Chapter 274: A New Vessel

For the following period, Lin Jing dragged the Dragon Carp along to research the “Thunder Refinement Method.”

Meanwhile, the Pine Leaf Squirrel still had to work overtime on the research for the Transformation Pill, as it needed to provide a large amount of mutated Shapeshifting Grass.

After some time had passed, Xu Qingyao brought back a gift for Lin Jing first.

Thud.

The massive corpse of a crab was tossed onto the ground by the Senior Sister.

“This is an Ice Emperor Crab, with a cultivation at the Peak of the Demon King stage. It was the Incarnation of a Prodigy from the Sea God Palace and possesses an ice-type imperial-level bloodline. It was slain while coming ashore to challenge a Prodigy of the Qilin race. Because its ice-attribute Bloodline is powerful, and that Qilin Prodigy hadn’t decided how to handle it yet, the corpse is still quite well-preserved.”

“After I heard about it, I specifically asked for it. Didn’t you need an ice-type corpse to nurture that Ice Soul Gu of yours? How is it!”

Hearing this, Lin Jing’s gaze fell upon the crab. He quickly sensed a startling cold force emanating from it. It seemed the Ice Soul Gu was in luck this time; its combat strength might even undergo a temporary transformation.

“Thank you, Senior Sister…” Lin Jing immediately woke the Ice Soul Gu and extended his hand.

His palm first frosted over, and then a small, ice-crystal-like spider woke up and detached itself from his palm.

“I want to Cultivate, I want Core Formation, I don’t want to sleep anymore—”

The Ice Soul Gu woke up with a start and then shouted, as if it had had countless nightmares of being beaten up by the Squirrel and the carp.

“Well, you won’t have to sleep from now on. Just focus on cultivating. It doesn’t matter if your aura leaks out; it would be best if you draw all the experts of the Gu God Sect to Qingzhou,” Lin Jing said with a smile.

Draw them all here and let His Majesty the Demon Emperor kill them!

Then, the spoils of the Strange Gu would be all his!

“?” The Ice Soul Gu was dazed. Are you crazy, or am I still dreaming? What happened while I was asleep?

Beside them, Xu Qingyao sized up the Ice Soul Gu and said, “So this is that Strange Gu of yours. You were planning to let it try to transform into a demon before? With its foundation, it’s indeed possible. And even if it gets struck to death by lightning, it doesn’t seem to matter, since there are two ways to resurrect it.”

“By the way, is this Ice Soul Gu male or female?” the Senior Sister asked curiously.

Normal life forms have males and females, but some Yao Beasts are special, like the Mosquito Beast.

The entire Mosquito Beast race consists of female mosquitoes. They don’t rely on mating to reproduce but rather on absorbing blood, so they don’t need male mosquitoes at all.

As for this Ice Soul Gu, Xu Qingyao was also curious. After all, the Ten Unique Gu belong to unique species, so there didn’t seem to be a need for mating and reproduction…

“Strange Gu have no distinction of gender.”

“However, since its birth, it has followed the Ice Fire Saintesses of the Gu God Sect through the generations. Under their subtle influence, it should lean more toward being a female spider.”

“..” The Ice Soul Gu suddenly looked at Xu Qingyao, its gaze hazy as it said, “You smell so good..”

“Huh??” Xu Qingyao was taken aback. She sniffed her own arm and said, “I don’t have a habit of wearing perfume. Maybe it’s because I ate barbecue before coming here.”

“Don’t mind it. It’s saying you’d probably taste quite good.” Lin Jing gripped the Ice Soul Gu tightly in his hand and said, “How many times have I told you? Don’t tell everyone you meet that they smell good—”

Though, as a Half-Demon Bloodline, Senior Sister probably did smell quite good; to a Gu insect, she would be considered an excellent vessel.

The Ice Soul Gu struggled; it had truly suffered a lot under Lin Jing.

As a gluttonous Gu insect, from its birth until now, it had either eaten ice-type Spiritual Plants and fruits or absorbed the cold Qi of heaven and earth. It hadn’t had a single meal that a Gu insect actually likes.

But now, its living conditions could finally improve.

“This is what was prepared for you.” Lin Jing tossed it toward the Ice Emperor Crab. The Ice Soul Gu was still a bit groggy from sleep and had only just noticed there was something extremely delicious nearby.

It quickly burrowed into the corpse of the Ice Emperor Crab. In just a short moment, the half-human-tall giant crab seemed to regain its vitality and began to move, its entire body diffusing a powerful aura of cold Qi.

“How is it? Is the parasitism working okay?” Lin Jing asked.

“Mm-hmm,” the Ice Soul Gu responded. This Ice Emperor Crab not only had a high cultivation but was also entirely ice-type. Most importantly, its body was quite similar to its own.

“That’s good. For the next period of time, you’ll just parasitize its corpse and absorb its nutrients. You don’t need to return to my body.” Lin Jing glanced at it. Parasitizing the Ice Emperor Crab, the Ice Soul Gu’s combat power should now be among the top in the Demon Core stage. However, as it slowly sucked the Ice Emperor Crab’s power dry, the combat power it could exert by controlling the crab would gradually weaken. In contrast, its own inherent power would slowly increase.

“Spiders and crabs really do go well together.” The Senior Sister also nodded, then secretly held a grudge; this wretched spider actually wanted to take a bite of her. But for Lin Jing’s sake, she’d let it go.

At the same time.

Tongtian Path, Tongtian Pagoda.

In a Different Space at the top of the pagoda, an extremely ordinary-looking old man in Alchemist robes was cultivating in seclusion. However, in the next moment, the old man, who had been in seclusion for an unknown number of years, suddenly snapped his eyes open and looked in a certain direction.

“Lord of the Demon Court, what have you come for?” He looked at the two eyes condensing in the sky. Immediately after, an Immortal Pill with eyes appeared beside the old man along with a spatial ripple.

“Old man, it’s obvious it’s here to snatch me. I’ll empower you, go quickly and drive it away,” the Immortal Pill spoke.

“Immortal Pill Spirit, there is no need to be nervous,” a voice came from behind the eyes of the Demon Emperor.

The Immortal Pill remained incredibly nervous. Although the Tongtian Tower Master and the Lord of the Demon Court were both at the Dao Inquiry Stage, there were differences in strength even within that stage.

If it were the four Yao Beasts from the Snowy Plains who had promoted to Demon Emperor by relying on special resources, it would be one thing—the Second Generation Ancient Emperor even dared to fight all four at once—but the Lord of the Demon Court was a Yao Beast with a combat-type Rare Beast Divine Power. Its combat strength was among the top three of all Demon Emperors.

Without its own empowerment, the Tongtian Tower Master, being an Alchemist, would absolutely be unable to win.

But even with its empowerment, the win rate wouldn’t be high unless it sacrificed itself to completely transform into the Tongtian Tower Master’s power—

“Don’t be nervous.” The Tongtian Tower Master also spoke slowly to soothe the Immortal Pill Spirit. With the Immortal Pill’s presence, he believed the Lord of the Demon Court wouldn’t dare to act recklessly.

“Tongtian Tower Master, this Emperor wants the Candle Age Fire you have in your collection. Name your conditions.”

The Tongtian Tower Master fell silent. Was the goal an exotic fire? He slowly spoke: “One drop of Pseudo-Immortal blood.”

In the war of the Ancient Immortal Palace, the Yao Race and the Immortal Palace fought, and they also killed many Immortal Beasts and Immortals who descended from the Upper Realm, so they naturally had collections of Immortal blood. However, due to the restrictions of the Lower Realm, these True Immortals had their power suppressed upon reaching the Lower Realm and could only be considered Pseudo-Immortals.

“You want to trade a mere fire seed for Pseudo-Immortal blood?” the Demon Emperor said.

The Immortal Pill Spirit retorted, “What? You’re the one who came here to trade!”

“Go get the fire seed.” The Demon Emperor was in a good mood and didn’t bother to haggle; if the other party wanted to open their mouth wide, then let them. It had already found a way to upgrade the mutated Shapeshifting Grass. Once it transformed, the divine abilities, Spells, Magic Treasures, and weapons inherited within the Demon Court that only the Yao Race could Cultivate and use would allow its combat strength to increase significantly again.

When that time came, it wouldn’t just be the Lord of the Demon Court, but the Lord of Qingzhou. This Tongtian Tower Master, even with the assistance of the Immortal Pill, could forget about being its match! Whether Qingzhou was in chaos or not would be decided by the Demon Court.