Clan Immortal Cultivation: I Can See Hints

Yet he was not a body cultivator, which surprised him a bit.

"Family Head, I exchanged it for my grandfather. His health has been deteriorating over the past few years..." The more Lin Shilei spoke, the more disheartened he became.

His gaze also became dim.

Upon hearing this, Lin Shiming also felt a jolt, as he suddenly remembered the once Great Elder of the Lin Family, Lin Yuqing, who was now over one hundred and ten years old.

Although he was a body cultivator and possessed vitality beyond ordinary people, this also meant he had suffered numerous internal injuries.

Now, judging by Lin Shilei's expression, it seemed that Lin Yuqing was likely beginning to dissipate his spirit energy.

"Shilei, where is Great Grandfather now?"

"He's at the family's Preaching Hall!" Lin Shilei replied.

Lin Shiming nodded and spoke a few words to the deacon in charge of Qinglian Lake, then he used his storage bag to fill it with a large amount of the lake's water.

He planned to create a small pond in his Cave Heaven World and plant some Green Lotus to breed Spirit Fish and place Star Spirit Clams.

The muddy swamp of Wang Jiao was still only suitable for it.

After storing the Spirit Water, Lin Shiming followed Lin Shilei toward the Preaching Hall.

The Preaching Hall was located at the entrance of Fangmu Mountain. If cultivating to immortality was like climbing a series of steep mountains, then beginning to preach was like commencing the ascent.

At the foot of the mountain was a sprawling complex of pavilions.

Ever since the Lin Family reformed and established its own Preaching Hall, it divided the hall into three sections: Innate Tower, Qi Cultivation Tower, and Clan Academy.

The Innate Tower is where the cultivators of the Lin Family teach those who have just awakened their Spirit Roots or are Innate cultivators.

Here, they teach these young children with Spirit Roots some basic cultivation techniques and also provide complete guidance and follow-up on their cultivation process.

Most of the guides are cultivators from later generations who are older, with no hope of furthering their cultivation. They strive for Contribution Points to support their descendants' cultivation.

However, their experience is substantial, and they have their own insights into certain techniques.

Nothing can go wrong with the issue of cultivation, even a minor problem in the meridians of an Innate Cultivator can completely ruin their path to immortality.

The Qi Cultivation Tower is prepared for those who are just entering Qi Cultivation. It explains some basic Five Elements Spells, and also discusses matters relating to alchemy and artifact refining.

Furthermore, every Qi Cultivation Ninth Level Elder and Foundation Establishment Stage Elder of the Lin Family must come to preach every so often.

Therefore, to the Lin Family's Preaching Hall's Qi Cultivation Tower, it's a place where many mid-stage Qi Cultivators often come to listen in.

At this thought, Lin Shiming couldn't help but touch his nose, knowing that as the Family Head and the founder of the Preaching Hall, he had never come to lecture even once.

Of course, this was also related to the situation facing the Lin Family, as he had to focus all his efforts on cultivation.

Even now.

As for the Clan Academy, its purpose is more straightforward: to explain the rise and fall of the Lin Family, to foster a sense of family identity, and to instill the grand ambition of cultivation.

"Family Head, this way." Lin Shilei led Lin Shiming to the Clan Academy.

Inside the building, a dozen or so teenagers sat upright, seriouss and respectful like students in a school, while at the front, Lin Yuqing vividly narrated the past of the Lin Family, as well as its future.

Lin Yuqing at this moment felt both strange and familiar to Lin Shiming.

His great-uncle was just a body cultivator, known within the Lin Family not for his eloquence or scheming, but as the hot-tempered Elder with the strongest Qi Cultivation fighting prowess.

It also reminded Lin Shiming of the Third Elder Lin Yushui, who died protecting them, of Lin Yuqi who refined pills for the family until his last moment, and Lin Yutie, who crafted the family's standard magic artifacts.

They were never afraid of dissipating their spirit energy but were exceedingly tenacious and committed to the items and artifacts they valued so much!

All their thoughts and everything they held dear were about legacy!

And now, it had come to Lin Yuqing.

Seemingly sensing the presence of Lin Shiming and Lin Shilei, Lin Yuqing walked out graciously, leading Lin Shiming and Lin Shilei inside.

However, the steps he led with were clearly unsteady.

The once unchallenged authority of the Lin Family, the Great Elder, now hunched over, his body slowly losing its spirit light, bit by bit.

Lin Shilei wanted to come forward and support him, but the latter pushed him away.

"Come, aren't you curious about what kind of person the Family Head of the Lin Family is? Today, you can ask your Family Head freely!" Lin Yuqing said kindly, smiling as he faced the teenagers in the early stages of Innate Qi Cultivation.

He introduced him to these Ze-generation teenagers.

With so many Ze-generation cultivators now, it was natural for Lin Shiming not to have met each of them. These children had also never seen Lin Shiming in person, only through portraits.

He looked even younger than his portraits.

That was the unanimous thought of all the youths.

And Lin Shiming simply began to teach these youngsters about the clan's teachings.

Every cultivator of the Lin Family would attend the clan's teachings, even those who had married into the family must come; such was the rule of the Preaching Hall.

"What is a family?

The first time he met his seventh great-uncle, the question Lin Xianzhi posed to him was now the one he threw back to these youths.

Their answers varied greatly.

Some were lofty, while some were amusing.

Lin Shiming nodded to each one, for in his eyes, all their answers were good.

Because in his view, family lay within the heart, and its goodness or badness was for each to define.

After speaking with the youths about clan teachings for an hour, Lin Shiming felt an incomparable sense of relaxation in that moment.

Although he always maintained a balance between tension and relaxation in his cultivation, how could he truly relax as the head of the Lin Family and as one of the only two disciples of the returned Zi Xuan Hermit from the secret realm?

It was at this moment that he was surrounded by the serenity of these Ze-generation youths, who were at the beginning of their path to immortality.

Moreover, it wasn't just him striving hard for the family!

From the Ze-generation cultivators up to the posterior and senior generations!

When the clan teachings concluded, the youths left one by one.

Inside the large academy building, only the three of them, including Lin Shiming, remained.

"Great-grandfather, you really should practice more of the Spirit Art!" Lin Shiming spoke up.

"Family Head, there is no need for this old man to practice the Spirit Art, and besides, the clan teachings are extremely important too. Is there anyone more suitable than me to teach them in the Lin Family?"

Lin Yuqing said with a touch of pride.

Indeed, there was no one in the Lin Family more qualified than him.

"Great-grandfather, how can you be less decisive than Second Great-uncle!" Lin Shiming spoke again.

With that remark, Lin Yuqing also fell silent.

He knew what Lin Shiming meant.

Lin Yuqi had died in a forced breakthrough attempt at the Foundation Establishment, in pursuit of the path.

He indeed lacked such fortitude.

Before dispersing his spirit, he thought of Lin Shilei; after, he could only contribute to the family's clan teachings.

"Shiming, please pardon your great-grandfather for not calling you Family Head this time and forgive me for not complying. I understand you, you're just trying to provoke me, but even Yu Tie wouldn't waste a Dragon Blood Pill, so how could I?"

"Great-grandfather, are you implying you're one of those who prioritize private interest under the guise of public good?"
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Lin Yuqing fell silent for a long time, then spoke.

The greatest wish of a cultivator is, of course, to explore places they have never seen.

And Foundation Establishment had been the dream that Lin Yuqing yearned for over a hundred years, even if that dream was shattered after he reached the age of sixty.

But, as he looked at the mountains and clouds during his cultivation breaks, the thought would still surface; he too wanted to try a forceful breakthrough.

To see for himself what it was like to reach the stage that promised a lifespan of two hundred fifty years.

He would even recall Lin Yuqi's bold declaration before his departure!

Sometimes after dispersing his spirit, he would dream he was standing in the pavilion, shouting the same words.

Foundation Establishment, nothing more!

But he couldn't!

He couldn't waste the Dragon Blood Pill, one such pill, together with a Foundation Establishment Pill, might bring about a Foundation Establishment cultivator proficient in all four aspects of cultivation for the later generations of the family, perhaps for someone like the son of Lin Yutie!

And in the state of a dispersing spirit, he couldn't even overcome the first barrier to Foundation Establishment.

"Great-grandfather, you worry too much. The Dragon Blood Pill isn't of much use to you now, but Shiming thinks you are not a person of indecision!"

"And Shiming happens to have a mulberry fruit that prevents the dispersion of one's spirit. This fruit is meant for those unable to leave a last message to their descendants in their final moments!"

"If great-grandfather is not afraid and wishes to try, Shiming can offer this Second Rank Spirit Fruit!" Lin Shiming said.