722: future trouble

Inside the grand hall, everyone present was deep in thought, utterly astonished.

After all, the Lin Family had sacrificed a lot this time, and now they were giving away almost everything.

Moreover, the most crucial point was that once these islands were given away, the Lin Family's future expansion and development would be restricted.

This was almost like locking themselves in.

After all, the Lin Family's territory was actually inferior to those of the major powers. Currently, there was no impact because the Lin Family's members were not too numerous. But once they reached the level of a large Sect, they would definitely lack Spiritual Mountains and Spiritual Veins.

At that time, the Lin Family would only have two directions.

One was the direction of Jiuyue Island, and the other was the Ice Island direction of the Tengmu Islands.

But in reality, the resources of Ice Island were definitely far inferior to those in the direction of Jiuyue Island.

“Fellow Daoists, do you perhaps think Lin is joking?” Lin Shiming asked again, seeing that no one spoke and no one believed him.

“Of course not, Zhao admires Lin's righteousness!” True Lord Xueshan was the first to speak.

Her gaze, in fact, relaxed considerably towards Lin Shiming.

In her opinion, Lin Shiming was clearly showing weakness to them, and a normal force might truly let down their guard against the Lin Family.

But she wouldn't; she was well aware of how abundant the Lin Family's harvest on Ten Thousand Demon Island had been.

Moreover, after the Lin Family participated in the recent Ziyang Secret Realm, their harvest of Spirit Medicine also increased with each successive attempt.

All of this would pose a threat to the entire Coral Alliance in the future.

So, if Lin Shiming showed weakness at this moment, she would accept it.

But she would still remain vigilant in secret.

“Since it's based on the contributions of Three Emperor Island, our Coral Island should rank first. However, these two times, I believe the greatest contributor was Old Woman Qingyu. How about the Qinghua Sect chooses the first island?”

“Our Coral Island will take the second island, Baili Island,” True Lord Xueshan announced.

The others also nodded, and Old Woman Qingyu did not refuse.

This was a good opportunity for the Southern Frontier Immortal Race to attack the South Sea.

One must know that while the South Sea has the Yao Race, the Southern Frontier naturally also has them. However, the Yao Race in the Southern Frontier consists mainly of demonic insects, and they rarely invade or cause beast tides.

But now, the Spirit Treasure in the Cloud Realm is about to mature, and it's inevitable that unexpected events might occur in the Southern Frontier. Having more territory in the South Sea would naturally be more secure.

The other Nascent Soul True Lords also nodded one after another, and then discussed and decided on the third and fourth islands, which went to the Blood Cultivation Sect and Ten Thousand Buddha Island, respectively.

As for the subsequent islands, they were all Fourth-Order Spirit Vein islands, and they were also distributed one by one.

The True Lords quickly dispersed, leaving only Lin Shiming, Lin Shijie, Lin Yanqing, and other Lin Family members to enter.

“Shiming, do we need to transplant some Spiritual Veins?” Lin Shijie asked.

Some of these islands naturally had more than one Spiritual Vein. The main Spiritual Vein was difficult to transplant, but the other Spiritual Veins were possible.

“There’s no need to do that. Just get the mineral resources on them!” Lin Shiming shook his head.

“Do you really think the resources of the Sea Demon Royal Court are easy to obtain?” Lin Shiming retorted.

“This time, they pulled a fast one and went to Nine Dragon Island. Judging by Lord Nine Dragons’s expression, they probably lost a few more golden dragon fruit trees, plus a lot of young Blue Jiaolongs!”

“The Sea Demon Royal Court will make a comeback in less than twenty years!”

“Moreover, the Sea Demon Race is not just the Sea Demon Royal Court. If we don’t have these forces to act as a buffer then, all the losses will fall on our Lin Family members!”

“As for whether it will restrict our Lin Family’s development at that time, there’s no need to consider it at all. Our Eastern Domain territory is not small, and the Eastern Sea can also be developed!”

“Secondly, the Heavenly Cold Secret Realm and the Top-Grade Spirit Stone Mine, as well as the cold jade mine in the Tengmu Islands, are all things we cannot give up. We must make choices to protect the Lin Family!” Lin Shiming said.

As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Shijie and Lin Yanqing understood.

The current Lin Family still lacked sufficient strength.

If the Lin Family had four or five Nascent Souls, there would naturally be no need for such measures.

But now, the only Nascent Soul combat power that could be truly and completely controlled might be Lin Shiming himself.

Although his Spirit Swords also possessed Nascent Soul combat power, they would not leave Lin Shiming, nor would they leave the Sword Pavilion.

The restrictions were naturally much greater.

Other forces feared the Lin Family because they hadn't fully understood the relationship between the Lin Family and these Spirit Communication Swords.

Otherwise, it would be very easy to exploit.

Therefore, instead of focusing on immediate gains, it would be better to free up time. Clearly, Lin Shiming was on the verge of Breakthrough to Nascent Soul.

Even Wang Jiao might Breakthrough to Nascent Soul.

This time, he specifically killed a water-attribute Jiao Emperor, and this time, he didn't even use the Autumn Blood Sword, so he didn't need to contribute the Nascent Soul of the Blue Jiaolong Demon Emperor.

He could use it for Wang Jiao's Breakthrough.

The latter had already undergone two heavenly tribulations, making a Breakthrough to Nascent Soul highly probable.

Moreover, there was also the Ying Feng Sword; the ten thousand year liefeng fruit (hurricane fruit) also appeared on the latter, making its Breakthrough to Nascent Soul highly probable.

At that time, the Lin Family alone would have five Nascent Soul combatants.

At that time, the Lin Family would truly be considered a major power.

At that time, the Lin Family's territory would not be about whether others gave it to them, but whether the Lin Family wanted it.

They wouldn't even need to speak; just a slight change in expression, and these people would yield, and even give the Lin Family more.

This was the most realistic thing.

“Big Brother, Yanqing, summarize this time's gains and also compile a ranking list!”

“The beast tide is over now, but the Lin Family’s tradition cannot be extinguished. In the future, continue to maintain the Zifu Demon Slayer Leaderboard and the Foundation Establishment Demon Slayer Leaderboard.”

“The Family must always remain vigilant. The Family cannot rest now!” Lin Shiming couldn't help but recall the Tai Bai Sword Palace Small World, where the Dark Spirit Race was constantly preparing to invade.

Once they invaded, Lin Shiming couldn't avoid it, not to mention his Karma with the Taiyi Sword Grass.

Just the young sword of the Taiyi Sword Grass in his hand might not allow it.

Moreover, the Lin Family still had so many Spirit Communication Swords.

“Alright, this time, among what was discovered, there’s a Fifth-Order red copper mine, which is still under our Lin Family’s control. There are also two remaining Medium Grade Spirit Stone Mines. We can only try our best to mine these two today, extracting as much as possible!” Lin Shijie also introduced.

Afterward, the few of them left to continue handling the aftermath of these Family matters.

Lin Shiming, meanwhile, remained in the hall, contemplating the future development of the Lin Family.

Only when he felt there were no omissions did Lin Shiming let out a long sigh of relief.

Of course, at this moment, he was also curious; the Lin Family had collected quite a few beast souls this time!

These beast souls were collected by hundreds of Lin Family members. If they could collect fire-attribute Ten Thousand Demon Banners, it would naturally be even better, allowing Lin Shijie to also exert Nascent Soul combat power.

However, Lin Shijie's Nascent Soul combat power would probably only be able to resist other Nascent Souls.

The reason he could kill a Nascent Soul was because he possessed two Spirit Treasures and could also activate two layers of the Treasure Unlocking Art.

In addition, he also had a large amount of ten thousand year spiritual emulsion.

These three conditions were indispensable.

But being able to gather them was still extremely beneficial for the Lin Family.

Lin Shiming pondered for a while, then took out the experience Jade Slip given by Immortal Master Kuangfeng.

He began to study Breakthrough to Nascent Soul! (End of chapter)