Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 371 Forging a Fourth-Order Warship and Heading to Tianxia Immortal City
The Zhou Family Hall.

When Zhou Shan and his wife heard that Wang Qingshang was going to marry into the Zhou family, they both looked surprised.

Moreover, Wang Yu and Xin'er actually both agreed to this.

Although they knew that the Zhou family was now quite powerful.

Moreover, it was perfectly normal for heads of aristocratic families to have three wives and four concubines.

But they never imagined their son would marry Wang Qingshang.

After all, Wang Qingshang was familiar with them.

He was the head of the Wang family appointed by the family.

She's willing to marry her own son?

Of course, they are happy to accept this kind of thing.

Subsequently, after discussion between Wang Yu and Li Ru, the marriage between Zhou Ling and Wang Qingshang was arranged.

As for the specific date, we can only wait until Zhou Ling returns from Tianxia Immortal City to make a decision.

After the marriage was arranged, Li Ru directly invited Wang Qingshang to stay at the Zhou family's house.

After all, the Zhou family's spiritual veins have now reached the fifth level.

The effect is much better than the fourth-order spiritual vein of Xuan Ting Si.

Wang Qingshang naturally did not refuse.

Now that the marriage has been arranged, she can be considered a member of the Zhou family.

Staying at the Zhou family's place for now is not a big deal.

Immediately afterwards, Li Ru also hosted a banquet to entertain Wang Yu and Wang Qingshang.

Wang Yu has consistently provided significant assistance to the Zhou family.

As Wang Xin's mother, Li Ru and her husband have always treated Wang Yu as family.

She was also filled with gratitude towards Wang Yu.

"Although I thought Zhou Ling had good aptitude, I never expected him to become the city lord of a fifth-grade immortal city."

After the marriage was arranged, Wang Yu and Li Ru chatted casually.

Wang Qingshang listened quietly to Zhou Ling, also wanting to learn more about his past.
Wang Yu was deeply moved and filled with admiration for Zhou Ling's situation.

Although she had always admired Zhou Ling, his achievements completely exceeded her expectations.

She knew their family situation better than anyone else.

For someone born into a rogue cultivator, without a fortuitous opportunity, achieving Foundation Establishment in this lifetime is extremely difficult.

"It's all thanks to Sister Yu's help and her introduction of Ling'er to Master Ziling that he has achieved what he has today!"

Li Ru looked grateful.

In her opinion, her son would never have achieved what he has today if he hadn't received guidance from Fairy Ziling.

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Three days passed quickly.

Zhou Ling was extremely busy for the past three days.

It mainly concerns the Immortal City.

Those Nascent Soul cultivators, as if they had made prior arrangements, all came to visit.

And they brought generous gifts.

On the one hand, he expressed his desire to befriend Zhou Ling.

Another hope is to obtain a fifth-order spiritual vein branch.

Some even wanted to send women from their clans to Zhou Ling as concubines.

Zhou Ling naturally refused such a request outright.

He has now agreed to marry Wang Qingshang.

How could he possibly go and provoke other women?

Although these heads of the household meant that even being a maid serving tea and water would be acceptable.

But Zhou Ling naturally wouldn't waste time on such things.

As for the matter of the fifth-order spiritual vein branching.

The families he had already decided on were the Song family and the Weng family.

In addition, the Zhou family occupies the main branch.

There are only about three spots left.

This includes the other fourteen Nascent Soul families of Qingyun Immortal City, as well as the Nascent Soul families that are currently preparing to relocate to Qingyun Immortal City.

According to the applications received in the past few days, four Nascent Soul families from other immortal cities in the western part of the Qingyang Immortal Realm have requested to join the Qingyun Immortal City.

After all, apart from Anyang Immortal City, Qingyun Immortal City is now the only fifth-grade immortal city in the entire western region.

Other Nascent Soul families naturally also hoped to move in.

Moreover, they themselves also have merits in the Daoist Alliance.

Therefore, Qingyun Immortal City must also accept it.

After all, military merits earned within the Dao Alliance are recognized throughout the entire Dao Alliance.

It's just that the Nascent Soul families in Qingyun Immortal City have a relative priority.

Fortunately, Zhou Ling also left these matters to Deputy City Lord Weng.

Having been the city lord of Qingyun Immortal City for many years, he naturally knew how to balance the interests among the various Nascent Soul families.

This saved Zhou Ling a lot of unnecessary trouble.

As for the affairs of the Heavenly Crafts Bureau, with Lu Yunxi there, everything is running smoothly.

If Lu Yunxi weren't just a second-rank Heavenly Craftsman, Zhou Ling would have been willing to give her the position of Director of the Heavenly Crafts Bureau.

She had helped me a lot since I started in Lingxia Immortal City.

However, she is currently only at the late Foundation Establishment stage, and can barely refine second-tier high-grade magic weapons.

With this level of cultivation and weapon crafting skills, it's definitely not enough for him to become the head of the Heavenly Crafts Bureau.

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This day, at the Zhou family workshop.

The workshop is now more than ten times larger than it used to be.

The workshop has three complete production lines.

The number of weapon refiners of the second rank or above reached fifty-two, most of whom were disciples of the Xuan Yuan Dao Academy, with some being transferred from the Tian Gong Si.

After all, the Zhou family workshop is now the designated warship forging workshop of the Dao Alliance.

The weapon refiners from the Heavenly Crafts Bureau also had to obey Zhou Ling's orders and come over to help with the refining.

The number of apprentices reached over a hundred, and they were mainly from the outer sect of Xuan Yuan Dao Academy.

At this moment, clanging and banging sounds could be heard continuously from inside the workshop.

It seemed bustling with activity and extremely busy.

In the southeast corner of the workshop, a huge warship had already taken shape. On the deck of the warship, Zhou Ling and Fang Yuyun bowed to each other and said something.

The warship is shaped like a shuttle, with pointed sides and a wide middle.

The warship was surrounded by five-colored light, and its main body was made of materials of the five elements, possessing the attributes of the five elements.

The control panel for the warship was positioned in the middle of the warship.

"Thank you so much, Senior Sister, for your help in completing the construction of this fourth-tier Five Elements Thunder Boat as soon as possible."

As he spoke, Zhou Ling waved his hand, and five Five Elements Spiritual Flames appeared out of thin air, shining with five-colored flame spiritual light and emitting a faint pressure.

It was poured into the five-colored array plate in front.

Instantly, five-colored flames surrounded the five-colored array plate, resembling five fiery dragons refining the array plate.

Beside her, Fang Yuyun also chanted an incantation, and eight black array flags flew out from her hand.

Shining with dazzling lightning, it landed on the warship, in the array eye that had been left out during the original forging process.

After completing all this, Fang Yuyun continued to chant incantations, casting array seals to connect the array plate and array flags.

Refining this Five Elements Thunder Array Plate was a huge challenge for the two of them.

After all, this was the first time the two had worked together.

One was refining the Five Elements Array Patterns, and the other was setting up the Eight Extremes Heavenly Thunder Array.

The difficulty of integrating two completely different magic arrays into one is self-evident.

However, with proper coordination, the two formations can be fully integrated, allowing them to complement each other's strengths and weaknesses.

Zhou Ling himself possesses not only the five elements but also the lightning attribute, and he cultivates the Eight Extremes Immortal Thunder Technique, which is extremely compatible with the Eight Extremes Heavenly Thunder Array.

It was for this reason that Zhou Ling decided to integrate the Eight Extremes Heavenly Thunder Formation into the Five Elements Thunder Boat as the main attack formation.

In that case, if he were to control the Five Elements Thunder Boat, its power would be greatly enhanced.

With the help of the Five Elements Spiritual Flame and the Eight Extremes Immortal Thunder Technique, the power of this warship is no less than that of a top-grade fourth-tier vessel.

After the Five Elements Spirit Flame had finished carving the Five Elements Array Patterns, it was Fang Yuyun's turn.

As she concentrated her magic, surging bolts of lightning erupted from the array flags, slowly merging and combining with the Five Elements Array Plate.

The five elements' spiritual light and the purple lightning continuously merged, eventually becoming one. After an unknown amount of time, Fang Yuyun withdrew her spell, slightly panting, her ample chest rising and falling.

"Junior brother, you have successfully completed the fusion, but the Five Elements Spirit Array and the Eight Extremes Heavenly Thunder Array are completely different in nature, so we will continue to fuse them."

"In the short term, its grade may not reach the standard of mid-grade fourth rank."

After hearing this, Zhou Ling looked at the array plate that was shimmering with the five elements' spiritual light and lightning.

With intermediate observation and intermediate analysis, he can see through the integration between the two, but it is not yet fully in place.

Zhou Ling immediately condensed his own Thunder Rule Domain, smiled and said, "Senior Sister, let me give it a try!"

Through intermediate analysis, he was able to identify some problems in the integration of the two.

By using the Thunder Domain to clear the way, they can be completely integrated.

As he finished speaking, a bolt of lightning condensed in his hand.

Under the astonished gazes of Fang Yuyun and the others, Zhou Ling injected lightning into the array plate.

Suddenly, a burst of lightning flashed across the array plate.

The eight black array flags that Fang Yuyun had just set up also began to emit lightning light.

They surged toward the array plate, and the Five Elements array within the array plate was also activated.

Then the two merged and transformed into a more powerful Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Array.

The lightning rays condensed from the Eight Extremes Heavenly Thunder were located on the outer perimeter, roaring and surging.

The five elements' radiance resides within.

The layers are distinct yet intertwined.

"Junior brother, how did you do that?"

Fang Yuyun looked on in surprise as she looked at the two orderly rings of energy.

As a fourth-tier high-grade array master, she could naturally see it.

The Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Formation is now in its best condition.

But just now, she had tried several times and couldn't do it at all.

But Zhou Ling so easily and perfectly blended the two.

This truly surprised her.

"Junior brother, are you actually a fourth-tier formation master?"

Jin Yun, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but ask in surprise.

As far as she knew, Zhou Ling was a fourth-tier weapon refiner and a third-tier alchemist.

Moreover, he is a fourth-tier beast tamer.

If you add a fourth-tier array master to that, then this talent is truly terrifying.

After all, any one of these is enough to make many cultivators look up to them with envy.

"No, I simply used the Thunder Domain of the Eight Extremes Immortal Thunder Technique, and slightly fused the Thunder Array Eye with the Five Elements Array Eye!"

Zhou Ling said this.

"Master's judgment is truly astonishing; such talent is simply monstrous!"

Jin Yun couldn't help but praise.

We spent only a few days together.

As the senior sister, she also greatly admired Zhou Ling.

"You flatter me, senior sister!"

Zhou Ling smiled.

"Junior brother, however, to activate both the Five Elements and Heavenly Thunder Formations simultaneously requires top-grade spirit stones with both Five Elements and Thunder attributes, which are not easy to find."

Looking at the array plate, Jin Yun frowned slightly.

Especially rare are the Heavenly Grade Spirit Stones with the Thunder Attribute.

The Lingxiao Sect is newly established, with a weak foundation and even fewer resources in all aspects.

"Don't worry, senior sister, I'll figure something out."

Zhou Ling smiled and said.

Once this Five Elements Thunder Boat starts operating, even without activating the magic array, it will consume ten high-grade spirit stones per month.

To activate this Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Array, one needs Heavenly Grade Spirit Stones with Five Elements and Thunder attributes.

Each attack requires at least half a Heavenly Grade Spirit Stone.

However, if fully activated, it is enough to contend with a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

This power is entirely worthwhile for the Lingxiao Sect, which currently lacks a Nascent Soul cultivator to oversee it.

Although Fairy Ziling is a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, her injuries have not recovered by more than 50%, and her peak combat strength is only at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

Therefore, maintaining this warship is also extremely necessary.

Of course, being able to successfully refine it is already a great achievement.

Without Fang Yuyun's assistance, Zhou Ling alone certainly wouldn't have reached this level.

Reaching the mid-grade fourth rank is already the limit.

Overall, it was somewhat unexpected for Zhou Ling.

Fang Yuyun was said to be a fourth-tier high-grade array master, but her actual strength was even higher than he expected.

No wonder Master originally planned for her to deal with Liu Polei.

Indeed, she has the strength to do so thanks to the formation.

"Congee!"

Zhou Ling gave a low shout and waved his hand, sending six streams of light into the Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Array Plate.

Zhou Ling then recited an incantation, linking the Five Elements Formation with the Eight Extremes Heavenly Thunder Formation.

In an instant, five-colored spiritual light slowly condensed on the warship, converging in the middle of the warship to form a huge five-colored light shield that enveloped the warship.

"This defense is already at the fourth-tier high-grade level. If it were enhanced with the Five Elements Spirit Flame, it could be raised to another level!"

Looking at the condensed five-elemental spiritual light defensive shield, Zhou Ling smiled and spoke.

Combined with the attack of the Eight Extremes Heavenly Thunder Formation, Zhou Ling believed that this Five Elements Heavenly Thunder Warship was enough to fight against a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

Looking at the warship's protective shield, Jin Yun and Fang Yuyun nodded with satisfaction.

"There are still ten days until the competition with Zixiao Sect. Now that the warship is completed, let's inform our master and set off tomorrow!"

Zhou Ling then spoke to his two senior sisters.

Both senior sisters nodded.

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The next day, the wind was calm and the sun was beautiful.

At Zhoujia Square.

A number of figures gathered there.

Today, Zhou Ling and the others will head to Tianxia Immortal City.

They still need to go to Qingyang Immortal City first, and then use the fifth-order teleportation array in Qingyang Immortal City to teleport to Tianxia Immortal City.

"Husband, be careful!"

Holding her daughter, Wang Xin spoke to Zhou Ling with concern.

She also knew that Zhou Ling's trip to Tianxia Immortal City was to challenge the Zixiao Sect.

Moreover, this involves the lineage of two sects, so it cannot be a competition like that of a Taoist academy.

The Zixiao Sect is extremely powerful within the Dao Alliance.

Therefore, she couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"Everything will be alright, just take good care of Xiaoying'er!"

Zhou Ling smiled and said.

Li Ru and Zhou Shan also looked at Zhou Ling with concern, but they knew that what Zhou Ling was facing now was far beyond their comprehension.

Li Ru couldn't help but whisper a few words of advice.

"Everyone go back!"

Zhou Ling waved to everyone and leaped onto the warship.

Wang Qingshang boarded the warship with him.

Currently, He Zijian has taken over the position of deacon of the Demon Slayer Division.

Her new appointment has not yet been finalized, so she plans to go to Tianxia Immortal City with Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling was initially opposed.

But Wang Qingchang insisted.

Zhou Ling had no choice but to go along with her.

Zi Ling Fairy and the others were already waiting on the warship.

They set off immediately.

(End of this chapter)