Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, could you please show me the evil-absorbing stone in your hand?"

At this moment, Qin Yi didn't care about saving face and directly cupped his hands to Zhou Ling to ask.

"I still have two Tier 3 Absorbing Stones on hand. I can show you their effects."

Zhou Ling nodded.

He won ten lightning-attribute spirit stones from Qin Yi, plus a piece of fifth-tier lightning wood.

Both of these are quite valuable.

The most important point is that it has condensed the [Thunder Amplification].

This greatly increased his speed of comprehending the power of the Thunder Rules.

Moreover, Qin Yi is a man of principle; he accepted his defeat without resorting to any underhanded tactics.

Unlike Wu Daoyuan, this Five Elements Sword Pill still has a mark.

Therefore, he could naturally agree to the other party's request.

"Thank you, Brother Zhou."

Upon hearing this, Qin Yi smiled and bowed to Zhou Ling in thanks.

Zhou Lingxuan immediately took out a third-tier aura-absorbing stone from his storage ring and said to Qi Jianzhi, "Jianzhi, you give it a try."

He has already consumed a lot of his magical power, so he still asked Qi Jianzhi to activate the Absorbing Stone.

There are no other markings on the Absorbing Stone; as long as the cultivator knows the activation technique, they can activate it.

"okay!"

Qi Jianzhi took the absorbing stone and said with a smile.

However, he secretly transmitted a message to Zhou Ling, saying, "Boss, don't give them this Absorbing Stone. Letting them establish a celestial city outpost won't do us any good."

"Especially Wu Daoyuan, that kid doesn't look like a good person."

Zhou Ling smiled faintly and didn't say anything more.

Now that the two spiritual flames have been greatly depleted, he is unable to refine a fourth-order Absorbing Stone in a short period of time.

"Everyone, follow me."

Qi Jianzhi waved to everyone and said.

Among the cultivators of the four great grotto heavens, the cultivators of the Dao Alliance and the Immortal Sect had already witnessed the power of the Absorbing Stone, so they were not particularly curious.

However, the cultivators from the other two great grotto-heavens all showed curiosity and followed Qi Jianzhi out of the tent.

Wu Daoyuan and Qin Yi followed closely behind.

They all knew that establishing a celestial city stronghold as soon as possible was crucial for the upcoming trials.

Soon, the group arrived at the outer perimeter of the Immortal City stronghold.

Ahead lay a surging, pervasive fog of malevolent energy.

Qi Jianzhi walked into the evil mist.

He then directly activated the evil-absorbing stone in his hand.

Suddenly, a burst of flames flashed on the Absorbing Stone, instantly condensing into a vortex of flames.

The vortex of flames continued to grow larger, rapidly absorbing the surrounding malevolent mist.

Within a dozen breaths, a patch of malevolent mist, thirty or forty feet in diameter, was cleared away.

"This is too fast!"

"This is the Absorbing Stone. No wonder they were able to establish a celestial city stronghold so quickly."

"With this kind of evil-absorbing stone, why should we worry about not being able to establish a celestial city stronghold within ten days?"

Seeing the miraculous effects of the Absorbing Stone, the cultivators from the Heavenly Palace and the Desolate Region were all horrified and extremely shocked.

It's important to know that when they use the exorcising array to remove evil spirits, it takes them one or two days to set it up each time.

It will take several days to set up the magic array and clear an area of ​​about a hundred feet in diameter.

Its efficiency is much lower than that of this evil-absorbing stone.

Moreover, setting up a warding-off-evil formation in the midst of evil fog carries considerable risk.

Be on guard against attacks from the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan lurking around the stronghold at all times.

However, this amulet stone has no such concerns.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, do you still have this Absorbing Stone?"

"Could you give me a few pieces?"

Qin Yi licked his slightly chapped lips and hurriedly cupped his hands to Zhou Ling.

With this amulet stone, expanding the immortal city outpost will be much easier.

Seeing this, Wu Daoyuan also clenched his fists tightly, extremely tempted by the evil-absorbing stone.

But he couldn't bring himself to speak.

After all, the incident with the Five Elements Sword Pill had created some distance between him and Zhou Ling.

Now I understand.

Why was Zhou Ling able to establish his immortal city stronghold so quickly?

It's all thanks to this evil-absorbing stone.

I never imagined that I would lose to Zhou Ling in this way.

If I had this Absorbing Stone, I could have established a stronghold in the Immortal City long ago, and perhaps even killed the leader of the fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan.

However, he immediately realized that this absorbing stone was created by Zhou Ling himself.

That's their skill.

There's nothing we can do about that.

"I only have one piece left on me now."

Zhou Ling took out another third-tier Absorbing Stone and spoke.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, could you give me this Absorbing Stone? I'll exchange it for a Thunder Attribute Spirit Stone."

Qin Yi hurriedly said.

"Oh, you still have lightning-attribute spirit stones on you?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling looked surprised.

I originally thought Qin Yi had lost all his lightning-attribute spirit stones, but I didn't expect this guy to have another trick up his sleeve.

To everyone's surprise, Qin Yi shook his head and said seriously, "I don't have any lightning-attribute spirit stones on hand right now, but I can write an IOU and pay you back after the trial is over."

“Write down an IOU.”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling frowned, thinking how could this guy even say such a thing.

He didn't have any lightning-attribute spirit stones, yet he spoke with such conviction.

But then I thought about it again, and realized that the evil-absorbing stone wouldn't be of much use to me.

But this was just a trial after all.

Given Qin Yi's potential, his future is limitless, and I can take this opportunity to make him owe me a favor.

He immediately nodded and said, "Alright, this Absorbing Qi is worth two high-grade lightning-attribute spirit stones. What do you think, Fellow Daoist Qin?"

"No problem." Qin Yi immediately nodded in agreement.

However, he quickly spoke up again, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, could you refine a few more pieces for me?"

At this moment, the speed at which the evil-absorbing stone in Qi Jianzhi's hand absorbed the evil mist gradually slowed down.

Judging from the situation, a single Tier 3 Absorbing Stone can clear away the evil mist within a radius of about two or three hundred feet.

Given the situation at their base, they would need at least five more of these Tier 3 Absorbing Stones.

"To be honest, Fellow Daoist Qin, killing the fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan leader this time consumed too much of my two spiritual flames."

"Without the aid of the spirit flame, it would be impossible to refine a demon-absorbing stone with such an effect."

Zhou Ling said seriously.

With the blood medicine harvested this time, it will take approximately several days to restore both spiritual flames.

However, Zhou Ling would naturally not say that.

After all, the difficulty of recovering from a fifth-order spirit flame is much greater than the difficulty of a cultivator recovering their cultivation level.

If it takes one or two months to recover from this kind of consumption, that would be quite good.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, how long will it take to refine it?"

Qin Yi asked in a deep voice.

Their team has already suffered casualties.

Given the effectiveness of the evil-absorbing stone, he naturally wanted to obtain it.

"If it goes as fast as twenty days, it may take more than a month."

Zhou Ling said this.

"Can't you hurry up? I can accept a higher price if it's a bit more expensive."

Qin Yi rubbed his hands together and said somewhat anxiously.

"There is no way."

Zhou Ling shook his head.

"Alright, then I'll trouble Fellow Daoist Zhou to refine the other five Absorbing Stones for me as soon as possible."

Qin Yi cupped his hands and said.

He then took out a yellow scroll and signed a contract, agreeing to purchase six third-tier Absorbing Stones from Zhou Ling, owing Zhou Ling a total of twelve high-grade lightning-attribute spirit stones.

After handing the IOU to Zhou Ling, the two had essentially completed their transaction. Nearby, the other Heavenly Palace cultivators frequently glanced at Wu Daoyuan.

I hope Wu Daoyuan will also buy this evil-absorbing stone from Zhou Ling.

But Wu Daoyuan remained indifferent, and no one else dared to utter a sound.

Wu Daoyuan was also extremely conflicted at this moment, and he was hesitant to bring it up with Zhou Ling.

If Zhou Ling rejects me, where will I put my face?

Moreover, Qin Yi and Zhou Ling have now reached an agreement to refine the evil-absorbing stone.

Even if Zhou Ling agrees to refine this evil-absorbing stone for me, it will be more than a month from now.

By then, his own immortal city stronghold had already been built.

Therefore, there is no need for this.

Zhou Ling naturally ignored his meaning.

He put away the contract and IOU, and smiled at Qin Yi, "Fellow Daoist Qin, I will have someone notify you when the refining is completed."

"Thank you for your help, Fellow Daoist Zhou."

Qin Yi cupped his hands and smiled.

Under these circumstances, Zhou Ling agreed to refine it for him, and he knew that he owed Zhou Ling a favor.

Although twelve high-grade lightning-attribute spirit stones are quite valuable, they are insignificant compared to establishing a celestial city stronghold.

Moreover, if one is not careful, it could cause injury or death to the cultivators at any time.

After finishing their business, Zhou Ling was about to return to his tent when he saw a warship speeding towards them from the sky.

"It's Commander Qi."

Looking at the imposing figure standing on the deck, Commander Zhang smiled and spoke.

He immediately instructed Deputy Commander Gu to activate the magic array.

“Zhou Zhishou and Qin Zhizheng, you are both here, which saves me the trouble of making an extra trip.”

After the warship landed, the burly Commander Qi came to the group and greeted them with a cupped-hand salute.

"Greetings, Commander Qi!"

"Greetings, Commander Qi!"

Zhou Ling and the others also cupped their hands in greeting.

After a few brief pleasantries, everyone returned to their tents.

"Chief Zhou, I am here on the orders of City Lord Chen to bring supplies to your Immortal City stronghold."

After everyone arrived at the tent and took their seats, Commander Qi immediately stated his purpose and handed a storage ring to Zhou Ling.

"Thank you, Lord Chen and Commander Qi."

Zhou Ling accepted the storage ring and bowed in thanks.

In terms of supplies, he is not lacking at the moment. Having successively acquired the bone rings of the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan, he now has enough resources at his disposal.

However, the other cultivators at the Immortal City stronghold, and the spirit stones needed to activate the stronghold's magic array, need to be replenished.

He then handed the storage ring to Commander Zhang and said with a smile, "Commander Zhang, please make the arrangements."

"Thank you very much, Chief Zhou!"

Commander Zhang, beaming with joy, bowed to Zhou Ling in thanks.

The stronghold now contains spiritual energy gathered by a spirit-gathering array, which is used by cultivators.

The Spirit Gathering Array and the Golden Cloud Array consume a considerable amount of energy every day.

Without supplies, it would be dangerous if the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan attacked again.

With this supply, all the cultivators were able to recover more quickly.

"These are all rewards obtained by Chief Zhou and the other stronghold cultivators for killing fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Race members."

"In addition, Lord Chen also mentioned that you can also mention what kind of spiritual medicine Chief Zhou needs, and he will arrange for someone to send it to you as soon as possible."

Commander Qi spoke up again to Zhou Ling.

"Thank you, Lord Chen."

Zhou Ling bowed again in thanks.

He does have some spiritual herbs he wants, but he doesn't know if Cloud Sea Immortal City has them.
Upon hearing this, Qin Yi, Xia Ruohe, and the others couldn't help but show expressions of envy.

Sure enough, killing a fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Race member earned him different treatment.

However, the four powerful figures of the Four Heavenly Caves were also aware that this was the reward Zhou Ling had earned by killing a fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan member.

"Also, Commander Zhou, the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan commander you killed this time was named Jin Gu. He was from the ancestral lineage of the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan and belonged to the most noble members of the clan."

"Moreover, he was also the successor to the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan's patriarch in the future. Since you killed him this time, the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan will definitely not let it go."

"The city lord means that you'd better return to Cloud Sea Immortal City. Otherwise, if you continue to stay in this stronghold, other fifth-tier golden-eyed spirit race members might attack you."

Commander Qi's face showed a solemn expression as he spoke to Zhou Ling.

"A fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan of the Ancestral Lineage!"

"Wouldn't this be the most powerful being among the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan?"

Upon hearing this, everyone gasped slightly in surprise.

Unexpectedly, the fifth-tier golden-eyed spirit race leader killed by Zhou Ling was of such high status.

Not only is he a descendant of the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan, but he is also the future leader of the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan.

This also demonstrates Zhou Ling's formidable strength.

The strength of this ancestral Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan is far beyond that of ordinary fifth-order Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan members.

Given the high position of this Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan leader, the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan will definitely launch a full-scale counterattack.

At that point, this outpost will likely be in real danger.

Zhou Ling frowned, not expecting that this fifth-order golden-eyed spirit race member would have such a high status.

But if he were to return to Cloud Sea Immortal City now, he would no longer be able to kill the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan.

Since I have enough points now, it doesn't really matter.

But it's hard to say about the other Dao Alliance trial disciples.

After all, they also need to achieve a good ranking.

He immediately cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for the reminder, Commander Qi. I will consider this matter and give you an answer in a couple of days."

"it is good!"

Commander Qi nodded slightly, his expression very respectful.

Although he was not a Dao Alliance cultivator.

However, Zhou Ling, after arriving in this star field for just over a month, refined the Absorbing Stone, bringing about a tremendous change in the battle situation of the entire star field.

Now, having killed a fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan member, they deserve the respect of all human cultivators in the Youyun Starfield.

"There is another very important thing: we have obtained intelligence."

"Next month, the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan army will launch a major attack on Cloud Sea Immortal City."

"Lord Chen hopes that you will all help defend Cloud Sea Immortal City and work together to deal with the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan's army."

Commander Qi said solemnly.

"it is good."

Zhou Ling nodded without hesitation.

He had already promised Lord Chen this.

Moreover, after killing Jin Gu, he was worried that staying at the stronghold would attract the attention of high-ranking Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan members.

This opportunity to visit the Cloud Sea Immortal City is quite appropriate.

"I will definitely go!"

Qin Yi also spoke up.

“Our immortal cultivators will also go.”

"Our Heavenly Palace cultivators will go."

Xia Ruohe and Wu Daoyuan exchanged glances and bowed to Commander Qi.

Zhou Ling's points have now far surpassed theirs.

If they follow the established procedures here...

There was no chance of surpassing Zhou Ling after that.

However, this battle with the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan's army actually presents them with an opportunity.

This was the thought of all three of them at the same time.

"Good! Good! Good!"

"Truly worthy of being a proud cultivator of our human race!"

Commander Qi praised repeatedly.

I greatly admire the courage and boldness of the four of them.

"Everyone, please be prepared and you may proceed to Cloud Sea Immortal City at any time."

Finally, Commander Qi gave everyone some final instructions.

However, with more than a month to go before the great battle, it was impossible for everyone to head to Cloud Sea Immortal City in this state.

If they can deal with the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan for a month, they can still earn a considerable number of points. (End of Chapter)