Clan Cultivation: My Intelligence Updated Daily

Chapter 311 The old man’s instructions, Yue Yi seizes the body

A month passed in the blink of an eye, and the day had come for Zhang Lingyu to return to her clan.

The harvest during this period was quite substantial.

In addition to using the intelligence system to seize all the opportunities recorded in the past, Zhang Lingyu also hunted monsters alone in the near sea.

In just one month, they hunted down ten fourth-tier monsters and more than thirty third-tier monsters.

As for the number of first and second-tier demonic beasts, I can hardly remember them anymore. With the Soul-Devouring Bees around, I don't need to take any action myself.

If it weren't for the fact that in recent years the range of monster activity has gradually shrunk to the depths of the outer sea, and that more and more cultivators have come here to train, the spoils would probably be even richer.

He didn't intend to sell the fourth-tier demon cores he had obtained; instead, he left them all for Zhang Yuanhua to refine into Foundation Establishment Pills.

As for the remaining skin, hair, and demon bones, some were taken back to the family for clan members to use in weapon crafting, and the rest were exchanged for spirit stones to purchase elixirs.

In addition, another objective of this trip has been achieved: the body that Yue Yi needed to possess has also been successfully obtained.

There were constant bandits and cultivators on the outer seas. In just one month, Zhang Lingyu encountered several groups of them. In addition to the bandits and cultivators coming to him, Zhang Lingyu also took the initiative to strike and rescue those cultivators in distress.

It must be said that the bandits who dare to run rampant at sea are all quite capable, and it is not uncommon to see them with cultivation levels in the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Especially the group of bandits from five days ago, whose leader was at the peak of Foundation Establishment, along with two late-stage and one mid-stage cultivators, Zhang Lingyu immediately took a detour when he saw them.

Unexpectedly, the band of cultivators persisted relentlessly. To avoid further injury, they eventually summoned Elder Kui to kill them.

When Zhang Lingyu checked the bandit's storage bag, he received an unexpected surprise: three high-grade spirit stones were found on the leader's person.

Having cultivated for so long, Zhang Lingyu had never seen such a thing before, so he quickly put it away for future use.

In the course of his experiences over the past month, Puppet Master finally found a suitable body to possess after careful selection. The bandit cultivator's cultivation level was just right, stuck at the peak of Qi Refining.

Since living beings cannot be stored in the storage bag, after some discussion, it was decided to first settle it outside Lin Yuan City, restrain it with an array, and with Elder Kui watching over it, no one could rescue it unless a Golden Core cultivator intervened.

As for the auction held by Wanbao Chamber of Commerce, Zhang Lingyu also went there.

Since such auctions are held annually, and most of the items auctioned are at the Foundation Establishment level, he is now almost at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, so ordinary items don't really interest him, unless they are high-quality items of the fifth rank or above.

To put it bluntly, I just wanted to go and see what the excitement was like.

The truly grand event was the auction held sixteen years later, once every thirty years. Not only were there a large number of Golden Core cultivators present, but it was also said that Nascent Soul True Monarchs participated.

Of course that's all for later.

In the remaining five days, Zhang Lingyu also discussed the cooperation between the two families with Chen Jiahe and other high-ranking members of the Chen family. Thanks to Zhang Yuanhua's connections, the Zhang family also participated in some trade to the cultivation world in the East China Sea.

Besides common items like pills, the main products sold were puppets and spirit beasts.

In addition, marriage partners for the two families were also chosen. As for whether they are suitable, that will only be determined after the two sides meet.

After handling all the matters, Zhang Yuanhua successfully refined the Water Moon Bright Divine Pill.

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Inside the secret chamber, gazing at the blue and white pill the size of a longan in the jade bottle, Zhang Lingyu couldn't suppress the smile on her lips.

With it, the success rate of overcoming inner demons will be greatly increased.

"Thank you, Grandpa!"

"We're all family, why are you being so polite with me? Fortunately, I've lived up to everyone's expectations and successfully refined this pill."

Zhang Yuanhua waved his hand. His face was somewhat pale, and his magical power was wavering, indicating that he had expended a great deal of energy refining this pill. Seeing the younger generation's worried face, he smiled and said:

"Don't worry about me. I've been away from alchemy for over ten years and am a bit rusty. Besides, although this pill is quite difficult to make, it has given me a lot of inspiration and helped me improve my alchemy skills. It will save me some trouble when I make low-grade fifth-rank pills in the future."

Seeing the old man looking completely exhausted, Zhang Lingyu felt a pang of embarrassment.

He was confident that he could refine this pill at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, but now even Zhang Yuanhua, a senior alchemist at the Golden Core level, finds it quite troublesome. It seems he really overestimated himself.

"Sigh, I was hoping to refine this pill as soon as possible, and then make a batch of Foundation Establishment Pills for you to take back, but it seems that's not going to happen now."

"Grandpa, there's no need to blame yourself. Those in the clan who are capable of Foundation Establishment have already been arranged to do so. The rest won't reach that threshold for at least a year or two. By then, will we be short of Foundation Establishment Pills?"

Zhang Lingyu gently comforted her, then took out a demon core from her storage bag and handed it over, saying:

"I haven't been idle this past month either. I hunted down ten fourth-tier demonic beasts. I'll leave these demonic cores to my great-grandfather to refine Foundation Establishment Pills."

"Alright, I'll take care of the rest of the materials." The old man didn't refuse and casually took them.

He looked at Zhang Lingyu and continued:

"When do you plan to return to your tribe?"

"Now that I have the elixir and the business dealings with the Chen family are settled, I should return to continue my seclusion and further my cultivation."

"Okay, I understand."

The old man nodded, took out a jade slip from his storage bag, and handed it to Zhang Lingyu. Zhang Lingyu examined it slightly and found that it contained the old man's insights when he broke through to the Golden Core stage, clearly recording the process from Core Formation to the Tribulation of the Heart Demon.

This is truly priceless!

Zhang Lingyu was overjoyed. With this item, his chances of successfully forming his core would increase.

Of course, this one document is not enough; we must gather ideas from all sides and look at several documents. However, other Golden Core Immortal Clan would never lend out such things as family heirlooms.

Of course, he has his own way of doing things.

That's because of Yue Yi, the sect leader of the Spirit Puppet Sect, and Elder Puppet.

Yue Yi had a powerful cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core stage in front of him who could easily guide him, and there was also the magic treasure, Puppet Elder, which contained its own space and must have contained the breakthrough insights of Golden Core cultivators from previous generations.

Of course, there might also be the breakthrough insights of the founding patriarch and the emerging Nascent Soul cultivators.

However, this kind of thing is definitely not something I can entrust to myself.

After Zhang Lingyu put the jade slip away, Zhang Yuanhua continued, "I cannot shirk my responsibility in the matter of the spiritual vein's advancement. Here are 300,000 spirit stones; please keep them safe and take them back to your clan."

"Once the date for the promotion is decided, send me a message, and I will request the Chen family to send someone to Qingya Mountain to assist with the promotion."

Advancing to the third tier of spiritual veins is no small matter, and the Zhang family has no experience with it. He is afraid that something might go wrong, so it would be better to ask an experienced cultivator to participate.

Mr. Chen would not refuse this small request.

"Yes, I understand."

Zhang Lingyu carefully put away the spirit stone. After talking with his grandfather for a while, he left Linyuan City and headed to where the Puppet Master was.

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Inside a hidden cave outside Lin Yuan City.

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The array's light flowed endlessly, and in the very center knelt a disheveled man. Because his hands and feet were bound by chains and there were restrictions, he would suffer all kinds of torture if he moved even slightly.

He stared at the old man outside the formation, whose entire body was covered in a black robe, his eyes filled with fear.

The man's surname is Ouyang. Both his parents are bandit cultivators, so as their son, he naturally followed in his father's footsteps. Due to his good talent, he became a prominent figure in the bandit gang at a young age. Now, his cultivation has reached the peak of Qi Refining, and he is just one step away from Foundation Establishment.

Five days ago, he and the rest of the gang were plundering near the sea. Zhang Lingyu happened to be passing by at the time. Since he was alone and his cultivation was hidden in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, he naturally became their prey.

Unexpectedly, upon first contact, the Qi Refining cultivators in the gang died from bleeding from all seven orifices after just one glance from Zhang Lingyu, and the three mid-Foundation Establishment gang leaders died under the flying sword in just a few rounds.

He felt a splitting headache and fainted. He didn't wake up until three days ago.

He didn't know why Zhang Lingyu didn't kill him, but judging from the latter's clothes and appearance at the time, he should be a demonic cultivator.

Therefore, it is assumed that the other party will most likely use their physical body or soul to cultivate some secret technique.

They even allow the elderly person in front of them to possess their body!

Although he had committed countless evil deeds and killed many people with the bandits, he would rather die a quick and painless death than be tortured like this.

But now he can't even end his own life.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, a man in a blood-red robe entered the cave. Although it was unknown where he had been these past few days, it was easy to guess that he had probably gone to prepare some materials.

He opened his mouth, intending to beg for mercy, but suddenly everything went black and he fainted again.

"Is everything resolved?"

"It's all taken care of, let's go." Zhang Lingyu responded, and the puppet elder transformed back into his original form, disappearing back into his brow.

He glanced at the man, removed the binding formation, hoisted the latter onto his shoulder, and summoned a flying shuttle to head towards Qingya Mountain.

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It took Zhang Lingyu almost two days to finally return to Qingya Mountain. He did not take Ouyang back with him, but instead placed him temporarily in a valley under the care of the Puppet Elder.

Possession is a dishonorable thing, and he didn't want it to happen on Qingya Mountain.

After settling in, he first met with Zhang Yuanlin and Zhang Xingyao, and gave them a general account of his trip before heading to his own courtyard.

Since Wang Menghan was still in seclusion preparing, Zhang Lingyu did not disturb her rashly and went straight to the secret room where Yue Yi was.

The moment he stepped inside, a phantom figure floated out from the Soul-Nourishing Wood placed on the table. Compared to two years ago, its soul had become much more solid.

Yue Yi smiled and asked, "How was your trip to Linhai County?"

"The harvest has been quite fruitful. Not only that, I've also found a suitable physical body for you, Sect Leader Yue!"

"Sect Leader Yue, you're overthinking it. Don't forget that I went with Elder Kui. If you don't trust me, you should at least trust Elder Kui, right?" Zhang Lingyu said helplessly.

"That's...that makes sense. Let's go now."

Yue Yi didn't hesitate any longer and crawled back into the Soul-Nourishing Wood. Zhang Lingyu grabbed him and headed out of Qingya Mountain.

Upon arriving at the location, the sect leader circled Ouyang, who was bound by the formation, and muttered, "Hmm, his aptitude is acceptable, his cultivation is at the peak of Qi Refining, and his appearance is passable. He'll do alright, I suppose."

Ouyang had already woken up, and seeing this scene, how could he not know what would happen next?

Just as I had guessed, I had become the target of this old monster's possession.

He wanted to beg for mercy, but he was bound by the formation and could not speak, so he could only wait silently.

Hearing Yue Yi's whisper, the old puppet man became angry for the first time and couldn't help but scold, "This body is already good enough. What kind of body do you want? Do you want a body that can help you break through to the Nascent Soul stage?"

"Then you can wait another twenty or thirty years. Even if you wait until then, your lifespan is already short, so it will all be for nothing. You might as well become a ghost cultivator as soon as possible."

"Yes... Elder Kui is right to teach me a lesson."

Faced with this magical artifact left behind by the founder of the sect, Yue Yi felt anger from the other party for the first time. Without saying a word, he immediately burrowed into Ouyang's brow.

With a heart-wrenching scream, the man fell completely silent.

There's no other reason than that, when facing Yue Yi, how could the soul of a mere Qi Refining Peak cultivator withstand him?

They couldn't even manage a single breath.

"Now we just have to wait for Yue Yi to slowly merge with this body, which will take at least a few days."

The higher the cultivation level of the target, the longer it takes for the soul and body to merge. Although control of the body is instantaneous, the body is constantly rejecting the foreign soul.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Elder Kui turned to Zhang Lingyu and said, "The fusion will take some time. It's enough for me to look after things here. You're busy with your clan's affairs, so go back first."

"I understand." Zhang Lingyu nodded. This was indeed something that didn't require her to stay and watch over it.

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Ten days later, the Puppet Master sent him a message saying that the possession was completely completed.

Seeing the man outside the cave practicing his fists and feet, Zhang Lingyu stepped forward, bowed, and said with a smile, "Congratulations, Sect Master, on regaining your physical body. The path to the Great Dao is now within reach."

"No need to flatter me. My lifespan is limited. At best, I can only recover to the mid or late stage of the Golden Core realm. Breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm is out of the question."

Yue Yi waved his hand, his face showing little joy, and continued, "My greatest wish now is to rebuild the Spirit Puppet Sect and train another Golden Core cultivator to ensure the sect can continue to exist."

He then changed the subject, saying:

"According to the blood pact, after I successfully possess your body, I will recuperate in your Zhang family. My immediate priority is to find a place to cultivate and return to the Foundation Establishment stage."

"Of course I will not forget. Qingya Mountain or the other two mountains are both fine. Sect Master Yue can choose as he sees fit."

"Let's go to Mingyue Mountain. I'm afraid there won't be any peaceful days for cultivation here. After I reach the Foundation Establishment stage, I'll go to Tianliu City. If anything happens, just send me a message. Anyway, I'll be at your beck and call until I return to the Golden Core stage."

Zhang Lingyu had no objection; he was only providing a place to stay, and most of the cultivation resources had already been handed over to the other party by Elder Kui.

As for going to Tianliu City, it's mostly for Lin Qing and his wife.

The couple's cultivation was said to be close to the peak of Foundation Establishment, and with the addition of the core inheritance of the Spirit Puppet Sect, they would be second only to the sect leader after rebuilding the sect.

The so-called position of sect leader and the next Golden Core cultivator of the Spirit Puppet Sect should belong to them.

Yue Yi glanced at the puppet elder. He continued:

"Elder Kui, you don't need to follow me for now. I'll stay by your side for a while."

"Thank you." Zhang Lingyu nodded, handed over an identity token for him to use in Mingyue Mountain, and then watched him leave.

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