Top-level Qi Luck: Leading My Clan to Cultivate

In his own small courtyard, inside the cultivation room.

Lin Tianming sat on a cushion, hands clasped together, eyes slightly closed, with only the sound of his even breathing.

After several days of cultivation in the secret chamber, he had adjusted his state to its optimum.

He took out a jade bottle and poured out a greenish pill, which was the very Pozhang Pill he had concocted himself.

With his cultivation having reached the extreme limit of the eighth level of Qi Cultivation, taking advantage of returning to the Lin Family, he could use the Pozhang Pill to break through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining in one fell swoop.

Once he was prepared, he took a deep breath and consumed the Pozhang Pill.

As soon as the pill entered his mouth, a violent surge of spiritual power rapidly swept through his body.

He felt as if his body was about to ignite, his face turned bright red, veins bulging, presenting a somewhat frightening appearance.

"I didn't expect the power of the Pozhang Pill to be so strong; no wonder it can break through the bottleneck!"

Without time to think further, Lin Tianming quickly operated his cultivation technique to refine the violent spiritual power.

Time ticked away, the sensation of pricking pain did not diminish in the slightest, but instead grew stronger.

Lin Tianming showed a look of pain, clenching his teeth tightly, his eyes showing several strands of blood.

Before long and through the process of cultivation and refinement, the originally violent medicinal power became spiritual power and started to feel more gentle.

Lin Tianming directed the refined spiritual power towards the Qi Sea within.

As the spiritual power gradually increased and reached a certain amount, the already crowded Qi Sea seemed to have reached its limit, hardly able to take more.

Even so, Lin Tianming did not stop, continuing to madly channel spiritual power into the Qi Sea.

Soon, the shape and volume of the Qi Sea underwent considerable change, expanding and contracting intermittently.

Lin Tianming knew that he was at a critical juncture and needed to break through the barrier as quickly as possible.

Focusing his mind, he increased the intensity of refining the pill's power once more, organizing the spiritual power to repeatedly impact it.

After numerous impacts, an intense pain spread throughout his body, which then quickly returned to normal.

Lin Tianming revealed intense joy, repeatedly checking the condition of the Qi Sea within his Seven Sea Dantian.

The Qi Sea had significantly expanded in size, and there was still a small amount of the pill's medicinal power left unrefined, which continued to turn into strands of gentle spiritual power flowing in.

With the help of the Pozhang Pill, Lin Tianming successfully broke through and entered the Ninth Level of Qi Cultivation.

"Huff huff..."

Even though he had successfully broken through, Lin Tianming did not rest, continuing to refine the remaining medicinal power to consolidate his cultivation.

More than ten days passed, Lin Tianming opened his eyes that had been shut for half a month, his gaze flashing with a sharp light.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

After more than twenty days in closed-door cultivation, he had finally achieved a smooth breakthrough.

Feeling the surging spiritual power, much stronger than at the Qi Refining Eighth Level, if he faced the Wind Shadow Leopard again, he alone would be enough to handle it.

The exhilarating feeling after a cultivation breakthrough was truly addictive!

With a moment of reflection, Lin Tianming stood up and left the secret chamber.

In a few more days, he would return to Luoyun Market.

Before leaving, he decided to first visit the Hall of Merit to exchange the spoils of battle he had acquired recently, and to resupply his talisman paper and spiritual medicine materials, given that his stock of talismans was nearly depleted.

Inside the Hall of Merit, Lin Tianming found Lin Shixin and handed him two storage pouches.

Inside were the corpses of more than twenty Wind Shadow Leopards, including the body of the pack leader, as well as some low-grade spiritual medicine materials and miscellaneous items—all battle spoils.

Lin Shixin took the storage pouches and sent his Divine Sense into them, meticulously checking the contents.

After a little more than ten breaths, he had a rough valuation.

Lin Shixin's face remained calm, and with a smile, he announced the price.

"Three thousand six hundred and fifty spirit stones!"

"Good, Uncle Shi, I want three thousand Spirit Stones, and the rest can be exchanged for talisman paper and Spiritual Medicine!"

After speaking, Lin Tianming handed Lin Shixin a list.

Since Merit Points were of no use outside, and the family didn't have many good items, it was better to prepare more Spirit Stones for times of need.

It wasn't long before Lin Shixin took out a storage bag and handed it to Lin Tianming.

Inside were a large number of Spirit Stones, several dozen Medium and High Quality talisman papers, and a small amount of Spiritual Medicine Materials.

Having completed the exchange, he chatted idly with Lin Shixin.

Through their discussion, Lin Tianming learned that Lin Shixin had reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining Stage and had exchanged for the Minor Foundation Building Pill, planning to go into closed-door cultivation three months later to attempt the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Besides him, another member of the Lin Family from the Xing generation was also planning to enter closed-door cultivation to make a breakthrough.

With less than a year until the great competition in Luoyun Market, the Lin Family was doing all they could to prepare for the crisis.

In just three years, numerous members of the Lin Family had attempted to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage, something unimaginable in the past.

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Unfortunately, Lin Shixin was already ninety-six years old, barely two years younger than the grandfather's age when he attempted Foundation Establishment, with equally slim hopes.

"Uncle Shi, the blessed naturally attract good fortune. You will surely succeed!"

With no other way to help, Lin Tianming could only offer such comfort.

"Do our best and leave the rest to fate..."

Lin Shixin's gaze was firm, seemingly indifferent to the success of his attempt, showing a free and easy demeanor.

After ending their idle chat and bidding farewell to Lin Shixin, Lin Tianming left the Hall of Merit, summoned the Earth Evil Sword, and flew towards Lin Tianqin's courtyard.

As soon as the news of Lin Tianming's return spread, he was invited to a gathering.

Unable to politely refuse, he agreed to attend, finally getting Lin Tianqin to leave him alone.

Otherwise, he would never have peace.

After half an hour, Lin Tianming was sitting with Lin Tianfeng and others, chatting idly.

Not having seen them for a year, Lin Tianfeng was still at the Seventh Level of Qi Refinement, while Lin Tianhong had successfully broken through to the Sixth Level.

Lin Tianqin, who practiced with great diligence, was at the Fifth Level of Qi Refinement, and his sister, Lin Tianyue, had made significant progress, reaching the Fourth Level with the help of various elixirs.

Among their generation, the male members progressed the fastest, while the females lagged somewhat behind, since they hadn't undergone as many trials.

The gathering that day was particularly lively, lasting well into the evening before dispersing.

Lin Tianming said goodbye to everyone and returned to his own courtyard.

Taking out his storage bag, he began to examine its contents carefully.

There were over four thousand Spirit Stones, several dozen talisman papers, and more than three hundred elixirs in total; he was certainly not lacking in elixirs.

After checking his storage bag, Lin Tianming examined the Sword Qi condensed in his Dantian.

He had long mastered the Great Sun Sword Qi Art obtained at the auction; the Sword Qi had condensed and, after nearly two years of nurturing, had nearly become tangible, emitting waves of cold air.

Lin Tianming speculated that this Spirit Art was at least of the Mysterious Grade. Unfortunately, without the latter part of the technique, he couldn't activate it, which was a true pity.

It was as if he had a treasure vault right in front of him but lacked the key to open it, leaving him unable to access the treasures within, an extremely frustrating feeling.

"Huff..."

There was no use in just thinking about it. The latter half of the Spirit Art was nowhere to be found, and whether he could find it relied on luck.

Gathering his thoughts, Lin Tianming brought his palms together and started to run his cultivation technique, beginning his practice.

Three days later, a month had passed, and it was time to return to Luoyun Market.

Waiting outside the family's grand formation was Lin Xingzhi.

Seeing Lin Tianming flying over, the two greeted each other. They released the Purple Gold Eagle, jumped onto its back, soared a hundred meters into the clouds, and flew towards Luoyun Market.

After half a day, they arrived at the market.