Long Ziyan

A month later, the day of Old Long's departure finally arrived. He was succeeded by a beautiful Gu cultivator from the Long Family, and Long Xuan thus set off for the Long Family with Old Long.

Originally, he planned to send a clone, but things didn't go as planned. The Old Long's Evil Dragon Emperor Eye could actually see through his clone.

Therefore, he had no choice but to change his plans and go there in person for the time being.

It's not too late to let the clone take over after perfecting the clone to the point that the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye.

However, with a Third-Grade Alchemist as his backer, he figured he wouldn't encounter any danger if he went there himself.

Don't underestimate the status of a Third-Grade Alchemist in a Lineage. Old Long's current status in the Long Family is only below that of the Long Family patriarch, which is equivalent to that of the family head.

Even if the patriarch can break through to the Gu King, he still needs to rely on this Third-Grade Alchemist. As this Third-Grade Alchemist's personal disciple, he can really do whatever he wants in the Long Family, and basically no one dares to mess with him.

Since it would take him some time to return from this trip, he entrusted the Medicine Garden to Wood Clone for management.

The Medicine Garden belonging to Old Long was left to the newly arrived female Gu cultivator from the Long Family, which freed up his Wood Clone.

As the personal disciple of Third-Grade Alchemist, he was unlikely to be targeted by the newly arrived Gu cultivator from the Long Family Medicine Garden.

Long Xuan no longer needs to worry about his base being raided and can go there with peace of mind.

The reason why Great Stone Village was under the jurisdiction of the Long Family was simply because it was so close; at full speed, the journey between the two places would only take two days.

So two days later.

Long Xuan stared at the bare mountainside, a look of surprise on his face, his mouth slightly agape.

Along the way, he saw that other hills were either covered with Medicine Garden, or had herds of cattle and sheep, and some even had fish ponds with various kinds of spirit fish.

In short, everywhere was breathtakingly beautiful, filled with the Long Family's property. It seems the head of the Long Family family managed the Long Family well.

But why is it different here with Old Long? The mountainside is smooth, as if it has been stripped naked, forming a stark contrast with the surrounding mountains. It stands out like a crane among chickens, attracting far and wide attention.

Could this be the legendary Little Poverty Peak? Long Xuan was utterly astonished.

Aren't all Alchemist supposed to be rolling in money? Why is it the other way around with Old Long?

"Master, you wouldn't happen to be someone in your village who's being targeted for poverty alleviation, would you?"

Long Xuan stared blankly at the vast, desolate mountain range before him and said...

Old Long looked slightly embarrassed, his old face flushing slightly.

"I've been away for too long, and there's no one to take care of things on the mountain, so I packed up everything and sold it."

"There were just too many debt collectors, so I told them to take whatever they had. I never expected them to go this far. They even pulled up the weeds on the mountain and drained the water from the fishpond. Is this something a human being would do?"

Old Long looked helpless.

Long Xuan felt a chill in his heart. He suddenly wondered if becoming his disciple had been a mistake, a hasty decision.

If those hordes of creditors knew that Old Long actually had a personal disciple, wouldn't they all rush over to collect their debts from him? Thinking this, Long Xuan felt his scalp tingle and completely lost his composure.

This place is a complete trap; I've really jumped into a fire pit. I must never say I'm Old Long's disciple again when I go out.

However, it's probably too late now. As soon as Old Long arrived, he started showing off that he had become a Third-Grade Alchemist and had even taken in a once-in-a-millennium alchemy prodigy. He went around boasting about it, making his voice as loud as it could, as if he wanted the whole world to know.

Now everyone here with the surname Long probably knows that Old Long has a disciple named Long Xuan; he's famous now!

Long Xuan was completely numb.

"As one of the few Alchemist in the Long Family, I was allocated a relatively large territory, which I now entrust to you for management."

"Don't you have many clones? Send them to plant spirit medicine here as quickly as possible, and also fill the fishpond with water and some fish fry."

"As a third-grade alchemy master, how can my house be so bare? Wouldn't that make me a laughingstock?"

Upon hearing this, Long Xuan was taken aback. Sending his clone to do the work? Something just felt off.

Long Xuan reached out his hand to Old Long, and seeing him in a daze, he reminded him, "You wouldn't expect your disciple to pay for the fish fry and medicinal seeds out of his own pocket, would you?"

Old Long's expression turned bitter. He dared to ask him for money when his own pockets were practically empty? He had no money!

After refining a few Third-Grade Spirit Pill, he was truly broke. He couldn't even afford half Spirit Stone, and recently he'd been eating off his disciples.

But even though Old Long thick-skinned, he couldn't bring himself to ask his disciple for a loan, so he could only chuckle and say, "I'm a little short on cash lately."

"Here's what we'll do: plant whatever you can in this empty space. Try not to leave it empty; it doesn't look good. Even if you only plant first-grade spirit medicine, it doesn't matter."

"When the spirit medicine mature, they're all yours. I can easily make more money by refining a few Third-Grade Spirit Pill; I don't care about this little bit of money anymore."

Inside the Long Family's council hall at this moment.

Long Wanli, the current head of the Long Family, sat at the head of the conference table, while ten elders who exuded the aura of the Spiritual Sea Stage sat symmetrically on both sides of the oval conference table.

Everyone wore a black robe embroidered with dragons, which was the traditional attire of the Long Family.

The dragon is the symbol and totem of the Long Family Long Family, and embroidering dragons on clothing corresponds to a person's status within the Lineage.

The deacon embroiders a three-clawed Divine Dragon, the hall master embroiders a four-clawed Divine Dragon, the patriarch who can enter the meeting and a group of highly respected elders embroider a five-clawed Divine Dragon, and the patriarch who rarely participates in the council embroiders a double dragon.

Ordinary disciples are not allowed to embroider dragons, or can only embroider a broken dragon. No one is allowed to overstep this rule, otherwise they will be severely punished according to the clan rules.

Those who make outstanding contributions to the Lineage are also given dragon tattoos. In short, the Long Family has many rules and numerous rituals.

After all the clan elders had gathered, the clan head Long Wanli, looked around and finally spoke, "Since our clan obtained the mining rights to one-seventh of the Fossil Ore Vein, our income has increased day by day, and the Lineage's total income has reached new highs year after year."

"But ultimately, the problem of uneven distribution still exists. No one can be sure whether each location contains poor or rich ore, and the underground passages are complex and numerous, like a huge maze. Mining parties from different places can easily collide, leading to conflicts."

"Our clan has recently been clashing with the Feng Clan, resulting in the deaths of many miners in the mines. If this conflict continues unchecked, with each clan constantly losing manpower, then continuing to mine will become unprofitable."

"The purpose of this meeting is to discuss this matter. Do you all have any good suggestions?"

The patriarch's words caused all the elders to show solemn expressions, and the atmosphere of the meeting became heavy.

The clan elder, whose status was second only to the patriarch, stroked his beard and spoke first, "You should understand that there is no good solution to this kind of problem."

"Given Feng Qingyang's personality, he'll find trouble even if there's nothing wrong with it. What good is it if this kind of thing is resolved perfectly? Even if we compromise, it won't prevent conflict from happening again."

Upon hearing this, the elders of all the clans nodded in deep agreement, clearly understanding Feng Qingyang's character very well.

The second elder then chimed in, "Although there's no solution, leaving it unresolved is not an option either."

"Previously, almost all disputes were resolved through confrontations, with the loser compromising."

"I think we should use the same method to resolve this matter!"

Upon hearing this, Long Wanli immediately said, "I've thought of this method before, but in battle, no one dares to say they're 100% guaranteed to win. Fighting in a ring is risky, and fists and feet have no eyes. If a genius is lost because of this, it would be a loss that doesn't outweigh the gain."

The three elders chuckled and said, "I heard that Long Ao took in a genius with the Ten Extremity Physique Physics? The Ten Extremity Physique is invincible among those of the same level, and will likely win even against those of higher levels. Sending him out will guarantee victory."

The old man seemed out of touch with reality. Upon hearing this, he looked surprised and immediately exclaimed, "Aren't the Ten Extremity Physique supposed to be uncultivable? Has the world changed since I came out of seclusion?"

The fourth elder, a female Gu cultivator, explained with a smile, "You don't know this, but after the Luminous Jade Ancient Tomb appeared, her cultivation Cultivation Method spread everywhere."

"Coincidentally, her ' Sun-Moon Heart Sutra ' is perfectly compatible with the Ten Extremity Physique. It should be noted that the clones cultivated by the ' Sun-Moon Heart Sutra ' can cultivate in place of the original body, which can perfectly solve the drawbacks of the Ten Extremity Physique."

"Therefore, this person with the Ten Extremity Physique has now become an unparalleled genius capable of cultivation, and has already qualified to enter the Long Family for cultivation. Otherwise, why would we have agreed to Long Ao bring him into the Lineage?"

Upon hearing this, the old man was even more shocked. The thought that a clone could cultivate for the original body made his eyes burn with desire, but he was quickly doused with cold water by the fourth elder.

The four elders seemed to have seen through his thoughts and hurriedly warned, "I advise you not to covet that kind of Cultivation Method Cultivation Method. It's everywhere; you can learn it anywhere."

"But without exception, everyone who has learned it has run into problems. They were either killed by the clones or replaced by the clones who blended into the crowd. Now it has been listed as a forbidden technique by all races, and everyone is prohibited from learning it."

"That tomb owner is a madwoman. She seems to be intentionally spreading her Cultivation Method all over the world. Techniques shouldn't be easily passed on, yet she's making the world's most advanced Cultivation Method available to everyone—it's utterly absurd!"

Upon hearing this, the ten elders finally calmed down, but still asked unwillingly, "Then how come that young man with the Ten Extremity Physique was unharmed after cultivating it?"

The Five Clans elders then chimed in, "Judging from Long Ao's words, it seems that the young man altered the text, completely changing the Cultivation Method, and coincidentally, solved part of the Cultivation Method with it."

"Remember, this only solves part of the problem. Things may be stable in the early stages, but the later stages are uncertain. Long Ao doesn't believe he can solve a problem that even Yaoguang Empress couldn't solve."

"I doubt you'd dare to learn a Cultivation Method that a teenager has haphazardly modified, would you?"

The Five Clans elders glanced at him and continued, "He is special in our clan; we can grant him the qualification to learn forbidden techniques. Even if he is eventually replaced by his own clone, it won't matter."

"Because the clone's memories, personality, and habits are exactly the same as the original, it makes no difference whether we change the person or not, so we don't need to monitor them."

"Let him fight in a ring match and he'll definitely win."

Patriarch Long Wanli nodded and said, "His performance in that match was indeed solid, but his current cultivation level is still too low. To maximize our benefits, let him grow for a while first."

"Let Long Qilin and Long Ziyan handle the first few conflicts. They are the most talented geniuses in our clan, and we have a great chance of winning at least the first two matches."

The elders nodded in unison, and the sixth elder laughed, "I have complete confidence in Long Ziyan. She is a ninth-grade bloodline genius, a once-in-a-millennium talent in our clan. Once she unleashes her Divine Dragon Manifestation, she'll surely utterly defeat those little Feng Clan cubs! If they knew our clan even possesses a ninth-grade bloodline and Ten Extremity Physique, they'd definitely regret accepting the challenge."

"Hahaha..." Loud laughter erupted from the elders in the conference room...

"By the way! I heard that Long Ao has become Third-Grade Alchemist. Is that true? If it is, it is truly a blessing for our clan, and our clan's Clan Fortune will rise to another level because of it."

The six elders showed excitement and said with great enthusiasm.

Long Wanli nodded with a smile, and said with some excitement, "It's true. Our clan has indeed produced a Third-Grade Alchemist, and the only Third-Grade Alchemist in the Far West. Congratulations!"

"Our clan possesses the secret recipe for the Grade Three Profound Dragon Pill, a treasure of our clan. Once he successfully refines the Profound Dragon Pill, everyone present will have the opportunity to break through to the Gu King realm!"

Upon hearing this, all the elders' eyes turned red, their composure vanished, and they all began to breathe rapidly.

The ten clan elders, having been caught off guard, had just learned of this. Caught off guard, they were incredibly excited, slamming their fists on the table three times before roaring, "That's wonderful! Heaven truly favors our clan!"

"He's the lifeblood of our clan now, we must protect him well. Who knows what crazy things that red-eyed Feng Qingyang will do after he finds out this news."

"I suggest we immediately block the news and order the entire clan to refrain from spreading this matter. Anyone who disobeys will be executed!" The tenth clan elder revealed a ruthless expression.

Long Wanli looked embarrassed, sighed, and said helplessly, "Too late! Don't you know his personality? That big mouth tells everyone everything. He just broke through to the Third-Grade Alchemist and started showing off everywhere. Now the whole world knows..."

The conference room suddenly fell silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop...

Outside the council hall at this time.

"You mean only those with the Long Family bloodline reaching the fifth rank or higher can condense a Dharma Avatar, while the second genius in your clan only has a sixth-rank bloodline purity, and that Long Ziyan actually reached the ninth rank? You, the second, have been overtaken by the first?"

Long Xuan stared wide-eyed at the Long Qilin, his expression filled with surprise.

After leaving Old Long's Little Poverty Peak, he began searching for medicinal herbs everywhere. He unexpectedly encountered Long Qilin, so he shamelessly ran over to try and get close to him.

The "Reverse Dragon Art" was a top secret of the Long Family, and he dared not try to extract the secret from Old Long, lest he expose that he had learned the "Reverse Dragon Art" ahead of time.

But Long Qilin is different. Long Qilin is very simple-minded, and it is easy to extract the secrets of the Long Family from him.

Long Xuan feigned curiosity and, in just a few words, managed to coax the method of condensing External Dharma Form out of him.

The Long Qilin proudly proclaims itself to be a descendant of the dragon, possessing dragon blood. The higher the purity of its bloodline, the stronger its combat power. Once the purity of its bloodline reaches a certain level, it acquires some dragon characteristics, thus enabling it to condense Divine Dragon Manifestation.

If the bloodline purity is very low, the body will not resemble a dragon at all, and will lack any characteristics of a dragon. In such a case, it will be impossible to condense a Divine Dragon Manifestation.

The more times one mixes with mortals, the lower the purity of the Long Family bloodline becomes. Long Xuan's bloodline has been mixed with mortals countless times, and it would be good if the concentration of the Long Family bloodline could reach the first grade. If he could condense a Divine Dragon Manifestation, that would be truly miraculous.

Long Xuan suddenly realized why the Cultivation Method kept mentioning "blood, blood, blood"—it turned out that this "blood" did not refer to ordinary blood, but rather to the Essence Blood of those with a bloodline of rank five or higher. He had misunderstood the meaning.

All the Long Family geniuses who cultivate the "Reverse Dragon Art" possess bloodlines of at least the fifth rank, so there's no need to specifically state that outsiders cannot cultivate it, which explains why.

Long Xuan's eyes lit up, and his mind suddenly cleared.

Once the root cause is found, the problem becomes much easier to solve. Since the inability to condense External Dharma Form is due to insufficient blood purity, the text can be revised to show that supernatural Divine Ability can also be cultivated using the Essence Blood of others. This will solve the problem.

Long Xuan immediately looked at Long Qilin with a wolfish gaze, but quickly shook his head. No, this person's bloodline purity is too low. How could he want such trashy bloodline? He showed a look of disgust.

The higher the purity of bloodline, the better for condensing a Dharma body; this is beyond doubt. Otherwise, how could the Long Qilin have been suppressed by Long Ziyan, a female Gu cultivator, and couldn't even defeat a woman?

Since the Essence Blood of the Long Qilin was too worthless, he could only set his sights on that genius named Long Ziyan.

Long Xuan's eyes darted around, and he casually asked again, "If this Dharma Image could use the Essence Blood of an outsider, that would be great. You could trade some treasures to Long Ziyan for some of her Essence Blood, and then your Divine Dragon Manifestation wouldn't be any weaker than hers."

It seemed that Long Xuan was thinking of him, but in reality, he was asking himself that question.

He wanted to know if Essence Blood could be traded, and if so, what the price would be, so he could have a clear understanding of the situation.

To his surprise, Long Qilin was startled by his words and hurriedly waved his hand, exclaiming, "What are you thinking! How can you trade something like Essence Blood? If you try to trade it to her, she'll beat you to death!"

"Do you even know what Essence Blood is? Essence Blood isn't ordinary blood; it's the essence of a person's body, extremely rare. Only heart blood and virgin yin blood contain small amounts of Essence Blood."

"A person will suffer a great loss of vital energy once they lose their heart's blood. It doesn't matter if a virgin loses her yin blood, but it will greatly slow down her cultivation speed when practicing certain Cultivation Method."

"But neither of these blood types can be traded. If you dare to ask her for either of these blood types, believe me, you'll die a horrible death!"

Upon hearing this, Long Xuan immediately shrank back in fright, cold sweat pouring down his face, a wave of fear washing over him. Luckily, he had asked that extra question; otherwise, if he had actually gone to trade some kind of Essence Blood with Long Ziyan, he would have been completely doomed, with unimaginable consequences.

Therefore, this woman must not be touched; we must find another way to deal with her Divine Ability powers.

Suddenly, Long Qilin put his arm around Long Xuan's shoulder, leaned close, and chuckled, "Let's not talk about that anymore. It's your first time visiting the Long Family, so you're probably unfamiliar with many places, right? Come on, I'll be your tour guide and show you around, so you can experience the customs and culture of the Long Family."

As he spoke, Long Qilin put his arm around Long Xuan's shoulder and walked forward without saying another word, showing great enthusiasm.

So Long Xuan originally intended to extract the secret and then leave, but he found himself completely unable to leave. He underestimated Long Qilin's enthusiasm.

He didn't want to offend anyone, so he had no choice but to follow along.

Next, Long Qilin led Long Xuan on a tour of all the Lineage's locations. With him around, Long Xuan could go anywhere without hindrance, even into the most secret places. Thieves would be overjoyed to follow him.

Led by the Long Qilin, Long Xuan saw the Technique Transmission Hall, which is the place to learn Cultivation Method and spiritual arts. There are specialists to guide you, which can save you a lot of trouble.

Long Xuan secretly envied them. Rogue Cultivator have no one to guide them; they all fumble around on their own, unaware of where they've gone astray, and once they make a mistake, it could be a mistake for life.

After the Technique Transmission Hall, Long Xuan saw the Long Xuan Scripture Repository Tower. He was overjoyed to see it, his eyes shining. However, Long Qilin found it boring and dragged him away after a short while.

Afterwards, Long Xuan saw the Martial Hall, where many people were sparring and watching, making it very noisy.

After the Martial Hall is the Gu-Dueling Arena, where a group of people fight with Gu. The so-called Gu-fighting means that Gu cultivators do not participate; instead, the two sides use External Gu to fight one-on-one.

There are one-on-one sessions and many-on-many sessions. Some show-offs can even take on a whole group by themselves. It's more lively here, with even more people shouting and yelling.

Long Xuan arrived at the Long Family's Lineage school, where a group of children, including lolis and shota, were learning to read and write and gaining basic knowledge of the world under the guidance of their teacher.

Long Xuan was even more envious. Heaven knows that if he didn't have a clone, he wouldn't know any common sense, not even his geographical location on the world map, let alone the seemingly unimportant but actually very important history.

Soon Long Xuan arrived at the Mission Hall, which is where the Lineage posts missions. Individuals can also set rewards and post missions here. The mission for Old Long to guard Great Stone Village was accepted from here.

In the Long Family, only those who make significant contributions to the Lineage can receive various resources; otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste to support so many idle people? No one can eat for free in the Long Family.

Next, guided by Long Qilin Long Xuan went to many more places, each one opening his eyes to new sights. After half a day, they finally stopped at the last stop.

The last stop was the very center of the Long Family compound, where there was a Treasure Repository containing the vast majority of the Long Family's treasures. Upon arriving at this place, Long Xuan's eyes shone even brighter.

Then quickly go inside and check as fast as you can what treasures are there, to see if there's anything you need.

To make it easier for the members of the Long Family to exchange for the treasures, all the treasures were listed and posted on the walls inside the building, making them easy to see. At this moment, people gathered around each treasure list on the wall.

Everyone looked excited, their eyes filled with greed, pointing at the various treasures on the wall and whispering among themselves.

As a large clan, the Long Family has a lot of good things. There are many things that Long Xuan needs, such as the seeds of rare fourth-grade spirit medicine, which are not easy to collect.

Once inside, Long Xuan was completely rooted to the spot. His thieving eyes darted around, finally settling on a list of treasures. Once he saw the items on it, he couldn't take his eyes off them.

The inscription read, "Golden Crow Blood, obtained from the Luminous Jade Ancient Tomb, worth 50 million contribution points."

Upon seeing these four words, Long Xuan's breathing quickened. It was exactly what he needed— the Golden Crow Blood was the perfect ingredient for condensing the Golden Crow Manifestation!

Since Long Ziyan's blood is hard to obtain, the Golden Crow's blood is definitely a good choice for him.

This blood flows directly from the body of a divine beast, and its effect in condensing External Dharma Form is by no means inferior to the ninth-grade Essence Blood of a human.

It's important to know that the Divine Ability of the "Purgatory True Demon Art" are different from those of the "Reverse Dragon Art." The "Reverse Dragon Art" can only condense Divine Dragon Manifestation of varying strengths based on the purity of one's bloodline.

However, with his "Purgatory True Demon Art", he can condense an External Dharma Form with each level he cultivates, and he will have several dharma images as he cultivates to a certain level.

Now that he knows that condensing a Dharma body is related to the blood of powerful creatures, the blood of various divine beasts is naturally the more the better for him, and he will obtain it at any cost.

You must know that mythical beasts have been extinct in this world for countless millennia. The blood of the remaining mythical beasts is used up indefinitely, and now it is almost nonexistent.

This bottle of Golden Crow Blood is very likely the only one of its kind in the world. He has to get it no matter what, even if it means taking some risks. Long Xuan clenched his fist.

Upon noticing that all the treasures here could only be obtained using the Long Family's unique Family Contribution Points, he immediately looked at the Long Qilin who had followed him and eagerly asked, "How do I obtain contribution points?"