Chapter 753: Future Trouble
Inside the grand hall, everyone at this moment wore pensive expressions, utterly shocked.
After all, the Lin Family has paid quite a lot this time; unexpectedly, almost everything has been offered.
And the most crucial point is, after giving away these islands, the Lin Family's future expansion will be limited.
This is almost like locking themselves up.
After all, the Lin Family's territory is actually not as good as those major powers. Now there's no impact, because the Lin Family members aren't too numerous, but once it reaches the level of the Great Sects, there will certainly be a shortage of Spirit Mountains and Spirit Veins.
At that time, the Lin Family will have only two directions.
One is the direction of Jiuyue Island, and the other is the direction of Ice Island in the Soarwood Archipelago.
But in fact, the resources on Ice Island are certainly far inferior to those in the direction of Jiuyue Island.
"Gentlemen, do you truly think I'm joking?" Lin Shiming saw that no one spoke, nor did anyone believe him, so he added again.
"Not at all, I admire Lin's magnanimity!" Xue Shan True Monarch was the first to speak.
His eyes had relaxed a lot towards Lin Shiming instead.
In his view, Lin Shiming was clearly showing weakness to them, but normal powers might really let their guard down against the Lin Family.
But he wouldn't, as he was well aware of how much the Lin Family had gained on Myriad Demon Island.
Moreover, recently in the Purple Sun Secret Realm, after the Lin Family participated, their harvest of Spiritual Medicine increased each time.
This will, in the future, pose a threat to the entire Coral Alliance.
So now that Lin Shiming is showing weakness, he would accept it.
But he would still remain vigilant in private.
"Since according to Sanhuang Island's contribution, our Coral Island should be ranked first. However, for these two occasions, I think the greatest contributor is Granny Qingyu, so why not let Qinghua Sect choose the first island!"
"Our Coral Island will claim the second island, Baili Island," said Xue Shan True Monarch.
The others also nodded, and Granny Qingyu did not refuse.
This was an excellent opportunity for the Immortal Clan in Nan Jiang to attack the Southern Sea.
It must be known that there are Demonic Races in the Southern Sea, and naturally, there are in Nan Jiang as well, but the Demonic Races in Nan Jiang are mainly Demon Insects, and very rarely attack or cause beast tides.
But now, the Spiritual Treasures in Yunzhong Realm are about to mature, and unforeseen events in Nan Jiang are inevitable, so gaining more territory in the Southern Sea is naturally more secure.
The other Nascent Soul True Monarchs also nodded, and then discussed the third and fourth, which were respectively Blood Cultivation Sect and Myriad Buddhas Island.
As for after that, they were all islands with Fourth Rank Spiritual Veins, which were also allocated one by one.
The True Monarchs quickly dispersed, leaving only Lin Shiming and Lin Shijie, Lin Yanqing, and other Lin Family members to enter.
"Shiming, do you need to transplant some Spirit Veins?" Lin Shijie asked.
Some of these islands naturally have more than one Spirit Vein. The main Spirit Vein is difficult to transplant, but the other Spirit Veins are still possible.
"There's no need for that, just gather the mineral resources on them!" Lin Shiming shook his head.
"Do you think the resources from the Sea Demon King's Court are easy to obtain?" Lin Shiming retorted.
"This time they concealed everything, went to Nine Dragon Island, and judging by Nine Dragon True Monarch's demeanor, they probably lost several Golden Dragon Fruit Trees plus many young Flood Dragons!"
"The Sea Demon King's Court can make a comeback in less than twenty years!"
"Moreover, the Sea Demons do not only belong to the Sea Demon King's Court. At that time, if we don't have these forces buffering us, it will be my Lin Family members who suffer!"
"As for whether it will limit our Lin Family's development, there's no need to consider it. Our Eastern Domain territory is not small, and there's also room for development in the Eastern Sea!"
"Furthermore, the Heavenly Cold Secret Realm and Top-grade Spirit Stone Mine vein of the Soarwood Archipelago, and the Cold Jade Mine, are things we cannot abandon. We must make choices to safeguard the Lin Family!" Lin Shiming spoke.
Upon hearing these words, Lin Shijie and Lin Yanqing understood.
The current Lin Family still lacks strength.
If the Lin Family had four or five Nascent Souls, there would be no need for this.
But right now, the battle capability of truly being able to command a Nascent Soul might just be Lin Shiming himself.
Although his Spirit Swords possess Nascent Soul power, they will not leave Lin Shiming, nor will they leave the Sword Pavilion.
The limitations are naturally much greater.
Other forces fear the Lin Family because they haven't understood the relationship between the Lin Family and these Soul Summoning Swords.
Otherwise, it would be easy to utilize.
Thus, rather than for immediate benefits, it would be better to spare time so that Lin Shiming can break through to Nascent Soul.
Even Wang Jiao might break through to Nascent Soul.
This time he deliberately killed the Water Attribute Flood Dragon Emperor, and since he didn't use the Qiu Xue Sword, he didn't have to contribute the Nascent Soul of the Blue Flood Dragon Demon Emperor.
He could give it to Wang Jiao to break through.
The counterpart was originally at Tribulation Transcending twice, so the possibility of breaking through to Nascent Soul was great.
There's even Ying Feng Sword; the Thousand Year Fiery Wind Fruit also emerged for the latter, indicating the possibility of breaking through to Nascent Soul is great.
At that time, the Lin Family's Nascent Soul power alone would be five.
At that time, the Lin Family would truly be a mighty force.
At that time, the Lin Family's territory isn't about others giving or not giving, but about whether the Lin Family wants it or not.
There wouldn't even be a need to speak; just a slight raise of an eyebrow, and these people would give way, perhaps even offering more to the Lin Family.
This is the most realistic matter.
"Brother, Yanqing, you summarize the gains from this time, and also compile a list!"
"The beast tide has now ended, but the traditions of the Lin Family can't die out. We must continuously maintain the Purple Mansion Demon-Slaying List, Foundation Establishment Demon-Slaying List."
"The family must remain on alert at all times, the family can't relax now!" Lin Shiming couldn't help but recall the Taibai Sword Palace Minor World, as there's still the Dark Spirit Clan there, always preparing to invade.
Once the invasion begins, Lin Shiming won't be able to evade it, not to mention his karmic connection with the Taiyi Grass Sword.
Just the Taiyi Grass Sword seedling sword in his hand might not allow it.
Moreover, the Lin Family also has many Soul Summoning Swords.
"Alright, this time we discovered a Fifth Rank Red Copper Mine, and it's still under our Lin Family's control. In addition, there are two Intermediate Grade Spirit Stone Mines, which can only be extracted with all efforts today; whatever can be mined counts!" Lin Shijie also explained.
Then the few people left to continue handling the aftermath of these family affairs.
While Lin Shiming remained in the hall, thinking about the Lin Family's future development.
Once he felt nothing was missed, Lin Shiming let out a long breath.
Of course, he was still curious, as the Lin Family had collected quite a few beast souls this time!
These beast souls were collected by hundreds of Lin Family members, and if they could collect the Fire Attribute Demon Banner, it would naturally be better, allowing Lin Shijie to also exert Nascent Soul level power.
However, Lin Shijie's Nascent Soul power likely could only defend against Nascent Soul.
His ability to kill Nascent Souls is because he possesses two Spiritual Treasures and can even activate two layers of the Treasure Secret art.
Besides, he has a considerable amount of Thousand Year Spiritual Milk.
Missing any of these three conditions would be impossible.
But being able to gather them is still excellent for the Lin Family.
After contemplating for a while, Lin Shiming took out the Jade Slip of experience given by Kuangfeng True Person.
He began researching to break through to Nascent Soul!