Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

A month later.

Inside the meditation room, Zhou Ling sat cross-legged in meditation.

Lightning shone brightly around him.

A faint, ethereal image of the Thunder Emperor materialized.

"Hoohoo!"

"Finally, I've entered the second level of the Purple Heaven Immortal Thunder Technique!"

Zhou Ling exhaled, her face beaming with joy.

The second level of the Purple Cloud Immortal Thunder Technique is the starting point for the condensation of the Thunder Emperor's Form, and its difficulty is several times higher than the first level.

Extremely mysterious and unpredictable.

Condensing Purple Heaven Immortal Thunder is merely the beginning; only by condensing Purple Heaven Emperor Image can one truly begin to comprehend this Purple Heaven Immortal Thunder Technique.

This month, Zhou Ling used the [Illusory Realm Simulation] to enter the secret realm space and, with the help of the Enlightenment Tree, cultivated the second level of the "Purple Heaven Immortal Thunder Technique".

Each time one's spiritual energy is completely depleted, one can only comprehend a fraction of it.

It should be noted that his current spiritual power is no less than that of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, and he is also cultivating the "Three Pure Creation Technique," which is exceptionally powerful.

But after expending his energy, he took a Soul Essence Pill to quickly restore his soul and continue cultivating.

In this month, he entered the [Illusionary Realm Simulation] thirty times.

Only then did he formally comprehend the second level of the Purple Heaven Immortal Thunder Technique and condense the Purple Heaven Emperor Image.

However, achieving a complete second layer is not so easy.

Moreover, even with Zhou Ling's current level of cultivation, he can only condense a Purple Heaven Emperor Image that is less than half a zhang in size.

This can only be achieved by relying on one's own Thunderous Body.

Once he fully comprehends the second level and is able to condense a Purple Heaven Emperor Image over three zhang in length, he will be able to fully unleash the power of the Purple Heaven Immortal Thunder Technique.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ling's mind stirred, and a jade seal in his hand crackled with lightning.

This is the jade seal of the city lord of Qingyun Immortal City.

With the help of this jade seal, he was able to control the power of the thunderous rules of Qingyun Immortal City.

As the Thunder Jade Seal's thunderous energy merged into his Purple Heaven Emperor Image.

The previously faint imperial aura suddenly doubled in size and became extremely solid.

It looks much more powerful than the Thunder Emperor Form that Liu Polei has condensed.

The oppressive aura emanating from it alone is on a completely different level.

Of course, this is normal, after all, Liu Polei cultivates the Purple Heaven Thunder Technique, which is only a mid-grade Earth-rank technique, and there is still a big gap between it and this Heaven-rank technique.

Zhou Ling circulated his cultivation technique, condensing celestial lightning.

Suddenly, a rumbling sound rang out from the hands of the Purple Cloud Emperor, followed by the condensation of a purple immortal lightning bolt.

This divine lightning contained extremely violent power.

Zhou Ling felt that even if the three immortal thunderbolts he had originally cultivated using the Eight Extremes Immortal Thunder Technique were combined, they might not have such astonishing power.

The surging thunder made him feel that this strike was enough to kill a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stages.

This is the power of the immortal thunder condensed by the Thunder Emperor.

Moreover, unlike his condensation of immortal lightning, which requires a process.

The celestial lightning condensed by the Thunder Emperor is not only terrifying in power, but also incredibly fast.

He can conjure it up with a single thought, without needing to prepare a spell.

Of course, in the current situation, he mainly relied on the jade seal of Qingyun Immortal City to achieve this effect.

If you consume your own lightning magic, you might not achieve this effect.

But it's already pretty good.

After all, he has only just entered the second level.

Only then can the Purple Heaven Emperor's Image be formed.

Of course, if he were to use the jade seal to fully condense and activate the Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor Form, its power would be considerable.

It could even possess combat power comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Zhou Ling was very satisfied with the results.

After all, it's a Heaven-rank cultivation technique.

Not everyone can grasp this.

I've made such progress in just one month.

If her master found out, she would be shocked.

Then, with a thought, he dispersed his cultivation technique.

The Purple Cloud Emperor's image in front of him also dissipated.

Zhou Ling then put the jade seal into his storage ring.

"It's time to come out of seclusion after a month, otherwise my family will worry!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

He has a natural talent for support, so he rarely goes into seclusion for such a long time.

He made this choice in order to condense the Thunder Emperor's Form as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, it would never happen.

After all, he is now the city lord of Qingyun Immortal City, and he has a lot to do.

There are also sect and family affairs.

Some decisions still require his input.

Then, he activated the communication jade.

Once he goes into seclusion, his communication jade will also shut down.

But as soon as it was turned on, numerous voices rang out.

A disciple from the Taoist temple asked a question.

An official from the Imperial Workshop reported on the matter.

Reports were made to various departments and offices in the Immortal City.

Zhou Ling's brain was buzzing from listening.

However, he soon showed a happy expression.

Among these telepathic messages, he heard a lot of joyful news.

Two of them are the most important.

Master emerged from seclusion half a month ago, and his injuries have recovered to 90%.

Although he has not yet reached his original peak state, he has reached the combat power of the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

With continued practice, he will eventually return to his peak condition, and perhaps even surpass it.

According to the message sent by my master, the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame played a significant role in the healing process.

Moreover, during the healing process, the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame absorbed the spiritual energy released after the Longevity Spirit Fruit and other spiritual objects merged with its master's magic power, and actually improved to the fourth-tier top-grade level.

We're one step closer to the fifth rank.

Zhou Ling was certain that among the next four spiritual flames, the Azure Lotus Spiritual Flame would be the first to reach the fifth rank.

Another piece of good news is that both disciples, Bai Ji and Luo Xuan, have successfully established their foundations at the same time.

However, it implies that neither of them is at the Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment stage; both are at the Earthly Rank Foundation Establishment stage.

But they were both able to accept this situation.

After all, they took a gamble.

If it doesn't work, there's nothing we can do about it.

Zhou Ling knew that he couldn't force it.

After all, to achieve the Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment, besides possessing formidable strength, many other factors are also required.

Of course, a good foundation is also quite good.

There is still a great chance of entering the Golden Core stage in the future. As for achieving the Nascent Soul stage, that will require more resources and opportunities.

But that's still a long way off, so there's no need to rush.

Once you've laid a solid foundation, taking things one step at a time is the most important thing.

There were also reports from several other prominent families, some of whom invited the Zhou family to participate in the expansion of their territory.

It is a fourth-order realm.

Zhou Ling wasn't particularly interested in that at the moment.

After all, the Zhou family's overall strength is not yet sufficient to support such territorial expansion.

Furthermore, continuing the previous cooperation method with the Song family, which only involved providing magical artifacts, is also not feasible.

The Zhou family has now taken over the task of forging warships for the Five Spirits Immortal City.

They simply can't keep up.

Therefore, he discussed it with his wife and decided that the family workshop would henceforth focus on manufacturing warships.

As for the family treasures that were originally in Qingyun Immortal City, they will continue to be produced, but another workshop will be set up and a group of weapon refiners will be hired to refine them.

As for the specifics, Wang Qingshang was in charge of all the operations.

Zhou Ling hasn't been paying much attention to it lately.

He was completely at ease leaving family affairs to Wang Qingshang.

There are other developments, such as the progress of the fifth-tier spiritual veins within the city.

New aristocratic families are applying to move into Qingyun Immortal City, etc.

After reviewing the information, Zhou Ling provided some simple responses.

Only then did he get up and leave the cultivation room.

Upon entering the hall, they saw Ying'er's mother playing with her.

He spends more time with his granddaughter each day than she does cultivating or brewing spirit wine. Of course, he only brews one batch of spirit wine a day now, which is kept for his family to drink or given to Fairy Ziling.

The distillery was also taken over by other family members.

Looking at her mother's doting eyes, Zhou Ling felt a surge of warmth in her heart.

Thinking back to my childhood, the scene of my mother taking me hunting in the mountains seems so vivid in my mind.

Meanwhile, the two wives were discussing something on the side.

Of course, it was called a discussion, but Xin'er usually listened to Wang Qingshang.

"father!"

Seeing Zhou Ling enter the hall, Zhou Ying jogged over to him.

"My Ying'er has grown taller again!"

Zhou Ling smiled and picked up her daughter.

I haven't seen my daughter for a month, and she's grown even taller.

What did Grandma tell you?

Zhou Ling, holding his daughter, sat down in the armchair and asked with a smile.

"Grandma said that when you were very young, she went into the mountains with you to collect herbs!"

"I want to go into the mountains to collect medicinal herbs too!"

Zhou Ying said excitedly.

"Going into the mountains to gather herbs is something I do back home. Going out of Qingyun Immortal City to gather herbs is too far!"

Zhou Ling smiled at her daughter.

After playing with her daughter for a while, Li Ru took Zhou Qingying outside for a stroll.

Zhou Ling then sent a telepathic message to Bai Ji and Luo Xuan, asking them to come over.

"My lord, a few days ago, Five Spirits Immortal City delivered a fourth-tier warship, and now they've sent another one. They hope we can forge it as soon as possible!"

At this moment, Wang Qingshang smiled gently and spoke softly to Zhou Ling.

"Is there a problem?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling couldn't help but ask.

The workshop and Xuan Yuan Dao Academy are now in a direct cooperative relationship.

Some fourth-order inscriptions can be crafted by instructors at the Dao Academy.

He would only intervene if the inscription was particularly difficult or if it was urgent.

After all, the spirit flames he possessed were of a high grade, and his success rate was much higher than that of other weapon refiners in the academy.

"This time it's a fifth-tier warship, one that even the instructors at the Inscription Academy couldn't forge!"

Wang Qingshang said helplessly.

"A Tier 5 warship?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling was slightly taken aback.

No wonder the instructors at the Taoist academy couldn't refine it.

However, the agreement made with the Five Spirits Immortal City did not include the forging of fifth-tier warships.

It should be noted that he was only able to refine mid-grade fourth-order inscriptions back then.

The reason why the Purple Cauldron Warship could be repaired was entirely due to the fusion of the Qianyang True Fire with the Golden Soul Burning Heaven Flame Spirit Soul.

Therefore, the regulations only stipulated the repair of Tier 5 warships, not the forging of Tier 5 warships.

After all, he couldn't refine it himself.

Moreover, Five Spirits Immortal City also stated at the time that there was no need to refine any more Tier 5 warships in the short term.

The four Tier 5 warships within the Immortal City are sufficient for the time being.

That's why he had some doubts at that moment.

"According to the envoy from Five Spirits Immortal City."

"After the demon race was defeated in the last great battle, Five Spirits Immortal City has been peaceful."

"My strength has recovered during this period."

"After inspecting the area and consulting with the higher-ups of the Dao Alliance, it has been decided to advance the front line three hundred miles along the sea!"

"Therefore, we need two new Tier 5 warships!"

After pouring Zhou Ling a cup of spiritual tea, Wang Qingshang said the same thing.

"I see!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling nodded.

The human cultivators of Five Spirits Immortal City could not remain passively defensive indefinitely.

Now that the Demon King is injured, it would be a wise move to advance the defensive line.

With an extra layer of defense, Five Spirits Immortal City will have an extra layer of protection.

After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "Was it specified what kind of warship it was?"

With my current strength, I could try to forge a fifth-tier warship.

After all, the Qianyang True Fire is already close to the fourth-tier top-grade level.

At the same time, his control over the Five Elements and Thunder rules has also greatly improved.

"no!"

"That's Senior Ji's idea. He said that my husband should design the fifth-tier warship himself."

"Focus on offensive power!"

Wang Qingchang picked up the teacup, took a sip of the spiritual tea, and said with a smile.

The image jade sent by the envoy also shows the trust that the cultivators of Five Spirits Immortal City have in their husbands.

"It's Elder Ji's idea!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling couldn't help but stroke his chin.

These past few months have passed, so Mr. Ji should have recovered quite well by now, right?

But if he recovers, he shouldn't need to forge a fifth-tier warship himself, right?

With Elder Ji's abilities, he could easily refine it himself.

Zhou Ling was somewhat puzzled.

Of course, when he left Five Spirits Immortal City, Ji Siqing gave him a warship imprint and a pattern for refining the formation.

It contains numerous fifth-tier warship inscriptions and formations.

"Since it's Elder Ji's idea, I'll give it a try!"

Zhou Ling thought for a moment and said.

Since Ji Siqing trusts me so much, I can't let him down.

At the same time, forging warships and protecting the Five Spirits Immortal City is also his responsibility as a member of the Dao Alliance.

Of course, he didn't lose out by crafting this fifth-tier warship.

All materials were obtained from the Dao Alliance Tiangong Division.

And there's plenty to go around.

Therefore, forging a warship not only brings rewards.

At the same time, it can also obtain a lot of material resources.

Such Tier 5 resources are rare on the market.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you can forge a fifth-tier warship.

At this moment, Zhou Ling was also uncertain.

After all, he had never forged a fifth-tier warship before.

Therefore, we need to think about it carefully.

"Professor Ji also stated that a response should be given as soon as possible, preferably with a design plan!"

Wang Qingshang then said the same thing.

Seeing Zhou Ling deep in thought, she paused and then said, "Husband, if we're not confident in crafting a fifth-tier warship, we'd better not take this order!"

"After all, this is the warship of the Five Spirits Immortal City, a matter of utmost importance, and absolutely no mistakes can be made!"

The contract signed with the Five Spirits Immortal City did not involve the forging of fifth-tier warships.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, she felt it was wiser to cancel the order.

After all, if something goes wrong, it will cause heavy casualties among the cultivators of Five Spirits Immortal City.

This even led to the Five Spirits Immortal City being breached by the demon race.

This is absolutely a responsibility that the Zhou family cannot afford to bear.

Zhou Ling finished the spiritual tea in his cup in one gulp and said with a smile, "It's alright, I'll handle it!"

Seeing her husband's confident expression, Wang Qingshang said nothing more.

The more she learned about Zhou Ling, the more she realized just how amazing his strength was.

"I've met Master, Master Wife!"

"I've met Master, Master Wife!"

At this moment, Bai Ji and Luo Xuan also entered the hall and bowed to the three of them.

"sit down!"

Seeing that the two of them had completely stabilized their auras, Zhou Ling nodded and said.

Wang Qingshang and Wang Xin both smiled and nodded in response.

The two then sat down on the wooden chairs on the left.

Zhou Ling then inquired about the foundation-building process.

Both of them answered in turn. (End of Chapter)