Family Cultivation: I can see the prompts

85: five poisonsThe price, more than double the original Spirit Stone amount, silenced the entire Auction.

Many Loose Cultivators even felt the Lin family was being redundant.

If you wanted it so badly, you should have discussed it with the seller before the Auction.

Of course, some people speculated whether the Lin family was maliciously inflating the price, but shouldn’t this kind of price padding be handled by Loose Cultivators?

”5500 Spirit Stones!” Suddenly, a bald man in the crowd stood up and started bidding.

Lin Shiming looked over and realized the bidder was his ’acquaintance’ from two days prior, the bald Cultivator from the Lingnan Seven Fiends.

The bald man arrogantly scanned the entire room, then provocatively looked at Lin Shiming.

”6000 Spirit Stones!” Lin Shiming bid without hesitation.

He stared at the bald man, still somewhat puzzled. These people seemed to have no intention of selling the Red Spirit Fish they brought out.

The Red Spirit Fish was already at three times its price, and the outcome was extremely clear: this Red Spirit Fish was brought out by them.

So they only needed to pay a ten percent handling fee.

”6500 Spirit Stones!” The bald man continued to provoke.

He didn’t even blink at 500 Spirit Stones, which at this point drew cheers from the Loose Cultivators. This was absolutely the most sensational Auction in history. A Medium Grade Second-tier Spirit Fish would at most go for three to four thousand Spirit Stones, but now it was pushing seven thousand Spirit Stones.

”7000!” Lin Shiming continued to match the bid. Lin Shijie beside him was a bit nervous, his eyes constantly signaling to Lin Shiming.

Lin Shijie didn’t understand at this moment, but Lin Shiming knew clearly that these Lingnan Seven Fiends were the perfect shills to build momentum for their Lin family!

”8000!” With the bid of eight thousand Spirit Stones, Lin Shiming no longer matched it.

It was best to know when to stop and collect the eight hundred Spirit Stones as commission.

After the bald Cultivator paid the Spirit Stones and collected the Spirit Fish, he gave another provocative glance.

Then, instead of continuing to watch the Auction, he left directly.

He was clearly telling the Lin family that if they wanted the Spirit Fish, they should follow him.

This was almost an open challenge, telling the Lin family to come and kill him for his treasure!

”You can go!” Lin Houyong said to Lin Shiming with some confidence.

As soon as he said this, the quick-witted Lin Shiming instantly realized that Fifth Uncle and the others must have known this was a trap. If he wasn’t mistaken, Lin Xianzhi must also be here.

However, for the sake of secrecy, he hadn’t told anyone.

”Alright, Shijie, let’s go together and retrieve the Spirit Fish!” Lin Shiming’s heart settled, and he directly told Lin Shijie.

The latter readily agreed. Having just broken through to the Qi Refining Stage Ninth Level, he was eager to find some people to test his sword against.

The Lingnan Seven Fiends, as veteran Cultivators at the Qi Refining Stage Ninth Level, were perfect targets for a sword test, especially since he was aware of Lin Shiming’s excellent support methods.

The two hit it off immediately and quietly departed from the side.

The Auction continued, but subtly, the atmosphere began to become unusual.

Outside the Xing County Market, Lin Shiming and Lin Shijie flew out together, controlling their Flying Swords.

”Seventh Brother, let’s race our sword-flying speed and see who can cut down that bald man first!” Lin Shijie was also eager to try. His Li Fire Sword, which seemed to have rare refining Materials added to it, emitted strange three-colored flames as soon as it was released into the air.

”Big Brother, you must have added three-colored stone refining Materials to this!” Lin Shiming replied with a wry smile.

Seeing the surprise and helplessness in Lin Shiming’s eyes, the latter was quite satisfied, as if he had finally suppressed Lin Shiming somewhat.

After the brief interlude, the two transformed into streaks of sword light and headed south.

After about half an hour, on a small, low hill, they finally caught up with the bald Cultivator from the Lingnan Seven Fiends.

Upon closer inspection, Lin Shiming discovered that the bald Cultivator had tattoos of withered, emaciated toads on his body.

”As expected, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers; you can even buy one, get one free when you seek death!” The bald Cultivator licked his tongue ferociously, then raised his hand, causing Formation Flags to rise. Then, a Spirit Light emerged from the ground, and four Cultivators dressed identically to the bald Cultivator appeared from underground.

The four Cultivators also all had tattoos, representing the centipede, venomous snake, scorpion, and gecko from the Five Poisons!

All five of them were at the Qi Refining Stage Ninth Level.

”I’m very curious why you’re called the Seven Fiends, and not the Five Fiends!” Lin Shiming was a little flustered at first, but seeing that the Formation was only a Medium Grade Second-tier trapping Formation, he felt a bit relieved.

”Because in our Lingnan...” The bald Cultivator with the toad tattoo was about to answer when he was directly interrupted by the leading Cultivator with the snake tattoo.

”Don’t be foolishly explaining; this kid is releasing Spirit Seeds, he’s a wood-attribute Cultivator!” After saying that, the snake-tattooed Cultivator raised his hand and took out a snake drum. Immediately, countless five-colored and seven-colored venomous snakes appeared, flying towards Lin Shiming and his companion.

Seeing that the latter had discovered him, Lin Shiming no longer concealed it, furiously casting Spirit spells with his hands.

Instantly, countless Wood Vines shot up into the sky.

Lin Shijie wanted to test his sword on this outing, so why wouldn’t Lin Shiming want to test his techniques!

With Lin Shiming’s Qi Refining Stage Ninth Level cultivation, his spiritual power became even more condensed. The Wood Vines catalyzed by the Wood Vine Technique at this moment were simply boundless, densely surging forth.

They then submerged all the Spirit Snakes. Except for some red snakes that could breathe fire and burn away the vines, after they burned out,

the Wood Vines, like oil, crackled and ignited into an even larger sea of fire, trapping the Five Fiends instead.

However, in the next moment, a giant fire snake swallowed all the flames in one gulp.

”Be careful of what’s underground!” Lin Shiming warned Lin Shijie.

Then, several incredibly thick python snakes emerged from underground.

These large pythons were all at the Peak of the Middle Stage of the Second-tier, and crucially, there were many of them.

At this moment, Lin Shijie also began to wield his sword. With his Li Fire Swordplay, the three-colored fire sword flared intensely, and in an instant, like slicing melons, he forcibly cut several Second-tier Middle Stage giant pythons in half.

At the same time, the other four Fiends also began to act.

Except for the Snake Fiend, the methods of the other four were not to summon scorpions or toads, but rather their Spirit Runes flickered, and they began to semi-humanize.

After the bald Cultivator transformed into a half-toad, he leaped several hundred meters, reaching Lin Shiming and his companion. A huge small seal violently smashed down towards Lin Shiming.

Seeing this, Lin Shiming didn’t hesitate. He immediately released the Red-haired Demon Monkey from his Storage Pouch, letting it fight the bald Cultivator.

He himself wielded three top-grade Flying Swords, directly confronting the Scorpion Fiend and Centipede Fiend, who had transformed into half-human forms. Of these two, one had condensed an incredibly large, gleaming poisonous hook, which was extraordinarily toxic; one could hear hissing corrosive gas even in the air.

The other had cultivated countless Spirit Qi Spirit Legs, constantly moving through the earth, occasionally launching sneak attacks on Lin Shiming.

The last two, the Gecko Fiend and the Snake Fiend, confronted Lin Shijie.

However, in the next moment, just as Lin Shiming was about to release the Serpent Vine Flower and Iron Bramble Wood, he felt a huge spiritual might fiercely pressing down.

”Foundation Establishment Cultivator!” Lin Shiming was incredibly shocked internally, completely not expecting a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to act so unscrupulously at this time. His entire body trembled under the pressure of the spiritual might!