Ling Xiang smiled confidently, "I made a slip of the tongue. It's not about training troops, but about training guards for the Marquis' Mansion. According to regulations, the mansion can have 300 guards. Adding the shop assistants and the helpers at the farm, we can train 500 guards without any problem. Whether these 500 guards can provide security for the mansion depends on you uncles!"
"Recruiting and training guards is a very expensive undertaking..." Lian Cailiang had already looked at the account books of the Marquis' Mansion and knew that the current financial situation of the Marquis' Mansion was not optimistic, so he was very worried.
Ling Xiang knew that the Marquis' Mansion was short of money. She took out the pills made with the instrument and the elixir she had refined: "I've already thought about it. I'll open a medicine shop. I'll sell pills openly, but I'll actually find a way to sell elixirs. Of course, this has to be done in secret."
Everyone was surprised and suspicious: "Miss, do you have a source of elixirs?"
"My master is very good at refining pills." Ling Xiang was very confident. "In the future, I will also learn to refine pills!"
It’s not that he doesn’t trust Lian Cailiang and others, but she has to keep a low profile and not expose her talent. Fabricating a master can save her a lot of trouble.
"This way, we'll have money to train our guards."
Next, Ling Xiang told everyone about the plan in detail. Not only should they vigorously train their own people, but they should also spare no effort to improve everyone's strength. For this purpose, a reward plan was specially formulated. Anyone who made contributions to the Zhenguo Hou Mansion could exchange them for the necessary training materials.
From now on, Ling Xiang will no longer fight alone, the Marquis of Zhenguo Mansion will be her strong backing.
After discussing everything, it was already late at night. Everyone dispersed and Aunt Wu was left alone in Ling Xiang's yard. She thought for a long time and finally decided to confess to Ling Xiang now.
She pulled Ling Xiang into the house, locked the door, took a deep breath, and used some hand gestures to cast a few restrictions.
"Aunt Wu, are you a cultivator?" Ling Xiang was shocked.
Not to mention that it was not mentioned in the original book, even the former members of the Ling family army, who had lived with her for so many years, did not know that their fifth sister-in-law could actually cast spells!
Aunt Wu nodded: "Since the young lady is learning alchemy, it means that the young lady has found the secret manual left by the young lady and embarked on the path of cultivation."
Ling Xiang nodded and waited quietly for her next words.
Aunt Wu took out a jade bottle, poured out the pill inside and swallowed it. Soon, her appearance changed in front of Ling Xiang, and her temperament also changed greatly.
Although she is not stunningly beautiful, but if she walks out like this now, people will believe she is a princess!
"My name is Feng Xiaoyun, and it was the young lady who gave me this name. To be precise, you shouldn't follow the Ling family army and call me Fifth Aunt, but should follow your mother and call me Aunt Yun."
Ling Xiang was shocked for a long time, then came to her senses and immediately followed suit: "Auntie Yun."
"Hey!" Feng Xiaoyun was very relieved to hear this: "Little Miss, actually, your mother and I are not from this continent."
"Ah?" Ling Xiang was surprised: Could it be that they also came from a book?
"We are from Xianyun Continent. The cultivators here call our place the Upper Realm. My real name is Feng Wanqing. I am the eldest daughter of the Feng family, one of the three major families in Xianyun Continent. By chance, a teleportation array was triggered and I was transported to Jialing Continent, where I met your father."
"So, my parents didn't die, but went back, right?" Ling Xiang guessed.
Feng Xiaoyun shook her head: "I don't know. At that time, the young lady and her husband received the emperor's secret order to go to the Fuxian Secret Realm to search for the Lingxiao Immortal Soul, and entrusted your young life to me.
"I don't know what happened to them in the secret realm. Before the news of their disappearance spread, I received the last message from the young lady, asking me to take good care of you. After that, I couldn't contact her."
"So, Aunt Yun, why don't you go back?" Ling Xiang didn't understand.
Feng Xiaoyun sighed: "Actually, the young lady also thought about taking me and my uncle back, but we never found the teleportation array."
"Is there no other way to go back?"
"Yes, if you cultivate to the level of Immortal Venerable and survive the thunder tribulation, you can ascend to the upper realm."
Next, Feng Xiaoyun explained to Ling Xiang in detail some things related to cultivation in Jialing Continent.
The spiritual energy in Jialing Continent is not abundant, and people with the wisdom to practice cultivation are extremely rare. People who practice cultivation are called cultivators. The levels of cultivation from low to high are: spiritualist, spiritual master, spiritual king, spiritual emperor, and spiritual lord. When a spiritual lord cultivates to the point of being able to ascend, he is called an immortal lord.
"So, Aunt Yun, what is your current level of cultivation?" Ling Xiang asked curiously.
"I'm just a maid. My cultivation level is very ordinary in Xianyun Continent. Converted to the cultivation level of this continent, it's roughly equivalent to the Spirit Emperor here."
Ling Xiang was extremely shocked today: "Auntie Yun is so powerful?"
Feng Xiaoyun smiled and ruffled Ling Xiang's hair. "Young Miss, I'm not that powerful. The truly powerful one is Miss. Her cultivation has long surpassed the highest level of cultivation on this continent. When she first came here, even though her cultivation was suppressed, she could easily defeat the Spirit Masters here."
Ling Xiang's expression grew serious. "Since my mother's cultivation has surpassed the highest level on this continent, then there shouldn't be anything on this continent that can harm her. How could a small secret realm cause her to disappear?"
"Yes, at that time, when I heard the news that the young lady was missing, I couldn't believe it at all."
Feng Xiaoyun has thought about this question countless times over the years, and she also feels lucky that the young lady may not be dead, but has gone back.
However, if the young lady really found the way back, she would definitely find a way to pick her up and would never not show up for so many years.
Years of expectation gradually turned into despair.
She only wanted to take good care of the young lady now. If she could see the young lady go to Xianyun Continent, she would have no regrets...
Ling Xiang pondered for a long time, digesting the shock Feng Xiaoyun had brought her. "Aunt Yun, what was my father's cultivation level at that time?"
"Spiritual Master."
That's even more impossible. A Spiritual Master and someone more powerful than the Spiritual Master can't possibly disappear for no reason.
Unless there are very dangerous things in that secret realm.
Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the situation of that secret realm.
"There's one thing I don't understand, Aunt Yun. Your cultivation is not low, so why were you persecuted by Ling Chengfu?"
"I was careless and got poisoned, so I couldn't use my spiritual power. If it weren't for Fifth Brother taking care of me these years, I would have become a cripple."
Ling Xiang immediately checked Feng Xiaoyun.
The remaining poison in her body has not been cleared. Although it is not fatal, it will affect her cultivation.
"If Aunt Yun believes me, let me try to help you detoxify."
With Feng Xiaoyun's consent, Ling Xiang took a few drops of her blood and secretly put it into the space for analysis.
In the following time, Ling Xiang was devoted to strengthening the Marquis Zhenguo Mansion and never mentioned the emperor's marriage. What was rare was that Nangong Yu did not even come to find Ling Xiang.
Aunt Gui came to ask Ling Xiang to study on time every day, but Ling Xiang declined.
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