Clan Immortal Cultivation: I Can See Hints

As Lin Shiming made a move, Lin Shiyi and Lin Houyong, who were already prepared outside, rushed out with great speed.

Following behind them, was a group of Qi Cultivators from the Lin Family.

The ambush and pursuit had long been planned.

But what entered their sight was not the duel between Lin Shiming and the Gold Devouring Rat.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Instead, it was the corpses of four Third Rank Gold Devouring Rats, as well as the Second Rank Gold Devouring Rats wailing all over the ground, bleeding unstoppably from their ears.

And just then, Lin Shiming had just withdrawn his Magic Artifact.

Lin Shijie and Lin Houyong's understanding of Lin Shiming's strength was elevated once again.

They too had encountered these Third Rank Gold Devouring Rats before, and had fought them a few times, but were unable to kill them. However, since the rats' attacks lacked variety, they also couldn't harm the two.

But they were completely unable to stop the Gold Devouring Rats from escaping.

From the moment Lin Shiming launched his attack to when they arrived, he had eradicated the four rats with lightning speed. It all happened in less than five breaths!

Such strength was something that even ordinary cultivators at the later stage of Foundation Establishment might not be able to achieve!

At that moment, Lin Shijie and Lin Houyong, with nothing else to do, chopped off the heads of the Second Rank Gold Devouring Rats with ruptured eardrums.

Meanwhile, Lin Shiming walked to the depths of the mine, where half of a Golden Iron Crystal still remained on the ground.

Massive bite marks were clearly imprinted on it, revealing the golden color of the crystal's interior.

The Golden Iron Crystal was incredibly gorgeous. It looked like a piece of red-hot iron, but it was even more lustrous and transparent, extraordinarily beautiful.

Of course, the real value of the Golden Iron Crystal was its ability to increase the hardness of Magic Artifacts; as far as cultivation materials went, it was extremely expensive.

An Intermediate Grade Golden Iron Stone was about one hundred Spirit Stones, while the price of a Third Rank Golden Iron Crystal was over ten times that, costing a thousand Spirit Stones for a single piece.

If combined with some other materials, it could easily refine a Magic Artifact of the Third Rank Intermediate Grade without any issue.

By this time, Lin Shijie and Lin Houyong also looked over, and the stunning appearance of the Golden Iron Crystal amazed them as well.

They each took the Golden Iron Crystal and examined it for a while before looking deeper into the mine.

Their eyes shone brightly; the vein of Golden Iron Stone was considerable. It was only a question of whether the Golden Iron Crystal was an exception or part of the vein.

But the latter seemed quite probable, or else the Third Rank Gold Devouring Rats wouldn't have appeared.

With the value of the Golden Iron Crystal, just ten pieces could bring in a revenue of ten thousand Spirit Stones. Even a small vein of Golden Iron Crystal could significantly improve the Lin Family's finances.

By then, it wouldn't be a problem to support ten Foundation Establishment Cultivators, or even become a Purple Mansion Family, sustaining the cultivation of a Purple Mansion Cultivator.

Lin Shiming looked at the soil here, but he just shook his head as the soil had become even harder, probably too much for early-stage Qi Cultivators to mine.

Only mid-stage Qi Cultivators would be able to mine it by then, and with many of the family's cultivators having fallen in the war, most of the Ze-generation Cultivators were still at the early stages of Qi Cultivation. As for those with great talent, it wasn't possible to arrange for them to mine either.

As for Loose Cultivators, it was even less likely that the Lin Family would arrange for them.

If the news leaked out and the Golden Iron Crystal content wasn't small, even Purple Mansion Cultivators might be tempted.

Lin Shijie and Lin Houyong were also crouching down at this moment, breaking apart the soil and frowning deeply.

This kind of rock-hard soil was a significant problem for mining. Early-stage Qi Cultivators wouldn't be able to mine it, and mid-stage cultivators would be very slow. Late-stage Qi Cultivators could be fast, but the Lin Family couldn't possibly let late-stage Qi Cultivators or Foundation Establishment Cultivators mine here.

"Fifth Uncle, if we had known, we wouldn't have killed those Second Rank Gold Devouring Rats just now!" Lin Shijie couldn't help but say.

"Even if we had controlled those Spirit Rats, the chances of them stealing are still very high, and they are not young rats either!" Lin Houyong shook his head.

Those beastly rats, even if uninjured, couldn't be used to control mining.

That was also why Lin Shiming's Shocking God Drum and Rolling Divine Plate did not avoid those young rats.

"Does everyone have an Earth Escape Talisman?" Lin Shiming suddenly remembered the Gold Devouring Rats.

In the past, the Lin Family conquered Peach Blossom Valley and captured quite a few Qi-training macaques; among the Lin Family's Shi and Hou generations, there were many yellow-furred Spirit Beasts.

At this moment, naturally, there would also be Gold Devouring Rat pups.

Adult Gold Devouring Rats would steal food, but the pups could be trained.

"We've got them!" The Lin Family cultivators all had their eyes light up at this moment.

Here, Divine Sense would be suppressed, but with their Earth Escape Talismans, they could still search.

"Everyone, search within a hundred li around the mining vein, the Gold Devouring Rat pups definitely won't be far!" Lin Shiming said aloud.

Subsequently, the Qi Cultivators divided into pairs, Lin Shiming, Lin Houyuan, and Lin Shijie each in a group of their own.

They fanned out in a circular pattern and dispersed in all directions.

Before long, Lin Shiming and the others found a rodent burrow about five thousand meters from the mining vein.

The burrow was clearly developed in recent years, not very big, but had numerous entrances.

Most of them were fake tunnels leading to dead ends.

Yet, following the trail of Golden Iron Stone debris along the path, they quickly discovered the real cave.

In an expanse of yellow desiccated Spirit Grass, over a dozen pups were gnawing crunchily on the Golden Iron Stone.

At the entrance, two yellow Gold Devouring Rats bared their teeth and grimaced at Lin Shiming, continuously warning him.

They were slain by Lin Shiming on the spot.

The remaining dozen or so Gold Devouring Rat pups were all taken away.

The group then continued back to Stone Ridge Cave.

With a dozen or so pups laid out before them, it was natural to select corresponding mining cultivators to establish Blood Covenants, and rear these Gold Devouring Rats.

At the same time, they also had to arrange the future defense of Stone Ridge Cave

The original formation simply wouldn't do, it also had to be replaced with a more formidable Third Rank Mountain Protection Array.

"Uncle Five, distribute these Gold Devouring Rats!" Lin Shiming said to Lin Houyong.

Having found Third Rank Golden Iron Crystal, Stone Ridge Cave must also be manned by Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The Lin Family's sites that needed to be overseen were always rotated by Foundation Establishment cultivators, with a term of ten years.

At present, the only Foundation Establishment cultivators available to oversee different places for the Lin Family were Lin Houyuan, Lin Houyong, and Lin Shijie.

Lin Houyuan had just returned from Zhao Kingdom and needed to make a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage; Lin Shijie was also close, and had already stayed in Lingnan County for more than a decade.

The places overseen by the Lin Family were two: Xing County Market and Nanling Mountain, now there was an additional Stone Ridge Cave.

"Don't worry!" Lin Houyuan nodded his head, the mine had been his responsibility from the beginning, and he was more suitable for arranging the Spirit Rats.

"When Uncle Two and Lin Shiyi, Lin Houwei are ready for their breakthroughs, they can come to replace you!" Lin Shiming spoke again.

This statement left Lin Houyong somewhat dumbfounded, with Lin Shijie also wearing a look of confusion.

It was normal for Lin Shiyi and Lin Houwei to be on the verge of breakthroughs, but Lin Houshou was already over sixty years old.

Shiming could only start explaining the situation with the Dragon Blood Pill one by one.

After the explanation, it drew surprise and continuous exclamations from both of them.

"By the way, Uncle Five, Elder Brother, have you ever seen the location on this map?" After making all the arrangements, Lin Shiming brought out the treasure map he had obtained earlier.

As soon as the map was produced, Lin Shijie was somewhat astonished; the map seemed rather casual.

However, Lin Houyong's expression changed:

"I've seen it, the place is still vivid in my memory!"