The encounter with the Fire Cloud Bird had not delayed the progress of the spirit boats from the two families as they continued to soar through the Qingyun Mountain Range.
The Qian Family, too, took on a more relaxed deanor.
Having just experienced a breakthrough, it was all too normal for the Foundation Establishnt True Yuan to be insufficient.
In fact, a newly advanced Foundation Establishnt cultivator wouldn't be much stronger than one in the Qi Refinent Realm, just as the Huang Family's Foundation Establishnt cultivator had been slain by the combined efforts of the Qi Cultivators of the Lin Family using formation talismans and magic artifacts.
Now, Lin Shiming himself had beco one of those cultivators, albeit one who employed an interdiate grade third rank magic artifact.
In the eyes of Qian Ziyun, this elicited a sneer; the man lacked the talent and yet dared to put on airs, even more than himself!
Though Lin Houyong was a slightly better case than Lin Shiming, to the Qian Family, it was still inconsequential.
And so, the spirit boats of the two families flew onward across the Qingyun Mountain Range for several more days.
During that ti, they encountered Demonic Beasts at the Foundation Establishnt level on several occasions and even saw, from a great distance, a Purple Mansion Great Demon locked in combat.
They promptly fled, relying on the advantage of their spirit boats to make a swift escape.
Then, one day, Qian Bosheng could no longer contain himself and looked over at Lin Xianzhi.
"Daoist Lin, we have been circling around for nearly ten days now. If you still harbor doubts, can you not even trust in the oath to the Heavenly Dao?"
"The path is indeed as such. Otherwise, encountering a Winged Purple Mansion Great Demon would leave both our families without any chance of survival," Lin Xianzhi responded indifferently, then continued to steer the spirit boat forward.
Lin Xianzhi's answer left everyone from the Qian Family simring with frustration, yet they were unable to do anything to Lin Xianzhi.
Unnoticed by the others, Lin Xianzhi's eyebrows relaxed, seemingly confirming that no one else was there, before he continued to search for a new direction to head in.
Five days passed in this manner.
Amidst the Qian Family's growing impatience, the spirit boats of both families finally ca to a halt above a vast sea of bamboo.
The bamboo here was even taller and sturdier than that of the bamboo in Xing County of the Lin Family, resembling soaring green pines piercing the clouds.
The leaves of the bamboo were broad and massive, almost the size of leaves used for wrapping rice dumplings.
"We have arrived below!"
As Lin Xianzhi spoke up, cultivators from both families released their Divine Senses to probe beneath them, and Lin Shiming was no exception.
Below the bamboo sea was a Spirit Vein, hence within the bamboo sea, one could vaguely make out so Demonic Beasts, but the majority were rely second rank Demonic Beasts, completely negligible to the cultivators.
A sweep of their Divine Senses imdiately caused everyone's expressions to turn unsightly, especially that of Qian Bosheng who, in that mont, felt as if Lin Xianzhi was toying with them.
However, the next mont saw Lin Xianzhi manifest a circular magic disk in his hand, which, upon being activated, emitted a profusion of Spirit Light.
At the sa ti, the ground below the bamboo sea began to tremble, and to everyone's surprise, a mortal chanism appeared, revealing an exceedingly long underground tunnel with an end leading to the unknown.
Only then did the cultivators realize that this place was controlled by a mortal chanism linked to an inferior grade second rank Spiritual Vein.
Forming a passage through the operation of the magic disk.
The cultivators had naturally been focused on formations and the strength of spiritual energy, not expecting that there would be a mortal trap involved.
Even Lin Shiming was slightly astounded. His Divine Sense continued to delve down the tunnel, only to find, yet again, that he couldn't reach the end of the tunnel with his sense. It should be noted that his Divine Sense had already been much stronger than that of ordinary cultivators due to his consumption of Awakening Spirit Flower.
After his breakthrough to Foundation Establishnt, his Divine Sense had significantly increased, yet it still was not enough to probe the entirety of this Purple Mansion Cave Mansion, which appeared to be imasurably deep!
The Qian Family didn't move, not even disembarking from their spirit boat. Believing and seeing was one thing, but such a narrow tunnel was another story altogether.
Lin Xianzhi did not pay attention to the actions of the Qian Family, leading the other four mbers of the Lin Family swiftly into the tunnel.
They delved with a single-minded focus towards the depths.
The five moved with extre speed, and after the Lin Family mbers had gone in, the Qian Family mbers also followed suit.
The latter group of five maintained a distance of one thousand ters from the Lin Family mbers.
In this manner, after the tunnel extended tens of thousands of ters, it suddenly opened up into a vast and magical underground world.
This was a hollow underground world, imnsely spacious, and fitted with an array of Moonlight Stones overhead, making the visibility nearly indistinguishable from the outside world.
Soon the group found the spirit fields, the Spiritual dicine Garden, the training grounds—buildings of so families were almost everywhere, albeit with many collapsed ruins scattered about.
Despite the desolate scene of ruins, the layout and traces left no doubt in everyone's minds that a Purple Mansion Family had once existed here.
In the center of the building complex, there was a huge cave mansion with the words "Mo Yun Fu" inscribed on it, written with a flourish that seed profound and mysterious at a glance, giving rise to an overwhelming sense of insignificance and sha.
The strength of the Dao contained within those three characters, Lin Shiming had only seen sothing similar at the Qingxuan Sect and truly felt it only on Qingxuan Sect's Ascending Immortal Ladder.
"That must be the final Formation!" All the spiritual energy of the entire world was concentrated there at the Purple Mansion Cave Mansion, enveloped by a massive Defensive Array.
The spiritual energy of this Spirit Vein was clearly that of a Fourth Rank Spiritual Vein, paired with a Fourth Rank Array. Even without anyone to control it, grinding it down would still require six Foundation Establishnt Cultivators continuously using their True Yuan to wear it down.
This was also why the Huang Family was so desperate to find the Illusionary Heart Grass to concoct Foundation Establishnt Pills and forge new Foundation Establishnt Cultivators.
At that mont, the Qian Family mbers also appeared in the underground world, looking around in surprise for a good while.
The so-called Purple Mansion Cave Mansion was indeed as legendary as its reputation.
At the sa ti, their gaze also fell instantly on the three large characters of "Mo Yun Fu."
A Fourth Rank Spiritual Vein, even for the Purple Mansion Family, would invoke greed, not to ntion the treasures left behind by Purple Mansion Cultivators.
"Daoist Qian, this is the Defensive Array of the Purple Mansion Cave Mansion. Breaking the array requires six Foundation Establishnt Cultivators to wear down the Formation and enter!" Lin Xianzhi spoke calmly.
Qian Bosheng extended his Divine Sense towards "Mo Yun Fu" and then nodded in response to Lin Xianzhi.
"There's no ti to lose, let's break the Formation!"
"There's no need to rush, Daoist Qian. This place is extrely hidden and there's no risk of exposure. It would be better to fully restore True Yuan before breaking the Formation!" Lin Xianzhi shook his head and then suggested that Lin Xianzhi and Lin Houyong should recover first.
"Delays could lead to complications, Fellow Daoists. It's better to push through and break the Formation first!" Qian Bosheng insisted, frowning and clearly sowhat dissatisfied.
His insistent words were obviously directed at Lin Shiming and Lin Houyong.
The two definitely intended to restore their True Yuan, particularly Lin Shiming, whose Nine Swords Formation constantly consud his True Yuan as it was being refined within him. At this mont, he was the one whose True Yuan was the most depleted.
"In that case, I have two bottles of Hundred-Year Spirit Milk here. Why not use them to restore True Yuan for the two talented nephews?"
Qian Bosheng clearly couldn't wait any longer. He produced two Pill Bottles from his hand, and within those bottles were filled with Hundred-Year Spirit Milk.
Just one drop of Hundred-Year Spirit Milk could restore all the Spiritual Energy of a Qi Cultivator, and naturally, it could also aid a Foundation Establishnt Cultivator in restoring True Yuan. However, its effect was much less compared to that on Qi Cultivators.
Yet a whole bottle would enable Lin Shiming to fully recover his True Yuan within half an hour.
Seeing this, both of them accepted the bottles directly under the aningful glance from Lin Xianzhi.
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