Chapter 273: Three Wishes

"Your Majesty..." Lin Jing's heart stirred. Three wishes—he would not be polite then.

"Your Majesty, as a Longevity Body, I hope to receive your protection so that I may grow smoothly." Lin Jing understood that whether he asked for this wish or not, the Demon Court would inevitably protect him given his current value.

However, Lin Jing still chose to use one of his wish opportunities to mention it, all for the sake of the Demon Emperor's personal promise.

"As a Holy Son of the Demon Court, I will naturally protect your growth. Furthermore, I will help you one extra time to resolve potential enemies and awe the world."

"Have you heard of the Alchemy Gathering?"

"The Heaven-Reaching Tower Alchemy Gathering?" Lin Jing was startled and said, "Naturally, I have heard of it."

"This is the greatest grand event in Qingzhou. All forces in Qingzhou, and even those outside of Qingzhou, will be watching."

"Once you research the Transformation Pill, participate in this Heaven-Reaching Tower Alchemy Gathering in your true form."

"At that time, your appearance will attract many who covet you. I will strike at that moment to help you annihilate all incoming enemies, and all spoils of war from that period will belong to you."

"Finally, you will announce to all demon beast races here that you have researched the method of transformation."

"From now on, you will no longer need to walk in an illusory form. As a Holy Son of my Demon Court, you shall walk the Cultivation World in your true form; no one will be able to ignore your existence."

"This..." Lin Jing was moved in his heart. It seemed the Demon Emperor's ambition was not small. With the descent of the Demon Clan's revival method, it likely wanted to continue expanding the Demon Court's influence and attract more demon beast races to join.

Letting him demonstrate the transformation method through the Alchemy Gathering served two purposes: first, it was equivalent to announcing to the world that the path of the demon clan had been revived. Having the stage of the Alchemy Gathering as a witness was more convincing than the Demon Court announcing it themselves.

Second, the appearance of his Longevity Body would inevitably attract many powerful people who coveted him. When that time came, the Demon Emperor could also use this as a pretext to display the Demon Court's power and take a knife to a Mo Sect like the Yinshi Sect.

"Many thanks, Your Majesty," Lin Jing said. "However... before that, I already had the idea of participating in the Alchemy Gathering to obtain the Candle-Age Fire, a strange fire collected by the Heaven-Reaching Tower. If I participate in the Alchemy Gathering with the Transformation Pill, I fear it will not be so easy to obtain the Candle-Age Fire."

"Therefore, my second wish is to hope to obtain this top-tier strange fire with the attribute of time: the Candle-Age Fire."

Although he had obtained the protection of the Demon Court, Lin Jing knew clearly that his own strength was his greatest reliance.

The Heavenly Demon Body... he must cultivate it to completion.

He did not have the aptitude of Gu Qianqiu, so to cultivate the Heavenly Demon Body, he had to borrow the Candle-Age Fire.

Although he still had little confidence in whether he could cultivate the Heavenly Demon Body after obtaining the Candle-Age Fire, this fire could not be missed!

"Granted," the Demon Emperor agreed.

"As for the third wish, I wonder if I can reserve it and use it in the future?"

Originally, Lin Jing wanted to let the Demon Emperor help him snatch a

Strange Gu, but thinking that the Demon Emperor had already agreed to strike once for him to clear out the powerful enemies of the Yinshi Sect and the Gushen Sect, with all spoils of war during that period belonging to him, Lin Jing temporarily abandoned this idea.

If he could attract the owner of a Strange Gu from the Gushen Sect, he might be able to obtain the Strange Gu anyway; there was no need to waste a wish.

For now, Lin Jing did not have any other urgent wishes to fulfill. Since that was the case, if he could save this wish for a critical moment in the future, perhaps its value would be even greater.

"As you wish." The Demon Emperor did not refuse. Subsequently, it took Lin Jing's synthetic Transformation Grass and disappeared from this place.

At the same time, in a pitch-black place within the Demon Court space, a snow-white Divine Tiger was silently poking at a small blade of grass in front of it.

"Can one transform through this grass..." It picked up the grass and licked it.

"The grade of this grass is too low. I wonder if there is any supreme treasure that can improve the quality of spiritual plants. If so, I, the Emperor, would not have to wait for the follow-up research of that Longevity Body cub and could transform first."

"I, the Emperor, must also find a way..."

"The demon clan is about to revive. Ancestors above, I, the Emperor, am about to successfully revive the demon clan. Do not entrust me with dreams anymore. I am already at the Demon Emperor stage; I really do not want to dream. I will definitely revitalize the demon clan..."

"Your Highness Holy Son."

"Disciple of the Demon Emperor."

"Your Highness Holy Son..."

"Disciple of the Demon Emperor..."

At this moment, Lin Jing and Xu Qingyao, who had gained the favor of the Demon Emperor by researching the transformation method, were still immersed in infinite joy. They held each other's hands, celebrating the change in their identities.

"Junior Brother, I knew you would definitely be able to do it."

"It is thanks to Senior Sister's unconditional trust and support that we have the progress we have now."

"However, we cannot be too happy too early. The existing transformation method still has too many limitations; we must research a universal transformation method as soon as possible," Xu Qingyao sighed in relief.

"Speaking of the Alchemy Gathering, it seems to be in two years, right? Although His Majesty the Demon Emperor did not specify at which Alchemy Gathering to demonstrate the transformation method, I still hope the sooner the better." Lin Jing was already impatient to let the Demon Emperor strike and help clear out the two great Mo Sects.

Oh, it would be best to also conveniently resolve the Heavenly Lion race; he had offended this force as well.

"Lord Holy Son..." At this time, the Mosquito Woman, who had become the Fourth Holy Lady of the Demon Court, flew to Lin Jing and Xu Qingyao's side.

"Obeying the decree of His Majesty the Demon Emperor, from now on, I am the maid of Lord Holy Son. May I ask what instructions Lord Holy Son has next?" The Mosquito Woman led the mosquito beast army and knelt on one knee before Lin Jing.

Lin Jing smiled slightly and said, "Next, you shall inhabit this valley

and recuperate for a period of time. The Third Holy Lady will provide you with food and will also find suitable cultivation techniques for you to practice. From today on, just lead this group of mosquito beasts well and suppress their ferocity."

"As you command," the Mosquito Woman nodded obediently.

For this army that even Deity Transformation experts feared, Lin Jing currently found it difficult to perfectly control them through the Seven-Star Beast God Ring, but the Mosquito Woman could do it. The demon clan was indeed uniquely gifted.

Fortunately, the Mosquito Woman was now his maid.

This valley, after Lin Jing and Xu Qingyao renamed it "Mosquito Valley," was completely sealed off by a barrier. Subsequently, on the way back, Xu Qingyao couldn't help but ask: "Next, you are going to start preparing for the Alchemy Gathering according to the Demon Emperor's wishes, right? Now that we have the Demon Emperor's permission, I can safely and boldly obtain unlimited resources from the Demon Court's treasury. If you have any needs, just say so."

"I don't know what I need right now; I'll tell you, Senior Sister, later. However, does the Demon Court have any ice-attribute heaven and earth spiritual objects, or corpses of demon beasts with Emperor-level bloodlines or higher, or corpses of powerful human cultivators who primarily practiced ice techniques and had ice-attribute constitutions? The kind that can be used casually."

"Of course, living ones are fine too. The most important thing is that I can toss them around at will; they are enemies."

"Hmm?" Xu Qingyao said, "Are you planning to use them to cultivate that Ice Gu?"

"Yes, among the three pet beasts, it has the lowest cultivation base. It's time to cultivate it a bit."

"After it forms its core, you should also be able to form your core, right? Do you have any thoughts about the fourth pet beast? That Mosquito Woman...?" Xu Qingyao asked.

Lin Jing was stunned, then shook his head and said: "Not suitable. After all, the other pet beasts in the team have eaten too many mosquitoes. However, Senior Sister, you have reminded me. One of the candidates for the fourth pet beast is also about to be born, although I don't know if I can contract it... I'll trouble you, Senior Sister, to help me find these resources again."

He handed the list of rare resources needed by the mechanical beast Longevity Treasure Turtle to his Senior Sister. This guy was one of the candidates for the fourth pet beast. ===== CHAPTER 274 =====