Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Zhou family.

Near the mountain peak south of the Zhou family's main residence, a huge pit, tens of feet long and wide, was dug at some unknown time.

The pit was filled with spiritual energy, and in some places, a layer of spiritual mist had already condensed.

Its spiritual energy is incredibly rich, like a hot spring of spiritual energy, with spiritual energy constantly rising like clouds and mist.

"Thank you for your hard work, Fellow Daoist Wu!"

Taking a deep breath and feeling the pure spiritual energy within the spiritual vein, Zhou Ling spoke to a beautiful woman beside him.

Upon hearing this, Wu Rong shook his head and smiled, "This is all part of my job."

"The Zhou family originally had a small fifth-order spiritual vein."

"Now that we have this fifth-grade spiritual vein source in the immortal city, the concentration of spiritual veins is no less than that of a mid-grade fifth-grade spiritual vein!"

"I wonder if Fellow Daoist Wu could fuse the Zhou family's fifth-order spiritual vein with the Immortal City's spiritual vein?"

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

Today, he was originally going to refine a fifth-order Thunder Warship Array Plate.

But suddenly he received a telepathic message from Wu Rong, informing him that the fifth-order spiritual vein had been set up.

He was quite satisfied with the speed.

Setting up a fifth-order spiritual vein is an enormous undertaking.

Some might take years, but Wu Rong only took a little over three months.

Of course, this is just the main branch; the subsequent branch branches will also be a considerable undertaking.

The main lineage originated from the Zhou family.

Simply put, the Zhou family is now the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in the entire Qingyun Immortal City.

However, the spiritual veins of Qingyun Immortal City are currently only at the lower fifth rank.

Zhou Ling was also thinking about whether he could upgrade the family's spiritual vein to the middle grade of the fifth rank.

Although a fifth-order spiritual vein is more than enough for the cultivation of many cultivators in the family and sect.

However, Master's injuries have now almost fully recovered.

With her original cultivation level of mid-stage Nascent Soul, she would naturally prefer a mid-grade fifth-tier spiritual vein for better results.

"This will disappoint the city lord. My ability is only to set up fifth-order spiritual veins, and I am not capable of fusing fifth-order spiritual veins!"

Wu Rong said apologetically.

"It's alright!"

Zhou Ling nodded.

He only asked a few questions, after all, Wu Rong was only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

It is already quite remarkable to have such mastery of formations.

"Also, my grandfather sent me a message asking me to tell you to be careful during the Sword Qi Great Wall trial this time!"

At this moment, Wu Rong spoke seriously.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling was taken aback. The danger of the Sword Qi Great Wall trial was self-evident.

But Wu Shihong's special instructions to him must mean he received some news.

It should be noted that Wu Shihong was a powerful figure in the Zixiao Sect.

The ways in which they obtain information are naturally far beyond what he can compare to.

Although he was the city lord of Qingyun Immortal City, he had no real power base in Tianxia Immortal City.

He immediately asked, "What is the reason for this?"

"That's mainly because you've been in the limelight lately!"

"Now in Tianxia Immortal City, who doesn't know Zhou Ling, the number one on the Prodigy Ranking!"

Wu Rong said with a slight smile.

"this?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling was even more confused.

He inexplicably became the number one on the list of prodigies.

It seems that this matter is still on people's minds.

Could it be that someone is trying to flatter me to death?
But thinking about it, it's impossible!
This list of prodigies was established by the higher-ups of the Dao Alliance.

It's not something that anyone else can touch.

"The top spot on the Prodigy Ranking is an extremely important position."

"Don't underestimate this ranking list; it's the result of power struggles among the Dao Alliance's higher-ups and various sects!"

Wu Rong then said the same thing.

Zhou Ling nodded; he hadn't expected that.

I thought the Heavenly Pride Ranking was just a display of individual strength.

But that doesn't seem to make sense, since I don't have any powerful backing!
I've only met Meng Zhishou once. Although I've expressed my intention to submit, I'm not yet considered a member of Meng Zhishou's faction.

If I had to name someone, my closest friend would be Chen Zhenglei.

However, Chen Zhenglei was only the head of the Inspection Division, and was still quite a distance from the upper echelons of the Dao Alliance.

It's definitely impossible for him to place himself at the top of the list of geniuses.

Seemingly noticing Zhou Ling's confusion, Wu Rong smiled and said, "You don't need to worry so much!"

"You earned your number one spot on the Prodigy Ranking through your own strength."

She paused for a moment, then continued, "However, other prodigies won't admit defeat so easily."

"Everyone wants to take back the title of the number one prodigy from you."

"Furthermore, if you are exploited by others with ulterior motives, it could easily create a situation unfavorable to you. In addition, the Sword Qi Great Wall is fraught with danger, so you still need to be more careful!"

Hearing this, Zhou Ling nodded. Since Wu Rong didn't elaborate, it seemed she had some reservations.

He suspected that the Zixiao Sect might be behind this.

After all, having seized the legitimate position and the Thunder Dragon Seal from them, how could they simply let it go?

As the sect leader of the Lingxiao Sect, he knew he would be targeted by them.

Thinking this way, Zhou Ling didn't ask any more questions.

Once we reach the Great Wall of Sword Qi, we must proceed with extreme caution.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling inquired with her about the specific situation of the spiritual veins in Qingyun Immortal City.

Wu Rong replied with a smile, "The spiritual veins have only just been established, and can only branch out into four branches."

"Ten years later, once the spiritual veins have stabilized, one or two more branch veins may emerge!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling nodded.

According to his plan, these four branches...

Two of them were given to the Song family and the Weng family respectively, while the other two needed to be carefully considered.

He then took Wu Rong back home and hosted a banquet for her.

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Three days later.

Inside the Zhou family's cultivation room.

"Boom boom boom!"

Zhou Ling sat cross-legged, his body rumbling and surrounded by a purple aura of lightning.

A purple array disc floated in front of him.

This array plate is quite different in appearance from other array plates. It looks like a sharp sword and is more than half a zhang long.

A faint purple lightning flashed on the array plate.

"Boom!"

Zhou Ling's body was surrounded by surging lightning, and a solemn expression appeared on his face.

He was taking the final step in condensing the Thunder Sword Imprint within the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Formation!
As the lightning within him surged, the Thunder Sword Array Plate seemed to be forged by a divine craftsman, emitting a deafening roar.

Zhou Ling's expression grew increasingly solemn. At this moment, he felt that the lightning-attribute magic power and rules within his body were still far from sufficient.

Refining a fifth-order lightning array is still a bit of a stretch.

That was originally because of this factor.

That's why we chose the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Formation.

This sword formation is formed by the condensation of nine sword imprints.

The difficulty is spread across five levels, so the difficulty of crafting each sword seal is roughly equivalent to that of a top-grade fourth-level item.

However, when the nine sword seals are combined, their power is no less than that of a fifth-order array seal.

However, Chen Ling still encountered a considerable problem.

"The Purple Heaven Emperor's Prime Minister!"

Zhou Lingxuan immediately activated the Purple Heaven Immortal Thunder Technique, condensing the Purple Heaven Emperor Image.

In an instant, his body was crackling with lightning, bursting with intense lightning light, and a Purple Heaven Emperor Image more than half a zhang tall condensed out.

Zhou Ling's aura continued to rise. Double, triple, triple!
A surge of thunder erupted within Zhou Ling's body, causing the Purple Heaven Emperor's Image to expand even further.

Thunder roared, and the aura rose steadily.

It exuded a terrifying, thunderous pressure, almost comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stages.

Zhou Ling felt an endless surge of power coursing through his body at that moment.

Its condition is absolutely amazing!
As the Purple Cloud Emperor Image fully materialized, he pointed his finger, and the Purple Cloud Emperor Image followed suit.

In an instant, a surge of lightning light poured into the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Plate.

"Boom!"

The Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Array Plate emitted a deafening thunderous roar.

As the sword light burst forth, sword imprints began to condense.

One, two, three...

At the same time, Zhou Ling could clearly feel that the thunderous magic power within his body was being rapidly digested.

“BOOM BOOM BOOM!”

The Purple Emperor's image shone continuously, surrounded by lightning.

As the Nine Heavens Sword Seal continued to condense, thunder rolled and sword energy surged above the sword formation.

Each sword imprint was extremely astonishing.

Streaks of lightning-like sword energy roared and coalesced, their sword light blazing intensely.

Even Zhou Ling felt extremely threatened at this moment.

"Boom!"

The final sword imprint was successfully formed.

Above the sword formation, nine bolts of lightning sword light condensed and swirled in the air, sharp and domineering, with astonishing power.

"Boom!"

Each lightning sword unleashed a vast expanse of thunderous sword light, incomparably sharp.

"The Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Formation is finally complete!"

Looking at the thunderous sword energy blooming in the sky, Zhou Ling smiled, his eyes burning brightly, and thought to himself.

He could clearly sense that this sword formation contained extremely terrifying power.

He even felt that this thunderous sword intent could easily kill a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

It should be noted that this is a sword array plate forged from fifth-order purple lightning wood.

It contains extremely violent lightning power; let alone carving a sword mark, even making a scratch on it is extremely difficult.

If Zhou Ling hadn't had the Qianyang True Fire, a spiritual flame, to assist him, he wouldn't have been able to do it at his current cultivation level.

As the Purple Cloud Emperor's image dissipated, his lightning magic power faded, and Zhou Ling immediately felt weak all over.

"With the current cultivation of the Purple Heaven Immortal Thunder Technique and his own thunder magic power, he can only maintain the Purple Heaven Emperor Form for a dozen breaths at most."

"Moreover, this is the effect of his own Five Elements Thunder Body."

"If this continues any longer, it will cause enormous digestive damage to the body. If it goes on for even longer, it may even damage the body's meridians!"

Zhou Ling let out a breath.

Refining a fifth-order Thunder Sword Seal in this way is still somewhat of a stretch.

After all, if we're even a breath or two off, all our efforts will be in vain.

Not only did it consume a large amount of its own magical power, but it also ruined this valuable piece of Thunderwood.

Then the entire Thunder Warship will be a long way off.

"Fortunately, it was a success."

"Moreover, once the Nine Heavens Sword Formation is fully formed, its power will increase by another level!"

"I can finally be considered a true fifth-tier weapon refiner!"

A smile appeared on Zhou Ling's face.

With the assistance of the Purple Cloud Emperor, he believed he could forge a fifth-tier warship with lightning and fire attributes.

Of course, this only applies to lightning and fire attributes.

The other three attributes are not yet met.

However, when dealing with the demon race, warships with lightning and fire attributes are the best option.

Looking at the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Formation floating before him, Zhou Ling condensed a wisp of thunderous power and injected it into it.

"Boom!"

Instantly, nine lightning sword beams flashed and flew away.

Lightning flashed and sword energy roared.

"With enough lightning-attribute spirit stones, this power could definitely reach the combat strength of a Nascent Soul cultivator!"

Zhou Ling roughly sensed the power of the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Formation.

A moment later, the sword energy dissipated, and the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Array disc went into darkness.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling sat cross-legged and tossed a few pills into his mouth, refined them, and recovered.

After an incense stick's time, when he opened his eyes again, most of his magical power had been restored.

He immediately got up and left the cultivation room.

They soon arrived at the workshop.

Ji Siqing was instructing the weapon refiners in the workshop on forging the hull of the warship.

Upon seeing Zhou Ling, he walked over and asked with concern, "Brother Zhou, how is the situation?"

To be honest, even if he fully recovered, he wouldn't be very confident in refining the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Formation.

She was also worried that Zhou Ling would not be able to successfully refine it.

After all, this warship is extremely important for the future development of the Five Spirits Immortal City.

From now on, this warship will be the main force on the outer front.

Another Tier 5 warship served as an auxiliary vessel.

"Fortunately, I live up to my fate!"

Zhou Ling cupped his hands in greeting.

At the same time, with a thought, a burst of purple lightning flashed in front of him.

The newly crafted fifth-order Nine Heavens Sword Array disc appeared in front of him.

"Good good!"

Looking at the Nine Heavens Sword Formation array plate, Ji Siqing's eyes shone brightly, and he excitedly praised repeatedly, "Brother Zhou, I didn't expect you could actually refine this fifth-order Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Formation."

"He can be said to be the greatest weapon-refining genius I have ever seen in my life!"

"A fifth-tier weapon refiner in his early twenties has a limitless future!"

With his keen eyesight, he could naturally tell at a glance the extraordinary power of the Nine Heavens Sword Formation.

What shocked him even more was that Zhou Ling had successfully crafted the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Formation in just a few days.

He is now absolutely worthy of being called the number one weapon refiner in the Dao Alliance.

In the future, it may even be possible to forge sixth- or even seventh-tier warships.

As long as a sixth-tier warship can be forged, the Five Spirits Immortal City will be as stable as Mount Tai.

The monsters dared not launch another attack so easily.

"Senior, thank you!"

Zhou Ling said modestly.

However, the remaining refining work would be handed over to Ji Siqing, so he still needed to demonstrate it to him.

"In addition to the sword formation, this Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Formation, as the senior said, also has the Fire Divine Thunder Inscription added, which can condense Fire Divine Thunder attacks!"

Zhou Ling manipulated the array plate and began demonstrating it to Ji Siqing.

With the infusion of magic power.

Instantly, the lightning on the array plate surged violently.

On the sword array plate, besides the surging thunderous sword energy, there was also a dazzling blazing flame.

"This is what the senior spoke of: the Fiery Divine Thunder!"

"This Fire Divine Thunder can be activated simultaneously with the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Formation. When activated at full power, it is comparable to the attack of a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stage."

As Zhou Ling spoke, he gathered fire and lightning attribute magic power in his hand and continued to pour it into the sword formation plate.

"Boom!"

Instantly, fire and thunder surged on the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Disc, and countless thunder sword energies emerged, condensing into a huge thunder sword in the air, accompanied by surging flames and a terrifying aura.

"Okay, okay!"

Seeing this, Ji Siqing smiled broadly.

Zhou Ling only used his own spiritual energy to activate it, and it already had such power. If he used top-grade or even earth-grade spirit stones to activate it, how terrifying would the power be!
The other weapon refiners in the workshop were also utterly shocked by what they witnessed. (End of Chapter)