Chapter 117: Going Further and Further on the Path of Demonic Cultivation

The Autumn Hunt.

It was one of the few activities in the Academy besides regular classes.

Each Autumn Hunt was basically scheduled for three to four years after the new students entered the Academy.

And right now, the new Autumn Hunt of Qianlong Academy was drawing closer.

Many geniuses who decided to participate in the Autumn Hunt began to purchase pills and magic treasures.

In the Autumn Hunt, there were no taboos, no rules, and participants could use any power they could control.

Pills... magic treasures... puppets... mechanisms... pets, naturally, were among them.

However, because the Autumn Hunt was purely a stage for making a name for oneself and had no rankings or expensive rewards, students wouldn't rely on their extraordinary backgrounds to find Nascent Soul Demon Kings from home or sects that they couldn't control themselves to help them.

Even if they performed brilliantly during the Autumn Hunt, the Academy teachers weren't blind, and the people of the world weren't stupid. Anyone could see at a glance that this power didn't belong to you.

At that time, not only would it not generate prestige, but it would also be mocked. Which genius who could enter the Academy didn't have some family background? Such opportunistic means were naturally despised.

Of course, if it was a normal pet or mount, it was still recognized, after all, beast taming was one of the hundred arts of cultivation.

And this time, the Dragon Palace decided that everyone would bring their pets to participate in the Autumn Hunt.

"The Autumn Hunt is imminent, is Lin Jing still not out of seclusion? Is he establishing his foundation?" Xu Zhi, the temporary person in charge of the Dragon Palace, came outside Lin Jing’s cave and found that the mountain-protecting barrier was still open, and sighed.

Although with Lin Jing’s current fame, it didn't matter whether he participated in the Autumn Hunt or not, this Autumn Hunt was the first collective outing of the Dragon Palace. Lin Jing, the leader, not participating, was always missing something.

This was already the fifth time Xu Zhi had passed by Lin Jing’s cave this month...

Just as Xu Zhi intended to leave again, suddenly, with a "hum," the formation barrier covering the entire mountain peak dissipated. Xu Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then his expression changed.

Spiritual sense spread within the mountain peak. Xu Zhi felt as if he had been stared at by something terrifying. His entire heart stopped beating, and cold sweat flowed down both sides of his face. Fortunately, this state didn't last long. A figure flew out slowly from the mountain peak, and he recovered.

It was Lin Jing.

Besides him, there was the Pine-Leaf Rat on Lin Jing’s shoulder.

"Brother Lin, you..." Xu Zhi saw Lin Jing and took a deep breath. In his perception, Lin Jing was still at the Qi Refining stage, so this period was not Lin Jing in seclusion establishing his foundation.

He looked at the Pine-Leaf Rat, whose appearance had changed slightly, and was shocked inside. He was very sure that the terrifying aura just now came from this squirrel.

It was this squirrel... that had broken through!

After breaking through, just the aura made him, a cultivator of the same level, feel a fatal sense of oppression, as if he were prey stared at by a hunter.

This squirrel’s bloodline strength... how much had it improved?!

Xu Zhi couldn't judge, so he simply didn't guess wildly. Anyway, Lin Jing practiced the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique. No matter what kind of increase in strength he had, it would eventually be shown.

"You are finally out of seclusion. Have you not established your foundation yet..." Although Lin Jing’s pet seemed to have broken through, Xu Zhi, as a traditional cultivator, was still more concerned about Lin Jing’s own cultivation.

"Soon." Lin Jing smiled. Xu Zhi, this guy, should not have discovered that he had reached the 11th layer of Qi Refining, otherwise he probably wouldn't have said that.

Compared to Foundation Establishment, it was interesting to stack layers on the Qi Refining stage.

If it weren't for the limit on the number of contracts, Lin Jing really wanted to contract tens of thousands of pets and let them feed back to "90,000 layers of Qi Refining" to see what that realm was like.

"Then this year’s Autumn Hunt...?"

"I will also participate." Lin Jing said, not caring how many powerful old students would be in the Autumn Hunt. He glanced at the Pine-Leaf Rat thinking on his shoulder. With this little guy, unless it was a super genius in the top ten of the Genius List, the others, with the Pine-Leaf Rat’s current strength, should all be able to handle it.

"Great!" Xu Zhi laughed heartily. "Then I can rest assured."

"Although the resources that can be obtained in the Autumn Hunt are not particularly expensive, for us Foundation Establishment cultivators, they are still quite good. With you participating, the overall strength of the Dragon Palace can be stronger, and we can obtain more resources."

"No problem." Having received Lin Jing’s definite answer, Xu Zhi left satisfied.

After Xu Zhi left, Lin Jing looked at the Pine-Leaf Rat on his shoulder and asked, "Shouldn't you be happy after breaking through? Why do you look so puzzled?"

"Squeak..." The Pine-Leaf Rat scratched its head. Obtaining such powerful strength, it should indeed be happy, but after evolving, it vaguely perceived a bloodline connection between itself and the Divine Pine.

This feeling was like seeing a mother.

"The Longevity Foundation Establishment Pill contains the bloodline power of Senior Divine Pine. It is normal for you to have this feeling..." Lin Jing said. "Senior Divine Pine has always been as kind as a parent to us and has helped us a lot. When Senior Divine Pine’s time is up, remember to provide for his old age..."

"Squeak!" The Pine-Leaf Rat clenched its fists and nodded firmly. Okay, for the sake of the pinecones, although Senior Divine Pine didn't let it swallow the sapling, it would let bygones be bygones and still provide for the Divine Pine’s old age.

"Get lost!" The Divine Pine’s irritable voice came from within the mountain. "It’s not certain who will live longer. I hope that when I leave in a hundred years, you will still be alive when we meet again."

"Longevity Body, Longevity Body. It’s been so long, and I haven't heard of any Longevity Body that truly lives forever."

"We will." Lin Jing chuckled, in a good mood. He and the Pine-Leaf Rat returned to the mountain. Because of Xu Zhi’s sudden arrival, they hadn't performed the most critical experiment yet!

When the Pine-Leaf Rat was at the Qi Refining stage, it could only synthesize first-grade spirit plants and fierce plants. For second-grade fierce plants like the Blood-Sucking Vine, it couldn't synthesize them at all.

Now that the Pine-Leaf Rat had finally established its foundation and its strength had greatly increased, could it synthesize second-grade plants?

Over the past three years, the Pine-Leaf Rat had synthesized many new first-grade plant products, but basically, like the Explosive Spirit Bean and the Blue Spirit Bamboo, they were at most useful at the Qi Refining stage.

Who knew that the Purple Dragon Bone Flower and the Black Chili were already the peak of first-grade synthesized products, and no resources stronger than these two had appeared.

Fortunately, Lin Jing found a new path, incorporating these low-grade synthesized products into pill formulas, which gave them a new place to play. Whether it was the Dragon-Ascension Pill or the Longevity Foundation Establishment Pill, these exclusive pill formulas of Lin Jing used exclusive materials, so it was difficult for others to replicate them.

"If it can synthesize second-grade plants, the Pine-Leaf Rat’s strength... can be further enhanced!"

Lin Jing pulled out clusters of Blood-Sucking Vines from the floating gourd, all obtained from the Pine-Leaf Rat’s planting over the years.

"Squeak!"

The Pine-Leaf Rat understood Lin Jing’s meaning, jumped off his shoulder, and looked at the Blood-Sucking Vines on the ground with full confidence.

The next instant, a clover logo appeared in its pupils, spinning crazily. The glazed immortal pupils erupted with infinite brilliance. Under the coverage of the golden-green light, the Blood-Sucking Vines on the ground disappeared rapidly!

The deep green Blood-Sucking Vines on the ground quickly turned into a small cluster of blood-colored vines, curled in a corner.

"Success." Lin Jing was overjoyed.

At the same time.

Through the glazed immortal pupils, the Pine-Leaf Rat learned the efficacy of the blood vine and quickly passed it to Lin Jing.

[Blood vine containing demonic nature. After absorbing the blood of a demonic beast whose grade is not higher than its own, it can condense a corresponding blood demonic beast from the blood.]

Pine-Leaf Rat: !

Lin Jing: ?

"What kind of blood demonic technique is this."