Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Back in his tent, Zhou Ling sat cross-legged and took another pill to recover.

In a place like Sunrise Immortal City, it's essential to restore combat strength as quickly as possible to ensure safety.

As for whether Feng Lan and the others were on his team or not, he didn't care at all.

With the points he currently has, even if he lay idle in Sun City for a year, it would be difficult for others to catch up.

After all, Feng Lan, who ranked second, and Qi Jianzhi, who ranked third, both seized the opportunity to kill several fourth-tier Star Sea aliens while the Star Sea aliens were in defeat and seriously injured.

Yan Yutian, who ranked fourth, only had a little over a thousand points.

Now, more than a month has passed, and even if they kill one fourth-tier Starsea alien every month, it will be too late.

When the trial ended, I only had a little over 10,000 points.

Of course, more than 10,000 points is already terrifying.

This means that a fourth-tier Starsea alien must be killed every month.

The strength of a fourth-tier Star Sea alien is comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator; they are not easily killed.

Furthermore, since he still possesses the Sunlit Immortal Sword, he cannot easily leave the Sunlit Immortal City.

Therefore, if one chooses to lie down in Sun City, it is to protect the city, and no one will object.

[You are absorbing the Vitality Enhancement Pill. Herbal Stress +1, Vitality Enhancement Pill Efficacy +3]

While recovering his mana, Zhou Ling took out the bone ring of the fifth-tier Star Sea alien he had killed.

Originally, the rules of the Sun City stipulated that all spoils obtained after killing alien races from the Star Sea should be handed over to the city.

However, Zhou Ling was not a garrison soldier of Sun City, so he naturally did not need to abide by these regulations.

Moreover, killing a fifth-tier Starsea alien and getting a bone ring isn't too much to ask, is it?

No one else asked, so he naturally had no reason to bring it up.

Even if someone asks, he will simply say that it was destroyed by the sword domain during the battle.

The bone ring felt chilling to the touch, its entire body a ghostly white, shimmering with a faint aura of malevolence.

However, its quality is no less than that of a high-grade storage ring used by human cultivators.

[You are currently observing the Void Bone Ring, Intermediate Observation +1]

With the emergence of his [Intermediate Observation] talent, Zhou Ling gradually learned about the situation of the bone ring.

Bone rings are storage bags used by alien races in the Star Sea, similar to the storage rings of human cultivators.

It is mainly made from the bones of void beasts in the star field.

It has spatial attributes.

However, at this moment, there is a blood-fiend mark on the bone ring.

With a thought, Zhou Ling's hand flared up, and the Qianyang True Fire condensed, enveloping the bone ring and refining and erasing the mark on it.

This is a fifth-order Blood Fiend Mark, which he cannot erase with his level of magical power.

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"what?"

"How could Zhou Ling possibly have over 50,000 points?"

On a small warship in a star field outside Moonlit Immortal City, Yan Yutian and the other two said in disbelief.

"Fifty thousand points! Even killing two fifth-tier Star Sea aliens might not be enough to achieve that!"

"This is absolutely terrifying!"

"how did you do that?"

"Could he have really killed a fifth-tier Star Sea alien?!"

"Absolutely impossible. I think it's most likely cheating, or he just got lucky!"

Beside Yan Yutian, two young men were discussing something with expressions of disbelief.

Keep in mind that killing a fifth-tier Starsea alien only earns you 20,000 points.

Zhou Ling now has over 50,000 points, which is truly unimaginable.

This is definitely not the kind of score that Zhou Ling, a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator, could achieve.

"It is absolutely impossible for a Golden Core cultivator to kill a fifth-order Star Sea alien."

"But where did these 50,000 points come from?"

"It's truly unbelievable. Even if he had an incredible stroke of luck and gained the opportunity to kill a fifth-tier Star Sea alien, it's impossible for him to improve this much."

"Unless it's killing a late-stage fifth-tier interstellar alien?"

"But that's even more impossible. A fifth-tier late-stage Star Sea alien could wipe out a Nascent Soul cultivator with a single thought, let alone a Golden Core cultivator!"

As Yan Yutian pondered this in his heart, looking at Zhou Ling's far ahead score on the jade tablet, he felt an unprecedented sense of despair.

Such a huge gap is completely impossible to bridge.

I initially thought that Zhou Ling's ranking ahead of him was just luck.

He still felt a bit arrogant, confident that he could easily defeat Zhou Ling.

But now, that pride is rapidly crumbling.

After this trial, Zhou Ling will definitely be given an important position by the higher-ups of the Dao Alliance.

"Holy crap, what the hell? Zhou Ling's points have reached over 50,000!"

"What is this? I'm not seeing things, am I?!"

"This is terrifying."

The same scene played out in other teams as well, leaving these prodigies participating in the trial utterly shocked.

Most of them now have only a few hundred points.

But Zhou Ling already had tens of thousands, such a terrifying difference naturally shocked them all.

How could Zhou Ling be so terrifying?
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Several days later, Zhou Ling's magical power was fully restored.

However, he was not in a hurry to leave the camp.

Instead, he examined the bone ring of the fifth-tier Star Sea alien.

In recent days, under the refinement of the Qianyang True Fire, the blood-fiend mark on it has been completely erased.

Zhou Ling's divine sense entered it.

This fifth-tier Starsea alien is quite wealthy.

When I scanned the area with my divine sense, the items were all piled up in heaps.

There's a small pile of top-grade spirit stones alone, roughly estimated to be two or three thousand.

And there are also more than ten low-grade spirit stones!
Moreover, it has various attributes, with fire being the most common, which Zhou Ling can use to quickly restore his mana.

There were also many high-level blood potions, although he had never seen them before.

However, under the [Intermediate Observation] level, Zhou Ling also learned the specific details of these blood medicines.

For example, a Blood Spirit Grass with three blood-red leaves.

It is the Three-Leaf Purple Dragon Blood Grass, containing a trace of true dragon blood energy. Its grade reaches the fourth-rank top-grade. Refining it will greatly enhance one's cultivation ability.

It is even possible that true dragon blood energy will condense within the body.

Its shimmering aura alone is enough to make one feel considerable pressure.

There are also a large number of other spiritual herbs, all of which are of the fourth rank or higher, and many of them are of the fifth rank.

“It’s done now!”

Zhou Ling's eyes gleamed; these spiritual herbs were not only of high grade, but also possessed various attributes.

After absorption, it has the innate effects of [Spiritual Medicine Stress] and [Five Elements Spiritual Qi], which will greatly help one's cultivation and physique.

It will also greatly enhance the spiritual flame.

There was also a pile of animal bones, all of which were high-grade items.

Various bone tools, and even a giant bone boat.

Another thing that caught Zhou Ling's attention was a beast egg, which shimmered with a faint golden light.

Within it lies a faint trace of life force.

"Golden Dragon Egg!"

Looking at the golden egg, a look of surprise flashed across Zhou Ling's face.

Under [Intermediate Observation], Zhou Ling discovered that it was actually a real dragon egg.

You must know that the bloodline of a true dragon is extremely precious.

It is recorded in the Dao Alliance and appeared hundreds of years ago.

And now, he has unexpectedly obtained a real dragon egg.

This shows just how abundant the resources are in the star field controlled by this alien race.

Putting everything else aside, this golden dragon egg alone is a priceless treasure in the Dao Alliance. However, the energy within it is weak.

"This golden dragon egg has been severely damaged; it's badly injured!"

With intermediate observation and intermediate analysis, Zhou Ling also knew that the life force within the golden dragon egg was constantly being lost.

Successfully hatching it is no easy feat.

"We have nothing left but to see if the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame can hatch it!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

There were also several jade slips containing cultivation techniques used by alien races in the Star Sea, but most of them were blood-fiend attribute techniques.

It had little effect on Zhou Ling.

There was also a pile of ores, all kinds, mostly fourth-order, with quite a few fifth-order as well.

Finally, there were also some blood pills and blood talismans, in considerable quantities.

Especially the Blood Pills, there are nearly dozens of pill bottles, and there are many different kinds of Blood Pills.

Containing abundant blood spirit power, it is a pill for the alien races of the Star Sea to restore their magic power.

In addition, there was a considerable amount of demonic beast essence and blood.

"This person is likely a Blood Elixir Master."

Zhou Ling took out a pill bottle and poured out a red pill.

The smell of blood hit his face.

[You are currently observing a Tier 4 High-Grade Blood Essence Pill. Intermediate Observation Level +1]

As the [Intermediate Observation] skill appeared, Zhou Ling discovered that these alien races in the Star Sea possessed pills that restored their magical power.

It is not suitable for human cultivators to use.

Because these Blood Spirit Pills contain extremely violent Blood Spirit power, human cultivators' meridians can hardly withstand it.

The meridians within the Star Sea aliens are different from those of humans, allowing them to better absorb this blood spiritual energy.

At the same time, these Blood Spirit Pills also contain blood poison. If human cultivators absorb the blood poison, their meridians will become stagnant and eventually burst.

Therefore, the Blood Spirit Pill is not suitable for human cultivators.

"However, given the current strength of my meridians, absorbing this blood spiritual energy shouldn't be a problem!"

"As for the blood poison, it can be directly neutralized with the help of the spiritual flame!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

So many Blood Spirit Pills, and they are all fourth and fifth-tier pills, containing even more spiritual energy than fourth and fifth-tier pills of the human race.

If it were to be exchanged with the Dao Alliance, the required military merits would be an astonishing amount.

However, Zhou Ling did not dare to take it rashly. He would wait until he had fully recovered before trying it.

After resealing the pills, Zhou Ling put the bottles back into his bone ring.

"The value of these things is probably no less than the 50,000 military merits I've earned!"

Zhou Ling briefly assessed the value of this gain.

All things considered, it's probably worth more than the 50,000 military merits I earned.

It's true what they say, "Murderers and arsonists live in luxury!"
Zhou Ling was secretly delighted.

However, being able to kill this fifth-tier Starsea alien was somewhat of a fluke.

Besides relying on the Sunlit Immortal Sword and the Blazing Sun Flame, this person also suffered considerable losses after fighting with Fei Qinan.

That's how he got a chance to take advantage of the situation.

If one were to encounter this alien from the Star Sea alone, it would be a miracle if one could even save their life.

Therefore, he still has this much self-awareness, and he wouldn't be so arrogant as to think that he can deal with the alien races of the Star Sea now.

Afterwards, Zhou Ling pondered for a moment.

"This time the consumption was too great, we can definitely take more time to recover, otherwise leaving the camp too quickly will arouse suspicion!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

After all, such a rapid recovery is aided by the two talents: [Restore to Original State] and [Essential Stress Resilience].

Generally, it takes ten days to half a month for a Golden Core cultivator to recover after their internal mana is completely depleted.

Some may take another two or three months.

Even longer.

"Let's heal this Golden Dragon Pill first and see if we can get it to hatch?"

"In addition, absorb some blood medicine and spiritual medicine so that the spirit flame can recover as soon as possible."

"If I have time, I'll try to absorb these blood pills again!"

Zhou Ling was planning what he would do in the coming period of time.

There are no plans to go out for trials for the time being.

After all, the alien races of the Star Sea have just suffered a major defeat.

Sun City should be relatively safe.

Moreover, this battle greatly enhanced his reputation, and he will definitely receive special attention from the alien races of the Star Sea.

Thinking about how the alien leader of the Star Sea didn't forget to threaten him when he fled, Zhou Ling suddenly felt immense pressure.

Perhaps the leader of the Star Sea alien race will arrange for fifth-tier Star Sea aliens to ambush him in the star field surrounding Sun City.

Therefore, we still need to be more careful.

"Don't leave Sun City easily during this period!"

"Even if we want to leave Sun City, we must first use the [Crisis Simulation] to simulate the situation."

Zhou Ling made a decision in his heart.

As for Qi Jianzhi and the others, if they want to undergo trials, they can be placed in a team with Feng Lan and the others.

This also ensures safety.

However, given Qi Jianzhi's personality, he would most likely prefer to stay in Sun City.

Then he took out the golden dragon egg.

This golden dragon egg is much larger than a regular egg, even larger than a wooden bucket.

The eggshell exuded an extremely mysterious aura, with a faint golden light flowing across it.

However, the energy within it is becoming increasingly weak, as if it might dissipate at any moment.

Zhou Ling did not dare to use the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame rashly. Instead, he first used the [Intermediate Analysis] to carefully observe the condition of the Golden Dragon Egg and came up with some analytical methods.

The golden dragon egg was severely damaged, and the golden dragon embryo that was originally developing inside the egg was injured.

Follow the methods provided in the [Intermediate Analysis] section.

First, it requires high-level true dragon essence blood for the golden dragon egg to absorb, so that the golden dragon egg's powerful vitality can gradually restore its life.

Secondly, it needs a potent medicinal solution to absorb in order to help it recover from its injuries.

Only after the injury has healed can a successful pregnancy occur.

"That high-level true dragon essence blood is definitely impossible!"

Zhou Ling immediately rejected the first point: a true dragon is not a monster that can be encountered casually.

Throughout the Nine Provinces of the Dao Alliance, no one knows if a true dragon exists.

The second option is something we can try, but given the current energy of this golden dragon egg, it's likely it won't last long before he successfully refines the medicinal liquid.

After all, it's not easy to gather such a potent and vital elixir.

Don't ask whether the Sword Qi Great Wall has enough resources.

Even adjusting this kind of spiritual liquid requires a fifth-level alchemist.

Where can he find a fifth-level alchemist to help him adjust the elixirs?

That's unrealistic.

"We'll have to try using the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame first!"

"If there's no way to save it, then it just means that this golden dragon egg is not meant to be with me!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

Then, with a thought, a cyan light flashed in his hand.

Azure Lotus Spirit Flame condensed and emerged.

The other four spiritual flames were consumed in considerable quantities this time, but the Azure Lotus Spiritual Flame was preserved intact.

Zhou Ling immediately had the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame envelop the golden dragon egg.

Wisps of azure spiritual flame began to flow into the golden dragon egg. (End of Chapter)