Chapter 66: The Demon Head of the Deep Wilderness

Deep Wilderness. After finding a cultivation spot, Lin Jing began to construct a simple Spirit Gathering Array with spirit stones to open up his temporary cave dwelling. Although the spiritual energy here was not as good as inside the Beast Taming Sect, Lin Jing now had 100,000 spirit stones. Even if the concentration of spiritual energy in the surroundings was lower, it didn't have much impact; the main thing was to rely on spirit stones to support the speed of cultivation!

With so many spirit stones, even if the Longevity Body cultivated extremely slowly, how could there be no way to change the efficiency of cultivation by "paying to win"?

While Lin Jing was setting up the array, the Pine Needle Mouse could not wait to grab a Blood-Sucking Vine, urging its power to devour the essence of the vegetation. Although the Blood-Sucking Vine was a fierce plant to ordinary fierce beasts, the vines here were clearly not yet fully mature. Moreover, the Pine Needle Mouse, which cultivated the Azure Emperor Longevity Art, had a powerful suppressive force over fierce plants.

This improved version of the Azure Emperor Longevity Art was divided into four layers, corresponding to Entry, Minor Success, Major Success, and Perfection. Breaking through to Minor Success could initially increase one's lifespan by five hundred years, which was already the lifespan of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator.

And according to the Divine Pine, the sublimation of magic power brought about by the transformation of the life level after the Azure Emperor Longevity Art reached Minor Success would also make the Pine Needle Mouse more adept at controlling vegetation. At that time, it could turn an ordinary mountain ginseng into a hundred-year-old spiritual ginseng in a short time.

"Is the setup finished? If it’s finished, come and let out some blood."

By the lakeside, the Pine Needle Mouse stared with innocent big eyes, hugging the Blood-Sucking Vine tightly, green true qi surging around its body, and the Blood-Sucking Vine gradually withered.

The Divine Pine urged Lin Jing. Hearing this, Lin Jing nodded, pricked his fingertip, walked to the Blood-Sucking Vine, and dripped it down.

"This should be enough, right?"

As the Longevity Blood fell, the withered Blood-Sucking Vine seemed to sense something, instinctively twitching wildly, quickly absorbing the Longevity Blood on its skin into its body. A few seconds later, the Blood-Sucking Vine suddenly split and grew at a terrifying speed, becoming several times thicker, as if it had gained years of magic power, like a wildly dancing green python.

"A bit fierce."

Lin Jing stepped back. It was the first time he had directly seen the effect of his Longevity Blood. One had to know that this was just a drop of ordinary blood, not even essence blood, and the amount of blood lost was almost harmless to his body. It was a pity he didn't have hemorrhoids; otherwise, he would have had to cut off a piece to feed a dog to see the effect.

"Squeak!!"

The Blood-Sucking Vine was alive and kicking again, full of vegetation essence. Even though the Pine Needle Mouse had been thrown into the air by the thick vine, it still hugged it tightly, unable to bear letting go, and took a bite.

It frantically operated the Azure Emperor Longevity Art, plundering the nutrients of the "mutated Blood-Sucking Vine." With this suck, the Pine Needle Mouse immediately felt the difference. The vegetation essence flowed through its whole body like a stream, nourishing its body. The one-year-old Pine Needle Mouse instantly felt like it had become several years younger, returning to the womb, as if reborn.

It seemed to see a green seed born in its body, sprouting, radiating vitality, and the life aura permeated its whole body, tempering every organ.

"As expected of the Longevity Body, to actually make the Blood-Sucking Vine give birth to such 'spirituality' in this era. It’s just a pity that it still cannot make vegetation develop intelligence. Perhaps it is still because your cultivation is too low. When you reach Soul Transformation, perhaps a drop of blood could make vegetation defy the trend and become spirits." The Divine Pine, transformed into a pinecone, floated on the side, sighing.

"Is Senior feeling lonely?" Lin Jing asked, after all, there were too few plants that could become spirits in this era.

"Yes, the batch of plants that became spirits with me in my hometown have all been swallowed by me. I haven't seen 'companions' for a long time. It is said that there are more plant spirits in Qingzhou, but I don't know if it's true. I will definitely go take a look one day." The Magic Pine said.

"..." Lin Jing stopped talking and focused on observing the changes in the Pine Needle Mouse.

After a long time, the Blood-Sucking Vine was sucked dry by the Pine Needle Mouse again, and Lin Jing flicked another drop of Longevity Blood, and the vine became alive and kicking again.

Seeing this, the Pine Needle Mouse hugged it even tighter, its body transforming every second. The Azure Emperor Longevity Art was operating frantically. No wonder Senior Magic Pine said that with this method, it would soon achieve Minor Success in its cultivation.

After several days like this, the Pine Needle Mouse unknowingly reached the eighth level of Qi Refining, the green in its eyes becoming brighter, and with every breath, it could make the vegetation bow.

Lin Jing sat cross-legged, cultivating the Beast Taming Art while dripping blood to feed the plants. At this moment, the lake had also been cleared by them. There were no dangerous things inside, so he temporarily let the Long Li enter the lake.

In terms of food choice, besides small insects and shrimp, the Long Li would also choose some plants. Like the seeds and tender shoots of aquatic plants and the plant debris scattered in the water, when the Pine Needle Mouse was eating meat, it would also drink the soup, gnawing on the extremely weak Blood-Sucking Vine several times.

But what made the Long Li drool the most were the mosquitoes that didn't have eyes and came to suck Lin Jing's blood...

Some mosquitoes landed on Lin Jing, and after sucking just a trace of blood, they had a tendency to become spirits, their lives sublimating. Some mosquitoes with good "aptitude" could even instantly reach the first level of Qi Refining, turning into mosquito spirits.

"These mosquito beasts have great fortune, to have sucked the Longevity Blood that countless Demon Kings and Demon Emperors dream of before even becoming spirits!" The Divine Pine sighed on the side.

"It's a pity that their lives are not long."

They were shaken off by Lin Jing, and turned around only to be burned down by the flames sprayed from the lake, becoming the Long Li's meal.

"Pop... pop..." The Long Li bubbled, claiming that it had solved the terrifying demon beast that had harmed its Beast Tamer, clearly having developed intelligence during these days.

Although it was still not high, it was on par with the Pine Needle Mouse back then.

"As expected of you. In the future, any beast that harms me, you must solve it like this." Lin Jing gave recognition and encouragement.

The Long Li was greatly encouraged and swam in the boiling water area.

Lin Jing turned to ask Senior Divine Pine.

"Can Senior tell what bloodline this carp has?"

"Hmm, I can tell."

"It is a Long Li bloodline." The Divine Pine said.

Lin Jing was slightly silent; it couldn't be said to be wrong.

"Dragon-blooded creatures: the stronger the bloodline, the stronger the physique; the stronger the physique, the stronger the bloodline. If you want to know if the source of the dragon blood in its body is powerful, just look at its physical potential. Those Long Li that can leap over the Dragon Gate are all able to resist giant waterfalls with their physical bodies."

"Does Senior mean to let it start body tempering now to see the effect?"

"Yes, but before body tempering, I have a magic art that can directly test its physical potential."

Why is it a magic art again!

"Just a joke. How could there be so many magic arts? It is just common sense in the cultivation world, applicable to demon beasts with powerful bloodlines. You are from the Beast Taming Sect; you should know it."

"Please enlighten me, Senior!"

"Pain, extreme pain, can stimulate the physical potential of life, allowing it to burst out with power beyond the ordinary. To see if a dragon-blooded demon beast has potential, just give it pain and look at its reaction to judge a thing or two." Senior Magic Pine said easily.

"Demon beasts without much potential will only become weaker when injured and in pain, but those with physical potential will have their strength greatly increased."

"Some demon beasts have their strength greatly improved after life-and-death battles; it is the pain of battle that stimulated their potential! Understand?"

The Long Li had already developed intelligence. Although it was not high, it was not stupid. Hearing this, it silently dived to the bottom of the water and stopped bubbling, being very honest. This was clearly... a magic art!

Lin Jing shook his head. This was too cruel. How could one deliberately harm a spirit beast? He took out a few black chili peppers, wanting to improve the Long Li's food later to reward it for its meritorious service in protection.

"Senior, would you like one too?" He handed it over like he was handing out a cigarette.