Chapter 948: The Lonely Myth and the Rising Star (4200 words, please subscribe)

On the other side.

Inside the cave.

Ling Pengyun sat on a stone table with his grandson Ling Wanhan, Ling Lihao, the water-attributed Tianling Tian, ​​and Ling Wanhui, who had a steady temperament, and brewed a pot of spiritual tea for them.

Ling Wanhan and the other two saw this scene and began to realize that something was wrong.

Ling Wanhui, who had rarely spoken and had a steady temperament, was the first to ask at this moment.

"Grandpa, do you have anything to tell us to do?"

Ling Pengyun said with a smile. "You are a smart kid."

"I do have something to ask you to do, so I'll make it short. I plan to set up a branch in the Zhongzhou Xiuxian Realm, the origin of all the Xiuxian Realms, to expand the family's territory."

"I plan to leave this matter to Wan Han and Wan Hui."

"Are you two willing to take it on?"

"If you two can establish merit, I will pave the way for your golden elixir in the future!"

When Ling Wan Hui heard this, he couldn't suppress his expression and showed a hint of surprise.

Ling Wan Han was even more so.

Neither of them expected that Ling Pengyun's task this time would be so difficult.

Setting up a branch is not easy, but extremely difficult.

Not to mention that their current cultivation is only at the foundation-building stage.

Relying on this level of cultivation, it is extremely difficult to gain a foothold in the Zhongzhou Xiuxian Realm, which is said to be the most prosperous in this world.

At the same time, they were extremely yearning for the golden elixir road that Ling Pengyun talked about.

If an ordinary Jindan said this, Ling Wanhan and Ling Wanhui would naturally not believe it, but this was said by Ling Pengyun, an extraordinary ancestor, so the meaning was different.

You know, when Ling Pengyun was in the middle stage of Jindan, he had killed a strong man in the late stage of Jindan.

What's more, Ling Pengyun was called the strongest Jindan of Yan State by the cultivators of Yan State early on, and he had unlimited resources.

As for Ling Lihao, who was not entrusted with an important task by Ling Pengyun, he didn't think much of it, because he knew the reason for this situation.

Once he went to the Zhongzhou Xiuxian world, it would increase the risk of his Tianlinggen being exposed.

Over the years, he, who has Tianlinggen, has been reminded by Ling Pengyun not to use his full strength in front of unfamiliar clansmen or other cultivators, and not to actively reveal his cultivation aura, etc.

Even Ling Pengyun specially arranged a ban on him that could conceal his vitality and spiritual roots, and also refined a breath-retaining magic weapon to conceal his cultivation.

All this was done to prevent his spiritual roots from being spread.

This spiritual root is both an opportunity and a disaster.

When he was at a low level, if he had the spiritual root, it would probably be an opportunity. The most likely possibility was that he would be brought back to his own forces by the righteous cultivators for cultivation.

But as he got older, this spiritual root became a disaster.

His character was determined. Even if he had spiritual roots, those big forces that valued spiritual roots would not easily accept him as a disciple. The greater possibility was that his soul would be destroyed to take over another body.

Or it could be used to refine a demon corpse.

The demon corpse refined from the corpse of a cultivator with spiritual roots has extremely high potential and may become a Yuanying Heavenly Corpse.

However, Ling Lihao did not understand why Ling Pengyun wanted him to know about this since he did not want him to go to Zhongzhou Xiuxian World to establish a branch.

Ling Pengyun could have let him wait in the outside world like Ling Chengxin.

The matter of going to Zhongzhou Xiuxian World to establish a branch is of great importance. Once it is spread, the establishment of the branch will encounter great obstacles.

Everyone was stunned for a while. Ling Wanhui, who has always been steady, thought that his father "Ling Chengyuan", who is the chief elder of the family, had just entered the Jindan not long ago. Before, when his father was trying to break through the Jindan, the Jindan spiritual objects used by the family had not been repaid.

His father Ling Chengyuan did not master the hundred arts. Even if he was the chief elder, he could get a lot more offerings every year than other Jindan cultivators of the same level in the family. However, if he wanted to repay the debt while ensuring the improvement of his cultivation, it would take at least three or four hundred years.

If he went out to earn profits by hunting monsters, the time to repay the debt could be faster.

It's just a pity that although Ling Chengyuan has trained many successors, he can replace his affairs as the chief elder and manage some family affairs.

But as the family becomes stronger and stronger, there are more and more foundation-building cultivators in the family, and the interests of all parties involved in the foundation-building are also extremely complicated.

Ordinary managers simply cannot control those foundation-building cultivators.

This also makes it difficult for Ling Chengyuan to get away from family affairs and go outside to hunt monsters, but he can do it occasionally.

According to his estimation, he will probably find it difficult to get out of the position of the great elder in the future.

Unless the successors he chose who are good at handling family affairs can enter the golden elixir stage, but those people have low potential and the family will not waste resources on them.

Under such circumstances, Ling Wanhui will borrow golden elixir spirit objects from the family to impact the golden elixir in the future. If he fails, a large amount of debt will also overwhelm his father Ling Chengyuan.

Ling Wanhui may be influenced by his father Ling Chengyuan. Like Ling Chengyuan, he will first think of the worst possibility for any uncertain things.

Of course, he is not just thinking about it. He will also do his best to do the uncertain things to the best of his ability in order to reduce the worst probability to the extreme.

Ling Wanhui does not want his own failure to break through to make his father Ling Chengyuan a person who is in debt for life.

Therefore, he also wanted to fight for himself and support a free golden elixir opportunity with his own strength. He gritted his teeth and replied.

"Grandpa, I will go for this matter."

Ling Wanhan saw that Ling Wanhui, who was very sensible in considering things, agreed, and his idea was actually the same as Ling Wanhui, so he also agreed.

"Grandpa, I will also go to Zhongzhou to cultivate immortals."

After saying that, he looked at Ling Lihao, who had the best relationship with the family, grew up together, and was very powerful. Seeing that he was not entrusted with an important task by Ling Pengyun, he was a little confused.

Although Ling Lihao had never burst out with all his strength, they went to the demon clan territory to hunt demons with the third-level iron level and experienced several crises, but it was Ling Lihao who stood up at the time of crisis and took on all the crises.

It can be said that Ling Lihao is the strongest of their iron triangle.

In theory, if Ling Lihao joined the matter of establishing a branch, this matter would be more stable and safe.

And it is indeed the case. Ling Wanhan and the steady Ling Wanhui have only the third level of foundation building.

But Ling Lihao, who had a treasure to conceal his aura, actually entered the middle stage of foundation building half a year ago. He also comprehended a lot of water-attributed magic, and could be considered a water-based magician.

His talisman path was also about to reach the second-level upper-grade realm.

With the help of this water-based magician and a lot of talisman methods, Ling Lihao's exact strength was actually comparable to that of an old-fashioned late-stage foundation-building powerhouse.

It was just that Ling Lihao had been hiding this matter, and only Ling Pengyun and several other Jindan in the family knew about it.

For this reason, Ling Wanhan also asked Ling Pengyun with doubts.

"Grandpa, isn't Lihao going?"

Seeing Ling Wanhui and Ling Wanhan agree, Ling Pengyun also raised a touch of joy on his face and said with a smile.

"I was not wrong about you. You two are quite courageous."

"In the next three years, if you have any problems, deal with them as soon as possible. After three years, we will set off. I will also tell your elders about this matter. You don't need to worry about it."

"As for Li Hao, he still has many deficiencies in the spiritual plant one of the two arts he practices. He needs to learn from me for a few years."

"He will not participate in this matter."

Ling Wanhan was still a little confused when he heard this, but he was a big and strong man and didn't think much about it.

On the contrary, Ling Wanhui, who was quick-witted, saw some doubts.

"Although Li Hao has never revealed his true cultivation, according to the strength that Li Hao burst out when we encountered crises during the previous monster hunting, his cultivation is probably in the middle stage of foundation building."

"And Li Hao is not very old. He is the same age as me and Wanhan, only about thirty or forty. A cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building at this age..."

Thinking of this, Ling Wanhui's eyes trembled suddenly.

He also guessed something.

Then, he looked at Ling Pengyun again, thinking in his heart.

"No wonder Li Hao has been personally brought by the grandfather to teach him since his spiritual roots were detected in his early years..."

And Ling Pengyun also noticed Ling Wanhui's strange look, and he immediately understood in his heart that Ling Wanhui might have guessed something.

He smiled at Ling Wanhui and said in his heart.

"This child is thoughtful, and Cheng Yuan has cultivated a good seedling."

"In the future, as long as the secret realm can be accomplished, Wan Han will follow this child to the Zhongzhou Xiuxian Realm under the banner of rebuilding the Baiying Sect, collecting the monsters in the Baiying Secret Realm, and using the power of the monsters to establish a branch. With this child in charge of the overall situation, Wan Han will be safer."

Ling Pengyun had the idea of ​​establishing a branch in the Zhongzhou Xiuxian Realm early.

It's just that the time has not come yet, and the three rebellious monster tribes in the secret realm have not been resolved.

It is also difficult for the family to use the power of the spirit beasts in the secret realm, which are still loyal to the White Shadow Sect on the surface.

Ling Pengyun does not intend to use the power of the family to establish a branch in the Zhongzhou Xiuxian World, at least he does not intend to let the family's golden elixir participate in it.

For this reason, he has also prepared Ling Wanhan, the inheritor of the White Shadow Sect early.

The "Qiankun Guiyuan Baodian" that Ling Wanhan practices is one of the three major sect-protecting Yuanying techniques of the White Shadow Sect. Logically, Ling Wanhan is fully qualified to become the inheritor of this sect.

Moreover, the right to select the inheritor for this sect is in the hands of Ling Pengyun.

Even if the group of monsters in the secret realm do not recognize it, they have to recognize it, unless those spirit beasts do not want to leave the secret realm.

Beishan Zhenren, who discovered the White Shadow Secret Realm, had already handed over the entry and exit token of the White Shadow Secret Realm to Ling Pengyun.

In addition, it is not as easy to create a branch in the Zhongzhou Xiuxian World as in the Boundless Sea Xiuxian World.

There has not been much unrest in that area of ​​the cultivation world for one or two hundred years. It is difficult to make money from war and establish a branch like Ling Pengqiu did when he opened up the Fire Dragon Sect branch in the boundless sea area.

The most reliable way is to take it slow, just like the fake elixir cultivator Ling Pengshan did in his early years to support the Qian family of Guiling Island.

Under such circumstances, it would be a waste of time for a Jindan cultivator to do this. It would be better to hand over this troublesome matter to the foundation-building cultivators under his command and use the power of the spirit beasts in the secret realm to create a branch.

At the same time, this matter can also be regarded as an experience to temper Ling Wanhan, the grandson that Ling Pengyun likes more, and Ling Wanhui, the son of the family elder Ling Chengyuan who has good qualifications.

If they can successfully create a branch and take root in the Zhongzhou cultivation world, it can be regarded as a successful experience.

They can also be independent and competent for some key positions in the clan.

For example, Ling Wanhui inherited the position of elder from the elder Ling Chengyuan.

Ling Wanhan can also go to the Baiyun Mountains, the most prosperous part of the family, and sit in the "Baiyun City", a medium-sized market town in the Baiyun Mountains with three third-level spiritual veins.

In this way, Ling Penglin, who was originally in charge there, can also concentrate on comprehending the Dao of Formation.

Afterwards, Ling Pengyun told Ling Wanhan and Ling Wanhui not to spread the matter, and set up a ban in their sea of ​​consciousness to prevent the establishment of the branch from being spread, and he called the two away first.

Instead, he left Ling Lihao, a water-attributed spiritual root cultivator, alone.

"Lihao, do you know that I don't let you participate in the establishment of the branch, but why do I let you know such a secret?"

Ling Lihao, who looked like a weak scholar, heard this, and there was a little confusion in his eyes.

"Great-grandfather, the great-grandson does not know about this matter, please teach me."

Ling Pengyun said lightly.

"The positioning of the branch has always been the retreat of our clan. The more branches there are, the more retreats our clan has."

"And once those branches are really put into use, I am afraid that our clan will also encounter an unavoidable crisis. If we don't want this to happen, we can only continue to become stronger and become the top force in this immortal world, with the ability to dominate everything."

"You are a person with a heavenly spiritual root. Now your cultivation has entered the middle stage of foundation building, and you are not far from the golden elixir stage. The peaceful life you have lived for these years should stop, and you should also participate in the major events of the clan."

Ling Lihao trembled when he heard this, and he seemed to have added thousands of pounds of weight to his body.

He is now more than 40 years old, and he understands the meaning of Ling Pengyun's words at this time.

However, he did not want to escape from this matter. His cultivation was cultivated by Ling Pengyun and the family. Even his father Ling Wanchuan, who gave birth to him, was able to enter the golden elixir in his early years because of the grace given by Ling Pengyun.

Under the great favors one by one, Ling Lihao has long returned to the family.

After a long silence, Ling Lihao followed suit.

"I understand, great-grandfather. I will definitely uphold the Dao heart and improve my cultivation as soon as possible."

Ling Pengyun did not say anything, but looking at Ling Lihao now, he thought of a familiar person.

More than a hundred years ago, that person was born in the Ling family, which was just a small Qi training family. He risked his life to attack the foundation alone. Later, he led his family to follow the Bailing Sect to fight against the demon clan, conquered a large area of ​​land, and carried the Ling family, which was just a small Qi training family, into the foundation building family.

Later, he and Ling Pengyun walked the Dao together, helped each other, entered the Golden Core together, and led the Ling family to become stronger and stronger.

But now, the person who resisted the tripod of the Ling family back then can no longer carry the burden of the Ling family due to aptitude problems... He has retreated to the second line and specializes in alchemy.

The myth created by that person also ended here.

And that person is Ling Yunhong, the current patriarch of the Ling family.

In order to commemorate Ling Yunhong's achievements, the Ling family also opened a separate page for him in the family tree. His historical status is only second to Ling Zhu's ancestor.

Even if Ling Pengyun is only in terms of historical status, he is behind him.

Ling Yunhong is also a person Ling Pengyun respects all his life.

Although his legend has ended, most of the elixirs that Ling family Jindan cultivators practice now come from Ling Yunhong's hands.

Although he disappeared, he still devotes everything to the prosperity of the family.

"One generation replaces another, and so does Grandpa Yunhong. Perhaps a hundred years later, when I can no longer resist this family, it will be the time for rising stars like Li Hao to create legends."

Ling Pengyun sighed.