Chapter 97: Suppressing the Divine Body

"Wang Xiao? What is this guy doing here?"

Inside the cave dwelling, Gao Sheng heard the shouting outside and wore a look of displeasure. Right now, he and Lin Jing were in the middle of deepening their bond; Wang Xiao's arrival was truly ill-timed.

"I'll go take a look."

Lin Jing really didn't want to continue eating this unpalatable food, so he escaped the cave dwelling.

Outside the cave, Wang Xiao saw Lin Jing walk out. His divine eyes flickered, and he spoke arrogantly: "Lin Jing, three days from now, at the peak of Flying Dragon Mountain, do you dare to fight?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Jing shook his head: "Please return. I am not in the mood for this right now."

"Are you afraid?" Wang Xiao frowned. Lin Jing's fame was currently at its zenith; having a reputation for refusing a fight would certainly sound bad. He had even defeated a Foundation Establishment sword cultivator from the Profound Heaven Sect, so it would be understandable if Lin Jing were afraid.

"Refusing a fight against a peer sounds just as bad when word gets out."

"You..." Lin Jing couldn't eat his meal and was already in a bad mood. This Divine Body didn't understand social nuances like Gao Sheng did. He directly extended his right hand, Qi threads swirling between his five fingers.

"Spiritual power condensed into threads?"

Seeing this, Wang Xiao snorted. This method of condensing spiritual power into threads, much like controlling Qi to traverse the air, couldn't be considered a spell at all; it was merely a way of manipulating the form of true Qi. It was usually used by mechanism masters and puppet masters to control their devices and puppets. Lin Jing actually wanted to use such a method to deal with him?

Ridiculous!

"Thunder..." Just as he was about to resist with his domineering, peerless thunder arts, Lin Jing had already vanished from his spot without a trace. His speed was so fast that Wang Xiao could hardly react.

By the time he regained his senses, he only felt a chill on his neck. Lin Jing had appeared behind Wang Xiao at some point, his palm aimed at the back of his neck.

Under Lin Jing's feet... no, it could be said that outside the cave dwelling, red leaves were scattered everywhere, blending perfectly with the surrounding maple leaves. One of these red leaves was suffused with spatial fluctuations.

The Pine-Needle Rat stood on Lin Jing's shoulder, yawning. As the spatial fluctuations dissipated, Wang Xiao's entire body was already covered in frost.

"You... Spatial Arts!" Wang Xiao was incredibly shocked. The spell that had made him unable to react just now was definitely a spatial art. This beast tamer actually knew such a powerful technique!

Wang Xiao widened his eyes, intending to use his domineering, peerless Heavenly Divine true Qi at the tenth layer of Qi Refining to break through the frost. To his surprise, the cold air emitted by the spiritual threads inserted into his body was terrifyingly intense, freezing his true Qi along with him.

What was even more terrifying was that as these spiritual threads roamed his body, he couldn't even control his own limbs. Instead, as Lin Jing's fingers flickered, his body uncontrollably walked toward the foot of the mountain.

He also couldn't understand why these basic methods of a puppet master or mechanism master could control him, a Divine Body.

"Hurry along. I won't fight you because I know it wasn't easy for you to become famous. Since you've finally accumulated such prestige, you should strike while the iron is hot and first use the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique to improve your strength." Lin Jing sent him off.

He and the Pine-Needle Rat were both at the tenth layer of Qi Refining. Even if they defeated this Divine Body, the boost to their prestige wouldn't be huge and wouldn't cause a qualitative change. It was better to wait until Wang Xiao had carved out an even greater reputation before defeating him; that would be more of a talking point.

Before long, Wang Xiao was sent down the mountain by Lin Jing. The spiritual threads were retracted by Lin Jing. Although it was a clumsy imitation of the Ice Soul Gu's power, combined with the surprise of spatial teleportation, it still made Wang Xiao fall for it.

At the foot of the mountain, Wang Xiao turned his head stiffly, his heart moved. He had originally thought Lin Jing's mechanism attainments were limited to using mechanism weapons made of special materials. Who would have thought this method of condensing spiritual power into threads would actually shock him, even being able to control a Divine Body.

And that cold air... he instantly understood why he had felt such immense pressure when Lin Jing and the Pine-Needle Rat emerged from the cave heaven back then.

"I've never heard of him having a special constitution before, but looking at it now, he hides very deep. He definitely has a cold-attribute constitution no less than an Ice Spirit Body. Could it be an Ice Divine Body?"

"I will definitely be back." Wang Xiao temporarily abandoned the idea of a duel with Lin Jing, realizing that even with the help of magic treasures, he might not be a match for this Lin Jing for the time being.

He left quickly, intending to go into seclusion and cultivate hard, waiting until his various spell realms had advanced further before coming to challenge him again.

The scene of Lin Jing suppressing the Divine Body was witnessed in its entirety by Gao Sheng inside the cave dwelling. He was also incredibly shocked. When Lin Jing returned to the cave, Gao Sheng immediately offered a toast.

"I admire you."

"It's just the credit of the Ice Soul Gu," Lin Jing said.

"I still understand that much. Is the Ice Soul Gu something an ordinary person can control? The Demon Suppression Division has obtained the Ten Great Strange Gu several times, but within the division, only a very small number of people can control them." Gao Sheng ignored Lin Jing's modesty and praised him vigorously.

"Let's not talk about this." Lin Jing smiled bitterly: "You say, my tongue... what should I do?"

Gao Sheng was stunned and said: "You really can't eat anything at all? Perhaps time can smooth everything over..."

"Otherwise, let's be a bit extravagant. From now on, eat according to the standard of dragon liver and phoenix marrow."

"No money," Lin Jing said decisively.

"Oh, right!" Gao Sheng suddenly thought of something and said: "Before we left the cave heaven, Mr. Cao seemed to have said that anyone who breaks through to the extreme realm in the cave heaven can use the Academy Cave Heaven for sixty years free of charge."

"I don't know how you and the Pine-Needle Rat are calculated. If it's calculated independently, splitting into two cave dwellings, you could rent out one of them... collect a few decades' worth of rent in one go, and you'll have money."

Lin Jing: "Hmm?"

After Gao Sheng left, Lin Jing sat cross-legged in the cave dwelling, sensing his current cultivation state. If the tenth layer of Qi Refining were to be further subdivided into early, middle, and late stages, then currently the Pine-Needle Rat should belong to the late stage, and he to the middle stage.

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"Next, it's time to refine alchemy skills and find a way to improve the bloodline grades of the Pine-Needle Rat and Long Li!"

This trip to the Dragon Phoenix Cave Heaven made Lin Jing understand more deeply the importance of constitution talent and bloodline talent.

He opened his eyes, intending to continue his seclusion for a period of time. Not only did he have this idea, but so did the Pine-Needle Rat.

Inside the cave heaven, the resources it had painstakingly hoarded were almost consumed. In order to have a greater sense of security, it still needed to hoard for a period of time.

"Come out." Lin Jing pulled Long Li out from the depths of the cave dwelling and said: "Feeling like you're not in a very good mood?"

"Bo bo~ (It's just the credit of the Ice Soul Gu~)" Long Li's mouth opened and closed.

Seeing this, Lin Jing laughed out loud: "You, a true dragon destined to soar through the nine heavens, what are you jealous of a spider for?"

"And you're supposed to be a male carp."

As he spoke, Lin Jing extended his palm, and the Hidden Dragon Qi luck suffused the air.

"Alright, this trip to the cave heaven was also thanks to the thousands of pills you refined. Next, I will strengthen your potential once again."

"The day you transform into a dragon will be the time you ascend to the nine heavens, invincible."

The Hidden Dragon Secret Technique was nearing the small success stage. Lin Jing did not skimp on the power of Qi luck and strengthened Long Li once again.

Seeing the beast tamer love it so much, Long Li recovered its happiness.

"Strengthening complete. Next, it's time to start refining second-grade pills."

Long Li's smile vanished. Refining pills again?

Now its whole body was filled with the scent of pills, and no matter how it tried to remove it, it couldn't. ===== CHAPTER 98 =====