197: Daoxin

Lin Shiming and Lin Houyuan walked down the corridor. At this moment, Lin Shiming suddenly remembered that it had been a long time since he had walked with his father.

The busy Cultivation, the threat of the Heavenly Demon Sect, suffocated him, and suffocated the Lin Family.

Escape, fight to the death, arduous Cultivation!

There was hardly a moment of relaxation.

Of course, it wasn't just his father; his relationships with the other Hou Generation and Shi Generation had also become much more distant.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that Cultivators were also slowly aging, old friends were slowly disappearing, and several clan uncles from the Hou Generation would never return to Fangmu Mountain or the Lin Family this time.

Without eternal life, cultivating Immortality ultimately leads to emptiness.

At this moment, he thought of Lin Yuqing. Calculating it, Grand Elder Lin Yuqing was already over 110 years old, not many years away from his 120th birthday.

However, he was a Body Cultivator, and he looked full of vigor, like a middle-aged man.

But he understood that when his grand birthday approached, he would rapidly age, just like Second Elder Lin Yuqi.

Dust to dust, ashes to ashes.

Only a record in the Lin Family's genealogy and the family jade book remained.

Lin Houyuan was also constantly discussing Family matters with him, talking about the current shortcomings of the Family and its unfulfilled wishes.

This time, the two talked a lot.

It was as if this moment wasn't in Nine Leaf City, but by the Yongzhi Pavilion in Fangmu Mountain.

"Shiming, you should consider a Dao Companion," Lin Houyuan suddenly said out of nowhere.

Lin Shiming was a bit stunned at this moment, but then he realized that their Shi Generation focused on how to become stronger, while the Xian Generation, Yu Generation, and Hou Generation were thinking about when to sacrifice themselves for protection, for Legacy... The Family continuously had Cultivators falling, from forty people to the current dozen or so, and the burden fell not on Lin Shimo, but on Lin Xianzhi, Lin Houyuan, and other Family Elders.

"I will consider it!" Lin Shiming said vaguely, for the first time not refusing.

Perhaps on the path of Immortal Cultivation, a partner was indeed needed.

In Lin Shiming's mind, a graceful figure flashed by.

"Shiming, as the Family Head, you should also pay attention to other members of the Family!" Lin Houyuan spoke again.

Having been in Tianhe Province for nearly seven years, Lin Shiming had almost always been in seclusion or in battle.

Lin Shiming nodded, then bid farewell to Lin Houyuan and first went to see Lin Yuqing.

The two chatted about the Mountain Ape Body Refining Art, and under the latter's excitement, he demonstrated the power of a Foundation Establishment Body Cultivator, making Lin Yuqing smile very broadly.

He also quietly listened to Lin Yuqing's views and experiences on Body Cultivators.

Finally, they talked about Lin Shilei. Grand Elder Lin Yuqing smiled and said that Lin Shilei had gone down the mountain for training at fifteen, two years earlier than Lin Shiming. As he spoke, a sense of pride was evident, and he smiled even more heartily.

Lin Shiming visited Fifth Elder Lin Yuzheng and listened to him tell stories about the Family's caravan. He hadn't expected that Fifth Uncle had once been a dashing young man.

Then, at Second Uncle Lin Houshou's place, he listened to explanations of Formations, as if he had returned to the Family Treasure Pavilion, listening to the essentials of basic Spells.

Second Uncle, at this moment, was full of energy and spirit, especially after learning that the dragon blood pill could help him Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment. Between his brows, Lin Shiming seemed to see a Rank 3 Formation Master.

Lin Houwei didn't say much to Lin Shiming; the two simply took out their wine gourds and drank heartily.

And the wine was precisely the monkey wine that Lin Shiming had discovered, brewed by the Lin Family.

Speaking of which, after Lin Shiming obtained the Mingxin Tea Tree, he hadn't drunk this monkey wine for nearly ten years. Now, drinking it, it had a mix of astringency and sweetness.

At this moment, he couldn't help but recall the interesting events in Qingtao Town.

His third sister's teasing, and that timid girl, Lin Shitao, were probably now Rank 2 High Grade Alchemists of the Lin Family.

At his second brother Lin Shiyi's place, Lin Shiming heard Lin Shiyi talk about Lin Shimo. In his words, Lin Shiyi was full of regret; if Lin Shimo had stayed then, with the Family's current strength, they could have completely afforded to buy him a Foundation Establishment Pill.

And now, with the Corpse Refinement Sect attacking Zhao Country, if they met on the battlefield, how would they face each other?

Lin Shiming met all the members of the Lin Family.

That night, he sat in front of the courtyard of Laiyue Restaurant for an entire night.

At this moment, his Dao Heart was more resolute than ever before: cultivating Immortality and protecting the Family.

He also had to seize this opportunity at the Nine Leaves Enlightenment Platform.

The next day, Lin Shiming entered the Grotto-heaven World and took out the Spirit Seeking Compass containing a Rank 4 Low Grade Spiritual Vein.

Before the Purple Mansion, the Lin Family could not place a Rank 4 Spiritual Vein. Since Lin Xianzhi had given it to him, he simply put the Spiritual Vein into the Grotto-heaven space. This way, not only would it not be discovered, but it would also allow him to successfully Cultivate the Purple Gold Vine and Poison Flood Dragon Vine seeds.

Furthermore, in the future, the Golden Winged Mantis and Red-haired Demon Monkey would no longer need to stay in a Storage Pouch; they could Cultivate and grow powerful rapidly in the Grotto-heaven World.

In the Immortal Cultivation world, collecting a Spiritual Vein required Cultivators to cast special Spirit Arts and be thoroughly knowledgeable in the art of a Spirit Seeker.

But placing a Spiritual Vein was much simpler. This was also why some Loose Cultivator Spirit Seekers specialized in collecting Spiritual Veins from unknown mountains and selling them to Immortal Cultivation Families.

As the Spirit Seeking Compass flew out, it floated in the air, emitting rumbling Dragon roars. Then, a yellow Spiritual Qi, like a true Dragon, surged towards the depths of the Grotto-heaven World.

The next moment, the Spiritual Qi in this space sharply increased, and the Spiritual Plants he had planted earlier almost instantly began to grow wildly.

These ordinary Spiritual Plants had never enjoyed such abundant Spiritual Qi.

"Rank 3 Peak High Grade Spiritual Vein!" Lin Shiming felt the Spiritual Qi and was quite pleased.

When this Spiritual Vein was initially collected, it was cut and collected due to the insufficient Rank of the Spirit Seeking Compass. Now, reaching Rank 3 High Grade made him extremely satisfied. Even if he Breakthrough to Purple Mansion later and took this Spiritual Vein out to place it on Fangmu Mountain, there was a high possibility that the Spiritual Vein would transform into a Rank 4 Spiritual Vein.

With the Spiritual Vein in place, Lin Shiming also took out the Purple Gold Vine seeds, Green Snake Vine seeds, and Poison Flood Dragon Vine seeds one by one, planting them. Then, he nourished them with the Purple Wood True Essence from the Purple Wood Heart Sutra.

By the time all this was done, another day had passed.

Lin Shiming then released the Golden Winged Mantis and Red-haired Demon Monkey.

As soon as the two Spirit Beasts came out, they ran around the space, especially the Red-haired Demon Monkey, whose eyes were full of curiosity and excitement. With the Spiritual Vein in this Grotto-heaven World, they would no longer need to stay in the cramped space of a spirit beast pouch.

Afterward, Lin Shiming took out the Spirit Devouring Ant and placed it in a corner. With the blood pact, he wasn't afraid that the Spirit Devouring Ant would devour his Grotto-heaven World.

Finally, Lin Shiming took out his Storage Pouch and began to examine the Spirit Shield that Lin Xianzhi had bought for him.

The Spirit Shield was named the star wood shield. Its main material was made of meteorite wood, making it incredibly hard.

Ordinary High Grade magic swords could not break the shield.

After stroking it a few times, Lin Shiming was also incredibly happy and began to refine the star wood shield. Tomorrow was the Nine Leaf Grand Assembly.

He had to finish refining the star wood shield.