Immortal through Beast Taming-Chapter 560 - 15: The Trembling Ice Soul Gu

Of course, from Lin Jing’s perspective, he also felt that his own Gu grandmother wasn’t anything good.

Its Void Profound realm was a sea of insects, filled with its Gu offspring. The elemental spirit of the Ice Soul Gu absorbed the life force of these Gu to develop immortal power.

But the problem was, its Void Profound realm had an essential difference compared to Lin Jing’s and the Pine Leaf Rat’s.

Lin Jing relied on the cycle of life and death and his own immortal blood to allow the Mosquito Beast clan to live for generations.

The Pine Leaf Rat was similar; its primordial spirit space was highly suitable for plant growth, and these plants could self-pollinate and reproduce, effectively transforming its strength into immortal power.

But with the Ice Soul Gu, the offspring were short-lived, and it consumed a lot to regenerate them, nowhere near as efficient as the cycle through immortal blood, like the Mosquito Beast or the long-lived Pine Demon, to contribute a significant amount of life force.

Therefore, its offspring needed to devour others’ life forces to maintain its own, and though sustainable, its means of deriving immortal power resembled the Dragon Carp, unable to cycle it smoothly.

However, compared to the Dragon Carp, the advantage of the Ice Soul Gu was that it didn’t need to do things by itself, having a gentler approach. It only needed to be a "lender" demon, continuously collecting life force.

It could lend its offspring to cultivators who needed power, allowing them to exchange their lifespan for strength, a fair trade.

As for the Star Longevity Crane, well, it’s the most straightforward.

After all this time, it still hasn’t been led astray by Lin Jing and others, only creating Void Profound realms with different time flows.

Its method of generating immortal power was the simplest and most straightforward, just consuming its lifespan to convert it.

This was so convenient, Lin Jing also wanted to do this, so as not to trouble the Mosquito Beast, but although he and the Star Longevity Crane were both long-lived species, they were fundamentally different.

The Star Longevity Crane, inheriting the cosmic treasure beast divine techniques, after much nourishment with supreme immortal energy, could reverse its own time. In other words, right after it consumed its lifespan to convert immortal power, it could immediately use the divine techniques of the treasure beast to reverse the spent lifespan.

Thus, with just a bit of basic mana, it could spontaneously generate immortal power.

While Lin Jing’s cosmic mastery was not bad, he clearly hadn’t reached the level of the Star Longevity Crane. After all, it directly inherited an immortal’s cosmic legacy, while Lin Jing started cultivating from scratch.

"Dragon Carp, how long will it take to repair this plaque?" Lin Jing summoned the Dragon Carp and threw the mid-grade Immortal Artifact snatched back from the Technique Elemental Spirit Mushroom to it.

The Dragon Carp felt overwhelmed, never having crafted even a low-grade Immortal Artifact, now being asked to repair a mid-grade one?

"Blub..." The Dragon Carp stared, indicating that if the loss of supreme immortal energy wasn’t a concern, it could only say it would try its best to repair it quickly.

"You understand this artifact better than I do, it’s just rusty from lack of nurturing with Immortal Power, not truly damaged. I’ll place you in the cosmic array, use the supreme immortal energy as you wish, and repair it quickly."

"If its effects are truly excellent, it will be the key to our breakthrough in seeking the Dao!"

Lin Jing planned to write phrases like "Rapid Progress", "Advancement by Leaps", and "Beast Taming Ascension" on the plaque to accelerate his and his pet beasts’ cultivation.

Then, with the aid of cultivation Golden Cores and cosmic array flags, they could achieve higher cultivation levels in the shortest time.

The Celestial Demon Body... after all, was only for Lin Jing himself, not usable for his pet beasts. Since he was going to have a life-and-death battle with the Celestial Revenge Demon Emperor, Lin Jing naturally wanted to bring them together, the higher their realms, the better.

"Alright, you should start repairing the Immortal Artifact here. Make sure to do it quickly."

......

Early the next morning.

Mother Lin had breakfast ready and called Lin Jing up early, although... Lin Jing hadn’t slept a wink all night.

One day on Earth was equivalent to a year in the Celestial Essence realm, sleeping through a night wasted so much time, Lin Jing wouldn’t even close an eye, wishing to use a cosmic array to break the night into countless segments.

These few days, Lin Jing tasked himself with accompanying his parents during the day and then delving into the cosmic array flag at night to explore the Void Profound realm.

After breakfast, Lin Lan found Lin Jing: "My master wants to see you, is that convenient?"

"Why wouldn’t it be, I mentioned before wanting to thank the Lu Mountain Hermit, now’s the chance to express gratitude."

Lin Jing and Lin Lan’s visit to the Lu Mountain Hermit was taken very seriously by Father and Mother Lin, as he was their life-saver; they insisted the two bring plenty of gifts.

And to protect Lin Lan and Father and Mother Lin at the earliest, the Lu Mountain Hermit lived nearby, so it didn’t take long for Lin Jing and the others to reach him.

"Celestial Spirit Body..."

At first sight of the Lu Mountain Hermit, Lin Jing understood why the older man could cultivate to the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment in such an environment; it was due to the Celestial Spirit Body, known to be unaffected by age in cultivation speed.

Lin Lan beside them also had this physique, possibly why the Lu Mountain Hermit accepted Lin Lan as a disciple.

"Master, we’ve arrived, this is my cousin, Lin Jing, quite a handsome talent, isn’t he?"

Upon meeting the Lu Mountain Hermit, Lin Lan introduced them promptly, while Lin Jing also paid his respects with a Void Profound courtesy, not meant for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, but since the person had saved his parents, Lin Jing was willing to honor him this way.

"Thank you for saving my life."

"Haha... no need to thank me; it’s the fate between Lan’er and me." The Lu Mountain Hermit was very amiable, though his brows furrowed as he continued, "Strange, I can’t discern your realm, could it be you’re a Corpse Cultivator, not cultivating in True Qi? Yet, even corpse Qi, murderous Qi, I sense none at all."

"I told you so," Lin Lan chimed in from the side, "Master, you also can’t figure out his situation?"

Lin Jing was speechless, how did it turn back to Corpse Cultivation again, seems like he should disguise his realm next.

"Forget it, since Lan’er acknowledges you, I’ll not meddle further. This time I’ve called you over..."

"Is it about the cultivator gathering?" Lin Lan asked.

"No, another matter." The Lu Mountain Hermit’s expression turned solemn: "Do you remember I previously told you your parents were injured by Gu poison."

"When you asked me who did it, from which faction, I didn’t tell you and said I didn’t know, not wanting you to seek revenge. After all, that group was powerful, and even the Dao Alliance dared not provoke them easily."

"But, recently I received news... that faction appears to have been completely annihilated!!! An unknown master wiped them out."

"If it were just that, everyone would naturally rejoice, for such cultivators harming mortals deserve such a fate, yet, recently I heard that the sect had an Elder Fake Core surviving the destruction. Upon emerging from seclusion and seeing the sect annihilated, the elder flew into a violent rage, indiscriminately attacking anyone who had ever had a grievance, perceived as a threat to them."

"Your parents, although victims, might have been but one of the countless targets of outer sect disciples’ abuses, nonetheless, existed a motive for revenge, and even if nearly negligible, this Fake Core Elder would target anyone for indiscriminate retribution. I fear your parents might be caught in future vendettas."

"I have friends in the Dao Alliance, and I was thinking of pulling some strings to send your parents to hide in Penglai Immortal Isle for some time. Until the Dao Alliance resolves the demon, might you consider it, to spare them... from this undue calamity?"

After the Lu Mountain Hermit finished speaking, Lin Lan grew incredibly tense and uneasy.

Yet beside him, Lin Jing narrowed his eyes, making the Ice Soul Gu quiver nervously.

"It’s not exactly an undue calamity because that sect was eliminated by my command..."

"Little Ice, did you not carry out your task earnestly? Didn’t I ask you to deal with all related individuals? Where did this Fake Core Elder emerge from? I need an explanation."

As Lin Jing finished, the Lu Mountain Hermit and Lin Lan looked at him in amazement, while the Ice Soul Gu insisted it was impossible, claiming there was definitely some deceit, likely a treasure concealing the individual’s presence!!!