Clan Cultivation: Starting with Plundering Demonic Beast Talents

Lin Qingyang remained relatively calm. With the support of his family, his path would be smoother; it was simply icing on the cake.

Even if his family is unwilling to support him, he is confident that he can build his foundation on his own, although the path will be slightly bumpy.

If the family's actions this time were unfair, then he might have to consider establishing another power after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, as such a power would not last long.

After all, it is the family's senior members who should be the ones maintaining order, and he believed that the Grand Elder should understand this principle.

With everyone present, and no fool among them, Lin Qinggui could understand what the deacons, who were nearly a hundred years old, could naturally understand as well.

The five members of the Qing generation exchanged glances. They all possessed mid-grade spiritual roots and were around thirty years old. They could more or less guess why they had been summoned, and their emotions were hard to calm down.

After all, who wouldn't want to become a Foundation Establishment cultivator?

The temptation of extending one's lifespan by two cycles of sixty years is irresistible to all cultivators. Unfortunately, the extremely high failure rate prevents cultivators with lower-grade spiritual roots from even considering it, and most choose to abandon the path of cultivation.

"Just now, Elder Zong Hong and Qing Yang... who will soon become deacons, raised the issue of the distribution of auxiliary medicines for Foundation Establishment Pills."

Lin Yaoyan slowly opened his mouth, glanced at everyone, and said, "I can tell you clearly that, for the sake of safety, the family has cultivated two copies of each of the auxiliary medicines for which the seeds were obtained. There are six kinds that will mature within thirty years."

Upon hearing this, the stewards in the late stage of Qi cultivation were alright, but those who were over sixty years old and whose Qi and blood were declining were extremely rare, with only one in a hundred succeeding.

It wasn't their turn, and they themselves didn't dare to try.

However, the eyes of the Qing generation members shone brightly. The Foundation Establishment Pill required one main ingredient, one second-grade spiritual water, and twelve auxiliary ingredients to be refined.

The most valuable ingredient is the main medicine, the spiritual fruit grown by the Five Elements Spirit Tree!

Hundreds of years ago, the Qin family of Cangshan County, who had a Purple Mansion under their control, were fortunate enough to obtain one of these spiritual trees, which enabled them to be self-sufficient and stably refine Foundation Establishment Pills.

Unfortunately, his family was wiped out because of their greed and violation of the rules of the Qingyuan Sect. This tree has since been transplanted into the Qingyuan Sect.

Looking across the four prefectures, only Lanshan Prefecture had a clansman who once joined a sect, advanced to the Golden Core Ancestor level, and left behind a Five Elements Fruit Tree for the family.

Although the Liu family currently has the Purple Mansion as its foundation, its accumulated resources are insufficient, and it lacks such rare and precious materials. It still has to rely on the Qingyuan Sect to earn merit points in order to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills to continue its lineage.

The Five Elements Spiritual Fruits are so precious that anyone who obtains them from the Qingyuan Sect will be granted a Foundation Establishment Pill and will even be protected for over thirty years to prevent others from coveting them.

This matter was personally supervised by cultivators from the Purple Mansion. Nearly a thousand years ago, after the direct relatives of several high-ranking cultivators died under the rules of the Law Enforcement Hall, no one dared to violate these rules again.

After its reputation spread, some rogue cultivators even managed to discover fourth-tier magic artifacts and handed them over to the Qingyuan Sect. This made the Golden Core Ancestor taste the sweetness of success, and he immediately took that person as his disciple, bestowing upon him spiritual items for Foundation Establishment and Purple Mansion cultivation, which aroused the envy of countless rogue cultivators.

Afterwards, each time he emerged from seclusion, this ancestor would transform into a low-level cultivator and hand over the Five Elements Spiritual Fruits he had collected to the Internal Affairs Hall.

No cultivator dared to gamble on the odds; if they made a move and encountered a Golden Core Ancestor, they would almost certainly die.

Because of this reputation, the Qingyuan Sect has seen a significant increase in its overall influence over the past few centuries, doubling its territory from the original two prefectures.

Lin Taiyan, the patriarch of the Lin family, discovered the cave dwelling of his predecessor in the wilderness, where there was a Five Elements Spirit Fruit.

Only after handing over the materials to the Qingyuan Sect could one exchange them for a Foundation Establishment Pill. Subsequently, with the aptitude of a mid-grade spiritual root, one successfully established their foundation and established their bloodline inheritance.

The second most valuable item is second-tier spiritual water, which is used to neutralize the domineering medicinal power of the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit. It is worth one thousand spirit stones per serving, but it is not rare. Every hundred years, even Foundation Establishment Pills are auctioned off in Feng Huo Shan, let alone this second-tier spiritual water.

The third most valuable item is various auxiliary medicines. While none of them are particularly rare, collecting them is extremely difficult, and only a Foundation Building family that has existed for nearly a thousand years can gather them all.

The Lin family was able to gather six kinds of auxiliary medicines over several hundred years because the Taiyan Ancestor discovered many seeds from his predecessor's cave.

This is actually more difficult to obtain than second-tier spiritual water.

This created opportunities for joint alchemy, and many independent cultivators who obtained the Five Elements Spirit Fruits became their partners.

If you collect all twelve auxiliary spiritual herbs, and are lucky, you might very well get a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Lin Yaoyan glanced at everyone and took out a stone seal.

It is said to be made from an unknown ore that the Taiyan Ancestor found in Qingchi Mountain. Its hardness is comparable to that of second-tier ore, and it can create unique marks.

It was then designated as the clan seal by the ancestor and became a token passed down through generations of family leaders.

This generation is naturally controlled by Lin Yaojiang, the only Foundation Establishment cultivator who saved the family from collapse.

Lin Yaoyan took out this item, and everyone bowed in respect, which represented the clan leader's will.

"After the last elders' meeting, the clan chief and I anticipated today's outcome, so we roughly discussed a set of rules."

Everyone held their breath and listened intently, not daring to miss a single word.

Lin Yaoyan paused for more than ten breaths before slowly speaking: "The Lin family does not belong to any one person, nor can it expect everyone to yield to him!"

He set the tone, which made Lin Zonghong's face very unpleasant. The expressions of the two Lin sisters also changed, after all, they had previously believed that the family would strongly support them.

But what she said next made them look much better.

"Foundation Establishment cultivators are the pillars of the family, capable of deterring petty villains in the surrounding area, and the family will treat them with preferential treatment."

"Firstly, this time, the family has two sets of foundation-building auxiliary medicines, six plants each, priced at 2000 merit points each, which can be transferred between each other."

"Qingyu and Qingping have cultivated the method passed down by the ancestor, so their chances of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage are 50% higher, which can be halved."

"For everyone else, the exchange will be at the original price."

"Secondly, when multiple people redeem at the same time, the priority is based on the individual's merit ranking, and merit transferred by others is not considered in this regard."

"In addition, one must cultivate to the ninth level of Qi Refining before one can exchange for it."

Do you have any objections?

Lin Yaoyan swept his gaze across the crowd, his sharp eyes causing some mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators to avoid meeting his gaze.

No objection.

The two Lin sisters were the first to speak up in support. They had already gained an advantage, and their cultivation was even higher than Lin Qingyang's inferior spiritual root.

Under such circumstances, if they still dare not agree, their lack of Dao heart will likely cause them to fail at the stage of spiritual consciousness when attempting to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

The two performed very efficiently, which made Lin Qingyang somewhat different. It seems that this genius who has been pampered since childhood is not overly arrogant or so delusional as to think that the whole family should give way to them.

After all, even with Foundation Establishment Pills, the probability of the two of them reaching Foundation Establishment is only 60% to 70%, and there is still a possibility of failure.

Lin Qingyang also expressed his support, saying that the new rule was quite fair and should have been based on the Qingyuan Sect's exchange rules.

Compared to his previous confidence of less than 10%, he now has a confidence of nearly 80%.

He did not believe that the Lin family's two daughters' personal achievements could surpass his own, and that the priority was definitely in his hands.

As for the fact that the two of them only needed 1000 fewer merit points to exchange for it, he could easily make up for that advantage.

Putting aside everything else, he still has the entire fortune of the four Black Wind Stronghold cultivators in his storage bag that he hasn't dealt with yet.

Two high-grade offensive magic weapons and one mid-grade defensive magic weapon. These items are extremely valuable to a cultivator who has just advanced to the late stage of Qi Refining. They can easily be exchanged for six or seven hundred merit points by the clan.

Secondly, compared to the Lin family's two daughters who do not engage in production, he is already a top-grade talisman maker.

The family's water python and jade spirit deer have also been successfully bred. It is estimated that drawing talismans every year will earn him hundreds of merits, and he can collect two thousand good deeds within ten years at most.

Even this time, he didn't intend to keep these good deeds.

The blood essence of the second-tier water ape in his family is very important to him. If he can seize its talent as soon as possible, he can advance to a high-grade spiritual root.

Needless to say, the cultivation speed will be faster, but most importantly, the success rate of Foundation Establishment will increase by another 10%!

If his essence blood were traded away by his family, he would probably have to spend decades to plunder the second-tier water ape talent again, a loss he could not accept.

Subsequently, Lin Qingyang used a portion of his life force to activate his [Rejuvenation] talent, and with the help of Lin Zongyu's spirit nurturing technique, he easily hatched the water python and the spirit deer cub.

After all, even the Frost-Silent Phoenix, which possesses the bloodline of a true spirit, can be healed by it. Healing a few demonic beasts whose upper limit is only the first-rank superior grade is just a piece of cake.

This time, the act of helping was not without reward. In front of everyone, Elder Lin Yaoyan bestowed three hundred merit points, and most people had no objections.

Everyone can see clearly that the ones who benefit the most from raising high-grade demonic beasts are the middle and lower-level cultivators.

The family's finances have improved, and the extra few spirit stones they receive each year are a real benefit.

As a result, the family members had more confidence in the future.

The establishment of these family rules today is, in fact, the foundation for the Lin family's future generations.

Of course, no one knows this at the moment, and perhaps only Lin Qingyang is present to witness this scene.

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