Chapter 1669
Yan Siyi and Ling Cheng's Path to Demise
In addition, Yan Siyi knew that her husband, Ling Pengyun, was skilled in physical cultivation.
She then devoted a lot of effort to medicinal diets that could enhance the body's energy and blood.
The jade-white medicinal cuisine is one of the qi and blood medicinal cuisines that they are most skilled at brewing today.
It is made primarily with the fifth-grade superior spiritual medicine, Jadeite Mystic Ginseng, and the fifth-grade superior Blood Jade Lingzhi, and contains incomparably pure and potent Qi and blood energy.
Its effects are much stronger than ordinary blood and qi resources, and it is of great help to physical cultivation.
Even just a light sniff of the medicinal fragrance emanating from the medicinal dish caused Ling Pengyun's qi and blood to grow stronger.
"This is truly a wonderful thing."
"Madam, I won't stand on ceremony with you."
Upon seeing this, Ling Pengyun's eyes lit up, and he quickly took the medicinal food and carefully stored it away.
In addition, the descendants of Ling Pengyun and his wife, including Ling Chengxia, Ling Chengxin, and Ling Chengmie, as well as the Nascent Soul stage members of the family, and even the Nascent Soul stage members of the Cangxuan lineage such as the Star Sea Ancestor, also came forward to greet them and presented them with generous gifts.
This incident also allowed Ling Pengyun to acquire many valuable items, making him even wealthier.
However, he did not accept those things for nothing. He immediately took out a lot of good ingredients with his wife Yan Siyi and their children.
They also cooked some delicious high-grade spiritual food and hosted a banquet for Ancestor Xinghai and others.
During the meal, the Star Sea Ancestor and the others enjoyed themselves immensely.
At the same time, they felt Ling Pengyun's kindness, which immediately put their minds at ease.
'Pengyun's temperament remains unchanged.'
'...'
Old Ancestor Xinghai and the others chuckled to themselves, and sighed with emotion.
……
quite a while.
After seeing everyone off, Ling Pengyun and his family of five had a brief chat.
"By the way, Madam, Cheng Mie, upon closer inspection, you two have both recently gathered enough spiritual items to break through to the next realm."
"When do you plan to attempt to reach the late Nascent Soul stage?"
Ling Pengyun asked his wife Yan Siyi and his youngest son, the beast tamer Ling Chengmie, with curiosity.
A hundred years ago, Yan Siyi and her son Ling Chengmi had already cultivated to the peak of the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm and the peak of the early-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, respectively.
He continuously refined his cultivation level and collected high-level spiritual items to increase his chances of breaking through to a higher realm.
Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to obtain spiritual items that allow one to break through to a higher realm.
However, during the previous battle with the Vajra Demon Rock Sect, they had fought bravely and joined forces to kill several Nascent Soul demon cultivators, reaping extraordinary rewards.
The primordial spirits of those demonic cultivators are excellent materials for refining high-level breakthrough spiritual artifacts.
Through her husband Ling Pengyun's connections, they used those demonic primordial spirits as the main materials and gathered some auxiliary materials to seek out the Star Sea Ancestor to refine several fifth-tier, lower-middle-grade breakthrough spiritual items.
In addition, there's the accumulated knowledge and experience of Yan Siyi and Ling Cheng.
They each possess at least four or five spiritual items of the same level that can help them break through to the next realm.
And those spiritual items that allow one to break through realms are quite effective, so their success rate in breaking through realms is at least 50%.
However, in order to achieve a steady victory, Yan Siyi and Ling Chengmie have been working on overcoming their bottlenecks and looking for the best opportunity to break through.
"Let's accumulate experience for a few more years."
"This way we can be more cautious."
Yan Siyi and Ling Cheng killed the mother and son and revealed their thoughts.
"That's fine, and several years isn't a long time."
Ling Pengyun nodded secretly.
He then inquired about the cultivation progress of his eldest son, Ling Chengmie, and his daughter, Ling Chengxin.
Although they have not yet reached the bottleneck, and have only been in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm for a short time.
However, Ling Cheng also obtained quite a few good things during the battle with the Vajra Demon Sect.
Furthermore, his devotion to the Dao was extremely unwavering, so he exchanged most of it for high-level cultivation resources.
His cultivation speed has been quite good recently.
It might even take less than a few hundred years for him to reach the peak of the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
In addition, he also used his meager earnings to exchange for several mid-grade fifth-order spiritual treasures that Ling Pengyun had refined in his early years from the clan treasury.
His strength was now several times greater than before, and he was also quite adept at killing.
He is now expected to be able to rival two or three people of the same rank.
He can be considered a formidable member of the family.
As for Ling Chengxin, although she is not good at fighting, she did not even participate in the battle against the Vajra Demon Sect.
Moreover, his cultivation aptitude had reached its limit, making his normal cultivation speed extremely slow.
However, he has a good aptitude for spiritual plants, and he recently became a mid-grade fifth-level spiritual plant master, which greatly improved his ability to care for spiritual plants.
The profits that can be made through this method are relatively large.
In addition, he is quite generous and often uses high-level resources for cultivation, so his cultivation progress is also quite good.
Although he can't compare to his elder brother Ling Chengxia, it's estimated that with enough time, he'll have a chance to reach the peak of the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm in less than a thousand years.
"You two children are both cultivating at a pretty good pace."
"..."
Ling Pengyun was particularly pleased after learning about Ling Chengxia and Ling Chengxin's situation.
He then took advantage of the rare free time to offer some guidance on some of the cultivation challenges they were currently facing.
This matter also greatly benefited them, and their cultivation speed increased somewhat.
Afterwards, they were overjoyed and expressed their gratitude.
"Alright, it's time for me to go into seclusion."
"You may all leave now."
Ling Pengyun waved his hand to dismiss them, and then began to go into seclusion to study the Qi and Blood Cultivation Technique "Lingxiao Hunyuan Gong" and to refine the precious materials of the Hunyuan Axe, a treasure of Qi and Blood, to accumulate foundation.
As for Yan Siyi, she quietly cultivated her inner strength on the side.
Ling Chengxia, Ling Chengxin, and Ling Chengmie returned to their respective cave dwellings, either to cultivate in seclusion or to take care of their spiritual plants and beasts.
……
In a blink of an eye.
Several years passed.
During this period.
Having accumulated sufficient foundation, Yan Siyi and Ling Chengmie were able to break through several bottlenecks one after another.
It's just a pity that Yan Siyi is trying to reach the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, which makes this matter quite difficult.
Moreover, unlike Ling Chengmie, he did not have the assistance of a large number of spirit beasts.
His luck was also rather bad.
Even if it has enough spiritual items to help it break through realms.
It also failed.
Fortunately, with the help of those breakthrough spiritual objects, he managed to barely stabilize the backlash from the failed breakthrough.
She was not seriously injured.
In addition, some high-level healing pills were used to assist.
She will recover after several decades of rest.
Moreover, this failure has given her more experience in overcoming bottlenecks.
His family was also well-off, and he still had one or two spiritual items of the same level that could help him break through to the next realm.
Previously, Ling Pengyun had placed some high-level breakthrough spiritual items into the clan's treasury.
With a large number of contribution points at his disposal, he exchanged several of them from the clan treasury, thus gathering enough spiritual items to break through to the next realm.
Once his injuries have healed, he can attempt a second attempt to break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
As for Ling Chengmie's breakthrough realm, it was only at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, so the difficulty was not particularly high.
Furthermore, as a Beast Tamer, he possesses a method that allows him to break through bottlenecks by harnessing the power of his natal spirit beasts. He also commands two Rock Sky-Shattering Turtles at the early Nascent Soul stage and one Fire Flood Dragon at the early Nascent Soul stage.
The combined power of the three spirit beasts greatly aided his breakthrough.
Moreover, he possesses many spiritual items that allow him to break through to higher realms.
He was fortunate enough to successfully enter the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
Furthermore, he even used the few remaining breakthrough spiritual items in his possession to quickly support one of his early-stage Nascent Soul Rock Sky Turtles to break through to the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm.
While the Rock-Headed Turtle isn't particularly skilled in offensive tactics, its defensive capabilities are extremely strong, making it a competent meat shield.
In an instant, Ling Chengmie's means of survival were greatly enhanced.
Even if he has just entered the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he could probably survive even if he encountered some veteran mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.
However, this still has some shortcomings.
'If I could obtain enough mid-grade fifth-tier spiritual treasures from that powerful tortoise that had just entered the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, I reckon we wouldn't just be able to survive against a seasoned mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.'
'We might even be able to put up a fight against them.'
Ling Chengmie secretly plotted.
Although he had acquired quite a few good items in the previous battle.
There are even quite a few high-level magical treasures.
He then entrusted his father, Ling Pengyun, to recast it into a righteous spiritual treasure.
However, much of the original essence of those magical treasures was lost afterward.
The majority of the rest were low-grade fifth-order spiritual treasures.
There are only one or two spiritual treasures that reach the middle grade of the fifth rank.
In addition, there was what he had obtained from his father, Ling Pengyun, in his early years.
He only possessed three high-grade fifth-tier spiritual treasures in total.
If such a magical treasure were only used by Ling Chengmie, it would be fine.
The problem is that if the rock giant tortoise named Guida could have such a spiritual treasure to help it, its strength would also increase significantly, and it would be in dire need of such a spiritual treasure to help it.
As a result, the number of those magical treasures was somewhat insufficient.
Once divided equally.
His spiritual treasures, comparable to those of Gui Da and others who possessed mid-grade fifth-level spiritual treasures, were probably only on par with those extremely poor rogue cultivators in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
Those powerful figures from major forces all possess at least two or three spiritual treasures of the same rank to assist them.
Most importantly, a mid-grade fifth-tier spiritual treasure is highly valuable.
Even with a mid-grade fifth-tier weapon refiner like Ling Pengyun in the family, the price of exchanging spiritual treasures from the family might be cheaper, but it's still quite expensive.
Moreover, Ling Chengxia had previously spent a lot of resources to gather the spiritual items needed to break through to the next realm.
They could no longer offer any benefits, leaving only some high-level cultivation resources.
He was truly reluctant to sell those resources to buy spiritual treasures.
He then decided to find a way to make money as soon as possible.
Although his skill in beast taming is extraordinary, he uses this skill to help his family and other forces take care of high-level spirit beasts, and is able to earn considerable profits.
However, it would take at least several hundred years, or even thousands of years, to accumulate enough resources to purchase a mid-grade fifth-tier spiritual treasure.
'This matter is progressing rather slowly.'
However… it is rumored that the Radiant Star Immortal Sect is still leading other righteous forces in their battle against the demonic forces.
'Under such circumstances, it would be worthwhile to attempt to kill some powerful demonic cultivators or demons, or even forcibly capture them without using secret methods to tame them, and then sell them to other forces for profit.'
Ling Chengmie suddenly had some unusual thoughts.
However, this matter is extremely dangerous, and relying solely on himself and his spirit beasts is insufficient.
He then called upon his old partner, Brother Ling Chengxia.
Ling Chengxia, after all, did not possess any skills or techniques; her only stable source of income was her family stipend.
Although the salary was substantial, it was still insufficient for him.
Moreover, as time goes by, the resources they acquired in the past are gradually becoming less and less.
In addition, their path is inherently one of killing and ruthlessness.
His cultivation level has recently improved, which has given him more confidence.
Most importantly, he had often cooperated with Ling Chengmie in the past, and they had a good understanding of each other when fighting.
Moreover, the Rock Sky-Shattering Turtles under Ling Cheng's command have extremely strong defensive capabilities.
He and Ling Chengxia were essentially one on offense and one on defense. When they cooperated well, they could often escape even when they encountered stronger opponents at higher levels.
This makes the matter relatively safe.
He immediately agreed to Ling Chengmie's proposal.
Subsequently, the two brothers reached a consensus and immediately set off, leaving the Vajra Secret Realm.
……
at the same time.
The Vajra Secret Realm, atop the Demon Rock Mountain, a fifth-grade superior spiritual land.
"Those two lads have some guts to venture out in such chaotic times."
"It has some of my style from when I was young."
Ling Pengyun watched the two brothers, Ling Chengxia and Ling Chengmie, leave the secret realm, his brows furrowed with admiration.
"My husband, you are truly magnanimous."
"The outside world is very chaotic. If something unexpected happens, even if Cheng Xia and Cheng Mie are quite strong, they may easily run into trouble."
Yan Siyi was extremely worried.
"Madam, please rest assured."
"I already had a plan to deal with this."
Ling Pengyun smiled and went to the Shadow Realm in the Ancient Ghost Domain to bring back the two special spirit ghosts in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, which his family had been cultivating there, to the Vajra Realm in the Heavenly River Realm.
Those were two Netherworld Hidden Thorn Spirits.
They are among the spirits that the Ghost Immortal Lamp is most skilled at cultivating, and they are extremely adept at concealing their presence and assassinating.
Once they lurk in the shadows, even cultivators of the same level who possess powerful eye techniques will find it difficult to detect their presence.
Moreover, they have extremely meticulous control over combat; once they make a move, it will be a fatal blow that ordinary cultivators would find very difficult to withstand.
They are thin, like bamboo poles, with slender, long hands and incredibly sharp claws.
Their mouths are also extremely large, taking up two-thirds of their faces, and are full of sharp teeth.
If you were bitten by it, you would probably be seriously injured even if you didn't die.
Ling Pengyun brought them to the Heavenly River Realm this time with the intention of having them protect the two brothers, Ling Chengxia and Ling Chengmie, from the shadows.
In this way, the Ling brothers, Chengxia and Ling Cheng, can be safer.
Moreover, this method allows them to gain ample experience.
"Go."
"If Cheng Xia and Cheng Mie get into trouble in the future, you will no longer need to exist in this world."
"On the contrary, if you make contributions, I will certainly provide you with abundant resources to help you go further."
Ling Pengyun made a solemn promise to the two Netherworld Hidden Thorn Spirits.
However, the two Netherworld Hidden Thorn Spirits were of higher cultivation level, and their intelligence was extraordinary, no different from that of ordinary people.
Moreover, although they are spirits and less ferocious than ordinary evil spirits, they inevitably have a high pursuit of strength and enjoy killing.
In addition, they all knew that Ling Pengyun was always generous and was their big spender.
"Rest assured, my lord, we will ensure the safe return of those two young masters."
They nodded with a hint of excitement.
Then, they activated their powerful concealment techniques, disappearing from Ling Pengyun's sight and secretly following the two Ling brothers, Ling Chengxia and Ling Chengxia, who had just left.
"My husband, you have thought this through very thoroughly. With the help of those two spirits, we don't need to worry about the safety of Cheng Xia and Cheng Mie for the time being."
At that moment, Yan Siyi felt relieved upon seeing Ling Pengyun's actions.
...(End of chapter)