Chapter 100

Lin Jing nodded. The chilling Spiritual Qi on this object was indeed powerful. If he hadn’t reached the tenth stage of the Qi Training Stage and possessed an ice-attribute Physique himself, he would certainly have been affected upon touching it.

He put away the marriage contract and placed it into his Storage Pouch. Although this item was of little use, it at least contained Spiritual Qi. If he threw it away as well, he would have gained nothing from this class.

After putting away the marriage contract, Lin Jing looked at the Pine Leaf Squirrel. Although it had talent, its Treasure Seeking Technique must have only just reached the introductory level. It had only found one of the three ancient treasures containing Spiritual Qi that Mr. Cao had placed here; it likely hadn’t discovered the other two.

However, after realizing that the highest-quality ancient treasure was merely something like an Yin-Resentment Marriage Contract, Lin Jing no longer had much expectation for the other two.

“Mr. Cao, I learned that you once said anyone who achieves a Breakthrough to the Extreme Realm in the Dragon Phoenix Cave Heaven can obtain the right to use an Immortal Cave at the academy for sixty years. Since both the Pine Leaf Squirrel and I achieved a Breakthrough to the Extreme Realm in the Cave Heaven, do we get the right to use an Immortal Cave for one hundred and twenty years, or do we get the right to use two Immortal Caves for sixty years each?” Lin Jing suddenly remembered the important matter when he saw Cao Ziwei.

Mr. Cao smiled upon hearing this: “You are quite the slippery one, never willing to lose out. Logically speaking, you and this Squirrel Demon should be considered as one entity——”

Lin Jing put on a bitter expression: “My student Sect is withering, and my family background is poor——”

“There is an unoccupied Immortal Cave on the mountain peak next to yours; you might as well use that one too.” Mr. Cao waved his hand and said: “Make reasonable use of it.”

Lin Jing immediately bowed: “Thank you, Mr. Cao.”

A few days passed in the blink of an eye. Whether the other two ancient treasures containing Spiritual Qi had been found by others, or the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s Treasure Seeking Technique had failed to lock onto them, the ancient marriage contract remained Lin Jing’s only harvest by the time the class ended.

He himself had also been diligently Cultivating the Treasure Seeking Technique these past few days, but unfortunately, his talent was poor. After working hard for several days, he could only find three or five pieces of junk, a far cry from the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s talent, which led Lin Jing to finally give up on learning the Treasure Seeking Technique.

However, if he had to name his biggest harvest, it was definitely gaining an extra Immortal Cave. Regarding this Immortal Cave, Lin Jing thought about it and finally decided not to rent it out, but rather to convert it into a “Spiritual Field” to expand his planting area, growing Alchemy Materials himself for the Pine Leaf Squirrel to use.

As for his current Immortal Cave, it would be converted into an Alchemy Cave, which he would use together with the Dragon Carp. By spreading out, there would be more available Spiritual Qi, and they wouldn’t have to fight over it.

“The Hidden Dragon Secret Technique has finally reached Minor Achievement——” Returning to the Immortal Cave, Lin Jing looked at the back of his hand and discovered that the golden young dragon had fully gestated and emerged. This meant he could freely enter and exit all levels of the library to learn and understand more things.

“The next thing I need to face is Foundation Establishment.”

“However, I have plenty of time. Staying in the Qi Training Stage for another three or five years will have no impact on me at all.”

“A tall building rises from the ground. Next, I will use my advantage in time to learn as much as possible, for the sake of a more perfect Foundation Establishment.” Lin Jing’s gaze was firm, erasing the impatience in his heart and trying his best to calm down. Being too impatient was incompatible with the Longevity Physique and even more detrimental to Cultivation.

Time drifted by, and in the blink of an eye, three years passed.

During these three years, apart from continuing to sell bamboo spears, distributing them to various cities in the Ancient Domain, Lin Jing had been living in seclusion. Aside from a few academy classes, he had devoted himself entirely to the study of Alchemy.

His peers had all already entered the Foundation Establishment stage; Xu Zhizhi, Gao Sheng, Chen Lingxi, and Wang Xiao had all achieved Foundation Establishment. Only Lin Jing remained in the Qi Training Stage. This left many people puzzled as to why this Genius, who had also reached the tenth stage of the Qi Training Stage, was so slow to make a Breakthrough.

During this period, Wang Xiao challenged him several times, but was turned away by Lin Jing. Once Wang Xiao achieved Foundation Establishment, he couldn’t be bothered to challenge him anymore.

As for Gao Sheng, seeing that Lin Jing had not yet achieved Foundation Establishment, he didn’t feel it was appropriate to invite him to solve cases together.

In the Immortal Cave, medicinal clouds swirled, and dragon fire flew. Lin Jing opened his eyes, and a flaming Dragon Carp floated out from the Hundred Beast Cauldron.

Immediately after, it spat out a red Medicinal Pill.

“Finally, it’s a success.”

Many people did not know that for three years, Lin Jing had spent most of his time studying Alchemy. The vast amount of Potential Dragon Luck he had accumulated was also used to deduce Alchemy techniques and nurture the Dragon Carp.

Now, both Lin Jing and the Dragon Carp could be called third-grade Alchemists, both having a certain probability of refining third-grade Medicinal Pills. However, this was not their biggest harvest of the past three years.

Their biggest harvest was that through Luck deduction, as well as referencing and improving various Pill Formulas, they had incorporated the Spiritual Plants synthesized by the Pine Leaf Squirrel into their Pill Formulas, creating one brand-new type of Medicinal Pill after another.

What Lin Jing held in his hand right now was the “Rising Dragon Pill,” refined using dragon-attribute beast fire, purple Dragon Bone Flower, and dragon blood as core Materials.

It was a third-grade Medicinal Pill.

“According to the pharmacological calculations, this pill should be able to give any Yao Beast an extremely high purity of dragon blood, turning it into a Dragon Blood Demon Beast! If it is already a Dragon Blood Demon Beast, it can significantly improve its Bloodline quality. However, as for the specific effects and whether it has any toxicity, I still need to find a Little White Mouse to experiment with!”

He looked at the exhausted Dragon Carp; he couldn’t possibly let it test the pill.

The medicinal properties of a third-grade Medicinal Pill are powerful. If something goes wrong, it could really be dangerous. The current effects were—just a hypothesis.

“I didn’t expect that even after I no longer needed a Little White Mouse to synthesize Spiritual Plants, the Medicinal Pills refined from them would still require a Little White Mouse to test the medicine.”

Lin Jing walked out of the Immortal Cave. To refine this Rising Dragon Pill, he had been cooped up in the Immortal Cave for three months without seeing sunlight. Now that he had finally succeeded, he couldn’t wait to verify the results.

“Found you.” Lin Jing walked a circle, laughed, and caught a small green caterpillar that was munching on leaves. Because this small green caterpillar had often been bathed in Spiritual Qi, it also had the cultivation of the first stage of the Qi Training Stage.

“You’ll do. This old man—will grant you a stroke of good fortune.” He said in an old-fashioned manner.

“If you survive, I will appoint you as the medicine-testing attendant under my seat.”

Lin Jing grabbed the small green caterpillar with one hand. Under its terrified gaze, he stuffed the Rising Dragon Pill into its mouth. Worried that it wouldn’t be able to digest it, Lin Jing also stuffed a golden Medicinal Pill in with it.

The latter was refined from golden spiritual rice, eliminating the drawback of losing one’s sanity upon eating it, and significantly enhancing digestive ability. He named it the Gluttony Pill.

“Gulp.” After eating the Gluttony Pill and the Rising Dragon Pill, the small green caterpillar’s eyes went black, and it almost fainted. However, very quickly, a miraculous scene appeared on its body.

“Roar!!!” From the tiny little green caterpillar, a powerful Dragon might began to radiate. A dragon shadow swirled around its body, and its cultivation rose and rose: second stage of the Qi Training Stage, third stage, fourth stage—it didn’t stop until it reached the ninth stage of the Qi Training Stage.

At the same time, intense white light permeated its body. Under the white light, its size continued to increase, and green scales grew on its body. Although it ultimately was only the size of a forearm and still looked like a bug, its aura had long since become extraordinary, and its pressure far exceeded that of a Yao Beast of the same level!

“Hoo!!” Its intelligence had already been opened. Its gaze was terrified yet fierce. It instantly opened its mouth toward Lin Jing, spat out a stream of cyan dragon breath, and then turned around and ran.

Boom. The dragon breath hit Lin Jing directly. Lin Jing did not dodge; he walked out of the smoke with tattered clothes, his eyes filled with fanaticism.

“The intensity of this dragon breath is already stronger than a Spirit Bean Bomb.” Seeing this, Lin Jing chuckled: “And this was mutated from a small green caterpillar, without much Cultivation. If it were eaten by a Yao Beast that was already powerful, perhaps the effect would be even stronger, and its strength would definitely not be weaker than the projections in the Dragon Phoenix Cave Heaven.”

“However—it should be useless for the Dragon Carp. Its Bloodline strength has already been raised too high by the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique.”

These things didn’t matter. What excited Lin Jing the most was that the Rising Dragon Pill was the precursor pill for the “Exclusive Longevity Foundation Establishment Pill” he had envisioned. With various Alchemy techniques overlapping, the fact that his skills could now refine the Rising Dragon Pill meant that he would soon be able to refine the exclusive Foundation Establishment Pill.

However, before that—Lin Jing looked at the back of his hand; the golden young dragon of Luck was already incredibly dim.

“Three years have passed; I am probably already forgotten.”

“The Rising Dragon Pill; not even the Beast Taming Sect has such dragon-transforming Medicinal Pills. I wonder how the market will be!”

“Let’s experiment within the academy first.”

“Let the many students see the strength of the Dragon Blood Carp cultivated by the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique, and then promote the Rising Dragon Pill…”

“Also, Liu Yu previously established a student organization in the academy called the ‘Eye Alliance.’ Could I also establish a student organization with Dragon Taming as its core? Even someone with a background like Brother Gao likes Dragon Horse Pet Beasts; there’s no reason others wouldn’t like handsome dragon beasts as mounts. Liu Yu was right; joining an organization allows everyone to look out for each other. Cultivating the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique together would also have better results. With many Dragon Tamers relying on the influence behind them to promote for me, it’s the same principle as borrowing the influence of the Lotus Pavilion.” Lin Jing’s eyes burned with intensity as he began to formulate his plan.