Clan Cultivation: Starting with Plundering Demonic Beast Talents

After their sparring session, the two prepared a meal and drinks, as was their usual practice.

The Spirit Wine is a wine made from the bones of various demons hunted by Lin Zongyue, combined with a few thirty-year-old spirit herbs.

The "spiritual dishes" are top-grade spiritual dishes made by Lin Qinggui, such as saber-toothed fish slices and blue-clawed crab.

However, Lin Qingyang noticed something different today.

This time, Lin Zongyue brought out snake bone wine, which is only poured out in two cups at the end of the year, or rather, a full five cups.

It is said that this was made from the spirit bones of a second-tier snake demon!

He had tasted it before; one cup could save him half a month of ascetic practice.

"Uncle, is this some kind of trap set for me?"

Lin Qingyang joked, but he didn't stand on ceremony. He grabbed the small cup of snake bone wine and began to drink it heartily.

A large amount of spiritual energy was refined, propelling his cultivation to new heights.

"Knowing it's a trap, they're still drinking so happily!"

Seeing Lin Qingyang finish two cups, Lin Zongyue felt a pang of heartache and quickly took two cups himself to savor them.

The uncle and nephew drank for a full hour, almost until the game was nearing its end.

Lin Zongyue slowly revealed his request, "I have a good friend I've known for decades who is going to the inner layer of the Wilderness soon. He hopes to exchange for some high-grade spirit talismans for protection, at least ten."

After he finished speaking, he took out a blue pelt from his storage bag and covered the table. "I know you like to study the way of talismans. This is half a pelt of the Green Wood Wolf. I estimate it can barely make five second-tier talisman papers, so I'm giving it to you."

Lin Qingyang glanced at it and found that the bloody aura had not yet dissipated. He guessed that it was the spoils that Lin Qingyan had mentioned, which was obtained by Lin Zongyue and the other demon-hunting teams.

It is worth at least two hundred spirit stones.

For him, this item was extremely valuable, no less so than the supplementary medicine for Foundation Establishment Pills, because he would definitely be drawing second-tier talismans in the future.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Qingyang took out six Rejuvenation Talismans from his storage bag. "Three talismans will be used to exchange for the Green Wood Wolf's pelt, and the rest will be exchanged for two hundred spirit stones."

"Have him bring out his own spiritual items. If there are any I need, we can exchange them for some more."

Lin Qingyang was thinking that he would reluctantly accept any first-grade high-quality fur or similar items.

After all, her uncle and sister Qinglian had given her a lot of help before she broke through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

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The next day, early in the morning.

In the cave, Lin Qingyang met the friend that the uncle had mentioned. She was a female cultivator with the cultivation level of the seventh level of Qi Refining.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the three learned that the other person's name was Yu Guiyan, and that Lin Zongyue had introduced her to Lin Qingyang as a close friend.

Lin Qingyang didn't think much of it at that moment.

The two then sat down next to each other.

Lin Zongyue took the storage bag from Yu Guiyan and then took out his own storage bag, handing it to Lin Qingyang.

"Qingyang, these are the spiritual items we've collected over the past thirty years of hunting demons at Fenghuo Mountain."

"You're a talisman master; perhaps you possess spiritual items that could be useful to you."

Lin Qingyang smiled and gave Lin Zongyue a meaningful look.

My uncle is nearly a hundred years old, but he's young at heart. I wonder if Lin Qinggui knows about this.

However, he didn't concern himself with it. Lin Zongyue's early Daoist partners were not highly skilled and had long since passed away from illness, so remarrying was not a big deal.

He made up his mind that even if there were no precious spiritual items, he would still exchange for three more high-grade spiritual talismans as a congratulatory gift.

Lin Qingyang then probed his storage bag with his divine sense. His uncle's rare spiritual items should have all been exchanged, so there wasn't much to see.

He put it down and looked at Yu Guiyan's storage bag again. It seemed that because the other party had only recently advanced to the seventh level of Qi Refining, she had not accumulated much at all, and did not even have the fur of a first-grade high-level demon beast.

"etc."

Lin Qingyang's expression shifted slightly as he took out three somewhat damaged magical artifacts from his storage bag. One of them was a golden pestle that was broken in half, with the patterns on its surface becoming somewhat blurred.

The other two items, a round bowl and a wooden fish, have mostly rotted away over time.

"These three magical artifacts seem to have been of a high quality to begin with, so let's exchange them for three Rejuvenation Talismans."

Yu Guiyan hesitated for a moment, then took out another hundred spirit stones from her storage bag, bowed and thanked them, and said truthfully, "I found these three magic artifacts in a cave dwelling of someone who came before me. That place has been explored many times, and these magic artifacts have been discarded by many cultivators, so they should not be of much value."

"I have limited spirit stones on me, so I can only express my gratitude after I return from the wilderness."

After saying that, she accepted the talisman and left with Lin Zongyue.

Lin Qingyang did not refuse the hundred spirit stones, because as she said, these three magic artifacts were probably second-grade high-quality or even third-grade magic artifacts thousands of years ago, but with the passage of time, they had lost the possibility of being restored.

In terms of value, it is not even as good as the cold iron sword forged by the family.

But the jade talisman gave him a pleasant surprise.

"There is actually a fragment of a legacy on this golden pestle."

Lin Qingyang was quite surprised. He focused his mind on the jade talisman, where four strands of azure Daoist energy shone brightly.

[Demon-Subduing Pestle (Tier 3, Mid-Grade Magic Weapon, Unrepairable)]

[Inheritance: Thunder and Fire Exorcising Talisman (Incomplete)]

[Select the optimal deduction method for the host]

[With the Xuan Lei talent, the incomplete third-tier spirit talisman inheritance, and 20 Daoist rhymes, a second-tier low-grade Yin Lei talisman inheritance can be deduced.]

"Daoyun, add more!"

After pondering for a few breaths, Lin Qingyang decisively used the jade talisman's ability to deduce all laws.

The second-order Yin Thunder Talisman he deduced is the most suitable method for him, allowing him to draw second-order talismans with the cultivation level of a Qi Refining cultivator.

After obtaining this method, he advanced to the second-tier talisman master, which allowed him to enter the circle of Foundation Establishment cultivators and gain access to rare spiritual items such as Foundation Establishment pills, auxiliary medicines, and second-tier demon beast pelts.

As for the risks, he had already consulted the ancient texts in Nanhefang. There were already precedents in the cultivation world of talisman-based spiritual bodies drawing talismans beyond their cultivation level.

After a few breaths, only two wisps of the blue Daoist aura remained on the surface of the jade talisman.

Lin Qingyang's eyes were closed at the moment. With a slight movement of his wrist, the Silver Spirit Brush appeared in his hand. Water spirit energy gathered, and one by one, the talisman patterns were drawn and then dispersed.

In his mind, the experience of drawing the second-tier Yin Thunder Talisman nearly a hundred times came to mind.

About fifteen minutes later, he slowly opened his eyes, a look of joy appearing in them, and looked at the jade talisman.

[Yin Thunder Talisman: Proficient (7/200)]

[Taoist Rhyme: 40→20]

Because of his Xuanlei talent as a foundation, and with the addition of Daoist points, he no longer needs to start from scratch when drawing second-tier talismans; he can start at a proficient level right away.

Based on past experience in drawing talismans, this represents a 30% probability of success.

"I have all the necessary talisman paper and talisman pen. Let's give it a try!"

Lin Qingyang was very excited and took out the second-tier spirit brush that he had exchanged with Luo Yunhui from his storage bag. It could only draw a dozen or so talismans.

I obtained half a pelt of a Green Wood Wolf from Lin Zongyue and made three high-grade talismans.

This time, he spent a full ten days in seclusion drawing talismans, consuming ninety percent of his magical power, recovering twice, and even taking two Spirit Recovery Pills.

But the price was worth it!

Inside a jade box sealed with layers of restrictions, lay a palm-sized talisman.

Its surface emitted jets of black electricity, constantly eroding the barrier.

This is the Yin Thunder Talisman.

Yin Thunder is the essence of the Netherworld and the law that annihilates evil spirits!

"Three monster pelts, one talisman made, and I've finally advanced to a second-tier talisman master."

Lin Qingyang let out a long breath, and then, feeling exhausted, he fell asleep immediately.

Unbeknownst to anyone, without their knowledge, one more person has joined the ranks of the tens of thousands of cultivators and sixteen second-tier talisman masters of Feng Huo Shan.

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