Chapter 115: Refining

“King-level Bloodlines are also divided into different grades.”

“Like those few Demon Kings of your Beast Taming Sect, if they were to conceive descendants with Bloodline legacies, they would at most have ordinary King-level Bloodlines. Their lineage is too poor; if their descendants encounter prodigies cultivated by major powers, such as those with the Heavenly God Body or Talismanic Incantation Body, they would only be suppressed by them.”

“A slightly more Advanced King-level Bloodline would be the descendants of Demon Kings from powerful races, such as the children of Dragons and Phoenixes!”

“Your Dragon Carp, although not a Bloodline successor of a Dragon Clan Demon King, has incredible Bloodline due to mutation and atavism. It has also been nurtured by your Longevity Blood, plus the Luck accumulated from your Minor Achievement in the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique, most of which has been used to cultivate it. With this top-tier dragon-raising secret technique to enhance its potential, its Bloodline potential is in the second tier of King-level Bloodlines!”

“As for the top-tier King-level Bloodlines, they are the Primordial Remnants that can feed on Dragons and Phoenixes. Even if their Bloodline has thinned to the King-level due to the long passage of time, they can still suppress and kill Dragons and Phoenixes of the same level, becoming supreme Demon Kings.”

“The Ice Soul Gu refined by the Gu God Sect is currently at this stage. Furthermore, do not look at it as only having a King-level Bloodline now; that is because it was just born. Given time, even if you don’t cultivate it much, its Bloodline will evolve on its own. This is also why ordinary people cannot control the Ten Unique Gu.”

“That’s why I said it’s the one with the most hope of possessing an imperial-level bloodline. Hmm—with its current Extreme Realm foundation at the eleventh level of the Qi Training Stage, I’m afraid once it reaches Foundation Establishment, it can evolve into a Gu Emperor. Even without the Extreme Realm foundation, its Bloodline evolving to the Emperor-level is only a matter of time.”

After listening, Lin Jing looked at the Pine Leaf Squirrel and the Dragon Carp. Thinking about it this way, an imperial-level bloodline was indeed rare.

He understood even more the strength of the Nan Shan Demon Emperor. An imperial-level bloodline only meant the possibility of becoming a Demon Emperor, but right now, a truly powerful Demon Emperor had been suppressed and killed by the Divine Pine!

“Don’t think about it so much. Plant trees, refine pills!” He activated the Immortal Cave’s Mountain-Sealing Array, which meant informing outsiders that he was in seclusion and should not be disturbed.

With this barrier in place, there was no need to worry that watering the sapling with Longevity Blood would cause the Yao Beasts in the academy to riot.

As Lin Jing began his seclusion to prepare for Alchemy, Cultivators from all sides also began to investigate the cause of the anomaly in Hidden Dragon City.

However, the academy side, not wanting the outside world to know that a Demon Emperor had successfully invaded Hidden Dragon City and nearly succeeded in assassinating an academy Genius, forcibly suppressed the matter.

Nevertheless, some people still learned the cause and effect through certain means.

“Brother Lin is impressive.” Gao Sheng stood before the closed Mountain-Protecting Barrier, having already learned of the matter from Zhang Hu.

What shocked him the most wasn’t that Lin Jing was chased to Hidden Dragon City by a Demon Emperor, but that Lin Jing actually had a Soul Transformation level Dao Protector!

One must know that even his own Soul Transformation maternal grandfather was unwilling to protect his Dao!

His family hadn’t even arranged a Nascent Soul Protector for him, only throwing a few life-saving Magic Treasures and a pile of Spirit Stones at him!

Comparing them like this, Gao Sheng suddenly felt that his treatment was not even as good as Lin Jing’s!

Although, as a useless playboy, he really didn’t need anyone to protect his Dao, as no one would target him—

“Encountering such a major event, Brother Lin went into seclusion immediately. He must be under great pressure. A Mortal Body has its advantages too.” After finding out he couldn’t see Lin Jing, Gao Sheng shook his head and turned to leave.

In his view, Lin Jing was panicked and urgent to improve his strength. With this comparison, he suddenly realized that poor Aptitude was also a good thing.

At least he didn’t have to worry about being targeted like those with special Physiques such as the Longevity Physique.

Gao Sheng summoned a handsome Dragon Horse and sat on it lightly to find Xu Zhizhi. During the time Lin Jing was working hard in seclusion, he had to take on the responsibility of the Dragon Palace Protector so that the Dragon Palace wouldn’t fall into chaos.

As the Dragon Horse soared, Gao Sheng analyzed and reasoned:

“Brother Lin’s Protector hunted a Dragon Clan Demon Emperor. Wouldn’t that Dragon blood be enough to refine many top-grade Rising Dragon Pills? When Brother Lin comes out of seclusion, it will be the time to distribute pills. Whether you can advance to a Demon King Bloodline depends on our performance during this time.” He patted the white horse.

He said, “Let’s go, let’s get to work.”

“Master is wise!!” For the first time, the Dragon Horse felt that its master wasn’t stupid. Although this was all thanks to the intelligence provided by the Demon Subduing Division,

for Gao Sheng’s pig brain to be able to analyze to this extent, the Dragon Horse was very pleased.

Without Lin Jing’s knowledge, Gao Sheng paid out of his own pocket to build up the Dragon Palace for him.

Whenever a Dragon Palace Genius lacked money to cultivate their Pet Beast, he would take out a Storage Pouch and a promissory note, lending a large amount of interest-free Spirit Stones.

“This is the Dragon Palace’s investment in you!”

“In the Autumn Hunt, you must perform well!”

“The gains you get then can be used to repay the Spirit Stones.”

Gao Sheng patted the shoulders of one Dragon Palace Genius after another and then left.

This instantly made the new students who joined the Dragon Palace feel a different kind of warmth.

During this period.

Outside Lin Jing’s Immortal Cave, Lin Jing was still watering the sapling with Longevity Blood every day.

In fact, it didn’t take long. Under the watering of the Longevity Blood, the sapling grew.

With the Divine Pine having reached Perfection in the Azure Emperor Longevity Art, it was naturally impossible for Lin Jing to wait a year or half a year to obtain Pine Cones.

A few days later, nine golden-green Pine Cones were born. Lin Jing was joyful.

He stood before the person-high small sapling, holding the divine fruit that had grown on it, and asked:

“Senior Divine Pine, what are the effects of the pine nuts inside these Pine Cones after eating them?”

“What use could they have? Extending life, vast vitality, that’s it.” The Divine Pine didn’t want to answer.

“Then we can start trying to refine pills!” Lin Jing nodded. What the Divine Pine said was simple, but it was enough. What he sought was nothing more than to let the Pine Leaf Squirrel extend its life and have vast vitality.

Otherwise, the Foundation Establishment Pill refined for the Pine Leaf Squirrel wouldn’t have been named the Longevity Foundation Establishment Pill.

After picking the Pine Cones one by one, he looked at the sapling without Pine Cones, then summoned the Pine Leaf Squirrel and muttered:

“Nine Pine Cones, nine refining opportunities. We should be able to succeed once, right? This tree is useless now; you should absorb it with the Longevity Art. We can’t let it go to waste, after all, it’s the painstaking effort of Senior Divine Pine and me.”

The Pine Leaf Squirrel’s eyes were large and bright, looking eagerly at the small pine tree whose Pine Cones had been removed.

However, in the next moment, the sapling was taken away by the Divine Pine.

“Your Azure Emperor Longevity Art has already reached Minor Achievement. This thing has no nutrition; all the nutrition is in the Pine Cones. Absorbing it won’t do much for you.”

“Squeak!!!” The Pine Leaf Squirrel was unconvinced.

While it was arguing with the Divine Pine, Lin Jing had already entered the Immortal Cave, holding a Pine Cone, wanting to try with the Dragon Carp first.

At this time, the Dragon Carp was recuperating in the Hundred Beasts Tripod. With Lin Jing’s arrival, it immediately jumped out, its eyes flashing.

Is it about to begin?

The Dragon Carp had also waited a long time for this day.

Because Lin Jing had said that after the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s Longevity Foundation Establishment Pill was completed, he would use the Rising Dragon Pill and the Longevity Foundation Establishment Pill as a basis to start researching its Dragon Transformation Foundation Establishment Pill.

In other words, the Pine Leaf Squirrel was just a medicine-testing boy for it, the Dragon Carp.

When it established its foundation and transformed into a dragon, it would be even stronger.

As a proud member of the Dragon Clan, the Dragon Carp did not allow itself to have the lowest strength or status among the three Pet Beasts.

“The Materials are ready, let’s begin.”

Lin Jing stared intently at the Hundred Beasts Tripod, took a deep breath, and took out the nine Materials for refining the Longevity Foundation Establishment Pill, preparing them one by one.

He waved his arm, and a flash of fluctuation appeared around the Storage Pouch.

First bottle, Longevity Blood.

Second bottle, Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid.

Third item, Five-Hundred-Year Spiritual Ginseng.

Fourth item, Parasitic Grass.

Fifth item, Pine Leaf Squirrel’s Natal Red Leaf.

Sixth item—

Until the ninth item, Divine Pine Pine Cone!

“Extract first, I’ll control the fire temperature.” As Lin Jing spoke, the Hundred Beasts Tripod was covered in flames, with dragon flames rising inside. The Dragon Carp spat fire, and he first threw the Spiritual Ginseng into it, intending to extract the essence from the Spiritual Ginseng using the most common fire-refining method in Alchemy.

Spiritual Ginseng—Parasitic Grass—Natal Red Leaf—Lin Jing pinched a seal with one hand, his mind merging into the flames, carefully extracting the essence of the plants,

removing the Impurities and filth within.

Until the most difficult Divine Pine Pine Cone, they encountered no accidents, perfectly extracting the essence of all the botanical Materials and placing them one by one in containers.

Lin Jing wiped the sweat from his forehead. Essence extraction was the simplest step in the Alchemy process. All the Potential Dragon Luck he had obtained was used by him to improve his Alchemy skills and enhance the Dragon Carp’s potential. If they made a mistake at this step, they wouldn’t even need to continue refining.

“Next is the blending and proportioning!” Lin Jing looked at the portions of plant essence.

This step required mixing the refined plant powders or liquid essences according to a certain ratio based on the pill’s formula. Since it was an original Pill Formula, Lin Jing referred to the experience of his predecessors and only had a general direction. He quickly mixed the nine Materials, whether they were liquid, blood, or powder, and a fist-sized lump of medicine paste formed.

Next was the most critical step. Lin Jing threw the medicine paste into the tripod and began the final refining and Fusion process. He needed to use suitable Alchemy techniques and high temperatures to let the various Materials fully fuse and react, shaping them into a pill!

“Fire Dragon Spitting Pearl!”

Inside the pill tripod, the leaping flames were like a divine dragon, completely swallowing the various Materials. The lifelike fire dragon head constantly compressed and bit down. This was one of the many Alchemy techniques Lin Jing had learned from the Dan Scripture in the library, the Fire Dragon Spitting Pearl, which was most suitable for dragon-type beast fire!

This fire control technique was a composite Rank Three Alchemy technique, which was very difficult to operate. It was composed of several low-level fire control techniques. Although complex, it could handle various situations and was very versatile.

Outside.

The Pine Leaf Squirrel and the Divine Pine argued for a day and a night without result. With a “boom,” they both looked toward the inside of the Immortal Cave.

“Hehe.” The Divine Pine smiled and said, “It seems the first refining attempt failed with a tripod explosion.”

Lin Jing and the Dragon Carp, covered in blast injuries, walked out of the Immortal Cave.

“During the refining process, I found some problems with the blending and proportioning. I’ll try again later.” Although Lin Jing felt bad about the Materials, he had no choice.

For an original pill being refined for the first time, it was very difficult to succeed on the first try. Lin Jing was not discouraged; there was still a chance.

For the next several days, Lin Jing and the Dragon Carp kept trying. Inside the Immortal Cave, the “boom” of tripod explosions was heard many times.

Failure, improvement, failure, improvement—

The Pine Leaf Squirrel stayed outside the Immortal Cave the whole time, extremely anxious. Lin Jing and the Dragon Carp were, after all, refining the Foundation Establishment Pill for it. Seeing Lin Jing and the Dragon Carp fail time and again and walk out injured from the explosions, the Pine Leaf Squirrel had the thought of simply establishing its foundation directly!

After all, with its current foundation, trying to break through to Foundation Establishment directly would be very easy.

However, it also understood that what Lin Jing wanted was not an ordinary Foundation Establishment, but to let it obtain a more perfect Bloodline through the Foundation Establishment Pill.

For this, they had worked hard for more than three years. Now, they were only one step away—they absolutely could not give up.

The Pine Leaf Squirrel could only pray that Lin Jing and the Dragon Carp would succeed as soon as possible, and pray that through the Longevity Foundation Establishment Pill, it could indeed be reborn,

and then give Lin Jing and the Dragon Carp some help.

In the blink of an eye, another month passed.

During this time, dragon roars were often heard from the Immortal Cave, but in the end, they were often accompanied by tripod explosions. The Pine Leaf Squirrel stayed with the Divine Pine, constantly trying to sell the various strange Spiritual Plants it had synthesized, hoping to exchange them for some treasures from the Divine Pine.

However, the Rank One mutated plants that the Pine Leaf Squirrel had synthesized over the past three years were mostly only suitable for the Qi Training Stage. Not to mention for the Divine Pine, even for themselves, 99% of the synthesized items were useless.

“You’ve hoarded so much trash and want to exchange it for treasures from me? You’re dreaming.” The Divine Pine was not fooled at all. Then, suddenly, it sensed a pill fragrance drifting out of the Immortal Cave— “The seventh time, is the pill finally formed?”

“Hahahaha.” At the same time, inside the Immortal Cave, Lin Jing’s loud laughter also rang out. The laughter sounded relieved and contained a hint of bitterness, making even the Divine Pine sigh that this boy indeed had some talent—

“Senior Divine Pine, the pill is formed!”

“Senior, please test the medicine!!!”