Chapter 257: The Ageless Female Cultivator

Afterward, Lin Jing returned to his cave dwelling. The Senior Sister's extra reward made him quite tempted, but she was right—with his current strength, trying to sense the might of the Demon Emperor was nothing more than a pipe dream. It would be better to wait until his cultivation base was higher before assessing the situation.

"I'll give all the spirit stones to Gu Qianqiu for cultivation. With such a massive quantity of spirit stones, even if you gave them to a pig, it could cultivate to the Demon Emperor realm. However, the Longevity Body cannot be judged by general standards, and there is too little time... I still need to supplement this with other means."

"As for those herbs and spiritual plants, I'll give them all to the Pine-Needle Rat to cultivate the Green Emperor Longevity Art. I imagine that should be enough for its Green Emperor Longevity Art to break through to the Perfection realm."

"As for the remaining demon cores... I'll use them for alchemy! I'll give them all to Gu Qianqiu."

"Among the countless types of elixirs, two are the most mainstream."

"One type is elixirs that increase cultivation, and the other is elixirs that assist in breaking through realms."

"Among them, the elixirs that increase cultivation are refined purely from demon cores."

"It's just that the effect is very poor. Elixirs refined from the demon cores of Demon Core stage great demons, after removing the impurities of demonic power, might not even be able to help an ordinary Foundation Establishment stage cultivator raise their cultivation by a small realm."

"For a Longevity Body or a Golden Core stage cultivator, it is even more like a drop in the bucket."

"Fortunately, the demon cores Gu Qianqiu snatched are numerous enough, and their quality is decent."

"It's just that such a large quantity makes it too hard for Long Li to refine them. Later, I'll ask the Senior Sister to borrow her 'Alchemy Troop Crane Cauldron' to refine elixirs for me. I really am a good Beast Tamer."

"After all, compared to these cultivation-increasing elixirs refined from demon cores, I should look forward more to the cultivation-increasing elixirs refined by Long Li using the 'Wan Huoding'. Directly refining a living being into an elixir—I imagine the effect must be better and the efficiency higher; it would be the best among such elixirs. Perhaps one pill would be worth ten ordinary cultivation-increasing elixirs!"

"The only pity is that it can only use the demon core divine ability without restriction once it reaches the Nascent Soul Demon King stage. At the current stage, it cannot be abused."

"However, once the Senior Sister's spiritual medicine for repairing demon cores arrives, I still need to catch a demon beast and try it out in advance, so as not to keep wondering!"

Before Lin Jing entered the Time Hourglass, he couldn't help but think: since the Life-Healing Lotus Heart Fire has the effect of healing injuries, I wonder if it can repair a damaged demon core... Normal Life-Healing Lotus Heart Fire certainly can't, but Long Li has mastered the Flame Emperor divine ability and can use the Life-Healing Lotus Heart Fire as the core to fuse other strange fires with it, strengthening it. In this way, the power of the Life-Healing Lotus Heart Fire would be greatly enhanced. At that time, would it be able to repair a demon core?

If it could, then perhaps Long Li could help him refine elixirs through the Wan Huoding while still in the Demon Core stage...

But before that, he should prioritize researching the Pine-Needle Rat's Tree-Man Pill and get it to form a core as soon as possible!

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In the Time Hourglass space, there wasn't much time left to use. Every ten years spent inside...

... the internal space requires one year of cooling time in the outside world before it can be used again.

Lin Jing would soon face the first cooling period of the Time Hourglass, but during this time, he could still do many things with it.

"Wake up." Lin Jing called out. Deep within his body, a small spider that had been self-sealed in hibernation was immediately shaken awake.

"Hungry..." After the Ice Soul Gu woke up, the first thing it did was cry out in hunger. To prevent the Gu God Sect from having a secret method to locate the Ice Soul Gu, it had been hiding itself through feigned death until Lin Jing woke it up this time.

"Sorry, I absorbed quite a bit of your power while you were sleeping." Lin Jing scratched his cheek. Even the Ice Soul Gu, by feigning death and hibernating, hadn't escaped the fate of being a backup energy source.

"I've prepared food for you." Lin Jing took out several demon cores from ice-attribute demon beasts. The next instant, countless white threads inserted themselves into the demon cores, beginning to absorb the icy cold power within.

"If you're full, help me condense a sub-gu. This sub-gu needs to be a bit special; strengthen its ice-attribute power. It needs to at least reach the level where it can slow down the host's loss of life and freeze their age."

Lin Jing took out a few more ice-attribute demon cores as payment for the Ice Soul Gu. The Ice Soul Gu instantly crawled out of his body and said blankly, "Where is this? Are we safe now? Am I going to have new subordinates again? What is their constitution? Also, I'm still hungry."

"This is an alternate space. Here, the Gu God Sect shouldn't be able to locate you. It's considered safe. Even if they do locate you, it doesn't matter now."

"As for your sub-gu, it's to be given to another Longevity Body, to parasitize within her body."

"Another Longevity Body!" The Ice Soul Gu was shocked, and then small ice beads fell from its eyes. What was going on? Could it be that its sub-gu was going to enjoy life inside another Longevity Body, while it had to remain inside Lin Jing, smelling the scent of longevity but unable to obtain it?

How could such a thing happen?

It didn't want its sub-gu to enjoy the longevity flesh and blood before it did.

"Your sub-gu cannot absorb the power of the other Longevity Body either. She is very weak right now. If your sub-gu absorbs her power, she won't be far from death. As I said just now, the sub-gu has only one task: to do its best, even if it means sacrificing itself, to slow down her loss of life."

"Oh!" After hearing that the sub-gu wasn't going to enjoy life but to do hard labor, the Ice Soul Gu felt a bit more balanced.

*Hehehe*, go ahead, sub-gu, go fulfill your mission. If I can't eat it, don't you think about eating it either...

"Ah???"

"How did it form a core!" Suddenly, the awakened Ice Soul Gu heard the neighbor Old Li greeting it through the contract and felt as if the sky had collapsed.

"Bo~~" Old Li responded, "It's not just me; that squirrel is also about to form a core."

Ice Soul Gu:???

It couldn't sleep anymore.

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When Lin Jing arrived in front of Gu Qianqiu's cave dwelling again, the Senior Sister had already drawn a Spirit Gathering Array here. Countless spirit stones were buried underground, turning into a spirit vein to support the operation of the Spirit Gathering Array.

Entering the cave, if it weren't for the worry of competing with the other party for spiritual power, Lin Jing wouldn't have wanted to leave.

"This is the Ice Soul Gu's sub-gu. Integrate it into your body, and you should be able to live about ten more years. At the same time, with this, you can also make up for your lack of offensive means... Don't spend energy learning other spells for now; the Ice Soul Gu's power is enough..."

Lin Jing flicked his finger, and the Ice Soul Gu flew toward Gu Qianqiu. Seeing a spider flying toward her, Gu Qianqiu's pupils shrank, and she scrambled back into a corner.

"Don't come over!"

Lin Jing was stunned.

"You're afraid of bugs?"

"Yes... so what if I am." Gu Qianqiu stared at the Ice Soul sub-gu and swallowed hard.

"Alright, but even if you're afraid, you have to integrate it." Lin Jing continued to direct the Ice Soul sub-gu to crawl onto Gu Qianqiu's face and enter her mouth. Afterward, a scream came from the cave... Regarding the fact that a thousand-year-old Longevity Body who once reached the peak of the Void Profound stage and slaughtered countless Heavenly Lion demons was afraid of bugs, Lin Jing expressed his understanding.

Not long after.

A blue-eyed, ageless Gu cultivator with hair as white as ice and snow was born.

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At the same time, deep in the void, Shen Song, who was cultivating hard, looked at a pile of treasures flying in from who knows which crack and was directly stunned. ===== CHAPTER 258 =====