Chapter 295: Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, Jinzhou Zhang Family (Three-in-One Weekend Mega Chapter)_4
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But even so, Lin Shiming was confident that he could ripen all the Tribulation Forging Divine Flowers and fully cultivate his Split Spirit Decision to completion, perhaps even breaking through to the Divine Sense of the Purple Mansion!
Upon considering this possibility, Lin Shiming felt an unparalleled excitement.
It took him a long time to calm down from the surge of emotions.
His gains from this period of secluded cultivation were truly immense.
He also had confidence in fighting against any cultivators below the Purple Mansion.
The gap between the late stage of Foundation Establishment and the peak was not as large as imagined.
It could even be perceived that peak Foundation Establishment cultivators were those whose True Yuan was condensed to the extreme, but the advantage in the amount of True Yuan compared to the late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators was not significant.
Of course, reaching the extremity of True Yuan is not something every late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator could achieve.
Even if reaching the peak of Foundation Establishment was unrealistically short-term, he could still improve his Divine Sense with the Tribulation Forging Divine Flowers.
After observing the Tribulation Forging Divine Flowers, Lin Shiming's gaze shifted to the Spirit Pond.
Over these three years, the Star Spirit Clams kept producing Star Spirit Fluff. Initially, they served three gluttonous beasts: the Red-haired Golden Wing, and Wang Jiao.
But once the Golden Wing and Red-haired entered closed-door cultivation, most of what was produced ended up with Wang Jiao, while a small portion went into the mouths of the black Spirit Fish and Red Spirit Fish. Looking first at the Red Spirit Fish, he saw that each one had grown significantly larger than before, and their bodies were marked with more red Spirit Patterns.
Their life force was now no less than that of a Second Rank Superior Grade Spirit Fish.
And this was merely within a short span of three years. Before this, the Red Spirit Fish had never surpassed Second Rank Superior Grade.
By consuming some of the Star Spirit Fluff, they had already become Second Rank Superior Grade.
This confirmed Lin Shiming's guess was not wrong—these black Spirit Fish were originally ordinary Spirit Fish that had grown into Third Rank after ingesting the Star Spirit Fluff expelled by the Star Spirit Clams.
This also completely reassured Lin Shiming. With this, he too could begin Body Refinement by consuming these Spirit Fish.
Allowing his Body Refining Cultivation to reach the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
Lin Shiming did not immediately set about cooking the Spirit Fish, but instead exited the Cave Heaven World.
Having not emerged from his cultivation abode for a long time, several Storage Bags and a few Transmission Talismans had appeared outside.
Lin Shiming first looked at the Talismans; the first one was left by Lin Houyong.
The message within explained that the Qian Family had declined and the Qingxuan Sect had even sent cultivators to investigate, including Xie An. However, learning that Lin Shiming was in seclusion and that a major event had occurred, and preparing for a grand wedding, they eventually left.
The Qingxuan Sect, as expected, had made a move: all major families' tribute had gone up by a full fifty percent.
Not only that, but the Qian Family's territories had been occupied by cultivators from the Zhang Family who had come from Jinzhou, and most of the territories previously owned by the Li Family had become part of the Zhang Family's domain—importantly, the Zhang Family was a Purple Mansion Family.
It's just that their family's Purple Mansion cultivator tragically fell in Heavenly River City, and another was nearing the end of his lifespan.
Furthermore, even if their Zhang Family's Purple Mansion cultivator within the Qingxuan Sect was rumored to be in closed-door cultivation for breaking through to the Golden Core—and it was a death-seclusion—his chances of success were slim. This was also a major reason why the Zhang Family had moved from the more prosperous Jinzhou to the remote Yunzhou.
Of course, this Zhang Family from Jinzhou was also Lei Xuan's foe, and in Lin Shiming's view, this Jinzhou Zhang Family might even be seeking Lei Xuan as well as the Yellow Grade Secret Realm.
The last time the Lin Family entered the Yellow Grade Secret Realm, they had gained immensely, which was sufficient for training their Qi Cultivators.
Additionally, the Yellow Grade Secret Realm could also be used to cultivate Spirit Plants.
Last time, the Lin Family had planted many seeds of rare Spiritual Medicines within the Secret Realm, which all had one thing in common—they were difficult to sustain in the outside world.
However, regardless of the reason, this Zhang Family would be an enemy in the future.
Beyond the matters regarding the Zhang Family, the clan welcomed two more Foundation Establishment cultivators: Lei Xuan and Lin Houxuan.
Lei Xuan was a Thunder Spirit Root Cultivator, so his breakthrough was naturally simple, while Lin Houxuan was making his second attempt and also used Dragon Blood Pills and Foundation Establishment Pills.
Although successful, it meant the family gained a new early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
The last Talisman was from Lin Shitao, indicating that she was now capable of concocting Third Rank Intermediate Grade Beast Nurturing Pills.
This pill recipe was part of the inheritance of Fourth Rank pill formulas, and the Storage Bag contained quite a few Third Rank Intermediate Grade Beast Nurturing Pills, signifying that Lin Shiming's Wang Jiao had hopes for a rapid breakthrough to the mid-stage of the Third Rank.
And then he could begin the Ancestral Return Secret Method. At that moment, Lin Shiming even looked forward to the day when Wang Jiao would become a true Flood Dragon!
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