Clan Cultivation: Starting with Plundering Demonic Beast Talents

Then, a hundred breaths later, Lin Qingyang's conjecture was confirmed.

They arrived at the gate of a palace.

A stone tablet, roughly several tens of feet tall, stands here.

It continuously releases spiritual energy, which collides and annihilates with the magic array.

"Are we safe now?"

There was a senior cultivator in the Lin family, who was only twenty years old. This was his first life-or-death battle.

If it weren't for the several elders who risked their lives to help each other, they would have perished long ago.

At this moment, having suddenly escaped danger, Lin Changxian lost control of his emotions and began to wail like a child.

No one here laughed at him.

Besides Lin Qingyang and his group of seven, there were also dozens of other cultivators here.

Most of them were dressed in mountain and river robes, clearly members of the Qingyuan Sect.

Their condition was also very poor; they were all listless.

Beside him followed several intelligent-looking blue foxes, whose cultivation level was only at the first rank.

At this moment, however, they were being fed second-tier spiritual fruits by cultivators as a reward.

Lin Qingyang guessed that these people must have gotten to this place because of this monster.

This made him marvel at the profound heritage of the company.

As for the remaining few, they were probably rogue cultivators who seemed to have arrived here by sheer luck. They were not much better off than Lin Changxian, and most of them were weeping in pain.

The Lin family sat down cross-legged to rest.

Lin Qingyang, however, was drawn to the stone tablet.

At this moment, more than ten people from the Qingyuan Sect were also staring at the stone tablet, pondering its contents.

The stone tablet is inscribed with tens of thousands of characters.

Every single character was different from the Chu script, and they couldn't recognize them at all.

The outer formation of the Youhuan Mountain Secret Realm can suppress the third-tier high-grade Seven Star Spirit Sealing Formation.

No one underestimates this place; if one can glean even a little insight from it, one might obtain a tremendous opportunity.

This is what all cultivators aspire to.

Lin Qingyang couldn't figure it out either, but the jade talisman could.

[The Ling Shu Stele (partial)]

[Inheritance: The Dao Theory of Fusion of Third-Order Rune Arrays]

[Select the optimal deduction method for the host]

[With the inheritance of Yin Thunder Talisman, the fusion inheritance of third-tier talisman arrays, the talent of Kan Water Crystallization, and 100 Daoist Rhymes, a third-tier low-grade Kui Water Yin Thunder Talisman Array can be deduced.]

"It's actually the inheritance of rune array fusion."

A look of surprise appeared in Lin Qingyang's eyes. He had paid a heavy price for coming to Youhuan Mountain this time.

His only gain was the Clear Mind Eye, but it was far from enough to make up for his losses.

However, this stone tablet brought him a pleasant surprise.

Back in Nanhefang, during the battle between the four clans, Yuanhe, with his late-stage Qi Refining cultivation, unleashed a second-tier, high-grade Thunderfire Annihilation Array.

It greatly shocked him.

"Daoyun, add more!"

Without hesitation, Lin Qingyang decisively used the jade talisman's ability to deduce all laws.

The ten cyan Daoist auras on the jade talisman vanished instantly.

It was also thanks to him plundering two drops of the Dark Ape's essence blood that his Daoist essence might not have been sufficient.

Immediately, the character "万" (wan) on the stone tablet appeared in my mind.

Based on the handwriting, it shows that he made countless attempts.

Finally, the peculiar array pattern was drawn.

However, these patterns were not engraved on the battle flags, but drawn on the talismans!

The carrier of this is the Yin Thunder Talisman.

The foundation is formed by using the Yin Thunder of the Four Directions, and the Dao is derived by drawing water symbols from the Eight Directions, thus creating the Sunflower Water Yin Thunder.

This time, the insights I gained far exceeded those of the past.

After a full hundred breaths, he slowly opened his eyes, his excitement barely concealed.

The Dao of Talismans and Arrays, it is unknown whether it was created by that senior Ling Shuzi.

What extraordinary talent! To be able to fuse two paths!

Based on talismans, an array can be formed with a single thought, drawing upon the power of heaven and earth, allowing one to fight beyond their level.

Normally, four Yin Thunder Talismans and eight second-tier Water Talismans would be enough to form the Sunflower Water Yin Thunder Array.

Because it involves drawing upon the power of heaven and earth, the Yin Thunder and Water Talismans only serve as a guide.

Therefore, such a set of talisman arrays can unleash five attacks of Kui Water Yin Thunder.

This is equivalent to five low-grade third-tier spirit talismans!

Normally, twelve second-tier talismans can only barely compare to one third-tier talisman.

It is easy to imagine how powerful this method is.

"However, my magic power is currently insufficient, not to mention the lack of second-tier water talismans."

"Even if I were to gather them all, twelve second-tier talismans would still be beyond the control of a Qi Refining cultivator like myself."

Lin Qingyang was well aware of this, and Yu Fu was even more aware.

Therefore, in the deduction of all laws, there is a low-end version.

Four Yin Thunder Talismans, combined with eight Tier 1 Water Arrow Talismans, can condense a Tier 2 superior Sunflower Water Yin Thunder Arrow Array.

He gained twice the magical power by using his talent for crystallizing water.

It can barely be released five times, which is equivalent to five second-tier high-grade spirit talismans.

Normally, four Yin Thunder Talismans are equivalent to two second-tier high-grade spirit talismans.

This method will surpass the Ice Soul Pig King and become his greatest trump card!

Putting everything else aside, if he were to master this technique this time, he alone would be able to kill two second-tier demonic beasts.

Lin Qingyang was quite excited.

He didn't even need to worry that this method would attract the covetousness of the Qingyuan Sect.

He had already found out the details from Yuanhe.

The Qingyuan Sect has been comprehending the Ling Shu for over a thousand years, and several people have achieved Foundation Establishment and Battle for the Purple Mansion.

Not to mention that a thousand years ago there were ruthless individuals who could fight against Golden Core cultivators in the Purple Mansion.

He is far inferior to his predecessors; compared to the insights they left behind, his is nothing.

Just as they were about to delve deeper into the study, suddenly, the entire secret realm began to shake.

He quickly got up, only to find...

The demonic mist that was just now clashing with the spirit array of the stone tablet.

This will rapidly shrink, attempting to retreat back into the secret realm.

But it was too late!

"Clang!"

A loud bang.

Twelve sword energies slashed out in all directions.

The magic array was almost completely annihilated in an instant, and the rest was completely destroyed by the stone tablet spirit array.

"The surrounding monsters have all been killed. You are lucky to have entered this place."

The twelve sword lights fell, transforming into Wang Wenjing, who was dressed in a long robe.

The fact that this cultivator at the ninth level of the Purple Mansion realm could appear here clearly indicates that the demonic beasts outside have retreated.

They won!

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Wenjing glanced at the stone tablet, not paying much attention.

He then looked at the palace, his brows furrowed, a deep sense of apprehension on his face.

He raised his hand and tossed out twenty dark purple scrolls of paper. "You shall swear a blood oath here that what you see here shall not be told to anyone else."

Lin Qingyang took the scroll in front of him. It turned out to be a spirit contract that was one level higher than the Netherworld Contract.

He signed it immediately; the level of this secret realm couldn't be low.

In other words, Qingyuan Sect has been passed down for thousands of years and is a prestigious sect.

If they switched sects, they wouldn't waste their spirit contracts; they'd most likely just kill them outright.

After everyone signed the spiritual contract, they were released without any problems.

They were somewhat dazed as they left the secret realm.

Because the original Youhuan Mountain has long since disappeared.

The towering mountain was razed to the ground, leaving behind countless deep pits.

The cultivators established a base using their flying boat as a base.

They met Ding Yingbing and Zhu Boyuan here.

Both of them were lucky and survived.

The latter is a bit of a pity. One of his arms was swallowed by a demon beast, which basically severed his path to enlightenment. He can only stay at the early stage of Foundation Establishment for the rest of his life.

However, Zhu Boyuan was very happy, holding his Daoist partner tightly, saying, "It's good enough that we're alive."

"After this battle, I am determined to take Yunhui back to the State of Chu and leave Fenghuo Mountain."

This battle has completely extinguished his spirit and morale.

Of the twenty demon-hunting team he led, only one survived, excluding himself and his Daoist partner.

"With the merits you've achieved, acquiring a spiritual vein shouldn't be a problem."

Ding Yingbing offered a suggestion: "Alternatively, you could join the Qingyuan Sect, but you can only be a guest elder."

"Fellow Daoist Luo, you are indeed a suitable disciple. With your support, you may well be able to establish your foundation."

The idea she gave them really appealed to them.

Both of them are at the Foundation Establishment stage, so they can stay together for at least another hundred years.

Then, from the three of them, Lin Qingyang learned the preliminary battle damage statistics.

In this battle, more than half of the Qi Refining cultivators were killed or wounded, and nearly three hundred cultivators lost their lives here forever.

There were sixty Foundation Establishment cultivators when they set off.

At this moment, less than half remains.

The loose cultivators who had reached the Foundation Establishment stage were most deeply corrupted by the demonic cultivators. Of the forty loose cultivators, only a dozen or so remained after the great battle.

Among the powerful families, the Liu family suffered the most.

Because they were targeted by demonic cultivators, all three Foundation Establishment cultivators who participated in the battle perished.

Two of them were trained by the Liu family, and one was a disciple surnamed Liu who had joined the sect.

Needless to say, among the Qi Refining cultivators, only three out of the fifty cultivators surnamed Liu survived.

Ancestor Liu Eryuan was furious about this and personally chased Lu Yufeng for a hundred miles, forcibly knocking down the rank of his third-tier Blood Dragon Puppet.

The situation of the Lin family is not optimistic either.

Lin Qingyu and Lin Qingping suffered only meridian damage because they were taken care of by Elders Yue Bai and Lin Qingping.

With the elixirs bestowed by the Qingyuan Sect after the battle, the journey will at most be delayed by a year.

This is already considered good.

Lin Zongyue lost an arm, and because the scene was too chaotic, it was impossible to get the arm back.

At this moment, his combat strength has dropped to that of a Qi Refining Level 8 cultivator.

Lin Zongbo was in even worse shape; 70% of his internal organs were shattered, and his hair turned gray.

The Lin family and their group were also assigned post-war tasks.

"No, I'm afraid I can't be of any help in treating the wounded."

He tried to get up, but felt dizzy and lightheaded.

The cultivator in charge of assigning tasks, seeing him like this, immediately said, "In that case, fellow Daoist, you should rest well."

He turned and left with Lin Qingyang and the other six.

He spoke from a distance, "That Fellow Daoist Lin seems to have recovered most of his injuries, but in reality, his mental strength has been completely exhausted."

"It's probably going to happen in the next few months. If you can, go home as soon as possible."

After he finished speaking, he left directly.

The six members of the Lin family remained silent.

Lin Zongyue coughed and then reassured her, "There's no need to be sad. Zongbai and I had expected this day."

"In this battle, more than a dozen cultivators from our family perished, most of whom were devoured by demonic beasts. I'm afraid we can only erect a cenotaph for them."

"It's already a great blessing that the two of us were able to return to Qingchi Mountain."

As he spoke, he looked at the five people in front of him with a complicated expression, "The Zong generation has basically exhausted its potential. Next, it's up to you two, the Qing and Chang generations."

……

The day after the Battle of Youhuan Mountain ended, the airship returned to Huifeng Volcano.

The Purple Mansion cultivator Luo Sujin personally welcomed everyone back.

Along the main road, white banners hang for a month.

In the center of the city, an altar was set up to mourn the cultivators who died at the hands of demonic beasts.

Wind and Fire Mountain Fortress, Secret Chamber.

The three men of the Purple Palace sat on either side, with the chief seat occupied by an elderly man in a red robe.

This person was none other than the Golden Core Ancestor of the Qingyuan Sect, Daoist Chiyan.

After listening to everyone's report, his face turned grim. "The Wind and Fire Mountain Fortress Formation is already a fourth-order formation."

"A demonic cultivator who can evade detection is at least in the late Golden Core stage, or even possibly a descendant of a Nascent Soul demon."

It took about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

He sighed, then got up and left, leaving behind the words, "I will inform the other three clans of Chu to come."

"After we have explored the secret realm, we will decide whether to seek help from Zhongchizhou."

……

Meanwhile, in the innermost layer of the wilderness.

It extends more than 500 miles into the water palace.

The human-faced dragon transformed into human form and sat opposite Lu Yufeng.

"Your Blood Dragon Puppet dropped in rank while covering the retreat. I will hunt another third-tier dragon beast to make up for it."

The human-faced dragon opened its vertical pupils and looked at the junior brother in front of it. "You've obtained the cultivation technique. I only have one question: is the master still alive?"

He was unusually apprehensive.

Few people know that he was originally just an ordinary snake demon.

He was able to grow to where he is today because a great cultivator used bloodline supernatural powers to transplant the bloodline of the human-faced dragon.

"Of course, it's not only still alive, but it's right under our feet."

Lu Yufeng pointed to the ground and then said, "Our common goal is to revive our master. I do it for revenge, and you do it to repay a debt of gratitude."

"Once I reach the Purple Mansion level, I will be able to find the location."

"But we alone are not enough to deal with the four powerful clans of Chu."

The human-faced dragon breathed heavily, "I will go and discuss with the barbarian demon race about using the territory of the Chu Kingdom as leverage."

"That shouldn't be enough."

Lu Yufeng shook his head. "I will try to contact the Hall of Longevity."

The human-faced dragon's vertical pupils flickered slightly, filled with apprehension. He nodded, "If they are willing to take action, you can reveal some information."

"Perhaps our master is sealed away with the ancient demon right now."