The Red-haired Demon Monkey, upon seeing Lin Shiming approaching, sprinted over in an instant. When it reached Lin Shiming, it began beating its chest with both hands like a long-armed ape, howling incessantly.
It was extremely excited but at the same time, its large eyes were eagerly fixed on Lin Shiming's Storage Bag.
The meaning behind its gaze was self-explanatory.
Lin Shiming let out a light chuckle, took out the Storage Bag, and released a large amount of Spirit Food, Spirit Water, and Beast Nurturing Pills.
The latter gorged on the food voraciously, consuming three to four times more than before.
Fortunately, at this moment, he had seven or eight Storage Bags, the largest of which was the size of a grand hall and stored a vast amount of Demonic Beast materials. Being the Lin Family Head also helped, otherwise, providing for these two creatures would have indeed been somewhat challenging.
Lin Shiming was still observing the Red-haired Demon Monkey, but for the time being, couldn't figure out why its tail had become so long and why there was so much more fur.
After observing for a while with no conclusions, he left the cave and headed toward the Alchemy Pavilion.
At the moment, he still had many tasks to attend to. The most important was to inquire whether his uncle Lin Houxuan, Fifteenth Uncle, had mastered the Formation Artifact Manual, capable of crafting Third Rank elixirs like the Breakthrough Demon Pill and the Seduction Demon Pill.
Upon arriving at the Alchemy Pavilion, he found the family had taken on several apprentices due to their heavy focus on alchemy and artifact crafting.
To his mixed amusement and dismay, there was someone instructing on alchemy at the moment, exhibiting a level of rigor that even surpassed that of the Second Elder, Lin Yuqi, from before.
It was Lin Shitao.
Lin Shitao was also dressed in a green Taoist robe, looking quite dashing. Several apprentices had struggled with controlling the furnace, prompting her to step forward to lecture them before personally offering instruction.
"Shitao, where's Fifteenth Uncle?" Lin Shiming waited until Lin Shitao finished her guidance before asking from the side.
"Big Brother Seven, what brings you here?" Lin Shitao's face could barely conceal her joy.
"I need Fifteenth Uncle to craft some elixirs!"
"Oh! He's in the room next to Grandfather's alchemy chamber, currently crafting elixirs!"
After waiting in the Alchemy Pavilion for half a day, Lin Houxuan finally emerged from within the alchemist's chamber, his face beaming with joy but unable to hide the tiredness.
"Family Head, you've arrived!" Lin Houxuan was amazed by the alchemy formation method associated with the Formation Artifact Manual the first time it was taught to him by the Second Elder, and thanks to it, he had managed to craft the Third Rank Return Yuan Pill, ensuring that the Lin family would once again have a Third Rank Alchemist.
Now that it had fallen into his own hands, it indeed made him feel quite emotional for a while.
One month later, as scheduled, Lin Houxuan successfully refined the Seduction Demon Pills. After Lin Shiming retrieved the elixirs, he immediately fed them to the Red-haired Demon Monkey.
After it swallowed another Third Rank Demonic Beast Inner Core, the Red-haired Demon Monkey finally began its breakthrough, curling up into a ball inside the stone chamber like a massive fireball.
Lin Shiming repeatedly checked the state of the Red-haired Demon Monkey before finally stepping out of the stone chamber to commence his cultivation practice.
Although he had reached the Foundation Establishment Stage, the practice of cultivation still required persistence, accumulating little gains for a greater outcome.
Half a year passed without the Red-haired Demon Monkey emerging from seclusion, but by now, the Golden Winged Mantis had fully recovered. In the meantime, Lin Shiming had once again applied the Bloodline Reversion Secret Method on the Golden Winged Mantis.
He purified the bloodline of the Golden Winged Mantis using the sole bloodline sample from a six-winged demonic mantis.
Since it was the only one, the effect was not significant, but it was visibly apparent that the third pair of wings on the Golden Winged Mantis had become more elongated.
At full speed, Lin Shiming felt a blur before his eyes.
A Spirit Talisman flew into the cave dwelling, and Lin Shiming put away the talisman—it was a notice that the Qingxuan grand assembly was about to begin.
Lin Shiming arrived at the Council Hall where an Elder from the Treasure Pavilion handed him a Storage Bag.
Inside were neatly piled two hundred thousand Spirit Stones, with the hope that Lin Shiming would be able to purchase two Foundation Establishment Pills.
With the future dangers growing ever larger and the Three Sects joining forces for the Qingxuan grand assembly, the Lin Family naturally hoped to obtain more Foundation Establishment Pills. Only by having a sufficient number of Foundation Establishment cultivators could the Lin Family continue to prosper in times of crisis.
Accompanying him on this trip were the Fifth Elder, Lin Yuzheng, along with the newly promoted Elder, Lin Houwei, and Lin Houxuan.
The breakthroughs of Lin Houwei and Lin Houxuan were pleasant surprises for the Lin Family. If previously the Lin Family had no Foundation Establishment prospects, now Lin Houwei and Lin Houxuan had immediately become the clan's Foundation Establishment seeds. Especially for Lin Houxuan, being an alchemist, his breakthrough would have extraordinary significance for the Lin Family.
After delegating most of the clan's matters, Lin Shiming also boarded the Spirit Boat, preparing to set off for Qingxuan City.
Just as he was about to leave, Lin Shiyi suddenly appeared. Lin Shiyi had not been seen for a long time since they had jointly obtained the Body Tempering Spirit Flower.
At this point, Lin Shiyi had progressed to the eighth layer of Qi Cultivation at just over thirty years old. This level of cultivation was enough to show Lin Shiyi's dedication.
"Family Head, I've hit a bottleneck; can I go with you to Qingyun City?" Lin Shiyi was as straightforward as ever.