Clan Cultivation: Starting with Plundering Demonic Beast Talents

In a rather spacious alchemy room, he met Liu Yuxuan.

At the very center was a restrictive formation, inside which was a jade cauldron with four legs, and below that were clusters of flames.

Although the array blurred his vision, Lin Qingyang could still see clearly that the flames were controlled by the array as Liu Yuxuan made hand seals, and the size of the flames changed accordingly.

In an instant, he understood—it was subterranean fire!

This item is also a precious method developed by the predecessors in the cultivation world. It draws in underground lava and uses arrays to control it, thus saving cultivators a large portion of their mana consumption when refining pills or crafting weapons.

"Fellow Daoist Qingyang's sudden arrival was a great relief. I was still refining pills and was unable to attend to everyone. I apologize for not being able to greet you properly."

Liu Yuxuan's voice rang out from the alchemy furnace.

"Pavilion Master Liu is overthinking it."

Lin Qingyang cupped his hands in greeting and then found a place to sit down. He noticed another female cultivator there, who had unusually short hair, wore spirit armor, and exuded a murderous aura. She would occasionally glance at Liu Yuxuan, who was refining pills.

In the world of cultivation, there have been cases of alchemists tampering with pills.

Therefore, for those seeking elixirs, some precious elixirs require personal supervision or the arrangement of relatives to observe.

Of course, in order to prevent the leakage of their knowledge and skills, alchemists would also set up a layer of array to obscure the view, so that onlookers could only see the general process and ensure the safety of the pills.

"For Liu Yuxuan to be able to use earth fire, and for someone to watch the whole process, it must be a second-tier spirit pill."

Lin Qingyang seemed to be deep in thought.

At this moment, Liu Yuxuan also entered the final stage of collecting the core, and the female cultivator wearing spirit armor felt relieved and turned her gaze to Lin Qingyang.

She was quite surprised because, having collaborated with Liu Yuxuan many times, she knew very well that this newly promoted second-tier alchemist only received guests once every few days, and especially when refining pills, few people were allowed to enter.

Therefore, she was very curious about this person's identity. "My name is Luo Yunhui. May I ask your surname?"

"My surname is Lin."

Lin Qingyang bowed respectfully, showing great courtesy. Since Luo Yunhui was able to stand in for the Foundation Establishment cultivator behind her and observe the refining of the second-tier spirit pill, she must have a very close relationship with the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The two then chatted briefly for a while.

As expected, this woman was a newly promoted Foundation Establishment Daoist partner.

However, Luo Yunhui was quite surprised by Lin Qingyang's identity, "Fellow Daoist Lin is actually that Talisman Dao Spirit Body from Nanhefang!"

As the largest market town within tens of millions of miles and the gateway to the wilderness, Feng Huo Shan sees hundreds of cultivators entering and exiting every day, naturally bringing with them "high-quality" Rejuvenation Talismans.

These talismans can quickly help body cultivators recover from injuries, saving countless teams. Therefore, they are quite famous among the low-level cultivators of Feng Huo Shan.

Luo Yunhui's husband is the leader of a second-tier demon-hunting team, which includes several members who are at the ninth level of Qi Refining and are also skilled in body cultivation. They also have a considerable need for Rejuvenation Talismans.

As she was thinking, a fragrant aroma of pills wafted through the air, and Liu Yuxuan slowly emerged from the formation. "Sister Luo, Fellow Daoist Zhu's Profound Origin Pills have been refined, six pills in one bottle."

Lin Qingyang's expression shifted slightly. This Xuan Yuan Pill was a second-grade low-level pill, similar to the Gu Yuan Pill he was currently taking, which helped cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage improve their cultivation.

However, the former is what helps cultivators in the early stages of Foundation Establishment to refine and improve their cultivation.

In just six months, from Linglong Pill to Xuanyuan Pill, Liu Yuxuan has made significant progress on the path of alchemy.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, I was wondering how you were able to produce ten exquisite Rejuvenation Talismans when your exchange association was first established. It turns out you know Talisman Master Lin."

This wasn't Luo Yunhui's first time coming to collect pills. After confirming that the pills were safe within a few breaths, she turned her attention to Lin Qingyang, hoping to exchange them for the Rejuvenation Talisman.

Liu Yuxuan was well aware of her thoughts and was willing to give her face, so she took the initiative to make the connection, looking at Lin Qingyang, "Fellow Daoist Luo and his partner recently hunted down a group of Thunder Feather Sparrows and obtained a lot of essence blood. I wonder if you need it?"

Lin Qingyang's expression shifted slightly, and he immediately showed interest.

His original intention was naturally to obtain the essence and blood of a water-type demon beast and plunder its talent to improve his spiritual root.

After several months, he had come to understand the situation in Fenghou Mountain. The types of first-tier water-type monsters in the outer wilderness were basically the same as those in Nanhefang.

If one wants to find new water-attribute demonic blood essence, one must enter the inner layer of the wilderness. Only a Foundation Establishment cultivator leading a team has the strength to do this, and he naturally does not have such a channel.

The Thunderbird is a high-grade, first-tier demonic beast.

Because it is a flying demon beast, it is very difficult for a first-tier demon hunting team to hunt it down, and its essence blood is considered a decent first-tier spiritual item.

The power of lightning-based magic was something he greatly coveted.

"Five Rejuvenation Talismans can be exchanged for the life essence of at least five Thunder Feathered Sparrows."

Lin Qingyang considered the time required for brewing a cup of tea and proposed a market price.

Luo Yunhui was not entirely satisfied with the amount of the exchange, and took out five spiritual items from her storage bag.

"Through years of demon hunting, I've accumulated quite a few spiritual items. Lin, please feel free to choose; could you allow me to exchange for a few more?"

Her husband had just reached the Foundation Establishment stage, and the couple's savings were almost depleted. They had also borrowed a lot of spirit stones from the demon-hunting team. This time, hunting Thunder Feather Sparrows in the outer layer only paid off half of the debt.

Therefore, for their next demon hunt, they would have to enter the inner layer of the wilderness and attempt to hunt second-tier demon beasts in order to repay their debts and maintain their cultivation.

If they could obtain the Rejuvenation Talisman from this Spirit Body, several cultivators who also practiced body cultivation could join forces with the formation to restrain an additional second-tier demon beast, making it much safer to hunt demons in the inner layers of the Wilderness.

"Let me take a look first."

Lin Qingyang looked at the five spiritual items and found two that he particularly liked.

One of the items was a set of ten mid-grade spirit stones, two of which were water-attribute, which Lin Qingyang was very pleased with. The exchange ratio between them and low-grade spirit stones was usually one to one hundred.

However, it usually results in a slight excess of about twenty spirit stones, and mid-grade spirit stones are generally only obtainable stably by Foundation Establishment cultivators.

It can help cultivators quickly recover their mana during combat.

It can also crush mid-grade spirit stones when breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, temporarily increasing the concentration of spiritual energy in the surrounding area and aiding in the liquefaction process of the body's mana.

The other item was a second-tier talisman brush, about several inches long, with a second-tier wolf hair tip and a body made of second-tier mid-grade spirit wood.

Under normal circumstances, this talisman pen would cost at least 1,500 spirit stones.

However, the fact that Luo Yunhui brought it out suggests that there must be some issues with it.

It seems to have been discovered in some cultivator's cave. After a hundred years of erosion, the spiritual patterns on this talisman brush show signs of falling off. It can only draw a maximum of twenty talismans before spontaneously collapsing.

"Two mid-grade spirit stones, one talisman brush, and five additional Rejuvenation Talismans. Come to my cave in half a month to collect them."

Lin Qingyang gave his offer, and Luo Yunhui agreed after a moment's thought.

With Liu Yuxuan as witness, the two parties entered into a spiritual pact.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, I've treated you quite well, haven't I? I introduced you to a business deal as soon as you arrived."

Liu Yuxuan took a small sip of tea.

"I will not forget Fellow Daoist Liu's contribution. In the next half month, I will draw fifteen talismans, and the remaining ten will be given to Fellow Daoist Liu to exchange for spirit pills."

Lin Qingyang formed a second spirit contract and received five bottles of Qi-stabilizing pills, securing his supply of pills for the next five months.

After Liu Yuxuan obtained Lin Qingyang's ten Rejuvenation Talismans, the exchange event held every three months was able to attract more independent cultivators who also practiced body cultivation.

Because dozens of Rejuvenation Talismans were released in a month, several times more than before, many independent cultivators found out that the Talisman Dao Spirit Body from Nanhefang had arrived at Fenghuo Mountain.

In order to gain fame, the Lin family took the initiative to promote themselves. As a result, in the following months, many independent cultivators took the initiative to visit them with gifts, hoping to exchange for the Rejuvenation Talisman directly from Lin Qingyang.

Lin Qingyang did not refuse these people, but set a time to meet with them once every three months. He would not release any spirit talismans unless they contained special spiritual items, so as not to affect the business of his family and Liu Yuxuan.

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