Eternal Life by Dual Cultivation

Chapter 414 - 242: Zhao Wanyi: Is There Any Woman You Wouldn’t Dare to Take?

Ling Changqing smiled faintly.

"..."

Zhao Wanqing was stunned for a long moment before it dawned on her. "So many? Junior Brother, are you really that lecherous?"

Ling Changqing felt no guilt. "I don’t have any other interests. This is pretty much my only hobby!"

"Heh! So, Junior Brother, are you thinking about having my sister and I join you too? Or maybe even our mother..."

Zhao Wanyi said with a half-smile.

"I’m not! Don’t just say things like that!"

Naturally, Ling Changqing wasn’t about to admit to it.

"As if!"

Zhao Wanyi huffed. ’With this guy’s character, is there any woman he wouldn’t dare to take?’

They instinctively believed that Ling Changqing was telling the truth. Upon learning that he was already "taken," a sense of loss and melancholy was inevitable.

But then again, with Ling Changqing’s outstanding qualities, it would be strange if no one was after him. They figured many of those fox spirits must have made their move on him long ago.

’Could it be... that my sister and I can only be one of many?’

The thought was too vexing. They were both "heaven’s favored daughters" in the eyes of others; it was only natural for them to be proud and ambitious.

At this thought, Zhao Wanqing’s interest in Ling Changqing waned a little.

But her older sister, Zhao Wanyi, was thinking more deeply. ’The family is currently facing internal strife and external threats. If we can’t get on good terms with a rare potential ally like Ling Changqing, what will we do in the future?’

’Besides, if this guy can even make a Nascent Soul True Monarch commit to him, and willingly share him with numerous other female cultivators, he must be hiding an even greater secret, right?’

’If he can really help resolve our family’s internal and external crises, then this matter isn’t out of the question.’

Zhao Wanyi didn’t doubt her intuition, and she also trusted her mother’s judgment. Therefore, she decided to observe him a while longer.

Ling Changqing had no idea his one sentence had sparked so much inner drama for them. His expression remained calm as he controlled the temperature of the Spirit Flame, unhurriedly performing his alchemy.

"...Don’t you two Senior Sisters want to give the Alchemy Dao a try?"

A moment later, Ling Changqing formed a few hand seals for a Spirit Technique and increased the input of Spiritual Qi, taking a moment from his busy work to speak to the sisters.

Zhao Wanyi shook her head. "We were tested for it before. We have a little talent for Artifact Refining, but nothing else. So there’s no need to waste time and resources."

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to learn a few more suitable Art Skills; her own aptitude just didn’t allow for it.

Ling Changqing smiled. "Having a talent for the Artifact Dao is actually a pretty good result!"

In fact, most cultivators only master a single Art Skill, or even have no talent for them at all, specializing only in fighting and killing.

Furthermore, studying any Art Skill requires a vast amount of resources and time, which the vast majority of cultivators simply can’t afford to squander.

Wasting too much energy and resources on these side disciplines would inevitably hinder the improvement of their cultivation. They might even find it difficult to advance a realm before their lifespan runs out. Most cultivators have faced such a painful choice.

An all-rounder cultivator like Ling Changqing, who could master multiple Art Skills without hindering his cultivation progress, was as rare as a phoenix feather.

"What about you, Junior Brother?"

Zhao Wanqing blinked her beautiful, shimmering eyes and said with a grin, "From the way you talk, it seems you’re not just skilled in the Alchemy Dao, are you?"

Ling Changqing hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "That’s right. I have a certain level of skill in Talismans, Arrays, and the Celestial Secret Art and Divination Domain. The only thing I haven’t gotten into is Artifact Refining."

The main reason is that I haven’t had a suitable Artifact Refiner to guide me. Otherwise, with the help of the Era Star Palace, it wouldn’t be difficult to reach Third Grade high rank. It would just be a matter of sacrificing a few hundred years of my lifespan.

"Is that true?"

Zhao Wanyi’s expression changed slightly as she asked in disbelief.

"Why don’t you test me and find out?"

Ling Changqing smiled. It was impossible to fake something like this, and he never intended to deceive them.

"That’s true. I believe what you’re saying, Junior Brother."

Zhao Wanyi nodded lightly, her internal assessment of Ling Changqing’s abilities rising even higher.

’This guy’s true Bone Age isn’t much older than ours, yet his Cultivation Level is nearly the same, and he’s mastered four important Art Skills. What kind of monstrous talent is that?’

"Junior Brother Ling, what grade is your Spirit Root? Can you tell us?"

Zhao Wanqing asked hesitantly.

"Bottom Grade Celestial Rank, complete with all Five Elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth."

Ling Changqing held nothing back.

"I see. So it’s a level higher than my sister’s and mine!"

Zhao Wanyi let out a soft breath, her expression growing a little complicated.

She and her sister had Earth Grade Superior Spirit Roots, as did Shangguan Qingying. Under normal circumstances, it wouldn’t be difficult for them to reach Nascent Soul Peak.

A Celestial Grade Spirit Root was exceedingly rare. The expected achievement for someone with one was usually reaching the Divinity Transformation Realm, or perhaps an even higher realm.

Although Spirit Root Talent doesn’t completely determine a cultivator’s ultimate achievement in life, it’s entirely possible to defy fate with some great fortuitous encounter.

However, for the vast majority of cultivators, Spirit Root Talent was the most important criterion for judgment.

When the upper echelons of major powers selected Immortal Seeds for special nurturing, they usually used Spirit Root Talent as the key consideration. There were other factors, of course, but they weren’t the main ones.

’No wonder this guy is so popular with female cultivators,’ Zhao Wanyi mused to herself.

And so, as time quietly passed, Ling Changqing chatted idly with them while tossing batches of medicinal herbs into the Pill Furnace, which were then successively refined into various Grade Two and Grade Three Elixirs.

By the time a month had passed, all the medicinal herbs Ling Changqing had on hand were used up.

"Junior Brother Ling, you didn’t fail a single time, and your alchemy efficiency has improved quite a bit. It’s truly..."