Eternal Life by Dual Cultivation-Chapter 178 - 143: Bai Qingyi: No one is to have any designs, except me

Chapter 178: Chapter 143: Bai Qingyi: No one is to have any designs, except me

Three days and nights passed quietly in the Scripture Hall.

"...Your Highness, time is up!"

An old man with a long beard, a golden robe, and unfathomably deep eyes appeared like a phantom several dozen feet away, his expression blank as he spoke.

Luo Qingxuan paused. Her enchanting, jade-like arm snaked around Ling Changqing as she turned her head and said, "I know. We’re leaving now!"

The three days had not been wasted. Ling Changqing had already selected the Cultivation Method Scriptures that suited him.

Otherwise, she would have had to go pout, act cute, and throw a tantrum in front of her Father King to fight for a few more days.

After leaving the Scripture Hall, Luo Qingxuan wished to avoid any further trouble and took Ling Changqing to the chambers of her Mother Queen, Bai Qingyi.

In the princess’s eyes, this was the only place that was truly her own turf, a place where she didn’t have to worry about her brothers and sisters scheming in the shadows.

Within the lavish and exquisite palace hall, beautiful Palace Maids stood silently everywhere—beneath the colonnades, behind folding screens, and beside incense burners.

Bai Qingyi, dressed in a magnificent long gown that trailed on the floor, exuded an air of nobility, beauty, and dignified grace. She leaned against her throne, a smile on her face as she watched her daughter walk in side-by-side with the handsome, purple-robed youth.

"You’re back?"

Bai Qingyi’s smile was radiant. "I trust you’re satisfied with your haul?"

Ling Changqing nodded. "Very much so. I must thank you again for your help, Mother Queen."

The foundation accumulated by the Deep Sea Dragon Race over tens of thousands of years, and the vast collection of scriptures and secret manuals it held, were truly beyond anything the ordinary major powers of the Human Race’s Cultivation Realm could hope to match.

Ling Changqing was certain that even the combined libraries of the Nine Great Families of Yuzhou and all the other top-tier powers would not necessarily compare to that of the Deep Sea Dragon Race.

Bai Qingyi smiled sweetly. "As long as you’re satisfied. What do you plan to do next? How about you have Qingxuan, that girl of mine, show you around the territory? This will be your home from now on, after all."

As the saying goes, a mother-in-law grows fonder of her son-in-law the more she sees him.

The father-in-law, on the other hand, is naturally destined to be at odds with the son-in-law.

Therefore, Bai Qingyi made no mention of Ling Changqing going to pay his respects to the Dragon Race Leader. Besides, her husband had already seen him through the Nine Dragon Celestial Gazing Mirror, so there was no need for such a redundant gesture.

Ling Changqing glanced at Luo Qingxuan beside him and said thoughtfully, "I would still like to enter Cultivation in Seclusion for a while first. I will come out to accompany Qingxuan when she is ready to enter the Dragon Transformation Pool and undergo the Thunder Tribulation Baptism. Would that be alright?"

Now that his overflowing Destiny had netted him several High rank Techniques, he certainly couldn’t let them sit idle. He had to begin practicing and comprehending them as soon as possible to increase his Cultivation and strength.

This territory of the Deep Sea Dragon Race was no peaceful, idyllic paradise. Without sufficient Cultivation to protect himself, he couldn’t dream of controlling his own fate.

Bai Qingyi nodded. "That is perfectly reasonable. So be it. Have Qingxuan, that girl of mine, accompany you."

Luo Qingxuan frowned and asked, "Mother Queen, my restless brothers and sisters... has the Father King warned them?"

She still held a grudge over Luo Qingyu’s earlier provocation and was certain he wouldn’t give up so easily. Who knew what kind of schemes and plots he was brewing next.

The smile on Bai Qingyi’s face faded slightly. "That bunch of youngsters, along with their mothers, have been running to your Father King in droves these past few days!

"But you don’t need to worry. As long as I am here, they can’t stir up any significant trouble."

The thought of the disgusting faces of those women in the rear palace made Bai Qingyi’s anger flare.

Those foolish women had little real ability and only knew how to scheme and backstab.

Ling Changqing was her own daughter’s opportunity. Besides herself, no one else could even think of laying a finger on him.

Luo Qingxuan snorted coldly. "Once I pass the Thunder Tribulation Baptism, my Cultivation is bound to advance further. We’ll see what they have to compete with me then!"

"Mm, that’s for certain."

Bai Qingyi beamed. With Ling Changqing around, she had no worries about her daughter’s breakthrough.

After they spoke for a while longer, Luo Qingxuan finally left with Ling Changqing.

This time, they didn’t take a carriage. The two used a Teleportation Array within the palace and returned to their territory in an instant.

A Maid came to report that the Eldest Princess, the Ninth Prince, and the Fifteenth Prince had all sent people with invitations for Luo Qingxuan and Ling Changqing to attend banquets.

"Turn them all down. Don’t accept a single one!"

Luo Qingxuan’s voice was cold.

Those banquets were never just banquets. It was obvious what her siblings were after—they were all aiming for Ling Changqing.

"Also, from now on, seal the palace gates. Apart from the Mother Queen’s people, we will see no outside guests whatsoever!"

Luo Qingxuan commanded. The maids immediately acknowledged the order and departed.

"Alright, my love. Let’s go to the Secret Hall now,"

Luo Qingxuan said softly, turning her face to the youth.

Ling Changqing nodded, and together they went to the Secret Hall dedicated to Cultivation in Seclusion.

Beneath the main hall lay a massive High grade Spirit Vein, upon which a huge Array had been set up. It could flexibly adjust the concentration of the Essence of Spiritual Qi, with a range from Rank One all the way to Rank Four High Grade being no issue.

Luo Qingxuan handed the Jade Pendant that controlled the Array Restriction to Ling Changqing, explained the important details, and left him a batch of Elixirs before she withdrew.

Ling Changqing sat cross-legged on the Cloud Bed and took out the four Cultivation Method Scriptures he had chosen.

The first was twelve dark, pagoda-shaped tablets that seemed neither gold nor iron, jade nor stone. This was the True Understanding of the Sword Dao.

It was a Middle Grade Earth level technique in the Sword Cultivation Domain, but due to being incomplete, it could now only be considered Low Grade Earth level.

Next were seven clear, black crystals, each about a foot square and half an inch thick, glowing with a faint, profound light. They were covered in sand-grain-sized characters from the Ancient Celestial Book.

This was a Water Element Technique: the Supreme Profound Oceanic Soft Water Technique, a Middle Grade Earth level technique.

With this better technique, Ling Changqing no longer planned to continue cultivating the Profound Truth Black Water Scripture.

The third technique was a three-foot-tall Golden Body Dharma Statue. Its surface was covered with depictions of meridians and acupoints, showing the path of Spiritual Qi circulation. In the blank spaces, numerous awe-inspiring characters with the heads of dragons and tails of phoenixes appeared.

This was a Body Cultivation Technique: the Long Xiang Fan Brahma Scripture, a Low Grade Earth level technique.

With this, there was no longer any need to continue practicing the original Vajra Tula Demon Suppression Technique.

The final technique was the Langhuan Celestial Essence Secret Manual, which could refine pure Magical Power and significantly increase the total upper limit of Magical Power a Cultivator could hold in their body. It was a Middle Grade Earth level technique.

Ling Changqing was certain that even with the resources of the Nine Great Families of Yuzhou, they would be hard-pressed to find any scriptures or secret manuals in their vaults that could compare to these four techniques. At best, they might have something close.

Ling Changqing committed the four techniques to memory, consumed several Elixirs, then calmed his mind and, with practiced ease, entered a state of deep enlightenment.

「One month passed in a flash.」

By the time this session of secluded cultivation came to an end, Ling Changqing’s strength had undergone a remarkable change.

Within his sea of consciousness, a message suffused with a mysterious Dao Rhyme silently appeared:

[Master of the Era Star Palace: Ling Changqing]

[Bone Age: 33/314]

[Cultivation: Middle stage Foundation Establishment]

[Destiny: 107+245]

[Blessed Fortune: 193+214]

[Physique: 48]

[Root Bone: 47]

[comprehension: 58]

[Divine Soul: 127]

[Alchemy Dao: 17363/30000 (Second Rank Low Grade)]

[Primary Cultivation Technique: Supreme Profound Oceanic Soft Water Technique (1st Floor) 278/20000]

[Primary Cultivation Technique: Taiyin Moonlight Divine Heart Refining Scripture (1st Floor) 9713/30000]

[Sword Cultivation Technique: True Understanding of the Sword Dao (1st Floor) 335/30000]

[Primary Cultivation Technique: Langhuan Celestial Essence Secret Manual (1st Floor) 311/30000]

[Body Cultivation Technique: Long Xiang Fan Brahma Scripture (1st Floor) 217/12000]

[Spirit Root: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Bottom rank Earth Grade 9776/30000]

[Noble: Ling Qiyue/Fu Yin Xue/Shentu Hong/Xue Qingtan]

[Noble: ?]

[Dao Companion: Tang Qiu Yao/Ling Qiyue/Ling Bingyun/Luo Qingxuan]

He had successfully begun practicing all four of his newly chosen techniques. The improvement to his strength was obvious, with significant changes from his physical body to his Divine Soul.

Although he had not yet reached the Late stage Foundation Establishment, Ling Changqing estimated that his actual combat power had more than doubled compared to before his seclusion. Such was the power of High rank Techniques.

As time went on, the gap in combat strength between Ling Changqing and other cultivators at the same Realm would gradually widen.

Even the core disciples from Divinity Transformation powers would not necessarily be able to compare with him.

’...If I did nothing else and just stayed in the Dragon Race’s territory to cultivate in seclusion for thirty to fifty years, I might be able to reach the Golden Core Master Realm directly.’

Ling Changqing mused to himself. After all, there was no lack of resources here; it was the most ideal blessed land one could hope for.

But the moment he thought of Ling Qiyue, Tang Qiu Yao, and the other women waiting for him back on Changqing Continent, he dismissed the idea.

’Perhaps, after I help Luo Qingxuan safely pass her Thunder Tribulation Baptism, I should find a way to leave.’