Clan Immortal Cultivation: I Can See Hints

The Council Hall of the Lin Family was crowded at this moment with all the Foundation Establishment Elders including Lin Houyong and Lin Shitao gathered together.

Everyone's brows were deeply knitted, a jade talisman passing a message circulated among them.

"It looks like we'll have to ask Seventh Brother to come out of seclusion," Lin Shitao said, frowning elegantly.

Lin Shiyi and Lin Houwei both nodded in agreement.

Since Lei Xuan and Lin Houxuan had made their breakthroughs, both had gone to Shuangmu Island to stabilize their cultivation after fortifying it well. Under the leadership of Lin Xianzhi, the Lin Family had successively taken over two more Spirit Islands there, necessitating even more stationed cultivators.

Lin Shitao continued to oversee the family's Alchemy Pavilion, which of course also meant she could stay closer to Lin Shiming, especially since after their grand marriage, they had been forced to part due to seclusion.

If she were also transferred to Shuangmu Island, that would be far too unkind.
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"Indeed, Shiming must make a move!" Lin Houyong also sighed.

The next moment, a streak of Spirit Light was sent out, heading towards the Council Hall.

Catching it, Lin Houyong's expression immediately cleared and relaxed.

"Shiming has ended his seclusion!"

Following Lin Houyong's announcement, soon the door opened, and after five years of seclusion, Lin Shiming walked in.

Although Lin Shiming still looked youthful, his hair was mingled with streaks of gray, and his expression carried a hint of the vicissitudes of time.

This sight immediately worried everyone present.

However, seeing the smile on Lin Shiming's face, their concerns dissipated.

Feeling Lin Shiming's cultivation level, the group wasn't particularly surprised.

After all, Lin Shiming had achieved the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment within a mere ten years.

Not breaking through would have been normal.

Typical Foundation Establishment Cultivators may take twenty to thirty years to progress from the early to mid-stage as was the case with Lin Shiming's father, Lin Houyuan. Even with the opportunity of the Spirit Tea and having gone into seclusion for another five years, there had been no news.

And it had been over twenty years since Lin Houyong's own breakthrough to Foundation Establishment. He knew all too well that he still needed many more years to reach the mid-stage.

Moreover, Lin Shiming's breakthrough had come even later than his.

The excuse of a dead-end seclusion was just a way for the Lin Family to keep a low profile.

And this wasn't just his understanding!

Lin Xianzhi himself thought so too!

Lin Shiming simply smiled faintly without offering any explanation.

He just marveled internally that the Sanqing Energy Concealing Technique was truly marvelous. No wonder Qian Bosheng, at the peak of Foundation Establishment, could hide himself as late-stage Foundation Establishment without detection, using only late-stage Foundation Establishment True Yuan when he acted out. Only by lifting that layer of seal himself could he revert back.

"Uncle Five, has anything major happened recently?" Lin Shiming approached Lin Shitao and, seeing everyone's furrowed brows, asked.

"Shiming, the Zhang Family wants to redistribute the Qingyun Square Market!" Lin Houyong pondered for a moment before speaking.

"And they want to divide the shares through a show of force, with Foundation Establishment Cultivators accounting for sixty percent of the division, and the remaining thirty percent to be decided by contests among young Qi Cultivators!"

Lin Houyong sighed after speaking.

Since the Li Family withdrew, nearly the entire Qingyun Square Market fell into the hands of the Lin and Qian Families.

This time, for some reason, the Qian Family became a Qi Cultivator Family overnight.

However, to avoid suspicion, the Lin Family had always only held thirty percent of the Qingyun Square Market shops, with a large portion of the profits linked to Zi Xuan Hermit and Xie An.

Now with the Zhang Family taking control of Yunzhou and lying low for three years, they were directly redrawing the market shares in Qingyun Square.

And by leading the charge for share distribution, a practice with precedent within the Qingxuan Sect's territory, the Zhang Family with their Purple Mansion Cultivator, seemed to have the backing of the Qingxuan Sect, especially since they had actively relocated to Yunzhou!

No Cultivator Family in Yunzhou could refuse.

You either participated or bowed out of the Qingyun Square Market.

For Yunzhou, which is already a poor and marginal territory, without the vast Loose Cultivator market of Qingyun Square and relying solely on the Xing County Square Market and Lin Family's trade caravans…

The Lin Family simply couldn't sell off the large deposits of Golden Iron Stone mines, Spirit Fish, Spirit Pills, and Spiritual Artifacts.

If these industries couldn't expand outwards, the Lin Family would once again face the previous dilemma—either reduce the benefits for Cultivators or empty the clan treasury!

Such a situation would definitely diminish the enthusiasm of the family Cultivators greatly.

Among the family, those adept at fighting and as Foundation Establishment Cultivators, Lin Houwei, Lin Shiyi, and Lin Shijie were all good choices.

However, each of them was still at the early stage of Foundation Establishment and seizing market share was not guaranteed to be safe.

Yunzhou's Foundation Establishment Cultivators are at the bottom in the four regions, yet there are still many families supported by one or two Foundation Establishment Cultivators, just like the Lin Family before.

These Foundation Establishment Cultivators were each one deeper than the next, and their strength at times exceeded the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

"Leave this matter to me," Lin Shiming readily agreed. The Zhang Family's attempt to redraw the market didn't surprise him at all. They hadn't forcibly seized it and instead allowed other families to bid, which was already taking Zi Xuan Hermit's face into account.

If he wasn't mistaken, at this moment, the Purple Mansion Loose was already in seclusion attempting to break through to Golden Core stage.

And the chances were definitely not slim.

Lin Shiming still felt a sense of urgency internally.

After all, the quicker the Purple Mansion breakthrough to Golden Core, the sooner the Golden Core would reach Nascent Soul.

As time passed, the entire Zhao Kingdom would truly be in turmoil.

"Shiming, also, the current head of the Zhang Family is a man of great ambition!" Lin Houyong added as a reminder.

This specific mention of a contest for young Qi Cultivators suggested extraordinary implications.