Top-level Qi Luck: Leading My Clan to Cultivate

Watching Lin Tianfeng and the other leave, Lin Tianming didn't immediately go home but flew towards the Alchemy Hall instead.

Having not seen his grandfather for half a year, returning to the Lin Family naturally meant paying a visit.

Upon entering the Alchemy Hall, aside from Lin Shigong, he saw no other clan members.

Compared to the bustling noise of the Enforcement Hall and the Hall of Merit, the Alchemy Hall was much quieter, after all, the Lin Family only had five true alchemists.

The Alchemy Hall was only used for exchange and learning, and with the help of Earth Fire for alchemy, it was only lively at those times. Most of the time, it was just Lin Shigong here.

Seeing his grandfather, Lin Tianming was very happy and hurried forward to pay his respects.

Lin Shigong also hadn't seen Lin Tianming for a long time; he pulled Lin Tianming to sit down, and the two chatted over Spiritual Tea.

"Grandfather, my father should be close to reaching the Great Perfection realm now, right?"

Lin Tianming rarely encountered Lin Xingrong and could only inquire about his father's situation through his grandfather and mother.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"Your father has been accumulating for several years, and the last time he came back, he was on the verge of a breakthrough. With a large number of elixirs to assist, without accidents, he should be able to enter the Great Perfection of Qi Refining stage within half a year. He's still young, and with a Minor Foundation Building Pill to help him impact the Foundation Establishment Stage, there's a great hope of success!"

Lin Shigong was very gratified. He once thought that he would never break through the Foundation Establishment Stage in this lifetime, and he was quite pessimistic about Lin Xingrong's future. It was very likely he would follow his own path, dying old in the Qi Refinement Realm. The family was too poor, and thinking about it made him feel helpless.

Nowadays, the Lin Family's predicament has greatly improved. The hope for Foundation Establishment is much greater than before, and it's finally developing in a good direction.

"Grandfather, I want to go into seclusion for a while, at least half a year, to strive for a breakthrough to the Eighth Level of Qi Refinement."

Seeing the confident expression on Lin Tianming's face, Lin Shigong's face beamed with a smile. He was quite satisfied with Lin Tianming's efforts and naturally supported him.

"Good, there's nothing big happening in the clan at this time, except for the Monster Hunting Squad and the Spirit Root Testing Ceremony. The clan has already arranged for people to handle it. You just focus on your cultivation. I've also gathered spiritual medicine materials for half a year, and I want to try refining Second Order Pills. Previously, my cultivation wasn't sufficient, and the elixirs needed for the third brother and the others had to be bought from outside. Now that there are more and more Foundation Establishment Cultivators, the consumption is huge. Refining our own elixirs can save a lot of Spirit Stones."

"That's true, not to mention that it's expensive to buy them from outside. During special times, you can't even buy them if you want to!"

The two chatted leisurely for an hour, from cultivation to alchemy. Through the exchange, both the grandfather and the grandson benefited a great deal.

After the chat, Lin Tianming took out a Minor Foundation Building Pill and handed it to Lin Shigong, instructing him to pass it to his father once he reached the Great Perfection, to aid him in his early breakthrough.

With two more Minor Foundation Building Pills and five stems of Hidden Spirit Grass left, at least there was no need to worry about not having enough.

After saying farewell to his grandfather, Lin Tianming returned to his own small courtyard. He took out a large number of elixirs and handed them to his mother and sister, including Xisui Pills and Pozhang Pills, for them to cultivate in peace and strive for a breakthrough of one or two realms.

Having greeted all his close clan members, Lin Tianming didn't delay any further and directly entered the secret chamber.

He sat cross-legged on the cushion, practiced his breathing and ran his Cultivation Technique through one Grand Circulation.

More than a year had passed since the last breakthrough.

During the half-year with the Monster Hunting Squad, through extensive practice, his cultivation also reached the peak of the Seventh Level of Qi Refining, and with step-by-step cultivation, a breakthrough was bound to happen sooner or later.

Feeling the weak growth of Spiritual Power in his Dantian and the accompanying pain in his body, Lin Tianming took out a large number of elixirs and placed them beside him.

Lingshen Pills, Body Strengthening Pills, Strong Spirit Pills—all were key items aiding cultivation, especially the Body Strengthening Pill, which greatly alleviated the pain of cultivation; otherwise, it would be impossible to endure.

After consuming the elixirs, he fully absorbed the rich Spiritual Power within. His Qi Sea and Dantian grew at a slow pace.

In the secret chamber, Lin Tianming sat motionless, entering the best state for cultivation, similar to an old monk in meditation.

During Lin Tianming's closed-door cultivation, the triennial Spirit Root Testing Ceremony arrived on schedule, and the Lin Family arranged for six clan members to descend the mountain to preside over the ceremony in the mortal towns.

The clan placed great importance on the Spirit Root Testing Ceremony and cared deeply for the lives of mortals; otherwise, they wouldn't have stationed people in such places with sparse spiritual energy year after year.

Even though the probability of finding a mortal with a Spiritual Root was much smaller than that of descendants of cultivators, with the vast population, a few were always discovered each year.

By controlling a vast population, the clan could quickly increase its size, continuously integrating fresh blood. With an increasing population, the probability of encountering cultivators with exceptional talents grew larger.

Of the current 170-plus members of the Lin Family, nearly half came from mortal towns, highlighting the significance of mortals to the Lin Family.

Therefore, having control over a large population of mortals was also considered one of the clan's foundational strengths.

In the southern part of Green Bamboo Mountain, outside Qingfeng Town, a cultivator at the Sixth Level of Qi Refining was flying towards the town on a Flying Sword.

Before long, he flew directly over the town walls and headed toward the central stone tower.

This person was named Lin Xingli, a cultivator at the Sixth Level of Qi Refining who was the Executive Officer sent by the Lin Family to preside over the Spirit Root Testing Ceremony.

The triennial Spirit Root Testing Ceremony was held as scheduled, with the Lin Family dispatching six members to oversee it, five of whom were responsible for five major towns, while the remaining one oversaw the area at the foot of Green Bamboo Mountain. Stay tuned with empire

All six regions were places where the Lin Family's mortals gathered, and compared to the five major towns, the small town at the foot of Green Bamboo Mountain, with only fifty to sixty thousand people, had a much higher probability of discovering individuals with Spiritual Roots.

The reason was straightforward: the mortals in that town were close relatives of Lin Family cultivators, with a cultivator emerging from within their lineage within the last ten generations, which significantly increased the probability of discovering individuals with Spiritual Roots compared to those who had never had a Spiritual Root emerge.

Lin Xingli soared past the densely clustered mortal houses and appeared over a large square.

At that moment, the square was filled with thousands of teenagers, about evenly split between boys and girls, most appearing to be around eleven or twelve years old, with a few thirteen-year-olds as well.

A youth who happened to look up saw a middle-aged man standing on a Flying Sword, suspended in the air, and shouted in shock.

"A celestial being..."

Upon hearing the shout, everyone raised their heads to look up at the sky, and many Lin Family mortals respectfully knelt and began to worship.

Lin Xingli shouted in a voice filled with Spiritual Power.

"Silence all! Line up orderly. The official testing begins tomorrow. Anyone who makes noise or causes a commotion will be deprived of the right to be tested!"

Lin Xingli's words instantly hushed the previously noisy crowd, making it so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Having said that, he no longer paid attention to the waiting mortals. He formed a hand seal with one hand, cast a Law Decree, and entered the building.

Less than ten breaths later, the protective restrictions were opened, and a cultivator at the Fifth Level of Qi Refining emerged.

This cultivator, smiling as he walked, greeted Lin Xingli:

"I didn't expect Brother Thirteen to be overseeing the Spirit Root Testing Ceremony here. Please rest inside for a moment, brother. I'll instruct the town mayor to prepare a banquet to welcome and cleanse the dust of travel for you."

Lin Xingli returned the smile and the greeting, and the two entered the restriction one after the other before disappearing, leaving behind a crowd of mortals anxiously waiting.

Inside the secret chamber, Lin Xingli sat opposite the other man, exchanging pleasantries.

Soon after, Lin Shan's subordinates delivered a lavish dinner. Lin Xingli and the other man sat opposite each other, eating and conversing, confirming that the Spirit Root Testing Ceremony would commence at the break of dawn.