Immortal through Beast Taming

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"On this westward journey, I will certainly obtain the Golden Light Gu."

Lin Jing had no objections to the Demon Emperor's arrangements.

Although the Immortal Burial Volcano sounded extremely dangerous and retrieving the Golden Light Gu was sure to be fraught with difficulties, at least with the Demon Emperor's protection, he needn't worry about his life being in danger.

Since the journey to the Western Desert was risk-free and offered numerous benefits, he naturally wouldn't resist.

"Once you're ready, come see me."

The Demon Emperor's final voice transmitted out.

Lin Jing stood in place, deep in thought...

In that case, let's make some arrangements on my side as well.

"Let's first check on Elder Shen Song. You all should come out and greet him."

He first went to Elder Shen Song's cultivation place.

Without even having to call out, the massive pine tree emanated a golden-green radiance.

"You've finally broken through to the Golden Core."

"Not bad..."

"Seems like Elder has also initially stabilized his realm." Lin Jing smiled slightly.

"Haha, naturally, it's not a difficult task." Elder Shen Song spoke up: "But how come this little one is still at the Mid-Stage Demon Core??"

The venerable elder looked at the pine needle mouse climbing onto Lin Jing's shoulder.

The pine needle mouse squeaked in greeting, indicating that the realm was just an external matter.

Subsequently, the dragon carp and Ice Soul Gu also emerged to greet him.

In contrast, the dragon carp was rather smug, given it currently had the highest cultivation level.

Moreover, it had overheard the conversation between Lin Jing and the Demon Emperor...

The opportunity to master a flame of Immortal Fire Level...

"As for it..." Lin Jing glanced at the pine needle mouse, shook his head, and said, "Elder needn't worry about its realm, though it appears to only be at Mid-Stage Core Formation, that's because it hasn't spent these years on cultivation but has constantly been..."

"Hoarding, I assume." Elder Shen Song sighed.

"Yes." Lin Jing nodded with a smile. After all, the hoarding benefits of the pine needle mouse had grown significantly large. The more it hoarded, the stronger its Golden Core power grew. The pine needle mouse might look weak on the surface, but if it wielded its Demon Pill Divine Techniques, even the dragon carp might not gain the upper hand.

"I understand, but what about it?" Elder Shen Song looked at his Demon Dao successor, the Ice Soul Gu.

"Didn't this thing even swallow the Thunder Tribulation Gu? Why is its growth so slow?"

"Woo woo woo..." The little spider covered its face with a few legs, helpless as there was simply no time for cultivation, being tasked by Lin Jing all along the way to generate electricity internally and help with body refinement.

However, fortunately, the Ice Soul Gu had also heard the Demon Emperor's arrangements and knew it could soon devour the Golden Light Gu.

Tears welled up from its mouth after the relentless oppression.

The Golden Light Gu.

A peculiar Gu with Gold Element attributes...

Lin Jing was also quite interested in this Gu.

This Golden Light Gu possessed two core characteristics.

First, Gu poison.

The Gu poison of the Golden Light Gu could cause other beings to "rust," under which a cultivator would increasingly lose command over their own body, appearing as if they had neglected training for hundreds or even thousands of years, becoming unfamiliar with various Magic and martial skills, ultimately turning into a person incapable of self-care.

Moreover, in the "rust" state, some parts of the afflicted one's body, such as bones, teeth, and internal organs, could also potentially be poisoned with metallic toxicity.

Hence, to be the host of the Golden Light Gu, one's body must withstand the corrosive rusting; otherwise, one would have to train day and night to prevent body rusting, completely devoid of freedom.

Second, supreme Gold Element control.

Just as the Ice Soul Gu inherently possesses top-grade frost control, and the Thunder Tribulation Gu has top-grade thunder control, the Golden Light Gu can also control and endow containers with the ultimate Gold Element proficiency, which is precisely what attracted the Demon Emperor's attention.

The Demon Emperor did not view relearning Gold Element Magic as realistic for Lin Jing, so the Golden Light Gu was Lin Jing's shortcut to mastering Gold Element Emperor's Weapons.

Through this ability, the Golden Light Gu can also control those under its poison, using them as weapons.

However, Lin Jing had never heard of the main monk of the Golden Ray Temple using this ability; the eminent monk seemed to only use the Golden Light Gu to enhance his "golden body."

When the power of the Golden Light Gu merges with the body of its container, the body will appear as though clad in a layer of gold armor, shining bright and unmatched in offensives, which, coupled with the Buddhist golden body, makes the main monk of the Golden Ray Temple reputedly the second in defense in the Buddhist sect.

"I see." Observing the demeanor of Lin Jing's few pet beasts, Elder Shen Song understood: "So next, you intend to leave this place to aid them in further breakthroughs, correct? Thus, you are here to bid farewell."

"You couldn't possibly be asking me to escort you, right? Now that you are the Demon Court Saint Child with the Demon Emperor's protection, I doubt an old pine like me is needed."

"Elder, don't say that... I am indeed here, on the eve of departure, to say goodbye to Elder, but it shouldn't take long before we're back. In the meantime, I'll have to trouble Elder to help look over Immortal Prison Mountain for me."

Lin Jing smiled and saluted.

"Is that all? Nothing else?"

Elder Shen Song clearly didn't believe it.

Lin Jing raised his head, chuckling: "Since Elder's cultivation level has also reached the Void Profound Realm now, I reckon there must be a way to help the pine needle mouse further deduce the subsequent realm of the Cyan Emperor Longevity Technique. It has already practiced the technique to perfection, but although it's complete, it is only equivalent to a Nascent Soul level cultivation technique, which is evidently insufficient now."

"After becoming the Demon Court Saint Child, I perused several cultivation techniques within the Demon Court and found that the Cyan Emperor Longevity Technique is still more suitable for it. I wonder if Elder could..."

Elder Shen Song looked over at the expectant pine needle mouse and said, "When I was its age, I had already begun deducing techniques myself... But never mind, seeing how busy you all are, I'll lend you a hand, though I estimate pushing this technique to Divinity Transformation Stage would be the limit, as the longevity technique I practiced only reached this level."

"If you wish to go further, you will have to find ways yourselves… You kid have the latent Dragon Secret Technique and a chance to ascend the Fortune Gold List, so in terms of understanding techniques, it might be more efficient for you to handle it yourselves afterward..."

"By the way, didn't you also cultivate the Celestial Demon Divine Sense Technique?" The old pine tree suddenly recalled something.

Lin Jing nodded.

"It's already at Great Perfection."

"I knew it, considering you've always been using that Celestial Demon Divine Sense Technique to scan me; don't worry, I harbor no ill intentions towards you. Had I any bad intentions, the Demon Emperor would have crushed me ages ago," Elder Shen Song said, somewhat peeved.

Lin Jing laughed: "I naturally know, but as a Demon Cultivator, one must always be wary of others, even those closest cannot be wholly trusted, isn't that what you taught me... Besides, wasn't this Celestial Demon Divine Sense Technique brought to the Celestial Essence Realm by Elder, so it should be ineffective on you, right?"

Elder Shen Song chuckled: "If it were my past life, perhaps it would indeed be ineffective, assuredly with means to counter it, but now, I can no longer ignore it."

"Once you depart, I too am likely to head out to receive some of the Celestial Demon Sect's legacies, which the Ancient Country hasn't fully absorbed since its downfall. By then, besides the Celestial Demon Divine Sense Technique and the Celestial Demon Body, I'll teach you some other Divine Techniques from the Celestial Demon Sect."

"These Magic and Divine Techniques are significantly stronger than the native ones of the Celestial Essence Realm, so once you master them, you'd have an extra path."

"A path...?" Lin Jing had a foreboding feeling.

"Hehe, while I do detest the Celestial Demon Sect to death, as a Demon Cultivator, it isn't right to perish with a world. As long as the green mountains remain, one needn't fear the absence of firewood; if you were ever thrown into a desperate situation, you could indeed sever the Longevity Body, alter your appearance as a remnant of the Celestial Demon Sect from the Celestial Essence Realm, and seek refuge in the Celestial Demon Realm. The Celestial Demon Realm never turns down exceptional talent, although you'll have to endure multiple brainwashing examinations; just withstand them without revealing your identity... a Demon Cultivator's revenge is never late even in a millennium..."