Chapter 629: Successive Possession

"Secret path..."

"Sacrifices..."

Lin Jing was indeed very surprised to hear that there was another smuggling channel connecting the Immortal Worlds.

But when he learned that the cost of opening this secret path required living sacrifices, he couldn't help but shake his head.

"A Demonic Sect?"

Feeling Lin Jing's calm words, the Travel Universe Sect Master was startled.

"No, no!"

"The Travel Universe Sect only seeks wealth, not lives!"

"What is sacrificed is only the cultivation of the 'Immortal Travel Technique' cultivators. Even if their magic power is drained, they can still live for another hundred years."

"Isn't this very normal?! If you want to gain wealth quickly, you always have to pay some sacrifices. Although I have only awakened for a short time, I see that in this later generation, there are still many mortals who are willing to sacrifice their lifespan and health to squeeze their lives to earn money and seek survival. In essence, they are all the same!"

"As long as my Travel Universe Sect allows them to enjoy their old age and bless their families after they contribute their strength to the sect, it is still worlds apart from those Demonic Sects that eat people without spitting out bones."

"That sounds nice." Lin Jing was unmoved. If it were voluntary on both sides, then there would indeed be nothing to say; it would just be a transaction. But using force to make people obey, not giving them a choice, and cutting off other paths—even if he talked until the sky fell, he wasn't a good person.

"Tell me about the secret path, and I won't kill you."

Lin Jing directly sacrificed a Buddha-Demon Bead, bound the old man with immortal locks, and sealed him inside. Then, he glanced at Hu Yousong, who had been scared into fainting by his killing intent, and left the place directly.

"Hehe." Hearing this, the Travel Universe Sect Master in the Buddha-Demon Bead was not worried, but instead laughed obscenely.

You are noble, you are righteous!

You are noble, but aren't you still thinking about the secret path?

As long as you want to use the secret path, you must have sacrifices.

Developing the secret path, his strength alone was indeed not enough. In the past, it was the effort of the whole sect.

If he could have a powerful partner, that would naturally be the best. Money could never be earned enough; only when everyone worked together could they earn more.

Seeing Lin Jing interested in the secret path, he knew this matter could be discussed!

"I can say it, but Fellow Daoist must take a Heavenly Dao oath!"

Things like Heavenly Dao oaths, in the eyes of lower-realm cultivators like those in the Tianyuan World, actually didn't have absolute binding force. Therefore, many people preferred to use magic treasures and elixirs to impose shackles when concluding contracts, rather than just a vague oath.

However, the Travel Universe Sect Master had a different understanding. As a powerhouse in the Immortal Monarch realm, he knew that the influence of Heavenly Dao oaths in the Immortal Realm was particularly serious.

From Qi Refining to Asking Dao is the process of a cultivator cultivating their own Dao, but once in the Immortal Realm, it is the process of a cultivator comprehending the Heavenly Dao. They are considered seekers of the Heavenly Dao and the Great Dao. Taking an oath by the Heavenly Dao but violating it—in the Immortal Realm, one definitely wouldn't go far.

Unless one had already cultivated to the Dao Lord realm and become the master of the Heavenly Dao, only then could one not take it seriously.

"Is that so?" Lin Jing said indifferently. Unfortunately, the Ice Soul parasite's main body wasn't here. Relying solely on the sub-parasite, he couldn't bewitch this person.

"Since you are unwilling to say it, then forget it. Don't blame me for not giving you a chance."

Lin Jing took the Travel Universe Sect Master directly to the Heavenly Emperor's Tomb. Along the way, the Travel Universe Sect Master was uneasy, not knowing what Lin Jing was going to do.

However, he was confident that as long as he didn't want to, Lin Jing would never be able to... ask a single word out of his mouth.

And Lin Jing's choice... was to directly become him, to replace him.

The avatar, who was already in the True Immortal realm, now had several more opportunities for possession. Except for one that had to be used on the Emperor Embryo Mother Stone, the remaining times, keeping them was just keeping them, so it was better to use them.

"You actually dare to possess me—"

When the Travel Universe Sect Master discovered Lin Jing's intention, he was somewhat incredulous. Possession... even if he was weak now, this person actually dared to gamble on such a low-probability event?

As long as he resisted strongly, let alone succeeding, whether Lin Jing could save his own life was another matter.

Furthermore, even if the possession succeeded, as an Immortal Monarch, deleting some important memories during the possession process wasn't a difficult means. Was this person... out of his mind?

Doing this kind of... almost invisible benefit thing.

Originally, the Travel Universe Sect Master didn't understand the act of possession, but when the eerie Demon race power invaded his body, the Travel Universe Sect Master's face changed.

"The Demon race... from another Immortal World..." Possession was one of the racial talents of that race. It was much easier than possession by cultivators of other races, and the success rate was a hundred times higher. The terrifying power of possession could even be used as a killing move!

"If it were a few years ago, perhaps it wouldn't work, but now..."

Lin Jing's avatar turned into a demonic shadow. Now, he should be able to be called... a King-Blood Demon.

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Lin Jing was indeed very interested in the secret path. If this secret path could be used, he would have one more way to go to the Immortal World.

During the possession process, Lin Jing easily suppressed the other party's consciousness of resistance and learned why he was so eager to re-walk the secret path. Although Earth was recovering, for him, a former Immortal Monarch, resources were still scarce.

There were no top-tier immortal items that could restore his power. What was more fatal was that his state was now just a flash in the pan; he probably wouldn't live long, at most a few decades or a hundred years.

He didn't know what the progress of Earth's recovery would be, so he needed to go to a more prosperous Immortal World to find resources to restore his power and extend his life to ensure his survival.

"This body is really rotten." The evolution of the bloodline and the gap between the enemy and himself made Lin Jing's possession very smooth this time. Besides gaining the cultivation experience from True Immortal to Immortal Monarch and some technique information, Lin Jing didn't gain much else.

The other party's acquired "Void Immortal Body" could only be said to be better than nothing.

But fortunately, the information about the Immortal World secret path had all been acquired by Lin Jing.

"Thank you, Senior, for protecting the Dharma. With this secret path, I have the opportunity to go to another Immortal World to investigate for you which alien races invaded the Heavenly Court back then." Lin Jing bowed to the inside of the Heavenly Emperor's Tomb.

"We didn't expect that this Travel Universe Sect was actually a smuggling sect. It was hidden so deep. This secret path is probably not simple either. The four Immortal Worlds do not communicate with each other. Only Immortal Emperors can cross borders. Back then, it was also because there was an Immortal Emperor leading and protecting them that ordinary cultivators on Earth could go to another Immortal World. Even so, there were countless casualties on the road, and it was extremely dangerous. This secret path could never have been opened by an ordinary Immortal Emperor."

"Your current body is a bit embarrassing. We will continue to protect the Dharma for you, and then go on to possess that Emperor Embryo. If the Demon race descends during this period, we will help you resist it. But it's best not to have any accidents; after all, our power is also running low."

Lin Jing nodded, having the same intention. Using the Travel Universe Sect Master's body was really uncomfortable.

The next moment, he took out the Emperor Embryo Mother Stone and directly activated the power of possession again. Compared to possessing a candle-in-the-wind cultivator, possessing this five-colored immortal stone, even with the power of the King-Blood Demon, was instantly much more difficult.

"I wonder, this time, what race will I be reborn as? Human? Beast? Ghost? Only this time, for me, is a true rebirth... the invincible path of the avatar."