Chapter 312: Empty Profound Ghostly Object

“Your Highness, Saint.”

On the Nine Dragon Boat, Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor saw Lin Jing returning from Golden Light Temple and immediately stepped forward to welcome him.

Seeing that Lin Jing had returned with an extra scroll in his hand, he knew that the Saint had once again fleeced the bald donkeys.

He just wondered if this Undying Monk would be a bit more generous compared to Abbot Wumo.

“Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long, Senior.” Lin Jing said.

“Serving the Saint is no hardship.” Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor chuckled.

“It is truly my fortune to have you as my Dao Protector, Senior.” Lin Jing sighed with emotion. “I may have to trouble you again, Senior Thunder Dragon, for the upcoming trial.”

“Hmm?” Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor became alert.

Subsequently, Saint Lin informed Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor of the trial process for the Golden Light Gu.

After listening, Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor realized.

He stroked his dragon whiskers and pondered, “Does Your Highness, Saint, need me to suppress a Soul Transformation Rank ghostly object?”

“First, I will beat the Soul Transformation Rank ghostly object until it is half-dead, so that Your Highness, Saint, can more easily Seal it within your body!”

Lin Jing nodded, indicating that was exactly what he meant.

“Easy!” Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor had thought it would be something difficult; was that all?

The next second, the Saint added, “However, it is not a Soul Transformation Rank ghostly object, but a Void Profound Rank ghostly object.”

Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor:?

“The final trial is for the Undying Monk to judge, based on the situation of the sealed ghostly object, who has better Aptitude to inherit the Golden Light Gu.”

“If I Seal a Soul Transformation Rank ghostly object just like the other Buddhist Prodigies, I will have no advantage, and this Undying Monk will certainly favor the true Buddhist Disciples.”

“As long as we don’t create a significant gap, the right of interpretation will certainly remain with Golden Light Temple, and we will be powerless to refute anything.”

“Only by creating a significant gap between us and the other competitors can we securely obtain this Golden Light Gu. If Golden Light Temple is still biased under such circumstances, we will have grounds to complain about the injustice to His Majesty the Yao Emperor.”

“This—” Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor felt the logic was sound, but a Void Profound Rank ghostly object? Did this Saint even listen to the nonsense he was spouting?

Was that thing something you could just Seal whenever you wanted?

Even if the Undying Monk came himself, he might not be able to deal with it easily.

He was just a Dao Protector, not a suicide soldier!

The job of being Lin Jing’s Dao Protector was theoretically easy; after all, most experts feared the might of the Yao Emperor and would not make a move against Lin Jing.

Weak small fry could be easily handled by the Dao Protector, and for strong enemies, the Yao Emperor would naturally descend.

Therefore, on this journey, one would basically not encounter overly thorny situations.

But—if one actively went looking for trouble, that might not be the case.

A Void Profound Rank ghostly object was exactly that kind of trouble.

Even though Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor’s abilities naturally countered ghostly objects, he did not want to actually fight another Void Profound entity.

Of course, the most important point was that Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor did not believe Lin Jing could successfully Seal a ghostly object of this Rank.

He felt it was already barely possible even for a Soul Transformation Rank ghostly object—

This was equivalent to Lin Jing, a Golden Core Stage Beast Master, trying to control a Soul Transformation Rank Yao Beast.

“It’s not that I am unwilling to help—” Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor advised, “but I am afraid that Your Highness, Saint, won’t be able to handle it.”

“Even if I beat that Void Profound Rank ghostly object until it only has one breath left, with Your Highness, Saint’s cultivation, I fear it will be difficult to Seal. Even if you succeed in sealing it, the power of a Void Profound level ghost god is far more condensed than Soul Transformation spiritual power. I fear it will be difficult to use and will cause a backlash!”

“Indeed.” Lin Jing actually understood this as well, but if he didn’t reach this level, he might not be able to secure the Golden Light Gu, so he had no other choice.

Moreover, losing the competition within the rules meant that the Golden Light Gu would be completely out of his reach in the future; even asking the Yao Emperor wouldn’t be useful.

“Actually, it is not entirely impossible.” Lin Jing explained his advantages.

“Ghostly objects are mostly intangible bodies, bodies of the dead. What they fear most are people with vigorous Yang Qi and vigorous life force.”

“I possess the Longevity Body. Currently, my life force is comparable to the Void Profound Rank, and this is only the life force brought by the Longevity Body at the Peak of Minor Achievement. If I can cultivate the Longevity Body to Major Achievement next, my life force will be comparable to the Asking Dao Rank—undoubtedly the nemesis of ghostly objects. With such life force, it will be very difficult for a ghostly object to backlash against me.”

“Furthermore, what ghostly objects fear most is the power of Heavenly Lightning. Now that my Ice Soul Gu has devoured the Thunder Tribulation Gu, when I merge with it, I can also master the power of Heavenly Lightning. This is another ability that makes ghostly objects wary.”

“Moreover, the Ice Soul power of the Ice Soul Gu also has an extremely strong restraining effect on these ghostly objects. Among the Ten Unique Gu, it was born specifically to deal with Souls.”

“Therefore, at that time, I only need you, Senior, to help beat that ghostly object until it only has one breath left, and it is not impossible for me to Seal it.”

“Moreover, I don’t need to Seal this ghostly object forever. I only need to successfully keep it in check for a day or half a day. After the Legacy is passed, I can just take the ghostly object out and destroy it in time.”

After Lin Jing finished speaking, Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor fell into deep thought.

“Also, the type of ghostly object chosen is very important.” Lin Jing shook the scroll.

“This is the information on most of the powerful ghostly objects in the Western Desert that I obtained from Golden Light Temple.”

“The forms of ghostly objects are strange and varied; there are humanoid forms, beast forms, and incomprehensible things that cannot be traced to their origins.”

“The one we must choose is definitely a beast-form ghostly object.”

“In this way, my Beast Taming Art and Beast Control Body might also have a chance to take effect. Furthermore, what you don’t know, Senior, is that I have another Divine Ability that can greatly improve my attainments in the Dao of Beast Taming—”

That was the life-burning Divine Control Technique. Lin Jing could temporarily consume a few decades of his lifespan to exchange for a period of rapid improvement in his level in the Dao of Beast Taming. If it was for the Golden Light Gu, then consuming a hundred years of lifespan did not seem like a loss to Lin Jing.

The accumulation of so many advantages was the key to why Lin Jing felt he could give it a try.

“Alright—” Seeing that the Saint had indeed thought it through carefully, Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor nodded. Anyway, His Majesty the Yao Emperor was also in the Western Desert. Since that was the case, what could possibly go wrong?

Let’s do it!

As a Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor who played with the power of lightning, was he afraid of some lonely Souls and wild ghosts?

For the Transformation Pill!

“Then, Your Highness, Saint, do you have a target?” Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor asked.

Lin Jing spread out the scroll. “Not yet, but it’s not too late to look now.”

On this scroll were recorded over a hundred types of Nascent Soul Rank ghostly objects that had not been transcended by Buddhism, all of which were quite troublesome.

As for Soul Transformation Rank ghostly objects, there were also over a dozen.

And there were three Empty Profound Ghostly Objects.

Skipping the Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation Rank ghostly objects, Lin Jing directly focused his gaze on the three great Empty Profound Ghostly Objects.

The reason why Buddhism recorded these three Empty Profound Ghostly Objects was not actually because they wanted anyone to deal with them, but rather they emphasized that one must not contact these three evil ghosts; it was of a warning nature.

“The first one, Ghost Bride—”