After Fang Ming received the transmission promise from the Lin family patriarch.
He was secretly delighted, as he had indeed encountered many problems in his cultivation of the Condensing Meridian Realm and the cultivation of profound techniques.
Previously, he had been troubled by the lack of elders in the clan and didn't know who to ask.
Now that the Lin family patriarch had spoken, asking him would obviously be the best course of action.
This was a great cultivator at the peak of the Dao Foundation realm.
He could certainly resolve many of Fang Ming's doubts regarding the cultivation system in this world.
With that matter settled.
Fang Ming's eyes turned to the crowd below. Lin Zhuyu, who was among them, also looked over. The two exchanged a smile.
This smile contained complex meanings and emotions.
About ten days later.
Lin Xuan had recently become famous, not only within the family but also spreading to other families like the Wen and Lei families, becoming an object of envy and jealousy for many.
In the eyes of others, he was a peerless prodigy among the younger generation.
When Fang Ming moved around the family, he would sometimes overhear people discussing him, praising him, and even hear the cries of some girls. Everything was vastly different from before.
However, Fang Ming never valued these things. Mere worldly comforts were insignificant compared to the eternal Dao.
Without achieving eternity, one would eventually turn to dust. After a hundred years, those in the family who did not reach the Dao Foundation realm would die of old age. What was the meaning of such a short life?
"Immortals, can they achieve eternity?"
Fang Ming knew that in this world's cultivation system, the five realms of immortality, even the Ascension realm had lifespan limitations. One still needed to ascend to the Immortal Realm to be truly considered immortal.
But regardless of whether this rumor was true or not, even if it were, the immortals in the Immortal Realm would not be in harmony. There would always be conflict.
If one were defeated in a struggle, even an immortal who lived forever could be killed by an opponent. Then, it could not be considered true eternity.
True eternity was extremely difficult to attain.
Fang Ming was currently merely at the very beginning of his journey.
The goal before him was to find a dependent object and master the profound technique "Eternal Star Sword Art."
And in this process, a certain dependent object was missing…
Unfortunately, since defeating Lin Yao, and with the second elder not daring to kill him, he had gone to the Taihang Mountains several times, but he still hadn't found the Hidden Moon Rat…
After searching for ten days, he still couldn't find it.
There was nothing he could do about it.
Just as Fang Ming sighed.
Suddenly, a voice rang out.
"Lin Xuan? Lin Xuan?" Fang Ming looked in the direction of the voice and saw a slender girl of seventeen or eighteen, frowning slightly.
Seeing Fang Ming turn his head, she said, "This is the first selection for the Lingxiao Sect. Why don't you come with us?"
The girl said with a sweet smile.
Fang Ming recognized this girl from Lin Xuan's memories: Lin Qingwan.
She was also a spiritual body genius from the Lin family, with a cultivation of the eighth level of Condensing Meridian.
Of course, she was not like Lin Yao who cultivated both body and technique, but a pure cultivator of spiritual power. In terms of combat power, she was slightly inferior to Lin Yao.
Behind her were two others: Lin Junjie, also at the eighth level of Condensing Meridian, and Lin Hangyu, at the seventh level of Condensing Meridian.
This was the circle of young prodigy disciples of the Lin family. Before defeating Lin Yang, Fang Ming was not qualified to attract their attention. It was only after defeating Lin Yao that these people began to notice him and acknowledge his strength.
Only then did he qualify to enter the Lin family's highest-tier circle of prodigy disciples.
Lin Yao was also a member of this circle before… As for now – his face was too unsightly to be seen, both literally and figuratively.
After Fang Ming entered this circle, these people also accepted him, so they invited Fang Ming to participate in the Lingxiao Sect's disciple recruitment competition.
"Yes."
Fang Ming expressed his attitude towards this matter.
Fang Ming was willing to go to the competition with them.
After all, whether it was Lin Xuan or Fang Ming, they only had enmity with Lin Yao. Previously, due to his status as a waste, he had no way to interact with the family's spiritual body prodigy circle, and they were worlds apart, so there was no enmity.
With no enmity, it was natural to form a good relationship.
He had originally planned to go alone, but since someone had invited him, going together was also fine.
Among these three geniuses, although there was no obvious hierarchy, Lin Junjie was subtly the leader.
Lin Junjie was a twenty-four-year-old young man, much older than Lin Yao.
Fang Ming guessed that this might be the reason why this person was subtly the leader of the three geniuses – he was the oldest.
Fang Ming looked at Lin Junjie.
Lin Junjie also noticed Fang Ming's gaze and said kindly, "Little brother Lin Xuan, you are truly remarkable! That Lin Yao was usually arrogant and overbearing, yet you defeated him so easily. I, your elder brother, truly admire your skill."
"Lin Yao still doesn't dare to show his face. His face still bears the palm print you left, hahaha!" Lin Junjie said with a smile. His words made Fang Ming feel that this person likely didn't get along with Lin Yao either, otherwise, he wouldn't be so gloating.
However, this was understandable. These three geniuses and Lin Yao were of the same caliber, and some conflicts and contradictions were normal.
As Fang Ming was evaluating the situation, Lin Hangyu, who was about twenty years old, also said, "Little brother Lin Xuan has become very famous in the clan! Even other families in Liangchen County have heard of your feat of defeating Lin Yao!"
"You flatter me," Fang Ming said, smiling and touching his head. "It was all by chance, nothing much."
This statement was actually not very fitting for Fang Ming's personality.
Because while being very humble, it also carried a sense of arrogance.
But it seemed Lin Xuan liked this kind of demeanor.
Therefore, Fang Ming uttered such a sentence.
Next, the four chatted and walked politely. On the way, they talked about the participants in the upcoming competition.
When this topic came up, Lin Junjie said seriously, "I've already inquired about the participants in this competition. We need to be wary of Lei Jian from the Lei family and Wen Liang from the Wen family. They are both spiritual body prodigies at the ninth level of Condensing Meridian. If you encounter them, you'll have little chance of winning."
"There are even rumors circulating about these two… that they have already surpassed the ninth level of Condensing Meridian and entered the realm of Great Perfection at the tenth level of Condensing Meridian!"
"These two are almost untouchable."
"However, if you are lucky and don't encounter these two, then you have a fifty percent chance of making it into the top twenty."
"Other families each have a few disciples at the seventh or eighth level of Condensing Meridian, and many of them cultivate both body and technique. You need to understand their weaknesses…"
Lin Junjie spoke word by word.
Lin Hangyu and Lin Qingwan both nodded. As spiritual body prodigies, their understanding of profound techniques was similar. The gap between the seventh or eighth level of Condensing Meridian and the tenth level made victory almost impossible.