542: After a refreshing drink, the small party begins (two-in-one)

“The purple illusion heaven smoke wine you obtained can shield against the perception of the oath of the heavenly dao, but please note that you need at least a Fourth-Order High Grade spiritual flame to evaporate the hidden spirit-locking Gu worms within!”

As soon as the System prompt appeared, Lin Shiming’s eyes sharpened. Sure enough, the Earth Gate Master of the Heavenly Illumination Sect had ill intentions.

He provided the purple illusion heaven smoke wine, which could block the influence of the oath of the heavenly dao, but he also set a trap for the Immortal Masters.

Few people had even heard of this purple illusion heaven smoke wine, let alone the spirit-locking Gu worms.

Moreover, the purple illusion heaven smoke perfectly concealed the aura within.

At this moment, Lin Shiming’s Divine Sense finally detected something different: within the purple wine bottle, there were some red misty threads.

These misty threads had no detectable life aura, but they were the eggs of Gu worms. They would only be activated once the Earth Gate Master triggered them from his side.

Then they would re-activate their life aura.

By then, it was estimated that the Gu worms would have already entered the Cultivator’s body, hidden in some critical locations.

Even if others discovered the problem within, it would be impossible to expose it after receiving the purple illusion heaven smoke wine.

After all, exposure would mean being implicated with the Heavenly Illumination Sect.

While nothing might be said now, it might not be the case in the future.

The current situation of the Coral Alliance was quite delicate.

Lin Shiming summoned the Red-haired Demon Monkey. Its temper had improved significantly, and now its entire body glowed with four-colored flames.

It looked as if it was born from fire, exceptionally mystical.

Among these four-colored flames, the Crimson Glow Flame was the most overbearing. Once fully ignited, even Golden Core Cultivators dared not face its edge directly.

Of course, with the Red-haired Demon Monkey’s strength, it was difficult to fully unleash the power of the Crimson Glow Flame; it could only utilize it to a limited extent.

Currently, the Red-haired Demon Monkey’s aura already surpassed that of the Golden Winged Mantis.

Once it completely refines the Crimson Glow Flame, it might even break through to the Purple Mansion Late Stage in one go.

At that time, the Golden Core Stage would be within reach.

“Red-haired, roast this spirit wine!” Lin Shiming took out the purple illusion heaven smoke wine.

Since he knew that the Coral Alliance would make him and the Ye Family choose between Lanling Island and the Hongye Islands.

The Lin Family could not truly sign his oath of the heavenly dao.

Otherwise, if they were constrained by Coral Island everywhere in the future, it would not be of much benefit to the Lin Family’s development.

This purple illusion heaven smoke was very necessary.

After all, Lin Shiming was quite confident in what the System prompted.

“Please rest assured, Master, the spirit-locking Gu worms in this wine will disappear within ten days!” The Red-haired Demon Monkey examined the purple illusion heaven smoke wine, but it couldn’t find the so-called Gu worms.

So, the three-day estimate it initially gave turned into ten days.

This time frame still allowed for preparation.

After all, Lin Shiming’s Divine Sense was at the Late Golden Core Stage, while the Red-haired Demon Monkey’s Divine Sense probably hadn’t even reached the Purple Mansion Late Stage.

Lin Shiming also nodded in agreement.

He was extremely confident in the Red-haired Demon Monkey’s spiritual flame.

Next, Lin Shiming’s days became tranquil. When he had time, he would guide the younger generations with their problems and understand their gains from the market trip.

He suddenly realized that it was still possible to find overlooked treasures, but now that Lin Shiming had broken through to the Golden Core Middle Stage, his System prompts would not react to many treasures.

This subtle change made Lin Shiming feel very mystical.

Among the younger generation this time, the one with the greatest gain was not Lin Zehong, but Lin Changxing. He purchased a piece of water Soul jade for five thousand Medium Grade Spirit Stones.

This water Soul jade was very similar to water light jade, and its Spiritual Qi situation was also similar, but its value differed by nearly ten times.

The water Soul jade could nourish the Divine Soul of water-attribute Cultivators, while water light jade enhanced a Cultivator’s spiritual power.

It was precisely because Lin Changxing had a Heavenly Spiritual Root and a faint premonition that he acquired it.

However, Lin Changxing’s personality was the exact opposite of Lin Zehong’s; the former was quiet and calm, while the latter was boisterous and carefree.

She didn’t quite seem like a female Cultivator!

However, Lin Shiming was very optimistic about both of these Juniors. The former should have no major problems reaching the Golden Core Stage, and the latter’s talent in spiritual talismans was so strong that the Lin Family would spare no effort in cultivating her.

Aside from guiding the Juniors, Lin Shiming spent his other time refining the spiritual patterns of his Divine Sense Palace.

Because these spiritual patterns were more complex, numerous, and intricate, Lin Shiming felt incredibly fulfilled.

Every time he finished refining a spiritual pattern, it brought him a sense of accomplishment.

Moreover, he felt that only when the Divine Sense Palace was fully condensed would his Divine Sense Weapon secret technique truly reach Major Achievement.

At that time, its power would definitely be incomparable.

Coupled with his other methods, perhaps then, he would even dare to challenge the Divine Soul of a Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator.

As long as the opponent wasn’t skilled in Divine Sense, Lin Shiming might not even need to draw his sword.

These days continued until the eighth day.

On this day, a spiritual talisman flew out from the side and landed in Lin Shiming’s hand.

This spiritual talisman was sent by Real Person Hongye.

The small trade fair she arranged had begun.

As someone who was there to show support, Lin Shiming naturally had to attend.

The location was also within the Heavenly Leaf Palace, so there was no need to walk too far; it was just next door.

This trade fair, as long as it was on Coral Island, could not escape the supervision of the Zhao Family of Coral Island.

So Real Person Hongye simply held it in the Heavenly Leaf Palace.

This was more straightforward, almost directly indicating that she wanted Golden Thunder Island.

Lin Shiming approved of Real Person Hongye’s action, as for the Lin Family, there was no need to hide and sneak around either.

Moreover, it could also test the intentions of Coral Island.

Hongye Island holding this trade fair was a declaration of stance.

The Lin Family’s objective was to support the Ye Family of Hongye Island, and at the same time, acquire a certain amount of treasures.

Of course, the most important thing was to establish resource connections with other inner islands.

For example, using the Lin Family’s daughter red to exchange for purple zenith sandalwood, to exchange for Fourth-Order Puppets from Tianji Island.

To exchange for dragon blood shrimp from Rain Copper Island, etc… Although Lin Shiming had broken through to the Golden Core Stage before, and most other inner island Immortal Masters had appeared at his Golden Core Ceremony, at that time, he was still in the capacity of an outer island master subordinate to the Hongye Islands.

And the spiritual items the Lin Family privately exchanged for with daughter red were mostly at a discounted price.

This was due to unequal strength, and also because the previous Lin Family could not bypass the constraints of the Ye Family of the Hongye Islands.

Now, naturally, it was different. With the Lin Family’s strength, plus independently acquiring a Welcoming Lin Palace, it was clear that the situation had completely turned around.

The trade fair was scheduled for the next day, and Lin Shiming began to organize his Storage Pouch.

Among Golden Core Immortal Masters, Lin Shiming was not considered wealthy, mainly because the Lin Family’s development time was still short, and Lin Shiming’s Breakthrough to the Golden Core Stage was only about fifty or sixty years ago.

This time, besides exchanging for Materials for the nascent soul pill, Lin Shiming only planned to exchange for some other spiritual talismans, and if there were treasures useful for the Family’s descendants, he would also acquire them.

As for Materials to exchange, Lin Shiming didn’t think of many. He had many Fifth-Order Magic Treasures, but not many could be traded.

For example, the flame dragon shield, the Star Pattern Wind Stabilizing Pearl, and the Rising Sun Sword—these treasures could not be openly traded.

Trading them would also make the other party awkward.

Especially Real Person Hongye, it would be even harder for her to save face.

After all, Real Person Xuri was the former ruler of the Hongye Islands.

He also perished after failing to break through during his seclusion.

Now, for his treasures to appear on Lin Shiming was naturally not a good look.

Among other treasures, the Sanxiao Token and the Crane Shadow Boat also couldn’t be taken out; these were the treasures of Immortal Jade Crane of the Heavenly Illumination Sect.

Among the remaining Fifth-Order High Grade Magic Treasures, he naturally wouldn’t trade the Heaven Trapping Bowl, the Extreme Blood Needle, or the Profound Ice Pearl; these were all treasures he needed for himself.

Besides these, the Void Bottle was a reward from Coral Island and could not be sold.

Although his Azure Fish Mirror and Heaven Trapping Bowl overlapped now, the Azure Fish Mirror could still be used by other Cultivators in the Family.

This treasure could stabilize the Void Realm, preventing certain escape methods, and was convenient for eliminating future troubles.

It would be a pity to trade it away.

And the inner cores and Materials of the Jiaolong Clan were also extremely precious to Lin Shiming.

After all, a Fifth-Order Jiaolong Demon King had appeared in the Lin Family. If Nine Dragon Island still didn’t react, it wouldn’t be Nine Dragon Island.

At this time, the Lin Family no longer needed to pretend and could wholeheartedly Cultivate the Jiaolong Clan to enhance the Family’s strength.

It was just that the next time the Family’s golden dragon fruit tree matured, it was unknown when that would be.

Lin Shiming naturally wouldn’t trade these Jiaolong inner cores and Materials.

What remained then were spiritual medicine resources. On this point, Lin Shiming still had some.

For example, the fu ling fire mulberry fruit tree. This kind of spiritual fruit was almost nonexistent in the South Sea.

It could also extend one’s lifespan by nearly a hundred years, making it an excellent lifespan-extending material.

Because the Nascent Soul Stage was no longer out of reach, many Golden Core Cultivators had rekindled their ambition for higher Dao attainment.

This led to a significant increase in the value of lifespan-extending spiritual medicines in recent years.

Additionally, the prices of spiritual medicines over three thousand years old also rose sharply.

As for the nether dark iron wood, Lin Shiming still had several plants, but this nether dark iron wood could be used to create Fifth-Order Spirit Puppets, so he naturally didn’t want to trade it away either.

It was the Demonic Path Magic Treasures that Lin Shiming suddenly remembered: he still had Real Person Tianmo’s Storage Pouch in his cave, which he hadn’t checked yet.

Although Real Person Tianmo, like True Person Liuhe, was a demonic treasure, a Golden Core Immortal Master from the Blood Cultivation Sect might appear this time.

Lin Shiming was very interested in this.

Soon, a Storage Pouch appeared in his hand.

The space within the Storage Pouch exceeded imagination, as large as the Welcoming Lin Palace, with many wooden shelves and compartments inside.

There were even six thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones.

Among the treasures, the first to catch his eye were eight giant Heavenly Demon Banners.

These Heavenly Demon Banners were somewhat similar to the Myriad Beast Banner, but after studying them, Lin Shiming found that these Heavenly Demon Banners seemed to be imitations of the Myriad Beast Banner.

After all, the true Myriad Beast Banner, which condensed the shadows of myriad beasts, could continuously devour Souls to grow stronger.

However, these Heavenly Demon Banners, which devoured the spiritual shadows of Devil Heads, would only increase in quantity, not quality.

Unless the Devil Heads refined were already high-Rank.

Of course, these eight Heavenly Demon Banners were only one away from being able to deploy the Heavenly Devil Sky-Sealing Grand Formation.

However, after collecting the Jade Slip, Lin Shiming didn’t find any trace of this grand formation, and these Heavenly Demon Banners required Demonic Cultivation Technique to control.

They could be perfectly used to exchange treasures with Blood Cultivation Sect Cultivators.

Besides the demonic treasures, there were also two shields.

These two shields had once resisted Tian Liu True Person’s Heavenly Willow Sword on Coral Island.

They were called the seven wounds shield. When the shields unfolded, seven ferocious ghost faces appeared, enhancing defensive power.

However, these two shields only barely reached Fifth-Order Medium Grade, offering little help to Lin Shiming now.

Lin Shiming continued to look and found three three-thousand-year-old nether dark iron wood trees in the Storage Pouch.

Lin Shiming intended to refine Fifth-Order Low Grade Spirit Puppets with this nether dark iron wood.

But the Lin Family currently had no Cultivators capable of refining Fifth-Order Spirit Puppets, and he still had a few left in his Storage Pouch, so he could also take them out for exchange.

As for other treasures, they were almost all broken Magic Treasures.

The Autumn Blood Sword was too strong; many Magic Treasures were destroyed by it.

Lin Shiming quickly scanned the Jade Slip, but Real Person Tianmo apparently hadn’t brought the Heavenly Demon Sect’s Secret Manuals.

He only obtained a secret technique for the Substitute Blood Escape.

This Substitute Blood Escape was the blood escape secret technique Real Person Tianmo used to flee from Coral Island that day.

This secret technique involved pre-refining blood-sacrificing Devil Heads, and when escaping, sacrificing the Devil Heads to blood-escape over a thousand li away.

Moreover, it didn’t require cultivating the Heavenly Demon Sect’s Cultivation Technique.

This made Lin Shiming secretly remember it.

He could refine it later when he had time.

Lin Shiming put down the Storage Pouch, then relaxed.

Although he might not be able to exchange for many good Magic Treasures tomorrow, he could still exchange for some.

As for the Materials for the nascent soul pill, Lin Shiming was not in a hurry for now.

After all, he now had the most important nascent soul fruit, and his cultivation was only at the Golden Core Middle Stage. It would probably take nearly a hundred years to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage.

And Lin Shitao was still a long way from reaching the level of a nearly Sixth-Order Alchemist.

As time passed, the second day quickly arrived.

Lin Shiming walked towards the Heavenly Leaf Palace.

Compared to the Lin Family’s Welcoming Lin Palace, the Heavenly Leaf Palace was decorated with some red Phoenix carvings, and its symbolism was only slightly inferior to true spirits like the Phoenix and Vermilion Bird.

Seeing this, Lin Shiming shook his head at Coral Island’s idea.

He only felt that Coral Island was a bit too eager at the moment.

It wasn’t yet the time for all birds to be gone, after all, the Heavenly Illumination Sect was still present.

“Senior Lin, my aunt is waiting for you in the main hall!” Ye Zimei, Real Person Hongye’s niece, spoke.

Hearing this, Lin Shiming nodded and headed towards the main hall.

Inside the main hall, it was now very spacious, with many tables set up.

And by the tables, many figures were already present.

For example, Zhao Yulin, Real Person Yunli, Real Person Hongye, and many Immortal Masters from other islands.

Real Person Qianji didn’t come; Real Person Xuanji did.

Seeing Lin Shiming enter, Real Person Xuanji also cupped his hands.

“I apologize for making Senior Sister wait. I had a slight epiphany and was delayed for a while!” Lin Shiming hadn’t expected that recently, he would be the last to arrive.

“No matter, we still need to wait for True Lord Xueshan!” Real Person Hongye shook her head.

It wasn’t yet the agreed time, so it didn’t matter who arrived first or last.

And after hearing Real Person Hongye speak, Lin Shiming also nodded. Real Person Hongye truly handled things meticulously.

True Lord Xueshan was the one who had initially promised the rewards.

Now Real Person Hongye had invited the latter, and True Lord Xueshan hadn’t appeared, which clearly indicated a desire to revert to the time before True Lord Xueshan, when True Lord Xueshan made decisions.

However, Real Person Hongye’s plan obviously fell through. A Jade Slip drifted through the air, and it recorded that True Lord Xueshan had important matters to attend to!

She was breaking the appointment today!

Of course, Lin Shiming estimated that True Lord Xueshan might have only received Real Person Hongye’s invitation this morning.

Real Person Hongye’s face showed some disappointment, but she quickly adjusted!

“Everyone, I invited you here for two reasons: first, to invite you to taste the new spiritual tea our Hongye Islands have acquired, and second, regarding the Lin Family’s daughter red, everyone has been asking about the production volume, and today you can freely ask!”

“Finally, I thought that before the True Lord Ceremony, everyone could conduct some exchanges. If you can exchange for more desirable treasures to present to True Lord during the ceremony, you might even obtain an Opportunity from True Lord!”