Immortal through Beast Taming-Chapter 453 - 24: Clash of Fate
"A wise choice!"
Seeing that in the end, the heir of the Celestial Revenge Demon Emperor chose to leave with him, Sheng Kun was quite satisfied.
"You won’t regret your choice."
"If you want to obtain the immortal source to help your master heal, you first need enough strength to acquire the immortal source!"
"In two years, a new immortal source will be born in the boundaries of the source realm, causing a scramble among the geniuses of various forces."
"Twenty-two years later, in the source realm, a so-called top-grade immortal source, which occurs once in a thousand years, will be born!"
"Whether you want to seize an ordinary immortal source or that once-in-a-millennium top-grade immortal source, what you need most is invincible strength."
"Your strength is certainly notable, but in this source realm, barely makes it into the top ten."
"Even if you take advantage of the chaos and manage to fortunately seize some immortal sources, such luck cannot last forever; one day, you will fall in this source realm."
"So what you should do next is to quickly improve your strength, at least enhance your foundational realm to Great Perfection of Divinity Transformation before considering anything else."
With that, the Celestial Demon Saint Heir took out a jade bottle and a jade tube and tossed them to Moyu.
"In this Immortal-storing Bottle, there are a hundred strands of immortal energy. This jade tube records a simple immortal technique, ’Ascending Immortal Art.’
"The Ascending Immortal Art can rapidly elevate your mana realm through the consumption of immortal energy. With this Immortal-storing Bottle, I want you to cultivate from the early stage to Great Perfection of Divinity Transformation within a year."
"Two years later, when the immortal source emerges, I want you to successfully seize that immortal source. If you succeed, I will help you further gain stronger power."
"Two years later... the immortal source?" Moyu accepted the gifts.
"Indeed, I want you, at that time, to help me kill someone!" Sheng Kun squinted his eyes and said, "Although neither I, the Chaos Immortal Body from the Cultivators’ Alliance, nor the two celestial spirits will intervene, there are still many cultivators among those forces who are stronger than you are now."
"For instance, in the Cultivators’ Alliance, there is a freak who can control the corpse of an immortal beast. If you were to face him now, you’d certainly stand no chance. However..."
"Even he cannot control the immortal beast’s corpse for long. As long as the method is found, dealing with it won’t be difficult." Sheng Kun turned his head toward Moyu: "If possible, I want you to help me kill this person, at the very least, kill his pet beast, seize his corpse puppet, and severely wound him!"
"As long as you help me accomplish this task, I will give you a once-in-a-century top-grade immortal source!"
"Top-grade immortal source..." A gleam flashed in Moyu’s eyes. With this top-grade immortal source, his master’s injuries could certainly recover much better. When Moyu agreed, the Ice Soul Gu and the Yuan Spirit Mushroom within him exchanged glances, scratching their heads, feeling something was amiss.
......
"Junior Brother Lin Jing, you’ve come out of seclusion..."
"Senior Brother Li, has something happened?"
In Immortal City, upon exiting the cave residence arranged for him by the Cultivators’ Alliance, Lin Jing immediately received a voice transmission from Li Tianyi.
He slightly raised his head, glanced around, and asked. The other party immediately responded, "Come over for a talk."
Following that, Lin Jing was transported by a powerful space power to a tea room. Li Tianyi was sipping immortal tea, looking at Lin Jing, and said, "Junior Brother, do you know the time of the next immortal source’s birth?"
"Naturally."
"For these ordinary immortal sources, the source realm’s several powers have an unwritten rule, which is that certain people must not take action, letting others compete."
"Your appearance initially filled me with joy. With your strength, this ordinary immortal source, I fear no one can compete with you. However, just recently, the Cultivators’ Alliance received important information."
"What?" Lin Jing asked knowingly.
"Another Celestial Demon Cultivator with demon bloodline has entered the source realm... and that person seems to be a top expert from the Celestial Demon Realm, a disciple of the Celestial Revenge Demon Emperor!" Li Tianyi said gravely: "The Celestial Revenge Demon Emperor excels in Sword Dao, unparalleled with the Demon Sword, and that disciple has acquired her complete inheritance, boasting considerable strength."
"I’m worried that Sheng Kun will find this person. If Sheng Kun joins forces with him, offering some assistance, then your attempt to seize the immortal source could undergo significant changes."
Lin Jing fell into contemplation, then said, "No worries, I’m not afraid of even the Celestial Demon Saint Heir, naturally, I’m not afraid of this so-called heir of the Celestial Revenge Demon Emperor either."
Li Tianyi shook his head and said, "You don’t quite understand the Celestial Demon Sect. Sheng Kun’s master and the Celestial Revenge Demon Emperor are of the same level of strength. In other words, if this Demon Emperor’s heir truly gains the true inheritance of the Celestial Revenge Demon Emperor, his potential may not necessarily be inferior to Sheng Kun."
"The difference between the two may merely be a matter of resources."
"Is that so..." Lin Jing nodded and said, "I will be mindful... In fact, during this exit from seclusion, I wanted to tell Senior Brother that I intend to leave Immortal City for a while, to find some suitable places for cultivation."
"Although Immortal City is good, it is not the area with the most abundant natural power in the source realm."
"Feel free, Junior Brother." Li Tianyi said, which was normal, as almost more than half of the cultivators from the Cultivators’ Alliance did not cultivate in the Immortal City. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
Lin Jing’s idea of heading elsewhere for a retreat made sense.
"But Junior Brother, please be careful, since now, Sheng Kun has his eyes on you."
Lin Jing smiled and said, "He likely won’t risk dealing with me and miss the opportunity to compete for the top-grade immortal source twenty-two years from now, right?"
"I will be careful."
"What’s more..." Li Tianyi continued, "Not long before you came out of seclusion, Our Lady of Leisure handed over an Eight Fortunes Portrait to the Cultivators’ Alliance. Among the eight other individuals from the Celestial Essence Realm depicted, one has already been located."
"The source realm is vast beyond measure, and the field the Cultivators’ Alliance can touch is not even one-tenth. To find someone in the immense source realm is no easy feat. It seems your fellow cultivator from the same realm was somewhat unlucky to have landed directly in ’Mingtu’s’ domain upon arrival."
"Mingtu?" Lin Jing was taken aback; the familiar name, wasn’t Mingtu the friend of the Mountain God?
This time, he’s planning to team up with the Deputy Sect Leader of the Mountain God to subdue the Mingtu Lady.
Li Tianyi spoke: "A cultivator from the Cultivators’ Alliance went to Mingtu to trade with the Mingtu Lady, seeking to revive a partner. While there, in Mingtu, a female cultivator was found greatly resembling the one in the portrait."
"She seems to have been kept in Mingtu by the Mingtu Lady, which isn’t uncommon. Although these loose cultivators and spirit monsters won’t mess with key figures from the Celestial Demon Sect or the Cultivators’ Alliance, they do like to bully ’loose cultivators’ who have no backing or strength."
Lin Jing understood; after all, as a friend of the Mountain God, the Mingtu Lady likely wasn’t a virtuous character either.
"Do you know who it was?" Lin Jing sighed, suspecting that they might have had their luck drained by those siblings from the Ancient Country. It wouldn’t be surprising if the cultivators from the Celestial Essence Realm encountered bad luck upon arriving at the source realm. Perhaps the method used by the initial Ancient Emperor to prevent disaster for the Ancient Race upon leaving the realm was simply to disperse the misfortune?
