I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 329: Gold Core Third Layer

However, after careful consideration, Lin Qing still felt that it was not feasible. Tian Yanzhi's strength was not weak, and he was an important figure in defending Zhongyunzhou against Shangyunzhou, being in Dali. If he were to kill Tian Yanzhi, it would be meaningless if Zhongyunzhou were to interfere in Shangyunzhou in the future. He would have to face an even greater threat.

After thinking it over, Lin Qing's preferred option was still to set up the Soul Binding Defense Formation. As an intermediate-level formation, once it was set up, with him present, even a late-stage Gold Core cultivator could be resisted to some extent. It was incomparable to other formations.

"It seems that I should still set up the Soul Binding Defense Formation. Although it is difficult, focusing all my energy on this one formation should yield some results. After all, with the jade slip, the experience inside will be of great help. After more than ten years, I should have reached a certain level of research on the Soul Binding Defense Formation. By then, I will also have reached the third layer of the Gold Core stage, and the success rate should not be low."

With this thought, Lin Qing made up his mind.

Even though it would be difficult, he still had to set up the Soul Binding Defense Formation. As for how to research it in the future, he would devote himself wholeheartedly to this one formation and ignore all other formations. Although this formation was difficult, he believed that he would gain something from it.

After making up his mind, Lin Qing once again immersed himself in seclusion.

Every day, in addition to cultivating, he continuously studied the Soul Binding Defense Formation. As time passed, his research became deeper and deeper. As for the materials for the formation, he already had the main material, the Gold Core of a demonic beast. The other materials were also being continuously collected by the younger generation of the family.

In addition, every few days, he would find time to cultivate together with Ling Xueqing. Although it didn't help with the formation, it had many benefits for his Primordial Spirit and physique.

In this way, time flew by and twelve years passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, spiritual energy surged around Lin Qing's body, emitting a faint light. As the technique circulated, he smiled, having broken through to the third layer of the Gold Core stage.

With another ten years of hard work, he would be able to reach the mid-stage of the Gold Core stage. As for the bottleneck of the mid-stage, it didn't exist for him.

"Congratulations, Master, on your breakthrough," the Purple Golden Toad said to Lin Qing after he finished his cultivation.

Lin Qing touched the head of the Purple Golden Toad. During his seclusion, he couldn't do without talking to the Purple Golden Toad, or else he would have gone crazy.

At this moment, he looked at the Goldfinger panel.

[Primordial Spirit: 1252.1]

[Water Spirit Body: Intermediate (952/10000)]

After reaching the third layer of the Gold Core stage, his Primordial Spirit naturally increased due to the increase in cultivation. With the help of the Goldfinger, his Primordial Spirit increased even more. The divine sense emitted by his Primordial Spirit naturally became stronger, and Lin Qing dared to say that his divine sense was now comparable to the mid-stage of the Gold Core stage.

His Water Spirit Body also reached the intermediate level. Lin Qing felt that the circulation of his spiritual power was even faster than when he had the Heavenly Spirit Root before. It was also very beneficial.

Of course, Lin Qing didn't forget one thing, which was the formation.

In these twelve years, he had not spent a day without studying the Soul Binding Defense Formation. It could be said that although he didn't have the level of an intermediate-level formation master, he knew no less about the Soul Binding Defense Formation than an intermediate-level formation master.

Now, in terms of divine sense, he had enough. With various materials collected tirelessly by the younger generation of the family, and his own understanding, Lin Qing dared to say that there was at least a thirty percent chance of successfully setting up the formation.

This was already quite good. After all, even a master in a poor mountain could only have a fifty percent chance of setting up an intermediate-level formation in certain situations.

At this moment, Lin Qing picked up the jade slip again and put his divine sense into it for a glance. Lin Qing couldn't help but sigh. After twelve years of understanding, he could summarize Master Qiongshan's level of prohibition with just two words: extremely high.

Some of the insights may not be apparent at first glance, but after repeated readings, there will be a sudden realization at some point, and one will think, "So that's how it is." Lin Qing had already lost count of how many times he had this feeling, and he was even more aware of the gap between himself and Master Qiongshan.

But Lin Qing didn't want to become someone like Master Qiongshan. He just wanted to set up soul-binding and defensive prohibitions for his own family.

Putting down the jade slip, Lin Qing also wanted to experiment with his surging divine sense. So he released his divine sense and began to spread it out from his side.

One zhang, ten zhang, one hundred zhang, one li, ten li...

In no time, his divine sense spread to a radius of ten li, and not a single blade of grass or tree could escape Lin Qing's exploration.

"I heard that when one reaches the Nascent Soul stage, their divine sense can spread hundreds of li. I really wonder what kind of scene that would be." Lin Qing thought to himself as he felt his own divine sense. At the moment, it was only ten li, but he already felt extremely marvelous. With just a single thought, he could encompass the entire Lin family mountain, and when it reached a hundred li, it would probably include the heavens and earth.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Lin Qing's expression changed as if he had discovered something.

During the outward projection of his divine sense, theoretically, the cultivators on the entire Lin family mountain should not be able to detect his divine sense, as their highest cultivation level was only at the Purple Mansion stage. If Lin Qing was only at the early stage of the Gold Core realm, there might be a chance of being detected, but his divine sense was now comparable to the mid-stage of the Gold Core realm, so these cultivators couldn't possibly detect him.

However, what puzzled Lin Qing was that just now, it seemed that a divine sense resisted his exploration while he was spreading his divine sense.

The more Lin Qing thought about it, the more strange he felt. If there was resistance, it meant that someone had already discovered him. But who could discover him?

With this in mind, Lin Qing retracted his spreading divine sense and concentrated on searching the area where he had just encountered resistance. After focusing, his divine sense would become even stronger. Gradually, as Lin Qing searched, his face turned dark, and he took out the Shanshui Pearl and the Yiqian Shield from the secret room.

After being activated, the Yiqian Shield's pitch-black body grew to a size of three feet and continuously revolved around Lin Qing. The Shanshui Pearl emitted a faint light, ready for action.

With his divine sense locked on, Lin Qing flew towards the Lin family gathering.

At a certain ordinary shop, amidst the astonished gazes of the surrounding cultivators, Lin Qing walked in and coldly said, "Tiansa Daoist, since you've come, why are you hiding and not showing yourself? And you're hiding in my Lin family gathering. What are your intentions?"

The reason Lin Qing said this was because he discovered that the strange divine sense he encountered earlier actually belonged to a cultivator at the Gold Core stage. If it weren't for his divine sense surging today, he wouldn't have been able to detect it. And when he thought of Gold Core, Lin Qing thought of Tiansa Daoist. Naturally, he came looking for him, regardless of what Tiansa Daoist was planning by hiding in his Lin family gathering. He would do his best to resist it.

"Who is Tiansa Daoist? Tell me!" To Lin Qing's surprise, when he entered the shop, a stooped figure with a wax-yellow complexion walked out and spoke to Lin Qing.

And at this moment, Lin Qing took a closer look. This person was indeed at the Gold Core stage, but it seemed that he was not Tiansa Daoist.

However, looking at the traces in this somewhat marked shop, it seemed that he had been here in his Lin family gathering for a long time.

"If you're not Tiansa Daoist, then who are you? Regardless of which Fellow Daoist you are, it's not good to be so secretive in my Lin family mountain." Lin Qing thought that he might have mistaken the person, but the behavior of this unfamiliar Gold Core cultivator made him even more nervous.

(End of this chapter)