217: The wood demon who loves to watch thunder

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Inside the pavilion at Green Lotus Pond, Lin Shiming, Lin Xianzhi, and Lin Houyuan stood together.

Next to Lin Shiming's Immortal Cave on Green Lotus Mountain, there was now a new Immortal Cave.

The three large characters for 'Peach Seven Pavilion' were particularly eye-catching.

The Immortal Cave was extremely quiet, with no prominent spiritual pressure.

However, the few of them could still feel the faint vitality within, knowing that Lin Shitao had not yet reached her Breakthrough.

"Eleventh Uncle, how many years has Shitao been in seclusion?" Lin Shiming asked with concern.

"Two years!" Lin Houxuan replied cautiously from the side.

"This is outrageous! How can she Breakthrough without a Foundation Establishment Pill?" Lin Xianzhi was also somewhat angry at this moment.

Lin Houxuan was even more terrified.

Throughout Fangmu Mountain, there were no Cultivators of the Yu Generation, and among the Hou Generation, he was the eldest. Since he hadn't stopped her, it was naturally his fault.

At this moment, Lin Houxuan was filled with endless regret. His previous Foundation Establishment failure had left him dispirited for a long time, and he had no intention of managing Family affairs.

Instead, Lin Shitao, who had achieved Qi Refining Stage Ninth Level, took on the responsibility of running the entire Family and even refined Medicinal Pills.

In the end, due to the Family's lack of Foundation Establishment Cultivators, she chose to enter seclusion for a Breakthrough without a Foundation Establishment Pill.

By the time he discovered it, Lin Shitao had already entered seclusion, and it was too late for him to stop her.

"Seventh Grand Uncle, Family Head, please punish me!" Lin Houxuan suddenly knelt down. To cause the Family to lose a Two Spiritual Roots Cultivator, and this Cultivator might even be the Family's true third-tier Alchemist—at that point, he, Lin Houxuan, would truly be a sinner.

"Eleventh Uncle, get up. I believe in her!"

Lin Shiming suddenly spoke, and everyone looked at him.

They found that at this moment, Lin Shiming's eyes were exceptionally firm and serious.

"When I brought her from Peach Blossom Town, everyone thought she was a girl who wasn't that strong!" Lin Shiming murmured with a self-deprecating smile.

He then thought of Lin Shitao choosing to care for the Peach Blossom Grove, eventually becoming an Alchemist, and even the 'big sister' of all Alchemy apprentices.

The goal of becoming the strongest female Cultivator of the Shi Generation had already been achieved.

Lin Shiming walked to the pavilion. The chessboard was no longer on the stone table; it had been put away by Seventh Grand Uncle more than ten years ago when he left the mountain.

Lin Shiming then took out a zither and began to play.

Just as Lin Shitao had played for him when he set off, today he played for her to clear her path.

The zither music began, and it wasn't particularly melodious; after all, he was merely an amateur.

But his zither music contained his Dao, containing his yearning for longevity... Lin Shiming himself didn't realize that at this moment, his Root of Deduction began to automatically emit Spirit Light, bathing him in the Spirit Light.

This made his zither music more profound. At this moment, even Lin Xianzhi was deeply moved.

They couldn't understand or comprehend it, but they were awed by the Dao rhyme within.

The zither music spread far and wide, and it lasted for a long time.

In the evening, the sky gradually darkened.

Just like that day when the peach blossoms gradually fell.

And within the Immortal Cave, suddenly, a vast and surging spiritual pressure rolled out.

"Shitao is going to succeed!" Everyone was overjoyed.

Lin Shiming also stopped. A piece of music appeared in his mind, a piece that contained his heart for seeking the Dao.

It was also the spiritual power blessing from the Root of Deduction, and what made him laugh and cry was that this piece of music had exhausted all the deductive power of his Root of Deduction. One must know that he hadn't used his deductive power at the Dao Comprehension spirit platform.

It would take at least several years for this deductive power to recover.

"This piece of music, let's call it 'Unwavering in Seeking the Dao'!" Lin Shiming shook his head slightly and continued to look into the depths of the Immortal Cave. Lin Shitao's spiritual pressure grew stronger and stronger.

A spiritual pressure unique to true Qi emerged, and everyone's hearts finally relaxed considerably.

For Cultivators under sixty, the most difficult part of Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment was condensing true Qi. Now that true Qi was formed, the Qi and blood hurdle was no longer an issue.

"Seventh Grand Uncle, I'll set off for Lingnan County now. I'll leave Shitao here with you!" Lin Shiming put away his zither and stood up.

"No problem. Also, take Houxuan with you to Lingnan County to eliminate the rats!" Lin Xianzhi nodded.

However, after looking at Lin Houxuan, he added.

Clearly, Lin Xianzhi was somewhat dissatisfied with Lin Houxuan; otherwise, with the latter's status as a third-tier Alchemist, he wouldn't be assigned to eliminate rats now.

Lin Houxuan naturally had no complaints, as he was at fault first.

Lin Shiming didn't say much either.

However, he first returned to his Immortal Cave and put the Little Divine Tree, Heavenly Spirit Fruit Tree, and Golden Thunder Bamboo into his Grotto-heaven World.

To his delight, the Little Divine Tree was a bit taller now, clearly growing well. The Heavenly Spirit Fruit Tree was also subtly about to bloom, and it would probably bear fruit after another ten-odd years of cultivation. And the Golden Thunder Bamboo had also changed significantly.

At this time, the Golden Thunder Bamboo was already two to three meters tall, clearly over thirty years old.

After confirming that all the spirit plants were fine, Lin Shiming looked at the Wood Demon and Mingxin Tea Tree.

At this moment, the Wood Demon was incredibly leisurely. Its large tree face had aged considerably. When Lin Shiming entered, he found that the latter had moved out a small wooden stool, occupying a lot of spirit soil, sucking the Spiritual Vein of the entire Fangmu Mountain, while leisurely watching the lightning on the Golden Thunder Bamboo constantly flash.

It kept making 'tsk tsk tsk' sounds, and reading books, emitting sounds that Lin Shiming couldn't understand.

When it saw Lin Shiming return, the latter was visibly surprised, but soon became nonchalant. He had signed a spiritual contract with Lin Shiming, so he wasn't afraid of him now.

Lin Shiming was also full of strange curiosity about this Tea Tree that watched lightning, but he still put the latter into his Grotto-heaven World.

The Mingxin Tea Tree was clearly unaccustomed to moving, but after seeing the Golden Thunder Bamboo also move in, it continued to watch the lightning of the Golden Thunder Bamboo.

This left Lin Shiming quite speechless.

Lin Shiming took out the wood spirit essence, and only then did the Tea Tree Wood Demon's eyes suddenly look over, and a wave of longing came from its Divine Sense.

Lin Shiming didn't hesitate and gave the wood spirit essence to the latter.

The latter drank it down in one gulp, like a cow chewing on a peony, then continued to watch the Golden Thunder Bamboo as if nothing had happened.

It remained uninterested in other things. Even when Lin Shiming asked for its natal spirit tea, the latter just pointed in a direction. On its main body, there were already many natal spirit teas, all accumulated over the past decade or so.

Lin Shiming was even more puzzled, but thinking of the Family's metal and iron mine, he couldn't delay, so he exited the Grotto-heaven World.

When he arrived at the Family's martial arts hall, he found Lin Yuqing, Lin Houxuan, Lin Shiyi, Lin Houwei, and Lin Houshou all present. Almost everyone who had returned from the great battle was there.

And besides Lin Houxuan, there was also Lin Shilei, the youngest of the Shi Generation.

Lin Yuqing laughed heartily, because at this moment, Lin Shilei was at Qi Refining Stage Eighth Level! A twenty-two-year-old at Qi Refining Stage Eighth Level, not much inferior to Lin Shiming, was definitely a Genius of the Lin Family, and he even had a Thunder Spiritual Root.

This type of Spiritual Root truly lived up to its reputation as an unusual Spiritual Root second only to the Heavenly Spiritual Root; its talent was simply too strong.

At this Cultivate speed, he would probably be able to Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment before the age of thirty.