Family Cultivation: I can see the prompts

247: Soul Imprisonment, Watching Jiao (two in one, please subscribe)Xie An left, and Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi, taking advantage of the bustling street, walked towards Laiyue Restaurant.

Both were somewhat heavy-hearted; from Xie An’s words, it was not difficult to see Zi Xuan Sanren’s determination this time.

However, at this moment, neither of them had any other choice but to take things one step at a time.

Given Zi Xuan Sanren’s previous conduct, they could only hope that he would grant them some autonomy.

Back at Laiyue Restaurant, Lin Xianzhi originally intended to give the top-grade defensive Magical Artifact he had exchanged for to Lin Shiming, but Lin Shiming shook his head and refused.

He already had the star wood shield, which was sufficient for self-defense.

Moreover, he was also a Body Cultivator.

On the other hand, Lin Xianzhi, despite being a Sword Cultivator, had a pitifully small number of defensive Spells and Magic Treasures.

Lin Xianzhi eventually gave in, nodding his head and no longer insisting.

As soon as Lin Shiming returned to his room, he immediately took out three or four Formation Plates from his Storage Pouch.

With a wave of his hand, Formation after Formation covered the entire room: a sound-insulating Formation, a spirit-isolating Formation, a protective Formation, and a Divine Sense sensing Formation, all present.

Only after deploying them all did he relax and enter the Grotto-heaven World.

The Grotto-heaven World remained as it always was: the Golden Wings Mantis napped under the Mingxin Tea Tree, while the Red-haired Demon Monkey transformed into a small monkey, resting on the Heavenly Spirit Fruit Tree.

Upon seeing Lin Shiming enter, it immediately let out excited cries.

Lin Shiming took out several bottles of Beast Nurturing Pills, along with Mianyang Pills.

Some time ago, he discovered that these Yao Beasts could also consume Medicinal Pills, and their drug resistance was much stronger. So, he decided to share the Mianyang Pills that Lin Shitao had prepared for him with the two beasts.

As the two beasts went their separate ways, Lin Shiming also found a spot and began to take out the exchanged book-page Magical Artifact.

As soon as the Magical Artifact was in his hand, a jade-like cool sensation emanated from it. The simple gray book cover felt like an ordinary piece of jade.

Lin Shiming’s Divine Sense swept over it again and again, and finally he discovered a clear barrier between the book cover and the four pages inside.

He removed the book cover, then took out the incomplete book Magic Treasure he had obtained earlier.

The Magic Treasure was still dim and lusterless, containing two pages that recorded the Demon Enticement Pill Formula and the Bloodline Ancestral Return Secret Method respectively.

This was why the Spirit Beast Sect Disciple had collected Yao Beasts and Spirit Devouring Ants that day.

Lin Shiming took out the newly acquired incomplete book page and placed it within the Magic Treasure book.

Next, a miraculous scene unfolded: the book Magic Treasure naturally emitted Spirit Light and began to fuse with the newly acquired page.

With streaks of gray light, the new page completely merged with the book Magic Treasure.

It was as if it had never been torn off before.

The Fusion of the book Magic Treasure both astonished Lin Shiming and prompted him to quickly turn the pages.

Sure enough, the newly appearing third page also began to reveal text.

”Soul Restraining Seal and Spirit Control Seal!”

This page contained two Secret Methods directly.

Lin Shiming was overjoyed once more.

He began to examine it word by word, and half an hour later, he let out a turbid breath, his eyes filled with uncontrollable excitement.

The forbidden Formation he had been desperately searching for had finally arrived.

This Soul Restraining Seal was a more advanced blood pact, or perhaps it could be called a Soul Pact.

With this Soul Pact, the Wood Demon and the Snake Egg would no longer be able to feign compliance or hold back anything from him.

However, it was a pity that this Soul Restraining Seal could only be cast on five Spirit Beasts; even with higher Divine Sense, this limitation remained.

The Wood Demon and the Snake Egg would definitely be subjected to the Soul Restraining Seal, as would the Red-haired Demon Monkey.

In his opinion, the Golden Wings Mantis might not need it for now, but once its strength increased, it would be best to also use the Soul Restraining Seal. This would provide more restraint, and with the Soul Restraining Seal, he could even, to a certain extent, know the Spirit Beast’s thoughts.

The subsequent Spirit Control Seal was also a profound Spirit Beast control Spell. With this Spell, he could control Yao Beasts whose strength was not higher than his own.

However, the only drawback of the Spirit Control Seal was its time limit; its duration would depend on the caster’s magical power. A weak caster could only control it for a short while, while a strong one could even control it for decades or centuries!

If it was the latter, it would be fine, but if it was the former, its utility would be too small.

Both Secret Methods were extremely precious to him and would provide greater assurance for his Secret Realm trip.

Especially the latter, which held great significance for the Lin family. The Lin family was currently developing Shuangmu Island.

As long as the Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the Lin family learned the Spirit Control Seal, even if they could only control it for a short period, it would allow the temporary constructions to develop better in the Outer Sea.

The two Secret Methods made Lin Shiming involuntarily look at the book Magic Treasure again.

He saw that there were clearly missing pages in the book, and missing pages would not display the Secret Treasure’s functions. He could even issue a search order within the Lin family, asking the various Cultivators of the Lin family to help collect them.

Given the characteristics of these incomplete pages, if they were separated, even Qi Refining Cultivators probably wouldn’t give them a second glance.

Closing the book Magic Treasure, his interest in it grew even stronger.

At this moment, he wished he could reach the Purple Mansion stage and then refine this Magic Treasure.

Lin Shiming gave a bitter smile, then shook his head. For him to become a Purple Mansion, even if everything went smoothly and he encountered great Opportunity, it would still take at least fifty years.

Instead, it was more likely that he would spend these next few years searching for the missing pages.

Lin Shiming immediately stopped thinking and first Cultivated the Spirit Splitting Art for a while, bringing his Divine Sense to its optimal state.

Then he began to learn the Soul Restraining Seal Secret Method.

The Snake Egg next to him clearly had cracks but still hadn’t hatched, which had long made him suspicious. One had to know that this Snake Egg had consciousness and even Dragon Bloodline, making it a half-dragon hatchling.

If the Snake Egg already had cracks, how could it not hatch? If it didn’t even have that much ability, how could it become a half-dragon?

For seven consecutive days, Lin Shiming was immersed in the Secret Method.

And the System’s notifications would point out the flaws in his practice every day, allowing him to master it better and faster.

Compared to the Spirit Control Seal, the Soul Restraining Seal, which condensed a Soul Pact, was slightly more complex but much easier to learn.

As Lin Shiming opened his eyes, he saw that in his hand, as a drop of essence blood emerged, streaks of Spirit Light began to be outlined.

And at the most crucial moment, he even used the Soul Splitting Blade to cut off a wisp of his Divine Sense.

It entered the Soul Pact.

The Soul Pact converged, transforming into boundless Spirit Light, and entered the essence blood.

That drop of essence blood became even richer and deeper.

If one looked closely, one could see countless Spirit Runes interwoven within the essence blood, like an extremely complex spiritual net. The Spirit Light and his wisp of Divine Sense intertwined, infinitely profound.

Lin Shiming’s expression was somewhat pale. Carrying the essence blood inscribed with the Soul Pact, he came before the Snake Egg.

A wave of fear and apprehension resisted Lin Shiming’s approach.

The Snake Egg was clearly somewhat resistant, but its resistance at this moment seemed utterly powerless.

Lin Shiming was not a soft-hearted person. For a conscious Yao Beast like the Snake Egg, even if it had just been born, he couldn’t fully trust it.

The essence blood shot towards the Snake Egg with perfect accuracy.

At this moment, the Snake Egg also let out a ’crack’ sound, and its shell shattered. A black horned python emerged, scurrying around.

The black horned python looked somewhat similar to the Highly Poisonous Horned Python, except that this horned python, upon birth, already had two bumps. The bumps clearly showed straight horns, and once it grew a bit larger, it would possess two horns like a Dragon, and its entire body was covered in black scales.

The only difference from a Dragon was that its tail was not distinct, and it lacked two claws!

However, there were also bumps under its belly, but clearly, its Bloodline had not yet reached that stage.

But upon careful sensing, the cultivation of this horned python was clearly at the Early Stage of the third rank!

To be a third-rank Yao Beast upon birth, Lin Shiming had never seen such a thing before. He only knew that Dragons were at the Late Stage of the third rank upon birth. Although this horned python was only at the Early Stage of the third rank, among ordinary Spirit Beasts, it was definitely one of the best!

Lin Shiming seemed to have anticipated the horned python’s resistance and unusual movements. He cast the initial blood pact; even though the blood pact’s control over the Snake Egg was weak at this moment, there was still a blood pact after all, and that drop of essence blood also fell onto the forehead of the young snake with two horns.

”Swallow this drop of essence blood and surrender a portion of your Soul, otherwise Lin will not hesitate to infuse your Bloodline into Golden Wings!” Lin Shiming threatened.

The Snake Egg had witnessed Bloodline Restoration before, so upon hearing this, it was incomparably panicked!

Its body hesitated again.

”Don’t worry, become my Spirit Beast, and in the future, I will help you with Bloodline Restoration. As long as Lin doesn’t die, I will eventually help you become a Dragon, and even a True Dragon is possible!”

Lin Shiming said.

At his words, the horned python first hesitated and pondered, just like when Lin Shiming first signed the ordinary blood pact. However, as if it suddenly thought of something, it nodded with great intelligence.

Under the combination of stick and carrot, the horned python could not resist at all.

The essence blood carrying the Soul Restraining Seal entered the horned python’s body.

Before long, the essence blood reappeared in the Void Realm.

However, this time the essence blood was larger and more intensely crimson.

Within the Soul Restraining Seal, one could seemingly see a tiny Dragon scurrying around inside.

Lin Shiming extended his hand, and the essence blood carrying the Soul Restraining Seal returned, entering Lin Shiming’s body.

And in his mind, clearer emotional fluctuations finally appeared.

What made him smile wryly was that this horned python harbored some animosity towards him, not because of the adult Highly Poisonous Horned Python, but because he had taken all its Dragon Blood Grass.

And this little horned python gained consciousness precisely on the day the Highly Poisonous Horned Python left.

Lin Shiming finally felt relieved.

Now, with the Soul Restraining Seal, the little horned python also opened its mouth wide, mimicking the Red-haired Demon Monkey, letting out cries.

However, its cries carried a roaring quality, sounding somewhat indistinct.

Meanwhile, the emotional fluctuations of the little horned python in his mind told him that it was hungry.

It wanted to eat stones, wanted to eat Medicinal Pills, wanted to eat meat!

It also wanted to eat Spirit Fruits and Spirit Bamboo!

It wanted to eat monkeys and mantises!

It felt that everything around it was delicious!

The little horned python’s eyes constantly darted around, and at this moment, it was not at all reserved.

It was expressing its truest thoughts.

Lin Shiming’s face immediately darkened!

He took out three bottles of Beast Nurturing Pills and a corpse of a third-rank Sea Cloud Bird for the horned python to eat.

”From now on, I shall call you Wang Jiao!”

”You are not allowed to use the surrounding items without permission. If you want to eat, eat these Beast Nurturing Pills!”

Lin Shiming didn’t care whether the latter agreed or not and started calling out.

He had always been casual about naming; the Golden Wings Mantis was called Golden Wings, and the Red-haired Demon Monkey was called Red-haired.

He felt that naming it Wang Jiao was already a big improvement.

After casting one Soul Restraining Seal, Lin Shiming felt completely exhausted. He let Wang Jiao roam freely, found a stone platform, and began to Cultivate again.

This Cultivation lasted for three days, and finally, the day arrived to enter Qingxuan Mountain and meet Zi Xuan Sanren.

Lin Shiming had now recovered, his expression normal.

In the distance, however, Red-haired and Wang Jiao were already locked in battle, the latter engaged in fierce close combat.

What surprised Lin Shiming was that even though Wang Jiao was only at the Early Stage of the third rank, it was not inferior to the Mid Stage third-rank Red-haired Demon Monkey.

Especially its tail, its whipping ability was truly terrifying.

Even when Red-haired transformed to a size of three zhang, it was still flung far away by that tail.

Red-haired used its exotic fire, but Wang Jiao’s two horns flashed, and then it violently sprayed a large amount of water. Its water jet was clearly also extraordinary, preventing Red-haired’s exotic fire from gaining much advantage.

Red-haired was so angry that it wanted to use the Yuan Magnetic Seal, but Wang Jiao started to run away at that moment.

”Stop!” Lin Shiming saw that the two were about to dismantle the Grotto-heaven World and quickly stopped them. He surveyed the surroundings; fortunately, he had set up Formations in the areas of the Little Divine Tree, Heavenly Spirit Fruit Tree, and other spiritual plants, so no damage had occurred.

Otherwise, he would have had to kill both beasts today.

Upon hearing Lin Shiming’s cold shout, Red-haired immediately started complaining with cries.

Its expression seemed to tell Lin Shiming that this horned python was too much of a bandit, stealing its Beast Nurturing Pills and its spirit beast meat!

And it kept drooling at it!

Wang Jiao also controlled its emotional fluctuations, echoing in Lin Shiming’s mind.

Its hesitant words were intermittent.

”Wang Jiao... hungry! Monkey... so stupid, but... so fragrant!”

Lin Shiming was surprised that Wang Jiao could clearly transmit words, but upon hearing these words, his face darkened.

”From now on, you are not allowed to fight over things in the Grotto-heaven World. After a while, I will give you good things to eat!”

Lin Shiming immediately began to lecture them, reprimanding both beasts without favoritism.

At the same time, he took out his Storage Pouch and once again distributed Beast Nurturing Pills and spirit beast meat to the two beasts.

Wang Jiao, on the other hand, stood to the side, taking all the spirit beast meat and Beast Nurturing Pills, while Red-haired began to gobble them down, as if afraid that if it didn’t finish, they might be snatched away again.

Lin Shiming also took out some spirit beast meat for the Golden Wings Mantis, which remained unhurried.

Wang Jiao dared not make a move on it, otherwise it might be directly severed by its sharp forelegs.

After dealing with the three beasts, Lin Shiming then exited the room, put away the various forbidden Formations, and with a sweep of his Divine Sense, discovered Lin Xianzhi, who was already prepared nearby.

After tidying themselves up, the two headed towards the Qingxuan Sect.

They were already familiar with the way to the Qingxuan Sect, and both moved very quickly.

Especially when they passed the Ascension Ladder again.

It left Lin Shiming with many emotions.

The Qingxuan Sect’s foundation was truly powerful. The Ascension Ladder, in his current view, still had considerable benefits for him, though it was only effective the first time.

Ascending the Ascension Ladder, one could glimpse the mountain gate of the Qingxuan Sect, and at the mountain gate, Xie An was waiting there.

Besides Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi, another Cultivator wearing a blue Daoist Robe had already arrived.

Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi waved to Xie An, and the blue Daoist Robe Cultivator and Xie An also responded in kind.

Evidently, this blue Daoist Robe Cultivator was also a Disciple of Zi Xuan Sanren!