Longevity: My Cultivation Talent Can Refresh Chapter 312: Fellow Cultivator, Your Lingming Guos Are Ripe, Right? - Novel Cool

Chapter 312: Fellow Cultivator, Your Lingming Guos Are Ripe, Right?

Chapter 312: Fellow Cultivator, Your Lingming Guos Are Ripe, Right?

"The Lingming Guos are almost ripe?"

Hearing Bailing's words, Chu Ning's eyes lit up. He quickly strode towards a corner of the spirit herb garden.

For the past decade, the main reason he hadn't taken a step out of his cave abode was because of these Lingming Guos. After all, they were known to increase the chances of condensating a Nascent Soul.

Speaking of which, it had been about half a year since Chu Ning last checked on the fruits.

"So this is what Lingming Guos look like when they're about to ripen?"

At this moment, Chu Ning gazed at the spirit fruits, which looked completely different from the previous two Nascent Souls, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

While other spirit fruits grew bigger over time, the Lingming Guos shrunk. Chu Ning had noticed this before, and just before he went into seclusion, he had specifically collected some related information about the Lingming Guos.

It wasn't entirely unexpected. However, seeing the shape of the fully mature spirit fruits was another matter.

The two spirit fruits, which originally resembled Nascent Souls, had now condensed and shrunk by nearly eighty percent, taking on a long, gourd-like shape. The originally colorful spirit fruits had lost their colors and turned transparent, except for a tiny bit of white at the center that remained opaque.

"No wonder they're called Lingming Guos!"

Chu Ning marveled at the spirit fruits before him. When he first saw them, he thought that a name like 'Lingying Guo' would be more apt. Now he realized that the name was quite fitting.

"Judging from the appearance of the Lingming Guos, they should be fully ripe in about five days, right?" Chu Ning asked Bailling.

Bailling nodded, "Probably. Master, if you were to use the Mysterious Spring Technique, you would be able to sense it more clearly."

"They'll be ripe in five days," Chu Ning said as he nodded, "That's good. Once the Lingming Guos are ripe, I'll leave seclusion. It's been ten years, and it's about time I went out for a walk."

Hearing this, Bailling smiled cheekily and said, "That's wonderful! I, along with Big Jin and Little Jin, have been bored here for quite a while."

Chu Ning laughed at her words and said, "Before you formed your Golden Core, you were already restless. Why are you still so restless even after forming your core?"

Bailling blinked her eyes playfully but remained silent, her face filled with mirth.

As the two chatted, Chu Ning took a moment to check on his cultivation proficiency.

【Five Elements Chaos Technique (Middle-grade Heaven-rank), Second Layer (41,948/100,000)】

【Nine Transformations Body Refining Technique, Second Volume, Second Layer (33,085/90,000)】

【Refine God Technique, Fourth Layer (63,652/64,000)】

Over the past ten years, Chu Ning had focused most of his energy on the Five Elements Chaos Technique. This was mainly because he had certain limitations when it came to both body refining and spiritual cultivation.

In terms of body refining, Chu Ning had long stopped taking the spirit fruits and spirit herbs with primordial power that he had brought from Wuling Island. He only kept a small portion as a backup. Without that boost, although Chu Ning cultivated every day, his average progress amounted to about two points of improvement.

As for spiritual cultivation, considering that the Refine God Technique only had four layers, and Chu Ning didn't have any subsequent techniques, he wasn't in a rush to increase his cultivation level quickly.

Only the Five Elements Chaos Technique, when cultivated to the third layer, might allow him to advance to the late Golden Core stage.

So, for the past ten years, Chu Ning had not only been refining pills to assist in his cultivation but had also consistently taken the Snow Crystal Rejuvenating Essence. He would consume one to two drops every month.

Even so, his average daily cultivation proficiency only amounted to about ten points.

In ten years, his proficiency had not even reached half of the total required.

A breakthrough in the short term was unlikely, so there was no harm in going out for a while. Besides, he wanted to see how things had changed in the surrounding areas after a decade.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

Chu Ning and Bailling had already been guarding the Lingming Guo tree for a full day.

The Lingming Guos had peculiar characteristics. The spirit fruits had to be fully ripe before they could be picked; otherwise, their efficacy would be greatly reduced. Moreover, after picking them, one had to immediately store them in a wooden box made from the tree itself; otherwise, the spiritual power within the fruits would quickly dissipate.

And after the spirit fruits dropped, the spirit tree would wither and turn into mud within about three days.

Therefore, the timing of picking the Lingming Guos had to be just right.

Having waited for ten years, Chu Ning was naturally willing to spend a day waiting for them to ripen.

"They're ripe!"

Just then, the two Lingming Guos fell almost simultaneously.

Chu Ning's eyes and hands were quick, and he reached out to catch both fruits in almost the same instant.

He handed the Lingming Guos to Bailling to hold onto. Then, Chu Ning pulled out the spirit tree, roots and all, and opened his mouth to spit out the Wood Spirit Sword.

Fortunately, Chu Ning's flying swords were infused with black xuan gold, making them sharp enough for this task.

Soon, two suitably sized wooden boxes were made.

Chu Ning carefully placed each of the two spirit fruits, which had now turned completely transparent, into the boxes and breathed a sigh of relief as he stored them in his storage bag.

"Lingming Guo!" Chu Ning laughed.

"Back then, the demon race spread a lie about the Lingming Guo, luring countless cultivators into the Snow Mist Valley. In the end, many cultivators perished, and even two elders of the Illusion Spirit Sect only managed to escape with their Nascent Souls. Who would have thought that, in the end, I would be the one to benefit from it all?"

Bailing had already heard Chu Ning recount this story from long ago. She giggled softly and said, "If I hadn't been asleep back then, these spirit fruits would never have escaped my senses."

Chu Ning nodded, trusting the little guy's abilities.

Smiling at Bailing, he said, "We'll each have one of the two spirit fruits."

Bailing, who usually loved eating spirit fruits, shook her head with a playful smile.

"The main benefit of these Lingming Guo is for human cultivators like yourselves who are aiming to condense a Nascent Soul. Although I can transform into a human shape, I'm still a spirit beast, and these fruits won't have much effect on me. I can eat them, but it would be a bit of a waste."

Hearing this, Chu Ning immediately said, "Oh, then forget it. Let's not waste them."

Bailing: "..."

Seeing the look on her face, Chu Ning laughed and said, "Don't look at me like that. These fruits are precious, and since they won't be of much help to you, it's not a big deal to miss out on one tasty treat. Now, I'll take you out for a walk, but you should probably return to your original form and hide. It's best not to be too flashy. Oh, and when we get outside, if you want to transform into a human shape, don't call me Master. Just call me Young Master."

"Yes, Young Master!"

Bailing giggled softly, her body turning as she transformed back into her snowy white original form.

Instead of returning to the spirit beast bag, she directly burrowed into Chu Ning's sleeve.

Then, Chu Ning had the Snow Crystal Rejuvenating Essence transform and shrink, placing it into a jade box before storing it in his bag.

Only then did he walk out of the cave abode.

As for the other spirit herbs, Chu Ning didn't feel the need to be particularly cautious about them.

After leaving the cave, he sensed that Iceland Immortal City was no different from before.

On the upper level of the city, numerous cave abodes stood tall. Although many Golden Core solitary cultivators had perished in the Snow Mist Valley ten years ago, looking at the situation now, many of the cave abodes had their restrictions activated, indicating that they were occupied.

It seemed that over the past decade, quite a few Golden Core cultivators had made their way to the city.

"This may also have something to do with the situation in the surrounding seas," Chu Ning thought to himself. After all, there used to be some Golden Core solitary cultivators in the various seas.

But with the conflict between the human and demon races, they wouldn't have been completely unaffected.

Moreover, in the past ten years, there had also been cultivators who formed their Golden Cores in Iceland Immortal City.

Chu Ning sensed that there had been two instances of heaven and earth phenomena during this time.

As for the lower level of the city, it was as bustling as ever.

The group of Foundation Establishment cultivators who had entered the Snow Mist Valley made up only a small proportion of the total number of cultivators in the area.

Moreover, there were more Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators on the various islands, and many of them tended to gather in Iceland Immortal City.

Chu Ning didn't bother to look for Xi Minxia and instead headed straight out of the city.

"Bailing, let's go take a tour of the Boundless Sea first."

At this moment, Chu Ning naturally wouldn't speak aloud, but instead communicated with her via divine sense.

"Okay!"

Bailing's voice replied without hesitation.

"We've been in the mountains a lot lately."

As they communicated, Chu Ning soared into the sky, flying towards the Inner Sea.

In the past decade or so, with the worsening relationship between humans and demons, the danger level in the Central Sea Region was not much better than that of the Outer Sea.

Even Golden Core cultivators had to be cautious and travel in groups.

In comparison, the Inner Sea Region was naturally a safer choice.

Occasionally, there had been disturbances in the Inner Sea over the years as well.

However, with Golden Core cultivators stationed on the various islands, the demon beasts had become relatively more subdued.

With his strength, Chu Ning had little to worry about in the Inner Sea Region.

After flying for a while, Chu Ning patted his waist storage bag and released the two Golden Lightning Falcons.

"Screech!"

The two Golden Lightning Falcons had not experienced the joy of free flight in over ten years, so as soon as they were released, they let out happy cries.

They soared forward at high speed.

At this moment, Bailing also flew out from Chu Ning's sleeve.

With her thin, translucent wings flapping, she transformed into a beam of white light, catching up to the two falcons in the blink of an eye.

After flying like this for thousands of miles, Bailing seemed to have had enough fun.

Her body transformed directly into that of a young girl in mid-air, and she sat on one of the Golden Lightning Falcons, just like Chu Ning.

The two falcons had seen Bailing's human form in the cave abode before, so they weren't surprised at this moment.

"Hmm, Young Master, it feels so different sitting like this and flying," Bailing said with a look of wonder.

Chu Ning smiled at her words.

Spirit beasts and demon beasts might also be able to fly and move swiftly.

But for a cultivator to soar through the skies and look down upon all creation, this feeling might be something that spirit beasts could never truly understand.

Otherwise, with so many demon beasts having stronger base forms, why would they choose to transform into humans as soon as they reached the shape-shifting stage?

The two falcons flew aimlessly through the air.

After flying out for another thousand miles, Chu Ning's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he looked at a small island not far ahead.

He directed the two Golden Lightning Falcons to fly towards the island.

This was a small island that wasn't particularly abundant in spiritual energy, so no cultivators lived there.

Even the demon beasts were only of low rank, and they scattered in all directions or began to hide when they sensed the aura emanating from the two falcons and Chu Ning.

Chu Ning didn't bother to hunt them down. Instead, he casually found a spot to land and started meditating.

He put the Golden Lightning Falcons away into his spirit beast bag.

"Young Master, what's going on?" Bailing asked curiously from within Chu Ning's sleeve.

Chu Ning replied indifferently, "It's nothing. I'm just waiting for someone."

As he spoke, Chu Ning's gaze turned towards the sky in the direction from which they had come.

After about fifteen minutes, a streak of light silently approached the island.

However, it didn't rush to land.

The figure remained hidden in the air, with mist swirling around them.

If not for Chu Ning's keen senses and powerful divine sense, it would have been difficult to discover this person at first glance.

The figure in the air seemed to be searching for something as their divine sense swept over the island below.

If Chu Ning had used the Soul Hiding Technique, he wouldn't have been detected.

However, at this moment, Chu Ning intentionally refrained from using it and instead spoke up, "Fellow Daoist, since you've been following me all this way, why don't you come down and meet me?"

"Chu Daoist, you have sharp eyes and remarkable abilities."

Along with these words, an elderly voice rang out, and a figure emerged from the mist.

The person wore a gray robe, and his eyes were cloudy, making him look old and frail.

However, Chu Ning didn't dare to underestimate him at all.

This person was none other than the infamous Black Sha Old Demon, Situ Yan.

Although Chu Ning had his suspicions, when he truly saw the other's face, his eyes still flickered with surprise.

But he maintained a calm expression and asked, "Fellow Daoist Situ, you didn't just happen to pass by, did you?"

"No, I came here specifically to find you, Fellow Daoist Chu." Stu Yan's face even broke into a smile, a very benevolent one.

"You really know how to stay put, Fellow Daoist Chu. You haven't taken a single step out of your cave abode in ten years."

"You're quite patient yourself, Fellow Daoist Stu. You actually waited for ten years," Chu Ning replied nonchalantly.

At this moment, he was certain that this Stu Yan had come to Iceland Immortal City specifically for him back then.

But Chu Ning still couldn't understand why the other party would be interested in him.

"Ten years...heh," the Black Sha Old Demon still had a smile on his face.

But his cloudy eyes now held a gleam.

"For the Lingming Guos, I'd wait not just ten years but even a hundred if I had to."

Hearing Stu Yan's words, Chu Ning's heart skipped a beat.

What did this old demon mean? How did he know about the Lingming Guos in his possession?

Although Chu Ning was shocked, his face remained calm.

He waited quietly for the other party to continue.

Sure enough, seeing that Chu Ning didn't respond, Stu Yan fixed his gaze on him and said expectantly, "Fellow Daoist hasn't left your cave abode for the past ten years, so you must have been cultivating those Lingming Guos, right? And now that you've suddenly emerged, they must be ripe?"

Chu Ning looked at the other's aged face and wondered how he knew about this matter.

After all, he had never let anyone know about the Lingming Guos he obtained.

However, Chu Ning still didn't admit it easily.

Instead, he said, "Fellow Daoist Stu, what are you talking about? I don't understand."

(End of Chapter)

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