I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 190: Third Grade Spirit Vein

Upon hearing Senior Hua's words, Lin Qing felt grateful. He was speaking for the benefit of their Lin family.

At this moment, Lin Qing expressed his gratitude, saying, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for your guidance. I understand."

Senior Hua nodded in agreement.

However, Lin Qing thought to himself that sometimes, one must take action in order to reap benefits in the future. Senior Hua was right in emphasizing the importance of safety. While Lin Qing was not afraid of late-stage Purple Mansion cultivators within the Lin family's mountain, it might not be the same outside.

After that, Senior Hua took his leave. Lin Qing personally escorted him out of the Lin family's mountain and bid him farewell. Both Lin Qing and Senior Hua felt a sense of reluctance, but after saying their goodbyes, Senior Hua departed.

Lin Qing thought to himself that if he were a lone cultivator, perhaps he and Senior Hua could have become close friends. However, that was impossible now.

After the representatives of various factions left, Lin Qing intensified the defense of the Lin family's mountain in preparation for the upcoming battle. He also sent more juniors to the mining site, providing the Lin family with multiple escape routes in case of unforeseen circumstances.

Lin Qing also set up numerous formations at the mining site, making it difficult for Foundation Building cultivators to break through. Even if someone was determined to break through, they would still be able to escape in time.

Furthermore, Lin Qing accelerated the expansion of the Spirit Lake, allowing more mortals to participate in its construction, in the hope of enhancing the power of the Sword Water Divine Formation.

Three months later, which was two and a half years after the expansion of the Spirit Lake began, the expansion was completed. The area was five times larger than originally anticipated, and the lake was teeming with spiritual fish. With the spiritual fish alone, the Lin family would earn thousands of spiritual stones each year.

With the completion of the Spirit Lake, Lin Qing also tested the Water Condensation Divine Ability he obtained from practicing the Good Water Divine Art in the sky above. After the test, Lin Qing was extremely satisfied. This Divine Ability far surpassed the power of magical treasures.

Speaking of magical treasures, Lin Qing was still using a second-grade superior magical treasure, the set he had refined from Master Zhang, the artifact refiner, back then.

Mainly because third-grade magical treasures were extremely precious and not available for sale in the Zhao Kingdom. Perhaps they could be found in the neighboring Yan Kingdom, but the current situation did not allow Lin Qing to go there, so he had to give up on the idea.

However, relying on this Divine Ability, Lin Qing's strength in the Purple Mansion was not weak.

As for the Foundation Building stage, Lin Qing could easily deal with it using magical treasures. The difference between Foundation Building and the Purple Mansion was too great. Even second-grade superior talismans, which were used to protect oneself in the Foundation Building stage, were insignificant to the Purple Mansion. Foundation Building cultivators posed little threat to the Purple Mansion.

Even Senior Hua, although he was able to fight against higher-level cultivators before and had already reached the peak of the Foundation Building stage, was no match for Lin Qing. Of course, if he were to break through to the Purple Mansion stage, that would be a different story.

Thinking about the upcoming battle, Lin Qing made his preparations and awaited the notification from Elder Qin.

Before receiving this notification, a major event occurred in the Lin family's mountain. The spiritual vein was about to advance.

This second-grade superior spiritual vein had been something Lin Qing had hoped would advance in grade for years. Previously, it had remained unchanged no matter how many spiritual stones were invested. Unexpectedly, at this particular time, it was about to advance to the third grade.

This was undoubtedly a good thing. With the advancement to the third grade, the spiritual vein would not only aid cultivation but also produce vital spiritual liquid, greatly benefiting the family's cultivators.

Moreover, with Lin Qing's current cultivation level, even if this third-grade spiritual vein is exposed, it will be unharmed. After all, this is only a third-grade inferior spiritual vein, although precious, it is slightly inferior compared to the three major sects. With the presence of a Purple Mansion stage cultivator, it can also deter others.

Speaking of the advancement of spiritual veins, it is related to Lin Qing's continuous investment of spiritual stones to increase spiritual energy. However, Lin Qing wonders if it is also related to the expansion of the spiritual lake. After all, the timing is too coincidental. Perhaps there are certain rules at play.

Lin Qing is currently unaware of this, but he keeps this point in mind.

After the spiritual energy of the spiritual vein fluctuated for a full half month, the main vein successfully advanced to a third-grade inferior spiritual vein.

The first feeling that Lin Qing had afterwards was that cultivating on this main vein provided tremendous help, even with his Purple Mansion stage cultivation level.

When the younger generation of the Lin family tried it, they were delighted because the improvement in cultivation speed was significant. Moreover, this third-grade spiritual vein also had a certain effect in breaking through bottlenecks. For example, a cultivator with five spiritual roots, like Lin Qing in the past, may never be able to break through in the Qingmuji. But on this spiritual vein, even a cultivator with five spiritual roots has hope of breaking through to the later stage of Qi Refining. This is the advantage of a high-grade spiritual vein, and there are no side effects.

The main vein has been upgraded to a third-grade inferior spiritual vein, and each branch vein has also been upgraded accordingly. The first-grade inferior has been upgraded to medium-grade, and the first-grade medium-grade has been upgraded to top-grade. As for the Lin family's second-grade inferior spiritual vein in the Linjiaji, it has been upgraded to a second-grade medium-grade.

In the first few days, the scattered cultivators of the Lin family didn't feel much, but gradually more and more cultivators felt that something was different.

Some scattered cultivators who had previously stayed in the Chiyang Immortal City discovered that the spiritual energy in the Lin family's collection was even more abundant than in the Chiyang Immortal City. For a while, the attraction of the Lin family's collection increased several levels in the hearts of these scattered cultivators.

Speaking of which, the spiritual vein in the Chiyang Immortal City is also a third-grade inferior one, and the branch veins within the city are also second-grade medium-grade. However, there are too many cultivators practicing there, and their cultivation levels are high, so the spiritual energy is not as abundant. On the other hand, the second-grade medium-grade branch vein in the Lin family's mountain only supplies the Lin family's collection, which has nearly a thousand cultivators, and their cultivation levels are generally not high, so the spiritual vein is more than sufficient.

If the Infinite Sect had known that this spiritual vein was still a second-grade medium-grade, they probably wouldn't have taken it lightly.

But now that Lin Qing has already broken through, this matter is not a threat at all. Instead, it highlights the strength of his Lin family and makes others in awe of them.

After the spiritual vein was upgraded to a third-grade inferior one, it also greatly helped the Sword Water Divine Formation. This formation requires water and even more spiritual energy. Sufficient spiritual energy can make the formation exert greater power.

For a while, Lin Qing felt that everything was in his favor, with the right timing, favorable conditions, and people standing on their side.

Now, with the chaos in the Zhao Kingdom, he is not only not panicking, but rather eager to try and seek greater benefits for his Lin family in this turmoil.

As the time mentioned by the Old Ancestor Qin approaches, more and more cultivators feel a different kind of pressure in the air, a kind of oppressive feeling that comes before a storm.

Even the Infinite Sect, after the conversation between Sect Master Zhong and Lin Qing, sent people to inquire about Lin Qing's answer from time to time.

Lin Qing initially made excuses a few times, but later the Infinite Sect stopped sending people. They also understood that Lin Qing had taken the other side.

Lin Qing was worried that the Infinite Sect might launch a sudden attack on the Lin family's mountain, but this has not happened so far. Lin Qing is unaware that the Infinite Sect is currently overwhelmed and struggling to defend themselves, making it difficult for them to launch any external attacks.

This is also a clever strategy of the various forces in the Qingfeng Sect. After reaching an agreement, they did not immediately attack the Infinite Sect, but instead released information to pressure them. Faced with the powerful Qingfeng Sect camp, the people of the Infinite Sect were already scared even before the battle started. They simply couldn't win.

(End of this chapter)