The shattered cliff face was bare now, the Five Extreme Deathly Winds Formation having dissipated.
It revealed a wall pitted and pocked from the countless spells that had bombarded it.
"Lin Xianzhi, if you do not cease, I will surely kill this child!" Huangyun Qi's expression was cold, and he brandished a Third Rank Superior Grade magic sword that shone brilliantly, slashing fiercely towards Lin Shiming.
His divine sense locked on, unleashing the Third Rank magic artifact in a flying slash.
"You dare!" Lin Xianzhi's usually calm heart could no longer remain still at this moment!
He too desperately urged on the Qinglian Sword in his hand, generating countless beams of Green Lotus Sword Qi, pressing forward with powerful Sword Intent, leaving nothing in reserve, crushing the opposition.
The blue light of the Green Lotus Sword shot out in an instant, even faster than the flying sword, knocking Huangyun Qi's magic sword aside.
Huangyun Qi, failing to strike, was not angry but instead pleased, for it meant Lin Xianzhi truly cared.
He then transformed his true yuan into a palm strike, reaching out to grasp Lin Shiming.
But against his expectations, the true yuan palm strike resounded with a boom, hitting the ground instead.
Where Lin Shiming had stood, there was no trace left except for the fluctuations of spiritual energy from an Earth Escape Talisman.
With the dissolution of the Five Extreme Deathly Winds Formation, the Earth Escape Talisman naturally became usable. Only a hundred meters away did the figure of Lin Shiming appear, gasping for breath.
With his blow missing the mark, Huangyun Qi's face looked extremely ugly.
However, what was most fatal at this moment was that Lin Xianzhi in the distance had already launched the Green Lotus Sword.
A sword light dozens of yards long fell, and under Huangyun Qi's great shock, he barely had time to bring his sword in defense horizontally.
With a crisp sound, he was overwhelmed by the sword light.
With that, Huangyun Qi fell!
Not a single cultivator from the Huang Family survived, the Lin Family emerged triumphant.
Yet not one person could muster any joy.
All eyes were on the half-ledge that fell away, as if the third elder who had always been silent and selflessly committed was still there, merely concealed by the formation.
"Gather the spoils of war, we're returning to Fangmu Mountain!" Lin Xianzhi's somber voice carried forth, and he threw out the Spirit Boat, flying once more towards Yunzhou.
Fearing that Huangyun Qi might have left some tricks behind, no one suggested to sit and recover their energy.
On the Spirit Boat, Lin Shiming too silently gazed at the sea of clouds, then at Lin Xianzhi who sat alone at the front of the Spirit Boat.
The first Jade Slip was Huang Lingling's own notes on Artifact Refining, detailing his insights and notes from beginner to Third Rank Artifact Refiner. It was especially thorough.
Lin Shiming was quite satisfied with this as it was an excellent learning resource both for the family and for his own future studies in Artifact Refining.
It was not to be taken for granted, knowing that the Lin Family only had a Second Rank Supreme Grade Artifact Refiner, and no Third Rank Artifact Refiner up to this point.
However, when he saw the second Jade Slip, Lin Shiming was taken aback. The slip was titled "Formation Artifact Manual."
It detailed how to use formations to enhance the level of Artifact Refining.
It could even enable a Second Rank Supreme Grade Artifact Refiner to craft Third Rank Magic Artifacts!
This was unheard of before now.
The "Formation Artifact Manual" was extremely important to the Lin Family and, after some research, its theories could potentially be applied to Alchemy as well.
If that were the case, the appearance of a Third Rank Alchemist and a Third Rank Artifact Refiner in the Lin Family wouldn't be far off!
This was extremely significant for the Lin Family and could even be considered on par with the effect of the Foundation Establishment Pill.
Lin Shiming suppressed the excitement in his heart and continued to review the Jade Slips. The subsequent Jade Slips turned out to be quite ordinary, including cultivation miscellany, maps, and some secrets of the Huang Family.
The majority were manuals for crafting standard Magic Artifacts.
Lin Shiming then skipped over the Jade Slips and started examining the Magic Artifacts.
The most notable was undoubtedly the Third Rank Inferior Grade Flying Sword, which could fetch tens of thousands of Spirit Stones at an auction.
Of course, he had a better use for it: for his father.
Once his father broke through to Foundation Establishment, he would naturally need a Third Rank Magic Artifact. Given the Foundation Establishment Pill and the Contribution Points he had saved, he already owed the family seventy to eighty thousand Contribution Points.
He was much poorer than Lin Shiming.
Besides the Third Rank Flying Sword, there were Supreme Grade Magic Artifacts, including a Supreme Grade Flying Sword and a Supreme Grade defensive shield.
To Lin Shiming, these items weren't particularly enticing, as he already had the Green Sky Sword and the Thick Earth Shield. Nevertheless, both items were valuable, at least worth five or six thousand Spirit Stones each.
He hadn't seen the expected Third Rank Spirit Talisman. Presumably, it was used during the battle, and as for the Spirit Stones and Spirit Pills, they were even more disappointing to Lin Shiming.
The fortune was even less than his own.
Just over two thousand Spirit Stones and the elixirs were all for healing, none surpassing Second Rank Superior Grade.
It was practically the poorest a Foundation Establishment Cultivator could be.