Beast Tamer Ascension-Chapter 50Book 3: : Meeting Another Longevity Body

Vol 3 Chapter 50: Meeting Another Longevity Body

"The Sky Lion Clan sure knows how to keep a Longevity Body hidden."

Lin Jing didn't know how long he had been wandering around the Sky Lion Secret Realm, but after a while, he shook his head.

He hadn't found even the slightest trace of the other Longevity Body.

With no other choice, he gave up on his search and followed the crowd, gathering in the central area to await the start of the Ancestral Worship Ceremony.

Causing a disturbance during the ceremony—that was his real reason for coming here.

"The Ancestral Worship Ceremony is about to begin!!!"

Accompanied by the deep, distant chime of a bell, the grand ceremony officially commenced.

Normally, such a ceremony would be an internal affair of a particular race, not something that would invite so many outsiders. However, any faction with a "Demon Ancestor" overseeing it did not follow normal conventions.

After all, a Demon Ancestor had the power to alter the bloodlines of outsiders, transforming them into their own kind. Because of this, the foreign demonic beasts and cultivators present all carried the same hope: that one day, they could shed their status as subordinates and fully integrate into the Sky Lion Clan.

"ROAR!!!!"

The chief officiant of the ceremony was a White-Maned Lion Emperor, a peak-stage Nascent Soul Demon Emperor and the current leader of the Sky Lion Clan. As it tore through the void and emerged, countless other Sky Lions stepped out from the spatial rift behind it. Dozens of the Sky Lion Clan’s core members appeared.

From within the rift, a woman in a white dress also stepped forward.

Her face was expressionless, void of any soul. Her eyes were dull and lifeless, like a walking corpse.

Upon seeing her, many of the Demon Kings and Demon Emperors present gulped, their eyes flashing with a greedy, greenish light.

"It's the Longevity Body!"

"The Sky Lion Holy Maiden!!"

"As expected, she appeared."

"I've heard that in every centennial Sky Lion Ceremony, Longevity Blood and Flesh are offered as tribute. I wonder if it's true... Brother Tiger, if the scent of Longevity Blood overwhelms me and I do something foolish, please hold me back. You must hold me back!"

Many demonic beasts suppressed their inner excitement with great effort.

Compared to them, the human cultivators who had come seeking refuge with the Sky Lion Clan displayed more empathy. When they saw the hollow, puppet-like state of the Longevity Body, they could only shake their heads, sighing at her tragic fate.

To be kept in captivity for a thousand years, to have one's blood and flesh constantly harvested—even the most steadfast of cultivators would likely lose their sanity. Let alone a woman.

At this moment, in their eyes, this Longevity Body likely no longer possessed much of her own will.

"Finally..."

Meanwhile, Lin Jing finally laid eyes on the other Longevity Body. He exhaled deeply.

What a miserable sight.

"Good thing Senior Brother Ouyang saved me back then."

Remaining in his state of concealed illusion, Lin Jing slowly stepped out from the crowd of demonic beasts, still unnoticed by anyone.

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By now, the Sky Lion Holy Maiden had already taken her place on the ceremonial altar, awaiting her fate as a sacrifice.

At that moment, a figure moved through the core ranks of the Sky Lion Clan, approaching Lin Jing. As they passed, they deliberately cast an illusion over him, ensuring he couldn't see them.

After finishing their task, the figure—another Longevity Body—wanted to speak with Lin Jing, the man who shared the same physique as her.

However, her condition seemed even worse than Lin Jing had imagined.

She merely gazed at him with empty eyes, showing no reaction whatsoever.

"So pitiful."

Lin Jing sighed, raising his hand slightly. A drop of blood radiating a dense Longevity Aura appeared in his palm—it was his own blood.

This time, in order to place a bounty on the Demonic Sect with Longevity Blood, he had brought some of his own to serve as proof of identity.

Only another Longevity Body could perceive its unique aura.

The altar had already been shrouded by Lin Jing’s illusions, and the strongest Sky Lion present—the peak-stage Nascent Soul Demon Emperor officiating the ceremony—was nowhere near capable of seeing through his techniques.

Of course, Lin Jing’s illusions were only capable of small tricks like this. Against a true powerhouse, he wouldn’t be able to do any real harm.

"...."

As Lin Jing revealed the drop of Longevity Blood, the Sky Lion Clan’s captive Longevity Body finally showed a flicker of reaction.

Her vacant eyes slowly regained a trace of light as she stared at Lin Jing.

She opened her mouth slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but no words came out.

Even so, that subtle flicker in her gaze was enough to confirm something for Lin Jing—she hadn’t completely lost herself.

She still had a sliver of consciousness left!

"Hello."

"Longevity Body."

"My name is Lin Jing."

"Aside from you, I am the second Longevity Body in this world."

"It's a shame that our first meeting had to be like this."

Lin Jing walked past her slowly.

The Sky Lion Holy Maiden's gaze once again turned hollow and unfocused, but at that moment, her consciousness was pulled into another world—

A pure white illusionary realm.

The Longevity Body stood blankly in this strange world.

In front of her stood Lin Jing, a small squirrel perched on his shoulder.

"In here, we can communicate freely through our minds and spirits. No need to worry about being overheard."

"You..."

For the first time, the Longevity Body spoke.

But in the next moment—

"Kill me."

"Please, kill me."

She spoke in a hushed voice.

"Is it that painful?"

Lin Jing looked at her.

Within the illusionary space, the Longevity Body murmured:

"I'm begging you... kill me..."

Under the Sky Lion Clan’s control, she couldn’t even commit suicide.

Now that Lin Jing had awakened her consciousness, her first thought was to ask him—the one person who could move freely within the Sky Lion Clan’s domain—to end her suffering.

"Kill you, huh..."

Lin Jing pondered for a moment before shaking his head.

"Unfortunately, this is the Sky Lion Clan’s territory. With the means of the Void Mystical Demon Ancestor and your massive lifespan as a Longevity Body, I have no way to truly end you. Even if I temporarily extinguished your vitality, you'd just be revived through some great divine ability."

The moment he said he couldn't kill her, the hope in the Longevity Body’s eyes gradually turned into despair.

"How many years of lifespan do you have left?"

Lin Jing asked.

"Over twenty thousand years..."

Her voice was devoid of emotion.

"That long?"

Lin Jing raised an eyebrow.

"Did they cultivate you to the small achievement stage?"

The Longevity Body’s aura grew even weaker.

"Mm... To extend my lifespan further, the Sky Lion Ancestor found a longevity cultivation technique that was compatible with my physique..."

Lin Jing understood.

There were indeed specialized techniques that focused solely on extending lifespan.

However, most of these techniques offered little in terms of combat power, and their advancement was slow.

But for a Longevity Body being raised as livestock, none of that mattered.

Shaking his head, he said, "I'm sorry. I can't kill you, and I can't save you either."

"But judging from the situation, they haven't restricted your cultivation, right?"

He stepped forward and gently pressed a finger to her forehead.

In the next instant, an enormous amount of inheritance knowledge flooded into the Longevity Body’s mind.

"This technique is called the Heavenly Demon Physique. It allows you to burn your lifespan in exchange for cultivation breakthroughs. However, mastering it is extremely difficult. I don’t know if you can pull it off... but at least, it gives you something to hope for."

"I'm leaving now. If fate allows, we’ll meet again."

"I have my own matters to attend to."