Family Cultivation: I Become a Mirror-Chapter 58 Taiyin Moonlight

"Taiyin Moonlight, as pure as frost, flowing like water, bright when full, dim when waning, just as expected!"

"All the cultivators in Yue Country chase after it like ducks to water..."

"In three hundred years, only five instances have been obtained, with each one carefully preserved by Foundation Establishment Cultivators or even Zifu Monks..."

"One led to the creation of a Zifu Monk, the Peak Master of Moon Lake Peak hundreds of years ago; one was refined into the Great Snow Absolute Edge by the Sect Master of Green Pond Sect; two silently made their way into the treasure vaults amid the great battle among Three Sects; and the last one nearly caused the Snow Ji Sect among the Seven Doors to die out."

"Such precious Taiyin Moonlight."

Li Chijin swallowed silently and whispered,

"My family used it to cultivate the Xuanjing Wheel?!"

He cocked his head and thought for a moment before bursting into loud laughter.

Lu Jiangxian above, hearing Li Chijin’s mutterings, felt a wave of unease:

"The Moonlight Origin Mansion has been in seclusion for many years, and this Taiyin Moonlight has drawn such frantic scrambling. Cultivators claiming to be descendants of the Immortal Mansion were forcibly killed around Wangyue Lake by the Three Sects and Seven Doors, and my Mirror is closely related to Taiyin Moonlight—it all points to a grand conspiracy behind it!"

The more he thought about it, the more convinced he became of his judgment. If he stayed hidden in the deep mountains, could an Artifact Spirit really live out its days unnoticed? Once his subordinates grew powerful enough and he was mostly restored, he would then observe the changing situation.

"In any case, a month goes by in the blink of an eye. I’ll stay hidden, unwavering for five hundred years! I’ll use my kin, the Li Family, to collect information on the Moonlight Origin Mansion while I make my own place."

After laughing for a while, Li Chijin looked around at the confused faces of his clan members and said in a low voice,

"This Mirror can condense Taiyin Moonlight! It’s also one of the Spiritual Energies consumed by Qi Cultivators, far more precious than whatever Pine Forest Boreal Wind or Lake Center’s Golden Autumn."

After carefully explaining the bloodshed caused by Taiyin Moonlight over the past few hundred years, Li Tongya and the others finally understood what Taiyin Moonlight was.

"If it’s as Ji’s father said, and this Taiyin Moonlight is so valuable that Foundation Establishment Monks and Zifu Monks would fight over it, then my family must never let the secret out, and we can’t even think of selling it."

Li Xuanxuan’s initial joy was followed by a frown as he spoke in a somewhat naive tone.

"Indeed."

Li Xiangping nodded in approval but felt uneasy as he spoke,

"Our family doesn’t have the Qi Cultivation Technique using Taiyin Moonlight. We can’t even use it ourselves; we are merely in possession of a treasure we cannot exploit."

Everyone knew the value of Taiyin Moonlight, but Li Chijin truly understood the level of warfare that the Mirror in front of them could spark. He frowned and answered,

"The Cultivation Techniques that use Taiyin Moonlight are few and all held by the Three Sects and Seven Doors. I could borrow the Moon Lake Autumn Reflection Technique, but I would have to make a Xuanjing Spirit Oath to keep it secret."

"Are you planning to cultivate the Moon Lake Autumn Reflection Technique?"

Li Mutian, who had been quietly sitting to the side, finally spoke up, unexpectedly posing the question.

"A Fifth Grade Cultivation Technique..."

Desire and conflict flashed across Li Chijin’s face, he opened his mouth as if to speak, but no words came out.

Li Tongya and the others fell silent for a while, none speaking, except for Li Xuanxuan, who blurted out without hesitation,

"If the technique is that powerful, of course, we should cultivate it!"

Li Mutian touched Li Xuanxuan’s head and said in a deep voice,

"How should we explain it to the Immortal Sect?"

"Just say that Father Ji returned this time and chanced upon an opportunity above Wangyue Lake. What can the Immortal Sect say about it? Since five paths have emerged over several hundred years, what would it matter if Father Ji found a sixth one?"

Li Xuanxuan tilted his head and muttered to himself.

Li Xiangping slowly squatted down, touched his head and said in a low voice,

"Then why did Li Chijin not return earlier or later but hurriedly came home just as he was about to reach the Qi Cultivation Stage, and within these few short days, happened to find an opportunity above Wangyue Lake?"

"Xuan’er, dealing with the Immortal Sect isn’t like dealing with the servants in the village; you can command them if you have a reason. They don’t understand Immortal Cultivation, so they will fear us, be driven by us, and don’t even need our explanation."

Taking Li Xuanxuan’s hand, Li Xiangping stared quietly into his eyes and continued,

"To the Immortal Sect, we are but ants. With the slightest suspicion, they can turn the Li Family upside down, take what they want, and then casually wipe out the Li Family. We must be extremely cautious when dealing with them, consider everything thoroughly, and leave no loopholes."

"As the clan leader in control of a family, you need to know how to control those beneath and also how to present offerings upward, and how to balance those around you for benefits."

Seeing Li Xuanxuan nod thoughtfully, Li Mutian withdrew his gaze from the two of them with satisfaction, coughed, and said in a deep voice,

"Didn’t Tongya find a Cave Mansion? He obtained a Jade Bottle from it. Just say that our Li Family had found this ’lousy Qi’ and Taiyin Moonlight from this Cave Mansion a few years ago and asked Li Chijin to return and have a look. But can we deceive the Immortal Mansion with this?"

Li Chijin lowered his head and pondered for a few moments before he spoke,

"The credibility is at seventy to eighty percent. The Sect will probably send someone to investigate this Cave Mansion. If the Cave Mansion is over three hundred years old, then there’s an eighty to ninety percent chance."

"Si Yuanbai, the Foundation Establishment Cultivator, did not discover the Mirror. With just an investigation, the Green Pond Sect couldn’t possibly send Zifu Monks, could they?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xiangping quickly asked.

"Of course not! How many Zifu Monks are there in the Sect? Even when the Moon Lake Peak Master obtained the Taiyin Moonlight during the Fetal Breathing stage and cultivated the Moon Lake Autumn Reflection Technique hundreds of years ago, the Sect only sent a Qi Cultivator to clean up the predecessor’s remains."

Li Chijin answered decisively. He pondered a while longer, his expression relaxing a bit as he continued, 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Who would think that there is a Mirror that constantly condenses Taiyin Moonlight? They wouldn’t even suspect that two Taiyin Moonlights would appear in the same place. The Sect sends people merely as a routine to search for clues about the Moonlight Origin Mansion. We’re just being too cautious."

"Then let’s settle it like this."

Li Tongya nodded and took the slender Green Jade Bottle from a shelf on the side and handed it to Li Chijin.

Li Chijin took it over to examine carefully, comparing it with the hundreds of types of nature’s spiritual energy he had memorized in his heart. After hesitating for a while, he began to explain,

"This seems to be Earth Fire Fiend Qi, mostly collected from Earth Flame Fissures. It isn’t considered precious among various Qis, not widely circulated in Yue Country, and is mostly used to forge and refine the quality of Spiritual Artifacts."

Removing the White Jade Bottle from his waist, Li Chijin pinched a Qi Absorbing Method, drawing out a stream of red and brown-hued Qi from the slender Green Jade Bottle.

After guiding the Earth Fire Fiend Qi into the White Jade Bottle for Li Tongya to keep, Li Chijin picked up the now empty Green Jade Bottle looking at the Taiyin Moonlight on the Mirror.

He pinched another Qi Absorbing Method, and the Taiyin Moonlight on the Mirror flowed into the slender Green Jade Bottle like water. Until a whole portion of Taiyin Moonlight entered the bottle, Li Chijin sealed the bottle mouth with a Spirit Sealing Technique, watching as specks of Moonlight began gathering again on the Mirror, he gently said,

"Let’s go, take a look at that Cave Mansion."