Chapter 223 - 223 220 Chatting and Laughing, Flags and Oars Turn to Ashes and Smoke
Chapter 223: Chapter 220 Chatting and Laughing, Flags and Oars Turn to Ashes and Smoke Chapter 223: Chapter 220 Chatting and Laughing, Flags and Oars Turn to Ashes and Smoke Qin Feng waited until his father and the Old Family Master had put away everything, then he took out a jade scroll and said, “By a stroke of luck, I once obtained a heritage from an Ancient Immortal who became an immortal through the Void Shattering Ancestor during the Ancient Times.
Because it’s not a Sect’s cultivation technique, it can be taught to the family’s younger generation for cultivation.”
“Sss…”
Upon hearing this, Qin Guanbao and Qin Long, who had just calmed down, were startled once again.
“A cultivation technique from an Ancient Immortal?”
The words of the Old Family Master became somewhat stuttered.
After all, he was just the leader of a small family in a remote little city.
Even though he had seen many things during his time in the Outer Sect of the Beast Taming Sect, he had never imagined that his family would one day possess the complete inheritance of an Ancient Immortal!
Especially since the highest cultivation in the Qin Family was currently at his level, a mid-stage peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm, which was extremely far from the realm of an Ancient Immortal.
“Indeed.”
Qin Feng nodded and then added, “However, our Qin Family is currently weak.
…
If I were to leave the complete inheritance behind, any slight carelessness could bring about the annihilation of our family.
Therefore, I will only leave behind the Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment cultivation techniques, which should be sufficient for our family members to cultivate.”
“If someone in the future manages to cultivate to the peak of Foundation Establishment and form a Golden Core, I will naturally pass on the subsequent techniques.
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What do you two think?”
The Old Family Master and Qin Long looked at each other and nodded repeatedly.
To be honest, if Qin Feng really left a complete inheritance that could cultivate to the realm of a Heavenly Immortal, they would rather have been somewhat uneasy, fearing that the slightest leak of information could bring disaster upon the family.
This way was much better.
Qin Feng only left behind the Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment techniques.
Even if others knew they practiced a new cultivation technique, they wouldn’t be able to guess that they had an inheritance that could lead directly to the Immortal Dao.
They also knew that, ultimately, a cultivation technique is just a technique, and possessing a powerful technique doesn’t guarantee cultivating to become an immortal.
Just like the two of them, who, after joining the Beast Taming Sect in their early years, practiced techniques from the “Ten Thousand Beasts Origin Scripture”, created by the founding ancestor of the sect, which was even more formidable than the Void Shattering Ancestor’s heritage that Qin Feng held, yet their cultivation wasn’t extraordinarily strong.
Not only had Qin Guanbao, after more than a hundred years of cultivation, still been caught up in the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, but even among the tens of thousands of disciples in the Outer Sect of the Beast Taming Sect, only a few were considered adept, let alone relying solely on cultivation techniques to achieve the Immortal Dao, which was like a fantasy.
Achieving enlightenment and longevity encompasses too many factors.
While initially one could rely on accumulation to build a somewhat decent Daoist Foundation, as one progresses, higher levels of comprehension of the Dao are required, and each stage blocks many cultivators from advancing, with only a very few eventually capable of overcoming these obstacles to reach such a state.
Even Qin Feng himself did not believe any of his family members had the chance to cultivate to the level of becoming an immortal, let alone achieve the Golden Core Realm, given that the ordinary family members had rather mediocre potential.
Although the demands on potential are not too high in later stages of cultivation, with the Daoist Body Dharma Body being repeatedly tempered to eliminate difficulties brought by ordinary potential, what becomes more important are disposition and understanding, but the majority of cultivators don’t even reach the initial stages, let alone later stages of cultivation.
Qin Feng passed the jade scroll he had, which was a transcription of the techniques left by the Void Shattering Ancestor on the Township Stone Tablet.
Of course, he wouldn’t tell his father and the Old Family Master that the main reason he didn’t leave the complete inheritance was that he had not yet obtained the cultivation techniques above the Golden Core Realm.
There was a prohibition set by the Void Shattering Ancestor on the Township Stone Tablet, which could only be broken layer by layer as one’s realm advanced to access the inheritance.
The two took the jade scroll and dove their divine senses into it one after the other, finding indeed a very complete inheritance named “Void Shattering Technique.”
It contained cultivation techniques, methods to refine the Void Shattering Hammer, and records of various spells, complementing each other to form a very complete set of cultivation techniques.
However, they were just looking and had no intention of switching to this technique.
Qin Long had already lost his Lifebound Spiritual Beast, which was somewhat better, but for Qin Guanbao, who had practiced the Beast Taming Technique for so many years, truly changing would be akin to wasting his cultivation and eliminating the function of his Lifebound Spiritual Beast.
“Later on, select some of the younger generation to practice it.
If by chance they are able to cultivate to a certain height, there won’t be fear of the family lacking subsequent techniques for cultivation.”
Quickly, Qin Guanbao made a decision.
Qin Long agreed, nodding.
A technique with a complete cultivation system like this was much stronger than the ordinary techniques collected by the family.
“There’s even a method to refine Magic Artifacts and Spiritual Artifacts, though it’s just the method to refine the Void Shattering Hammer, it could also allow the family to delve into the direction of artifact refining.”
The Old Family Master pondered for a moment.
Having led the family for many years and knowing everything about it intimately, he quickly made a decision, “We don’t aim to make artifact refining our livelihood, but we should at least ensure that the cultivators practicing the ‘Void Shattering Technique’ can be self-sufficient.
It’s essential that some family members master the method of refining the Void Shattering Hammer.”
“Ninth Grandfather is right.”
Qin Feng also said, “Even though the family’s current strength is still quite weak, we must start cultivating talent in other areas, only then can we gradually expand the family’s power.
Of course, caution must be exercised in the early stages, and anything hasty should be avoided as it could easily attract the covetous attention of others.
I will be traveling with my master after a while, and when I’m not at the Sect, the family should not take too big steps.”
“How long will you be gone?”
Qin Long asked.
“Perhaps just a few years, or even several decades, it’s hard to say; it all depends on how smooth this trip out turns out to be.”
“So long?
What exactly do you need to do?
Your cultivation level is just at the Foundation Establishment stage, not yet sufficient to roam around the world, right?”
Qin Guanbao and Qin Long both frowned.
“This is a Sect secret, I shouldn’t discuss it publicly.”
Qin Feng said, “However, it involves my cultivation.
If things go well, I might be able to form a Golden Core in not many years.”
He deliberately took the responsibility upon himself, without revealing any plans of the Sect.
Seeing him say it was a Sect secret, the old family head hesitated to ask further, fearing they might violate the Sect’s rules and jeopardize Qin Feng’s prospects.
The three talked all night long; as cultivators of their caliber, they weren’t lacking in energy for such a discussion.
They discussed the future development of the family, focusing on which young family members to train using the resources Qin Feng had provided, and they also touched upon the current predicaments of the family.
Kun City was still a small town, dominated by three Foundation Establishment families, where space for growth was limited.
Even though Qin Feng had provided them with ample resources, they could only concentrate on cultivating those with relatively decent talents from among the younger members; most ordinary family members weren’t seen as worth the effort.
In the end, the old family master still advised, “Stay in the family for a few days then hurry back; it’s somewhat dangerous here.
If the Huang Family of the north city secretly informs Taiyi Mountain, perhaps the Taiyi Mountain elder, whose daughter you killed, might send disciples to capture you to avenge his daughter.”
“Don’t worry, Grandpa Ji, I’ll be careful.”
Qin Feng nodded, then added, “As for the Huang Family, if they dare send any messages, we might as well eliminate them and take over the north city’s Spirit Vein and the Refined Iron Vein, which could allow our family to try training some Artifact Refiners.”
Nowadays, Qin Feng was no longer the low-level cultivator he used to be; with his current power, he could easily destroy the whole Huang Family, which is why he spoke about them so calmly.
“However, as I’m now a true disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, wantonly exterminating rival forces could create a very poor impression, so I’d rather not take action myself.”
Qin Feng smiled and said, “Grandpa Ji, after you refine the Breaking Barrier Pill, you’ll be able to advance to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and once father’s Divine Soul has recovered, he too will reach a breakthrough point.
By then, you can find a pretext to eliminate them since we’ve had a generational feud with the Huang Family who once nearly destroyed our Qin Family.
Now that we are more powerful, of course, we must retaliate.”
“This…”
Qin Long hesitated and asked, “Could destroying the entire Huang Family cause discontent from Taiyi Mountain?”
“You don’t need to worry, Father.”
Qin Feng said nonchalantly, “Taiyi Mountain is such a vast force, a minor player like the Huang Family won’t draw their attention, at most it would be that Huang Yulang who got in, stirring a bit.
Just as Grandpa Ji once brought colleagues to help stabilize the situation for our Qin Family years ago, he would only be able to bring a few Taiyi Mountain’s outer disciples at most.
But since Huang Yulang isn’t very strong himself, he won’t be able to involve too powerful disciples, so there’s no need to worry about them.
If by chance Taiyi Mountain’s disciples join the fight, we’ll eliminate those we can and force the rest to retreat early so they don’t interfere much in our family’s disputes.
Of course, if those guys really seek their demise, we will oblige, but there must be a justified cause.”
“Heh, Feng, don’t worry about this.”
The old family master smiled faintly, “We don’t need to directly annihilate the Huang Family nor wait for that youngster Huang Yulang to bring reinforcements from the Sect.
We could create some trouble for the Huang Family or even impersonate bandit cultivators to plunder them, severely injure Huang Tingyuan, and provoke his son to return home from Taiyi Mountain to check on him, then eliminate them altogether.
As long as he hasn’t joined Taiyi Mountain’s inner sect and is just an ordinary disciple at the outer sect, killing him won’t leave any issues.”
“Grandpa Ji is wise.”
Qin Feng gave a thumbs up, silently admiring the cunning that came with age, as the old family master came up with a feasible plan in no time.
The old family master stroked his beard and smiled.
Although Qin Feng’s praise wasn’t meant as flattery, given his status now as a true disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, receiving such high praise from him still pleased the old family master quite a bit.
Qin Feng was also quite satisfied, recalling how during the autumn hunt years ago when he had just entered the Realm of Qi Refinement, the Huang Family appeared a formidable enemy.
But now, his cultivation had reached such a level that the Huang Family could not compare, so deciding their fate came almost in passing conversation.
As daylight broke and the clan members were already emerging from their dwellings—apart from a few who had to attend to their own matters, the others still gathered to discuss matters concerning Qin Feng and Qin Xi.
Especially regarding Qin Feng, becoming a true disciple within the inner sect of the Beast Taming Sect had stirred a frenzy among them, almost wanting to announce to the world that their family had produced a true disciple.
Under such circumstances, the news inevitably reached the Huang Family.
Qin Feng even suspected that the old family master might have intentionally spread this information to bait the Huang Family into making a mistake, thus providing more pretext for the Qin Family to attack them.
Indeed, this tactic was quite effective; the Spiritual Vultures he had sent out to scout the entire Huang Family from high above had already seen more than one group of cultivators rushing toward the Commandery from different directions.
No need to ask, from their hurried appearances, it was almost certain they were disciples sent by the Huang Family to deliver messages.
Well, considering that the Huang Family’s present strength wasn’t as formidable as before, with only Family Head Huang Tingyuan and a Foundation Establishment Cultivation elder who had advanced as an Artifact Refiner as their significant members, the Huang Family no longer concerned him.
He would let the old family master and his father handle it while he enjoyed a few days of peace at home before returning to the Sect to prepare for entering the Ten Thousand Demons Cave Heaven for cultivation.