Chapter 255

"Very well, the grand plan for the revival of the demon clan has not yet succeeded; the Saintesses still need to work hard." The Qilin Patriarch said, and then prepared to begin the final part of the Saintess Tea Party.

The three Saintesses would compete against each other to test the progress of their strength.

"It's settled, it's settled. This time it's an absolute landslide victory." Senior Brother Ouyang came to Lin Jing's side as he was replenishing his true qi and said, "Although the Saintess Highness's followers are a bit weak, her own strength is the strongest among the Saintesses!"

"Do you know why?" He asked Lin Jing via voice transmission.

"I can roughly guess." Lin Jing closed his eyes, not caring much about this battle.

His task was already completed.

If the Senior Martial Sister got beaten up next, he would be unable to help.

Ouyang Hao smiled and said, "The First Saintess has had too many children, which caused her constitution to decline, so her strength is naturally mediocre. However, although her own strength is not strong, her future is promising. Once those children grow up, they will be a force that cannot be ignored; these are her true future followers."

"Although the Second Saintess has excellent talent and comprehension and has created many new techniques, such things consume too much energy, causing her to have no time to improve her own strength. And most of these new techniques are actually inferior to the Demon Court's inherited cultivation methods; one can only say she is gambling on a hope."

"But our Saintess is different. Her followers are weak, but it's not that they were weak from the beginning; rather, the strongest among them were directly contracted by her as pet beasts, becoming a part of her own strength and no longer counted as followers..."

"So, the fact that her followers are weak is not because she has been in the Demon Court for too short a time; it's all caused by herself..."

"With herself plus four pet beasts, in a five-on-one situation, her strength is actually the strongest among the Saintesses..."

Hearing this, Lin Jing was slightly silent. It really had to be someone from our Beast Taming Sect...

Just as Senior Brother Ouyang said, when the Senior Martial Sister fought the other two Saintesses, she very unreasonably summoned four pet beasts to gang up on them together.

A White Crane, a Phoenix, a Great Peng Bird, and a Kong Que. Among them, the crane was the first pet beast the Senior Martial Sister contracted at the Beast Taming Sect, while the other three were all pet beasts with excellent talent and potential that she had selected and contracted from the Demon Court.

The Phoenix and the Kong Que both had Imperial-grade bloodlines.

The Great Peng Bird's bloodline even reached the terrifying Ancestral-grade bloodline; like the Zhu Yan, it was an ancient fierce beast.

However, Lin Jing's Ancestral-blood Zhu Yan was merely an illusion, but the Senior Martial Sister had truly contracted a real Ancestral-blood pet beast.

Looking across the entire Tianyuan Continent, I'm afraid there are no more than ten cultivators in the same realm who could defeat her within the Nascent Soul stage. For a moment, Lin Jing could only think of the current number one on the Ancient Kingdom Ranking, the Ancient Imperial Prince.

Before, although Xu Qingyao could suppress the other two Saintesses, her followers were crushed by the followers of the other two

Saintesses. Now, with Lin Jing's addition, she could be said to have achieved an all-around landslide victory among the three Saintesses.

Not long after, the tea party concluded. The Third Saintess successfully defeated the other two Saintesses and received an invitation from the Qilin Patriarch.

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Deep in the void of the Qilin clan.

The Ink Qilin Patriarch walked in front, with Xu Qingyao following behind.

"Ancestor, I have brought the Third Saintess Highness."

As the Ink Qilin Patriarch finished speaking, a golden light flashed in the depths of the void, and the phantom of a Bright Holy Qilin was outlined. Its aged whiskers fluttered, and a pair of divine eyes stared at Xu Qingyao.

"Greetings, Senior." Xu Qingyao bowed slightly. This was the oldest monster in the Qilin clan, with a cultivation reaching the peak of the Void Profound stage.

"Third Saintess Highness, you should know the reason I am meeting with you, right?"

"Naturally, I know. It is for the Fire Dragon Alchemist's pet Qilin." Xu Qingyao raised her head and looked at the behemoth, saying, "It should be for the matter of it acknowledging its ancestors and returning to the clan."

"This matter is acceptable. It was an orphan to begin with, so there is no impropriety. However, it must still accompany the Fire Dragon Alchemist to assist me; it cannot truly return to the Qilin clan in the literal sense, only nominally."

The Qilin Ancestor said, "Naturally, the Qilin clan is a clan of auspicious beasts. As long as it nominally acknowledges its ancestors and returns to the clan, it can improve the Qilin clan's clan fortune. As its strength increases, the improvement to the clan fortune will be even greater."

"However, as a member of my Qilin clan, it must eventually acknowledge its ancestors and return to the clan completely."

"I hope that after the 'Beast Tamer' dies, it can return to the Qilin clan completely, and after its own death, its bones and soul must also enter the Qilin Ancestral Land to protect the Qilin clan for ten million years."

Uh... Xu Qingyao's mind felt strange. She understood the Qilin Ancestor's meaning; it wanted Long Li to return to the clan in the future, changing from assisting Lin Jing to taking the revitalization of the Qilin clan as its own responsibility.

Moreover, the Qilin Ancestor was also very reasonable; it didn't demand that Long Li return immediately, but rather wait until the Beast Tamer died!

This seemed to have no problems. After all, the Qilin clan was quite long-lived, and wearing out a human of the same realm was easy. By that time, her own lifespan might have only passed a fraction, and she would still have plenty of lifespan left.

This was also the reason why some demon beasts with powerful bloodlines were willing to be her pet beasts and follow her temporarily. Anyway, their lifespan was longer than the Beast Tamer's; letting the Saintess use resources to cultivate them first was a win-win situation.

But the problem was, Lin Jing was different from her; Lin Jing was a Longevity Body. Even if that big fat fish died of old age, Lin Jing might not even grow a single white hair.

Seeing Xu Qingyao suddenly hesitate and fall silent, the Qilin Ancestor said, "Of course, during this period, my Qilin clan will also assist the Third Saintess Highness. The entire clan will work for you and assist you with all our might in researching the method of transformation."

"Very well, it's a deal. I agree on behalf of the Fire Dragon Alchemist."

Xu Qingyao finally spoke: "When his time is up and that Fire Qilin is without a master, let it return to the Qilin clan!"

The Qilin Ancestor nodded in satisfaction.

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"That is how it is..."

Afterward, the Senior Martial Sister recounted her agreement with the Qilin clan to Lin Jing and Long Li, leaving Lin Jing quite speechless.

"..." Long Li also had very little confidence in the matter of wearing out its Beast Tamer.

"It doesn't matter. Even if the Qilin Ancestor discovers that you and Lin Jing are the same person, it doesn't matter. As long as I can apply for more resources from the Demon Court because of the Qilin clan's stance, that is enough."

"Once the Transformation Pill is researched, the stance of any clan will not be important. The Demon Emperor once said that whichever Saintess can research the method of transformation will be cultivated as the next successor to the Demon Court and will be personally accepted as a direct disciple." Xu Qingyao pursed her lips.

"Becoming a disciple of the Demon Emperor, that is the key."

"Understood. After we return this time, I will immediately focus on the refining of the Transformation Pill." Lin Jing said.

Through the Heavenly Lion clan incident, the Hidden Dragon Luck he harvested was many times more than what he gained from taking first place in the Prodigy Battle, enough for him to help the Pine-Needle Rat form its core.

"Hmm, but before that, come with me to see Gu Qianqiu first and plan her future cultivation route. Ten years is still too short." The Senior Martial Sister shook her head.

"It doesn't matter. Perhaps we can first split an Ice Soul sub-gu to freeze her age, slow down the rate of her life passing over these ten years, and let her become a Gu Master first..." Lin Jing suggested.