Chapter 94: Three-Body Person

After Lin Jing decided to Contract the Ice Soul Gu first, he stopped wasting time and acted immediately, sitting cross-legged on the snow.

“Pine Leaf Squirrel, protect me.”

When the Pine Leaf Squirrel heard this, it was stunned. It hadn’t expected the Ice Soul Gu to take the Dragon Carp’s Contract spot so quickly, becoming the second-in-command.

Poor Dragon Carp—not only did it not get to enjoy the Cave Heaven Opportunity, but now even its second Contract spot had been snatched away!

“Zhi.” It manipulated the vegetation to build a Wooden Fort, shielding Lin Jing inside while it stood atop the fort to fend off the Yao Beasts of the Dragon Phoenix Cave Heaven, preventing them from hindering Lin Jing’s Contract with the Ice Soul Gu.

Regarding Lin Jing’s decision, the Pine Leaf Squirrel knew persuasion was useless and simply followed orders.

The Seal Space.

Lin Jing’s consciousness manifested. He looked at the Ice Soul Gu before him, which was still slumbering but had already reached Qi Refining Perfection, and his thoughts stirred.

“Back then, the Ice Soul Gu’s Companion Gu were all killed by the Cold Moon Sword Immortal before they could absorb nutrients and provide feedback to the mother Gu, causing the Ice Soul Gu to be somewhat malnourished…”

“After entering my body, it was suppressed by the Seal, and its growth rate was extremely slow. However, now, nourished by the Dragon Phoenix Cave Heaven and given its Bloodline, it might reach Foundation Establishment and wake up once we leave the Cave Heaven. If I haven’t contracted the Dragon Carp by then, it will likely be difficult to keep it in check. Only by contracting it first before it reaches Foundation Establishment and wakes up can I achieve a balance and suppress it.”

The current Beast Taming Art modified by the Beast Taming Sect was no longer the master-servant life-and-death Contract of the past; it claimed to be equal. In reality, the Beast Master still exerted a suppressive effect over the Pet Beast, similar to “elder and younger brother” or “father and son.” It wasn’t absolute equality, but the extreme situation where a Beast Master could decide a Pet Beast’s life or death with a single thought no longer existed.

“Blood, go.” With a wave of Lin Jing’s hand and a single thought, golden light flashed above the Seal space, and a massive golden drop of blood fell from the sky,

slowly descending toward the sleeping Ice Soul Gu.

This situation was likely no longer the traditional Contract method of the modern Beast Taming Sect, but rather more like the early days of the sect, where they would knock a Yao Beast unconscious, Seal it, and forcibly Contract it while it was unable to resist.

The golden blood of the Contract flowed through the gaps of the Divine Wood Seal into the Ice Soul Gu’s body. Although the Ice Soul Gu did not resist, Lin Jing still felt immense pressure during the process. The Ice Gu’s Bloodline Power was far too strong; even with his current Beast Taming Body, the contracting process was not entirely smooth sailing.

Crack, crack, crack…

Lin Jing’s consciousness also gradually began to freeze.

It could be said that as one of the Ten Unique Gu, its power level was not necessarily weaker than a Heavenly God Body of the same Rank.

Inside the Wooden Fort, as the Contract progressed, a more terrifying chill immediately erupted from Lin Jing’s body, freezing the Wooden Fort in an instant. Seeing this, the Pine Leaf Squirrel shivered and immediately flew into the air on a leaf to continue its protection.

“Ai ai—”

During the protection period, the Pine Leaf Squirrel nervously looked back several times. Inside the Wooden Fort, Lin Jing was suffering immense pain. He didn’t make a sound because he had now turned into an ice sculpture. If it weren’t for the Contract connection letting it know Lin Jing was still conscious,

the Pine Leaf Squirrel would have thought Lin Jing had died during the contracting process.

Within the Seal space, during the Contract process, the sleeping Ice Soul Gu struggled constantly as if having a nightmare, battering the Seal. Fortunately, the Seal had been placed by the Divine Pine rather than Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Squirrel; otherwise, it would have likely been breached by now.

“This Ice Soul Gu—”

“Is forcibly changing my Physique!” After some time, Lin Jing noticed something unusual. Perhaps it was because the Ice Soul Gu’s Bloodline was too strong, or perhaps because of the unique nature of Gu insects, Lin Jing experienced a reaction different from contracting normal Spirit Beasts or Yao Beasts.

During the establishment stage of the Bloodline Contract, the Ice Soul Gu indeed didn’t offer any intense resistance. However, this increasingly tight Bloodline connection caused a layer of power to feed back from the Ice Soul Gu, forcibly altering Lin Jing’s Physical Body!

“So cold.”

“This is…” Lin Jing didn’t know how much time had passed, but in a trance, he felt the extreme freezing power of the Ice Soul Gu seemingly merging completely into his body. Even without borrowing the Ice Soul Gu’s power, he could use it; the ice attribute power seemed to have become a part of his own body.

Most absurdly, as his body temperature grew lower and lower, Lin Jing felt that the rate at which his life force ebbed had slowed down significantly. Although he possessed the Longevity Physique and a long lifespan, the rate of his life’s passing had been the same as an ordinary person’s—one year passed, one year of lifespan gone.

But now, Lin Jing perceived that during the contracting process with the Ice Soul Gu and the subsequent alteration of his Physique, his lifespan had been extended in an alternative way.

He… had become even more long-lived.

“It is said that Cultivators with ice-attribute Physiques look younger than normal Cultivators and do not age easily. Am I in a similar situation now?”

Inside the Wooden Fort, the ice on Lin Jing’s body slowly sublimated into white mist. The Contract blood had perfectly merged into the Ice Soul Gu’s body. Within the Seal space, the Ice Soul Gu remained asleep, not having woken up. It had been contracted by Lin Jing in its confusion, and he didn’t know what its reaction would be once it fully awoke.

“However, this power seems to still come with a price.”

Outside.

Lin Jing’s figure reappeared, hovering in the air. At this moment, the Pine Leaf Squirrel was cautiously observing four Dragon Blood Centipedes attacking from all directions.

“Let me handle it.”

As his words fell, cold air erupted from his body. As nine Spiritual Qi whirlpools expanded with a boom, the Dragon Blood Centipedes attacking from the surroundings were instantly covered in white frost, and many of their legs froze and shattered off.

At the same time, Lin Jing felt it—just like before, when he channeled this ice-attribute power, he still suffered “frostbite.”

“I do not have an Innate ice-attribute Physique. Instead, I’ve been influenced by the Ice Soul Gu’s power, resulting in an Acquired ice-attribute Physique similar to an Acquired Ice Spirit Body. Compared to an Innate Physique, it is not perfect. Therefore, channeling this ice-attribute power, which is even more overbearing than that of an Ice Spirit Body, will still,

freeze me as well.”

“Not just the Physical Body, but even the soul is frostbitten. However, the degree of frostbite is much, much smaller than before. This is also a benefit of the Contract. As long as I don’t abuse it and frequently use top-grade fire-attribute or yang-attribute Spirit Medicine and Medicinal Pills to mitigate it, there should be no major issue.”

“Not bad. I’ll call you the Acquired Ice Soul Body.”

“Zhi?!” The Dragon Blood Centipedes died, and the Pine Leaf Squirrel looked at Lin Jing, who was hovering in the air. It noticed that his hair and eye colors had changed back; it seemed he had preliminarily mastered the Ice Soul Gu’s power.

“Zhi zhi zhi!!” The Pine Leaf Squirrel was also happy for Lin Jing and didn’t feel jealous because he had contracted another pet.

It often worried about a problem: if it didn’t use wood-attribute True Qi to “maintain” the resources it hoarded, they would easily rot over time.

But now that Lin Jing had contracted an ice pet, it shouldn’t have that worry anymore. As long as the place where the fruits were stored was cold enough, the food would stay fresh for an extremely long time without needing its own maintenance!

In the future, the Ice Gu would be responsible for freshness, the Dragon Carp would be responsible for refining vegetation into pills, and the Pine Leaf Squirrel felt that was a pretty good deal!

“Thanks. I’ve re-sealed the Ice Soul Gu. That power just now… has been converted into my own. Although it’s not as strong as when I borrow the Ice Soul Gu’s power, it’s not far off. It’s enough to instantly kill these Dragon Blood and Phoenix Blood Yao Beasts.”

“Let’s continue.” He didn’t know if the changes to his body counted as gaining two more special Physiques. If they did, wouldn’t he be just like that Crown Prince Gu, becoming a Three-Body Person?