Top-level Qi Luck: Leading My Clan to Cultivate

During casual conversation, Lin Shigong took out a Minor Foundation Building Pill and handed it to Lin Xingrong.

Gazing at the precious Minor Foundation Building Pill, Lin Xingrong certainly knew where it came from, but he couldn't help feeling somewhat embarrassed to benefit from his son's achievements.

"Father, this Minor Foundation Building Pill is what Tian Ming has earned. I've almost prepared the merit points, I'll go back to the Hall of Merit and exchange for it myself!"

Lin Xingrong strongly insisted, wanting to rely on his own merit points to exchange for the Minor Foundation Building Pill from the family.

Though it required a huge amount of merit points, having been stationed in Luoyun Market for over twenty years, his accumulated wealth, although not eight thousand, was not much less.

Lin Xingrong's idea was met with stern criticism from Lin Shigong.

You should know that three generations of the Lin Family have all set their sights on the remaining six Minor Foundation Building Pills, with competition especially intense.

Among the Shi clan members, it was still manageable, but for some unknown reason, Lin Shigang and Lin Shihe had given up the competition, ceding the last remaining Minor Foundation Building Pill spot of the Shi generation to Lin Shixin.

It was likely because Lin Shigang and the others realized they were too old, and the probability of breaking through was even lower than it had been for Lin Shigong, so they decided to give away a favor easily rather than wasting a lot of merit points for an impossible breakthrough.

It could also be that an agreement was reached among the three, but other clan members didn't know about it, and even so, it still deeply touched Lin Shixin.

As for the competition among the Xing clan members, it was even more fierce.

Most of the Shi generation had already exhausted their potential, with only Lin Shixin holding hope for a breakthrough.

Meanwhile, a large portion of Xing clan members under sixty still had a significant amount of time, and breaking through remained a promising prospect.

As such, the competition for Minor Foundation Building Pills was far too intense, and no one would willingly give up unless they had an extremely poor Spiritual Root, effectively barring them from reaching the Great Perfection of Qi Refining Stage before the age of one hundred.

Although many Xing clan members did not know that Lin Tianming had three more Minor Foundation Building Pills, all the core clan members were aware.

If they were to join the fray, it would undoubtedly invite criticism.

After receiving Lin Shigong's severe criticism, Lin Xingrong changed his mind.

As he was getting older, delaying further would only make the breakthrough more difficult, so he finally accepted the goodwill from Tian Ming.

"That's more like it. We're all family; why make such sharp distinctions? I took advantage of this youngster back then!"

"Had it not been for the Minor Foundation Building Pill, I would have turned to dust in twenty years. Time waits for no one!"

After considering it, Lin Xingrong realized it was indeed the case and accepted the Minor Foundation Building Pill.

Seeing Lin Xingrong accept the Minor Foundation Building Pill and sipping the Spiritual Tea, Lin Shigong was very satisfied.

Lin Tianming and his mother joined in, persuading Lin Xingrong not to be obstinate.

The earlier one breaks through in their cultivation, the better. It had been delayed previously due to a lack of conditions, but now that the conditions were met, it was naturally best to proceed as quickly as possible.

After the encouragement and persuasion of the four, Lin Xingrong was deeply moved and resolutely decided to break through as soon as possible.

Hearing Lin Xingrong's response, the urgent task now was to assist Lin Xingrong in his breakthrough.

Lin Shigong sent a message, informing the Clan Leader and Lin Shikang of the closed-door cultivation for the breakthrough.

It wasn't long before Lin Shigong received a reply.

After checking Lin Shikang's response, Lin Shigong's complexion was ruddy as he spoke.

"Xingrong, Third Brother and Shihua have replied. I'll take you to the summit of the main peak tomorrow for your closed-door breakthrough. Some experiences of our predecessors will naturally be handed over to you, just focus on breaking through."

"Yes!"

Since Lin Shigong had already arranged everything, Lin Xingrong stopped being unnecessarily polite.

After organizing Lin Xingrong's breakthrough, Lin Shigong instructed Lin Tianming.

"During the time of your father's breakthrough, I will be at the peak guarding him, and you, my boy, will just be idle. You are to stay in the Alchemy Hall for a while, taking charge of all the First Order elixirs for the Lin Family. Collect the Spiritual Medicine Materials from the Hall of Merit; I'll explain to Shixin with a message."

Conscripted by his grandfather and having just achieved a breakthrough in his cultivation, Lin Tianming was looking forward to consolidating his gains, it had been quite a while since he had last practiced alchemy.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Grandson obeys!"

After arranging all the matters, the family ended their casual conversation and returned to their rooms to rest.

The next morning, Lin Tianming and Lin Xingrong left their courtyard together.

After leaving the house, the two flew in opposite directions.

Lin Tianming's destination was the Family Merits Hall, while Lin Xingrong was headed for the peak of Green Bamboo Mountain.

Before long, Lin Tianming arrived at the Hall of Merit.

The Hall of Merit was particularly lively at the moment as the second batch of the Monster Hunting Squad had just concluded their half-year of training.

In the hall of the Hall of Merit, Lin Shiji led a large group of Xing Clan Members to gather together.

Although several of them were pale and their breathing was chaotic, showing signs of injury, they had all safely returned to the Lin Family.

Each person's face was brimming with a thick smile, seemingly quite satisfied with the gains from their training.

Lin Shiji took out a large number of jade boxes and placed them on the stone table, while throwing three storage bags to Lin Shixin for inspection.

Lin Shixin took out the records, registering all the Spiritual Medicine Materials and Demonic Beast Materials in the books.

In half an hour, he appraised the value of all the training gains and on the spot allocated Merit points to the members of the Monster Hunting Squad.

After receiving their share, all the clan members exchanged their points for various elixirs and talisman papers, then cheerfully left the Hall of Merit.

Lin Tianming immediately stepped forward and began to pay his respects to Lin Shiji and Lin Shixin.

"Tianming pays respects to Elder Wu and to Uncle Ten!"

"Hmm, you lad have made a breakthrough!"

Lin Shiji, composed as ever, teased Lin Tianming with a smile that was not quite a smile.

Lin Tianming, smiling at the two of them, humbly responded:

"Thanks to your blessings, I had the luck to make a breakthrough recently."

"Elder Wu, have your injuries healed?"

Instead of continuing with light-hearted banter, Lin Tianming inquired about Lin Shiji's injuries.

"A mere scratch, it healed in half a month, otherwise how could I continue to train outside!"

"Elder Wu is strong and vigorous, truly formidable!"

Lin Tianming heaped on the flattery, eliciting hearty laughter from Lin Shixin and even eliciting a rare laugh from the usually stern Lin Shiji.

After a few moments of casual conversation, Lin Shiji took his leave.

Once Lin Shiji was far enough away, Lin Shixin broached a more serious topic.

"Your grandfather has already spoken to me; you'd better take this seriously, lad. Spiritual Medicine Materials are not easy to come by."

Lin Shixin only knew that Lin Tianming was a First-Order Medium Grade Alchemist and had not seen him practice alchemy, nor had he seen any elixirs he had refined. Unclear about his alchemy level, he seemed somewhat uneasy and repeatedly cautioned.

"Understood, don't worry, sir. If the elixirs don't turn out well, I'll compensate!"

Seeing Lin Tianming's confident expression,

Lin Shixin thought, This young man usually is quite reliable, and besides, since Ninth Brother has spoken, he must be sure of himself.

Lin Shixin took out various Spiritual Medicine Materials, checked the quantities with Lin Tianming, and did not forget to remind him about the quantity of elixirs required to be handed over.

"Understood, just wait and see, sir!"

Lin Tianming replied with full confidence, easing Lin Shixin's worries.

The amount Lin Shixin mentioned only required a 40% pill formation rate, which was a meager effort for Lin Tianming.

After safely storing the hundreds of Spiritual Medicine Materials provided by Lin Shixin, Lin Tianming planned to exchange for some Demon Cores for alchemy purposes.

The dozen or so Beast Spirit Pills he had refined at Qianchuan Market were depleted months ago, and the Purple Gold Eagle had completely run out of elixirs.

With some time on his hands, it was a good opportunity to refine more Beast Spirit Pills to last a while longer.

"Uncle Ten, how many First Order Late Stage Demon Pills do you have? I need fifteen."

Lin Shixin was surprised—what did this young man want so many Demon Pills for!

"We have quite a few in stock now, with even more from the early and medium stages, mostly from the hands of the Monster Hunting Squad."

"Each First Order Late Stage Demon Pill costs twelve points of Merit, totalling one hundred and eighty points!"

Hearing the price, Lin Tianming did not hesitate to take out his Identity Token, transferred his Merit points, and exchanged for fifteen Demon Pills.

Once all the materials and Demon Pills were secure in his storage bag, he bid farewell and left.

Upon exiting the Hall of Merit, he headed straight for the Alchemy Hall.