Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 156 In-laws
"I taught you the alchemy method just because I liked you. Besides, you are now able to refine a top-grade Qi-nourishing Pill, which is pretty good."

Despite Wei Zhong's remarks, Hu Jinchuan's eyes were still filled with shame.

"If your alchemy skills are more advanced, and you can also refine the Qi-combining pill, and build your foundation a few decades earlier, you might be able to get a position as a disciple..."

Hu Jinchuan's mind was in turmoil, and finally turned into a deep sigh from the bottom of his heart.

Wei Zhong didn't know what he was thinking, so he said bluntly:
“After all, you are the second foundation-building cultivator on Qingbo Island, so you must shoulder some responsibilities.

There is no need for you, a foundation-building cultivator, to worry about the matters concerning the spiritual fields on the spiritual island. Besides, the guards of the spiritual island are also aided by formations. Zou Ruiyuan alone and some of his Qi-refining masters can handle it.

Of all the miscellaneous matters, only external affairs remain in your hands."

Hu Jinchuan raised his head and heard Wei Zhong's instructions:

"In addition to the output of spiritual fields, our Lingdao has two major businesses, spiritual pills and magical instruments.

The matter of elixirs has been in your hands for many days, and I plan to hand over the matter of magic weapons to you as well.

From now on, I will verbally arrange the first and second level matters for both parties, and you will be responsible for all subsequent executions.

As for the third level, I will handle it myself unless there is any emergency. I will not let you do it unless it is urgent.

Things like last time where a Jindan Tribulation cultivator blocked the way won’t happen again.”

Hu Jinchuan breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down after hearing Wei Zhong's words.

“However, there are many experts in foundation building. You must be careful when you go out, and don’t fall into the path of robbery. If necessary, you can bring Jiucai along with you…”

Wei Zhong talked a lot, and when he was done he took out a bottle of Qi-combining pills and sent the man away.

Putting down the tea in his hand, Wei Zhong stretched his body:

"All trivial matters have been handed over to the servants, and I, the island owner, have successfully gotten some peace and quiet."

Wei Zhong had also considered the possibility that his subordinates would take bribes and try to profit from it, but with Jiucai's supervision, such accidents would not occur.

Even if Hu Jinchuan was greedy, Wei Zhong would not suffer much loss. One transaction was not worth a furnace of third-level elixir that Wei Zhong made.

Wei Zhong stood up, took a step forward and disappeared on the spot...
A beam of light flew over the sky above the Zhigang Palace, far away from Qingbo Island, and landed on the high tower below. The large formation that could stop a cultivator in the late Jindan stage did not pose any hindrance to this figure.

"I've met Master!"

Zhuang Yao bowed to the person in front of her.

The latter nodded, it was Song Linfang.

After searching in vain for the local spiritual place in Luohe Prefecture, he went to Yunzhou City alone.

The Wang family promised to allocate a fourth-level spiritual land for him to practice, and invited him to be a guest of the Wang family to enjoy offerings.

Over the years, Song Linfang has spent most of his time in Yunzhou City, and occasionally takes the opportunity to return to Luohe Prefecture to take care of the sect's affairs.

Anyway, with the speed of a Nascent Soul cultivator, it wouldn't take much time to travel between the two places.

As for why the Zhigang Palace was not moved to Yunzhou City, on the one hand, the Wang family did not allow it, and on the other hand, the spiritual land they provided was too small.

It is much smaller than Qingbo Island where Wei Zhong lives.

The place only allowed Song Linfang, a Nascent Soul cultivator, to practice. The others were not at a high enough level and didn't even have a chance to snatch spiritual energy from Song Linfang in that spiritual land.

Therefore, Song Linfang simply kept both of his disciples in Zhigang Palace, as his own spokespersons in the palace.

"Has there been any unusual incidents in the palace in recent years? What happened to those three spirit slaves?"

"Reporting to Master, everything is fine in the palace. With Master's prestige suppressing the situation, our Zhigang Palace is more prosperous than before.

The Jinguang Pavilion that had fought with our sect in the past not only shrank in power, but also gave up many of its businesses. Our sect elders and disciples took this opportunity to take over, and the sect’s spiritual stone income has increased by several times in recent years.”

Song Linfang nodded. Ever since the news of her Nascent Soul was spread out and confirmed, even now, the Jinguang Pavilion has been keeping a low profile and acting cautiously, without causing any offense.

Therefore, Song Linfang had no intention of taking action against him and dominating the entire Luohe Prefecture.

"As for the three soul slaves, they have been suffering terribly in recent years due to the great formation draining away their spiritual power. In the past, they occasionally cursed the elders and even the master, but now they can only beg for mercy."

A sneer appeared on Song Linfang's lips.

Qu Zhilin, Guan Ri'an and Chi Yunyou, the three Jindan masters who once started the internal strife, were all transformed into "batteries" of the Zhigang Palace's protective formation under Song Linfang's treatment.

This would have been impossible without the help of the formation master from the Wang family.

After all, compared to the thin spiritual energy within the spiritual land, the spiritual power in the body of a Jindan cultivator is purer.

Directly extracting and converting it into the power of the formation is faster and more convenient, but it is not as durable as the spiritual land.

"Let's lock him up for another thirty or forty years. If he behaves well by then, I will release him."

In another thirty or forty years, I'm afraid the three Jindan cultivators would think of committing suicide if they knew about it. Although the restrictions in his body prevented him from self-destructing, there are many ways for Jindan cultivators to commit suicide. Now he just thought of Song Linfang's kindness and had a glimmer of hope.

"Thirty or forty years, I'm afraid that Guan Ri'an can't hold on any longer."

Song Linfang frowned, and Zhuang Yao continued:
"Elder Xu once said that his inner elixir was in chaos and was in danger of collapsing due to the formation draining away his spiritual energy."

"How long has it been since the inner elixir collapsed? Could it be that the person's elixir condensation was not refined and his foundation is not stable?"

Greeting Zhuang Yao in front of him, he said:
"Come with me and take a look."

The two of them fled all the way and came to a secret underground cave.

Guan Ri'an was seen imprisoned in the formation. He was thin and had white hair scattered on the floor. His limbs, chest, abdomen, and even head were imprisoned by the formation.

The Jindan cultivator who used to be so glorious is now worse than a prisoner in the mortal world.

Hearing the footsteps, he turned his head and looked. Under the restriction here, his consciousness was suppressed and he could only use his eyes to explore.

Seeing the figure in the gorgeous dress, his dull eyes suddenly brightened up.

"Palace, Palace Master, I greet you. Please forgive my previous sins and let me live. I am willing to work like a slave to repay your kindness."

A dignified Jindan cultivator was imprisoned here, and his fate was more miserable than that of cattle, horses and other livestock.

Song Linfang ignored him and grabbed his shoulder. His Nascent Soul consciousness invaded his body and saw the fiery red inner elixir of the cultivator.

Guan Riyan was a man who practiced fire magic, and the inner elixir he formed was also fiery red in color.

"Indeed, there is a danger of collapse."

Before Guan Ri'an understood the meaning of his words, Song Linfang had already loosened her right hand and stood up, looking at him with indifference in her eyes.

It won’t be long before the inner elixir collapses, and this person is about to fall from the stage of forming the elixir.

There is a way to remedy the situation. As long as Song Linfang releases him and then takes him to Qingbo Island to ask for a source-replenishing pill, he can be cured by swallowing and refining it. However, a source-replenishing pill is very valuable, at least the price of a thousand-year-old elixir. How could Song Linfang pay such a price for a betrayer?

"Your spiritual energy has been drained by the formation, and your inner elixir is about to disintegrate. There is no chance of recovery."

Hearing Song Linfang's calm words, Guan Ri'an below was stunned for a moment, not yet understanding the meaning of her words.

"Daoyou's cultivation is not safe."

Only after this sentence was added did the slightly slow Guan Ri'an finally understand.

"How, how could it be?"

A stream of energy shot out from Song Linfang's fingertips, breaking a rune restriction on the formation. Guan Ri'an immediately felt his own consciousness become active, and when he looked inside his body, he saw a chaotic scene.

He looked up at Song Linfang with pleading eyes:
"I was wrong, I was wrong. I beg the Palace Master to let me go."

There was not much emotion in Song Linfang's eyes. She pondered for a moment, then waved her hand and shot out several streams of energy, breaking the restriction in this place.

He picked up the man and a slavery ban emerged from his fingertips and penetrated into his brain.

Guan Ri'an had no intention of resisting at all. Decades of time had already worn away his arrogance.

After finishing the spell, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly:

"Thank you, Palace Master. Thank you, Palace Master."

Song Linfang ignored it and turned to look at Zhuang Yao and said:
"Within three months, this person's inner elixir will disintegrate. Within ten days, he will lose all his cultivation, and his life span will be reduced to his current life span, and he will die completely. You hand him over to Xu Xianliang."

Zhuang Yao was shocked. She didn't expect that this formation could actually beat a high-level cultivator like the Jindan realm to death. She lowered her head and replied, "Yes."

Song Linfang flew away. With the slavery ban in place, she was not worried about Guan Ri'an's rebellion.

After arriving at the other two secret caves and checking on the two people, he found no signs of inner elixir collapse. He then felt relieved and ignored their cries for mercy.

He left a sentence, "I'll keep you locked up for another ten years," and turned and left.

As for why Guan Ri'an was drained by the formation to the point where his inner elixir was destroyed, Song Linfang had never figured it out. She could only blame it on the fact that the formation was too overbearing and this person's foundation was too poor.

After finding the palace elders and dealing with some matters that had to be handled by the palace master, Song Linfang immediately returned to Yunzhou City.

Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator has a long lifespan, he should not be lazy and must always consider the matter of cultivation.

As he was escaping, a spirit boat happened to be traveling in the opposite direction.

Sitting inside were Wanyan Fu and his senior brother Tao Ming, who could glimpse the Nascent Soul's escaping light in the distance.

Wanyan Fu asked:
"Could this Nascent Soul cultivator be the newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator from Luohe Mansion?"

Tao Ming took a sip of the wine in the cup and said without much expression:
"Besides this person, who else could it be that frequently travels back and forth between Yunzhou City and Luohe Prefecture?"

“Haha, I heard that the Wang family wanted to find a new fourth-level spiritual land in Luohe Prefecture, but they didn’t expect that the place had already been occupied by a mid-Yuanying cultivator, so they were disappointed.

That’s why we allocated a piece of land in Yunzhou for this person to practice.”

Tao Ming listened to Wanyan Fu's words, recalling the predecessor named Tan Tai Lin in the legend, and remembered his great reputation in the Western Desert.

"Speaking of which, Senior Brother, is the 'Blood Shura' really as powerful as the rumors say, that even the Wang family's ancestor is no match for it?"

"It's just a rumor from hundreds of years ago. It doesn't count. It's true that 'Blood Shura' is very powerful, but the Wang family's ancestor hasn't taken action for many years. If the two don't fight, no one can tell who is stronger."

Wanyan Fu came closer and said:
"Then how does it compare to Master?"

Tao Ming frowned and slapped him on the forehead so quickly that Wanyan Fu had no time to react.

He could only swallow the pain and step back, holding his forehead.

"Brother, you are getting stronger and stronger."

"Don't make irresponsible remarks about Master. Even if that 'Blood Shura' is very strong, he can never be Master's opponent."

As a disciple who inherited Ruo Wu's mantle, Tao Ming naturally has an inexplicable confidence in his master.

"Haha, isn't this curiosity?"

"Speaking of Song Linfang, a Yuanying, how can she be inferior to the Wang family and rely on that small piece of spiritual land to practice."

Tao Ming put down the wine glass in his hand and uttered two words:

"in law."

Wanyan Fu was puzzled and was about to ask more questions when he heard Tao Ming continue:

"Wang Qingyun, the head of the Wang family, is a late Jindan body cultivator. He has practiced his family's "Body Forging Technique" for hundreds of years and has shown signs of breaking through to the fourth level."

"Brother, what you mean is that Wang Qingyun wants to marry Song Linfang and bring her into the Wang family?"

"It should be said that it was arranged by the Wang family. Don't mention the word 'marry'. After all, he is a Nascent Soul cultivator. It is a good thing for both of them to become Taoist companions."

Upon hearing this explosive news, Wanyan Fu was completely unaware of the information gap between him and Tao Ming, and just smacked his lips:

"Tsk tsk, the Wang family must have been planning to help Song Linfang to condense her baby."

"The Wang family hasn't produced an obvious Nascent Soul seed in recent years, so it makes sense to introduce in-laws. Otherwise, relying only on Wang Yonghong and Wang Qianxi, the Wang family will weaken sooner or later."

Wanyan Fu came closer again:
"After the Wang family's actions, my Shadow Moon Sect and Yunji Chamber of Commerce didn't react?"

"Humph, he is just in the early stage of Yuanying, and can't become a great cultivator. As long as the Wang family doesn't produce a great cultivator, they will be suppressed by our two families.

Wang Yonghong's cultivation has been stagnant for hundreds of years, so there is probably no hope for him. The only person he needs to pay attention to is Wang Qianxi."

“Haha, why don’t you marry Wang Qianxi after you achieve Infant Condensation and directly turn the Wang family into a vassal of our Shadow Moon Sect?”

Wanyan Fu smiled a few times, then heard Tao Mingyan say:
"You dare to think that Wang Qianxi's talent is no less than you and me. Maybe if we practice for another hundred years, she will have already entered the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. How can we catch up with her?"

Tao Ming shook his head, turned around and brought the topic back:
"Let's not talk about it anymore. Is the alchemist named Wei Zhong really as mysterious as you said?"

Wanyan Fu laughed:
"Of course it's true. The Haoyuan Pill he refined is unique. Its quality is only slightly inferior to those of the two fourth-level masters in the sect."

"Could this be the method used by the newly promoted fourth-level alchemist from Yunji Chamber of Commerce?"

Wanyan Fu grabbed a handful of hair:
"That's impossible. This person has only been known as a third-level alchemist for a hundred years. How could he break through to the fourth level so quickly?"

"Yes or no, you can tell at a glance."

"Don't worry, senior brother. No matter what the grade of the elixir is, there will be no problem in refining your elixir," Wanyan Fu said, patting his chest.

(End of this chapter)