Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Heavenly Summer Immortal City, Four Seasons Pavilion.

Zhou Ling and Dean Gong followed Qi Jianzhi inside.

As soon as you step into the hall, you hear a sound like a clear spring flowing, which invigorates you.

Then, Qi Jianzhi skillfully led the two to the third floor, to a private room on the right.

Inside the private room, a burly figure was already seated, and on the tea table in front of him, a teacup was emitting a rich aroma of tea.

"This junior pays respects to Senior Chen!"

"This junior pays respects to Senior Chen!"

"Greetings, Uncle!"

Upon seeing the man, Zhou Ling and the other two respectfully bowed and greeted him.

Indeed, this man is Chen Zhenglei.

After leaving the main hall, Chen Zhenglei went to the Four Seasons Pavilion first.

"Zhou Ling, Dean Gong, you don't need to stand on ceremony."

Chen Zhenglei waved his hand and smiled.

There was no response regarding Qi Jianzhi.

However, being a Nascent Soul cultivator, he naturally had no intention of getting up.

Otherwise, if Qi Jianzhi, a junior, saw it, it would be somewhat embarrassing.

"Everyone, take a seat."

Chen Zhenglei waved his hand and closed the door.

Having already become acquainted with Chen Zhenglei, Zhou Ling didn't stand on ceremony and sat down in the chair.

"Uncle, Brother Zhou, Dean Gong, this is my Qi family's specialty, the fourth-grade spirit wine, Shuiyun Brew. It tastes excellent!"

Qi Jianzhi took out a jar of spirit wine, poured it for each of the three of them, and said with a smile.

The rich and unique aroma emanating from the wine jar was so invigorating that it seemed to invigorate one's spirits and even cause one's magical power to circulate spontaneously.

If you drink it, your cultivation will definitely be twice as effective with half the effort.

"You little rascal, you're really generous this time, willing to take out this Shuiyun Wine!"

Looking at the spirit wine, Chen Zhenglei said with considerable surprise.

"Uncle, isn't this to entertain you, and also to welcome Brother Zhou and Dean Gong back home?"

Qi Jianzhi said with a smile.

"This Water Cloud Brew is made by brewing fourth-grade spirit cloud rice with fourth-grade spirit spring water, and then refined by the family's Nascent Soul brewer for several years before a single jar was produced."

"If it weren't for Brother Zhou's influence, it wouldn't be easy for this old man to get a sip!"

Chen Zhenglei said jokingly.

"So precious! Brother Qi has gone to great lengths to spend money on this!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling also cupped his hands in greeting.

I never imagined that the Shuiyun Brew would be so difficult to make.

When we return from the Sword Qi Great Wall, we'll have to buy a few jars from Qi Jianzhi to take back as a gift to our master.

"Brother Zhou, you're too kind. I only won five hundred military merits because of you. This mere jar of spirit wine is nothing!"

Qi Jianzhi said with a magnanimous expression.

If a jar of spirit wine can bring me closer to Zhou Ling, then it's well worth it.

"Five hundred military merits? What's going on?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhenglei couldn't help but ask.

"this······"

For a moment, Qi Jianzhi was speechless. He quickly changed the subject and said with a smile, "Brother Zhou, if you warm this Shuiyun Brew with magic, the taste will be even purer and more fragrant."

Zhou Ling didn't hide anything from Chen Zhenglei. She picked up her wine glass, took a sip, and smiled as she explained the competition that had just taken place.

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhenglei shook his head, "You young people are just too hot-tempered!"

"However, earning more than two thousand military merits is worth it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he flicked his sleeve, and a flash of purple lightning appeared, followed by a jade box on the dining table.

"This is a top-grade fourth-tier Thunderclap Stone that I unexpectedly discovered a few days ago in the Dao Alliance's treasury."

"Thinking it might be useful to you, I replaced it for you first."

Then, Chen Zhenglei opened the jade box.

Inside the jade box was a palm-sized purple jade stone, with wisps of purple lightning flashing and crackling on it, giving off an extremely powerful aura.

"A fourth-tier Thunderclap Stone!"

Zhou Ling hadn't expected it to be such a good thing.

As his divine sense swept over it, he could feel that the Thunder Stone contained an extremely abundant amount of thunder rules.

It is the best aid for cultivating oneself and unleashing the Purple Heaven Emperor Form.

Although condensing the Purple Heaven Emperor's Image seems easy now, it consumes a lot of the lightning magic power and rules within the body.

Under the [Intermediate Observation] level, he could see that this Thunder Stone contained powerful thunderous energy.

It can assist him in fully unleashing the Purple Cloud Emperor's Manifestation three times.

This made him ecstatic.

With this Thunder Stone, they undoubtedly have a good trump card, and they don't have to worry about excessive consumption of thunder magic power for the time being.

"Senior Chen, how many military merits did you earn to earn this?"

Zhou Ling quickly asked.

Although I have a good relationship with Chen Zhenglei, this thing is too precious.

He had received a reward without having done anything right, so naturally he couldn't accept Chen Zhenglei's money for nothing.

After all, his military achievements didn't come easily.

Moreover, this kind of thunderstone is very rare to find on the market.

Even in the Dao Alliance's treasury, once it appears, it will be quickly exchanged by powerful forces such as the Liu family and the Meng family.

Even if he has military merits, he may not be able to exchange them for it.

"This is what I got from the treasury after exchanging 1,300 military merits. Luckily, I have enough military merits on me!"

Chen Zhenglei said with a smile.

"Thank you, senior. Here are your 1,300 military merits!"

Zhou Ling cupped his hands in greeting.

Chen Zhenglei nodded and smiled, "If I hadn't acted in time, the Liu family and other families would have already acquired it!"

"Liu Zhengjia has a lot of complaints about me because of this. He originally wanted to exchange it for the Thunderclap Stone so that Liu Polei could use it to break through to the late Nascent Soul stage!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling's eyes lit up even more; he hadn't expected this to happen.

Knowing that this Thunder Stone contains abundant power of thunderous rules, it is of great help in breaking through a major bottleneck such as the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Of course, this only applies to lightning-attribute cultivators like Zhou Ling and Liu Polei.

Chen Zhenglei spoke lightly, but Zhou Ling knew how much interest was involved in this Thunder Stone.

If Chen Zhenglei hadn't been in the Inspection Division and wasn't a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, obtaining this Thunder Stone wouldn't have been so easy.

After expressing his gratitude, Zhou Ling returned 1,300 military merits to Chen Zhenglei and put the jade box into his storage ring.

"Senior Chen, this glass of wine is for you!"

Zhou Ling picked up the exquisite wine jar and personally poured a cup for Chen Zhenglei.

The spirit wine in the cup was crystal clear; if it hadn't flowed from the wine jar, it would have been difficult to detect its presence in the jade cup.

Chen Zhenglei picked up his wine glass and laughed with the three of them, "Let's have a drink!"

Zhou Ling and the other two also picked up their glasses and clinked them with Chen Zhenglei.

Zhou Ling then drank the spirit wine in the cup to the last drop.

As soon as the spirit wine entered his throat, it immediately transformed into a stream of pure spiritual energy that flowed into his body. Zhou Ling immediately felt a warm and comfortable sensation all over his body.

[You are absorbing Water Cloud Brew. Herb Stress +1, Water Cloud Brew +4]

"What exquisite spirit wine!" Zhou Ling exclaimed with delight.

This spirit wine originally had a significant effect on enhancing magical power, and under the [spiritual medicine stress], the effect was amplified even more.

"If Brother Zhou likes them, I'll send you two jars later."

Upon hearing this, Qi Jianzhi responded with great magnanimity.

"Then thank you very much, Brother Qi."

Zhou Ling cupped his hands in thanks, acknowledging that while the spirit wine was good, he had placed too much importance on it.

I just wanted to get two jars to take back as a token of my respect to my master.

Thinking that his master would definitely like this Shuiyun wine, he shamelessly asked Qi Jianzhi for two jars.

Although Qi Jianzhi said it was a gift, it was still a considerable favor.

I will definitely pay it back when I have the chance in the future.

With this spirit wine warming up the atmosphere, everyone felt extremely harmonious.

After several rounds of spirit wine, Chen Zhenglei finally got to the point. He glanced at the three of them and said with a smile, "There's another thing I need to explain to you all here today!"

"Uncle, just tell me what you need. Once we reach the Sword Qi Great Wall, Brother Zhou and I will be on the same team, and we'll be invincible!"

Qi Jianzhi said with absolute certainty.

Chen Zhenglei glanced at him, seemingly knowing his temperament, and ignored him, laughing with Zhou Ling, "The Sword Qi Great Wall is currently at war with the Star Sea Alien Race."

"Alien race from the Star Sea!"

Upon hearing this, all three of them turned their gazes toward Chen Zhenglei.

Because the Great Wall of Sword Qi is the front line for the Dao Alliance to block the alien races.

It is extremely long and vast.

The alien races that attacked the Sword Qi Great Wall were mainly different races from outside the region.

Sometimes, there are even situations where several different races attack the Sword Qi Great Wall at the same time.

As for the alien race attacking the Sword Qi Great Wall, which is the Star Sea Alien Race, Zhou Ling was hearing about it for the first time.

"These Starsea aliens are very different from other alien races."

"To be precise, their cultivation system is quite similar to that of the human race!"

Chen Zhenglei took a sip of the spirit wine and spoke slowly.

Then, a recording jade appeared in Chen Zhenglei's hand.

After activating the image-recording jade, a screen of light and shadow appeared in front of the four people.

Before a majestic, sprawling city, thousands of burly foreigners stood in rows.

These aliens were extremely tall, the shortest being over ten feet tall and the tallest being three or four feet tall.

Its skin was grayish-blue all over, and its appearance was somewhat similar to that of humans, but its appearance was strange and its proportions were more exaggerated.

Moreover, these alien races from the star sea seem to possess the same aura of magic and divine consciousness, but this magic and divine consciousness appears to be quite different from that of humans.

"The alien race in the Star Sea also possesses structures such as meridians, and their cultivation system is quite similar to that of our human race."

"However, what they cultivate is the power of stars that only exists in the sea of ​​stars."

"And among these stellar powers, there are also familiar elements such as the Five Elements."

"Like the demon race, they are divided into nine levels according to their cultivation, corresponding to our human cultivators, such as Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core."

Chen Zhenglei pointed to the photo-recording jade and slowly introduced it.

"However, the cultivation methods of these alien races in the Star Sea are extremely strange, and their attack methods are very different from those of our human race. Therefore, once you reach the Sword Qi Great Wall, you must be extremely careful if you encounter them."

As Chen Zhenglei finished speaking, the image on the commemorative jade changed.

A battle scene appears.

One of the human cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage was fighting against a Starsea Clan member with a burly physique and gray-blue skin that resembled gray scales.

The burly alien from the star-sea roared, and his body suddenly swelled up.

A surge of blue light emanated from its body, and within the blue light, a huge, eerie beast face materialized.

"Roar!"

The beast-faced creature roared, and streams of black streaks shot out.

It looked like a giant poisonous fog, instantly spreading into the surrounding void.

It looks extremely sinister and terrifying.

"This attack is similar to that of a poison cultivator, but the mist within it contains various strange rules and powers, making it even more terrifying than a poison cultivator's attack!"

Chen Zhenglei then spoke slowly.

"The rules of force and the rules of corrosion!"

Through [Intermediate Observation], Zhou Ling discovered that this alien from the Star Sea was at the mid-stage of the fourth rank, and the condensed beast face was his divine power.

The sprayed mist possesses both force and corrosive properties.

"Not bad!"

Chen Zhenglei nodded and said solemnly, "These alien races in the star sea have strange and unpredictable abilities, but the star sea they inhabit is vast, several times larger than our Dao Alliance's grotto-heaven."

"Their various supernatural abilities are extremely strange, and those who enter the third tier generally master or comprehend more than two rules, making them difficult to deal with."

"Uncle, has something happened at the Sword Qi Great Wall this time? Is that why so many cultivators have been dispatched to guard it?"

Qi Jianzhi asked in a low voice.

"Ok!"

"There was no need for you to know this, but since you've already asked, I might as well tell you."

"But don't let anyone else know, to avoid causing unnecessary panic!"

Chen Zhenglei then spoke seriously.

All three nodded.

A look of sudden realization flashed across Zhou Ling's eyes.

I had previously heard Qi Jianzhi mention that in the past, when we went to the Sword Qi Great Wall for trials, there was only one Nascent Soul cultivator leading the team.

This time, there were two Nascent Soul cultivators, both at the mid-Nascent Soul stage, and he realized that something seemed amiss.

It seems that something really did happen.

"The Great Wall of Sword Qi stretches for tens of thousands of miles and is guarded by ten giant cities. Now, two of these giant cities have been breached by the alien race from the Star Sea."

"This has led to the severing of connections between the various cities, so the Dao Alliance is eager to reclaim these two giant cities from the alien races of the Star Sea."

"Otherwise, the two giant cities to the west would be besieged by the alien races of the Star Sea, which would be too dangerous and could be breached at any time."

Chen Zhenglei said with a solemn expression.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling and the other two's expressions changed; the situation was far more serious than they had anticipated.

"Uncle, isn't this trial very dangerous?"

Qi Jianzhi immediately asked with a nervous expression.

"There are certainly dangers, but if you are careful, you shouldn't be in any life-threatening danger."

Chen Zhenglei shook his head, then looked at Qi Jianzhi and said, "If you're afraid of dying, send Zhou Ling a few more jars of spirit wine. Go with him, and I guarantee you'll be fine!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling was taken aback, not expecting Chen Zhenglei to have such a high opinion of him.

It seems that the two collaborations have left an excellent impression on Chen Zhenglei, who quickly smiled and said, "Senior Chen, you must be joking."

"Given the situation at the Sword Qi Great Wall, I'm afraid I can't even protect myself, let alone ensure the safety of others!"

“Brother Zhou, since my uncle has said so, I’ll go with you to the Sword Qi Great Wall!”

"As for the spirit wine, don't worry, I'll bring all the spirit wine from home with me when I get back!"

Qi Jianzhi said with an extremely solemn expression.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling was momentarily speechless.

Since Chen Zhenglei had already asked him to come with him, he couldn't very well refuse.

Moreover, Chen Zhenglei is the team leader, so if he makes such an arrangement...

Then one must naturally obey.

Chen Zhenglei remained noncommittal and continued explaining the situation of the Sword Qi Great Wall to them. (End of Chapter)