Eternal Life by Dual Cultivation

Chapter 478: Chapter 268: Su Qinglian: Dual Cultivation Is an Obligation, and Also a Responsibility...

From then on, the upper echelons of the major powers finally gave up on that idea, no longer considering options like Celestial Secret Calculation.

"Alright," the Elder Sect Leader said. "Later, you will take my token and go to Lu Hua Palace to meet with Qin Mengxuan. Have a proper talk with her."

Chen Chuyu agreed. After a moment’s thought, she asked, "What about the Taiqing Divine Dynasty? And the Beichen Family?"

"Don’t worry about them for now."

The Elder Sect Leader’s expression turned cold, and he spoke with a hint of disdain, "Those two think they’re so clever, scheming and plotting, but I’m afraid they’ll end up losing the bait as well as the fish."

Of course, this was still greatly beneficial for the Shenluo Celestial Palace. The three-way power balance in Yaozhou had lasted for too long; it was time for a change.

The Taiqing Divine Dynasty and the Beichen Family were both weaker than the Shenluo Celestial Palace, so in the past, they had essentially huddled together for warmth, jointly resisting the pressure from Shenluo Celestial Palace.

If Yaozhou could become like Yuzhou, where the Da Xia Divine Dynasty reigned supreme, with only the Shenluo Celestial Palace standing alone at the top, the Elder Sect Leader would certainly be delighted to see it.

After they spoke for a while longer, Chen Chuyu rose to take her leave of the Elder Sect Leader and departed from the hall.

...

「Li Long Continent.」

Liu Ying Ziying and Qin Mengxuan didn’t stay long this time, leaving together after three days and three nights.

The twenty-eight peerlessly beautiful women, including Su Qinglian and Liu Ying Meng Luan, remained on Li Long Continent to accompany Ling Changqing in Dual Cultivation.

In other words, it was only now that the two women could finally rest easy. Only by having their own people constantly by Ling Changqing’s side could they ensure his heart would never waver.

Over the next several months, under Ling Qiyue’s direction, the upper echelons of the Ling Family began the busy task of selecting a new batch of Immortal Seedlings.

The Ling Family’s territory had now expanded to cover two sea regions, encompassing millions of islands of various sizes, with a mortal population exceeding a trillion.

When the base number was large enough, the yield from the mass selection would be greater, and the average quality of the chosen Immortal Seedlings would be higher.

However, this created an overwhelming workload for the Ling Family Elders. Coupled with their already limited manpower, they simply couldn’t manage if the selection were held once a year.

Therefore, Ling Qiyue decided that from now on, the Immortal Seedling selection would be held once every three years. They would revert to the old schedule once the family had sufficient manpower in the future.

At the family headquarters, on a plaza paved with Azure Jade Bricks, tens of thousands of young boys and girls stood in neat square formations. All were dressed in uniform White Magical Robes, their expressions focused, their gazes fixed straight ahead.

Of course, prior to this, the Ling Family’s upper echelons had already conducted multiple rounds of screening, selecting the best of the best. Each Immortal Seedling had to defeat hundreds, even thousands, of their peers for the chance to be here.

The unqualified candidates had all been eliminated previously. Those who remained now all met the requirements.

On the high platform, a weary-looking Ling Changqing slowly withdrew his gaze and handed the completed Jade Scroll Register to Ling Qiyue.

Discerning the Qi and Fate Chart and innate talents of ten thousand people at once was an immense burden for Ling Changqing, even with the Era Star Palace’s assistance. It had left him on the verge of complete exhaustion.

"You’ve worked hard, husband. Go back and rest."

Ling Qiyue, dressed in a bright yellow palace gown embroidered with phoenixes, clouds, the sun, moon, and stars, her skin fairer than snow, her beauty both cold and alluring, said with satisfaction.

After several hours of work, all the suitable Immortal Seedlings had now been selected. Ling Changqing’s personal involvement was no longer needed for the subsequent tasks.

"...I never would have thought our husband had such an ability!"

Among the women observing the ceremony, Su Qinglian covered her mouth and chuckled. "If he could also preside over the selection of new seedlings for Lu Hua Palace next year, who knows? It might bring the Sect even more surprises."

She was the Vice Sect Leader of Lu Hua Palace, second only to Qin Mengxuan in status. Naturally, she could see that Ling Changqing’s skill in this area was no less than that of Lu Hua Palace’s high-ranking Elders—and perhaps even surpassed them.

Of course, as the legendary Child of Destiny, it was understandable that he possessed such a divine and mighty power.

Liu Ying Meng Luan mused, "That certainly wouldn’t be a problem. The key issue is that our husband’s identity cannot be exposed. We can only consider it after he reaches the Divinity Transformation Realm in the future."

"Alright, let’s not talk about this for now. Our husband is tired. Shouldn’t he go back and rest first?"

Yu Ruoshuang took Ling Changqing’s arm and said in a soft, gentle voice.

Ling Changqing didn’t refuse. He said a few words of instruction to Ling Qiyue, then left, surrounded by the women.

Ling Qiyue then instructed the family Elders to lead all the newly selected Immortal Seedlings away, assign them their living quarters, and distribute the Beginner’s Cultivation Technique Manuals and Cultivation Resources.

Moreover, once these Immortal Seedlings achieved some success in their Cultivation, they would all be granted the surname ’Ling’ by the family’s upper echelons. Regardless of where they came from, from now on, they would be members of the Ling Family.

The Immortal Seedlings from previous years had all been arranged in the same way.

After all her instructions were given, Ling Qiyue returned to her Inner Study and opened the Jade Scroll Register again.

Within the Jade Scroll, over ten thousand names shimmered with Spiritual Light of varying colors.

Among them, the number of pure gold names was relatively small, with just over fifty. Pale gold names were next, with more than two hundred. Below those were yellow, red, white, and so on.

However, the highest-ranked were actually five pale cyan names—three female and two male.

Ling Changqing had specially marked them. The different colors indicated their future growth potential.

Pure gold meant they had the potential to reach the Golden Core Master level. Pale gold indicated a True Pill Cultivator, yellow could reach the Pseudo Core, and red had a chance at Foundation Establishment.

As for pale cyan, as long as they didn’t perish prematurely, they had the potential to step into the Nascent Soul True Monarch Realm.