Chapter 153: Heavenly Demon Body

The voice was extremely youthful, not sounding like an elder at all, but rather like a child’s.

It reached the ears of the Divine Pine, causing it to pause in surprise.

“Child Immortal?”

When the Old Ancestor of the Yin Corpse Sect was trapped within the Heavenly Tribulation, a boy in yellow clothes, looking no older than ten, appeared in the Void Realm.

The Divine Pine’s attention had originally been entirely on the Heavenly Tribulation and the Void Profound Yin Spirit, but after this boy stepped out, it couldn’t help but exclaim.

“Although I guessed that the Demon Subduing Division would send someone, I didn’t expect such a big shot to come.”

“A big shot? In comparison, the fact that you, a Spirit Monster of wood and grass, have managed to Cultivate to this level is far more terrifying,” the boy said with a smile.

“I heard that thousands of years ago, in the Mist Forest, there was a ‘faction’ composed entirely of Spirit Monsters of wood and grass. But that faction produced a traitor who slaughtered all its kin and then hid within the Ancient Kingdom.”

“That demonic plant that wiped out a group of Spirit Monsters—that was you, wasn’t it?”

The Divine Pine chuckled and said, “As expected of one of the Division Masters of the Demon Subduing Division; you investigated my origins so thoroughly in such a short time.”

“But don’t worry, I am not some dangerous element. Back then, I was young and ignorant; I thought I had found a home, but who knew I had stumbled into a ‘demonic plant faction’? To protect myself, I had no choice but to wipe them all out.”

“All these years in the Ancient Kingdom, I have been keeping to myself and behaving.”

“Indeed, you have been well-behaved for many years, but I didn’t expect a single order from the Zong Guan Mansion to release you,” the boy said. “No one cared about you staying in the Ancient Kingdom, but I want this Cultivator from the Yin Corpse Sect for the Demon Subduing Division.”

Boom.

Having just successfully resisted the Heavenly Tribulation and suffering heavy damage to its Origin Qi, the Void Profound Yin Spirit had not yet reacted when it, along with the Void Profound manifestation, the ‘Black Coffin,’ was absorbed by the Immortal Prison the boy had unleashed.

Seeing this, the Divine Pine immediately revealed its true form. A black face appeared on the giant tree, staring unkindly at this expert from the Demon Subduing Division.

The boy smiled and said, “Rest assured, I won’t make you work for free. Using the power of the Heavenly Tribulation to weaken this guy is indeed the easiest and most effortless method. Otherwise, if I had attacked directly, I would have had to deal with its various bizarre methods.”

“To express the gratitude of the Demon Subduing Division, how about I adopt you as my foster son?”

“Go to hell! My age is not any less than yours,” the Demon Pine retorted irritably. “I have long heard that the Demon Subduing Division has a Division Master who Cultivates the Child Immortal technique, permanently fixing his body in the appearance of a child, which resulted in him having no offspring and thus a habit of adopting others as foster sons.”

“But I have no interest in becoming your foster son.”

The boy shook his head regretfully and said, “What a pity. I have adopted humans as foster sons, and I have adopted Yao Beasts as foster sons, but I have never adopted a Spirit Monster of wood and grass.”

“It doesn’t matter. This guy is not of much use to you. His Magic Treasures were almost all destroyed in the battle against the experts of the Ancient Kingdom. Other than his memories, there is nothing valuable left on him.”

“However, for you, it is not so easy to explore his memories. It would be better to hand him over to the Demon Subduing Division to maximize his value.”

“Cut the crap! I don’t care about the rest. Regardless, if I am not satisfied, even if you are in the Void Profound Realm, I will not let this rest.”

“I am truly curious about what trump cards you are still hiding. I can feel that you are not bluffing, but I can also feel that you are unwilling to do that,” the boy said with a puzzled expression.

“Forget it. Kid, come out.” The boy suddenly shouted towards the cold pool. Afterward, the cold pool rippled with astonishing intensity.

Accompanied by water splashing into the sky, a young man with white hair and blue eyes floated up. The aura on his body was exceptionally terrifying, surrounded by twelve layers of vortex-like cold Qi fluctuations. The moment he stepped out, snowflakes instantly began to fall from the sky.

The boy looked at Lin Jing and said, “Peak of the twelfth layer of Qi Refining.”

“It seems the Ice Soul Gu parasitic within his body has successfully achieved Foundation Establishment.”

“With the cultivation of the twelfth layer of Qi Refining, combined with the Ice Soul Gu of the Gu Emperor Bloodline, ordinary Golden Core Cultivators shouldn’t even think about gaining any advantage from him.”

“What excellent talent. It is only one layer lower than Crown Prince Gu, who is assisted by a Rare Beast for breaking through realms. Is this still the Longevity Physique I know? It seems the Beast Taming Art and the Longevity Physique are the most compatible.”

After Lin Jing was dragged from the bottom of the cold pool by a powerful force, he looked sharply at the boy, then at the Divine Pine, and asked, “Senior, what is going on!”

“Could he be—”

“Look closely. He is a living person, not a Yin Spirit. This person is an old monster from the Demon Subduing Division.”

“You know about the four great Demon Subduing Families of the Demon Subduing Division, right? The maternal grandfather of your detective classmate, Gao Sheng, is the Old Ancestor of one of those Demon Subduing Families.”

“And this old monster before you—the Soul Transformation Old Ancestors of the four great Demon Subduing Families have to address him as foster father.”

“Those four great Demon Subduing Families were all cultivated by him.”

“What!?” Lin Jing stared at the boy in yellow clothes in shock.

“The Cultivator of the Yin Corpse Sect has been dealt with, but this guy snatched away the Yin Spirit, and we are currently negotiating conditions,” the Divine Pine snorted coldly.

“I truly don’t have anything in my hands that I can give you.” The boy smiled at the Divine Pine and said, “However, since you are currently his Dao Protector, then there should be no problem if I give the compensation to him, right?”

Compared to providing resources to the Divine Pine to elevate this demonic plant’s strength to a higher level, the boy was more willing to give the compensation to the human, Lin Jing.

The Divine Pine was about to retort angrily, but the boy in yellow clothes took out a Jade Slip and said:

“A Physique cultivation method inherited from the former number one demonic sect of the continent, the Heavenly Demon Sect. It can allow one to break free from the limitations of one’s original Physique and Cultivate a brand-new Physique, the ‘Heavenly Demon Body’.”

“The Heavenly Demon Body allows one to exchange Lifespan for a temporary, massive boost in cultivation.”

“According to the records of the Demon Subduing Division, when the Heavenly Demon Sect was destroyed, a Soul Transformation demonic Cultivator used the Heavenly Demon Body, consuming a thousand years of life to directly raise his combat power to the Kong Xuan Realm. He maintained this Kong Xuan combat power for a full ten years before falling back to the Soul Transformation stage.”

“Although he lost a thousand years of life, he used that Kong Xuan combat power to escape a certain death, and during those ten years, he used his greater strength to plunder everywhere, seizing vast resources that he could never have obtained with Soul Transformation combat power.”

“It’s hard to say whether he lost or gained.”

“However, I know that for the Longevity Physique, cultivating the Heavenly Demon Body is a guaranteed profitable deal. Little Pine Tree, what do you think? After all, burning a few thousand years of life is nothing for the Longevity Physique.”

“So such a secret technique really exists!” The Divine Pine had long wanted to find a Demonic Technique for Lin Jing that could burn life to exchange for combat power. It never expected to find it in the Demon Subduing Division!

But thinking about it, that made sense. The place with the most collected Demonic Techniques in the world was none other than the Demon Subduing Division. During the Demon-Purging War at the beginning of the Ancient Kingdom’s founding, countless demonic sects on the continent were destroyed by the Ancient Kingdom.

“That works.” The Divine Pine grinned. If it was this, it felt it wasn’t a bad trade, so it said, “But to think the Demon Subduing Division would actually take out a Demonic Technique from a demonic sect as an exchange.”

The boy pointed at Lin Jing and said, “After all, he is currently one of the only two Chang Sheng Bodies in the world. It would be a pity if he died young. This Heavenly Demon Body cultivation method can ensure he has an extra trump card to save his life, and the pressure on you, his Dao Protector, will also be a bit less.”