Chapter 7: Double Happiness

The Lin family's Spirit Plant Master inheritance belongs to the Mysterious Grade Middle-Rank inheritance. It can support Spirit Plant Masters to cultivate to the Second-Grade Upper-Rank stage, and if it is higher, they have to find follow-up or other inheritances.

Since Lin Zhangqing suddenly reached the Qi Refining stage, he went to the Scripture Pavilion to choose the three spells his grandfather mentioned.

This is also a family benefit, and if he wants to practice other spells in the future, he will have to spend contribution points.

Now every day is cultivation in the morning, learning in the academy in the afternoon. Practicing spells at night, very regular. It's just that he is only at the first layer of Qi Refining, and he can't cast a few spells before he has to sit and recover his spiritual energy.

Fortunately, his comprehension is okay. After more than a month, the Spirit Rain Technique has already entered the door, and after casting the spell, there can be about ten square meters of rainfall.

The Golden Needle Technique takes seven or eight seconds to form, and it is barely considered to have entered the door.

Only the Nourishing Origin Catalysis Technique, the cultivation has been slow to succeed.

No way, he could only ask his grandfather for advice. Grandfather let him cast it once and saw the problem. It was mainly because his cultivation base was too low to support the consumption of the secret art. Let him try again at the second layer of Qi Refining.

Lin Zhangqing could only focus on practicing the other two spells, and simply went to the Scripture Pavilion to spend contribution points to learn Fireball Technique and Swift Wind Step, one for attack and one for increasing movement speed.

The only benefit of a five-attribute spirit root is that he can learn all five-element attribute spells! Time flowed like this, and soon the end of the year arrived, and Lin Zhangqing and the others also completed all the basic knowledge learning and graduated from the family academy.

After the Third Elder passed the New Year, there would be new students. I hope the family will always pass on the fire and thrive.

In these few months, with the help of the spirit gathering array in the family cultivation room and Qi Gathering Pills. Lin Zhangqing's cultivation base finally reached the peak of the first layer of Qi Refining, and it is expected to impact the second layer of Qi Refining after the New Year.

There is good news, his Second Uncle Lin Maobin is coming back soon. Second Uncle has already gone out with the demon hunting team for several months, and if there are no changes, he will be back soon.

Lin Zhangqing is a little worried, not knowing if Second Uncle will be injured. And a little expectant of Second Uncle's gift.

This day, Lin Zhangqing just came out of the cultivation room, and his mother said that the demon hunting team had returned, and they were now at the family plaza, which was the place where Lin Zhangqing tested his spirit root.

After hearing this, Lin Zhangqing ran over. When he arrived at the plaza, there were many people. Lin Zhangqing recognized Second Uncle in the crowd from afar and saw that he was not injured, so he felt relieved.

The atmosphere at the scene was relatively heavy. This time, six teams of the demon hunting team went out, totaling sixty people, with two deaths and five injuries. After all, no one wants casualties.

No wonder the atmosphere is not good. Actually, this time it was relatively good. In the past, there have been cases where the entire team was killed in battle.

The cultivation world is so cruel. People hunt demonic beasts, peel their skin, draw their blood, eat their meat, and use their tendons, bones, and skin for alchemy and artifact refining. Conversely, demonic beasts also eat people. In the eyes of demonic beasts, human cultivators are spirit pills full of spiritual energy.

So unless it is a spirit beast raised from childhood, otherwise, when you see a demonic beast, you beat it to death to exchange for cultivation resources.

And when you go out, especially in the wilderness, sometimes meeting people is more terrifying than meeting demonic beasts. This is also the reason why Lin Zhangqing worried about his Second Uncle. Fortunately, he returned safely this time.

Standing beside Second Uncle, seeing that Second Uncle was a little tired, but otherwise nothing, his heart was put down.

Second Uncle saw Lin Zhangqing coming over, happily patted him on the shoulder, signaling him not to make a sound, and listen to what the Clan Leader said.

Clan Leader Lin Qinglong is the person with the highest strength in the Lin family at present, with a cultivation base of the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment.

He is 152 years old this year and is the only remaining clansman of the 'Qing' generation in the Lin family. He is also the Sea-Calming Divine Needle of the Lin family and usually sits in town on the ancestral mountain.

If there is nothing major, generally no one dares to disturb the Clan Leader's cultivation, because the Clan Leader is the existence most likely to impact the Purple Mansion in the Lin family at present.

On the stage, the Clan Leader finalized the comfort and pension for the sacrificed clansmen, gave awards to the injured clansmen, set various detailed rules, exchange standards, etc., and then let the demon hunting team members go back to rest.

Second Uncle then took Lin Qing home. After Second Uncle washed up, he was much more energetic, and the two uncles and nephews sat down.

Seeing that Lin Zhangqing had already reached the Qi Refining stage, he was very happy. He took out a jade box from his storage bag and handed it to Lin Zhangqing, saying: "This was found in the market. When I saw it, I felt it was very suitable for you, so I bought it. Open it and see if you like it?" Lin Zhangqing said with a smile: "I like whatever Second Uncle sends."

Opened the jade box, inside was an exquisite jade pendant.

Second Uncle introduced: "This Spirit Gathering Jade Pendant, after refining and carrying it on your body, can increase the spiritual energy gathering effect by thirty percent, which is equivalent to improving the cultivation environment, and it is helpful for the Qi Refining stage.

And the jade pendant carried on the body can store a certain amount of spiritual energy by itself. If you encounter a sneak attack, it will automatically form a protective shield, but if this function is used, the jade pendant will shatter, so you must be careful when you go out."

After hearing this, Lin Zhangqing handed the jade pendant to Second Uncle and said: "Second Uncle, you often hunt demonic beasts outside, you need this jade pendant more than I do."

After hearing this, Second Uncle laughed heartily and took out another identical jade pendant from his storage bag.

He laughed: "Do you think your Second Uncle is stupid? Second Uncle bought two, rest assured! Your Second Uncle is not that easy to die."

Lin Zhangqing then received this gift with peace of mind.

Second Uncle also told Lin Zhangqing about his experiences in these few months, mainly to teach valuable demon hunting experience and experience of walking outside to Lin Zhangqing, so he spoke very detailedly.

Lin Zhangqing also listened with relish, occasionally expressing his opinions, and talked until it was dark, and his father came to call them for dinner before stopping.

Second Uncle returned home safely from demon hunting, and the whole family was finally reunited. Grandfather was especially happy.

Rarely allowed Lin Zhangqing to drink a cup of spirit wine. After a cup of wine, Lin Zhangqing's face was flushed. He didn't expect the spirit wine in the cultivation world to be so strong and full of spiritual energy.

Soon he couldn't hold on and went back to refine the spiritual energy.

Back in the cultivation room, running the heavenly circuit to refine the spiritual energy in the wine, impacting the last acupoint of the second meridian, after a while, he found that the acupoint began to soften. Lin Zhangqing's heart moved, could it be that he could succeed today.

Immediately following the experience of last time, he started gathering spiritual energy in the dantian, and when the dantian spiritual energy was full, he sprinted at the acupoint with all his strength. A loud "boom" sounded in his mind, and the surrounding spiritual energy started to surge toward Lin Zhangqing.

A refreshing feeling came again, and a layer of black-gray filth was discharged from the surface of his whole body. This time it was better than last time, not so smelly, after all, Grandfather's Marrow Cleansing Pill was not eaten in vain.

Having the experience of last time, he hurriedly concentrated his spirit, calmed his mood, and started to consolidate his cultivation base. The dantian expanded a lot and could accommodate more spiritual energy than before.

Continuously running the heavenly circuit. The spiritual energy finally merged into the dantian, circulating several times like this. The spiritual energy in the dantian slowly filled up, and the cultivation base of the second layer of Qi Refining finally stabilized.

Packed up, hurriedly left closed-door cultivation and washed his body clean. Everyone was waiting for him. Just now the spiritual energy fluctuated violently, and the family members felt it, so they had been waiting for news.

Announced in the living room that he had reached the second layer of Qi Refining, everyone was especially happy, and Grandfather also happily said that it was double happiness today, and those who could drink could drink a few more cups.

Also ordered Lin Zhangqing that he could relax appropriately in these few days, tension and relaxation is the way of longevity.

Lin Zhangqing agreed. He already had a plan in his heart. The basic knowledge of the academy had been learned.

Lin Zhangqing plans to go to the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion every afternoon to read various books about spirit plants, spirit beasts, spirit objects, geographical travelogues, humanities and customs, and insights, etc., that are messy.

These belong to expanding knowledge, the family does not charge any contribution points, but instead supports clansmen to read more when they have time.

Lin Zhangqing is prepared to soak there for a long time, not letting go of a single book, lest he encounter treasures in the future and not recognize them, that would be ridiculous.

Of course, because there are too many books on the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion, Lin Zhangqing will focus on reading books about spirit plants in the early stage. After all, there is still a mysterious spirit seed waiting for him! (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 8 =====