Family Cultivation: I can see the prompts

507: Delay the list and take the initiative (two-in-one please vote for me)Having seen the city walls, Lin Shiming changed his attire and joined the crowd, walking towards the city gate.

At the city gate, a line of Cultivators dressed in Lin Family attire were conducting inspections. Beside the Cultivators was a demon-seeking disk, which would activate if any Yao Race members tried to sneak in.

Of course, for Nine Dragon Island and Nine Dragon City, the most effective tool was still the Heaven Gate Spirit Lock Formation.

This formation would detect any Golden Core Great Demon passing within several thousand miles.

While there were Purple Mansion Great Demons capable of transforming into human form, they were not many.

Currently, entering and exiting Nine Dragon City cost twenty Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Lin Shiming searched his Storage Pouch for a long time before finding twenty Low-Grade Spirit Stones. He now had mostly Medium Grade Spirit Stones and quite a few High-Grade Spirit Stones in his Storage Pouch, but Low-Grade Spirit Stones had become rare.

After entering the city walls, Lin Shiming was quite satisfied with the Cultivators guarding the city.

Each of them was dedicated and professional, showing no intention of suppressing Loose Cultivators, nor were they arrogant or conceited.

Such Lin Family Cultivators were truly worthy of representing the Lin Family.

Lin Shiming also found the collection of Spirit Stones reasonable, even though the Lin Family had spent a considerable amount of Spirit Stones to build Nine Dragon City.

But it was important to remember that Nine Dragon City now had a large flow of people.

Moreover, twenty Spirit Stones was not a high cost for Foundation Establishment Cultivators. If they diligently went out to hunt Yao Beasts and implemented a scorched-earth policy, they would almost certainly enter and exit once every few days.

This base number would be even larger.

And when these Cultivators used the Teleportation Array, the total number would be even greater.

The Lin Family’s income would also increase.

Inside Nine Dragon City, it appeared even more prosperous. The city was divided into four districts.

The West City was the residential area, the East City was the commercial district, the South City belonged to the Lin Family, and the North City was half owned by Hongye Island and half by Nine Dragon Island. This arrangement ensured that Nine Dragon Island would not be too overbearing.

It also highlighted the status of Hongye Island.

Lin Shiming’s destination for this trip was naturally the bustling East Commercial District.

In the East Commercial District, the Ye Family’s Lin Family Restaurant still stood the tallest, reaching five stories high and located in the very center of the district, built with resplendent gold and jade, exuding luxury and grandeur.

Next were the Lin Family’s Dan Pavilion and Artifact Forging Workshop, as well as the shops of Hongye Island and Nine Dragon Island.

Most of the shops on this street also adopted the marketing tactics of Tianxiang Island, such as VIP systems and various small gifts, which had become commonplace.

After all, the Lin Family was already adept in this area, and other Family forces would essentially have their business taken away if they didn’t follow suit.

The East Commercial District had now issued the Demon Slayer Leaderboard. The Zifu Demon Slayer Leaderboard was displayed at the Lin Family Restaurant, the Foundation Establishment Demon Slayer Leaderboard at the Lin Family Danfang, and the Qi Condensation Demon Slayer Leaderboard at the Lin Family Artifact Pavilion.

Therefore, although there were many Cultivators on the street, they were still fewer than in the Lin Family’s various shops.

In fact, at this moment, Lin Shiming even saw Cultivators queuing up at the Lin Family’s Dan Pavilion and Artifact Forging Workshop.

What pleased Lin Shiming was that the leaderboards were now updated not only at the Lin Family but also at other shops and restaurants. However, Hongye Island and Nine Dragon Island had a one-day delay in updates, other Family forces’ shops and restaurants had a three-day delay, and the Loose Cultivator Square had a ten-day delay!

If one wanted to see the real-time leaderboard, they had to come to the Lin Family’s shops.

This policy made the entire Nine Dragon Island revolve around the Lin Family, yet with clear hierarchical distinctions.

Lin Shiming went up to the second floor of the Lin Family Restaurant, chose a window seat, ordered a pot of emerald orchid wine, and sipped it lightly.

Because the Lin Family Restaurant displayed the Purple Mansion leaderboard, there were fewer Cultivators watching it.

So the second floor wasn’t particularly crowded.

However, the conversations of the Cultivators all fell into Lin Shiming’s ears. Some discussed where there were Great Demons, while others talked about recent leaderboard rankings.

Of course, most of them lamented that there were too many Lin Family Cultivators on the leaderboard.

Lin Shiming shook his head after listening for a while, and his Divine Sense spread out, encompassing the entire Nine Dragon Island.

He was now in the Golden Core Stage, and due to Cultivating the Soul Fusion Secret Canon, his Divine Sense was much stronger than that of an ordinary veteran Early Stage Golden Core Cultivator.

It was close to the Middle Stage Golden Core.

If Nine Dragon Island and Hongye Island had arranged for Golden Core Cultivators to come beforehand, he would have discovered them immediately.

After a round of investigation, he found nothing amiss, so he gave up, continued drinking wine, and learned about the local happenings.

About half an hour later, Lin Shiming restored his original appearance and walked towards the fourth floor.

At this moment, in a room, Lin Xianzhi also walked out.

Lin Xianzhi looked quite pale, clearly having suffered a serious injury not long ago.

”Seventh Grand Uncle!” Lin Shiming said with some concern.

Although he knew that Yao Beasts had been rampant recently, he hadn’t expected Lin Xianzhi to be injured. Just now, when his Divine Sense spread out, the only place he hadn’t investigated was the Lin Family Restaurant.

And Lin Xianzhi had clearly discovered him using the Heaven Gate Spirit Lock Formation, so he had come out of seclusion.

”It’s nothing, but Shiming, the Yao Race has been restless lately, and we need to start strategizing!”

”I was injured by a Purple Mansion Late Stage Great Demon while patrolling the underground Dragon Palace!”

”Moreover, I suspect there’s a Demon King behind that Great Demon!” Lin Xianzhi said with considerable worry.

Since Lin Shiming’s Breakthrough, Lin Xianzhi had rarely been this worried.

He had initially thought that the previous beast tide was a great catastrophe, and this one should not be as bad.

But apparently not. The nearly hundred years of biding their time had clearly made those Yao Race members stronger!

Especially the Thunder Roc Clan, who had taken the golden dragon fruit tree, and the Jiaolong Clan, who had taken two golden dragon fruit trees from Nine Dragon Island!

Now, at the very beginning of the beast tide, traces of Demon Kings were already appearing.

One should know that in the last century, Demon Kings only began to appear in succession a few years before the catastrophe.

After Lin Xianzhi finished speaking, he took out a Jade Slip. The image recorded in the Jade Slip was also of a jade-green python.

This jade-green python was covered with dragon-like scales, clearly a half-dragon.

No wonder Lin Xianzhi was no match!

A Sword Cultivator of the same Cultivation and a Jiaolong of the same Realm had similar strengths, but Lin Xianzhi was currently only in the Mid Purple Mansion Realm and had not yet broken through to the Purple Mansion Late Stage.

If Nine Dragon Island didn’t have a Purple Mansion Late Stage Puppet, Lin Xianzhi might not have been able to retreat unscathed!

”Alright, Seventh Grand Uncle, this time, we must continue with the scorched-earth policy!” Lin Shiming said.

Then he asked for more details.

After understanding everything, Lin Shiming found a room and began to quietly Cultivate the Soul Fusion Secret Canon.

He had almost finished refining the first Divine Sense sword of Divine Sense transformation into weapons. Next were Divine Sense transformation into an axe and Divine Sense transformation into a spear!

According to the records of the Soul Fusion Secret Canon, as long as one’s Divine Sense could transform into eight types of weapons, they could cast the Eight Trigram Array.

On the third day of Lin Shiming’s arrival at Nine Dragon Island, Lin Shijie also arrived at Shuangmu Island. Today, he was dressed in Lin Family attire and met with Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi.

And on the fourth day, Immortal Master Fengxing and Immortal Master Xueyun from Nine Dragon Island, as well as Real Person Hongye from Hongye Island, all arrived.

Lin Shiming personally hosted a banquet on the fifth floor of the Lin Family Restaurant.

This time, they used High Grade fourth-tier sturgeon dragon wine. This sturgeon dragon wine recipe was sold by Nine Dragon Island, and the Lin Family arranged for Loose Cultivators to purchase it, but it actually fell into the Lin Family’s hands.

If Nine Dragon Island were to investigate this, they would find out later, so Lin Shiming didn’t bother to hide it.

On the contrary, showcasing it openly would make it seem like the Lin Family didn’t have golden dragon fruit trees.

Real Person Hongye today was still in a red robe. Compared to their meeting thirty years ago, Real Person Hongye’s aura was more stable. Breaking through to the Late Golden Core Stage was probably only a matter of time.

Lin Shiming even vaguely suspected that Real Person Hongye might have already broken through.

Her face was even more beautiful, and she had an aura of a powerful ruler, resembling Tian Liu True Person more and more!

”Senior Sister Hongye, this invitation is due to a new situation on Nine Dragon Island. The Jiaolong Clan may be stirring again, so I have a plan that requires your consideration!” Lin Shiming directly revealed the plan.

This time, he needed to rely on Real Person Hongye to ensure sufficient benefits.

And Real Person Hongye knew this well. She nodded, indicating her approval, and entered the banquet.

She directly took the main seat.

Next were the Immortal Masters from Nine Dragon Island.

Immortal Master Fengxing remained elegant. Immortal Master Xueyun behind him was the same as before, but his brows were much more relaxed, suggesting that Red Dragon Island had likely produced a new Golden Core Cultivator.

”Fellow Daoist Lin, it’s been many years, and your Cultivation is even more stable!” Immortal Master Fengxing spoke first.

”Senior Fengxing is joking. My meager Cultivation is nothing remarkable before Senior Fengxing!” Lin Shiming waved his hands repeatedly, welcoming Immortal Master Fengxing and Immortal Master Xueyun to the banquet and seating them on the right side.

He himself sat in the second seat on the left.

”Fellow Daoist Lin, just call me by my name, no need for ’Senior’. Without reaching Nascent Soul, one cannot transcend a thousand years of life, so how can there be talk of ’Senior’!” Immortal Master Fengxing also sat down and tasted the sturgeon dragon wine on the table.

His expression showed nothing, but he seemed quite bothered by Lin Shiming’s address.

”Then, Lin will presume to call you Senior Brother Feng!” Seeing Immortal Master Fengxing say this, Lin Shiming also changed his address.

Of course, his wariness towards Immortal Master Fengxing was the greatest in his heart.

Now, Lin Shiming was no longer so afraid of ordinary Late Golden Core Stage Cultivators, but he remained wary of veteran Late Golden Core Stage Cultivators like Immortal Master Fengxing, who could contend with the Azure Flood Dragon King.

At the Golden Core Stage, even a slight difference in Cultivation could be a chasm.

If not for this, Immortal Master Xueyun, also in the Late Golden Core Stage, would not be so subservient to Immortal Master Fengxing.

”Senior Brother Feng, Senior Sister Hongye, please take a look at this Jade Slip!” Lin Shiming directly took out Lin Xianzhi’s Jade Slip.

However, this Jade Slip had been processed, removing the appearance of the Lin Family’s underground, only showing the seabed.

In the seabed, the appearance of a half-dragon jade-green python was revealed.

”The jade-green python has now appeared near Nine Dragon Island. At that time, the Jiaolong Clan will most likely still focus on Tianxiang Island, and even pass through Nine Dragon Island!” Lin Shiming said.

His words were not alarmist. For Nine Dragon Island, they had already suffered a loss once!

Otherwise, Immortal Master Fengxing would not have come this time; at most, it would have been Immortal Master Xueyun and Real Person Lanfeng.

”Fellow Daoist Lin has a brilliant idea?” Immortal Master Fengxing asked.

”Strike first, implement a scorched-earth policy, and first eliminate a few fifth-tier Spiritual Veins and a few Demon Kings!”

”Now, the beast tide has not officially begun, and those Demon Kings also have their own territories!” Lin Shiming said!

”But what if we are surrounded? That is, after all, the territory of the Yao Race!” Immortal Master Xueyun spoke again!

Upon hearing this, Real Person Hongye and Immortal Master Fengxing also showed the same concern in their eyes!

Clearly, they were also worried about this!

The Human Race had Teleportation Arrays, but who could guarantee that the Yao Race didn’t have them?

If so, being surrounded, it would be difficult for the four of them to escape.

”Fellow Daoist Xueyun, please rest assured on this point. I am confident in finding the Teleportation Array, and as for the Golden Core Demon Kings coming to reinforce, we will have to rely on you all to hold them back!” Lin Shiming said!

Without a Teleportation Array, there would be at most only two or three reinforcing Demon Kings. With their strength, killing four Jiaolong Demon Kings might be too difficult, but three, or even besieging a point to draw out reinforcements, would be more than enough!

After all, the greatest advantage Cultivators had over the Yao Race was the Human Race’s Magic Treasures and formations!

As soon as Lin Shiming said this, the others were somewhat moved!

Striking first could both weaken the Yao Race’s strength and yield considerable gains!

After all, which of those Jiaolong Demon Kings wasn’t extremely wealthy?

They occupied the Outer Sea, which had the most abundant resources.

If it weren’t for the Coral Alliance still having treasures like the Ziyang Secret Realm and the Heavenly Secret Realm, the Human Race might have long been overrun by the Sea Demon Royal Court.

”Then, the sea map of the nearby Demon Kings?” Immortal Master Fengxing began to inquire.

If anyone was most eager to kill the Jiaolong Clan, it was naturally Nine Dragon Island.

On Nine Dragon Island, one could exchange fifth-tier Jiaolong inner cores for Core Formation Pills.

”Please rest assured, Senior Brother Feng, Lin has already prepared all of this!”

Lin Shiming said confidently. As someone who mastered the Soul Restraining Seal and Spirit Control Seal, the Lin Family had long captured many Purple Mansion Great Demons and sent them to scout for the whereabouts of Demon Kings!

The areas near Nine Dragon Island and Lianyun Island had all been thoroughly investigated.

”Very good, however, this trip is still not safe enough. I will send a message and summon a few more people!” Immortal Master Fengxing spoke again!

Although each of their Nine Dragon Island members had fifth-tier Spirit Beasts, they were not so trusting of Lin Shiming’s and Real Person Hongye’s strength.

Going to a place like the Yao Race’s territory was undoubtedly playing with fire. Even Immortal Master Fengxing was exceptionally cautious!

This was a critical period, and anything could happen.

”Also, Senior Sister Hongye, Senior Brother Feng, and Fellow Daoist Xueyun, please make an oath of the heavenly dao!” Before departing, Lin Shiming spoke again!

This time, he had to be the bad guy. This had to be made clear in advance, otherwise, if the news leaked, the remaining people would die.

At Lin Shiming’s reminder, the four all nodded and made an oath of the heavenly dao. All four felt relieved!

And if any new Immortal Masters joined, they would also have to make an oath!

The more venomous, the better.

And when Immortal Master Fengxing and Immortal Master Xueyun left, only Real Person Hongye and Lin Shiming remained in the room.

The latter frowned, looking at Lin Shiming.

”Do you know that Coral Island is about to hold a Golden Core Auction?” Real Person Hongye asked, clearly somewhat displeased.

After all, she and the Lin Family were in a cooperative relationship, but Lin Shiming provoking the Yao Race at this juncture was not a good idea!

”Moreover, this catastrophe might not be from the Yao Race!” Real Person Hongye added.