Clan Cultivation: Starting with Plundering Demonic Beast Talents

After returning from Lin Zongyue's place, Lin Qingyang continued his arduous cultivation.

Several days later, in the cave.

A golden light flashed.

Lin Qingyang shifted his gaze from the lifeless blue-clawed crab to the jade talisman.

[Talent: Water Pliers Basics (5/100)]

[Water Clamping Charm: Proficient (13/200)]

In an instant, the light and shadow before my eyes changed.

He felt as if his hands had become incredibly strong; with a slight exertion, two enormous pincers suddenly snapped shut.

It was as if he had transformed into a blue-clawed crab, shattering mountains and splitting rocks in the wilderness, fighting against all kinds of monsters for survival.

In reality, only a moment passed before he slowly opened his eyes. His understanding of the Water Clamping Technique surfaced in his mind. "With the Water Clamping Talisman at a proficient level, I estimate the success rate of creating a successful talisman will reach 30%."

"Previously, I chose to draw concealment talismans in order to earn spirit stones, but from now on, I will shift my focus to water clamping talismans."

"Strive to reach the mastery level as soon as possible. At that point, with a success rate exceeding 50%, I can earn at least five more spirit stones per month, which adds up to sixty spirit stones per year!"

He quickly realized that as for the excessive fluctuations in spiritual energy caused by the [Water Clamping] talent, he could only find another opportunity to verify its power.

Then he looked at the jade talisman.

[Water Spirit Root: 11→12]

He tried circulating his cultivation technique, and the surrounding spiritual energy slowly flowed towards him. Within his meridians, the speed of his magical power circulation seemed to have increased slightly.

"The improvement effect is not significant; the transformation is estimated to occur around 8 PM."

Lin Qingyang wasn't disappointed, since he was currently focusing his energy on improving his talisman-making skills.

A few days later, at the Imperial Household Department.

Supervisor Lin Zongxun looked at the five cyan talismans in front of him with some surprise. The giant pincer runes and spiritual energy fluctuations printed on them made him feel like he was in a dream.

"Qingyang, I remember you bought a gift from me just three days ago and went to Elder Zongyue's place, right?"

He sounded somewhat dazed, because he could see the resources that the various clansmen in his family had recently exchanged.

He knew that Lin Qingyang had just exchanged fifteen mid-grade talisman papers in the past few days, and now, in just a few days, he had sent over five Qingqian talismans!

"Yes."

Lin Qingyang nodded, counted the fifteen spirit stones, and was somewhat pleased.

As he predicted, the price of a Water Clamping Talisman is nearly three times that of a Concealing Breath Talisman. As his proficiency improves, he will earn spirit stones faster and faster.

"Uncle Fifteen, could you please exchange all of them for mid-grade talisman paper and spirit ink?"

He has now also plundered the talents of the Blue Claw Crab and the Blue Fish. The remaining demonic beasts raised by the family are either of mismatched attributes or extremely expensive. For example, the first-grade mid-level Qinghe Clam contains a pearl that can be used to assist in alchemy, and one costs dozens of spirit stones.

How many spirit stones would it take to plunder their talent?

Of course, he also has a new target: the red-tailed spirit fish he discovered a few months ago. It is said that it has begun to be bred and mass-produced, and it is estimated that it will soon be available in the Internal Affairs Hall. This kind of spirit food ingredient is much more affordable than river clams.

Moreover, he was still very envious of that water escape technique. According to his plan, the acquisition of monster resources on Qingchi Mountain was still limited.

Once he has refined another mid-grade talisman, he will prepare to descend the mountain.

At that time, mastering a water escape technique will significantly enhance one's ability to survive.

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Someone has successfully crafted a mid-grade talisman.

The news spread from the Household Affairs Hall to a small area within Qingchi Mountain.

The Lin family has only about a hundred cultivators in total, of which there are probably only about ten deacons and elders at the late stage of Qi Refining.

There were about twenty people in the mid-stage of Qi Refining, and the rest were all clansmen in the early stage of Qi Refining.

It is estimated that there are only about twenty people who can upgrade the three arts of alchemy, talisman, and artifact to the middle grade.

Therefore, in everyone's eyes, even if Lin Qingyang could only remain at the mid-stage of Qi Refining for life, he had already entered the vision of the family's higher-ups.

The inner quarters, top floor.

A high-grade spirit-gathering array has been specially set up here for the use of the elders in charge of cultivation.

Lin Zongbai practiced his cultivation here.

He looked at the jade slip in his hand, which recorded Lin Qingyang's performance over the past six months.

The reporters were Lin Zongxun, the rotating supervisor, and Lin Yaoming, the deacon.

That day, after Lin Qingyang left, supervisor Lin Zongxun decided to increase investment and took the initiative to approach Lin Yaoming, informing him that Lin Qingyang's success rate in refining mid-grade talismans had exceeded 30%.

"This kid actually did it?"

Deacon Lin Yaoming was somewhat surprised, then his old face turned red. After all, he originally thought that Lin Qingyang was using the family's resources to conduct large-scale resource transactions with outside cultivators and making a profit from the price difference.

After discussing it, the two reached an agreement and jointly reported it to the elder in charge, Lin Zongbai.

"Within half a year, he was first promoted to talisman-making apprentice, and then he refined the Water Clamp Talisman within a month. That's really impressive."

Lin Zongbai put down the jade slip. "So, you want to include Lin Qingyang in the list of candidates for training and evaluation as a talisman master?"

He said he was asking a question, but he was actually tapping the table lightly, clearly thinking.

Lin Yaoming and Lin Zongxun were both senior members of the Internal Affairs Department, so they naturally knew that he was not really asking for their opinions, and therefore remained silent.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Lin Zongbai nodded. "Okay, include him in the list of candidates. It won't cost much, at most ten years, with an annual subsidy of ten spirit stones for talisman-making materials."

"As for the talisman inheritance, it's a family asset; let him go and collect it directly."

"Respect the elder's order."

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Lin Qingyang was quite surprised to learn about this later; the Lin family's training system seemed to be even more comprehensive than he had imagined.

He tried to go to the family's inheritance pavilion and found that after swearing a blood oath not to pass it on to outsiders, he immediately obtained the family's inheritance of twelve mid-grade talismans and five high-grade talismans.

Back in his cave, he looked at the jade slip in his hand with some emotion. For an elder, the inheritance of talismans was nothing special, but he knew very well that for a rogue cultivator to obtain a high-grade talisman, he would have to spend at least fifty spirit stones, and that would be far less complete than the one he had.

Even the steward of the Scripture Transmission Pavilion gave him a copy of the annotations from his family's predecessors.

With this inheritance, he could become a mid-grade or even high-grade talisman master much earlier, and the difference would be the gain of dozens of spirit stones.

At that moment, he gained a deeper understanding of the existence of his family.

"In the cultivation world, the reason why some high-level cultivators are willing to establish families, sects, and other forces is essentially a mutually beneficial process."

"Take Uncle Nineteen, who is in charge of the family's aquatic products, for example. If he didn't have the family's support, even if he had the talent to raise demonic beasts, he would probably just be a mortal for the rest of his life without a place to use his talents."

"After the family introduced him to the immortal sect, he expanded the aquatic product business, and the family's accounts gained nearly a hundred spirit stones more each year."

It can only be said that any force that can exist for tens of millions of years has its own inherent operating principles, and the same is true for the major sects.

High-level cultivators provide protection for low-level cultivators, while a large number of low-level cultivators collect cultivation resources for high-level cultivators. With the support of advancement channels, fair family rules, and other measures, the power of families and sects is passed down from generation to generation through blood exchange.

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