Ling Xin's Spiritual Root

late at night.

Ling Yunhong, the Clan Head the Ling Clan, summoned the First Great Elder Ling Ruxian, the Fifth Elder Ling Yunxi, Sixth Elder Ling Yunqian, who were in the Clan Mountain, to the Council Hall.

Once everyone had arrived, Ling Ruxian told Ling Yunhong about some of the minor events that had happened in the clan during the two years that Ling Yunhong had been away from the Clan Mountain.

"Yun Hong, the Profound Water Mineral Vein in Qing Azure Stone Lake in Azure Stone Village was also emptied at the beginning of last year. However, the first-grade mid-to-high-grade Mystic Water Iron that was mined out has not been used up yet. There are still several thousand catties of Mystic Water Iron left in the Clan Repository, waiting to be refined into Law Artifact."

"The 50,000 jin of ore belonging to the Hundred Spirits Sect in the Profound Water Mineral Vein was all delivered by the end of last year, and the agreement with the Hundred Spirits Sect has been settled."

"However, although the Mystic Water Iron in that Profound Water Mineral Vein has been completely mined out, the Water Spiritual Energy at the mine ruins is still extremely rich."

"To prevent the loss of this Water Spiritual Energy, I had Yunxi set up a First Rank Middle Grade Water Spiritual Energy gathering array at the site of the mine ruins. With the help of this array, it is estimated that within a few years, the site of the mine ruins will be able to condense a rich Water Spiritual Energy, and then a miniature Spirit Vein be born."

"Your thirteenth uncle, on the other hand, developed a small lake covering several acres at that site to raise the group of Azure Moon Spirit Fish that Peng Yun and Peng Lin had discovered in their early years."

"In addition, during the two years you were away, the clan found five children with Spirit Root in the Clan Mountain and various villages and towns. However, the Spirit Root of these five children were not good, only four or Five Spirit Root."

"This year, more children in the clan have been found to have Spirit Root, a total of four. However, these four have not yet used the Spirit Root Testing Array to accurately determine their Spirit Root."

"With these four people included, there are now ninety-three people in the clan who possess Spirit Root."

"Among them, eight have not yet entered the Qi Refining stage."

"There are forty-eight people in the Early-Stage Qi Training."

"Those in the Qi Training Middle Stage include..."

"..."

Ling Ruxian in great detail, covering all aspects, and talked for a long time.

"It's a good thing that the Lineage can continue to develop in such a positive direction. Eleventh Uncle, Fifteenth Sister, Eighteenth Brother, thank you for your hard work." Ling Yunhong said to Ling Ruxian two in the Council Hall after hearing this.

Although he was the only Foundation Establishment Cultivator in the Ling Clan, he rarely managed clan affairs, spending most of his time cultivating and comprehending Pill Refining.

Lineage affairs are mostly managed by the Lineage's six elders.

"They're just some miscellaneous matters, not much trouble at all. Besides, serving the Lineage is our duty as elders, nothing hard or difficult about it," Ling Ruxian replied simply, then looked at Ling Yunhong with a serious expression and asked.

"Yun Hong, have you made any progress in your Pill Refining skills in the past two years?"

Upon hearing this Fifth Elder Ling Yunxi and the Sixth Elder Ling Yunqian, who were also in the Council Hall, looked at Ling Yunhong with the same expression as Ling Ruxian.

Ling Yunhong is a crucial turning point for the Lineage, transforming it from the Aristocratic Clan of Spirit Plant to the Alchemy Family. If Ling Yunhong can become a second-tier Alchemist, he can support the Ling Clan's Pill Refining profession.

"There has been some progress. The success rate of refining the common First-Tier Superior-Grade Pill Refining, Azure Spirit Pill, can now reach 70%. The success rate of refining the First-Tier Superior-Grade healing medicines, White Jade Pill and Qi Recovery Pill, can also reach 50%."

"As for the success rate of my only attempt at refining Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Gathering Pill, thanks to the hundred portions of Spirit Gathering Pill materials from my Lineage, it has improved considerably compared to two years ago, reaching 30%."

Ling Yunhong smiled and said with a hint of pride.

Upon hearing this, Ling Ruxian, Ling Yunxi, Ling Yunqian's faces immediately lit up with excitement.

The success rate of refining Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Gathering Pill is 30%, which is enough to earn Spirit Stone by refining this pill.

More importantly, Ling Yunhong has only been engaged in Pill Refining for ten years.

With such achievements in just ten years, Ling Ruxian and the other two could easily guess that Ling Yunhong would definitely achieve great success in Pill Refining in the future, at least no less than in his Spirit Plant. Becoming a second-tier Alchemist capable of refining various second-tier pills was practically a certainty.

"Yun Hong, with you supporting the Lineage's Pill Refining path in the future, we will surely be able to successfully transform into the Alchemy Family," Ling Ruxian said happily.

"Eleventh Uncle, you're too kind. To uphold the art of Pill Refining, we still need the assistance of the other Alchemist in the clan," Ling Yunhong replied with a slight smile, then asked, remembering something.

"What is the current situation of Xiao Jiang, who is being groomed as a key figure in the clan's Pill Refining training?"

"Xiao Jiang is the only son of Yun Hui, the only Alchemist in the Lineage. He was exposed to Pill Refining from a young age under Yun Hui's influence and has a good foundation in Pill Refining. With the support of the family in the past seven or eight years for various Pill Refining materials, and by following Yun Hui to learn Pill Refining, he can now refine several kinds of First Rank Low Grade pills with a success rate of more than 30%. He can be called First Rank Low Grade Alchemist," Ling Ruxian said with a smile.

"This is a good thing. In a few years, when the clan's economy is better supported by weapon crafting, Pill Refining, and Jade Series spirit rice, we will allocate more resources to cultivate clansmen with Pill Refining talent," Ling Yunhong said.

"I am aware of the situation within the clan. Has anything major happened in Huai River County or even the entire territory of the Hundred Spirits Sect?"

Ling Ruxian thought for a moment and replied, "Aside from the matter of the destruction of Red Leaf Ridge that you were involved in, there haven't been any major events in the Hundred Spirits Sect's territory."

"Indeed, Luo Minghui, the Clan Head the Falling Dusk Luo Clan, which is Five Great Clans of Huai River County along with my Ling Clan, and his Daoist partner Li Xia's only son, Luo Qiuming, entered the Foundation Establishment a year ago."

Upon hearing this, Ling Yunhong's smile widened even further.

"Currently, the five major Foundation Establishment clans within my Huai River County are all peacefully developing within their own territories. However, after several decades or hundreds of years, once each Lineage has grown stronger and consolidated its power, some minor frictions are bound to occur."

"Liu Changming, the Clan Head the Tiger's Roar Liu Clan, whose territory borders that of the Falling Dusk Luo Clan, is in for a headache."

"In the future, there will likely be no shortage of dog-eat-dog dramas."

Ling Ruxian agreed. "That's good. Fortunately, the Azure Bamboo Wang Clan and the Cloud Mist Wen Clan Lineage, which border our Ling Clan Territory, are both law-abiding, otherwise we would have a lot of headaches."

Afterwards, the group chatted about other things before concluding the meeting.

Three days later.

This year, four children with Spirit Root were identified by the Ling Clan cultivators from various villages, towns, Clan Mountain using Spirit Root Testing Stone. All of them were summoned by the Ling Clan Great Elder Ling Ruxian to the ancestral hall halfway up Lingxiao Mountain.

Once the four children had all arrived, Ling Ruxian opened the ancestral hall gate and let them in one by one. The Fifth Elder, Ling Yunxi, who was Array Formation Master, then activated the Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Measurement Array inside the ancestral hall to accurately determine the attribute of the Spirit Root Spirit Root of these four children who possessed them.

The Spirit Root Testing Stone can only determine whether a human possesses Spirit Root. If one wants to know the exact attributes of the Spirit Root, Spirit Measurement Array is required.

Before long, three children entered the ancestral hall one by one and used the Spirit Measurement Array to test their Spirit Root.

Soon, it was Ling Pengyun's turn to find Xiao Ling Xin, who possessed Spirit Root, in Cloud Water Town, to enter the ancestral hall to test his accurate Spirit Root.

Inside the ancestral hall.

As soon as Ling Xin entered the ancestral hall, he was guided by the Fifth Elder, Ling Yunxi, into a Changbai circle about ten feet long.

Within the white circle, array patterns and designs are everywhere.

In the center of the white circle, there are five upright White Jade pillars, each a foot long, in five different directions.

"The battle begins."

Seeing Ling Xin step into the formation, Ling Yunxi formed a hand Hand Seals and sent it into the Law Seals -Spirit Gathering Array Disk that was floating in front of her.

In an instant, the Spirit Measurement Array was activated.

Array patterns surged from the ground and passed through Ling Xin's body.

In less than three breaths, at the center of the formation, three of the five White Jade pillars suddenly emitted bright red, cyan, and earthy yellow spiritual light from their bases.

The spiritual light emanating from these three White Jade pillars varied in length.

"Fire spirit nine inches, wood spirit nine inches, earth spirit two inches, the Three Spirit Roots fire, wood, and earth."

"Judging from the intensity of the spiritual light emanating from the two White Jade pillars representing fire and wood, if this child were to cultivate Cultivation Method Cultivation Method uses wood to complement fire, he would surely achieve something in controlling fire."

"Such a Spirit Root configuration is extremely suitable for Pill Refining or weapon crafting."

"Afterwards, I should discuss this matter with my Eleventh Uncle."

Ling Yunxi gazed at the three White Jade pillars shimmering with spiritual light within the Spirit Root Testing Array. Two bright lights flashed in her eyes, and a bright smile appeared on her face as she muttered to herself.

Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, a massive surge of spiritual energy suddenly erupted Lingxiao Mountain.

The mountaintop seemed to have a vortex, frantically absorbing the Spiritual Qi of the mountain.

These unusual movements attracted the attention of the entire clansmen in Lingxiao Mountain.

Halfway up Lingxiao Mountain, inside a quiet room in a courtyard.

Ling Pengyun, who was diligently cultivating and purifying his spiritual power, was also alarmed by this strange event on the mountaintop.

He opened his eyes, sensed the unusual activity on the mountaintop, pondered for a moment, and guessed what was going on.

"This fluctuation of Spiritual Qi is rather strange."

"Even when Foundation Establishment Cultivator absorbs Spiritual Qi for cultivation in ordinary times, it is not this vast."

"It's highly likely that the Third Grandfather or the Immortal Spirit Crane King is breaking through their cultivation level, or that a member of the clan is attempting to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm, which is causing the influx of Qi Infusion."

"If any member of the clan were to attempt to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm, the most likely candidate would be Third Brother."

Ling Pengyun guessed that if someone had reached the Foundation Establishment stage, it would be his third brother, Ling Pengxing. It was quite simple, as there were very few people under the age of sixty in the Ling family who had reached the late stage of Qi Refining, and not a single one who had reached the peak of Qi Refining.

The only two people closest to the Qi Training Completion at the Qi Training Ninth Layer are himself and Ling Pengxing.

Under these circumstances, Ling Pengyun made this guess.

Because there were too many possibilities to cause fluctuations in the Spiritual Qi of the mountain, and because Ling Pengyun had been cultivating diligently for the past two years and rarely left the courtyard, he had not heard of Ling Pengxing's attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment, so he had no idea.

The reason why the Ling Clan clan learned about the Immortal Spirit Crane King's breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment was that it stirred up the Spiritual Qi in the mountain.

The main reason is that when the Immortal Spirit Crane King broke through to the Foundation Establishment, the location where the Spiritual Qi was drawn was the Lingxiao Back Mountain, where only the Immortal Spirit Crane flock lived.

In addition, at that time, there was a rumor in the clan that Ling Yunhong had exchanged a portion of Hundred Spirits Water from the Hundred Spirits Sect for the Immortal Spirit Crane King in order to help the Immortal Spirit Crane King Foundation Establishment.

Under these circumstances, the Ling Clan members were able to guess the fact that the Immortal Spirit Crane King had reached the Foundation Establishment stage as soon as they noticed the fluctuations in Spiritual Qi caused by the Immortal Spirit Crane King's Foundation Establishment to the Foundation Establishment in the back mountain.

With his thoughts returning to normal, Ling Pengyun closed his eyes again and began to circulate his cultivation Cultivation Method to refine the Spiritual Qi within the flesh of a mid- First Rank Middle Grade spiritual fruit that he had swallowed several hours earlier, thus purifying the spiritual power in his Dantian.

His cultivation does not rely on the Spiritual Qi of the mountain, so the fact that the mountaintop absorbs all the Spiritual Qi has little effect on him.

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