Chapter 60 Selecting a Fire Pet

After Lin Jing woke up again, Elder Yu, Elder Mo, and others came to visit.

During the time he was asleep, everyone had already learned about what happened in Snow Moon City from the Pine Leaf Squirrel, which kept gesturing. However, with the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s embellishments, the story now included a scene where it fought the companion Gu spider, consuming numerous spirit beans in the process.

The Pine Leaf Squirrel—requesting Sect supplies.

Elder Mo casually agreed to such a trivial matter. Not only did he not expect that the task in Snow Moon City would involve the Lotus Pavilion and the Strange Gu of the Gu God Sect, but he also didn’t expect that in such a short time, an innocent Pine Leaf Squirrel would become so calculating.

“However, is it really okay to keep a Gu inside your body? Junior Brother, don’t end up becoming a demonic cultivator just to raise it.” Senior Brother Ouyang said worriedly. Gu are not things just anyone can raise; the fear is that in order to raise the Gu, one might eventually go astray and stop at nothing!

“If you can’t afford to raise it, don’t ever do anything evil. You can let it absorb Senior Brother’s power; Senior Brother will shoulder it for you!” Senior Brother Ouyang said.

“Such a Strange Gu—” It would indeed be a pity not to keep it for oneself. Who says Gu are not beasts? Why can they not be tamed? Since Senior Divine Pine said it was fine, and the Cold Moon Sword Immortal from the Demon Subduing Division didn’t say anything either, then it should be fine,” Elder Mo said.

“Indeed, and controlling Puppets and mechanisms often uses the method of transforming True Qi into threads. Now that he has the Ice Soul Gu spider silk, it will be of even greater help to his cultivation of Mechanism Art and control of mechanical beasts!” Elder Yu was full of thoughts about Mechanism Art.

Lin Jing’s mouth twitched a few times. It seemed that the black chili peppers that Elder Black Bear had strongly demanded be destroyed could be brought out and planted again. Just as Divine Pine said, one doesn’t worry about debt when one has too much; since he had already become a container for a Gu, was he still afraid of becoming a ghost-fire cultivator?

“Don’t worry about me. If I am unable to control it, I certainly won’t force it,” Lin Jing looked up and said. “However, Senior Divine Pine said that to perfectly control the Ice Soul Gu, it is best to wait until after the Foundation Establishment Stage to Contract a Fire Pet to balance the power of the Ice Soul Gu. By the way, is there a suitable Fire Pet in the Sect?”

“Contracting a Fire Pet is good.” Elder Black Bear, who was keeping watch outside the door, suddenly came in and said, “If we find you a Fire Pet, you will have a Pet Beast to assist with Alchemy!”

The implication was that whether it would look for the beast fire it had promised Lin Jing was now up in the air. Elder Black Bear chuckled.

Upon hearing this, the Pine Leaf Squirrel also felt that a Fire Pet was a good idea, as it would save Lin Jing from forcing it to eat chili peppers again.

“A Fire Pet?” Elder Yu fell into deep thought, then said, “The Fire Spirit Sparrow definitely won’t do. It is only a Spirit Rank Bloodline, and it is not even considered strong among Spirit Rank Bloodlines. It is fine as a basic Pet Beast, but trying to use it to balance the Innate Gu King, the Ice Soul Gu, is as difficult as ascending to heaven.”

“But our Beast Taming Sect doesn’t seem to have a Fire Pet with a Yao King Bloodline to offer Junior Brother Lin, right?” Senior Brother Ouyang said. “A Yao King Bloodline—in the entire Great Wilderness Region, such Bloodlines can be counted on one’s fingers.”

Elder Mo said, “We don’t necessarily have to pursue a Fire Pet with a King-level Bloodline. The most important thing is that the lineage must be strong! Strong enough to suppress the Gu King!”

“Ordinary Yao Beasts do not have this lineage. The only ones with this ability are—the Dragon Clan!”

The Dragon Clan! Upon hearing this, Elder Yu and Senior Brother Ouyang felt it made sense. Before the Yao Race went extinct, the Dragon Clan was the head of the Yao Race, and their Bloodline strength was unmatched by any other beast. Using them to balance the Gu was definitely the top choice.

“Therefore, we just need to find a Yao Beast that possesses both Fire attribute and Dragon blood!”

Elder Mo added, “The reason it doesn’t matter if it’s not a King-level Bloodline is—don’t forget, if he goes to the Hidden Dragon Academy to study later, he will have the opportunity to learn the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique. Senior Cao is right; the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique is the top secret method for the Beast Taming Sect to Cultivate Dragon Blood Pet Beasts.”

“With the blessing of the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique, it can definitely evolve into a Fire Dragon beast with a King-level Bloodline through Acquired means!”

“That’s right!!!” Elder Yu realized, almost forgetting this point. “As long as it has Fire attribute and Dragon blood, everything else can be cultivated through the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique!”

After listening, Lin Jing asked, “I remember that the most common Dragon Blood Pet Beast on Nine Dragon Peak seems to be the Dragon Blood Dragon Carp? But that is a Water attribute Spirit Beast, right?”

The Dragon Blood Dragon Carp is not one of the five basic Spirit Beasts of the Beast Taming Sect. This is because during the Qi Refinement Stage, the Dragon Blood Dragon Carp has extremely weak combat power and is highly dependent on the aquatic environment, unlike the Rain Frog, which can move freely on land.

Only when the Dragon Blood Dragon Carp leaps over the Nine Dragon Waterfall and transforms into a Fish Dragon can it be considered to have leaped over the dragon gate, soared into the sky, and become a rare beast that even Foundation Establishment true Disciples covet.

However, a Dragon Blood Dragon Carp capable of such an achievement has not appeared in the Beast Taming Sect for many years; it is extremely rare.

“No need to worry.” Elder Mo waved his hand and said, “There are too many Dragon Blood Demon Beasts on Nine Dragon Peak. This is also the overbearing nature of the Dragon Clan Bloodline.”

“In the ancient Yao Race era, the Dragon Clan was at its peak. Because their own Bloodline was too powerful, the Dragon Clan could ignore species barriers and reproduce offspring. As time passed, the number of beast races on the Tianyuan Continent possessing Dragon blood increased.”

“For other Sects, Dragon Blood Demon Beasts might be extremely rare, but our Beast Taming Sect is not lacking!”

“Besides that, the fourth-generation Sect Master of our Beast Taming Sect also made great contributions to the diversity of the Beast Taming Sect’s Pet Beasts! Rest assured, I will go communicate with Elder Jiang now to see if there is one suitable for you!” Elder Mo left the room without looking back.

The fourth-generation Sect Master of the Beast Taming Sect might not have been able to reform the Sect and make many friends like the second-generation Sect Master, and might not have been able to create numerous Beast Taming secret methods and accumulate the Beast Taming Sect’s magical foundation like the third-generation Sect Master, but he—did do something very remarkable.

That was to encourage the Spirit Beasts and Yao Beasts within the Sect to cross-breed across species and attributes, using Medicinal Pills to assist and optimize the Bloodline of their offspring. Through his lifelong efforts, the Beast Taming Sect did indeed give birth to many rare Pet Beasts. Some had incomparably powerful Bloodlines, and of course, some were not as good as the previous generation, but overall, the merits outweighed the faults.

Among them, thanks to the efforts of the fourth-generation Sect Master, the breeding among Dragon Blood Demon Beasts was the most outstanding, which is why the Disciples of Nine Dragon Peak have always had impressive combat power!

Lin Jing rested for a while longer. During this time, several Elders came to visit, some he knew and some he didn’t.

If Lin Jing were only a Longevity Physique, he wouldn’t be worth such concern from some Elders. No matter how high the potential of a Longevity Physique is, so what? Even if he had entered a grotto-heaven, so what? By the time Lin Jing grew up and could help them, they would have been dead for who knows how long.

The reason some Elders were so concerned was that the Divine Pine, the guardian deity of Tiandu Peak which had been silent for thousands of years, had actually appeared, and furthermore, it was serving as Lin Jing’s Dao Protector.

Lin Jing’s status suddenly became highly sought after, and the level of attention he received far exceeded that of Ouyang Hao.

After all, Ouyang Hao was only a Disciple who might become the Sect Master, not the Sect Master’s only true Disciple.

Moreover, the Sect Master is currently just entering the Nascent Soul stage, but the Divine Pine guardian deity was already at the Nascent Soul cultivation level during the second-generation Sect Master’s era. Now that so much time has passed, even if it hasn’t entered the Soul Transformation stage, it should at least be at the Nascent Soul Great Perfection. For Lin Jing to gain the favor of such an Old Ancestor, he has truly received a tremendous stroke of fortune.

However—only Lin Jing himself knew that this temporary status of the Dao Protector Pine was exchanged for his blood. Of course, Senior Divine Pine is indeed a good person and helped him and the Pine Leaf Squirrel a lot.

Elder Mo did not make Lin Jing wait long; he brought a list containing three types of Fire attribute Dragon Blood Demon Beasts!

“Come and take a look.” He handed the list to Lin Jing.

One: Foundation Establishment Initial Stage, Sky Feather Crane.

A variant of the Sky Feather Crane clan, possessing the Fire Feather Dragon Bloodline. Its feathers can transform into white dragon flames. It is deeply favored by the Sect Master’s wife. It has extremely high standards, and many true Disciples yearn to Contract it.

Two: Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, Dragon Lion.

A wild Fire Lion that mutated after mistakenly swallowing a Dragon Blood Spiritual Plant. It was subdued by the Beast Taming Sect and is now one of the Outer Sect Guest Elders of the Beast Taming Sect, waiting for someone fated.

Three: Qi Refinement Stage level nine, Tongbi Fire Monkey.

An atavistic member of the Fighting Ape clan. Its ancestor was a deceased Yao King of the Sect and a Pet Beast of the fourth-generation Sect Master. It is a red-scaled ape possessing the Fire Scale Dragon Bloodline.