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

Chapter 159 Changes in Situation
“Even if I wait until my Nascent Soul is condensed, this method may not be able to reach the peak of perfection.”

Wei Zhong shook his head and put it behind him.

He turned around and looked inward, looking at the thousands of strands of energy condensed in his body.

At this time, the number of Qi condensed in Wei Zhong's body had reached more than four thousand, approaching five thousand.

Converted into the spiritual realm, it is equivalent to the fourth level of the middle stage of the Jindan period.

It was not a very profound level of cultivation, but it only consumed Wei Zhong's sixty years.

"Unfortunately, as the amount of Qi in the body increases, the speed of cultivation decreases sharply."

It seemed as if the large amount of Gang Qi in the body hindered the generation of new Gang Qi. Since Wei Zhong broke through the four thousand Gang Qi number, his cultivation speed has dropped significantly.

Even if he took elixirs made from ten thousand year old blood ginseng to speed up his practice, he still couldn't catch up with his previous progress.

"It is normal for the cultivation speed to slow down as one progresses to a later stage. But it is also because one's own physical strength has not kept up. The Dharma body cannot contain so much Qi."

Until now, Wei Zhong can still feel the Gang Qi constantly strengthening his body day and night. This strengthening has never stopped since he started practicing the "Gang Qi Tempering Method".

"After all, it's because I've been practicing for too short a time. Song Linfang practiced this method for at least four or five hundred years before reaching the peak of the third level, but I've only been practicing for sixty years."

There is no need to explain the difference between them. Wei Zhong looked inside his body and saw the real elixir.

In comparison, Wei Zhong's number of Gangyins is not less at all, and it is very likely that he has more than Song Linfang, who was at the same level as him.

There are more than a hundred seals spread all over the black true pill, as if it were engraved with a layer of gorgeous patterns.

Wei Zhong estimated that the strength of the real elixir at this time was no worse than that of a top-grade third-level magic weapon, and was even close to the strength of the fourth-level magic sword he had refined.

It can be said to be the hardest part of Wei Zhong's body.

When ten thousand Gang Qi are accumulated, the number of Gang Seals will be at least over three hundred. I wonder what the strength of the True Dan will be by then.

"A true pill with the strength of a fourth-level magic weapon?"

Wei Zhong couldn't help but smile. He had never heard of that someone could rival a fourth-rank magic weapon with a True Pill at the Jindan stage.

Whoever tries to form a Dan would carefully hide his true Dan, for fear that it would be damaged and affect his own cultivation. Only by practicing the mysterious method of "Refining Gang" can it be possible to use it as a weapon.

Wei Zhong felt more and more that it was wise for him to obtain this method.

It not only benefits cultivators a lot during the Jindan stage, but also after the Yuanying stage.

"Song Linfang has entered the Nascent Soul stage. With this method, she is definitely not just an ordinary person in the early stage of the Nascent Soul."

Wei Zhong guessed so.

On the other side, Yunzhou City.

On the top of a green mountain that reaches into the sky, stands a pavilion that is less than half a mile wide.

A man in a gray Taoist robe descended from the clouds and knocked on the door of the pavilion:

"Fellow Daoist Song, Qingyun greets you!"

This person is none other than Wang Qingyun, the head of the Wang family.

This green mountain is the place for cultivation given to Song Linfang by the Wang family.

The area is not large, even pitifully small for a Nascent Soul cultivator.

However, such a small piece of land also requires a certain price to pay.

In the pavilion, Song Linfang finished her training, frowned slightly, straightened her clothes, and suppressed her impatience.

Only then did he walk slowly to the door outside the pavilion and opened the vermilion door with his own hands.

Seeing Wang Qingyun, there was a bit of joy on his face:

"It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Wang. Please come in quickly."

Although the other party is a Jindan cultivator, he is also the patriarch of a Yuanying family. Moreover, Song Linfang is now living in the Wang family, so he must be welcomed with courtesy.

Wang Qingyun's face looked normal, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry. This visit to Song Linfang was just the old ancestor's order, and Wang Qingyun was just following the order.

The two of them entered the building and sat down. Song Linfang poured them some magical tea:

"With your might, Brother Wang, you will probably be promoted to the fourth level soon, right?"

Wang Qingyun nodded, picked up the tea in his hand and drank it all.

Then we get to the point:
"What do you think about what the ancestor said, Brother Song?"

He raised his head and stared at Song Linfang, as if trying to see something from her face.

Song Linfang secretly sighed that this person didn't understand romance, so she could only pretend to be sad:
"The request made by the Wang family's ancestor is really hard for me to accept. Can't you really make room for a piece of land in Yunzhou City for my Zhigang Palace?"

After saying this, Wang Qingyun had already poured himself a cup of tea.

"What the ancestor said cannot be changed."

There was an obvious regret on Song Linfang's face.

Then Wang Qingyun added:

"But this is only a temporary condition."

Song Linfang looked up:
"Oh, what do you think, Brother Wang?"

“Up to now, my Wang family has only two Nascent Souls, my ancestor and my sister. That’s why we have a piece of land in Yunzhou City to gain a foothold.

Now I will soon advance to the fourth level of body refining. If I can marry Fellow Daoist Song, my Wang family will have four Nascent Soul fighters.

With such growth in strength, the family's territory is bound to expand.

Not to mention a sect with a fourth-tier spiritual land, a third-tier spiritual land for supporting a Jindan sect can be obtained.

By then, if we do some operations, wouldn't it be easy to assign it to the Zhigang Palace under your command?
Moreover, as a Yuanying cultivator, as long as you completely integrate into my Wang family, with my help, it is not impossible for you to find a fourth-level spiritual land."

"So, what do you think, Brother Song?"

Song Linfang's eyes flickered, as if she was carefully considering what Wang Qingyun said.

What he meant was to first join the Wang family and then use this identity to pursue other goals.

To outsiders, the Wang family might seem to be trying to get something for nothing, but this is not the case for Song Linfang.

After experiencing the secret realm and the Nascent Soul event, Song Linfang had long been deeply bound to the Wang family. Even if Song Linfang wanted to switch to other Nascent Soul forces at this moment, it would be impossible.

Song Linfang is concerned about the sect's inheritance, so she must find a development path for Zhigang Palace.

And the Wang family is its best choice at the moment.

"What Daoyou Wang said is true."

It was obvious that Song Linfang was moved.

"I wonder what the chances are of you advancing this time?"

Wang Qingyun understood the implication of his words, which was that after his advancement, there was still a possibility for the two of them to get married. If the advancement failed, that would be another matter.

However, this was a condition that the ancestor had already discussed with him.

"Sixty percent!"

"It's actually 60%? The Wang family is really rich." Song Linfang recalled that when she was trying to condense her infant, even with the help of the Wang family, her success rate was only 30%, which could be described as "a narrow escape from death".

The Wang Qingyun in front of him actually has a 60% success rate of advancing. If he were in the outside world, he would definitely make others envious.

"In that case..."

Song Linfang moved her lips slightly, and transmitted the rest of the words to Wang Qingyun's ears.

After hearing this, the latter still had no expression on his face. He nodded, put down his teacup, stood up and bowed:

"I have received your approval, so I will take my leave now and go back to prepare for my promotion. I hope that Song Daoist will also make preparations for later."

Song Linfang stood up to see him off, watched him fly into the clouds and turn away, sighed, and closed the vermilion door.

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At the Wang family, Wang Qingyun fell into a small courtyard, where he met the ancestor of the Wang family, Wang Yonghong, and the Nascent Soul Elder Wang Qianxi, who had been waiting there for a long time.

Seeing Wang Qingyun return, Wang Qianxi immediately asked:

"Brother, has Song Linfang agreed?"

The latter nodded expressionlessly.

The two Yuanyings both smiled.

"I thought my wooden brother was hard to persuade, but I didn't expect he had some tricks and easily convinced Sister Song," Wang Qianxi said with a smile.

Wang Qingyun shook his head:
"It's just an exchange of interests. I promised to allocate a piece of spiritual land in Yunzhou City for the development of Zhigang Palace. That's why it went so smoothly."

"No matter what means are used, as long as the goal is achieved. Fortunately, Song Linfang is concerned about the sect he came from, otherwise it would be difficult to control him.

If he refuses, my Wang family will really be in an awkward situation."

Wang Yonghong was quite satisfied with Wang Qingyun's move.

“How embarrassing would it be? If he doesn’t want to marry into our Wang family, then he can just take back the things our Wang family gave him,” Wang Qianxi said in a domineering tone.

Hearing this, the Wang family ancestor couldn't help but shake his head:

"Qianxi, you acted too rashly and without regard for the consequences. This is why I gave the position of clan leader to Qingyun even though you have a higher level of cultivation.

After all, the other party is also a fellow Yuanying, how can he be so easy to deal with? If I am careless, I will not be able to gain an ally, but will add an enemy to my Wang family.

Moreover, our assistance to him in condensing his infant was also part of the secret realm intelligence transaction. It cannot be regarded as a unilateral gift from our Wang family, and it is not morally justified.

Now Qingyun's trip was safe and sound, and he achieved what we wanted."

Wang Qianxi was quite dissatisfied and wanted to argue again, but was interrupted by Wang Yonghong's next words:
"Now that this has been done, Qingyun, you should prepare for your advancement. I will take care of all the affairs of the clan, so don't worry about anything else."

Wang Qingyun bowed and clasped his hands:
"I respect the orders of the ancestor!"

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Three years later, Wei Zhong looked at the news presented by Hu Jinchuan and murmured:
“The head of the Wang family, Wang Qingyun, has entered the fourth stage of body refining. The Wang family has added another Nascent Soul fighter to its ancestor Wang Yonghong and elder Wang Qianxi.

And become a Taoist partner with Song Linfang of Zhigang Palace, and will host a banquet for all the practitioners in half a year..."

Wei Zhong read the information on the jade slip without much expression on his face, but Ling Ziwei beside him couldn't help being surprised.

"Fellow Daoist Song actually joined the Wang family. Is this information true?"

When Wei Zhong saw the cloud mark in the jade slip, he knew that the news came from the Yunji Chamber of Commerce and was undoubtedly true.

"How could the news from Yunji Chamber of Commerce be false?"

"When the Wang family helped Song Linfang to condense her infant, they must have had this in mind long ago."

Wei Zhong was not too surprised about this, but what he did not expect was that the Wang family actually had another Nascent Soul fighter.

"Wang Qingyun, the fourth level of physical training is the golden body realm, it is the right time to advance. In this way, I am afraid that the structure of Yunzhou City will change again.

Regardless of the Shadow Moon Sect and the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, which have a Nascent Soul cultivator in charge, the Chiyan Society, which has a similar strength to the Wang family, is likely to have a hard time.

And those forces at the Jindan or foundation building stages will also experience ups and downs in this changing situation."

However, this has nothing to do with Wei Zhong, who lives far away in Luohe Prefecture.

Wei Zhong continued reading the jade slip and saw that Zhigang Palace intended to move to Yunzhou City.

"It's true that when one person succeeds, everyone else benefits. Zhigang Palace has also benefited from Song Linfang and has stepped onto a bigger stage. But Qingbo Island will lose a big customer in the future."

As the most important sect in the prefecture, surpassing the Jinguang Pavilion, the Zhigang Palace spends a huge amount of elixirs and magical instruments every year, and most of these are earned by Qingbo Island where Wei Zhong is.

Without Zhigang Palace, Qingbo Island’s annual revenue would be reduced by 40%.

Just as Wei Zhong was thinking this, Zou Ruiyuan's voice came from outside the courtyard:
"Island Master, there is an invitation!"

After being admitted to the hospital, Wei Zhong reached out and took it in.

After checking it, he handed it to Ling Ziwei beside him.

"This invitation came so quickly!"

Ling Ziwei was surprised after reading the contents.

"Maybe the Wang family is eager to show their strength!"

This invitation was sent by the Wang family, to celebrate Wang Qingyun's breakthrough to the fourth level, and to congratulate him and Song Linfang on becoming a Taoist couple, and to invite all the practitioners to a banquet.

"How many forces in Luohe Prefecture received this invitation?"

Wei Zhong asked Zou Ruiyuan.

The latter replied respectfully:
"According to the information I have inquired, there is only my Qingbo Island family in this prefecture."

Wei Zhong frowned:
"Song Linfang and the Wang family really think highly of me."

To the banquet for the Nascent Soul forces, Luohe Prefecture only invited a group of independent cultivators from Qingbo Island. As the first Jindan sect, the Jinguan Pavilion, and other Jindan families did not receive an invitation. How could this not be respectful?
"It's probably because of Fellow Daoist Song's manipulation," Ling Ziwei said, "and of course my husband's identity as an alchemist has attracted the attention of the Wang family."

Wei Zhong nodded.

"You have to have a solid foundation, otherwise the Wang family wouldn't even look at you, let alone an invitation like this."

Looking at the golden post, Wei Zhong was suddenly in trouble.

Wei Zhong couldn't refuse the invitation from the Nascent Soul Force. However, Wei Zhong was a cautious person and didn't want to enter the turbulent Yunzhou City at this moment.

"My husband doesn't want to accept the invitation?"

Ling Ziwei was in tune with Wei Zhong and could easily see what Wei Zhong was thinking.

Hu Jinchuan and Zou Ruiyuan below were surprised, not understanding why their island master was unwilling to attend such a prestigious Yuanying banquet. You know, this is a special honor that only Qingbo Island in Luohe Prefecture is qualified to enjoy.

Wei Zhong nodded: "Since the Wang family has invited me, a little Jindan like me must go."

It is impossible to refuse. At least with Wei Zhong's current status and position, it is impossible to refuse.

Seeing the helpless Wei Zhong, Ling Ziwei smiled:
"Do you need me and Sister Xie to accompany you on this trip?"

Wei Zhong dispersed Hu Jinchuan and Zou Ruiyuan below, and then said:
"Yunzhou City is not a good place for the short term. I'm afraid there will be bloodshed at the banquet. I can't protect both of you at the same time, so I'll go alone this time."

Ling Ziwei was not at all dissatisfied with Wei Zhong's answer. She was always smart and could see the possible risks behind such power struggles.

"In that case, my husband needs to be more careful on this trip!"

(End of this chapter)