166: Gengjin Qi and Ancient Sword Embryo

Yongmao, aren't you afraid the Family members will say you're playing favorites? These good Medicinal Pills were only given to us.

Lin Yongmao smiled and said, "Of course, I'll prioritize you. I'm not afraid of what they say. Those Family members who gossip, I won't supply them with a single Medicinal Pill."

Lin Yongmao's status in the Family was extremely high; he was the only Second-Order Alchemist. (Although he was a Third-Order Alchemist, the other Family members did not know.)

All Medicinal Pills relied on Lin Yongmao's supply. Without Lin Yongmao, their Cultivation speed would be much slower.

"Once Yellow Sprout Pill can be mass-produced, I will distribute the excess Yellow Sprout Pill," Lin Yongmao said.

He had refined Yellow Sprout Pill all last night, using up all the excess Yellow Sprout Grass. To start another Alchemy session, he would have to wait a few more days for new Yellow Sprout Grass to mature.

Without excess Medicinal Pills, he would naturally prioritize his own people.

While Lin Yongmao and Han Yuying were still chatting, the door was pushed open, and a burly figure walked into the room.

"Father."

The person who came was Lin Yucheng, and only Lin Yucheng would enter and exit his own house so freely.

After Lin Yucheng advanced to the Foundation Establishment Stage, he took on the role of captain of the guard team in the Family.

Originally, after Lin Yukai made a mistake and was punished, even having his Cultivation crippled, this position had remained vacant.

Moreover, as the Lin Family's status grew higher and higher, the Cultivation of this guard team captain had to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage.

After comprehensive consideration, Lin Yuheng still felt that Lin Yucheng was the most suitable for this position.

As for the position of Hunting Demon Team captain, Lin Yucheng was temporarily not taking it, and Lin Yuheng was also looking for a suitable candidate.

Lin Yongmao felt this was very good; his father would not easily leave the Family or go to the Qingyang Mountain Range to hunt demons, thus avoiding any danger.

Lin Yucheng saw Lin Yongmao was also there and couldn't help but say, "Yongmao is here too! I was just about to look for you!"

"Looking for me?" Lin Yongmao was puzzled.

"That's right, I found what you've been needing!" Lin Yucheng said with a smile on his rugged face.

Lin Yongmao thought to himself, 'Is it also Yellow Sprout Grass?'

Lin Yucheng began to clarify, he said, "Didn't you need geng metal qi? I found it for you!"

Lin Yongmao's heart surged. He indeed needed geng metal qi, or more precisely, sword soul grass needed geng metal qi to evolve.

He had searched for a long time and inquired for a long time about news of geng metal qi, but no one had ever heard of it. Now, he didn't expect his father Lin Yucheng to have found it.

After Lin Yucheng finished speaking, he took out an ancient, unrefined sword from his Storage Pouch.

The unrefined sword was about three feet long, made of an unknown metal, emitting an extremely sharp aura and an ancient feel.

"This is an ancient unrefined sword. I bought it from Spirit Treasure Pavilion. Look carefully, does it contain the geng metal qi you mentioned?"

"Mm."

Lin Yongmao nodded, meticulously scanning the unrefined sword with his Divine Sense, but his Divine Sense could not penetrate the entire unrefined sword.

However, he wasn't worried at all. The unrefined sword's attributes had already appeared on the Attribute Panel:

[Ancient Unrefined Sword]:

Grade: High Grade Third-Order

Description: The broken halberd and sunken sand, the iron not yet consumed, will be polished and recognized from the former dynasty.

After an unknown number of years, this ancient unrefined sword has still been preserved, only having lost its former sharpness.

This unrefined sword is refined from the core of a thousand-year profound iron and contains pure geng metal qi. Only Cultivators who Cultivate Metal-attribute Cultivation Technique can sense it.

"That's right!"

Lin Yongmao nodded repeatedly. This was the geng metal qi he needed.

Moreover, this ancient unrefined sword was also extraordinary. Once Lin Yucheng's Cultivation reached the Golden Core Stage, he could consider refining this ancient unrefined sword to become his Lifebound Treasure.

"Father, I'll take this ancient unrefined sword for now and return it to you after a while."

Before Lin Yongmao finished speaking, he had already left his own house and flew towards Thousand-Pinnacle Cliff.

"This child..." Han Yuying chuckled, saying, "He's getting more and more impetuous."

Both Han Yuying and Lin Yucheng smiled.

Now, their son's Realm was even about to surpass theirs. They had realized that there was less and less they could do to help their child.

...

On Thousand-Pinnacle Cliff, beside the World Tree.

Lin Yongmao valued sword soul grass greatly, so he planted it next to the World Tree.

At this moment, the sword soul grass appeared somewhat listless.

In the last battle with Yuan Wang and others, the leaf Flying Sword was knocked down, which also damaged the Foundation of the sword soul grass.

Although Lin Yongmao picked it up, it had never fully recovered.

As the enemies Lin Yongmao faced became stronger, the abilities that the leaf Flying Sword formed by sword soul grass could exert became increasingly limited.

This was not because sword soul grass itself was not strong, but because it had not received proper cultivation and could not achieve its evolution.

The mature form of sword soul grass was Nine-Leaf sword soul grass, powerful enough to split heaven and earth, even stronger than the legendary Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.

Lin Yongmao checked the original attributes of the Sword Soul Grass:

[Sword Soul Grass]:

Grade: Low Grade First-Order (Can grow, poor condition)

Description: The leaves contain extremely strong Sword Intent, which can be transformed into a Flying Sword to attack enemies, or melted into a Flying Sword to enhance its spirituality. It can grow up to Nine-Leaf sword soul grass.

Cultivation Suggestion: geng metal qi

Looking at this withered sword soul grass, Lin Yongmao took out the ancient unrefined sword and placed it directly around the sword soul grass, hoping it would actively absorb the geng metal qi.

Lin Yongmao was also helpless; he had not learned how to extract this geng metal qi.

If he were an Artifact Refiner, he could do it, but he didn't even possess a metal-attribute Spiritual Root.

However, even with the ancient unrefined sword placed beside the sword soul grass, the sword soul grass showed no reaction at all, still drooping its leaves, looking listless.

This stumped Lin Yongmao.

The sword soul grass had not developed sentience, so Lin Yongmao couldn't communicate with it.

However, although Lin Yongmao couldn't communicate with sword soul grass, he could communicate with the World Tree using the [Mind Contract].

"Do you have a way to absorb the geng metal qi?" Lin Yongmao asked.

"Ying ying ying..."

The World Tree emitted a faint consciousness. It still couldn't speak, but it understood Lin Yongmao's intention.

A faint light emanated from the white tiger-shaped leaf on the World Tree.

This light projected onto the ancient unrefined sword, and the ancient unrefined sword immediately floated up. A sharp aura was extracted from within the ancient unrefined sword.

A faint golden Qi dissipated.

"Is this geng metal qi?" Lin Yongmao looked at the faint golden Qi, a thoughtful expression on his face.

His skin felt a bit sore. If geng metal qi directly touched Lin Yongmao's body, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Lin Yongmao had always practiced Body Refining. He had Cultivated the Mystic Spirit Body Tempering Art to the fourth layer, which was precisely the skin refining stage.

Yet, he still couldn't withstand the sharpness of this geng metal qi.

Finally, the sword soul grass reacted.