Chapter 35 – 34 Preparations Before Departure_1
Ti quietly passed, and three days flitted by in a hurry.
In his small courtyard, Lin Tianming was tightly clutching a golden spirit sword, currently channeling his energy to refine and claim it as his own.
An hour passed, and Lin Tianming loosened his grip on the spirit sword, which swiftly left the palm of his hand, spinning endlessly around him.
After five consecutive days of refining, Lin Tianming finally succeeded in claiming all twenty spirit swords as his own.
He took out all the spirit swords, and they lined up neatly in front of him. Each one was a first order top-quality spiritual instrunt.
So many spirit swords, and a complete set at that—given their power, if put up for auction, it’s feared that even twenty thousand spirit stones might not be enough to buy them.
The re Second Order Qingling Bamboo was worth more than three thousand spirit stones, and adding to that the various types of Second Order Spirit Ore treasured by Lin Shilu, as well as so first order supplentary materials, took them nearly a month to refine successfully. It would have to sell for at least ten thousand spirit stones at a minimum. Its value almost enough to buy a Minor Foundation Building Pill.
Clutching one of the spirit swords, Lin Tianming couldn’t bear to put it down; he hadn’t yet given the sword a na. After pondering deeply for a quarter of an hour, he decided to na it the Earth Evil Sword.
Using the Earth Evil Sword in conjunction with the Earth Fiend Sword Formation made the na particularly fitting.
After completing the refining and ownership ritual, Lin Tianming couldn’t wait to test its power.
He put away the twenty Earth Evil Swords and stepped out of the room, riding his sword towards the valley where he had once practiced the Fire Origin Decision.
A quarter of an hour later, Lin Tianming arrived in the valley.
Circulating his cultivation technique, Lin Tianming tried to activate the Earth Evil Sword.
An Earth Evil Sword shot up into the sky. Its intense sword qi, almost tangible, whipped the surrounding flowers, grass, and trees into shreds.
Surprised and delighted by such power, Lin Tianming fully controlled more spirit swords to join in.
One after another, the Earth Evil Swords joined the unceasing rotation of the sword formation, the aura of the entire formation growing stronger. A strong wind picked up in the whole valley; trees within a thousand zhang were snapped by the wind, with so being uprooted entirely.
After about ten breaths’ ti had passed, Lin Tianming was drenched in sweat, looking like he had reached his limit.
Within the Earth Fiend Sword Formation, the number of spirit swords had reached fifteen. The formation, made of fifteen first order top-quality Earth Evil Swords, was as impregnable as a fortified wall. Underneath the formation, trees and rocks rapidly vanished into nothingness, unable to withstand the power of the swords and directly sublimating. The sheer might of the formation was terrifying.
Lin Tianming quickly maneuvered the sword formation to move towards a nearby stone mountain.
“Annihilate.”
In a blink, stones the size of ten-odd zhang turned into dust; a hundred zhang deep hole appeared in the ground, its depths unseen, and the entire mountain shook.
Lin Tianming retracted the sword formation and placed all the Earth Evil Swords back into his storage bag.
Exerting his full power, he could only control fifteen spirit swords to form the sword array at once, and could only maintain it for half a quarter of an hour. His Divine Sense and spiritual power were largely spent. If he were to control the sword formation for a long ti during combat, exceeding the burden on his Divine Sense and spiritual power, he feared there might be significant injuries.
Still, the power of the fifteen spirit swords forming the Earth Evil Sword Formation was indeed terrifying. An ordinary cultivator at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, if trapped, would likely have to pay a heavy price to escape.
Lin Tianming couldn’t help but sigh; powerful thods also demanded powerful control over spiritual power and Divine Sense. It was only logical to have such limitations; otherwise, low-level cultivators with access to advanced Mystical Techniques could defy the natural order and battle across several realms, which would be too contrary to the heavens.
Having tested the sword array’s power and with only two days left of the month, Lin Tianming finished his practice. He put all the spirit swords back into his storage bag, transford into a escaping light, and headed straight for the Family rits Hall.
The Qianchuan Market was located more than three thousand li to the north of Green Bamboo Mountain and the journey required passing through the Luoyun Market.
The Luoyun Market was situated in the central area of the Luoyun Mountain Range. It was a small-scale market co-established by the five Foundation Establishing families of the range, along with over ten Qi Refining families. Foundation Establishnt Cultivators were already the strongest in the market, and there was always one stationed there year-round, with ten-year rotations among the five great Foundation Establishing families. For this ten-year period, a Foundation Establishnt Cultivator from the Golden Horn Mountain Jin Family was in residence.
Whereas the Qianchuan Market was a dium-sized market, well-known throughout the Southern Wei Kingdom, even Core Formation Cultivators had made several appearances there. In the Southern Wei Kingdom, it was one of the foremost markets.
The journey was long and rely getting on the road required more than ten days. Finding Ye Pinghai would take ti too, and even if everything went smoothly, it was likely to take half a year. If not, one to two years were a strong possibility.
The trip was not a short one. There were plenty of spiritual instrunts, talismans, and spiritual dicine. I needed to prepare before leaving.
Having made up his mind, Lin Tianming headed straight to the Family rits Hall.
Inside the Hall of rit, Lin Tianming stepped in.
Lin Shixin was exchanging spiritual dicine for family mbers. Lin Tianming wasn’t in a rush and stood by, waiting his turn.
After half an hour, Lin Tianming approached to pay his respects:
“Nephew Tianming pays respect to Uncle Shi.”
Lin Shixin responded with a smile:
“You young fellow aren’t what you used to be. You lack for nothing, be it spiritual dicine, instrunts, or talismans. What more do you need?”
“Uncle Shi, does the family have any Mystical Vine Flowers?”
“First Order Superior Grade Mystical Vine Flower?”
“We have so in stock. Do you want them? Ten low-grade spirit stones per plant. How many would you like?”
Lin Tianming replied:
“I would like five Mystical Vine Flowers, two Fire Elent Grass, two Golden Flower Grass, and four Shuiyun Grass. Do you have all these?”
“Yes, all these are First Order Superior Grade spiritual dicine, ten low-grade spirit stones each plant, totaling one hundred and thirty spirit stones.”
Lin Tianming had previously obtained so of the spiritual dicine materials for Xisui Pills. He wanted to supplent them, gather enough for five sets of materials, and prepare to refine them to consu as soon as possible.
He then inquired about the materials for Pozhang Pills. The family had all the auxiliary ingredients, but not the main dicinal ingredient, the Dragon Origin Fruit. Lin Tianming had to spend one hundred and twenty spirit stones to purchase three sets of auxiliary dicine for the Pozhang Pills. He would try to acquire the Dragon Origin Fruit when he reached Qianchuan Market and refine it into elixirs.
The resources in Qianchuan Market were far richer than those of Green Bamboo Mountain. Even Third Order spiritual dicine appeared from ti to ti, so finding the Dragon Origin Fruit should not be difficult.
Lin Tianming took out his family token and deducted two hundred and fifty rit points, leaving him with less than two thousand.
After storing away all the spiritual dicine materials, Lin Tianming did not linger and, after bidding farewell to Lin Shixin, left.
Entering his family’s courtyard, Lin Tianming stepped inside.
Lin Tianyue was sitting cross-legged in the courtyard. When she saw Lin Tianming, she imdiately stood up and rushed into his embrace.
Lin Tianming affectionately patted his sister’s hair and asked if their mother was at ho.
Lin Tianyue said:
“Mother has been in seclusion recently. She didn’t focus on cultivation for the past few years and left most of the spirit stones and so elixirs from grandfather for us, siblings. She relied solely on breathing exercises and only advanced from the Sixth Level of Qi Refining to the Seventh Level five years ago. Now that brother has given her more than ten Lingshen Pills, she naturally went into seclusion to improve her cultivation level.”
“Father left the family estate ten days ago; you were refining artifacts and he couldn’t wait. So, he went directly to Luoyun Market. Grandfather and Mother surely know that you will be leaving the family soon, and they will probably return in the next day or two to spend so ti together.”
At that ti, Lin Tianyue was still at the Third Level of Qi Cultivation, but her aura was notably more full-bodied and robust—it seed she hadn’t been slacking in the past half-month.
The siblings sat cross-legged in the courtyard, and Lin Tianming did his best to guide his sister’s cultivation while waiting for their grandfather and mother to erge from seclusion.
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