366: Jiuxiao Reminder (Additional updates for fish rewards in the romantic rain)

Inside Thousand Wood Peak, dense firelight flickered, illuminating the cave entrance brightly.

Bubbles continuously burst, rising with thick heat.

Lin Shiming held out his palm, and the Soul Suppressing Tower also transformed into a miniature square tower, landing in his hand.

The Soul Suppressing Tower was his Lifebound Treasure, so it was connected to Lin Shiming's mind. This Magic Treasure, nourished by the fire-attribute Spiritual Vein, not only increased its power by several tenths, but also gathered a considerable amount of spiritual fire within it.

When suppressing enemies, it could also release spiritual fire.

This was another major benefit of a Spiritual Vein nurturing a treasure.

Lin Shiming put the Soul Suppressing Tower back into his body and headed towards Wuyan Peak.

Upon arriving at Wuyan Peak, he replicated the process and retrieved another Soul Suppressing Tower. This Soul Suppressing Tower was also surrounded by layers of Spirit Light, appearing extraordinary and much more powerful than an unnourished Magic Treasure.

With two Soul Suppressing Towers in hand, Lin Shiming now possessed a total of four Soul Suppressing Towers. His chances of success in this trip to the Ziyang Secret Realm had greatly increased.

After collecting the Soul Suppressing Towers, Lin Shiming checked on Lin Yanjiao's progress. These days, Lin Shitao was also in seclusion.

Given her spiritual physique, Lin Shiming still needed to pay attention to her.

He then arrived at Qinglian Peak. Lin Xianzhi seemed to have already known Lin Shiming was coming and was waiting at the Wave-Watching Pavilion on Qinglian Peak.

"Seventh Grand Uncle!" Lin Shiming called out respectfully.

"What can the Family help you with on this journey?" Lin Xianzhi asked after a moment of silence.

Perhaps others could be kept in the dark about Lin Shiming's affairs, but for Lin Xianzhi, he understood Lin Shiming too well. Ever since Lin Shiming returned from Rising Sun Island, there had been a cloud of melancholy between his brows.

Seclusion, Breakthrough, sword practice, and tower collection.

All these actions indicated that Lin Shiming's journey would not be simple.

"A fourth-tier Formation Plate and fourth-tier spiritual jade!" Lin Shiming hadn't expected Lin Xianzhi to say this. After a moment of silence, he spoke.

The Formation Plate, of course, was self-explanatory; defense and spirit isolation were important. The fourth-tier spiritual jade was for collecting Spirit Medicine.

"Additionally, mantis Yao Beast Materials and heavenly beast grass!" Lin Shiming then took out a Jade Slip and added.

Inside the Jade Slip were precisely the secret method and Pill Formula for the Heavenly Beast Transformation.

The Lin Family possessed the Spirit Control Seal and Soul Restraining Seal secret methods, making the possibility of obtaining the Purple Mansion Great Demon's essence blood very high. This was a secret method that could enhance the strength of Lin Xianzhi and even Lin Shijie.

Furthermore, he indeed needed the latter to collect heavenly beast grass.

"With Senior Yan Yang Sword accompanying me on this trip, there shouldn't be any major issues!" Lin Shiming added, fearing Lin Xianzhi's worry.

Lin Xianzhi nodded, looking into the distance where the surging sea crashed against the reefs, sending up waves of spray.

There was also some unease in his eyes.

Bringing the Yan Yang Sword implied that the danger was even more complex.

"Be careful in everything. You still have Shitao!"

Then he took out a Storage Pouch and handed it to Lin Shiming.

Lin Shiming took the Storage Pouch, and his Divine Sense probed it. Inside, he saw a drop of thousand-year spiritual milk, several fourth-tier spiritual talismans, and three sets of Formation Plates.

The thousand-year spiritual milk was obtained by the Lin Family in the Mysterious Grade Secret Realm. There were three drops in total; two were in Lin Shiming's hands, and the last one now also fell into his hands.

"Thank you, Seventh Grand Uncle!" After much deliberation, Lin Shiming still did not say that he would escape if the Jade Slip shattered.

His name was on the family jade book, and he would naturally sense if he died.

Moreover, the Lin Family had nowhere else to go, so he absolutely could not fail this trip.

Lin Shiming made another trip to the Family's Treasure Pavilion. The new Treasure Pavilion was also on the Family's Qinglian Peak. After placing the excess second and third-tier treasures into the Treasure Pavilion, Lin Shiming also piloted his spirit boat towards Tianxiang Island...

Tianxiang Island. The current Lin Family firmly held its position as the number one Family on Tianxiang Island, owning the largest Lin Family Restaurant, the largest Lin Family Pill Workshop, and the Lin Family Artifact Pavilion.

Especially because the Lin Family recently reduced the Teleportation Array fees, more and more Loose Cultivators and Family Cultivators came to Tianxiang Island to hunt Yao Beasts.

Even the businesses of the Lin Family's Pill Workshop, Artifact Pavilion, and Restaurant were getting better and better.

The cuilan tea and cultivation rooms even garnered continuous praise from countless Loose Cultivators.

Lin Shiming, wearing spirit isolation gauze, quietly arrived at the Lin Family Restaurant. After taking out his Lin Family identity token, he went directly to the third floor.

"Second Brother!" The door opened, revealing Lin Shiyi and Ye Yujiao, holding a three-year-old child and playing.

The child was their descendant, Lin Zechu. Because he had consumed turtle spirit coconut, both of them were very confident in Lin Zechu's Spiritual Root.

"Yujiao, take Chu'er to another room!" Lin Shiyi instructed. He knew why Lin Shiming was here, so it was naturally for an important matter.

After Ye Yujiao left, Lin Shiyi quickly took out a Jade Slip and said:

"Seventh Brother, look at this. Senior Nine Heavens told me to personally give it to you!"

Lin Shiming took the Jade Slip, and his conviction about the possibility of Real Person Xuri making a move grew stronger.

The set of Magic Treasures that Real Person Xuri had refined earlier indeed had the function of soul-searching and breaking seals.

And it had a high probability of deciphering the family jade book.

This Jade Slip was precisely Nine Heavens Hermit's warning to Lin Shiming.

During this time, Nine Heavens Hermit had also urged him quite quickly.

This made Nine Heavens Hermit somewhat wary.

Connecting this to the System's prompt and Real Person Xuri's mysterious eyes, it was highly likely that the other party would make a move after he emerged from the Ziyang Secret Realm.

Besides this, Loose Immortal Sanyang had also sent someone to contact the Lin Family.

Asking when Lin Shiming would arrive at Rising Sun Island.

Lin Shiming nodded, then took out a Storage Pouch and spoke of the true purpose of this trip.

"Second Brother, I'm entrusting this purple profound treasure jade to you. Display it at the appropriate time; the Auction still needs to proceed!" The Auction that the Lin Family had promised when they occupied Tianxiang Island was now almost due.

Even if he wasn't there, the Auction had to continue.

"The other one is a great strength fruit, which will help your cultivation!"

"Thank you, Seventh Brother. Second Brother won't say much more, but if you have any commands in the future, Second Brother will never refuse!" Lin Shiyi also said.

Next, Lin Shiming continued to discuss the specific details of the Auction with Lin Shiyi. He had told most of the matters to Lin Houyuan, who was responsible for strategy and sales methods.

But the Duan Family and Cheng Family on Tianxiang Island could only be handled by Lin Shiyi.

Suppression was inevitable, and when the time was right, these two Families had to be replaced.

Even if the Lin Family was truly lenient enough to ignore them, they would still develop rifts among themselves and could very likely turn against them at a critical moment.

After handling this, two new Families would also need to be supported, as the Lin Family could not sit by and watch the Ye Family become too powerful.

For both emotional and logical reasons, Lin Shiyi needed to know.

An hour later, Lin Shiming left the Lin Family Restaurant and took the Teleportation Array towards Rising Sun Island.

Upon arriving at Rising Sun Island, Lin Shiming couldn't help but take out a token. The token glowed with Spirit Light; it was Loose Immortal Sanyang's token.

It displayed a message:

"Hurry to Xuri Palace to listen to the Dao and the rules of the Ziyang Secret Realm!"