Family Cultivation: I can see the prompts

241: The three-foot-long fire ape and the eight-winged golden mantis (kneeling down to beg for subscription)In the Grotto-heaven World, Lin Shiming stepped forward and arrived in front of the Mingxin Tea Tree.

At this moment, the Wood Demon was gone, leaving only a half-bare Tea Tree.

The Spirit Leaves were completely different from before, no longer vibrant and green, and the tender buds were all retracted, showing no intention of blooming.

Even the cluster of Natal Spirit Leaves at the very top had, at some point, shrunk back and was protected by the surrounding Spirit Leaves.

The Spirit Contract in his mind also showed a lack of vitality on the other side.

Evidently, the Natal Spirit Leaves had consumed most of the Mingxin Tea Tree’s vitality, causing it to fall into a deep slumber.

Lin Shiming remained silent. He first approached as usual and injected his true essence from the Purple Wood Heart Sutra.

This time, he didn’t hold back, injecting more than half of his true essence, just as he would when cultivating other Spiritual Plants.

Afterward, he began to consume Rejuvenation Pills to restore his true essence.

As for other Spiritual Plants, Lin Shiming didn’t bother to Cultivate them further. Instead, he took out a medicinal tub and summoned the Red-haired Demon Monkey.

The Red-haired Demon Monkey’s inability to Breakthrough to the Middle Stage of the third rank was what worried him most, so it was the first one he arranged for the Bloodline Ancestral Return Secret Method.

As soon as the medicinal tub appeared, the Red-haired Demon Monkey seemed to know what was happening. It was very agile and surprisingly well-behaved.

It walked around the medicinal tub, no longer making a fuss, but quietly watching Lin Shiming.

It kept scratching its head, looking impatient, yet managed to refrain from making any noise.

Lin Shiming, as before, poured in the medicinal liquid and cast the spirit incantations.

Since he had already performed it twice, and his cultivation was now far superior, the execution was exceptionally smooth.

As one spirit incantation after another was cast, second-rank spirit incantations, third-rank spirit incantations... the Spirit Light continuously changed and intertwined within the medicinal liquid.

”Condense!” With Lin Shiming’s soft cry, all the spirit incantations instantly unified, forming a complex, flowing spirit-extracting net.

However, it wasn’t over. At that time, he had just entered the Foundation Establishment Stage and could only control one spirit-extracting net. Now, he controlled it with one hand while casting more spirit incantations with the other.

Round and round, another spirit-extracting net appeared in the medicinal liquid, its Spirit Light flickering, emanating an inexplicable pressure.

Moreover, the two spirit nets even began to show a tendency to merge.

But how could he allow the two spirit-extracting nets to intertwine? With another soft cry, the first spirit-extracting net glowed brightly, rising three inches into the air.

Lin Shiming took out a third-rank Red-gold Fire Ape, a Yao Beast of the monkey type, and began to cast the Blood Demon Art to condense its essence blood.

In an instant, blood-red light filled the sky, and demonic patterns appeared in the air.

Accompanied by a violent aura, dozens of drops of essence blood fell into the spirit-extracting net. Under the Spirit Light of the double net, they eventually became a single drop of blood, as fiery red as a raging inferno.

When it dripped into the medicinal liquid, the entire liquid immediately began to boil. Within the medicinal liquid, a mist of spiritual energy rose, and within the mist, a Red-gold Fire Ape continuously roared.

Lin Shiming’s expression did not relax; he continued to condense new spirit-extracting nets. As two spirit-extracting nets formed, he again took out the corpse of a third-rank Arm-reaching Ape... Round and round, as six third-rank Demon Monkeys were successfully subjected to spirit extraction, Lin Shiming finally let out a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the medicinal liquid was crimson like blood, continuously bubbling with large air pockets. Above the liquid, a blood-colored spiritual mist hung, and phantoms of Demon Monkeys continuously boiled within it.

The impatient Red-haired Demon Monkey immediately howled and leaped into the medicinal tub.

The rising blood mist instantly surged towards the Red-haired Demon Monkey’s Physical Body.

The Red-haired Demon Monkey let out a prolonged howl.

This Bloodline Restoration was even more intense, but this time Lin Shiming used two spirit-extracting nets, extracting more thoroughly, which made this Bloodline Restoration smoother.

”Awoo!” The Red-haired Demon Monkey’s tail had, at some point, reached beneath the medicinal liquid, but terrifyingly, the flames had not extinguished. Instead, they burned even more fiercely and intensely beneath the medicinal liquid.

The medicinal liquid began to evaporate, and all of it was absorbed by the Demon Monkey’s Physical Body.

It was incredibly bizarre!

The Red-haired Demon Monkey’s face began to twist in pain, clearly enduring inhuman suffering. However, it still raised a finger and pointed at Lin Shiming’s Storage Pouch.

It howled and cried.

Lin Shiming understood. He took out a handful of Beast Nurturing Pills and also some water spirit coconuts. This time, there was no third-rank spirit water mixed in at all.

The drink made the Red-haired Demon Monkey even more delighted!

The Bloodline Restoration lasted for a full six hours.

When the Red-haired Demon Monkey leaped out of the medicinal liquid, its torso suddenly expanded, growing from a two to three-meter ape into a thirty-foot-tall giant monkey, directly crushing the wooden tub.

Its entire fur was even more fiery red, its spiritual might even greater, circulating and revealing its extraordinary nature everywhere.

However, the strange fire at its tail had disappeared, transforming into a huge spiritual pattern carved onto its tail.

The Red-haired Demon Monkey excitedly roared towards the Jin Chi (Golden Wings) Mantis resting under the Mingxin Tea Tree.

Its tail, like a massive club, slammed down from high in the air. Midway, terrifying flames erupted, and the surrounding air crackled with explosive sounds. Even ten zhang away, Lin Shiming felt a terrifying heatwave.

”You want to dismantle the Grotto-heaven World?” Lin Shiming questioned angrily.

The latter immediately scratched its head timidly, then rapidly shrank in mid-air, transforming into an ordinary small Spirit Monkey.

”Quickly Breakthrough to the Middle Stage of the third rank!” Lin Shiming then took out a large quantity of Beast Nurturing Pills, as well as quite a bit of other spirit beast meat.

He gestured for the latter to scram.

At this moment, the Red-haired Demon Monkey picked up the jade pot that contained the water spirit coconuts and handed it to Lin Shiming, howling and crying.

It was only satisfied when Lin Shiming filled the jade pot!

This time, the Red-haired Demon Monkey directly fell into a deep slumber in an Immortal Cave next to the Spiritual Vein.

For Yao Beasts, as long as their Bloodline talent is strong enough, slumber and devouring are the best ways to grow powerful!

After dealing with the Red-haired Demon Monkey, Lin Shiming sat down on the spot and began to restore his true essence.

The Bloodline Ancestral Return Secret Method consumed a great deal of heart blood and true essence. He dared not continue the Bloodline Ancestral Return Secret Method on the Jin Chi (Golden Wings) Mantis until he had fully recovered.

Especially since the Jin Chi (Golden Wings) Mantis’s Bloodline Restoration this time also involved an Eight-Winged Mantis.

This was far more powerful than the Bloodline of the Red-haired Demon Monkey’s various corpses.

Another day passed, and Lin Shiming awoke from his Cultivation, feeling that his true essence had grown slightly stronger.

Lin Shiming then resumed Cultivating the Spirit Splitting Art. Only when his Divine Sense had recovered to its peak did he summon the Jin Chi (Golden Wings) Mantis.

After the Jin Chi (Golden Wings) Mantis arrived, it remained extremely quiet. Its triangular head kept rubbing against Lin Shiming’s body, and its dark green eyes were filled with curiosity.

However, the next moment, the Jin Chi (Golden Wings) Mantis’s triangular head, while rubbing, moved towards the Storage Pouch.

Its mouth also involuntarily squeaked.

The more he looked, the more it resembled the Red-haired Demon Monkey!

Lin Shiming couldn’t help but shake his head, sighing inwardly that the Red-haired Demon Monkey hadn’t taught it anything good.

After rubbing the latter’s head, he also took out some Beast Nurturing Pills and third-rank spirit water.

The Jin Chi (Golden Wings) Mantis ate unhurriedly, while Lin Shiming again took out a new medicinal tub and poured in the prepared medicinal liquid.

The medicinal liquid varied slightly for different types of Yao Beasts, but for Lin Shiming, who had already performed it once, it was still exceptionally smooth.

Then, he cast the spirit incantations in one go.

From second-rank spirit incantations to third-rank spirit incantations, with a series of changes, a spirit-extracting net once again condensed above the medicinal liquid.

He didn’t stop, striking while the iron was hot, and condensed a second spirit-extracting net.

With the two spirit-extracting nets taken out, he then took out the Materials of the Mantis Yao Beast from his Storage Pouch.

The first Mantis Yao Beast was a Green-Winged Mantis, but it was only a third-rank Early Stage Yao Beast. Strictly speaking, it was the original species of the Jin Chi (Golden Wings) Mantis, which generally could only reach the Late Stage of the second rank.

This Green-Winged Mantis being able to reach the third rank was also due to an Opportunity.

However, it was eventually hunted down by a Cultivator and ended up at an Auction.

Lin Shiming once again performed the Blood Condensing Art. As streaks of blood-red light filled the sky, the essence blood of the Green-Winged Mantis also appeared, but there were only three drops.

After passing through the two layers of the spirit-extracting net, only half a drop remained.

This was enough to show the inherent weakness of the Green-Winged Mantis’s Bloodline.

Lin Shiming didn’t think much of it and continued to condense blood from the next mantis corpse.

As five mantis corpses were successfully subjected to blood condensation and spirit extraction, a mist of blood appeared above the medicinal liquid, and mantis phantoms roared within the blood mist.

And Lin Shiming also took out the last mantis corpse, the Eight-Winged Mantis!

The Eight-Winged Mantis was killed by Lin Xianzhi with a single sword strike to the head, so apart from the head, its entire body was extremely well preserved.

Its Qi and Blood were also far stronger than those of the previous Yao Beasts.

One must know that although this Eight-Winged Mantis was only a third-rank Middle Stage Yao Beast, it was able to injure Lin Xianzhi, who was at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage.

Lin Shiming took a deep breath, and the Blood Condensing Art in his hand was cast again. With one spirit incantation after another, the corpse of the Eight-Winged Mantis in front of him instantly transformed into drops of essence blood.

The entire process lasted for half an incense stick’s time, and sweat began to bead on Lin Shiming’s forehead.

And the essence blood in front of him condensed into more than thirty drops, more than ten times that of the Green-Winged Mantis.

As Lin Shiming pointed his finger, drops of essence blood flew towards the spirit-extracting net. The two layers of spirit net instantly burst forth with unprecedented light, and a great surge of ferocity appeared in the blood-red light.

A phantom of an Eight-Winged Mantis suddenly spread its double sickle-like forelegs, and the sharp blade-light seemed to want to cut through the spirit net.

This situation greatly alarmed Lin Shiming.

The condensed essence blood could actually act like a demon!

However, despite his surprise, he would not allow this phantom to sever the spirit-extracting net.

If it did, all the Yao Beast essence blood would be wasted, and the Bloodline Ancestral Return Secret Method would fail.

The Soul Splitting Blade suddenly unfolded, striking towards the Eight-Winged Mantis.

The powerful attack of the Divine Sense Blade instantly severed the Eight-Winged Mantis, and the spirit-extracting net immediately enveloped all the essence blood.

But this time, the essence blood was surprisingly abundant. Under the dense spiritual light, the two spirit-extracting nets began to squeeze each other again.

This increased Lin Shiming’s pressure by several times.

Fortunately, it was successful in the end.

As three drops of essence blood, emanating a fierce aura, dripped into the medicinal liquid.

The two layers of spirit-extracting nets could no longer be controlled and shattered, while the medicinal liquid began to boil, giving rise to a mist of blood. Within the blood mist, the figure of the Eight-Winged Mantis reappeared.

At this moment, all other phantoms disappeared.

And the Jin Chi (Golden Wings) Mantis also leaped in response.

The Jin Chi (Golden Wings) Mantis originally had a good Bloodline, so it did not show the grimacing expression of the Red-haired Demon Monkey. Instead, it gently flapped its wings, absorbing the essence blood from the medicinal liquid throughout its body.

Bloodline Restoration, begin!

With the two Bloodline Restorations completed, Lin Shiming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As for how the two Yao Beasts would perform next, it was not something he could interfere with. All he could do was continuously supply the two beasts with Beast Nurturing Pills from the Alchemy Pavilion, as well as Yao Beast flesh, to aid their growth.

The Jin Chi (Golden Wings) Mantis’s Bloodline Restoration took significantly less time than the Red-haired Demon Monkey’s.

After about three hours, the Jin Chi (Golden Wings) Mantis suddenly leaped out of the medicinal tub. Its body glowed even more golden, and its three pairs of Jin Chi (Golden Wings) shone brightly. At the remaining bulging areas, a thin layer of Jin Chi (Golden Wings) had appeared at some unknown time.

The fourth pair of Jin Chi (Golden Wings) had finally appeared!

The Jin Chi (Golden Wings) Mantis then began to squeak loudly at Lin Shiming, extremely eager.

Lin Shiming took out a large quantity of Beast Nurturing Pills and Yao Beast meat that he had prepared earlier. The latter was immediately overjoyed. After devouring them, it directly prostrated itself under the Mingxin Tea Tree.

It fell into a deep slumber.

Seeing both beasts in slumber, the stone in Lin Shiming’s heart finally fell.

Afterward, he finally had time to focus on his own cultivation.

He took out the cyan spiritual wood, and as it glowed, the surrounding plants seemed to be drawn to it, all beginning to unfurl.

This object was precisely the Wood Core of the Azure Cloud Wood.

He also wanted to Cultivate the Heavenly Wood Spirit Planting Secret Method to Major Achievement, achieving two sub-spirit platforms!

But to be safe, he again took out the Jade Slip of the Heavenly Wood Spirit Planting Secret Method.

After studying it several times, ensuring he had memorized it, he began to refine the Heavenly Wood Heart.

Because he had refined the Heavenly Wood Heart twice before, this time was also extremely smooth.

Within his body, another sub-spirit platform appeared, greatly increasing his true essence reserves.

At this moment, he even had the illusion that even an ordinary Late Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator’s true essence was not as abundant as his.

This thought was not unfounded. He Cultivated the Profound Rank High Grade Purple Wood Heart Sutra, and his true essence was inherently far more refined than that of ordinary Cultivators. Now, with the equivalent of three spirit platforms, his true essence quantity was enormous.

However, even a third-rank High Grade Heavenly Wood Heart, unlike the Wood Demon’s demon heart, could not automatically absorb and refine Spiritual Qi, nor did it have the potential for further advancement.

Upon realizing this, Lin Shiming still felt a slight regret, but then, considering the preciousness of the Wood Demon’s Heavenly Wood Heart, that thought vanished.

The Heavenly Wood Heart itself was extremely precious, and those possessing a Wood Demon were one in ten thousand.

To encounter two Wood Demons was already a sign of his immense Luck.

The smooth progress of the Heavenly Wood Spirit Planting Secret Method also allowed him to relax a bit.

He did not continue Cultivating that day. The prolonged use of the secret method left him feeling somewhat fatigued.

And in Cultivation, haste makes waste is the greatest taboo; a balance of effort and rest is the grand strategy of Cultivation.

He walked out of the Grotto-heaven World. Behind his Immortal Cave was a new Storage Pouch; these were Beast Nurturing Pills sent by the Family Cultivators. He picked up the Storage Pouch and then strode out.

He didn’t notify anyone. He simply walked aimlessly on the mountain, just as he had wandered Fangmu Mountain in his youth.

He looked at the mountains, the water, and the peach blossoms.

The mountains were still mountains!

The water was still water!

The peach blossoms withered and bloomed again!

He saw the Family Cultivators and greeted them one by one.

That day, he traversed every part of Fangmu Mountain, observing for a long time.

Then, at an unknown moment, he returned to his Immortal Cave, and back to the Grotto-heaven World.

If anyone could use their inner vision, they would see that at this moment, within Lin Shiming’s mind, a Root of Deduction glowed brightly.

Inference Aura overflowed, enveloping his entire body.

He sat in a corner of the Grotto-heaven World, gazing up at the sky. He was like a wild blade of grass, swaying in the wind.

He was also like a sheathed sword, its sharpness hidden within.

Around him, countless Spiritual Plants also swayed.

From a distance, the Snake Egg began to emit resistant emotions, but at this moment, Lin Shiming couldn’t feel them. Enveloped by the Inference Aura, he had become one with his surroundings. In his mind, a wild blade of grass grew, and his gaze was fixed on the endless sky!