Chapter 62

The arrival of the Flame Long Li made Lin Jing's cave dwelling even warmer.

Originally, there were only two living creatures—himself and the Pine-Needle Mouse—but now there were three.

It was a pity the Mechanical Bamboo Turtle lacked spiritual intelligence, otherwise, it could have been even livelier.

However, whether the Bamboo Turtle had spiritual intelligence or not didn't affect the fact that it and the Long Li were at the same table; both were on the side of having no thoughts.

For the past few days, Lin Jing hadn't left his room, spending all his time lying on his bed, at most feeding the fish. He was too exhausted, and he didn't know if it was from the frequent use of illusions or the aftereffects of using the Ice Soul Gu, but he had become much more haggard.

Although he was weak, the Pine-Needle Mouse was surprisingly energetic, engaging in massive construction and reforestation projects inside the Suspended Gourd.

Spirit rice, spirit beans, spirit bamboo... it had planted them all over the Suspended Gourd.

Besides that, with Lin Jing's permission, it had also replanted the few chili seeds it had secretly hidden away.

In just a few short days, all these spirit plants had fully matured!

Lin Jing took a look: inside the gourd, the Pine-Needle Mouse, dressed in a Daoist robe, moved along with green true qi. As it raised its hands, a gale blew, and numerous golden spirit rice stalks grew wildly as if they had been fed hormones.

"The Green Emperor Longevity Art is quite well-suited for it."

During this time, the Pine-Needle Mouse had been practicing the "Green Emperor Longevity Art" and had converted all the ordinary wood-attribute spiritual power in its body into Green Emperor true qi.

Green Emperor true qi had miraculous effects in controlling vegetation; whether it was accelerating the growth of spirit plants or controlling red leaves, it allowed the Pine-Needle Mouse to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Cultivation techniques that spirit beasts could practice were already extremely rare, and obtaining the "Green Emperor Longevity Art," which was a perfect fit, was no less than completing a bloodline evolution for the Pine-Needle Mouse.

With this Green Emperor Longevity Art combined with the Glazed Immortal Pupils, if the Pine-Needle Mouse were given some time to hoard resources, even without a King-level bloodline, it would likely be enough to challenge a King Beast cub after a while!

After Lin Jing recovered, he walked out of his cave dwelling and looked at the sky outside. Mysterious rosy clouds, colorful and dazzling, fell gently upon Danxia Peak.

He didn't disturb the Pine-Needle Mouse, which was busy hoarding supplies, and planned to find some nutritious food for the Long Li, while also buying some seeds.

After feeding it spirit rice for a few days... he felt the fish pond already smelled like rice porridge with fish soup; his cave dwelling would sooner or later turn into a land of fish and rice.

It was fine for the Pine-Needle Mouse to eat spirit rice, but for the Long Li, it was best to feed it some small shrimp and insects.

In the end, Lin Jing spent a huge sum of money to buy a bag of small shrimp, which were raised in a spirit spring year-round, from Nine Dragon Peak for the Long Li; it was said to be very nutritious.

"Eat up, eat up~" Carrying the shrimp back, he poured the small shrimp into the fish pond one by one.

At this moment, inside the cave dwelling, Lin Jing had already cleared out a small fish pond for the Long Li's activities; the fish tank was still a bit too small, unless he needed to go on a long journey later and had to carry the tank with him.

While feeding the Long Li, Lin Jing conducted some early education.

"Don't learn from the Pine-Needle Mouse; it isn't even willing to turn into a weapon for me, its beast tamer, to use."

"I'll raise you well. Once you transform into a dragon, how about I use a 'Beast Transformation Treasure' to turn you into a 'long spear'?"

Lin Jing imagined his handsome image, clad in silver armor, wielding a spear like a dragon.

But as he daydreamed, the spear in his hand turned into a sniper rifle... Lin Jing shook his head frantically.

"Cultivate!"

He walked to the depths of the cave dwelling, entered the alchemy room, and began to practice alchemy himself.

Since the Long Li didn't seem capable of providing spirit fire at the moment, he continued to use geothermal fire for alchemy.

Although the quality of the pills produced this way would be lower and the success rate would also be lower, it truly tested the proficiency of his fire-control technique, allowing Lin Jing to practice better.

Whether it was Spirit-Replenishing Pills or Soul-Bewitching Pills, Lin Jing had already had the Pine-Needle Mouse plant the spirit plants for both and accelerate their growth. Next, he would have plenty of materials to improve his alchemy skills.

He wasn't afraid of low talent in alchemy; practice makes perfect! Besides, he wasn't slow at learning things.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed.

During this month, the cultivation bases of the Pine-Needle Mouse, Lin Jing, and the Long Li remained the same; there were no breakthroughs, only a richer foundation.

The Pine-Needle Mouse had been hoarding supplies, while Lin Jing had been practicing alchemy, also accumulating quite a few Soul-Bewitching Pills.

Through a month of practice, Lin Jing's success rate in refining Spirit-Replenishing Pills and Soul-Bewitching Pills had reached over 90%, which could be said to be quite good.

After all, he himself was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining, the fire he used was ordinary geothermal fire, and he didn't have a good pill cauldron or furnace. If the setup were better, a 100% success rate wouldn't be impossible.

Mechanism arts... alchemy... Lin Jing had mastered the basics of them one by one, and he was grasping more and more things. However, he still had many things to do; he hadn't yet learned the "Divine Wood Seal" taught by the Divine Pine.

The Divine Wood Seal required wood-attribute power to cast, and Lin Jing himself had no wood attribute, so this sealing technique could only be cast by him and the Pine-Needle Mouse together, and it required them to practice together as well.

Learning this sealing technique... could not be neglected, as it concerned whether he could mobilize the power of the Ice Soul Strange Gu.

Closing the alchemy room, Lin Jing called out to the Pine-Needle Mouse in the Suspended Gourd and said, "It's been a month. Next, we will practice the sealing technique together."

"Once the sealing technique is mastered, you go and improve your Qi Refining cultivation, and I should also improve my cultivation."

After speaking, he took out the object to be sealed: a bag of small shrimp.

And just as Lin Jing was immersed in his cultivation, in the distance, a flock of cranes flew into the Great Wilderness Region, flew outside the Beast Taming Sect's sect-protecting array, and flew into the sect.

At the head of the flock of cranes sat a man with a weathered face. On the other cranes were extremely young cultivators, both male and female, as well as some who were neither, each with an extraordinary aura.

Besides them, several terrifying figures of Demon Kings accompanied the flock, escorting them, each with a fierce expression.

"The Sect Master and the Ancestors have returned!!!"

Numerous Elders went out together to welcome them, not understanding why the Sect Master and the others, who had taken the true disciples out for training, had returned to the sect so early.

Wasn't it agreed that after the training was completed, they would go directly to participate in the Heavenly Origin Grand Assembly?

Beast Taming Peak Conference Hall.

The fifth-generation Sect Master of the Beast Taming Sect, Xu Xiaoyao, sat on the Sect Master's throne. Below, on both sides, were the sect's Jin Dan Elders. For some unknown reason, even the several Nascent Soul Demon King Ancestors, who rarely attended sect meetings, had all come in their true bodies or avatars this time.

Elder Mo sat to one side. Although he didn't know why the Sect Master and the others had returned so early, he couldn't wait to tell the Sect Master the news that he had unearthed a genius like Lin Jing, to shock him.

He believed that with Lin Jing, the Beast Taming Sect could flourish for at least another ten thousand years! By then, there wouldn't be a situation where the six Demon King Ancestors present all had higher cultivation bases than the Sect Master...

However, who would have thought that the next sentence from Sect Master Xu Xiaoyao would cause the expressions of the Elders present to change in unison, revealing looks of disbelief.

"Everyone, our Beast Taming Sect... may have to be dissolved for a period of time. Soon, the sect's spirit veins will be sealed."

"The Sect Management Office has issued a notice: our Beast Taming Sect's 'Demon Luck' is greater than its 'Human Luck.' In terms of fortune, it is no longer a human sect and goes against the general trend of the national fortune. They have found me and ordered the sect to be sealed for rectification, with a deadline of one hundred years. After one hundred years, if the situation of the Demon Sect remains as it is now, the Beast Taming Sect... may cease to exist."