Chapter 51: Demonic Art

On Tiandoufeng.

The Pine-Needle Rat stood under a sacred, towering golden-green pine tree, shivering.

The most terrible thing was that food had become a spirit, and it was even more powerful than itself.

Even when facing the eagle and snake hallucinated by Lin Jing, it had never been this terrified.

The Pine-Needle Rat trembled slightly, flicked its Daoist robe, put its hands together, and performed a kowtow.

The Beast Master was right; cultivation still required steady progress, taking it one step at a time, otherwise there were too many variables...

Squeak... Beast Taming Sect disciple Pine-Needle Rat, pays respects to the sect ancestor.

"I'm here to help you!" As the Pine-Needle Rat was kowtowing, another figure jumped up.

Lin Jing received the Pine-Needle Rat's cry for help and immediately pounced toward Tiandoufeng, climbing up with hands and feet.

This place was a forbidden area of the sect, and ordinary disciples could not climb the peak. However, the Pine-Needle Rat had already gone up through legal channels, so Lin Jing felt that it was nothing for him, this Beast Master, to follow. Fortunately, Tiandoufeng had no pressure on him, a human.

Quickly climbing up Tiandoufeng and seeing the divine pine before his eyes, Lin Jing also fell silent for a while.

If he remembered correctly, before the Immortal Alliance era, plants could indeed become spirits. But during the battle that destroyed the Xiangong, plant spirits encountered the same situation as the demon clan. In order to root out the resisters, the rules of the Tianyuan Continent were rewritten by the Xiangong, and the difficulty for plants to give birth to intelligence soared!

Now, there were many demon beasts that could cultivate, but the number of plant spirits that could cultivate was far less than one ten-thousandth of the beast clan.

He didn't expect that the guardian deity of Tiandu of the Beast Taming Sect was actually a pine tree that had become a spirit!

"Future Holy Son of the Beast Taming Sect, Lin Jing, pays respects to the Senior." Lin Jing also bowed with the Pine-Needle Rat. As for who sealed this Holy Son, go ask the Black Bear Monster.

"No need to be nervous." A moment later, a voice that could not distinguish emotion came from heaven and earth.

"I had a contract with the second sect master of your sect, and I will not harm you."

The Pine-Needle Rat breathed a sigh of relief, very afraid that the food would eat it.

"Senior, we came here after hearing the allusion of 'Squirrel Leaps over Tiandu'." Lin Jing explained the reason for breaking into Tiandoufeng.

"The Pine-Needle Rat clan..." It seemed as if an invisible gaze fell on the Pine-Needle Rat, making it sit and stand uneasily.

"So long, the Pine-Needle Rat clan has finally given birth to a little guy with the potential of a demon king. It was not in vain for its efforts," the divine pine seemed very emotional, saying: "I will fulfill my promise and preach the Dao and teach the method."

"Hmm?" The divine pine suddenly spoke: "You are a Longevity Body?"

It only then discovered that the beast master of this Pine-Needle Rat seemed quite extraordinary.

Lin Jing was shocked. This sect guardian deity was so powerful. He was still wearing the pendant given by Elder Mo... Even so, his physique was seen through at a glance.

"No wonder this Pine-Needle Rat has extraordinary potential. It turns out it signed a blood contract with a Longevity Body, and its fate has been changed."

The divine pine asked the Pine-Needle Rat: "What method do you want?"

The Pine-Needle Rat was stunned. Really preaching the method?

It fell into deep thought on the spot.

Finally... it looked back at Lin Jing, and then turned back with a firm expression.

It wanted... the Longevity Method!

Just as the divine pine said, Lin Jing was a Longevity Body, but it, the Pine-Needle Rat, was not a longevity species.

During these days, the Pine-Needle Rat had also become more and more accustomed to being with Lin Jing. In order to be able to cultivate with Lin Jing forever, it begged the guardian deity to bestow upon it the Longevity Art!

It was just that it didn't know... if there was one. If there wasn't, it would want the Space Method.

"This is not difficult. I have a demonic art, which can be improved and bestowed upon you," the divine pine spoke.

As soon as this was said, Lin Jing and the Pine-Needle Rat were startled.

Demonic Art!

"Senior... my Beast Taming Sect is a righteous sect."

"Demonic art is from my perspective," the divine pine said indifferently: "This demonic art is to plunder the essence of plants to increase one's own lifespan. I am a plant that has become a spirit, and I use this to plunder the lives of my own kind, so this is a demonic art. But for you humans and demon beasts, it is an ordinary cultivation method."

Lin Jing and the Pine-Needle Rat understood, but at the same time, they had a deeper understanding of the Tiandu guardian deity.

Demonic cultivator!!!

Of course, it was from the perspective of plant spirits.

No wonder the divine pine ancestor was also calm when facing the Pine-Needle Rat that ate pine nuts; it was even more ruthless itself.

After saying this, green light shone, and in the Pine-Needle Rat's mind, the name of a cultivation method appeared!!!

"Azure Emperor Longevity Art"!

Feeling the magic of this cultivation method, the Pine-Needle Rat closed its eyes.

The Azure Emperor Longevity Art could absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and convert it into Azure Emperor true qi. Azure Emperor true qi had the effect of controlling plants and plundering the essence of plants to convert into lifespan.

However, each layer of the Longevity Art had a certain upper limit for the lifespan that could be converted, and it was impossible to obtain lifespan without limit.

And with the improvement of cultivation, ordinary plants were not enough to provide lifespan; it required high-level spiritual plants or even immortal plants.

"The Dao method has been preached. Do you have anything else? If not, then go down the peak," the divine pine said. Lin Jing immediately said:

"Senior! Do you know about the Demon-Suppressing Tower, and do you know about the Buddha light in the tower?"

"I won't hide it from Senior, we were training in the Demon-Suppressing Tower, and only had the ability to leap onto Tiandoufeng after being strengthened by the Buddha light. However, this Buddha light always gives the disciple a strange feeling."

The divine pine fell silent for a moment and said: "I know about this Buddha light, and I have also seen its owner."

"You don't need to worry, this Buddha light is harmless."

"This Buddha light is his Buddha's elixir divine ability, which can develop the potential of low-level cultivators. But the most important thing is that it can bestow a certain Buddhist cultivation talent upon cultivators."

"Back then, a group of monks entered the Ancient Kingdom, originally for the purpose of preaching. However, under the strict prohibition of the Ancient Kingdom, they didn't dare to do it openly and could only use this way of 'bestowing opportunities' to deepen the connection between low-level cultivators and the Buddhist sect."

"After being strengthened by the Buddha light, you and that Pine-Needle Rat will get twice the result with half the effort when cultivating Buddhist cultivation methods and spells. That is all. Those monks were just looking forward to low-level cultivators switching to Buddhist methods because of this."

"Subtly... increasing the number of Buddhist disciples."

"So that's how it is." Lin Jing nodded.

"If you don't like the Buddhist sect, I can help you erase your Buddhist cultivation talent."

Lin Jing cupped his fists and said: "Many thanks for the guidance, Senior. As long as there is no harm, it is fine. In the disciple's view, Buddhist methods, Daoist methods, Confucian arts, and demonic arts are all just a kind of tool. I don't have any special prejudice."

As a modern person, Lin Jing's philosophy was that whether it was Buddha or Dao, as long as they didn't want money when praying for blessings, he could believe in them a little. Using Daoist methods to beat people was beating, and using Buddhist methods to beat people was also beating. Naturally, he would use whichever was lighter and faster.

"Are you not worried about subtly becoming a Buddhist disciple?"

"The disciple is a Longevity Body. Even if I convert to the Buddhist sect, I can still live to become a Buddha."

Senior Senior Shen Song: "..."

"You... can go." The divine pine felt that this Longevity Body was too cheap. Back then, in order to prolong its life, it didn't hesitate to develop demonic arts, while this human race was born with longevity. Cultivating Dao made one a Dao Ancestor, and cultivating Buddha made one a Buddha Ancestor. It was really infuriating.

Coming down from Tiandoufeng, Lin Jing and the Pine-Needle Rat were overjoyed. However, before they had gone far, they heard a mournful cry coming from the peak. It was the sound of a magpie's mournful cry.

Many figures were running toward the Mission Hall. Lin Jing stopped an unfamiliar inner sect senior brother and asked: "This senior brother, may I ask what happened?"

"The magpie is crying mournfully. An inner sect disciple met with an accident while going out of the sect to perform a mission. I heard it was the mission maniac Senior Brother Ouyang Hao. Now he has been rescued, but his life or death is unknown!" After the other party finished speaking, Lin Jing and the Pine-Needle Rat's expressions changed. Senior Brother Ouyang? ===== CHAPTER 52 =====