Longevity starts with dual cultivation

Chapter 117 Earth Grade Spiritual Root
A day and a night passed quietly.

When Ling Changqing successfully performed the last few spiritual spells, a low roar was heard from inside the tall alchemy furnace, and the heavy furnace cover slowly rose.

As the milky white spiritual energy gushed out, it rolled and gathered on the dome to form a huge Ganoderma lucidum-shaped cloud.

After a few breaths, a strong medicinal fragrance filled the space, and more than twenty thumb-sized light green pills slowly emerged in the spiritual mist.

Tang Qiuyao skillfully used the art of controlling objects to take these elixirs for nourishing the soul one by one, putting them into the elixir bottle and sealing them properly.

"Yes, Junior Brother's alchemy skills are getting better and better!"

Ling Qiyue praised happily.

"It's all thanks to Senior Sister's guidance and instruction!"

Ling Changqing spoke gently.

This was not just a courtesy. Ling Qiyue did not hide anything when she was instructing him. She paid attention to every detail with all her heart and patience.

Of course, Ling Changqing's attainments in alchemy have improved so rapidly, and the mysterious power of the Era Star Palace cannot be ignored.

In the sea of ​​consciousness, a message with a mysterious rhyme emerged silently:
[Lord of the Era Star Palace: Ling Changqing]

【Bone age: 31/297】

【Cultivation: Initial stage of foundation building】

【Luck:89+217】

【Fortune: 86+190】

【Physique:39】

【Root bone: 36】

【Comprehension: 44】

[Soul: 98]

[Dan Dao: 986/30000 (Second-level lower grade)]

[Main cultivation technique: Xuanzhen Black Water Sutra (fourth level) 10760\20000]

[Physical Training Technique: Vajra Devil Subduing Technique (Second Level) 2031/12000]

[Spiritual roots: gold, wood, water, fire, earth, lower earth grade 390/30000]

[Noble: Tang Qiuyao/Ling Qiyue/Fu Yinxue/Shen Tuhong/Xue Qingtan]

[Noble:? ]

[Taoist Companion: Tang Qiuyao]

Observing the various changes in his physical and spiritual state, Ling Changqing exhaled silently.

After several years, he constantly used medicinal liquids to cleanse his body. Not only was the foundation of the Vajra Demon Subduing Technique successfully laid, he also broke through to the second level.

The direct effect of a strong physical body is a significant improvement in defense. In addition, the body's vitality and blood are vigorous, and the ability to recover after injury is also better.

The main practice technique, Xuanzhen Black Water Sutra, is still at the fourth level, mainly because Ling Changqing follows the routine and does not put too much effort into this aspect.

In the past few years, Ling Changqing has focused his main energy on improving his alchemy skills, so he finally broke through the bottleneck not long ago and stepped into the ranks of the second-level lower-grade alchemist.

In view of the difficulty of training a second-level alchemist, even within old-line Jindan forces like Hanyuezhou and Fuyuezhou, talents at this level are highly valued and are willing to provide them with generous treatment.

The number of nobles and Taoist companions has not changed. Perhaps it will be different after the next advancement in cultivation.

However, another most critical indicator, the spiritual root qualification, has undergone a long-awaited transformation, successfully advancing from the upper human quality to the lower earth quality.

The aptitude of spiritual roots is directly related to the cultivator's comprehension, the speed of improvement in cultivation, the difficulty of practicing various skills and supernatural powers, and the upper limit of the level of cultivation that can be achieved in this lifetime.

Normally, for a cultivator with excellent spiritual roots and good character, the end of his life is basically if he can achieve the status of a fake dan true person.

As for those with lower-grade earth-level spiritual roots, as long as they do not lag behind in terms of cultivation resources and do not suffer from disasters and perish, it is not difficult to become a True Dan cultivator. Even a Golden Dan True Person has a greater chance.

"...The middle stage of foundation building is not far away. With the addition of my physical cultivation technique and spiritual root talent, it shouldn't be a problem for me to deal with two or three ordinary middle stage foundation building cultivators, right?"

Ling Changqing thought that possessing the qualifications of an earth-grade spiritual root meant that he had full guarantee to reach the Golden Core True Person realm in the future.

Even among the Nascent Soul and God Transformation forces, younger generations with earth-grade spiritual roots can gain the attention of the superiors, who are willing to invest resources in their careful training.

Moreover, Ling Changqing's spiritual root aptitude is still in the process of continuous transformation and sublimation. When it becomes upper-grade earth quality, he will have hope of reaching the Nascent Soul realm in the future.

However, the transformation of spiritual root qualifications is an extraordinary secret, just like the existence of the Epoch Star Palace, even Tang Qiuyao and Ling Qiyue cannot be told.

Although there are spiritual objects in the world of immortal cultivation that can improve the qualifications of spiritual roots, they are basically in the hands of the top forces and are unlikely to be obtained by low-level cultivators.

If Ling Changqing's secret were accidentally leaked out, it would not be long before powerful people at the Nascent Soul or even Spiritualization level would come knocking on his door.

But then again, on the Ling family's territory, no one can threaten Ling Changqing's safety. Even the female head of the family is his prospective Taoist partner, let alone others.

As long as Ling Changqing does not leave the territory of Changqingzhou, no one can do anything to him.

Even in Shentu Hong's eyes, the current Ling Changqing is just a fairy seed with strong luck and some talent.

According to past practice, such fairy seedlings can be valued and ways can be found to recruit them, but it has not yet come to the point of going to war for them and sacrificing the Nebula Falcon Chamber of Commerce's thousands of years of good reputation.

"…Junior brother, what are you thinking about?"

Ling Qiyue's soft voice sounded in his ears, causing Ling Changqing to retract his scattered thoughts and focus his attention on the alchemy furnace again.

"Are there any more pills that need to be refined? I'll try a few more times."

Ling Changqing said.

Tang Qiuyao pursed her lips and smiled: "Then why don't you try to refine the foundation-building pill? Anyway, you are already a genuine second-level alchemist!"

"This one……"

Ling Changqing suddenly became a little hesitant. In view of the risks of refining the foundation-building pill, it usually requires the intervention of a mid- to high-grade second-level alchemist to have a higher success rate.

It wasn't long since I was promoted to a second-level alchemist, and now I have to challenge such a difficult task. The risk is too great.

Ling Qiyue smiled slightly: "If you have confidence, you can give it a try. There are enough raw herbs in the family treasury now, so it's no problem to mix two batches for you to practice."

She felt that with Ling Changqing's luck, as long as he didn't make any big mistakes, success should be a high probability event, and failure would be somewhat abnormal.

Ling Changqing thought about it and still shook his head: "I'd better try other second-level pills. I'll leave the foundation-building pill to you, Senior Sister."

Since her Golden Core True Man realm has been stabilized, Ling Qiyue's alchemy level has also improved significantly, and she should have reached the threshold of a third-rank lower-grade alchemist.

Therefore, refining the foundation-building pill was a piece of cake for her, and the chance of failure was reduced to the lowest.

"Okay, then you can try the second-level Tianhua Yannian Pill."

Ling Qiyue didn't force it and spoke gently.

This kind of life-extending elixir used by foundation-building monks can increase one's lifespan by twenty years after taking one pill. However, each monk can only take it once. Taking it more than once will have no effect.

After Tang Qiuyao brought the herbs, Ling Changqing sat down in front of the furnace again and activated the formation restriction. "Sister, next time, would you like to talk to Daoist Xue Qingtan about renting a magic-grade furnace? This should help you break through the bottleneck and become a third-level alchemist soon, right?"

Tang Qiuyao suggested.

The alchemy furnace in front of him was of the highest grade spiritual weapon level, and was suitable for a peak second-grade alchemist. Third-grade alchemists usually used magic weapon-grade alchemy furnaces to refine pills.

However, the value of the alchemy furnace far exceeds that of magic weapons of the same level, so it is even more rare. Even if high-level alchemists are generally wealthy, it is not easy to get a magic weapon-level alchemy furnace.

Ling Qiyue thought about it and shook her head: "Let's leave it at that for now. We already owe enough debts."

She was thinking of paying off at least part of the debt first. Currently, Changqing Island is still undergoing large-scale construction and development, and the expenses in all aspects are not small, so resources still have to be spent sparingly.

In this way, Ling Changqing stayed in the alchemy room for more than a month, taking turns with Ling Qiyue to refine batch after batch of pills.

After the last batch of foundation-building pills was refined, Ling Qiyue closed the formation restriction and took Ling Changqing and Tang Qiuyao to her boudoir.

"...I plan to take you on a long journey to visit the ruins of the Immortal Palace."

Ling Qiyue's words instantly changed Tang Qiuyao's expression.

Of course she knew that place. When the two of them went in to explore together, Tang Qiuyao was still just a cultivator in the Qi training stage, and Ling Qiyue had just established her foundation not long ago.

Although the two did not enter the core of the immortal palace ruins and only took a tour around the outer area, their harvest was still rich. Ling Qiyue's alchemy inheritance came from there.

"Senior Sister, I'm afraid this time is not appropriate, right?"

Tang Qiuyao said with a frown.

Although the situation in Changqing Island has now been initially stabilized, there are still many things that need to be dealt with, and Ling Qiyue cannot be left for a moment.

Besides, the Bai family, the Yuan family and Yulong Island are still eyeing them covetously and may cause trouble at any time, so Ling Qiyue must be in charge of the family at all times.

Once they learn that Ling Qiyue is going away, those guys will definitely not be able to hold back and will jump out to stir up trouble.

"It's because I know they won't be able to stay still that I'm in a hurry to take my junior brother there to meet the immortals."

Ling Qiyue looked solemn: "The core area of ​​the Immortal Mansion Ruins must be hiding extraordinary opportunities. Who knows, it may allow Junior Brother to break through to the middle stage of foundation building in advance, or even improve the level of spiritual root qualifications."

"Can't you wait a little longer?"

Ling Changqing asked. The situation in Changqingzhou seemed calm now, but there were too many foreign cultivators in the market.

Among these guys, there must be spies planted by external forces. They would definitely not dare to act rashly when Ling Qiyue is in the family.

But as long as she leaves, it is hard to say what will happen. Ling Tianhe, a fake Dan Zhenren alone, cannot control the situation.

"It's okay, Qiuyao, you can just stay."

Ling Qiyue said: "My junior brother and I won't be away for too long. We will be back in a month at most."

"Only a month? That should be fine."

Tang Qiuyao breathed a sigh of relief.

I think as long as it is kept secret enough, Ling Qiyue and her junior brother will return before those forces can react.

"Let's set off now without further ado. Tell everyone that he and I are in seclusion and cultivating."

Ling Qiyue said this, gave Tang Qiuyao some instructions, and then set off with Ling Changqing.

Without alarming anyone, the two of them still used the third-level teleportation talisman to leave the family headquarters and reappeared in a deserted mountain valley hundreds of miles away.

Then, Ling Qiyue used her magic weapon to board the cloud boat and took Ling Changqing in.

This magic weapon-grade flying boat is one of the two primary magic weapons that I rented from the Nebula Falcon Chamber of Commerce last time. Its main function is to travel.

Thousands of feet high in the sky, the Dengyun Boat turned into a streak of golden light and quickly flew away, disappearing at the end of the sky in the blink of an eye.

This time, Ling Qiyue did not choose the direction of Hanyue Island, but went deep into the Dongji Ocean.

For three consecutive days and nights, the Dengyun boat traveled at lightning speed. The dark blue ocean stretched below, and occasionally islands of various shapes could be seen, dotted on the vast sea.

As we went deeper into the ocean, the number of various second- and third-level spiritual birds and monsters increased. Some of the larger ones had a wingspan of hundreds of feet.

Later on, even fourth-level spiritual birds and monsters appeared. The pressure that was as tangible as a substance could be clearly sensed from a long distance.

Some of them discovered the traces of Dengyunzhou, but they basically chose to ignore it and did not come over to provoke or attack.

"...Sure enough, Junior Brother, your luck interference also works on them!"

Ling Qiyue smiled and said, "It seems that after entering the Immortal Palace Ruins, we should be able to go smoothly."

The last time she came here, she was not so ostentatious. She was always cautious and avoided any traces of high-level spiritual birds and monsters from afar.

"Sister, how far is that place?"

Ling Changqing asked with a little uneasiness. He found that his luck was slowly declining. It seemed that the danger level of this sea area was not much less than that of the deep sea environment.

"It's almost there, it should be about ten hours!"

Ling Qiyue said that the last time she came here, she only had a top-grade spiritual weapon-level flying boat available, and it took much longer than this time.

"Well, we need to find a place to rest before we go in."

Ling Changqing said that only by restoring his luck and fortune to their peak state could his safety in the ruins be better guaranteed.

"Don't worry, there are places to rest in the outer area of ​​the ruins."

Ling Qiyue said that she would certainly not make things difficult for Ling Changqing.

After passing a large number of scattered islands, a strange land appeared at the end of the sight.

"Don't be surprised. This place is about the same size as Changqingzhou. It's not a giant continent like Yuzhou, and there are no traces of any living creatures on it!"

Ling Qiyue explained it to him.

As the distance quickly shortened, the land became larger and larger, and the details of the land surface gradually appeared in front of Ling Changqing.

"The environment here... doesn't seem bad, the spiritual energy is quite abundant, why can't I see any living creatures?"

Ling Changqing was puzzled. Under normal circumstances, there should be a huge number of mortal people living and multiplying here, and a large number of monastic forces should be born.

After Dengyunzhou passed this land, six or seven larger land masses appeared one after another. They were also deserted and the ground was so bare that not even a blade of grass could be seen.

However, in the core areas of these land masses, Ling Changqing clearly sensed the aura of fourth-order spiritual veins, and there were more than one or two.

"Perhaps tens of thousands of years ago, there really was a huge immortal cultivation force here! But due to some unknown reasons, they have been lost in the long river of time."

Ling Qiyue said that she had no idea of ​​the specific reason.

Just like that, after the Dengyun Boat flew over dozens of lands in succession, Ling Qiyue finally began to control the boat to lower its altitude.

In the center of an island with a radius of a thousand miles, dozens of pitch-black stone pillars stand, with a faint glow on their surfaces.

There is the entrance to the immortal palace ruins.

(End of this chapter)