I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 81: Counting the Harvest

As they continued counting, there were even more surprises.

"Dad, this is a book on cultivating spiritual plants. According to what it says, we can cultivate second-tier spiritual plants." Lin Xuchang happily exclaimed, holding a thick book about the width of a finger.

Upon hearing this, Lin Qing smiled and said, "If it can cultivate second-tier spiritual plants, then put it in the Foundation Building category, alongside the spiritual plants."

During this counting process, Lin Qing divided them into two categories: Qi Refining and Foundation Building, each with many subcategories.

"Dad, this is a book on cultivating first-tier spiritual fields. It explains how to irrigate and cultivate spiritual valleys. Shouldn't it also be put in the spiritual plants category?" Lin Xuzhe asked, holding a book.

"You're right, but it should be placed in the Qi Refining period category," Lin Qing replied with a smile.

"Husband, here's a second-tier alchemy book." Che Yun excitedly picked up a book. Her alchemy skills were only at the first tier, and second-tier alchemy formulas were simply unavailable for purchase. Unexpectedly, Lin Qing brought back a second-tier alchemy book in the inheritance, which was a rare find for all alchemists.

At this moment, not only Che Yun, but Lin Qing's whole family was astonished. Lin Xuqing, who had been following Che Yun in alchemy, couldn't hide his inner joy.

"Let me see."

Lin Qing took the book and looked at it. It was indeed a second-tier alchemy book, containing four second-tier pill formulas. Most importantly, it also included the pill formula for Foundation Building pills and the notes left by the Wu family alchemist.

"Great!"

Lin Qing said heavily. If he were alone, he would at most sell this alchemy book for a good price, with a maximum value of ten percent. But now, with the whole family, the value of this alchemy book could be fully realized.

Thinking of this, Lin Qing looked at Lin Xuzhe and Lin Xuyuan and said, "Xuzhe, Xuyuan, you have made a great contribution to our family this time."

Upon hearing Lin Qing's words, Lin Xuzhe and Lin Xuyuan felt a little embarrassed.

"Dad, this is what we should do."

"That's right, the whole family can't rely solely on you, Dad. We also need to contribute."

Upon hearing the words of his two sons, Lin Qing nodded with great satisfaction.

They continued counting the books, and there were a great number of them. They counted all night long, occasionally discovering surprising things.

They found books on second-tier alchemy, second-tier formations, and even second-tier talismans. These books didn't necessarily mean that the Wu family had corresponding practitioners for each of them. They might have only practiced a part of them, with the majority being reserved as the family's heritage.

Among them, Lin Qing also found a book on beast taming, which detailed the knowledge of taming beasts, exactly what Lin Qing needed. Unlike the alchemy and forging books, beast taming had no obvious hierarchical divisions. As long as there was no difference of one major realm between the tamer and the spiritual beast, the issue of the beast betraying its master would not arise.

By the next day, all the books had been counted.

Lin Qing counted and found that there were a total of 578 books, including 453 books on Qi Refining, 119 books on Foundation Building, and 6 books on Purple Mansion.

These books cover nearly a dozen categories, such as cultivation techniques, spells, alchemy, refining tools, formations, talismans, spiritual plants, and beast taming. Among them, there are the most varieties of cultivation techniques. Besides cultivation techniques, a considerable portion of the family's notes also occupy a significant part. In Lin Qing's opinion, these notes may be as valuable as the cultivation techniques.

As for the books on Purple Mansion, three of them are cultivation techniques that Lin Qing has never heard of before. One is a spell for the Purple Mansion stage, and the other two are books on refining tools.

It can be seen that the Wu family seems to excel in refining tools, but it is of no use to Lin Qing's family. However, even if it's other books, they are enough for Lin Qing's family to digest for a hundred years.

After finishing the count, Lin Qing put all these books in a storage bag and then placed them in a room in his current residence. He also set up a formation in this room.

Lin Qing had considered carrying the storage bag with him, but his current strength is not that strong. Foundation Building cultivators are not uncommon in the Red Sun Immortal City. What if something unexpected happens? If he keeps the books in his residence, even if he has an accident, these books will become the wealth of the entire family, so they won't be lost all at once.

Before placing the books, Lin Qing took the beast taming book, while Lin Xuchang took a second-level formation book, and Lin Xuqing and Che Yunzhen naturally took the alchemy books.

Lin Xueze and Lin Xuyuan also took several spell books they wanted. They were not interested in formations or alchemy. They were very interested in powerful spells. As for Chao Yun and Li Qingyu, they didn't need anything specific.

Although only one-tenth of these books can be used by the family members at present, they will all become the foundation of the family in the future.

After taking the beast taming book, Lin Qing carefully read it in the following days and gained a better understanding of the Purple Golden Toad he brought back. He also understood why the elder of the Wu family, who was at the Foundation Building stage, left this Purple Golden Toad in the Zhao Kingdom.

It turned out that the overall strength of this Purple Golden Toad is not strong, but it is friendly and loyal. It won't become irritable just because its master is away. Moreover, this Purple Golden Toad has a long lifespan, more than twice that of human cultivators. As for its abilities, besides being immune to all poisons, it can also inhale and exhale poisonous gas and venom. When it exhales poisonous gas and venom, its whole body becomes like a hedgehog with exploding fur. Ordinary beasts and cultivators of the same level cannot touch it, and it has strong survival abilities. Lin Qing has seen this ability in the dense forest. The book also records that if this Purple Golden Toad can reach the Purple Mansion stage, unexpected changes may occur.

After reading the books, Lin Qing not only gained a better understanding of the Purple Golden Toad he brought back, but also learned about the methods of beast taming.

Beast taming is a specific method, such as blood contract or other means, to bind a demonic beast to a cultivator. If it is a blood contract, when the cultivator dies, the demonic beast will also die. The contract is relatively loose, and the cultivator and the demonic beast will not affect each other due to death. It is just a relationship of obedience. This Purple Golden Toad should be under a contract.

However, although beast taming sounds simple, it is actually very difficult to do.

It is not easy to find a demonic beast willing to be bound by a cultivator. Either it is raised from a young age or subdued by force.

Raising from a young age results in slow growth, and it may not keep up with the progress of the cultivator, making the demonic beast useless. Subduing by force is impossible for most demonic beasts. They are not as easy to tame as humans.

Those with low strength cannot understand human language and find it difficult to understand the intentions of human cultivators. Those with high strength have a low success rate in taming.

After successful beast taming, the demonic beast is generally called a spiritual beast.

After reading this book on beast taming, Lin Qing naturally wanted to tame a beast and have a spiritual beast. After all, although he is currently at the Foundation Building stage, his strength is not that strong. Having a spiritual beast would bring many benefits.

Without much thought, Lin Qing started to consider the Purple Golden Toad he brought back.

Although this Purple Golden Toad's overall strength is not that strong and cannot defeat two opponents with one strike like some attack-type demonic beasts, it is still extremely suitable for Lin Qing. After all, it has fallen from the Foundation Building stage to the Qi Refining later stage. Perhaps it can quickly advance to the Foundation Building stage in the future, and then Lin Qing will have an additional Foundation Building-level combat power.

(End of this chapter)