533: The development of the Lin family and the ambition to return home (two-in-one, please subscribe for a monthly ticket)

On Qinglian Peak, Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi were playing chess.

The lotus flowers in Green Lotus Lake had bloomed, exceptionally brilliant, a sea of pink, nestled among the lotus leaves, surrounded by a multitude of them.

Tiny raindrops fell into the lotus leaves, like Spirit Beads.

Upon reaching the Third-Grade spirit leaf, the dewdrops on these lotus leaves were extremely spiritual, more effective than spirit water.

Now, every morning, Lin Family Cultivators would specially collect this spiritual dew.

Some Lin Family Elders were also in the pavilion, watching Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi play chess, each of them feeling immensely content.

With the Coral Island crisis resolved, and the four Jiaolong Kings dead, the Jiaolong Clan's beast tide naturally subsided. Even if there were to be a once-in-a-century beast tide this time!

It would most likely be a sporadic beast tide, caused by the overpopulation of the Yao Race and insufficient territory.

Such a beast tide could be suppressed by Purple Mansion Cultivators.

Currently, the Lin Family already had over a dozen Purple Mansion Cultivators, with another dozen in the process of Breakthrough. In less than thirty years, this number would increase to over twenty.

For such a beast tide, the Lin Family not only did not fear it, but rather looked forward to it.

After all, Lin Family Cultivators needed to re-train.

On Qinglian Peak, Lin Family Elders gathered, while other parts of the island began to bustle.

The Sword Pavilion needed to be re-arranged, the Spirit Talisman Pavilion needed to be re-arranged, and the Illusion Heart Pavilion needed to be re-arranged!

At the same time, those Cultivators whose cultivation had reached a critical point, and who had suppressed their Breakthroughs due to the beast tide crisis, began to enter seclusion one after another.

And a portion of the Cultivators in the Small World also needed to be recalled. Of course, most importantly, the major market cities could operate at full capacity!

At this moment, Lin Zewen was managing the Lin Family. He had already returned to the Lin Family from Lianyun Island, while Lin Yanjiao had entered seclusion, preparing to Breakthrough to Purple Mansion!

Lin Zewen, on the other hand, was in the Late Foundation Establishment Stage and still needed some time to refine his cultivation.

With these years of experience on Lianyun Island, Lin Zewen handled Lin Family matters in an orderly fashion.

Many in the Lin Family even somewhat feared Lin Zewen. He dressed elegantly, like a scholar, but his iron-blooded methods were famous even on Lianyun Island.

The Lin Family had planted many informants among the Loose Cultivators, and they also knew Lin Zewen's nickname.

At this moment, even Shuangmu Island became much more serious, which Lin Shiming and other high-ranking members were happy about.

The Lin Family's Spirit Herb Garden was also quite lively at this moment, with countless Spirit Medicine needing to be replanted. While replanting, a large amount of nourishing spirit liquid needed to be applied, and a Spirit Gathering Formation also needed to be activated.

Most of the wood-attribute Cultivators played a significant role in this. Although the Lin Family currently did not have a ripening Cultivation Technique like the Purple Wood Heart Sutra, there were indeed many other Cultivation Techniques beneficial to spiritual plants.

On the Lin Family's beach, Sea Cloud Birds and the domesticated spiritual turtles and spiritual shrimp were also released again, making the beach quite lively.

If Shuangmu Island was previously a war fortress, it was now gradually recovering, radiating a more vibrant vitality.

This situation was not only happening on Shuangmu Island, but also on Lianyun Island, Jiuyue Island, and Tianxiang Island!

The various actions of the Lin Family naturally fell into the eyes of those Loose Cultivators and small families.

So, Loose Cultivators also began to frequently go out to sea, and after going out to sea, they found that High Grade Yao Beasts were rare, or even absent, but Low Grade Yao Beasts were surprisingly abundant.

Moreover, among the Low Grade Yao Beasts, their Bloodline was remarkably poor. For them, the most important thing about going out to sea was not a rich harvest.

Rather, earning Spirit Stones steadily through sheer quantity was the deepest desire in the hearts of Loose Cultivators.

As the harvests grew, more and more Cultivators went out to sea. When they went out to sea, they had to buy Medicinal Pills, Magical Artifacts, and Spirit Talismans.

Upon returning from the sea, they had to sell Materials and spiritual ores.

After selling, they would go to a restaurant to spend some money, order Spirit Cuisine, and drink spirit wine!

Everything was developing in favor of the Lin Family... A gentle breeze blew, and the lotus leaves rippled like waves, swaying to one side, revealing emerald green lotus stems.

Inside the pavilion, Lin Xianzhi made a mistake in chess and was exploited by Lin Shiming.

Lin Shiming won.

"Seventh Grand Uncle, you were distracted!" Lin Shiming said with a smile.

Lin Xianzhi also smiled, shaking his head.

He did not reply.

He was happy to lose. He looked at the prosperous scene of the Family, with the incense lingering in the Ancestral Hall.

This was truly a prosperous Family.

Now, even if his cultivation stopped here, he would be content.

His state of mind was relaxed, and at this moment, a Spirit Light actually flickered, showing a tendency to Breakthrough.

"Congratulations, Seventh Grand Uncle!" Lin Shiming repeatedly offered his congratulations.

Lin Xianzhi also laughed heartily, then flew away, returning to his Immortal Cave to begin his seclusion.

Only Lin Shiming and the other Lin Family Elders remained.

Lin Houshou was eager to try.

He sat directly opposite Lin Shiming.

"They all say you're a Prodigy, but I, your Second Uncle, don't believe it!"

Lin Houshou picked up the black pieces and started playing.

Lin Shiming also responded with a smile.

However, now it was Lin Shiming and Lin Houshou playing, with Lin Houwei and Lin Shijie constantly commenting from the side.

As for the saying that a true gentleman does not speak while watching chess, the few of them had no such scruples at this moment.

Before this prosperous lotus scene, and at such a wonderful time, they were all somewhat involuntarily moved.

The chess game changed hands several times, and Lin Shiming rarely had such an experience.

After giving up his seat at the chessboard, Real Person Jiuxiao walked to the side and took out a palm-sized spiritual disc, which was precisely the Leaping Void Disc.

"Shiming, your Leaping Void Disc, I have already adjusted it!"

"Although it is still a Fourth-Grade Magic Treasure, it has been upgraded to a High Grade Fourth-Grade Magic Treasure. The leaping distance has increased, and the leaping intensity has also increased!"

Real Person Jiuxiao spoke, a hint of shame on his face!

Half a year had passed since his Breakthrough, yet he had only improved a Leaping Void Disc.

"Thank you, Elder Jiuxiao!" Lin Shiming's eyes lit up with joy. The adjustment of this Leaping Void Disc was another improvement in his strength.

"Elder Jiuxiao, I've troubled you!" Lin Shiming cupped his hands towards Real Person Jiuxiao and took out a Storage Pouch to hand to him.

"Elder Jiuxiao, this is the spirit wine issued by Coral Island. All Immortal Masters have a share!" Lin Shiming handed over the wine, not giving Real Person Jiuxiao a chance to refuse.

jade ambrosia dew was not something one could drink anytime.

According to Lin Shizhong, the current head of the Lin Family's Weapon Crafting Hall, Real Person Jiuxiao drank wine before every Artifact Refining session.

With this jade ambrosia dew, he hoped the Eternal Night Umbrella could be upgraded again, and that good things could be refined from the Blood Leech Demon King's spiritual skin.

"Shiming, next, I want to refine a Fifth-Grade spirit boat, a war treasure ship. The wreckage of that war treasure ship a few days ago gave me great inspiration!" Real Person Jiuxiao said.

"Then I'll trouble Elder Jiuxiao!" Lin Shiming couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Real Person Jiuxiao was still so eager, as if he always felt he hadn't done enough for the Lin Family.

But Lin Shiming valued this very quality in Real Person Jiuxiao even more.

In this world, there was no lack of Cultivators who would put on airs with their main Family after achieving a Golden Core Breakthrough.

This was why many families would keep a trump card against Cultivators who married into the Family and Guest Elders.

Lin Shiming left Qinglian Peak and arrived at the Family's Council Great Hall, where Lin Zewen was present.

He was currently handling matters with other Lin Family members.

Lin Shiming was not in a hurry and decided to wait for them.

However, when Lin Zewen and the others saw Lin Shiming arrive, they all stopped what they were doing.

"Seventh Uncle!" Lin Zewen spoke, and the other deacons and Elders also spoke up.

Among them, most were from the Ze Generation, interspersed with a few promising individuals from the Yan Generation.

There were no members from the Chang generation yet, but there was great potential, and each deacon and Elder brought many junior Cultivators from the Chang generation.

And by now, the Lin Family's Ze Generation members were already over a hundred years old.

"Zewen, how are the Family's Alchemists, Formation Masters, Artifact Refiners, and Talisman Masters now?"

Seeing them stop, Lin Shiming simply spoke directly.

"Seventh Uncle, this is..." Lin Zewen's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something.

Lin Shiming asking this question represented war. In a Family, a war not only caused the greatest loss of Cultivators but also of various spiritual Materials.

Now that there was no beast tide, what lay before the Lin Family was to return home.

Return to the Eastern Region!

Although this concept of returning home had not been mentioned for a century, it was a heavy stone in the hearts of the Lin Family's Hou Generation, Shi Generation, and Ze Generation.

Now that they had become a Golden Core Family, many Cultivators looked forward to this moment.

Lin Shiming nodded, not saying much, but this nod made Lin Zewen ecstatic.

Fortunately, as the Family Head for these years, his composure was still good, and he quickly suppressed his excitement.

"Among the Family's currently ranked Alchemists, there is one High Grade Fourth-Grade Alchemist, who is Seventh Aunt; six Low Grade Fourth-Grade Alchemists, five of whom broke through using the Detailed Explanation of Array Instruments in the Late Foundation Establishment Stage, and the remaining one is Thirteenth Uncle Lin Houxuan, who just broke through to Purple Mansion and will likely break through to Medium Grade Fourth-Grade Alchemist soon; as for High Grade Third-Grade Alchemists, the Family has forty-eight, three of whom are also preparing to use the Detailed Explanation of Array Instruments to break through to Fourth-Grade Alchemy; as for Second-Grade Alchemists, there are many, the Family has three hundred and eighty, and this doesn't even count those who haven't been ranked, as many Lin Family members also practice Alchemy, but they don't earn contribution points in the Lin Family through Alchemy!"

Lin Shiming also nodded upon hearing this. His Thirteenth Uncle's Breakthrough to Purple Mansion was good news.

This individual had encountered considerable resistance during his Foundation Establishment Breakthrough, but his Purple Mansion Breakthrough was unusually smooth.

However, Lin Shiming shook his head at the Family's use of the Detailed Explanation of Array Instruments, not knowing what to say.

Excessive use of the Detailed Explanation of Array Instruments would affect Breakthroughs, but now most Lin Family members were using the Detailed Explanation of Array Instruments to Breakthrough their Alchemy Realm.

This would enhance their Divine Sense.

As long as it was used sparingly, it was beneficial.

"Among the Family's Artifact Refiners, there is one Fifth-Grade Artifact Refiner, who is Elder Jiuxiao; three Fourth-Grade Artifact Refiners, who are Thirteenth Uncle Lin Houwei, who broke through to Purple Mansion, and Thirty-fifth Uncle Lin Houfei, who is in the Late Foundation Establishment Stage, and Lin Shizhong, the head of the Weapon Crafting Hall. The latter is also currently refining his true essence, preparing to break through to Purple Mansion. However, there are thirty-eight Late Stage Third-Grade Artifact Refiners, more than a dozen of whom may be able to refine Fourth-Grade Magical Artifacts using the Detailed Explanation of Array Instruments, and the Third-Grade Artifact Refiners have reached eighty-nine, even more than the Alchemists!"

"In terms of Talisman Masters, the Family currently has two Fourth-Grade Talisman Masters, Yu Jing, who broke through to Purple Mansion, and Uncle Shijin, who is currently undergoing Breakthrough; twenty-eight Third-Grade Talisman Masters; additionally, there are twenty Lin Family Guest Elders, who are also Third-Grade Talisman Masters. Besides that, there is also Uncle Shijin's daughter, Lin Zehong, who has extremely high Talisman talent. Although she has just broken through to Foundation Establishment, she can already refine High Grade Second-Grade Talismans!"

"In terms of Formation Masters, the Family currently has one High Grade Fourth-Grade Formation Master, who is Second Grandpa Lin Houshou; two Medium Grade Fourth-Grade Formation Masters, Uncle Shiyun and Brother Zelou! Eight Low Grade Fourth-Grade Formation Masters, but all eight of these need to use the Detailed Explanation of Array Instruments; as for Third-Grade Formation Masters, there are twenty-eight!"

...Lin Zewen introduced them one by one, which made Lin Shiming nod, yet also shake his head.

He nodded because these advancements were real; he shook his head because the development speed of the Lin Family's four major arts was still slow.

But this was unavoidable.

In the past, the Lin Family had many artisans because the Lin Family had few resources, and most Lin Family members needed a skill to support their Cultivation. In contrast, now that the Lin Family had more resources.

The four major artisans' progress had slowed instead.

This was especially true for Cultivators with high talent.

Moreover, the internal competition within the Lin Family was also fierce.

Normally, it wasn't noticeable, but now that the Lin Family needed to gather war resources, counting the numbers revealed it.

One should know that the Lin Family currently had two Golden Core Cultivators, over a dozen Purple Mansion Cultivators, and five to six hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

And there was also the Detailed Explanation of Array Instruments.

"Zewen, revise the Family rules and double the salaries of the four major artisans!"

As soon as Lin Shiming said this, Lin Zewen was surprised, but then he nodded.

He was surprised because the Lin Family's current salaries were far higher than those of other families.

Moreover, the Lin Family's multi-birth policy was still in effect. If it were other families, they would have stopped the multi-birth policy long ago.

Now, raising the salaries of artisans again would undoubtedly be an even greater test for the Family's finances.

Lin Zewen could see the shortage of artisans, and Lin Yanjiao could also see it, but they were powerless to change it.

Because they were also beneficiaries of this policy.

Asking them to learn Alchemy or Artifact Refining was something they couldn't do either.

After all, now everyone in the Lin Family could aspire to the Immortal Dao, unlike before, when even a Foundation Establishment Pill had to be fought for desperately.

However, this shortcoming was nothing to Lin Shiming.

In the future, in the Coral Alliance, the Lin Family would either govern Lianyun Island or Golden Thunder Island.

After all, the Lin Family's current Golden Core combat power was considerable. At that time, what they would lack was not resources, but talented Cultivators!

And among them, the four major artisans were the most important!

Moreover, this time, he had an agreement with Immortal Master Kuangfeng that he could obtain Immortal Master Kuangfeng's Legacy.

That was a Sixth-Grade Alchemy Legacy, and a Sixth-Grade Spirit Cuisine Legacy, as well as a Sixth-Grade Artifact Refining Legacy.

"Additionally, the Family's Spirit Herb Garden and Spirit Cuisine Hall, as well as the Spirit Puppet Hall and Beast Taming Hall, and even the Spirit Seeking Hall, are all the same!" Lin Shiming added.

If he was slightly surprised before, he was utterly shocked now.

Spiritual planting, beast taming, spiritual puppets, and spirit seeking were all considered niche arts.

However, since Lin Shiming spoke, Lin Zewen still nodded.

"Zewen, you can pay more attention to Lianyun Island and try to incorporate it into the Lin Family's territory. The Lin Family now needs more mineral veins and Secret Realms!"

"In the next hundred years, I hope our Lin Family will transform from barely entering the threshold of a Golden Core Family into a great Golden Core Family comparable to the former Hongye Island!" Lin Shiming said.

"Also, the time to return to the Eastern Region is not far off!" Lin Shiming finally gave Lin Zewen a definitive answer!

Which made the latter ecstatic!

Lin Shiming had already received a sword talisman when he returned to Shuangmu Island, sent by Immortal Master Tianjian.

The Lin Family could return to the Eastern Region, but they would be returning to Chu Country, where the Heavenly Demon Sect was located!

And Yunzhou of Zhao Country would also be allocated to the Lin Family!

However, these territories were all ill-intentioned!

Chu Country had to directly face the Yao Race of the East Sea, while Yunzhou of Zhao Country had to face the Yao Race of the Qingyun Mountain Range!

Moreover, there were certainly many remnants of the Heavenly Demon Sect in Chu Country.

And as is well known, many treasures and Opportunities of the Demonic Sect were useless to Righteous Path Cultivators!