sword intent, he finally deduced it.

It is the Five Elements Myriad Phenomena of the second step of the Five Elements Sword Technique.

This Five Elements Myriad Phenomena Sword Intent requires the fusion of the Five Elements Sword Intent to generate all things and phenomena in the unity of the Five Elements, similar to the Great Five Elements Sword Formation, which condenses the Five Elements Myriad Phenomena Sword Intent.

If it weren't for this simulation, Zhou Ling didn't know how long it would have taken him to even touch the threshold of the Five Elements and Myriad Phenomena.

In the Sword Shadow Jade, Dean Gong's second-step sword intent seems to show signs of this, but it is not entirely the same.

Dean Gong's Falling Wood Sword Intent, in its second step, brings spring to all trees.

It also belongs to the sword intent of "one sword transforms into myriad forms," ​​and has an infinitely extending sword intent.

Of course, it is very difficult to comprehend this kind of sword intent.

It requires not only talent and comprehension, but also a certain kind of opportunity.

This is also why sword cultivators who enter the third realm experience a significant increase in strength with each step they take.

"There are very few sword techniques after entering the third realm."

Even if it exists, it may not be suitable.

"After all, everyone's understanding of the Sword of Heaven and Earth is different."

"Therefore, each step can only be understood and cultivated by oneself."

"Others' swordsmanship experience can only be used as a reference and supplement!"

Feeling the Five Elements Myriad Manifestations Sword Intent he had just comprehended, Zhou Ling thought to himself.

The reason why his master didn't give him any other higher-level sword techniques in the Five Elements Sword Technique was for this reason.

Of course, there are also Earth-rank and Heaven-rank sword techniques, but these sword techniques only assist you in comprehending more profound sword intent and sword supernatural powers.

However, if one's swordsmanship level cannot be improved, even the most profound sword techniques will have limited power.

Only sword cultivators who have reached a certain level of mastery can truly unleash the power of sword techniques.

Once you reach the third realm, it's extremely difficult to advance further. Even for a sword cultivator with good talent, it's hard to do so without more than ten years of arduous training.

Although Zhou Ling's talent is not low now, he is still far inferior to those true sword geniuses.

In terms of swordsmanship, comprehension is not his strength.

However, with the improvement of [Illusionary Realm Simulation], Zhou Ling will find it much easier to cultivate the Five Elements Sword Intent.

"However, this time I trained in the [Illusionary Realm Simulation] three times, each time for one or two months."

"This kind of consumption is quite significant!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

This deduction is quite taxing; it's impossible to do without a powerful spiritual support.

"As for the power of these Five Elements and Myriad Phenomena?"

"Let's challenge Dean Gong to a duel later!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

Now that his soul has been greatly depleted, he doesn't have much soul power left to condense the sword body and enter the Sword Shadow Jade.

Moreover, the sword intent he has been able to comprehend through deduction is still somewhat hazy.

Therefore, I still need to consult Dean Gong.

As for why not just ask the master directly.

The main reason is the sword intent of the unity of man and sword that Zhou Ling comprehended, and the main reason is the falling wood sword intent that Dean Gong came from.

In addition, Dean Gong has been cultivating the Five Elements Sword Intent, and he wants to use the Five Elements Sword Intent to deduce the Heaven and Earth Sword.

Therefore, there are still many things to learn from in terms of sword techniques.

However, the master herself did not cultivate the Five Elements Sword Technique, and her sword intent was not the Five Elements Sword Intent.

Of course, with his master's cultivation level, he could also offer him advice.

But the specific situation still depends on his own understanding.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling took out a second-tier Soul Essence Pill, swallowed it, and then sat cross-legged to recover his soul.

Shortly after, Zhou Ling opened his eyes and felt that his soul had recovered by about 30%.

He immediately took out his communication jade and sent a message to Dean Gong, "Dean Gong, I'd like to invite you to dinner. Do you have time?"

"Who am I? It's Zhou Zhizheng."

"What a rare guest! What made you decide to invite me to dinner?"

A short while later, Dean Gong's reply came through the communication jade.

"I have a question about kendo that I'd like to ask the dean!"

Zhou Ling replied.

"Then come to the Taoist temple!"

"Okay, I'll go this afternoon!"

(End of this chapter)