Chapter 49: Treasure

Lin Jing felt nothing from the demon might on the first floor; his assessment was that it was inferior to the Soul-Bewitching Pill.

He stepped forward, walking toward the stairs leading to the second floor, waiting for the Buddha light to bathe down and strengthen his mind.

Yet he waited for a long time, his footsteps growing slower and slower, but the so-called Buddha light never appeared. Instead, more demonic power fluctuations seeped out from the walls of this floor, causing Lin Jing to frown.

The Pine-Leaf Rat also sensed something was wrong; it poked its head out from the monk’s hat and poked Lin Jing. How was this different from what Elder Mo described? Where was the opportunity? Surely Lin Jing’s jinx didn't come true, and something went wrong the moment they arrived?

Absolutely impossible...

Lin Jing hesitated, took a slight step back, and wondered if he should go back first.

Now that he thought about it, cultivation really required steady progress, one step at a time.

"Let's go back."

The Pine-Leaf Rat expressed its agreement. After saying this, Lin Jing turned around and walked back, suppressing his curiosity.

Unfortunately, the anomaly finally appeared. The spreading demonic power condensed into a snake, but this snake... was as small as a loach, looking extremely weak, as if it would die in the next second.

"High Monk, stay your step!" the black loach shouted.

Lin Jing stopped his stiff footsteps and looked at the black loach with a sorrowful expression.

High Monk?

Me?

Lin Jing pondered in his heart.

He probed, "So many years have passed; it seems it is time to strengthen the seal of this tower."

"High Monk!" The black loach was startled. "This little demon knows its mistake; please give this little demon a chance to repent!"

"The tower's seal is still very firm! It was only because this little demon paid a great, painful, and irreversible price... that a tiny wisp of consciousness leaked out; it couldn't cause any influence at all."

"Having been sealed here for many years, this little demon has sincerely repented. I request the High Monk to undo the Buddha seal. I am willing to acknowledge the High Monk as my master, become a demon servant, accompany you by your side, and turn over a new leaf."

Lin Jing watched it with cold eyes, his expression gradually becoming arrogant.

"Bold demon, still trying to bewitch people's hearts!"

"This doesn't look like the sincerity of someone who has already repented."

The Pine-Leaf Rat’s heart rate accelerated inside the hat. Beastmaster, what are you doing?

"Ah!" The demon hardened its heart and said, "This little demon understands. I am willing to reveal the location of the treasure from back then to show my loyalty."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jing felt there must be a secret, so he looked at the snake demon with a blank expression.

"This little demon's treasure location is at 'Mount Tianyin' at the border of the Desolate Domain and the Void Domain. However, the entrance to the treasure can only be opened by me. High Monk, you can go and search for it. If you find it, you can come and take me as your servant. This little demon is willing to offer everything obtained in the cave heaven!"

Before Lin Jing could speak, a golden Buddha light suddenly pierced through the tower wall wrapped in demonic power, illuminating the entire floor of the Buddha tower from all directions.

Accompanied by the snake demon's sharp scream, a phantom condensed within the Buddha light.

It was an extremely delicate young monk in white robes.

He looked at the snake demon, which resembled a black loach, and then at Lin Jing, pondering slightly.

"You, you, you..." The black loach was terrified upon seeing this white-robed monk, but the monk only sighed and said, "So many years have passed, Undying Profound Snake; your perception has actually declined this much."

"You spent so much effort just to leak a wisp of consciousness and beg for help from a 'High Monk' disguised by a 'Qi Refining stage cultivator'?"

"If the demon kings who were once under your command knew, I wonder how they would mock you."

After the white-robed monk finished speaking, the black loach was stunned and looked carefully at Lin Jing, but still couldn't see anything.

It wasn't until the white-robed monk waved his hand that the illusionary true qi covering Lin Jing and the others dissipated.

Seeing the previously boundless-magic High Monk turn into a weak beast-taming cultivator, the black loach rolled a few times in the water pool, and the atmosphere at the scene was quite dead silent.

"Beast-Taming Sect cultivator..."

"Qi Refining stage..."

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!" The black loach was suddenly furious, angry to an extreme degree. Looking at the innocent-looking Lin Jing, it yelled, "Damn Beast-Taming Sect, damn it, you are a beast-taming cultivator, why do you cultivate the illusion path!! You infuriate me!"

"Damn it, damn boy, you wait. When I get out, I will definitely tear you into ten thousand pieces, and I will definitely destroy your entire Beast-Taming Sect!"

As it shouted, it was purified by a Buddha light, leaving behind an innocent-looking Lin Jing.

Heaven is the witness; he was very innocent. Besides chatting with this old demon for a few sentences, he was completely a victim and did nothing at all.

Where did the other party's such great resentment come from?

"It was because of the Buddhist aura you disguised that it decided to fight for a chance. After all, this Buddha tower seal requires Buddhist methods to be undone," the white-robed monk said.

"The High Monk you disguised had high magic power, letting it see hope of breaking the seal. After all, the image you disguised is the second Buddhist cultivator to enter this tower in so many years."

"Junior, Beast-Taming Sect disciple Lin Jing, pays respects to Senior." Lin Jing wanted to slap himself; why did he have to disguise himself as Fahai for no reason?

"No need to be nervous."

"A Beast-Taming Sect disciple actually cultivated such a profound illusion path technique; it seems the outside world has changed quite a bit... This is a wisp of my consciousness. I sealed my consciousness here precisely for the occurrence of such a situation today."

"Thousands of years ago, it was also a great demon king who feared nothing. I didn't expect that today, in order to break the seal, it has fallen to such a pathetic state, actually crawling to beg a Qi Refining cultivator for help," the white-robed monk found it amusing.

Lin Jing was speechless; anyone would go crazy after being sealed for thousands of years.

Even the Monkey was only pressed for 500 years.

"Little friend, there is good news and bad news now. Which one do you want to hear?" the white-robed monk continued to smile.

Lin Jing’s heart skipped a beat; he had a bad premonition.

"Senior, what is the bad news?"

"The bad news is that I sealed my consciousness in the Buddha tower, and this seal is one with the Buddha tower. My consciousness being unsealed also means the overall sealing structure of the Buddha tower will loosen, and the effect of sealing the demons will become worse and worse."

"This backup plan was originally intended to be activated only after a much longer time when it truly had the ability to break the seal. I didn't expect that it would cause a false alarm for all three parties because of the illusion technique," the white-robed monk shook his head; it was an unexpected ending.

Lin Jing’s face turned dark.

So, the Demon-Suppressing Tower was really going to loosen?

"That is a matter for decades later. You don't need to blame yourself or worry; just report it truthfully to the sect."

"Although its ability is strange and difficult to kill, its cultivation base is not high, and it is very easy to suppress. With the Demon-Elimination Division around, it will be fine."

"Perhaps you can also listen to the good news," the white-robed monk said. "The 'treasure' that the Undying Profound Snake just revealed is several seeds of strange plants it obtained from a cave heaven after mistakenly entering it in its early years and killing the geniuses of various sects."

"Back then, it was besieged by various sects not only because it was a scourge, but also because the various sects wanted to obtain the items of the cave heaven from its hands. Back then, it wouldn't open its mouth no matter what. Today, it actually softened its stance toward you, a Qi Refining cultivator, and it is natural that it produced huge anger after learning it was deceived."

Let it be angry, let it be angry. Lin Jing didn't care; anyway, there would be no chance to meet again.

"The news of this treasure location may be of some use to your Beast-Taming Sect. It's just that I don't know if the information is true or false; that will depend on your own judgment," the white-robed monk said.

"Many thanks for your guidance, Senior." Lin Jing took a deep breath. As long as it wasn't all bad news, it was fine. After all, that Wang... Ba Tian ancestor over there looked quite fierce.

"Little friend entered the Demon-Suppressing Tower, presumably for the Buddha light. Since that is the case, I cannot let you make the trip in vain. This Buddha light is my Buddha-Core divine ability, which indeed has the effect of strengthening the mind. I see that little friend has an affinity with my Buddhist sect. If you don't mind, I will give you a stroke of fortune; it is also the fate of our meeting."

The young monk said this with a smile, and without caring about the response of Lin Jing and the Pine-Leaf Rat, he shone down the sky-filling Buddha light. ===== CHAPTER 50 =====