Chapter 132: heavenly pride ranking?

Before long, two streaks of light flew out from Beast Taming Peak in Hundred Flowers Valley, both radiating the fluctuations of the Golden Core Stage. They quickly landed outside the mountain gate of Hundred Flowers Valley, their expressions filled with surprise.

“Lin Jing, why are you back?”

The newcomers were Elder Yu, who loved the Mechanism Art, and Elder Mo, who had brought Lin Jing into the Sect.

“You didn’t get expelled, did you?” Elder Mo stepped forward, his heart sinking after the initial surprise.

“How could that be?” Lin Jing’s mouth twitched.

“It’s good that you weren’t.” Elder Yu nodded.

“Elder Yu? Elder Mo?” The female Disciple guarding the gate of Hundred Flowers Valley clearly recognized these two Beast Taming Sect Elders. Seeing that a Qi Refining Disciple like Lin Jing could make two Golden Core Elders personally come to welcome him, she found it unbelievable.

Even a True Disciple shouldn’t have this kind of treatment, right?

She realized that she had still underestimated this person’s status in the Beast Taming Sect.

Could he be… the Sect Master’s illegitimate son?

“Thank you for your hard work. Lin Jing is indeed a Disciple of our Beast Taming Sect. We will take him back to Beast Taming Peak now,” Elder Yu said, looking at the Hundred Flowers Valley Disciple.

After the Beast Taming Sect sought refuge with Hundred Flowers Valley, the valley assigned them a mountain Peak located on a Spiritual Vein, which had previously been used for raising silkworms.

“Elder, you’re too polite—” Just then, everyone suddenly looked up at the sky and saw a Spirit Beast shaped like a carrier pigeon, dragging a Storage Pouch as it flew outside the mountain gate of Hundred Flowers Valley.

“Heavenly Secret Pigeon!”

Seeing this pigeon, the Hundred Flowers Valley female Disciple immediately stepped forward. A moment later, the gray pigeon took out a box of newspapers from the Storage Pouch, handed them to her, and then flew away.

“What a coincidence, is it the new issue of the world report? Senior Sister, could you give me a copy?” Lin Jing was surprised.

“Hmm? That shouldn’t be a problem.” The female Disciple nodded and reluctantly took out a copy of the newspaper and gave it to Lin Jing.

A moment later, Lin Jing put away the newspaper and went back to Beast Taming Peak with Elder Yu and the others.

Not long after, the female Disciple in the blue butterfly dress who had gone to report also came out, panting. “Who is this Lin Jing? Why did Elder Yu of the Beast Taming Sect send out messages so anxiously to the other Elders to come and welcome him the moment he heard his name?”

The female Disciple in the yellow butterfly dress shook her head. “I don’t know. He even swiped a copy of our newspaper. How hateful! Since the two Elders were there, I didn’t feel right refusing. One copy costs several Spirit Stones; Beast Taming Sect Disciples really know how to take advantage!”

“Huh?” The blue butterfly Disciple looked at the box of newspapers and said, “The world report is here. Hurry up and deliver it to the Sect.”

As she spoke, she also took a copy of the newspaper and started reading. The major events at the beginning were too far away from them, so they just read for fun. However, as she turned a page, her pupils suddenly constricted.

“I think I know why two Elders came together to welcome him.”

“But how is this possible…?”

“Lin Jing, tell us quickly, why did you suddenly come back?”

The Ancient Domain is in the center of the Ancient Kingdom, while the Desolate Domain is on the border. The distance between the two is vast; even a Golden Core Stage Cultivator would have to fly for several years to cross it. The two Elders did not believe that Lin Jing had come back just because he missed the Beast Taming Sect.

Inside the hall, Lin Jing looked at the two Elders and smiled. “Senior Divine Pine is taking this Junior to a special cultivation location. Since we were passing through the Ancient Domain, I decided to come back and visit.”

“By the way, Elder Mo, where is Senior Black Bear? Why don’t I see him?” Lin Jing actually missed Black Bear Elder quite a bit.

The medicine-testing Yao Beasts he randomly caught in the academy were too fragile.

“He went back to his hometown to visit his Nascent Soul mother,” Elder Mo said, waving his hand.

“Alright—” Lin Jing fell silent. Black Bear Elder’s mother was actually a Nascent Soul Yao King too? And a wild one at that… The network of Yao Kings behind the Beast Taming Sect might be deeper than he had imagined.

“How have you been faring at the academy?” The two Elders asked simple questions, not expecting Lin Jing to have made much progress in three to five years. With a Physique like the Longevity Physique, it would be difficult to achieve a normal Breakthrough without enduring for decades or even a century.

Lin Jing was still at the Qi Refining stage, which met their expectations.

However, with Lin Jing having a Rare Beast even rarer than a Divine Body to assist him, plus Divine Pine’s protection, Elder Mo wasn’t too worried about Lin Jing being bullied.

Soon, the topic shifted to the current state of the Beast Taming Sect.

“The Sect Master, Elder Li, Ouyang Hao, and a group of Disciples have gone to Qingzhou.”

“Elder Yu and I, along with most of the ordinary Disciples, are temporarily borrowing Hundred Flowers Valley’s territory to reorganize.”

“As for the Yao King Old Ancestors, they initially took the True Disciples to the Sky Domain for training. Recently, however, they have all returned to the Desolate Domain and are staying within Hundred Flowers Valley.”

“Speaking of which, their choice to go to the Sky Domain for training is also related to the information you brought back from the Demon Suppression Pagoda,” Elder Mo said.

“The Immortal Devil Serpent’s Treasure Trove?” Lin Jing hadn’t expected Elder Mo to mention it before he even asked.

“Yes. The Immortal Devil Serpent’s Treasure Trove once caused many Sects in the Great Desolation to fight over it. Now that the Beast Taming Sect has the location first, we naturally had to go explore it.”

“Was it successfully obtained? Was the information true or false?” Lin Jing asked.

“It was true,” Elder Mo said. “At the entrance of that Treasure Trove, the Undying Demon used a Restriction Formation that was very popular thousands of years ago. It was almost unsolvable and could only be opened by the owner themselves.”

“Unfortunately, a way to break that ‘unsolvable’ Restriction from thousands of years ago was found by the ‘Qingzhou Great Thief Sect’ as far back as 1,200 years ago, and it has since spread widely throughout the Immortal Cultivation World.”

He laughed and said, “The Yao King Old Ancestors never expected the Treasure Trove to be obtained so easily.”

“If the Demon Suppression Pagoda weren’t guarded by the Demon Subduing Division now, they would surely want to go in and mock the Undying Demon.”

Lin Jing was stunned. The Undying Demon had said that the entrance to the Treasure Trove could not be opened without it. Although Lin Jing didn’t believe such absolute words, he also didn’t expect that the Beast Taming Sect wouldn’t have to expend any effort at all…

That’s right. This serpent has been sealed for thousands of years, and its mind is no longer clear. It mistook him for a Buddhist expert and completely failed to consider that a Restriction that was unsolvable thousands of years ago might be outdated now—

“Then Elder Mo, what was inside the Treasure Trove?”

“I don’t know.” Elder Mo shook his head. “The Treasure Trove was obtained by the Yao King Old Ancestors. We Elders don’t know exactly what was inside, only that there were some top-grade Spiritual Plant seeds that need to be planted using the Spiritual Vein of Hundred Flowers Valley.”

“The Yao King Old Ancestors and the Hundred Flowers Valley Master even negotiated over this.”

Lin Jing nodded and smiled. “Then, shouldn’t there be a share of these spiritual seeds for the Disciples?”

“Listen,” Elder Mo said. “You were the one who obtained the information, so in theory, that should be the case. However, I don’t know what those Yao King Old Ancestors are thinking.”

“So far, the Beast Taming Sect’s overall strategy is to prioritize all resources for the improvement of the Sect’s Human Fortune. That means cultivating True Disciples, at least focusing all efforts on producing a Child of Luck for the Beast Taming Sect who can ascend the heavenly pride ranking to enhance the Sect’s Human Fortune.”

“The heavenly pride ranking? This one?” Lin Jing took a look at the newspaper he had just swiped and handed it to Elder Mo.

Elder Mo and Elder Yu were startled, then scanned it with their Divine Sense.

heavenly pride ranking Number 32: Lin Jing.

Cultivation Base: Qi Refining Eleventh Layer.

Age: 27.

Affiliated Sect: Beast Taming Sect.

Introduction: Disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, student of the Hidden Dragon Academy. Entered the Immortal Palace Grotto-Heaven twice, broke the Extreme Realm alongside his Pet Beast, suppressed and subdued the Ten Horrors of the Cloud Sea, and defeated Chu Ren (ranked 98th) and Tang Yun (ranked 66th) on the heavenly pride ranking—can easily defeat those at the Foundation Establishment Peak across levels.

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