Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 55 The He Family Siblings (Please read further and vote with monthly tickets and recommendations)
Whoosh! Whoosh!
As Zhou Lingzheng leaped onto the rock face to pick the Golden Sun Ginseng, two figures were seen flying rapidly at low altitude in the distance.

Zhou Ling looked wary and wanted to quickly find a place to hide.

However, the vines on the rock face in late autumn were all bare and could not conceal any figure.

Zhou Ling could only carefully lie on the rock wall and casually pick the Golden Sun Ginseng.

Place it in the storage bag.

Remembering Chu Xing's instructions, he held two more fireballs in his hands.

In the Black Cloud Mountains, the danger of monsters is only part of the story.

Every year, many monks are killed by their own kind.

The rock rat, having just finished eating the ground blue flower, reacted extremely quickly, lying down on the ground.

It looks no different from the other rocks in the surrounding jungle.

A few breaths.

A young male and female cultivator flew low through the light mist.

Zhou Ling was taken aback for a moment.

These two people looked to be about the same age as me.

The boy in front, about eleven or twelve years old, was riding a flying sword. He was dressed in fine clothes and had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes.

The girl next to him was about ten years old, wearing a yellow dress, standing gracefully with bright and intelligent eyes.

"Young man, was that a Golden Sun Ginseng you just picked?"

The boy glanced at Zhou Ling, frowned, and hurriedly asked.

"no!"

Zhou Ling replied directly.

A single Golden Sun Ginseng costs dozens of spirit stones, so Zhou Ling naturally had to be cautious since he didn't know the other party's intentions.

Moreover, the two young men's attire suggests they are not ordinary rogue cultivators, but rather scions of prominent families.

Ordinary independent cultivators cannot afford a magic sword that allows them to fly.

This is at least a mid-grade first-tier magic sword, and it's quite expensive.

Moreover, the two of them, one at the seventh level of Qi Refining and the other at the fifth level, dared to fly on their magic swords in the inner mountain, so they must have other tricks up their sleeves.

"Young man, don't be nervous, we mean no harm!"

The young man looked at Zhou Ling with a wary expression and said seriously, "We have a treasure on us that can detect the aura of this Golden Sun Ginseng. It just showed that it's nearby."

"Here are sixty spirit stones; I can buy them from you!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself, "Does this guy want to force me to buy or sell?"
However, sixty spirit stones is actually more than the market price.

Seeing that there was no warning in the [Crisis Response] system, Zhou Ling could sense that the other party meant no harm. He cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoist, please forgive me. The mountains are dangerous, and I don't know your intentions, so please be careful."

Seeing Zhou Ling's mature demeanor, the girl chuckled and asked curiously, "You're really brave! You're only at the fourth level of Qi Refining, yet you dared to enter the inner mountain without the protection of a magic robe!"

Zhou Ling smiled but didn't say much. The herbalist goes into the mountains to find herbs every day, and there's never been a safe time!
The boy then tossed the bag of spirit stones to Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling opened the spirit stone bag, scanned it with his divine sense, and quickly confirmed that there were exactly sixty low-grade spirit stones inside.

He immediately took out the Golden Yang Ginseng from his storage bag and handed it to the other party.

"Fifty-year-old Golden Sun Ginseng, excellent! The Haoyang Bird is sure to take the bait now!"

After carefully examining the Golden Sun Ginseng, the girl said with a delighted expression.

After putting away the spirit stone bag, Zhou Ling picked up the medicine basket and prepared to leave.

Although the [Crisis Response] indicator doesn't provide any hints, there's no guarantee that these two won't change their minds.

Moreover, their actions would easily attract monsters in the inner mountains.

It would be best to leave now!

"Young brother, are you familiar with this area? If you lead us to Nine Leaf Valley, I will give you fifty spirit stones as a reward!"

At this moment, the young man spoke up.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling stopped and asked, "Are you heading to Nine Leaf Valley?"

"That's right. We received information that someone discovered a young Haoyang Bird in Nine Leaves Valley. We came here to find this Haoyang Bird."

The boy nodded.

Unexpectedly, the two of them were also heading to Nine Leaf Valley, and what kind of Haoyang Bird was there in Nine Leaf Valley?

Zhou Ling frowned slightly. After thinking about it, he realized that he was going to Nine Leaf Valley anyway, and it was less than a mile away from here.

I'll just make a profit on these fifty spirit stones!

Where else can you find such a good deal!
On the surface, however, he said with a serious expression, "This is the inner mountain, and the demonic beasts here are all quite powerful. Are you sure you can deal with this Haoyang Bird?"

"You don't need to worry about that. As long as you bring us to Nine Leaf Valley, these spirit stones are yours."

"As for dealing with the Haoyang Bird, we have our own methods!"

The boy said with a confident expression.

Zhou Ling nodded, thinking that if there really was a Haoyang Bird, it would save him trouble if the two of them could deal with it. He then said, "I can take you there, but you must be careful on the way and not ride your flying sword like that!"

"It's easy to attract monsters from the mountains!"

The young man nodded.

"Okay, come with me!"

Zhou Ling then waved his hand and said.

"Jiji!"

The rock rat, which had been playing dead, suddenly became surprisingly agile and followed behind Zhou Ling.

The young men and women were taken aback.

"Stone Rock Rat!"

"I didn't realize you were a beast tamer?"

The girl looked at the rock rat with her bright and lively eyes and said in a surprised tone.

"Ok!"

Zhou Ling replied softly.

This is the effect of [Beast Intimidation], and has nothing to do with the Beast Tamer.

Of course, there's no need to explain this kind of thing.

The girl quickened her pace, reaching out to grab the rock rat.

The rock rat darted away and hid at Zhou Ling's feet.

Seemingly having found a backer, it stared at the girl, its rat-like teeth bared, and made a squeaking warning sound.

Zhou Ling was taken aback. Was this guy really that cowardly?
This action is seriously inconsistent with the strength of a mid-stage first-tier demonic beast!
"Huh, this rock rat seems to be injured!"

The girl looked at the bloodstains at the corner of the rock rat's mouth, took out a small bottle, and handed it to Zhou Ling, saying, "This is a Beast Essence Pill, which will help the rock rat's injuries!"

"This?" Zhou Ling felt it was inappropriate to accept the girl's pills for no reason. He was about to politely refuse when he saw the girl looking at him with her big, watery eyes, clear and bright.

It wasn't right to refuse someone's kindness, and besides, the Rock Rat was genuinely hurt.

When we get to Nine Leaf Valley, we'll charge them less spirit stones!

He took the bottle and said, "Thank you, young lady!"

Seeing that Zhou Ling accepted the gift, the girl smiled sweetly, "I'm not called 'Miss,' I'm called He Lingyun, and this is my brother, He Zijian."

"My name is Zhou Ling!" Zhou Ling said with a smile.

Although both men came from prominent families, they were quite easy to talk to.

Unlike in the Taoist academy, where the scions of powerful families paid little attention to them, the independent cultivators.

Moreover, scions of prominent families have their own circles, and they only associate with people within their own circles.

These He siblings seem to be somewhat different from them.

Zhou Ling thought to himself, but this had nothing to do with him.

Upon opening the elixir bottle, one finds a black pill about the size of a thumb.

Unlike ordinary pills, this one had a slightly pungent, bloody smell, and it was unclear what medicinal ingredients it was made from.

"Stonerock Rat, get ready!"

Zhou Lingdao.

He then tossed the elixir to the rock rat.

The rock rat leaped forward, opened its mouth, and precisely swallowed the pill.

This incident quickly improved the relationship between the three of them.

(End of this chapter)