Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 61 Wang Yu's Test (Please read further, vote with monthly tickets and recommendations)
Zhou family.

After taking the Qi-Nourishing Pill, Zhou Shan went to rest.

Li Ruzheng was sitting in the main room, pouring the soaked and dried spirit rice from the winnowing basket into the brewing furnace, and then adding a few spirit herbs.

Mix it slightly, then pour in the prepared yeast in a certain proportion.

But after several attempts, I felt a bit flustered and couldn't get the proportions right.

His brows couldn't help but frown.

At this time.

dong dong dong!
"Who is it?" Li Ru asked, put down the winnowing basket, and got up to walk out of the main room.

"Mom, it's me."

Upon hearing Zhou Ling's voice, Li Ru hurriedly opened the door.

Seeing Zhou Ling looking travel-worn, Li Ru finally felt relieved. She wanted to scold him, but looking at the child's noticeably darker face, she couldn't bring herself to say it.

"Ling'er, you went into the mountains without even telling your mother!"

Li Ru's tone was concerned, yet tinged with reproach and worry. Her anxiety of the past few days subsided only when she saw her child.

She held Zhou Ling's hand with concern, and seeing his torn pants, she asked anxiously, "Ling'er, did you encounter a monster? Are you hurt?"

"It's nothing, just scratched by a tree branch!" Zhou Ling said casually, knowing he couldn't hide it any longer.

"Ling'er!"

Upon hearing this, Li Ru's expression became unusually serious.

She used to go into the mountains all year round, so how could she not know the dangers there!

"Mother, there's really no danger!"

Seeing her mother's red eyes and choked voice, Zhou Ling felt at a loss, knowing that it was wrong of her to go into the mountains without her knowledge.

But if you tell her, why would she let you go?

He put down the medicine basket on his back and said with a fawning smile, "Mother, look, I also caught a rock rat!"

To ease the tense atmosphere, Zhou Ling had no choice but to empty the rock rat out of the medicine basket.

"Squeak!"

Jumping out of the medicine basket and looking at the unfamiliar surroundings, the rock rat squeaked.

As expected, it immediately caught Li Ru's attention, and he couldn't help but ask in surprise, "A mid-stage Tier 1 Stone Rock Rat?"

"Mother, this is a spirit beast I tamed in the mountains. It looks hungry. Can you get us something to eat?"

Zhou Ling hurriedly said.

"Squeak!"

The rock rat and its companions kicked up their bodies and stood upright, bowing to Li Ru with their two front paws, looking quite comical.

It almost made Li Ru laugh through her tears.

Although he was puzzled, he wondered how the child, who was not a beast tamer, could subdue this rock rat.

But Zhou Ling had been able to find spiritual herbs since she was a child, and she knew that her child had extraordinary talent in certain areas.

Thinking about how her child had been eating dry rations in the mountains all this time, she decided not to argue with him and headed towards the kitchen.

Zhou Ling breathed a sigh of relief and gave the rock rat an order to stay in the courtyard and main room and not to go outside.

Then they went to their parents' room.

I saw that my father was asleep, breathing evenly.

Only then did he leave the room.

Soon, steaming hot food was on the table.

A plate of braised beef, a medicinal chicken soup, and a plate of stir-fried vegetables.

"Ling'er, you must never hide this from your mother and venture into the mountains like this again!"

Li Ru served Zhou Ling a bowl of spirit rice and said reproachfully.

If Wang Xin hadn't brought her the Qi-Nourishing Pill, she wouldn't have known her son hadn't gone to the Taoist temple.

Knowing her son well, she knew he must have gone into the mountains without telling her.

I've been extremely anxious these past few days.

Zhou Ling tore off a chicken leg and tossed it to the rock rat, then hurriedly laughed, "Mom, look, I'm perfectly fine!"

"In addition, this time I also found precious spiritual herbs such as Condensing Essence Grass and Blood Yang Grass." Zhou Ling said as he took out one spiritual herb after another from his storage bag.

"Tier 1 Late Stage Blood Sun Grass!"

"Second-tier Qi Condensation Grass!"

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In the past, Li Ru would have been overjoyed by each of these plants, but at this moment, she felt a mix of emotions and could only gently rub Zhou Ling's head.

She couldn't bear to blame him anymore.

At that moment, she realized that her son had truly grown up.

I'm already capable of earning money to support my family!

Children from poor families learn to be independent early!
Leaving the Taoist academy at the age of ten to venture out into the world is a perfectly normal thing for most independent Taoist families.

She served him another bowl of chicken soup, and looking at the Qi-Nourishing Grass, she said, "Ling'er, we really have to thank Wang Xin for sending the Qi-Nourishing Pill this time."

"You should thank them properly later!"

Zhou Ling nodded. "Mother, I know. I'll take this Qi Condensation Grass to Aunt Wang later and ask her to refine it into a Meridian Nourishing Pill for us."

As Li Ru sorted through the spiritual herbs Zhou Ling had picked, she became increasingly astonished. There were actually fifteen top-grade first-rank spiritual herbs, which could only be found by entering the inner mountain.

She didn't ask any more questions, and told Zhou Ling to be more prepared and careful when going into the mountains in the future.

After all, one cannot always be under the protection of one's parents on the path of spiritual cultivation.

The child's talent far surpasses that of the couple, and she knows in her heart that there is not much more they can teach the child!

"Mother, I'll go out first!"

After quickly finishing his meal, Zhou Ling put away the Condensing Essence Grass and several other late-stage first-tier spiritual herbs, and then spoke to Li Ru.

"We're going to Wang Xin's house, go change your clothes first. This one you're wearing is torn, let me mend it for you!"

Li Ru called out to Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling then returned to her room and quickly changed her clothes.

He then left home and headed towards Wang Xin's house.

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Wang Xin's home is located in the Qingzhufang area in front of the Taoist temple; it is a detached courtyard house.

It is one of the best residential areas in the western part of the city, and its quality is in the upper-middle range of Lingxia City.

The spiritual energy environment falls between a first-grade high-quality spiritual vein and a second-grade low-quality spiritual vein.

The environment is quiet, and it occupies about half an acre, which is quite good in Lingxia City.

Zhou Ling used to go out with Wang Xin during his ten-day break and came here once or twice.

When Zhou Ling arrived at Wang Yu's house, Wang Yu was drying medicinal herbs in the yard.

Upon seeing Zhou Ling, they led him into the hall.

"Aunt Wang, this is a Qi Condensing Grass. Could you please refine it into a Meridian Nourishing Pill?"

"There are also two Grade 1 superior Wood Element Grasses, which my mother asked me to give to you as a token of gratitude for your Qi Nourishing Pill."

Zhou Ling took out several medicinal herbs that her mother had wrapped in yellow silk and handed them to Wang Yu.

Wang Yu unveiled the silk cloth, took out the Condensing Essence Grass, looked at it, and nodded, "A second-grade low-level Condensing Essence Grass, the quality is not bad, there is a chance to get two Nourishing Meridian Pills."

He then looked at the two Wood Element Grass plants inside and smiled, "Your mother is very kind, but these Wood Element Grass plants are too precious for me to accept!"

"Aunt Wang, please accept this. Refining the Nourishing Meridian Pill has been a great help to my family!"

Zhou Ling said earnestly.

Wang Yu poured Zhou Ling a cup of spiritual tea and said with a smile, "This is just a small favor, nothing to mention!"

"Aunt Wang, my mother told me that no matter what, you must accept this!"

Zhou Ling picked up the teacup, took a sip, and found it fragrant and mellow; this was indeed a top-quality spiritual tea.

Seeing this, Wang Yu thought for a moment and smiled, "I've heard Xin'er say that Brother Ling has repaired quite a few precious artifacts for people!"

"I happen to have a damaged first-grade high-level alchemy furnace on hand. Do you think you can repair it?"

"Consider this payment for refining the pills."

"If you can fix it, I can give you a great opportunity!"

(End of this chapter)