Clan Immortal Cultivation: I Can See Hints

Shiming couldn't help feeling a surge of elation, he hadn't expected that, on a casual try, Lin Houyong would actually know of this place.

"It's about a hundred li deep into the range from Qingshi Ridge towards Qingyun Mountain," Lin Houyong said. However, after finishing his speech, he spoke again with some concern,

"But that place is a Poisonous Insect Valley, with innumerable varieties of poisonous insects. I only went there while pursuing a Third Rank Demonic Python, but there were too many poisonous insects, so I had to give up and leave!"

After Lin Houyong finished speaking, he looked at the map again. Clearly still haunted by the ferocity of the poisonous insects and skeptical about the map,

If it was an ancient cultivator's cave abode, the maps and notes of an ancient cultivator would be extremely orderly, every stroke exuding maturity and grandeur.

Even for a slightly more precious map, it would be engraved more rigorously, since even a slight error in the map could lead to a thousand li discrepancy from reality.

So following this map, even if it's in that Poison Valley, there could be a significant margin of error.

"Hmm, let me contact Seventh Great-Uncle and explore it together!" Shiming pondered for a moment and decided he would still go explore.

This was a cave abode map prompted by the system, so it probably wouldn't be too far off.

If it was again a Purple Mansion cultivator's cave abode, then the gains should also be substantial.

As for the dangers, according to Lin Houyong's description, that location was far from the inner reaches of Qingyun Mountain Range, and the probability of encountering a Purple Mansion Great Demon was not high. As for the ordinary Third Rank Foundation Establishment Demonic Beasts, they did not pose much of a threat to him.

If Lin Houyong could explore there and return in one piece, then the danger was at least within a controllable range.

If he also brought along Seventh Great-Uncle Lin Xianzhi, the danger should not be substantial.

Once Shiming made up his mind, he immediately set out on the journey. On the contrary, Lin Yuqing and Lin Shilei, who had come to kill the Gold Devouring Rats together, did not leave.

Since the Golden Iron Stone vein had revealed Third Rank Golden Iron Crystals, it naturally required more manpower to guard. Otherwise, should Demonic Beasts like the Gold Devouring Rats reappear and steal Golden Iron Crystals, even losing just one would mean a loss of over a thousand Spirit Stones.

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In a certain area of Qingyun Mountain Range, a Spirit Boat descended along the jungle.

A group of cultivators descended from the sky.

"Seventh Great-Uncle, Family Head, the location on the map is this valley!" Lin Houyong led at the front and confirmed as he looked back.

This group of cultivators was from the Lin Family. Not many people came for this exploration: three Foundation Establishment cultivators—Lin Xianzhi, Shiming, and Lin Houyong—and three Qi Cultivators—Lin Yuqing, Lin Houxuan, and Lin Shiyun.

Lin Shiyun had also broken through to the eighth level of Qi Cultivation at this time and was skilled in formations, so he had joined this exploration.

Shiming nodded. In front of them appeared a valley shrouded in miasma, sparsely vegetated within a hundred meters around its boundaries, and with very low visibility inside the valley.

The exploration with Divine Sense was also greatly affected, with the range of detection reduced by more than half.

"Everyone, take a Mingzhi Pill!"

Shiming took out several pill bottles and distributed one to each person.

The Mingzhi Pill was a Third Rank Detoxification Pill and a recent formula acquisition of the Lin Family, refined by Lin Houxuan.

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Shiyun also began to take out an Array Plate. This Array Plate was a Third Rank Formation and was a formation within a formation studied by Lin Houshou, consisting of an Illusion Array plus a Trapping Formation.

It was quite powerful, but Shiyun didn't have the strength to set it up by himself and many Spirit Arts had to rely on Lin Xianzhi and Shiming to execute.

As Lin Xianzhi and Shiming didn't understand the intricacies involved, they could only mechanically execute one Spirit Art after another, and it took them almost half a day to set up.

As a flash of spirit light passed, the formation finally took shape, forming a spirit shield that gradually dimmed and disappeared.

With the formation complete, the people of the Lin Family were greatly relieved; at least they were not entirely unprepared for danger.

Once the formation was established, Lin Shiming took out a storage bag, and two spirit corpses appeared before them.

These two spirit corpses were the lifeblood corpses obtained from slaying Corpse Refining Sect cultivators at Yunjing Mountain. After returning to Fangmu Mountain, Lin Shiming had learned a basic Corpse Control Technique, which allowed him to command the corpses to perform simple actions with a strength equivalent to the early stage of foundation establishment.

Of course, using a basic Corpse Control Technique to command third-rank lifeblood corpses came with a deadly side effect: the technique had to be continuously executed, and divine sense could not be relaxed for a moment.

Otherwise, if the spirit corpses acted on their own, it was highly likely that spirit corpse devouring master would occur.

The best course of action was to find a family cultivator who specialized in corpse refining techniques and then refine these two spirit corpses.

However, exploring Poison Valley at this moment was just right.

The spirit corpses were of a spirit leopard corpse and a green-haired zombie.

As they appeared, they seemed a bit stunned. Having been battered by the gales within the Heavenly Demon Bag for years, they found it difficult to adapt at first. But under Lin Shiming's control, they soon recovered their fierce gaze. Their sharp fangs emitted a chilling glint as they let out ferocious howls and charged towards Poison Valley.

Seeing this, Lin Shiming and the others quickly followed.

Upon entering Poison Valley, even though they had taken the Clear Miasma Elixir, they felt somewhat dizzy. It wasn't until they manipulated the spirit light to form a spirit shield that they fully recovered.

Leading at the front was Lin Shiming, with three Qi cultivators in the middle, and Lin Xianzhi and Lin Houyong at the rear.

The two spirit corpses charged around wildly, and soon, flower pythons appeared one after another in the miasma, biting at the corpses.

The green-haired zombie and the spirit leopard corpse were not to be outdone and bit back fiercely.

The usual second-rank venomous snakes and scorpions were effortlessly stuffed into the mouths of the two corpses. They chewed messily without stopping their advance.

Meanwhile, Lin Shiming kept his divine sense alert, ready to incite the spirit corpses into frenzies and attack Purple Mansion demonic beasts at any sign, then escape immediately with an Earth Escape Talisman.

After his divine sense swept through much of Poison Valley, Lin Shiming exchanged a glance with Lin Xianzhi, feeling slightly more at ease. The absence of any disturbance also meant the absence of Purple Mansion great demons.

The two spirit corpses continued to advance, while Lin Shiming and Lin Xianzhi expanded their divine sense to the maximum, daring not to slack in the least.

Their gaze finally settled on a poisonous fog swamp at the very center.

Lin Shiming was surprised to discover wild Poisonous Dragon Vine.

These Poisonous Dragon Vines were almost indistinguishable from those he had purchased in Jiuye City, and there were numerous seeds.

Under normal circumstances, this would have filled him with joy, but his mood was now quite poor, amidst the dangers of Poison Valley.

"Seventh Great-Uncle, we may be in trouble!" Lin Shiming couldn't help but send a telepathic message, controlling the spirit corpses to stop and ready to retreat at any moment.

Discovering Poisonous Dragon Vine was not good news. If there was a poisonous dragon hiding in the swamp, even one at the later stage of the third rank that had not reached Purple Mansion level, they might still be no match for it.

The combat power of a poisonous dragon was among the top tiers within demonic beasts, and a cultivator of the same rank was no match for it, let alone in such a highly toxic swamp.

"That seems to be a cultivator's cave!" Lin Xianzhi frowned too, wary of the poisonous dragon.

However, within his divine sense range, beside the swamp on a small mountain, he discovered a cave covered in formations.

Clearly, it was a cultivator's cave, and yet with the entire Lin Family's divine sense scanning, there was no movement, suggesting it was an abandoned cave!