Chapter 253: Huddling Together for Warmth

Lin Zhangqing gave two dry laughs, suddenly remembered something, and took out a relatively large jade box from his storage bag and handed it to Grandfather.

"Grandfather, inside are forty-eight Vermilion Fruits. You can use them yourself or exchange them for spirit stones. You can also support some for my father or Second Uncle. In the future, you shouldn't need to give me spirit stones; I have enough for myself."

Grandfather nodded, thought for a moment, and said: "Tell me when you have no spirit stones later!"

"Grandfather, how is your Thunder True Scripture cultivation going? I have already opened fourteen Thunder Apertures, and after opening the twelfth aperture."

"My strength and the toughness of my body's skin and flesh have been greatly enhanced. I can lift a stone of fifteen or sixteen hundred jin. Now it should be considered the entry level of body refining."

Hearing Lin Zhangqing's words, Grandfather nodded and said: "So it turns out that after opening the twelfth aperture, one can reach the entry level of body refining. Then I must hurry!"

"I have already opened nine, and I estimate that in about half a year, I should be able to open to twelve. By then, it can be considered an extra small trump card!"

Lin Zhangqing continued: "I estimate that when opening to thirty-six apertures, it should be equivalent to the Great Perfection of the first stage of body refining. After opening all three hundred and sixty-five apertures around the body, I don't know if it will condense a Blood and Qi Golden Core!"

Grandfather sighed lightly: "The Lin family's foundation is still too shallow, and there is even less knowledge about body refining. We can only take one step at a time!"

"If it really doesn't work, then we will go ask your Great-Grandmother for help!"

Lin Zhangqing nodded, this was the last resort!

The Lin family actually rarely asked Great-Grandmother for help, unless it was a particularly big matter they couldn't solve themselves.

Just like this beast tide, it clearly concerned the safety of dozens of Lin family clansmen. This group of people was the backbone of the Lin family and could not all be lost in the beast tide.

That was why the Clan Leader and Grandfather went to ask Great-Grandmother to step in and help the Lin family arrange things appropriately.

At this time, Grandfather continued: "Cultivate with peace of mind! The family that launched the sneak attack on Maoxiang this time should be identified very soon, and then we will see how the Clan Leader arranges it! But I estimate a fierce battle is inevitable! If you really want to participate, you must be careful."

Hearing this, Lin Zhangqing's spirit was lifted, and he hurriedly asked: "Grandfather, have there been clues already?"

"Although it hasn't been finally confirmed, I think it's eight or nine out of ten. Excluding allies and families that couldn't possibly have attacked, there are only those few families bordering the Lin family that have conflicts of interest! Among them, the Yunteng County Li family, the Yunsheng County Zhao family, and the Yunyang County Li family are all families that suffered heavy losses in this beast tide."

"Especially the Li family, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators leading the team and over eighty Qi Refining clansmen died in battle. Only over a dozen Qi Refining clansmen returned, and I heard they were all injured!"

"It can be said that the casualties were heavy, and the family's power was reduced by five or six layers, and they were already unable to maintain most of the interests outside Yunyang County, while the Lin family's losses this time were not large."

"With the rise of one and the fall of another, it is very likely that the Lin family will come to accept these resources, so it is very possible that they launched a sneak attack out of unwillingness."

"Of course, the Li family and the Zhao family suffered relatively smaller losses, but I also heard that they both had Foundation Establishment cultivators die, and ordinary Qi Refining clansmen also suffered quite a few losses."

"So we cannot exclude the possibility of them attacking, or even a joint attack by two or three families is possible! In this situation, it is normal for families to huddle together for warmth! And by clearing out some of the overly powerful core members of the family first, especially by killing the other side's Foundation Establishment cultivators, they can minimize the pressure on their own survival."

Lin Zhangqing heard Grandfather's words and only then knew that the biggest suspects for this sneak attack were the Li family, the Li family, and the Zhao family.

These were all forces bordering the Lin family. In the thirty-six counties of Pingyang Prefecture, there were thirteen Foundation Establishment families.

Those with few controlled two or three counties, and those with many had three or four. Like the Lin family, they controlled three counties, but everyone still had quite a tacit understanding; small conflicts were constant, but there were no major conflicts.

But this beast tide clearly broke this balance.

"I know, Grandfather. On the way back, I was already prepared, and I even prepared for the family to be besieged.

I also prepared forty Heavenly Thunder Beads and Yin Thunder Beads, such high-power one-time Dharma treasures, as well as a batch of Spirit Recovery Pills, Spring Restoration Pills, Jade Healing Pills, and other pills!" Grandfather was overjoyed and hurriedly asked: "Qing'er, did you really prepare forty Heavenly Thunder Beads and Yin Thunder Beads?"

"That's great. Tomorrow you go to the Affairs Hall and exchange them for the family. It's just right for the clansmen to use."

"Many clansmen are already preparing in secret, and these things can give them some confidence!"

"Okay, I will send the things to the Affairs Hall tomorrow." Lin Zhangqing said earnestly.

He couldn't help but continue to ask: "Then will Aunt need to participate in the action?"

Grandfather thought for a moment and said: "Probably not. The Clan Leader estimates he will keep her at Nine Peaks Mountain to guard the core of the Nine-Curved Cloud River Great Formation, to prevent falling into someone else's trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain!"

Lin Zhangqing felt relieved when he heard this news! He knew that his aunt was not good at Dharma battles, and if she had to participate, Lin Zhangqing would have to get closer to protect her.

Everything was basically discussed, Lin Zhangqing left Grandfather's house and went straight back to his room.

He brewed a pot of Green Jade Spirit Tea and fell into deep thought! This time, the Clan Leader and Grandfather did not agree to Lin Zhangqing going to Qingyun Market to manage the shop, which truly exceeded his expectations!

Originally, he thought he had already persuaded the Clan Leader and Grandfather that day, but he didn't expect there were so many factors he hadn't considered.

This disrupted all his plans, which was equivalent to everything needing to be rearranged. Of course, the most important thing was how to explain it to Chen Ziya. If she knew this news, she would definitely be very sad! Lin Zhangqing had a headache now. Even with the refreshing effect of the Green Jade Spirit Tea, he couldn't think of a perfect solution!

Finally, unable to think of a solution, he decided to drag it out first and wait until the family's crisis was over before thinking about how to solve it. Perhaps there would be some new situations by then, which was also possible!

Seeing that the time was almost up, after completing the cultivation of the Thunder True Scripture, he lay down to rest.

Early the next morning, after Lin Zhangqing completed the cultivation of the Five Elements Chaos Sutra.

He checked the situation of the ten Purple Crystal Scorpions in the spirit beast bracelet and found that they were all still in a dormant state.

It had already been seven days, and there was still no movement at all. Lin Zhangqing couldn't help but take one out to study.

He discovered that the Purple Crystal Scorpion in his hand felt strange to Lin Zhangqing. Upon careful study, it was actually molting, which was why it had a floating feeling.

He didn't know how long this process would take to complete. Lin Zhangqing didn't dare to move it randomly anymore and hurriedly put it back into the spirit beast bracelet.

He was a bit worried that his rash action just now would interrupt its molting process, and secretly blamed himself for being restless, wondering why he had to move it randomly.

Finally, he shook his head and decided to ignore it for now. He threw a Spirit Nurturing Pill into the space where the fur ball was, and seeing that the fur ball was still sleeping, he ignored it.

He flew directly toward Aoyun Peak. He wasn't worried about First-One and Second-One, but he had to go see the remaining Purple Crystal Scorpions, and by the way, feed them some demonic beast meat and leave a few spirit crystals for them to gnaw on.

This time, First-One and Second-One didn't come to welcome him. Lin Changqing knew they must have gone out to forage on their own early in the morning.

He landed directly in the Purple Crystal Scorpions' territory, and with a thought, he summoned the Purple Crystal Scorpion group over, took out the shredded demonic beast meat he had prepared in advance, and sprinkled it around for them to eat.

After they finished eating, he sprinkled a portion of ice crystals and a portion of ginger yellow crystals to see which one they liked.

Unexpectedly, the little guys weren't picky at all, all following the principle of proximity, directly gnawing on the nearest spirit crystals.

This made Lin Zhangqing a bit disappointed; he had thought the Purple Crystal Scorpions would prefer the ginger yellow crystals! (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 254 =====