The Longevity Family: Starting From The Branches And Leaves

Chapter 314 Bloodline Challenge

The next day, when they woke up, it was already bright outside.

"Husband, I have reached Rank Four, and I feel completely different inside my body," Gong Mulan said in astonishment as she helped Chen Ling put on his clothes.

At this moment, her complexion was rosy, and there was a mysterious aura emanating from her body. Her eyes were bright and beautiful, as if there was a bright moon suspended within them, exuding a cool and charming atmosphere.

Last night, before going to sleep, she was still at Rank Three cultivation.

She didn't expect to break through to Rank Four after waking up from a nap.

She did remember the scene of double cultivation with Chen Ling.

But the effect was too good!

In other words, this time of double cultivation directly broke through the bottleneck and made a significant advancement.

This improvement far exceeded the previous double cultivation.

This advancement made her feel a bit unbelievable.

Moreover, there was also a new power of bloodline in her body, giving her a mysterious and unpredictable feeling.

She hadn't adapted to it yet.

Chen Ling smiled and said, "Perhaps this is the benefit brought by the Yin Yang Spirit Flame!"

It was difficult to explain such things clearly, so it was enough to mention the Yin Yang Spirit Flame.

"Really? But why didn't it have this effect before?"

Gong Mulan was a bit puzzled. Her eyes turned, and she smiled, "Husband, shall we try again?"

As soon as she finished speaking, wawa!

From the small bed came the crying of Little Xinghuo.

"It seems that Huo'er is hungry, let's feed him first!" Chen Ling said with a smile.

He naturally knew that it was impossible to achieve the same effect as yesterday even with double cultivation.

Unless Gong Mulan had more golden incense value, which would enhance the bloodline of the Moon Shadow Immortal Clan.

Gong Mulan hurriedly picked up Little Xinghuo and coaxed him, "Huo'er, be good, Mother will feed you right away!"

...

The warship flew continuously in the ancient jungle, and after more than ten days of flying, it finally safely entered the territory of the ancient tribe.

During these days, Chen Ling and Gong Mulan had been practicing to consolidate their cultivation.

The route of the warship's flight was controlled by Feng Jia and Jian Er.

The journey was smooth and peaceful.

The heavy snow had also stopped, and in the ancient jungle, amidst the icy and snowy landscape, there were occasionally huge cities.

On this day, they were less than a hundred miles away from the ancient tribe.

Gong Mulan stopped practicing, feeling a mix of shyness and excitement.

Finally, they were going back to the tribe after being away for many years!

Moreover, this time they were bringing their husband and child with them!

Although the position of the Chen family in her heart had unknowingly surpassed that of the tribe.

But this place was still her hometown where she grew up, with her closest people.

It was the attachment that she couldn't easily let go of in her life.

"Husband, in the past winters, I used to take people to hunt around here. Winter is actually a good time for hunting for our tribe."

"After the snow melts in the south, there is a big river where a kind of tricolored jade is produced. It's so beautiful!"

...

Inside the cabin, Gong Mulan was talking non-stop, introducing the situation of the tribe to Chen Ling.

Chen Ling was leisurely drinking spirit tea.

Among the several major tribes in the ancient jungle, the Ancient Tribe had always ranked in the top three in terms of strength.

The tribe had a long history, spanning tens of thousands of years.

The bloodline was also continuous, with powerful ancient fire clan members appearing in every generation.

In the savage jungle, if a tribe's bloodline inheritance was broken, it would easily be devoured by other tribes.

As the ruling power of the Ancient Tribe, the position of the Gong family had never changed.

The Gong family also had a long history, according to Gong Mulan, it had a history of sixteen thousand years.

However, the main branch of the Gong family had a fatal flaw, which was that it was almost always passed down to a single successor in each generation.

This was extremely dangerous in the savage jungle.

After all, the jungle was full of Demonic Beasts. Once an accident occurred, the bloodline inheritance of the Gong family would be broken.

As for the branch families of the Gong family, although they had a considerable number of people, it was extremely rare for their bloodline to reach Rank Six, let alone Rank Four.

Also, the Gong family has maintained a high-level bloodline through Gong Mulan.

A thousand years ago, the Gong family also produced a Rank Six Great Savage Cultivator, leading the ancient tribes to open up new territories and achieve comprehensive development.

They conquered several large tribes.

Their strength reached its peak in ten thousand years.

Now, in addition to the Gong family, there are two other major clans in the ancient tribes, the Mo family and the Tu family.

If we include the Sacred Beast Fire Cloud Divine Sparrow, there are five Rank Five Savage Cultivators.

Among them, Gong Mulan's grandfather, Gong Zhengyang, and Mo family's old patriarch, Mo Qingshan, are at the mid-stage of Rank Five, while the other two are the patriarchs of the Mo family and the Tu family, at the early stage of Rank Five.

With this kind of strength, in the entire Immortal Cultivation World of the ancient Shenzhou, only the three major Soul Formation sects of Guiyun City can compare.

As soon as they entered the territory of the ancient tribes, Chen Ling could feel the power of the ancient tribes.

Every few hundred miles, there was a Rank Four tribal city along the way.

At least a dozen of them.

These Rank Four tribes are all vassal tribes of the ancient tribes, and each tribe has several Rank Four Savage Cultivators.

The warship was fast and flew at a high altitude, so there were hardly any Demonic Beasts in the ancient jungle that could threaten it.

After traveling for a while, dozens of miles away, in a snowy area, a huge stone city appeared in Chen Ling's sight.

A faint halo enveloped the huge city wall, and even in the fluttering snowflakes, the light shield could still be seen releasing astonishing spiritual light.

"Husband, that's the Ancient City up ahead. I'll inform my father first, so as not to alarm the tribal patrol teams."

Inside the cabin, Gong Mulan pointed excitedly at the giant city and said to Chen Ling, while a bone artifact flashed in her hand.

Informing the tribal members.

Chen Ling nodded with a smile.

In a short while, two beams of light shot out from the ancient city and landed directly on the deck of the warship.

Two figures appeared.

One was a burly middle-aged man wearing a tiger-patterned beast robe, with a rugged face and an eager expression.

The other person was a middle-aged woman wearing a white beast robe, with a beautiful appearance and temperament that resembled Gong Mulan.

"Lan'er! Is it really you?"

As soon as she landed, the woman couldn't help but shout.

Looking at the cabin, her face was full of excitement and disbelief.

Just receiving the message from her daughter, she found it hard to believe and was even more excited.

You should know that they had sent out more than a dozen waves of tribal members to search for Gong Mulan for several years, but there had been no news.

At the beginning of the year, she received a letter from Gong Mulan, only reporting her safety, without any other information.

This made her both happy and worried.

She was happy that her daughter was still alive, but worried that her daughter might have some difficulties, which was why she contacted her in this way.

She naturally wouldn't think that Gong Mulan was just worried about revealing the existence of the Jade Butterfly City and being forcibly brought back to the tribe.

In that case, she would be going against Chen Ling's promise.

Now she really saw her daughter appearing in front of her.

She was still holding a baby in her hand, and a young cultivator stood beside her.

For a moment, she still had some doubts if this was a dream!

The burly man standing behind her, although equally excited, had a relatively calm expression.

"Father! Mother! Lan'er is back!"

Gong Mulan couldn't help but walk to the middle-aged couple, tears shimmering in her eyes.

Chen Ling also hurriedly followed, bowing respectfully and saying, "Son-in-law Chen Ling greets his father-in-law and mother-in-law!"

On the way, Gong Mulan also mentioned him.

Her grandfather, Gong Zhengyang, had a mid-stage Rank Five cultivation.

Her father, Gong Nanming, was at the Rank Four Late Stage, and her mother, Lu Shan, was at the Rank Three Late Stage.

Gong Nanming looked at Chen Ling with sharp eyes, his expression cautious and doubtful.

He knew his daughter's character very well.

Gong Mulan had always been very determined since she was young, and he knew very well that in order to maintain the family bloodline, she could only form a Dao couple with tribal members who also had a high-level bloodline.

How could she choose a law cultivator like Chen Ling?

Coupled with her inexplicable disappearance over the years.

He suspected whether Chen Ling had done something to his daughter.

"Father, this is your son-in-law Chen Ling and your grandson, Xinghuo!"

Gong Mulan calmed down and introduced both sides.

"Lan'er, you have a child now, let Grandma hold him!"

Lu Shan confirmed that the person in front of her was indeed her daughter, with a smile on her face. She glanced at Chen Ling and didn't consider anything else. She reached out and took the child, happily cooing and cuddling him.

"Rank Six bloodline!" Gong Nanming's eyes swept over the child, filled with excitement.

From the bloodline aura on the child, he could tell at a glance.

Now that it has been confirmed that there is nothing wrong with their daughter, as for the matter of marriage, it is already a done deal, and he has no way to change it.

"It's good that you're back. Let's go home first, we'll talk about the rest later!" Lu Shan said excitedly, holding the baby in her arms.

Gong Nanming nodded.

Chen Ling waved her hand.

Feng Jia continued to steer the warship towards the Ancient City.

After a while, the warship landed in a square in the city.

As the warship entered the Ancient City, many clan members noticed Chen Ling and the others on the deck of the warship.

"Saintess, the Saintess is back!"

Among the clan members, people exclaimed in surprise.

They pointed at the warship with shocked expressions, many of them showing joy.

In addition to their surprise, people also turned their attention to Chen Ling, discussing her relationship with Gong Mulan.

As soon as the five of them landed, many clan members crowded around.

Gong Nanming waved his hand impatiently and shouted, "All of you, go back."

He himself was still unclear about the current situation and didn't want any jokes to happen.

Chen Ling remained calm and activated the storage ring in her hand, storing the warship inside. Then she followed Gong Mulan and the others towards a stone palace.

After entering the stone palace and taking their seats, Gong Mulan introduced Chen Ling again.

As for Feng Jia, the clan members took him to arrange his accommodation.

Then, under the questioning of her parents, Gong Mulan briefly explained her situation after being captured by Du Qingyun.

She didn't mention the contract she made with Chen Ling, simply stating that Chen Ling saved her.

Later, in order to treat her injuries, she stayed at the Chen family.

"Lan'er, you've suffered!"

Lu Shan couldn't help but shed tears when she heard that her daughter had been sealed and tortured for several years.

"Ling'er, I didn't expect your cultivation to be able to kill Du Qingyun, a Nascent Soul sword cultivator!"

"If this scoundrel doesn't die, I will definitely tear him to pieces!"

Gong Nanming, who had been calm all along, was now filled with uncontrollable anger, gritting his teeth.

"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, I was also forced into a desperate situation by this scoundrel, so I fought him to the death and luckily killed him."

"Only then did I accidentally save Lan'er, and then I used the Spirit Flame to remove the cold qi from Lan'er's body, which led to Lan'er and me becoming Dao companions."

Chen Ling said solemnly.

At this moment, Lu Shan was happily cooing at her grandson. Her daughter had suddenly returned, and she even brought a grandson with her.

This was enough to make her ecstatic.

Gong Nanming also looked at Xinghuo with a joyful expression, which showed his attitude.

Originally, he had been wary of Chen Ling, but now that he heard Gong Mulan's introduction, he realized that Chen Ling was the benefactor who saved his daughter.

"Ling'er, I won't say much about gratitude!"

"Lan'er has a carefree personality, so I hope you can be tolerant and take care of her!"

Lu Shan smiled and said.

As a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, the more she looked, the more satisfied she became.

"Mother-in-law, you're too kind. Lan'er and I respect each other." Chen Ling also smiled and replied.

"Father, mother, let me tell you some good news. Xinghuo's ancient fire clan bloodline is even stronger than mine."

"If we use the blood essence of a sacred beast to wash his marrow, he might even be able to advance further."

Gong Mulan had already regained her composure and said with great excitement.

Although she had suffered a lot over the years, meeting Chen Ling and giving birth to Xinghuo made all the suffering worthwhile.

"What? There's still room for improvement?"

Gong Nanming was stunned at first, then his face became extremely delighted.

He stood up, took Xinghuo from his wife's hands, and carefully examined him.

You should know that Gong Mulan already possessed the Rank Six bloodline of the ancient fire clan, which was the most concentrated bloodline in the Gong family for over two thousand years.

Rank Six bloodline means that she will be able to reach Rank Six cultivation in the future. If it's higher, it's possible to revert back and reach Rank Seven!

He was worried that Lan'er and Chen Ling's child might not even reach Rank Four in terms of bloodline.

After all, as a law cultivator, Lan'er didn't possess the bloodline power of a savage cultivator. Once combined, the bloodline of their child would be greatly diluted.

This is also why there are very few marriages between the savage tribe and the law cultivators.

But now, not only did the bloodline of Xinghuo not decrease, it even surpassed their daughter's.

This was something he never expected.

Feeling the rich ancient fire tribe bloodline in Xinghuo's body, his excitement grew.

But soon, his brows furrowed slightly as he looked at Gong Mulan and Chen Ling, and said in a deep voice, "Linger, Lan'er, with Xinghuo's bloodline now, we can only use the heartblood of a sacred beast to wash his marrow."

"But just a few days ago, the elders of the tribe decided to give the drop of heartblood that the sacred beast had condensed over a hundred years to Moge's newborn child, Moli."

"His bloodline barely reached Rank Six. If he uses this heartblood to wash his marrow, he can stabilize at Rank Six."

Upon hearing Gong Nanming's words, Chen Ling frowned, but soon he felt relieved and didn't say much.

After all, he had confidence that as their child grew up, as long as their sense of belonging to the family increased, the improvement of their bloodline would be a matter of time.

But Gong Mulan didn't think so. She said with a serious expression, "Father, it takes a hundred years for the heartblood of a sacred beast to condense. How could it be used by the Mo family?"

She brought the unborn child with her on a journey of tens of thousands of miles to the ancient tribe just for this drop of heartblood from the sacred beast.

It couldn't be missed like this.

And if it was given to the Mo family, in the future, when this child grew up, the Gong family would be completely at a disadvantage compared to the Mo family.

Gong Nanming had naturally considered this matter. The reason why he gave it to Moli was that he still had half of the Gong family's bloodline flowing in him.

"Husband, now that Lan'er has given birth to a child, naturally this drop of heartblood should be used for our grandson!"

Lu Shan also said.

Gong Nanming pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice, "This matter was decided by the elders of the tribe. It's probably difficult to change."

Upon hearing this, disappointment flashed across Gong Lan'er's face.

But soon, her gaze shifted and she decisively said, "Father, doesn't the tribe have bloodline competitions?"

"I want to challenge Moge and win this drop of heartblood for Xinghuo!"

Looking at her daughter's determined expression, Gong Nanming shook his head and said, "In recent years, Moge's cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds. He has already reached Rank Four Late Stage cultivation. I can only fight him to a draw."

"How can you be his opponent?"

"Rank Four Late Stage!" Gong Mulan frowned involuntarily.

Originally, Moge's cultivation was only slightly higher than hers by a small level. She didn't expect that in just over five years, he had already reached Rank Four Late Stage.

It seemed that in this short time, the resources that originally belonged to her had also been occupied by him.

"Rank Four Late Stage, I also want to challenge!"

"This is not only for Xinghuo, but also for the future position of our Gong family in the tribe."

Gong Mulan insisted.

"But he has already condensed a bloodline Divine Ability. You are no match for him!"

Gong Nanming furrowed his brows tightly and shook his head.

"Husband, can I fight in place of Lan'er?"

At this moment, Chen Ling spoke up.

Seeing Gong Mulan's resolute attitude, he could only support her.

Of course, he also wanted to see how powerful his War Dragon Thunder Body really was.

"You?"

"As Lan'er's partner and Xinghuo's father, there is no problem with you participating in the bloodline challenge of the tribe."

"However, in the bloodline challenge, you are only allowed to use bloodline power and not law cultivation power!"

"And the tribe's challenges are all fought with full force, without mercy. You have to think it through."

Gong Nanming looked at Chen Ling and explained.

Originally, he could only accept the fact that the sacred beast's heartblood was given to the Mo family.

After all, Moli's talent was there.

But now, with his own grandson having a better bloodline talent, he naturally couldn't accept it.

But considering the strength of the Mo family, they still had to be cautious.

After all, the bloodline challenge was not child's play.

A drop of heartblood from a sacred beast was enough to make many people risk their lives to fight for it.

"If I can participate, then there's no problem!" Chen Ling said confidently.

Upon hearing Chen Ling's words, Gong Mulan didn't say much either. She had great confidence in Chen Ling.

"Well then, since you all think so, then challenge Moge!"

Gong Nanming said in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)