70: Lingmi

In the Council Great Hall, Lin Houyuan stood in the main hall. Grand Elder Lin Yuqing, Fifth Elder Lin Yuzheng, and Sixth Elder Lin Houyong were all present.

The few people first congratulated Lin Houyuan, and then began to look at Lin Shiming with utmost solemnity.

The news Lin Shiming brought was too important. If the remnants of the Huang Family were truly with the Qian Family, the Lin Family would have many more things to consider.

The Qian Family, like the Lin Family and Huang Family, was a Foundation Establishment Family. Furthermore, the Qian Family was older than the Lin Family and had immense connections with the Qingxuan Sect. For the Huang Family remnants to hide in Hetian County was like a Cultivator hiding in the Lin Family's Xing County.

Outsiders would find it very difficult to enter, and the Lin Family members still didn't know if the Qian Family had been told about the Opportunity the Lin Family obtained.

If the Qian Family already knew and had informed the Qingxuan Sect in advance, what should the Lin Family do?

"Fifth Uncle, first send someone to hire Loose Cultivators to investigate Hetian County and see if the news is true!" Lin Houyuan began to give instructions one by one.

"Yes, Family Head!" Lin Yuzheng replied in agreement.

Then Lin Houyuan looked at Lin Houyong and said:

"Fifth Brother, you are a Spirit Seeker. I will have to trouble you to transplant the Low Grade Second Level Spiritual Vein back. Also, this is my Foundation Establishment experience. Although it can't compare to Seventh Grand Uncle's, I believe you can still learn from it!"

Lin Houyong looked at the Jade Slip, his face immediately filled with joy. Lin Shiming had already mentioned to him that the Family had hope of obtaining a Foundation Establishment Pill within two years. Now with the Foundation Establishment experience, his confidence increased by three points.

"Yes, thank you, Family Head!"

As Lin Houyong withdrew, Lin Houyuan looked at Lin Shiming again:

"Shiming, you did very well this time, but please handle Shimo's funeral arrangements!"

Lin Shiming and Lin Shiyi had already agreed to uniformly say that Lin Shimo had an accident.

"Yes!" Lin Shiming replied.

As for Lin Shimo, the Lin Family truly had no direct relatives, but Lin Shiming would record Lin Shimo's mortal Family. If a Spiritual Root appeared in his mortal Family, they could inherit Lin Shimo's contribution points in the Lin Family.

After dealing with the matters, Lin Shiming left the Council Great Hall and returned to his Immortal Cave by the Green Lotus Pond, taking out his spirit beast pouch.

He also prepared the spirit water and spirit patterns needed for the blood pact.

The Bee Queen was still frozen in the ice spell, her spiritual aura much weaker than before, her entire bee head drooping a bit, a world of difference from the formidable Bee Queen in the valley before.

Lin Shiming quickly etched the blood pact spirit formation, then dripped his essence blood, and then removed the Bee Queen's ice spell. The spirit pact blood formation directly covered the Bee Queen.

After a while, the blood pact was completed, and Lin Shiming and the Bee Queen had a subtle connection.

This was like the previous contract with the red-haired beast; both required a process.

After contracting the Spirit Seeking Bee Queen, Lin Shiming also breathed a sigh of relief, believing that in less than half a month, she would be able to collect honey.

After putting away the Bee Queen, Lin Shiming then dealt with the Spirit Seeking Bees. With the Bee Queen's appeasement, the Spirit Seeking Bees became much more obedient.

With the Spirit Bees properly handled, next were the Spiritual Plants and flowers. This trip to the Saber-toothed Tiger valley, all the forging bone flowers were given to Lin Shiyi, and the Saber-toothed Tiger cub was also given to Lin Shiyi, while he received other spiritual flowers and Spiritual Plants, as well as the Spirit Seeking Bees.

As for the Saber-toothed Tiger corpses, each person took one.

Lin Shiming had originally wanted to give some Spirit Seeking Bees to Lin Shiyi, but the latter refused with a smile, only accepting one catty of spirit honey.

In short, the harvest from this trip was still higher than Lin Shiming had imagined.

Lin Shiming took out the spirit honey. The spirit honey was very thick, like syrup.

However, unlike ordinary honey, the spirit honey possessed captivating Spiritual Qi, and if one looked closely, they would find that as the spirit honey flowed, like spirit water, there were imperceptible spirit patterns within it.

Lin Shiming took a deep breath, feeling only a honey fragrance intertwined with a hundred flowers, followed by a surge of Spiritual Qi within his body.

He took out a small bottle, filled it with a little less than half an ounce of spirit honey, then took out an Azure Spirit Pill, and consumed them together with a scoop of spirit water.

The Spiritual Qi within his body suddenly surged, and following the Cultivation route of the Purple Wood Heart Sutra, it was refined one by one.

Small Heavenly Cycle, Great Heavenly Cycle.

Lin Shiming had never had such a smooth experience. Cultivating with Medicinal Pills was naturally incredibly fast.

However, in the past, after taking an Azure Spirit Pill, the accumulation of pill toxins would require at least half a month of recovery.

If he took it more often, recovering for two or three months was common.

But when consumed with spirit honey, the pill toxins were remarkably few, and he could even take several pills consecutively without issue.

After a day, Lin Shiming felt it was comparable to a month of arduous Cultivation.

As soon as he thought of this, he understood why some disciples of large Sects reached Foundation Establishment in their twenties or thirties, and why it seemed easier for Purple Mansion and Golden Core Cultivators in large Families.

It was clear that those direct disciples of large Sects had resources beyond their imagination from a young age. Reaching Foundation Establishment at thirty, or even twenty, meant an astonishingly long lifespan remaining. Even those with slightly poorer Aptitude could make progress in the four arts of Cultivation over such a long period.

And those with strong Aptitude, leveraging the powerful four arts of Cultivation of the Sect, advanced even further, with the strong becoming stronger!

How could such a Sect not prosper?

Lin Shiming felt a lot of emotion internally, and at the same time, he began to seize the time to Cultivate.

He was originally a diligent Cultivator, and he had a strong urgency to achieve Foundation Establishment. Without a dual Spiritual Root, no one could be arrogant enough to be certain they could Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment.

After all, taking a Foundation Establishment Pill also carried the possibility of failure. Therefore, Lin Shiming had always set a goal for himself: to reach Qi Refining Stage Ninth Level before forty, so that he would have two chances at Foundation Establishment, even if he failed once, he could try again.

Moreover, the Family was currently facing many crises.

Spring passed and autumn came, and another half a year of arduous Cultivation went by.

By the Green Lotus Pond, a huge tree branch stood, and on the branch, a massive beehive.

Around the beehive, countless Spirit Bees came and went continuously.

And at this moment, the tightly shut Immortal Cave finally opened, and a young Cultivator walked out leisurely.

It was Lin Shiming, half a year older. His spiritual power was still at Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level; he had not Breakthrough to the eighth level.

The spirit honey was used up, the Spirit Pills were used up, and there wasn't much spirit water left either.

However, the large amount of Azure Spirit Pills combined with the spirit honey truly had a good effect. In less than a year, Lin Shiming went from just entering Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level to the Late Stage of Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level.

This half a year of arduous Cultivation was equivalent to five or six years of Cultivation.

If the spirit honey hadn't run out, he would have even continued to Cultivate and Breakthrough to Qi Refining Stage Eighth Level.

Lin Shiming leaned next to the beehive and examined it, finding that there was only half a catty of spirit honey in the beehive after half a year. He was immediately a little disappointed; there were already four hundred Spirit Seeking Bees, but the output for half a year was only that much.

One must know that Fangmu Mountain had Spirit Peach Trees, Green Lotus lotuses, and abundant sources of spiritual flowers.

Of course, he also knew that Spirit Bees also needed to feed on spirit honey.

"Father's Foundation Establishment ceremony should be soon, right!" Lin Shiming murmured, then flew towards the Treasure Pavilion.