Immortal through Beast Taming-Chapter 528 - 99: Dangerous Item
"As expected of an immortal bloodline, the mana has increased several times, though the physical strength is still just as lacking."
Lin Jing observed the Pine Leaf Mouse for a while and then showed a satisfied smile. The lack of physical strength was unavoidable, after all, Pine Leaf Mice were not a species known for physical prowess.
"Compared to that, I’m more interested in whether the power of the Glazed Immortal Pupil is stronger after advancing to an immortal bloodline."
"The divine techniques of treasure beasts are originally the prototypes of immortal techniques. Now, with an immortal bloodline and the availability of immortal qi, theoretically, it’s just a matter of cultivation level to unleash the perfect Glazed Immortal Pupil, other than not having a True Immortal Body."
Lin Jing took out a hundred threads of the most ordinary immortal qi and placed them in front of the Pine Leaf Mouse.
"Try it now, see if you can synthesize immortal qi."
He remembered Fairy Maotuan’s desire, hoping the Pine Leaf Mouse could gain the ability to synthesize immortal qi and life and soul synthesis abilities.
If the former could be achieved, then Fairy Maotuan’s wish could be fulfilled faster than expected.
"Squeak!"
The Pine Leaf Mouse looked at the immortal qi with heartache. Does it all have to be synthesized?
Let’s try it.
Its Glazed Immortal Pupil swept across...
A few seconds later, nothing happened.
"Direct activation doesn’t work, use the immortal qi to activate it."
Lin Jing handed one ordinary, one exquisite, and one supreme immortal qi to the Pine Leaf Mouse.
The Pine Leaf Mouse nodded and first consumed ordinary immortal qi to synthesize ordinary immortal qi... nothing happened, a waste of an immortal qi.
Next, it consumed exquisite immortal qi to synthesize ordinary immortal qi... again nothing happened, wasting an exquisite immortal qi.
Looking at the last supreme immortal qi, the Pine Leaf Mouse’s hands trembled slightly. Should it continue?
Wasting ordinary immortal qi was bearable, wasting a thread of exquisite immortal qi was painful but within tolerance, but if using supreme immortal qi to activate divine techniques and still unable to synthesize, wasting a supreme immortal qi would be reckless.
This one supreme immortal qi could be worth more than the life of an ordinary cultivator!
Maybe it’s better to wait until after breaking through to Void Profound before trying again?
"Continue!" Lin Jing gritted his teeth, determined to try until there was no hope.
Today he was determined to see if it could be synthesized.
"Squeak." Seeing this, the Pine Leaf Mouse sighed, thinking, "You say you’re not a gambler."
Since Lin Jing decided this way, the Pine Leaf Mouse had no choice but to comply. With some used for the Demon Emperor’s breakthrough and some maintained for the Starlight Labyrinth Grand Formation, only nineteen threads of supreme immortal qi remained.
Two had been used, another to be used now, leaving only sixteen threads, which needed to help the Dragon Carp and others with their immortal bloodline breakthrough, feeling completely insufficient.
"It doesn’t matter, one more or less won’t make a difference." Lin Jing said, and the Pine Leaf Mouse directly consumed the supreme immortal qi to activate the Glazed Divine Pupil, both its and Lin Jing’s hearts were in their throats.
Emerald immortal light shot out from the Pine Leaf Mouse’s eyes, enveloping a hundred floating threads of immortal qi in midair. Lin Jing was extremely nervous, did it succeed?
No, it hadn’t yet succeeded.
They still had to see what could be synthesized from a hundred threads of ordinary immortal qi.
After all, a supreme immortal qi was consumed for the sake of synthesis.
If the synthesized item was less valuable than one supreme immortal qi plus a hundred threads of ordinary immortal qi, it would be a huge loss.
A moment later, the glaze light dissipated.
Immediately, a thing both familiar and unfamiliar appeared in front of Lin Jing.
Seeing this black thing, Lin Jing was stunned, hardly daring to believe his eyes.
"What’s going on? Isn’t this the ’immortal power crystal’ Fairy Maotuan mentioned?"
[Dark Immortal Source: Can nurture supreme immortal qi by devouring the lifespan of the source world.]
Seeing this mutated black immortal source, Lin Jing showed a silent expression. What the hell is this thing...
One hundred threads of ordinary immortal qi actually synthesized into an immortal source that can produce supreme immortal qi? Such a lucrative synthesis made Lin Jing doubt his eyes.
However, the usage cost of this Dark Immortal Source also caused Lin Jing to worry.
"This Glazed Immortal Pupil is like big data surveillance."
"I had thought about whether to emulate the Golden Bell by compressing the potential of the source world to accelerate the birth of supreme immortal sources when I was in the source world."
"This idea also led me to want to learn about temporal paths."
"Yet, before I even started, this Glazed Immortal Pupil directly merged into a method to get supreme immortal qi by devouring the source world’s lifespan..."
Holding the Dark Immortal Source in his hand, Lin Jing felt like he was holding a Pandora’s box, not knowing how much of the source world’s lifespan this so-called devour would consume.
Lin Jing was genuinely afraid of accidentally turning the source world into a dead star.
It wasn’t out of moral compunction.
Every cultivator is securing their own path by exploiting the Power of Heaven and Earth, whether by picking a spirit plant, killing a demon beast for alchemy, or refining an entire planet to increase power, there’s no difference.
Crucially, the source world holds great significance as a place for numerous sectors of the immortal realm to reshape as a proving ground for the lower realm talents.
It concerns the real interests of countless cultivation realms.
If turning the source world into a dead star prevents it from birthing immortal sources ever again, that would be more severe than monopolizing the world’s immortal sources for thousands of years.
If exposed, forget being the enemy of the myriad worlds in the lower realm, even immortals responsible for modifying the source world might retaliate if the pathway between the immortal and lower realms reopens in the future.
"This is a dangerous thing..." Lin Jing sternly gazed at the Dark Immortal Source.
"But it’s also an excellent thing. With it, there’s no need to wait a thousand years for the next wave of supreme immortal qi."
"A cultivation planet’s lifespan is measured in billions of years, it shouldn’t easily become a dead star, should it?"
"As long as I don’t let the Pine Leaf Mouse synthesize thousands of Dark Immortal Sources to consume the source world’s lifespan, obtaining supreme immortal qi sparingly shouldn’t be a problem..."
"After all, with something like this in front of me, it would be a waste not to use it. It’s a tool for power enhancement, creating a legit chance to confront the Celestial Revenge Demon Emperor in a thousand years. If not using this leads to death and texture’s demise a millennium later, preserving the source world intact bears no meaning."
However, in doing so, would he shift from being a favored of the source world’s fate to a cursed being...
"Whatever."
Lin Jing decided not to dwell on these issues, having secluded himself for so many years meant only a few years were left until returning to the source world plan. He began flipping through various communication magical treasures to see if anything needed addressing.
After a long look, the only important note was from the senior sister.
[Junior Brother, long time no see, how is your cultivation progress? The date for you to return to the source world with a group of Beast Taming Cultivators is drawing near. Over these years, the Beast Taming Sect has produced lots of promising talents; other forces have also cultivated many Beast Masters. See if you have time to decide who specifically to take to the source world. — Xu Qingyao.]
"Hmm, speaking of which, I wonder how Gu Qianqiu’s progress with the Beast Taming Technique is going. This time she should be included in the quota. Might as well get a pet beast for Gu Qianqiu, and let these Beast Taming prodigies compete for the quota. It would also give other forces a chance, maintaining unity is important and should not be undermined." Lin Jing said with fairness and justice.
