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Lin Shiming crossed the cave dwelling and looked towards Lin Shitao.
At this mont, Lin Shitao's face was pale as she spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, clearly having suffered a backlash from her failed breakthrough.
"Seventh brother, I failed..." Lin Shitao looked up at Lin Shiming, who rushed in first, her face full of dejection.
Just like her, Lin Shijie had consud Purple Mansion Jade Liquid and also had Dual Spirit Roots of fire and wood, yet Lin Shijie succeeded while she failed.
Of course, whether Lin Shijie succeeded in his breakthrough or not didn't greatly affect him; what mattered was that her failure ant the gap between her cultivation level and that of Lin Shiming's would only grow wider.
In her view, there might co a day when she was on her deathbed, while Lin Shiming remained in the pri of his life.
How painful would that be!
A Foundation Establishnt had a lifespan of two hundred and fifty years, a Purple Mansion spanned five hundred years, a Golden Core a thousand!
Lin Shiming shone like a brilliant star, and she might fade away. Experience new stories on My Virtual Library Empire
Because of cultivation, it might even be possible that the days Lin Shiming could accompany her would be extrely short.
It might not even compare to the decades of love between mortals!
"It's alright, you just need to try the breakthrough again!" Lin Shiming took Lin Shitao into his arms.
He gently patted her on the back.
"Seventh brother, let's have a child!" Lin Shitao said after a long silence.
This surprised Lin Shiming as well; clearly, Lin Shitao had lost confidence in breaking through to the Golden Core stage.
"Don't worry needlessly, you're only eighty years old, you still have well over a century left, and there's always the lifespan fruit. Breaking through to the Golden Core is just a trifle!" Lin Shiming said.
Of course, his heart was anything but calm at the mont.
Lin Shitao's worries were because of him. He knew that before Lin Shitao's breakthrough to the Purple Mansion, he should perhaps take her around to see the sea, watch the sunrise, and experience the four seasons of peach blossoms.
Maybe then, the ending would be different.
Lin Shiming took out so Red Spirit Fish and a black mysterious Spirit Fish and personally started cooking a spiritual al for Lin Shitao.
Failing the breakthrough required replenishing her vital energy and blood, and Lin Shiming also pondered that maybe he should enhance the Mingxin Tea Tree again to a Third Rank Supre Grade and catalyze its innate spirit leaves, perhaps clearing the adverse effects caused by the Formation Artifact Manual.
Lin Shitao was a Dual Spirit Root cultivator, and while her failure to break through to the Purple Mansion was partially due to lack of experience, after having been through the Illusionary Heart Pavilion, she wasn't exceptionally bad off. The most significant factor was still the influence from the Formation Artifact Manual.
Watching Lin Shiming cook the spiritual al, Lin Shitao's complexion improved slightly, and a smile squeezed onto her face.
Lin Shiming caressed her silky hair, and the two spent several hours together in the cave dwelling.
As evening fell, Lin Shiming eventually left the cave dwelling.
Lin Shitao still needed to practice to consolidate her foundation, as a failed attempt at reaching the Purple Mansion also required reflection and learning from experience.
The Lin Family could well afford more of the Purple Mansion Jade Liquids.
Lin Shitao still had plenty of opportunities. Having attempted to break through to the Purple Mansion once and having opened her Taoist ridians, she needed to solidify her gains.
As for him, he needed to be even more energetic. He must obtain the spiritual dicine from the Purple Sun Secret Realm.
And he needed to acquire as much as possible because the speed of cultivation in the Purple Mansion stage would gradually slow, and it might slow even further once he reached the Golden Core stage.
Outside the cave dwelling, Elders like Lin Xianzhi and Lin Houyuan were waiting nearby.
"Great-Granduncle, great-grandfather, father, second uncle, Shitao is alright, sorry to cause everyone concern!" Lin Shiming called out to each of them.
They had been waiting outside since the failure of the breakthrough.
"What did big brother choose as his Taoist na?" Lin Shiming tried to change the subject. It was only Lin Shitao's first failure.
Too much attention would only add pressure to Lin Shitao.
"Jiuxiao Hermit, and the Earth Attribute Spirit Peak will be nad Five Fla Peak!" Lin Xianzhi responded.
Though it sounded a bit odd, since Lin Shijie was practicing the Five Flas Technique, being called Jiuxiao Hermit was quite fitting, and as for the Earth Attribute Spirit Peak, it was also a rule that Lin Shiming himself had devised.
Whoever was the third to break through to the Purple Mansion could choose a na.
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Being called Five Flas Peak doesn't really affect anything.
On the contrary, Lin Shijie can pay several more tributes at the ancestral shrine and tell Second Grand-Uncle Lin Yuqi, who has always been mindful of the family.
"Seven great-uncle, help give this to elder brother!" Lin Shiming took out a storage bag containing several magical treasures.
Lin Shijie's breakthrough into the Purple Mansion naturally ant he would no longer be using magic artifacts.
And these magical treasures were those he didn't need anymore, so passing them to Lin Shijie wouldn't cause any trouble.
"Shiming, this is the Soul-Suppressing Pagoda refined for you by Jiuxiao Hermit!" Lin Xianzhi also took out a storage bag, this one requested of Jiuxiao Hermit by Lin Shiming.
Jiuxiao Hermit, now an honored Tribute Elder of the Lin Family, naturally also helped Lin Shiming with artifact refining, and at this mont, Lin Shizhong, who had always followed Jiuxiao Hermit, was said to have dramatically improved his artifact refining skills, surpassing even Lin Houfei, who entered Foundation Establishnt earlier.
Lin Shiming accepted the storage bag, which contained exactly two Soul-Suppressing Pagodas, and nodded his thanks.
For the trip to the Purple Sun Secret Realm, the higher his strength, the better, and the Soul-Suppressing Pagodas, as lifebound treasures when used together, indeed provided significant assistance.
Having finished speaking, Lin Shiming exchanged a few more words with the others and then headed towards the Sword Pavilion.
He hadn't forgotten that his most crucial objective was to safely retreat from the Purple Sun Secret Realm.
He couldn't know when Xu Ri True Person would make his move, but only the Purple Sun Sword could guarantee his safe departure.
Within the Sword Pavilion, Lin Shiming once again stood before the Sword Ladder. This ti, Lin Zeli was also attempting to climb, clearly tempering his Sword Intent. Lin Shiming praised him a few words, then began to try transmitting his voice to the Flaming Sword.
"Senior Flaming Sword?"
"Lin boy, what's the matter?" Having witnessed Lin Shiming's talent in the Sword Dao, the Flaming Sword had beco less indifferent and rather more expectant.
With the Taiyi Sword Grass seeds as a magical treasure, and having reached the third realm of Sword Intent with ease—Sword Birth Myriad Laws—it was very likely that in the future, he could enter the Divine Mountain and explore the Taibai Sword Palace once more.
"May I ask, Senior, does Spirit Cultivation also require Spiritual dicine?" Lin Shiming ventured cautiously.
Since the Flaming Sword initially required the cultivation of Sword Imbuent Technique as a carrier, and later on needed Spirit Veins for Spirit Cultivation, he guessed Spirit Cultivation might also require Spiritual dicine.
If it did require Spiritual dicine, then the Flaming Sword could certainly join him.
After all, protecting Lin Shiming was also protecting Spiritual dicines that were more than five thousand years old. With his Spirit Ants to capture Spiritual dicine, he was still quite confident!
"Of course it's needed, but my current realm is equivalent to the Golden Core Stage, which your Lin Family can't provide!" The Flaming Sword didn't bother to hide this, as it had been impossible to hide since unleashing the sword force capable of slaying the avatar of a Liu He True Person.
In fact, the transformation to Spirit Cultivation was sowhat similar to that of a wood demon's. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible for Lin Shiming's Sword Pill thod to involve the Soul Summoning Sword.
It's just that the transformation to Spirit Cultivation is much more difficult than that of a wood demon's.
"How is Senior Flaming Sword's recovery? This junior happens to have a secret realm with Spiritual dicine older than five thousand years, but as for how to protect the Spiritual dicine, that's where I encounter difficulties!" Lin Shiming was forthright, sharing about the Purple Sun Secret Realm.
However, he didn't ntion the fact that a Golden Core True Person was coveting his Star Body Refining Technique.
"I can certainly help with this matter. Moreover, get a Fifth Rank Spirit Vein earlier, as recovering with a Fourth Rank Spirit Vein is too much trouble!" The Flaming Sword spoke without any pretense.
Although the Fire Attribute Spirit Veins of the Lin Family were pure, their rank was still far too low, and moreover, Lin Shiming had used them for nurturing his Lifebound Treasures, and they were being used by many cultivators for their cultivation as well.
"Then I shall impose upon Senior!" Lin Shiming said with an embarrassed smile. His nurturing of the Soul-Suppressing Pagodas had indeed divided much of the Spiritual Energy, and he had also opened up Cave Heaven.
The Flaming Sword was already aware of the Cave Heaven, and Lin Shiming wasn't worried about it for two reasons. First, there was no system notification to indicate an issue, and second, if the Flaming Sword truly had intentions, everything of the Lin Family, including Lin Shiming, was within easy reach for it. In the secret realm, the Flaming Sword had already entered the Cave Heaven once.
Additionally, when in Qingxuan Sect, it had saved Lin Shiming's life at the risk of its own, so naturally, Lin Shiming felt embarrassed to make the Flaming Sword enter the Spirit Beast Bag.
Packing away the Flaming Sword, after leaving the Sword Pavilion, Lin Shiming headed for the summit of Thousand Wood Peak.
The Soul-Suppressing Pagoda atop Thousand Wood Peak had been tended to for nearly ten years, and the one on Five Flas Peak had been nurtured for a full four years.
By the ti Lin Shiming reached the summit of Thousand Wood Peak, he saw that at the mouth of the lava, the dragon-shaped Spiritual Energy was still spewing towards the Soul-Suppressing Pagoda.
The Soul-Suppressing Pagoda had changed drastically, not only richer in Spiritual Energy but its surface was also covered with nurous fiery red Spirit Patterns.
The entire pagoda seed even more brimming with Spiritual Energy!
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