Two months later.
Today's Qingzhu Mountain is the land of the Lin family.
In a certain training room, Lin Tianming, who was sitting on a futon, opened his eyes, and a light flashed from the corner of his eyes.
Then, he took a deep breath, and there was a crackling sound inside his body.
For two years, he devoted himself to practicing in seclusion without interruption for more than a quarter of an hour.
With the help of the effects of the Huntian Pill and the several second-level spiritual fruits he had previously reserved, his cultivation level successfully reached the peak of the ninth level of foundation building.
Two months ago, he tried to reach the foundation-building Dzogchen realm, but failed.
He was not surprised by this result.
After all, he had taken a large amount of Heaven and Earth Spirit Fruit in the past three years.
So many treasures caused his cultivation level to improve too quickly, soaring directly from the seventh level of Foundation Establishment to the top of the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, and he was only one step away from the Dzogchen realm of Foundation Establishment.
In fact, being able to reach the peak of the ninth level of foundation building has already achieved what I expected.
If he hadn't experienced a lot of fighting in the secret realm, his overall cultivation would have been quite solid, and his foundation would have been very solid.
Otherwise, using treasures like this to continuously improve the two realms of the later stage of foundation building in a short period of time will easily destroy the solid foundation he has laid and lead to greater bottlenecks in the future.
If that were the case, it would be more than worth the gain.
Therefore, I am not disappointed that I did not directly reach the state of Dzogchen this time.
Understanding this, Lin Tianming smiled calmly and planned to go out to visit his elders and inquire about the situation in the world of immortality and his family.
After making up his mind, Lin Tianming was about to get up when a message flew into the practice room and stopped in front of him.
Seeing this situation, Lin Tianming cast a flash of light and quickly checked the contents of the summons.
Soon, his expression became solemn, and then he quickly left the cave and rushed towards the guest reception hall on the mountainside.
After a while, they saw Lin Shihua and Lin Shigong in the family reception hall.
At this time, the two of them were sitting in the hall, chatting with a man in gold robe.
When he saw Lin Tianming coming in, the man in gold robe quickly stood up and said hello, and he was very polite.
When I saw this person, it turned out to be Li Huafeng, a disciple of Zhenyang Sect.
Obviously, with the end of the Tianfeng Secret Realm experience, Lin Tianming's strength has also spread within the two sects of Ten Thousand Medicine Valley.
They had met him by chance in Jinjiao Mountain, and they had come to the Lin family's land specifically to convey the Zhenyang Sect's recruitment order, asking the Lin family to send their clansmen to the Demon Control City to resist the attack of the beast tide army.
Now Li Huafeng saw Lin Tianming again. Even though he held the title of disciple of Zhenyang Sect, he did not dare to show off in front of Lin Tianming in the Lin family land.
Therefore, he seems very polite now, which is quite different from his previous attitude, and he is obviously extremely fearful.
At this moment, Lin Tianming saw Li Huafeng appear in the Lin family land again, and his heart couldn't help but thump.
As long as he thought about it for a moment, and combined with the current situation in the world of immortality, he would understand that there must be a big change among the three major sects, or it might be because of the Jiuli Star Fruit.
Otherwise, the Zhenyang Sect would not let Li Huafeng come to the Lin family again at this juncture.
Thinking of this, Lin Tianming didn't intend to mince words. After a few polite words with Li Huafeng, he directly asked him about his purpose.
Seeing this situation, Li Huafeng looked solemn, and then began to explain his purpose.
As expected, Lin Tianming's guess was accurate.
According to the news conveyed by Li Huafeng, Jinjianmen suddenly launched an attack on the territory controlled by Zhenyang Sect two months ago, and a large area in the north of the mountain gate fell.
The Blue Water Mountains, which are close to the Golden Sword Sect's territory, were naturally the first to bear the brunt. Including the large and small forces in several surrounding mountain ranges, as well as several small towns, they almost didn't react before being looted by the Golden Sword Sect's disciples.
Therefore, many family monks, including some casual cultivators, died in that unjust war.
As for Li Huafeng's purpose of coming, it was naturally to convey the recruitment order and organize the forces of the major families under his command, including some casual cultivators, to go to the front line of the war to resist the invasion of the Golden Sword Sect.
But this time, the recruitment order issued by the Golden Sword Sect was even more stringent than the last time the beast wave attacked.
To explain this, Li Huafeng said that he was also conveying the meaning of the top leaders of the Zhenyang Sect, saying that the Lin family had many members in the foundation-building period, and their strength ranked among the top of the foundation-building families under his command.
Therefore, the Zhenyang Sect requires the Lin family to send at least three members of the Foundation Establishment stage to the front lines to participate in the battle, and at least one of the three must have a cultivation level above the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
This condition is not only for the Lin family, but also for other families with relatively strong overall strength.
After hearing this explanation, Lin Tianming and others looked solemn and felt a little angry inside.
Obviously, the Zhenyang Sect is facing a lot of pressure, and the situation may not be good. They may be under pressure, so they have no choice but to do this.
But the Lin family has also made great contributions to the Zhenyang Sect over the years.
Especially Lin Tianming himself, during his just-concluded trip to the Tianfeng Secret Realm, he rescued two monks from two sects and took back the Nine Glass Star Fruit that belonged to them.
Before Lin Tianming received the reward, the Zhenyang Sect made such harsh demands on the Lin family.
Such a move was undoubtedly because they believed that the Lin family was weak and did not dare to have any objections to their decisions, so they did not take the Lin family seriously.
However, even though Lin Tianming and others understood this, due to the power of Zhenyang Sect and the fact that the Lin family should not expose their full strength too early, they did not directly reject Zhenyang Sect's recruitment order despite their anger.
At this time, Lin Shihua, as the clan leader, privately communicated with Lin Tianming and others to decide on a countermeasure.
Soon, after the three people discussed it, they felt that the Lin family was currently in a critical period and could not reveal their full strength for the time being.
At the very least, until one of Lin Tianming or Lin Shilu forms an elixir, they cannot have a head-on confrontation with the Zhenyang Sect.
Although the Zhenyang Sect is unlikely to send Jindan monks to pursue the Lin family due to the strong pressure from the Golden Sword Sect, it is not a good thing to be worried about by a powerful Jindan force.
In case the Lin family is pushed into the fire pit, or the Lin family is specially given small shoes, or external force is used to target the Lin family.
Even if the Lin family can handle it, there will definitely be constant trouble.
More importantly, if the Zhenyang Sect intends to divert trouble to the east, the Lin family will face greater troubles, and may even directly confront the Golden Sword Sect.
If that were the case, it would be entirely possible to interrupt the Lin family's rhythm and plans.
Under such circumstances, even if they were extremely unwilling, a few people could only agree to respond to the call-up order and send qualified tribesmen to participate in the war as required.
At this time, Lin Shihua forced a smile, and then said helplessly: "Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Li, our Lin family will definitely arrange for the clan members to set off as soon as possible!"
Hearing Lin Shihua's personal promise, Li Huafeng nodded with satisfaction.
"Well... in that case, please remember, Patriarch Lin, to order fellow noble Taoists to gather at Qianchuanfang Market within one month!
"Time is running out. I have to rush to other foundation-building families to convey the recruitment orders, so I'll take my leave now!"
After hearing this, Li Xiuyuan proposed his farewell without mentioning the Jiuli Star Fruit at all.
Such a move made Lin Tianming feel a little surprised.
But it's a good thing they didn't mention it. Otherwise, it would be hard for him to find excuses to excuse himself.
"Fellow Daoist Li, the next few people will see you off!"
With the recruitment order finalized and the gathering time set, Lin Tianming and others personally saw off Li Huafeng.
Later, they returned to Lin Tianming's cave house, chatting while drinking tea, and discussing the candidates for the battle.
After all, the strongest members of the Lin family at the moment, such as Lin Shikang, who had just formed a pill for just two years, must not appear in the public eye due to his strength.
Otherwise, what is the point of the family deliberately keeping a low profile?
As for Lin Tianming's cultivation, he has reached the peak of the ninth level of foundation building, and he must prepare for the golden elixir stage.
Lin Shilu had to be busy refining weapons, improving his cultivation, and preparing to reach the Golden Core stage.
It is difficult to say how the three sects fought. It could take as little as a year and a half. If the stalemate lasts too long, it could take several years.
If it really takes too long, they won't be able to spare the time and energy to participate in this sect war.
In addition, the Zhenyang Sect's recruitment order only requires cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building.
If one of them, who was at the top of the ninth level of foundation building, was sent to participate in the battle, it would be overkill and underutilized.
What's more, the Lin family controls a lot of spiritual lands, and they are quite scattered. If the strongest clansmen leave the clan for too long, and if they are attacked by the Golden Sword Sect, although there are many clansmen in the foundation-building period in the family, there are no top ones. In terms of combat power, it is impossible to cope with it.
After all, there are at least dozens of late-stage foundation-building monks in Golden Sword Sect. Just a few late-stage foundation-building monks are enough to make the Lin family miserable.
If the Golden Sword Sect is secure enough and sends a Golden Elixir monk to attack the family, the Lin family's clan-protecting formation can still resist for ten and a half days against the monks in the late stages of foundation building.
But a second-level high-grade defensive formation may not be able to hold on for several hours under the attack of the Golden Core cultivators.
Once the formation is broken, the family's last vestige of protective ability will be wiped out.
The hundreds of clansmen who lived in the Lin family's land had also become lambs to be slaughtered, with no power to fight back.
In this way, if one or two of the three of them are separated, the family's protective power will be greatly reduced.
Under such circumstances, even if he was worried about the Zhenyang Sect settling accounts with his wife, Lin Shihua would not choose Lin Tianming and others to participate in the war.
Lin Shihua, who knew this well, was silent for a long time, and then said: "The Zhenyang Sect's recruitment requirements are at least three foundation-building monks, and at least one of them must be in the middle-stage foundation-building realm!"
"There are quite a few people in our family who meet this requirement, but some of them have not been publicly exposed."
"In addition, the Golden Core cultivators must be the absolute main force in the sect's battle. If a fight breaks out, the Foundation Establishment cultivators will also be in considerable danger. If the clan members who go to the battlefield are too low in cultivation, the probability of returning safely is very small."
"As a result, allowing people who are not sufficiently cultivated to go to the front lines to participate in the war will undoubtedly lead to a near-death situation."
Hearing this, Lin Shigong and Lin Tianming nodded, feeling very satisfied in their hearts.
Especially Lin Tianming, during the battle in Demon Control City, he found that the monks in the middle and late stages of foundation building still had some ability to protect themselves.
But the monks in the early stage of foundation building are no better than the Qi Refining clansmen on the battlefield.
Just say that after the battle between Monster Control City and the monster army, not many monks in the middle and late stages of foundation building fell on the human race, but there were many monks in the early stage of foundation building.
The fight between monks is undoubtedly much more dangerous than that between monsters and beasts.
After all, monks have higher spiritual intelligence, and intrigues and intrigues pose a much greater threat than monsters.
From this point of view, the cultivation level of the tribesmen who are going to the battlefield this time cannot be too low, otherwise it is not much different from sending death.
As the saying goes, the palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh, so it is not suitable for anyone to go.
Thinking of this, Lin Tianming was a little embarrassed and couldn't make up his mind for a while.
In addition to him, the same is true for Lin Shihua and Grandpa.
Just when everyone was at a loss what to do, Qin Xi came out of seclusion and came over to meet the elders immediately.
"Greetings to Grandpa, greeting to Grandpa Twelve!"
"Well... Xi'er, don't be too polite, come here and sit down!"
Seeing Qin Xi, Lin Shihua smiled happily and quickly waved to him to come and sit down.
When Lin Tianming saw Qin Xi, his expression was also very excited, and he quickly pulled Qin Xi to sit next to him.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Tianming took a closer look and immediately noticed Qin Xi's change.
Then, he laughed and said excitedly: "Xi'er, after two years of seclusion, you have broken through to the sixth level of foundation building. Your improvement is so fast."
Lin Tianming's sigh was quite sincere.
You know, Qin Xi is a few years younger than him, and if he hadn't improved rapidly with the help of treasures such as the Huntian Pill in the past few years, at the same age, his current cultivation level would be similar to Qin Xi's.
And what he practiced was a heavenly skill. In the early days, he had always been taken care of by his family elders and given a lot of resources to assist in his training. Only then could he reach the sixth level of foundation building at Qin Xi's age.
But before Qin Xi established the third level of foundation, she had obtained all the resources for her cultivation on her own.
Although Lin Tianming and some elders have also supported her cultivation in the past few years, her cultivation speed is indeed very fast to achieve the current state, which is no worse than Lin Tianming at the same time.
"Brother Ming... It's also thanks to the second-level spiritual fruits you gave me, plus the experience I spent two years ago, that I was able to successfully break through to build the sixth level."
Hearing this, Lin Shihua and Lin Shigong were also overjoyed. If they hadn't heard what Lin Tianming said, they would naturally not be able to see Qin Xi's cultivation level given their level.
And now I know that Qin Xi has cultivated so fast. It has only been six or seven years since he came to the Lin family, and he has already broken through several realms in succession.
This kind of cultivation speed is indeed suitable for the monster-like Lin Tianming.
"This kid is also a monster!"
Lin Shihua looked at Qin Xi beside him and couldn't help but admire.
