Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

This so-called simulation tactic is just a competition.

It mainly focuses on the battle of the souls, allowing the souls to enter a void realm for trials.

It requires extremely high spiritual cultivation.

Moreover, this void realm was originally the realm where human cultivators fought against alien races, and it was extremely risky.

Once the soul is destroyed within, it will also perish.

However, the position of the head of the Xuanjun Division is of paramount importance.

A great battle, concerning the life and death of tens of thousands of cultivators in the Dao Alliance.

Without formidable strength, it would be impossible to fulfill this responsibility.

Although he knew from Meng Sishou's words that the risks of this trial were definitely not small.

But he will definitely participate.

It was only with great difficulty that Liu Zhengsheng was brought down.

We absolutely cannot allow the Liu family to regain the position of head of the Xuanjun Division.

Otherwise, any attempt to weaken the Liu family would be nothing but empty talk.

"The Liu family member who participated this time is Liu Zhengshang, who is in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. His soul cultivation is not low. It is said that the soul domain and soul form he has condensed are already comparable to those of mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators."

You'd better be careful.

Meng Sishou spoke up again to Zhou Ling.

The reason for recommending Zhou Ling in this way is that Zhou Ling has already made enough military achievements through several trials.

This position also fits Zhou Ling's current situation.

In addition, the Liu family must not be allowed to continue occupying this position.

After all, a leader of the Xuanjun Division controls one-third of the division's power, making him extremely crucial.

Putting everything else aside, just this time, Liu Zhengsheng managed to bring Liu Zhengjia to Yunhai Immortal City without anyone noticing.

This shows how much power this position wields.

Of course, he also considered the probability of Zhou Ling winning, since Zhou Ling was able to kill a fifth-tier Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan member, so his spiritual cultivation must be quite high.

"A mid-stage Nascent Soul!"

Zhou Ling frowned slightly.

He knew very well how he dealt with the Golden-Eyed Spirit Clan member at the mid-stage of the fifth rank; he mainly relied on the five spiritual flames to block the opponent's soul domain attack.

Otherwise, once inside the Golden Eye Soul Domain, one's soul would likely be devoured by the Golden Eye and transformed into a blood-red eye.

This time, the competition involves entering the Void Realm by condensing one's divine soul into a physical body.

Aside from Soul Flame, you can't use other Five Elements Spirit Flames.

This will undoubtedly have a huge impact on him, since he usually deals with fifth-order alien races mainly with the Five Elements Spirit Flame and the Sun Immortal Sword.

Without the Five Elements Spirit Flame and the Sunlit Immortal Sword, he currently lacks the strength to deal with a fifth-tier alien race.

Fortunately, his spiritual cultivation has now reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and he also has the assistance of the Golden Eye and Soul Flame.

He wasn't afraid of this kind of spiritual contest.

"We should also pay attention to the other two competitors, after all, one of them was originally under Liu Zhengsheng's command, and the other is also quite powerful."

"They are Zhang Yan, who is at the second level of the Nascent Soul stage, and Hu Xiong, who is at the third level of the Nascent Soul stage."

"Both of them are highly experienced and capable, and are decisive in their actions."

Meng Sishou introduced the situation of the other two competitors to Zhou Ling.

As soon as he finished speaking, he handed a jade slip to Zhou Ling.

"It contains information about the three people, as well as some competition data. Go back and take a good look at it, and make more preparations."

"As for the specific virtual realm that will be tested this time, we do not know for the time being."

Meng Sishou continued.

"How long will this trial last?"

Zhou Ling asked.

"The campaign lasts for one month. Participants will kill alien races in the Void Realm to earn military merits. Whoever has the highest military merit at the end will become the head of the Xuan Army Division."

Meng Si replied.

"Is it permissible to bring elixirs during the trial?"

Zhou Ling continued to inquire.

He is now able to refine the Soul-Cleansing Pill.

This will greatly help in the recovery of the soul.

This is also a significant advantage for him.

After all, with the talents of [Spiritual Medicine Stress Response] and [Restore to Original State], he recovers much faster than other cultivators.

"This is acceptable."

Meng Si nodded and said.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling felt relieved. If he could carry pills, it wouldn't be difficult to wear down a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"This is extremely crucial for both you and the Liu family."

"After all, the position of Chief of the Xuanjun Division is a powerful one. If you can take it, you will become a true backbone of the Dao Alliance."

"As for the Liu family, they have already suffered repeated blows, but if they can still obtain this position, it will undoubtedly give them a chance to catch their breath."

"The effects of our original efforts have been greatly reduced."

Meng Sishou then gave Zhou Ling some more instructions.

Subsequently, Meng Sishou also analyzed the situation of Liu Zhengshang's soul form and soul domain with Zhou Ling.

If Zhou Ling were to encounter this, he would be well-prepared.

Although the main purpose of this trial is to kill the alien races from the void realm and gain military merits.

However, given the current relationship between the Liu family and Zhou Ling, we must also be wary.

Zhou Ling listened attentively.

Although he possesses the [Advanced Observation] talent, he is able to observe the situation of his opponents.

However, it would be better to obtain information in advance and make preparations accordingly.

Of course, water has no fixed shape, and people have no fixed form.

In real combat, you still need to be adaptable to the situation.

Besides Liu Zhengshang, Meng Sishou also introduced the situation of two other Nascent Soul cultivators to Zhou Ling.

This shows how much he valued Zhou Ling's bid for the position of head of the Xuanjun Division.

After gaining a general understanding, Zhou Ling took his leave.

I'm preparing to refine a few Soul-Cleansing Pills.

Five or six pills should be enough in a month.

Next, Zhou Ling refined the Soul Cleansing Pill.

I spend most of my time with my family.

He also sets aside time each day to inspect the workshop and teach a few apprentices.

Under Wang Qingchang's management, everything in the workshop was in good order, and production was increasing day by day.

In the past six months, five fourth-tier weapon refiners have been brought in.

The development situation is very promising.

This is mainly due to orders from the Five Spirits Immortal City and the Sword Qi Great Wall.

The workshop's weapon refiners were kept busy just from forging swords and warships.

As for the situation of the four disciples...

Over the past few months, everyone's cultivation level has also made significant progress.

The path ahead gradually became clear.

Bai Ji and Song Yue have chosen to develop their skills in weapon crafting, and will spend more time in the workshop assisting third- and fourth-tier weapon crafters in forging magical artifacts.

Luo Xuan and Weng Lanyue specialize in swordsmanship.

They also began to participate in various boundary expansion battles of the Dao Alliance.

After all, sword cultivators cannot simply focus on cultivation.

You still need to participate in various real battles to understand different sword intents.

Zhou Ling also provided specific guidance based on each person's situation.

As for the resources they need, they have to acquire them themselves.

In addition, there are matters concerning the Tenken Division.

With the help of Lu Yunxi and others, he usually goes there every three to five days.

It's not the time for the Taoist academy to recruit disciples now, so there aren't many things to do.

His original suggestions to promote the assessment of independent cultivators and to abolish the recommendation of Foundation Establishment cultivators have already been implemented.

Overall, it has both advantages and disadvantages.

On the positive side, it allows us to discover some promising talents among the independent cultivators.

On the downside, the workload of instructors at the Dao Alliance and Dao Academy has increased significantly.

Of course, it will take several years after implementation to draw conclusions about the specific effects.

After all, even if a rogue disciple has the opportunity to enter one of the six major academies, it is not easy for them to make a name for themselves.

Someone like Bai Ji, with decent aptitude, would remain an unknown ordinary disciple without resources once he arrived at the academy.

If it weren't for meeting Zhou Ling, and spending a few years in the Dao Academy, I probably would have barely managed to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

There is absolutely no way he can achieve the Golden Core stage in the future.

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The Zhou family's training room.

"call!"

"It's actually a Soul-Cleansing Pill with three-layered patterns."

Zhou Ling exhaled, a look of joy on her face.

As the Golden Eye Soul Domain condensed, he used the Soul Sword Domain to refine the Soul Cleansing Pill.

The effect was even better than before. He directly refined a Soul-Clearing Pill with three pill patterns.

This is of much higher quality than Xia Ruohe's Soul-Cleansing Pill.

It contains more than twice the purity of the medicinal power.

If he takes one pill, along with his talent, it will be enough to quickly restore his depleted soul.

Zhou Ling was extremely satisfied with the results.

Over the past ten days, he has refined two batches of Soul-Cleansing Pills, a total of four pills.

They are all uniformly decorated with three-pronged patterns.

That was enough for him.

Based on his understanding of the virtual world and his planned strategy over the past few days.

If one's soul suffers two major depletions within a month, that is already an extremely dangerous situation.

If I had just been careful, this situation wouldn't have happened.

Moreover, both the talent and the Soul-Devouring Flame have the effect of restoring the soul.

With other preparations added, it should be about the same.

Immediately, with a thought, he put the pill into the pill bottle.

He stretched and left the cultivation room.

Now, most of the necessary preparations have been completed.

Now let's wait for the competition to begin.

According to Chief Meng, the position of Chief of the Xuanjun Division is extremely important and cannot be left vacant for too long.

This is why the trials were arranged so quickly.

"Husband, come here for a moment, I have something to discuss with you."

At that moment, Zhou Ling heard Gong Yi's voice transmission.

Zhou Ling was taken aback. His wife hadn't gone to the Nine Heavens Sword Academy today?

Today isn't a ten-day weekend!
He then left the meditation room.

"Sister Yi, what's wrong?"

After entering the room, Zhou Ling asked his wife with a smile.

He had no idea what his wife wanted to discuss with him.

Of the three, Gong Yi and Wang Qingshang are both very opinionated.

They generally wouldn't tell him unless it was a family matter or something extremely important.

Gong Yi first poured Zhou Ling a cup of spiritual tea, then sat down beside him.

Looking at Zhou Ling, her beautiful eyes shone like stars in the night sky, and a faint blush appeared on her pretty face as she said, "Husband, I'm pregnant!"

Zhou Ling was holding a teacup, taking a sip of spiritual tea, when he heard this. His hand trembled involuntarily, and his face lit up with joy. He hugged his wife and laughed, "You're really pregnant?"

I've been back for over a month.

I've spent the most time with Gong Yi during this period.

As expected, hard work pays off!
"Ok!"

Gong Yi looked at Zhou Ling, her eyes filled with tenderness.

Because of her cultivation level, she was trying her best to get pregnant as soon as possible.

After all, the higher one's cultivation level, the lower the probability of conceiving a child.

"Great!"

Zhou Ling's tone was somewhat agitated.

Although he already has two children, he still couldn't contain his excitement when he learned that his wife was pregnant.

Then, pressing his hand against his wife's belly, he said with a smile, "Let me hear what the little one is doing?"

"She just got pregnant, how could it be so fast!"

Gong Yi smiled faintly.

At this moment, his joy was palpable.

"Sister Yi, for now, don't worry about the affairs of the academy. Just stay home and take good care of yourself during your pregnancy!"

Zhou Ling said with a smile.

He knew his wife was a very career-oriented person.

Even when she's at home, she can't stay still.

Now that you have children, things are naturally different.

"But there are still some courses that need to be arranged at the Taoist academy."

Gong Yi shook her head and said.

"Send a message to the dean and ask her to arrange for another instructor to take over for a while."

"As for the work at the Taoist temple, I can go back after I give birth."

Zhou Ling said this.

Although with his wife's cultivation level, there shouldn't be any problems.

But unexpectedly, his wife, who was heavily pregnant, still had to go to the Taoist academy to teach.

"All right!"

Seeing Zhou Ling's serious expression, Gong Yi could only nod.

"Let's go, let's tell our parents about this first, so they can be happy too!"

Zhou Ling smiled at his wife again.

He then left the courtyard with his wife.

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"Wife, that's wonderful!"

Li Ru, who was taking a walk in the yard with her grandson, was overjoyed to hear the news that Gong Yi was pregnant.

He handed his grandson to Zhou Ling, and then started showing concern for Gong Yi, asking her all sorts of questions.

"Mother, she's only just gotten pregnant, there aren't that many problems."

Looking at his mother, Zhou Ling smiled.

"What do you know? You only need to be extra careful when you first get pregnant."

Li Ru shook his head.

Zhou Ling stopped getting involved in women's affairs and smiled at his son, "An'er, Daddy will take you to play."

He planned to take his son for a tour and see how to expand the Zhou family's territory.

After all, the Dao Alliance also rewarded us with fifty miles of land this time.

This is quite a large scale.

Adding the original five-mile territory, the total area is fifty-five miles in circumference.

However, there isn't that much land around.

Ziyun Mountain could only expand to a dozen miles at most.

As for the other territories, it depends on where the Dao Alliance will allocate to them.

Zhou Ling wasn't in a hurry about these things; Ziyun Peak was sufficient for now.

Besides, there aren't enough people to manage more territories.

"Meet the master!"

"Meet the master!"

Just then, two figures walked towards them: a tall, upright man and a pretty woman.

"Brother He!"

"Lingyun, my dear sister!"

Upon seeing the two, Zhou Ling greeted them with a smile.

The two are He Zijian and his sister.

Their cultivation levels have now improved considerably.

He Zijian was at the peak of Foundation Establishment.

He Lingyun is also in the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

"An'er, call your uncle and aunt."

Zhou Ling smiled at her son again.

Although their cultivation levels and identities are now vastly different.

However, Zhou Ling always treated He Zijian and the others as his own brothers and did not distance himself from them because of this.

He Zijian and his sister both hold positions in the Zhou family.

He Zijian, as the head of the guards, was responsible for the safety of the Zhou family.

He Lingyun manages the animal park.

"Uncle, Aunt!"

Zhou An shouted in a childish voice.

"Little An'er is such a good girl!"

He Lingyun took the child from Zhou Ling and said with a smile.

"Where are you going?"

Zhou Ling asked.

"I was just about to look for you; I have something to discuss with you."

He Zijian hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands to Zhou Ling.

“Then we’ll talk in the lobby.”

Zhou Ling nodded and returned to the hall with the He siblings.

Over the years, He Zijian hadn't bothered him with anything. (End of Chapter)