I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 251: Lin Zhidan's Purple Mansion

Lin Qing still remembers the words spoken by Master Hua back then. Now, he feels a similar sentiment within himself.

When he was in the Qi Refining stage, he married and had children, living a happy life. When he reached the Foundation Building stage, his strength increased significantly, and the younger generation prospered, which brought him even more joy. However, when he reached the Purple Mansion stage, his wives, concubines, and descendants gradually passed away, leaving him with a sense of loneliness. Now, even Master Hua, who is considered a close friend, has fallen behind, which makes Lin Qing feel even more lonely as his strength increases.

"Perhaps this is the norm."

This is what Lin Qing thinks in his heart.

Five years later, Lin Yuanwu, a talented descendant of the Lin family who has already achieved Foundation Building, attempts to break through. Unexpectedly, with the blessing of a spiritual liquid, he fails to break through.

This spiritual liquid is only available once every thirty years, so it is indeed a pity that the attempt failed.

Lin Yuanwu himself is also extremely frustrated and cannot understand how he could fail. He did not encounter any inner demons or insufficient spiritual power during the breakthrough, but he still fell short.

Upon learning of this, Lin Qing simply advises Lin Yuanwu to continue cultivating. Given his age, he will have another opportunity to break through in the future.

It can be said that sometimes, breaking through requires some opportunities.

It is not guaranteed that you will succeed if you have an 80-90% chance, nor is it certain that you will fail if you only have a 10-20% chance.

These probabilities are only discussed in a general sense, but when it comes to specific breakthroughs, it is not as simple as calculating them.

Take one's state, for example. Perhaps someone has poor aptitude, resulting in a low chance of breaking through. However, if their state is particularly good during the breakthrough, it can help them succeed. Similarly, someone with good aptitude may face obstacles if they are not in their best state.

It can be said that every cultivator chooses to break through when they are in their best state, but the problem lies here.

What is considered a good state? What state is beneficial for a breakthrough? This varies for each person, and no one can fully understand themselves, let alone others.

Take Zhou Xiu as an example. When he first attempted to break through, he was filled with longing for the Great Dao and adjusted himself to his best state. He also took a Foundation Building pill, which greatly increased his chances of success, but he still failed. Later, due to the stimulation from Zhao Xiu, he adopted a "do or die" mentality and took medicine, resulting in success.

For him, if he had approached the first breakthrough with a "do or die" mentality, it might have been more suitable for him, and he would have succeeded.

But then again, he couldn't have had a "do or die" mentality during his first breakthrough, so this is a contradiction.

Therefore, advancing in cultivation seems like a matter of continuously accumulating the chances of success, but more accurately, it is a matter filled with randomness.

Even if you have a 99.9% chance of success, if it is destined to fail, that 0.1% failure rate is inevitable.

Mortals often lament that "fate" is unpredictable, talking about who has good or bad luck, how they were born, and so on. It may sound like nagging, completely ignoring their own efforts. However, upon closer inspection, there is some truth to it.

After Lin Yuanwu's failed breakthrough, he needs at least ten years of recuperation and cannot break through in the short term.

Meanwhile, his father, Lin Zhidan, has started attempting to break through.

Lin Zhidan, like Lin Yuanwu, has dual spiritual roots. However, compared to Lin Yuanwu, he is more involved in family affairs and alchemy, so his cultivation is slightly weaker, only reaching the Purple Mansion stage now.

The spiritual liquid should have belonged to Lin Zhidan, but considering the family's perspective, he gave it to his son, Lin Yuanwu, as he had a greater chance of breaking through the Purple Mansion stage.

Now that Lin Yuanwu's breakthrough has failed, he cannot wait for the next batch of spiritual liquid, so he can only forcefully break through using his cultivation technique.

His chances, if calculated, should be a little over forty percent, which can be considered a very high probability.

After the breakthrough, he would close himself off for three days.

Three days later.

Lin Zhidan walked out of the secret room with a smile on his face, his cultivation had reached the Purple Mansion stage. When he saw Lin Qing, he first greeted him.

"Elder, I have successfully reached the Purple Mansion stage as you requested."

"Very good!"

Lin Qing was overjoyed. The Lin family now had another Purple Mansion stage cultivator, which was a great cause for celebration.

Before long, this news spread throughout the Lin family and the Zhao Kingdom, causing everyone to be amazed once again.

The good news did not stop there.

Half a month later, Lin Qing's spirit beast, the Two-Headed Bear, broke through to the Purple Mansion stage after being fed a piece of honey as usual.

It also gained the ability to unleash a sound wave attack that Lin Qing couldn't forget. With its two heads roaring, its power was even stronger than the previous Sky Devouring Tiger, making it a trump card for low-level cultivators.

At this point, Lin Qing had two Purple Mansion stage spirit beasts, in addition to himself. The Lin family now had a total of five Purple Mansion stage cultivators, a level of improvement that was unimaginable.

Another five years passed, and Lin Qing, at the age of 240, reached the later stage of the Purple Mansion stage.

With the assistance of the Condensing Water Divine Ability, his strength became even stronger, unmatched in the Zhao Kingdom.

At this time, Lin Qing made a decision, which was to counterattack the demonic beasts. It had been thirty years since the beast tide erupted in the Zhao Kingdom, and it was time to start the counterattack.

After contacting the Chiyang Immortal City and the Xianxia Sect, both agreed, and the three parties met in Chiyang Immortal City.

Thinking back to the time before the beast tide arrived, the Qingfeng Sect, the Xianxia Sect, the Baibao Tower, the Chiyang Immortal City, and the Lin family's five Purple Mansion stages all gathered in Chiyang Immortal City. Although the incident with the Baibao Tower was not very pleasant at the time, they eventually reached an agreement to jointly defend against the beast tide.

And now, only three of the five forces remained, the Lin family, the Xianxia Sect, and the Chiyang Immortal City. The purpose of the discussion had changed from defending against demonic beasts to counterattacking them.

Lin Qing still represented the Lin family, his strength was now in the later stage of the Purple Mansion stage, and Hua, a cultivator from the Chiyang Immortal City, was still in the early stage of the Purple Mansion stage after so many years. As for the Xianxia Sect, Elder Hu and Master Qin came together, both of them were in the early stage of the Purple Mansion stage, and there had been no changes.

When Hua saw Lin Qing, he smiled and didn't say much.

But Elder Hu and Master Qin were extremely flattering towards Lin Qing. If they could sit on an equal footing in the past, the gap between them now was too great.

"Master Lin is truly the future of our Zhao Kingdom. In my opinion, Master Lin will at least become a Gold Core cultivator in the future, and even Nascent Soul is not impossible." Master Qin clasped his hands and complimented him.

Elder Hu continued, "Yes, with Master Lin here, not only can we repel the beast tide, but our Zhao Kingdom will also be forever peaceful."

Lin Qing smiled and did not refute.

With his talent of having a spiritual root and the proficiency in the Water Manipulation technique, it was only a matter of time before he reached the Gold Core stage, and Nascent Soul was not impossible.

However, at this moment, he was not thinking about that. After reaching the later stage of the Purple Mansion stage, his spiritual consciousness had skyrocketed, gradually transforming into a Primordial Spirit that was even stronger than the Gold Core stage. He felt a strange sensation in his heart at this moment.

(End of this chapter)