Immortal through Beast Taming-Chapter 379 - 76: Splitting Up
Hourglass of Time.
Lin Jing sat cross-legged on the ground, with the quasi-immortal object, "Xian Water Hibiscus," floating in front of him.
This Xian Water Hibiscus seemed like a fairy among flowers, and Lin Jing suspected that if he used it to cultivate an incarnation, he’d become a pretty boy. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Apart from him.
The dragon carp also needed to cultivate an external incarnation with Lin Jing.
Lin Jing was refining an external incarnation to enhance his own combat power, and eventually, it would accompany him to the Source Realm.
As for the dragon carp’s external incarnation, it was to be left in the Celestial Essence Realm to oversee the refining of the Transformation Pill at the Demon Court.
Aside from the dragon carp, the pine leaf mouse’s external incarnation would also be left in the Celestial Essence Realm. However, since the pine leaf mouse hadn’t formed its Nascent Soul yet, it wasn’t time to refine an external incarnation.
And Lin Jing had already prepared the materials for refining their external incarnations.
"Use this thing to refine your external incarnation."
Lin Jing took out a piece of quasi-immortal Thunderstruck Wood.
This was given to him by the Demon Emperor and was said to be unexpectedly birthed when a predecessor of the Demon Court was transcending a tribulation.
It wasn’t an ideal material for refining an external incarnation and was far inferior to Xian Water Hibiscus, but it was currently the most suitable material for the dragon carp available in the Celestial Essence Realm.
Generally, when human and demon beast cultivators refine external incarnations, it’s to better comprehend the forces of nature.
For a being like the dragon carp, who had already condensed immortal fire and whose bloodline reached ancestral purity, it had no need to rely on an external incarnation for comprehension.
Therefore, for it, the external incarnation, like Lin Jing’s, would focus more on other functionalities.
Clearly, since the dragon carp’s external incarnation was meant to be left for alchemy, it naturally had to emphasize dual attributes of fire and wood.
Among these, the dragon carp itself was of the fire attribute... using its Nascent Soul to refine its external incarnation would inherently give it a fire attribute, so at this point, the materials only needed to focus on the wood attribute.
And the refining of the Transformation Pill, unlike other pills, required the method of lightning refinement, so the avatar’s proficiency in lightning also needed consideration.
The Thunderstruck Wood perfectly matched this attribute, making the dragon carp’s external incarnation specifically born for refining the Transformation Pill.
"Oop~~" The dragon carp made a sound, sighed, and the poor incarnation was about to inherit its alchemy legacy.
The dragon carp silently mourned for the incarnation while secretly rejoicing that finally, it no longer had to do alchemy...
"Alright, let’s start."
Lin Jing slowly spoke, and together with the dragon carp, he summoned their Nascent Souls, entering the Xian Water Hibiscus and the Thunderstruck Wood, respectively.
The method for refining an external incarnation is quite simple, akin to possession; as long as the Nascent Soul enters the material for refining the external incarnation, it can be sculpted using the Secret Technique of Incarnation.
The creator of the Secret Technique of Incarnation is no longer traceable, but this technique of Nascent Soul sculpting and fusing heavenly materials has become an essential learning for cultivators above the Nascent Soul Realm.
The only difficulty and defect are that it tests the cultivator’s utilization of Nascent Soul power. Refining an incarnation is a mentally exhausting task, and if one fails, they can never refine another external incarnation because the Secret Technique of Incarnation is a one-time technique, and each cultivator can only perform it once.
There have been attempts to improve the Secret Technique of Incarnation, but success stories have yet to be heard.
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Hourglass of Time, three months later.
Outside, above the Ninth Heaven.
Four figures descended upon the outside world.
Whether it was Lin Jing or the dragon carp, both refined their external incarnations very quickly, taking only a few months.
Mainly because their Nascent Souls were immensely powerful; one was refining an incarnation with Divinity Transformation cultivation, the other with an ancestral bloodline. Moreover, they economized on the sculpting to some extent, taking some shortcuts, so the refining speed was much faster.
After two identical figures stepped out from the Hourglass of Time, Lin Jing’s incarnation nodded toward them.
"Next, you should depart first. I’ll go greet the First Generation Ancient Emperor and the Mechanical Turtle on my own."
"Take care." Lin Jing’s true self cupped his hands to his incarnation, then departed Martial Emperor City with the two dragon carps.
Lin Jing’s subsequent plan was for the incarnation to accompany the First Generation Ancient Emperor to gain some benefits from him.
The true self and the two dragon carps would first return to Qingzhou.
After so long, Lin Jing estimated that his demon capture team had captured numerous demon beasts. The last time he returned to Qingzhou was in a hurry, and he didn’t stay long.
This time, he wanted the two dragon carps to refine more Cultivation Golden Pills to refine all those demon beasts so that the pine leaf mouse and the Ice Soul Gu could attempt to break into the Nascent Soul Realm.
Afterward, he’d leave the dragon carp’s incarnation at the Qingzhou Demon Court to focus on refining Transformation Pills for the Demon Court.
Having benefited so much from the Demon Court, Lin Jing felt he should also contribute something to the Demon Court while refining himself.
Once the dragon carp and the pine leaf mouse’s incarnations were left at the Qingzhou Demon Court, Lin Jing’s true selves would have time to take turns drinking Enlightenment Fish soup without worrying about alchemy matters.
Then, he could concentrate on preparing for the journey to the Source Realm...
When the true self headed to Qingzhou first, Lin Jing’s incarnation glanced at an inn in Martial Emperor City, furrowing his brow.
"Why did that turtle separate from the First Generation Ancient Emperor..."
Lin Jing sighed, first summoning back the Mechanical Turtle, and soon, the turtle arrived with a big bag of items, excitedly appearing before Lin Jing.
"What are these?"
"You didn’t steal these from within Martial Emperor City, did you?"
Lin Jing sensed into the space within the Mechanical Turtle, which replied, "No, no, no!"
"I followed my master’s orders, absolutely not stealing or robbing. These are all discarded magical artifacts from various Artifact Refining Pavilions that failed in refinement, which I picked up from the trash heap."
Lin Jing: ?
"Why are you picking up a pile of trash? Didn’t I tell you to accompany the First Generation?"
The Mechanical Turtle stood up, took out a refined but discarded mid-grade flying sword, and lightly licked it. The half-broken sword instantly transformed into a high-quality, fine-grade flying sword with a glowing array pattern.
"It’s still usable," it said.
"Alright, alright." Lin Jing scratched his head, saying, "Pick them up if you want, I’ll go find the First Generation."
Lin Jing sensed that the First Generation Ancient Emperor was currently drinking in an inn in Martial Emperor City, which was truly strange. Could projections even drink?
His figure vanished in a flash, stepping onto the inn’s second floor, and then he witnessed a scene he’d never forget.
He saw his old schoolmate, Gao Sheng, drinking for who knows how many days and nights in a private room, arm in arm with the First Generation Ancient Emperor, his face flushed as he spoke, "As for the new policies after the arrival of the Golden Era, I don’t even want to complain. On one hand, encouraging ordinary people and low-level cultivators to have more children, and on the other hand, not providing any security..."
"The demand for having children is just because the chances of birthing special cultivation physiques increase after the Golden Era. But those born without cultivation physiques suffer; most are even abandoned. During my travels, I’ve seen too many orphans and resentful souls of abandoned infants. Do you think this is the work of humans? I estimate, it’s another tightly calculated scheme by the ancient countries. As long as more cultivation physiques can be born, those unfortunate ordinary bodies, even if they die young, don’t significantly impact national fortunes..."
