Clan Cultivation: Starting with Plundering Demonic Beast Talents

Accompanying Lin Qingyan was a group from the Xu family.

"Clan head Xu Boen, along with his clansmen, pays respects to Senior Lin."

A middle-aged cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining walked over, followed by more than ten other cultivators at the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Lin Qingyang recognized him as the one from the battle at Qishuitan several years ago.

The only cultivator in the Xu family who did not engage in water combat was the son of the clan leader, Xu Jitong.

It seems that he took the bestowed Yellow Dragon Pill and successfully advanced to the late stage of Qi Refining.

"No need for formalities. Your father and I have fought against second-tier demonic beasts together."

Lin Qingyang waved his hand and casually asked, "Back then, he was decisive enough to report this mine to my Lin family; that showed his courage."

Xu Bo'en cupped his hands, his face filled with sorrow, "After the Battle of Qishuitan, my father was seriously wounded and passed away the following year."

"Is that so? You don't need to be sad. Chief Xu's decision back then was correct. Now your Xu family's strength has more than tripled compared to before."

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After offering a few words of reassurance, Lin Qingyang dismissed his attendants and took the array plate from Lin Qingkai.

Following my memory, I entered the water.

Outside the cold iron mine, there was a deep pit several meters deep.

This is the mark left by Lin Zongbai's use of the second-tier superior Yang Fire Thunder, which severely injured the second-tier Azure Spirit Deer King.

The original anaconda nest has been leveled.

As the water flowed down, the cracks in the rock wall that he had discovered were also covered up.

"The Clear and Bright Eyes"

A blue light flashed in Lin Qingyang's eyes.

In their field of vision, the continuous flow of water elemental energy, which had previously been chaotic and irregular, was now visible.

At this moment, things are much clearer.

He looked closely and saw that almost half of it flowed towards the rock wall next to the serpent's lair.

This time, however, he discovered the true reason for the activation of the water elemental energy through the crack.

Inside the solid rock wall, there is a small tree about half a person's height.

It sprouted five branches, which were continuously absorbing the dissipated spiritual energy.

Its fruit exudes an extremely rich spiritual energy, clearly indicating it is a second-tier spiritual object.

"This, this is the Five Elements Spirit Tree!"

Lin Qingyang stared intently at the fruit, recalling the ancient records that "a fruit with four leaves is a sign of ripeness."

He checked and found that there were only five fruits on the tree.

The smallest of them was no bigger than a thumb.

He guessed that the place was secluded and the fruit that had grown there had not been picked for a long time.

After falling again, the nutrients are transformed into nourishment, helping the fruit trees grow.

The largest one is already the size of a fist.

Moreover, the branches produce three leaves, and the fourth leaf has already grown more than halfway.

It will definitely mature within the next ten years.

"Whether you use it to refine pills together or go to the Qingyuan Sect, you can obtain at least one Foundation Establishment Pill."

Lin Qingyang was overjoyed and also felt much relieved.

Simply collecting all the necessary ingredients for the Foundation Building Pill is not enough to guarantee success.

With the Five Elements Spirit Fruit in hand, he had nothing to worry about.

To protect this Five Elements Spirit Fruit, Lin Qingyang specially took out dozens of concealment talismans.

Such low-level talismans were fundamentally incapable of concealing the fluctuations of second-tier spiritual objects.

However, the stone tablet he obtained in the Wind and Fire Mountain Secret Realm allowed him to grasp the basics of rune array fusion.

Without the jade talisman to deduce the formation based on the second-order talisman, he could not set it up out of thin air.

However, first-tier talismans are not a big problem.

He spent half a month trying to set up thirty-six concealing talismans around the pool.

Because he possessed the Mountain-Protecting Formation, the Concealing Illusionary Light Formation, he mobilized thirty percent of its power to conceal himself.

Neither the Lin nor Xu families had any array masters, so no one noticed anything amiss.

The Concealing Breath Array, by utilizing the power of heaven and earth, is equivalent to a second-tier Concealing Breath Array.

It was already very well hidden, concealed by array formations, so even a typical late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator would likely find it difficult to detect.

The only problem is that it can only last for three years.

Therefore, he will have to come at least three more times to change the rune array.

Secondly, there's this rock wall. The fact that this Five Elements Spirit Tree could grow to this size is also related to this natural barrier.

It was several tens of feet thick, and it would be very difficult to detect it with divine sense below the Purple Mansion.

Moreover, he estimated that due to the erosion of the cold iron ore vein over millions of years, even ordinary stones had become extremely hard.

Even if one were to use the second-tier superior grade Sunflower Water Yin Thunder Arrow Formation, it would probably take at least three rounds, fifteen attacks comparable to second-tier superior grade spirit talismans, to break through it.

Although the price is a bit high, requiring thousands of spirit stones, it's nothing compared to the Five Elements Spirit Fruit.

"It would be best to find a way to retrieve the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit remotely."

"At that time, it can also serve as a natural barrier for the Five Elements Fruit Tree, isolating it from the covetousness of other forces."

"The existence of this tree must not be exposed in the short term."

Lin Qingyang pondered to himself that the discovery of the Five Elements Fruit Tree was something the Lin family could not protect on its own.

At least among the Qingyuan Sect's affiliated forces, only the Wu family of Wuyang County, who produced a Golden Core Ancestor a thousand years ago, possessed a single plant.

Although this generation of martial arts families does not have a Purple Mansion cultivator in charge, the relationships within the sect are intricate and complex.

Several disciples and grand-disciples of that ancestor produced cultivators who reached the Purple Mansion realm.

Even this Golden Elixir Master has received his favor.

Furthermore, over thousands of years, the number of martial arts families achieving Foundation Establishment has consistently remained in the astonishing double digits.

Only in this way can we maintain a stable supply of several Foundation Building Pills every few decades, forming a virtuous cycle.

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After exploring the crevices in the rock wall, Lin Qingyang did not immediately begin his seclusion and become a hands-off manager.

He first spent several days condensing three rounds of Kan Water Crystals.

Using the Ice Soul Pig puppet, along with dozens of Qi Refining cultivators, they cleared out all the demonic beasts within a ten-mile radius of Qishui Pool.

Subsequently, sentry posts were set up on the perimeter for rotation, and once a monster was spotted, the authorities would be notified immediately.

A distance of ten miles takes at least fifteen minutes.

That way, they won't be caught off guard.

Only after everything was arranged did he begin his cultivation.

As for the Five Elements Spirit Tree in the crevice of the rock wall, he felt there was no need to keep worrying about it.

Unless it's some idle cultivator from the Purple Mansion realm who comes to Qishui Pool to conduct a full-scale spiritual sweep.

These Five Elements Spirit Trees were destined to belong to the Lin family.

Considering the possibility of encountering second-tier monsters.

Lin Qingyang plans to dedicate half of his time to drawing talismans.

He still had more than thirty water arrow talismans left on him.

That's enough to unleash the Sunflower Water Yin Thunder Arrow Formation four times.

However, the Yin Thunder Talismans were far from enough; only two remained.

Next, the talismans provided by the Wind, Fire, and Mountain subsidies came in handy after the battle ended six months ago.

During the war, he used eight Yin Thunder Talismans, and the Qingyuan Sect subsidized half of them.

He replaced the original four mid-grade second-tier talismans with twenty second-tier talisman papers.

His success rate in drawing Yin Thunder Talismans has now reached 60%.

These are the twelve.

It is estimated that it will take about six months to complete the drawing.

As it turned out, his concerns were justified.

About three months later, after he went into seclusion.

On this day, Lin Qingyang had just finished drawing the sixth Yin Thunder Talisman.

Two crimson communication talismans flew straight toward him.

"One red talisman corresponds to one second-tier demonic beast."

Lin Qingyang suddenly opened his eyes and walked out of the secluded room.

After a short while, he leaped to the edge of the Qishuitan formation.

Two late-stage Qi Refining cultivators have already arrived.

Nearly a hundred Qi Refining cultivators were divided into twelve teams, each with its own duties, and went to guard the array's key points.

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