Clan Cultivation: Starting with Plundering Demonic Beast Talents

Lin Qingyang frowned slightly before relaxing. A top-grade first-tier magic weapon is estimated to be worth around four hundred spirit stones on the market.

This set of magical artifacts costs 350 spirit stones, which isn't too expensive.

Moreover, its attributes are compatible, and it is also an offensive magic weapon. If he hadn't been selected by his family as a candidate to become a top-grade talisman master, he would probably have received at least a 50-spirit-stone discount, let alone a 50-spirit-stone premium.

"Never mind, good magical artifacts are hard to come by. I'll just draw talismans to earn the pills I need later."

Lin Qingyang gritted his teeth and used most of his wealth to exchange for this set of magical artifacts.

After acquiring it, he was quite fond of it, because it was the first time it had been refined, so inputting the magic imprint was very easy.

It took him about three to five days to successfully refine it.

He intended to test its power.

Despite the bounty offered by Black Wind Stronghold, he still chose to head to a tributary of the Nanlu River.

"Uncle Zonglian, Qingyang has come to bother us again."

Lin Qingyang cupped his hands in a respectful gesture.

"Haha, no need for formalities. The talisman you gave me last time was quite enviable to my brothers who were guarding the city."

Lin Zonglian activated the token, opening a small tributary.

Because of safety concerns, he specifically chose to follow into the deep water this time in order to ensure timely rescue.

Lin Qingyang naturally wouldn't refuse. This time, he chose his old rival again, a saber-toothed fish that had just been promoted to a first-tier high-grade demon beast.

Last time, he could only evade by relying on his water escape and water control talents.

But this time, it's different.

The moment they met, he activated the Azure Netherworld Mother-Child Blade and charged towards him.

Because the Azure Scale Serpent is a water-type demon beast, magical artifacts made from its bones are not subject to many restrictions in water.

Two flashes of emerald light instantly left huge wounds on the saber-toothed fish.

This enraged the beast, causing three sharp teeth to suddenly erupt from its back and attack Lin Qingyang.

However, his talents in water manipulation and water escape allowed him to successfully dodge two saber teeth, while the other one was blocked by the heavy water shield he had released earlier.

In this first clash, Lin Qingyang easily gained the upper hand.

On the other hand, the saber-toothed fish was now emitting bursts of black energy from its flesh and blood, and its spiritual pressure was fluctuating wildly, which was the effect of the Azure Scale Serpent's venom.

In less than a quarter of an hour, two flashes of cold light appeared, and the head of the saber-toothed fish was shredded to pieces by the mother and child blades.

"good!"

Lin Zonglian, who was watching the battle, stepped forward to help deal with the demonic beast, while also praising, "Qingyang, your talent for fighting is quite good. If your magic power were a bit stronger, I'm afraid even your uncles wouldn't be a match for you."

"Uncle, you jest. Qingyang is far inferior to you."

Lin Qingyang shook his head. He knew that being able to kill this saber-toothed fish did not mean he could kill a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

After all, cultivators use talismans and magical artifacts. Demonic beasts like saber-toothed fish, whose physical bodies are not strong enough and who do not have special talents or supernatural abilities, are generally not as strong as cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining.

Of course, the main limitation for him is his mana storage.

He circulated his spiritual energy slightly and found that his internal magical power was now less than 20%.

Over the next six months, he will prepare to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining.

Through this demon hunt, he discovered that the poisoning effect on the Jade Scale Mother-Child Blade was particularly effective against demonic beasts that did not have antidotes.

Therefore, the venom sacs of demonic beasts are also a key focus of his next acquisition.

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This day.

Lin Qingyang suddenly opened his eyes, raised his hand to gather water spiritual energy, and instantly, three sword teeth formed.

With a thought, the sword teeth formed from spiritual energy suddenly compressed to the size of plum blossom needles and shot out from between the eyebrows of the dummy puppet made of refined iron.

"This attack has probably reached the threshold of the late stage of Qi Refining."

Lin Qingyang was somewhat delighted. Water pincers were considered area-of-effect damage. The [Sabertooth] talent he had plundered from the sabertooth fish could, after some experimentation, compress its size and increase its hardness, thereby achieving the effect of breaking through defenses.

I've already mastered the [Sabertooth] talent I plundered from the sabertooth fish.

With a thought, the ancient characters on the jade talisman appeared.

[Talent: Basic Saber Tooth (32/100)]

[Spiritual Root: Water (16/100) → (18/100)]

Lin Qingyang was quite excited as he was about to reach the middle grade of spiritual root. According to the news that his third uncle had told him upon returning from the last elders' meeting, his eldest uncle, Lin Zongyue, seemed to have returned early due to some business.

"I need to choose the cultivation method I want to switch to first."

His first thought was the family's Dharma Transmission Pavilion, so he took the initiative to find his third uncle, intending to ask for leave to return to Qingchi Mountain, and also to obtain the essence blood of the Azure Water Rhinoceros from his eldest uncle.

"You want to switch cultivation methods?"

Lin Zongbo was somewhat surprised, then frowned slightly, "I remember that since you entered the market, you haven't bought any pills. You've been making talismans all day long. I thought you had decided to give up the path of cultivation."

In his eyes, Lin Qingyang had taken the Exploding Spirit Pill, and no matter how he cultivated, it would be difficult for him to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining. He should instead study the various arts of immortal cultivation. Once he became a high-grade talisman master, even if he didn't become an elder, he would definitely become a steward.

"Qingyang has never considered giving up the path of cultivation, and hopes that the elder will grant his permission."

Lin Qingyang cupped his hands in greeting.

"That's enough. You're being watched by Black Wind Stronghold now, it's not safe for you to go back alone."

Lin Zongbai thought for a moment, then took out a jade slip. "If you are interested in cultivation, I, as an elder, will naturally not stop you. This is the 'Spirit Source Water Control Technique' that I cultivate. It is one of the few techniques in the family that can be cultivated to the late Foundation Establishment stage."

"Your water elemental root talent is quite good, and it should be quite suitable for you."

Lin Qingyang took the jade slip and probed it with his divine sense to get a general understanding of it.

He discovered that this technique had considerable potential; it could refine various innate spiritual waters and then nourish the meridians and dantian, increasing the success rate of opening the Purple Mansion.

Secondly, this technique can also be used to heal injuries. For cultivators, fighting is inevitable on the path of cultivation, which can easily damage the physical body and lead to the severance of their cultivation path.

"Third Uncle, this cultivation technique seems to be of a fairly high grade, doesn't it?"

Lin Qingyang hesitated slightly, feeling that the cultivation techniques of the Golden Core Sect were probably nothing special.

Can the Lin family keep the cultivation technique that can help one open up the Purple Mansion?

Lin Zongbai was well aware of Lin Qingyang's doubts and said with a smile, "Don't just look at its advantages. The method of refining spiritual water in this technique is extremely difficult to cultivate. Even the Taiyan Ancestor back then couldn't master it."

"Secondly, without corresponding offensive methods, cultivators need to find other talismans to compensate, which requires a considerable cost."

"As for its ability to assist in opening the Purple Mansion, in fact, the effects of spiritual objects such as innate spiritual water and innate spiritual fire were discovered by our ancestors in ancient times. Therefore, such techniques are not considered precious. For example, the Liu family also has one."

"But these spiritual waters and spiritual fires are now extremely rare. Within our human territory, most of them are occupied by forces at the Golden Core stage or above. As for the demon race, these kinds of spiritual items are also beneficial to their advancement."

"Therefore, for the past hundred years, none of our four great families have had the opportunity to refine such a spiritual object."

"I see."

Lin Qingyang nodded slightly. The grade of this cultivation technique was definitely not low, which was in line with his expectations. After all, he would definitely want to upgrade his spiritual root to a high-grade spiritual root in the future. If he just randomly picked a cultivation technique, he would have to switch cultivation techniques later.

However, if a cultivator switches cultivation methods multiple times, a large number of extra acupoints will open up in their body, which will greatly increase the difficulty of future cultivation. It may take more than a hundred years to break through a small realm.

However, he can make up for his lack of killing skills by plundering the talents of demonic beasts.

This technique is already considered top-tier in the Lin family. The fact that his third uncle made an exception for him is probably because he has already reached a high level in the family. Otherwise, this kind of technique, like the one he used to inscribe the talisman inheritance, would require a blood oath.

"Third Uncle, Qingyang has chosen this sect's 'Spiritual Source Water Control Technique.' I wonder how much merit is required?"

Lin Qingyang made a decision quickly.

"No need, we'll talk about this later. There are only five cultivation techniques in the family that can lead to the Foundation Establishment stage. At least two elders are needed to break the blood oath and pass it on to you. We'll have to go back and file this record afterward."

"You're lucky, your uncle just happened to be coming to Nanhefang on business."

Lin Zongbo smiled and told Lin Qingyang some excellent news.

This not only solves the problem of cultivation techniques, but also means that he is about to get his hands on the Azure Rhinoceros Blood Essence that he has been waiting for!

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