Clan Immortal Cultivation: I Can See Hints

So, the three of them were all determined to seize the opportunity.

Of course, seizing the opportunity was one thing; those that had not reached the required years for alchemical refinement would still not be collected.

They were the upper echelon of the Lin Family and needed to set an example in this regard.

After spending a short half-hour, they used a special secret technique to harvest all the spiritual herbs. The smiles on the three people's faces grew even brighter.

Then, they continued heading deeper inside.

Indeed, there was yet a third Spiritual Medicine Garden inside.

This garden was much smaller and surrounded by walls. To enter, they would need to cross a formation.

The formation, left unwatched for years, had been breached by the icebird, which had rammed a section of the wall to pieces, making for easy access.

Upon entering, the three saw only a handful of spirit plants within this Spiritual Medicine Garden.

But these few plants immediately caused their eyes to light up.

Especially the three spirit trees among them.

"These are Gold Condensation Fruit trees!" Lin Houshou was the first to exclaim. He had seen such trees during their trip to the Eastern Sea.

Moreover, one of the spirit trees bore three still-green fruits.

The other two trees had sprouted spirit flowers.

With careful observation, they also noticed that one of the fruits seemed to have been eaten, leaving only a severed spirit root behind, emanating faint spirit light.

"It was eaten by the icebird!" Lin Houshou spoke, his heart aching at the thought.

From the information gleaned from the Soul Binding Forbidden technique, he learned the icebird had eaten the unripe Gold Condensation Fruit out of boredom.

Before this, it had already consumed two fruits!

Unfortunately, its cultivation level was stagnant, remaining unmoved at the same bottleneck.

Lin Houshou didn't say anything more but immediately began reinforcing a new layer of formation over the existing one!

He then set about replanting the spirit trees!

"These three Gold Condensation Fruit trees will be transplanted to Thousand Wood Peak!" Although such spirit fruit trees would ordinarily be better kept within the secret realm, for the Lin Family, Lin Shiming, possessing the Thousand Wood Spirit Body, could catalyze the growth of spirit plants.

Thus, transferring them out would be more advantageous, allowing the Lin Family to derive more Gold Condensation Pills.

This would enable more cultivators to prepare for breakthroughs to the Golden Core stage.

Transplanting such valuable spirit fruit trees was immensely stressful for Lin Houshou; after all, even a slight damage to their roots would result in considerable losses.

Fortunately, the Lin Family's expertise in transplanting spirit plants was substantial, giving Lin Houshou significant confidence in his success.

While Lin Houshou focused on the Gold Condensation Fruit trees, Lin Shimo and Lin Shiyi turned their attention to a nearby five-thousand-year-old Scarlet Heartwood!

This Scarlet Heartwood had already reached the fifth rank.

Moreover, it was larger and better suited for medicinal purposes.

Apart from the fifth-rank Scarlet Heartwood, there remained only a few superior fourth-rank Tian Po grasses.

The Tian Po grass delighted both Lin Shimo and Lin Shiyi.

The sole purpose of this Tian Po grass was to temper cultivators' physiques.

This was an enormous temptation for Body Cultivators.

Both Lin Shimo and Lin Shiyi were Body Cultivators. Naturally, they adhered to family rules to divide the resources accordingly.

Once the allocation of spiritual herbs was completed, Lin Houshou finished transplanting the Gold Condensation Fruit trees.

At this moment, joy was written all over his face.

The Lin Family now owned four Gold Condensation Fruit trees, a number capable of rivaling even Coral Island.

With this, the Lin Family had confidence in producing three to four additional Golden Core True Persons within the next century.

Golden Core True Persons were far more elite than Purple Mansion cultivators, with far greater failure rates in their advancement.

"Let's move forward; up ahead, there's a tower!"

"That's the Cultivation Technique Tower!" Lin Houshou announced.

The techniques there were vital for the Lin Family to acquire. Being remnants of an ancient sect, these secret techniques held significant value and offered great challenges for study.

The three had already reaped substantial rewards thus far.

To pass through this Spiritual Medicine Garden, they needed to traverse further up the mountain path.

For cultivators, however, the distance wasn't far.

Soon after, an ice tower appeared in their field of vision.

The ice tower exuded a vast amount of cold energy.

"Is this...?" Lin Houshou hesitated upon seeing the ice tower. Its resemblance to the treasure pavilion he had once seen in Taibai Sword Palace left him stunned.

The treasure pavilion radiated brilliant treasure light, while this ice tower seemed to emanate profound ice energy.

Both, however, shared the same structure of six doors.

The icebird had never entered these doors. Instead, it had sent other spirit beasts in.

None of them had returned.

Lin Houshou knew this was the structure of Life-and-Death Gates!

By entering the correct door, one would find the "Life Gate"; selecting the wrong door would lead to the "Death Gate!"

"This is a Life-and-Death Gate structure..." Lin Houshou explained.

His words heightened the vigilance of Lin Shimo and Lin Shiyi.

They hadn't expected danger in this part of the secret realm.

"Second Uncle, you're truly incredible!" Lin Shiyi couldn't help but praise.

"No, don't praise me for this; it was Shiming who deduced it!" Lin Houshou waved his hands repeatedly in modesty.

However, he began to send two spirit beasts through in matched pairs.

The two spirit beasts quickly returned, causing the ice tower to shake for a moment.

The next second, a row of spirit characters appeared.

This scene piqued the fascination of the three humans and the beasts present, even stunning the icebird.

After all, the icebird had never witnessed these spirit characters before.

It began to regard Lin Houshou with newfound respect.

Even the icebird itself became curious about Lin Shiming's extraordinary perceptiveness.

The spirit characters left them all momentarily stunned.

"Three-hundred-year-old third-rank demonic beast, no potential, Yellow Rank Superior Technique – one step!" The characters surprised everyone.

The ice tower wasn't offering free selection of techniques; instead, the tower distributed them!

This discovery shocked the group further, as even the legacy towers of Taibai Sword Palace didn't work this way.

"It seems the technique is based on innate talent!" Lin Houshou smiled bitterly.

Their natural aptitudes weren't particularly impressive, as their advancements depended on resource accumulation.

Lin Houshou himself, nearing three hundred years old, was at Purple Mansion Late Stage with Third Spirit Root.

Lin Shimo, over two hundred years old, was at Purple Mansion Late Stage with Fourth Spirit Root.

Lin Shiyi, similarly over two hundred, was at Purple Mansion Middle Stage with Third Spirit Root.

"Let my Second Brother and I test this first!" Lin Shimo said eagerly.

He was curious whether the tower's talent assessment would align with reality!

As Lin Shiyi and Lin Shimo stepped into the tower, spirit light soon appeared once again.

This time, the light lingered longer, evidently requiring more time to evaluate Purple Mansion cultivators.

Lin Houshou observed attentively, feeling somewhat anticipatory.

Soon after, two rows of spirit characters emerged.

"Four Spirit Root, Purple Mansion Late Stage, two hundred and thirty-five years old, superior talent, awarded Profound Rank Supreme Cultivation Technique – Cold Frost Body Tempering Scripture!"

This technique immediately intrigued Lin Houshou. Although it wasn't an Earth Rank technique, as a Profound Rank Supreme Body Refinement Technique, it was incredibly rare and perfectly suited for Lin Shimo!

"Third Spirit Root, Purple Mansion Middle Stage, two hundred and thirty-eight years old, mid-to-high talent, awarded Profound Rank Supreme Cultivation Technique – Heavenly Fire Body Tempering Scripture!"

The allocation of this body refinement technique brought Lin Houshou additional delight.

At this moment, however, he no longer felt eager for his own technique!

Instead, he was more curious about what techniques the Lin Family's true geniuses might gain here!

Lin Shimo and Lin Shiyi quickly exited. Lin Shimo seemed indifferent, but Lin Shiyi looked a bit dejected, only receiving a mid-to-high talent rating.

This indicated that the tower assessed through a comprehensive evaluation of strength, age, and cultivation level, with relatively little weight given to spirit root types!

Lin Houshou then entered alongside the Red-haired Demon Monkey!

This time, Lin Houshou was deemed mid-to-high talent, whereas the Red-haired Demon Monkey received a superior talent rating.

Both were awarded Profound Rank techniques, but evidently, only those with top-tier talent could obtain Earth Rank techniques!

This left the group more concerned about which Lin Family member possessed such a level of talent!

"Let's set up the formations and wait for the family!" Lin Houshou suggested.

This secret realm differed from others, and the Lin Family would certainly prioritize its development. It could even rival the smaller secret realm that served as the Lin Family's fallback plan.

The legacy of the Taihan Sect was unlikely to be entirely moved; being located on Cold Turtle Island, it could serve as a covert growth point near the Soarwood Archipelago.

"Elder Lin, I'd also like… to try!" At this moment, the icebird spoke weakly.

Lin Houshou had instructed it to address him as Elder Lin, as "Master" felt unnatural and somewhat irksome to the bird.

For now, the relationship required further adjustment.

"Sure, you and Lei Tong may give it a try!" Lin Houshou nodded in agreement.