Family Cultivation: I can see the prompts

291: Ethnology, Sanling Mulberry (two in one)At this moment, the Mingxin Tea Tree was still the same as before, with a large cluster of tender tea leaves enveloping and concealing its Innate spirit leaf.

Clear vein-like Spirit Runes emitted a refreshing tea fragrance.

The rest of its body, however, was somewhat bare, with only a few branches sprouting faint green shoots.

It had neither branched out nor budded!

Lin Shiming stood before the tree, lingering for a long time.

A Sword Intent naturally emerged, then quickly disappeared.

Lin Shiming took another look, then retrieved a small handful of Rank 4 spirit soil and placed it before the Mingxin Tea Tree.

”Hurry up and recover! I, Lin, admit I’m not a great person, but I will fulfill what I promise!” Lin Shiming said, not caring if the Mingxin Tea Tree’s Wood Demon could hear him.

It had saved Lin Xianzhi’s life and also made their Secret Realm journey smoother.

Therefore, what he had promised, he would do, as long as he could!

Moreover, allowing the Mingxin Tea Tree to continue growing might bring him even more surprises.

Of course, because he was currently cultivating the Purple Wood Heart Sutra in reverse, it was naturally impossible for him to use his True Essence to catalyze it; he didn’t have that much Spirit Longevity to consume.

After dealing with the Mingxin Tea Tree, Lin Shiming released Wang Jiao, the Golden Winged Mantis, and the Red-haired Demon Monkey.

As soon as the three Yao Beasts appeared, the Star Spirit Shell immediately extended six fleshy tentacles, sweeping all the surrounding spirit water and spirit soil into its mouth in one go, then tightly closed its shell.

Almost simultaneously with its closing, Wang Jiao rushed up, its tail once again coiling around the shell, slapping it intermittently.

Its mouth was wide open; having tasted the star spirit floss, Wang Jiao was clearly addicted.

The Golden Winged Mantis and the Red-haired Demon Monkey also arrived nearby, both Yao Beasts eyeing it covetously; this was the first time Lin Shiming had seen the three Yao Beasts standing together so harmoniously.

”Don’t bully Star Spirit Shell! Only after it has enough star spirit floss will I let you consume it!” Lin Shiming commanded the three Yao Beasts.

The three Yao Beasts reluctantly left, while the Star Spirit Shell was clearly still very scared, frantically sending out desperate Divine Sense fluctuations.

After comforting it for a while, Lin Shiming also exited the Grotto-heaven World.

Since the Star Spirit Shell had shown results, it meant that the Black Spirit Fish could be born indefinitely, and his Body Refining Cultivation could progress faster.

Of course, before that, he had to go to the Family’s Green Lotus Lake to catch some Red Spirit Fish.

There was also a conjecture that needed to be verified.

Although the Red Spirit Fish were not as good as the Rank 3 Black Spirit Fish, consuming star spirit floss might increase the Yao Beast’s Rank.

He hadn’t even recognized what kind of Spirit Beast those Black Spirit Fish were, so there was a high possibility that they had grown stronger by consuming star spirit floss.

And the Rank 2 Red Spirit Fish would show results the fastest.

As long as the results were good, his Wang Jiao could quickly Breakthroug the Rank 3 Middle Stage, and then using the Purple Mansion’s Yao Beast Bloodline to revert its ancestry, Wang Jiao might transform into a true Dragon before Rank 4.

If the results were poor, he would naturally supply Black Spirit Fish indefinitely, prioritizing his own Body Refining strength to Breakthroug the Late Foundation Establishment Stage.

Thinking of this, he was also particularly looking forward to the experiment with the Red Spirit Fish.

Of course, while experimenting, the breeding of Black Spirit Fish would also be carried out simultaneously; he could consume them himself or let his three Yao Beasts consume them.

And those Red Spirit Fish used for experiments would not be wasted; they could be provided to the Family for some Body Cultivator Cultivation.

Since the Lin Family had the Mountain Ape Body Refining Art, many Cultivators of the Shi Generation and Ze Generation with Four Spiritual Roots and Five Spiritual Roots cultivated it; of course, these Cultivators all had one characteristic.

They were extremely fierce in the Clan Competition and were Juniors with firm Heart-Nature and aspirations for longevity.

Although their Spiritual Roots were slightly inferior, in the matter of Immortal Cultivation, while talent was important, it couldn’t determine everything!

Lin Shiming exited the Grotto-heaven World and arrived at Green Lotus Lake.

Green Lotus Lake had grown larger, and the emerald green lotuses were also growing very well; the center of the spirit lotuses was dotted with water droplets, clear and translucent like pearls, very beautiful.

Although it still couldn’t compare to Green Lotus Pond, one should know that Green Lotus Lake was only occasionally injected with spirit water.

This growth indicated that the symbiosis of Spirit Fish and green lotus leaves was very successful.

However, the area next to it, where Blood Crocodiles were bred, had made the lake water somewhat turbid.

While these Blood Crocodiles were lying prone, they also occasionally liked to roll around in the mud by the lake.

It was currently the fishing season for Green Lotus Lake, and the Family’s Cultivators were constantly hunting Spirit Fish.

In the distance, the capture of Spirit Crocodiles was also proceeding simultaneously, but those Spirit Crocodiles were not like Spirit Fish; it was inevitable that these Cultivators would have to exert some effort.

Otherwise, these Blood Crocodiles, with their huge mouths open, would think these Cultivators were delivering meals!

What Lin Shiming didn’t expect was that Lin Shilei, the head of the three outstanding talents whom the Lin Family was vigorously supporting, was leading the capture of Spirit Crocodiles.

At this moment, Lin Shilei was extremely imposing.

”Patriarch!” Lin Shilei shouted excitedly when he saw Lin Shiming approaching.

Besides Lin Shilei, the other Cultivators also shouted excitedly, one after another.

Among them were the Hou Generation, who were older than Lin Shiming in seniority, and the Ze Generation, who were younger than Lin Shiming in seniority.

Thanks to the Lin Family’s Fertility policy, the number of Cultivators in the Ze Generation was also increasing.

Lin Shiming responded to each of them, politely greeting the Elders and nodding to the Juniors.

Finally, his gaze fell upon Lin Shilei.

”Shilei, are you here to exchange for Blood Crocodiles?” Lin Shiming was a little surprised; as one of the three outstanding talents, Lin Shilei naturally didn’t need to catch Blood Crocodiles to earn Family contribution points.

And he wasn’t a Body Cultivator, which made Lin Shiming a bit surprised.

”Patriarch, I’m exchanging them for my Grandfather; his health has been getting worse these past few years...” Lin Shilei grew more disheartened as he spoke.

His eyes also dimmed.

Lin Shiming was startled upon hearing this; he suddenly remembered that the former Grand Elder of the Lin Family, Lin Yuqing, was now over 110 years old.

Although he was a Body Cultivator and his Qi and Blood were stronger than ordinary people, he also had many hidden injuries because of it.

Judging from Lin Shilei’s expression, it was likely that Lin Yuqing was already beginning to lose his spiritual power at this time.

”Shilei, where is Grand Uncle now?”

”In the Family’s Hall of Teachings!” Lin Shilei replied.

Lin Shiming nodded, said a few words to the deacon in charge of Green Lotus Lake, and then used his Storage Pouch to collect a lot of lake water from Green Lotus Lake.

He planned to create a small pond in the Grotto-heaven World with this lake water, plant some green lotuses, and use it to raise Spirit Fish and house the Star Spirit Shell.

Wang Jiao’s muddy swamp was still only suitable for it.

After storing the spirit water, Lin Shiming followed Lin Shilei towards the Hall of Teachings.

The Hall of Teachings was located at the foot of Fangmu Mountain; if Immortal Cultivation was like climbing steep mountains, then the beginning of the Dao was the beginning of the ascent.

At the foot of the mountain was a stretch of continuous pavilions.

Since the Lin Family’s reform and the establishment of its own Hall of Teachings, it had been divided into three halls: Innate Pavilion, Qi Refining Pavilion, and Clan Studies Pavilion.

The Innate Pavilion was where the Lin Family Cultivators lectured to those newly awakened or Innate Cultivators of the Lin Family.

Here, these young children with Spiritual Roots would be taught some basic Cultivation Techniques, and their Cultivation process would be guided and followed up throughout.

The guiding Cultivators were mostly Hou Generation Cultivators, who were old and had no hope of Immortal Cultivation, so they earned some contribution points to support the Cultivation of their Juniors.

But their experience was abundant, and they had their own insights into certain Cultivation Techniques.

In Immortal Cultivation, no mistakes could be made; even for Innate Cultivators, a slight problem with their Meridians could completely sever their path to immortality.

The Qi Refining Pavilion was for those who had just entered the Qi Refinement Stage; it would explain some basic Five Elements Spells and also some matters of Alchemy and Artifact Refining.

Furthermore, every Elder at Qi Refining Stage Ninth Level and Foundation Establishment Elder of the Lin Family had to come and give lectures at regular intervals.

Therefore, for the Qi Refining Pavilion of the Lin Family’s Hall of Teachings, many Cultivators in the Qi Refining Middle Stage often came to listen.

Thinking of this, Lin Shiming couldn’t help but touch his nose; as the Patriarch and the founder of the Hall of Teachings, he had never given a lecture.

Of course, this was also related to the situation the Lin Family faced; he had no choice but to Cultivate with all his might.

Even now.

The definition of the Clan Studies Pavilion was even simpler: to explain the rise and fall of the Lin Family, Cultivate a sense of Family identity, and inspire great aspirations for Immortal Cultivation.

”Patriarch, this way.” Lin Shilei led Lin Shiming to the Clan Studies Pavilion.

Inside the pavilion, a dozen half-grown teenagers sat respectfully like students in a academy, serious and upright, while on the stage, Lin Yuqing vividly recounted the Lin Family’s past and spoke of its future.

At this moment, Lin Yuqing made Lin Shiming feel both unfamiliar and familiar.

This Grand Uncle of his was merely a Body Cultivator; his position in the Lin Family was never that of an Elder who was good with words or schemes.

Instead, he was the enforcer of punishments, with a fiery temper, and the Lin Family’s highest combat power in Qi Refining.

This also made Lin Shiming recall the Third Elder Lin Yushui, who died covering them, Lin Yuqi, who refined pills for the Family until his last moment, and Lin Yutie, who crafted the Family’s standard Magical Artifacts.

They were never afraid of losing their spiritual power, but they were exceptionally persistent and unwilling to give up on the pills and artifacts in their eyes!

They yearned for it, they regarded Legacy as everything!

Now, it was Lin Yuqing’s turn.

As if sensing Lin Shiming and Lin Shilei’s presence, Lin Yuqing also stepped out generously, leading Lin Shiming and Lin Shilei inside.

However, his steps were clearly somewhat faltering.

The Grand Elder who once had the final say in the Lin Family was now also hunched over, with bits of Spirit Light dissipating from his body.

Lin Shilei wanted to step forward to help him, but was pushed away by the latter.

”Come, aren’t you curious what kind of person our Lin Family’s Patriarch is? Today, you can boldly ask your Patriarch!” Lin Yuqing smiled kindly, facing the young Cultivators in the Innate Stage and Qi Refinement Stage.

He introduced Lin Shiming to these young Cultivators of the Ze Generation.

There were now too many Cultivators in the Ze Generation, and Lin Shiming naturally couldn’t have met every one of them; these children had also never seen Lin Shiming in person, only through portraits.

Younger than the portrait.

This was the unanimous thought of all the teenagers.

Lin Shiming then proceeded to teach these teenagers Clan Studies.

Every Lin Family Cultivator would attend Clan Studies; even those who married into the Family had to come, this was a rule of the Hall of Teachings.

”What is a Family?”

The question Lin Xianzhi had posed to him the first time he met Seventh Grand Uncle, he now posed to these teenagers once again.

And the answers from these teenagers were varied and colorful.

Some were grand, others amusing.

Lin Shiming nodded at each of them; in his opinion, all these answers were good.

Because to him, the Family resided in one’s heart, and good and bad were self-defined.

After an hour of teaching Clan Studies to these teenagers, Lin Shiming felt an unparalleled sense of relaxation.

Although he had always adhered to the principle of alternating Cultivation with rest, as the Patriarch of the Lin Family and one of only two Disciples of Zi Xuan Sanren who returned from the Secret Realm, how could he truly relax?

At this moment, however, he was enveloped in a unique tranquility by these young Cultivators of the Ze Generation, who were just starting on the path of immortality.

Moreover, this Family was truly real, and he wasn’t the only one striving!

From the Cultivators of the Ze Generation up to the Cultivators of the Hou Generation and Xian Generation!

When Clan Studies ended, the teenagers left one by one.

Within the vast academy building, only Lin Shiming and two others remained.

”Grand Uncle, you still need to Cultivate more Spirit Arts!” Lin Shiming said.

”Patriarch, this old man’s bones, why would I still need to Cultivate Spirit Arts? Besides, Clan Studies is extremely important; is there anyone in this Lin Family more suitable to teach Clan Studies than I?” Lin Yuqing said with a hint of pride.

Indeed, in the Lin Family, no one was more qualified than him.

”Grand Uncle, why is your Body Cultivator Heart-Nature not even as good as Second Grand Uncle’s!” Lin Shiming spoke again.

With these words, Lin Yuqing fell silent.

He knew what Lin Shiming meant.

Lin Yuqi had died trying to forcefully Breakthroug Foundation Establishment, dying in pursuit of the Dao.

He truly lacked that courage.

Before losing his spiritual power, he thought of Lin Shilei; after losing his spiritual power, he could only contribute to the Family’s Clan Studies.

”Shiming, please forgive Grand Uncle for not calling you Patriarch this once, and I’m afraid I cannot obey; Grand Uncle understands you, you merely wish to provoke me, but if Yu Tie didn’t waste dragon blood pill, how can I waste it?”

”Is Grand Uncle also the kind of person who uses public office for private gain?”

Lin Yuqing remained silent for a long time before finally speaking.

A Cultivator’s greatest wish is naturally to experience those unseen places.

And Foundation Establishment was Lin Yuqing’s dream for over a hundred years, even after his dream shattered after sixty years of age.

But during his Cultivation, when he looked at the mountains and clouds, it would still surface in his mind; he also wanted to try to forcefully Breakthroug once.

To see what was different about that Realm where one could live for 250 years.

Lin Yuqi’s heroic declaration before his departure would also resurface!

Even after losing his spiritual power, he sometimes dreamed of standing in a pavilion, shouting the same words.

Foundation Establishment, nothing more!

But he couldn’t!

He couldn’t waste the dragon blood pill; one dragon blood pill, plus one Foundation Establishment Pill, might bring a Foundation Establishment Cultivator with the Four Arts of Cultivation to those Hou Generation Cultivators of the Family, such as Lin Yutie’s son!

And in a state of spiritual dissipation, he wouldn’t even be able to pass the first hurdle of Foundation Establishment.

”Grand Uncle, you worry too much; the dragon blood pill is not very useful to you anymore. It’s just that Shiming feels that Grand Uncle is not such an indecisive person!”

”And Shiming happens to have a mulberry fruit that prevents spiritual dissipation. This mulberry fruit is for those on the verge of death who cannot leave last words for their Juniors!”

”If Grand Uncle is not afraid and wants to try, Shiming can take out this Rank 2 spirit fruit!” Lin Shiming said.