The Longevity Family: Starting From The Branches And Leaves

Chapter 279: The Sword Star and the Wang Family's Intention to Submit

On this day, the autumn weather was clear and refreshing.

Inside the cultivation room, Chen Ling poured himself a cup of spiritual tea and drank it leisurely.

In the secret realm, he had successively helped Gong Mulan get rid of the ten-day cold qi. Although he had completely suppressed the cold qi, he couldn't completely eradicate it for the time being.

This made Chen Ling very frustrated. He had promised to help her get rid of the cold qi.

But after more than ten days, he had exhausted all means and couldn't find the source of the cold qi.

"Perhaps this cold qi is related to her celestial bloodline?" Chen Ling furrowed his brows and speculated in his heart.

He could only think of a solution later!

Fortunately, the cold qi no longer had any effect on Gong Mulan.

But these ten days of rest had also yielded great results for both of them. Chen Ling's cultivation base directly increased by eight points, but the effect of the rest period was not as significant as before.

After lifting the seal, Gong Mulan's cultivation base was also rapidly recovering after suppressing the cold qi.

At the same time, after leaving the secret realm, Chen Ling discovered another huge use of the secret realm.

Time.

The flow of time in the secret realm was only one-third of the outside world.

In other words, one day inside was equivalent to three days outside.

"No wonder Du Qingyun's cultivation base is so strong. It turns out he has such a heaven-defying treasure!" Chen Ling secretly exclaimed.

With his knowledge as a Rank Four artifact refiner, he knew how difficult it was to refine a Treasure Weapon with the attribute of time.

It was extremely difficult!

Firstly, the artifact refiner himself needed to comprehend and master the power of the laws of time, which was one of the most difficult laws to comprehend and master.

It could be said that it was one in a million.

And even if one mastered the laws of time, they would still need many other materials with spatial and temporal attributes, which were not easy to find.

From Du Qingyun's memory, this spatial crystal ring was obtained by him from a fallen Divine Transformation cultivator's Immortal Cave in the Thunder Secret Realm.

It could be said that this person's luck was also extremely heaven-defying, but unfortunately, he encountered Chen Ling!

"It seems that there are great opportunities in the Thunder Secret Realm!" Chen Ling secretly thought.

However, after a moment of envy, he quickly abandoned this meaningless idea.

It was better to continue staying at home, marry and have children safely!

"If I could merge the Spirit Medicine Secret Realm with this temporal secret realm, that would be great!" Chen Ling thought to himself, but with his current level of artifact refining, he couldn't do it yet.

During this period of time, he accumulated more than two thousand incense values, which he used to enhance his Spiritual Roots.

Now his Spiritual Roots had reached Supreme Grade 43/100.

"Buzz."

Just at this moment, the Qianlei Sword Pill in his Qi Sea suddenly emitted a long cry involuntarily.

Chen Ling's eyes suddenly narrowed.

This situation was similar to Du Qingyun's display of the Heaven and Earth Profound Thunder Sword Domain.

"Could it be?" Chen Ling stood up without hesitation, left the cultivation room, and flew towards Wang Yun's courtyard.

After leaving the spatial crystal ring and settling Gong Mulan, he had given the Sword Enlightenment Stone he obtained from Du Qingyun's storage ring and Du Qingyun's sword dao comprehension Jade Slip to Wang Yun.

In less than ten days, Wang Yun had comprehended the fourth realm of the sword dao?

Chen Ling couldn't believe it.

Geniuses like Wang Yun were destined to walk their own path in the sword dao.

No matter how powerful Du Qingyun's sword dao was, it only had a reference value for her, and there was no need for imitation.

After all, her potential in the Star Dao Sword Body was extremely high.

But when Chen Ling appeared above Wang Yun's courtyard, the entire courtyard was quiet, and even on the sword-testing platform, there was no sign of her.

With a sweep of his divine sense, there was no abnormality around the entire courtyard.

"Could it be that I sensed it wrong just now?" Chen Ling furrowed his brows and thought to himself.

But at this moment, the white leaves on the Soul Tree suddenly emitted a burst of light.

Revealing the situation on the sword-testing platform.

He couldn't help but gasp.

In the void above the sword-testing platform, within a range of dozens of zhang, there were shining starlight sword qi.

It was like a Sword Qi Star slowly descending.

This scale is completely insignificant compared to Du Qingyun's Sword Domain.

But Chen Ling felt that this Sword Qi was even more exquisite and pure.

The Sword Ray filled the sky, as if following some mysterious law, evolving through the air.

It was like the process of a star's birth and growth.

In the center of the brilliant Sword Qi, Wang Yun sat in the Lotus Position, with the Star Element Sword swirling around her.

Countless vast and boundless starlight poured into her body.

"Yuner has truly comprehended the four realms of swordsmanship?"

Chen Ling swallowed, feeling ecstatic.

But at this moment, the scene on the white leaf in his sea of consciousness suddenly changed. The originally abundant Sword Qi turned into surging flames and magma, like a fierce volcanic eruption.

And these surging flames and magma were actually transformed from Sword Qi.

Although they were violent and turbulent, they released a mysterious and unpredictable aura.

It looked like a formation of swords surrounding them.

"What is this?"

Chen Ling widened his eyes. He actually felt the power of the origin in this Sword Domain, and it was not the Star origin within Wang Yun.

This surprised him greatly.

From Du Qingyun's memories, he knew clearly.

"The fourth realm of swordsmanship, I and the heavens and earth are all swords. With my thoughts, all things in the heavens and earth can become swords!"

Swordsmanship has five realms.

The first realm is to comprehend Sword intent.

The second realm is the integration of oneself and the sword.

Depending on the individual's comprehension, a sword cultivator who can enter the Gold Core Realm can generally comprehend ordinary Sword intents, such as Gang Qi, water, fire, etc.

Those who have comprehended the power of laws in their Gold Core Cultivation Base can often enter the realm of integration of oneself and the sword.

But the third realm is a watershed.

Comprehending Sword Supernatural Power not only requires talent and comprehension, but also a certain opportunity.

Moreover, the power of the third realm's Sword Supernatural Power is closely related to one's own domain.

Like Du Qingyun, he has already reached the peak of the third realm of swordsmanship, almost integrating his own magic power, swordsmanship comprehension, and Sword Supernatural Power to the extreme.

The fourth realm, the sword of heaven and earth.

One must comprehend a unique swordsmanship that the original rules do not possess in order to achieve the sword of heaven and earth in one fell swoop.

From this perspective, although Du Qingyun's Thunder Sword intent is extremely powerful, how difficult is it to comprehend unique rules within the thunder attribute?

Undoubtedly, it is as difficult as reaching the heavens.

On the other hand, Wang Yun's Star Sword Body is an excellent Spirit Body. After continuously integrating with the power of the stars, it will gradually give birth to her own swordsmanship rules.

Thus, it is easier for her to explore her own rules of swordsmanship.

Li Yourong, on the other hand, is completely different. If she hadn't awakened the Golden Lotus Sword Body later on, it would have been difficult for her to cross the third realm of swordsmanship.

Without great opportunities, she could only simulate and cultivate someone else's swordsmanship in this lifetime.

Of course, for some cultivators, practicing on the shoulders of giants is more efficient.

At this moment, Wang Yun's Sword Domain gave Chen Ling the feeling as if he had touched the power of the rules.

But this flame rule Sword Qi clearly wasn't controlled by Wang Yun's rules.

There is only one possibility, that is, the power of the stars from the void.

This also means that Wang Yun has reached another level by using the power of the stars from the void.

At this moment, in the Star Sword Domain in the void, the Sword Qi seemed to be guided, constantly condensing and integrating around Wang Yun, finally forming a majestic Galaxy Cluster Sword.

"Buzz!"

The Qianlei Sword Pill in his body actually seemed to have a sense of worship and obedience.

Chen Ling was even more overjoyed.

When facing Du Qingyun's Sword Domain in the past, the Sword Pill had also merged into it.

But it didn't have this kind of worship and obedience.

This undoubtedly proved that although Wang Yun's Sword Domain was far from being as powerful as Du Qingyun's Sword Domain, the essence of its rule power surpassed that of Du Qingyun's Sword Domain.

Just as the Sword Pill was about to fly out of his body, the celestial phenomenon in the sky dissipated.

The Sword Pill also returned to calmness.

And in the courtyard, everything remained quiet and still.

As if nothing had happened.

A flash of starlight appeared in the sky, and the Star Element Sword materialized out of thin air, followed by a figure.

"This Star contains the essence of fire and has condensed into a Sword Domain. Not only is its power average, but it can't even last for more than a dozen breaths. It seems that it is not suitable to be my own Sword Star!"

As soon as Wang Yun landed on the ground, she furrowed her brows and muttered to herself.

"Yun'er, is this the difficulty of the fourth realm of swordsmanship?"

Chen Ling walked over and asked with a delighted expression on his face.

Wang Yun, who had just returned to her cultivation state, recognized Chen Ling and smiled slightly, saying, "Husband, the fourth realm is not that easy."

"According to what you said, Du Qingyun has been in this realm for decades and has only touched the edges. It shows how difficult it is."

"However, just now, I used my own physique and the secret technique of the Star Source True Art to try to refine a small star in the void into my own Sword Star."

"Sword Star?" Chen Ling's expression became even more shocked upon hearing this.

It is well known that refining a Dao Item can enhance one's combat power.

But refining a star in the void into a Sword Star, that is too terrifying!

What effect will it have after refining?

This is the power of a star!

Chen Ling was both pleasantly surprised and curious.

"The Sword Star is similar to a Treasure Weapon, but it can only be refined by cultivators like me who possess the Star Dao physique."

"And the difficulty of refining it far exceeds that of a Treasure Weapon."

"Just now, I only came into contact with an ordinary fire attribute, small-sized star, and it doesn't contain much essence power."

"So, with the help of the secret technique and my physique, I can integrate this essence power into my Sword Domain."

"It's not the Sword of Heaven and Earth, but it can be said to have some similarities with it!"

"To put it simply, with my current Cultivation Base, when I unleash this Star Sword Domain, I can crush a Nascent Soul middle stage cultivator."

"But there is an obvious drawback, which is that my own Cultivation Base is insufficient, so this Sword Domain can only be maintained for a dozen breaths."

Wang Yun looked at Chen Ling with gentle eyes and introduced with a smile.

Since Chen Ling killed Du Qingyun, she felt a lot less pressure and her sense of belonging to the Chen family had increased significantly.

Although Wang Yun's tone was calm, during those dozen breaths, her physical body, divine soul, and own Treasure Sword integrated with the Star Integrated Union, ordinary attacks posed no threat to her.

In this short period of time, she could be said to possess the essence power of the Star.

Embodied as a Star, controlling the sword with the power of the Star, controlling the sword with the essence power of the Star, creating a small world of its own.

"Haha! A dozen breaths is already enough!" Chen Ling laughed heartily.

He didn't quite understand what this Sword Star was, but he simply understood that it was a kind of external force.

A dozen breaths is enough to determine victory or defeat for a high-rank cultivator!

Once Yun'er truly refines a Star as her own Sword Star, her combat power will be terrifying.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask, "So how can one refine a Sword Star?"

"According to the records of the Star Source True Art, cultivators with the Star Dao physique can absorb the power of the stars and cultivate Star Element Magic power. Through the secret technique of refining the source, they can attempt to integrate the essence power of the Integrated Union Star and refine it into their own Sword Star."

"Of course, this process is extremely complex. With my current Cultivation Base, it would take several years, or even decades, to refine the essence power of a Star."

Wang Yun's voice was cheerful, and she spoke with a gentle expression.

Chen Ling nodded and smiled bitterly, "I see."

If refining a Sword Star were as simple as that, it would seem too cheap.

But Wang Yun had already touched this realm, which was already terrifying enough.

A few years' time is only equivalent to one Closed Door Training for a Gold Core cultivator.

And Chen Ling never practiced Closed Door Training, mainly because he wanted to have children.

After all, the effect of Closed Door Training is far inferior to marrying and having children.

And his comprehension and cultivation only needed a little boost.

There was no need to waste that time.

With this time, it would be better to find a way to marry a few more concubines.

Then the two of them entered the room, and Wang Yun detailed how to refine a Star into one's own Sword Star to Chen Ling.

...

The next day, in the cultivation room.

Chen Ling was carefully arranging several puppets.

With his current Divine Sense Cultivation Base, he could easily control three Rank Four puppets to fight at the same time.

There were Golden Thunder Peng and Thunder Sky Sparrow in the air, and White Gold Ape and Sword Two on the ground.

Although the Thunder Flood Dragon and the two Lingyan had not yet recovered, with this method, he was already capable of dealing with Nascent Soul mid to late stage cultivators.

In addition, there was the Magic power Supernatural Power, the Sea Fire Lotus, but without the Integrated Union of the Cold Spirit Crystal Flame, its power was not enough to determine victory with a single strike.

Once used, Magic power is depleted, and the gains do not outweigh the losses.

Therefore, there is no need to use it.

As for the Golden Lotus Dharma Phase, its killing power has significantly increased with the Soul Tree.

And after absorbing Du Qingyun's divine soul, the Soul Tree seems to have grown much stronger.

Now, its power is such that a Nascent Soul late stage cultivator without a high-level divine soul cultivation technique or a Rank Four Supreme Grade divine soul treasure weapon can't withstand the attacks of the Golden Lotus Dharma Phase.

This is his biggest trump card now.

In addition, if dealing with an ordinary Nascent Soul early stage cultivator, the Qianlei Sword Pill is enough.

Chen Ling checked the puppets while pondering.

He was prepared for everything and was waiting for news from the Zhao family!

After all, there is less than a month left until winter arrives.

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Afternoon.

A Rank Four small spirit boat landed in the Chen family square.

The spirit boat was put away.

An old man in white descended from the sky.

"Greetings, grandfather!"

Chen Ling and Wang Xi, who had been waiting here, stepped forward and respectfully greeted him with cupped hands.

"No need for such formalities among family."

Grandfather Wang waved his hand and said with a smile.

Then his gaze fell on Wang Xi's bulging belly and he laughed, "Xi'er, go back and rest! This old bone of mine can handle it, I don't need you to come and greet me!"

"Grandfather, you worry too much. Xi'er is not that delicate!" Wang Xi also replied with a smile.

The two of them immediately led Grandfather Wang into the hall.

After Grandfather Wang took his seat, Chen Ling personally poured him a cup of spirit tea.

"Linger, Xi'er, the main reason I came this time is to discuss how to deal with the Cao and Du families."

After taking a sip of the spirit tea, Grandfather Wang put down the teacup and went straight to the point.

"Grandfather, wasn't it already arranged?"

Chen Ling asked cautiously.

Last time, Grandfather personally promised to deal with the Cao family's Divine Transformation cultivator himself.

Zhao Grandfather would deal with the Du family's Divine Transformation cultivator.

As long as these two Divine Transformation cultivators were taken care of, the rest would be easy.

As for other Nascent Soul cultivators, with the help of the Fire Spirit Beast and the Haoyang Bird, he wasn't too afraid.

After all, battles between cultivators are mainly dominated by high-rank cultivators.

"Although I have a way to deal with Cao Yuntian, he has the source of Blood Slaughter within him, so I have to be cautious!"

"So, before the war starts, I have a request!"

Grandfather Wang looked at Chen Ling, his expression becoming extremely serious.

Before coming here, he had already learned of Chen Ling's killing of Du Qingyun, which was completely unexpected to him.

Being able to kill Du Qingyun, no matter what means were used, meant that Chen Ling was now the number one cultivator under the Divine Transformation in the Western Wilderness.

Coupled with Chen Ling's current age and the situation of the Chen family, with his experience, Chen Ling definitely had the opportunity to become a Divine Transformation cultivator in the future.

Grandfather Wang definitely made a big profit from investing in him this time.

But that wasn't enough, he wanted to increase his investment!

"The source of Blood Slaughter?" Chen Ling was stunned at the words, then quickly and respectfully said, "Grandfather, whatever it is, just give me your orders!"

He appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was quite anxious.

Grandfather was once a Divine Transformation late stage cultivator, and the more polite he was to himself, the more difficult the task would be.

But in the current situation, he couldn't refuse.

As for this source of Blood Slaughter, Grandfather should explain it clearly.

"I want the Wang family to join your Chen family!"

Grandfather Wang paused, then stared at Chen Ling and said each word seriously.

"This?" Chen Ling was stunned again.

This was something that was beyond his expectations.

The strength of the Wang family is now no less than that of the Chen family, and they have a place in the colossal Wanbao Tower.

This is definitely not something the current Chen family can compare to.

But they chose to join the Chen family?

Chen Ling couldn't figure it out for a moment!

(End of this chapter)