Steady Mortal Path: Starting from Obtaining the Golden Core Inheritance

Changchun Peak.

More than a decade ago, Su Qin traded a Foundation Establishment Pill with Lin Changsheng and then went out to train, not returning for many years.

When they meet again, the boy who was once at the ninth level of Qi Condensation has transformed into a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

“I never imagined that the boy who came to me for help back then would achieve such success today. Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Su Qin.”

Lin Changsheng offered his congratulations with a faint smile, clearly treating Su Qin as an equal.

Su Qin was more than twenty years younger than him.

However, more than a decade later, Su Qin's magical power is not only far more refined than before, but his vitality is still vigorous and he is still on the rise, with considerable potential.

"Uncle Lin, you flatter me. If it weren't for your protection back then and the kindness of trading the Foundation Establishment Pill, I would never be where I am today. I will always remember this kindness."

Su Qin, however, spoke with the same respectful tone and firm gaze as he had towards Lin Changsheng back then.

He did not show any disrespect to Uncle Lin because of his advancement to Foundation Establishment.

"Back then, it was just two transactions between you and me, nothing to brag about."

Lin Changsheng smiled slightly and then welcomed Su Qin into Changchun Peak.

“It was indeed two transactions for Uncle Lin, but at that time my cultivation was shallow and my status was low. Uncle Lin did not bully me and kept his promise. For Su Qin, that was a favor.”

Su Qin spoke with a firm and resounding tone.

The maid Qingzhi served him spiritual tea, and Su Qin thanked her politely, seemingly no different from the young man he was back then.

Lin Changsheng saw this and noticed the changes in Su Qin.

confidence!

Compared to his cautious approach in the past, Su Qin, after advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage, remained humble but gained more confidence and self-assurance.

The two chatted casually in the reception room of the Changchun Summit, reminiscing about some events from recent years.

The main focus is on Su Qin's thrilling experiences during his years of building his foundation, including numerous near-death experiences.

Lin Changsheng smiled slightly, knowing full well that Su Qin was hiding something.

There was no mention whatsoever of the senior master hidden within him.

Just now, Lin Changsheng sensed that after many years, the remnant divine consciousness on Su Qin's body not only showed no signs of recovery, but had become even weaker.

He had some guesses about this.

Firstly, the owner of this divine consciousness was seriously injured for some reason and could not recover. He could only gradually weaken over time until he was annihilated.

Secondly, over the years, Su Qin has encountered insurmountable crises, and his divine master intervened to save him, resulting in a loss of his original essence.

Regardless of the possibility, since Su Qin did not reveal it, Lin Changsheng naturally would not delve into it.

Everyone has their own secrets.

When Su Qin was weak, he did not covet the opportunities Su Qin possessed. Now that Su Qin has advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage, he will not harbor any greedy thoughts.

Too much to chew.

He was born with great opportunities; he only needed to take advantage of them step by step. Why should he risk coveting what belongs to others?

It is precisely because of this that Su Qin still trusted Lin Changsheng quite a bit even after he had reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

“Uncle Lin, we have known each other for many years and have had two transactions with each other, which have benefited me greatly. Today, I have come to visit you not only to thank you for what happened back then, but also to discuss another transaction with you.”

Half an hour later, Su Qin got down to business and explained the purpose of his visit.

"A transaction? Fellow Daoist Su, you may wish to speak first. However, now that our cultivation levels are similar, what I possess may not be of interest to you."

Lin Changsheng's eyes revealed a hint of interest, and then he spoke.

Knowing that Su Qin possessed extraordinary abilities, Lin Changsheng was quite interested in the deal he proposed.

"I've heard that Uncle Lin seems to have become obsessed with the art of mechanical puppets in recent years. I happen to have a rather special mechanical puppet inheritance that Uncle Lin will definitely be interested in."

As he spoke, Su Qin, who had been prepared, took out a brand-new jade slip and handed it over.

"The inheritance of mechanical puppetry?"

Lin Changsheng gave Su Qin a meaningful look, took the jade slip and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Su has not been in the Foundation Establishment stage for long, but his wealth is astonishing."

In previous years, in order to improve the puppet "Four Unlikes", Lin Changsheng collected materials on a large scale in Thousand Crane Immortal City. This matter was not a secret, so it is not surprising that Su Qin knew about it.

However, the fact that the latter was able to make a special trip to Su Qin's home and prepare the inheritance of the mechanical puppet to please him is enough to show that the owner of the divine consciousness on Su Qin's body has a rich foundation.

"Even if I didn't say it, Uncle Lin probably already had a guess. Actually, I come from a cultivation sect in the northern part of Yue Kingdom. When I was young, I accidentally obtained a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator's inheritance, but I was too young at the time and accidentally let the news leak out, causing trouble and implicating my family. In the end, I had no choice but to go far to the west and come here alone to seek refuge under Uncle Lin's tutelage..."

Su Qin spoke with utmost sincerity about himself:

The owner of this inheritance was likely a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator who was skilled in talisman making and puppetry.

Besides these two inheritances, there are also many spirit stones, magical artifacts, secret techniques, and cultivation methods.

After years of depletion, coupled with the planning and foundation-building in previous years, this legacy has been exhausted.

The deal that Su Qin mentioned this time is related to his experience when he was young.

Because they had leaked the inheritance information back then, the Su family was pressured by two other local families who plotted to seize the inheritance.

To preserve their lineage, the Su family secretly sent Su Qin away at the cost of many family members.

The other two families, having failed in their plans for succession, joined forces to assassinate and severely injure the Su family's Foundation Establishment ancestor, and then suppressed the Su family, gradually eroding their power.

Now that Su Qin has entered the Foundation Establishment stage, he thinks of returning to the Su family to avenge the year he was forced to leave his hometown.

However, it was learned that after years of development, the other two companies had each produced new Foundation Establishment cultivators after absorbing the Su family's businesses.

That's why he wanted to ask Lin Changsheng for help to save face for him.

"Uncle Lin, I have my own way of getting revenge when I get back. All you need to do is go with Senior Chong and help out. You'll only need to make a move once or twice at most, and there won't be any risks."

Su Qin said solemnly.

The former statement is only half true and half false.

Lin Changsheng remained silent and did not express his opinion.

Instead, he first examined the contents of the jade slip in his hand.

After a dozen or so breaths, he withdrew his divine sense, a look of amazement on his face.

This jade slip contains a detailed catalog of second-tier mechanical puppet inheritance, far exceeding the value of the incomplete second-tier inheritance provided by Han Yongxiang back then.

With Lin Changsheng's current expertise in mechanical puppets, he vaguely discovered that many details involved the 'third tier' category, only they were cut off.

Clearly, this complete mechanical puppet inheritance is very likely a third-tier inheritance, but Su Qin extracted the part below the second tier.

According to Su Qin, the other two families that were enemies of the Su family were just small cultivation forces in remote areas, and the highest cultivation level of their patriarchs was no more than the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

It is roughly equivalent to the Xi Danhe family, where Lin Changsheng once lived.

In short, it is located in a remote area, far less prosperous than large gathering places for cultivators, and its various combat techniques are backward, slightly inferior to those of the same Foundation Establishment level in Thousand Crane Immortal City.

The risk is not high.

Seeing Lin Changsheng's pensive expression, Su Qin waited patiently with anticipation.

"Very well, then I, Lin, will go with you."

After a long pause, Lin Changsheng spoke leisurely.

……

Ten days later.

Lin Changsheng and his group rode their flying magical artifacts, leaving Changchun Peak and heading towards the northern part of Yue Kingdom.

Besides Lin Changsheng and Su Qin, Zhang Xiucai and Lü Hongling were also traveling with them.

In Zhang Xiucai's words, the couple had spent many years completing their sect's mission and were looking forward to relaxing.

The purpose of this trip is to experience the local customs and culture of various places in the cultivation world of Yue Kingdom.

As for the family conflicts mentioned by Su Qin, the scholar Zhang and his wife did not take them to heart at all.

When facing small clans in barren and remote areas, even if they are both Foundation Establishment cultivators, Foundation Establishment cultivators from major sects will feel a natural sense of superiority.

On the contrary, Su Qin was overjoyed to learn that Zhang Xiucai and his wife were both Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Qinglan Sect and wanted to accompany Lin Changsheng to the Su family to help out. He readily agreed.

He also stated that he would gift the couple a second-tier magical artifact each.

So the four of them traveled together.

The northern part of Yue Kingdom can be described as the most remote and barren region in the entire cultivation world of Yue Kingdom.

In particular, the area where the Su Qin family resides has scarce spiritual energy and scattered spiritual veins, making it unsuitable for the development of large forces.

Therefore, the distribution of small and medium-sized forces in the northern region is complex, the situation is chaotic, and the forces are intertwined.

Many criminal cultivators who have committed crimes elsewhere and are wanted by powerful forces, or wandering evil cultivators, often appear here.

Meanwhile, the cultivators in this area spontaneously formed an alliance and cooperated with each other in order to resist the invasion of large-scale cultivation forces from the outside world.

Thus, the Eight Directions Alliance, the largest power alliance in the cultivation world of Yue Kingdom, was born.

……

Seven or eight days later, the group of four arrived at Qingzhu Mountain, the home of Su Qin's family.

Lin Changsheng stood atop the flying boat, gazing down into the distance.

A continuous, azure mountain range, covered with lush first-tier spirit trees and verdant bamboo.

Judging from the density of spiritual energy, the spiritual veins here are far inferior to my own Changchun Peak, probably only in the category of first-grade high-level.

At the foot of the mountain, a cluster of buildings and houses were scattered about. This was the destination of Lin Changsheng and his group: the Su family of Qingzhu Mountain.

The Su Family Compound.

Four figures descended from the sky, each taking in the courtyard environment.

The entire Su family mansion covers a vast area, almost the same size as the Changchun Peak Taoist temple. Several of its unique buildings are magnificent and imposing, standing quietly among the mountains and forests.

Although it appears somewhat dilapidated and desolate now, one can still vaguely sense the former prosperity of this mansion.

Lin Changsheng and the others were all at the Foundation Establishment stage. They used their divine sense to scan the courtyard and quickly understood the general situation.

The entire mansion was mostly inhabited by ordinary people with no physical abilities, with a few low-level cultivators at the first or second level of Qi Condensation mixed in.

Inside the courtyard, faint, muffled screams of a woman and laughter of a man could be heard.

Lin Changsheng withdrew his divine sense and gave Su Qin a strange look.

Zhang Xiucai couldn't help but meet Lü Hongling's gaze. The latter's pretty face flushed slightly, and she spat softly.

At this moment, Su Qin's eyes turned red, his chest heaved, and anger surged.

With a swift movement, he dashed into the courtyard.

Lin Changsheng and Zhang Xiucai followed closely behind.

"Who are you? Don't you know that the women living in the inner quarters are not allowed to come and go as they please?"

"Hey, you look unfamiliar? But the men of the Su family are supposed to go to the Fire Spirit Mine to mine during the day, why are you skipping work?"

Outside the back courtyard, five or six mid-stage Qi Condensation cultivators were idly guarding the gate. When they saw the stranger Su Qin trying to force his way in, they immediately stopped him.

"Who are you?"

Su Qin's face was gloomy as he suppressed his emotions and asked.

"You brat, don't you recognize us? Who exactly are you?"

"Could it be some rogue cultivator who wants to sneak in and taste the women of the Su family?"

“Our young master Lu is having a good time inside. If you know what’s good for you, get out of here. If you disturb his enjoyment, you’re finished.”

Several Qi Condensation stage men started shouting at each other, trying to scare people away.

But halfway through his sentence, a surge of pure magical energy erupted from Su Qin's body, followed by a flash of silver light that swept across everyone's necks at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.

In an instant, the look of terror that had just appeared on the faces of these Qi Condensation cultivators froze.

Then he stopped breathing, his body went limp and he collapsed to the ground, his life force fading away.

This astonishing aura instantly alerted the inner quarters.

A woman's boudoir somewhere.

There was a naked man, who was having a great time with a woman whose eyes were glazed over and numb.

At the same time, the man's internal energy was circulating, rapidly absorbing the magical energy from the woman's body.

At the critical moment, a powerful aura of magic suddenly erupted.

Upon sensing this, the man's expression changed drastically.

The next moment, the door to the boudoir was forcibly broken open from the outside.

What came into view was a resentful-looking boy, accompanied by two men and a woman.

From the scene before them, Lin Changsheng and the others were able to guess the Su family's situation with great accuracy after just a glance.

The three remained silent, waiting for Su Qin to make his decision.

"You...you are the Su family...the one who escaped...Su Qin?"

The man inside hurriedly put on his robe, looked at the person in front of him, and his face showed obvious panic.

Su Qin stood in the room, emanating a powerful spiritual pressure, clearly reaching the realm of a Foundation Establishment True Person.

He looked up at the naked woman to the side, tears welling in her eyes, and cast a gentle spell to cover her with the scattered gauze dress and skirt.

"Lu Bing'an, the third young master of the Lu family, you are very good."

Su Qin's voice was low and filled with anger, then he suddenly grinned.

But that smile sent chills down Lu Bing'an's spine.

"Su Qin, what are you trying to do! Our family has two Foundation Establishment ancestors, don't you dare... do anything rash..."

Lu Bing'an looked flustered and immediately activated a first-tier high-quality defensive spell talisman in his hand!

Click!

Immediately, Su Qin raised his hand and waved it, and another silver light flashed, shattering a first-tier high-quality defensive talisman with a single strike.

Lu Bing'an's expression changed drastically, but he was stunned by Su Qin's Foundation Establishment spiritual pressure and reacted slowly.

The next moment, Su Qin pressed his palm, imbued with magical power, onto Lu Bing'an's chest.

Bang!

A mouthful of blood brimming with vital energy spurted out, and Lu Bing'an's body flew backward, his chest caved in, his face instantly turned deathly pale, his breath weakened, his magic power was destroyed, and he was left barely clinging to life.

"Go back and tell your Lu family, and the Huang family of Silver Star Lake, that my Su family, Su Qin, has returned..."

Su Qin looked coldly at Lu Bing'an, who was in a panic and dejected state, and said coldly, word by word.