Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 330 Qingchang Can Also Marry You
"Ling'er, I won't keep you in suspense any longer."

"I've come here today hoping you'll carefully consider the matter of marrying into my Wang family."

"With your talent, as long as you have enough resources, becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator is a sure thing."

After a few casual words, the head of the Wang family got straight to the point and stated the purpose of his visit.

We hope Zhou Ling will reconsider marrying into the Wang family.

Moreover, after marrying into the family, Wang Xin could become the clan leader, and their children would also be candidates for clan leader.

"Patriarch, you flatter me. Now that I have established my own family, it is naturally impossible for me to marry into the Wang family. If the Wang family ever needs anything, my Zhou family will definitely do our best to help."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling immediately refused.

The Zhou family is thriving in every aspect now, and if I were to marry into the Wang family...

That would be equivalent to giving up everything the Zhou family owns.

Not only the Zhou family, but also everything he owns in the Heavenly Crafts Bureau and the Taoist Academy, must be started all over again.

Although the Wang family was able to provide better resources.

But given Zhou Ling's personality, he knew which choice to make: living under someone else's roof or establishing his own family.

Furthermore, he promised his master about rebuilding the Lingxiao Sect.

All of this was managed by him alone.

In this situation, it's possible for him to marry into the Wang family.

Marrying into the Wang family, aside from having more resources and a more predictable future, is entirely more disadvantageous than advantageous.

Zhou Ling also knew that, given his current situation, as long as he developed steadily, he could obtain enough resources, whether through the Dao Alliance or by independently expanding his territory.

Moreover, he has a system by his side, and since he married into the Wang family, he is constantly being watched.

On the contrary, it's inconvenient.

Given his current situation, he has already gained some fame in Qingyun Immortal City, and even in the entire Qingyang Immortal Domain.

We will continue to develop in Tiangongsi and further expand and improve the family workshop.

Then sell the treasures to other immortal cities outside of Qingyun Immortal City.

In the future, I will not lack resources at all, and I will not need to marry into the Wang family.

Hearing Zhou Ling's decisive refusal, a hint of frustration flashed in the eyes of the Wang family head.

He took a sip of the spiritual tea, pondered for a moment, and said seriously, "If you marry into my Wang family, I can have Qingshang marry you as well!"

In his view, Zhou Ling was unyielding and difficult to persuade.

But everyone has their weaknesses.

Considering that Zhou Ling married Wang Xin at such a young age, wouldn't it be more effective to approach him from the woman's perspective?

Of course, given the strength Zhou Ling has demonstrated, he is worthy of his daughter.

So in this way, it can be considered a win-win situation.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling almost spat out the tea he had just drunk.

"Patriarch, you can't say this carelessly. If Sister Qingshang finds out, she'll never forgive me!"

Zhou Ling hurriedly cupped his hands in greeting.

This was something he never expected.

In order to marry into the Wang family, the head of the Wang family actually wanted to marry Wang Qingshang to him as well.

It should be noted that Wang Qingshang is now the designated successor to the Wang family head.

Once one's cultivation reaches the late Golden Core stage, one can succeed as the head of the family.

This is a person who is of great importance to the future of the Wang family.

The head of the Wang family was actually willing to let her marry him as well.

He recognized Wang Qingshang's abilities.

But he felt that refusing so directly wasn't a good idea.

What if Wang Qingshang finds out?

He thought he looked down on her and that she might cause him trouble later.

I can agree to that, but I definitely can't.

"You little brat, you really don't know what's good for you!"

When the head of the Wang family saw that Zhou Ling refused, his face turned ashen. However, he thought that the purpose of his trip was to improve his relationship with Zhou Ling.

There was nothing else to rush, so he suppressed his anger.

He let out a breath and said, "We'll discuss this later."

Zhou Ling was originally unwilling to marry into the Wang family.

Now, not only has his strength increased significantly, but his status is also vastly different, making it even more difficult to persuade him.

He roughly understood Zhou Ling's attitude.

Clearly, he was unwilling to marry into the Wang family and wanted to establish his own clan.

"This is a Five Elements Sword Soul Stone."

"It has been stored in the family for many years, and no sword cultivator with the Five Elements Sword Intent has appeared in the Wang family in recent years."

"Seeing your sword domain today is quite fitting."

"Consider this Five Elements Sword Soul Stone a gift for you and Xin'er's child!"

At this moment, the head of the Wang family took out a five-colored sword stone and handed it to Zhou Ling.

Of course, giving gifts was just an excuse; the main purpose was to improve his relationship with Zhou Ling.

This also made Zhou Ling aware of the Wang family's strength.

As long as he is willing to marry into the Wang family, there will be many benefits for him in the future.

"Five Elements Sword Soul Stone, this is far too precious!"

Zhou Ling said with a surprised look.

He spoke politely, but his hands moved swiftly, reaching out without hesitation to take the five-colored sword stone.

You should know that he comprehended the Five Elements Sword Soul by relying on a wisp of sword intent from the palace courtyard.

The Five Elements Sword Soul is currently in its initial stage.

Today's battle has completely depleted their resources.

Even with the [Restore to Original State] talent, it will still take him several days to recover.

However, if one can comprehend the Five Elements Sword Soul Stone, one's Five Elements Sword Soul will definitely be enhanced, and one's combat power will also increase.

"I will thank the head of the family on behalf of my child!"

Zhou Ling put the five-colored sword stone into his storage ring and bowed to the head of the Wang family.

The baby's due date is early next month.

There are about twenty days left. After the competition at the main hospital, it will be almost time to go back.

The fact that the Wang family head sent a congratulatory gift clearly shows his intention to establish good relations.

He naturally wouldn't be polite either.

"Alright, think about this matter carefully again!"

After saying this, the head of the Wang family got up, took his leave, and departed.

As for what he was talking about, he was naturally referring to the matter of marrying into the Wang family.

Zhou Lingxuan immediately escorted him to the outside of the courtyard.

Only after watching the Wang family head leave did he return to the hall, looking relaxed.

This yielded a Five Elements Sword Soul Stone.

"What brings Patriarch Wang here?"

Looking at Zhou Ling, Gong Yuanzi couldn't help but ask curiously.

She also knew that Zhou Ling's relationship with the Wang family was just so-so.

Otherwise, Zhou Ling would not have visited the Wang family during his time in Qingyang Immortal City.

That doesn't make sense.

Instead, it was the head of the Wang family who came in person.

"It's nothing, she just asked me to bring something to Xin'er!"

Zhou Ling replied with a smile.

The fact that the Wang family head wanted him to marry into the family was something that couldn't be known to others.

"Let's continue our discussion!"

Zhou Ling said with a smile.

Jin Sheng and the others looked at Zhou Ling with envy. A mere Foundation Establishment cultivator had actually received a personal visit from the dignified head of the Wang family.

It should be noted that the Wang family is an aristocratic family with thousands of years of history, and their strength is among the top in the Qingyang Immortal Realm.

Even though the head of the Wang family was only at the Nascent Soul stage, even Nascent Soul cultivators would show him deference.

Such a person actually came to see Zhou Ling in person.

"This time we are facing two opponents from the Heaven-Mending Academy, both of whom are at the Nascent Soul level."

"One cultivates the Cloud Roc Spirit Form, and the other the Thunderfire Flood Dragon Spirit Form. Their power is already comparable to that of a mid-stage fourth-tier demonic beast. They are not easy to deal with!"

Gong Yuanzi pointed to the image on the recording jade and said to Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling looked at the screen following the direction of Dean Gong's jade-like finger.

On the arena, two enormous demonic beast bodies materialized.

One of them was a roc, tens of feet tall, which flapped its wings, stirring up a whirlwind that condensed into a vortex.

It seemed as if endless, sharp sword energy was whistling out from within the vortex.

This is the bloodline supernatural power of Yunpeng Lingxiang.

The other one was a similarly several-dozen-foot-long thunder and fire dragon spirit form, which spewed out thunder and flames, condensing a thunder and fire domain, and its power was equally astonishing.

"Is this the True Spirit Domain condensed by a True Spirit cultivator?"

Seeing the terrifying spiritual attack on the screen, Zhou Ling asked a question.

Cultivators who practice the Path of True Spirit merge the blood of demonic beasts' true spirits with their own magical power to condense a Dharma Domain.

Its domain contains not only the power of rules, but also the power of the bloodline of true spirits, making it appear to be quite powerful.

"This True Spirit Domain possesses the rule power of a human cultivator's domain, as well as the bloodline supernatural abilities of a True Spirit, which is why I said it would be difficult to deal with."

"It seems we'll have to use the Sun and Moon Five Elements Sword Formation in this battle!"

Dean Gong nodded and said.

"Both instructors at the Butian Dao Academy are early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, and their True Spirit fusion is at the fourth rank. The True Spirit Domains they condense are several times stronger than those of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators."

"Moreover, the magical power of a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stage is several times that of a Golden Core cultivator in the peak stage. The magical domain they condense is beyond your ability to handle!"

Dean Gong continued.

Although Zhou Ling had defeated two Golden Core Peak cultivators in succession, demonstrating his strength.

However, the power of the Dharma Domain condensed by the Nascent Soul Realm is definitely not something Zhou Ling can handle.

Therefore, the two only have a chance if they form a sword formation to fight each other.

Moreover, as long as we defeat the Heaven-Mending Academy.

If the Sword Academy can enter the top eight, it will become a fifth-grade academy, and this mission can be considered complete.

Whether we can go any further depends on the situation of our opponents.

After all, those who made it to the top eight are all extremely strong.

No one is confident that they can defeat their opponent.

Zhou Ling carefully observed the scene, meticulously analyzing the domain of magic formed by the spiritual images of the two individuals through [Intermediate Observation] and [Intermediate Analysis].

With the help of his two talents, he knew far more than Dean Gong and the others.

This Spiritual Realm does indeed have its advantages, as it integrates the power of laws comprehended by human cultivators with the bloodline supernatural abilities of the Spiritual Realm.

This will make the power of the Dharma Domain even stronger.

However, it is not without its weaknesses.

The power of the domain rules condensed in this way is actually not as pure as the domain condensed by a typical Nascent Soul cultivator.

Because of their cultivation of spiritual forms, spiritual form cultivators rely more on the power of their spiritual forms when undergoing tribulations.

Therefore, the feedback from the rules of heaven and earth is far less than that from pure cultivation of magic.

This has both advantages and disadvantages!

"Dean, I'll handle this Thunderfire Flood Dragon Spirit Aspect cultivator!"

After a short while, Zhou Ling said with a smile.

This Thunderfire Flood Dragon Spiritual Domain primarily uses thunder and fire attacks, so it poses a limited threat to him.

After all, with the help of the Five Elements Thunder Force, he was able to absorb most of the attack power and continue to strengthen the Five Elements Spiritual Flame and Thunder Body.

Moreover, there is also a Thunder Dragon spirit within him, and the Thunder Dragon is also at the fourth level.

In a direct confrontation, he would not be at a disadvantage at all.

"How sure are you?"

Upon hearing this, Dean Gong raised an eyebrow and inquired.

Based on her understanding of Zhou Ling, she knew he dared to say that because he was confident in his abilities.

However, she was still somewhat worried that Zhou Ling didn't know enough about True Spirit cultivators.

They misjudged their strength.

If I get entangled with him, it won't be so easy for me to help him.

If the two of them were to form a sword formation to attack again, it wouldn't be so easy.

Therefore, if Zhou Ling is not very confident...

Then he might as well use the Sun and Moon Five Elements Sword Formation directly, and with the help of his Heaven and Earth Sword Domain, he could make up for Zhou Ling's lack of cultivation.

The chances of winning will be greater.

Upon hearing that Zhou Ling was going to directly fight a Nascent Soul cultivator, the other disciples were even more shocked.

Zhou Ling's ability to defeat a peak Golden Core cultivator was already beyond people's comprehension.

Now they're even challenging Nascent Soul cultivators—what kind of heaven-defying existence is this?

They are all Foundation Establishment cultivators, yet his Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment is so terrifyingly powerful.

Seeing the puzzled looks on everyone's faces, Zhou Ling smiled and said, "About fifty percent!"

Seemingly worried that Dean Gong might not believe him, he added, "Dean, don't worry."

"Dealing with demonic beasts is my forte. Look at Anyang Immortal City back then, those two fourth-tier demonic beasts didn't pose any threat to me!"

Zhou Ling appeared relaxed, speaking of a fourth-tier demon beast as if he were facing a second-tier demon beast.

"But this is the Spiritual Realm, which is very different from the bloodline supernatural powers of demonic beasts!"

Dean Gong reminded him.

"I know!"

Zhou Ling nodded and said.

Through intermediate analysis, he was also able to discern the differences.

The Spiritual Domain is not merely a fusion of a cultivator's domain and spiritual bloodline supernatural powers.

It's more of a fusion of rules and bloodline supernatural powers, and the power is also different.

He wasn't confident if he were facing another cultivator's Cloud Roc Spiritual Domain.

But he was confident in the Fire Dragon Spiritual Domain.

As for whether the [Beast Intimidation] has any effect on the spirit form of the beast, he didn't know.

If it works, that would be even better.

After all, the current demonic beast's pressure has reached the third level, which is enough to weaken the power of the spiritual form by 20% to 30%.

Seeing Zhou Ling's relaxed expression, Dean Gong nodded and said no more.

Thinking of Zhou Ling's battle against the demonic beasts in Anyang Immortal City, she knew that Zhou Ling had an advantage over the demonic beasts.

As for the specific situation?
Since Zhou Ling didn't say anything, he naturally wouldn't ask.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling discussed the matter with Dean Gong and others.

They pointed out some specific countermeasures to Jin Sheng and others' tactics, which taught Jin Sheng and others a lot.

Zhou Ling then returned to her room.

After drinking a few sips of spiritual tea and calming himself down, he sat cross-legged and took out the Five Elements Sword Soul Stone that the Wang family head had given him to examine.

"It would be more effective to directly enter the [Illusionary Realm Simulation]!"

With that in mind, Zhou Ling immediately activated the [Illusionary Realm Simulation].

After all, there is limited time until tomorrow, and even if the Five Elements Sword Soul Stone is helpful to him, he may not be able to gain anything in such a short time.

However, entering the [Illusionary Realm Simulation] only consumes one's spiritual energy, and the passage of real time is only a few breaths.

As the Five Elements Sword Soul Stone buzzed, strands of Five Elements Sword Qi suddenly flashed on its surface.

According to the Wang family head, the Five Elements Sword Soul Stone is sealed with the Five Elements Sword Soul Sword Domain.

If one can integrate and comprehend these insights, it will greatly enhance one's Five Elements Sword Soul.

(End of this chapter)