31: Purple Wood Heart Sutra

Inside the transaction room.

"What is this Jade Slip of yours?" Although it was highly likely to be the Pill Formula for the Spirit Nurturing Pill, Lin Shiming couldn't help but ask.

Since the topic of Alchemists had already come up, Lin Shiming's question didn't seem out of place.

"This is a good item, the Pill Formula for the Spirit Nurturing Pill, which can speed up the growth of Spirit Beasts! Paired with your Golden Luan Eagle, it's a perfect match!" The Middle-aged cultivator, hearing that Lin Shiming indeed asked about the Pill Formula first, immediately began to passionately promote it.

However, Lin Shiming shook his head and said,

"The main ingredient for the Spirit Nurturing Pill is not easy to find, and besides, your Jade Slip isn't an ancestral heirloom, is it?"

At these words, the Middle-aged man's chest visibly heaved, his breathing quickened, and his emotions fluctuated, though Lin Shiming couldn't see his facial expression, which confirmed his suspicion.

Seeing that the Middle-aged cultivator didn't speak, Lin Shiming continued, "Lin is not a fool. If you intend to rip Lin off for a Pill Formula that can be easily copied, then Your Excellency can take all these things back."

Lin Shiming's two sentences were half a warning, half a guide.

This greatly infuriated the Middle-aged cultivator. His previous eloquent speech was gone, replaced by a cold statement.

"Take it for three hundred Spirit Stones, and the beast skin Materials for two hundred Spirit Stones! Also, Your Excellency must swear an oath of the heavenly dao that you haven't seen Lin..."

"Alright!" Lin Shiming only cared about the Pill Formula, so he naturally wouldn't mind anything else.

At this point, if he still couldn't guess that this person in front of him had acquired these treasures by killing and plundering, he would have lived in vain.

He probably killed a young Cultivator of no low status from the Spirit Beast Sect, otherwise he wouldn't have fled directly from the Spirit Beast Sect to the territory of the Qingxuan Sect.

Lin Shiming once again took out fifty catties of spirit water. After the exchange, the two parted ways.

Coming out of the transaction room, Lin Shiming let out another bitter laugh. He had thought he was quite wealthy now, but after this transaction, he didn't have much spirit water left, and he still had two gourmands.

No, it might be three gourmands, he just bought a Golden Luan Eagle!

Lin Shiming only felt his head growing larger.

After contacting Seventh Grand Uncle with a sound transmission talisman, he learned that the latter had already rented an inn.

As soon as he entered the room, Lin Xianzhi glanced at Lin Shiming, then spoke indifferently:

"What did you buy, with so many tails following you!"

"A Golden Luan Eagle egg!" Lin Shiming didn't hide anything and explained the entire process.

"Then be careful with this eagle of yours. There might be accountability later!" Lin Xianzhi frowned and warned.

"Thank you, Seventh Grand Uncle, for the reminder. Shiming understands."

After Lin Xianzhi's reminder, he had Lin Shiming take out all his belongings and inspected them with his Foundation Establishment Stage Divine Sense. Only after confirming there were no Divine Sense marks did he nod and continue to meditate silently.

Lin Shiming also quickly entered his room and began his daily Cultivation.

Meanwhile, the Cultivators following outside, sensing the Spiritual Qi of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, all left dispiritedly.

Three days later, Lin Shiming received a message from Daoist Zi Xuan. He went to the Qingxuan Sect and obtained a Jade Slip.

The Jade Slip was precisely the Purple Wood Heart Sutra cultivated by Ancestor Zhengxing of the Lin Family.

The Purple Wood Heart Sutra was not an Earth Rank Cultivation Technique; it was only a High Grade Profound Rank. But to Lin Shiming's surprise, this Purple Wood Heart Sutra actually came with a secret art: Scattering Wood to Form Soldiers!

Compared to the Green Wood Art, the Purple Wood Heart Sutra not only condensed Spiritual Qi several times more effectively but also offered greater catalysis for spiritual plants and greater enhancement for Cultivators.

The Cultivation Technique even mentioned that achieving Major Achievement in the Purple Wood Heart Sutra could increase a Cultivator's lifespan.

It is well known that the lifespan of a Qi Refinement Stage Cultivator is two sexagenary cycles, the limit for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator is 250 years, and for a Purple Mansion stage, the lifespan has already reached 500 years. As for the legendary Golden Core Cultivator, they have a full 1000 years of lifespan.

The Purple Wood Heart Sutra, whether in its effect of condensing Spiritual Qi or catalyzing spiritual plants, deeply pleased him. It could be said to be the most suitable Cultivation Technique for him at present.

The only flaw was that it only contained the Cultivation Technique content for breaking through to Purple Mansion. The content beyond Purple Mansion would require Lin Shiming to make significant contributions to the Sect before he could obtain it.

Lin Shiming didn't mind. He was only at Qi Refining sixth layer now, still too far from Purple Mansion.

By the time he reached Purple Mansion, he presumed finding a solution wouldn't be so difficult.

Having obtained the Cultivation Technique, Lin Shiming naturally felt even more grateful to Seventh Grand Uncle. At the same time, his doubts grew deeper.

Seventh Grand Uncle and Daoist Zi Xuan must have reached some kind of agreement.

However, Lin Shiming tried to probe a few times, but Lin Xianzhi decisively cut him off.

After dealing with the Cultivation Technique, the two were ready to set off for Qingyun Market. Accompanying them was another Personal Disciple of Daoist Zi Xuan, Senior Brother Xie An, the one Lin Xianzhi offered wine to.

Don't let his age fool you; he was similar in age to Lin Xianzhi, but his cultivation had already reached the Late Foundation Establishment Stage.

Lin Shiming understood. The appearance of this Senior Brother was both to connect with the shops in Qingyun Market and to provide support for the Lin Family...

In Qingyun Market, in front of a desolate street.

Old decorations, paired with brand new signboards, made the shops appear so abrupt and out of place.

Lin Yuqing and Lin Houyuan, leading the Lin Family disciples, looked at the ten shops in front of them and immediately became furious.

The Huang Family did give them shops, but these shops were in the most remote corner of Qingyun Market, and they were originally warehouses for the shops in front and places for Cultivator shop assistants to rest and Cultivate.

It required a full large detour to reach the bustling market street.

These shops, let alone earning a thousand Spirit Stones a year, would be considered a miracle of management if they didn't operate at a loss.

Yet, the Lin Family couldn't say anything, as the Huang Family had indeed given them ten shops.

As for the spiritual plants given, they were a hundred shriveled spiritual trees, either old spiritual trees or half-dead ones.

Even with careful cultivation by a spiritual plant master, future profits would be negligible.

"These Huang Family members are too deceitful!" While the Elders were relatively calm, the Hou Generation and Shi Generation Cultivators below were all enraged.

"Notify Seventh Grand Uncle!" Lin Houyuan was also somewhat helpless. This is what happens when a Family lacks Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Not only do they lack influence, but they are also targeted everywhere.

Just then, a spirit boat appeared in the sky, and three figures descended from it.

"What happened?"

Lin Xianzhi landed first, his white hair extremely conspicuous.

"Seventh Grand Uncle, these are the shops the Huang Family gave us." Lin Houyuan, as the Clan Leader, recounted the Huang Family's attitude, as well as the shops and spiritual trees, in detail.

He did not exaggerate. As the Clan Leader, he had to consider not only everyone's emotions and the Family's interests but also the true combat power of both families.

The ones who came now were not Huang Kaili and Huang Kaiyu, the Foundation Establishment Early Stage Cultivators of the Huang Family, but Huang Yunqi, who belonged to an older generation.

He was also the only Late Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator of the Huang Family.

"Let's go!" Lin Xianzhi nodded, his face still as calm as ever.

The Lin Family members also had great faith in their Clan Leader, so they all settled their hearts and followed.

After a long detour, they finally reached the bustling street.

Cultivators walked among the stalls. Unlike Qingxuan Market, this place was close to the Qingyun Mountain Range, and many Loose Cultivators formed groups to hunt demons in the Qingyun Mountain Range.

They had a greater need for High Grade spiritual talismans, spiritual pills, and Spiritual Artifacts, so they naturally went to shops with more guaranteed quality.

If a spiritual talisman bought from a Loose Cultivator's stall misfired, or a Magical Artifact broke, they would have nowhere to cry.

"Let's go, this one has good business!" Lin Xianzhi walked to the busiest section and chose a shop called Huang's Weapon Forging Shop to head towards.