Clan Cultivation: Starting with Plundering Demonic Beast Talents

Qingyuan Pavilion.

The central battle platform was divided into four sections.

Lin Qingyang was on the battle platform in the west. His enemy at this moment was the Su family of Beast Tamers, but not Su Xiaotian, who possessed the Blood Fiend Wolf. Instead, it was another cultivator sent by the Su family, Su Xiaofei.

His cultivation level was only at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and his natal spirit beast was a Jade Scale Serpent that had just been promoted to the first-tier superior grade.

"It seems that the top experts of the four major families were deliberately separated."

Lin Qingyang glanced at the battle and found that, as expected, Liu Yutong of the Liu family was fighting against Lin Qingping, who was at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Su Xiaotian was facing a Qi Refining Level 8 cultivator from the Shangyuan family.

As for the Yuan family's top seed, it turned out to be Yuan He. She seemed to have just advanced to the eighth level of Qi Refining, and she was facing off against a cultivator from the Liu family who was at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

This surprised him quite a bit, but upon reflection, it made sense. The Yuan family was known for their refined and noble status, their expertise in formations, and their weakness in combat. They probably wouldn't care too much about this shop.

"Whoever gets matched with the other in the second round will likely have a significant advantage; it's practically a bye."

He thought to himself.

As for the Western battlefield, Su Xiaofei, as his opponent, dared not make any rash moves at this moment.

"Is this guy looking around distracted, trying to lure me into making the first move?"

Above Su Xiaofei's head was an earth-yellow spirit bead, which was actually a high-grade defensive magic artifact, with an orange-yellow shield protecting him inside.

Lin Qingyang's achievements in Qishuitan had long been known throughout the four major families. He knew he could not possibly be a match for him, so he planned to defend himself at all costs.

"Hopefully, we can expose more of their methods, which will increase Brother Xiaotian's chances of exchanging for the Blood Vine."

Su Xiaofei's expression was solemn.

But he was overthinking it. Lin Qingyang had no such intention. He was simply observing the surrounding battle groups, trying to discern some clues about the methods of the other three top seeds.

"You can't really experience the details without close-quarters combat."

Lin Qingyang sighed, looking at the tortoise shell in front of him, feeling a bit of a headache.

According to the competition rules, each round of the competition lasts for three hours. The sooner the competition ends, the sooner the mana can be restored.

Therefore, the final winner will be determined within nine hours at the latest.

"We need to resolve this quickly."

Lin Qingyang's expression hardened, but he was also worried about being caught off guard. He raised his hand and released a heavy water shield, which grew to half the height of a person to protect himself first. Then, water armor appeared on his body.

The former requires mana, while the latter is a rechargeable talent that does not require mana to maintain.

Not far away, Su Xiaofei saw Lin Qingyang begin to set up defensive measures and was overjoyed. "Great! If we fight a defensive battle, I can deplete more of the opponent's mana."

As he was thinking, he suddenly felt like he was being watched by something terrifying.

He looked up and saw dozens of azure beams of light rapidly approaching him. In about an instant, he could see clearly that they were arrows as thick as tree trunks!

"Three exquisite water arrow talismans!"

His expression changed drastically, and he raised his hand to throw out three high-grade spirit talismans as well.

Three thick earthen walls rose from the ground, which reassured him considerably, and he was also somewhat glad that he had chosen defensive talismans.

With the advantage of elemental advantage, it can probably block half of the water arrows, and with the Earth Spirit Orb, it can probably block the rest of the attack.

"Boom!"

The roar shattered Su Xiaofei's thoughts, and he saw two purple rays suddenly shoot out from the water arrow attack, directly shattering the first two high-grade spirit talismans.

The last rock wall was blasted to pieces by the dense array of sky-blue sharp teeth and giant pincers!

"Violation! Only three talismans are permitted; disqualification is hereby revoked."

Su Xiaofei roared and hurriedly urged his spirit beast to attack Lin Qingyang in an attempt to exchange injuries with him.

The three exquisite water arrow talismans, completely unharmed, approached him from several feet away. These talismans were capable of directly breaking through his Earth Spirit Orb's protection!

However, Jiang Shihua, who was in charge of the refereeing, did not make any move. Instead, she looked at Lin Qingyang with a hint of surprise in her eyes.

The second floor houses a private room belonging to the Su family, who are skilled in beast taming.

"Clan leader, what's going on here? Isn't Senior Jiang going to do anything about it?"

The cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining had limited spiritual sense and were somewhat indignant.

The patriarch, Su Chengjun, saw it clearly, his face extremely grim. "Shut up! It was magic that broke through Xiaofei's last rock wall!"

"How old is that Lin family boy? He can cast two spells instantly. Such proficiency is probably only something that your centenarian uncles can do."

Below, Lin Qingyang used the Crystal Frost Shield to block the attack of the Azure Scale Serpent, and even recalled the Azure Netherworld Mother-Child Blade to trap the monster.

As for what the people around him thought, he had already anticipated it, so he simply pretended to be quite talented in comprehending magic.

Qi cultivators like them typically need more than ten breaths to prepare techniques like Fireball and Water Clamping, and only through long-term practice can they master them and execute them instantly within three breaths.

He was able to do it by simultaneously using his talents [Water Claws] and [Saber Tooth], which came from the Blue Claw Crab and the Saber Tooth Fish, respectively.

However, these two talents are not like the energy-charging [Water Armor] talent, which consumed nearly 10% of his mana.

The use of the Azure Netherworld Mother-Child Blade to break through the two high-grade spirit talismans had consumed a full 30% of his mana.

In addition, resisting the attack of the Azure Scale Serpent consumed another ten percent of his mana.

Fifty percent of his mana was consumed in an instant, but the price was worth it!

On the ninth breath of the battle, dozens of water arrows as thick as tree trunks, their power undiminished, bombarded Su Xiaofei's last barrier!

"Boom!"

A loud bang, and dust billowed everywhere!

A yellowish-brown spirit bead rolled out of the dust, indicating that its spiritual light had dimmed and it was clearly damaged.

Lin Qingyang looked up and saw that it had only been ten breaths since he launched his attack!

The dust settled.

Jiang Shihua stood there quietly, her red petals blocking three thick water arrows.

Su Xiaofei, standing beside him, was looking rather weak and listless. If Hong Ling hadn't intervened, the three water arrows would have been enough to destroy all of his life force!

"No, how could you be completely unharmed!"

Upon seeing Lin Qingyang, Su Xiaofei cried out in surprise. Then, looking at his own battered and bruised Azure Scale Serpent, he quickly exclaimed, "I surrender!"

"Clang!"

Two purple beams of light entered Lin Qingyang's hands, and then he cupped his hands in a gesture of respect towards Jiang Shihua.

Lin Qingyang wins.

Jiang Shihua announced the results, then walked over with a smile on her face, "You did well. Shiya invited you before, so you can exchange ideas on talismanic arts more often."

"Qin Xianzi has inherited the legacy of a major sect, and Qingyang will cherish the opportunity to exchange ideas with her."

Lin Qingyang cupped his hands in greeting, his words revealing his reverence for the Qingyuan Sect, and Jiang Shihua's smile deepened.

Then, Lin Qingyang sat down cross-legged on the spot and began to refine the spirit stones to restore his magical power.

In fact, he also had a first-grade high-quality spirit-restoring pill in his storage bag, which could directly restore 50% of his mana.

However, due to the toxicity of these elixirs, only one can be consumed every six months, so he planned to save it for after the second round of battle.

It takes nearly three hours to restore one's magical power to over 90%.

In fact, all four seeded players except Yuanhe did the same thing. It took the opponent an hour to defeat him, and he consumed nearly 60% of his mana.

Seemingly because he had no intention of taking first place, he easily took the Rejuvenation Pill and recovered 90% of his mana before the competition began.

Even so, he was the easiest of the four seeded players in the second round to deal with, and that was the opinion of the more than one hundred spectators, including Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Aside from the head of the Kaiyuan family, he glanced at his daughter, his brows furrowed, and a hint of heartache appeared on his face.

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