Eternal Life by Dual Cultivation

Chapter 529: Chapter 287: The Voracious Dao Companions...

Linsha Continent.

In Ling Qiyue’s Embroidery Tower, a group of Female Cultivators who had stayed behind were handling various affairs.

By now, there was a clear order within Ling Changqing’s harem. Each of the women had their own domain to manage, with distinct responsibilities and authority.

As a newly promoted, veteran Nascent Soul power, the Ling Family’s foundation was steadily growing stronger. With ambitions to advance even further, it was only natural to establish rules in all aspects, no longer operating as casually as before.

A territory spanning five sea regions was no small feat. On the Yuzhou Continent, the domain of an ordinary Nascent Soul power was typically smaller than even a single sea region.

Compared to land-based domains, oceanic territories often possessed richer resources. As a result, the Ling Family’s annual revenue was now on par with that of an ordinary Divinity Transformation power.

"...Our husband and the others have been gone for quite some time now!"

After a long moment, Ling Qiyue looked up and spoke softly. She was dressed in a bright yellow palace gown embroidered with a phoenix, sun, and moon motif, her hair styled with a Cloud Hairpin Phoenix. Her jade-like face was cold and bewitching, and she exuded a powerful and majestic aura.

Dressed in a vermilion hibiscus-patterned dress, the noble and beautiful Tang Qiu Yao set down the Jade Scroll in her hand and stretched contentedly. As she extended her voluptuous and alluring figure, her ample bosom nearly spilled out. She said:

"The Qinghao Continent is so far away from here. Making a round trip isn’t easy. If our husband and the others want to come back, I’m afraid we’ll have to wait another three to five years, won’t we?"

Ling Qiyue shot her an annoyed glare. "Our husband isn’t here. Who are you showing off for?"

Tang Qiu Yao’s beautiful face flushed slightly, and she huffed without saying a word.

Ling Yuzhu lifted her head, her jet-black hair cascading like a waterfall. With a ripple in her glistening eyes, she said in a soft, charming voice, "These days without our husband... forget three to five years, even one month is hard to endure!"

For Cultivators at the Nascent Soul True Monarch level, three to five years was truly nothing, equivalent to just two or three months for a mortal at most.

However, without Ling Changqing’s companionship and Dual Cultivation, the sense of loss and regret in the women’s hearts was hard to bear. The significant slowdown in their Cultivation speed was especially frustrating.

In other words, after having been with Ling Changqing, women like Tang Qiu Yao and Ling Yuzhu had tasted the forbidden fruit. Combined with being at an age where their desires were as fierce as wolves and tigers, they naturally didn’t hide their craving.

Women who have had a man are, in certain aspects, all quite similar. The Cultivator class was no exception.

"Alright, enough about that!"

Ling Qiyue shook her head and changed the subject. "What’s the situation in the surrounding sea regions? Has anything happened?"

In Ling Changqing’s absence, the stability of their territory was of utmost importance, and the women naturally dared not be careless.

Ling Yulu, dressed in a palace gown as black as ink and wearing a stern, unsmiling expression, spoke up:

"Everything is currently peaceful. All is calm within our five sea regions, and there’s no activity in the neighboring ones either. I’ve heard that some of the minor and medium-sized powers are even planning to send people over to pledge allegiance."

Ling Qiyue smiled. "No activity is good. All we need is to develop peacefully for now. As for those powers who want to pledge their loyalty... it doesn’t really matter. Let nature take its course."

The Ling Family, which controlled five sea regions and was overseen by multiple Nascent Soul True Monarchs, was now a paramount power in the coastal waters of Yuzhou. Basically, no one dared to provoke them lightly.

This was especially true after the alliance of eleven Nascent Soul powers came to test them, only for nothing to come of it. Anyone with half a brain understood that the Ling Family must have an even greater backer.

For those Small Clans and Minor Sects, who swayed like grass on a wall, coming to pledge their loyalty for the safety of their own foundations was only to be expected.

Of course, they wouldn’t come empty-handed. Each family would bring valuable gifts, such as various local specialty resources.

Over the past few months, representatives from over a hundred minor and medium-sized powers had visited one after another, which brought in another sizable sum for the Ling Family.

Ling Qiyue turned no one away, receiving each of these Envoys one by one. After all, it required nothing from the Ling Family, just a few kind words of reassurance.

Currently, the main task for the family’s upper echelons was to vigorously cultivate new talent, bolster the strength of the middle and lower ranks, and strengthen their control and management over their existing territories. Everything else could be postponed.

"By the way, what’s the situation with that Child of Destiny from the Primordial Demon Palace in Shunzhou?"

Ling Qiyue asked again.

The women were all well aware of this newly emerged Child of Destiny. For the Primordial Demon Palace to risk a large-scale war to promote such an impostor, their ambitions must be immense.

Ling Yulu’s expression turned grave, and she lowered her voice. "Fighting has already broken out in Shunzhou. It’s said that to protect the Child of Destiny, some of the Primordial Demon Palace’s reclusive old fossils have emerged and have even killed a number of High Rank Cultivators from the Xuanmen Orthodox Sects.

The situation is growing more and more tense. The powers in the surrounding major continents are showing signs of forming alliances, and even some of the major powers that were originally just watching are now eager to join forces and deal with the Primordial Demon Palace."

Regardless of whether the Child of Destiny is real or fake, once the various parties can no longer hold back and begin to clash, resulting in large-scale bloodshed, it will be difficult to resolve peacefully.

No power would be willing to let its Disciples be sacrificed for nothing. A blood debt can only be repaid in blood.

The deaths of multiple Divinity Transformation and Refining Void Powerhouses have gradually stoked the fury of the major powers’ upper echelons. Consequently, even more experts are rushing to the Primordial Demon Palace in Shunzhou, vowing to demand justice.

The Master of the Primordial Demon Palace, Daoist Monarch Qianhuan, was likewise unwilling to show weakness. He has been calling on friends and allies, gathering a large group of Demon and Evil Cultivator powerhouses to bolster his forces. It seems a full-scale war, the likes of which the Qingyao Continent hasn’t seen in several thousand years, is now imminent.