Clan Immortal Cultivation: I Can See Hints

"Ladies and gentlemen, these are the methods to control each of your Array Plates, please destroy them right before my eyes after you have read them!" Xiao Chen pointed at the Jade Slips and spoke.

The other cultivators also placed the Jade Slips on their foreheads, etching the knowledge of the formations into their hearts.

Afterward, they each used their methods to destroy the Jade Slips, turning them into jade dust.

"I look forward to the day when we all meet again as hermits!" Xiao Chen added some encouraging words, making everyone look forward with anticipation.

The title of a hermit was something every Foundation Establishment cultivator looked forward to.

In fact, most cultivators had already thought of what hermit title to assume as soon as they reached Foundation Establishment.

With Xiao Chen's words, the small Foundation Establishment meeting finally came to an end.

Xiao Chen even invited everyone to participate in the Foundation Establishment Exchange Meeting that was to be held a day later, which was far grander and intended for treasure exchange among all cultivators.

At that trade meeting, the chances of obtaining good items were also greater.

However, he was not the host.

After a period of consideration, everyone agreed to convene once again at the small Foundation Establishment meeting.

After exchanging pleasantries, each person took their leave from Xiao Chen one after another.

Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi also returned to Laiyue Tower.

At the moment, both were ecstatic, but at the same time, they had their concerns; the Taiqing Purple Jade Fruit was extremely important for the Lin Family.

With the method to refine the Purple Mansion Jade Liquid, the creation of one batch of the liquid was guaranteed, as long as they had the Taiqing Purple Jade Fruit.

And for Lin Xianzhi to break through to Purple Mansion, he just needed to find a life-extending elixir.

Of course, for Lin Shiming, the allure of the entire Taiqing Purple Jade Tree was even greater.

Though the Taiqing Purple Jade Tree matured only once every five hundred years, if they could secure the tree for the Lin Family, it meant that in the future, the Lin Family could produce more Purple Mansion cultivators.

To survive in the Outer Sea and expand from Shuangmu Island, they needed not just one, but several Purple Mansion cultivators.

Keep in mind that his Purple Wood Heart Sutra could accelerate the cultivation of Spirit Plants, and should he successfully reach the Purple Mansion stage and awaken his Spiritual Body, perhaps the cultivation speed might become even more rapid.

A five-hundred-year maturity might only need one to two hundred years!

Both of them were extremely fervent in their hearts, but alongside that fervor was also some worry.

Even with the Great Five Elements Demon Slaying Formation at their disposal, a Foundation Establishment cultivator challenging a Purple Mansion is a step that, if miss-stepped could lead to complete loss.

They were not naively thinking that they could easily slay a Purple Mansion Great Demon just relying on the formation.

Especially when considering that the Lady Purple, being the last one to join, seemed to be in great coordination with Xiao Chen.

"Uncle Lin, Xiao Chen and Lady Purple?"

"They most likely have already formed a deep alliance!" Lin Xianzhi also nodded his head.

If he could sense it, Lin Shiming naturally could too.

Their coordination during the event and the fact that the Great Five Elements Demon Slaying Formation, which not many other cultivators could produce, could potentially be provided by the Purple Family, a Purple Mansion lineage adept at Qi Cultivation, was natural.

"Shiming, pay some attention to the upcoming trade and auction meetings, and look for a few more defensive magic artifacts!" Lin Xianzhi, after a moment of silence, decided to speak up.

The oath to the Heavenly Dao had already been sworn; there was no turning back now. Moreover, the Taiqing Purple Jade Fruit and Zi Xuan Precious Jade were both objectives of the Lin Family's trip, and having gained news of them counted as a piece of good news.

Now was not the time to hesitate!

Of course, the vigilance required now needed to be doubled.

Lin Shiming nodded in agreement.

Lin Xianzhi and Lin Shiming parted ways, each returning to their rooms.

Lin Shiming returned to his own room and began organizing the treasures he had acquired. At the trade meeting, without good treasures, even possessing treasures would end in vain.

One couldn't simply exchange for items with Spirit Stones at the trade meeting, especially now that many cultivators were preparing to enter the Secret Realm.

The need for Spirit Stones was even less, and even Superior Grade Spirit Stones now had slightly less purchasing power.

Lin Shiming first checked the magic artifacts on him. Nowadays, his magic sword was the Supreme Grade Third Rank magic sword, the Zilai Sword and the Laiyun Sword. The former was a reward given by the Zi Xuan Hermit, and the latter was obtained by snatching it from Lu Changming of the Lu Family.

These could be considered his greatest magic artifacts of this journey, particularly when paired with the Grass Sword Art and his own Sword Intent of Grass.

It was, in fact, his most powerful move.

Beyond that, he had the Rolling Divine Plate and the Purple Gold Gourd, both Supreme Grade magic artifacts. He was also very adept at using these two artifacts, which could cause significant trouble for an enemy at critical moments.

On the other hand, he only had one Supreme Grade Spirit Shield, the Star Wood Shield, which his family had bought for him when he first participated in the Enlightenment through Dao Contest.

Although the Star Wood Shield was a wood attribute Spirit Shield, its power was only average among Supreme Grade defensive magic artifacts.

However, thankfully, his Body Refining Cultivation was also at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.

Aside from these, there were nine sets of the Purple Wood Profound Heavenly Sword Formation, comprising eighty-one Superior Grade Formation Swords. By now, he could control the Purple Wood Profound Heavenly Sword Formation to near completion, and activating it with three Spirit Platforms did not put too much pressure on him.

If this Purple Wood Profound Heavenly Sword Formation were to trap a cultivator, even those at the peak of Foundation Establishment would be hard-pressed.

After all, it was with this complete Purple Wood Profound Heavenly Sword Formation that he rescued Lin Xianzhi from Old Devil Chen.

There were indeed many Superior Grade magic artifacts, such as the Shocking God Drum, Silken Threads of the Heavenly Silkworm, the Heavenly Demon Bag, the Monster Binding Ring, the Crimson Flame Rod, and Profound Spirit Mountain.

However, these artifacts were only somewhat effective against cultivators in the late stages of Foundation Establishment. Against peak Foundation Establishment cultivators, they could hardly play anything more than a supporting role.

Among the plant seeds, he now had the Green Snake Vine, the Purple Gold Vine, and the Poisonous Dragon Vine, with the latter being the most formidable—a Superior Grade Third Rank Poisonous Dragon Vine.

However, he wouldn't possibly exchange these magic artifacts.

Only then did he turn his attention to the carcass of the highly poisonous Horned Python in his Cave Heaven World.

The Horned Python possessed an inner core. Although it was only a Third Rank Demonic Beast, it did contain a trace of the dragon's essence, and its value was certainly substantial. Besides, the horn of the highly poisonous Horned Python was also a Supreme Grade material for Artifact Refining.

Additionally, there was the carcass of the Sea Cloud King Bird in its later Third Rank stage. The body of such a late-stage Third Rank Demonic Beast was also extremely valuable, especially the feathers of the Sea Cloud King Bird, which could greatly enhance speed if used to refine a wind attribute cloak magic artifact.

If the Lin Family had a Supreme Grade Third Rank Artifact Refiner, he would naturally ask the family's refiners to use these to create Supreme Grade magic artifacts.

As it stood, they could only be used for trading treasures

to increase the odds of success for this trip.

Lin Shiming checked his Storage Bag once more and found it only contained some Green Shell Crabs and materials from the Third Rank Sea Cloud Bird, but the items he could exchange for now were much fewer.

The venue for the trading assembly was the same as the big auction field in the original Qingxuan City, only now it was a trading assembly without the concept of an auction.

Each cultivator would step forward to present their trade items, and then interested cultivators could communicate with Divine Sense.

However, cultivators entering the trading assembly needed to pay a thousand Spirit Stones, and for every completed trade, another hundred Spirit Stones had to be paid.

This fee made Lin Shiming shake his head.

The Qingxuan Sect's approach ensured they made several hundred thousand Spirit Stones just by holding a trading assembly.

In contrast, the Lin Family went through great risks and fears to earn their Spirit Stones, which amounted to nothing more than a fraction of this haul.

When Lin Xianzhi and Lin Shiming arrived, many people were already there, and the hall was filled with no fewer than three hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Most of them were in the middle or late stages of Foundation Establishment, while early-stage and peak-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators were as scarce.

This trading assembly could actually be seen as a microcosm of those participating in the Secret Realm expedition, and Lin Shiming took this opportunity to look around.

Yet hardly anyone spoke, which meant little information could be gleaned from conversations.

One could only judge from their seating positions, with those sitting in front almost always being well-known peak Foundation Establishment cultivators, while those at the back were middle-stage cultivators like him.

In the hall, he also saw many familiar faces: cultivators from the Qian Family in Yunzhou, from the Ye Family in Qingzhou, from the Zi Family in Qingzhou, and his senior, Xie An, was there as well.

After exchanging greetings, the two found seats in the back and sat down!

Like the other cultivators, as soon as they were seated, they closed their eyes and rested, waiting for the trading assembly to begin. Discover hidden content at empire