Chapter 33: Earth-Fire Dual Spirit Roots

The next day, after completing his cultivation, he began to check the advancement of the Purple Crystal Scorpions and found that they had all completed their advancement.

He let them all out of the spirit beast bag, took out the prepared demon beast meat and a portion of Red Flame Crystal to feed them. The group of little guys wolfed it down, and in a short while, it was all eaten. Lin Zhangqing had to supplement some more demon beast meat to be enough.

It seemed that their appetites had increased after advancement! In this way, it was estimated that one portion of Red Flame Crystal wouldn't last a week; it might take two to three portions to be enough.

Good heavens, this expenditure had increased again! No wonder basically no scattered cultivators became insect cultivators; ordinary cultivators couldn't withstand this consumption.

After eating, they all ran to a place with sunlight and stayed motionless. Lin Zhangqing's heart moved; could it be that they were sunbathing?

Their full name was Great Sun Purple Crystal Scorpion; could it be that sunbathing was good for them? Then it seemed he would have to let them sunbathe more in the future; perhaps it would be good for their future advancement! Let them sunbathe for now; he wouldn't bother them for the time being.

He summoned Chuyi and let it recognize them, instructing it not to eat this group of scorpions as food.

Actually, he had already instructed Chuyi before, but now that both sides had advanced, he had to instruct it again, and when Chuwu and Chuliu returned, he would have to instruct them again.

These two groups were natural enemies. He shouldn't let them both suffer in the end; the one who would lose out would still be Lin Zhangqing.

Fortunately, Chuyi was very smart and obedient; it understood as soon as he said it and indicated through the contract that it knew. Only then did Lin Zhangqing feel relieved!

Time flew by, and it was the end of the year again.

His father and second uncle had just returned from hunting demons yesterday and had returned home safely. Neither of them was injured, but two clansmen had still met with misfortune and fallen this time, and injuries happened every year.

Perhaps when every demon hunting team was equipped with a Golden Winged Bird, casualties might be fewer. The only good news was that the demon hunting team's harvest this year was quite good, much more than last year's harvest.

Now Lin Zhangqing was not so resistant to his father and second uncle going out to hunt demons.

Perhaps it was because he was at the fifth layer of Qi Refining and had Chuyi and a group of Purple Crystal Scorpions. Having a little strength, he wanted to go out and find a demon beast to test their power. Now he understood his father and second uncle's feelings a little.

Once they returned, the house became much livelier, and they could help out at the Baicao Garden. Chuwu and Chuliu could also help catch insects, which was really good! It reduced Lin Zhangqing's workload.

After the New Year, Lin Zhangqing would be fourteen, and his younger sister, Lin Ling, would be eight years old after the New Year. Soon it would be the day for the family's unified spirit root testing. Lin Zhangqing asked his younger sister if she was afraid? She said she wasn't! Even if she didn't have spirit roots, Lin Zhangqing would support her in the future.

After hearing this, Lin Zhangqing laughed loudly and promised her that regardless of whether she had spirit roots or not, he would support her in the future.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Today was the ninth day of the first lunar month, the day for the family's unified spirit root testing. The whole family was already queuing up and waiting!

Thinking back to this day six years ago, he was also here, learning that he had five spirit roots, looking lost and soul-less. Without realizing it, so much time had already passed.

Now he was already at the fifth layer of Qi Refining; time really passed quickly! The queue moved forward slowly. In front, some were happy and some were disappointed. Of course, the vast majority were still disappointed; after all, those with spirit roots were still in the minority.

After queuing for a long time, it was finally Lin Ling's turn. The little girl went in by herself; others could only wait outside.

Only the two people, the one testing and the one being tested, knew how good or bad the spirit roots were. This was to prevent the appearance of particularly excellent spirit roots.

If it was accidentally leaked, they would be specifically targeted and destroyed by enemies before they could grow up. Such examples were everywhere in the cultivation world. After waiting for a while, seeing the little girl come out with a beaming face, he knew the result should be quite good. The family didn't linger too long in the square.

Until they got home, Lin Ling announced that she had earth-fire dual spirit roots, and her fire spirit root was 82 points. This Heavenly Thunder Bead exploded everyone into a daze; they couldn't quite believe it.

This good news was too great. His parents, second uncle, and Lin Zhangqing looked at each other, suspecting that Lin Ling was joking with them.

It wasn't until Lin Ling was a little angry and repeated it twice that everyone saw her angry look and finally believed it was true.

This was simply a guarantee for Foundation Establishment, Purple Mansion was expected, and Golden Core was promising. It could be said that she was the person with the best spirit roots in the Lin family for hundreds of years! With this aptitude, she could even enter the Qingyun Sect as a True Disciple.

This matter even alarmed the Clan Leader. That evening, the Clan Leader secretly came to Lin Zhangqing's home. After discussing with everyone, they decided to unify their story to the outside world, all saying that she had earth-wood-fire three spirit roots. This could protect Lin Ling and prevent her from being targeted by the family's enemies.

And in the future, when Lin Ling established her foundation, the family would provide half of the contribution points needed for the Foundation Establishment Pill. The remaining half of the contribution points could also be borrowed from the family first and repaid slowly after Foundation Establishment.

In the future, if Lin Ling had nothing to do, she could not leave the Ancestral Mountain casually. If she really had something to do and had to go out, she must report to the Clan Leader, and at least one Foundation Establishment stage cultivator must accompany her to travel.

This could be considered the family's key cultivation and protection! Compared with Lin Zhangqing, it was simply a world of difference. Lin Zhangqing even doubted whether Lin Ling would have established her foundation while he was still wandering in the Qi Refining stage.

He decided in his heart that he still had to cultivate even harder; he must not let the little girl leave him behind, or he would have no face at all.

The family celebrated by themselves and didn't make it public; being low-key was the royal way now. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, his younger sister would go to the family academy to study. She would soon embark on the path of cultivation; he should still work harder.

Taking advantage of everyone being there, Lin Zhangqing gave everyone a Vermilion Fruit, even his younger sister Lin Ling, and instructed her that it was best to use it when breaking through from the third layer of Qi Refining to the fourth layer.

He had already thought of the excuse early on, saying it was specifically left by his grandfather before he set off. Everyone also thought it was prepared by his grandfather in advance and accepted it without much thought.

It had been a year or two since the family last consumed Vermilion Fruits, so they should have finished digesting them. Now consuming them again, the timing was just right.

In this way, after refining the Vermilion Fruit again, his mother would soon reach the eighth layer of Qi Refining. If his father and second uncle successfully broke through to the ninth layer of Qi Refining, then they would have to start preparing for Foundation Establishment.

Spending two years polishing their spiritual energy to Great Perfection. They would definitely have two to three chances to attempt Foundation Establishment before the age of sixty. Plus the help of the Earth Soul Fruit, he believed they all had a high probability of successfully establishing their foundations.

Thinking of this made him especially excited. Being able to pave the way to Foundation Establishment for his family made Lin Zhangqing feel incomparably satisfied! Now he didn't know how his grandfather and aunt were doing! Was the road smooth? Calculating by time, they should have already bid for the Foundation Establishment Pill by now, right? His aunt would prepare for Foundation Establishment in the rented cave abode, while his grandfather would be guarding her on the side.

Aunt, you must succeed! Now the family had started preparing for the Fourteenth Uncle's Foundation Establishment Ceremony and would send invitations to the other twelve Foundation Establishment families in Pingyang Prefecture.

The family also had some good friends who would come to support, and some good friends invited by the Fourteenth Uncle himself would also be sent invitations.

At that time, there might also be a portion of scattered cultivators coming to join in the fun; after all, in Pingyang Prefecture, Purple Mansion stage cultivators were rare, and a Foundation Establishment Ceremony could also be considered a grand event. When there were many people, there were many business opportunities; naturally, some people would set up stalls to do business and so on.

Lin Zhangqing actually really wanted to take the task of delivering invitations so that he could walk around and see. At the very least, he could go to the stone gambling workshop to take a look and see if he could earn some spirit stones for Lin Zhangliu.

It was a pity that if he left, there would be no one to take care of the Aoyun Peak spirit field and the Baicao Garden. So he still had to wait for his grandfather and aunt to return before he could leave.

For now, he should still cultivate hard; once his cultivation base was high, he could go anywhere! (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 34 =====