Chapter 21

Ever since hearing Grandfather's words that day, his parents, Second Uncle, and aunt had become more active in their cultivation. Now his mother was busy cultivating.

Sometimes Lin Changqing still had to help look after his younger sister. Fortunately, his younger sister, Lin Ling, was also very well-behaved. Unlike Lin Changqing, who was already running around the mountains when he was that big. First One was also helping to watch from the sky. As long as she didn't run too far, it would be fine.

And although Lin Zhangqing didn't know how to take care of children. But Lin Zhangqing could tell stories! He adapted the stories of Journey to the West, and after localizing them, told them to his younger sister, and she became fascinated as soon as she heard them.

Since then, as long as she saw Lin Zhangqing was free, his younger sister would squeeze to his side. She wanted to hear stories. She often asked what happened to the monkey later? She especially liked to stick to Lin Zhangqing.

The first one in the family to advance was his father. After all, with the Vermilion Fruit in hand, he broke through to the eighth layer of Qi Refining, and now his cultivation was second only to his aunt.

In the past, they were reluctant to use contribution points and all used mid-grade Qi Gathering Pills to practice. Now they all used high-grade Qi Gathering Pills for cultivation. There was less pill poison and stronger spiritual energy. The cultivation speed was faster, but the consumption of contribution points was also faster.

Remembering the matter of wanting to feed Second One and Sixth One the Vermilion Fruit last time. He discussed it with Grandfather.

Grandfather thought for a moment and said: "Let's feed Sixth One one first. Your Second Uncle has to participate in the Demon Hunting Team again this year."

Grandfather no longer had any Vermilion Fruits on hand. Lin Changqing still had three. He gave one to Grandfather, who handed it to Second Uncle to feed to Sixth One.

After settling this matter, there were only two Vermilion Fruits left, but it didn't matter; in another two months, he would be able to harvest another batch of Vermilion Fruits.

And now Lin Zhangqing's Nourishing Origin Catalysis Technique could already catalyze a month and a half of growth. Having broken through to the fourth layer of Qi Refining, his Nourishing Origin Catalysis Technique had progressed very quickly. It was estimated that in another two or three months, he would reach the level of an advanced mid-grade spirit planter.

In the future, catalyzing the spirit plants in the space would have even more obvious effects. Just like the Vermilion Fruit, which used to take six months and twenty days to mature, now it only took four or five months.

Since he could fly with a sword, Lin Zhangqing flew to Aoyun Peak to tend to the spirit fields himself. Second Uncle would be going to hunt demons again in a few months. So Lin Zhangqing wanted Second Uncle to improve his cultivation a bit before setting off.

He took the initiative to find Second Uncle and expressed that he could already fly. There was no need to trouble Second Uncle. He told him to practice hard and strive to advance to the eighth layer of Qi Refining before setting off.

There was one more thing, and that was that Grandfather had given him three spirit seeds at the time, one of which was the Void Heaven-Piercing Willow. The other two were the Bloodthirsty Thorn Vine and the Spirit Gathering Tree.

Planting the Bloodthirsty Thorn Vine in the space was useless. And Lin Zhangqing had to keep it; in case Lin Ling had spirit roots in the future, and the spirit roots weren't good, he would need the spirit seeds of the Bloodthirsty Thorn Vine.

Now the Spirit Gathering Tree spirit seed had been planted in the space by Lin Zhangqing, hoping that the Spirit Gathering Tree could help increase the spiritual energy of the space.

Actually, Lin Zhangqing especially wanted a Spirit Eye object to see if the space would slowly grow larger on its own once it had a Spirit Eye object.

Speaking of Spirit Eye objects, one had to mention the cultivation world's concepts of spirit veins and spirit eyes! The distribution of spiritual energy between heaven and earth was not balanced; it was certain that some places were richer, and some places were shallower. Over time, in places where spiritual energy was rich, spirit veins of different sizes would form.

Large spirit veins, some stretching for tens of thousands of miles and reaching the fifth or sixth grade, were basically occupied by top sects or sacred lands.

Small spirit veins, perhaps only a few miles in size and just entering the grade, were generally occupied by three or five loose cultivators or small Qi Refining families.

Like the Lin family's Nine Peaks Mountain, it was a third-grade lower-grade spirit vein occupying tens of miles.

Once these spirit veins, regardless of size, took shape, they would automatically emit spiritual energy, allowing the local spiritual energy to circulate continuously. If not destroyed, they wouldn't easily be exhausted. They could even advance if cultivated well.

But in different places of these spirit veins, the spiritual energy produced was not consistent either. Those places where spiritual energy was densest were, of course, most suitable for cultivators to practice, so they were called "Spirit Eyes" by the cultivation world.

Like Lin Zhangqing knew that the Spirit Eye of Nine Peaks Mountain was near the top of the Main Peak. And six seclusion rooms had been built; if clansmen wanted to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, they could apply to break through here. It could have the effect of half the effort with twice the result.

And the so-called "Spirit Eye" was generally invisible and colorless; one could only rely on the cultivator's perception to experience its existence and the size of its range.

Any place called a Spirit Eye represented that this place was the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in the nearby spirit vein, which was an indisputable fact! Under normal circumstances, the Spirit Eye was invisible, but if the spiritual energy of the Spirit Eye was too abundant and dense, then quantitative change would lead to qualitative change, and it would slowly materialize, forming a Spirit Eye object.

Like Spirit Eye trees, Spirit Eye stones, Spirit Eye springs, and so on. The appearance of these materialized Spirit Eyes was a very rare thing. Every one of them was a heaven and earth spirit object that might have formed after a process lasting tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years.

Therefore, the spiritual energy emitted by these Spirit Eye objects was far denser than that of ordinary Spirit Eyes. Sitting and practicing nearby absolutely had the miraculous effect of accelerating cultivation speed.

Even the most ordinary Spirit Eye objects could allow cultivators to accelerate their cultivation speed by nearly twenty to thirty percent.

And once these spirit objects were formed, things like Spirit Eye trees and Spirit Eye springs could be moved away by people using spiritual power without losing their efficacy. It was equivalent to a mobile spirit vein.

So they were especially precious. If taken out for auction, the starting bid would probably be at least a million spirit stones.

Lin Zhangqing knew that the Lin family had no way to possess such heaven and earth spirit objects now. If they did, in case the news leaked, the Lin family might suffer destruction.

So he could only hide this thought in his heart for now. He would wait until the day he had the ability to realize it.

In the end, it was still because his strength wasn't enough, so he should practice first! Cultivation base was his own.

Lin Zhangqing subsequently started his regular cultivation and life.

Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, ten months had passed. Some things had happened during this period.

The first thing was that through diligent cultivation, Second Uncle finally advanced to the eighth layer of Qi Refining before setting off to hunt demons. Among his peers in the Demon Hunting Team, his cultivation was considered relatively high. Sixth One also officially advanced to a first-grade lower-grade spirit beast. Now its size was more than double that of Second One. Only then could Lin Changqing feel more at ease.

The second thing was that Lin Zhangqing officially advanced to a first-grade mid-grade spirit planter. His Nourishing Origin Catalysis Technique officially reached the level of catalyzing two months of growth progress per casting. His knowledge of spirit herbs and spirit plants also passed the assessment. And he received official recognition from the clan. His identity jade token had also been replaced.

The third thing was that the century-old Vermilion Fruits in the space had matured twice, harvesting a total of 48 Vermilion Fruits. After discussing with Grandfather, they decided to go to a more distant prefecture to sell them.

Considering the safety issue, they wouldn't sell too many Vermilion Fruits in one place. Grandfather chose three prefectures. First, go to Qiyun Prefecture, then transfer to Danyang Prefecture, and the final destination was Jinzhou Prefecture.

Jinzhou Prefecture was the place Grandfather had chosen for his aunt to establish her foundation. He would spend more time investigating it clearly, and also choose a cave abode to rent that could support Foundation Establishment.

Because the place they were going to was far away and they had to transfer many times. This time, the agreement was to return before the end of the year, because they still had to participate in the auction held by the Wanbao Pavilion in this prefecture.

Now Grandfather had been gone for more than three months, and he didn't know how he was doing now.

Because Grandfather was still using a first-grade dharma artifact spirit boat. This time, Lin Zhangqing requested that once Grandfather arrived, he should prioritize exchanging it for a second-grade spirit boat that was known for its speed.

It would be more convenient and safer for traveling or escaping. He didn't know if Grandfather had listened to him.

The fourth thing was that the auction in Pingyang Prefecture was about to begin. This was a grand event held once every ten years in Pingyang Prefecture.

At that time, not only would there be an auction, but cultivators who didn't usually go out would also come to participate. So there would also be many cultivators setting up stalls to sell things, and everyone would sell the things they didn't use to exchange for cultivation resources, or barter.

This was the time to test knowledge and eyesight. Every time, some people would pick up bargains, and some would be deceived.

His mother and aunt had already discussed that they would go to see the auction and browse the stalls with the main group at that time, and even his little friends wanted to go see the excitement together.

This was also a major event for the clan. After all, it would take several years to save enough spirit stones to buy a Foundation Establishment Pill. The restlessness could already be clearly felt on the Ancestral Mountain.

(End of chapter)