Chapter 238: The Embryonic Form of a Seeing Immortal Maiden!

After a long time, Lin Jing took the initiative to break free from the illusion. He discovered that the Seeing Immortal Maiden could not be eaten frequently; it might require a certain interval of time before one could see the Immortal Maiden’s sermon again.

Seeing Lin Jing emerge so quickly this time, the Pine Leaf Squirrel poked its head out, asking if he wanted to continue eating.

It spread its hands, indicating that even if he wanted to continue, there were no extras left; it hadn’t stockpiled many of these things.

“Then hurry up and plant more.”

Lin Jing felt that the effect of the Seeing Immortal Maiden was excellent. His attainment in the Illusion Dao was already quite high, yet this Seeing Immortal Maiden could still improve it to a certain extent; it was truly a treasure synthesized by the Glazed Immortal Eyes.

“Squeak!”

The Pine Leaf Squirrel scurried back into the gourd to continue planting mushrooms, while Lin Jing picked up the Bi Yi Clan’s Shape-Shifting Demon Core and began to consolidate the Illusion Dao mana he had just enhanced.

In this manner, the Pine Leaf Squirrel continuously provided Seeing Immortal Maidens. Lin Jing ate the mushrooms while comprehending the power of the demon core.

Time flew by. Due to being exposed to too many illusions, year after year, Lin Jing himself began to lose track of the difference between illusion and reality.

Half a year passed in the outside world.

Inside the Hourglass of Time, Lin Jing had already been eating Seeing Immortal Maidens for five years.

Because he had been cultivating illusion techniques the entire time, he didn’t have much of a sense for the passage of time.

Until one day, five years later in the Hourglass of Time, Lin Jing’s heart skipped a beat as he discovered that the Shape-Shifting Demon Core seemed to have been exhausted by him.

An Emperor-level demon core had directly turned into powder and scattered with the wind.

He couldn’t understand at all why an Emperor-level demon core was so fragile.

“Senior Sister won’t scold me, will she?”

However, he soon rubbed his eyes and found a floating green mushroom beside him. He couldn’t grab it or touch it. It looked very similar to the Seeing Immortal Maiden, yet it wasn’t exactly the same.

“Wait, what is this?”

The demon core vanished, and this appeared.

Lin Jing was certain this wasn’t a Seeing Immortal Maiden. The Pine Leaf Squirrel’s supply speed was very slow, delivering a new Seeing Immortal Maiden only once a month. There were still some days left until the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s next delivery; where did this thing come from?

“Oh no, could it be that I ate too many and my mental state has developed issues?”

He felt a slight pang of worry, but soon realized something. His expression shifted repeatedly, eventually turning into a look of pleasant surprise.

“Could it be—” He took a deep breath and immediately used the Thousand Transformations technique. He himself and the green mushroom floating beside him instantly resonated.

With a single thought from Lin Jing, the green mushroom transformed, taking on the appearance of the Pine Leaf Squirrel. With another thought, it became the Dragon Carp, and with yet another, it became the Ice Soul Gu—

The images after transformation were lifelike and extremely realistic. Their aura and power fluctuations were identical. For a moment, even Lin Jing, the Beast Master and illusionist himself, found it difficult to distinguish the real from the fake.

Whoosh!

In the next instant.

The green mushroom transformed into a boy in yellow, appearing less than ten years old. A faint pressure of the Void Profound stage emanated from him, shaking the soul. Lin Jing’s eyes flickered; he finally knew what this green mushroom was.

“A Spell Spirit!!!”

“I have cultivated illusion techniques here for five years with the help of the Seeing Immortal Maiden and the Shape-Shifting Demon Core, and I have successfully cultivated the Spell Spirit of the Thousand Transformations technique.”

“That’s right. The Thousand Transformations technique was self-created by me through the Bodhi Heaven; it is indeed the Spell most likely to give birth to a Spell Spirit on my body. Now, with so many Illusion Dao resources assisting my cultivation—”

“After mastering the Spell Spirit of Thousand Transformations, I can now actually simulate even a bit of the illusory might of the Void Profound Realm.”

“This illusion of the Demon Subduing Division’s Child Immortal is exactly the same as the Child Immortal I saw with Senior Divine Pine!!!”

Lin Jing was filled with joy. He hadn’t expected to actually Cultivate the Spell Spirit of Thousand Transformations.

No, that’s not right.

“It’s not a complete Spell Spirit. According to records, a Spell capable of birthing a spirit will possess self-awareness, like a living spiritual body. Right now, this mushroom true spirit is still like an empty shell. Its connection with me isn’t deep, and it still requires my active control; it hasn’t developed self-awareness yet.”

“This should be the precursor to the birth of a Spell Spirit, the so-called embryonic form of a spirit. However, that also means—”

“My illusion attainment will soon allow the Thousand Transformations technique to reach its limit, following me like a phantom pet.”

“No wonder the energy of the Shape-Shifting Demon Core suddenly dried up. It must have been drained of its power by the Spell Spirit at the moment of its birth.”

Holding the mushroom—the spirit form of the Thousand Transformations technique—Lin Jing pursed his lips.

He felt that the illusions driven by the Spell Spirit were even slightly more effective than those augmented by the Shape-Shifting Demon Core!

Furthermore, the demon core was an external force, while the Spell Spirit was his own power. So, it was a gain. He should be able to account for it to Senior Sister, but—

Generally speaking, the image of a Spell Spirit is related to the type of Spell.

Rumor has it that the Spell Spirit cultivated by Immortal Master Xuan Wu of the Ancient Kingdom’s Spirit Dao Sect through the Black Tortoise Shield was in the image of a tortoise.

Lin Jing had also fought with Chen Chong, the Spirit Dao Sect Prodigy who had cultivated the Spell Spirit of the Gravity Technique. The image of his Gravity Technique’s Spell Spirit was a miniature planet—

But on his end…

“Why is the image of the Thousand Transformations Spell Spirit a mushroom?”

“Is it because I’ve eaten too many mushrooms these past few years?” Lin Jing fell into deep thought. Logically, the Thousand Transformations technique was cultivated by comprehending the mutated Dragon Bone Flower. Even if it had a Spell Spirit, it should have been in the shape of a pitaya.

Whatever, a mushroom is a mushroom. At least it’s not the Immortal Maiden.

When the time comes in battle, manifesting a mushroom is still somewhat normal, but manifesting a female Immortal Maiden would be far too indecent.

His illusion cultivation reached a temporary conclusion. Lin Jing had spent five years in the Hourglass of Time to successfully Cultivate the Spell Spirit, taking his illusion attainment to the next level. With this level of illusion, Lin Jing was satisfied, confident that unless it was a Kong Xuan or Demon Ancestor proficient in the Illusion Dao, those who specialized in other powers would find it very difficult to see through his true body!

If he waited until the Spell Spirit developed intelligence, it would be even more extraordinary.

“Before I knew it, half a year has passed in the outside world. The time for the Heavenly Lion Clan’s Centennial Grand Ceremony is drawing closer.”

“It’s time to send out a Clone to go there.”

“The Hourglass of Time is truly ridiculous. Originally, my age was about the same as my peers at the academy. If I continue to use the Hourglass of Time to Cultivate for a few more years, my age might become greater than Senior Sister’s or even the Sect Master’s.”

After all… the passage of time inside and outside was different.

Lin Jing calculated his age; he was already nearly 50 years old. Half a year outside, five years inside.

However, although his age was increasing rapidly, the gains were substantial. In just a short amount of time in the outside world, he had cultivated the embryonic form of a Spell Spirit.

With the Spell Spirit newly formed, before sending out two illusion Clones, Lin Jing chose to use the green mushroom to further enhance the illusory soul strength of his Wood Clone once more…

A few days later, two figures—one person and one Squirrel—both wearing Daoist robes, flew toward the Heavenly Lion Clan’s settlement outside the Beast God Path.

“I wonder if they will see another Longevity Physique at the Heavenly Lion Clan.” Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s original bodies watched the departing Clones with a slight daze.