Chapter 130: Supreme Treasure

After Lin Zhangqing's father and second uncle returned to their cultivation rooms for seclusion, only the grandfather and grandson were left in the hall.

"What you said to your father just now about the Purple Mansion Tongxuan Pill, is it all true?" His grandfather finally had the opportunity to ask this question.

Lin Zhangqing nodded and then shook his head, explaining, "Part of it was falsely using Great-Grandmother's name."

"But the six main ingredients for the Purple Mansion Tongxuan Pill have already been prepared by me. I'm just waiting for an opportunity to refine them into the Purple Mansion Tongxuan Pill."

"But the problem now is to find an alchemist who can refine third-grade pills. Unfortunately, Sixth Grandfather is only a second-grade middle-grade alchemist, and the Lin family doesn't have the pill formula for the Purple Mansion Tongxuan Pill; otherwise, it wouldn't be so troublesome!"

His grandfather frowned upon hearing this and hesitated before saying, "I heard that the Pill Cauldron Sect provides alchemy services, but one has to provide all the medicinal materials oneself, and after the pill is refined, they will take thirty percent as a reward for their effort."

Lin Zhangqing shook his head, "It's too dangerous. If you and the Clan Leader had already advanced to the Purple Mansion stage, perhaps there might be some possibility of operation."

"But if we go to them to refine the third-grade Purple Mansion Tongxuan Pill while only at the Foundation Establishment stage, I estimate that nine times out of ten, we won't be coming back!"

His grandfather also knew that Lin Zhangqing was right! He sighed helplessly and asked with some worry, "Then what about the six main ingredients for the Purple Mansion Tongxuan Pill? They can't be kept for long! At most, they can be stored for two or three years before the medicinal effect starts to dissipate."

"I will handle that; don't worry!" After saying this, he thought for a moment and took out a jade box from his storage bag, handing it over.

His grandfather took it with some suspicion and opened it to take a look. Inside were actually twelve spirit fruits, neatly arranged and looking like green jade.

He felt a bit familiar with them, but suddenly couldn't remember what spirit fruit this was for a moment, so he asked, "Qing'er, what spirit fruit is this? What is its function?"

Lin Zhangqing introduced, "This is the mature Foundation Establishment Fruit, one of the three main ingredients for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill. It can also be consumed directly, and its efficacy is the same as the Foundation Establishment Pill."

His grandfather heard Lin Zhangqing say it was the Foundation Establishment Fruit and was only slightly surprised. After all, the Foundation Establishment Fruit was far inferior to the Purple Mansion Tongxuan Pill.

Although there were as many as twelve Foundation Establishment Fruits, it wasn't too strange for them to be on his grandson Lin Zhangqing.

"Qing'er, you took these out; you don't intend to use them like Foundation Establishment Pills, do you?" His grandfather asked hesitantly.

Lin Zhangqing sighed and said, "I also know that doing so is too wasteful, but the problem is, Sixth Grandfather is only second-grade middle-grade; can he refine second-grade upper-grade Foundation Establishment Pills? And not having the pill formula for the Foundation Establishment Pill is also a problem!"

His grandfather was silent for a moment and said, "Your Great-Grandfather did prepare the pill formula for the Foundation Establishment Pill, but your Sixth Grandfather is only second-grade middle-grade now. I'm afraid that even if I give it to him to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, the loss will outweigh the gain in the end!"

"Moreover, suddenly taking out so many Foundation Establishment Fruits is also hard to explain the source, not to mention that the Lin family suddenly having a large number of Foundation Establishment cultivators would attract even more attention from other forces."

Lin Zhangqing nodded and hesitated before saying, "Should we take advantage of this beast tide, where all families have suffered heavy casualties, and take the opportunity to move some of our clansmen from the light to the dark, changing their names and hiding their identities?"

"Let them go to other places to open up one or two secret family residences. After all, putting all the Eight Treasures eggs in the same basket is too unsafe."

"Of course, this can also make use of all these Foundation Establishment Fruits."

His grandfather opened his eyes wide in surprise upon hearing Lin Zhangqing's words. After a while, he said, "The Clan Leader really didn't misjudge you; you are indeed very suitable to be the Clan Leader! I now absolutely believe that the Lin family will definitely prosper under your leadership in the future!"

Lin Zhangqing shook his head repeatedly, "No, no, it's fine to offer advice occasionally, but letting me shoulder the fate of the entire family is too heavy for me; I can't bear it."

His grandfather glared at him, "We'll talk about that later. If it really comes to the point where you have to step up, then it won't be up to you."

"For now, you should still strive to improve your own cultivation! Lest you really become the Clan Leader and your cultivation is too low to convince the masses!"

Lin Zhangqing was speechless. Could this even be forced?

Just then, the spirit tea in the pot was finished. Lin Zhangqing said a word to his grandfather and then returned to his room. Lin Zhangqing sat in his room and pondered. In fact, Lin Zhangqing already had a clue about the path of alchemy, but this was not something that could achieve his goal in a short time.

Besides, the secret realm trip had just ended, and looking for someone to refine pills now would be clearly telling others that he had privately hidden the main ingredients! This would be bad for himself, the family, and Great-Grandmother.

And there was also what his grandfather mentioned just now, that those main ingredients would start to dissipate spiritual energy after being stored for a period of time. Lin Zhangqing decided to handle them together while he had time now.

In fact, among the six main ingredients for the Purple Mansion Tongxuan Pill here, five had already been transplanted, and only the six Xuanhuang Fruits were still in the jade box, unprocessed.

Lin Zhangqing prepared to cut them all open to see if he could find one or two fruit pits that could be planted.

The Xuanhuang Fruit trees in the secret realm had grown for who knows how many years and were already mature beyond measure. There should be plantable fruit pits inside these Xuanhuang Fruits.

The items were in the space. Once he thought about going in later, Lu Youqiang and Lu Xiaoling would definitely ask him for delicious food again, and his head would ache! However, he still had to go in and take a look. Lu Xiaoya was still advancing!

He sealed the room's restriction and, after checking and confirming it was safe, entered the space.

Sure enough, Lu Youqiang and Lu Xiaoling immediately surrounded him. After stroking their fur and feeding each of them a Spirit Nurturing Pill, they still kept pestering Lin Zhangqing.

There was no other way; he could only cut open a hundred-year Vermilion Fruit with a jade knife, dig out the fruit pit, and share it with them. Only then did they let Lin Zhangqing go with satisfaction.

Lin Zhangqing checked Lu Xiaoya, who was still sleeping, and after confirming that everything was normal, he felt relieved. He didn't need to worry about it; when it woke up, it would be a second-grade spirit beast.

He found the storage bag containing the Xuanhuang Fruits and took out the six Xuanhuang Fruits. Immediately, he smelled a faint fragrance. The fruit itself was pale yellow and translucent, quite beautiful.

It looked very appetizing, but Lin Zhangqing didn't dare to eat it randomly. The biggest possibility of eating it randomly would be to burst his dantian.

The lesson of the Earth Soul Fruit before was still fresh in his memory!

He took out a small jade knife and cut the Xuanhuang Fruit in two. Inside, there was only a deformed seed, and one look told him it was impossible for it to survive.

After cutting it open, the fragrance of the Xuanhuang Fruit became even richer. Lu Youqiang and Lu Xiaoling surrounded him again. Lin Zhangqing hurriedly stopped them; otherwise, they looked like they were ready to move, and it was possible they wouldn't be able to resist the temptation and snatch a piece at any time.

It wasn't that Lin Zhangqing was reluctant, but he was afraid they wouldn't be able to bear it and would burst themselves.

Lin Zhangqing hurriedly accelerated his speed and cut open the remaining five Xuanhuang Fruits. Finally, there was one fruit pit that was relatively normal and plump. It looked like it could be planted, and Lin Zhangqing felt like he had found a supreme treasure.

He hurriedly packed everything up, found a good spot to plant the fruit pit, and then performed the Spirit Rain Technique and the Nourishing Origin Catalysis Technique. Finally, he saw a tiny sprout emerge from the ground.

Lin Zhangqing breathed a sigh of relief. This time, the six main ingredients for the Purple Mansion Tongxuan Pill could finally be mass-produced independently. He instructed Lu Youqiang and Lu Xiaoling to take good care of the Xuanhuang Fruit tree seedling.

As for how to handle the remaining Xuanhuang Fruit pulp, Lin Zhangqing had already thought about it.

He would just throw it into the deep pit in the space to let Lin Zhangliu digest it. By then, it would be able to increase the space area a bit more.

He did it as soon as he thought of it; otherwise, the spiritual energy of the already cut fruit pulp would dissipate even faster.

He came to the edge of the deep pit and threw all the Xuanhuang Fruit pulp and the few deformed fruit pits down together to Lin Zhangliu.

After finishing these, Lin Zhangqing patrolled the space once and, finding no problems, exited the space.

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