Eternal Life by Dual Cultivation

Chapter 516: Chapter 281: Ling Qiyue: A Beauty Pageant Is My Husband’s Favorite Game, Isn’t It?

He was now a Nascent Soul True Monarch. Every gesture he made carried a profound, unshakable presence, an intimidating aura that needed no anger. Naturally, no one dared to be disrespectful before him.

Silently activating his Talent Divine Techniques, Ling Changqing inspected them one by one, marking those who met his standards and automatically discarding those who didn’t.

With Gong Ling’s help, Ling Changqing finished in just over an hour. His efficiency was at least ten times what it had been during his Golden Core Stage.

He had to admit that with the significant increase in the mortal population, the average quality of the selected Immortal Seeds had also risen remarkably, far beyond the standard back when they were still on the Changqing Continent.

If he were to use the selection criteria from back then, every single one of the young men and women present could have been kept.

Unfortunately, the world was never short of good seedlings suitable for Cultivation, but resources were always limited.

Therefore, even though Ling Changqing had already significantly increased the number of finalists for the sake of long-term planning, only a small fraction of the Immortal Seeds could be kept.

"Alright, this batch of candidates is ready. I’ll let you handle what comes next."

Ling Changqing handed the Jade Scroll Register to Ling Qiyue.

"Yes, you’ve worked hard. Go get some rest."

Ling Qiyue said, satisfied.

Ling Changqing nodded and departed, surrounded by his women.

Ling Qiyue immediately instructed the Steward Elders present to first send away the rejected candidates before settling in the chosen Immortal Seeds.

Compared to last time, there were nine Immortal Seeds on the Jade Scroll Register who had the potential to reach the Nascent Soul True Monarch Realm. This included four young women and five young men.

Ling Qiyue focused her gaze on the Jade Scroll Register, where several thousand names shimmered with Spiritual Light of various colors.

Among them were over a hundred pure gold names and more than five hundred pale gold names. Below those, in descending order, were yellow, red, white, and others.

The different colors represented the upper limits of their future growth.

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

This was all on the condition that they didn’t meet a premature end through some calamity and were diligent enough in their own efforts, rather than just slacking off.

After finishing her review, Ling Qiyue, as before, separated the names of the several hundred Female Cultivators and instructed an Elder to lead them to the Secret Hall to wait.

Once all the matters at hand were temporarily concluded, Ling Qiyue, along with Tang Qiu Yao, Qin Yun, and the other women, went to the Secret Hall to meet with this group of Female Cultivators privately.

In the end, sixty-four young women with the most outstanding looks and aptitude stood out from the rest and were chosen by Ling Qiyue.

They would be sent to serve Ling Changqing, just like the Maids from the previous few batches.

The benefits of being a Maid were tangible. The amount of Cultivation Resources they could receive each month was triple the standard for ordinary Immortal Seeds, so no young woman would refuse.

If they were favored by Ling Changqing in the future and their Cultivation advanced to the Foundation Establishment Level, they could obtain the official status of a Dao Companion. They would then possess their own Grade Two Spirit Vein Cave Mansion Hall, and their resource allocation would increase dramatically.

"...Patriarch, the leaders of eleven Nascent Soul powers, including the Binghai Sword Sect, the Sheng Xiang Sect, and Zuihua Palace, have jointly sent an invitation. They are requesting a face-to-face meeting with you!"

Core Elder Ling Tianhe walked in, reporting with a grave expression.

"Hm?"

Ling Qiyue’s expression faltered for a moment, and she asked in confusion, "We have never had any dealings with these powers. For them to all show up at our door together... are they trying to put pressure on the Ling Family?"

"What else?"

Tang Qiu Yao snorted. "Those guys are definitely unhappy that our family took five sea domains all at once. They’re planning to knock us down a peg and intimidate us!"

Ling Qiyue’s face darkened. "Go inform my husband. Also, have the Elders raise the alert level of the Grand Array. It looks like trouble has come knocking."

Even though the other side was numerous and powerful, the Ling Family had its own trump cards and had no reason to fear them.

A moment later, a Tianzhou Skyboat slowly descended onto the plaza in front of the Clan Assembly Hall.