Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 364 The Senior Sisters' Shock and the Refining of the Rule Jade Seal

"Junior brother, your arrangement looks good, but you're facing Liu Polei, who's at the mid-Nascent Soul stage. The risk is too great!"

Looking at Zhou Ling's relaxed expression, Jin Yun couldn't help but speak up.

She knew that Zhou Ling was using a strategy of pitting inferior horses against superior ones, and superior horses against average ones.

Based on this calculation, the Lingxiao Sect also has a roughly 50% chance of winning.

At least we won't lose too badly.

It's a pretty good plan.

However, a competition between two sects is not an ordinary competition where the contest ends when the opponent has made a move.

Their lives could be in danger at any moment.

Zhou Ling is also the leader of the Lingxiao Sect.

Let him deal with Liu Polei; the latter will not be weak at all!

"Don't worry, senior sister, I have a solution!"

Zhou Ling smiled and said.

"Junior brother, this is no joke."

With a quick glance at Zhou Ling, Fang Yuyun spoke up, "Liu Polei is ruthless and will definitely not hold back. I'll deal with him."

"As for Zhang Yuhu, he is cold on the outside but warm on the inside, so he wouldn't go so far as to kill him."

"Back then, my senior sister fought with Liu Polei and was almost killed by him."

Upon hearing this, a cold expression appeared on Jin Yun's face.

Decades ago, when she was in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, she fought with Liu Polei and was almost killed.

Only with the help of his natal treasure was he able to barely escape the danger.

Therefore, they also knew how terrifying Liu Polei's strength was.

Significant progress has been made in recent years.

Zhou Ling was only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, and even with the treasures passed down by his master, he could hardly resist Liu Polei.

"Do either of you have any footage of the three's recent battles?"

After a moment's thought, Zhou Ling asked.

He wanted to use his talent to observe the actual combat strength of the three people.
"Of course it does."

Jin Yun waved her hand, and a beam of light fell in front of Zhou Ling, which was another image-recording jade.

He immediately spoke up, saying, "These are some recent battle footage of the three of them that I had someone buy for me."

"But that was the situation a couple of years ago!"

"We haven't found any footage of the three of them taking action in the past two years!"

"Of course, two years will improve the strength of a Nascent Soul cultivator, but it shouldn't be a significant increase!"

"Alright, I'll keep this recording jade for now, and return it to my senior sister after I've viewed it!"

Zhou Ling put away the image-recording jade and said with a smile.

"My two senior sisters and all my fellow disciples must be tired from your journey. I'll host a banquet for you to welcome you back and wash away the dust of your journey!"

Then, Zhou Ling said cheerfully.

"Junior brother, the banquet is not a problem."

"Let's first determine the situation regarding our battle against the Zixiao Sect cultivators!"

Jin Yun waved her hand and said seriously.

Although Master said he was following Zhou Ling's arrangements.

But as the senior disciple, she naturally couldn't choose the weakest opponent.

Otherwise, if Zhou Ling is killed by Liu Polei, she will have no face to see her master.

"Senior sister, let's follow my plan!"

Zhou Ling smiled calmly and said.

He wanted the image jade only to observe the three people's combat strength and some weaknesses.

They never intended to change the course of the battle.

"this?"

"Junior brother, Liu Polei's methods are not something that a Golden Core cultivator can withstand!"

"His Purple Heaven Thunder Technique is enough to destroy a fourth-grade top-quality treasure."

Jin Yun said with a solemn expression.

In her opinion, Zhou Ling's confidence was probably due to the powerful defensive artifact his master had given him.

However, with Zhou Ling's cultivation level, he could only control a fourth-order early-stage magic weapon at most, which was completely unable to stop Liu Polei's Purple Heaven Thunder Technique.

"Senior Uncle, you don't need to block him. He's just a Nascent Soul cultivator!"

"My master even killed a fifth-tier Fire Dragon Sparrow Demon King, so why would he be afraid of a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator!"

At this moment, Weng Lanyue, who was pouring tea, couldn't help but speak up.

Recently, all the cultivators in Qingyun Immortal City have learned about Zhou Ling's killing of the fifth-tier Fire Dragon Sparrow Demon King.

As Zhou Ling's disciple, she was even more excited.

In her opinion, her master had even killed a fifth-tier demon king, so why would he be afraid of a Nascent Soul cultivator?

"what?"

"The fifth-tier Fire Dragon Sparrow was killed by my junior brother?"

Upon hearing this, Jin Yun and Fang Yuyun were both taken aback, and then looked at Zhou Ling with puzzled expressions.

Clearly, they did not believe Weng Lanyue's words.

The disciples beside them also looked at Zhou Ling with expressions of doubt.

After all, in their eyes, Zhou Ling was only at the Golden Core stage.

They were far inferior to their master.

He was the youngest, so how did he become the sect leader?

There was still some resentment in his heart.

They couldn't believe what Weng Lanyue said.

Currently, only a small number of high-ranking officials in Tianxia Immortal City know that Zhou Ling killed the Fire Dragon Sparrow.

It hasn't spread widely yet.

They had been away from Tianxia Immortal City for some time, so it was normal that they didn't know about Zhou Ling's situation.

After all, their master hadn't mentioned this junior brother to them.

"Junior brother, is this really true?"

Jin Yun asked with a curious expression.

She knew her master's personality and discernment.

If Zhou Ling was chosen by her, he must be quite capable.

She simply couldn't believe that Zhou Ling, with his Golden Core cultivation, could kill a fifth-tier Fire Dragon Sparrow.

Fang Yuyun also looked at Zhou Ling with a puzzled expression.

"Here's the thing."

Zhou Ling glared at Weng Lanyue, showing some dissatisfaction with her disrespectful nature, and then spoke to Jin Yun.

"Some time ago, I went to Five Spirits Immortal City to assist the ancient city lord and the others in fighting against the sea monster army."

"And I happened to be in control of the Purple Cauldron Warship, and by sheer luck, I managed to kill the Fire Dragon Sparrow Demon King!"

"what?"

Hearing Zhou Ling's nonchalant words, everyone looked at him in disbelief.

"Even if Junior Brother uses the Purple Cauldron Warship to kill a fifth-tier demon king, that level of strength is beyond the capabilities of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators!"

Jin Yun couldn't help but praise.

The way they looked at Zhou Ling was also very different.

Such things cannot be said carelessly.

Moreover, given Zhou Ling's status as the sect leader of the Lingxiao Sect, it is even more impossible.

After all, killing a fifth-tier demon king would greatly enhance the sect's status within the Dao Alliance.

"It seems Master has a discerning eye after all!"

Fang Yuyun blinked her beautiful eyes and praised her in the same tone.

At the same time, a pang of sadness welled up in my heart.

It seems that Master passed the position of sect leader to Zhou Ling because he believed that Zhou Ling's strength was in no way inferior to theirs.

The other six disciples were even more shocked.

No one expected that the sect leader, who was only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, would kill a fifth-tier demon king.

Such a record is something that even Nascent Soul cultivators in the Dao Alliance could not achieve.

His feelings towards Zhou Ling, the sect leader, changed drastically.

"Second Senior Sister, there might be a few more things I need to trouble you with!"

Zhou Ling simply said.

"Junior brother, you're too kind."

"Just ask if your senior sister can help!"

Fang Yuyun quickly adjusted her mindset and laughed heartily.

"That's right. The defensive formations of the Lingxiao Sect and the Zhou family have just been set up and need Senior Sister's help to improve them." "In addition, the warships of the Five Spirits Immortal City are currently being manufactured by my Zhou family workshop."

"I don't know much about formations, so I'll need my senior sister's help to set up some!"

Zhou Ling said this.

His tone was gentle and sincere.

Since Fang Yuyun is a fourth-tier high-grade array master, she should naturally make full use of her abilities.

After all, with eight more high-level cultivators joining at once, the Lingxiao Sect's resources are already strained.

Fortunately, I have a fifth-order spiritual vein to sustain my cultivation. As for the others, I can only think of a solution later.

"Okay, there's no problem with that!"

Fang Yuyun's eyes shone brightly as she nodded directly.

"There's one more thing."

"Qingyun Immortal City is now a fifth-grade immortal city."

"I am the city lord of Immortal City. Senior sisters and fellow disciples, if you have any expertise, please tell me."

"The Immortal City is currently short-handed. If anyone is interested, I can make arrangements!"

Zhou Ling then smiled and spoke to everyone.

Cultivation is not solely reliant on spiritual veins; other resources are also essential.

The Lingxiao Sect can provide them with spiritual lands and cultivation techniques.

But for the rest, they can only fight for it themselves for now.

After all, he can't support that many people.

Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback once again.

I never expected that Zhou Ling would still be the city lord of Qingyun Immortal City.

The shock in my heart was no less than when Weng Lanyue mentioned killing the Fire Dragon Sparrow.

Because everyone knows that a typical fifth-grade immortal city requires combat power at the Nascent Soul level.

"Junior brother, you are still the city lord of the Immortal City? I am truly disrespectful!"

Jin Yun then cupped her hands in greeting and smiled.

As the city lord of the Immortal City, Zhou Ling also undertook the forging of the Five Spirits Immortal City's warships, which undoubtedly demonstrated his formidable strength.

This is far beyond the capabilities of a Golden Core cultivator.

However, considering that Zhou Ling has always cultivated with his master, this doesn't seem unreasonable.

"You're too kind, Senior Sister!"

Zhou Ling replied.

"Lan Yue, go and have a banquet prepared to welcome my senior sisters back!"

He waved to Weng Lanyue and said.

"Yes, Master!"

Weng Lanyue responded and left.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling gave a brief introduction to the current situation of the Lingxiao Sect.

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The Zhou family's training room.

"call!"

"I didn't expect the Dao Alliance to be so thoughtful!"

Zhou Ling slowly opened his eyes, exhaled, and his eyes were full of energy.

At this moment, he felt the benefits brought by cultivating the fifth-order spiritual vein.

Moreover, the fifth-order small spiritual vein that the Dao Alliance gave him contained the attributes of the five elements.

Generally speaking, spiritual veins possessing the attributes of the five elements are extremely rare.

This small spiritual vein is a spiritual vein condensed by the Dao Alliance's artificial array.

It contains a Five Elements Attribute Gathering Pearl, which is why it can condense the Five Elements Spiritual Energy.

This allowed him to cultivate at an even faster pace.

Compared to the original third-tier spiritual vein, it is more than twice as fast.

Furthermore, the absorption speed of [Aura Affinity] is also doubled.

Then, with a wave of his hand, a jade seal appeared, shining with a mysterious radiance.

It was the fifth-grade jade seal of Qingyun Immortal City.

"Now let's see if we can refine this jade seal!"

Looking at the fifth-grade jade seal, Zhou Ling thought to himself.

He planned to use the demon domain condensed from the Fire Dragon Sparrow Demon Core to refine the jade seal.

After all, once this jade seal is refined, it will be able to control the power of the laws of Qingyun Immortal City.

Even if a fifth-tier demonic beast attacks, he can use the jade seal to condense a domain of rules and deal with it.

"Fire Dragon's Domain!"

With a thought, Zhou Ling unleashed a stream of fiery light from his hand, the intense flames billowing forth.

It materialized into a phantom image of a fire dragon sparrow, exuding astonishing power.

Zhou Ling is not yet able to fully unleash the Fire Dragon Flame Domain, but he can still condense the Fire Dragon Sparrow Demon Flame and refine the jade seal.

"Refine!"

The phantom of the Fire Dragon Sparrow enveloped the jade seal, intending to refine it and integrate it into Zhou Ling's body.

"Boom boom boom!"

As the fire dragon bird completely enveloped the jade seal, light shone brightly within it.

A surge of lightning bolts erupted.

Is this the power of rules contained within Qingyun Immortal City?

The fifth-grade jade seal was created by a powerful cultivator from the Dao Alliance by fusing the spiritual jade of heaven and earth with the laws of lightning tribulation.

If one does not possess the power of rules and cannot suppress these tribulation laws, then one cannot refine the jade seal.

This is why the lord of a fifth-grade immortal city is usually a Nascent Soul cultivator.

At this moment, Zhou Ling burned his life essence to activate the Fire Dragon Flame Domain, condensing the power of rules to suppress the Thunder Rules.

"Boom boom boom!"

The fire dragon's flames surged, engulfing the endless lightning emanating from the jade seal.

During this process, Zhou Ling's vital essence was rapidly depleted.

Strands of golden essence blood burned continuously, transforming into the blood energy that ignited the Fire Dragon Flame Domain.

The lightning from the jade seal also surged continuously, and it was not so easy to refine it.

Zhou Ling's expression was solemn, and dozens of drops of essence blood within his body continued to burn, condensing into a jade seal.

In just a dozen breaths, more than half of his vital essence had been consumed.

The lightning around the jade seal gradually dimmed.

It was flashing with purple lightning.

Intense and intense lightning flowed across the surface, illuminating the entire training room as a dazzling sea of ​​lightning.

[You are refining a Grade 5 Thunder Rule Jade Seal. Resilience +1, Refining Speed ​​+30]

With the emergence of the "The More You Frustrate, the Stronger You Become" talent, the Fire Dragon Domain surged violently, completely engulfing the Sea of ​​Lightning.

"Phew, it's finally done!"

After another ten breaths or so, Zhou Ling's body had almost shrunk by half, but he looked at the jade seal with bright eyes and an excited expression.

After consuming almost all of his vital essence and blood, and with the help of the "The More You Fail, the Stronger You Become" talent, he finally succeeded in refining the fifth-grade rule jade seal.

As the jade seal was refined, he also mastered the incantation to control it.

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

As Zhou Ling's thoughts flashed, bursts of lightning light surged from the jade seal in his hand.

Instantly, it shone with purple lightning, as if a sea of ​​thunder had been condensed.

The oppressive aura was like a sudden, overwhelming thunderbolt from heaven and earth.

Zhou Ling's thoughts flowed.

"boom!"

In an instant, lightning flashed everywhere, and purple lightning gathered and swirled like rolling clouds, filling the training room.

With a single thought, Zhou Ling could reduce the entire training room to ashes.

At the same time, within his body, the thunderous rules emanating from the jade seal continuously bombarded and refined his physical body.

Even though Zhou Ling's physical body and meridians have now reached the late stage of the third level, he still feels a tearing pain.

[The power of thunderous rules is tempering the Dharma body; Five Elements Thunder Qi +1, Thunderous Body Refinement +5]

As the [Five Elements Thunderous Aura] talent coalesced, the lightning seemed to find a place to gather, surging and circulating towards the thunderous meridians within Zhou Ling's body.

It continuously flows into the thunder meridians that were originally formed from the Thunder Dragon Demon Core.

After a few moments, the lightning completely merged into it.

Within the Thunder Meridian, purple lightning flashed, and a phantom of a purple lightning dragon roared within, its purple lightning spreading and its oppressive power extremely astonishing.

(End of this chapter)