Top-level Qi Luck: Leading My Clan to Cultivate

For the past two months, he spent his days concocting elixirs and his nights meditating to recover his spiritual power and divine sense, not wasting a single moment.

Exhausting all the merit points and spirit stones he had, along with the elixirs he previously made, he exchanged for twenty-five portions of spiritual medicine materials. After two months of secluded cultivation, he successfully refined them all.

As he produced more and more Second Order pills, his alchemy skills improved rapidly.

Now, when concocting Second Order Lingshen Pills, his success rate stabilized at fifty percent, and he usually produced around four pills per batch, which was a tremendous improvement.

Before he went into seclusion, he exchanged for twenty-five portions of spiritual medicine materials and successfully obtained forty-eight Second Order Lingshen Pills.

Looking at his harvest, Lin Tianming revealed a hint of a gratified smile.

After storing the elixirs in his storage bag and tidying up the Pill Refining Room, he walked out.

Shortly after, he arrived at the Hall of Merit of the family.

Finding Lin Xingcheng, they chatted idly for a few moments before he took out fourteen bottles of Lingshen Pills, totaling forty-two Second Order Lingshen Pills.

Since he was not planning to use the pills for cultivation just yet, he only kept six pills for emergencies and exchanged the vast majority for spirit stones.

Lin Xingcheng took the elixirs, swept them with his divine sense to confirm they met the standards, and then said,

"Forty-two pills, totaling six thousand seven hundred and twenty merit points."

Lin Tianming nodded and said,

"Uncle, exchange for five portions of spiritual medicine materials, and settle the rest in spirit stones!"

Lin Xingcheng acknowledged and went into the storeroom deep inside the main hall to get the spiritual medicine and spirit stones for him.

In no time, Lin Xingcheng came back out with a storage bag, which he handed over to him.

After receiving the storage bag, he projected his divine sense into it, and saw the items within it appear in his mind—five portions of spiritual medicine materials and more than five thousand six hundred spirit stones.

After confirming the amounts were correct, Lin Tianming did not linger. After exchanging a few polite words of thanks, he left the Hall of Merit, feeling completely satisfied, and flew towards the Alchemy Hall.

In less than half an hour, Lin Tianming appeared outside the grand hall of the Alchemy Hall.

At that moment, the grand hall was bustling with activity. More than a dozen young family members were sitting on cushions, listening intently to Lin Shigong as he explained the basics of alchemy.

Among the group of young family members, like him, were those of the same Tian generation, both male and female, all under twenty years old.

A family member dressed in a golden robe stood up and asked Lin Shigong, who was on the high platform,

"Ninth Grandpa, is the Golden Elixir Flame that you spoke of unique to Golden Elixir Experts?"

Hearing the question, Lin Shigong smiled gently, looking amiable and approachable, as he patiently began to answer.

Outside the grand hall, having witnessed the whole scene, he was momentarily lost in a trance, as if he had returned to the scene from over ten years ago when he was but a teenager.

Looking at the younger family members focused on learning the basics of alchemy, he too had gone through the same experience ten years ago, except that at that time the family did not have many members, nor did they have the resources or energy to train a large number of alchemists.

Nowadays, with abundant resources and encouraging policies, coupled with the inheritance of other families, the Lin Family has produced many talents in the Four Arts of Cultivation. Quite a few family members under the age of twenty have become First Order Medium Grade alchemists or even Artifact Refiners.

Regaining his focus and seeing his grandfather deeply engrossed in teaching, he did not interrupt and quietly waited on the side.

After half an hour, Lin Shigong finished his lesson and dismissed the family members.

Once the family members had dispersed, Lin Tianming approached, and the grandfather and grandson sat in the main hall, chatting leisurely.

"Tian Ming, you've been alchemizing a lot lately. What's your current success rate and pill yield?"

Seeing his grandfather inquire about his alchemizing, Lin Tian Ming did not hold back and honestly relayed his progress.

Although his grandfather had long known of his extraordinary talent in alchemy, he was still amazed when he heard the response.

Back when he achieved Foundation Establishment, it took him three years and hundreds of batches of pills to reach the level Lin Tianming had achieved.

"My boy, you're beyond comparison!"

Lin Shigong exclaimed, his face beaming with a broad smile, his heart filled with immense joy.

After calming down, he asked,

"You have entered the Foundation Establishment Stage for a while now. Do you have any subsequent plans or intentions?"

Lin Tianming chuckled, for he had come today precisely to discuss his options with his grandfather and to hear his opinion.

Since his grandfather had brought it up proactively, he opened his mouth to reply:

"Grandfather, it will be difficult for me to make progress in the short term. Therefore, I want to go out and gain some experience!"

Lin Shigong furrowed his brow, remembering the matter mentioned to him by Clan Leader Lin Shihua, before speaking up:

"Tianming, in another month, it will be time for the family meeting. The family plans to organize a caravan to go to Qianchuan Market for development. I suggest you participate!"

"Organize a caravan to develop in Qianchuan Market?"

Seeing Lin Tianming's puzzled expression, Lin Shigong explained:

"Several years have passed since the family war, and the Luoyun Market is now well-managed by the family. However, over these years, the number of high-order cultivators in the family has increased rapidly, with many above the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining."

"As the scope of mundane affairs we manage grows larger and the number of Lin Family Members increases dramatically, if we merely rely on Luoyun Market and rest on our laurels, our accumulated resources may be exhausted in ten years, making further development difficult!"

Hearing his grandfather's explanation, although Lin Tianming hardly participated in the family's operation, he quickly understood the underlying reasons.

After the family war ended, the territory controlled by the Lin Family had expanded to over twenty towns, with a civilian population reaching over two million.

With such a massive scale of civilians, every three years, the family would gain at least a dozen members with spiritual roots. Over the years, the number of cultivators in the family may have surpassed its peak period.

As the treatment of clan members improved significantly, sustaining these lower-level cultivators required a large amount of resources from the family each year.

And this was just part of it; the bulk of the burden lay with the Foundation Establishment Cultivators and those cultivating the Four Arts of Cultivation.

After all, the monthly stipend for the eight Foundation Establishment Cultivators and more than ten cultivators above the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, who formed the upper echelons of the family, wasn't a small amount of spirit stones.

In terms of cultivating skills, he was well aware that the consumption was like a bottomless pit. Yet, for the family's long-term development, supporting the development of the Four Arts of Cultivation, even if costly, was a necessary expense.

Fortunately, after several years of family support, there had been significant progress in the Four Arts of Cultivation.

His grandfather and he had both become Second Order Alchemists, and Lin Xingyuan, who had also broken through to Foundation Establishment, had already been a First-Order Superior Grade Alchemist before. It shouldn't be long before he would reach the Second Order norms.

When it came to Artifact Refining, it had always been a strong suit for the family.

Although Lin Shilu remained a Second Grade Medium Quality Artifact Refiner and had difficulty advancing in the short term, the family already had no fewer than five First Order Superior Grade Artifact Refiners, and their number was growing. Once they broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, they would eventually become Second Order Refiners.

In other skill areas, within the Way of Talisman Making, there was yet to be a Second Order Inscription Master, and there were only two First Order Superior Grade Talisman Makers. However, this area too was developing rapidly, and any talented family members who took up this skill were bound to make a mark.

As for the Way of Formation Setting, it was too demanding of the clan members' comprehension abilities. So far, only two had become First Order Medium Grade, but their young age and good talent meant they had a lot of room for improvement.

Thinking of this, the resources the family needed to consume each year must be astronomical.

Indeed, after the great war ended, the Lin Family acquired resources worth nearly a million spirit stones, but the current rate of development would not last for long.

Doing this math, the family did indeed need to find new revenue streams and make more preparations, which was an expected outcome.

With these thoughts, Lin Tianming finally understood why the family was laying the groundwork in advance.

Gathering his thoughts, Lin Tianming asked:

"Grandfather, do you know how the family plans to arrange this matter? Has any word come out?"

Considering Lin Tianming's inquiry, Lin Shigong thought for a moment. The Qianchuan Market affair was not a secret, and moreover, it involved his own grandson, so he spoke directly:
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"The matter has not yet been decided. However, it has been a topic of private discussion among us old folks. In a few days, the family meeting will be held, and it's very likely that this matter will come up. Once approved, the implementation will proceed swiftly."

After saying this, he continued:

"I am merely giving you a heads-up. You can take this into consideration but there's no need to put too much concern into it!"

Lin Tianming nodded in response. With only a month left until the family meeting, there was no need for haste.

All he needed to do was wait for the family's decision and consider his options afterwards. As for the time being, he could focus on cultivation and prepare a bit more.

Having made up his mind, after chatting casually with his grandfather, the two of them left the Alchemy Hall together.