Zhang Qiuyang and His Grandson's Scheme

However, behind Ling Pengshan were three female cultivators who wore Ling Clan Daoist Robe, were all quite good-looking, and had Qi Training Late Stage Refining.

These three female cultivators were the three young female cultivators of the Cheng Generation were of suitable age and had been transferred back to the Lineage from Lingxiao Marketplace a month ago by Ling Pengshan.

In the past month or so, with the help of the many spiritual fruits given to them by Ling Pengshan, the three of them have all improved their cultivation from the Qi Training Middle Stage to the Qi Training Late Stage.

They all knew the purpose of their visit. When they saw Zhang Xun, whom their Lineage intended to marry, they couldn't help but secretly sized Zhang Xun up. Then, the three unmarried female cultivators lowered their heads with a touch of shyness.

"Congratulations Zhang Xun, on your breakthrough to Foundation Establishment. This is a Second Rank Low Grade Nurturing Pill, which can help cultivators stabilize their cultivation after breaking through to Foundation Establishment."

Ling Pengshan smiled, took out a medicine bottle from his pocket, and handed it to Zhang Xun, who had just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, congratulating him.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Xun Xun's eyes immediately flashed with a bright light.

With that Nurturing Pill, he could at least save himself a year of suffering in consolidating his cultivation.

Without any hesitation, he reached out and accepted the bottle of Nurturing Pill, expressing his gratitude. "Thank you, Ling Daoyou, for such a precious gift."

"These are all products refined by our own Alchemist, and they are not particularly valuable."

Ling Pengshan waved his hand, said a few words, and then gave an instruction to the three female cultivators of the Cheng Generation behind him.

"Why aren't you bowing to Fellow Zhang Xun?"

Upon hearing this, the three pretty, slightly flushed, and head-down female Cheng Generation finally reacted and greeted Zhang Xun with clasped hands.

Upon seeing this, a glint appeared in Zhang Xun Xun's eyes.

Then, he looked at his Grandfather Zhang Qiuyang beside him.

The two exchanged a glance, and the same thought crossed their minds, "Old Zhang Family's family has found a way out on their own."

Once their thoughts returned to normal, they warmly welcomed Ling Pengshan and the three female cultivators of the Ling Clan Cheng Generation from the Ling clan.

During their casual conversation, Ling Pengshan inadvertently informed Zhang Qiuyang and his grandson about the three female cultivators from the Ling Clan.

Zhang Xun had already intended to marry a female cultivator from the Ling Clan, so he went along with it and chatted for a while with the three female cultivators from the Ling Clan who had been brought by Ling Pengshan.

Gradually, he became closer to the three female cultivators from the Ling Clan, and he also gained a general understanding of their personalities.

The one Zhang Xun liked the most was a female cultivator named Ling Chenglan. Although she wasn't the most beautiful or the most skilled among the three, Ling Chenglan was the most quiet and seemed indifferent to worldly affairs.

Zhang Xun valued this point, which is why he developed some goodwill towards Ling Chenglan.

If he were to become the son-in-law of the Ling Clan in the future, his wife would be too opinionated and, relying on the power of the Ling Clan, his life would probably be difficult. Perhaps his wife would even order him around and make him a servant.

On the contrary, if his wife had a temperament like Ling Chenglan, his future life would be easier.

Therefore, he took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Ling Chenglan, albeit casually.

Ling Chenglan knew the purpose of her visit, and when Zhang Xun up a conversation, she naturally greeted him warmly.

Ling Pengshan, who was chatting with Zhang Qiuyang, was very pleased to see Zhang Xun the hang of things.

Before leaving, Ling Pengshan left Zhang Xun with a meaningful message.

"Young people, move around more."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xun naturally understood what it meant.

In the days that followed, he would often seek out the female cultivator from the Ling Clan named "Ling Chenglan" and chat with her.

The two grew closer and closer.

In addition, after Zhang Xun's Foundation Establishment was over, Zhang Qiuyang and Zhang Xun, grandfather and grandson, stayed on Lingyun Island and used the various spiritual rice and fruits given by the Ling Clan Ling Clan brew spiritual wine to repay their debts, never leaving Lingyun Island.

They seemed determined not to leave Lingyun Island until they had paid off all their debts.

This matter pleased Ling Pengshan, the head of the family, quite a bit. He was unwilling to see Zhang Qiuyang and Zhang Xun, the two brewers who owed the Ling Clan a large sum of Spirit Stone, leave Lingyun Island at will.

One month later.

Deep in the Muddy Swamp.

Deep within an island teeming with fire Spiritual Qi, there lies a cave abode dwelling.

Although the cave abode is not large, it has everything you need.

There are cultivation rooms, Pill Refining rooms, bedrooms, studies, and so on.

Inside the Pill Refining room of this cave abode, there was a fire pit the size of a washbasin. Beside the fire pit, a young man with an extremely young face, regular features, fair skin, and a rich aroma of elixirs emanating from his body sat cross-legged, absorbing the surrounding Spiritual Qi into his body with his eyes closed.

This young man was none other than Ling Clan, a second-tier Alchemist from the Ling Chengxin.

The island he was on was quite special; the Spirit Vein on the island was a rare Fire Spirit Vein Fire Spirit Vein, and its grade was as high as the Second Grade Middle Rank.

In addition, because the fire Spiritual Qi produced by that Fire Spirit Vein was extremely rich, after countless years, that Fire Spirit Vein also gave birth to a First-Tier Superior-Grade Earth Fire Cave.

This First-Tier Superior-Grade Earth Fire Cave contains a large amount of first-grade earth fire. The temperature of this earth fire is extremely high, much higher than the temperature of flames formed by burning spirit wood of the same grade, and comparable to the temperature of spirit fire of the same grade.

This kind of earth fire is therefore often used by Alchemist and Artifact Refiner to replace spiritual fire in the production of elixirs or Law Artifact. It is extremely precious and is not inferior even within the entire Yan Kingdom.

Ling Pengyun, who discovered this place years ago, sent Ling Chengxin, the only second-level Alchemist in his clan, to this place so that he could use the local earth fire to refine pills.

This would also save Ling Chengxin the spiritual energy he would consume when refining pills with his natal spirit fire, allowing him to refine several more batches of pills each day.

Furthermore, earlier, Ling Pengyun had also instructed Ling Penglin, the Lineage's only Second Rank Array Formation Master, to set up a Second Grade Middle Rank fire control array and a "Condensing Fire Transforming Cave Grand Array" inside the Earth Fire Cave.

The Fire Control Grand Array is used to control the earth fire within the Earth Fire Cave to refine spiritual objects.

The Condensing Fire Transforming Cave Grand Array is quite special. This array is an auxiliary array that can condense the countless fire Spiritual Qi produced by the fire vein in the island and automatically pour them into the Earth Fire Cave, slowly increasing the temperature of the earth fire produced by the Earth Fire Cave and improving the grade of the Earth Fire Cave.

The island where the Earth Fire Cave is located is a primitive island. After Ling Pengyun discovered the Earth Fire Cave, he named the island "Earth Fire Island".

Because the Earth Fire Cave on Earth Fire Cave Earth Fire Island is of a low grade, only First-Tier Superior-Grade, the Earth Fire produced is barely enough for Ling Chengxin to refine pills for one person. At present, only Ling Chengxin is the only Alchemist on the island.

After a while, Ling Chengxin recovered his physical condition and opened his eyes.

He took a deep breath, raised his hand and patted the Storage Bag at his waist, from which he directly summoned more than a dozen kinds of spirit medicine, a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Beast inner core, and a Red Crab ancient Pill Furnace, which he placed beside him.

Then, he fixed his gaze on the fire pit the size of a washbasin in front of him, clenched his hands, condensed a Method Formula, and cast it into the fire, then murmured to himself.

"Earthfire!"

"Now!"

A flash of red light appeared in the crater, and then fiery red array patterns emerged.

The next moment, a large amount of fiery red earth fire erupted from it.

Upon Ling Chengxin, Ling Chengxin frowned slightly, his fingers shifting as he used the Fire Control Grand Array set up in the Earth Fire Cave to slowly control the fire erupting from the vent to a suitable level.

Having done this, he then placed the ancient Red Crab Pill Furnace over the fire pit, using the numerous earth fires gushing from within to heat the Alchemy Furnace.

Under the burning of the earth fire, the Red Crab Alchemy Furnace shimmered with a red glow.

This red glow is due to the "Blazing Fire Amplification" effect of the Alchemy Furnace.

With the help of this Blazing Fire Amplification effect, this Refining Furnace can better absorb the temperature generated by the flames, which can shorten the heating time by nearly half.

At the same time, it can greatly reduce the time and spiritual energy consumption in refining pills.

This powerful Alchemy Furnace is of extremely high quality, reaching the Second Rank High Grade level. It was recently crafted by Ling Pengyun for Ling Chengxin using ten catties of Second Rank High Grade Blazing Fire Spirit Iron, while he was clearing Black Mud from the Muddy Swamp Territory.

Because of the remarkable efficacy of the Blazing Fire Refining Furnace, the temperature inside the Blazing Fire Refining Furnace Ling Chengxin desired in just half an incense stick's time.

He then threw the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Beast inner core beside him into the Alchemy Furnace, using the high temperature inside the Alchemy Furnace to engulf the inner core and burn away the impurities within it.

It took him five whole days to remove all the impurities from the inner core and transform it into a ball of liquid.

Then, he threw the remaining dozen or so spirit medicine beside the divine herb into the Alchemy Furnace one by one for purification.

Once this step was completed, Ling Chengxin's finger techniques also began to change.

"Medicine!"

"Melt!"

The dozen or so medicinal liquids inside the Alchemy Furnace suddenly trembled, slowly merging together to form a ball of liquid about the size of a human head, appearing as blue.

"Point!"

The large mass of blue liquid suddenly flashed with light and split into five fist-sized liquids.

This step is the most crucial one.

A serious expression gradually appeared on Ling Chengxin's face.

After pausing for a long while, he took a deep breath before starting again.

"Condensing Pill!"

A wave of intense heat instantly engulfed the five fist-sized clumps of liquid medicine, rapidly burning away any remaining impurities within them.

Wisps of water vapor drifted out from it.

The five fist-sized cyan liquid globs gradually shrank at this moment.

In just a short while, they shrank to the size of a fingernail, and the five clumps of liquid began to solidify.

But at that moment, the aura emanating from the five fingernail-sized clumps of liquid medicine became disordered.

In fact, cracks had appeared on the surface of three of the clumps of liquid medicine.

Seeing this, Ling Chengxin, who was refining pills nearby, frowned and secretly regretted it.

"We have no choice but to give up those three valuable Spirit Gathering Pill."

He waved his hand, withdrawing his Divine Sense from the three already cracked medicinal liquids, and poured all his Divine Sense into the other two intact medicinal liquids.

But as soon as he withdrew his Divine Sense, the cracks on the surface of the three clumps of liquid medicine grew larger and larger.

Even more surprisingly, the surging heat from inside the Alchemy Furnace instantly incinerated the three clumps of medicinal liquid.

Fortunately, with his full assistance, the two remaining clumps of medicinal liquid in the Alchemy Furnace were in very good condition and were continuously solidifying.