Chapter 191: Unable to Learn

Zhao Qingyue left.

She understood the gap between herself and Lin Jing.

Perhaps it was uncertain who was stronger between the Lin Jing of ten years ago and the current top Prodigy.

But now that Lin Jing had reached the Foundation Establishment Stage and formed contracts with two Rare Beasts and one Strange Gu, he rarely had any rivals in battles of the same level.

“This is the first time I’ve seen Fairy Haoyue in such a miserable state,” Jiang Lin murmured blankly, watching Zhao Qingyue’s departing figure.

“It’s because Senior is too strong,” Jiang Qi swallowed hard, even more awestruck by Lin Jing.

Beside them, Xu Zhizhi also felt completely at ease; he could now be certain that Lin Jing was the most promising “thigh” he had ever met.

When he became a high-ranking official in the future, this would be the power backing him!

He even suspected now that even if the legendary Ten Great Immortal Physiques were to appear, they would not be Lin Jing’s match at the same level.

The Innate Dao Body and Taiyin Body were both among the top twenty Physiques throughout history, yet both had been defeated by Lin Jing. He felt that perhaps only the top ten Immortal Physiques, known as “destined for Immortal Ascension,” stood a chance against Lin Jing.

However, Prodigies with such immortal talent were far too rare. The last time an Immortal Physique appeared was five thousand years ago. Xu Zhizhi sighed; he wondered if Lin Jing would even encounter an Immortal Physique Prodigy in his lifetime.

This was also a good thing. After all, when an Immortal Physique appeared, let alone the Prodigies of the same era, even some old monsters might live under its shadow. Not encountering one might not be a bad thing.

“Have all the Academy students from my year graduated?” Lin Jing asked.

“No, Gao Sheng hasn’t graduated yet,” Xu Zhizhi said. “According to that guy, he’d definitely be arranged by his family after graduation, so he’s been keeping his status as an Academy student while wandering around everywhere.”

“Alright, no need to mention him then,” Lin Jing shrugged.

“So what are your plans next?” Xu Zhizhi asked curiously. “Are you going to apply for graduation? With your strength,”

you should be able to serve as a city lord in the Ancient Domain. You wouldn’t be assigned to those remote regions, and your path to promotion should be very easy!”

“I don’t have that plan for now,” Lin Jing replied. Although obtaining an official position could further his Hidden Dragon Secret Technique, he felt that at this stage, the technique was sufficient.

He didn’t have a strong need for the third level of the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique, which increases cultivation. Compared to that, mastering the Heavenly Demon Body as quickly as possible was more important than anything.

Child Immortal had said that there was once a Soul Transformation Stage Heavenly Demon Body demonic Cultivator who consumed a thousand years of Lifespan to gain ten years of Void Profound combat power!

This gain was simply Heaven-Defying.

And for him, who had five thousand years of Lifespan at the Foundation Establishment Stage, a thousand years of Lifespan was like a mere drop in the bucket.

If he could master the Heavenly Demon Body, even if his base cultivation was lower and harder to improve than a normal Cultivator’s, the cultivation boost obtained at the cost of burning Lifespan would definitely crush the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique.

However, the biggest problem now was that Lin Jing simply couldn’t learn it. “I’m going to continue my secluded meditation,” Lin Jing said, planning to stay in seclusion for a few more years until he learned the Heavenly Demon Body.

“Seclusion again???” Xu Zhizhi was exasperated. “You just came out!”

“Before I go into seclusion, I’ll provide enough Rising Dragon Pills,” Lin Jing chuckled.

“Fine then,” Xu Zhizhi sighed. Lin Jing could do as he pleased; Geniuses had their own ways of Cultivating!

After this, the Fire Scale Dragon faced its second task after its Foundation Establishment dragon transformation: to continue refining pills.

With its current strength, Lin Jing believed the quality of the Rising Dragon Pills it refined would definitely be even more outstanding.

And for the Pine Leaf Squirrel, who was already at the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment and had reached Major Achievement in the Chang Sheng Technique, synthesizing the Materials for the Rising Dragon Pills had also become much easier.

As for Lin Jing himself, he threw his heart and soul into the cultivation of the Heavenly Demon Body. Just like that, another three months passed.

Most of the Potential Dragon Luck Lin Jing had accumulated over ten years had been used up.

Unfortunately, he still only had a superficial understanding of the Heavenly Demon Body.

“How pathetic.”

Divine Pine was awake now and had been watching Lin Jing’s cultivation the whole time. Seeing that Lin Jing hadn’t mastered the Heavenly Demon Body yet, he couldn’t help but feel bored.

He wanted to see what kind of power the Longevity Physique combined with the Heavenly Demon Body could exert even more than Lin Jing did. It shouldn’t be inferior to a single Immortal Physique, right?

“Kid, since you can’t get a handle on it, change your focus for a bit,” Divine Pine reminded him, seeing Lin Jing’s eyes were bloodshot and he was on the verge of Qi Deviation.

“There’s no reason it should be this difficult.”

“Essentially, it’s just using True Yuan to transform the heart to breed a Heart-fire that can burn life, using the heart as a Pill Furnace and vitality as Materials to refine a Life Pill that boosts cultivation…”

“I’ve already successfully transformed my heart according to the secret technique, but why can’t I breed the Heart-fire?” Lin Jing looked inward at his now pitch-black heart. This was the core of the Heavenly Demon Body; had he done something wrong in the transformation?

“Talent is talent. Your ‘Thousand Transformations’ technique is essentially simpler, just recombining the structure of spiritual energy, but look, besides you, who succeeded with the help of the Golden Bodhi Tree, can anyone else learn it?”

After Divine Pine finished speaking, Lin Jing sighed and chose to listen, deciding to temporarily practice other Spells to clear his head.

He sat cross-legged on the ground, the aura of life on his body growing weaker and weaker. Soon, he was like a Cultivator who had died in meditation, with not a trace of vitality to be felt.

“I’ll practice the Moulting Technique and Thousand Transformations,” Lin Jing murmured to himself. These two Spells were especially important to him now.

With five thousand years of Lifespan at the Foundation Establishment Stage, his vitality had become terrifyingly conspicuous. Thanks to the Moulting Technique he learned from the Hundred Flowers Valley, he could conceal his vitality.

However, that alone was still somewhat obvious. Because Lin Jing hadn’t practiced the Moulting Technique deeply, it was difficult to hide the aura of five thousand years of vitality. But if combined with the realistic Thousand Transformations, the combination of the two Spells would make Lin Jing’s state of feigned death truly deceptive.

“Senior Divine Pine, at what cultivation level could someone detect an anomaly in my current state?”

“During the Qi Training Stage, your Thousand Transformations could even deceive a Nascent Soul. Now that your True Qi has been compressed into True Yuan, your Illusion Dao magic is even more powerful, capable of deceiving even a Soul Transformation Cultivator to some extent. If I didn’t know you were using illusions,”

I would surely be fooled as well.”

“Now, unless a Soul Transformation Cultivator specializing in Divine Sense conducts a full investigation, it’s very difficult for anyone below the Void Profound realm to easily sense your anomalies when you use illusions and the Moulting Technique to cover yourself.”

“Hmm, if you had used the Luck you spent on the Heavenly Demon Body to practice these two Spells instead, you might have been able to perfectly deceive a Soul Transformation Cultivator.”

“Then I’ll practice the Moulting Technique and Thousand Transformations some more. As for the Heavenly Demon Body, relying solely on my own cultivation is probably going to be tough. Although the manual says it doesn’t require external help, still…”

“Senior, do you think it would be easier if I found a Strange Fire that also has the property of burning Lifespan for the Fire Scale Dragon to refine, and then used that as a reference to condense my Heart-fire? With its Flame Emperor Precious Beast Physique, refining and controlling Strange Fires is very easy, and I could use it to explore the essence of such flames more minutely,” Lin Jing asked.

“Wait, stop thinking about cultivation. Something has happened—” Lin Jing was still waiting for Senior Divine Pine’s answer when Divine Pine’s panicked voice suddenly came from the Void Realm.