Family Cultivation: I can see the prompts

80: Mysterious saplingInside the room, the tea seemed to have grown cold. Qian Bosheng put down his teacup, the confidence in his eyes no longer present, then looked at Lin Xianzhi.

”Fellow Daoist Lin, your Family was suppressed into a Foundation Establishment Family by the Li Family, a Purple Mansion Family. Do you intend to remain like this indefinitely?”

Seeing Qian Bosheng unsettled, Lin Xianzhi no longer remained silent and replied,

”Does the Qian Family mean to ask my Senior Brother Xie to take a risk?”

Upon hearing this, Qian Bosheng had an urge to curse in his heart. He was 50% sure that the Lin Family would not tell Xie An.

But this time, Xie An’s arrival and the purchase of the 壓軸拍賣品 seemed to align with his suspicions.

He dared not gamble.

This statement, asking Xie An to take a risk, truly made his heart burn with anger.

Not only could he not extort them, but they also wanted to get on board and even demanded a fare.

The Lin Family now understood everything. The remaining Qi Refining Stage Elder of the Huang Family probably only knew some information, but did not know where the Purple Mansion Cave was, nor the Foundation Establishment Pill Pill Formula, nor the Detailed Explanation of Array Instruments.

Recalling it now, it seemed understandable. If they were in Huang Yunqi’s position, they wouldn’t let someone who knew too much remain on Huangyun Mountain, especially since the Li Family’s Li Chengling had already usurped it.

If Li Chengling had interrogated them or used a secret soul-searching technique, the Huang Family would have gained nothing.

Next was the negotiation. The Qian Family agreed to pay 50,000 spiritual stones for the Foundation Establishment Pill Pill Formula, and 100,000 spiritual stones for jointly exploring the Purple Mansion Cave. The number of people would be decided by the Lin Family and could not exceed the Lin Family’s number.

150,000 spiritual stones was already the price the Qian Family had negotiated with red necks. Lin Yuzheng still wanted to negotiate for a higher price, but Lin Xianzhi finally agreed immediately.

At present, both Families were walking a tightrope, so there was no need to push too hard.

As soon as the negotiation was over, both sides made an oath of the heavenly dao, and then symbolically bought some spirit wine.

The people of the Qian Family were escorted out by Lin Xianzhi and Lin Houyuan, father and son.

Qian Bosheng glanced at Lin Shiming, then at Lin Xianzhi, and then laughed heartily:

”Fellow Daoist Lin, I wonder if young friend Shiming is married?”

Although an oath of the heavenly dao was made for the joint exploration of the Purple Mansion Cave, both parties were clearly still somewhat uneasy and prepared for a marriage alliance.

The Lin Family was naturally willing, but Lin Xianzhi, understanding Lin Shiming, did not directly agree. Instead, he asked the latter:

”Shiming, do you have any intentions? I remember that young lady of the Qian Family, though possessing Three Spiritual Roots, Cultivates at a speed not much inferior to those with Two Spiritual Roots!”

Upon hearing about marriage, Lin Shiming also felt a headache. Cultivating was already a challenge, and he didn’t want to have to take care of a Dao Companion. He directly waved his hand in refusal:

”Seventh Grand Uncle, Shiming is wholeheartedly devoted to the Dao and has no such plans, but I think Second Brother can!”

Lin Shiming thought of his second brother Lin Shiyi’s face and replied.

Lin Xianzhi nodded upon hearing this and looked at Qian Bosheng.

Seeing that his words had been exhausted, Qian Bosheng expressed his regret, saying that he would arrange for their Qian Family’s young lady to meet Lin Shiyi at that time.

The matters concerning the Qian Family and the Purple Mansion Cave finally concluded.

Lin Shiming returned to his room and then went to find Thirtieth Uncle Lin Houyuan, learning that Fellow Daoist Wu had already disappeared without a trace, his whereabouts unknown.

Three days later, he returned to Fangmu Mountain... by the Green Lotus Pond, inside Lin Shiming’s Immortal Cave.

Before Lin Shiming, a refined Heavenly Wood Heart was placed.

Lin Shiming took a deep breath. Although he had transplanted a Heavenly Wood Heart before, this time, he still, as before, read the Heavenly Wood Spirit Planting Secret Method dozens of times and cultivated for two grand cycles, adjusting his entire body to its optimal state.

Only then did he begin the Heavenly Wood Spirit Planting.

The Heavenly Wood Spirit Planting Secret Method can only have one Heavenly Wood Heart, but because it is a spiritual power storage Magical Artifact, the refining Array and Secret Method are the same. The Heavenly Wood Heart of a second-order High Grade Wood Demon can completely devour the previous Purple Sandalwood Wood Core.

Lin Shiming used spatial manipulation to pick up the Heavenly Wood Heart, then formed hand seals and performed the Secret Method. This time, he was more careful and smoother than last time.

As the Heavenly Wood Heart was absorbed, Lin Shiming felt at a certain moment that he had transformed into a spirit tree in an unknown spirit plant garden.

The sun was scorching, Spiritual Qi was abundant, and from time to time, powerful Cultivators walked by, tending to the spirit plants.

To his great surprise, the Tian Ling Fruit Tree, which the Lin Family regarded as a treasure, was common here, with dozens of them.

In addition, there was a small sapling emitting precious light. Although the sapling was small, its aura was immense, and it was located in the very center of the spirit plant garden.

At a certain moment, a Cultivator in brocade robes entered, opened the Formation, took away the small sapling, and also took away the Wood Demon... The memory abruptly ended, followed by a massive surge of spiritual power into Lin Shiming’s Dantian.

This was clearly different from the last time, more like the spiritual power stored by the Wood Demon.

At this moment, all of it became Lin Shiming’s nourishment, raising Lin Shiming’s cultivation by a significant margin, instantly reaching the Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level Peak.

At the same time, the new Heavenly Wood Heart directly assimilated and devoured the previous second-order Medium Grade Heavenly Wood Heart, establishing a connection with Lin Shiming, followed by an endless suction force.

Lin Shiming, who was well-prepared, took out a spiritual vat, which was filled with spirit water.

Lin Shiming jumped directly in and began to drink monkey wine frantically.

This time, the suction force was clearly more terrifying than the last. Only when the spiritual vat was empty and the monkey wine was all used up did Lin Shiming feel the suction force diminish.

The Purple Wood Heart Sutra was still operating, but to Lin Shiming’s surprise, his Spiritual Qi began to be refined by the new Heavenly Wood Heart. This refinement was even more effective than before.

The next moment, a surge of spiritual power emanated, and Lin Shiming naturally Broke Through to the Qi Refining Stage Eighth Level.

And his cultivation also quickly stabilized.

Looking inward, Lin Shiming found that the spiritual power stored in his Heavenly Wood Heart this time was actually five times his current amount.

In other words, his current spiritual power was almost higher than that of all Qi Refining Stage Ninth Level Cultivators. Now, even if he were to compete in magical power with those experienced Qi Refining Stage Ninth Level Cultivators, he could drag them to death.

Upon realizing this, Lin Shiming was greatly satisfied.

Moreover, he discovered that, as the Secret Method described, the current Heavenly Wood Heart would, like a Wood Demon, automatically absorb Spiritual Qi and refine it for cultivation, though its speed was far inferior to Lin Shiming’s own.

To put it in perspective, it was probably even less effective than Five Spiritual Roots.

But this alone already made Lin Shiming extremely satisfied.

Lin Shiming stood up and exhaled, but the previous scenes began to appear in his mind. If his guess was correct, the Heavenly Wood Heart, having just refined the Wood Demon, had also assimilated part of the Wood Demon’s memories and scenes.

The one who took away the mysterious small tree and the Wood Demon was probably the Personal Disciple killed by Cultivator Wu.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but guess that Cultivator Wu should still have that mysterious and extraordinary small sapling in his possession.