326: Spiritual Vein Yunbao, Thousand Wood Peaks (three-in-one plus rewards for meteors in the last realm)

Inside the Grotto-heaven World, Lin Shiming let out a long breath and looked at the wooden shelf filled with Jade Slips, taking them out one by one from top to bottom.

"Zhang Ancestor's Artifact Refining True Scripture!" The first Jade Slip immediately caught Lin Shiming's attention!

He suppressed his excitement and probed it with his Divine Sense, instantly understanding that this was the Zhang Family's Legacy of Artifact Refining!

From first-order Artifact Refining to fourth-order top-grade Magic Treasure refining, everything was included!

Many of the methods for refining Magic Treasures within were incredibly ingenious!

Free Spirit Yunling relied on this Legacy to refine fourth-order Medium Grade Magic Treasures, which was not a difficult task for him.

For the Lin Family, it was like a timely rain after a long drought!

A Purple Mansion Family without an Artifact Refining Legacy was undoubtedly incomplete; a Family that couldn't even refine a Cultivator's Magic Treasure would inevitably not achieve much.

Lin Shiming joyfully put away the Artifact Refining Legacy, then continued to examine the remaining Jade Slips.

The second Jade Slip was also placed at the very top, and Lin Shiming was greatly interested in examining it.

Since it was placed together with the Artifact Refining Legacy, it must be equally important.

"Spirit Vein Treasure Nurturing Secret Art!" Lin Shiming almost exclaimed!

He briefly examined this Secret Art and found it to be truly astonishing.

This Secret Art had only one function: to use a Spiritual Vein to nurture Magic Treasures!

One must know why Lifebound Treasures often surpassed ordinary Magic Treasures in power by one or two ranks; it was because they could be nurtured within the Purple Mansion, increasing their power, and then unleashed at critical moments.

The simplest example of this was a Sword Cultivator nurturing a sword for ten years; upon reaching the Purple Mansion, many Sword Cultivators would nurture their Flying Sword Magic Treasures for thirty, even fifty years!

Such Sword Cultivators were undoubtedly terrifying!

Because a Sword Cultivator's Magic Treasure was not only nurtured by True Essence but also by Sword Intent!

Carelessness could lead to an Early Violet Palace Stage Sword Cultivator ambushing and killing a Mid Purple Mansion Realm Cultivator!

But even ordinary Lifebound Treasures were powerful enough!

For example, if Free Spirit Yunling hadn't lost an arm and been severely injured, the Skyfire Banner he wielded would have definitely been even more powerful.

At that time, even if Lin Shiming also had the Leaping Void Disc, he would probably have been engulfed by the Skyfire!

After all, the Leaping Void Disc had a limited range.

And this was another reason why Free Spirit Yunling wanted to occupy Red Lion Ridge!

Spirit Vein Treasure Nurturing!

Of course, from another perspective, this Skyfire Banner had only been nurtured in the Spiritual Vein for over ten years; if it were nurtured further, its power would surely be even greater!

Lin Shiming was overjoyed; this Magic Treasure was even more important to him, as in the future he might have more than one Lifebound Treasure, especially the Soul Suppressing Tower, of which there were so many!

He simply couldn't nurture them one by one, or by the time he finished nurturing them, he would either have broken through to the Golden Core or run out of Lifespan!

The number of Soul Suppressing Towers would become a burden.

This Spirit Vein Treasure Nurturing only required enough pure Spiritual Veins to nurture all the Magic Treasures!

Lin Shiming put away the Secret Art, his heart already extremely satisfied; even if he gained nothing more, it was already astonishing enough.

He continued to examine the Jade Slips and found that most of the remaining ones were unique Magic Treasure refining methods, such as his Soul Nurturing Pendant and other Divine Soul defensive Magic Treasures, as well as Cultivation Techniques.

Among the Jade Slips, Lin Shiming found a total of three Mystic-Grade Low-Rank Techniques and two Mystic-Grade Medium Grade Techniques!

The five Profound Rank Cultivation Techniques were each of a Five Elements attribute: Azure Wood Evergreen Scripture, Thick Earth Returning to Origin Scripture, Heavenly River Divine Water Scripture, Immortal Golden Body Scripture, and Departing Fire Returning to Truth Scripture!

Among them, the Departing Fire Returning to Truth Scripture and the Thick Earth Returning to Origin Scripture were Mystic-Grade Medium Grade Techniques, one fire and one earth.

These were the Cultivation Techniques cultivated by Free Spirit Yunling and Zhang Haoling respectively; both in terms of combat and cultivation speed, they were excellent!

Most importantly, these five Cultivation Techniques could all be cultivated to the Purple Mansion Late Stage.

This greatly enriched the Lin Family's Cultivation Technique reserves; one must know that previously, the Lin Family's Profound Rank Cultivation Techniques were only six, and that included the Mountain Ape Body Refining Art and the lightning-attribute Cultivation Technique provided by Lei Xuan!

Among those several Five Elements Cultivation Techniques, apart from the later acquired Five Flames True Scripture and Golden Lotus Dao Scripture, the other Cultivation Techniques could only be cultivated to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage!

Lin Shiming let out a breath of turbid air, his eyes still filled with uncontrollable joy!

The Legacy of a Purple Mansion Family was indeed incomparable to that of a newly rising Family like theirs.

Perhaps there were still some treasures and Legacies in Qingyun Mountain, which the Zhang Family occupied, but the Zhang Family was likely under heavy scrutiny now, and Lin Shiming couldn't easily make a move; after all, with the Qian Family incident before, those Purple Mansion Cultivators of the Qingxuan Sect were all much more vigilant!

The Zhang Family also had many Purple Mansion connections within the Qingxuan Sect.

As for Free Spirit Yunling's claim of sending someone to deliver a message, he didn't believe it; firstly, the System didn't give a notification, and secondly, how could an ordinary Cultivator outrun a beast tide formed by a Purple Mansion Great Demon!

Among the remaining Jade Slips, besides the Artifact Refining Legacy, there was also an Alchemy Legacy, but most of it overlapped with the Lin Family's Pill Formulas, so its value was not great.

It could only be said to be an added bonus.

At this point, the Lin Family's Alchemy Legacy, Formation Legacy, and Artifact Refining Legacy, except for Talisman Making, had all reached the fourth-order level; what was currently lacking were their respective fourth-order artisans!

Lin Shiming also looked at some other miscellaneous items, most of which were third-order Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicines; Lin Shiming also put them all into his Storage Pouch.

After examining Free Spirit Yunling's Storage Pouch, he then looked at Zhang Haoling and Zhang Haogang's Storage Pouches, which were much less impressive; Lin Shiming only found a large amount of fire cloud crystals and fire cloud stones, as well as tens of thousands of Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, which were also worth millions.

This brought Lin Shiming's Spirit Stone reserves to a new Peak.

Finally, Lin Shiming once again took out the Storage Pouches of the fox girl and the four-tailed demon fox.

These two Storage Pouches, one from the descendant of a demon king and the other from a Late Fourth-Order Great Demon, were also highly anticipated by him, as he had risked his life and won a sliver of hope.

Especially the one from the Late Fourth-Order fox demon, which was not within the System's notifications.

He first opened the fox girl's Storage Pouch, and what immediately caught his eye were naturally the items the System had mentioned: purple profound treasure jade, two fushou fruits, five red lotus fruits, ten soul suppressing stones, and four fourth-order Magic Treasures refined by Free Spirit Yunling, including three third-order to fourth-order Low Grade ones and one fourth-order Medium Grade one; the Medium Grade Magic Treasure was precisely the Spirit Locking Whip, which was extremely suitable for binding Purple Mansion Great Demons at critical moments!

There weren't many other treasures; most were Spirit Medicines and Spirit Ores, which, if given to the Family, could be refined into many Spirit Pills and Magical Artifacts, but there weren't many Materials that could refine Magic Treasures.

Overall, the value was still considerable.

Besides these, Lin Shiming looked at the three Magic Treasures used by the fox girl, among which the pair of boots was what Lin Shiming desired most.

He took out the Colorful Spirit Boots; they were made of an unknown material, inlaid with five-colored gilded gold, yet not heavy, and the gilded gold was covered with a large number of wind-attribute spirit patterns, extremely complex, a fourth-order Low Grade speed-enhancing Magic Treasure.

However, in Lin Shiming's opinion, its value was higher than a fourth-order Medium Grade Magic Treasure.

Its ability to come and go like the wind, combined with Body Cultivation, could further enhance his strength!

However, its colors were vibrant, emitting a five-colored glow, so he would still need to cast an illusion when wearing them.

He also decided to change its name to wind chasing boots!

Putting away the Spirit Boots, he then took out a Divine Soul defensive Magic Treasure, the Soul Guarding Jade; this Magic Treasure could be given to his Seventh Grand Uncle, as its effect was similar, but it lacked the soul-nurturing effect of the Soul Nurturing Pendant.

The last Magic Treasure was the Han Ming Shield, only palm-sized, entirely white, cast from meteor iron, a fourth-order Medium Grade defensive Magic Treasure, which was extremely rare!

For Lin Shiming, it was also a rare Magic Treasure.

After organizing the fox girl's Magic Treasures, only the Late Fourth-Order fox demon's Storage Pouch remained.

Similar to the fox girl's Storage Pouch, he needed to grind away the Divine Soul imprint on the Storage Pouch with his Divine Sense!

The four-tailed demon fox's Divine Soul imprint was much stronger than that of the Early Fourth-Order fox girl; Lin Shiming spent a full six hours to grind away the Divine Soul imprint on the Storage Pouch.

However, as soon as he opened the Storage Pouch, Lin Shiming only saw a huge Spirit Jade coffin, and inside the Spirit Jade, a huge six-colored silkworm corpse was sealed.

This six-colored silkworm was completely scorched black, as if it had been killed by a Lightning Tribulation, ultimately failing on its path to breaking through to the fifth-order!

It also failed to fully condense the sixth color; he just didn't know why its corpse ended up in the hands of this fourth-order fox demon.

His five-colored silkworm coffin was refined from the corpse of a five-colored silkworm, and its effect was also excellent; when concealed, even Purple Mansion Cultivators couldn't detect it, and if it were a six-colored silkworm, Lin Shiming even suspected that Golden Core Cultivators might not be able to detect it.

Coupled with his Book of Hidden Paths Spirit Treasure, his concealment ability would greatly increase!

Of course, this was only something he could imagine at the moment; the Family didn't have a suitable Artifact Refiner!

Refining this six-colored silkworm corpse would require at least a High Grade Fourth-Order Artifact Refiner to fully utilize its effects, otherwise it would be wasted.

And besides the six-colored silkworm corpse, there was nothing else in the entire Storage Pouch!

Perhaps that fourth-order fox demon had more than one Storage Pouch, and the reason it was so straightforward was because there were no treasures in the Storage Pouch!

Although the six-colored silkworm corpse was precious, having been struck by heavenly lightning, it might not be able to fully exert the six-colored silkworm's divine body ability.

Lin Shiming looked at it and wanted to go forward to open a corner of the Jade Coffin to examine it!

However, the System notification suddenly rang out!

"Please note, within the six-colored silkworm, there is still a portion of the heavenly lightning from a Golden Core Lightning Tribulation lurking!"

Lin Shiming immediately broke out in a cold sweat!

The heavenly lightning from a Golden Core Lightning Tribulation, even if only a portion, was absolutely not something an Early Violet Palace Stage Body Cultivator like him could withstand.

If he carelessly opened the Jade Coffin, caught off guard, he might even be struck down by the residual heavenly lightning!

This Late Fourth-Order demon fox was clearly much more difficult to deal with than the fox girl!

Lin Shiming also sighed, but then he felt relieved.

This harvest was already great enough; getting the four-tailed demon fox's Storage Pouch was merely a whim.

It wouldn't matter even if there were no treasures, let alone a six-colored silkworm corpse, and the Spirit Jade clearly reached the High Grade Fourth-Order, so it could also be considered a treasure!

He put away the Storage Pouch and finally sent a message to Lin Houyong, to enter a secluded cultivation!

Then his figure changed, and he headed towards Shuangmu Island... On Shuangmu Island, the sun hung high, and the tides rolled in one after another!

Countless Lin Family earth-attribute Cultivators moved countless earth and stones.

As the Spirit Light shone brightly, another mountain Peak slowly rose beside Qinglian Peak.

All the Cultivators were quite excited, especially Lin Shitao; the newly built mountain Peak was precisely for placing the fire-attribute Fourth-Order Spiritual Vein!

Not to mention, this fire-attribute Spiritual Vein could also produce flame crystals!

Lin Shiming's Grotto-heaven World was not suitable for a fire-attribute Spiritual Vein, so he directly placed the Spiritual Vein on Shuangmu Island to accelerate Lin Shitao's Cultivation and also to boost the Cultivation speed of the Family's Artifact Refiners.

Lin Xianzhi held the Spirit Seeking Compass, his face filled with excitement!

Once upon a time, their Lin Family's Spiritual Vein was extracted, leaving only a Medium Grade Third-Order Spiritual Vein, barely enough to support one Foundation Establishment Cultivator's Cultivation. Now, this was the Lin Family's third Fourth-Order Spirit Vein.

Moreover, it was the Lin Family's first pure Spiritual Vein.

With this Spiritual Vein, it would be much simpler for Lin Shijie and Lin Shitao to Breakthrough to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage.

The placement of the Spiritual Vein went very smoothly. After three or four hours, a surge of Dragon Vein Qi plunged into the ground, accompanied by roars of dragons.

Heaven-filling fire-attribute Spiritual Qi gushed out, gathering in the air, condensing into red fire-colored clouds.

It stirred up bursts of fire-attribute Spiritual Qi storms!

"Thousand Wood Peak is complete!" Lin Xianzhi turned around with a smile, looking at Lin Shiming.

The name of the new Peak, without surprise, adopted Lin Shiming's Daoist title.

"Seventh Grand Uncle's skill has improved again!" Lin Shiming responded with a smile.

The Fourth-Order fire-attribute Spiritual Vein before him might be slightly inferior to the one at Red Lion Ridge, but not by much. And from the Peak, one could see the fire-attribute Spiritual Qi gathering, a sign of flame crystal Formation!

As Thousand Wood Peak was completed, all fire-attribute Cultivators of the Lin Family moved from their Immortal Caves on Qinglian Peak to Thousand Wood Peak.

Of course, the Immortal Caves built at the very top were naturally for Lin Shitao and Lin Shiming.

After dealing with Thousand Wood Peak and the Fourth-Order Formation, Lin Shiming went with Lin Xianzhi to Qinglian Peak, where he also informed Lin Xianzhi about the situation of the Qingxuan Sect and Yunzhou.

Lin Shiming did not believe that the crisis of the Yunzhou Lin Family was resolved; on the contrary, he felt they needed to be even more cautious, treading on thin ice.

He had now thoroughly offended the Yao Race!

Furthermore, Zi Xuan Sanren's Breakthrough to Golden Core and attending his Golden Core Ceremony was also a tricky issue.

What treasures to gift, how to handle the master-disciple relationship—all these required careful consideration.

Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi discussed for a full three hours before Lin Shiming departed.

Before leaving, Lin Shiming also handed over some unused Magic Treasures, as well as Artifact Refining Legacy, Formation Legacy, and copies of Cultivation Techniques to the other party.

In addition, the Zhang Family's war treasure ship was also given to the Family.

On Shuangmu Island, it was also extremely easy to encounter Purple Mansion Great Demons at sea. In the past, Lin Xianzhi had to personally retrieve the High-Grade Spirit Stones mined from Spirit Turtle Island several times.

With the new war treasure ship, Lin Xianzhi could Cultivate with more peace of mind!

Leaving the Peak, Lin Shiming walked towards the Sword Pavilion.

At this moment, the Sword Pavilion had been designated as the Lin Family's first Forbidden Ground. Formations were spread all around, and besides Lin Xianzhi's Immortal Cave and the Lin Family's Shuangmu Island protective grand Formation, the Formations here were the most stringent.

As early as half a year ago, the Sword Pavilion had already opened. A small number of clansmen who were interested in swords were already practicing sword techniques in the Sword Pavilion, while also sensing the Sword Intent emanating from the sword carving stone in the distance.

The sword moves practiced this way were also much more powerful than those of ordinary Cultivators.

Lin Houyong was, as always, meticulously studying in front of the Sword Pavilion.

"Second Uncle, why are you acting as the Pavilion Elder again!" Lin Shiming spoke respectfully, but with a slight chuckle.

He had seen this scene of Lin Houyong before in the Treasure Pavilion on Fangmu Mountain. At that time, Lin Houyong was also sitting at the entrance of the Treasure Pavilion, studying Formations, occasionally giving mysterious pointers to a few younger generations he found pleasing to the eye.

And coincidentally, he was one of them back then!

"Shiming, you're here!"

Hearing Lin Shiming speak, Lin Houyong looked up at Lin Shiming, his face beaming with joy.

"I'm used to it, and with Formations everywhere here, I wouldn't trust anyone else with it!"

However, what surprised Lin Shiming was that Lin Houyong's eyes were even redder now.

"Second Uncle, your eyes?" Lin Shiming couldn't help but ask.

"A small secret technique from the Blood Demon Body Refining!" Lin Houyong shook his head and spoke, then seemed to recall something:

"Shiming, the Sword Pavilion's role is far greater than imagined. Now, among the Ze Generation, there's another interesting little one!"

Lin Houyong said, then looked towards the training hall inside the Sword Pavilion.

Lin Shiming's Divine Sense followed. Currently, there were only three Cultivators practicing in the Sword Pavilion.

What surprised him even more was that Lin Houyong was looking at a female Cultivator.

As she danced with her sword, she possessed a certain charm. This charm was not great, and he was not unfamiliar with it; it was similar to how Lin Shijie was before he developed Sword Intent!

But it must be known that Lin Shijie and he were both Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators at that time!

This female Cultivator was clearly only at the seventh level of Qi Refining!

And she was only in her early thirties!

"Shiming, this is Lin Zexian of the Ze Generation, with Three Spiritual Roots!" Lin Houyong continued, then looked at Lin Shiming.

"List her as a key Family support target, with resources equivalent to those of Cultivators with unique Spiritual Roots!" Lin Shiming said without hesitation. He knew what his Second Uncle meant.

Since Lin Zexian's sword moves were extraordinary, it would be no surprise for her to receive double the stipend in the Lin Family's grand competition!

But that wasn't enough!

Lin Zexian's Cultivation speed must be greatly increased!

He naturally had no objection to this. A Sword Cultivator's strength could be seen from Lin Shijie. If she could comprehend another Sword Intent from the sword carving stone, and a new Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivator emerged, the Lin Family's future strength would be even greater.

"Good!" Lin Houyong also nodded in satisfaction. He couldn't easily propose an exceptional increase in a clansman's stipend, but Lin Shiming could, and no one in the Lin Family would object.

"Second Uncle, this is the Fourth-Order Formation Legacy, and also the method for refining Teleportation Arrays!" After seeing the Sword Pavilion and observing its growth, he naturally didn't forget the main task!

They now had a Void Gazer Crystal. They only needed Lin Houyong to set up the Teleportation Array, and the Lin Family could choose a larger island. At that time, whether more Family Cultivators migrated to Shuangmu Island or some Mortals began to relocate, it would be extremely convenient.

The Lin Family, as a Cultivation Family, had a Fertility policy, and for years, there had also been a birth policy for Mortals. The growth in the number of Mortals exceeded the Lin Family's imagination.

"Good!" As soon as Lin Houyong saw the Fourth-Order Formation Legacy, his eyes immediately lit up, not to mention the method for constructing Teleportation Arrays!

After drinking two pots of spirit tea with Lin Shiming, Lin Houyong eagerly began to usher him away.

Lin Shiming also smiled and left the Sword Pavilion, returning to Thousand Wood Peak. At this moment, Lin Shitao was overseeing the construction of the Artifact Refining Pavilion and Alchemy Pavilion on Thousand Wood Peak.

Lin Shiming did not disturb her. After accompanying her for a few days, he returned to Fangmu Mountain!

The following days were leisurely. He usually fed Spirit Beasts and refined Magic Treasures.

Three months passed in an instant.

All the Magic Treasures he had kept for himself were finally fully refined.

On this day, he sat in the pavilion, closing his eyes to rest.

A sound transmission arrived, and Lin Shiming immediately rose, heading towards the Fangmu Mountain deliberation hall.

As soon as he entered, Lin Shiming saw Lin Houyong's face filled with joy. Beside him was a child of about ten years old, whose appearance bore a seven-tenths resemblance to Lin Houyong!

"Shiming, Shiyuan has a Wind Spiritual Root!" Lin Houyong lovingly stroked the child's head, speaking with immense surprise.

Lin Shiming was also startled by this news. This was the Lin Family's third Cultivator with a unique Spiritual Root, including Lei Xuan.

"Congratulations, Fifth Uncle!" Lin Shiming also took out a High Grade wind-attribute Magical Artifact and gave it to Lin Shiyuan.

Just as he had given a Magical Artifact to Lin Shilei previously.

"Quickly thank your Seventh Brother!" Lin Houyong hastily instructed Lin Shiyuan.

Lin Shiyuan clearly still didn't quite understand, and thanked Lin Shiming in a dazed manner.

"Shiming, the Third-Order High Grade turtle spirit coconut has an even better effect. I think Second Brother and the others can all try it!" Lin Houyong spoke again.

His urgency in bringing Lin Shiyuan here was not just to tell Lin Shiming about the emergence of a Wind Spiritual Root Genius.

It was to explain the effect of the Third-Order High Grade turtle spirit coconut.

He had previously consumed a Third-Order Medium Grade one and had since had a son with Spiritual Roots, specifically Three Spiritual Roots, which was absolutely not bad in the Lin Family.

But it must be known that Lin Houyong's wife was a Loose Cultivator from Xing County Market, whose talent was only Four Spiritual Roots, and even though she had now become a Lin Family worship, her strength was only at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Giving birth to two sons, one with Three Spiritual Roots and one with a unique Spiritual Root, was absolutely unique in the Lin Family.

It should be known that even the descendants of Cultivators might be Mortals.

Lin Yuqing and Lin Yutie were both like this!

Lin Shiming also thought of the Azure Cloud Fox's targeting of him, and he immediately understood.

The effect of this turtle spirit coconut was probably better than imagined.

What Lin Houyong said was also to persuade single Cultivators like Lin Houyong, Lin Houfei, and Lin Houyong, after having little hope for Purple Mansion, to marry and have children to continue the Family's Dao!

Moreover, one person might be an isolated case. If Lin Houyong, Lin Houyong, and the others were also like this, then it meant that the Third-Order High Grade turtle spirit coconut was truly extraordinary.

"Okay, Fifth Uncle, I will speak to Seventh Grand Uncle and Thirteenth Uncle about this!" Lin Shiming was extremely solemn, raising the status of the Third-Order High Grade turtle spirit coconut another notch.

It was just that he was currently unaware of the difficulty of brewing High Grade turtle spirit coconut!

Just then, another Spirit Talisman passed through the Void Realm.

Lin Shiming held the sound transmission talisman with both hands, but his expression immediately darkened.

This sound transmission talisman was from Lin Shijie, and the message was only one: in a month, the Li Family, supported by the Heavenly Demon Sect, would attack the Lin Family's Fangmu Mountain.

Among them were Purple Mansion Cultivators.

The person who sent the message was Lin Shimo!

Lin Shiming had not expected that even though there was no longer a need for a beast tide in Yunzhou, the Heavenly Demon Sect would still attack the Lin Family.

This seemed very perplexing to him.

But perplexing or not, he had to respond.