Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 316 A Genius Disciple and His Attempt to Comprehend the Heaven and Earth Sword

this day.

Zhou Ling was cultivating when he heard his wife, Wang Xin, say that a girl who called herself Weng Lanyue had come to visit him.
He immediately got up and left the cultivation room.

Inside the hall, a figure sat upright.

She was a girl around ten years old.

The girl's hair was simply tied up with a jade hairpin, and she wore a pure white dress.

Her face was slightly chubby, making her features appear very delicate.

She was sitting upright and dignified in her chair.

If the girl hadn't introduced herself as Weng Lanyue...

Zhou Ling would never associate her with Lord Weng.

"Young Lady Lanyue greets Master!"

Upon seeing Zhou Ling arrive, the girl stood up, cupped her hands in a respectful gesture, and bowed.

"You are Weng Lanyue!"

You came alone?

Zhou Ling asked with a smile.

She felt a little strange; why hadn't Lord Weng come with her?
After all, this is considered taking on a master, which is no small matter.

Of course, it's also possible that Lord Weng trusted his daughter a lot.

Although she was only nine years old, Zhou Ling could tell that she was already at the peak of Qi Refining.

Moreover, his magical aura was extremely powerful.

However, given her top-grade spiritual root and abundant resources, this level of cultivation is within the normal range.

"Yes, Master."

“My father wanted to come with me, but I refused.”

"This is my time to become his disciple, whether he comes or not makes no difference!"

Weng Lanyue spoke in a very steady tone.

"Ok!"

Zhou Ling nodded, then asked, "I heard from your father that you want to learn inscription techniques. What's your current level?"

"I've just been able to draw a second-tier inscription!"

Weng Lanyue replied with a smile.

"Second-order inscription!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling raised an eyebrow. As expected of a top-grade spiritual root, this talent is terrifying.

He was able to draw second-order inscriptions at the age of nine.

This is much better than him. He only started refining second-tier inscriptions after entering the Xuan Yuan Dao Academy.

Seeing Zhou Ling's expression, Weng Lanyue spoke again, "Master, everyone says you are the number one weapon-refining genius in Qingyun Immortal City. Do you think my talent is lacking?"

"Your talent is quite impressive!"

"When I was your age, I was nowhere near that level!"

Zhou Ling exclaimed in admiration.

He did not refuse when Weng Lanyue addressed him as "Master," since he had already discussed most of the matter with Lord Weng.

Inviting Weng Lanyue over for a meeting is just to get acquainted with the people involved.

"Draw an inscription first, and show it to me."

Zhou Ling spoke up again.

By observing Weng Lanyue's painting skills, he was also able to see her strength and potential.

The Lingxiao Sect is now ready to begin construction.

With Weng Lanyue's innate talent of being a top-grade spiritual root of gold and fire.

If you don't have much potential in inscription, you might as well cultivate the way of the sword.

"Master, what kind of inscription should we draw?"

Weng Lanyue asked, her tone filled with curiosity.

She never expected that on their first meeting, this young master, renowned throughout Qingyun Immortal City, would ask her to draw the inscription herself.

What types of second-order inscriptions can you draw now?

Zhou Ling took a sip of the spiritual tea and asked.

"Reporting to Master, the second-tier inscriptions I can currently draw are mainly fire attribute inscriptions, such as the Blazing Flame Inscription and the Fire Armor Inscription."

Weng Lanyue said this.

"Show me the Flame Mark."

Zhou Ling waved his hand, and a flash of light appeared in the storage ring in his hand.

A set of tools for drawing inscriptions was placed on the wooden table next to Weng Lanyue.

"Yes."

Weng Lanyue stood up and picked up the writing brush on the table.

This spirit brush is a second-tier spirit brush.

The penholder is made of jade, emitting a faint bluish glow.

It was the spirit pen that Zhou Ling used in his early years.

However, it is not about drawing fire attribute inscriptions.

However, this jade pen also allows us to better see Weng Lanyue's level of control over spiritual power.

After glancing at the spirit brush, Weng Lanyue didn't think much of it. She dipped the brush in the spirit ink and began to draw inscriptions on the spirit paper.

Her hand movements were light and fluid, demonstrating exceptional skill.

He appeared relaxed and at ease.

A moment later, a fiery inscription was completed.

"Master, what do you think?"

Putting down the spirit brush, Weng Lanyue asked Zhou Ling.

His tone, however, carried a certain confidence.

Clearly, she had great confidence in this fiery inscription.

"Second-tier, low-grade Fiery Imprint!"

"There are no problems with constructing the inscription nodes, and the inscription correspondence and connection are also very well done."

Overall, it is a Grade A, Tier 2, Low-grade inscription!

"For your age, that's already very good!"

Zhou Ling nodded and analyzed.

"Master, is there still room for improvement?"

Upon hearing this, Weng Lanyue asked with a look of inquiry.

This inscription was taught to her by a family retainer, and in her opinion, it was already perfect.

However, judging from Zhou Ling's tone, this inscription seemed to have a lot of room for improvement.

This puzzled her again, because based on her understanding of the Fiery Mark, there was almost nothing that could be improved.

With a flick of his hand, Zhou Ling condensed the True Yang Fire, which then swept across the inscription.

Then, Zhou Ling laughed and said, "Look at how things are different now!"

Weng Lanyue looked at the inscription, and at this moment, a faint flame aura seemed to flow on the blazing inscription, shining brightly.

The overall feeling was far superior to what I had just experienced.

This greatly surprised Weng Lanyue!
I never expected that Zhou Ling's mere touch would result in such a significant increase in the power of my Blazing Inscription.

Looking at the spirit flame in Zhou Ling's hand, he couldn't help but feel envious.

"There's nothing wrong with your Flame Imprint."

"Although you are very skilled, the overall layout lacks a sense of dynamism."

"It cannot unleash its full power!"

"This is also related to your understanding when you first learned this inscription!"

Zhou Ling said slowly.

Through the [Intermediate Observation], it is evident that Weng Lanyue's talent in inscription is even superior to that of Song Yue.

The foundation is also very solid.

Therefore, he can also teach from a higher level of understanding.

Generally speaking, the spirituality of inscription is like the sword intent in swordsmanship, which is not something that ordinary inscription masters can understand.

Zhou Ling's insights in this regard mainly came from [Intermediate Analysis] and Qianyang True Fire.

"Spirituality?"

Upon hearing this, Weng Lanyue looked puzzled.

She had never heard of any spirituality in the inscription.

"It's like how a high-grade sword can give birth to a sword spirit; every imprint it makes will have its own unique spirituality."

"When you begin to draw this inscription, you should have a sense of what kind of spirituality this inscription possesses?"

Zhou Ling explained. Then he smiled and said, "There's no rush. Your level is already very good. Just take your time to understand it!"

"Thank you for your guidance, Master!"

Weng Lanyue looked like she understood but didn't quite, and bowed to Zhou Ling to express her gratitude.

"Since you have already called me Master, you will continue your cultivation at the Zhou family's residence. I will have someone arrange accommodation for you."

"Of course, if you want to stay at the Weng family's house, I have no objection!"

Zhou Ling then said the same thing.

"Thank you Master!"

"This disciple will cultivate within the Zhou family!"

Weng Lanyue then cupped her hands and said.

"it is good!"

Zhou Ling nodded, then sent a telepathic message to Yuan Hu, instructing him to arrange accommodation for Weng Lanyue.

Then Weng Lanyue performed the apprenticeship ceremony for Zhou Ling.

The apprenticeship ceremony is usually a very solemn matter, after all, a teacher for a day is a father for life.

Becoming an apprentice signifies the continuation of the tradition.

But Zhou Ling didn't want to make things that complicated.

They simply had Weng Lanyue give a simple bow, and that was it.

[A new disciple has been accepted. His love of teaching has increased by 1, his swordsmanship talent by 6, and his weapon crafting talent by 2.]

At this point, a system prompt appears.

Zhou Ling was taken aback when he saw the prompt on the panel.

The talent of "being fond of teaching" has limited use for him at present, after all, including Weng Lanyue in front of him, he has only taken in four disciples.

The current display shows that the increase in swordsmanship talent is three times that of weapon crafting talent, indicating that Weng Lanyue's talent in swordsmanship is even more terrifying than that in weapon crafting.

After a moment's thought, he asked, "Lan Yue, I heard from your father that you also have a good talent for swordsmanship!"

"Yes, Master, this disciple possesses the Golden Star Sword Body!"

Weng Lanyue replied.

"Golden Star Sword Body!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling was taken aback. No wonder his swordsmanship talent had improved so much.

It turns out that Weng Lanyue actually possesses the Golden Chen Sword Body.

He couldn't help but ask with a puzzled look, "You actually have the Golden Star Sword Body, why don't you focus on swordsmanship?"

Although he didn't know what attributes the Golden Chen Sword Body possessed, as long as it was a sword body, he could comprehend sword intent.

Once the state of perfect harmony between man and sword is achieved, the power will be even greater than that of ordinary sword cultivators who achieve the same state.

This is a unique advantage inherent to the sword.

Why did Weng Lanyue give up sword practice and instead focus on weapon cultivation?
"To be honest, Master, I have no interest in swordsmanship."

"Furthermore, the Golden Star Sword Body is quite special; it only works if you cultivate sword techniques with stellar attributes!"

"And the sword techniques in this area are extremely rare."

"That's why I didn't specialize in swordsmanship!"

Weng Lanyue explained this to Zhou Ling.

"Even your father couldn't get you a sword technique with star attributes?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling asked with some surprise.

Given Lord Weng's rank, it's impossible that he couldn't obtain a sword technique with the Star attribute.

Although this attribute is indeed rare, the Dao Alliance is so vast that there must be quite a few cultivators with the Star attribute.

There are more or less techniques related to this.

"Yes, there are, but the cultivation techniques aren't high-grade; at most, they only reach the Nascent Soul level, so I didn't choose them!"

Weng Lanyue scratched her head, a helpless expression on her pretty face.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling finally looked enlightened.

Indeed, with her talent and resources, she has a great chance of reaching the Nascent Soul stage in the future.

If one were to practice ordinary cultivation techniques, that would actually be a limitation.

He then stopped asking any further questions.

If even Lord Weng, with his connections and strength, couldn't find a high-level star-attribute sword technique, then I can forget about it altogether.

"Brother Ling!"

At this moment, Yuan Hu walked in and bowed to Zhou Ling.

He told Zhou Lingxuan that she was about to take Weng Lanyue as her apprentice and asked him to arrange accommodation for her.

Yuan Hu nodded in agreement, and then left the hall with Weng Lanyue.

After the two left, Zhou Ling thought of the wisp of Heaven and Earth Sword Intent that Dean Gong had comprehended, which was still sealed within his body.

The reason I haven't absorbed or understood anything during this period is...

One aspect is the recovery of the magical power within the body.

In addition, there are many affairs to attend to at the Heavenly Crafts Bureau and the family back in Qingyun Immortal City. He also needs to find time to spend with his wife, which keeps him quite busy.

It just so happens that Weng Lanyue has become my disciple this time, and his swordsmanship talent has improved a lot. Let's see if he can comprehend and integrate this sword intent.

However, it is unknown how long it will take to comprehend this sword intent.

Therefore, he still sent a telepathic message to Lu Yunxi, asking her to take charge of the affairs of the Heavenly Crafts Bureau.

After all, with the beast tide receding from Anyang Immortal City, the Heavenly Crafts Bureau also has many things to deal with.

Lu Yunxi quickly replied, informing Zhou Ling that nothing major had happened during this period.

Zhou Ling then entered the cultivation room.

Inside the cultivation room, Zhou Ling sat cross-legged in meditation, the sealed sword intent surfacing within his body.

Then, he began to remove the seal on it.

Instantly, a ball of azure sword light shot out from his body, appearing in mid-air, filled with vigorous sword energy.

Within the cyan sword energy, it seemed as if a giant tree was growing, full of vitality and with a long-lasting aura.

This created a sense of lush growth throughout the cultivation room.

"This is the fourth realm of sword intent that Dean Gong has comprehended; it's truly formidable!"

Zhou Ling's gaze sharpened slightly as he looked at the azure sword energy before him with a hint of excitement.

Through Dean Gong's introduction, he learned that as long as he comprehended this sword intent, his swordsmanship would be further improved.

Even if one cannot reach the level of "Heaven and Earth Sword", it is enough to reach the third realm and third step!

However, this is the Sword of Heaven and Earth, the Sword Intent of the Four Realms, and it is not easy to comprehend it.

"Luckily, I have talents like [Intermediate Observation] and [Illusion Simulation]!"

Zhou Ling took a deep breath and exhaled gently.

Then immediately activate the [Illusionary Realm Simulation].

With the help of [Illusory Realm Simulation], there will be no threat to oneself, and the effects collected will be more easily obtained.

Suddenly, the scene before my eyes trembled.

It's as if nothing has changed.

But Zhou Ling knew he had entered an illusion.

The next moment, the surrounding green sword energy crisscrossed and roared, enveloping his entire body.

Even though Zhou Ling is now at the third level of body refinement, he can still feel waves of stinging pain on his skin.

If the Green Wood Sword Intent hadn't been targeting him, even with his third-level body refinement, he probably wouldn't have been able to withstand it.

"The power of this sword energy is such that even a fourth-level body refiner might not be able to withstand it."

Zhou Ling felt waves of tearing pain emanating from his body and was greatly shocked.

If I didn't know that this was an illusion and wouldn't cause me any harm...

He found it difficult to withstand the azure sword energy.

The sword energy seemed to ignore Zhou Ling's presence, its flashing and whistling rhythmic.

As it continued to expand, the sword energy surrounding Zhou Ling increased.

The terrifying sword energy not only grazed his skin but also exerted tremendous pressure on him.

Within his body, it seemed as if his blood and flesh were about to transform into the azure sword energy.

This is the Sword of Heaven and Earth.

Within its range, everything is dominated by its sword intent.

It can evolve and plan all things within the sword energy.

Even Zhou Ling's physical body, under the prolonged shroud of sword energy, will eventually become part of the sword energy of this sword of heaven and earth.

Only in this way can it be considered the sword intent of heaven and earth!
"We really can't hold on like this."

Feeling the changes within his body, Zhou Ling frowned.

Next, he needs to comprehend the sword intent of heaven and earth as soon as possible in order to leave this sword energy domain.

At this moment, he had no clue what to do, but the sword energy within his body was becoming increasingly turbulent.

Even with his third-tier physical body, he wouldn't last long!
(End of this chapter)