The Longevity Family: Starting From The Branches And Leaves

Chapter 291: Rank Five Refiner and Journey to Ancient God Continent

Afternoon.

A woman with a delicate face and fair skin sat quietly on a wooden chair in the corridor.

Chen Ling carefully pressed his ear against her abdomen through her clothes.

After a moment, he stood up slowly and smiled, "The little one is still very quiet!"

With a thought, an exquisite pill bottle appeared in his hand, which he handed to the woman. "Lan'er, your injuries have already recovered by eighty percent. I need to leave the Chen family for a while in the coming days. This is the Blood Replenishing Pill. You can take one every three days to help you fully recover your cultivation as soon as possible."

"Husband, please be careful!" Gong Mulan took the pill bottle and expressed her concern subconsciously.

During this period of time, she had already fully adapted to her new identity.

Originally, out of helplessness, she had formed a blood contract with Chen Ling and became his concubine.

But as she became pregnant with Chen Ling's child...

During these days, Chen Ling would nurture and heal her injuries every three to five days.

After being sealed for several years, her meridians were already severely damaged.

At first, Gong Mulan was quite resistant.

However, she quickly adapted.

During each treatment, the Yin-Yang Spirit Flame flowed through her meridians, bringing a warm and nourishing feeling like the warm winter sun, allowing her to completely relax and feel extremely comfortable.

At the same time, she felt that as her injuries were healing, her bloodline seemed to be improving as well.

The members of the Chen family treated her like family, making her feel at home.

Children like Sheng Xia and Xing Tong would occasionally chat with her and ask about things related to the ancient tribes, which helped her escape from the boring days in the secret realm.

Unknowingly, several months had passed, and she had gradually adapted to her current role as a concubine.

Every time Chen Ling treated her injuries, she would also be filled with anticipation.

"Well, this time I'm just going to participate in a competition. There won't be any danger."

Chen Ling nodded.

Now, Gong Mulan's damaged meridians had already been repaired.

In addition, under the nourishment of the Spirit Flame, her Immortal Clan bloodline seemed to be gradually awakening.

Chen Ling could feel the speed of his own improvement after each double cultivation session.

Currently, Gong Mulan had not yet reached the level of double cultivation, but the speed of her cultivation improvement was already not inferior to Wang Yun and Xie Man'er, just slightly worse than Li Yourong.

However, if this situation continued and she used the Spirit Flame, her Immortal Clan bloodline would eventually be fully awakened.

The double cultivation bonus would probably not be lower than Li Yourong's.

Chen Ling was also quite looking forward to this.

As her bloodline awakened, Gong Mulan seemed to be undergoing some kind of change while recovering from her injuries and cultivating.

"Husband, I have already asked the Hall Master Shen to arrange for someone to send a letter to the tribe. I will stay at the Chen family from now on!"

Gong Mulan pursed her lips and her beautiful face showed an unusual seriousness.

Chen Ling glanced at her.

When Gong Mulan first arrived at the Chen family, she had a cold and arrogant personality.

Although they were already husband and wife, Chen Ling could still sense her faint hostility.

Not to mention expressing concern on her own initiative, she didn't even bother to communicate with him.

Fortunately, with the care of He Yunxiu and the others, she gradually changed.

"Well, the Chen family will be your home from now on. As for the tribe, we can go and take a look after the child is born!"

Chen Ling smiled.

His sincere efforts to heal her injuries during this period of time, combined with the efforts of the whole family and her pregnancy, gradually brought a smile to Gong Mulan's face.

Of course, if Gong Mulan insisted on going to the ancient tribe, he wouldn't stop her.

He could only find a way to make her go and return quickly.

"Ah, I want to go back to the tribe, but I'm worried about the situation of the family!"

Gong Mulan lightly bit her red lips, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, and a worried expression appeared in her eyes.

"What's the situation in the tribe?"

Chen Ling couldn't help but ask.

He had stayed in the Rainbow Tribe for a few days before and had some understanding of the situation in the ancient tribe.

Their management system was similar to that of cultivation sects, with families as the basic unit.

In the ancient jungle tribe, bloodline rank was emphasized.

High-rank bloodline families always suppressed low-rank bloodline families, holding absolute power and resources.

Of course, once a low-level bloodline family breaks through in strength, they dare to challenge high-level bloodline families.

"The Ancient Wilderness Tribe has always been dominated by the Ancient Fire Tribe, but in my generation, only two people have reached Rank Six in bloodline."

"One is me, and the other is Mogu."

"The Mogu family was originally a vassal family of our Gong family, but in this generation, a Rank Six bloodline member appeared."

"Moreover, he married a bloodline member of our Gong family. If I don't go back, he is likely to become the chief of the Ancient Wilderness Tribe in the future."

"The Mogu family has developed rapidly in recent years. If Mogu becomes the chief again, our Gong family may not be able to suppress them."

"This is very unfavorable for our Ancient Fire lineage!"

Gong Mulan said in a deep voice.

Chen Ling pondered upon hearing this.

It seems that Gong Mulan still has deep feelings for the tribe and family.

However, power succession is the law of the cultivation world. The winner becomes the king. This is constantly repeated.

No force can stand at the peak forever.

From Gong Mulan's tone, it can be seen that the strength of the Gong family and the Mogu family should not be much different.

"These years have passed, and the situation may have changed!"

Chen Ling said lightly.

Gong Mulan is a Rank Six bloodline, but she has been trapped in a secret realm for these years, and her cultivation has been difficult to advance.

Chen Ling understands that even if Gong Mulan returns to the tribe now, the tribe must have undergone changes, and she may not be able to make much of a difference!

There may be dangers, which he does not want to see.

Even if he wants to go back in the future, he must thoroughly investigate the situation and plan carefully.

"But I can't rest assured if I don't go back!"

Gong Mulan took a deep breath and said softly.

"Just stay in the Chen family and give birth to the child first. The matters of the tribe cannot be rushed."

"Wait for news, then make a decision!"

Chen Ling expressed his thoughts.

"Only this can be done!"

Gong Mulan said helplessly.

As her belly gradually grew, her sense of belonging to the Chen family also continued to increase.

...

Late at night.

Inside the cultivation room, it was transparent.

A purple circular jade array plate, emitting a faint lightning arc on its surface, floated in front of Chen Ling.

Zi zi!

On the array plate, lightning radiance flickered, as if there were illusory thunder dragons appearing, releasing astonishing pressure.

"Finally succeeded."

Chen Ling looked somewhat exhausted and let out a long breath.

After carefully refining it for several hours, he finally succeeded in refining this battle boat array plate containing the Nine Heavens Thunder Light Restriction.

The main attack method of this array plate is the Nine Heavens Thunder Light, while also equipped with lightning pattern defense and the Tenglong Treasure Restriction to enhance speed.

If there is enough lightning attribute spirit stones to consume, it is enough to escape under the attack of a Soul Formation initial stage cultivator.

In just over a decade, he went from being a Rank One Low Grade Refiner to now being able to refine a battle boat array plate that is close to the threshold of a Dao Weapon.

This progress is truly astonishing!

Normally, it would be impossible to complete such an array plate without several months of consumption.

But with the help of the Cold Spirit Crystal Flame and the Five Extremes Thunder Flame, Chen Ling's speed was fast, and the consumption was within a controllable range.

In addition to this array plate that is infinitely close to a Dao Weapon, he also quickly refined the Thunder Flood Dragon, Golden Thunder Peng, and Sword Er.

Letting them gradually possess traces of thunder elemental attributes.

So as not to be easily suppressed by the domain of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

With the improvement of the puppet's combat power, Chen Ling also possessed the strength to fight against a Nascent Soul consummation cultivator.

Of course, the puppet is still a minor path, with its limitations.

If it weren't for his powerful divine soul, he wouldn't be able to control a Rank Five puppet at all.

But with the Soul Tree, the consumption of divine sense in controlling the puppet is within an acceptable range.

In addition, these puppets all have Beast Cores or Nascent Souls, possessing independent spirituality.

Even without Chen Ling's control, they can still exert a certain amount of combat power.

"Next, I'll leave the refining of the other materials to the workshop!"

"Go to the Ancient Divine Continent first and complete the competition at the Wanbao Tower!"

Chen Ling put away the array plate and left the cultivation room.

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The next day.

He, along with Li Yourong, Wang Xi, and Qi San, boarded a small warship and flew towards the ancient Shenzhou.

From the Jade Butterfly City to the main city of the ancient Shenzhou, Guiyun City, it was tens of thousands of miles away.

Chen Ling was piloting a warship called the Breaking Cloud Ship, known for its speed.

During the journey, they had to pass through several dangerous areas.

Such as the Blood Mist Mountain Range, the Death Sand Sea, and the Cliff Gorge.

These places not only had evil and poisonous qi, but also lurking demonic beasts and demonic cultivators.

If they were to travel on the ground, even a cultivator at the Gold Core Late Stage would be risking their life.

By using the warship to fly at high altitude, it was relatively safer, unless they had extremely bad luck and encountered a Rank Four Mid Stage or higher demonic beast in the sky.

In addition, there was also a commercial route opened by the Lan Yue Sect and other sects. Along the way, there would be cultivator strongholds at regular intervals.

To the east of the Western Wilderness was a territory called the Blood Cloud Sect.

Leaving this area would enter the Blood Mist Mountain Range.

After flying for five days, the warship arrived at the Blood Mist Mountain Range.

They happened to encounter a dense blood mist.

But for a Rank Four warship capable of stable flight in the thousands of miles high sky, it didn't have much impact.

In less than half a day, the warship passed through the Blood Mist Mountain Range.

During the journey, Qi San and Jian Er took turns controlling the warship.

After Chen Ling boarded the warship, he gave some instructions to Wang Xi and Li Yourong, then entered the cabin, activated the spatial crystal ring, and began cultivating inside.

Twenty days later, the warship slowly arrived at Guiyun City, the largest city in the ancient Shenzhou and also the largest cultivation city.

There were eight Soul Formation families alone.

Three major Soul Formation sects.

Guiyun City was not a single city, but a city cluster composed of several giant cities.

In the middle was an oval-shaped giant city, surrounded by four small cities.

Although they were called small cities, their area exceeded hundreds of miles in diameter, comparable to twenty Jade Butterfly Cities.

Not to mention the main city area, even when viewed from the warship, it felt boundless.

Guiyun City was not only vast, but also filled with spiritual energy. The city walls and buildings were spacious and grand.

Moreover, it had a large population, with bustling streets filled with carriages and horses.

When the warship landed at the western city gate, a dignified and burly Gold Core cultivator came forward to greet Wang Xi and Chen Ling, bowing and saluting, "Wang Jinhe, the Pavilion Master of the Four Seas Pavilion, greets the Patriarch!"

"Third Uncle, there's no need to be so polite among family members!" Wang Xi returned the greeting.

He then introduced Chen Ling and the others.

The person who came was Wang Jinhe, the person in charge of the Wang family in Guiyun City, and one of the five Gold Core cultivators of the Wang family.

Now the entire Wang family had already pledged allegiance to the Chen family.

So when he saw Chen Ling, he also bowed respectfully.

After exchanging pleasantries, Wang Jinhe led them to the identity verification checkpoint at the city gate.

After a thorough inspection, the guarding cultivators allowed them to enter Guiyun City.

Since there were still about ten days before the competition began, Wang Jinhe took them to the Wang family's stronghold, the Four Seas Pavilion.

"This is our Wang family's shop in Guiyun City, the Four Seas Pavilion!"

Soon, Wang Jinhe brought them to a three-story building that was seven or eight zhang tall.

The lower two floors sold various treasure weapons, pills, and talismans.

The upper floor was used for receiving distinguished guests.

After arriving on the third floor, they were assigned rooms.

Then, there was a welcoming banquet.

During the banquet, Wang Jinhe first reported on the situation of the other families to Wang Xi.

His words were respectful and deferential.

Chen Ling couldn't help but admire the Wang family's strict management of their family members' ranks.

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After the banquet, they returned to the Four Seas Pavilion.

"Rong'er, there are still a few days left before the competition. Do you want to visit the Li family?" Chen Ling asked Li Yourong in their room.

On the way here, Li Yourong appeared calm.

But Chen Ling could sense that her inner calmness was not as it seemed on the surface.

Li Yourong's eyes were bright as she shook her head and smiled, "Husband, you don't need to worry about me. This time, I'm just your bodyguard and won't go anywhere!"

Chen Ling thought for a moment and didn't say much.

Li Yourong had said that she would go to the Li family when she reached the Gold Core Late Stage.

Now that she has already reached the Fourth Transformation of the Gold Core, it seems that she has her own plans.

"Sister Rong, if you need to find anything, just look for Master Wang. He has been in Guiyun City for many years and is well-informed about the news here," Wang Xi said with a smile.

Li Yourong pondered for a moment, seeming somewhat hesitant. In the end, she shook her head and said in a deep voice, "This time, let's focus on the matter of Wanbao Tower."

Afterwards, Wang Xi poured them some spiritual tea and introduced them to the situation of the three major sects and the eight major Soul Formation families in Guiyun City.

The three major Soul Formation sects are the Ancient Sword Sect, the Holy Fire Sect, and the Haoyang Sect.

The eight major Soul Formation families are subordinate to these three major sects.

Each sect has several Soul Formation cultivators, and there are even Soul Formation Late Stage cultivators who are fully accomplished in their cultivation.

Their strength is far beyond that of the Western Wilderness Lanyue Sect and the Divine Might Alliance.

After a brief understanding, Chen Ling yawned and prepared to go to bed.

On this journey, the two women had gotten used to sharing a bed with him.

...

Several days passed in a hurry.

During these days, Chen Ling took the two women to play in Guiyun City during the day and rested together at night.

It felt more like going out for sightseeing, completely devoid of the sense of crisis before the competition.

Tonight, it was quiet late at night.

The two women had already fallen into a deep sleep beside him.

Chen Ling walked to the table and brewed a cup of spiritual tea.

He sipped it slowly.

Then he sat cross-legged and opened the panel.

Incense Value: 2232

"With over two thousand incense values, it's enough to enhance the 'Sixteen Rank Five Forbidden Techniques'!" Chen Ling murmured.

These "Sixteen Rank Five Forbidden Techniques" were the treasures he traded with Wei Jing.

With a thought, Chen Ling added a point to the "+16 Rank Five Forbidden Techniques" in his sea of consciousness.

Boom!

A hot stream of air surged into his body out of thin air.

At the same time, the figure of the old man in a black robe appeared in his sea of consciousness.

As he chanted, a mysterious and unpredictable forbidden technique slowly condensed in his hand.

Countless insights emerged in his sea of consciousness, like fireworks streaking across the night sky.

Chen Ling instantly comprehended that dazzling brightness.

In this process, the Dao Seal flickered like fireworks, fleeting.

But that kind of magical comprehension was deeply imprinted with the yellow soul leaf in his sea of consciousness.

Chen Ling naturally comprehended it.

Of course, comprehension was one thing, and being able to refine it was another.

Dozens of breaths later, the figure of the old man dissipated, and Chen Ling's sea of consciousness returned to calm.

His gaze swept across the panel.

Incense Value: 0

"Spending over two thousand incense values, I finally became a Rank Five Refiner!" Chen Ling murmured.

He had a realization in his heart. Dao Weapon, one of the words, showed the difference from a common spiritual treasure.

The Dao is born from the heart, and the Dao transforms all things in heaven and earth.

The Dao is the Refiner's comprehension of the rules of all things in heaven and earth.

Entering Rank Five, Chen Ling had made a huge improvement in the essence of refining, taking a huge step forward in quality change.

However, the refinement of a Rank Five Dao Weapon requires the integration of the power of the rules and the power of the origin, which he currently does not possess.

But with the help of the power of the origin in his body and the Five Absolute Thunder Flame, he could barely try, although the success rate would not be too high.

"It's not realistic to become fat in one gulp. Take it slowly in the future!" Chen Ling exhaled and closed the panel.

Refining was already a huge consumption, requiring a profound foundation of mana. If the mana was insufficient, everything would be in vain.

Although he now appeared to be a Fifth Transformation of the Gold Core on the surface.

But the Qianyuan True Technique was a high-grade technique, and his mana had been tempered by flames for many years, making it exceptionally pure and abundant, not inferior to a cultivator in the Late Stage of the Gold Core.

After drinking the cold spiritual tea on the desk in one gulp, he got into bed and hugged his two wives, continuing to sleep.

(End of this chapter)