Chapter 44

Lin Jing actually had some understanding of the three great secret arts and the ten core secret arts; beyond these, the sect also possessed dozens of ordinary beast-taming spells, most of which were created by the third-generation Sect Master.

The first generation founded the sect, the second reformed it, and the third created the laws; every Sect Master had great talent.

However, he did not intend to practice the ten core secret arts for the time being. As a Longevity Body, his cultivation realm was too low and far behind his pet beast's pace; even if he learned them, the strengthening effect on the Pine Needle Rat would be limited.

With that energy, it would be better to learn mechanism arts or alchemy, which could instead better strengthen the Pine Needle Rat and himself.

As for the three great secret arts, these had to be learned; whether it was the Body Integration secret method or the Beast-Transformation Treasure, both were huge boosts to the cultivator himself.

Especially the Beast-Transformation Treasure, which reminded Lin Jing of a certain deity.

When Yang Jian released the Howling Celestial Dog, the term used in books was always "Sacrifice the Howling Celestial Dog!" What is called "sacrificing" generally refers to magic treasures.

Once he learned the Beast-Transformation Treasure in the future, he could also "sacrifice the Pine Needle Rat!"

"Elder Mo, after I return, I will temper my physique, exercise my spiritual soul, and refine my true qi," Lin Jing said.

"You want to learn everything!" Elder Mo said, "But it doesn't matter; you have plenty of time anyway, and you'll have to learn it all sooner or later."

"Then you two shouldn't have anything else, right? If not, hurry back and cultivate; this old man has things to attend to as well."

"Elder Mo!" Lin Jing added, "The disciple obtained a seed of a fierce plant, and later I would like to let Elder Black Bear taste its effects."

After Elder Mo fell silent, he said, "Has it offended you recently... but it is indeed dangerous for you to try eating it yourselves; later I will have it go find you."

"It has worked hard for this old man, even if it hasn't achieved great merit; remember to leave it alive for me."

After visiting Elder Mo, Lin Jing and Senior Brother Ouyang also bid farewell; one returned to his cave dwelling, and the other left the sect to execute the "Investigate Missing Beasts" mission they had just accepted.

On the way back to the cave dwelling, Lin Jing and the Pine Needle Rat passed by the place where one jumps over the Heavenly Capital; the Pine Needle Rat still could not stop thinking about leaping over the cloud peak.

The thing the ancestors didn't accomplish...

If it completes it, couldn't it start a new page in the genealogy?

"Relying on physique to leap is definitely not going to work for you, unless you ascend to the Demon King bloodline. I told you to practice the Flying Leaf Art before, but you didn't; regretting it now, aren't you?"

The Pine Needle Rat's red Flying Leaf Art was indeed formidable, but it had always relied on the magic of the red flying leaves.

It controlled the red flying leaves by relying on the power of its mind, which had room for growth; if the Pine Needle Rat exercised daily and its mental power improved, it would definitely be able to burst out with stronger speed and power when controlling the flying leaves, and leaping over it would not be impossible.

"Squeak..." The Pine Needle Rat took off its cumbersome Daoist robe.

It indicated it would practice as soon as it got back.

"Since there is pressure there, after we go back, I will use 'Thousand Changes and Myriad Illusions' to simulate the Demon King's deterrence to assist you in exercising your mental power," Lin Jing smiled.

"But before that, let's go back and ripen the Fire Cloud Chili seeds!"

The concentration of spiritual energy in the inner peak was indeed incomparable to the outer peak; here, both cultivation speed and spiritual plant growth speed were much faster than at the foot of the outer sect mountain.

Additionally, what comforted Lin Jing was that Elder Yu did not cut off his outer sect cafeteria meals because he had been promoted to the inner sect; she still had the crane deliver food to him at fixed times every day, greatly reducing the cultivation burden on Lin Jing and the Pine Needle Rat.

Time flew by, and the Fire Cloud Chili, as a first-rank fierce plant, was successfully ripened by the Pine Needle Rat, though the yield was not high; one chili seedling only produced 20 Fire Cloud Chilis.

"Spiritual plants are so fierce after synthesis, what will happen after this fierce plant is synthesized?" The Black Bear Monster arrived as agreed, bringing along the ninth-layer Qi Refining white mouse from last time; when it saw the bright red chilis, its vision went black, and it fainted from fright before it could even eat.

Opposite, Lin Jing said to Elder Black Bear, "When things reach an extreme, they reverse; spiritual plants turn into fierce plants, and according to my analysis, fierce plants will mostly turn into spiritual plants."

"Go, Little Pine, use the Glazed Immortal Pupils," Lin Jing commanded the Pine Needle Rat. Looking at the Fire Cloud Chilis all over the ground, it took a deep breath, removed the bamboo leaf eye mask that cooled its eyes, and the Glazed Immortal Pupils were activated!

More than half of the fire-red chilis disappeared, and there appeared... an incomparably pitch-black chili.

This eerie color made Elder Black Bear look at Lin Jing; is this the spiritual plant you were talking about?

It's blacker than me!

Fortunately, it was smart and brought the white mouse from last time!

It shook and woke the white mouse, saying, "White Mouse Spirit, see that black chili? Eat it. If you survive it, I will give you a great opportunity!"

Although the White Mouse Spirit was afraid, facing the coercion and temptation of a Demon Core stage great demon, it could not decide its own fate and could only crawl toward the black chili while trembling.

"Don't be afraid! It's just a mutated strain of a first-rank fierce plant; you're already at the ninth layer of Qi Refining, what are you afraid of! The little flame spat out by ordinary chilis is just mortal fire, not even as strong as the fire used by commoners to heat their beds! After mutation, it probably won't be very strong either!" the Black Bear Monster encouraged.

Hearing this, the white mouse mustered its courage, closed its eyes, and ate the incomparably foul-tasting black chili.

The cave dwelling... fell silent.

The Black Bear Monster, Lin Jing, and the Pine Needle Rat all stared straight at the changes in the white mouse.

The next instant, the white mouse looked at the Black Bear Monster and opened its mouth, giving the Black Bear Monster a fright, thinking it was going to spray it.

Hey! As it turned out, it didn't spray anything!

"Huh? This mutation failed, right!" After the Black Bear Monster was stunned, it laughed; it seemed that even rare beast divine abilities had times when they failed.

However, before the Black Bear Monster could laugh for long, its expression suddenly changed; it felt a burning sensation in its soul, and it quickly performed an internal inspection, only to discover that a cluster of black flames was burning from the inside out of its body.

This flame did not burn the flesh but was ignited on the soul, ethereal and illusory!

"The Nether Ghost Fire of the Nether Palace demonic cultivators that specifically burns the soul!" It exclaimed, hurriedly extinguishing the flame, its pupils filled with terror; it was a death-god chili.

"Destroy it! Destroy it! Hurry and destroy it for me!" It hurriedly destroyed the remaining Fire Cloud Chilis and pulled up the chili seedlings, saying, "Don't mess with this stuff in the future; this is ghost fire, the core spell of the Nether Palace. If the Demon Extermination Division mistakenly thinks our Beast Taming Sect is colluding with the Demon Sect, it won't be good. Our Beast Taming Sect's reputation in the Demon Extermination Division isn't that great to begin with!"

Looking at Elder Black Bear's nervous appearance, Lin Jing and the Pine Needle Rat were stunned; ghost fire?

"Elder Black Bear, can this ghost fire be used for alchemy?"

"You want to use ghost fire for alchemy? Do you want to feed it to the living or the dead?" Elder Black Bear glared and said, "I beg you, my old bear, please don't plant this stuff anymore. Even if we aren't demonic cultivators, it's troublesome if seen by others, unless you also want to go undercover in the Demon Sect."

"You aren't trying to use special flames for alchemy? I'll go find you a beast fire to use first. Be obedient, don't secretly plant this stuff again." This time it wasn't a fierce plant; it was a demonic plant that would get you labeled as a Demon Sect cultivator if used!

Lin Jing and the Pine Needle Rat looked obedient; since it was a dangerous thing, they wouldn't plant it, absolutely not.

Elder Black Bear looked at the white mouse that was still alive and said, "You, not bad. I appoint you as the exclusive medicine-testing boy for the future Holy Son of the Beast Taming Sect, Lin Jing. This is a great opportunity, right?"