29: Depart for Qingyang Mountains

The Thousand-Year Purple Jade Fruit Tree blossomed and bore fruit in almost the blink of an eye.

Faint purple blossoms unfurled, adorning the seemingly ordinary fruit tree, making it appear dreamlike and ethereal.

As the flowers fell into the soil, a tiny fruit began to conceive and grow.

It shed its green immaturity, turning purple and acquiring a jade-like luster.

Soon, the thousand-year purple jade fruit had grown to the size of a baby’s fist.

It matured so easily!

If other Spiritual Plant Masters were to see this, they would surely die of envy; such a difficult spiritual plant to Cultivate had matured so effortlessly.

“One, two, three…”

Lin Yongmao began counting the fruits one by one:

“…Sixteen, seventeen.”

A total of seventeen thousand-year purple jade fruits!

purple jade fruit is the main material for refining Foundation Establishment Pills, but it doesn't need to be a thousand-year-old one for refinement.

The value of these seventeen thousand-year purple jade fruits was truly high, so high that he dared not easily sell them.

Ordinary purple jade fruit would be one thing, but these were thousand-year purple jade fruits; their effects were far stronger than ordinary purple jade fruit, so much so that using them to refine Foundation Establishment Pills would be a waste of heavenly treasures.

“What should I do about this? With my current cultivation Realm, I certainly can’t consume these thousand-year purple jade fruits rashly, and exchanging them for Foundation Establishment Pills at Qinglan Sect is even more impossible.”

If Qinglan Sect saw that the Lin Family actually had thousand-year purple jade fruits, they would inevitably question their origin, and then follow the clues to Lin Yongmao, and Lin Yongmao would absolutely not allow such a thing to happen.

“Forget it, I’ll put them away first!”

Lin Yongmao took out several small jade boxes and carefully stored all of these thousand-year purple jade fruits.

He couldn't consume them now, but when his cultivation Realm was higher in the future, he could eat them like fruit.

The Cloud Mist Tea also grew rapidly, but its growth wasn't as astonishing as that of the purple jade fruit Tree.

The Cloud Mist Tea Tree was only one meter tall, growing like a bush.

The branches of the Thousand-Year Cloud Mist Tea Tree were like coiled Dragons, with old and new leaves growing on them; these were all high-quality thousand-year cloud mist tea leaves.

The most striking feature was the surrounding mist, like a vast expanse of smoke, making it clear at a glance that this was no ordinary tea tree.

“Master…”

The Thousand-Year Cloud Mist Tea Tree had also developed spiritual intelligence; a tender child's voice entered Lin Yongmao’s mind.

“Thank you, Master, for helping me Cultivate!”

The Thousand-Year Cloud Mist Tea Tree was quite polite; as soon as it developed spiritual intelligence, it immediately thanked Lin Yongmao, much more sensible than the Thousand-Year Purple Jade Fruit Tree.

Lin Yongmao nodded and said, “From now on, you will be called Baiyun, and you will be called Ziyu!”

When it came to naming, Lin Yongmao didn't want to spend much time; for convenience, he derived the names from their own types.

“Thank you, Master, for bestowing the names!”

The two trees quickly said.

The leaves of the Thousand-Year Cloud Mist Tea Tree could be used directly.

Calming the mind and concentrating, Breaking through Bottlenecks, strengthening the Soul, suppressing Heart Demons…

These characteristics could all assist Lin Yongmao in his Cultivation, making them extremely practical.

Unlike the thousand-year purple jade fruit, the thousand-year cloud mist tea leaves did not have such violent energy and Spiritual Qi, so there was no risk of exploding and dying after consumption.

Lin Yongmao had Baiyun contribute some tender tea leaves, intending to brew them for drinking.

The Family’s Cloud Mist Tea was only six hundred years old; his was a thousand years old.

Of course, he couldn't sell these tea leaves; they could only be for his own and his parents’ use.

As expected of the hundred-day sign-in, the [Thousand-Year spiritual plant Cultivation Agent] obtained was too miraculous; in a short time, Lin Yongmao possessed two Thousand-Year spiritual plants.

“I still need matching strength to guard these things…”

“Before I have enough strength, these things must not see the light of day!”

Lin Yongmao told himself over and over again, fearing that an uncontrollable impulse might lead to irreversible disaster.

Lin Yongmao then tallied his current spiritual plants:

Several acres of spirit rice

A clump of Hundred-Year Hemostatic Vine

Hundreds of Hallucination Heart Flowers

One sword soul grass

One Thousand-Year Purple Jade Fruit Tree

One Thousand-Year Cloud Mist Tea Tree

One World Tree Sapling

These were all of Lin Yongmao’s assets; the World Tree Sapling was the foundation of everything, while the Hallucination Heart Flower and sword soul grass were offensive spiritual plants, and the rest were functional.

…

Lin Yucheng led the Lin Family Hunting Squad into the Qingyang Mountain Range.

The Qingyang Mountain Range stretched for tens of thousands of miles, and on the outskirts of this mountain range, there were some small forces, among which the Cultivation Family Lin Family was one.

The Lin Family initially started by relying on their Hunting Demon Team, hunting Yao Beasts near the Qingyang Mountain Range and slowly accumulating Cultivation resources.

Therefore, even though the Lin Family had a relatively large Spirit Plant Garden industry, they still maintained the tradition of going out to hunt Yao Beasts.

Hunting Yao Beasts on the outskirts of the Qingyang Mountain Range was actually also for the long-term consideration of the Family.

If these Yao Beasts were not cleared in time, they could very likely threaten Cloud Mist Mountain, where the Lin Family was located.

In fact, it wasn't just the Lin Family; other Cultivation Families naturally, and even Qinglan Sect, had organized Hunting Demon Teams.

As the captain of the Lin Family Hunting Demon Team, Lin Yucheng led a team of ten people this time, including Lin Yongrong.

Lin Yongrong was new to the Hunting Demon Team, so he didn't understand many rules, and Lin Yucheng patiently explained them to him.

Although Lin Yucheng knew about the conflict between his son and Lin Yongrong, as an elder of Lin Yongrong, and constrained by Family rules, he really couldn't do anything about Lin Yongrong.

“Fourth Uncle, have you ever found any treasures in this Qingyang Mountain Range?”

Lin Yongrong had a handsome appearance, and his sword-like eyes looked at Lin Yucheng with hope.

Lin Yucheng said indifferently, “Yongrong, you must not harbor such thoughts. The Qingyang Mountain Range is full of dangers. While there’s a chance to find treasures, it either requires great Luck or absolute strength.

And our activity range is limited to the outskirts of the Qingyang Mountain Range, so finding treasures is basically impossible.”

Although Lin Yongrong agreed on the surface, his mind was active, wondering whether he should take a risk.

“In the core area of the Qingyang Mountain Range, there might be Fourth-Tier Yao Beasts. Fourth-Tier Yao Beasts are equivalent to human Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators; if we encounter them, their mere pressure could crush us.”

Lin Yucheng explained.

He seemed to have guessed Lin Yongrong’s thoughts and wanted to completely dispel Lin Yongrong’s notions.

But who knew what Lin Yongrong truly thought in his heart?

“Captain, a group of Yao Beasts is approaching!”

At this moment, a scout from the Lin Family Hunting Demon Team returned to Lin Yucheng’s side and reported to him.

“What is the strength of this group of Yao Beasts? How many are there?”

Lin Yucheng was not flustered, but calmly inquired.

The scout of the Lin Family Hunting Squad was named Lin Jing, a strong man in his thirties, whose cultivation had reached the ninth layer of the Qi Refinement Stage.

Lin Jing held a Low Grade Flying Sword in his hand, which was already covered in sweat.

“They are Tusked Boar, their cultivation is roughly between First-Tier Third Layer and First-Tier Fifth Layer, and their numbers are very large, over a hundred of them.”

Lin Yucheng nodded faintly and said, “Good opportunity! These Tusked Boar are all low-tier Yao Beasts, but their meat is delicious and contains Spiritual Qi. If we kill them all, the Yao Beast meat can fetch a good price.”