Chapter 196 Ling Yunhong's Ambition (3500 words, please subscribe)

On the other side.

Ling Yunhong, who left Jiaomang Lake with Yang Changxing, summoned the Supreme Elder Ling Pengxing, the Great Elder Ling Ruxian, the Fifth Elder Ling Yunxi, and the Sixth Elder Ling Yunqian to the meeting hall on the top of the mountain as soon as he returned to the family.

When everyone was present, Ling Yunhong, who had just returned to the family, also told Ling Ruxian and others in detail that he and Yang had recently set up two second-level formations in Jiaomang Lake to occupy a second-level medium-grade spiritual vein, opened up 35 acres of spiritual fields to plant spiritual plants, and the family could share 40% of the profits, and that Ling Pengyun and the Immortal Crane King would be stationed in the snake cave spiritual vein in the future.

Everyone had different expressions when they heard this.

Some were shocked, and some were worried.

The great elder Ling Ruxian, who had been handling family affairs for many years and was very good at planning, spoke with a worried look on his face.

"Yunhong, this time we will occupy the second-level middle-grade spiritual vein in Jiaomang Lake with Yang to open up spiritual fields and plant spiritual plants. There are formations to protect it, and there are few monsters in the location. Pengyun and the fairy crane king stationed there are less dangerous, but the benefits are large. We should agree to this."

"But the matter of our Ling family and Yang family jointly occupying the snake cave spiritual vein will probably not last long."

"If what Yang said is true, Bailingmen will occupy tens of thousands of miles of Jiaomang Lake again during the monster riots that occur once every hundred years in the past ten years, and open up a new state. The second-level middle-grade spiritual vein that we occupied with Yang this time will probably also belong to the human race."

"By then, when there are no more monsters around the spiritual vein and there is no need for foundation-building cultivators to be stationed, Yang family will probably kick us Ling family out and enjoy the second-level middle-grade spiritual vein alone."

Ling Yunhong heard this, two gleams of light flashed in his expression, and he said very confidently.

"Eight years ago, when Bailingmen launched the war to exterminate demons, the second-grade lower-grade stone spirit walnut tree that our family and the other four families in Huaishui County jointly obtained has now produced more than fifty first-grade upper-grade stone spirit walnuts."

"Within three years, those more than fifty stone spirit walnuts will accumulate enough spiritual power to impact the second level. With the assistance of me, a second-grade spiritual plant husband, at least half of the more than fifty first-grade upper-grade stone spirit walnuts will transform into second-grade lower-grade."

"In addition to the twenty stone spirit walnuts that were distributed to the other four families in Huaishui County, my Ling family can keep at least nearly ten second-grade lower-grade stone spirit walnuts. Relying on those ten second-grade lower-grade stone spirit walnuts, I am confident that I can break through from the fifth level of foundation building in a short period of time. Break through to the sixth level of foundation building."

"By then, with my sixth level of foundation building strength and the help of the Earthly Evil Sword Formation, it will be no problem to fight with Yang Changxing, who is at the ninth level of foundation building. With the help of Pengyun, Pengxing, and the Immortal Crane King, my Ling family does not need to fear the Yang family at all."

"And with the relationship with Pengyun, as long as there is no major conflict between my Yang family and the Ling family, but just a simple conflict of interest, the backers behind the Yang family will definitely not help the Yang family."

"The Yang family thinks that my Ling family is a thug, and I am also using the Yang family as a springboard."

"Everything is uncertain, and it is still uncertain who is planning who."

This statement was like a magic needle that stabilized the sea, and Ling Ruxian's worries immediately dissipated like smoke.

When Ling Pengxing, Ling Yunxi, and Ling Yunqian, who were in the same meeting room, heard Ling Yunhong's words, their hearts were filled with blood.

"Let's not discuss the matter of occupying the spiritual vein with the Yang family. Let's talk about the internal affairs of the clan."

"Eleventh Uncle, the successor you chose in the past, Pengyun, has now entered the foundation building stage. The position of the great elder requires handling various family affairs, big and small, which takes a long time. This position will more or less delay his progress in cultivation."

"Pengyun is still young and has good qualifications. He has a bright future. It would be a pity if his cultivation was delayed due to family affairs."

"In my opinion, a new successor needs to be selected. Fortunately, he can take over your position and manage the family in the future." Ling Yunhong spoke again.

Ling Ruxian knew that this problem would definitely happen a year ago when Ling Pengyun successfully built his foundation.

He also prepared for the rainy day and had already selected another candidate to take his place.

"I have already thought of a candidate to take my place. This person is Peng Liang, who is ranked sixteenth in the Peng generation. I chose Peng Liang for three reasons."

"First, although my Ling family wants to change the spiritual plant cultivation that is the foundation of our family to the alchemy cultivation, and will use the spiritual plant cultivation to assist the alchemy cultivation in the future, the spiritual plant cultivation is also an important art of the family. It is best to be a clan member who masters the spiritual plant cultivation to serve as the chief elder."

"Second, Peng Liang has good qualifications, three spiritual roots, and his cultivation level has just entered the sixth level of Qi training not long ago, and his spiritual plant cultivation has also entered the first-level middle grade."

"Third, Peng Liang has become extremely stable after the baptism of the demon-killing war launched by the Bailing Sect eight years ago. This kind of character is rare in the younger generation."

"Combining these three factors, I want to choose Peng Liang as my successor to take over my position in the future."

"What do you think?" Ling Ruxian said carefully.

"I know Pengliang's talent is really good. With the help of family resources, it will not be a problem for him to cultivate to perfection in Qi training in the future, and he can take over your current responsibility."

"But your life span is short now, and your cultivation has begun to decline. You need to cultivate Pengliang's ability to handle family affairs as soon as possible."

"After Pengliang can handle family affairs on his own, you can also retire with peace of mind."

"This period is limited to... three years, that is, when the fruit of the stone spirit walnut tree enters the second level, by then, you must put down the heavy responsibility on your shoulders and retire with peace of mind in the clan." Ling Yunhong heard this and agreed.

"Okay, within three years, I will train Peng Liang into a competent elder." Ling Ruxian's heart warmed and he said with a smile.

Ling Yunhong saw Ling Ruxian's answer, but he felt helpless.

After three years, Ling Ruxian, an old man who has dedicated half his life to the family, may not have much life left.

After a moment of distraction, Ling Yunhong came back to his senses and asked Ling Ruxian.

"Eleventh uncle, what is Cheng Xin's cultivation now?"

"Cheng Xin has just entered the second level of Qi training." Ling Ruxian thought about it and replied.

"The spiritual power and consciousness of the second level of Qi training can barely refine pills or magic tools. It's time to test this child's talent. Is he better at refining pills or tools?" After getting the answer, Ling Yunhong's eyes flashed with a gleam of light and said.

"I agree with this matter." Ling Ruxian agreed.

Ling Chengxin is the fourth child of the Chengzi generation among the five generations of Ling family, "Ru, Yun, Xiao, Peng, Cheng". He is the only person with spiritual roots found by Ling Pengyun in Lingyun Town three years ago when he was stationed in Lingyun Mountain.

Although this child has three spiritual roots of fire, wood and earth, his fire and wood spiritual roots have reached a very high level of sensitivity to spiritual energy. The cultivation method he practiced also corresponds to the spiritual roots, which is a wood-assisted fire method.

This also makes Ling Chengxin very good at controlling fire and has a very high control ability over flames.

Because of his fire control, this child was listed as an important training target for alchemy or refining by the Ling family's senior management early on.

Afterwards, Ling Yunhong and others discussed some family affairs, and then it ended.

Ling Yunhong, the alchemist who could refine the second-level lower-grade Juling Pill, also found Ling Chengxin's residence in the clan mountain alone after the meeting, and gave Ling Chengxin 100 spiritual materials for refining mortal world pills, mortal iron for refining mortal world ironware, and a pill furnace.

Let him use these two materials to refine mortal world pills and mortal world ironware respectively.

It has been tested whether Ling Chengxin has a stronger talent in alchemy or refining.

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Four months later, mid-June.

In the territory of Jiaomang Lake, inside the Rock Scale Snake Cave.

Ling Pengyun, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, had just finished comprehending the Lingxiao Ripening Technique for an hour, and mobilized his spiritual power to warm the thorn vines attached to his dantian.

The thorn vines in the dantian suddenly raised a huge spiritual power fluctuation, and began to frantically absorb the liquid spiritual power in Ling Pengyun's dantian.

Ling Pengyun was delighted to see this strange phenomenon, but he did not stop it and let it go.

As the thorn vine absorbed more and more liquid spiritual power, its breath and spiritual power began to gradually rise.

"Crack!"

After several hours, a very small breaking sound came from the thorn vine, and its breath officially entered the ninth level of Qi training.

Because the thorn vine entered the ninth level of Qi training from the eighth level, it was a breakthrough in a small realm, and the thorn vine did not improve much, so there was no spiritual power to feed back to its owner Ling Pengyun.

When the thorn vine stopped moving, Ling Pengyun also opened his eyes and mouth at this moment, and summoned the thorn vine that was only the size of a finger from his dantian.

Since he entered the foundation building stage and could take things of the same origin as himself into his dantian for warming, he took the thorn vine into his dantian for warming.

The benefits of this move are also very obvious. Even if Ling Pengyun does not deliberately mobilize the liquid spiritual power in his dantian to nourish the vine, the vine can slowly absorb the liquid spiritual power and then improve its cultivation.

The liquid spiritual power in Ling Pengyun's dantian is one level stronger than the spiritual power of a Qi training cultivator. Using liquid spiritual power to nourish the thorny vine is like a Qi training cultivator taking a pure second-level spiritual fruit to improve his cultivation.

It is precisely because of this that the thorny vine has made rapid progress in the more than one year since Ling Pengyun entered the foundation-building stage.

Ling Pengyun looked at the thorny vine that was summoned from his dantian and floated in front of him, with a touch of joy on his face, and secretly planned something.

"I have spent seven years nurturing this vine with spiritual power, and finally helped it to advance from the initial stage of Qi training to the ninth stage of Qi training."

"According to the speed at which I have used my liquid spiritual power to help this vine purify its spiritual power, within five years, this vine should be able to enter the state of perfect Qi training."

"Five years is neither long nor short. It is time to search for spiritual water and spiritual objects such as Bailing Water for it to help it build its foundation in the future."

Thinking of this, Ling Pengyun suddenly remembered that a few months ago, he, Ling Yunhong, and the Immortal Crane King cooperated with Yang Changxing to kill the rock scale snake monster that originally occupied the snake cave. Yang Changxing promised to give Ling a bottle of small Bailing Water after refining it with the inner elixir of the rock scale snake monster that had built its foundation.

"If five years later, when the thorny vines have purified all the spiritual power in the body and the cultivation has reached the perfection of Qi training, and the bottle of small Bailing water in the clan is not used by the clan members, you can ask the third ancestor for it."

"Although the probability of improving the foundation building of the small Bailing water is not high, only half, it is better than nothing."

"If I can't raise the spiritual stones needed to buy Bailing water within five years, I will choose the family's small Bailing water as a second choice."

There are few foundation building spiritual objects in the outside world. Even Bailing water, which is a spiritual water-type foundation building spiritual object, can only appear at auctions in various markets.

But once Bailing water appears at an auction, the price required is extremely high, at least nine thousand spiritual stones are needed to buy it.

Nine thousand spiritual stones are extremely difficult for Ling Pengyun to raise now.

The spiritual stones he earned from selling the secret method of Qiuyun Lingdao have long been spent.

As for the spiritual stones that the family owed him for refining magic tools, there were only four or five thousand spiritual stones left at most, and there was still a gap of three or four thousand spiritual stones.

It would be difficult to earn the remaining three or four thousand spiritual stones in five years.

The thorn vines in the Qi training period would only have spiritual power to feed back when they entered the middle, late and perfect stages of Qi training.

Ling Pengyun came back to his senses after thinking about it, and put the thorn vines back into his Dantian to warm them with liquid spiritual power.

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