Family Cultivation: I can see the prompts

251: Mysterious Blackfish and Peeping Warning (2-in-1)On the edge of the Cliff Wall, a Spirit Devouring Ant flew in front as usual.

It flew towards the bottom of the Cliff Wall.

Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi followed carefully behind, also riding their Flying Swords.

Below the Cliff Wall was a hidden river.

In the middle of the Cliff Wall, a twisted peach tree grew out from it.

This peach tree was not large, only about the size of an ordinary mortal peach tree.

However, its roots were very thick, firmly embedded in the rocks of the Cliff Wall.

On the peach tree, several crystal-clear green peaches had formed.

These peaches were exceptionally large, even three-tenths larger than the spirit fruits produced by the Late Stage second-order Spirit Peach Tree in the Lin Family’s Peach Blossom Grove.

Not to mention, this Spirit Peach was clearly extremely unripe; if it were mature, it would likely be three-tenths larger still.

Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi were both overjoyed; especially when they felt the immense spiritual power of the Spirit Peach, a power they had only experienced from the water spirit coconuts on the Lin Family’s Shuangmu Island.

”A third-order Spirit Peach Tree!” Lin Shiming couldn’t help but beam with joy.

The Spirit Devouring Ant continued to fly forward, emitting a starry glow, but from the peach tree, a gray mantis suddenly slashed at the Spirit Devouring Ant.

This gray mantis was a Middle Stage third-order Yao Beast.

Its body color was like the rock, hidden nearby, motionless, making it extremely deceptive!

Crack!

Its scythe-like leg struck the Spirit Devouring Ant’s hard shell, directly sending the Spirit Devouring Ant flying.

However, it wasn’t an instant kill. After devouring the Wind Fire Star Sand, the Spirit Devouring Ant’s hard shell had undergone a transformation. Now, even ordinary third-order Magical Artifacts couldn’t kill it.

The shockwave, however, left the Spirit Devouring Ant a bit listless, but it quickly recovered.

And Lin Shiming’s Zilai Sword also flew out fiercely.

Especially since this sword had been refined by Lin Shiming using the Sword Nurturing Art, its Sword Qi surged, and its sword light swept through the air.

As the sword light enveloped it, the gray mantis was directly dismembered.

”This Sword Nurturing Art is truly remarkable!” Lin Xianzhi, who was nearby, also sighed with emotion.

This made Lin Shiming momentarily stunned. He wanted to warn Lin Xianzhi about the dangers of the sword art, but remembering that the System prompt had not yet appeared, he held back.

As soon as he entered this Secret Realm, he had an inexplicable feeling of being watched.

This feeling was baseless, but for a Cultivator, there were times when one couldn’t help but trust their intuition.

Especially with the high-level design of the Qingxuan Sect, he had to be extremely careful!

Lin Shiming put away the gray mantis’s corpse, then took out some spirit-nurturing liquid and carefully transplanted the entire third-order Spirit Peach Tree, sealing it in a jade box.

”Shiming, this...!” Lin Xianzhi spoke with some worry.

After leaving the Secret Realm, their Storage Pouches would be searched. This was a Secret Realm of the Qingxuan Sect.

Taking spirit fruits was one thing, but transplanting the entire Spirit Peach Tree...

”Seventh Grand Uncle, it’s fine. If we don’t take it, the Demonic Cultivators will!” Lin Shiming explained. Extracting spirit plants was something those Demonic Cultivators and Corpse Refinement Sect Cultivators would definitely do.

If he didn’t transplant it, those Demonic Cultivators would. Especially the Cultivators of the Corpse Refinement Sect, who were obsessed with excavating ancient corpses and were extremely skilled in earth evasion techniques. Even such a Cliff Wall would eventually be found.

Lin Shiming only looked at the jade box, lamenting the considerable damage to the roots. He feared the spirit plant had suffered significant harm.

This also made him helpless; his identity as a spirit planter had remained at the Late Stage second-order.

And at the moment, it was not suitable for long-term transplantation, so he could only forcibly transplant it like a Loose Cultivator.

”By the way, Shiming, why were you following the Qian Family earlier?” Lin Xianzhi once again voiced his doubts.

It wasn’t convenient to ask when there were many people outside, but now that it was just the two of them, it was the best time. Otherwise, once they entered the Small World and Chen Daoyuan began to conscript them to jointly control the war treasure ship, there would be even less opportunity.

”The spirit milk the Qian Family is planning for was obtained by them in this Secret Realm, and most likely in that Small World!” Lin Shiming said, following the System prompt, offering the most reasonable guess.

This Small Secret Realm has been controlled by the Qingxuan Sect for quite some time. If there were any treasures within the Mysterious Grade Secret Realm, they would have long been plundered by the Qingxuan Sect, just like the Lin Family’s own Yellow Grade Secret Realm, where even a Wood Demon was transplanted out, which gives an idea.

Conversely, the Small World has only merged with this Secret Realm once!

And the Qian Family is an old established Family in Yunzhou, with backing from the Qingxuan Sect. It’s entirely possible they participated in the previous Secret Realm expedition.

Lin Xianzhi also nodded in sudden realization.

”No wonder the few Cultivators of the Qian Family kept circling around, seemingly looking for someone everywhere, but their direction kept changing, and they didn’t converge with other Cultivators. Instead, it was more like they were looking to see if they were being followed!”

Moreover, generally speaking, the dangers within a Mysterious Grade Secret Realm are not significant for these Cultivators. In this Secret Realm, aside from encountering Demonic Cultivators, most Cultivators would naturally want to scour it.

Of course, it’s highly unlikely there are any precious treasures. The Qingxuan Sect releasing this Secret Realm naturally wouldn’t leave any precious items like heavenly spirit fruit, taiqing purple jade fruit, or purple profound treasure jade in this Small Secret Realm.

The Qian Family’s actions were naturally extremely suspicious.

”Let’s go look for them in a couple of days. At this time, they are also extremely cautious!” Lin Xianzhi suggested.

Lin Shiming also agreed, but as he looked at the underground dark river, he suddenly had an idea to investigate it.

Secret Realms with lakes and dark rivers are definitely places where treasures gather.

What’s more, they currently had no specific goal, so they could take advantage of this opportunity to search thoroughly.

His Divine Sense probed towards the dark river, and the next moment, he felt a surge in the dark river.

It was actually a Black Spirit Fish swimming past.

Most importantly, this Black Spirit Fish emitted a peculiar fragrance. In his spirit beast pouch, Wang Jiao, who had a telepathic connection with him, began frantically sending him messages.

”Want to eat!”

”Want to eat!”

To prevent the Grotto-heaven World from being discovered, he had placed all three Spirit Beasts into his spirit beast pouch so they could help at any time!

Lin Shiming’s spirit instantly perked up. This wasn’t the first time Wang Jiao had been so eager. The last time it was this eager was for the delicious ’stone’ on his body!

He immediately ordered the Spirit Devouring Ant to continue flying down to scout the way.

However, as soon as the Spirit Devouring Ant flew to the surface of the dark river.

Another Black Spirit Fish suddenly leaped out, trying to swallow the Spirit Devouring Ant.

But the next moment, the Spirit Devouring Ant suddenly opened its fangs wide.

One must know that the Spirit Devouring Ant had devoured the Wind Fire Star Sand. Although it was only a Peak second-order Yao Beast, it could still fight even a third-order Yao Beast. If all eighty-one of them attacked together, an ordinary Early Stage third-order Yao Beast would only be swallowed.

”A Peak second-order Spirit Fish?” Lin Shiming was also stunned, but feeling the peculiar fragrance, he suddenly became much more interested in the Black Spirit Fish.

Not only was it beloved by Wang Jiao, but if this Black Spirit Fish also tasted excellent, it could definitely be used to establish the reputation of the Lin Family Restaurant.

Moreover, Lin Xianzhi cultivated the Ren Water Geng Metal Art, so he was extremely skilled in water-attribute techniques.

Catching some second-order Spirit Fish was simply too easy!

Lin Xianzhi’s interest also greatly increased at this moment. His Azure Lotus Sword immediately flew out, stirring up towering waves that directly caught the fragrant Black Spirit Fish in the air.

Meanwhile, Lin Shiming also took out a Demon Binding Ring and tightly bound the Black Spirit Fish.

The bulging Storage Pouch began to vibrate.

Wang Jiao’s temperament also became increasingly urgent!

In Lin Shiming’s mind, he kept pleading.

”Behave, let me study it first!” Lin Shiming warned the latter. Because of the soul contract, Wang Jiao could only reluctantly stop, but his soft pleas never ceased.

”My Healing Game”

He took out the Zilai Sword and directly cut off a small portion of the Black Spirit Fish. Immediately, he felt a massive surge of vital Qi. The flesh of this Black Spirit Fish was clearly very nourishing.

At this point, even Hong Mao and Jin Chi began to squeak and howl.

These two couldn’t speak, but their grunts and whimpers also showed no sign of stopping.

But he finally understood why these Spirit Beasts reacted so strongly.

This rich vital Qi meat could quickly increase their Physical Body strength and accelerate their growth. Body Cultivators would also love it.

Although it couldn’t compare to supreme vital Qi treasures like Dragon Blood Grass or Dragon Beast meat, this Spirit Fish also emitted an extremely pleasant fragrance.

”Seventh Grand Uncle, if this fish can be raised in the Family, it might be able to Cultivate a large number of Body Cultivators for the Family!” Lin Shiming didn’t initially mention Spirit Beasts, nor did he mention selling them.

The Lin Family raised many Spirit Beasts, but for an immortal cultivation Family, Spirit Beasts were ultimately external objects, and they didn’t possess the extensive beast-taming methods of the Spirit Beast Sect!

Of course, the most important thing was that this Black Spirit Fish came from the Qingxuan Sect’s Secret Realm. If the Lin Family were to sell it, they might be implying their lifespan was too long!

Lin Xianzhi was also extremely delighted. They had little interest in the Legacy within this Small Secret Realm or the many other fourth and fifth-order treasures.

After all, good treasures also required acting within one’s means. Their purpose for this trip, besides Purple Mansion treasures, was to find some developmental treasures for the Family.

Moreover, this was more in line with a Mysterious Grade Secret Realm.

”Shiming, this dark river greatly restricts Divine Sense!” Lin Xianzhi looked at the dark river, then frowned.

The Divine Sense restriction meant that it would be extremely difficult for them to thoroughly search the entire dark river!

More importantly, these Black Spirit Fish were very strange.

Because the Qingxuan Sect had no records of them, it made both of them feel as if these Black Spirit Fish had newly appeared in this Secret Realm over the past twenty years.

”Seventh Grand Uncle, I suddenly feel that there’s something else hidden beneath this dark river!” Lin Shiming didn’t mind the Divine Sense restriction.

It was precisely because of the Divine Sense restriction that this dark river might never have been discovered. As for the Spirit Peach Tree on their Cliff Wall, if there were treasure-seeking Spirit Rats or similar treasures, it would be extremely likely to be discovered.

”But this might be a bit dangerous!” Lin Xianzhi still frowned, somewhat worried.

Lin Shiming was right, but it was still within a Secret Realm after all.

”Then let’s rest for half a day and observe it first?” Lin Shiming suggested.

As for why it was half a day, that was because the System prompt would only appear once a day. In such a crucial place, the System prompt would likely refresh as soon as the time came.

Lin Xianzhi finally nodded. The two of them immediately used their Flying Swords to blast a large hole in the Cliff Wall.

They settled inside the cave. Lin Shiming continued to command the Spirit Devouring Ants to hover over the dark river.

Those mysterious Black Spirit Fish also seemed to desire the Spirit Devouring Ants.

It was perfect to use these Spirit Devouring Ants as bait.

For this, Lin Shiming directly commanded twenty-four Spirit Devouring Ants to cover most of the dark river.

Lin Xianzhi was responsible for twelve, and he was responsible for twelve.

As expected, it did not surprise Lin Shiming; the mysterious Black Spirit Fish opened their huge mouths, wanting to devour the bowl-sized Spirit Devouring Ants.

But they were captured by Lin Shiming with the Zilai Sword and Lin Xianzhi, and the Demon Binding Ring and Heavenly Waist Pouch came in handy.

Lin Xianzhi also took out a green gourd Magical Artifact to capture these mysterious Black Spirit Fish.

Half a day passed, and the two had captured nearly twenty Black Spirit Fish.

Lin Shiming even caught a third-order Black Spirit Fish, which was even fatter, like a thick catfish.

Its vital Qi was even more abundant, almost comparable to the vital Qi of the Dragon Lizard he had previously captured.

As the sky revealed its bright light, it also marked the arrival of the second day of the Secret Realm.

The System prompt in Lin Shiming’s mind arrived punctually, just as he had expected.

However, the next moment, it gave him a sudden fright.

”Please put away all treasures obtained from the Heavenly Demon Sect into your Storage Pouch, avoiding the surveillance of the Golden Core True Person. Zilai Sword, star wood shield...!”

Lin Shiming’s heart trembled. This new prompt was not about treasures under the dark river, nor was it an advance warning of treasures.

Instead, it was a warning about a Golden Core True Person’s prying eyes!

In an instant, Lin Shiming thought of his actions throughout the day.

If a Golden Core True Person could see everything they wanted to see, how terrifying would that scenario be.

He was also relieved that he hadn’t opened the Grotto-heaven World to enter or exit. If the Grotto-heaven World were known, he would have no place to hide in the entire Eastern Region!

Having struggled in the Cultivation World for so many years, he deeply understood the principle that possessing a treasure makes one a target.

In contrast, extracting that third-order spirit tree was nothing.

Moreover, looking at all these Magical Artifacts, what worried him more was that many of the treasures exchanged at the Demon Slayer Tower in Tianhe City were under surveillance.

In other words, the Qingxuan Sect had been planning this entire scheme for over a decade!

Through war, they legitimately awarded these treasures to various Foundation Establishment Cultivators!

And the Cultivators of the Heavenly Demon Sect and Corpse Refinement Sect had probably seized quite a few as well!

Lin Shiming was so shocked by the Qingxuan Sect’s scheme that he couldn’t calm down for a long time.

Yesterday, he had still been thinking of releasing the Half-Dragon Flood Dragon to scout the underground.

But if he released it, he would probably be sought out by Purple Mansion Cultivators as soon as he left.

One must know that even the Spirit Beast Sect, to this day, only had one Black Flood Dragon Loose Immortal with a flood dragon-type Spirit Beast, but that Spirit Beast was merely a hybrid flood dragon.

After thinking it through, Lin Shiming forced himself to calm down.

Those Golden Core True Persons were definitely not scheming against a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator like him.

However, he had already entered the chess game. He believed that as long as he didn’t court death, he wouldn’t catch the attention of those Golden Core True Persons.

Lin Shiming took out a Mid-Grade Spirit Stone and began to restore his true Qi.

The Zilai Sword was also put away, followed by the star wood shield, all placed into his Storage Pouch.

He put them away gradually, not all at once.

At the same time, he sent a voice transmission to Lin Xianzhi.

Fortunately, his Seventh Grand Uncle was accustomed to using the Azure Lotus Sword, and he had not taken out the Magical Sword gifted by Zi Xuan Sanren.

Reminded by Lin Shiming, Lin Xianzhi immediately thought Lin Shiming had discovered something about Zi Xuan Sanren.

He wanted to ask via voice transmission, but found that Lin Shiming was no longer responding.

By the time everything was put away, it was already bright outside. All the Magical Artifacts they could be monitored through were also put away, and Lin Shiming’s body was instantly covered in cold sweat from tension!