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Chapter 31 - The Spoils of War

When Lin Jie stepped into the Li family's land for the first time, he saw that a Wangyue Lake had been artificially dug in Niu Shou Mountain. The lake was connected to the Changliu River outside, and the Li family was built on a small island in the lake. 

The island is full of spiritual energy. 

There are actually ninety acres of spiritual fields opened up in the mountain, which is forty acres more than that of their Lin family. It is obvious that the spiritual vein of their Niu Shou Mountain has been cultivated from the lower grade of the first level to the middle grade of the first level. 

Forty bodies of the Li family were placed in front of the meeting room. 

The members of the Shangguan family's law enforcement team have split into several groups and headed for the Li family's secular city. Any Li family member who is a direct relative of a cultivator will be killed directly, and the rest, regardless of gender, age or status, will all be exiled to the mining area. From then on, generation after generation, their descendants will not be allowed to step out of the mining area and will be mine slaves forever. 

In the meeting room, 

Shangguan Chen sat at the top, and when he saw Lin Jie coming in, he pointed to the right side below with a smile on his face: 

"Friend Lin, thanks to the intelligence you provided, we were able to wipe out the Li family traitors in one fell swoop. According to the laws of the Great Zhou, your Lin family will receive thirty merit points this time. When I return to the clan, I will report it to the court." 

Lin Jie was delighted. 

If the Lin family wants to be promoted to the ninth rank, in addition to the previously mentioned requirement of having two foundation-building cultivators, there is another crucial condition, which is that they must accumulate enough merit points. 

Plus the ten merit points accumulated by the ancestors, 

They were already halfway to the hundred mark, and there was hope for promotion. 

If you become a ninth-rank family, you will be granted a fiefdom. Like the Shangguan family, you can legitimately accept offerings from the lower-ranking families. And most importantly, the clan land is suppressed by the imperial seal of the dynasty, and with the blessing of the dynasty, the path of cultivation will be smoother. 

Lin Jie quickly stood up and bowed to express his gratitude. 

Shangguan Chen continued: 

"The Li family's spiritual vein will be taken over by a new family, but your Lin family has made great contributions, so we must reward them. Elder Feng wants to give the Yanyang Wood Forest to the west of the Li family to your Lin family. Are you willing?" 

The Li family's Yan Yangmulin is well run and has an annual income of at least one thousand spirit stones, which is a continuous income and a great blessing for future generations. 

How could Lin Jie not be happy? 

He didn't expect the Shangguan family to be so generous, and he bowed again to express his gratitude. 

Shangguan Chen asked a few more questions, then waved his hand. He wanted to readjust the Li family's mountain protection formation. 

Lin Jie followed Shangguan Hongyu to the door, looked at the corpses of the Li family scattered all over the ground, and asked tentatively: 

"Miss Shangguan, the thieves of the Li family colluded with the western marauders to cause all the elders of my Lin family to die in the battle. Can you allow me to take the bodies of the Li family members and worship them at the graves of our ancestors?" 

These bodies were originally intended to be taken back to the Shangguan family for investigation. 

Shangguan Hongyu saw Lin Jie's red eyes, hesitated for a moment, and said, 

"Okay, you can take these bodies away." 

That's all. 

He then took out a pill bottle from his sleeve and handed it to Lin Jie: 

"This is the spoils I got this time. It is of no use to me. You can take it." 

The three words "Break Barrier Pill" were clearly written on the pill bottle. 

This is used by cultivators in the middle stage of Qi training to break through bottlenecks. 

He was already on the verge of a breakthrough to the fourth level of Qi training, and taking this pill would allow him to naturally break through to the fifth level of Qi training. 

Lin Jie was unwilling to refuse, so he thanked him: 

"Miss Shangguan, from now on, if you need anything, just tell me, and Lin Jie will certainly do his duty." 

What Shangguan Hongyu had done for him had already repaid him for saving her life. 

Lin Jie cast a spell on forty corpses. With a flash of light, the corpses continued to shrink and were put into the storage bag. They came down from Li's Niu Shou Mountain and returned directly to Lin's family. 

When the Lin family learned that they not only won thirty merits, but also got a Yanyang Mulin, they were all very excited. They went to the back mountain and placed the bodies of the Li family in front of the ancestors' tombs. Lin Jie said solemnly: 

"Grandfather, the Li family thieves have been completely wiped out. As for the Tianlong tribe, Lin Jie will also annihilate them as soon as possible to avenge the blood feud of the extermination of the clan!" 

After saying, 

Lin Jie held incense and bowed three times. 

When standing up straight, 

The familiar sound came again in his mind: 

"Ding" 

"You have successfully avenged the death of your clansmen and wiped out the old enemy, the Li family, and obtained 66 clan contribution points." 

Lin Jie was delighted. 

This way, he can draw the lottery again. 

But, 

Before that, he planned to concentrate on his breakthrough in seclusion and wait until he reached the fifth level of Qi training. 

Everyone came forward one by one to pay their respects. 

Lin Jie then waved his sleeves, and the female ghost Qiu Chan in the Hundred Ghosts Banner flashed out. Qiu Chan opened her mouth slightly, and the souls of the Li family members on the corpses floated up one by one and were sucked into Qiu Chan's stomach. 

When everyone in the Lin family saw this scene, they looked at Lin Jie with a hint of awe. No wonder the head of the family was able to kill Li Qitai, who controlled the Thousand Peaks, by himself. 

After absorbing forty souls, 

The blood color on the autumn cicada's body actually became much lighter. 

When Lin Jie saw this, his eyes lit up with joy. 

He immediately slapped the spirit beast bag. 

A flash of green light. 

The little green snake stood up straight, its mouth opened angrily, and green light condensed into a small vortex. The corpses on the ground were sucked into the vortex and then all swallowed into the stomach of the little green snake. 

"Belch" 

The little green snake burped, and its cultivation level of the late first stage, which had just been broken through, was completely stabilized. 

No matter whether it is the body or the soul, nothing will be spared. 

Everyone in the Lin family felt their scalps tingling when they saw this scene. Before, everyone had been hiding in the bushes on the back hill of Niu Shou Mountain and could not see clearly, but now they saw it with their own eyes, and the huge shock still made the eldest brother and the third brother a little uncomfortable. 

The fourth sister and others were somewhat excited: 

"Master, just now when we were at the back of Niu Shou Mountain, I saw you summon a group of silver-spotted venomous snakes. Can you give me a few to raise?" 

Fourth sister Lin Changli has a natural affinity for monsters. 

Lin Jie thought that she was a little girl and would not like slippery things like silver-spotted venomous snakes, so he said happily: 

"They are in the moat at the foot of our mountain. Take as many as you can." 

But, 

In case, 

Lin Jie still released the little green snake: 

"Before you tame those poisonous snakes, let Xiaoqing stay with you for a while." 

"Thank you, Patriarch!" 

Fourth sister Lin Changli happily held the little green snake in her arms. The little green snake usually looked as if it was suddenly approached by a stranger, but it let Lin Changli play with it and looked extremely comfortable. 

Lin Jie once again confirmed that his fourth sister possessed the talent for taming beasts. 

He plans to go to the outskirts of the Eastern Wilderness when their cultivation level is higher in the future. 

After the group returned to the meeting room, 

Lin Jie said: 

"Brother, I will leave the matter of taking over Yanyang Wood Forest to you. As for guarding the wood forest, it will be the responsibility of my fourth sister. She has the company of the Green Wolf Demon, who is more than capable of guarding the forest. Besides, the environment there is more suitable for the purple-horned deer cub." 

"Yes, Patriarch." 

Lin Jie gave a few more instructions. 

Because he was about to go into seclusion, in order to avoid any trouble, he asked everyone to do as they did before and try not to go out. He also temporarily gave the invisibility cloak to his eldest brother Lin Changren. 

After everything is settled, 

Lin Jie closed the secret room, adjusted his body and mind to the best state, and then began to take the Barrier Breaking Pill.

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