Chapter 242: Heavenly Lion Clan

One of the sixteen paths of Qingzhou, the Beast God Path.

The Beast God Path is a relatively special region in Qingzhou.

Although a large number of human cultivators gather here, most of the human cultivators in this place are not pure-blooded!

They carry some demon beast bloodlines to varying degrees, and their special cultivation physiques are also mostly related to demon beasts, such as the Dragon Blood Body, the Savage Bull Body, the Beast King Body...

Precisely because of this, the cultivation sects and cultivation families of the Beast God Path often wander between humans and beasts.

Heavenly Lion Clan.

Centennial Ancestor Worship Ceremony.

As the time for the ceremony approached, currently not only were many demon beast groups coming to worship, but many cultivators were also coming to offer tributes. This kind of thing could only be seen frequently in the Beast God Path.

"Finally almost there."

The journey was long, and after three months, the Pine Needle Rat and Lin Jing's clone finally arrived at the Beast God Path.

The benefit of a vegetation clone condensed with vast vitality and even the loss of lifespan is precisely this: even separated by countless regions, the connection between the Pine Needle Rat and the vegetation clone could still be quite deep, far more practical than ordinary clone techniques.

Besides this connection, the two major clones currently also possessed the phantom souls with self-consciousness bestowed by Lin Jing. With these two layers of protection, the clones could still follow the instructions of Lin Jing and the others even when separated by a great distance, not becoming like puppets that only knew how to execute fixed programs.

Except for the slightly poorer endurance, the gap with the true body was not particularly large anymore.

Clip-clop, clip-clop.

Lin Jing and the Pine Needle Rat's phantom bodies walked on a small forest path. Suddenly, the sound of a horse walking came from behind. He saw a carriage pass by Lin Jing quickly. Lin Jing didn't pay attention to this. With the ceremony of the Heavenly Lion clan approaching, many cultivators were currently coming to offer gifts, and he had seen many along the way. However, this carriage walked and walked, then slowly stopped, making Lin Jing reveal a smile.

"Is this fellow Daoist also heading to the Heavenly Lion clan?" Before long, a chubby Daoist priest on the carriage lifted the curtain and asked Lin Jing.

"Yes." Lin Jing responded simply. The chubby Daoist laughed: "I perceive that you should be a pure-blooded human. Then you must be like me, going there to 'seek blood', right?"

"Meeting is fate. Would you like to come up and sit, and we can go together?"

Lin Jing's phantom body looked at the other party calmly: a chubby Daoist at the Foundation Establishment perfection stage, a horse at the Qi Condensation stage, and an old man hiding a Core Formation mid-stage cultivation, pretending to be a Qi Condensation coachman.

"Many thanks." Lin Jing nodded and got on the other party's carriage. On the carriage, the chubby Daoist said: "Sigh, the competition in this Beast God Path is too fierce. Pure-blooded humans simply can't survive. I'm not being a human anymore either."

"I come from the Tianyun Temple on Cangyun Mountain. I wonder who you are..."

"Just a loose cultivator." Lin Jing replied.

"A loose cultivator???" The chubby Daoist was surprised, saying: "Then—"

"—fellow Daoist has great fortune. I wonder what supreme treasure you obtained that you plan to offer to the Heavenly Lion clan?"

"After I tell you, will you decide whether to take action and snatch it?" Lin Jing chuckled: "The soul-bewitching incense in your carriage is still a bit lacking in effect for me. I've been eating poisonous mushrooms for several years; I treated soul-bewitching pills like candy when I was at the Qi Condensation stage."

What the hell? The chubby Daoist's expression changed, and he suddenly revealed a ferocious smile, slapping Lin Jing with his palm.

Bang!

Lin Jing also slapped back. As fist and palm met, the carriage burst into countless fragments. The chubby Daoist was slapped flying by Lin Jing, vomiting blood wildly, his body nearly falling apart.

"Vajra Palm?"

The chubby Daoist spat out three words before fainting.

"Old man, are you still not going to make a move?" Lin Jing looked at the coachman.

"When did you notice?" The coachman turned his head to look at Lin Jing.

"Your illusion technique is too poor." Lin Jing spoke slowly: "I heard that every time the Heavenly Lion clan holds a ceremony, many cultivators of the Beast God Path offer rare tributes, hoping that the Heavenly Lion clan can reward them with a drop of beast blood, transform themselves into a Heavenly Lion Body, and become peripheral members of the Heavenly Lion clan."

"However, the Heavenly Lion clan has extremely high requirements for tributes, so those who can come to offer tributes must possess supreme treasures."

"At this time, naturally, many robbery cultivators will be born. Unfortunately, you are very unlucky; you robbed me."

"Today, I will send you to see the Buddha."

"A mere Foundation Establishment ant..." The Core Formation old man suddenly erupted, but not long after, he died on the spot.

Lin Jing picked up the storage bag, investigated it, and then sighed.

"Qingzhou is still better, much better than the Ancient Kingdom. In three months of traveling, I've already encountered eight robberies. The harvest is quite abundant!"

"Unfortunately, the clone will most likely die at the Heavenly Lion clan later. These treasures should be buried later; let's see if there's a chance to take them away in the future."

Along the way, when encountering people with malicious intentions, Lin Jing's choice was to counter-rob if he could win, and if he couldn't, he would strengthen his illusion technique, hide, and escape using space techniques.

He didn't maintain an extreme state of concealment the whole time; that would consume too much energy. After all, they were just clones, not having the endurance of the true body...

However, when the two major phantom bodies finally arrived outside the Heavenly Lion clan's ancestral land, they no longer saved their strength...

Lin Jing didn't enter according to the gift-offering process, but strengthened his illusion technique and "openly and honestly" followed other gift-givers into the Heavenly Lion clan's secret realm. No one noticed the whole time.

Since he had already reached the destination, consuming a bit more didn't matter.

"I wonder if I can see the 'Heavenly Lion Holy Maiden' at this ceremony."

"I should be able to, but don't think about the Heavenly Lion Holy Maiden's grace. Unless it's a surrender from an Emperor-level powerful clan, it's very difficult to enjoy the Longevity Blood..."

"..."

Lin Jing followed several Beast Blood cultivators into the Heavenly Lion secret realm. As these people communicated, they talked about the Heavenly Lion Holy Maiden.

Lin Jing's expression was calm. This Heavenly Lion Holy Maiden referred to the Longevity Body kept in captivity by the Heavenly Lion clan.

The outside world all knew that this Longevity Body was blood food kept in captivity by the Heavenly Lion clan.

However, the Heavenly Lion clan gave this Longevity Body a very good name, as the grace bestowed by heaven to the Heavenly Lion clan, hence the Heavenly Lion Holy Maiden.

Using this "grace bestowed by heaven," the Heavenly Lion clan could take out a large amount of Longevity flesh and blood every year to conduct interest exchanges with powerful clans.

"According to Senior Sister, this Longevity Body kept in captivity by the Heavenly Lion clan is already one thousand years old."

"For a thousand years, her realm seems to still be at the early Golden Core stage."

"This realm is controlled very well. The flesh and blood of a Golden Core Longevity Body is not looked upon by Demon Emperor-level powerful beings, and the low-level ones can't snatch it."

"So this Heavenly Lion clan has kept the Longevity Body in captivity for a thousand years, and there still hasn't been any accident..."

"Although I don't have the power to rescue this poor guy with the same physique as me, since I'm already here, I wonder if I can meet her..."

Lin Jing gradually drifted away from this group of Beast Blood cultivators and kept his illusion technique to wander around in this Heavenly Lion clan's secret realm alone. ===== CHAPTER 243 =====