Immortal through Beast Taming-Chapter 388 - 85: The Time for the Hunt

Originally, Elder Shen Song had not held much hope for the Blood Bodhi, after all, he was already at the Profound Void Stage. However, the effects of the Blood Bodhi were beyond his expectations.

It could actually make magic cultivate automatically!

This was truly frightening.

Of course, Elder Shen Song sensed that the speed at which several of his magic automatically cultivated was not quick, much slower than if he were to cultivate himself.

But the significance of this tree was not in the speed, but in the fact that, even in a seriously injured state, a cultivator could continue cultivation without interruption or the need to cultivate actively!

Imagine a Golden Core Cultivator who, from frequent use of golden core divine techniques, suffered a severe injury, teetering on the brink of death. To fully heal, who knows how long it might take - decades, perhaps a century.

During this time, in order to heal, he would waste an immeasurable amount of precious time, and his cultivation and studies would be completely neglected.

However, if there was a Blood Bodhi, things would be entirely different. All he would need to do is lie under the Blood Bodhi, and his magic would automatically cultivate, allowing healing and cultivation simultaneously!

Normally, severely injured individuals would not have the willpower to also focus on cultivation, so initially, Elder Shen Song was not optimistic about the Blood Bodhi. However, if it could enable magic to cultivate automatically, with intelligence akin to being alive, that would be extraordinary.

"Although the speed is a bit slow, I’m not actively cultivating right now; if I were to actively cultivate alongside it, wouldn’t the speed increase even more."

"What a great thing."

Elder Shen Song’s eyes glimmered, and he began cultivating the magic from his past life, the "Celestial Demon Passage." He found that the secret technique of celestial demons, which had been difficult to cultivate with his pine tree body, was now much easier to operate.

"No more healing, time to cultivate first!"

... 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

A few days later.

Elder Shen Song tossed the essence of the tree heart, which had transformed into a sapling, to Lin Jing while transmitting, "This is for you. The effect of the Blood Bodhi is excellent, you can merge another one yourselves. There are many immature Bodhi saplings on the mountain, find resources to mature one yourself... this one I used first."

Saint Son Palace.

Lin Jing caught Elder Shen Song’s essence, descending from the sky, slightly stunned. It seemed that the effect of the Blood Bodhi must be excellent for Elder Shen Song to keep it for himself.

"Alright, Elder Shen Song is generous enough. The energy fluctuation of this tree heart essence must be at least two-thirds of his essence."

Lin Jing handed over the material for his external incarnation to the Pine Leaf Mouse, looked at the barren Bodhi Forest, and sighed. He then took out a Sixth Grade Spirit Spring acquired from the Gu God Sect from the Pine Leaf Mouse’s Demon Core Space, intending to cultivate another Blood Bodhi for himself.

...

A month later in the outside world.

In the Hourglass of Time.

Beneath a blood-colored Bodhi.

With a "crack" along with a resonant sound, Lin Jing’s true self’s aura shot from Golden Core Great Perfection, breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm. His Golden Core smashed open, revealing a miniature infant who sat cross-legged within his Dantian, emanating a powerful wave.

Lin Jing opened his eyes, grimacing, his entire body feeling intensely painful, as if coming apart. His once resilient meridians now exhibited several cracks, bleeding within his body.

Utilizing the Immortal Impact Fruit for a breakthrough, Lin Jing experienced none of the fresh, invigorating sensations of normal breakthroughs; instead, he felt as if he were on the verge of collapse.

Once the breakthrough was complete, Lin Jing’s strength underwent a transformative change once again.

Aside from the Pine Leaf Mouse, who was still refining its external incarnation and remained at the Early-Stage Nascent Soul, upon removal of Lin Jing’s cultivation constraints, the Dragon Carp’s cultivation realm quickly soared to the Mid-Stage Nascent Soul, indicating a substantial advancement from its ancestral bloodline, accelerating its breakthrough speed.

The Dragon Carp was remarkable enough, but with the Ice Soul Gu, once free from the Beast Master’s cultivation constraints, its increase in cultivation was absurd.

Previously, having only recently broken through to the Early-Stage Nascent Soul, with Lin Jing’s breakthrough it leapt to Nascent Soul Great Perfection. The united strength of the eight curious Gu insects had been hindered by Lin Jing’s previous limitations, preventing it from fully assimilating, with much unabsorbed nourishment still hidden within its bloodline.

Now, with Lin Jing’s chains unraveled, having swallowed the essences of seven peculiar Gu insects, the Ice Soul Gu was only a step away from the Divinity Transformation Stage!

Moreover, its bloodline level, along with the full assimilation of the peculiar Gu essences, approached ancestral class, reaching par with the Dragon Carp.

Perhaps not yet equal to the Dragon Carp with its immortal fire and treasure beast bloodline, but Lin Jing believed that once the Ice Soul Gu consumed the final two peculiar Gu, ingested the Blood of the Gu God, and refined the essence of the Undying Profound Serpent, even if it could not attain the "Imperial Bloodline," it would be quite close.

However, compared to the changes with Lin Jing’s true self, the external incarnation’s Mechanical Turtle saw the greatest transformation.

"Wu...?"

The reason its realm was stuck at Early-Stage Nascent Soul was due to being restricted by the true body’s realm, sealed by Lin Jing, only maintaining Early-Stage Nascent Soul. But now, it quickly broke the seal, recovered to the highest realm that a Beast Taming Cultivator at Nascent Soul Stage could sustain, the initial Divinity Transformation Stage!

It leapt to become the pet beast with the highest realm in Lin Jing’s team.

"Eh." The First Generation Ancient Emperor glanced at the small turtle on the avatar’s head and said, "Your true body has broken through to Nascent Soul, huh?"

"Yes, soon the true self will also reach the ancient kingdom... for now... let’s let it play by itself for a while."

Lin Jing’s external incarnation grinned as he looked at the excited Mechanical Turtle.

"Can I finally travel alone now?" The Mechanical Turtle had waited too long for this day.

"Indeed, but you must ensure you return before His Majesty the Ancient Emperor dissipates to extend his life," Lin Jing stated, "Additionally, I will determine your travel destination."

The Mechanical Turtle looked extremely dissatisfied, but it nodded.

Previously, the Mechanical Turtle’s realm was too low, and Lin Jing didn’t feel safe letting it out. But now, with the initial Divinity Transformation Stage, it had the full capability to wield near-immortal artifact level weapons, possessing the power Lin Jing required to feel secure.

Lin Jing’s avatar glanced at the Luck Golden List.

The Prince Gu, Ancient Clan Princess, Spirit Daoist Sect Daoist, Sea God Palace Crown Prince, Young Master Long Liu, the most handsome Demon Court Saint Child, Martial Emperor’s descendant Emperor Renzong, Senior Sister of Water Moon Immortal Island, Witch God Hall Son of God, Snowfield Totem Saint Child...

The top ten, were these individuals.

Lin Jing pointed to the four people ranked seventh to tenth and said, "These four individuals have not paid any protection fee - Martial Emperor City, Water Moon Immortal Island, Cloud Sea Mountain Range, and Snowfield, any of these places you can choose for your travels, the target being to defeat one of the four individuals, of course not to kill, just defeat."

"Hmm... The Martial Emperor’s descendant once exploded in a Stone People Gu, and Water Moon Immortal Island once harbored a Yin Spirit Gu, so prioritize the last two."

"Since your essential nature is a mechanical beast, I don’t know if you can make it onto the Golden List... According to artifact spirit age, you are already an old ghost, but by the newness of your mechanical materials, you’re still a baby; however, as a mechanical creation, you lack the so-called golden cultivation age, unsure how the Golden List will evaluate this."

"But whatever the outcome, it’s worth a try; even if you cannot make it onto the Golden List, use it as a reconnaissance for the Pine Leaf Mouse, Dragon Carp, and Ice Soul Gu to test their strength. Once the true self finishes on its side, I’ll have them each begin hunting these Golden List talents..."

Beside him, the First Generation Ancient Emperor mourned for these talents while urging, "Alright, let’s go save Gao Sheng!"

The First Generation Ancient Emperor wanted to test the reporting mechanism of the ancient country, who knew that right after having Gao Sheng disguise as a loose cultivator and report corrupt Immortal Officials via a supervisory magic tool issued "above," the local Demon Extermination Bureau immediately captured him as a Demon Cultivator.