Chapter 114: Before Foundation Establishment

"I am very sorry for exposing Senior's cultivation..."

Knowing the reason why Senior Senior Senior Shen Song didn't want to expose his cultivation, Lin Jing was extremely apologetic.

"No matter." The Senior Senior Shen Song said: "Since I promised to protect your Dao for a hundred years, I was already prepared for exposure."

"If anyone wants to use me to refine an external avatar, they have to see if they have the ability. I didn't grow up eating meat."

Taking this opportunity, Lin Jing asked the doubt that had always been in his heart: Senior Senior Senior Shen Song calls himself a plant-based demonic cultivator and has such cultivation; what kind of history does he have with the second sect master that he is willing to stay in the Beast Taming Sect and even protect the Dao for him, a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect?

"Why do you want to know everything?"

"Knowing too much is not good for you. Just honestly raise your cultivation quickly."

"You haven't gained any cultivation after three years of seclusion. I really don't know if you can form a Golden Core when the hundred-year deadline arrives." The Senior Senior Shen Song was skeptical.

Lin Jing shut his mouth and said no more.

After a long time, the Senior Senior Shen Song said: "It was quite efficient. You can go out now. The Nanshan Demon Emperor's true body has already been suppressed and killed. I just don't know what price the academy's cultivators paid to suppress this aged Demon Emperor."

"After all, a Demon Emperor nearing the end of its lifespan seems weak, but from another perspective, it was already about to die anyway, so it wouldn't let anyone have an easy time!"

"The Nanshan Demon Emperor is dead?" Lin Jing didn't expect the academy's experts to be so swift.

"I guess they encountered help from an expert." The Senior Senior Shen Song speculated: "It's a pity that to protect you, I didn't chase after it myself. Otherwise, a Demon Emperor's body is full of treasures, not to mention it was a dragon demon."

"But this avatar is not bad either. No wonder those two people from the Demon Suppression Division wanted to use you as bait. It's really refreshing." It chuckled.

Demon King, Demon Emperor, Demon Ancestor, Demon Emperor...

Corresponding to Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Profound, and Questioning Dao.

A Demon Emperor's bloodline is far more terrifying than a Demon King's bloodline, not to mention it was a supreme Demon Emperor like the Nanshan Demon Emperor with a widespread fierce reputation.

Just now, countless academy experts set off, and the Hidden Longcheng barrier was activated, shocking many cultivators. Such a grand formation hadn't appeared in Hidden Longcheng for a long time, and many people were wondering what had happened.

After Lin Jing returned to the academy, he was immediately invited to a meeting hall. Sitting in the head seat was an old man with a goat beard, who looked no different from a mortal.

On both sides below sat two people each; they were the four Deity Transformation experts of the academy that Lin Jing had just seen.

As for the old man at the head...

He was one of the three vice-principals of the Hidden Dragon Academy. He had actually rushed back at a critical moment. Lin Jing judged that the Nanshan Demon Emperor was most likely killed by him.

"You are Lin Jing?" The goat-bearded old man observed Lin Jing and said: "The Longevity Body, it has indeed been a long time since it appeared. It's no wonder the Nanshan Demon Emperor would go crazy for it."

"You have hidden it very well, but unfortunately, the Yinshi Sect already has information about your Longevity Body. We learned through backtracking the Nanshan Demon Emperor's memories that it was the Yinshi Sect that told the Nanshan Demon Emperor."

"Right now, although the Nanshan Demon Emperor is dead, information about your Longevity Body may still be sold to others by the Yinshi Sect. You little cultivator, your days ahead won't be easy."

Lin Jing gave a bitter smile.

"Many thanks to all the seniors for killing the Nanshan Demon Emperor... As for the future, I can only take it one step at a time."

"You don't need to worry too much." The goat-bearded old man said with a smile: "That protector of yours is quite extraordinary, actually being able to go against the trend and reach Deity Transformation with a plant body in this era. With it protecting you, your safety shouldn't be too affected."

"Moreover, letting the Nanshan Demon Emperor take advantage of the situation this time was also the academy's negligence. Next, Hidden Longcheng will strengthen its defenses. As long as you are in Hidden Longcheng, this kind of thing will not happen again."

After pacifying Lin Jing, the academy experts present let Lin Jing leave.

After Lin Jing walked away, the atmosphere in the meeting hall instantly became solemn.

One of the Deity Transformation women looked at the vice-principal and said: "Principal, the Yinshi Sect is doing this as an act of revenge."

"I know." The goat-bearded old man's expression was unkind: "But the Yinshi Sect wants to 'refine an Immortal Puppet,' and we must not let them proceed smoothly."

"If it weren't for the previous Demon Suppression, we wouldn't have discovered that there was still an 'Immortal Beast Corpse' within the Yinshi Sect. They want to refine this Immortal Beast Corpse into a corpse puppet. If they succeed, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Currently, most of the Ancient Kingdom's experts have been invested in wiping out the Yinshi Sect. Luring the Demon Emperor to invade Hidden Longcheng also shows that the Yinshi Sect's situation is not optimistic."

"As for this Longevity Body... there is no need for extra attention in the future." The goat-bearded old man shook his head.

A Longevity Body at the Qi Refining stage is still easy to protect. Unless it's a demon beast like the Nanshan Demon Emperor nearing the end of its lifespan, a Demon Emperor with vigorous vitality would never take such a huge risk to capture a Longevity Body.

However, as the Longevity Body's cultivation grows, it will become increasingly difficult to protect.

For a weak Longevity Body, the flesh and blood don't have much attraction for demon beasts with great supernatural powers. Like the Senior Senior Shen Song, it doesn't have much thought about the current Lin Jing.

But if the Longevity Body's cultivation becomes high, I'm afraid even the Demon Emperor will covet it. Unless there is a Questioning Dao stage expert protecting Lin Jing's Dao at that time, Lin Jing's cultivation path... is destined to be bumpy.

Plus, the Longevity Body cultivates slowly...

Except for third-rate sects like the Beast Taming Sect that haven't seen much of the world, ordinary experts really aren't willing to spend the effort to cultivate it, because with a slight negligence, the Longevity Body will be eaten.

Even this principal didn't have the thought of spending his heart and soul to protect Lin Jing; it was too difficult and too tiring.

One can be a thief for a thousand days, but how can one guard against a thief for a thousand days? Whether he can grow smoothly depends entirely on the Longevity Body's own luck.

Lin Jing returned to his cave dwelling and remembered that he had forgotten to ask Senior Senior Senior Shen Song for a pinecone.

The commotion just now made the Dragon Carp stop refining pills and the Pine Leaf Rat stop farming. Both guys were looking out from the mountaintop. Seeing Lin Jing return safely, they breathed a sigh of relief and hugged each other.

"Let's go, I'll take you to refine pills!"

Lin Jing reported the good news but not the bad, dragged these two little guys along, called out to the Senior Senior Shen Song, and couldn't wait to refine the Longevity Foundation Establishment Pill.

Since Senior Senior Senior Shen Song's cultivation was at Deity Transformation, one of his pinecones must also be extraordinary.

If it were added to the Longevity Foundation Establishment Pill, one couldn't imagine how amazing the Pine Leaf Rat would be after establishing its foundation with this pill.

"Do you want a pinecone?"

After the pinecone transformed from the Senior Senior Shen Song appeared, it sighed and said: "Come on, come on. It's been so long, you finally want to establish your foundation. You've waited until I'm dead."

"Please Senior, gift us a fruit and protect our Dharma." Lin Jing requested.

"No rush for this moment." After saying that, the Senior Senior Shen Song sowed a small sapling in front of Lin Jing's cave dwelling. The sapling radiated red light and was quite strange: "This sapling contains my root pulse and will give birth to a few third-grade pinecones. You can't refine pinecones of too high a grade. Besides that, it also has the effect of a Blood-Sucking Vine. Next, you little guy, bleed to water it."

"Good!" Lin Jing looked determined and looked at the Pine Leaf Rat. As long as the Pine Leaf Rat could perfectly establish its foundation, everything was worth it.

"Senior, you said this, is it possible for the Pine Leaf Rat's bloodline grade to surpass the King level and reach the Demon Emperor bloodline?"

"Impossible. It would be good if it could surpass that Dragon Carp's bloodline and approach the current Ice Soul Gu. Of your three pets, only the innate Gu King, the Ice Soul Gu, has the possibility of evolving to the Emperor level bloodline when establishing its foundation! The other two, their innate quality is too poor!" ===== CHAPTER 115 =====