Chapter 87 Ling Family Double Core Pill

Chapter 87 Ling Family Double Core Pill

Chapter 87 Ling Family Double Core Pill

In the spirit boat, Wei Zhong looked at the dozen or so spirit bamboos in his hand with a bit of joy on his face.

"I finally got the Golden Thunder Bamboo."

Now all that’s left to do is hone your refining skills and then refine the colorful golden bamboo umbrella.

By the way, you can practice to the peak of foundation building and then start preparing for Dan formation.

When Wei Zhong left, Ling Ziwei had already planned to find Xu Xuan to refine the weapon.

As one of the guests of the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, Ling Ziwei specially spent a hundred contribution points to invite Xu Xuan, a third-level weapon refiner.

Wei Zhong put away the spiritual bamboo in his hand and focused his attention on his own cultivation.

His current cultivation level is the eighth level of foundation building. It will take at least ten years to reach the peak of foundation building.

But the remaining life span is not enough.

Look at the panel: [Lifespan: 291/305]

In order to deal with Wanyan Fu this time, Wei Zhong used the Taoist magic of time, which consumed twenty-four years of Wei Zhong's life.

The remaining fourteen years of his lifespan were only enough for Wei Zhong to use the Time Dao magic once.

Wei Zhong's heart moved.

【Krypton Level 1】

My cultivation level instantly regressed, and I looked at the panel again:
【Name: Wei Zhong】

[Cultivation: Foundation Building Level 16 (%)]

【Shouyuan: 266/305】

If one krypton level is upgraded once in the late stage of foundation building, one can gain twenty-five years of life, plus the remaining fourteen years.

This way, he still has 39 years of life left, which is enough for Wei Zhong to practice the Taoism of Time.

Wei Zhong did not continue to level up and lower his cultivation to the middle stage of foundation building. He always had the habit of maintaining the highest combat power.

Even if you level up in the late stage of foundation building many times, your cultivation will not fall to the middle stage of foundation building.

Anyway, with Wei Zhong's current speed of practice, it would not take a few years for him to return to the eighth level from the seventh level of foundation building.

After returning to Yunxia Island, Wei Zhong and Xie Linghua spent a few moments together before entering into a deep level of practice.

Practice daily and hone your weapon-making skills.

Five years passed in a flash. Wei Zhong's cultivation level returned to the eighth level of foundation building. At the same time, his weapon refining skills returned to the third-level proficient level, and he was halfway to mastery.

Wei Zhong planned that once he mastered the third-level refining technique, he would start refining the second-level seven-colored golden bamboo to prepare for the third-level refining.

In the past few years, as Wei Zhong accumulated proficiency in refining equipment, Yunxia Island added a new industry, which is the sale of second-level magical instruments.

Most of them are of lower to mid-grade second level, and there are very few high-grade magical instruments.

The spiritual fire in Wei Zhong's hand went out, and he poured the spiritual liquid into the mold. When the spiritual liquid cooled and took shape, it turned into a small green sword.

Unlike forging iron weapons, there are many different ways for practitioners to refine weapons.

For spiritual materials other than gold and iron, they are not forged into shape like iron blocks.

Instead, the spiritual material is transformed into flowing spiritual liquid, which is then poured into the mold. After it is formed, runes are engraved on the magic weapon to enhance its toughness, rigidity and other properties.

Those with high skills can also engrave special runes such as attack and defense on the magic weapon. These runes do not enhance the material of the magic sword itself, but are a kind of magic runes.

The magic weapon becomes a carrier for casting spells, which can be activated as long as spiritual power is injected into it.

For example, at this moment, Wei Zhong engraved a soul storage rune on this second-grade top-grade magic sword.

As its name suggests, this array is a rune specifically used to store spiritual energy.

This rune occupies the hilt of the magic sword, and a golden vein appears on the green magic sword.

Located on the sword body is another attack rune chosen by Wei Zhong, the second-level spell Wood Thorn.

This sword has a soul-storing rune to supply it with spiritual power, so the cultivator can activate this attack technique without having to manually inject spiritual power into his body.

One of the advantages is that it can be triggered even when the monk's spiritual power is exhausted, and the casting time is much shorter than when the monk manually injects spiritual power.

Moreover, the way to trigger the magic is spiritual consciousness, which means that there is no need for the cultivator to hold a magic sword to activate it, but the magic can be activated remotely.

It is somewhat similar to the mother-and-child sword. When you are in a stalemate with the enemy with one sword, you can activate this rune magic to achieve unexpected results.

This kind of magic weapon is especially suitable for those monks who are weak or act cautiously.

After refining, Wei Zhong put the magic sword aside with satisfaction, and then a wisp of red flame emerged from his hand.

This flame is the second-level magic spell, Golden Flowing Flame, which Wei Zhong bought at an auction using spirit stones a few years ago.

By performing this magic, one can utilize one's own spiritual power to form a golden flame.

The level of the flame varies depending on the amount of spiritual power Wei Zhong injects.

This is the method of making fire that Wei Zhong chose because he could not find the spiritual flame of heaven and earth.

Now Wei Zhong has practiced this technique to a proficient level, and it won’t take long for him to reach the mastery level.

'From entry level to proficiency, the spiritual energy consumption of this method has been reduced by half. I wonder what characteristics will emerge after mastering it.'

In addition to using this golden flame for refining weapons, it can also be used as an offensive technique. Wei Zhong has recently been considering how to use this flame to perform flying techniques.

If successful, Wei Zhong would have one more trick up his sleeve. He could also use the Golden Flowing Flame to perform the Throwing Technique in front of the public, without having to worry about being discovered by Wanyan Fu.

After putting away the golden flame, Wei Zhong came out of seclusion with the refined magic weapon.

He transmitted the message to Xie Linghua, and then handed the storage bag filled with second-level magic weapons to her.

The other party took it and said, "Master, Sister Ling is ready to form a pill."

Wei Zhong was stunned, and then he remembered that five years had passed.

Ling Ziwei's cultivation had been perfected many years ago, and five years ago she even harvested the Golden Thunder Bamboo. Xun Xuxuan refined two colorful golden bamboo umbrellas for her.

With the secret technique of substitution obtained from Tan Tai Lin, it is time to form the elixir.

It should be said that he started preparing for Dan formation five years later, which was a little later than Wei Zhong expected.

"Where is the spiritual place chosen for Danjie?"

Xie Linghua replied: "Sister Ling rented a third-level cave house in Yuelan City through the Yunji Chamber of Commerce."

"Is it because you don't need to attract enemies anymore, so you choose a safer way to form the elixir?"

Wei Zhong clapped his hands and planned to return to the cave to meditate again. Since the other party chose to meditate in Yunlan City, there must be Jindan cultivators to protect him. His safety was guaranteed, so there was no need for Wei Zhong to go over and show his courtesy.

After returning to the cave and practicing for only three months, Wei Zhong received the news that Ling Ziwei had successfully formed the elixir.

The Dan-forming Ceremony will be held in one month on Fuzhou Island along the Luo River.

This spiritual land is a third-grade medium-quality spiritual land, which was leased by the Ling family from the Yunji Chamber of Commerce.

Over the past few years, the Ling family has accumulated a lot of wealth by using the spiritual objects in the secret place.

During this period, he commissioned Wei Zhong to refine pills many times, most of which were second-level pills.

There are also a number of third-level elixirs such as Haoyuan Pills, Yanghun Pills, and Jiangchen Pills.

The Ling family made a lot of money just from selling elixirs, which gave them enough financial resources to rent a third-level spiritual land that could accommodate everyone in the Ling family, from mortals to Jindan.

This time, Ling Ziwei formed the Dan, and the Ling family, which had formed two Dans, instantly became the focus of the entire Luohe Prefecture.

In Luohe Prefecture where there is no obvious Nascent Soul force, Jindan is the most important thing.

Apart from the sects that have many Jindan cultivators, there are only a handful of immortal cultivation families that have achieved double Jindan.

It can be said that the Ling family is almost at the top of the immortal cultivation families in Luohe Prefecture.

Wei Zhong certainly could not be absent from this grand ceremony.

After spending some time preparing for the ceremony, on the day of the ceremony, Wei Zhong and Xie Linghua went to Fuzhou Island together.

On this day, there were many cultivators coming and going, and Wei Zhong could see many lights escaping in the direction of the Ling family on his way.

It was even more lively than when Ling Hua was forming his elixir.

"Master, Sister Ling's ceremony is really lively," Xie Linghua said with some envy.

Wei Zhong drank a glass of spirit wine and replied calmly:
"The Ling family has just rented a new spiritual land to expand their territory. They are in need of people right now. It would be strange if they cannot attract independent cultivators at this time."

Wei Zhong looked at the escaping lights outside the flying boat and guessed that apart from a few people who were just watching the fun, most of them were probably planning to join the Ling family as a guest official.

Being a guest official of the Jiedan family is a lucrative job in the resource-rich Luohe Prefecture.

There is no need to open up new land or fight with monsters. You only need to complete various tasks assigned by the master, such as exploring secret realms, refining pills, arranging formations, etc., and you can earn spirit stones steadily.

It is much better than a single cultivator fighting alone.

While he was thinking, the flying boat had arrived at the Ling family.

After putting away the flying boat, Wei Zhong and Xie Linghua landed together. A cultivator from the Ling family came forward to greet him. Seeing that the visitor was Wei Zhong, the clever Ling family member quickly notified the two Jindan ancestors in his family.

A moment later, two figures flew over. They were the Ling brothers and sisters.

Ling Ziwei walked up to Xie Linghua, held her hand, then pulled her to her side and started chatting and laughing with her.

Ling Hua looked at Wei Zhong and said:
"I was busy with the ceremony and was unable to meet you in time. I hope Brother Wei will forgive me."

"Haha, Brother Ling, what you said is really polite. Why should we talk about this?"

Everyone around saw Ling Hua, the head of the Jindan family, being on friendly terms with a foundation-building cultivator. Those who had never seen Wei Zhong's face were greatly surprised.

"Who is this foundation-building Taoist? Why is he so familiar with Senior Ling?"

"You don't even know Master Wei, but he is Wei Zhong, the famous third-level alchemist in Luohe Prefecture. It is rumored that most of the third-level pills released by the Ling family in recent years were made by him," the respondent said with envy and admiration in his tone.

But not everyone respected Wei Zhong. Some people said in a sarcastic tone, "Oh? Could it be the cash cow of the Ling family?"

“What nonsense, Master Wei just has some cooperative relationship with the Ling family.

Up to now, he has not shown any intention to join the Ling family and is a pure independent cultivator.

In recent years, he has not only practiced alchemy, but also started to refine weapons. The Qingfeng sword in my hand was made by Master Wei.

Such people are exactly what we, the casual cultivators, are lucky to have.”

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There were countless people talking around, and Wei Zhong heard all of it.

Wei Zhong memorized the appearances of the guys who deliberately spoke ill of him, and planned that if any of these people came to him to refine weapons or pills in the future, he would not do business with them.

After chatting with Ling Hua for a few words, Wei Zhong took out a bottle of elixir and a magic sword, and said to Ling Ziwei:
"I have not yet wished Fairy Ling a successful elixir formation. This elixir and magic sword will serve as a gift to congratulate the fairy on her elixir formation."

Ling Ziwei took the two items with a smile: "Thank you for the expense, Brother Wei."

Seeing this, the master of ceremonies who was in charge of recording the ceremony immediately wrote a few words on the big red paper on the table, and then shouted loudly:

"Master Wei Zhong from Yunxia Island, I present you with a bottle of Haoyuan Dan and a third-level magic sword!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding cultivators were all in an uproar. The highest gift that an ordinary foundation-building cultivator could give was a hundred-year-old spiritual object, worth about a thousand spirit stones.

How could Wei Zhong come up with a whole bottle of third-level elixir and a third-level magic sword right away? The value of this was more than the wealth of countless casual foundation-building cultivators.

"As expected of a third-rank alchemist, he is extremely wealthy," many cultivators lamented about Wei Zhong's wealth.

Some cultivators also discovered something special: "Could this third-level magic sword be made by Master Wei himself?"

Some of the monks who are quick-witted have already come up with ideas.

It's difficult to be a guest of the Ling family, why not join Master Wei?

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Wei Zhong didn't care when listening to these discussions.

Ling Hua was indeed a little surprised when he said, "I didn't expect that only five years have passed and Brother Wei has reached the third level in another skill after alchemy."

Although he was mentally prepared when he saw Wei Zhong repairing a third-level magic weapon five years ago, he still felt it was unreal when he actually saw Wei Zhong's weapon refining skills break through the third level.

After a brief conversation, the Ling siblings brought Wei Zhong into the mansion.

Because the ceremony had not officially begun yet, the two of them allocated a small courtyard for Wei Zhong and Xie Linghua to rest.

The Ling brothers and sisters left to take charge of various matters required for the ceremony.

After resting for half an hour, Qingze came to visit.

"Fellow Daoist Wei Zhong, I haven't seen you for many years. I miss you very much," Qingze said with a smile.

Qingze is now full of energy and ambition, as he was a casual cultivator who joined the Ling family in the early years.

He is highly regarded by the Ling brothers and sisters, and now he is a person of great power among all the guest officials.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Qingze doesn't look like he misses me now. Fellow Daoist must have lived a good life in the Ling family these years."

Qingze shook his head: "I am just busy with the affairs of the Ling family. I have worked hard for many years and only got a Dust-Reducing Pill. I am not as good as Fellow Daoist Wei who is proficient in alchemy."

Over the years, some of the Dust-Reducing Pills that the Ling family asked Wei Zhong to refine were sold on the market for auction, while some were exchanged by guests within the Ling family.

This was the method used by the Ling family to win over some cultivators in the late foundation building stage.

For such cultivators, the only goal is to form a golden elixir.

Even if an independent cultivator works hard to build his foundation for his entire life, he may not be able to earn enough spirit stones to buy a Dust Reducing Pill, but for the Ling family, it only takes a few decades.

Even if I can't accumulate enough contributions to exchange for the Dust-Reducing Pill, it is certainly possible to exchange for some elixirs and magical tools.

It is precisely because of this kind of generous treatment that it attracts so many independent cultivators here.

After chatting and laughing with Qingze for a while, the Dan Jie Ceremony began immediately.

Led by Qingze, Wei Zhong walked into the banquet room.

This ceremony is divided into three levels. The highest one is in the white clouds on the top of a sacred mountain, the middle one is on the mountainside, and below it are the Qi-refining cultivators and mortals.

According to the arrangement made by the Ling brothers and sisters, Wei Zhong was naturally at the highest level, sitting with the Jindan cultivators.

A dozen people were sitting among the clouds in the air, with a special cloud-shaped magical weapon beneath them.

Everyone had an independent table in front of them, which was filled with various spiritual liquids and spiritual foods, some of which were even of the third level.

Wei Zhong picked up a piece of unknown third-level spiritual meat and put it in his mouth. As soon as the spiritual meat touched the tip of his tongue, it turned into a ball of cool and gentle spiritual energy.

Wei Zhong closed his eyes and enjoyed it. Xie Linghua beside him immediately poured him a cup of spiritual tea.

"If you drink too much, it's good to drink some spiritual tea occasionally to relieve the pain."

"Daoyou Wei Zhong, this grouper tastes pretty good, right?"

It was Xu Xuan who was beside him who conveyed the message to Wei Zhong.

There were only two people at the foundation-building stage sitting at the table, namely Wei Zhong and Xu Xuan.

As the shopkeeper of the Yunji Chamber of Commerce in this city and a third-level master of three arts, Xu Xuan is qualified to sit here.

At the same time, he refined a seven-colored golden bamboo umbrella for Ling Ziwei to help Ling Ziwei form the elixir.

The Ling family specially invited him to this Dan Jin Ceremony.

Apart from Wei Zhong and the other two, the rest of the people seated were all at the Jindan level. There were representatives from various major Jindan forces, as well as Sikong Changming, a Jindan cultivator who was familiar with Ling Hua.

"Stonefinch?" Wei Zhong asked in confusion.

Xu Xuan has taken the initiative to answer the question:

“That’s right, this bird is a new type of spiritual bird cultivated by my Yunji Chamber of Commerce.

The spiritual flesh of this bird contains rich spiritual energy, and the meat of this bird is now selling like hot cakes in Yunzhou.

It’s just that it’s rare in Luohe Prefecture where there aren’t many Jindan cultivators.”

Wei Zhong understood. No wonder he had never heard of this kind of magical bird.

Wei Zhong was talking to him through voice transmission while dealing with other Jindan cultivators.

As a third-rank alchemist, Wei Zhong naturally had to be wooed by the Jindan forces. Now, with the help of Ling Ziwei's Jindan ceremony, many forces had extended olive branches to Wei Zhong.

But Wei Zhong ignored the generous treatment offered by the other party and rejected them one by one.

Wei Zhong looked at a female cultivator in a yellow robe. Her name was Song Linfang and she was the Palace Master of the Zhigang Palace of the Jindan Sect in this prefecture. She was in the middle stage of the Jindan realm and was a cultivator with both magical powers and physical abilities.

Wei Zhong is still curious about his sect's unique body-building technique, the "Refining Gang Method".

So he sent a voice message to him: "Fellow Daoist Song, is it true that your palace's "Forging Gang Method" cannot be passed on to outsiders?"

The other party put down the wine glass in his hand and replied with a helpless look:

"Master Wei, please forgive me. Our sect's skills will never be passed on to outsiders. If you are really curious about our skills, you can come to my Zhigang Palace and be a guest.

I promise that I will offer my sect's skills to you at that time."

Wei Zhong shook his head.

'I have been practicing as an independent cultivator for many years and have gotten used to freedom. I only joined the Yunji Chamber of Commerce because the Chamber of Commerce does not assign compulsory tasks to its guests and gives them considerable freedom.

But if you join a sect, it's hard to say.'

Wei Zhong needed the "Refining Gang Method" only to make it more perfect when he was forming the elixir, but he didn't necessarily need this method.

During the banquet, Wei Zhong chatted and laughed cheerfully with the other Jindan masters, and did not show any fear at all because of their inferior cultivation level.

Many of the Jindan cultivators at the table had previously done business with Wei Zhong.

After the banquet, both the guests and the hosts were delighted.

As the monks at the banquet dispersed, Wei Zhong said goodbye to the Ling brothers and sisters and left.

Looking back at the people staying at the Ling family, Wei Zhong murmured:

"When the waves wash away the sand, I wonder how many people can get on the Ling family's big ship."

(End of this chapter)