Clan Immortal Cultivation: I Can See Hints

Lin Yanjiao spoke up.

Lin Shiming, seeing this, wasn't surprised. Over at the Taiqian Abyss, no major changes had occurred for some time, leading many families to let their guard down.

For Red Leaf True Person and Qian Ji True Person, they were both preparing to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, so naturally, they had to concentrate on gathering resources.

Whether it was spirit veins or other treasures, everything was essential.

The Lin Family didn't need to rely on that as much because Shiming had previously discovered many spirit veins and even had fortuitous gains in the Heavenly Illumination Sea Domain.

He also took control of the spirit vein in the Tianyou Archipelago.

In the battle with the Tianzhao Sect, four major factions had participated in the attack. If Lin Shiming remembered correctly, Coral Alliance's Chi Shan True Person had killed one island lord, Shiming himself had killed one, and the remaining five were taken by the Blood Cultivation Sect, Myriad Buddhas Island, and Nine Dragon Island.

"We are currently discussing candidates!" Lin Yanjiao hesitated slightly, as the Lin Family was currently stretched very thin.

Lin Shijie was breaking through to Golden Core, Lin Shitao was refining the Gold Condensation Pill, and she herself was an alchemist.

Meanwhile, Lin Xianzhi, Lin Houshou, Lin Zekong, and Lin Zecheng had all gone to Soarwood Island.

Lin Shilei, Lin Shiyuan, Lei Xuan, and Lin Zeli, on the other hand, had gone to Yunyue Island.

The remaining Purple Mansion cultivators of the Lin Family weren't particularly strong overall.

Heading to the Tianxi Sea Domain might not yield any favorable outcomes.

The secret realms of the Heavenly Illumination Sea Domain were likely to hide remnants of the Tianzhao Sect.

If they sent weaker cultivators, not only would they alert the enemy, but those sent could become easy prey.

"There's no rush in this matter. Let's talk about it again in a month!" Lin Shiming said aloud.

Since the Lin Family didn't have suitable candidates at the moment, there was no need to hurry!

"First, arrange for the family's talented individuals. Gather all Foundation Establishment cultivators ranked among the top ten, as well as cultivators with Heavenly Spirit Roots, mutated Spirit Roots, and dual Spirit Roots!"

"Also, gather all cultivators practicing water attribute cultivation techniques!" Lin Shiming ordered.

Hearing this, Lin Yanjiao hesitated.

"Seventh Great-Uncle, this is...?"

Lin Shiming spoke again:

"Yanjiao, you should join as well. On Cold Turtle Island in the Soarwood Archipelago, the family has discovered an Earth Rank secret realm with a cultivation method tower. You can go try your luck!" Lin Shiming explained.

Lin Yanjiao had a spiritual body. Her cultivation technique was the Heavenly Illusion Heart Sutra, but it was only of Supreme Grade at the Profound Rank and hadn't reached Earth Rank yet.

Perhaps she could find something valuable in the Taihan Sect site. Most importantly, the Taihan Mountain sect's effects could also help the Lin Family's promising talents take fewer detours.

Especially Lin Changxing, who had already reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. He was just one step away from the late stage, at which point he could prepare to break through to the Purple Mansion stage.

If successful, he would be the first among the Lin Family's "Chang" generation to enter the Purple Mansion realm.

The Lin Family's cultivators assembled quickly. Aside from organizing the gathering, Lin Shiming also planned to visit Thousand Wood Peak to find Lin Zeying. As a Lin Family prodigy, he naturally deserved to try his luck in the Taihan Secret Realm; however, the phoenix egg couldn't be given to him yet.

It was best not to let it hatch at this time.

Otherwise, Lin Zeying's divine soul wouldn't be strong enough to sustain the Soul Binding Forbidden technique before breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

Without the Soul Binding Forbidden technique, the situation would be too precarious.

The Lin Family cultivators were bustling with activity as they gathered, and there was an unspoken tension among everyone.

Even Lin Zeying, in the midst of practicing spells, felt an unusual thrill when Lin Shiming brought him along.

At his age, he was deeply curious about the happenings of the cultivation world. If not for the Lin Family's restrictions, he would have long proposed going on a journey.

Half a day later, more than two hundred cultivators had gathered before the transmission formation.

Half of them were Lin Family prodigies, while the other half were water attribute cultivators.

The Taihan Secret Realm was undoubtedly worth developing. While cultivators practicing other types of techniques might not adapt well to living there, those practicing water attribute techniques would find no such difficulty.

Though not as compatible as ice attribute techniques, water attribute cultivators could still make breakthroughs there.

Furthermore, the abundant spiritual energy within would significantly benefit the Lin Family.

Additionally, once the magical artifacts were researched, these cultivators could begin mining cold jade.

As a relatively rare treasure in the cultivation world, cold jade had three major uses: to aid cultivation, refine more powerful jade talismans with immense power, and ward off heart demons.

As they gathered, Lin Shiming had already arrived atop Five Flame Peak.

In front of Jiuxiao True Person's cave abode stood a newly constructed pavilion, along with several cellars.

Although Jiuxiao True Person was now a Golden Core True Person, he still enjoyed brewing wine.

Brewing wine, tasting wine, and artifact refining had become three of his main hobbies. Living this way within the Lin Family, he felt his life was rather content.

Moreover, researching spiritual wine was also a means to aid his breakthrough.

If his progress went well, he retained hope of eventually reaching the Nascent Soul True Monarch stage.

"Elder Jiuxiao!" Lin Shiming called out toward the cave abode.

Soon, Jiuxiao True Person emerged.

"Elder Jiuxiao, our family has discovered a cold jade secret realm, an Earth Rank secret realm. I hope Elder can refine some protective magic artifacts against the cold!"

Lin Shiming handed over a batch of Thousand Year Cold Jade and even some Thousand Year Cold Jade to Jiuxiao True Person.

"If these cold jades are useful, please take them all!" Lin Shiming said.

Jiuxiao True Person nodded repeatedly.

"No problem, but there's no need to use the Thousand Year Cold Jade!" Jiuxiao True Person accepted the thousand-year batch but returned the Thousand Year Cold Jade.

"Elder Jiuxiao, please don't be reserved. Our family has plenty of this Thousand Year Cold Jade!" Lin Shiming laughed.

He then left Five Flame Peak.

Escorting these family members to Cold Turtle Island also required his supervision.

Knowing Cold Turtle Island could pose dangers, he planned to stay stationed there for some time.

Upon arriving at the transmission formation—

"Seventh Great-Uncle, everything has been arranged!" Lin Yanjiao approached proactively.

"Good, then let's set out!" Lin Shiming nodded and led the group of family members toward Cold Turtle Island.

...

Cold Turtle Island, Taihan Secret Realm's Taihan Mountain.

Lin Shimo, Lin Shiyi, and Lin Zelu stood before the mountain gate, all three of them feeling a surge of enthusiasm.

For them, competition within the Lin Family was intense, and they would absolutely not want to miss such an opportunity.

"Is this the place where snowman doppelgangers can be conjured?" Lin Zelu murmured.

Lin Shiyi nodded in agreement beside him.

"Fourth Brother, you go first!" Lin Shiyi suggested, looking toward Lin Shimo.

Among them, Lin Shimo was the closest to achieving the Golden Core stage and had put in the most effort. This moment was his chance to begin.

Lin Shimo did not hesitate, striding forward boldly. As he advanced, a spiritual light illuminated the area, and the distant snowstorm became more intense.

The next moment, a snowman materialized, its form mirroring Lin Shimo's exactly.

Lin Shimo summoned five Heavenly Corpses, and, in response, the snowman conjured five snowman clones!

"As I thought, progress is required to break through this formation!" Lin Shimo was not angry but instead overjoyed, his face alight with fervor.

He launched into battle immediately.

The clash was fiercely intense.

Fortunately, the feared snow mountain collapse did not occur. Instead, it remained solid and extraordinary.

The grandeur of the scene grew more impressive.

The raw, visceral nature of the fight filled Lin Shiyi with excitement.

Lin Zelu, however, thought it felt somewhat reckless.

For him, developing formations held more potential. He remained curious about whether the snowman could replicate the secrets of formation techniques.

Lin Shimo, after persevering for an hour, was eventually bested.

As the snowman mirrored his techniques precisely, any lack of progress made it nearly impossible to break through.

Additionally, the ever-present cold further exhausted him.

"Zelu, it's your turn next!" Lin Shiyi said again.

Initially, Lin Zelu wanted to decline but ultimately nodded in agreement.

He, too, wanted to test the icy formation.

Was it truly capable of replicating formation techniques?

As Lin Zelu stepped forward, he raised his banners.

Sure enough, the snowman in opposition raised banners as well.

The two engaged in a duel of formations.

After the formations were exhausted, Lin Zelu brought out his magic artifact, entering combat once more.

As before, breaking through proved challenging.

However, the experience helped them better understand their weaknesses and pinpoint areas that required improvement.

Once those areas were addressed, they could successfully break through.

Lin Zelu's endurance only lasted fifteen minutes, but even so, his eyes sparkled with determination.

Seeing the two recuperating, Lin Shiyi refrained from proceeding and chose to wait instead.

They all remembered the instructions from Lin Xianzhi and Lin Houshou.