506: Sijiange and Yanjiao's Strategy to Resist the Enemy (2-in-1)

Inside the Immortal Cave, Lin Shitao was comforted by Lin Shiming for a long time before he left and went to the discussion hall.

Lin Yanjiao and the current Elder Council were still discussing the situation, which, after nearly eighty years of silence, had begun to change again.

The centennial Beast Tide calamity might also arrive earlier.

"Seventh Grand Uncle!" Lin Yanjiao exclaimed in surprise when she saw Lin Shiming, then her face filled with joy.

Lin Shiming was now the backbone of the Lin Family; as long as he was present, other Cultivators would feel much more at ease!

The rest of the Elder Council also bowed their hands.

The current Elder Council of the Lin Family were all exceptionally intelligent and their Cultivation was all at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Most of the generations were of the Ze Generation, with a few from the Yan Generation.

The Lin Family's core strength had now completed the transition from the Shi Generation to the Ze Generation, and was even subtly moving towards the Yan Generation.

There were quite a few Yan Generation Foundation Establishment Cultivators now.

"You all continue, I'll listen!" Lin Shiming waved his hand, saying.

He didn't know much about the South Sea's situation now, so listening from the side was fine.

"Seventh Grand Uncle, we are preparing to issue a hero leaderboard!"

"The leaderboard is similar to the one from the last century, divided into the Zifu Demon Slayer Leaderboard, the Foundation Establishment Demon Slayer Leaderboard, and the Qi Condensation Demon Slayer Leaderboard!"

"Strive to repel the enemy from the outside!"

"Moreover, this time, we plan to merge the Lianyun Island leaderboard with the Nine Dragon Island leaderboard!"

"This will increase competitiveness, but the corresponding rewards must also be greater!" Lin Yanjiao slowly explained.

With the precedent of Hongye Island successfully repelling the enemy in the last century, many inner islands had begun to implement demon-slaying leaderboard incentive policies in advance, encouraging a large number of Loose Cultivators and some Families to head to the Outer Sea.

If the Lin Family didn't implement greater rewards, the appeal wouldn't be as strong.

But similarly, if the treasures were set too high, making them stand out among the various islands, it would offend Cultivators from other islands.

They were unsure of the right balance.

"Alright, but the Zifu Demon Slayer Leaderboard will remain unchanged!" Lin Shiming nodded. The Foundation Establishment Demon Slayer Leaderboard and the Qi Condensation Demon Slayer Leaderboard could have their rewards slightly increased to attract more people.

However, for the Zifu Demon Slayer Leaderboard, it was better to be conservative.

Firstly, it would offend other islands by raising the overall leaderboard rewards.

Secondly, the Lin Family had recently consumed a great deal of Purple Mansion Jade Liquid, and this amount would only increase in the future.

Even if Purple Mansion Jade Liquid was used as a reward, it had to be brought back by the Lin Family's Purple Mansion Cultivators.

"Besides the leaderboard, what other ideas do you have?" Lin Shiming continued to ask.

He didn't believe Lin Yanjiao only had one strategy, the leaderboard.

"Seventh Grand Uncle, there is indeed another idea: to hold a grand Auction for Purple Mansion Cultivators on Nine Dragon Island, which would not conflict with Coral Island's Golden Core grand Auction!"

"It can also attract many Purple Mansion Cultivators. We can offer a fourth-tier Celestial Sound Snail and a water spirit pearl from a fourth-tier Water Spirit Shell as specialties. For the finale, we will bring out our daughter red wine and fourth-tier sturgeon dragon wine!"

"Of course, if we still have the taiqing purple jade fruit, we can also bring it out!" Lin Yanjiao hesitated for a moment, then added.

"The ziyu fruit is fine. Also, I have a fu ling fire mulberry fruit here!" Lin Shiming added.

Since they were going to hold an Auction, they might as well Auction off a fu ling fire mulberry fruit, which would greatly excite even a Golden Core trade fair!

A full hundred years of lifespan would make it even more welcome to Cultivators.

And coincidentally, Lin Shiming had obtained a fu ling fire mulberry fruit tree and a taiqing purple jade fruit tree during his trip to the Eastern Region, just waiting for him to find time to catalyze them.

The ripening time for both fruit trees was not much different; a single Minor Divine Ability of Wind of Rejuvenation would be enough.

"Also, hold a Purple Mansion trade fair and send out invitations to them. Let Shijie handle this!" Lin Shiming added.

Lin Shijie had also successfully broken through ten years ago, advancing to the Purple Mansion Late Stage.

Coupled with his refinement of the Crimson Glow Flame, his current strength was not weak among Purple Mansion Late Stage Cultivators.

If he could exchange for a few more exotic flames at the trade fair, his strength would be even higher.

"Also, collect these Materials!" Lin Shiming took out a Jade Slip for Lin Yanjiao.

With an Auction, they could naturally also acquire treasures.

And what was inside his Jade Slip were the Materials for a fifth-tier war treasure ship!

This war treasure ship was also a great weapon. If it could be refined before the trip to Coral Island, it would naturally add a few more chances of victory for the Lin Family!

Many of the Materials were currently unavailable and relatively rare, but such Purple Mansion trade fairs and grand Auctions might have them.

Now was also a special period; the South Sea might experience turmoil, and many Cultivators would bring out some of their most prized treasures to exchange for treasures for survival.

"Oh, and for the Auction, invite forces from Hongye Island and Nine Dragon Island!"

"The invitation should be in my name!" Lin Shiming continued.

As soon as he spoke, Lin Yanjiao's face lit up with joy.

With the Auction and the leaderboard launched, the number of Cultivators on Nine Dragon Island would definitely far exceed before, increasing the Lin Family's chances of defending Tianxiang Island and Nine Dragon Island.

If possible, the Lin Family still did not want to retreat into that volcanic Small World.

After Lin Shiming finalized the plans, Lin Yanjiao continued to plan and arrange.

The scorched-earth policy needed to be implemented, and various sensing Formations also needed to be deployed.

And the seed plan also needed to be implemented.

Lin Shiming listened to everything and was extremely satisfied with Lin Yanjiao's arrangements.

Once all plans were settled, all members of the Elder Council began to implement them.

After encouraging Lin Yanjiao, Lin Shiming headed towards the Sword Pavilion.

This time, he also called Lin Houshou.

The two rode on a spirit boat and flew to the front of the Sword Pavilion in dozens of breaths.

The current Sword Pavilion was becoming more and more magnificent, and all the pavilions and palaces had a more golden Aura.

In front of the Sword Pavilion, there were still many Cultivators. With the appearance of the Chang generation, the Lin Family's Sword Cultivator talents continued to emerge.

By now, even though Lin Shiming had set up the sword carving stone to sense Sword Intent, the Sword Pavilion was still somewhat insufficient.

Many Cultivators were also queuing up.

The Cultivator guarding the Sword Pavilion was now also from the Shi Generation, Lin Shicheng, in the Late Foundation Establishment Stage. Seeing Lin Shiming approach, he quickly walked out.

"Seventh Brother, Second Uncle, they all meet the requirements for the sword carving stone's test!" Lin Shicheng said somewhat fearfully.

"It's alright, I'm here today to solve this problem!" Lin Shiming said with a smile.

And at this moment, in front of the Sword Pavilion, many Cultivators began to worry!

They were afraid that Lin Shiming would once again raise the threshold for entering the Sword Pavilion!

No one knew better than them how insufficient the Sword Intent in the Sword Pavilion was now, and no one knew better how much the Sword Pavilion could improve their Dao of the Sword at this moment!

Even just looking at the sword steps was a full test for them.

Lin Shiming didn't explain much about this.

He walked directly into the Sword Pavilion.

Only Lin Houshou patted Lin Shicheng's shoulder and then looked at the other Lin Family Cultivators.

"Don't worry, the Sword Pavilion is going to expand!"

"In the future, everyone won't have to worry about the Sword Pavilion being insufficient, but the rules are still the same: if you have talent, you can use it; if you don't have talent, don't force it!"

...Entering the Sword Pavilion, Lin Shiming once again saw many Lin Family Cultivators. At this moment, Lin Yanxing, Lin Zeyi, and Lin Zeli were there.

The three of them each occupied a sword step, and some other Lin Family Cultivators were in front of the sword steps. Although they couldn't feel the Sword Intent as directly, it wasn't much worse.

In short, the Sword Pavilion, except for the sword steps, was packed!

Lin Shiming ignored the other Cultivators and went straight to the highest eighteenth stone step!

Yan Yang Sword also woke up, looking at Lin Shiming.

"You succeeded?"

"I met Senior Grass, but I'm still not qualified!" Lin Shiming smiled bitterly with helplessness.

Although his trip was smooth, he truly didn't catch the eye of the Taiyi Sword Grass.

"Normal!" Yan Yang Sword was not surprised.

"Who came out this time?" Yan Yang Sword suddenly thought, and began to laugh.

He was now at the Peak of the Late Golden Core Stage, and those Spirit Communication Swords had not yet found suitable hosts. At most, they could only display the strength of the Early Stage Golden Core, which was already remarkable.

"Autumn Blood, Ying Feng, Lei Ming, Fei Fu, Ming Lun!" Lin Shiming said one by one, also taking out the Spirit Communication Swords.

As the five swords appeared, the Sword Intent within the Sword Pavilion erupted once again.

All the Lin Family Cultivators only felt an even sharper Sword Intent appear.

Many Cultivators who had their eyes closed opened them, and after seeing six swords in the sky, they were utterly astonished!

"Brother Autumn Blood, you've come out too?" Yan Yang Sword looked at Autumn Blood Sword with a slightly fawning expression.

This scene made Lin Shiming a little stunned. Although he thought Yan Yang Sword was inferior to Autumn Blood Sword, he hadn't expected Yan Yang Sword to be so subservient.

However, looking at Ying Feng Sword and Lei Ming Sword, it was different.

Yan Yang Sword was still arrogant. He was now a Late Golden Core Stage Spirit Cultivator, even close to the Peak, and could even prepare to Breakthrough to Nascent Soul.

Ying Feng Sword uncharacteristically remained silent. Being suppressed by Yan Yang Sword now, he felt it was meaningless to speak.

One must know that they were once almost equal, or even slightly better than Yan Yang Sword.

They just silently looked at the sword carving stone with Autumn Blood Sword and the other swords. Being able to land on the sword carving stone, they finally understood why Yan Yang Sword could improve so quickly.

This treatment, even in the former Tai Bai Sword Palace, they couldn't achieve, and their goodwill towards the Lin Family greatly increased.

However, after seeing many Lin Family Cultivators, their expressions subtly changed.

"Senior Yan Yang Sword, there are now sixty more sword carving stone sword steps. At that time, the Lin Family will add three Sword Pavilions with fifteen sword carving stones each. Then, all Seniors can freely choose a Sword Pavilion!"

"This Sword Pavilion will be called the East Sword Pavilion!" Lin Shiming said, expressing his idea.

At the same time, he also planned to specially set aside a West Sword Pavilion, specifically for these Spirit Communication Swords.

After all, there were many Lin Family Cultivators now, and sometimes they would disturb these Spirit Communication Swords.

"This is excellent!" Ying Feng Sword nodded repeatedly. He was extremely supportive.

Lin Shiming also nodded, then left the five swords and Yan Yang Sword together to reminisce, while he exited the Sword Pavilion and had Lin Houshou arrange for the construction of new Sword Pavilions.

And when the Lin Family's four great Sword Pavilions appeared, all the Lin Family Cultivators were ecstatic!

Some even actively wanted to help build the Sword Pavilions.

Lin Shiming had Lin Houshou arrange it. The East Sword Pavilion was built by Lin Houshou, so he had experience in this area.

After the Sword Pavilion arrangements were made, Lin Shiming returned to his Immortal Cave and catalyzed both the taiqing purple jade fruit tree and the fu ling fire mulberry fruit.

At the same time, he looked at the Red-haired Demon Monkey, who was still facing the stone wall, refining flames.

He was also Cultivating the Beast Scripture Cultivation Technique he had recently acquired.

"Shiyan!" Lin Shiming woke the Red-haired Demon Monkey.

The latter quickly came out:

"Master!"

Lin Shiming flipped his hand, and the Rising Sun Sword appeared. On it, a Crimson Glow Flame also appeared. After decades of burning, even a third of the flame had grown considerably.

"You couldn't refine it back then, but you should be able to now. Remember not to be too impetuous in the future, and Cultivate within your means!" Lin Shiming handed the Crimson Glow Flame to him!

The latter was also ecstatic.

This time, instead of swallowing it immediately, the flame pattern on his forehead began to emerge, emitting a crimson Spirit Light that received the Crimson Glow Flame!

"Thank you, Master!" The Red-haired Demon Monkey, Shiyan, knelt again in worship.

Lin Shiming waved his hand, telling him to go and Cultivate well.

He circled the Immortal Cave and noticed that the other Yao Beasts and Wood Demons were all Cultivating Cultivation Techniques. This trip to the Eastern Region, they had all gained Cultivation Techniques, which made the Immortal Cave seem a bit quiet.

Lin Shiming was happy with this. He checked the progress of Wang Jiao and the other four half-dragons, and after confirming there were no problems, he once again left the Immortal Cave and headed towards Nine Dragon Island.

Although Nine Heavens Hermit was currently in seclusion for a Breakthrough, the fighting strength of Shuangmu Island was considerable now: one Early Stage Golden Core Spirit Puppet, plus Yan Yang Sword, and the five swords including Autumn Blood Sword.

Even if a Golden Core Demon King came, he would just be delivering a host.

He had no need to worry at all.

But for Nine Dragon Island, Lin Shiming had to start planning.

Didn't Nine Dragon Island lose the Nine Dragon fruit tree previously?

This time, Lin Shiming would also retrieve the fruit tree for Nine Dragon Island. With his Early Stage Golden Core fighting strength, plus a Late Golden Core Stage Spirit Puppet.

He would work for Nine Dragon Island and see if Nine Dragon Island would agree.

Secondly, Hongye Island would probably also be troubled by this Beast Tide, so he would agree to implement the scorched-earth policy in advance.

However, this time, Lin Shiming's scorched-earth policy was not to clear out ordinary Yao Beasts, but Demon Kings!

Both for Golden Core hosts and for fifth-tier Spiritual Veins!

This was also his biggest reason for having Lin Yanjiao invite Nine Dragon Island and Hongye Island to participate.

The Teleportation Array began to teleport, and Lin Shiming arrived on Nine Dragon Island.

As soon as he entered the Teleportation Array, he saw an unprecedented grand city!

The city walls were a hundred zhang high, entirely built of profound iron, inscribed with various spiritual patterns. Above the city walls were various spiritual crossbows, and the defensive fortifications were fully constructed!

From afar, it looked like a primordial giant beast, full of deterrence!

On the city walls, many Cultivators were patrolling, and on the island, countless spirit boats were coming and going. At this moment, many Loose Cultivators could also be seen already going out to hunt Yao Beasts and compete for the leaderboard.

Lin Shiming looked at the huge city walls and felt a little relieved; Lin Yanjiao had not disappointed him!

Such a grand city was enough to bear the heavy responsibility of resisting the Beast Tide. This time, perhaps there would be no need to retreat to Tianxiang Island; Nine Dragon Island alone would be enough to repel the Yao Beasts from the outside!

At the same time, Lin Shiming also noticed that many Cultivators who had come upon hearing about the Auction were also marveling at the city walls themselves.