Chapter 26

Returning to the Ancestral Mountain, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Lin Zhangqing had been prepared for a surprise attack on the road just now, but fortunately, nothing happened.

After getting off the Wind-Running Boat at the clan square, they went home with their family.

His mother and aunt started preparing dinner, and they ate a little simply.

The family gathered together to prepare to share today's harvest.

His mother's harvest was mainly in spirit talismans, collecting a few dozen high-quality talisman papers, and some special materials needed for drawing talismans.

The main thing was that she spent 600 spirit stones to buy an incomplete first-grade talisman inheritance, most of which overlapped with what his mother already had.

But there were two types that were not there before, one was the first-grade high-grade Wood-Dodge Talisman, and the other was the first-grade high-grade Invisibility Talisman. These two were very practical talismans.

With these two spirit talismans, his father and Second Uncle would be much safer when they went out to hunt demons! No wonder his mother was so happy today.

His aunt's harvest was mainly in spirit herbs and spirit plants. She harvested a seedling of Jade Essence Mushroom. If she hadn't learned about this spirit herb, she might have missed it.

Jade Essence Mushroom was a second-grade high-grade spirit herb, which had the effect of nourishing the five internal organs, beautifying and keeping one's face, and enhancing vitality. If it could be refined into Jade Essence Pill, the power would be even better. It was rumored that high-grade Jade Essence Pill also had the effect of extending life, but he didn't know if it was true.

There was also a first-grade Purple Bamboo seedling. If this was cultivated well, it could form a Purple Bamboo forest.

Ten-year-old Purple Bamboo could be used to refine first-grade lower-grade dharma artifacts, thirty-year-old Purple Bamboo could be used to refine first-grade mid-grade dharma artifacts, and fifty-year-old Purple Bamboo could be used to refine first-grade high-grade dharma artifacts.

If it could be vigorously cultivated to form a Purple Bamboo forest, then whether it was for self-refining or selling, it was a very good choice. However, Purple Bamboo grew slowly, and it only produced new bamboo shoots every five to ten years. It was too difficult to form a forest from a single seedling! Even with the Nourishing Origin Catalysis Technique, it wasn't easy.

This time, Grandfather didn't take a fancy to anything himself. The only second-grade insect cultivator inheritance was also prepared for Lin Zhangqing.

Next, it was Lin Zhangqing's turn to share. He patted his storage bag and took out the jade box containing the Purple Cloud Scorpion insect eggs. Everyone took turns studying it, but didn't find anything special.

However, Grandfather knew that Lin Zhangqing wouldn't make a big fuss over some first-grade spirit insects, so there should be discoveries he didn't know about.

Lin Zhangqing didn't know how to say it either. He couldn't say he saw a purple halo, and he had promised Grandfather not to tell anyone.

Lin Zhangqing could only explain that he felt a sense of affinity when he saw it, and anyway, it wasn't expensive, so he took it down. Hearing this, his mother and aunt glared at him fiercely, and Lin Zhangqing could only awkwardly scratch his head.

He also took out the three raw stones. Good heavens! He was almost beaten by his father. If Grandfather hadn't stopped him, Lin Zhangqing would have been miserable.

Everyone had heard of stone gambling, but they had never tried it. They all knew that nine out of ten bets were lost. He didn't expect Lin Zhangqing to dare to gamble on stones by himself the first time he went out. His courage was not ordinary!

Fortunately, with Grandfather coming forward, it was finally passed over. They hadn't looked carefully just now, but now everyone took turns playing with them, and only then did they realize it wasn't simple.

Not to mention that lower-grade fire spirit stone, although they usually used spirit stones, they were all standard-sized spirit stones cut into pieces. This was the first time they saw raw stones.

But that piece of mid-grade wood spirit stone wasn't simple. Mid-grade spirit stones were generally used more by Foundation Establishment and Purple Mansion stage cultivators, and Qi Refining stage cultivators rarely came into contact with them. At least the few people present had very little contact.

Theoretically, the exchange rate with lower-grade spirit stones was 1:100, but in reality, they could be exchanged for 1:110. Mid-grade spirit stones had a wider range of uses, such as driving arrays, puppets, or for cultivation. Their power and effects were not comparable to lower-grade spirit stones.

Like the Green Wood Longevity Technique practiced by Grandfather and Aunt, both were wood-attribute cultivation methods, so using this mid-grade wood spirit stone for cultivation was most suitable.

One had to know that someone wanted to exchange this piece of mid-grade wood spirit stone at the time, but Lin Zhangqing didn't agree.

Now Lin Zhangqing gave the mid-grade wood spirit stone to Grandfather and Aunt. Grandfather didn't say anything, but Aunt happily hugged Lin Zhangqing and kissed him, making Lin Zhangqing blush.

After all, with such a large piece of mid-grade wood spirit stone, Aunt could polish her spiritual energy to Great Perfection faster.

There was also an unopened raw stone, and his father decided to try his luck himself.

This decision left Lin Zhangqing speechless. Just a moment ago, he was going to beat Lin Zhangqing because of stone gambling, but now he was so active himself. There was no way, he could only hand the dharma artifact for polishing raw stones to his father.

After telling his father how to polish the raw stones, he watched with his family. After all, his father was a novice, and his speed of opening raw stones wasn't that fast, and he didn't open them professionally. After polishing for a long while, he finally saw a little bit of gold. At this time, Grandfather shouted for his father to stop, took the dharma artifact for polishing raw stones from his hand, and opened it carefully himself. From Grandfather's reaction, everyone saw that the matter wasn't simple.

Everyone held their breath, not daring to disturb Grandfather. As the raw stone shell was polished away bit by bit, a part of the golden spirit stone was revealed. From this part, one could see that the spiritual pressure was much stronger than that of the mid-grade spirit stone.

His mother had already grabbed his father's arm, holding back from making a sound, fearing to disturb Grandfather.

His aunt also had an expression of having seen a ghost, looking unbelievable. His father was staring with wide eyes, trying to make himself believe it was true.

That's right, a high-grade gold spirit stone, larger in volume than the mid-grade spirit stone just now.

Grandfather's hands were also trembling slightly, but fortunately, the amplitude was small and didn't affect the polishing of the shell.

As time passed, it was finally all opened, and everyone watched together.

Father spoke first: "There should be 20, right?"

Mother also said: "Should be more than that!"

Aunt said: "Is this several Foundation Establishment Pills?"

Younger sister also added: "Golden and shiny, so beautiful!"

Hearing this, everyone laughed heartily.

Grandfather's face was full of smiles that couldn't be hidden, and he nodded and said: "Your Foundation Establishment Pills are all settled.

This high-grade gold spirit stone raw ore can conservatively be cut into 22 high-grade gold spirit stones, and in a good situation, it can be cut into 25, plus some scraps.

Now it depends on how to use this high-grade gold spirit stone raw ore, whether to wait for your Great-Grandmother Xu to come out of seclusion and exchange it with the Qingyun Sect for Foundation Establishment Pills, or exchange it directly with Wanbao Pavilion for Foundation Establishment Pills."

Except for Great-Grandmother Xu, no one could be trusted in the Qingyun Sect! But Great-Grandmother Xu was in seclusion and hadn't come out.

Although Wanbao Pavilion had a very good reputation, it might not be able to withstand such a big temptation. After all, at least 22 high-grade gold spirit stones were not 220,000 lower-grade spirit stones.

Although theoretically, they could be exchanged for lower-grade spirit stones at 1:10000, he believed no one would be stupid enough to really exchange them. Even if you went to the market to exchange 20,000 spirit stones for 1 high-grade spirit stone, you wouldn't be able to exchange it.

High-grade spirit stones were already strategic resources. When Golden Core cultivators fought, one side held high-grade spirit stones to recover mana, while the other side didn't, which might lead to different results.

Of course, this was only one of the functions. Large war puppets, or long-distance large teleportation arrays, all needed high-grade spirit stones.

So Grandfather had the confidence to say that he would exchange them at Wanbao Pavilion for Foundation Establishment Pills, rather than waiting for the auction.

The things were kept by Grandfather, and a gag order was issued. No one was allowed to leak it. Even when Second Uncle returned, Grandfather would tell him personally, and no one should mention it again in the future. This was the guarantee for everyone's Foundation Establishment.

Everyone promised one after another, guaranteeing that after today, no one was allowed to mention it again.

Grandfather also urged everyone to practice harder, so they could establish their foundations sooner! Now there were resources, but no one could use them.

Actually, there was no need to say more, everyone would practice more consciously. Seeing such a large piece of high-grade gold spirit stone with their own eyes, their confidence was even fuller. After all, wealth, companion, method, and land—wealth was ranked first, which showed the importance of spirit stones! And Lin Zhangqing was moved by the warm hugs of his mother and aunt. Everyone was really too happy. They didn't know how to express it, and he estimated that they wouldn't be able to sleep with excitement tonight.

Lin Zhangqing himself was also very happy, not because he opened a high-grade spirit stone, but because he could finally help his family, could ensure they all established their foundations, and was happy to see his family full of confidence in Foundation Establishment.

After some tossing, everyone had to go back to rest. After getting the insect cultivator inheritance from Grandfather, Lin Zhangqing went to complete today's spell cultivation, and only then returned to his room to rest.

There were still quite a few things that happened today, and his spirit was highly concentrated on the way back, so he was indeed a little tired! He fell asleep shortly after returning to his room.

(End of chapter)