139: Family jade book

The Elders on the side were also parched, listening to all this; this was a Yellow Grade Secret Realm, and even the Qingxuan Sect only had three of them.

Of course, this was what was known publicly; how many Secret Realms there were secretly was hard to say.

But this already indicated that the Lin Family was advancing towards becoming a Purple Mansion Family.

A Glinting Metal Stone Vein, an Detailed Explanation of Array Instruments, the emergence of a third-tier Artifact Refiner and a third-tier Alchemist, and a Pill Formula for Purple Mansion Jade Liquid—if the Spirit Medicine for Purple Mansion Jade Liquid could be gathered and successfully concocted by chance, then the Lin Family's ascension to a Purple Mansion Family would be just around the corner.

Now, with the addition of a Yellow Grade Secret Realm, even if it only opened once every ten years, it could provide a large amount of Spirit Medicine for the Lin Family.

Although it was only a Yellow Grade Secret Realm, capable of cultivating only second and third-tier Spirit Medicine at most, it was completely sufficient for the Lin Family.

"Shiming, how is the confidentiality of this news?" Lin Xianzhi asked again.

"Everyone who knows is here, and that Cultivator from the Lei Family!" Lin Shiming replied in a deep voice, then added.

"Good, from today onwards, this matter is not to be discussed further. We will discuss it again after I purchase the family jade book from Qingxuan City!" Lin Xianzhi said, then looked at everyone with a stern gaze.

The matter of the Yellow Grade Secret Realm was too significant; if it were leaked, even if the Qingxuan Sect didn't make a statement, the various Purple Mansion Cultivators of the Qingxuan Sect would come to demand it.

The family jade book was a fourth-tier Magic Treasure. This family jade book, like the war treasure ship, could be used by Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and its function was also extremely special: it set up a forbidden array in the minds of direct Family members, preventing ordinary Cultivators from soul-searching.

A soul search would directly trigger the destruction device.

That Lei Family Cultivator had a forbidden array in his mind, which was why he wasn't killed by those Foundation Establishment Loose Cultivators from Black Wind Village.

Of course, while this family jade book was precious, it wasn't like the war treasure ship, which was priceless. It could be bought for 800,000 to 900,000 spiritual stones.

"Additionally, the Family will hold its first Clan Competition. Those in the late, middle, and Early Stages of Qi Refinement must be the Family's key support targets!" Lin Xianzhi spoke again.

"Yes, Seventh Grand Uncle!" Lin Shiming, as the Family Head, immediately agreed.

However, before that, Lin Shiming took out the Jade Slip of the Duo Bao Tower steward and handed it to Lin Xianzhi.

"Seventh Grand Uncle, this is what Xiao Chen, the Duo Bao Tower steward, asked me to pass to you!"

"Oh!" Lin Xianzhi's expression showed considerable surprise upon hearing this.

However, after reading the Jade Slip, his expression instantly turned cold.

Clearly, the news within the Jade Slip had also astonished Lin Xianzhi.

"Seventh Grand Uncle, is it about exploring a Secret Realm?" Lin Shiming asked tentatively.

Given Xiao Chen's urgent need for Purple Mansion Spirit Medicine, he likely didn't have much Lifespan left. Since he hadn't acquired Purple Mansion Spirit Medicine at the exchange or the Auction, exploring a Secret Realm was the only remaining possibility.

Lin Xianzhi nodded but said nothing more.

Seeing this, Lin Shiming dared not ask further and began to arrange the matters for the Clan Competition. Fortunately, although he was the Family Head, the Family had seven halls, and the Clan Competition was entirely handled by the Enforcement Hall.

With Grand Elder Lin Yuqing's cultivation and experience, it was completely sufficient.

After finishing his duties, Lin Shiming also returned to his Immortal Cave.

Speaking of which, this battle was extremely perilous. Both the Profound Spirit Mountain and the mysterious spirit drum had caused him great trouble.

Fortunately, the Golden Winged Mantis and the Bloodfiend Thunder ultimately broke the deadlock.

This also made him highly vigilant; if even a few Loose Cultivators possessed such methods, encountering experienced disciples from major Families would likely be even more troublesome.

While thinking this, he also took out all the spoils he had acquired this time.

Since his enemies were all Foundation Establishment Cultivators and he had killed them all alone, the three Storage Pouches all belonged to him.

He first took out the Middle-aged cultivator's Storage Pouch, and the Profound Spirit Mountain treasure came into view. He picked up the Profound Spirit Mountain, feeling a solid, unadorned, icy touch. When he applied a bit of true essence, he suddenly felt its weight increase sharply, instantly possessing the strength of a thousand jun.

This was only with a little true essence applied. If fully activated and transformed into a mountain-sized object, it would exert at least 100,000 jun of force.

If someone were to be accidentally struck by it, even a third-tier Late Stage Cultivator would likely have no chance of survival.

Carefully putting away the Profound Spirit Mountain, he decided not to use this mountain himself. It would be perfect for the Red-haired Demon Monkey after its Breakthrough.

Besides that, the Middle-aged cultivator's Storage Pouch contained few Spirit Stones, only tens of thousands. There were a few third-tier Low Grade Magical Artifact swords, but Lin Shiming didn't care for them. He would sell them at any market, or even at the Xing County Market.

The other jars and bottles were not of much value.

There wasn't even an inner armor.

The Middle-aged cultivator's Storage Pouch being so poor made Lin Shiming a bit worried, fearing that the Blue-Robed Old Man's and Little Whiskered Cultivator's Storage Pouches wouldn't contain anything good either.

As expected, in the Little Whiskered Cultivator's Storage Pouch, he only found over 100,000 spiritual stones, plus an ordinary third-tier Medium Grade Magical Artifact sword and two third-tier Low Grade Magical Artifacts.

Naturally, Lin Shiming didn't care for these either.

The last Storage Pouch was the Blue-Robed Old Man's. He didn't know until he looked, and when he did, he was startled.

There were over 600,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones alone. Besides that, there were many Medicinal Pills, ten bottles of third-tier Essence Pills used by Foundation Establishment Cultivators to advance their cultivation, and about ten third-tier Low Grade Spirit Talismans.

Finally, there were Magical Artifacts: a third-tier High Grade mysterious spirit drum, a third-tier Medium Grade Heavenly Silkworm Spider Silk Magical Artifact, and two third-tier Medium Grade Magical Artifact swords. The total value directly exceeded a million spiritual stones.

Lin Shiming was overjoyed after seeing everything. This Blue-Robed Old Man was incredibly wealthy; even disciples from major Families probably weren't as rich as he was.

But thinking about the mysterious spirit drum, the Profound Spirit Mountain, and the Heavenly Silkworm Spider Silk—these three treasures combined—it was likely that even some powerful Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Peak Cultivators would fall into their hands.

Especially since the Blue-Robed Old Man and his group clearly only targeted small Families or Loose Cultivators, and were very selective, it was likely that in Qingxuan City, they had not only made a move against him!

While Lin Shiming was delighted, he first picked up the spirit drum. The spirit drum was only the size of a basin's mouth, accompanied by two drumsticks. The drumsticks were embroidered with dazzling spirit patterns, perfectly matching the spirit drum.

Lin Shiming tried to strike it, but suddenly realized that this spirit drum consumed Divine Sense, and his face instantly paled.

Giving up the idea of drumming, this spirit drum probably required a Divine Sense at least at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage to barely control. Although his Divine Sense far surpassed that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment Early Stage Cultivator, it hadn't reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, which made Lin Shiming somewhat curious.

How could this Blue-Robed Old Man both beat the drum, control the Heavenly Silkworm Spider Silk, and also control two third-tier Medium Grade Magical Artifact swords?

His Divine Sense strength was somewhat beyond imagination.

With this thought, Lin Shiming began to search for Jade Slips in the Blue-Robed Old Man's Storage Pouch.

Soon, in a corner, he discovered a redwood bookshelf. This redwood bookshelf was clearly extremely ancient, and stacked on it were not books, but a row of Jade Slips!