This was the first time Lin Xiao Tian had heard anyone speak of monsters in the forbidden zones.
Whether it was Black Mountain or the Death Sand Sea, the hidden families only knew of the treacherous environments within; they had not mentioned the presence of monsters.
Moreover, in most cases, demonic beasts would hide deep within forbidden zones, making it difficult for humans to reach them.
Shen Nong Jia, however, was different. Humans could actually encounter monsters.
This implied that Shen Nong Jia was even more dangerous than other forbidden zones.
Danger often came with high rewards.
Shen Nong Jia possessed many precious resources; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that golden leaves were scattered everywhere.
Precious medicinal herbs were countless. The families controlling Shen Nong Jia all had their own auction houses, where the vast majority of the auctioned items were precious medicinal herbs.
However, behind these medicinal herbs lay the accumulation of countless lives shed.
Lin Xiao Tian began to ponder.
Logically, the people sent by these families were mostly equipped with weapons and gear. Even so, there were such heavy casualties, which was enough to demonstrate how formidable the monsters within Shen Nong Jia were.
But the more formidable the monsters, the greater their intrinsic value.
Lin Xiao Tian still decided to give it a try.
After bidding farewell to the families, Lin Xiao Tian began to plan his venture into Shen Nong Jia.
But this time, Qin Yu Xiang disagreed with Lin Xiao Tian going.
"Xiao Tian, last time it was for revenge, so I didn't oppose your decision. But this time it's only for inheritance. Since it's there in Shen Nong Jia and has existed for so many years, why the rush to go now?"
Qin Yu Xiang's words stunned Lin Xiao Tian.
He turned to look at Qin Yu Xiang, seeing her rare expression of dissatisfaction.
"And… if something happens to you, what about me and the baby?" Qin Yu Xiang looked into Lin Xiao Tian's eyes.
"Can we not go?"
"At least not now."
Qin Yu Xiang continued.
Lin Xiao Tian sighed.
He suddenly realized that he had been too engrossed in his cultivation recently and had completely forgotten his original intention.
His goal in becoming powerful was to protect those around him and bring them peace.
But now, his actions were causing unease among those around him.
Lin Xiao Tian touched Qin Yu Xiang's cheek and nodded very seriously.
He was no longer alone; he had a family and indeed should not continue to take such risks.
Cultivation was important, but there was no immediate rush. He still had a thousand years to wait, but the time spent with his family was diminishing with every passing moment.
"I promise."
…
In the following period, Lin Xiao Tian focused on returning to family affairs.
The Shen Nong Medical Codex contained many miraculous prescriptions that had good remedial effects for various difficult ailments in the current world. Lin Xiao Tian was now focused on producing them.
Most of these prescriptions required demonic cores. If they relied solely on those provided by the Apostles, mass production would be too difficult.
But since learning that Shen Nong Jia had a demon army, Lin Xiao Tian had thought of a solution.
Lin Xiao Tian began to purchase demonic cores from the demonic beasts from various families. To ordinary people, these demonic cores were practically worthless.
The families were suspicious of Lin Xiao Tian's acquisition of demonic cores, wondering if they possessed some special properties.
Initially, they were reluctant to sell to Lin Xiao Tian and even demanded exorbitant prices. However, after their affiliated research institutions produced their final results, they ultimately chose to cooperate with Lin Xiao Tian.
As it turned out, these things were no different from ordinary stones and were quite soft in texture, making them unsuitable for crafting into jewelry. Since Lin Xiao Tian wanted them, they decided to let him have them.
However, they specifically increased the prices.
Lin Xiao Tian readily accepted their prices as long as they were not excessively high. For those who tried to play games with him, Lin Xiao Tian simply blacklisted them.
Lin Xiao Tian's actions directly frightened those individuals immensely. After all, the Lin family was now a partner that all families scrambled to collaborate with. If they were blacklisted by Lin Xiao Tian, they would lose all future business.
As a result, to maintain their partnership with the Lin family, they had no choice but to relent.
The demonic cores were priced starting at ten thousand, depending on the level of the demonic beast. Of course, demonic beasts that could be killed by humans were not particularly strong, and their demonic cores were consequently ordinary.
However, for ordinary people, these demonic cores were rare divine medicines.
Lin Xiao Tian even announced to families worldwide that anyone who could provide these types of demonic cores would have the opportunity to cooperate with the Lin family.
Suddenly, families from all over the world began to respond.
More and more demonic cores were transported to the Lin family from every corner of the world.
Concurrently, more life-saving medicines were produced by the Lin family's pharmaceutical factories and distributed worldwide.
In just a few short months, the Lin family's financial strength soared. If this trend continued, it would only be a matter of time before the Lin family became the foremost family in Shen Zhou, and even the foremost family in the world.
With the Lin family developing at such a pace, it naturally attracted many envious eyes.
While the various families outwardly relied heavily on Lin Xiao Tian, they secretly sought ways to plagiarize his prescriptions.
Some ordinary prescriptions, after being obtained through various means, were successfully imitated by them. Coupled with their low prices, they easily created competition for the Lin family's products.
However, for crucial medicines, such as anti-cancer drugs, even if they knew the prescriptions, they were unable to develop them.
These medicines, which required the refinement of spiritual power, were impossible for ordinary people to produce.
During this period, besides refining medicines, Lin Xiao Tian did not neglect his own cultivation.
Under Lin Xiao Tian's coercion, the Apostles were still required to provide him with demonic cores, allowing Lin Xiao Tian to obtain demonic cores from Foundation Establishment stage demonic beasts.
Furthermore, with Xiao Bai's assistance in Black Mountain, Lin Xiao Tian's strength also improved rapidly.
After entering the Foundation Establishment stage, Xiao Bai became even more audacious. When she wasn't cultivating in the Thunder Pool, she would drag Lin Xiao Tian to other demonic beasts in Black Mountain to scavenge for items.
Initially, Lin Xiao Tian and Xiao Bai's arrival was so sudden that they indeed managed to obtain many good things. For instance, in the cave dwelling of a Nascent Soul stage demonic beast, they found a corpse of a Nascent Soul stage demonic beast.
Because Lin Xiao Tian arrived unexpectedly, the beast didn't have time to properly store the corpse, and it ultimately benefited Lin Xiao Tian.
Lin Xiao Tian moved the corpse to Xiao Bai's cave dwelling. Although the demonic core had already been removed, the corpse of a Nascent Soul stage demonic beast was of immense value.
The Shen Nong Medical Codex contained no less than several dozen types of elixirs that could be made from this.
Moreover, relying on the Shen Nong Heart Method, Lin Xiao Tian could also directly absorb the energy from the corpse.
Xiao Bai, however, was quite helpless about this. She couldn't digest the corpse of a Nascent Soul stage demonic beast and could only glare at it.
Lin Xiao Tian felt it was fine; he could handle everything.