127: arrange

At the Fangmu Mountain Deliberation Hall, the Lin Family's high-ranking members gathered once again.

Lin Xianzhi had already returned from Lingnan County. Because there were still residual Yao Beasts, Lin Houyong remained there with many Disciples.

The rest of the Lin Family Cultivators almost all gathered in the Deliberation Hall again, just like the triennial Clan Assembly.

Only this time, everyone was more sorrowful. Almost as soon as they gathered, everyone with solemn faces went to the Ancestral Hall and began to worship the ancestral tablets.

Lin Shiming, as the Clan Chief, stood at the very front.

Placing new ancestral tablets, burning incense, and reciting eulogies!

After a period of sorrowful lamentation, everyone's faces were filled with grief.

After the ancestral worship, it was time for the Family's condolence payments.

"Lin Houzhi, Qi Refining Stage Eighth Level Cultivator, eight thousand contribution points, recorded in the ledger, to be passed down to his direct Bloodline descendants!"

...Lin Shiming read out the names of the thirty-eight Cultivators who had died this time. These contribution points would also be publicly and fairly recorded and passed down to their direct descendants.

This inevitably made everyone feel even more sorrowful.

When a rabbit dies, the fox grieves; how much more so when it's a fellow clansman with whom they once fought.

But at the same time, precisely because of the Family's fairness and impartiality, the Cultivators' sense of belonging to the Family grew stronger.

One must know that if a Loose Cultivator died, let alone someone collecting their corpse and passing on treasures to their descendants, it would be considered fortunate if their body wasn't taken by some evil Cultivators for corpse refining.

"The deceased have passed, but the living must be stronger. The glory of the Lin Family requires all of you present to create it!" Lin Shiming cleared his throat and spoke loudly again.

The confidence in his words made many Lin Family Disciples yearn in their hearts.

"Now, Seventh Grand Uncle will announce the meritorious individuals..."

After Lin Shiming finished speaking, Lin Xianzhi announced the merits of this event.

Of course, the announcement of merits could only be made by Lin Xianzhi, who had the greatest merit and strongest strength:

"This disaster is a calamity unseen in a hundred years, but the Lin Family was fortunate to have all of you, together defending the Lin Family's foundation and its dignity!"

"I announce that the one with the greatest merit this time is the Lin Family Head, Lin Shiming. He slew more than twenty Third-Grade Yao Beasts and countless Second-Grade Yao Beasts! He receives one hundred thousand contribution points and retains the harvested Spirit Beast Materials! The Family will provide him with two Third-Grade Magical Artifacts free of charge!"

"Lin Shijie is the second most meritorious individual. He slew four Third-Grade Yao Beasts and countless Second-Grade Yao Beasts, and he rendered meritorious service in guarding the Family's Fangmu Mountain. He receives sixty thousand contribution points and retains the harvested Spirit Beast Materials. The Family will provide him with one Third-Grade Magical Artifact free of charge!"

...The subsequent merits were announced one by one, taking a full half-day.

Every living Cultivator had merit, and everyone received a reward!

Afterward, Lin Shiming announced that all Lin Family Cultivators must participate in the Yao Beast eradication war.

The Lin Family had already lost almost a quarter of its Cultivators. Now was the time to increase the number of Cultivators, so the Mortals within the Family's territory could not continue to suffer casualties.

Otherwise, it would affect the quality of the Ascension to Immortality Assembly.

After everyone dispersed, only a few Foundation Establishment Cultivators, a group of Qi Refining Stage Ninth Level Elders, and Lin Houxuan, a Qi Refining Stage Eighth Level Cultivator temporarily acting as the Alchemy Hall Master, remained.

"The beast tide has definitely ended. Immortal Master Divine Machine of the Qingxuan Sect has reached a consensus with the Yao King of the Qingyun Mountain Range. But at the same time, the Demonic Sect has also started a war on the Chu-Zhao border! The two nations have completely torn off their facades!" Lin Xianzhi said slowly with a grave expression.

This caused everyone's expressions to suddenly change.

As soon as the beast tide ended, they encountered a war between two nations.

"However, currently, the Qingxuan Sect has promised that, unless in a critical situation, they will not mobilize Cultivators from Yun Province's Foundation Establishment Families within five years!"

"At the same time, one year from now, Qingxuan City will hold the Qingxuan Assembly in advance. This time, a large number of Foundation Establishment Pills will be exchanged, and the starting bid will be directly halved!"

"Shiming, the arrangements are now up to you!" Lin Xianzhi looked at Lin Shiming again. At this moment, his eyes were full of admiration for the latter.

He was entrusting everything to him and fully nurturing him.

Lin Shiming also nodded and slowly began to speak:

"Esteemed seniors and Elders, in this time of natural disaster, I hope all Elders will work together to overcome this difficulty!"

"Please instruct us, Clan Chief!" The Elders replied in unison.

"Grand Uncle, as the Elder of the Law Enforcement Hall, you will take the lead, supplemented by Grand Uncle's Demon Hunting Hall, to ensure that there will be no more Yao Beast disturbances within Xing County!"

"Yes, Clan Chief!"

"Fourth Grandpa, as the Elder of the Artifact Refining Hall, you must increase investment in artifact refining recently. Try your best to refine the Yao Beast Materials collected by the Family into Spirit Armors and Spirit Weapons! Ensure that the Family's Cultivators have up-to-date Magical Artifacts!"

"Yes, Clan Chief!"

"Fifteenth Uncle, the Alchemy Hall must also increase investment in Alchemy. Just in case, if something happens on the Zhao-Chu border, we may have to go to war at any time. Therefore, the Family will focus on refining Medicinal Pills that enhance cultivation and healing Medicinal Pills in the coming period!"

"Yes, Clan Chief!"

"Fifth Grandfather, the Family's financial problems will definitely experience a shortfall due to this epidemic. The Family needs you to transport most of the Second-Grade artifact refining Materials to Xu Province and Qing Province. Those two provinces have not experienced the beast tide, but they must experience the war on the Zhao-Chu border. The price of our Spirit Beast Materials may not decrease but instead increase!"

"In addition, for the Family's gold-iron stone, also contact Fifth Uncle to mine and sell it! Seventh Grand Uncle also gained widespread fame in Qingyun City during this beast tide, and the Li Family has been eliminated. The upcoming period is a great opportunity for our Lin Family's development!"

"Yes, Clan Chief!" Lin Yuzheng also readily agreed.

"Second Uncle, currently, all of the Family's major Formations have suffered damage, big or small. Now, you are to establish a Formation Hall and ensure that within half a year, the Formations of the Family's various industries return to normal!"

"Yes, Clan Chief!"

"The other Foundation Establishment Elders will serve as mobile Cultivators, ensuring that at least one person is not in Cultivation, always prepared for any overlooked Third-Grade Yao Beasts!"

...Lin Shiming clearly distributed all the major tasks one by one.

All the Family Elders fully agreed and became increasingly satisfied with this twenty-eight-year-old Lin Family Head.

The Clan Assembly ended there. What Lin Shiming didn't expect was that Lin Xianzhi also gave Lin Shiming five more Third-Grade monkey-type Yao Beast corpses and two Third-Grade mantis-type demonic insect corpses from his Storage Pouch.

At the same time, he took out a Medicinal Pill bottle, which contained a Limb Regrowth Pill.

The effect of this Medicinal Pill was precisely to regenerate severed limbs, and it naturally worked on Yao Beasts as well.

"Thank you, Seventh Grand Uncle!" Lin Shiming immediately expressed his gratitude.

While the former's corpses were good, the latter, the Limb Regrowth Pill, was a High Grade Third-Grade Medicinal Pill, extremely precious.

"No need to be polite!" After Lin Xianzhi finished speaking, he headed towards the Green Lotus Pond Immortal Cave.

Having not rested for a long time, he also needed to treat his injuries.

Lin Shiming then went to the Treasure Pavilion to exchange for the spiritual Materials for the Blood Demon Ancestral Return Secret Art and the Materials for the Demon Enticement Pill, which promotes mutual devouring and evolution among Yao Beasts.

The former was fine, as it was merely for a secret art that he could already perform. For the latter, he could only seek his Fifteenth Uncle, Lin Houxuan, hoping that he had already mastered the Detailed Explanation of Array Instruments and could refine Third-Grade Medicinal Pills beyond his current level.

The Blood Demon Ancestral Return Secret Art focused on the Dao and the Bloodline of various similar types of Yao Beasts.

This time, he had nearly twenty Third-Grade demon monkey Bloodlines, which was completely sufficient. After gathering the other spiritual Materials in the Treasure Pavilion, he once again entered his Immortal Cave.