Chapter 125: Fortune

By the time Lin Zhangqing opened his eyes again, he found that his grandfather had already returned and was sitting beside him, drinking tea.

Lin Zhangqing hurriedly asked, "Grandfather, you're back. Did you manage to buy a suitable spiritual artifact?"

His grandfather smiled and nodded. He took an array disk, a jade slip, and several array flags from his storage bag and handed them to Lin Zhangqing. He said, "The spiritual artifact and the lightning-attribute spiritual object have both been prepared for the two of them, so you can rest easy! This is the array disk for a First-Grade Spirit Gathering Array. It can be used once you inlay it with spirit stones. The specific usage methods are all introduced in the jade slip. You'll understand once you take a look. It's just right for you to use when you go to Tongshan Village!"

Lin Zhangqing took them with a grin, "Thank you, Grandfather! You really are thoughtful! By the way, Grandfather, do you know about innate divine abilities?"

His grandfather shook his head and said, "What innate divine abilities? One needs to be at least at the Golden Core stage to manifest divine abilities, right? That is far too distant for us. For now, we should focus on what's right in front of us!"

Lin Zhangqing was left between laughter and tears. He had known it would be like this. He handed the divine ability jade slip to his grandfather and said, "Grandfather, please take a look at the contents of the jade slip first! Then you'll know what I'm talking about."

His grandfather took the jade slip, which looked quite high-grade at first glance, with some suspicion. He then probed it with his divine sense to take a look. The moment he saw the words "Great Five Elements Concealment Technique Divine Ability" at the beginning, his whole body trembled! It was too unbelievable. Was his grandson perhaps the reincarnation of a child of fortune? How could he so casually produce such precious items? He hurriedly concentrated his attention and continued reading. This look lasted for over an hour, which was about the same amount of time Lin Zhangqing had spent.

Seeing his grandfather put down the jade slip and sigh, Lin Zhangqing hurriedly asked, "Grandfather, how is it? Did you understand the contents of the jade slip?"

His grandfather was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "The Lin family's foundation is still too shallow; we didn't even know about such important information! The contents of this jade slip are too important. Make another copy to avoid losing it by accident! The matter of innate divine abilities must be told to the family and to those clansmen who have already reached Foundation Establishment."

"The basic spell portion of the concealment divine ability is widely circulated in the outside world, so we can put it into the family's Scripture Pavilion and let interested clansmen exchange for it to practice!"

Lin Zhangqing listened and considered it, feeling it was quite appropriate. He said, "Let's arrange it just as Grandfather said for now! But all of us in our own family must practice it."

"Originally, the few cultivation techniques in the family weren't of very high grade. I estimate that even if one were lucky enough to cultivate to the Golden Core stage, the probability of condensing a Golden Core would be a low-grade one. Since we know there is a way to improve the grade of the Golden Core, we must not miss it! Of course, it would be best to exchange for a few higher-grade cultivation techniques, and we must do so as soon as possible. We can start with the Wanbao Pavilion for this."

"But I estimate the spirit stones required will be a huge number!"

His grandfather considered it before saying, "Now, the Foundation Establishment Pills for everyone in the family, including Little Ling, have already been prepared. My cultivation technique and that of your aunt, Mao Ting, do not need to be changed for the time being."

"Next, I will save as many spirit stones as possible, striving to purchase one or two high-grade cultivation techniques suitable for the family to practice at the Wanbao Pavilion."

"We will try our best not to hold them back in terms of cultivation techniques; as for how far they can go, that will depend on their own abilities!"

Lin Zhangqing nodded, agreeing with his grandfather's arrangement, and added:

"We can find a time to go to the Wanbao Pavilion to take a look first. Once we find suitable techniques, we can purchase the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages first. We can come back to purchase the Purple Mansion stage techniques once we have saved enough spirit stones. This way, it won't delay too much time."

"Moreover, the spells and secret arts parts of these divine abilities in the jade slip must also be practiced. In the future, when going out to travel or engaging in dharma battles, we will have more means to protect the Dao."

"Most importantly, it can also improve the quality of the Golden Core. It didn't matter if we didn't know before, but now that we do, we absolutely cannot miss it."

His grandfather nodded after hearing what Lin Zhangqing said, "That is indeed a good method, so let's do it this way for now! Practicing the spells and secret arts parts of this divine ability doesn't require consuming any resources; it's just that the time spent on it will certainly be significant!"

Lin Zhangqing chuckled, "Fortunately, I can get a little Jade Spring Heart Tea every year, which will certainly allow the family to save some time."

His grandfather also smiled and said, "This Jade Spring Heart Tea really came at the right time! Your father and your second uncle don't have much comprehension; otherwise, how could they not have learned even one of the hundred arts of cultivation!"

Hearing his grandfather's words, Lin Zhangqing was just about to say something when suddenly, both grandfather and grandson looked toward one place—it was the cultivation room where Lin Zhangqing's father was in seclusion.

Because in this place, violent spiritual energy fluctuations were occurring, and the spiritual energy in the cave abode was rapidly surging toward that sealed cultivation room.

His grandfather, Lin Fandao, had already stood up at this moment. He walked quickly to the door of the cultivation room, muttering to himself in a mix of excitement and worry, "How is this possible? How could it be so fast? He only went in for a little over a month. Nothing must go wrong!"

Lin Zhangqing was also a bit worried now, but he still reminded him, "Grandfather! Is the spiritual energy in the cave abode enough to support Father until he completes Foundation Establishment?"

His grandfather sensed it quickly and said, "This cave abode is capable of supporting two Foundation Establishment cultivators practicing at the same time; the spiritual energy should be just about enough. However, just in case, we should still help him!"

After saying this, he tapped his storage bag lightly and poured out a pile of spirit stones. Lin Zhangqing scanned them with his divine sense; there were about three thousand. His grandfather continued, "We will crush these spirit stones and release the spiritual energy inside to increase the concentration of spiritual energy within the cave abode."

Lin Zhangqing hurriedly responded and then began to crush the spirit stones.

The two of them worked quite quickly, and in a short while, they were finished. Then they waited quietly at the door.

Now, they just had to wait for his father to absorb enough spiritual energy to complete Foundation Establishment. As long as the current spiritual energy fluctuations didn't suddenly become violent again, it was nine times out of ten a success.

If these spiritual energy fluctuations became violent again and suddenly stopped, that would mean the compression of spiritual energy had failed, which meant the breakthrough of the mana barrier had failed. At that time, they might need to break the barrier to save him.

This was the most dangerous and important moment. The grandfather and grandson stood quietly at the door of the seclusion room with anxious hearts.

This standing lasted for over an hour, which for the grandfather and grandson could be said to be like a day lasting a year.

Fortunately, the spiritual energy surge finally ended smoothly, and there were no other fluctuations in between, which meant Lin Zhangqing's father had finally succeeded in Foundation Establishment.

He should now be working hard to consolidate his realm inside the cultivation room. The time required for this varies from person to person, but generally speaking, a few days are always needed.

After the realm consolidation is completed, he will need to start tempering his meridians and nourishing his physical body.

While making the meridians stronger, he will also nourish the physical body with mana, continuing for about three months to complete the "Hundred-Day Foundation Establishment," allowing his own life form to complete a transformation.

From now on, his father's life level will be vastly different from before. With the constant nourishment of mana, as long as he doesn't suffer that kind of incurable injury, extending his life by two sixty-year cycles and living to two hundred and forty years old is almost a certainty.

Only now did the grandfather and grandson breathe a sigh of relief together.

His grandfather then said, "I don't know why this time, your father took much less time to complete Foundation Establishment than your aunt. Fortunately, it seems he completed Foundation Establishment smoothly! Otherwise, I would have had to beat him to death."

Lin Zhangqing gave an awkward laugh, knowing his grandfather was just saying that. If his father had failed Foundation Establishment, although his body was protected by the Foundation Establishment Pill, he would certainly have been severely injured. Resting and recovering for a year or two would be considered light; he wouldn't be in any state to endure a beating from his grandfather.

The two had just returned to the hall, and Lin Zhangqing was just about to brew a fresh pot of Green Jade Tea to help his grandfather calm his nerves.

Unexpectedly, at this very moment, another cultivation room also transmitted violent spiritual energy fluctuations, and then the spiritual energy began to surge toward that cultivation room.

His grandfather's expression changed drastically, and he shouted, "Not good!"

At this time, Lin Zhangqing also reacted. Most of the spiritual energy in the cave abode had just been absorbed by his father, and the time was too short; it hadn't had time to replenish.

His second uncle choosing this moment to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage was really, really bad timing!

Even choosing to break through tomorrow would have been better! But he had to choose this moment. There was no other way; now they could only try their best to remedy it.

His grandfather had already rushed directly to the door of the cultivation room and poured out a large pile of spirit stones. Then Lin Zhangqing also rushed over, and the two of them desperately crushed the spirit stones. After a while, they finally finished.

Now the spiritual energy in the cave abode was sufficient. Just now, the grandfather and grandson had crushed at least eight thousand to ten thousand spirit stones; the spiritual energy was no worse than when his father broke through just now.

The rest was just waiting. Fortunately, except for the initial lack of spiritual energy supply, the spiritual energy fluctuations inside had been very stable.

Sensing that the spiritual energy was constantly surging into the cultivation room, the two finally felt a little relieved.

Sure enough, waiting is the most agonizing, not to mention experiencing such a thing twice in one day. In short, Lin Zhangqing's feeling was one of both shock and joy! (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 126 =====