Clan Cultivation: Starting with Plundering Demonic Beast Talents

Thanks to the experience shared by Lin Zongyue, Lin Qingyang gained a deeper understanding of the Fenghuoshan Mountain he was about to visit.

The Qingyuan Sect, to which they belong, is one of the four major Golden Core sects in the Chu Kingdom. Ten million years ago, this place was the territory of demonic beasts.

Because cultivators mastered all the arts of immortal cultivation, they accumulated power generation after generation, giving birth to more and more cultivators. This is how they drove the demonic beasts into the wilderness and established the Chu Kingdom.

To guard against a counterattack by the monsters, the four major sects of the Chu Kingdom divided up defense zones and built fortresses as the front line to resist the monsters.

Feng Huo Shan is the most important fortress of Qing Yuan Sect, personally guarded by three Purple Mansion cultivators. With the help of a fourth-order grand formation, it can even repel a Golden Core Demon King.

Because the formation requires the participation of a large number of low-level cultivators, the Qingyuan Sect also offered many generous spiritual items, which were released through auctions and other means to attract countless rogue cultivators to settle here.

Because of the fierce competition among wild beasts, many clans without second-tier beasts to guard them spontaneously migrate to the outskirts and live in the spiritual mountains below the second tier.

These sacred mountains are often located on the outer perimeter, and over time, the wilderness has formed two layers, an inner and an outer one.

The inner layer is infested with second-tier demonic beasts, and it is a place where only Foundation Establishment cultivators can lead a team to hunt demons.

Within the outer hundreds of miles, there are only a dozen or so second-tier demonic beasts, with the majority being first-tier demonic beasts. This is the source of spirit stones for rogue cultivators.

The materials obtained by rogue cultivators from hunting demons were bought by the Qingyuan Sect and used to refine magical artifacts and pills, earning them astronomical amounts of spirit stones every year.

Feng Huo Shan is not far from Cang Shan County, only a journey of ten days or so. However, once you cross the boundaries of Cang Shan County, you enter the wilderness, which is quite dangerous for low-level cultivators.

Second-tier demonic beasts are extremely rare, but it is quite easy for rogue cultivators like Hong Yifei to encounter first-tier high-grade demonic beasts that have wandered over.

Secondly, there are independent cultivators who hunt demons. If they encounter a particularly wealthy merchant caravan, they don't mind taking on the role of a demon hunter as a side cultivator.

Therefore, to conduct business with the Wind and Fire Mountain caravan, at least one late-stage Qi Refining cultivator is required to oversee the operation.

The Lin family's team consisted of five Qi Refining cultivators, as well as Lin Qingyang and Lin Zongyue, who were capable of withstanding second-tier spirit talismans. Ordinary independent cultivator teams would not dare to provoke them.

As for the demonic beasts, they also slaughtered a group of water pythons along the way, which they estimated could yield dozens of talisman-making materials.

After spending half a month, the group finally arrived at Fengshan Mountain.

The first thing you see is howling wind and scorching flames, forming a barrier of blue and red.

Lin Qingyang was quite surprised. He could feel the wind blades and flames in the sky, each of which had the power of a second-grade high-level fire thunderbolt.

Even though it wasn't the first time Lin Zongyue had seen it, he couldn't help but exclaim, "This is the origin of the name Fenghuoshan Fortress. It is said that before the Qingyuan Sect conquered this place a thousand years ago, there were many places where magma was hidden. And because of a great battle, it attracted strong winds from the sky."

"The patriarch of the Qingyuan Sect in that generation was a fourth-level array master. He used the terrain to set up a fourth-level array to block the key road in the wilderness. The second-level demon beasts behind the defensive line lost their support and were killed one by one, which led to the establishment of Cangshan County."

Lin Qingyang and the other two Qing-generation cultivators were visiting for the first time. After paying ten spirit stones and receiving an identity token, they entered the city.

During this process, Lin Qingyang felt the power of the Wind and Fire Mountain. Among the cultivators guarding the city, there were two old men who gave him an overwhelming sense of pressure. Foundation Establishment cultivators personally guarded the gate!

After entering the city, at least three out of every ten cultivators passing by will be late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, and among every few dozen cultivators, you can see Foundation Establishment cultivators walking by. The prosperity of this place is indeed incomparable to that of Nanhefang.

This gave Lin Qingyang more confidence in obtaining Foundation Establishment Pills and second-tier demon beast essence blood here.

The group first arrived at the western district, where the houses were arranged in a staggered manner, with rows of small courtyards separated by barriers, providing a good level of privacy.

The group entered a shop on the outermost edge of the western district. There weren't many customers inside, and only three cultivators were there to greet them.

One of the middle-aged cultivators, who was holding an abacus, was quite surprised to see them and took the initiative to greet them, "Brother Lin, you've finally arrived! I heard your Lin family acquired a cold iron mine, so you must have refined quite a few magical artifacts. Would you like to lend a hand?"

"Fellow Daoist Liu is well-informed, but the clan leader has given an order that if we don't bring back the full amount of spirit stones, I'll have to make up the difference out of my own pocket."

Lin Zongbo waved his hand repeatedly, and the two exchanged a few pleasantries.

Lin Qingyang followed behind and learned that this person was actually a member of the Liu family. However, he had joined the Qingyuan Sect more than ten years ago. Because the Liu family patriarch was one of the three permanent Purple Mansion cultivators, he was able to take charge of the cave rental duties here.

The wandering monks living here often bring back spiritual items, and he can usually exchange them for the best of those items.

About fifteen minutes.

The Lin family members each rented a cave dwelling. Lin Qingyang did not skimp on this, spending a full 150 spirit stones to barely rent a Grade B cave dwelling, whose spiritual vein quality had reached the second tier.

It is even better than Ziyangxuan.

"This young fellow Daoist is quite bold. Could he be the renowned Master Qingyang of the Chu Kingdom?"

When Liu Mushang handed over the cave dwelling token, he was quite curious.

"I don't deserve the title of master. Qingyang can only draw two kinds of first-grade high-quality talismans."

After exchanging a few words with him, Lin Qingyang was led to the rented cave dwelling.

But when he arrived at the place, he stopped outside the door and did not go in, because the wooden sign there clearly read "Class B Cave No. 40".

He had just learned that the rental of cave dwellings in Feng Huo Shan was divided into four levels: A, B, C, and D. Among them, the A-level cave dwellings were only affordable for cultivators at the Purple Mansion level, and there were less than ten such places.

In addition, there are seventy-two Class B cave dwellings, with the concentration of spiritual energy increasing as the number progresses.

The spirit stones he paid should have been used after the 54th, when he had just reached the second-tier spirit vein level.

The spiritual energy concentration in Cave 40 is already close to that of a mid-grade second-tier spiritual vein, which is more than enough to supply even Foundation Establishment cultivators.

It would cost at least two hundred spirit stones per year.

Over the course of ten years, he had saved five hundred spirit stones. He couldn't rest easy without asking about such a benefit.

Seemingly sensing his worry, Liu Mushang took out a letter from her storage bag and handed it over with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Qingyang, there's no need to worry. Pavilion Master Liu is Elder Liu Sanyuan's granddaughter, so upgrading her cave dwelling is not difficult for her."

Lin Qingyang took it, and it was clearly Liu Yuxuan's handwriting. The conversation was still about the Rejuvenation Talisman.

He thought about it and realized that in the transaction of exchanging talisman pills, he had given up some benefits, so it was normal for the other party to give back.

So, a few breaths later, he stepped into the cave, glanced around, and felt the dense water spiritual energy around him, which was significantly higher than the spiritual energy concentration of Ziyang Pavilion.

If he waits for the right environment to cultivate again, the time it takes him to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining can be shortened by at least half a year.

"Please thank Pavilion Master Liu on my behalf."

Lin Qingyang bowed and thanked him.

Liu Mushang waved his hand and gave him an address, "The Pavilion Master has specifically instructed that if you come here, go to Juxian Pavilion to find her. The exchange meeting will still be held once every three months."

Lin Qingyang thought about it and realized that the other party's meaning was very clear: the cave was a gesture of goodwill, mainly because they wanted to continue the previous pill and talisman transaction.

The other party has become a second-tier alchemist. Continuing to cooperate will not only maintain good relations, but also allow us to leverage their connections to obtain some rare monster blood essence.

"Please tell Pavilion Master Liu that I will attend the next exchange meeting."

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