Chapter 1: Drip

Drip...

Drip...

Lin Jing's consciousness gradually cleared. He opened his eyes, and a damp, cold aura rushed toward his face.

Where is this?

The air was filled with an indescribable musty smell, mixed with the scent of damp soil. The surrounding walls were covered in moss and ink-colored mold. The sound of water droplets from some unknown source made the place feel even colder and more terrifying.

A prison cell?

After observing the dim environment, Lin Jing reached a conclusion, feeling the absurdity of it all in his heart.

He had just passed the immortal examination and was preparing to follow an immortal to cultivate and pursue longevity; how could he appear in a place like this?

"Awake?"

A sharp pain shot through his brain. Before he could make any further judgments, a weak voice came from nearby. Only then did Lin Jing discover that he seemed to have a neighbor.

He tried to struggle, but found he couldn't get up; his body was incredibly stiff.

"Don't waste your energy." That voice came again: "We have both been hit with a Body-Binding Spell."

"Who are you?" Lin Jing asked.

"Just like you, I was kidnapped by immortal traffickers," the person replied.

"..."

Immortal traffickers?

What kind of nonsense is that?

Hearing this, Lin Jing quickly recalled everything.

He was a transmigrator, coming from a blue planet.

After arriving here, he discovered that immortals and gods actually existed.

Since he was already here, Lin Jing quickly found new motivation.

He wanted to cultivate immortality!

His memory stopped at him painstakingly seeking immortals, and finally, with astonishing natural talent and a heaven-defying constitution, passing the entrance examination of a cultivation force called "Green Ox Daoist Temple."

Then, everything went black, and he couldn't remember anything else; he had been locked up here.

"Immortal traffickers?" Lin Jing was speechless.

Don't tell him that the cultivation force he worked so hard to find was actually a human trafficking stronghold...

Damn it all to hell!

That weak voice came again.

"By the way... brother, what is your constitution?"

"To be taken a fancy to by the Yinshi Sect, it means you must be like me, a cultivation genius."

"Me? A genius?" Lin Jing didn't know whether to be happy or depressed.

Hearing the other person say this, it was indeed the case. Perhaps he really did possess some talent for cultivation; otherwise, he might not even have had the value to be trafficked.

However, this only advantage after transmigration now seemed to have become his death warrant.

"Brother, don't panic yet. Being kidnapped here doesn't mean we are finished."

"I'm not panicking. So, what will happen to us next?" Lin Jing took a deep breath.

He was an optimistic person.

During his serious illness, with the encouragement of family and friends, he had developed a positive and optimistic mindset.

Possessing a good mindset, one's luck won't be bad.

Look, didn't he fail to die and transmigrate instead?

He had picked up a life for free.

"... The Yinshi Sect, one of the three great Mo Sects in the cultivation world, specializes in illegal human trafficking."

"They capture low-level cultivators or mortals with rare constitutions and sell them to high-level cultivators for them to use as vessels for possession or as resources for practicing Mo arts."

"Normally, our ending is obvious: either we become a vessel for some cultivator to possess and restart their cultivation, or we will be refined into human medicine."

"However, brother..." this person said: "We aren't without a sliver of hope. The reason I asked about your situation is that some special constitutions don't necessarily lead to death."

The weak voice said: "For example, I am a Primordial Yang Body, the best dual-cultivation furnace. Even if I die, it would only be from exhaustion, dying in pleasure. If I'm lucky and the buyer is a kind female cultivator, I might not even die... This is the sliver of hope I'm talking about."

Lin Jing was silent.

No wonder you aren't panicking.

Why does it feel like you're even looking forward to it?

"So, what about you, brother? Let me analyze it for you."

"Me..."

What was his cultivation constitution?

According to his understanding, in this world, over ninety-nine percent of cultivators start with a mortal body, but there are a few lucky ones who innately possess various elemental spirit bodies or special constitutions. On the path of cultivation, they can often go further.

When joining the "Green Ox Daoist Temple," that Green Ox Daoist seemed to have said that he was a one-in-a-billion cultivation constitution, a Longevity Body!

A short-lived ghost paired with a Longevity Body; even he found it surprising.

The other party claimed that after stepping onto the immortal path, his lifespan would be at least ten times that of cultivators at the same realm!

The constitution's effect looked quite plain, but it was still better than a mortal body. Lin Jing had already decided that he would first hide in the Daoist temple for a few thousand years, cultivate until he was invincible, and then emerge.

But who knew, before he could be happy for long, he...

So, was his Longevity Body actually real?

"If I am a Longevity Body, what will the ending be?" Lin Jing asked.

"Hmm? A Longevity Body?!" The Primordial Yang Body was stunned, then spoke in shock, his tone even becoming robust, no longer weak.

"You are actually a Longevity Body!"

"Then you are finished."

Lin Jing:?

"Rumor has it that although cultivators with a Longevity Body have long lifespans, their flesh and blood also have the reputation of granting 'immortality' if eaten. I have heard that the flesh and blood of a Longevity Body is a great tonic for monsters and holds unimaginable temptation for demon beasts."

"You are likely... going to be sold by the Yinshi Sect to some Demon King and reduced to blood food!" The Primordial Yang Body sighed with regret.

Lin Jing:?

So I'm Tang Seng meat!

"That's fine, I guess." However, the next moment, Lin Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

"I still have a sliver of hope."

"How so?" The Primordial Yang Body was stunned.

"Although I don't know much about the Longevity Body, according to my speculation, the higher the realm of a Longevity Body cultivator, the better the eating effect must be," Lin Jing also began to analyze.

"In other words, after I am sold, I won't necessarily be eaten right away."

"It's possible the Demon King will forcibly raise my realm before eating me."

"Moreover, eating me all at once would be too extravagant. If I were the Demon King, I would slowly improve my quality, taking blood and cutting meat every day, cycling the consumption. This way, the value is maximized. At that time, I will suggest this to the Demon King; maybe we can even have a long-term cooperation."

"It's better than being possessed directly, right..."

"Ah?" The Primordial Yang Body let out an 'ah', greatly shocked.

He really wanted to ask, are you a normal mortal? What on earth have you experienced!

But in the end, he didn't ask it out loud...

The two were silent.

Lin Jing looked up at the sky again in silence.

After an unknown amount of time.

With a loud 'Boom', the prison cell shook.

Lin Jing and the Primordial Yang Body, who were closing their eyes and thinking about who knows what, opened their eyes at the same time.

A huge commotion came from outside; it seemed someone was fighting.

Hearing the movement, Lin Jing suddenly thought of a keyword and said: "Brother Furnace, didn't you say before that the Yinshi Sect only does illegal business and is a Mo Sect."

"In other words, in the cultivation world, there exist 'Righteous Law Enforcement Organizations', right."

"If that's the case, do we still have another path to survival, which is being rescued by righteous people before being sold?"

The Primordial Yang Body poked his head out, not expecting this mortal to react so quickly, and most importantly, his emotions were too stable.

However, his surname wasn't Furnace either.

"Isn't it!" Lin Jing's mindset was peaceful; he knew that heaven never closes all doors.

This movement... it might be a righteous fairy coming to save people!

As he finished speaking, the stone wall shattered, and the huge prison cell was smashed to pieces. Accompanied by flying rubble, a huge, black bear monster standing two people tall stepped over the ruins and appeared before Lin Jing's eyes.

This black bear monster had bulging muscles and scarlet eyes. When looking at Lin Jing, saliva kept flowing from its fang-filled mouth, and it spoke in human language:

"I smelled the fragrance from far away..."

"I got lucky; I actually discovered a 'Longevity Body' in such a small place, and it's only guarded by some weak Foundation Establishment cultivators."

"Looks like I can have a great tonic..."

As the black bear finished speaking, Lin Jing's smile faded. No, where did this monster pop out from?