Chapter 956: Qingling Presents a Treasure

In recent years, no one in the Wang family who married was significant enough for Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan to officiate their wedding. Given their status, their willingness to officiate Wang Huaxin's wedding was a great fortune for him.

"Your grandson thanks you first, Ancestor, and for your immense kindness."

Wang Huaxin looked visibly excited, knelt down, and kowtowed twice with deep respect.

Wang Changsheng flicked his sleeve, and an invisible force gently lifted Wang Huaxin.

"You must remember your roots. Without exaggeration, as long as you strive, it won't be an issue for the family to cultivate you into a Core Formation cultivator."

Given Wang Huaxin's aptitude and with sufficient cultivation resources, his advancement to the Core Formation stage was only a matter of time.

Wang Huaxin promptly bowed, his expression filled with reverence.

After a brief chat, Wang Changsheng dismissed him.

"My dear, what did Fellow Daoist Liu tell you?"

Wang Ruyan shook her head and replied, "He claims he's here for our Nascent Soul Grand Ceremony, but I can't be sure he has no other motives. We should be outwardly relaxed but inwardly cautious. Many cultivators have come to attend this ceremony; there are hundreds of rogue cultivators alone, not to mention the nearby forces."

If their formation of the Nascent Soul hadn't caused unusual phenomena, it wouldn't have attracted the attention of so many forces.

"We'll meet any challenge head-on. Anyone who dares to cause trouble will find out if their bones are hard enough," Wang Changsheng said gravely, a cold glint in his eyes.

He and Wang Ruyan had completed their cultivation of divine abilities and secret arts, so they truly weren't afraid of other Nascent Soul cultivators. Working together, they should be able to contend with cultivators in the Mid-Nascent Soul stage.

Wang Changsheng himself had never fought against a Nascent Soul cultivator, so he wasn't entirely sure, but he didn't seek trouble and wasn't afraid of it.

A deafening dragon roar echoed as a colossal white flood dragon flew in, carrying Wang Qingling, Wang Qiuming, and Wang Mengbin on its head.

"Uncle Ninth, Aunt Ninth, we found something good to give you as a congratulatory gift."

Wang Qingling smiled sweetly, took out a green jade box, and handed it to Wang Changsheng with both hands.

Wang Changsheng nodded with satisfaction, opened the jade box, and saw a fist-sized silver stone with faint electric arcs flickering on its surface.

"Is this a Lightning Absorption Stone? Where did you get it?" Wang Changsheng asked with some surprise. The Lightning Absorption Stone was a relatively rare refining material capable of absorbing lightning. If refined into a magical treasure, it could weaken lightning-attributed divine abilities, and it could also be used to pass lightning tribulations.

If Wang Qingshan attempted to reach the Nascent Soul stage, the Lightning Absorption Stone could be used to withstand and weaken the power of the Nascent Soul lightning tribulation.

"We killed a mid-grade third-tier Flood Dragon Whale and found it inside its body," Wang Qingling explained. "This Flood Dragon Whale was a mutated beast, likely due to the Lightning Absorption Stone."

"Ancestor, it was all Grand Aunt's credit," Wang Mengbin said with a smile, humbly not mentioning himself. "If the Ice Wind Flood Dragon hadn't interfered underwater, the Flood Dragon Whale would have escaped long ago. Grand Uncle also contributed significantly; his Golden Moon Wheel magical treasure is truly powerful. The Flood Dragon Whale is known for its thick skin and tough flesh, but it still couldn't withstand it."

"Mengbin, you are too modest," Wang Qiuming said, revealing the truth and looking at Wang Mengbin with approval. "If you hadn't used your spirit art to gravely wound the Flood Dragon Whale, I wouldn't have succeeded."

Wang Mengbin was raised and taught by Wang Qiuhong and Wang Qiuxin. He was humble, and the clan elders all admired him greatly.

Wang Changsheng waved his hand and smiled. "Alright, stop arguing. All three of you contributed. The Lightning Absorption Stone is quite rare, so consider this a congratulatory gift from the three of you to us. You've worked hard. The Nascent Soul Grand Ceremony officially begins tomorrow, so the rest of you go back and rest! Qingling, stay."

Wang Qiuming and Wang Mengbin agreed and turned to leave.

"Qingling, I heard you cultivated another third-tier spirit beast?" Wang Ruyan asked, teaching patiently. "Your Aunt Ninth isn't against you raising spirit beasts, but you need to spend more time on your cultivation. Your fourth brother is an example, you know?" Wang Ruyan taught patiently. Wang Qingling had always liked cultivating spirit beasts; during the Qi Refinement stage, she had spent most of her cultivation resources on them.

"Aunt Ninth, you're talking about the Earth Dragon Worm, right?" Wang Qingling explained while releasing a yellow earthworm over thirty zhang long. "It's a spirit insect on the Heaven and Earth Strange Insect List, and it's very powerful in land battles. I don't just cultivate any spirit beast."

The earthworm's body was as thick as a water vat, its surface covered in palm-sized yellow scales, and its head had a pair of yellow dragon horns.

"It excels at earth evasion techniques and can burrow ten thousand zhang deep underground, making it perfect for finding metal ores. While Little White fights in the air, we rely on this one on land," Wang Qingling said, stroking the Earth Dragon Worm's head, her eyes full of excitement.

"But I heard you also cultivated a Black Sparrow."

Wang Jiyun and others had brought Black Sparrow eggs from the Zhoushan Secret Realm; Wang Jiyun and Wang Xiansheng each raised one, and Wang Qingling secretly raised another. Speaking of which, she had quite a collection of spirit beasts, spirit insects, and spirit birds.

Wang Qingling's cheeks flushed slightly, and she promised, patting her chest, "The Black Sparrow has high potential. I already have spirit beasts and spirit insects, I was just missing a spirit bird. Uncle Ninth, I promise I won't cultivate any new spirit beasts, truly."

Wang Changsheng sighed, took out a green porcelain bottle, and handed it to Wang Qingling. "Qiuhong had someone bid for a bottle of Spirit Nurturing Pills. Take it and feed it to the Black Sparrow! But remember, one is best. Your Aunt Ninth and I don't oppose you raising spirit beasts, but you need to understand your priorities and mustn't neglect your own cultivation for the sake of raising them."

"I understand, Uncle Ninth, I will diligently cultivate," Wang Qingling replied with a smile, accepting the Spirit Nurturing Pills.

Still a bit worried, Wang Changsheng gave her a few more instructions and told her to go back and rest.

Wang Qingling put away the Earth Dragon Worm and jumped onto the Ice Wind Flood Dragon's head.

"Let's go, Little White! Time to go home, there'll be more good food."

The Ice Wind Flood Dragon flew out of the reception hall and disappeared into the sky.

"Qingling is a very good child; she just loves spirit beasts too much. We need to keep an eye on her, otherwise, she might neglect her own cultivation. Qingqi is a prime example," Wang Ruyan said with a smile. Wang Qingqi, for instance, had wasted a lot of time trying to improve alchemy formulas and had almost died of old age while still in the Foundation Establishment stage.

Wang Changsheng nodded. "Indeed! If our sixteenth brother were still alive, he would surely be gratified. Several main ingredients for the Soul Forging Pill can only be found in a dangerous region in the Northern Frontier. Once others have grown stronger, we could send Qingling there. The Northern Frontier is mostly land, so the Earth Dragon Worm Qingling cultivated should be useful."

After forming their Nascent Soul, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan wouldn't need to personally handle everything; tasks like finding alchemy materials could be assigned to Wang Qingling and others.

Returning to their residence, Wang Changsheng extended his spiritual sense into the green seashell to comprehend the Nine Revolutions Soul Forging Technique.

Wang Ruyan was also comprehending the Nine Revolutions Soul Forging Technique. Their spiritual power or divine sense could temporarily stack, and the stronger their individual divine sense, the greater their combined strength when working together.