Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

The next day.

Because of his cultivation yesterday, Zhou Ling woke up a little late.

As soon as they stepped out of the camp, they saw a large number of cultivators gathered around the outpost.

"Boss, Fellow Daoist Xia is testing the evil-absorbing stone she refined herself."

At this moment, Qi Jianzhi, who was not far away, walked over and said to Zhou Ling.

"Oh."

Zhou Ling sounded somewhat surprised; he had managed to refine the Absorbing Stone after just one night of experimentation.

It is evident that Xia Ruohe's talent is truly astonishing.

"Boss, what kind of cultivation technique did you practice last night? The pressure was too amazing. Everyone thought the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan had come to attack."

Qi Jianzhi then flattered him again.

"A divine soul technique, I never expected it to be so powerful."

Zhou Ling smiled and said.

Then he waved his hand and said, "Let's go and see how well Fellow Daoist Xia is refining the evil-absorbing stone."

As soon as he finished speaking, he walked towards the crowd.

Qi Jianzhi followed.

We arrived at the edge of the ominous fog.

Xia Ruohe was seen activating a spirit-absorbing stone.

The red light on the aura-absorbing stone shone brightly, condensing into a red vortex several meters long.

It is absorbing the surrounding evil mist.

The results look pretty good.

However, the speed and range of this absorption of evil mist are significantly inferior to the evil-absorbing stone refined by Zhou Ling.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, what do you think?"

Xia Ruohe saw Zhou Ling, blinked her beautiful eyes, and asked directly.

"I admire Fellow Daoist Xia for being able to refine such a demon-absorbing stone in one night."

Zhou Ling smiled and cupped his hands in greeting.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, please don't make fun of me. I'm just copying what you're doing, but the range and speed seem rather average!"

“A true genius is someone like you who can create an Absorbing Inscription.”

Seeing that it had only absorbed about ten feet of evil mist, Xia Ruohe frowned.

In terms of technique, she has never been inferior to anyone.

This made Zhou Ling quite admire him.

After all, someone who can create inscriptions like this must be at the grandmaster level.

Of course, she also knew that the inscription she had created was drawn with fire-attribute spiritual ink.

The effect is definitely not as good as Zhou Ling's direct use of spiritual flames to draw.

Fortunately, although this absorption is a bit slow, if several more can be refined, it can still achieve the effect of eliminating evil.

This is definitely better than using a warding-off-evil formation.

"Fellow Daoist Xia is too modest!"

Zhou Ling said modestly.

He then looked at Commander Zhang and asked, "Commander Zhang, if I can remove the evil mist within a ten-mile radius today, how long will it take to set up the magic array?"

These past two days, it has taken almost a whole day to construct the magic array within a radius of about two or three miles each day.

He estimated that the area, spanning more than ten miles, would take at least three days.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Tongxian was taken aback for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Chief Zhou, it will take three or four days to set up a magic array covering an area of ​​ten miles."

"Alright, then have someone prepare. I refined a fourth-tier evil-absorbing stone last night, and I estimate that it can clear a ten-mile radius area today."

Zhou Ling nodded and spoke to Commander Zhang.

"So fast!"

Commander Zhang said with some surprise.

His tone revealed joy, knowing that clearing out the area for building the immortal city was only a matter of time.

I never expected it to happen so quickly.

Fortunately, the camp was originally prepared for the establishment of a celestial city outpost.

The materials for establishing the immortal city's magic array have already been prepared.

He immediately gave the order to Deputy Commander Gu: "Have everyone make the preparations."

"Yes."

Deputy Commander Gu responded and left.

Hearing Zhou Ling's words, everyone else looked surprised.

Zhou Ling's original energy-absorbing stone wasn't this efficient.

Xia Ruohe and the other two cultivators from the immortal sects showed expressions of surprise.

Xia Ruohe's absorptive stone had been absorbing the malevolent mist for half an hour, covering an area of ​​more than twenty feet.

They all felt that the results were quite good.

But Zhou Ling actually managed to clear a ten-mile radius in a single day; that's just too astonishing.

Xia Ruohe was especially pleased with herself just now.

With this Absorbing Stone, although the speed of building the Immortal City is not as fast as Zhou Ling's, it is much faster than the other two.

This will undoubtedly give her a head start over Wu Daoyuan.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Ling was able to absorb the evil mist within a ten-mile radius in a single day.

Suddenly, I realized that the evil-absorbing stone I had refined was no longer appealing.

After all, the faster you establish a celestial city stronghold, the more obvious your advantages will be.

Everyone's eyes immediately fell on Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling, on the other hand, calmly walked into the evil mist.

He immediately took out the fourth-tier evil-absorbing stone that he had worked overtime to refine the night before.

Then he recited the incantation.

"Boom!"

Instantly, a dense burst of fiery spiritual light surged forth from the Absorbing Stone, condensing into a blazing vortex of flames.

It exuded an extremely powerful aura, as if a giant fire beast had awakened.

It rapidly absorbed the surrounding malevolent mist.

But the malevolent mist surged and churned, and the original, pervasive malevolent mist gradually dissipated.

Thick, inky black fog continued to surge toward this side from afar.

It was sucked into the abductor stone.

Within moments, a clear area several tens of feet in diameter appeared before them.

The evil energy from the ground was also drawn into it.

Everyone present was shocked by what they saw.

This is completely different from the effect of Xia Ruohe's evil-absorbing stone just now.

No wonder Zhou Ling was confident that he could create a ten-mile radius in a single day.

Such efficiency is more than sufficient.

However, it also depends on how much evil energy this energy-absorbing stone can hold.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, could you also give me one of your evil-absorbing stones?"

Seeing this effect, Xia Ruohe had a sudden thought, feeling that she might have taken the wrong approach.

Yesterday's Soul Cleansing Pill should have been exchanged directly with Zhou Ling for a fourth-tier Absorbing Stone.

Instead of wasting time refining it myself.

However, she did not know that this fourth-tier aura-absorbing stone would have such an effect.

"This is no problem."

"However, in order to refine this Absorbing Stone, I consumed a lot of my spiritual flames, and it will take several days to recover."

"As for the exchange, I wonder if Fellow Daoist Xia could spare a look at the recipe for the Soul-Clearing Pill?"

Zhou Ling said calmly.

Xia Ruohe bluntly proposed exchanging the evil-absorbing stone.

Then there's no need for him to hide it.

After all, refining this fourth-order Absorbing Stone does consume a considerable amount of resources.

If it weren't for the help of [Transformation and Change], it would be like the blazing sun burning the sky, which would probably consume half of it.

It won't take ten days or half a month to recover.

Therefore, exchanging it for the recipe for the Soul-Cleansing Pill is not excessive.

"no problem."

To everyone's surprise, Xia Ruohe immediately and readily agreed upon hearing this.

With a flick of his hand, a jade slip landed directly in front of Zhou Ling.

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhou Ling was caught off guard, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

So the recipe for the fifth-tier Soul Cleansing Pill is in my hands now?

“I have plenty of fifth-grade pill formulas at home,” Xia Ruohe said with a smile. “When will you be able to refine this evil-absorbing stone for me?”

Having a fifth-order pill formula does not mean that you can refine a fifth-order Soul Cleansing Pill.

Even though she was born into a family of alchemists, there are only two people in her family who can refine the Soul Cleansing Pill.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Xia."

Zhou Ling calmly accepted the jade slip and bowed to Xia Ruohe in thanks.

As expected of someone from a prominent family, his actions are truly impressive.

"However, I must warn you, this Soul-Cleansing Pill isn't so easy to refine."

"Just the materials alone, if you fail even once, can cost hundreds of high-grade spirit stones."

Xia Ruohe's beautiful eyes flashed, and she reminded Zhou Ling.

"I'll be careful about that, thanks for reminding me!"

Zhou Ling cupped his hands in greeting again.

With the [Illusionary Realm Simulation] feature, he had nothing to worry about regarding the success rate.

The others around were surprised to hear that Zhou Ling was actually preparing to refine a fifth-grade pill.

They all looked astonished.

Zhou Ling's weapon-refining skills are already at the master level, and now he is even preparing to refine fifth-order pills.

Is this something a Golden Core cultivator can do?
But how can we judge geniuses like Zhou Ling and Xia Ruohe by the standards of ordinary cultivators?

It can only be described as a monster.

"Fellow Daoist Xia, come and collect the Absorbing Stone in three days."

Zhou Ling then spoke to Xia Ruohe.

He originally wanted to delay for a few more days.

Since Xia Ruohe gave him the recipe for the Soul-Clearing Pill so readily, he agreed in kind.

Of course, three days is the minimum.

He also wanted to show that he had put all his efforts into refining this evil-absorbing stone for Xia Ruohe.

"If it's three days, I can wait here."

"Furthermore, since we're actually cooperating, I can also help you construct the magic array for your immortal city stronghold."

Xia Ruohe smiled and said.

"Then thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Xia."

Zhou Ling bowed with some surprise.

Xia Ruohe is a fifth-tier array master, which is extremely rare.

"Sister Ruohe, the others at our base are still waiting."

The pretty woman next to him quickly reminded him.

Xia Ruohe's starry eyes flickered, and she pointed to the flames rising in the sky, saying, "Sharpening the axe won't delay the work of chopping wood. With this evil-absorbing stone, we can establish a celestial city stronghold within ten days, which is much faster than other methods."

During their conversation, the vortex of flames condensed by the Absorbing Stone grew even larger.

The evil mist covering an area of ​​over two hundred feet has been cleared.

The effect was astonishing.

Seeing this, the other two cultivators from the immortal sects said nothing more.

Zhou Ling then instructed Commander Zhang to have someone guard the Absorbing Stone well before returning to his tent.

As for other matters, Commander Zhang can take care of them.

After sitting down on the futon, taking a sip of spiritual tea to calm himself down, Zhou Ling took out the jade slip containing the Soul-Cleansing Pill.

Divine consciousness entered it.

A moment later, Zhou Ling raised an eyebrow and thought to himself, "No wonder Xia Ruohe reminded me."

"Not to mention the method of refining the Soul Cleansing Pill, even just obtaining the three main ingredients is not easy."

The three main ingredients of the Soul Cleansing Pill are Blood Soul Grass, True Glow Spirit Liquid, and Mysterious Spirit Fruit, all of which are fifth-tier items.

Each one is extremely rare.

However, Zhou Ling was lucky; when he killed two alien races from the Star Sea at the Sword Qi Great Wall, he obtained several fifth-tier Blood Soul Grasses.

Moreover, not only are the materials rare.

The method of refining it is also extremely difficult.

It is the so-called Soul Flame Technique, which requires powerful spiritual energy to be combined with fifth-order spiritual flames for refining.

Moreover, this fifth-tier spirit flame must be a wood-attribute spirit flame.

Whether it's the power of the soul or the fifth-order wood-attribute spiritual flame, either of these has already stumped most alchemists.

Even fewer people can achieve both simultaneously.

"With my current sword energy, combined with the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame, I should still have a chance."

After a moment's thought, Zhou Ling thought to himself.

It just so happens that I have condensed a Soul Sword Dharma Image, which can be used in conjunction with the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame.

However, I don't have two other fifth-tier spiritual items at the moment, so I can only hope to exchange them for treasures provided by the four great grotto heavens.

The time that can be exchanged can only be done once a month, and only at the end of the month.

Zhou Ling immediately took the jade slip.

He then took out the bone rings of the two fourth-tier golden-eyed spirit race members, and with a flick of his hand, he condensed the Qianyang True Fire to refine the soul imprint restrictions on the bone rings.

He's been busy these past two days and hasn't had time to refine the bone ring.

These are, after all, the bone rings of two mid-stage fourth-tier golden-eyed spirit race members.

I just don't know what I'll gain.
Zhou Ling pondered this in his heart.

From Commander Zhang, he learned that the Youyun Star Region was extremely rich in resources.

It not only has various spiritual veins and minerals, but also various blood-nourishing medicines.

This is also the reason why the four great grotto heavens joined forces to explore this star field.

However, these resources are all tainted by evil spirits and need to be cleansed before they can be used.

This also highlights the importance of Zhou Ling's refining of the evil-absorbing stone.

It can not only effectively deal with the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan, but also greatly facilitate the future resource management of this star field.

"Hoohoo!"

A quarter of an hour later, the restriction on the bone ring disappeared.

Zhou Ling's consciousness entered the bone ring.

"So many materials!"

"There's even a fifth-tier Xuanling Fruit."

"Fourth-tier Blood Spirit Fruit".

Zhou Ling counted the two people's bone rings and couldn't help but beam with joy.

To his surprise, there was much more inside than he had expected.

There were piles of Tier 4 blood potions.

What attracted his attention most were the two Xuanling Fruits.

Unexpectedly, just when he was worried about not being able to find the Xuanling Fruit, it appeared.

However, both of these blood medicines contain a strong malevolent aura, and they must be cleansed before use.

There are also quite a few Blood Soul Stones and Blood Spirit Stones.

These are auxiliary items used by the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan for cultivation.

Equivalent to spirit stones for human cultivators.

There are thousands of them, and the quality is not low, similar to high-grade spirit stones.

Especially the Blood Soul Stone.

These are spirit stones unique to the Youyun Starfield.

It contains pure soul power, which, when absorbed, can assist in the cultivation of the soul.

There are also bone tools, minerals, etc.

Zhou Ling continued to inventory the items.

The most valuable among them is undoubtedly the fifth-tier Xuanling Fruit. Other fourth-tier blood medicines are also valuable, but they are far inferior to the Xuanling Fruit.

In addition, there are a large number of Blood Soul Stones, which are also of great help to human cultivators in this star field to quickly restore their soul power.

Of course, it is also necessary to perform a cleansing ritual before use.

Besides these, there was also a bunch of fourth-tier ores and bone artifacts.

These ores are of rough quality, but they are all extremely useful.

For example, fourth-tier black gold stone is an excellent material for forging fourth-tier swords.

As for bone artifacts...

For Zhou Ling, it was of no use.

But for Zhou Ling, these blood medicines, blood soul stones, and blood spirit stones alone were already a huge fortune.

"This star system is truly incredibly rich."

"The wealth of just one mid-stage fourth-order Golden-Eyed Spirit Race member is probably no less than that of a Nascent Soul cultivator from the human race."

Zhou Ling put the materials back into his storage ring, his eyes shining brightly. (End of Chapter)