Chapter 1681
Family Changes
at the same time.
Yan Siyi, who was sitting cross-legged next to Ling Pengyun, was currently cultivating the supreme divine power of the ancient sect, Chaoxia Immortal Sect, called "Chaoxia Moonfire Dragon".
Although this great supernatural power is difficult, in recent years she has gradually comprehended the prototype of that great supernatural power, "Morning Glow Moonlight Treasure Fire," to perfection.
In addition, she had guidance from her husband, Ling Pengyun.
Some time ago, the family even specially obtained a fire dragon soul at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm for him, as the origin of the Moonfire Fire Dragon's great divine power.
Yan Siyi made particularly good progress in comprehending that great supernatural power. In just a few decades, she had already reached the level of minor mastery.
The power of her Great Divine Power of Dawn Glow Moon Radiance Fire Dragon was quite formidable.
Furthermore, if Yan Siyi's signature Mandarin Duck Fire Cloud Pot were added to its power, its effectiveness would be even greater.
The Mandarin Duck Fire Cloud Pot and the Moonlit Fire Dragon Great Divine Power are both Yin in nature, and the two can complement each other.
In addition, Yan Siyi had made good contributions in the previous battle and successively obtained several fifth-grade high-quality spiritual treasures. Her current strength is quite good among those of the same level, enough to suppress ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.
In addition, she has made progress in the art of culinary arts, and she has now gradually established herself as a fifth-tier high-grade culinary artist.
In addition, the dual-flavor hot pot helps in preparing medicinal cuisine.
She managed to maintain a success rate of around 30% in brewing various top-grade fifth-tier medicinal dishes that she was skilled in.
She would not only be able to break even, but could even make a small profit.
She would often use some high-level spiritual herbs grown by her family to brew medicinal cuisine to improve her cultivation.
Even Ling Pengyun and the other Nascent Soul cultivators from the family benefited from this, and their cultivation progress improved significantly.
After all, medicinal cuisine is more effective than ordinary pills of the same level, and its medicinal properties are more refined. A single serving is enough to enhance the cultivation of someone like Ling Pengyun, who is in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, after more than ten years of arduous cultivation. It is an excellent cultivation resource.
Some time passed.
'I've almost finished all the medicinal food I have on hand, so it's time to brew some more.'
'Also, my husband's medicinal cuisine is probably almost finished...'
Yan Siyi slowly stopped trying to comprehend the great divine power. Instead, she went back to her family and retrieved a small batch of high-grade special spiritual herbs that had recently matured in various high-grade treasure lands.
He also summoned the fifth-grade superior natal spirit treasure, the Mandarin Duck Fire Cloud Pot, and continuously poured spiritual power into it, while also unleashing the great divine power of the Morning Glow Moon Essence Treasure Fire.
Indirectly, the fire-flame pot summoned by that pot became extremely powerful.
However, he was extremely gentle and was easily swayed by Yan Siyi.
Once the temperature inside the Mandarin Duck Fire Cloud Pot reached a certain level, she threw in the prepared medicinal herbs to simmer and then covered the pot with the lid.
Among them, the lowest grade of those spiritual herbs was fifth-grade low, and many even reached fifth-grade high, making them extremely rare.
Normally, it takes at least several thousand years for them to mature.
Moreover, only the spiritual energy within fifth-grade or high-grade treasure lands can sustain the normal growth of such spiritual plants.
Indirectly, such spiritual objects become extremely rare and difficult to find.
However, this was not a difficult task for the family.
After all, the family had acquired many high-level treasure lands through various means, and thus planted those high-potential spiritual plants on a large scale.
There were even two mid-grade or higher spirit plant masters, Ling Pengxing and Ling Penglin, in charge.
Under these circumstances, those spiritual plants can increase their growth rate by at least dozens of times.
In fact, a large batch of high-grade spiritual herbs can mature every hundred years or so.
Yan Siyi had no worries about using such miraculous herbs to make medicinal dishes.
The only drawback might be that brewing such medicinal dishes takes a lot of time.
If we rule out failures again, it will take at least two or three months to successfully brew a fifth-grade superior medicinal dish.
And as time goes by.
Several years later, after consuming dozens of medicinal herbs from her clan, Yan Siyi finally refined more than a dozen high-grade fifth-rank medicinal dishes.
She has even made some progress in her spiritual cooking recently.
Among them, several medicinal dishes were of better quality, and their effects were several times stronger, or even nearly twice as strong.
'I was lucky this time.'
Yan Siyi looked at the several high-quality medicinal dishes, her face full of joy.
Immediately, she took the medicinal food and went to find her husband, Ling Pengyun.
Following the old custom, 30% was kept as provisions for cultivation.
The remaining 30% went to Ling Pengyun, since many of the spiritual herbs used to prepare those medicinal dishes were cultivated by him.
Moreover, as the pillar of the family, he should rightfully receive some of the medicinal cuisine.
The remaining 40% is placed in the family treasury and used by other family members to exchange for contribution points when they reach the Nascent Soul stage.
This will also benefit the progress of those in the family who have reached the Nascent Soul stage.
Moreover, the spiritual land where those medicinal herbs are planted was obtained by the family together, so the family should naturally get a share of the profits from medicinal cuisine.
This division of benefits was agreed upon by her, Ling Pengyun, and their families beforehand.
"Madam, the quality of the medicinal dishes you prepare is getting better and better."
"It seems that soon, Madam, you will be able to become a seasoned fifth-tier superior spirit chef."
Ling Pengyun was pleasantly surprised to see that many of the medicinal dishes he had been given were of high quality.
Experienced fifth-grade high-level spirit chefs can usually brew various fifth-grade high-level medicinal dishes with a success rate of at least 50%, which is enough to multiply the value of the spirit medicine and achieve huge profits.
"Thank you for your kind words, my husband."
Yan Siyi said with anticipation.
After chatting for a few more minutes, the couple returned to their normal routine and began their meditation.
……
And this moment.
In the Northern Wilderness cultivation world, in the Lingxiao Secret Realm, outside the clan's ancestral land, 'Lingxiao Valley', lies the clan's treasury.
Because Yan Siyi had placed a lot of medicinal food into the family's treasury, many of the family's Nascent Soul cultivators gathered there.
Moreover, they all surrounded Ling Yunhong, the old patriarch who controlled the clan's treasury, and kept pleading, wanting to exchange for a fifth-grade high-quality medicinal meal.
After all, those medicinal dishes have excellent effects, and since they are all at the early or middle stages of the Nascent Soul realm, the benefits of taking them beyond their cultivation level are even greater.
Even a single copy is enough to reduce their arduous practice by twenty or thirty years.
They all craved such spiritual objects.
However, the quantity of those medicinal dishes was relatively small, only a few servings.
The family needs many Nascent Soul cultivators, so there aren't enough to go around.
The family even established a rule in the early years that each Nascent Soul cultivator could only be qualified to exchange for a fifth-grade superior medicinal diet once every ten years.
Once the quota is used up, it will be difficult to obtain more even if you have enough contribution points, unless other clansmen are willing to help you redeem them.
The patriarch, Ling Yunhong, was the most senior member of the family, had reached the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and had even cultivated alchemy to the middle grade of the fifth rank, thus holding a high position and great power within the family.
The family trusted him implicitly and entrusted him with the management of the family treasury early on.
In addition, since the clan's treasury contains a large number of treasures, the clan has also set up a high-level formation there to prevent any accidents from happening.
Apart from the old patriarch Ling Yunhong and a few other high-ranking family members such as Ling Pengyun, who can freely enter, ordinary family members at the Nascent Soul stage cannot enter at all.
“Ancestor Yun Hong, I still have a quota for purchasing a fifth-grade superior medicinal diet in recent years.”
"Moreover, in previous years, when my mother was preparing that kind of medicinal cuisine, I didn't have enough contribution points, so I was unable to exchange for that kind of medicinal cuisine and gave the opportunity to other members of the family."
"Now that I've finally collected enough contribution points, please be kind and let me exchange for one."
Beastmaster Ling Chengmie, with a bitter expression on his face, pleaded with the old clan leader Ling Yunhong.
"Grandpa Yunhong, I'd like a share too."
Ling Cheng also said.
Although they were the youngest sons of Ling Pengyun and his wife, the couple did not want them to become parasites on the family.
Therefore, unless it is a special period, it is rare to give Ling Cheng and his brother special treatment.
Their usual treatment was basically the same as that of their tribesmen.
They had to queue up and purchase the fifth-grade superior medicinal cuisine with contribution points.
In addition, during the previous chaos, they had made many contributions by following their families, and had even helped the Jin Yuan Immortal Sect fight against a demon clan.
Furthermore, during the war to destroy the Demon Realm, they took the opportunity to wipe out some demonic forces.
They then obtained numerous benefits, including family contribution points.
Their family was relatively well-off.
After all, they had a share of the fifth-grade superior medicinal cuisine to exchange for, and the old patriarch Ling Yunhong also favored the Ling brothers, Ling Cheng and Ling Mie.
"Alright, you two can each purchase one serving of fifth-grade superior medicinal cuisine."
The old clan chief, Ling Yunhong, then smiled and said.
Upon hearing this, Ling Cheng and his brother were overjoyed and immediately used their contribution points to make some purchases.
In addition, Beast Tamer Ling Chengmie privately purchased some fifth-tier breakthrough spirit items, intending to help his guardian spirit beasts break through to the middle tier of the fifth tier.
To this day, the two Rock Sky-Shattering Turtles under his command have both successfully broken through to higher realms.
As for his other Fire Dragon, it had a weaker foundation and had failed to break through to the mid-level fifth rank once before.
However, with this failure, they gained a lot of experience and improved their capabilities.
Ling Cheng was confident that as long as he gathered some spiritual items to help him break through to the next realm, he would definitely succeed in his second attempt.
By then, he will have three mid-grade fifth-tier spirit beasts, making him virtually invincible among his peers.
As for Ling Chengxia, who was skilled in killing, he valued cultivation more, so he bought some ordinary cultivation resources.
In addition, the three fifth-tier low-grade Golden Qian Flood Dragons under his command benefited from his resource support and the training of the Beast Tamer Ling Chengmie.
Their growth rate is also quite good. Although they cannot compare to the spirit beasts that Ling Cheng destroyed, they are about to reach the bottleneck of cultivation and have the opportunity to break through to the middle level of the fifth rank.
……
Ancient ghost realm.
Deep within the Shadow Realm lies the Fifth-Rank, High-Grade Shadow Valley.
In the very center of a ghostly cave, stood a strange, jet-black oil lamp. Within it lay a vast space inhabited by countless spirits, including over thirty spirits who had reached the Nascent Soul stage.
Moreover, it possesses special techniques that allow it to quickly refine that ghostly energy.
In addition, the ghostly energy in the Shadow Valley was already dense, and it frantically absorbed the ghostly energy from the surroundings.
Gradually, it transformed that internal space into a nurturing ground for ghosts, where the ghost energy was extremely concentrated.
Even the ghostly energy within a small section of the core of that space was comparable to that of a top-grade fifth-tier ghost land.
The ghostly aura in the remaining areas reached at least the top-tier fifth-order superior level.
Indirectly, the spirits within him grew at an extremely rapid pace.
In addition, there are several high-grade magical treasures inside its body.
Even the worst of them reached the fifth-tier superior grade, and there was even a fifth-tier supreme grade magic treasure.
Each one is a precious item, and once it falls into the hands of the outside world, it will surely cause a great stir.
Most importantly, that strange little lamp was extravagantly devouring the essence of those magical treasures, turning it into its own and consolidating its foundation.
As time went by, the aura of those magical treasures weakened, and they even showed signs of falling in rank.
If someone else saw this, they would probably feel extremely heartbroken.
However, this matter also greatly benefited the little lamp, causing its foundation to grow at a visible speed.
Even though it was only a beginner in the fifth-tier superior grade in just a few decades, its foundation has gradually risen to the top level of the fifth-tier superior grade, and it is only one step away from the fifth-tier supreme grade.
And this rate of progress can be extremely fast.
Under normal circumstances, if it were nurtured with ordinary spiritual objects or ghostly energy, it would probably take at least tens of thousands of years, or even hundreds of thousands of years, for it to have a chance to reach this level.
'Using high-level magical artifacts as materials, the speed at which they consolidate their foundation is truly rapid.'
'And now, all that's needed is to find a pretext to break the mirror.'
The spirit of the small lamp was secretly overjoyed.
And it was none other than the family's Ghostly Lamp.
As for the magical treasures it refined, they were high-level magical treasures used to cultivate magical creatures, such as the fifth-grade supreme Yinming Demonic Coffin, which it obtained in recent years while serving its family.
Moreover, those magical treasures were numerous and of high quality.
Even though the Ghost Immortal Lamp refined many of their origins, each of them still retained one or two tenths of their original essence, enough to pave the way for the Ghost Immortal Lamp's future.
As for it, although it has reached its limit, it is difficult to try to enter the fifth-order top-grade level. It needs to improve the ghost path artifact patterns in its body.
Those artifact patterns are extremely complex. Even with the help of a fifth-tier high-grade artifact refiner like Ling Pengyun from a family, the Ghost Immortal Lamp was not confident in perfecting them.
It then planned to spend more time on the art of weapon crafting and cultivate its weapon crafting skills to the fifth-grade superior level.
With its understanding of the internal artifact patterns and Ling Pengyun's assistance, there was a chance for this matter to succeed.
Although the path of fifth-grade high-level weapon crafting is difficult, his talent was exceptional, and he had already cultivated the weapon crafting path to the fifth-grade mid-level at a young age.
In addition, he recently studied the artifact patterns of a large number of magical treasures in detail, and gained some insights into artifact crafting.
He was confident that he could cultivate this path to the fifth rank of superior grade within the next few hundred years.
In addition, due to the special nature of the Yinming Demon Coffin and other demonic treasures, the Ghost Immortal Lamp also gained a lot of benefits during the process of refining their essence, and its various abilities were greatly enhanced, resulting in a great harvest.
Its ability to refine ghost energy and accelerate the growth of spirit ghosts has at least doubled.
Now, it is enough to transform most of the space within its body into a top-grade fifth-tier ghost cultivation treasure land.
Many ordinary spirits who previously could not enjoy the benefits of a fifth-tier top-grade spiritual land have thus received extraordinary advantages.
Many spirit ghosts who have reached the Qi Refining stage are even confident that they can reach the Qi Refining Perfection stage within a few years.
Foundation Establishment Spirit Ghosts also have a chance to break through to the next realm within six months.
The Golden Core Spirit Ghost reaches a new realm every few years.
The Nascent Soul Spirit Ghost reaches a new realm every ten years or so.
This level of cultivation speed was something they could hardly achieve in the past.
Moreover, the Ghost Immortal Lamp can condense a top-tier, fifth-grade, superior-quality Ghost Dao breakthrough treasure called "Ghost Immortal Light" every three hundred years or so.
It can increase the probability of reaching the peak of the Nascent Soul stage by at least 10-20%.
It already possessed some ability to cultivate to the point of perfect enlightenment.
His innate ability, "Ghost Immortal Domain," has also increased in power, enough to trap one or two late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators for at least a few days.
It can even trap a Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak of their Nascent Soul stage for a short period of time.
Most importantly, it has made remarkable progress in perfecting the "Method for Cultivating Rock Spirits".
It perfected it to the fifth-order superior grade, and even slightly modified the method by taking advantage of the characteristics of special demonic treasures such as the Yinming Demon Coffin and the Blood Fiend Gourd of the Blood Fiend Old Demon who was killed in the early years.
In this way, by using that method, it is not only possible to cultivate a fifth-grade high-quality Rock Spirit Ghost.
Moreover, the rock spirit ghost also incorporated many characteristics of the evil ghosts of the Yinming Demon Sect, and grew a pair of natural ghost claws.
It even possesses the unique and terrifying regenerative power of Blood Fiend, and so on.
Its current strength is extremely formidable. It not only possesses a strong physique and strength, but also has a pair of sharp claws and a strong regenerative ability, making it like a pentagon warrior.
Even today, it is several levels stronger than the ancient ghosts of the same rank, the "Rock Demon Clan," the overlords of the Ghost Realm.
In his early years, Ghost Immortal Lamp created the Rock Spirit Ghost Cultivation Method based on the characteristics and origins of the Rock Evil Ghost Clan, and gradually perfected the method to the fifth-order superior level.
Normal rock spirits and rock demons only possess two advantages: great strength and a strong physique.
However, they have reached the extreme in both of these advantages, and their strength is already quite strong, enough to be called top-tier spirits of the same level.
Now, with the changes in the methods, the characteristics of the Rock Spirit Ghost have increased and it has mutated, which has made it even better, and some of them have surpassed the level of top-level spirit ghosts.
The only drawback is that, in order to cultivate mutated spirit ghosts using that method, just like cultivating blood demons and Yinming demon corpses, a large amount of powerful blood and pure demonic spiritual objects are required.
The cost of cultivating mutated spirits is extremely high.
However, the cost is comparable to the gain.
Moreover, the Ghost Lantern has a family backing it up.
Furthermore, the family had previously reaped extraordinary benefits during the destruction of the Western Demon Realm of the Heavenly River Realm, successively eliminating several powerful demonic forces and obtaining substantial profits.
Furthermore, Value even has several Ghost Realm Secret Realms under its command, which can continuously provide a large amount of Ghost Path resources.
There is no need to worry about the cost.
The family quickly gathered a large number of spiritual items for cultivating mutated spirits and gave them to the Ghost Immortal Lamp.
'With the help of those spiritual creatures, it's time to try cultivating some mutated Rock Spirits, even mutated Rock Spirits at the late Nascent Soul stage.'
"And once this succeeds, the strength of the spirits under my command will increase dramatically, perhaps even giving them the foundation to rival established, superior Nascent Soul sects like the Golden Origin Immortal Sect."
Ghost Lantern secretly made up his mind.
Subsequently, it used that mutated method, along with some special demonic spiritual objects and even the blood of high-level experts, to stimulate the more than thirty Nascent Soul spirit ghosts under its command, as well as countless ordinary spirit ghosts, to mutate.
Although this matter is somewhat difficult, the probability of success is not 100%.
Furthermore, because that mutation method was newly created and had many shortcomings, its effects were quite strong, and many mid-stage Nascent Soul spirits could not withstand it, thus failing to mutate.
However, a few spirits gradually began to mutate.
The probability is approximately one in ten.
Such a probability is already considered quite good.
Ghost Fairy Lantern was extremely satisfied.
……
at the same time.
The core of the Ghost Immortal Lamp's interior space is filled with an incredibly dense concentration of ghostly energy.
However, this place is extremely special. Ordinary spirits and ghosts dare not approach it. Only Ling Pengxing, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from the family, and his five natal spirits sit here in meditation.
At that moment, noticing the change in the Ghost Immortal Lamp, he slowly opened his eyes and inquired about its condition.
"A mutated Rock Spirit Ghost, stronger than a regular Rock Spirit Ghost?"
"Master Ghost Immortal, your talent is truly formidable."
Ling Pengxing's usually icy face showed a rare hint of joy.
He even took out some of his savings, intending to help Ghost Immortal Lamp cultivate some high-level mutated spirit ghosts.
Although the Ghost Immortal Lamp is a ghost treasure, Ling Pengxing's ability to progress so far on the path of ghosts is mainly due to the guidance of the Ghost Immortal Lamp.
He and the Ghost Fairy Lamp were both teacher and friend, and the Ghost Fairy Lamp was even considered his guardian spirit.
Therefore, it would be a good thing for Ghost Immortal Lamp if he could cultivate more powerful mutated spirit ghosts.
Recently, Ling Pengxing has improved his cultivation level considerably thanks to the good things he obtained in the previous battle.
He activated his natal fifth-grade superior Ghost Immortal Flying Sword, refining a significant portion of the essence of the fifth-grade supreme Yin-Yang Demon Flying Sword he had previously acquired, thus bringing the Ghost Immortal Flying Sword's power to the peak of the fifth-grade supreme level.
Its power also surged, containing a vast sword intent.
Ling Pengxing even used this as a reference to cultivate his swordsmanship to the peak of the fifth rank.
His strength has become even greater, and he now has the opportunity to fight against ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators at the peak of their cultivation.
As for the Yinming Flying Sword, although it is good, it was forged by the ancestors of the Yinming Demon Sect and is more suitable for the Yinming Demon Sect's techniques.
For a ghost cultivator like Ling Pengxing, using the flying sword of his natal ghost immortal was far less convenient than using it.
Furthermore, he had a grand plan: he intended to absorb the essence of the flying sword, just like the Ghost Immortal Lamp, and try to help his natal Ghost Immortal Flying Sword break through to the fifth-tier top-grade realm.
In addition, his five natal spirit ghosts are of the same origin as him, and were cultivated by him using special methods and his own essence.
The higher his cultivation level, the stronger the potential of his five natal spirit ghosts.
Indirectly, with his resource assistance, those five natal spirit ghosts all reached the mid-grade level of the fifth rank.
Although they are not as good as the mutated rock spirits and are even weaker in physique, they are skilled in the Five Elements magic.
Even when they are paired one-on-one, it is difficult to compare them to those of the same level.
However, once the five of them work together, they can use some special methods to enhance their magical power in a short period of time, transforming into magical artillery turrets and causing their strength to surge.
Even now that I am capable of fighting against a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, it would be of great benefit to Ling Pengxing and would be of great help to him.
...(End of chapter)