Returning to Mount Lingyun

The next day, early morning.

After returning from hunting Demon Beast in the Serpent Dragon Lake area with their Clan Head Ling Yunhong, Ling Pengyun and his nine companions rested for a night and returned to their normal routine.

The eldest member of the clan Ling Rufan, was over a hundred years old and continued to stay in the clan, taking on the task of transporting offerings to the clan members stationed at the low-level spiritual mountains within the Lineage territory every six months by riding Immortal Spirit Crane. In his spare time, he would stay in Lingxiao Mountain to rest.

The two elders of the Lineage, Ling Ruru and Ling Ruquan, returned to Stone Plain Town and River Creek Town respectively to stay and guard.

The Sixth Elder, Ling Yunqian, Ling Yunhe, and Ling Yuntu, gathered their men and prepared to drive the Mountain-Opening Ox to transport spiritual items to the Lineage shops in the markets of Huai River Market Town, Ice Flood Dragon Market Town, Cloudwater Market Town, and the markets run by the Five Great Clans of Huai River County. They would then transport the Spirit Stone earned from these shops back to their clans.

Ling Xiaohua stayed in Lingxiao Mountain, continuing to refine the Xuan Shui ore mined from the Profound Water Mineral Vein in Azure Stone Lake into Mystic Water Iron using Refining Furnace, working day and night.

Ling Pengxing also stayed in the mountains, but he used the spiritual items he had obtained from hunting Demon Beast over the past six months to engage in arduous cultivation.

As for Ling Pengyun, after absorbing a mouthful of the First Sun Power at dawn, he rode the Green Travel Leaf and flew away from Lingxiao Mountain.

He spent five days traveling over six or seven thousand li to reach Cloudwater County.

Fearing his parents' worry, after entering Cloudwater County, Ling Pengyun first went to Cloudwater Market Town to let his parents, who ran the "Lingxiao Miscellaneous Goods Pavilion" there, know that he was safe and sound, had a meal with them, and then left the market. He then used his envoy, Green Travel Leaf, to fly for two more days before finally arriving at the foot of Lingyun Mountain, the destination of his trip.

"Eighth great-grandfather".

Just like when Ling Pengyun arrived at the foot of Lingyun Mountain six months ago, he used Sound Amplification Technique to shout loudly at Ling Rucong, who was stationed on the mountain.

A short while later, Ling Rucong, who had heard the calls from outside the mountain, came down from Lingyun Mountain to Ling Pengyun's side.

"Great-great-grandfather," Ling Pengyun greeted with clasped hands.

Ling Rucong nodded slightly and asked Ling Pengyun curiously, "Peng Yun, some time ago, when I went to the Peace Cloud Market run by the Peace Cloud Yang Clan in Pingyun next door to buy some spiritual items, I heard that in mid-May, the Hundred Spirits Sect seized a vast area of land within the Serpent Dragon Lake region and established the Ice Flood Dragon County. They even killed the Ice Jiao in the Golden Core Initial Stage stage in Serpent Dragon Lake. The Hundred Spirits Sect allows cultivators to hunt Demon Beast and hand them over in exchange for numerous spiritual items. Is this true?"

Since May, the Sixth Elder, Ling Yunqian, who was in charge of the Lineage's caravan, had been fighting Demon Beast in the Serpent Dragon Lake area with Ling Yunhong and others. As a result, no caravan from the family had come to Cloudwater County. In addition, Ling Rucong had to stay at Lingyun Mountain and could not go out often, so he knew little about the war tens of thousands of miles away and was very isolated from the news.

Ling Pengyun nodded slightly, making no attempt to hide anything, and gave a brief explanation, while also indirectly telling Ling Rucong why it had taken him so long to take over Ling Rucong at Lingyun Mountain.

"It's all true. After the Hundred Spirits Sect repelled the Demon Beast horde in mid-May, I and the other clansmen followed the Clan Head into the territory of the Serpent Dragon Lake to hunt Demon Beast. We earned Contribution Points by handing over the Demon Beast corpses to the Hundred Spirits Sect, which is why I was delayed in taking over your place as the Eighth Ancestor to guard this mountain."

Upon hearing this, Ling Rucong was startled, for Serpent Dragon Lake was a place teeming with Demon Beast.

He frowned slightly, his expression worried. "Were any members of the tribe injured or killed?"

"No, all was well. Including the Foundation Establishment Realm Clan Head, a total of thirty-one clansmen went on the expedition, and all thirty-one clansmen returned home safely," Ling Pengyun said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Ling Rucong's worries subsided, and he jokingly remarked.

"It's good that there were no casualties. You look radiant, kid. You must have made a small fortune hunting Demon Beast in the past six months."

"It's alright," Ling Pengyun said with a smile.

Ling Ruda could tell that Ling Pengyun didn't want to talk much about the gains from the trip to Serpent Dragon Lake, so he changed the subject and said with a smile, "When spring came this year, the twenty First-Tier Superior-Grade Azure Spirit Bamboo on the mountaintop grew a lot of Azure Spirit Bamboo Shoots. I saved a lot for you. It's noon now, so you probably haven't eaten yet. Let's have a good meal together. I'll cook you a bamboo shoot feast."

Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun recalled the bamboo shoot feast that Ling Ruda had prepared when he first arrived at Lingyun Mountain half a year ago, and he couldn't help but swallow.

Ling Rucong subtly noticed Ling Pengyun swallowing, smiled, and then, thinking of something, spoke up.

"By the way, when you hurriedly left Lingyun Mountain half a year ago to return to your Lineage to prepare for the Hundred Spirits Sect's demon-slaying campaign, the seven Pineflower Chicken you entrusted to me to take care of grew quite a bit, and the three Earth-Turning Earthworm are also making good progress in improving the quality of the Spirit Soil by planting Azure Spirit Bamboo on the ten acres halfway up the mountain."

"During March and April, when the more than 100,000 mu of fruit trees in Lingyun Orchard were in full bloom, the Fruit Flower Bee collected a lot of pollen and produced a lot of Fruit Flower Honey. Relying on this Fruit Flower Honey, the queen bee of the colony entered the Qi Training Middle Stage at the beginning of last month, and there are now as many as 43 Fruit Flower Worker Bee that have entered the grade."

Ling Pengyun was overjoyed when he heard that the Fruit Flower Bee King had entered the Qi Training Middle Stage.

When the Fruit Flower Bee King enters the Qi Training Middle Stage, it means that the Fruit Flower Worker Bee in the bee Fruit Flower Honey that can produce fruit flower honey will also soon enter the mid- Qi Training Middle Stage Refining. Once the worker bees enter the Qi Training Middle Stage, the bee colony can also produce First Rank Middle Grade Fruit Flower Honey.

As for why only when the queen bee reaches the Qi Training Middle Stage can the worker bees in the hive break through their ranks, the reason is quite simple: the queen bee will not allow a threat with a cultivation level far exceeding her own to appear in her hive.

Once it appears, the entire bee colony will be mobilized to exterminate it.

If the queen is not killed, the worker bees with higher cultivation levels will definitely rebel against her, kill her, eat her remains, and establish themselves as queens.

Ling Pengyun, knowing the ways of the world, waved his hand and took out a Glass Bottle containing Fruit Flower Honey from his Storage Bag, handing it to Ling Rucong and saying.

"For the past six months, I've troubled my great-great-grandfather to take care of these three Spirit Beast. This is five catties of Fruit Flower Honey that I left behind years ago. It's not worth many Spirit Stone, but the taste is extremely good. Please accept this gift, great-great-grandfather."

"Then I will accept this gift. Let's go up the mountain." Ling Rudao knew what Ling Pengyun was thinking, so he didn't stand on ceremony. He took the bottle of Fruit Flower Honey, gave a shout, and led Ling Pengyun up the mountain.

On the way up the mountain, in order to prevent Ling Ruda Ling Pengyun from forgetting the distribution of the Spirit Plant planted in the mountain, Ling Ruda gave Ling Pengyun a general overview again.

"There are a total of 21 acres of Spirit Field in Lingyun Mountain, of which 10 acres are of the First Rank Low Grade Spirit Field halfway up the mountain. In these 10 acres of Spirit Field halfway up the mountain, all of them are planted with Azure Spirit Bamboo, with a total of 500 bamboos."

"There are a total of eleven acres of Spirit Field on the mountaintop, including five acres of First Rank Middle Grade Spirit Field, five acres of First-Tier Superior-Grade Spirit Field, and one acre of Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Field."

"Of the five acres of First Rank Middle Grade Spirit Field, four acres are planted with First Rank Middle Grade Azure Jade Spirit Rice that ripens once every three years, and one acre First Rank Middle Grade Azure Spirit Bamboo."

"Five acres of First-Tier Superior-Grade Spirit Field, of which two acres are planted with white jade Azure Spirit Pill White Jade Spirit Rice, two acres are planted with Azure Spirit Grass, the main ingredient of the Pill Refining Qingling pill, half an acre is planted with twenty First-Tier Superior-Grade Azure Spirit Bamboo, and half an acre is planted with sixty first-grade First Rank Middle Grade Azure Spirit Bamboo."

"As for that one acre of Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Field, it is planted with Pill Refining- Spirit Gathering Grass, the main ingredient of the Second Rank Low Grade cultivation pill, the Spirit Gathering Spirit Gathering Pill."

At this point, Ling Rucong and Ling Pengyun also reached the top of the mountain.

The mountaintop remains unchanged from six months ago, a flat area with eleven acres of Spirit Field, a Bamboo House, a pigeon coop, and a chicken coop, but no other buildings.

After reaching the top of the mountain, the two went directly into the Bamboo House. Ling Rucong invited Ling Pengyun to sit down, while he himself went to the kitchen in the Bamboo House to start working.

Before long, dishes featuring Azure Spirit Bamboo Shoots were served.

The two chatted as they ate their food.

They ate and chatted for over an hour until there was no more food on the table, at which point they stopped and began clearing away the dishes.

After tidying up, Ling Rucong walked out of the Bamboo House.

When he returned, he was carrying an array plate and a Azure Spirit Sword.

He handed the two items to Ling Pengyun, speaking with a hint of reluctance.

"Peng Yun, the welcome feast I prepared for you is over. At the beginning of the year, you and I took care of the Spirit Plant Spirit Plant in the mountains together, so you know about their condition. It's time for me to leave this place and return to my Clan Mountain. I'll leave this place to you."

"This is the array plate of the Azure Leaf Array, Mountain Protection Formation in Lingyun Mountain. This Higher Vehicle First-Tier Superior-Grade Azure Spirit Sword is the array weapon of this Mountain Protection Formation. This array has a strong attack. When it attacks, it can mobilize the bamboo leaves of the Azure Spirit Bamboo planted in the mountain to transform into countless small swords to defend against the enemy. Ordinary Qi Training Completion cultivators would find it difficult to withstand this array for more than ten breaths."

"Although the attack of this formation is powerful, it still needs to be used in conjunction with the bamboo leaves of the hundreds of Azure Spirit Bamboo in the mountains. It is inevitable that too many Azure Spirit Bamboo will be picked when the formation is activated, which will damage the Azure Spirit Bamboo. Therefore, the Azure Spirit Bamboo in the mountains need to rest for half a year after each use of the Azure Leaf Array Formation."

"These six months are for the Azure Spirit Bamboo Azure Spirit Bamboo recuperate and for them to have enough time to grow new leaves."

"However, you should not hesitate when you encounter enemies just because activating the mountain's Mountain Protection Formation requires such a price. Do not let this cause you to be in danger. When you encounter enemies, just activate the formation and kill them."

After saying this, Ling Rucong took out a book from his Storage Bag and handed it to Ling Pengyun.

"As for this book, it contains my insights into the study of Spirit Plant over the years, and I hope it will be of some help to you."

Ling Pengyun reached out and took the three items handed to him, saying gratefully, "Thank you very much, Great-Great-Grandfather."

Ling Rucong's insights into Spirit Plant plants, gained from being First Rank Middle Grade Spirit Planter, are still of considerable help to Ling Pengyun.

"I have already watered Spirit Plant in this mountain with Spirit Rain today. You can start watering them with Spirit Rain tomorrow."

"I've said enough. If I keep going, I'm afraid even you, my child, will start to think this old man talks too much."

"I'm gone."

Ling Rucong gave a brief greeting, stepped out of the Bamboo House, and took out a round plate from his Storage Bag.

As Ling Rucong poured spiritual energy into the disc, it quickly grew to the size of a millstone.

Ling Rucong then jumped onto the disc, waved to Ling Pengyun, and rose into the air. After gazing at Lingyun Mountain for a while, he used the disc-shaped Flying Magical Item beneath his feet to fly away from Lingyun Mountain.

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