Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor's Request
The Yang Siling family and Ling Pengyun had always had a good relationship, and the two families often visited each other. The Yang Siling family was genuinely happy that Ling Pengyun was able to break through to the Golden Core.
In particular, Ling Pengyun's nephew, Wu Hong, who possessed the talent of the Wind Spirit Root, was overjoyed.
He has a very good relationship with his uncle, Ling Pengyun. Now that Ling Pengyun has entered the Golden Core, along with his Grandfather, the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor, he has two Golden Core True Person standing behind him.
With these two powerful backers, his future Dao Path will be much easier.
Ling Pengyun felt a little strange seeing his nephew's appearance.
"Back then, I was thinking of paving the way for me after Xiao Hong entered the Golden Core stage, but I didn't expect that I would enter the Golden Core stage before that kid."
Wu Hong possesses the talent of the Wind Spirit Root, so even if he were to break through to the Golden Core on his own, he would have a 10% success rate.
In addition, with the help of his Grandfather, the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor, it was not difficult for him to find one or two Golden Core Spirit Object.
In Ling Pengyun's eyes, Wu Hong also had a very high probability of reaching the Golden Core realm.
Just as Ling Pengyun was distracted, a powerful voice came from the "Spirit Talisman Mountain" behind the Spirit Talisman Residence.
"I never imagined that after more than a decade, you would become my fellow Daoist."
Immediately afterwards, a beam of light flew out from it.
The figure of the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor appeared before everyone.
"Spirit Talisman Senior."
Upon seeing this, Ling Pengyun clasped his hands and bowed.
Because the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor is the father-in-law of my cousin Yang Siling.
In addition, since the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor had helped the Ling Clan a lot in his early years, and although there was an exchange of benefits involved in this help, the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor had always done his best. Therefore, he did not change the way he addressed the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor was also at the Golden Core Realm.
Seeing Ling Pengyun's attitude, the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor was quite satisfied.
Yang Siling and the others around also bowed to the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor.
They then tactfully withdrew from the main hall, leaving it to Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor and Ling Pengyun.
"Ling Daoyou, if I may ask a question I shouldn't, did you break through to the Golden Core with the help of a spiritual object?" Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor asked curiously.
"That's natural. Breaking through to the Golden Core stage alone is extremely dangerous. Even with the help of Golden Core Spirit Object, I almost failed," Ling Pengyun said with a hint of lingering fear.
"Fellow Daoist, you are able to find Golden Core Spirit Object in the Boundless Sea Region Cultivation World with the Foundation Establishment stage? Do you have any connections?" The Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor's eyes lit up with joy, and he then asked.
Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun frowned and thought to himself.
"It seems that the Hundred Spirits Sect investigated me quite a bit back then. Perhaps, after the scum of my clan leaked the news that I and the Third Grandfather had left the Lineage to the Hundred Spirits Sect, the news was leaked from the Hundred Spirits Sect to the Poison Blood Demon Sect, which led to my clan being besieged by the Poison Blood Demon Sect five years ago."
"This matter needs to be dealt with properly, otherwise there will be endless troubles."
After regaining his senses, Ling Pengyun guessed why the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor had asked that question.
However, he did not answer immediately, but instead asked a question in return.
"Did you inquire about this matter because of Xiao Hong, senior?"
Lingfu Ancestor has been in the Golden Core stage for many years, so he naturally does not need the opportunity to enter the Golden Core stage. His son, Wu Tian, has now reached the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, and he will be able to break through to the peak of Foundation Establishment in a few years.
However, his cultivation aptitude is not strong, and his cultivation level is mostly achieved with the help of spiritual objects. Even with the help of Golden Core Spirit Object, the probability of breaking through to the spiritual realm is not high.
Daughter-in-law Yang Siling's foundation is only a little over ten years old, and her current cultivation level has just entered the Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer, which is still far from the Golden Core.
The only remaining possibility is Wu Hong, the grandson of the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor, who possesses the "Wind Spirit Root".
"That's right. Xiao Hong's cultivation has now reached the Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer. Judging from his cultivation speed, he will probably be able to break through to the peak of Foundation Establishment in less than twenty years. I won't hide it from you, I plan to help him break through to the Golden Core Foundation Establishment Completion in the future."
"Our sect's Evergreen Spirit Tree, which can produce Golden Core Spirit Object, produced a three-hundred-year-old Evergreen Spirit Fruit more than ten years ago. It will take more than two hundred years for this tree to produce Golden Core Spirit Object again. Xiao Hong cannot wait that long."
"Our Northern Wilderness Cultivation World is relatively poor in resources, and Golden Core Spirit Object are rare."
"Even in Yuan Yang Country, the largest Northern Wilderness Cultivation World, only three Golden Core Spirit Object will be released every hundred years. The last time Yuan Yang Country released three Golden Core Spirit Object was at an auction more than thirty or forty years ago after the end of the Demon Beast Uprising."
"If we are to wait for the Golden Core Spirit Object of Yuan Yang Country, we will have to wait for about seventy years. However, Xiao Hong can advance to the Foundation Establishment Completion in twenty years. Fifty years is too long, and Xiao Hong cannot wait for it either."
"I lack the courage to go to the Boundless Sea Region Cultivation World to search for or purchase Golden Core Spirit Object Golden Core Spirit Object, just as you did six years ago."
"In my early years, when I was still at the Foundation Establishment Completion, I also traveled to the Boundless Sea Region Cultivation World."
"During that trip, I only spent a few thousand Spirit Stone to buy some spiritual items, which attracted the pursuit of a Pseudo-Core Realm expert from the Saint Demon Sect of the Boundless Sea Region Cultivation World."
"Fortunately, I also have some tricks up my sleeve, otherwise I would have fallen into the hands of those Devil Cultivator from the Saint Demon Sect."
"If I were to carry hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stone with me to the Boundless Sea Region Cultivation World to purchase Golden Core Spirit Object, I'm afraid Golden Core Late Stage Devil Cultivator would come knocking on my door."
"If you, fellow cultivator, have a reliable channel in the resource-rich Boundless Sea Region Cultivation World where you can quietly obtain Golden Core Spirit Object, would you be willing to act as an intermediary?"
"Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor asked."
The reason he sought out Ling Pengyun was quite simple: Ling Pengyun, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, could obtain Golden Core Spirit Object, which was enough to show that he must have a safe channel.
As for Ling Pengyun's fortuitous opportunity encounter with the Golden Core Spirit Object, and his killing of the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor, Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor didn't believe it.
If Golden Core Spirit Object were so easy to obtain, he wouldn't have sent out a large number of people to search for them over the past few decades without finding a single thing.
Furthermore, Ling Pengyun is Lineage cultivator with powerful roots. Even if something happens to him, he can still earn Spirit Stone by exploiting the Ling Clan.
Most importantly, Ling Pengyun and his grandson Wu Hong Wu Hong are related as uncle and nephew, and the two families are relatives, which is why he so directly asked Ling Pengyun for help.
Ling Pengyun understood upon hearing this.
Not long ago, he spent more than 40,000 Spirit Stone to buy spiritual items in the Wood Origin Marketplace, but this attracted a powerful Old Devil in the Pseudo-Core Realm.
Spending hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stone to purchase Golden Core Spirit Object could very well lure out Old Devil in the Golden Core Late Stage.
It might even draw out Old Devil who Golden Core Completion.
After all, hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stone are a considerable sum for a Golden Core Completion cultivator at the peak of his cultivation.
At the same time, Ling Pengyun was also surprised by the wealth of the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor.
"It's been less than a hundred years since the Spirit Talisman Ancestor entered the Golden Core stage, yet he has already accumulated enough wealth to purchase Golden Core spiritual items. It's really good to have a major sect that takes a hundred arts as its foundation." Ling Pengyun couldn't help but feel a little envious.
Little did he know that although the Hundred Spirits Sect could earn a considerable amount of wealth each year through its thousands of skilled practitioners, most of this wealth was in the hands of the sect leader Hundred Spirits True Person, who was at the Golden Core Late Stage Hundred Spirits Sect.
Although the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor was also Golden Core True Person of the Hundred Spirits Sect, he could only get a share of soup and broth.
The reason he was able to amass such wealth over several decades was entirely due to one word: "Black".
The area around Serpent Dragon Lake where he is stationed Demon Beast Gathering Ground a decade or two ago.
There are many undeveloped mineral veins in this area.
The Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor then seized nearly 30% of the mineral veins in this area.
He only reported the remaining 70% of the mines to the sect, which is why his wealth accumulated so quickly.
Seeing that Ling Pengyun had not answered for a long time, the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor gritted his teeth and spoke.
"If you can help me make connections so that I can safely purchase Golden Core Spirit Object, I can give you two thousand catties of First-Tier Superior-Grade Water Spirit Iron."
Ling Pengyun's eyes lit up upon hearing this; a pound of First-Tier Superior-Grade Water Spirit Iron was priced at ten Spirit Stone.
Two thousand catties is equivalent to twenty thousand Spirit Stone.
This amount is not insignificant even for Ling Pengyun, who has just entered the Golden Core realm.
Furthermore, he urgently needs Water Spirit Iron, especially high-grade Water Spirit Iron.
If a higher-grade Water Spirit Iron is incorporated into the Azure Sea Heavy Yuan Treasure Pearl, the pearl will become even more sturdy.
Forced by the prospect of great profit, Ling Pengyun hesitated for a moment before replying.
"I can't guarantee the channels to obtain Golden Core Spirit Object. Give me three more years, and I will give you an answer within three years."
The channel he mentioned was naturally not his master, "Azure Water True Person," but rather the master of the Wood Origin Marketplace Teleportation Hall, "Jia Mu Zhenren," with whom he had some connections.
However, he still couldn't guarantee whether Jia Mu Zhenren, with his connection to the Nascent Soul Great Sect Wood Origin Immortal Sect, could "safely" obtain Golden Core Spirit Object.
"Three years is not a long time. I am already waiting for your good news, fellow Daoist." Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor smiled.
Afterwards, the two sat down in the main hall and chatted over tea.
Ling Pengyun also learned from Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor, a Golden Core True Person stationed on the border of the Hundred Spirits Sect, that the Golden Horn Mad Cow, the overlord of the Golden Horn Grassland adjacent to Serpent Dragon Lake, had a Golden Horn Mad Cow that Consummation Realm broken through to the Golden Core realm three years ago when it was at the Foundation Establishment stage.
Including this Golden Core stage Golden Horn Mad Cow, the Golden Horned Golden Horn Mad Cow Clan Golden Horn Grassland, now has at least three Golden Core stage Golden Horn Mad Cow.
This matter also made Ling Pengyun feel a sense of crisis.
The area around Serpent Dragon Lake has been occupied by the Hundred Spirits Sect. Decades later, Demon Beast Uprising, the Hundred Spirits Sect's forces will have to face attacks from the Demon Beast in Demon Beast Gathering Ground neighboring "Golden Horn Grassland".
At this time, the rise of the Golden Horned Golden Horn Mad Cow Clan Golden Horn Grassland, is not a good thing.
Furthermore, decades later, during the Demon Beast Uprising, the White Cloud Mountain Range will launch a full-scale attack and seize the White Cloud Mountain Range in one fell swoop. It is highly likely that the Hundred Spirits Sect Hundred Spirits True Person of the Hundred Spirits Sect, who is from the Hundred Spirits Mountain Range, will be unable to leave and return to the Serpent Dragon Lake to defend it.
Under such circumstances, the pressure on those stationed at Serpent Dragon Lake will become extremely high.
If the Serpent Dragon Lake falls, allowing a large number of Demon Beast from the Golden Horn Grassland to invade the Hundred Spirits Sect, the Ling Clan, located within the Hundred Spirits Sect's territory, will inevitably be plunged into a fierce battle.
"Senior, do you have any plans to take action against those three Golden Core stage Golden Horn Mad Cow in the Golden Horn Grassland before the Demon Beast Uprising begins?"
After thinking for a moment, Ling Pengyun asked.
"Our sect currently has no such intention. After all, the three Golden Core Realm Golden Horn Mad Cow in the Golden Horn Grassland are all quite strong. The strongest of them, the Bull King, has the cultivation of the Golden Core Middle Stage Realm. Even if our sect leader, the Hundred Spirits True Person who has the cultivation of the Golden Core Late Stage Realm, were to encounter it, I'm afraid it would be difficult to defeat it easily."
"To kill him is as difficult as ascending to heaven."
"However, our sect has also made arrangements for this. During the Demon Beast Uprising decades later, Ma Yuan Zhenren, who is stationed at our sect's mountain gate, and Bao Yuan Zhenren, who followed the sect leader to the White Cloud Mountain Range to expand the territory, will both come here to guard this place with me."
"With the combined strength of the three of us Golden Core and the help of the Lake Protection Array of this Serpent Dragon Lake, we should have no problem holding off those Demon Beast from the Golden Horn Grassland," said the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor, who had also seen through Ling Pengyun's thoughts.
"It's good that your clan has made arrangements for this." Ling Pengyun felt relieved upon hearing this.
"..."
When it was time for a meal, the two of them ate with Yang Siling and the others.
With the presence of the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor at the dinner table, everyone was somewhat reserved.
After all, although Ling Pengyun's family was related to Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor, they were not close. Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor was at the Golden Core Realm, had always been high and mighty in their hearts.
In the past, they had little contact with the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor, and had barely even met him a few times.
Knowing this, the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor bid farewell to everyone after the meal and went into seclusion.
His departure allowed Ling Pengyun's family to relax a bit more, and they basically talked about whatever came to mind with Yang Siling's family.
As a result, everyone enjoyed their gathering.
After a short day's gathering, Ling Pengyun's family bid farewell to Yang Siling's family, informing them of the opening day of the Golden Core Ceremony, and then left the Spirit Talisman Residence and exited the Serpent Dragon Lake.
On his way out, Ling Pengyun also visited the headquarters of the Sky Talisman Commerce Association in Serpent Dragon Marketplace and sought out Ling Chengxin, a second-level Alchemist was in charge of refining pills for the Chamber of Commerce.