"Gao Yuan, guard the cave well. Kill anyone who dares to break into this cave at this time!" Inside the Ling family's main residence, Ling Dong lowered his head and entered a newly dug cave, giving such an order!
"Yes, Young Master!" Gao Yuan's reply was as firm as usual. However, this was the first time he had heard such an order. His eyelids twitched a few times as a small black hammer silently appeared in Gao Yuan's hand. Gao Yuan gripped the hammer tightly.
For so many years, this was the first time Gao Yuan had heard such a strict order from Ling Dong in the family. It could be imagined that what Ling Dong was going to do now was very important.
"What kind of important thing is it?" Such a thought flashed through Gao Yuan's mind, and then disappeared instantly. His eyes flickered with cold light, constantly scanning the front. Gao Yuan's Divine Movement Power, which had been strengthened by Ling Dong several times, also spread out like water, making the most extreme vigilance!
Stepping into the cave, Ling Dong stepped forward in the misty green brilliance of the luminous pearls inlaid on the ceiling. His nose twitched slightly, sniffing the fresh smell of the soil in the cave. The jade talisman in his hand flashed brilliantly, releasing waves of talisman power, which silenced the defensive formation that had just sensed the intruder.
Not long after Ling Dong released the clansmen, he arranged for the loyal elites of the clan to dig this cave. A part of it was dug by Gao Yuan, who was now exhausted, under the guidance of Ling Dong.
For a Heaven-gang Realm expert, with the help of an Interspatial Ring, it was very easy to dig such a one-mile long tunnel. As for the formations in the tunnel, they were arranged one by one by the formation master assigned to the Ling family by the Residence of Constellation Lord of Heaven in the Wood Sprite Realm.
Including the supporting and solidifying formations, the defensive formations, and the warning formations in the seclusion quiet room at both ends of the tunnel, they were all arranged by the formation master of the clan named Quan Zhi.
Although Ling Dong knew a little about alchemy, formations, talisman, and weapon forging, and even his attainments in formations were not necessarily inferior to Quan Zhi's, the formation master of the Residence of Constellation Lord of Heaven in the Wood Sprite Realm.
However, Ling Dong understood the principle of not biting off more than one could chew. It was better to specialize in one than to blossom everywhere. Therefore, Ling Dong already had a formation master, talisman master, and weapon forging master for the clan. As for alchemy, Yuan Chen and Ling Dong himself were definitely not bad.
If Quan Zhi, the formation master assigned to Ling Dong by the Residence of Constellation Lord of Heaven, was not bad in terms of aptitude and only lacked practical experience or formation know-how, Ling Dong did not mind teaching Quan Zhi the serial formation know-how he had obtained in the Heavenly Dipper Continent. He would even focus on grooming Quan Zhi.
The formation in this cave could be considered Ling Dong's test for Quan Zhi.
"Not bad. Being cautious and meticulous is the basic quality of an excellent formation master. Quan Zhi set up more than three hundred formations in ten days without making a single mistake. He can be considered excellent!
Moreover, the defensive formations in each quiet room can actually unify the energy supply points in one place, greatly reducing the consumption of Reiki needed to maintain the formation. He has indeed put in a lot of effort. "
Ling Dong kept praising Quan Zhi as he patrolled the one-mile long tunnel in the cave. Di Nankun had not lied to him about this.
The talents assigned to him were the most outstanding talents within the scope of his authority. For example, although the formation master Quan Zhi could barely set up a Human Spiritual Formation, he was definitely one of the best among the formation masters who could set up a Human Spiritual Formation.
"This Quan Zhi is not bad. I'll take him! As for loyalty, I've even brought his family here. There's no need to be afraid of loyalty … "Ling Dong murmured softly. He glanced at the hundred or so quiet rooms on both sides of the tunnel. He casually glanced at the numbers of the rooms on both sides of the tunnel and walked into the quiet room numbered thirty-seven on the left.
Quiet room thirty-seven was no different from the hundred or so tunnels here. It was only three square meters in size and could only accommodate one person to cultivate in seclusion.
"It's here …" Ling Dong's eyes narrowed as they landed on the ordinary-looking pendant hanging on his chest. He called out softly, "Residence of Ten Thousand Stars, appear!"
A palm-sized house appeared in Ling Dong's palm, which was emitting a faint light and was faintly showing the house's terrace.
What was different from usual was that the aura and movement of the Myriad Stars House that was usually hidden within were all released. From afar, it looked like a dazzling treasure.
Ling Dong didn't seem to have done anything, but his extended middle finger suddenly split open. A huge drop of blood floated out. Under Ling Dong's gaze, it suddenly dripped into the Myriad Stars House.
Just as this drop of blood merged into the Myriad Stars House, Ling Dong shouted softly, "Blood and Soul, appear!"
Instantly, the Myriad Stars House shone brightly. Blood Qi, green Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, and silver radiance shot out from the Myriad Stars House. At the same time, a beam of Divine Soul Brilliance that was refined to the extreme also shot out from Ling Dong's eyes and merged into the Myriad Stars House!
As these four beams of brilliance merged together, the Starfall Disk in Ling Dong's Sea of Consciousness suddenly spun. It flew out from Ling Dong's Sea of Consciousness and flew above the Myriad Stars House and spun gently.
With this spin, the four intertwined beams of brilliance suddenly left the Myriad Stars House and turned into a circular rose-colored halo. In the halo, lines of various colors intertwined, revealing a mysterious fluctuation.
"Blood and Soul, descend!" With a soft shout, the quiet room suddenly exploded with brilliance. Ling Dong's Myriad Stars House's Zhou Tian Star Formation and Qiu Bu Tian Dao Formation lit up at the same time, shooting out a beam of brilliance that merged into the circular rose-colored halo.
The rose-colored halo suddenly sank and landed on the bluestone in the quiet room. Rings of rose-colored halo spread out and engraved the lines of the rose-colored halo into the interior of the bluestone. It was brilliant and colorful.
"Freeze!"
The moment the word "freeze" was uttered, the halo circulating in the bluestone on the ground suddenly exploded and then suddenly extinguished. The bluestone on the ground also became ordinary.
"Phew, it's done!" Seeing that the Blood and Soul had completely disappeared, Ling Dong breathed a sigh of relief. Ling Dong had no choice but to be extremely cautious about any actions related to the Myriad Stars House.
After an hour, Ling Dong looked at the eighty carefully selected family elites standing in front of him. There were no problems with their loyalty, and his expression was extremely cold.
Among these eighty carefully selected family elites, only forty-four people were from the Ling family. Including Ling Zibai and Ling Le 'er, who were personally selected by Ling Dong, the other thirty-six people were all guards who had been loyal to the Ling family for generations.
These eighty people had been carefully selected by Ling Dong. Their loyalty, aptitude, and family history were all examined. In the entire Ling family, out of more than sixteen hundred people who met Ling Dong's criteria, only eighty people were selected. Ling Dong wanted to personally create the Ling family elites!
Ling Dong raised his hand, and in a flash of brilliance, hundreds of brilliance floated in front of the eighty Ling family elites. In front of each of them were five items, five bottles of elixirs, and a jade talisman!
"You just need to listen. Five bottles of elixirs, all of which are Tiger Wolf Heaven Primary Elixirs. One Tiger Wolf Heaven Primary Elixir is equivalent to half a month's hard work for a Heaven Dipper Realm expert. Each of you will have sixty elixirs!
"One month, I will only give you one month's time. No matter what kind of cultivation you have now, if you can't break through to the peak of the Heaven Dipper Realm within a month, then I will take back the talisman in front of you! "
When Ling Dong's voice fell, the eighty shocked Ling family elites involuntarily focused their eyes on the jade talismans floating in front of them. However, the shock and doubt in their eyes were constantly surging. Most of them were at the second or third level of the Heaven Dipper Realm. Was it possible to break through to the peak of the Heaven Dipper Realm within a month?
Ling Dong didn't explain too much to their doubts. He just said lightly, "In the family's secret mansion, the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi is twelve times denser than in the Wood Puppet World and twenty times denser than in the Heaven Dipper Continent. In addition, there are the best auxiliary formations operating at all times. It is enough to increase your cultivation speed by ten to twenty times or even higher than in the Heaven Dipper Continent!"
When Ling Dong's words fell, more than eighty family elites' eyes widened instantly. The family's secret mansion could only be entered with the monthly allowance of a Rank Seven Martial Artist?
"30 days from today, I will test your results! Those who don't meet the requirements will have their family's secret mansion talismans taken back! You just have to enter the No. 37 quiet room in order! "
Ling Dong's last sentence woke the eighty elites up. In just a few breaths, they had fully understood the importance of the jade talismans in their hands.
They weren't stupid. They understood that the Young Patriarch was training them. If they could achieve the Young Patriarch's goal, their status in the family would definitely skyrocket.
Therefore, although they didn't digest the information that the Young Patriarch Ling Dong said, these eighty elite warriors still rushed into the so-called family's secret mansion.
"If anyone dares to leak the information here to anyone else, they will be stripped of their qualifications and thrown into the family prison!"
Ling Dong's warning only made those family elites pause for a moment. They rushed into the No. 37 quiet room one by one with the family's secret mansion talismans in their hands. The moment they stepped in, a red light flashed under their feet and they disappeared instantly!
In the next moment, the disappeared Ling family elites appeared in the Myriad Star Palace, where the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi condensed into a dense green fog.
"Gao Yuan, you also go in and cultivate. I don't need to say your request. Half a month!" With a flick of his hand, Ling Dong tossed a specially made jade talisman to Gao Yuan. As for elixirs, Gao Yuan was Ling Dong's personal attendant. How could Gao Yuan lack these kinds of low-grade elixirs that Yuan Chen could refine in a day?
This Blood and Soul was a door to the outside world for the Myriad Star Palace in the Ling family's Myriad Stars House. No matter where Ling Dong was, as long as Ling Dong didn't leave this world, all warriors who held the mansion talisman and stepped into the Blood and Soul could be directly teleported to the corresponding location in the Myriad Star Palace.
When leaving, as long as they willed it, they would be sent back to the No. 37 quiet room.
This was also a method that Ling Dong had no other choice. Ling Dong could not possibly act like a nanny every day, sending a group of people in to cultivate and then send them out after they finished cultivating. Fortunately, the Ten Thousand Star Palace's First Step Heavenly Dao Grand Array had such a portal teleportation array. Otherwise, Ling Dong would have a headache.
Unfortunately, the Myriad Star Palace could only accommodate a maximum of 108 people cultivating at the same time. With the limited number of higher-ups in the Ling family, Yuan Chen, Chu Fangyue, Guan Xingzi, and the others, as well as the criminal army and these 80 people, they took up nearly 100 spots. Sending in 80 people was the limit!
Seeing Gao Yuan's figure disappear, Ling Dong murmured softly, "I have to go and cultivate too. My Soul should be able to break through today!"
Although he said that, Ling Dong's mind flashed with the image of the strange Grade 4 Spirit Vein core that was now listed as a forbidden area in the family!
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