Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 297 Third-Order Body Refinement
"Third-tier Dragon Blood Grass!"

Inside the cultivation room, holding a bright red spiritual herb in his hand, Zhou Ling thought to himself with delight.

The herb exudes a faint, refreshing fragrance.

It looks like a coiled dragon.

Through [Intermediate Observation] and [Intermediate Analysis], Zhou Ling knew that this was a mid-grade third-tier Dragon Blood Grass, which was over three hundred years old.

It contains abundant vital energy.

It is an excellent blood medicine for enhancing blood and qi cultivation and refining blood pills.

And there was more than one plant; there were also three second-tier Dragon Blood Grass plants.

These were all items he obtained from the storage ring given to him by the Song family head.

Besides the spirit stones and ores, the medicinal herbs inside were also of great value to him.

Zhou Ling first put the Blood Dragon Grass aside.

This third-tier Blood Dragon Grass is impossible to find on the market. He plans to use it himself to improve his body refining cultivation.

After all, I've been at the peak of the second-tier body refinement for some time now. Let's see if I can use this third-tier Blood Dragon Grass to break through to the third-tier body refinement in one fell swoop.

Of course, other medicinal solutions are needed to help absorb the Blood Dragon Grass.

As for the three second-tier spirit blood herbs, they will be kept for my father's use.

My father is currently preparing to break through to the late stage of the second tier in his body refinement, and these three Dragon Blood Grasses will be a great help to him.

Zhou Ling then continued to inventory the items, and he had to admit that this haul made him extremely happy.

The medicinal herbs inside are all of considerable value, showing that Patriarch Song put a lot of thought into selecting many good items for him this time.

"This is probably equivalent to harvesting an entire medicinal herb garden!"

Zhou Ling took out the medicinal herbs and counted them one by one, guessing what they might be.

Then all the other items inside were taken out.

It took Zhou Ling about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to finish taking inventory of the items in his storage ring.

"Twenty-five high-grade spirit stones and one hundred and fifty mid-grade spirit stones."

"More than a thousand pieces of Tier 3 ore, and more than two thousand pieces of Tier 2 ore."

"Thirty third-tier spiritual herbs, and one hundred and eighty second-tier herbs."

“I made a lot of money this time!”

Looking at these spiritual objects, Zhou Ling raised an eyebrow and smiled.

Although this expansion of the territory required a significant investment, the returns are more than tenfold.

In particular, a single mid-grade third-order spiritual vein is sufficient.

After all, spiritual veins are the foundation upon which a family stands.

As for what's in front of you, it can be considered extra income.

And crucially, this expansion of the territory did not pose a significant risk to the Zhou family.

This was totally worth it!

"Perhaps it's because of my relationship with the Song family!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself that this gain was also due to his close relationship with the Song family.

If we had collaborated with other powerful families, we might not have achieved such results.

This is quite a favor.

"Among these spiritual items, this Blood Dragon Grass is the most precious!"

Zhou Ling then put the items into his storage ring one by one.

He then took the Soul-Enhancing Pill, which restored his spirit.

The cultivation of the Golden Sword Warship Inscription using the [Illusionary Realm Simulation] technique just now also consumed a considerable amount of energy.

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In the blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed.

During this period, with the arrival of the New Year, many people came to the Zhou family to offer their New Year's greetings every day.

Zhou Ling could only receive them one by one.

Moreover, now that he is in charge of the workshop, he also needs to extend New Year's greetings to others.

People like Dean Zhong, Dean Gong, my mother-in-law, and Wang Qingshang.

In addition, many stewards from the Heavenly Crafts Bureau came to offer their New Year's greetings, and Zhou Ling had to entertain them all.

They're too busy to keep up.

Given the situation, knowing that there was no time to rush things, Yuanhu arranged for the workshop staff to have a few days off.

He himself would spend his nights studying the warship inscriptions and the design plans for his own warships.

Since the Song family provided pre-designed blueprints, the refining process will be very fast.

However, since their own warships had to be designed from scratch, the speed was not that fast.

After half a month of planning, he had almost finished designing it.

It was mainly designed according to the Song family's Golden Sword Warship.

Some adjustments were made based on it.

The main reason for this choice was Zhou Ling's understanding of the Golden Sword Warship, which greatly satisfied him.

In addition, this method of refining will be much faster.

The materials are also ready.

Of course, they are not exactly the same.

The main design is as a Thunder Sword Warship, with the Greatsword Inscription and Purple Thunder Inscription as the main features, while the other four inscriptions remain unchanged.

Although it's just the addition of a Purple Lightning Inscription, its power is vastly different.

But what are the specific effects?

We'll only know once it's been refined.

Another point is the preparation of the Blood Dragon Herb Liquid.

He has also made thorough preparations in this regard.

After all, the Blood Dragon Grass contains abundant blood essence, and with the added effect of [Medicinal Herb Stress], the resulting medicinal power is extremely potent.

After the seventh day, he went into seclusion to prepare for his attempt to break through to the third level of body refinement.

"This half-full tank of medicine should be enough, right?"

Inside the cultivation room, Zhou Ling looked at the medicinal liquid he had prepared and thought to himself.

This small vat of medicinal liquid contains third-tier medicinal herbs and the essence blood of a third-tier demon beast, making it quite valuable.

Although the medicinal liquid contained the essence of demonic beasts, it was refined to have a faint icy color, appearing extremely pure and giving people a chilling feeling.

Zhou Ling remained calm, removed his clothes, and entered the large vat.

Then, a medicine bottle appeared in his right hand.

It contains blood medicine extracted from Blood Dragon Grass.

These blood-purifying drugs contain an enormous amount of energy.

He then took the blood-purging medicine.

A metallic, raw taste filled my mouth, like eating sashimi.

The taste is a bit weird.

However, as the blood medicine entered his abdomen, Zhou Ling's expression changed immediately.

[You are absorbing and refining the power of the Blood Dragon Herb. Herb Stress +1, Blood Dragon Herb Power +3]

As talent emerges.

The medicinal liquid that had been flowing into his body suddenly erupted, instantly condensing into a blood-red river, vast and mighty, as if a blood dragon had been resurrected within him.

Zhou Ling immediately circulated the power of his blood and qi to envelop the medicinal power and refine it.

But then his gaze sharpened, and he saw that this vast blood medicine was indeed like a blood dragon, rampaging wildly under the influence of his blood energy.

It not only broke through his blood and qi, but also continuously exerted a fierce impact on his meridians.

The ferocious flow of the medicine was like the claws of a blood dragon.

It kept tearing at his meridians.

Zhou Ling felt waves of intense pain.

It should be noted that, now that his meridians are nourished by the spiritual flame, their strength is no less than that of a third-tier defensive artifact.

Immediately afterwards, the medicinal liquid in the vat was also absorbed into its body.

These medicinal liquids were originally intended to help suppress the Blood Dragon Liquid, but under the fierce impact of the Blood Dragon Liquid...

The effect was negligible.

His body was covered in a shimmering blood-red light.

The surge in blood and qi pressure within the body not only compressed the meridians to the extreme, but also brought immense tearing pain to the physical body.

It caused a violent impact on the entire body.

It made his body feel as if it were being torn apart by a series of winding lines.

It looked absolutely horrific.

After all, this is three times the medicinal power of a mid-grade third-tier Blood Dragon Grass.

After continuing like this for the duration of an incense stick burning, Zhou Ling was beginning to feel the strain. [You are refining and absorbing the power of the Blood Dragon Herb, the more setbacks you face, the stronger you become +1, Blood Dragon Herb absorption speed +20]

With the emergence of the "The More Setbacks, the Stronger You Become" talent, Zhou Ling finally felt a sense of relief.

Buzz!
The medicinal power of the Blood Dragon within his body seemed to subside instantly, quickly transforming into strands of medicinal blood that merged into his blood energy.

Strands of essence and blood were continuously increasing.

Zhou Ling knew that as long as his essence blood reached a certain amount, he would successfully enter the third stage of body refinement.

He relaxed and let his blood and energy mingle.

Although the Blood Dragon Herb's power was extremely domineering, it has become extremely docile under the influence of its innate abilities.

As the essence and blood continue to merge, a mysterious rhythm emerges within the body.

After a long time.

"Ong!"

A powerful aura emanated from Zhou Ling's body.

"Finally, I've reached the third stage of body refinement!"

Zhou Ling opened his eyes, knowing that he had successfully entered the third stage of body refinement.

With the help of the Dragon Blood Grass, he broke through the bottleneck of the second-stage body refinement and reached the third stage.

The essence and blood condensed within the body had reached eight hundred drops.

Feeling the vast amount of blood energy within his body, Zhou Ling was overjoyed.

His current physical body is comparable to a third-tier magic weapon.

Even the spells of a Golden Core cultivator might not pose a threat to him.

Of course, Zhou Ling is currently staying mainly in Qingyun Immortal City.

Generally speaking, safety is guaranteed to a certain extent.

Moreover, his essence blood reached 800 drops, enough to activate the Blazing Sun Golden Body defense six or seven times.

Of course, he wouldn't primarily rely on his invincible defense.

This is to guard against enemy sneak attacks.

After all, he has no shortage of third-tier treasure robes.

Moreover, once the essence and blood are depleted, it cannot be recovered in just a few days of cultivation.

It also needs to absorb many high-level medicinal liquids.

Therefore, he did not intend to use this third-tier physical body frequently.

But this is necessary.

As he got up and stepped out of the large vat, the medicinal liquid inside had been completely absorbed.

With a thought, Zhou Ling conjured a third-tier sword in his hand.

He made a light stroke on his arm.

clang!
The sword was as if it had fallen into a wall of bronze and iron, and it was impossible to cut through it.

It only left a faint scratch on the skin.

But as a golden glow appeared on the skin, the scratches also reformed.

"This body tempering progress is much faster than my mana cultivation!"

Zhou Ling put the sword away with satisfaction.

The Three Yang Technique that I am currently cultivating is an ancient body-refining method. It is extremely difficult to cultivate in the early stages, but after entering the second level...

With sufficient resources for body refinement, such as blood-qi medicine like Blood Dragon Grass, one's cultivation progress will be extremely rapid.

Moreover, Zhou Ling also has the [Spiritual Medicine Stress Response] to assist him, so his speed is naturally even faster.

The Three Yang Technique has now reached level three.

If I want to continue cultivating, I can only exchange it for the Six Yang Technique.

However, according to the records of the Dao Alliance, most of the Six Yang Techniques are now incomplete.

It does not guarantee that one will cultivate the power of the Six Yangs.

This Six Yang Technique can be cultivated to the fifth level of body refinement.

But if the cultivation method is incomplete, who would dare to practice it?

If anything goes wrong, damage to the meridians is a minor issue; it could even lead to the body exploding and death.

This is why most body cultivators only choose to cultivate the Great Yang Technique and not continue to cultivate the Three Yang Technique.

After all, once you've mastered the Three Yang Technique, it's impossible to switch to other body-refining techniques.

"However, fortunately, I can use the [Illusionary Realm Simulation] to further deduce the Six Yang Technique. This method is much more reliable than cultivating the incomplete Six Yang Technique of the Dao Alliance!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

There's no rush.

For now, Third Sister's physical cultivation level is sufficient.

First, forge the warships.

Then, Zhou Ling got up and left the cultivation room.

Zhou Ling first went to the workshop to learn about the refining of warship materials from everyone.

Over the past two weeks, half of the hull of a warship that is more than ten zhang long and three or four zhang wide has been completely completed.

If it weren't for the Chinese New Year holiday, the speed would have been even faster.

As Zhou Ling examined the artifact, he explained some refining techniques to the craftsman.

This is also one of the benefits of becoming a workshop retainer, as they can frequently receive instruction from Zhou Ling.

Given Zhou Ling's current status, this is an extremely rare learning opportunity.

Everyone listened attentively.

Regarding their doubts.

Zhou Ling also carefully explained and answered the questions.

As for Bai Ji and Song Yue, they are his disciples, so it goes without saying that he taught them.

As for these guest elders, they are all disciples of the Taoist academy, and their situations are quite good in all aspects.

Since they were also guests of the Zhou family, Zhou Ling was naturally happy to give them guidance.

After confirming the progress of the warship, Yuan Hu briefed Zhou Ling on some other matters.

The main reason is that due to the beast tide in Anyang Immortal City, the prices of various resources have soared.

Although the materials for forging the warships were provided by the Song family, a considerable amount of other materials were also consumed.

It seems the beast tide situation isn't going to end anytime soon.

Moreover, although the beast tide was fierce, there was no sense of urgency or crisis within Qingyun Immortal City.

Apart from rising prices, people's lives remain the same.

Those who need to cultivate should cultivate, and those who need to do something should do something else, all in an orderly manner.

Zhou Ling also instructed Yuan Hu to communicate well with the families he was cooperating with regarding the increase in material prices.

Orders that were originally placed will not be subject to price increases.

Prices will increase for future orders.

If Zhou Ling is taken, Yuan Hu knows what to do.

Back in the hall, the parents seemed quite worried when they heard about the beast tide.

I've been in Qingyun Immortal City for over three years, but I've never heard of any beast tide.

Moreover, Anyang Immortal City is not far from Qingyun Immortal City.

A thousand miles or so is not a long distance for demonic beasts and cultivators.

Furthermore, Anyang Immortal City is a fifth-grade immortal city and a key city built by the Dao Alliance to defend against demonic beasts.

If it is breached, then Qingyun Immortal City will definitely be in great danger.

Zhou Ling could only explain to his parents that Qingyang Immortal City had dispatched a Nascent Soul cultivator to Anyang Immortal City to oversee the situation.

So that they don't need to worry.

Upon hearing that they were Nascent Soul cultivators, Li Ru and the others relaxed.

After all, in the Qingyang Immortal Realm, Nascent Soul cultivators are already a lofty and unattainable existence for them.

With their help, they will naturally be able to deal with the Demon King.

Once the Demon King is killed, the demon beasts, having lost their leader, will naturally scatter and flee.

In addition, her mother-in-law also inquired, suggesting that Xin'er accompany her to Qingyang Immortal City for greater safety.

Zhou Ling did not object to this matter and let Xin'er decide for herself.

Without even thinking, Xin'er rejected her mother's suggestion.

She never had a good impression of the Wang family to begin with.

She also doesn't want her children to have any connection with the Wang family in the future.

After finishing his family business, Zhou Ling went to the Heavenly Crafts Bureau.

Due to the impact of the beast tide, all the deacons of the Heavenly Crafts Bureau were basically working overtime during the New Year period.

We will strive to refine more treasures, runes, and elixirs to aid Anyang Immortal City.

(End of this chapter)