The end of the year was approaching, and Fengming County was adorned with jade, looking especially enchanting. Everywhere was decorated with lanterns and colored streamers, and it was extremely festive. However, this joy turned into melancholy when it came to the Lin family.
The Lin family's First Master, Lin Yang, had a king-grade bloodline, but fifteen years ago, he was severely injured by the demonic beast Gu Eagle outside the Cloud Spitting Valley. Fortunately, he was saved by a senior expert and was lucky enough to escape. It was a pity that his sea of consciousness was severely damaged in the end, and it was difficult for his cultivation to advance any further in this lifetime.
His adopted son, Lin Xuan, was the orphan that his benefactor had entrusted to him. He was also infected with a chronic illness, and the circulation of qi in his body was not smooth. Even the Heaven Breaking Pill refined by the Huiyuan Temple back then was powerless against it. He was determined to be at most physically strong but not destined to be a martial artist.
The end of the year was approaching, and Lin Xuan was about to turn sixteen. This was already the upper age limit for participating in the Phoenix Banquet. In addition, Lin Lang, who was two years younger than him, was also participating in the election and had a high chance of passing. At that time, if all his sister-in-law left and Lin Xuan was left alone, the entire Lin residence could not bear to imagine what kind of major blow the eldest young master would suffer at such a young age.
In the main hall of the Lin family mansion.
"Greetings, Father." Lin Zhao bowed to Lin Yaotian. These few years, because his eldest brother's injuries had yet to recover, Lin Zhao took the initiative to shoulder the heavy responsibility of revitalizing the Lin family. Currently, he was in charge of all matters in the residence, but he did not know why his father had specially summoned him today.
"Take this Liuyuan pill to Xuan 'er personally.”Lin Yaotian warned solemnly and handed over a jade bottle.
"You can open it and take a look." Seeing Lin Zhao's confusion, Lin Yaotian said solemnly.
When Lin Zhao heard this, he opened the bottle stopper, and the hall was immediately filled with the fragrance of pills. He saw a completely red pill sitting inside. There was nothing special on the surface. However, at this moment, Lin Zhao's heart was already in turmoil because he keenly sensed that there seemed to be signs of life movement within the medicinal pill.
"Your big brother extracted his own bloodline.”Lin Yaotian explained in a deep voice.
" This is... a Pill Embryo?!" Even with Lin Zhao's calm temperament, he felt like he had been struck by lightning when he heard these words, and could only mutter to himself.
It was said that elixirs had spirits, but most of the elixirs were only recorded in the Daoist Canon. Where could one find them in the mortal world? It was just that later generations of alchemy grandmasters had created two methods of refining medicine and enshrouding spirits.
The first was an alchemy divine power. Any alchemist could cultivate it, but very few could comprehend its profundity. It relied on one's own mastery of the art to condense essence energy into holy light during refinement to give it to the pill itself. It was called "Pill Brilliance". The pills refined with this method could be preserved for a long time, and their effectiveness could increase with time.
The second method was relatively easy to learn. When refining medicine, one only needed to fuse the essence of the bloodline into the medicinal pill to form the Embryonic Origin, which was called the "Pill Embryo". The only condition was that the owner of the bloodline had to do it voluntarily. Otherwise, the bloodline essence that was filled with resistance would greatly reduce the medicinal effect, and even destroy the pill and kill the person.
"Then what about Big Brother now…?" Lin Zhao did not dare to ask.
"Fortunately, the Heavenly Axiom is merciful, and I'm currently at the Sixth Stage.”Lin Yaotian sighed.
Hearing this, Lin Zhao's heart finally relaxed a little. Lin Yang was so heaven-defying that it was already fortunate for him to only drop a grade. It could also be seen how powerful his bloodline was. As for the matter of not being able to increase their cultivation, it had already been fifteen years. The people of the Lin family were relatively used to this.
"Grandpa! Grandpa!" Lin Lang's oriole chirping could be heard from afar.
Hearing his granddaughter's shout, Lin Yaotian glanced at Lin Zhao. The father and son had a tacit understanding of each other, and their expressions instantly returned to normal. The two generations of pillars of the Lin family would not easily show their negative emotions to others in the family, but who knew that the following news would make them unable to control themselves.
" What?!" Lin Yaotian and his son were greatly surprised. They looked at Lin Jingran with hope in their eyes, afraid that they would hear a trace of denial.
"Reporting to Old Master and Second Master, what Young Lady said is true. Today, the eldest young master condensed his qi with the spear and sealed the acupoints of more than ten phoenix carps with his strength without being injured. He captured them all alive and brought them back to the mansion.”Lin Jingran confirmed with a straight face.
"Greetings, Grandfather, Second Uncle (Father, Second Uncle).”Lin Xuan and the other two bowed.
"Xuan Er, your meridians…?" Lin Zhao was still in a daze.
"Grandpa, Second Uncle, recently, I felt that the shackles of my meridians were slightly loosened while I was cultivating. There were signs of Qi circulation, so I carefully tried to break through. Previously, because he was afraid of failure, he did not dare to disturb the elders.”Lin Xuan reported truthfully.
"Good! Good! Good!" Lin Yaotian slammed the table and stood up. He said "okay" three times in a row, each time louder than the last.
"This is the blessing of the heavens! Prepare the family banquet immediately! Today's matter was a joyous occasion for the entire Lin Manor!”Lin Yaotian ordered loudly.
"Yes, Old Master!" Lin Jingran immediately left.
"Xuan 'er is blessed with great luck, so big brother's efforts were not in vain.”Lin Zhao sighed. No matter what, he had managed to make it in time. Regarding this year's Phoenix Banquet, the attitude of the Lin family would change from melancholy to anticipation.
Hearing his second uncle's words, Lin Xuan immediately sensed a trace of abnormality. However, before he could savor it carefully, his thoughts were interrupted by a burst of laughter.
"My son is blessed by the heavens, the heavens are blessed by my son, hahaha!”Lin Yang entered the inner hall with the help of his third brother, Lin Hui. He looked extremely haggard. It was the side effect of condensing the Core Embryo.
"Father! What's wrong with you?!" Lin Xuan and Lin Lang hurriedly went forward to help him up and asked in unison.
Behind the two of them, Lin Zhao was just about to speak when he was stopped by Lin Yang's gaze.
"My son has finally recovered from his chronic illness. Father naturally has to show his gratitude, so I personally refined a Qi Replenishment Saint Pill. However, he had spent too much mental energy and became like this. It's fine. I'll be fine after a few days." Lin Yang stroked Lin Xuan's forehead, his eyes filled with love.
" Father…" Lin Xuan felt sour when he heard this. Refining pills was an extremely taxing task. His father's sea of consciousness was damaged, and it was extremely difficult to gather his primordial spirit. It was also the most painstaking. It could be seen how much he cared for him.
" Big Brother…" How could Lin Zhao not know what his elder brother meant? Lin Yang's actions were nothing more than to not let Lin Xuan's state of mind be affected by the matter of the medicinal pill. However, the hearts of all parents were pitiful, so they could only hide the truth with him.
"What are you all standing there for? Lang 'er, your Drunken Phoenix Carp is indispensable for today's family banquet.”Lin Yang looked at Lin Lang, who was holding his arm, and said nothing about his situation.
Sensing the change in his father's expression, Lin Yang knew that he was in the wrong, so he slowly walked up to his father.
Lin Yaotian raised his hand and placed it on Lin Yang's wrist. A dense true essence instantly transmitted over. As the only Yuan Opening realm martial artist in the Lin family, Lin Yaotian's Qi had long since been converted into True Qi. Coupled with the addition of his Essence Returning Temple's pill king level medicinal essence, the incomparably vigorous essence force immediately made Lin Yang feel great, and his face also became much ruddy.
"In the future, you must not act so recklessly.”Lin Yaotian reprimanded, but his voice was concerned. There was no blame at all.
"I've troubled father." Lin Yang accepted the criticism sincerely.
When the lights were lit, the main hall was filled with cheers. This year's Lin family banquet was filled with joy and joy.
The scene was still as heartwarming as before. Lin Lang's Drunken Phoenix Carp was still praised by everyone, Lin Shuo's eating manners were still mocked by Lin Lang, Lin Huang's level increase was still told by Lin Shuo with a fish bone in his mouth, and Lin Xuan's martial arts insight still enlightened Lin Huang who was a half-step to Qi Transformation and made him feel ashamed of his inferiority. However, what excited everyone the most was the change in Lin Xuan's illness.
On this joyous occasion, the frost and snow outside the hall seemed to have been melted by the Lin family's Nirvana fire. No one in the entire Phoenix County looked forward to the Phoenix Banquet more than the Lin family.
At night, Lin Xuan sat cross-legged on the couch. His gaze was complicated as he stared at the Liuyuan Pill in his hand that contained Lin Yang's blood, sweat, and hope. Although he did not know what kind of earth-shattering feat his father had done previously, Lin Xuan was still clear in his heart that this item was not as simple as the Qi Replenishment Saint Pill that his father had casually mentioned.
At that moment, Lin Xuan, who had abandoned all distracting thoughts, directly swallowed the medicinal pill. Then, he circulated his Qi and closed his eyes, carefully sensing the changes in his meridians like an old monk meditating.
After adjusting his breathing for a moment, Lin Xuan opened his eyes. His eyes flickered with a bright light, and his entire person appeared radiant. After many years of tempering his bones and muscles, coupled with Lin Yang's medicinal pill inheritance, Lin Xuan's body and bones were actually perfected, and his realm rose to the sixth grade of Body Tempering.
"It seems that father's efforts were not in vain.”Lin Xuan was very satisfied with his current state. Suddenly, on a whim, he picked up the platinum gun and walked into the inner courtyard. A set of the [Soaring Cloud Spear Technique] was executed, and his movements were as smooth as flowing clouds and flowing water. The dazzling spear radiance was colorful.
After a while, the cultivation technique was completed, and the corners of Lin Xuan's mouth curled up slightly at the same time.
"Phoenix Feast, I'm here!"
The Lin family did not sense the soaring battle intent in the youth's heart. However, at dawn, in a place in the suburbs of Phoenix Cry County, an equally shocking power made the neighbors who were sleeping feel sad.
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