The Wen Clan's Awkward Shortage of Successors

A few days later, on January 1 of the following year.

At noon that day, Affairs Hall manager Ling Ruxian left Affairs Hall after handling Affairs Hall's affairs, walked to the gate of Lingxiao Mountain's courtyard halfway up the mountain, and knocked on the door.

After a while, a fair-skinned young man opened the door from inside the house.

When this person saw Ling Ruxian arriving, he looked a little confused, raised his hands to say hello respectfully, and asked.

"Eleventh Great Grandfather, why are you here?"

This fair young man is none other than Ling Pengqiu, the twenty-seventh ranked Peng Generation.

"Peng Qiu, do you still remember that a few months ago, you and I were talking about going out to station Low-Order Spirit Vein?" Ling Ruxian said with a smile.

"Of course I remember!" Ling Pengqiu said.

"It's a new year now. You, twenty Ancestor Ling Yunlang, have been stationed at Chaotic Stone Post with a First Rank Low Grade Spirit Vein for five years. Its mission has been completed, and you can go directly to take over now." Ling Ruxian said.

Ling Pengqiu looked happy when he heard this.

When he goes out to guard Low-Order Spirit Vein and earns double the tribute, he has been doing it for a long time.

"Thank you Eleventh Great Grandfather for your trouble."

Ling Ruxian waved his hand, patted Storage Bag on his waist, and summoned many spiritual objects, a map, and a letter on the ground, speaking.

"It's just a small matter. I've already prepared Affairs Hall's personnel mobility roster for you. You can set off on your journey."

"As for the Chaotic Stone Post you are stationed at when you go out to make offerings, it will be double what it is now. You will get ten pieces of Spirit Stone and twenty pounds of Azure Jade Spirit Rice every month. The extra one Yellow Sprout Pill Lineage gives you every month will also increase to two."

"This batch of spiritual objects is for you to enshrine in the next six months. There are a total of sixty Spirit Stone, one hundred and twenty kilograms of Azure Jade Spirit Rice, and twelve Yellow Sprout Pill."

Ling Pengqiu Seeing so many spiritual creatures appearing in front of him, his expression gradually became more fiery and he secretly said happily.

"In one month's salary alone, those two Yellow Sprout Pill are enough for me to practice for twenty days."

"With the help of ten Spirit Stone and spiritual rice from the monthly offerings, I am fully able to purchase spiritual fruits that are better for my cultivation progress. With the accumulation of these spiritual objects, my cultivation progress will definitely be faster than it is now."

"That map depicts the detailed locations of Spirit Vein throughout Lineage."

"As for that letter, it was given to you twenty Ancestor, so be sure to take good care of it."

Afterwards, Ling Ruxian warned Ling Pengqiu Cultivation World about the dangers before leaving.

Ling Pengqiu took all the things given by Ling Rushui into Storage Bag and returned to his courtyard to sort out the debris in the house.

After finishing these chores, Ling Pengqiu took out from Storage Bag the map just given by Ling Ruxian depicting the detailed locations of Spirit Vein in Lineage, and looked at it carefully to find the location of Chaotic Stone Post that needed to be stationed this time.

After finding the location, he did not delay too much, blessed a Light Body Technique, and left the Lingxiao Mountain.

Within a few days, Ling Pengqiu, with the blessing of Light Body Technique, traveled thousands of miles and arrived outside Chaotic Stone Post.

"Twenty Ancestor, I am Peng Qiu. This time Lineage asked me to come and take your place here."

In order to avoid entering Chaotic Stone Post rashly and touching the formation arranged inside, Ling Pengqiu shouted loudly into Chaotic Stone Post.

Within a moment, an old man with a scholarly temperament rushed out of Chaotic Stone Post and came to Ling Pengqiu.

This old man is exactly the Ling Yunlang stationed in this Chaotic Stone Post.

Ling Yunlang watched the arrival of Ling Pengqiu and felt a little confused.

When Divine Sense was mobilized and swept over Ling Pengqiu's body, he realized that the breath released by Ling Pengyun had reached Qi Training Fourth Layer.

"Qi Training Fourth Layer!" Ling Yunlang secretly said in shock.

There are not many members of the Ling Clan clan, and they basically all know each other. Ling Yunlang has also met Ling Pengqiu a few times, and he probably knows Ling Pengqiu's age and qualifications.

It is extremely strange for someone so young and with Four Spirit Roots qualifications to have such a level of cultivation.

Lineage is Ling Pengqiu who protects the qualifications of Dual Spirit Root, and only Four Spirit Roots claims to be Ling Pengqiu.

However, when I think about Lineage, Five Spirit Root qualification, Peng Generation ranked eighth, Ling Pengyun, Five Spirit Root qualification, and now Qi Training Ninth Layer, I feel relieved.

"Peng Qiu, I didn't expect that it would be you, the kid, who would take over my place to guard this Chaotic Stone Post." Ling Yunlang said with a smile.

"Twenty Ancestor." Ling Pengqiu said hello as a junior, then took out the letter given by Ling Ruxian from Storage Bag and handed it to Ling Yunlang.

"This letter was sent to you by Eleventh Great Grandfather, who is in charge of Lineage Affairs Hall."

Ling Yunlang saw this and reached out to take it. With doubts, he opened the letter and looked at the contents of the letter carefully.

The general content of the letter is that Lineage is short of manpower, and Ling Rushui, who manages the Lingxiao Rice Hall opened by Cloud Mist Market Lineage, has a short life span, and there is no one in the family to take over for the time being.

Only Ling Yunlang, a tribesman who had just completed a garrison mission, was free, so Lineage planned to send him to replace Ling Rushui and manage Lingxiao Rice Hall.

If he agrees to this, the Lingxiao Rice Hall can be left under his management in the future.

As for the matter of letting Ling Rushui return to his hometown for retirement, it was Ling Pengyun, the newly promoted Lineage, Foundation Establishment who proposed it, but there was no mention of it in the letter.

After reading the contents of the letter, Ling Yunlang looked overjoyed.

Although managing a store is a waste of time, it will have an impact on your cultivation progress.

But Ling Yunlang is now more than seventy years old, and he no longer has much expectations for his cultivation.

Furthermore, for managing a store, in addition to double the offerings, there is also a commission.

This matter is a big deal for an old monk like Ling Yunlang who has no potential.

Although he is too old to use Spirit Stone, one of his grandsons tested positive for Spirit Root a few years ago.

If he can earn more Spirit Stone, his grandson's Dao Path will be smoother in the future.

Immediately, he agreed in his heart to Lineage's proposal to take over Ling Rushui's management of Cloud Mist Market's Lingxiao Rice Hall.

As for why Lineage allowed such a lucrative job to be given to him, the letter has explained the situation, and Ling Yunlang has no doubts.

After all, any clan member knows about Lineage's shortage of manpower.

After returning to his thoughts, Ling Yunlang put away the letter and then greeted Ling Pengqiu.

"Pengqiu, come with me into the hill. I will introduce to you the spiritual plants planted in the three acres of first-class low-grade spiritual fields developed in this rocky hill."

Ling Pengqiu nodded and followed Ling Yunlang into Chaotic Stone Post.

After Ling Yunlang transferred everything in Chaotic Stone Post to Ling Pengqiu, he also gave it to Ling Pengqiu as usual according to the family tradition. A junior prepared a banquet to welcome the wind and wash away the dust. Then he left the Chaotic Stone Post and rushed in the direction of the Cloud Mist Market driven by the Cloud Mist Wen Clan.

A few days later, Ling Yunlang, who left Chaotic Stone Post, traveled thousands of miles and finally arrived at Cloud Mist Market.

As soon as he entered Cloud Mist Market, he rushed to the Lingxiao Rice Hall, found Ling Rushui who was in charge of the store, and informed Ling Rushui that the family had called him back to Lineage in advance for his retirement.

Regarding this matter, Ling Rushui is very happy.

He should have ended managing Lingxiao Rice Hall's affairs eight years ago and returned to Lineage for retirement.

However, Lineage is short of manpower and has no spare manpower to take charge of this store.

He can only keep putting off the matter of returning to his family to take care of his old age.

Ling Rushui handed over the affairs of the Lingxiao Rice Hall to Ling Yunlang, and took Ling Yunlang to the stores opened by Cloud Mist Market and its four major Lineages to meet the managers there.

After everything was taken care of, Ling Yunlang did not let Ling Rushui, whose life was short and whose cultivation level had fallen to Qi Training Fourth Layer, leave directly. Instead, he asked Lineage to wait for someone from Lineage to take him back to Clan Mountain.

These arrangements were written in the letter given by Ling Pengqiu.

As for the reason, it is very simple. Ling Pengyun, who transferred Ling Rushui back to Lineage for retirement in advance, is worried. Ling Rushui, whose cultivation has begun to pass for many years, has traveled thousands of miles to return home alone.

At the beginning, when Ling Pengyun was still stationed at Azure Stone Mountain, he was given a salary. Ling Ruguo, who had begun to lose his general cultivation level with Ling Rushui, was on his way back to Lineage when he was attacked by Demon Beast and his vitality was damaged. Although Demon Beast was killed, the speed of Ling Ruguo's spiritual power also accelerated a bit.

A few years later, Ling Ruguo died due to exhaustion of his lifespan.

A few days later, it was noon on January 10th.

Outside Cloud Mist Market, a huge Azure Feather Peng Bird suddenly fell from the sky to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a young man jumped off the back of the bird.

"Counting the time, I haven't been here for nearly eight years."

The young man looked at the market in front of him, with a hint of memory in his eyes.

This young man is none other than Ling Pengyun.

And that Azure Feather Peng Bird is Wind Shadow Peng.

After being distracted for a moment, Ling Pengyun finally came back to his senses.

"You wait here. I will be out in a few hours. During this time, please do not wander around to avoid danger."

Ling Pengyun ordered Wind Shadow Peng on the side, and then walked towards the entrance of the market.

At this time, Wen Ruoli, a late-stage qi-training monk from the Yunwu Wen family who had been stationed at the Yunwu Market for nearly ten years, was alarmed by the arrival of the late-stage qi-training Feng Yingpeng and appeared at the entrance of the market.

When he saw the face of the person riding Qi Training Late Stage Wind Shadow Peng arriving, he frowned and thought about it carefully.

After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly remembered the identity of the visitor.

"This young man should be Lingxiao Ling Clan, the extremely famous Ling Clan Peng Generation Ling Pengyun who has improved the new breed Spirit Rice in recent years."

"It is rumored that this person has Five Spirit Root qualifications, but by virtue of his strong understanding and Divine Sense, he has improved his cultivation level to Qi Training Ninth Layer when he is only more than 20 years old. I don't know if it is true?"

Out of curiosity about Ling Pengyun's cultivation, Wen Ruoli mobilized Divine Sense to scan the body of Ling Pengyun who was walking towards the market, but he did not detect any leakage of Ling Pengyun's breath.

"Aura Concealing Method?" Wen Ruoli wondered secretly.

Ling Pengyun Before arriving this time, he tried to gather his aura into his body.

Although there is still some aura leaking out due to lack of understanding of Aura Concealing Method, those auras leaking out cannot be detected by Qi Training Late Stage's Wen Ruoli.

He did this because he didn't want to be too high-profile.

Now he is in the realm of the Cloud Mist Wen Clan, and he has just entered Foundation Establishment. If Cloud Mist Wen Clan, that Foundation Establishment, knows about this, he might take action against him.

After all, Ling Clan and Wen Clan are on the border. Once Ling Clan is strong, how can Wen Clan live comfortably in the future.

Just when Wen Ruoli was confused, Ling Pengyun walked up to him and handed Cloud Mist Market's pass token to Wen Ruoli.

"This is my pass. Can I enter the market?"

"Of course." Wen Ruoli heard the call, came to his senses, checked the authenticity of the pass, and handed it back with a single word.

After Ling Pengyun put away the pass token, he stepped into Cloud Mist Market.

And that Wen Ruoli looked at the figure of Ling Pengyun, but he was a little lost.

"This Ling Clan younger generation is really full of talents. There was the Ling Pengxing who was a rare sword cultivator with extraordinary qualifications, and then there was the Ling Pengyun who improved on Fine Grade Spirit Rice."

"On the other hand, I, Cloud Mist Wen Clan... have never been able to do it. Among the younger generation, only Nian Ling can do it."

"Four years ago, the Foundation Establishment Pill that Ling Clan bought from West Yang Small Gathering was almost always given to Peng Generation, the most talented Ling Pengxing. I don't know if that Ling Pengxing is now the Foundation Establishment."

"Once this person Foundation Establishment, Ling Clan, there will be three Foundation Establishment."

"After a few decades, Ling Clan's manpower shortage problem will be solved and the Spirit Vein within its own territory will be digested. When the need for external development arises, the target of the Cloud Mist Wen Clan will inevitably be targeted."

"There is only one Foundation Establishment in the clan. Once Ling Clan takes action in the future, he will be helpless."

"I don't know how Lineage will deal with such things in the future!"

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