Clan Immortal Cultivation: I Can See Hints

Having observed the city walls, Lin Shiming changed his attire and mingled into the crowd, heading towards the city gate.

At the entrance of the city gate, there was a line of cultivators dressed in Lin Family attire who were inspecting entrants, accompanied by a Demon Detection Disk on the side that would activate if members of the Demonic Race tried to infiltrate.

Of course, for Jiuyue Island and Jiuyue City, the best effect still came from the Heavenly Gate Soul Locking Great Formation.

This formation could reveal any Great Demons with Golden Cores should they pass within thousands of miles.

Although some Purple Mansion Great Demons could transform into human forms, they were few.

Entering Jiuyue City would cost twenty Inferior Grade Spirit Stones for each entry and exit.

Lin Shiming searched for a long time in his Storage Bag before finding twenty Inferior Grade Spirit Stones. Although he had plenty of Intermediate Grade and several Superior Grade Spirit Stones, the Inferior Grade Spirit Stones were now rare.

Once inside the city walls, Lin Shiming was quite satisfied with the city's cultivators.

Each of them was very attentive to their duty, showing neither discrimination against Loose Cultivators nor any arrogance.

Such cultivators of the Lin Family truly represented the face of their clan.

And as for collecting Spirit Stones, Lin Shiming found it reasonable, although the Lin Family had spent quite a few Spirit Stones building Jiuyue City.

One must note that the city now had a considerable flow of people.

Moreover, twenty Spirit Stones were not considered high for Foundation Establishment cultivators; as long as they frequently went out to hunt Demonic Beasts and cleared the fields, they almost needed to enter and exit the city every few days.

With such a base number, the total would be even larger.

And once these cultivators used the Transmission Formation, that base number would grow significantly.

And the Lin Family's revenue would increase accordingly.

Jiuyue City appeared even more bustling, with four distinct city districts.

The West City was a residential area, East City was the commercial district, South City was owned by the Lin Family, while North City was half owned by Red Leaf Island and half by Nine Dragon Island; such an arrangement ensured that Nine Dragon Island would not overreach.

And it also highlighted the status of Red Leaf Island.

Lin Shiming's destination was naturally the bustling East City.

East City, with Lin Family Restaurant being the tallest and most luxurious building there, located right at the heart of East City and built with magnificent splendor.

Next in importance was the Lin Family's Pill Pavilion and arms workshop, followed by the shops of Red Leaf Island and Nine Dragon Island.

In this commercial street, most shops also adopted the marketing methods of Heavenly Phenomenon Island, implementing a VIP system and giving away small gifts had become commonplace.

After all, the Lin Family had perfected these strategies, and other clan forces would lose business if they did not do the same.

East City had recently issued the Demon Slaying Rankings. The Purple Mansion Slaying Rankings could be checked at Lin Family Restaurant, the Foundation Slaying Rankings at Lin Family Pill Pavilion, and Qi Cultivation Slaying Rankings at Lin Family Arms Pavilion.

Thus, although there were many cultivators on the streets, none were as busy as the Lin Family's shops.

Even now, Lin Shiming saw that some cultivators were already queuing at the Lin Family Pill Pavilion and Arms Pavilion.

And to Lin Shiming's satisfaction, the current ranking listings were not only updated at Lin Family establishments; other shops and taverns also updated them, albeit one day later on Red Leaf Island and Nine Dragon Island, three days later in the shops of other clan forces, and ten days later in the Loose Cultivators Square!

If one wanted real-time rankings, they had to visit a Lin Family shop.

This policy centered Jiuyue Island around the Lin Family, yet with clear distinctions among others.

Lin Shiming took a seat by the window on the second floor of Lin Family Restaurant, ordering a pot of Green Orchid Liquor and sipping it lightly.

Because it was the Purple Mansion Slaying Lists at Lin Family Restaurant, there were fewer cultivators viewing it.

Thus, the second floor was not too crowded.

But the cultivators' comments also reached Lin Shiming's ears one after another; some discussed where Great Demons were spotted, some discussed who recently rose in the ranking lists.

Of course, most were marveling at how many Lin Family cultivators appeared on the ranking lists.

Lin Shiming shook his head after listening for a while, and his Divine Sense spread out, encompassing the whole Jiuyue Island.

Being in the Golden Core Stage now, due to his cultivation of the Soul Fusion Secret Tome, his Divine Sense was much stronger than typical elder cultivators in the early Golden Core Stage.

Almost reaching the Middle Stage of the Golden Core.

Should Nine Dragon Island or Red Leaf Island have prearranged for Golden Core Cultivators to come over, he could detect them immediately.

After scouting around and finding nothing amiss, he stopped and continued drinking, also gathering information about nearby happenings.

After about half an hour, Lin Shiming restored his original appearance and headed to the fourth floor.

At this moment, Lin Xianzhi also walked out from a room.

Currently, Lin Xianzhi appeared quite pale, clearly having sustained serious injuries not long ago.

"Seventh Great-Uncle!" Lin Shiming spoke with some concern.

Although he was aware of the recent rampages of Demonic Beasts, he did not expect Lin Xianzhi to be injured. He had just scanned with his Divine Sense and the only place he did not scout was Lin Family Restaurant.

And Lin Xianzhi had evidently detected him using the Heavenly Gate Soul Locking Great Formation, which is why he had emerged.

"It's nothing serious. But, Shiming, we need to start devising strategies because the Demonic Race is already stirring to action!" Lin Xianzhi expressed his concerns.

"I was patrolling the Underground Dragon Palace when I was injured by a Late Stage Purple Mansion Great Demon!"

"And furthermore, I suspect that behind this Great Demon, there might be a Demon King!" Lin Xianzhi continued with a worried tone.

Ever since Lin Shiming had advanced, Lin Xianzhi rarely showed such concern.

Initially, they thought the last beast tide was the biggest calamity, and this time it would not be as severe.

But clearly, it was not the case; the nearly a hundred years of hidden development allowed those Demonic Races to become drastically stronger!

Especially since the Lei Peng Clan had stolen the Golden Thunder Fruit Tree, and the Flood Dragon Clan had taken two Nine Dragons Fruit Trees from Nine Dragon Island!