Clan Cultivation: Starting with Plundering Demonic Beast Talents

Nanhefang, Qingyuan Pavilion.

The day after the four clans' battle ended.

Lin Qingyang arrived early, and Qin Shiya was already waiting there.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, since Master is busy investigating the matter of demonic cultivators, I will take you to the treasury."

Lin Qingyang cupped his hands in thanks, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Fairy Qin."

His purpose in coming here was for the Jade Dew Vine. As the clan leader said yesterday, among all the cultivators under sixty years old stationed by the Qingyuan Sect in the entire Nanhefang, the strongest one in the late Qi Refining stage was not even as strong as Lin Xiaotian, whom he had defeated.

In addition to the incident involving the demonic cultivator, Jiang Shihua announced on the spot yesterday that he could go to the Qingyuan Branch Pavilion's treasury and choose any first-tier spiritual item.

This matter is already a done deal; his main concern now is the matter of demonic cultivators.

Yesterday, because he was worried that demonic cultivators would take advantage of his family's situation, clan leader Lin Yaojiang hurriedly steered the Crimson Sky Boat back to Qingchi Mountain, and even the more than ten Qing-generation cultivators he brought with him stayed in the market.

"Master is also very troubled by this matter. The Lu family patriarch, who possessed two second-tier puppets and had a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation, still died at that person's hands."

Jiang Shihua wanted to befriend Lin Qingyang, so she shared the information she knew: "If this person is a Tribulation Cultivator, that's fine. But if he is a Demon Cultivator, our Cangshan County, and even the entire Chu Kingdom, will experience considerable turmoil."

The two talked for about fifteen minutes before Lin Qingyang learned the truth.

Their world is called the Azure Maple Realm. In ancient times, a great war broke out due to the invasion of true demons, which is why many demonic cultivation methods were introduced here.

Over millions of years, the demonic path has also accumulated a considerable scale of inheritance.

If a demonic cultivator in this realm wishes to achieve immortality, they must ascend to the Demon Realm. To do this, they must guide a demon from the upper realm to corrupt the entire Bifeng Realm. At that time, more than 90% of the cultivators in the entire Bifeng Realm will perish along with them.

This is also an irreconcilable conflict between the two groups of cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage.

"Demonic cultivators are cruel and ruthless. Most of them pass down their skills from master to disciple. There is a high probability that the disciple has the master's demonic thoughts parasitizing him, and his life and death are not in his own hands."

"Because of mutual distrust, demonic cultivators will not allow their disciples to break through to their current level."

Jiang Shihua deactivated the formation in front of her and then sighed, "This is also what the sect is worried about. Yesterday's Blood Blade cultivator's cultivation level has reached the edge of breaking through to the Purple Mansion realm. If his identity is confirmed to be a demonic cultivator, there is a high probability that there is a late Purple Mansion realm demon or even a Golden Core demon behind him."

Several hours later, Lin Qingyang left Qingyuan Pavilion, and his storage bag contained a vine with clear water and lush green leaves.

This is the Jade Dew Vine, the most difficult to find among the twelve auxiliary ingredients of the Foundation Building Pill!

"Finally got it. Including the six auxiliary herbs from my family, I only need to collect five more."

With these seven auxiliary medicines and a thousand spirit stones to bid for second-tier spirit water, one would already be qualified to collaborate with others in alchemy.

Afterwards, he did not return directly to the family shop, but instead went to Baibaoge at the invitation of the family.

In Liu Yuxuan's alchemy room, he met Yuan He, whose face still seemed somewhat pale. Upon seeing him, Yuan He bowed and said, "Fellow Daoist Lin, yesterday's duel was truly an accident and not Yuan He's intention."

"The power of the Thunderfire Annihilation Array far exceeded my expectations. I really only intended to have a friendly spar."

Lin Qingyang waved his hand, "It's alright, Clan Chief Yuan also compensated us with a second-tier talisman."

Before their battle yesterday, Yuanhe had warned him that she only used one move, clearly not to specifically prevent him from participating in the subsequent competition for the Jade Dew Vine.

Then, he unexpectedly received insights into the Thunderfire Annihilation Array from Yuan He, which was a truly delightful surprise.

However, when trying to comprehend it, he encountered obstacles.

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Several months later, at Ziyang Pavilion.

Lin Qingyang sat cross-legged, gazing at the scroll in his hands. This was the enlightenment given to him by Yuan He, which was said to have come from the travelogue of a senior named Ling Shuzi.

After studying it for a while, he realized that the key to her ability to unleash power comparable to a second-tier high-grade spirit talisman lay in several special runes.

Its name is Ling Shu Rune, which is quite mysterious. It is difficult to remember when you scan it with your divine sense. After several days, he has not been able to comprehend even a single rune.

"Like the 'Heavenly One Condensing Water Technique,' it is obscure and difficult to understand. Just memorizing it is very difficult. I don't know how Yuanhe drew it on the magic weapon."

He put down his book, but he wasn't too disappointed. He learned from Yuan He that even in the Qingyuan Sect, there were very few people who mastered this kind of rune pattern, let alone be able to refine it into magic artifacts to set up formations.

However, Lin Qingyang did not intend to give up. After all, the combination of magic weapon and formation had almost multiplied Yuan He's combat power several times.

As for that senior Ling Shuzi, he had reached the third level in both talisman and array techniques. His talisman and array power should be even stronger. More importantly, this method can still be an extremely powerful trump card even after he has established his foundation.

"Let's try the Daoist rhythm."

Lin Qingyang sat down cross-legged, and with a thought, a jade talisman appeared out of thin air in his mind, with four strands of blue patterns attached to its surface.

[Talent: Clear Eyes of the Dark (89/100)]

[Daoist Aura: 20→40] (Can enhance innate supernatural abilities and deduce all laws)

The additional twenty points came from the blood essence of a second-tier water ape, one of the rewards for winning the battle between the four races, brought by his uncle who arrived a week ago.

At this moment, he has already exchanged all the blood essence of the Nascent Soul Ape in his family. Next, he only needs to refine one more drop of Water Ape blood essence to obtain the Spirit Eye Divine Power of a second-tier demon beast!

With a thought, he tried to directly enter the Daoist realm using Daoist principles, and the four wisps of blue patterns on the jade talisman suddenly disappeared.

The next moment, however, it returned again.

Based on the incomplete *Ling Shu Dao Lun* (less than 10% complete), this attempt to deduce the Daoist principles to the introductory level is insufficient.

"Is the method incomplete? Well, we can only wait for future opportunities."

He was slightly regretful. He still had more than 20 years left before breaking through the sixty-year limit of Foundation Establishment. His main focus for the rest of the time was to collect Foundation Establishment Pills and supplementary medicines and break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

"However, Nanhefang is just a small market town that serves Qi Refining cultivators, so it is difficult to gather the remaining spiritual items."

After careful consideration, Lin Qingyang made a decision and went to Nanhezhai, a shop that far surpassed Baifuge in both location and scale.

This was his first time leaving seclusion since the Four Clans Gathering.

Upon entering the shop, one finds dozens of magical artifacts and other spiritual items being inventoried, categorized, and stored in storage bags.

"Brother Qingyang, you've come after all. Elders Zongyue and Zongbai are waiting for you on the second floor."

Lin Qingyu was in charge of this matter, and she was very polite to him when she saw him.

"Alright, I'll leave this batch of goods to Sister Qingyu."

Lin Qingyang nodded. As expected, he and the sisters Yu Ping would be spending some time together.

Upon reaching the second floor, we entered a courtyard called Zhengyuanxuan, which was similar to Ziyangxuan, but with an even higher concentration of spiritual energy.

At this moment, the owner of this courtyard is Lin Zongyue.

"Qingyang, I knew you would come. To establish your foundation, you have to go to Fenghuo Mountain."

After nearly a year of recuperation, Lin Zongyue's injuries sustained in the Battle of Qishuitan have finally healed.

At this moment, he gave Lin Qingyang a much stronger impression than Su Xiaotian.

The other party was transferred away from Qishuitan because of a more important task.

The magic artifacts that the Lin family has been refining with cold iron ore over the past six months have already exceeded the market demand of Nanhezhai. They must go to Fenghuoshan to expand their sales channels.

Elder Lin Zongbo was also traveling with them. He was also within the scope of the conscription, but the clan leader gave him full freedom to stay in Nanhefang.

He had some concerns, after all, Fenghuoshan was close to the front line of the wilderness and was very dangerous.

However, in the past six months, he has not been able to collect any of the essential ingredients for Foundation Establishment Pills.

Near Nanhe Market, only the four major families cultivate such spiritual items, but they never use them for trade, since each family needs to ensure that there are Foundation Establishment cultivators to continue their bloodline.

Most importantly, apart from the main sect of Qingyuan Sect, only the Wildlands could possibly produce Five Elements Spirit Fruits, and only there would be a possibility of collaborative alchemy.

"Qingyang is willing to go to Fenghuoshan to oversee the family shop."

Lin Qingyang bowed with his hands clasped in greeting.

"That's right. With your status as a top-grade talisman master, you can support yourself by drawing talismans."

"At that time, I will take Qingping and Qingyu out to hunt demons, you will stay at the shop, and Zongbai will travel back and forth between Qishuitan and Fenghuoshan."

"With nearly a thousand spirit stones coming in every year, the family will be able to provide even greater support for your Foundation Establishment."

After Lin Zongbo told Lin Qingyang about the tasks assigned by the family, he also shared his decades of experience in the Fenghuoshan area.

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