Chapter 1631
Yan Siyi's Personal Motives
“My husband, I love this gift very much, but my husband, your idea is really rash.”
"Master Xingqing and Grandmaster Xinghai must have spent a lot of time and effort compiling this kind of array formation experience..."
However, Ling Penglin also had some concerns.
She is now married to the Star Element Array Master, so she is considered part of him.
She then followed the Star Origin Array Master in addressing Elder Xingqing as Master and Ancestor Xinghai as Ancestor.
“That’s true. But don’t worry, Madam. I’ve already sent some good things to Master and Grandmaster. We can show our respect to Master and Grandmaster together in the future.”
The Star Element Array Master said with a smile.
"Husband..."
Ling Penglin put down her hands upon hearing this, and then pinched the Star Origin Array Master's waist.
'Xingyuan's brother-in-law's gift was truly thoughtful, and his feelings for Penglin seem genuine. Penglin has definitely married the right person.'
Seeing this, Ling Pengyun chuckled inwardly.
In addition, due to the recent chaos and tension in the ancient ghost realm, and the fact that the forces in the ghost realm are extremely wary of all parties, there is no opportunity to make a move for the time being.
Apart from Ling Pengxing, the ghost cultivator in the family, who was acting as an inside agent, all the powerful figures in the Cangxuan lineage, such as the Star Sea Ancestor, who originally intended to fish in troubled waters in the Ghost Domain, are temporarily cultivating in seclusion in the treasure land of the Blazing Sun Forest.
It was precisely because of this that they had previously discovered Ling Penglin's breakthrough in cultivation.
In addition, Ling Penglin has a special identity and is quite capable.
They then came to offer their congratulations and presented some gifts.
In an instant, Ling Penglin's family became much wealthier, which made her extremely happy, and she was also very grateful to those who gave her gifts.
She and her husband, the Star Array Master, brought out many good things, such as peanut milk, monster meat, and other fine ingredients.
They then sought out Ling Pengyun's wife, Yan Siyi, who was skilled in spiritual cooking, and prepared a variety of delicious spiritual dishes to host a small banquet for the various Nascent Soul experts of the Cangxuan lineage.
The powerful figures, including the Star Sea Ancestor, were particularly satisfied with this, and left with smiles on their faces afterwards.
After everything was over.
During the banquet.
"Sister-in-law Siyi, thank you so much for organizing this banquet."
"..."
After seeing off their guests, Ling Penglin and her husband, the Star Array Master, approached Yan Siyi, who was feeling somewhat tired from cooking a lot of spiritual food, to express their gratitude and gave her some treats as a reward.
"Why are you being so polite with me, you little girl?"
"Moreover, this is a minor matter. Furthermore, the ingredients you brought out this time are all of excellent quality. While cooking those ingredients, I gained some insights, which will also benefit my improvement in the art of spiritual cooking."
"Let's forget about the payment."
Yan Siyi smiled gently and did not accept the payment.
"really."
"Penglin, you're not treating your sister-in-law like family with this."
"If you are truly grateful, then in the future, please help me rebuild the protective array of my and your sister-in-law's cave dwelling."
"That formation is only a mid-grade fifth-order formation; its power is rather ordinary for me and your sister-in-law..."
Ling Pengyun, who was standing to the side, said with a smile.
"That's a good idea."
Yan Siyi followed suit.
Although he and his family have destroyed various forces over the years and obtained many high-level formations, even family formation masters like Ling Penglin have refined quite a few.
However, most of them were arranged by Ling Pengyun and his family in various treasure lands within the family.
Moreover, the Scorching Sun Forest already possesses a powerful fifth-tier superior array.
Therefore, Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi had not paid much attention to the security of their cave dwelling in the past. They simply set up a mid-grade fifth-order array inside it to prevent others from probing them while they were cultivating, thus protecting their privacy.
However, Ling Penglin's current mastery of formations is quite good. If he could rebuild it and make it even stronger, it would be a good thing.
“This is easy to discuss, I will certainly handle it well.”
Seeing that her sister-in-law Yan Siyi was really unwilling to accept the reward, Ling Penglin had no choice but to compromise and solemnly said.
After chatting for a few more minutes, Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi headed back towards the cave.
……
on the way.
"By the way, husband, if we do the math, including Peng Lin, almost all the promising Nascent Soul cultivators in our family's older generation have reached the mid-Nascent Soul stage."
"Then, shouldn't our family also try to fully cultivate the middle-aged and younger generations of the family to become Nascent Souls?"
Recalling the good news of Ling Penglin's breakthrough, Yan Siyi couldn't help but feel a little preoccupied. After hesitating for a while, she finally asked Ling Pengyun.
Elders like the clan leader Ling Yunhong and other senior Nascent Soul cultivators have indeed reached the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
Even a Ghost Dao sword cultivator like Ling Pengxing had reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
Upon closer examination, only the younger and middle-aged members of the family who have reached the Nascent Soul stage are still lingering in the early stages of Nascent Soul cultivation.
However, this is mainly due to the length of time one has been cultivating and one's aptitude.
After all, the older generation of the family had been cultivating to the Nascent Soul stage for a long time, and more or less they had received the help of the Primordial Essence condensed by Ling Pengyun, which improved their aptitude to a level far exceeding that of ordinary people.
Their cultivation speed is relatively fast.
"Madam, you want the family to collect spiritual treasures to help Cheng Xin and Cheng Mie enter the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, right?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun immediately guessed Yan Siyi's thoughts and smiled.
Of his three sons with Yan Siyi, his eldest son Ling Chengxia was the most promising, having raised his cultivation to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm decades ago.
Moreover, he is daring and courageous, truly showing the early spirit of his father, Ling Pengyun.
Some time ago, he had gone to the Ghost Realm with the Star Sea Ancestor a few times, where he made many contributions and obtained some treasures, so his cultivation progress has been good.
In addition, he also helped the three special golden dragons he had acquired in his early years to reach the Nascent Soul stage.
The three golden dragons, after all, possessed twin spirit bodies and were adept at coordinating their attacks.
Judging from his current strength, Ling Chengxia is quite formidable. When he encounters other experts of the same level, he can often overpower them and even find opportunities to kill them.
As a result, Ling Chengxia rarely caused headaches for Ling Pengyun and his wife; instead, she became their pride.
However, their daughter Ling Chengxin and youngest son Ling Chengmie are somewhat lacking.
Although Ling Chengmie has good aptitude, he focuses most of his attention on the art of beast taming and even uses a lot of resources to cultivate various natal spirit beasts.
His cultivation progress was thus slowed down.
However, with the help of various powerful natal spirit beasts, his strength is quite good. Even though he is still in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, his strength is comparable to some ordinary mid-stage Nascent Soul realm cultivators, making him a figure of considerable importance.
However, cultivation level is ultimately the foundation of a cultivator, and Ling Pengyun and his wife were somewhat troubled by this matter.
As for Ling Chengxin's situation, it is actually somewhat similar to that of Elder Xingqing, the extraordinary array master of Xinghai Pavilion.
His cultivation aptitude is extremely average, but fortunately, he is skilled in all arts and crafts, and has extraordinary talent in the art of spiritual plants. He has already cultivated this art to the fifth-grade lower level, and recently he is even expected to cultivate it to the fifth-grade middle level ahead of schedule.
She used this to earn a lot of resources, which she then used to support her cultivation, resulting in a decent rate of improvement in her cultivation. She has only recently reached a bottleneck.
However, at this point, his mediocre cultivation aptitude became apparent.
The bottleneck she encountered was extremely solid; unless she received a large number of spiritual items to help her break through, she would not be able to break through in a short period of time.
But the spirit that broke through the realm liked it, and she also needed more.
She encountered difficulties temporarily.
"My little thoughts, as expected, cannot be hidden from you, my husband."
"I do have that thought." "But I don't know what you mean, my husband..."
Yan Siyi said somewhat nervously.
Although the family has many powerful members, Ling Pengyun is the strongest among them. Moreover, he has helped many members of the family who have reached the Nascent Soul stage, so his status in the family is extremely high.
As long as he agrees, the matter of the family supporting Ling Chengxin and Ling Chengmie will basically be settled.
However, Ling Chengxin and Ling Chengmie are, after all, Ling Pengyun's offspring. If Ling Pengyun were to do this, it would likely raise suspicions of using family wealth for personal purposes.
That's why Yan Siyi had hesitated to reveal this matter.
In addition, this matter is somewhat difficult, as it is hard for her and Ling Pengyun alone to obtain any spiritual items that can help them break through to higher realms.
That's when she decided to seek help from her family.
"Although this matter is somewhat troublesome."
"But your suggestion is not bad. After all, Cheng Xin and Cheng Mie rely on their various skills to rank among the top in the family's early-stage Nascent Soul realm among the younger and middle-aged generations."
"Under these circumstances, they are indeed entitled to receive the full support of the family."
"However, we still need to ask the opinions of Ancestor Yun Hong and other high-ranking family members about this matter."
Ling Pengyun was very interested in Yan Siyi's suggestion, but he also had some concerns, so he said...
"I'm glad you agree, my husband."
Yan Siyi was overjoyed upon hearing this.
The couple then immediately sought out the old patriarch Ling Yunhong and other high-ranking family members to discuss the matter.
However, the old patriarch Ling Yunhong and other high-ranking family members were reasonable after all.
Moreover, Ling Chengxin and Ling Chengmie are exceptionally talented in the Hundred Arts. If they can break through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, they might be able to cultivate the Spirit Plant and Beast Taming arts to the mid-grade fifth rank even faster.
This matter has been of great help to them and their families.
Under these circumstances, they readily agreed to the matter.
Subsequently, the family began to mobilize resources in a hurry. I collected various spiritual items for breaking through realms, or raw materials for refining spiritual items for breaking through realms, and asked the Star Sea Ancestor, who was good at refining such special spiritual items, to help refine them.
In addition, although breakthrough spiritual items and other spiritual materials are rare and difficult to collect.
However, the family's current financial resources and the influence of the Cangxuan lineage are extraordinary.
Upon careful calculation, this matter could be completed in at most two or three hundred years.
This timeframe isn't long for the lifespan of a Nascent Soul cultivator, so Ling Chengxin and Ling Chengmie could easily wait.
……
afterwards.
After the family meeting ended, Ling Pengyun and his wife immediately shared the good news with Ling Chengxin and Ling Chengmie.
"My parents are truly wonderful."
'Moreover, with the support of my family, I no longer need to worry about breaking through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.'
"Furthermore, I can save more resources to nurture spirit beasts, and even find some promising young spirit beasts to raise to the Nascent Soul stage, thereby increasing my strength."
Ling Chengmie secretly made plans in his heart, but couldn't help but show a look of joy on his face.
He currently commands three Divine Transformation Spirit Beasts.
Two of them were his first natal spirit beasts, the "Rock Sky-Shattering Turtles." They were extremely skilled in defense, and their shells were incredibly sturdy, making them excellent guardian spirit beasts.
Ling Chengmie used this to avoid many crises in his early years.
As for the other Divine Transformation Beast, it was a young Fire Dragon that he had obtained from the Tianqing Lake Clan in the Heavenly River Realm hundreds of years ago.
However, the dragon was exceptionally powerful, and Ling Cheng had spent considerable resources and effort over the years using various special beast-taming techniques on it.
Its growth rate was relatively fast, and it entered the Nascent Soul stage some time ago.
Most importantly, the innate fire he wields is pure, strong, and extremely domineering, comparable to the blazing fire of the Sun Sparrow clan. Its power is formidable, making it a nemesis of demonic forces.
The power of that Fiery Flood Dragon was especially terrifying.
Moreover, its appearance can be seen as making up for the fact that the two Rock Sky Turtles are not good at defense.
However, it also has some shortcomings, namely, it is not good at defense.
After all, there are very few perfect spirit beasts in this world.
Fortunately, it can complement the two rock-heavy turtles.
Even with the combined power of these three, plus some special beast-taming techniques that Ling Chengmie possessed to enhance his strength, the situation became even more dire.
They are fully capable of withstanding a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.
These can be considered Ling Chengmie's strongest trump cards.
Moreover, it was precisely because of their formidable strength that Ling Chengmie was willing to expend energy and resources on them.
After all, the stronger those spirit beasts are, the more profit he can make by using them.
"I never imagined that even after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, I would still need the help of my parents."
"..."
Unlike Ling Chengmie, Ling Chengxin was not heartless. Although she was happy about the support from her family, she also felt guilty after learning that it was Ling Pengyun and his wife who were in charge of the matter.
Although she was highly skilled in the art of cultivating spiritual plants, she had made a considerable profit from it.
Moreover, she often intentionally gives her parents nice things as a way of repaying them.
However, in the past, Ling Pengyun and his wife rarely accepted Ling Chengxin because they were concerned that Ling Chengxin's aptitude was average and she needed a lot of resources.
Upon closer examination, Ling Chengxin hadn't been of any help to them over the years.
On the contrary, they often helped me.
Ling Chengxin felt guilty.
“Cheng Xin, don’t overthink it. It’s normal for us parents to want to support younger generations like you.”
"However, you must remember that we are supporting you today with the help of our family."
"If you are able to break through to the next level in the future, never forget your family."
Ling Pengyun was, after all, Ling Chengxin's father, and he knew Ling Chengxin very well. He guessed her thoughts from the changes in her expression, and immediately comforted her with a smile.
"good."
Yan Siyi agreed.
"Father, Mother, we understand."
"But Father and Mother, you must promise your daughter one thing. If one day in the future, with the help of the family, I can cultivate to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and also cultivate the spiritual plant cultivation to the middle grade of the fifth rank, and use this cultivation to cultivate some high-level spiritual plants."
"I hope you will not refuse the high-grade spiritual plants that my daughter gives you, as you have done in the past."
Ling Chengxin nodded solemnly and then spoke.
"It's quite remarkable that you have such a mindset, much better than that brat Cheng Mie."
"Furthermore, if you really become a mid-grade fifth-tier spirit plant master and can cultivate some mid-grade fifth-tier spirit plants, that would be a good thing, as we have an extreme need for such things."
"We'll only complain about having too little, not too much."
"How could we refuse?"
Ling Pengyun and Yan Siyi exchanged a glance, smiled with satisfaction, and joked.
"That's good."
Upon hearing this, Ling Chengxin's concerns lessened somewhat, and a smile appeared on her face. (End of Chapter)