I established the Eternal Immortal Clan by taming beasts.

In the year 2620 of the Daqian calendar, there were still 28 years until the century-old beast tide.

Time flies, and eight years have passed in the blink of an eye.

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The morning mist at Broken Star Lake still rises on time every morning, the white mist flowing along the water's surface, rendering the outline of the island in the center of the lake like an ink painting.

As the sun rises higher, the fog will gradually dissipate, revealing the rippling blue lake surface and the ever-growing spirit tree on the island in the middle of the lake.

The spirit tree had grown taller, its branches and leaves flourishing. Its enormous canopy, like a giant umbrella, enveloped Lin Che's entire cultivation platform in a cool, green shade.

In summer, the wind blows from the lake, passing through layers of leaves, turning into a cool breeze that carries the fragrance of grass and trees on your face.

The spirit birds in the spirit beast garden have been replaced time and time again.

The newborn cubs, fluffy and toddling behind their mothers, made their first cries.

The alligator snapping turtle was still basking in the sun in the mud, its back covered with moss. Several small birds stood on its shell pecking at insects, but it was oblivious, snoring loudly.

The Cangming Jiao churned at the bottom of the lake, occasionally leaping out of the water and splashing water, its scales shimmering with a ghostly blue light in the sunlight.

The cubs of the golden lion beast chased and frolicked on the grass, rolling around in a ball and making a mess of their mother's carefully groomed fur.

Everything is the same, yet everything is different.

The Lin family has successively added three more Golden Core cultivators to its ranks.

The Burning Sky Sacred Sparrow, the little guy who had been with Lin Che since it hatched, has finally overcome that hurdle.

The Azure Profound Realm Spirit, that taciturn being, also completed its transformation deep within the Black Tooth Swamp.

There's also the old buddy, the Hellfire Tiger, who has served the Lin family since its inception.

With the addition of the Yaren Dragon Beast and its master Lin Che, the Lin family now possesses five Golden Core stage warriors.

Five statues.

This number might not seem like much in the context of the entire Burning Bone Pass region.

Those old families that have been passed down for hundreds of years probably have more than ten Golden Core cultivators on their fingers, and they also have Nascent Soul ancestors in charge.

However, in this Chuyang City, a small border town that has only been developed for a few decades, the presence of five Golden Core cultivators is absolutely unmatched.

In that same year, Xuanqi, Xuanjing, and Xuanfeng turned thirty.

Thirty years old.

In the eyes of ordinary people, they are already thirty years old, and it is time to start a family and establish a career, and to take charge of the household.

However, in a cultivator's life, thirty years old is just the beginning. A Foundation Establishment cultivator has a lifespan of two hundred years, and their life is still very long.

Despite their daily toil for their families, they have ample resources and the support of their natal spirit beasts, so their cultivation has not lagged behind.

Xuanqi and Xuanfeng have both entered the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Although Xuanqi's water spirit root is only of the superior grade, it has a solid foundation, allowing him to take every step steadily and surely.

After Xuanfeng's Undying Sword Soul Body awakened, his cultivation speed increased by leaps and bounds, and his comprehension of swordsmanship far surpassed that of ordinary people.

Xuan Jing, in particular, with his top-grade spiritual root, is now in the late Foundation Establishment stage.

His aura, imbued with the spirit of wind, was ethereal and dynamic, making him stand out like a crane among chickens in a crowd. Among the younger generation of Chuyang City, he was undoubtedly the number one.

Their four younger siblings are a year younger than them, but their cultivation has already reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Xuanqing remained secluded, spending her days surrounded by array patterns. Her residence was filled with array diagrams, jade slips, and various calculation tools, leaving no room for outsiders to even step inside.

However, her mastery of array formations far surpasses that of her peers, and even those of the previous generation. Even Qin Yulin was full of praise, saying that she was the most talented array formation master he had ever seen.

Xuan Yu remained hidden in the darkness.

No one knows exactly where he is, and no one knows exactly what he is doing.

But everyone knows that the tentacles of the Xuanwang have already extended into the Burning Bone Pass, and every move of Chuyang City is under his watchful eye.

Those enemies lurking in the shadows, those restless forces, those unknown secrets—all were captured one by one by his invisible net.

Xuan Dong works tirelessly for the Chamber of Commerce every day.

The Lin family has no shortage of cultivation resources, and he deserves half the credit for that.

The income brought in by the Chamber of Commerce each year accounts for more than half of the Lin family's total income.

He managed the Qingmu Chamber of Commerce very successfully, not only stabilizing the market in Chuyang City, but also extending his reach to Fengu Pass, and he already plans to establish a second Qingmu Chamber of Commerce in Fengu City.

Xuan Jing is in charge of managing the spirit herb garden and spirit herb valley in the Shattered Star Lake clan territory.

Inheriting her mother's meticulousness and patience, she managed the medicinal herb garden in an orderly manner, and the yield and quality of the medicinal herbs have improved significantly compared to before.

He only devotes himself to carving in his spare time, and that passion has never faded.

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Not only that, their offspring were also born and grew up one after another.

The third generation of the Lin family, the "Xin" generation, is now growing stronger.

Every year on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, several small figures appear in the ancestral hall, standing in front of the spiritual root testing stone, pressing their little hands on it with either nervousness or excitement.

That ancient spirit-testing stone has witnessed the starting point for generations of the Lin family.

The number of people with spiritual roots has reached twenty-two.

The oldest among them, Lin Xinyao, is already fourteen years old.

She inherited her father Lin Xuanjing's top-grade wind spirit root, and her cultivation speed is extremely fast. She has now reached the Qi Refining Perfection stage and is only one step away from Foundation Establishment.

Standing on the edge of the island in the middle of the lake, the wind blew through her skirt. She closed her eyes and felt the flow of the wind. At that moment, her figure almost overlapped with that of Lin Xuanjing from back then.

Especially in terms of personality, she is just as extroverted as her father, Lin Xuanjing.

Lin Xinyou, the youngest of the Xin generation, is already six years old. After his spiritual root was tested, it was found to be a high-grade water spiritual root, just like his uncle Lin Xuanqi.

The child was lively and active. At only six years old, he loved playing in the water, which worried his mother constantly. She had to shout at him several times before he would come out of the water.

In this way, they had completed the task that Lin Che had privately assigned to them.

Each of the four had at least seven children, totaling twenty-eight.

Of these, twenty-two possessed spiritual roots, while only six children did not.

By this calculation, the Lin family's fortunes are already quite good.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Lin Xuanqi and the other three all possess spiritual roots, and their wives and concubines also have spiritual roots.

While spiritual roots are not absolutely hereditary, if both parents have spiritual roots, the probability of their child having spiritual roots is indeed much higher.

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Lin Family's Broken Star Lake Clan Meeting Room.

Morning light streamed in through the carved windows, spreading out patches of dappled light on the floor.

The long, narrow rosewood conference table was polished to a shine, reflecting people's images.

On the table were several plates of exquisite pastries and several cups of freshly brewed spiritual tea, the aroma of which mingled with the lake breeze and mist drifting in from outside the window.

"What? Father, you've reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm?"

As soon as Lin Che finished speaking, the two of them froze.