Chapter 50: Guardian of Tiandu Peak

Bathed in the Buddha light, Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Squirrel felt as though they had been “reborn”.

At first, Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Squirrel enjoyed it, but gradually, Lin Jing sensed that something was amiss.

Under the bathing of this Buddha light, his mental power had indeed been extraordinarily strengthened, but in the depths of his consciousness, he had an inexplicable, strange feeling, as if other aspects of himself… had also undergone some changes.

However, even after Lin Jing opened his eyes, he couldn’t articulate exactly what this strange feeling was.

Outside.

Elder Mo was watching the changes in the Squirrel icon on the stone tablet.

“Stop staring at it. He is only a Cultivator at the Qi Training Stage. Even if he can pass the first level, he will need a long time to adapt and adjust,” the Sect Old Ancestor roared at Elder Mo.

“Old Ancestor, shall we make a bet?!” Elder Mo chuckled, like a playful child. “I bet that he will soon pass the first, second, third, fourth, fifth… all the way to the ninth level in succession!”

The Pagoda-guarding Old Ancestor laughed loudly. “Are you foolish from cultivation? He is only a Cultivator at the Qi Training Stage; how could he withstand the might of a Nascent Soul-level Yao Beast?”

“Back then, a whole group of us Yao Kings were trembling in fear under its might!!!”

“Old Ancestor, do you dare to bet!” Elder Mo’s gambling addiction flared up. With Lin Jing, who possessed the Longevity Physique, he had finally won a Rare Beast, and he now had great faith in Lin Jing’s abilities.

“Bet it is!” Both sides looked at the stone tablet and the reflection of the tall pagoda in the water. Before they could even state the stakes, with a “rumble,” the reflection of the Demon Suppression Pagoda in the water seemed to shake a few times and suddenly loosened, as if it were about to collapse the next second…

Fortunately, it did not collapse completely in the end. Even so, it made Old Ancestor Wang Batian and Elder Mo’s hearts leap into their throats, giving them a huge fright. Old Ancestor Wang Batian even jolted and immediately took flight from the pond.

Immediately after… Lin Jing’s consciousness returned from the Buddha pagoda to his physical body, and he slowly stood up.

“Old Ancestor? Elder? What happened to you?” He looked at the terrified Old Ancestor and Elder.

“Wha—what happened inside?” Seeing Lin Jing return directly from the first level, Elder Mo swallowed hard and asked.

Lin Jing said with a pained expression, “Elder, I told you, after so long, the Seal of the Demon Suppression Pagoda has indeed loosened!”

“We had just entered when we encountered a Yao Beast trying to escape!”

“What!” Elder Mo and the Sect Old Ancestor were shocked.

“Fortunately, the legendary high-ranking Buddhist Cultivator had left behind a contingency plan, sealing a strand of his own consciousness within the Demon Suppression Pagoda, which successfully suppressed the Yao Beast back!”

Elder Mo and the Sect Old Ancestor breathed a sigh of relief.

“Unfortunately, the Demon Suppression Pagoda won’t last much longer. According to that high-ranking monk, in a few decades, the effect of the Seal will likely approach nothingness.”

The two of them changed color again.

“It’s fine, it’s fine,” Elder Mo immediately consoled himself. “As long as it’s not a sudden situation, it’s fine. The Demon Subduing Division has many capable people. As long as we report to the Demon Subduing Division in advance, even if the Yao Beast breaks the Seal, there will be experts to deal with it. Having been sealed for so long, even if it escapes, it must be extremely weak.”

“Right, let the people from the Demon Subduing Division handle it. I’m not fighting this immortal Yao Beast anyway,” Old Ancestor Wang Batian shook his head.

“Besides that, this Disciple also learned some uncertain information.”

Immediately after, Lin Jing reported the news of the Treasure Trove in the cave heaven to the Sect. The Sect’s Turtle Old Ancestor and Elder Mo looked at each other and said, “Understood. We will convene a Sect meeting to discuss this.”

“Also, it seems the Demon Suppression Pagoda is temporarily unsuitable for training. Let’s Seal it off for now.”

“You’ve worked hard. I will send you back first.” Fearing that Lin Jing might have been frightened, Elder Mo sent Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Squirrel back first.

However, after sending them away, the Turtle Old Ancestor looked at Elder Mo. “You say, the Seal of the Demon Suppression Pagoda loosened the moment he went in. Isn’t that a bit too coincidental? Could this Disciple be some kind of Lone Star of Heavenly Nemesis Physique?”

“Absolutely impossible!” Elder Mo said. “This Disciple possesses the Longevity Body, a Physique destined to send off generations of Old Ancestors. As a minor Cultivator at the Qi Training Stage, what could he possibly do in the Demon Suppression Pagoda? Being able to calmly report everything that happened inside truthfully already shows that he is very capable.”

“What, Longevity Body?!” The Turtle Old Ancestor was shocked. Wouldn’t that mean that the kid could live even longer than it?

…

Danxia Peak.

Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Squirrel sat at the entrance of the Immortal Cave, breathing deeply, feeling that it would be better to visit such places less often in the future.

“Speaking of which, how do you feel?”

He asked the Pine Leaf Squirrel about the effects of the Buddha light enhancement. Upon hearing this, the Pine Leaf Squirrel took out one, two, three… The Pine Leaf Squirrel conjured more and more red leaves. In an instant, seventy red leaves were already flying in mid-air. A sky full of red leaves—such a scene made Lin Jing gasp.

“Next time you encounter a Sword Cultivator, you can perform the ‘Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Ancestor’.”

You have to know, before this, with its cultivation at the seventh level of the Qi Training Stage, it could control at most fourteen flying leaves. But now, its mental power was actually strong enough to control seventy.

Even if there was something wrong with this Buddha light, they would accept it!

As for Lin Jing himself, he also felt that condensing the Illusion Dao True Qi seemed easier; it was that constructing the purple True Qi had become more efficient!

“But if I had to say what’s strange…”

He pondered, feeling that whether it was Fahai or the Buddha, the images and Buddhist nature of these Buddhist figures had become clearer in his mind.

“Could there really be something mixed into this Buddha light?” Lin Jing muttered to himself.

“I’ll have to find an expert for a check-up when I have time.”

He shook his head, looked at the Pine Leaf Squirrel, and said, “Speaking of which, do you want to try again…”

“Leaping to Tiandu!”

…

Gengyun Peak.

After Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s mental powers were enhanced by the Buddha light, they returned here once again.

This time, the Pine Leaf Squirrel was full of confidence, conjured a flying leaf, and rode it upwards.

This leap… was completely devoid of the difficulties of the past. It soared almost directly upwards, passing through the clouds. Accompanied by intense pressure, it soon reached the highest point and looked down from high above towards the top of Tiandu Peak.

Before its eyes, a wide expanse opened up.

Standing atop Tiandu Peak was a Divine Pine that seemed to have been rooted there since ancient times.

The trunk of this Divine Pine was not rough and tough like ordinary pine trees in the mortal world, but crystalline and translucent, as if carved from the purest green crystal. Faint spiritual light flowed within it, reflecting the ever-changing celestial scenery around it.

On the surface of the trunk, delicate patterns could occasionally be seen faintly flickering; these were the traces of spiritual power flowing, and every pattern contained ancient and powerful strength, as if it were its flowing Bloodline.

As the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s gaze swept over, the golden-green branches and leaves that covered most of Tiandu Peak swayed.

Mysterious, noble, sublime. Standing on the flying leaf, the Pine Leaf Squirrel stared blankly at the Tiandu Divine Pine, never having expected that there was such a pine tree atop Tiandu Peak; it had never heard of it, nor had it ever seen it.

What terrified the Pine Leaf Squirrel the most was that this Divine Pine suddenly extended its branches and curled towards it. On Tiandu Peak, apart from this Divine Pine, there didn’t seem to be any other living creatures.

This made the Pine Leaf Squirrel realize that the Guardian of the Beast Taming Sect on Tiandu Peak did not seem to be a Yao Beast, but a plant that had gained sentience—it was a pine tree!

It was over! It quickly called out to Lin Jing for help. After all, since it was born, it had eaten its fair share of Pine Cones. Who could have imagined that the natural enemy of the Sect’s Guardian was actually itself? No wonder no Pine Leaf Squirrel had ever jumped up here; its ancestors did not die in vain!