Family Cultivation: I can see the prompts

3: Kill the demon monkeyLin Shiming didn’t hesitate; he activated the entire Three Profound Green Peach Array, allowing the entire mountaintop to be covered in peach blossoms once more. He then rode his Flying Sword, releasing his Divine Sense across Green Peach Mountain to search for the Spirit Peach Tree.

A Spirit Peach Tree is larger than an ordinary peach tree and filled with Spiritual Qi. For Mortals, it might be difficult to distinguish, but for cultivators, with their Spiritual Qi senses, a Mortal tree and a Spirit Tree can be recognized at a glance.

After one round, Lin Shiming’s expression visibly darkened. Although Green Peach Mountain had many peach trees, it wasn’t large. Flying around it once, he still hadn’t found the Spirit Peach Tree.

However, he quickly came to terms with it. If the Spirit Peach Tree were just on the mountain, how could his Seventeenth Uncle, who was extremely experienced in the wild, not have discovered it?

It wouldn’t be his turn.

Lin Shiming wasn’t discouraged. The System’s prompt was to inspect all the peach trees, so Lin Shiming patiently continued his search around Green Peach Mountain.

Until sunset, Lin Shiming still hadn’t found the Spirit Peach Tree.

The peach blossoms covering the mountain no longer held their previous beauty in his eyes; instead, they filled him with a hint of disgust.

”Hiss!”

Suddenly, Lin Shiming took out a Spirit Talisman from his Storage Pouch. The talisman instantly burned to ashes in the air, transforming into a ray of light that flew towards Qingtao Town.

”Something happened on the first day?” Lin Shiming was quite speechless. He hadn’t found the Spirit Peach yet, but Qingtao Town had already run into trouble.

Even though Lin Shiming was annoyed, he knew that Mortals were the Family’s Foundation. Although Qingtao Town only had about ten thousand people, every five years, there were usually a few potential cultivators with Spiritual Roots.

He rode his sword, following the light of the talisman, and in a blink of an eye, he vanished into the horizon.

Arriving at Qingtao Town, the old man named Lin Yang, accompanied by a group of men and women in coarse linen clothes, immediately knelt before Lin Shiming.

”Immortal Master, there’s a Demon Monkey! A big Demon Monkey, two to three meters tall! It’s incredibly strong and fierce!”

”We humbly request Immortal Master to act and save all the old and young in the town. This old man and Qingtao Town are willing to serve Immortal Master as oxen and horses!”

”Alright, tell me where the Demon Monkey is and what the losses are?” Lin Shiming naturally didn’t want to listen to Lin Yang and the other Mortals’ nonsense here.

”Immortal Master, that Demon Monkey is on the old peach tree at Big Niu’s house, three li north of the town!”

”When Big Niu woke up this morning and opened the door, that Demon Monkey threw him to the ground. He vomited a lot of blood and is still unconscious. Fortunately, Er Niu was quick-witted. While the Spirit Monkey was resting, he took Big Niu and his Family and ran out in time! Otherwise, I dare not imagine the outcome.”

”Oh, you said on a peach tree?” Lin Shiming’s eyes lit up, feeling as if everything had fallen into his lap effortlessly.

A Yao Beast, a Demon Monkey, occupying a peach tree and driving people away—this clearly indicated that the peach tree was the Spirit Peach Tree Lin Shiming had been painstakingly searching for!

”Yes! It’s Big Niu’s unlucky peach tree! For two years, it’s only bloomed but never bore fruit, like an iron tree!” Lin Yang added.

”We told Big Niu to cut it down a long time ago, but he wouldn’t listen!” A kind-hearted person nearby also added with earnest advice.

After hearing this, Lin Shiming, realizing it was clearly a tree that bloomed once a year and bore fruit once every three years, completely confirmed the authenticity of the Spirit Peach. He also gained a general understanding of the Demon Monkey’s strength.

However, he couldn’t help but glance at the kind-hearted person, thinking, fortunately, it wasn’t in front of his house. Then, he spoke lightly.

”Alright, I understand. Lead the way, and I’ll deal with that Demon Monkey now!”

”Me... lead the way...?”

”Wang Mazi, what are you hesitating for? Immortal Master told you to lead the way, so lead the way! Immortal Master’s immortal techniques are exquisite, and his Divine Abilities are unmatched. How could he not be able to deal with a small Demon Monkey?” Lin Yang couldn’t help but scold him from the side.

”Yes, Immortal Master!”

Lin Shiming, unconcerned, took out his Flying Sword. With a slight incantation, the Flying Sword transformed into a three-meter-long giant sword.

Its cold light was sharp, and its sword aura was faintly visible.

In an instant, the Mortals looked as if they had seen a Heavenly God, their adoration soaring to the heavens.

”Come up!” Lin Shiming gestured for Wang Mazi to get on the sword and lead the way.

Wang Mazi scrambled onto the Flying Sword, and as Lin Shiming soared into the air, Wang Mazi instantly clung to the sword like a dead dog, holding on for dear life.

Lin Shiming was speechless for a moment. After reminding him that he was protected by a Spirit Spell and could stand up freely, Wang Mazi stood up with a fawning smile.

Three li was only a matter of one or two minutes for Lin Shiming.

Soon, a few simple houses and a low hill came into view.

In front of the houses, a huge peach tree swayed in the Ying Feng (wind), its pink peach blossoms held tightly, not a single one fully bloomed or fallen.

Lin Shiming recognized at a glance that this was a Spirit Peach Tree preparing to bear fruit.

”Immortal Master, that’s Big Niu’s house ahead, and the Demon Monkey is on the peach tree,” Wang Mazi whispered, adding from the side.

Lin Shiming focused his gaze, and sure enough, in a large fork of the peach tree, a two to three-meter-tall Yellow-haired Demon Monkey was lying there in a ’Ge You Lie’ pose.

It held an unknown fruit in its hand, looking utterly content.

However, upon seeing Lin Shiming arrive on his sword, the Demon Monkey instantly leaped up, its long arms wrapped around the tree trunk, its fur bristling, baring its fangs and roaring furiously at Lin Shiming.

”What a cunning, second-tier Medium Grade Yellow-haired Demon Monkey that knows how to enjoy itself!” After confirming that the Spirit Beast was not a second-tier High Grade Yao Beast, Lin Shiming waved his hand, telling Wang Mazi to leave.

He took out several Medium Grade Spirit Talismans from his robe, ready to attack with them at any moment.

He formed a hand seal, and the second-tier Flying Sword instantly soared, slashing towards the Yellow-haired Demon Monkey.

The Demon Monkey’s large mouth became even more ferocious and terrifying. It shrieked, leaping high to dodge the Flying Sword, and savagely clawed at Lin Shiming.

The distance of several tens of meters was covered in an instant.

”Good!” Lin Shiming was worried about damaging the Spirit Peach Tree, so his Flying Sword immediately spun back.

But the Demon Monkey was too agile. It dodged again with a flash, clawing at Lin Shiming. A Golden Shield Spell Talisman exploded, blocking the claw attack.

Lin Shiming was greatly alarmed and quickly retreated several tens of meters to create distance.

At the same time, he threw out a handful of seeds, then changed his hand seal, and Spiritual Qi surged forth:

”Wood Vine Technique!”

The Wood Vine Technique was Lin Shiming’s most proficient low-tier Spell. It could be cast almost instantly, and with the amplification of the Green Wood Art, it had already caused quite a bit of trouble for Seventeenth Uncle Lin Houwei when they sparred.

As Lin Shiming lightly shouted, countless seeds sprouted, transforming into huge wooden vines that coiled around the Demon Monkey.

The Demon Monkey tried to dodge again, but there were simply too many wooden vines, which slowed it down.

It could only roar in impotent rage, wildly flailing its two long arms.

Then, Lin Shiming threw out a handful of already prepared second-tier Medium Grade Fireball Spirit Talismans, smashing them into the Demon Monkey, leaving it bleeding profusely and roaring incessantly. And that wasn’t all; Lin Shiming’s Flying Sword had already rushed in, directly delivering a decisive slash.

A monkey head flew high into the air, and the Demon Monkey met its demise.

After this series of attacks, Lin Shiming’s Spiritual Qi was greatly depleted, and his expression changed slightly. If he hadn’t prepared some Spirit Talismans, it would have been quite dangerous.

Lin Shiming took out a Spirit Stone and began to recover his Spiritual Qi, while also releasing his Golden Winged Mantis.

This Spirit Monkey was only second-tier and didn’t have a demon core. Aside from its claws and fur, which were somewhat valuable, the rest could be used as blood food for the mantis.

Yao Beast blood could not only stimulate the mantis’s ferocity but also accelerate its growth.

”Immortal Master, you are truly amazing,” Wang Mazi then scurried out.

”Prepare an undisturbed room for me. I need to meditate for a while!” Lin Shiming collected most of the Demon Monkey’s corpse into his Storage Pouch, leaving only a large monkey leg for the mantis to gnaw on, then instructed plainly.

”Yes, Immortal Master!” Wang Mazi said and went to prepare.

Meanwhile, Lin Shiming first walked under the peach tree to confirm that the Spirit Peach was fine.

However, what made Lin Shiming frown was that the Spiritual Qi here was clearly somewhat insufficient. Compared to the Spirit Peach Tree cultivated by the Family, this one was clearly undernourished, and it would probably only yield twenty or thirty fruits.

And he hadn’t prepared the Materials beforehand to set up a Spirit Gathering Array. As for transplanting it to Green Peach Mountain, Lin Shiming didn’t have the transplanting technique.

This couldn’t help but trouble Lin Shiming.

After examining the peach tree, Lin Shiming, with a worried expression, walked into Wang Mazi’s wooden house and began to meditate.

The latter, seeing Lin Shiming’s grim expression, immediately became timid and didn’t dare to breathe loudly, constantly reflecting on whether he had done something wrong.