Chapter 167: Power of the Future

“Heavenly Secrets Pavilion has prepared accommodations for you. There is still some time before the Heavenly Pride Battle begins, so remember to rest well.”

Mr. Cao didn’t ask much, simply instructing the Academy’s participants to rest well.

Anyway, the Devilish Qi was slowly dissipating, so it was better to avoid prying into others’ business.

Upon arriving at Celestial Mystery City, Lin Jing left the large group that needed recuperation and headed straight for Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.

Due to the hosting of the Heavenly Pride Battle, there was a constant stream of Cultivators visiting Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. Dozens of guards watched over the pavilion, making the security exceptionally strong.

“I beg of you, please let a Great Master of Heavenly Secrets Pavilion perform a divination for me. My Dao Companion has been missing for three years! I’m so worried about her! I want to know where she is.” A destitute Foundation Establishment Cultivator pleaded outside.

“Leave at once.” A guard drove him away without mercy.

A passing Cultivator patted his shoulder and said, “Heavenly Secrets Pavilion wouldn’t bother with a trivial matter like a wife running off with someone else. Brother, just go back.”

“Your wife is the one who ran off with someone!” The seeker of divination and the passerby came to blows and were subsequently taken away together by the City Guard.

Lin Jing shook his head. Most of those visiting Heavenly Secrets Pavilion were seeking a divination, among whom there were no lack of Nascent Soul or even Soul Transformation Cultivators.

Lin Jing arrived outside Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, and a guard stepped forward to stop him.

“I am Lin Jing of the Beast Taming Sect, a friend of the twenty-seventh generation Disciple Bai Yuran. She invited me here,” Lin Jing said.

“Wait a moment.” After glancing at Lin Jing, the guard Cultivator seemed to be communicating with the interior of Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.

After a moment, he said, “You may enter.”

“Thank you.” Lin Jing cupped his fists and entered Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. The interior was like a starry sky, with the surrounding murals filled with star patterns.

“Saint, I hope you have been well.” Lin Jing looked up and saw a young girl in a white dress descending as if from beyond the stars.

She came before Lin Jing.

Bai Yuran spoke with a smile, “Have you come to see me because you’ve decided to cooperate with me?”

“I came this time to thank you for that divination,” Lin Jing said seriously. “If it weren’t for—”

“Give it a rest.” Bai Yuran rolled her eyes. “You’ve come this time because you have another request for me, right?”

Lin Jing was stunned.

“Let me guess, you must want to know what the Starry Universe Turtle’s blessing is, which is why you came to find me.” Bai Yuran saw through Lin Jing’s request at a glance, which surprised him quite a bit.

“How should I put it, as expected of a Disciple of Heavenly Secrets Pavilion!” Lin Jing said admiringly. “I indeed really want to know, but I also truly came to thank you. I even brought a thank-you gift.”

“Come with me,” Bai Yuran invited. “This isn’t the place to talk.”

In a room by the clouds in Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, with white clouds floating outside the window, Bai Yuran and Lin Jing sat facing each other.

Bai Yuran said, “Senior Starry Universe Turtle’s blessing can actually be chosen and is divided into many types.”

“It can do almost anything related to Time Dao blessings.”

“It is also very skilled in other types of blessings.”

“As I thought,” Lin Jing said. “It’s just as I expected.”

“You came to ask me about the final reward of the Heavenly Pride Battle right after arriving at Celestial Mystery City; it seems you are determined to get first place,” Bai Yuran said. “If you can win the final victory, you can actually ask Senior Starry Universe Turtle to perform a Heavenly Mystery Concealment for you.”

“This way, as long as you don’t actively expose yourself, even a powerhouse of the Dao Inquiry Stage won’t be able to deduce your location. For you, this should be very significant, right?”

“Indeed.” Lin Jing nodded. However, the biggest problem with the Longevity Physique was that its vitality was too vast and conspicuous. Even if he Cultivated the Moulting Technique, he didn’t know if the Spell could conceal his life fluctuations once his cultivation level became higher.

By then, finding him wouldn’t require any deduction techniques at all—he would be like the sun in the night, incredibly dazzling.

“Besides that—” She chuckled and looked at Lin Jing, saying, “The reason you’ve delayed your Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment must be that you want to break through a few more layers of the Qi Training Stage Extreme Realm!”

“The deeper the accumulation before Foundation Establishment, the more solid the Foundation laid. After Foundation Establishment, the enhancement to a special Physique will be even greater.”

Lin Jing nodded. Just as Pet Beast Foundation Establishment was the best opportunity for Bloodline enhancement, when human Cultivators underwent Foundation Establishment, it would also significantly increase the power of their special Physiques. This was an opportunity that wouldn’t even come with advancing to Golden Core…

…or Nascent Soul.

Foundation Establishment could be said to be the most crucial Realm on the path of immortal cultivation.

A Cultivator’s development of a special Physique can also be divided into Minor Achievement, Major Achievement, and Perfection.

His current Longevity Physique, Beast Control Body, and Ice Soul Physique didn’t even count as Minor Achievement yet. Developing a Physique actually required resources; for example, increasing the strength of an Ice Spirit Body required a large amount of ice-attribute spiritual items.

Besides that, Foundation Establishment was a direct opportunity to enhance Physique strength. The better the Foundation Establishment effect, the greater the Physique enhancement. If he could accumulate more before Foundation Establishment, he could save a lot of resources and time later, and wouldn’t need to worry about Physique enhancement for a while, allowing him to focus on Cultivating Cultivation Techniques and Spells.

“I have a way,” Bai Yuran said.

“What?”

“I said just now that Senior Starry Universe Turtle can do almost anything related to Time Dao blessings.”

“Among them, it can even help a Cultivator borrow the Power of the Future!”

“Power of the Future?!”

“For example, after you form a Golden Core in the future, the Golden Core will nurture a Golden Core Divine Ability based on the nature of your True Essence. This is an ability you can obtain in the future.”

Lin Jing nodded.

“Theoretically, you can only obtain this Golden Core Divine Ability after your future Core Formation. However, Senior Starry Universe Turtle…”

…can let you borrow that future power, allowing you to master a Golden Core Divine Ability while still in the Qi Training Stage or Foundation Establishment Stage!!”

“Of course, since you don’t have Golden Core magic power, even if you master the Golden Core Divine Ability, you won’t be able to use it. But as long as you solve the magic power issue for performing the Golden Core Divine Ability, you can perform the Divine Ability in the Foundation Establishment Stage!”

“This, is the so-called borrowing of the Power of the Future.”

“However, there’s one thing you need to be clear about. This is just you borrowing your Golden Core Stage Divine Ability, obtaining it ahead of time through a Time Dao blessing! Once you reach the Golden Core Stage, you won’t develop a new Divine Ability.”

“In other words, by the time you reach the point where you should have obtained that Divine Ability, this blessing becomes equivalent to useless.”

Lin Jing understood.

“I see. You mean that by Cultivating the Beast Taming Art, I can condense a drop of Blood of Contract in the Foundation Establishment Stage. And now, through the Starry Universe Turtle’s Time Dao blessing, I can obtain that drop of Blood of Contract ahead of time while in the Qi Training Stage.”

“Even though I won’t be able to obtain a new drop of Blood of Contract after Foundation Establishment, the Blood of Contract obtained in advance will allow me to contract another Pet Beast in the Qi Training Stage. By using its Breakthrough Feedback, it can help me break through the Extreme Realm once again!”