NOVPUBChapter 834: Chapter 448 Huge Harvest_2 Chapter 834: Chapter 448 Huge Harvest_2 As for Golden Core Cultivators, medium-grade spirit stones had become the hard currency for transactions.
After all, a bottle of elixirs or a magical treasure used by a Golden Core Cultivator would cost tens or even hundreds of thousands, making it impractical to trade with low-grade spirit stones.
Adding up the value of the mid-low grade spirit stones possessed by Xu Zhi, the total amounted to as much as 1.5 million, a fortune comparable to that of a hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
Besides these spirit stones, Xu Zhi’s wealth was varied and plentiful, encompassing numerous third order spiritual medicines and spirit ores, with over a dozen of high-value items.
Regrettably, there were no cultivation techniques or the spirit arts related to his Qing Hong Sword Aura in Xu Zhi’s storage bag.
But upon deeper reflection, it made sense, given that Xu Zhi was a Sect Cultivator.
In the Cultivation World, it was almost a uniform rule among Sect Cultivators not to carry their cultivation techniques or mystical skills on their person.
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Moreover, sects offered higher compensations for various hereditary treasures submitted by cultivators.
Unless a Sect Cultivator came across such treasures by chance and was unwilling to trade them within the sect for contribution points, it was difficult to take away anything stored by the sect.
In this context, it was no surprise that there were few cultivation techniques or secret skills found in the storage bags of other Qingyun Sect disciples.
Thus, it was understandable why there were seldom inheritable items.
However, despite this, the treasures in Xu Zhi’s two storage bags were terrifyingly immense.
Estimating roughly, excluding the blue longsword treasure still in the hands of Lin Tianming, the accumulated value of the treasures on hand was at least worth over four million spirit stones, and some were priceless.
Indeed, for a Mid Stage Golden Core Cultivator, it was difficult to acquire such treasures with low-grade spirit stones.
In this way, the combined wealth of Xu Zhi and those Qingyun Sect disciples nearly reached thirty million spirit stones.
According to their estimates, this enormous wealth was more than double that of all the Lin Family’s immovable properties.
Despite having faced unprecedented risks in the battle against Xu Zhi outside the family territory and almost losing many lives, the gains were indeed tremendous.
It took many years for the entire Lin Family to accumulate such a fortune.
Yet, from this single battle, the Lin Family’s financial strength had tripled.
And this did not even count the treasures obtained by Lin Tianming in Luoyun Market during his fight with Meng Qingfeng. If those were included, the gain would be even greater.
It might even reach five times the initial amount!
At this thought, Lin Shikang and others couldn’t help but remark, “Indeed, risk and opportunity coexist.”
In fact, it was true; every rise of the Lin Family faced tremendous crises.
With each calamity they survived, the Lin Family ascended a step further.
Because of this battle, even if the Lin Family did nothing further, they had enough to live without financial worry for the next hundred years.
Finally calming down, Lin Shikang and the others were all smiles, feeling extremely pleased.
After a while, Lin Shikang instructed Lin Shihua to securely store the treasures above third order.
At the same time, he continued to increase basic welfare support for clan members, from monthly spirit stone stipends to elixir rewards for breakthroughs, boosting their motivation immensely.
These measures were implemented to quicken the Lin Family’s strides forward, given the crises they still needed to face.
If the Lin Family could not overcome these crises, hoarding such vast wealth would be pointless, potentially benefiting the enemy instead.
Understanding this, Lin Shikang was determined that within the next five to ten years, he would drastically enhance the clan members’ strength, striving to elevate the Lin Family’s overall power once more.
Bearing this resolve and bolstered by the sudden surge in the family’s wealth, Lin Shihua readily accepted these responsibilities.
The next morning.
At the Peak of Green Bamboo Mountain, a large gathering of clan members convened on the plateau.
At that moment, Lin Shihua sat aloft with several Xing generation clan members by his side, all heads of various family halls.
Below them were nearly a hundred Lin Family members, men and women included, ranging from the centenarian Xing generation to the twenty-somethings of the Tian generation.
Apart from these two main generations of the Lin Family, there were also over a dozen members of the next Chang generation present.
As the Tian generation of clan members passed their fiftieth year, even Lin Tianming, who ranked sixth, had turned fifty, and Lin Tianfeng, who ranked first in the Tian generation, was nearly sixty.
With that came, several years ago, the advent of a new generation in the Lin Family, known as the Chang generation.
By now, the oldest members of the Chang generation were already in their teens, approaching adulthood.
Among these members of the Chang generation, a few had reached the Fourth Level of Qi Refinement or higher. n𝚘𝚟𝚙𝚞𝚋.𝚌o𝚖
Such a pace of cultivation was not inferior to that of Lin Tianming in his early days.
Clearly, as the family’s foundational conditions continued to improve, the new generation of the Lin Family started higher, reaching the Fourth or Fifth Level of Qi Refinement within five years, which had almost become the norm.
Yet, such a pace of cultivation still fell short compared to the veteran Golden Core Families of Wei Kingdom.
Take the Yingchuan Chen Family of Wei Kingdom, for example, which had a history spanning over three thousand years.
It was said that many of the Chen family members entered the Seventh Level of Qi Refinement before the age of twenty, and many more reached the Foundation Establishment Stage before turning thirty.
Such proportions epitomized the heritage a long-standing family should have.
Clearly, the Lin Family still had a significant gap to bridge to reach the likes of the Yingchuan Chen Family.
Lin Shihua was also aware of this, and his public appearance today was to communicate important policies handed down by the higher-ups.
At this moment, seeing clan members gradually making their way here, Lin Shihua did not delay and began to loudly announce the specifics of the agreed measures.
Soon, waves of cheers emerged from the square, and the lively atmosphere quickly became exceedingly noisy.
Following Lin Shihua’s announcement, the family had amended several major policies.
Firstly, there was a substantial increase in the basic benefits for clan members, unconditionally raising the original annual stipend by thirty percent.
This was a significant increase, considering that even those in the First Level of Qi Refining within the Lin Family had an annual salary of over one hundred and fifty spirit stones.
Now with a thirty percent increase, there were almost twenty additional spirit stones available.
These twenty extra spirit stones could fully procure another bottle of Lingshen Pill; if used wisely, advancing a minor realm within a year was not difficult.
Apart from increasing the basic annual salary, the second policy still followed the previous experiential policy.
Over the years, as long as the area surrounding the Luoyun Mountain Range remained relatively tranquil, the Lin Family had never halted the plan for clan members to gain experience in the ranges.
Otherwise, merely providing resources for their cultivation would not be very effective and might even lead to adverse effects of forcing growth.
Therefore, the Lin Family never ceased its experiential training, sending multiple batches of teams each year to the Luoyun Mountain Range to eliminate demonic beasts to hone their combat experience and, incidentally, treasure hunting.
Now, the second policy further increased the rewards of training, by fifty percent more than before.
This was done to keep clan members constantly aware of the importance of real combat while leveraging resources.
Thirdly, the original selection of the Family Elite Ten was to further expand in number.
After all, the population of the Lin Family had multiplied several times over, with over forty individuals at the Foundation Establishment Stage among the young and middle-aged clan members, many of whom were deemed worth nurturing.
If they still competed for the same ten places, the competition would be too fierce.
Fortunately, the family had recently come into a great fortune and had sufficient resources to enhance the strength of clan members.
Therefore, Lin Shihua announced that the Family Elite Ten would be changed to the Elite Thirty, including twenty from the Qi Refining Stage and ten from the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Moreover, clan members over eighty years old in the Foundation Establishment Stage would no longer have the opportunity to compete for these slots.
These various restrictions were also thoughtfully considered to avoid overly fierce competition among clan members, and not to leave those less fortunate too far behind.
Even if their talent was weaker, as long as they were willing to work hard, they could still make significant strides through the family’s policies.
In summary, these three policy changes represented a substantial improvement on their existing basis.
As clan members queried Lin Shihua with their doubts, he patiently explained the various rules, eventually helping them understand the specifics of these changes.
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