Chapter 254: The Ancestral Recognition Pact

“Alright, the great plan for the Yao Race’s revival has not yet succeeded, and the Saintesses still need to work hard,” the Qilin Clan Chief said,

and then prepared to begin the final segment of the Holy Maiden Tea Party.

The three Saintesses would compete against each other to test their progress in strength.

“We’re stable, stable. This time was a complete victory.” Senior Brother Ouyang came to Lin Jing, who was replenishing his true essence, and said, “Although Her Highness the Saintess’s followers are a bit weak, her strength is the strongest among the Saintesses!”

“Do you know why?” he asked Lin Jing via sound transmission.

“I can roughly guess,” Lin Jing said, closing his eyes, not particularly concerned about this battle.

His mission was complete.

If Senior Sister got beaten up next, he would be powerless to help.

Ouyang Hao laughed, “The First Holy Maiden gave birth to too many children, causing her Physique to decline, so her strength is naturally ordinary. However, even though her personal strength isn’t strong, her future is promising. Once those children grow up, they will be a force that cannot be ignored. These are her true future followers.”

“Although the Second Holy Maiden has excellent talent and Comprehension Ability, creating many new techniques, such matters consume too much energy, leaving her with little time to improve her own strength. And most of these new techniques are actually not as good as the Legacy Cultivation Techniques of the Demon Court; one could only say she is striving for hope.”

“But our Saintess is different. Her followers are weak, not because they were weak from the start, but because the strongest among them was directly contracted by her as a Pet Beast, becoming part of her own strength, and is no longer considered one of her followers.”

“So, the weakness of her followers isn’t because she arrived at the Demon Court too recently; it’s all her own doing.”

“With herself plus four Pet Beasts, in a five-on-one situation, her strength is instead the strongest among the Saintesses—”

Lin Jing fell silent for a moment upon hearing this. As expected of someone from our Beast Taming Sect…

Just as Senior Brother Ouyang said, when Senior Sister fought the other two Saintesses, she unceremoniously summoned four Pet Beasts to gang up on them.

One white crane, one Phoenix, one Roc, and one peacock. The crane was Senior Sister’s first Pet Beast contracted at the Beast Taming Sect. The other three were Pet Beasts with excellent talent and potential chosen and contracted from the Demon Court.

The Bloodlines of the Phoenix and the peacock were both Imperial-grade.

The Roc’s Bloodline even reached the terrifying Ancestral-grade Bloodline, just like the Zhu Yan, it was an ancient Vicious Beast.

However, Lin Jing’s Ancestral Blood Zhu Yan was merely an illusion, but Senior Sister here had genuinely contracted a true Ancestral Blood Pet Beast.

Looking across the entire Tianyuan Continent, within the Nascent Soul Stage, there were probably no more than two hands worth of Cultivators in the same realm who could defeat her.

Lin Jing could only think of the current top-ranked Crown Prince Gu on the Ancient Kingdom’s Heavenly Ranking.

Before, although Xu Qingyao could suppress the other two Saintesses, her followers were crushed by the followers of the other two Saintesses. Now, with Lin Jing’s addition, she had achieved a complete victory in all aspects among the three Saintesses.

Not long after, the tea party concluded. The Third Holy Daughter successfully defeated the other two Saintesses and received an invitation from the Qilin Clan Chief.

Deep within the Qilin Clan’s Void Realm.

The Ink Qilin Clan Chief walked ahead, with Xu Qingyao following behind.

“Old Ancestor, I have brought the Third Holy Daughter.”

As the Ink Qilin Clan Chief’s words fell, a golden light flashed deep within the Void Realm. The phantom of a Bright Holy Qilin outlined itself. Its ancient beard swayed, and a pair of divine eyes gazed at Xu Qingyao.

“Greetings, Senior,” Xu Qingyao bowed slightly. This was the oldest monster in the Qilin Clan, whose cultivation had reached Void Profound Peak.

“Third Holy Daughter, you should know the reason for my meeting with you, right…”

“Naturally, I know. It’s for the Fire Dragon Pill Master’s Pet Beast Qilin,” Xu Qingyao raised her head and looked at the colossal creature, saying, “It should be about its return to the ancestral clan.”

“This is acceptable. It is an orphan and there is no impropriety. However, it still needs to assist me alongside the Fire Dragon Pill Master, so it cannot truly return to the Qilin Clan in the literal sense; it can only be a nominal recognition of its ancestry.”

The Qilin Old Ancestor said, “Naturally, the Qilin Clan is a clan of Auspicious Beasts. As long as it nominally recognizes its ancestry, it can boost the Qilin Clan’s Luck. As its strength increases, the increase in clan Luck will be even greater.

“However, as a member of my Qilin Clan, it must eventually return completely to the ancestral clan.”

“I hope that after the Beast Master’s death, it can fully return to the Qilin Clan. After its own death, its bones and soul must also enter the Kirin Ancestral Ground to protect the Qilin Clan for tens of millions of years.”

Uh—Xu Qingyao felt strange. She understood what the Qilin Old Ancestor meant: it wanted the Dragon Carp to return to the clan in the future, transitioning from assisting Lin Jing to taking on the responsibility of revitalizing the Qilin Clan.

Moreover, the Qilin Old Ancestor was very reasonable; it didn’t demand the Dragon Carp’s immediate return, but rather after the Beast Master’s death!

This seemed to be no problem. After all, the Qilin Clan was quite long-lived, easily outliving a Human Race Cultivator of the same realm. By then, its own Lifespan might have only just passed a fraction, with plenty of Lifespan remaining.

This was also why some powerful Bloodline Yao Beasts were willing to be her Pet Beasts and temporarily follow her; anyway, their Lifespan was longer than the Beast Master’s. Letting the Saintess use resources to cultivate them first was a win-win situation.

But the problem was, Lin Jing was different from her. Lin Jing had the Longevity Physique! Even if that big fat fish died of old age, Lin Jing might not even grow a single white hair.

Seeing Xu Qingyao suddenly hesitate and fall silent, the Qilin Old Ancestor said, “Of course, my Qilin Clan will also assist the Third Holy Daughter during this period. The entire clan will serve you and fully support you in researching the Transformation Method.”

“Good, it’s a deal. I agree on behalf of the Fire Dragon Pill Master,” Xu Qingyao finally said, “Once his great limit approaches,

and that Fire Qilin is without a master, it shall return to the Qilin Clan!”

The Qilin Old Ancestor nodded in satisfaction.

“That’s how things are—”

Afterward, Senior Sister recounted her agreement with the Qilin Clan to Lin Jing and the Dragon Carp, which left Lin Jing rather speechless.

“…” The Dragon Carp also had very little confidence in outliving its Beast Master.

“It doesn’t matter. Even if the Qilin Old Ancestor discovers that you and Lin Jing are the same person, it’s fine. As long as the Qilin Clan’s stance allows me to apply for more resources from the Demon Court now, that’s enough.”

“Once the Transformation Pill is researched, the stance of any clan won’t matter. The Demon Emperor once said that whichever Saintess can research the Transformation Method will be cultivated as the next successor to the Demon Court and will personally be accepted as a Personal Disciple,” Xu Qingyao pursed her lips.

“Becoming the Demon Emperor’s Disciple, that is the key.”

“Understood. After returning this time, I will immediately focus on refining the Transformation Pill,” Lin Jing said.

Through the Heavenly Lion Clan incident, the Potential Dragon Luck he gained was many times more than what he received from winning first place in the Heavenly Pride Battle.

It was enough for him to help the Pine Leaf Squirrel achieve Core Formation.

“Hmm, but before that, follow me to see Gu Qianqiu first, to plan her future cultivation path. Ten years is still too short,” Senior Sister shook her head.

“No problem. Perhaps we can first give her an Ice Soul Sub-Gu to freeze her age, slowing down the rate of life loss over these ten years, and let her become a Gu Master first—” Lin Jing suggested.