Chapter 40: The Battered Lin Shimin, The Lin Yingjie Who Decided To Hide!
"Master, there are three cultivators outside who claim to be from the Honglin Mountain Clan. They wish to meet you."
In the Lin Clan's main hall, Lin Xiuqi was handling the Lin Clan's affairs when a young Lin Clan disciple came in to report.
Lin Xiuqi was slightly taken aback.
"The Honglin Mountain Clan!?"
An image quickly appeared in Lin Xiuqi's mind. It was when he was young, after his father had finished teaching them homework, he would tell them stories about the Honglin Mountain Clan.
"Why are they here!?"
Lin Xiuqi reacted and frowned slightly.
"Let them in. Also, send someone to inform Second Brother and ask him to come to the main hall."
The Lin Clan disciple in charge of guarding the door, Lin Xiong, nodded and turned to leave.
At the foot of the Azure Mountain.
The three Honglin Mountain Clan disciples stood there quietly and looked at the Azure Mountain in front of them with surprise.
The spiritual energy produced by the Superior Rank-3 Spirit Meridian was locked in a small mountain by a formation. This also made the spiritual energy of the Azure Mountain so dense that it turned into fog.
At a glance, the entire Azure Mountain was covered in spiritual fog, making people feel as if they had entered a paradise.
"Is this the effect of a Rank-3 Spirit Meridian?
That's ridiculous! "
Lin Qing's mouth was slightly agape.
It was not that he had never been to a Rank-3 organization, but it was definitely not as ridiculous as the Lin Clan!
The spiritual energy had turned into fog!
"The Heavenly Axiom's feedback is not to be trifled with!"
"In the next hundred years, although the spiritual energy in Renhuai County will not increase as much as it did in the past few months, it will continue to increase."
The elder Lin Ji looked at the Azure Mountain with a hint of envy in his eyes.
Among the three, Lin Shimin, who had been silent all this while, stared at the Lin Clan disciple guarding the mountain gate.
He looked around twenty years old and his cultivation had reached Qi Cultivation Level Nine.
Lin Shimin was considered the most outstanding disciple of the Honglin Mountain Clan. Although he was usually quiet, his competitive nature did not belong to anyone else.
A Rank-5 Spirit Root and reaching Qi Cultivation Level Nine at the age of twenty-three had always been something he was proud of.
But now, in the Lin Clan of the Azure Mountain, there was someone younger than him with the same cultivation level as him.
What Lin Shimin could not accept was that this person who surpassed him in every aspect was actually sent to guard the mountain gate by the Lin Clan of the Azure Mountain.
If there was only one such person, Lin Shimin could assume that the Lin family of Azure Mountain was putting on a show, or that it was a way for their outstanding disciple to hone his self-esteem.
However, Lin Xiong, who had just gone in to make the report, was about the same age and cultivation level as the person before him.
This point directly broke Lin Shimin's dao heart, and he was somewhat unable to accept it.
On the side, Lin Ji and Lin Qing quickly noticed Lin Shimin's strange behavior.
Lin Ji sighed, patted Lin Shimin on the shoulder, and comforted him.
"Min-er, don't worry!"
"The Ancestor told you a long time ago that the Immortal Cultivation World is very big. No matter how outstanding you are, there will always be people who are better than you.
The Azure Mountain Forest Clan had just gone through the Heavenly Tribulation, so the entire clan must have received some good fortune. Furthermore, there was the existence of that person and a Rank Three Spirit Vein.
They are still a second-grade organization in name, but in reality, they have already reached the standard of a third-grade organization. "
"Accepting one's own ordinariness is a mental test that every cultivator must undergo."
In front of the gates of the Azure Mountain.
Lin Huaishu looked at Lin Shimin, who was doubting life, and could not help but laugh in his heart.
This young man was indeed very talented. He was 23 years old and had reached the ninth level of Qi Refinement. If it had been two months ago, Lin Huaishu would not have been able to catch up.
At that time, Lin Huaishu was 20 years old, had a Rank Two Spirit Vein, and was at the third level of Qi Refinement.
He could not compare to this young man in front of him.
However, the Lin Family had a Great Uncle Ancestor!
After entering the Pool of Mortality, his Spirit Vein had become the best among the Rank Three Spirit Veins, and his cultivation had also reached the seventh level of Qi Refinement.
Three months ago, when he killed the black-scaled monster, the Daoist Connotation he obtained allowed him to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refinement on the spot.
With the help of the Rank Three Spirit Vein, the family's resources, and the Qiankun Sword Sutra, his cultivation had broken through again in just three months and reached the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refinement.
Of course, guarding the gate did not mean that they were the weakest in the Lin Family.
After all, the cultivation of the gatekeeper was basically the face of the organization. Naturally, they could not be too weak.
Now, it was his and Lin Xiong's turn.
The weakest in the Lin Family were naturally the clansmen who had changed their fates and reconstructed their Spirit Veins.
However, even for them, their cultivation was at least at the sixth level of Qi Refinement.
It would not be long before there would not be a single cultivator below the later stage of Qi Refinement in the entire Azure Mountain Forest.
Not long after, two figures came down from the Azure Mountain.
They instantly attracted the attention of Lin Ji and the other two.
The two of them came one after the other. The three of them could tell that the person behind them was the cultivator who had just left the gate, Lin Xiong.
The person in front was dressed in a white robe and had a determined look on his face.
What really caught people's attention was his cultivation.
Lin Ji only took one look and his pupils shrank.
"Early-stage Foundation Establishment!"
"What!?"
"He's a Foundation Establishment cultivator!?"
Lin Shimin and Lin Qing exclaimed almost at the same time.
The two of them could not see through Lin Yingjie's cultivation. At first, they thought that it was because he had cultivated some kind of spell to hide his cultivation.
They never thought that this young man who was the same age as them was actually a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
In fact, the two of them were right. Lin Yingjie had indeed cultivated the Hidden Sword.
Otherwise, what Lin Ji saw would be the middle stage of Foundation Establishment!
If that was the case, the three of them would be scared silly.
After all, a twenty-three-year-old middle stage of Foundation Establishment. What kind of Spirit Veins would that require? What kind of resources would be needed to cultivate someone like that!?
Even so, Lin Yingjie frowned slightly when he saw the three of them in shock.
He knew that a twenty-three-year-old early stage of Foundation Establishment was too ostentatious.
After he made up his mind to go back, he would lower his cultivation level to the ninth level of Qi Refinement. Although a twenty-three-year-old ninth level of Qi Refinement was a genius, it was definitely within the acceptable range.
Just look at Lin Shimin in front of him.
"The three of you, please!"
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