The Longevity Family: Starting From The Branches And Leaves

Chapter 104: Family Planning and Killing the Gao Family Cultivators (Please Subscribe for More Chapters)

In the following days, the figures of the Fire Spirit Birds were indeed nowhere to be seen.

The Chen family members also completely eliminated the evil energy in the mountain hollow.

The entire hollow formed the shape of the Chinese character "人" (ren, meaning "person").

And the spiritual vein was located in the middle of the southern foothills, in a long mountain trench that stretched for hundreds of zhang (a Chinese unit of length, approximately 3.33 meters).

"The spiritual vein leaks out its spiritual energy in the mountain trench ahead!"

"The reason why the spiritual energy hasn't completely leaked out is due to the unique terrain and the special material of the underground rocks and soil in this area."

"As long as we break through the surface layer of rocks and use the Spirit-Inducing Array, we can draw the spiritual energy of this spiritual vein into the hollow!"

Meng Ping brought Chen Ling to the edge of the mountain trench and slowly explained to her.

Chen Ling used her divine sense to explore the mountain trench and quickly discovered a small crack in the thick layer of rocks.

The crack was covered with thick sand.

Threads of pure spiritual energy were emitting from the crack.

Originally, this mountain trench was shrouded in dense evil energy, making it difficult for the spiritual energy to disperse.

According to Meng Ping, as long as they break through the layer of rocks and establish the Spirit-Inducing Array, they can guide the spiritual energy to various parts of the hollow.

[Hint: Obtain a first-grade top-quality spiritual vein and a territory with a radius of thirty li (a Chinese unit of distance, approximately 500 meters). Family resources will increase, and the incense value will increase by 40.]

At this moment, a prompt appeared on the panel.

Chen Ling glanced at it and saw that her incense value had reached 90.

During this period, on one hand, she was too busy, and on the other hand, she was with Li Yourong and the others every day.

She didn't rush to allocate her points.

With an incense value of 90, she should improve her spiritual roots and quickly raise them to the middle-grade level.

"Family Head, I will first set up the Sealing Array to seal the spiritual energy here to prevent other cultivators from discovering it."

"After everything is arranged in the hollow, we can release the spiritual energy!"

Meng Ping clasped his fists and said.

Chen Ling nodded and smiled, "That's great!"

Although this was already the territory developed by her Chen family, they still needed to be cautious.

This exploration was not just for her Chen family.

If the spiritual energy leaked out and other family cultivators passed by, it would definitely attract unnecessary trouble.

Being cautious would never be wrong.

As Meng Ping took out a black array disk and chanted an incantation, eight black flags shot into the mountain trench.

Immediately after, a faint light curtain seemed to cover the mountain trench.

After confirming that there was no more leakage of spiritual energy, the two returned to the temporary residence they had set up.

Everyone discussed the future planning of the family together.

It involved workshops, spiritual lands, spiritual fires, medicinal gardens, underground fires, and the living areas of the clan members, among other things.

This place is also extremely vast and can easily accommodate tens of thousands of people.

For the Chen family, which currently has only over five hundred people, it is more than enough.

However, in this aspect, Meng Ping, who is a mining engineer, is obviously more professional.

Clearly, this kind of family layout is also a specialty he has studied in his spare time.

Based on the characteristics of the mountainous terrain and the distribution of spiritual veins, he provided Chen Ling with two planning options.

The first is a strip distribution, distinguishing different areas and functions based on the richness of the spiritual veins, which can allow the spiritual energy of the veins to be applied most reasonably.

The residential areas among the clan members are also allocated different areas with varying concentrations of spiritual energy based on their contributions to the family.

The second is a core spatial layout pattern, with different functions such as workshops, medicinal fields, and cultivation areas as the main planning directions.

In the end, Chen Ling still believed that the strip distribution was more reasonable, after all, the more core things of the family, the more they should be distributed in places with more abundant spiritual energy.

Next, Meng Ping introduced in detail the various situations of the strip layout to Chen Ling.

After a long discussion, Chen Ling was greatly impressed. It turns out that professional matters should be handled by professional people.

In a short period of time, Meng Ping planned the entire mountainous terrain in an orderly manner.

Distribution of workshops, distribution of spiritual fields, distribution of residential areas...

There are also choices of formations, the family's scripture pavilion, law hall, and so on!

Subsequently, Chen Ling entrusted the construction of the clan's land to Meng Ping.

As for the materials needed, Shen Zhen was responsible for arranging people to go to the market to purchase them.

If there are many things needed, they will be directly transported by cloud boats.

Meng Ping also readily accepted the task.

Having been in contact with Chen Ling for some time, Meng Ping could see that Chen Ling had a kind-hearted personality.

There was no trace of the majesty of a family head, but he was able to quietly deal with two Foundation Building cultivators from the Luo family.

Perhaps this is the strategy of hiding one's abilities and biding one's time!

Meng Ping also felt emotional in his heart.

But to be able to encounter such a tolerant family head is also the luck of his own Meng family.

...

At night, Chen Ling turned over and lay on the bed, looking at the temporarily built wooden roof, sighing softly in his heart.

"I miscalculated! I can never be so careless in the future!"

Recently, because of the development of the wilderness, he had also suppressed himself for half a month.

At night, when he confirmed that there were no risks around, he was full of confidence and had relations with Qing Tang and Li Yourong at the same time!

He overestimated himself and ignored the fact that both of them were Foundation Building cultivators.

As a result, he was completely defeated!

"What's wrong! Isn't this normal?" Li Yourong on the right side of the wooden bed said with a smile.

"Husband, it may be because you've been working too hard in the wilderness recently!" Qing Tang on the left side said understandingly.

Chen Ling forced a smile on his face and said in a muffled voice, "Let's sleep! Let's sleep!"

Of course, he didn't come away empty-handed.

After a long absence of cultivation, although the time was not long, the effect was excellent, allowing him to open another spiritual acupoint in his body, reaching a total of ninety-four.

After Li Yourong and the others fell asleep, Chen Ling got up and sat on the ground, opening the panel.

Then, he clicked on the "+" behind the spiritual root.

Immediately, a surge of scorching hot airflow rushed into his body.

The Nine Transformations Spirit Flame Technique started to operate, and a rich crimson spiritual power was stimulated throughout his body.

Within a dozen breaths, this scorching hot airflow completely merged into the sea of qi, and Chen Ling felt extremely comfortable all over his body.

He could see his chest rising and falling with each breath, and the spiritual energy in his body continuously impacting his meridians.

At this critical moment, the spiritual energy in his meridians surged to the extreme.

Sweat dripped from Chen Ling's forehead, but he felt nothing.

He focused on operating the Nine Transformations Spirit Flame Technique.

Puff! Puff!

Under the impact of the surging spiritual energy, two more spiritual acupoints were consecutively stimulated in his body.

"Phew!"

"I've reached ninety-six spiritual acupoints. Just three more, and I'll be ready for Foundation Building!"

Chen Ling exhaled, opened his eyes, and a hint of joy appeared on his face.

He felt that his cultivation speed had slightly increased again.

His gaze swept across the panel.

Incense Value: 0

Spiritual Root: Lower-grade Four-Element Spiritual Root (Metal, Wood, Fire, Earth, 61/100)(+)

This time, the 90 Incense Value only increased by 10 points. The higher the level, the more Incense Value it would consume to increase!

However, thinking about it, this was normal. After all, improving the spiritual root was extremely difficult.

After a while, the spiritual energy in his body completely returned to calmness.

Faint insect chirping could be heard from outside.

Under the soft light of the crystal lamp, the two beautiful figures on the bed were like a breathtaking scenery.

Looking at the two alluring figures on the bed, he began to carefully consider his next plan.

With the current progress, within half a year, barring any accidents, he would be able to reach the Qi Refining Great Perfection. After that, he would need to settle down for a while before Foundation Building.

So, he should prepare for the Foundation Building Pill!

"But before that, I definitely need to raise my spiritual root to the middle-grade!" Chen Ling thought to himself.

Li Yourong and Qing Tang both succeeded in Foundation Building in one go.

Li Yourong had the blessing of a spiritual body, so the probability of success was much higher than that of ordinary cultivators.

Qing Tang also had a middle-grade dual spiritual root, coupled with a powerful divine soul, which allowed her to proceed so smoothly.

If he had a lower-grade spiritual root, the situation would be completely different.

"To be able to succeed in Foundation Building before the age of forty, even in the Star Sword Sect, it would be considered a good talent!"

"In addition, the family's future relocation and development are also significant issues."

"Slowing down the construction doesn't have much impact, but the system needs to be improved first, especially in terms of safety, talent cultivation, and loyalty." Chen Ling pondered.

Currently, the majority of his Chen family members are from the Qin and Meng families.

The Qin family has a foundation in refining tools, while the Meng family doesn't have any particularly obvious strengths.

However, years of wandering have also cultivated an extremely resilient character in these family members. They are willing to do any dirty or hard work as long as they can survive.

As for survival, with the mine, the family members won't starve in the future by continuing to sell magical artifacts!

"As long as everything stabilizes, I can slowly accumulate merit points, and other problems will naturally be solved!" Chen Ling felt relieved at the thought.

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The following days became extremely busy.

According to Meng Ping's plan, the residential area was cleared in the area close to the spiritual vein, and then the residential and cultivation areas were built.

More than forty cultivators, under Meng Ping's command, controlled the earth-armored talisman people and carried out construction in the mountain hollows.

"Family head, something bad happened!"

Qin Tong, who was patrolling around, flew over and loudly reported at the door.

Behind him was a Qin family member, looking disheveled and sweating profusely.

"What happened? Why are you so panicked?" Chen Ling let them in and asked.

"Family head, the mine was attacked." Qin Tong swallowed and said.

"Qin Yuan, explain the situation quickly!" he shouted at the family member.

"Family head, this morning, the family members were mining as usual when suddenly a group of people appeared, injuring Senior Chu and taking over our mine."

"A few of us were fishing on the river and barely managed to escape."

Qin Yuan said anxiously.

"Could you see who they were?" Chen Ling frowned and asked.

"No, at that time, we only heard Senior Chu shout 'Foundation Building cultivator'." Qin Yuan hurriedly said.

He was quite sensitive and managed to escape without being noticed by the Foundation Building cultivator.

"Foundation Building cultivator!" Chen Ling's gaze shifted.

He already considered the Black River Hollow as his territory, so someone daring to act so openly meant that they were not good people.

"Rong, Qingtang, someone has come knocking on our door. Let's go and meet them!" Chen Ling said to Li Yourong and Qingtang in a deep voice.

The mine is arranged with a magnetic sword formation, so even if they face a Foundation Building cultivator, there shouldn't be any problems.

However, his father-in-law didn't even have a chance to activate it, clearly indicating that the other party had been planning for a long time and caught them off guard.

But even if the other party had a Foundation Building cultivator, he didn't have the same concerns as before.

After all, he had personally witnessed Li Yourong defeating three demonic beasts, so he now had great confidence.

"Sigh, I just wanted to find a quiet environment to accumulate merit points and cultivate well, but it seems difficult!" Chen Ling felt helpless.

Li Yourong and Qingtang stood up and followed behind him.

Both of them are seasoned warriors. Li Yourong looks relaxed, and there seems to be a sense of eagerness in her beautiful eyes.

Qingtang, on the other hand, appears calm, and there is no trace of fluctuation in her aura.

After leaving, Chen Ling greeted Meng Ping again, reminding him to be careful of the three demonic beasts.

If any problems arise, the Flame Thunder Bead should be used immediately.

Meng Ping wanted to go with his fellow clan members, but Chen Ling refused.

From the mountain pass to the mining site, it's about ten miles.

The Cloud Boat was once again controlled by Shen Zhen to go to the market to buy materials.

By the time a group of Qi Refining cultivators arrived at the mining site, it is estimated that the food would have gone cold.

He has the Flowing Cloud Robe on him, and his speed is not slower than that of a Foundation Building cultivator.

Then the three of them quickly flew towards the mining site.

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At this moment, at the Black River Basin mining site.

In front of a simple stone house, there are more than a dozen bodies lying horizontally.

Chu Xiong is also lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth, his life hanging by a thread.

"Senior Gao, this mining site is already the Chen family's territory. If we kill people like this, the sect will surely investigate!" A middle-aged man in a black robe said to a cultivator with thin lips and narrow eyes.

This person is Gao Wu, a Foundation Building cultivator from the Gao family.

Gao Wu glanced at the man with narrow eyes and said calmly, "Master Zhan, rest assured, our purpose in exploring this place is to find resources."

"I didn't expect this place to have a vein of cracked gold, and the reserves are not small."

"No wonder the Chen family is raising fish here, there is another secret."

"In the future, this vein will belong to my Gao family!"

"As for the Chen family, they will soon disappear from here!"

They were originally exploring this area. Two days ago, they happened to pass by this place.

After learning that it was the Chen family's fish farm, Gao Wu decided to secretly destroy it for the sake of the magic weapon.

Who would have thought that in this remote Black River Basin, there would be a vein of cracked gold.

No wonder the Chen family was able to thrive in such a short period of less than half a year.

This kid not only gained the appreciation of the sect master, but also had good luck!

But all of this will belong to his Gao family in the future.

Putting aside past grievances, just for the sake of this vein, even if he kills Chen Ling, the sect master will support him.

Even the sect master cannot do anything to him.

Not to mention these Chen family members!

"As for these Chen family members, let Chen Ling bring the magic weapon to redeem them when the time comes!"

Gao Wu said with a finality, unable to help but burst into laughter.

Appearing extremely confident!

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Less than half an incense stick's worth of time, Chen Ling and the others arrived at the Black River Basin.

But he did not rush in recklessly.

He hid behind a rock outside the mountain pass.

Using his divine sense to scan the area.

When he saw the bodies on the ground, his face turned cold.

"It's actually people from the Gao family!"

Chen Ling quickly recognized Gao Wu among the crowd.

"It seems that they had planned this in advance."

A cold light flashed in Chen Ling's eyes. More than ten of his clan members were killed, and the others had lost their fighting power.

On the other side, there were two Foundation Building cultivators and seven Qi Refining cultivators, all of them in the mid to late stage of Qi Refining.

"Yourong, I'll leave those Qi Refining cultivators to you!"

"Qingtang, deal with that Foundation Building cultivator."

"As for Gao Wu, leave him to me!"

"Quick and decisive, don't let them escape or send any signals!"

Chen Ling whispered to Li Yourong and the others, his expression extremely cautious.

Judging from their attire, it was obvious that they had come here to explore as well.

Most of his clan members were probably not far away.

Once they let them escape, it would be troublesome.

"Husband, let me deal with Gao Wu more securely!"

Li Yourong tried to stop him.

She knew that Chen Ling's methods were formidable, but most of it relied on the magic weapon. With his current cultivation at the ninth level of Qi Refining, he could barely withstand attacks from ordinary Foundation Building cultivators with the help of spiritual tools.

But Gao Wu in front of them came from a well-established Foundation Building family, and he would definitely have other means.

It wouldn't be so easy for Chen Ling to deal with him alone.

"Don't worry! I have my own way. Just make sure they don't escape!" Chen Ling shook his head and said confidently.

Last time, he killed two Foundation Building cultivators from the Luo family. On one hand, Luo Hao was still injured and hadn't fully recovered.

On the other hand, he was well-prepared and directly self-detonated the Golden Ink Armor Poison Bead.

It was basically relying on external forces.

His actual strength was not that high.

It should be noted that each small realm is a watershed.

Ordinary people cannot cross it without several years of hard cultivation.

To challenge a higher realm is tantamount to seeking death!

But now, things are different. His spiritual cultivation has reached the late stage of Foundation Building.

With such a powerful divine sense, ambushing a Foundation Building cultivator in the early stage should not be a problem!

Based on Li Yourong's understanding of him, she naturally knew that he had a cowardly personality, afraid of death.

Without certainty, he wouldn't take such risks.

She didn't say anything more.

After all, it would be no easy task to quickly kill seven cultivators in the middle and late stages of Qi Refining, even if she was only in the early stage of Foundation Building.

"Take action!"

Then, Chen Ling shouted lowly.

At the same time, he activated the flowing cloud spirit robe on his body, resembling swiftly flying clouds. Then, like a ghost, he quickly shot towards Gao Wufei.

A vast divine sense was released from his sea of consciousness, rushing towards Gao Wufei like surging waves.

In an instant, they were dozens of zhang apart!

"Who?"

Gao Wufei, who was happily counting the cracked gold ore, stopped smiling abruptly.

"A cultivator in the late stage of Foundation Building!"

"It's you, Chen Ling, how is this possible?"

Gao Wufei's face was full of shock. This power of divine sense made him feel a tremendous threat, like Mount Tai pressing down on him, crashing down on him without warning.

When he saw Chen Ling's face clearly, his expression became incredulous.

How could this Qi Refining junior have such terrifying divine sense?

The next second, Gao Wufei felt as if an invisible mountain was crashing down on him. His whole body was in excruciating pain, as if his tendons and veins were bursting open. He screamed in agony and spurted out a mouthful of blood.

His clothes burst open, revealing a piece of mysterious turtle spirit armor inside.

A golden light radiated from the spirit armor.

Only to see the golden light instantly transform into a golden armored turtle shadow, shining brightly, blocking the divine sense attack in an instant.

"A high-grade defensive spiritual weapon?"

Chen Ling's gaze slightly condensed when he saw the soul attack being blocked.

The Gao family indeed had deep foundations, and a high-grade spiritual weapon did have formidable defensive power.

But the "Elemental Soul Technique" was a profound-grade technique, not so easily blocked.

Coupled with Chen Ling's determination to kill Gao Wufei, there was no trace of reservation.

Divine sense surged and circulated.

Boom!

In an instant, a burst of light like a sword formation condensed and burst out, like sharp blades, slashing towards Gao Wufei.

Using the turtle spirit robe to block the divine sense attack.

Gao Wufei's face turned pale with fright, just about to breathe a sigh of relief.

A dazzling light suddenly lit up, making it impossible for him to see. Then, he felt a violent vibration from the turtle armor robe on his body.

Crack! Crack!

Gao Wufei felt an irresistible force that left him powerless to resist. His ribs broke one by one, causing intense pain.

The golden-armored turtle rapidly dimmed.

He felt the threat of death and his heart filled with fear. He desperately shouted, "Master Zhan, save me!"

The sound of the words had not yet fallen, and the Xuan Turtle Shell shattered with a loud bang.

He only felt a sharp pain in his sea of consciousness, followed by a loud crack.

"Let me go!"

Gao Wu opened his mouth and uttered a sentence, his body fell weakly, dead without closing his eyes.

He couldn't believe that he would be killed by Chen Ling, who was only at the Qi Refining stage, with just one glance.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Ling killed Gao Wu, who had a cultivation level at the early stage of Foundation Building.

Catching the other Gao and Zhan family cultivators off guard.

But their nightmare had just begun.

The head of the Zhan family saw Gao Wu being suppressed and was about to lend a hand.

"Not good!" Suddenly, his body violently retreated backwards.

Because a sword aura suddenly pierced through the void, he felt a great fear that could endanger his life.

His face changed drastically, but his reaction was extremely fast. He instantly activated a black-gold rune.

At the critical moment, there was a "boom".

A golden protective shield appeared in front of him.

Blocking the suddenly appearing sword aura.

But in the next moment, Qing Tang's figure suddenly appeared from the void, her spiritual sword attacking like a continuous drizzle. In the blink of an eye, she had already slashed out more than ten swords, causing the golden shield to rapidly dim.

Although they were both at the early stage of Foundation Building, Qing Tang had a powerful spiritual sense and also practiced the Shadow Transformation technique. In addition, Chen Ling had engraved a third-level spiritual restriction on her spiritual robe.

The head of the Zhan family was completely unable to detect her whereabouts.

Losing the advantage in one move, he was completely at a disadvantage.

His face became extremely ugly.

"Protect!"

Seeing that the golden shield was about to burst, the head of the Zhan family was immediately frightened and immediately activated his defensive spiritual weapon, the Five-Colored Tree.

With a crash!

Only to see a five-colored jade tree appear in front of him, forming a five-colored defensive shield, blocking the sword aura that was about to strike.

But at this moment, the protective shield shattered.

A cold light pierced through the center of his forehead, bursting out from the back of his head, causing his entire forehead to explode.

Qing Tang's fierce sword aura attack was just a cover for the Silent Needle.

To catch the opponent off guard!

At the same time.

"The Fire Lotus Blooms!"

Li Yourong's Pure Yang Sword flew and slashed, and the sword aura of the Fire Lotus scattered and shot out, attacking the seven Gao family Qi Refining cultivators respectively.

In an instant, a dozen-inch flame lotus appeared in front of these cultivators, dazzling and radiant.

In the next moment, seven fire lotuses descended with a slash.

Although those Qi Refining cultivators quickly activated their respective spiritual weapons to block the Fire Lotus Sword Aura.

But under the attack of the Fire Lotus Sword Aura, those spiritual weapons were as fragile as paper. The sword lotus pierced through them, irresistibly killing them.

(End of this chapter)