Immortal through Beast Taming

"Senior Brother You, in the future within the Thousand Illusions Mountain, please take care of me." Lin Jing took out a bag of fewer Spirit Stones to smooth over the relations.

After the introduction, it was discovered that this chubby young man was named You Wanli, and he and the Steward You who was in charge of recruiting disciples earlier came from the same cultivation family.

"No problem, no problem, Junior Brother Huang, you're being too polite." Senior Brother You was overjoyed: "Actually, there's nothing too special to watch out for in this Thousand Illusions Mountain."

"Junior Brother, just remember, when you're out and about in the future, if you see disciples from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect or the Flower Sect, just fight and rob them to death!"

"Our Thousand Illusions Mountain has a blood feud with these two sects, they've robbed us of several Spirit Veins!"

"Oh, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect is a Beast Taming Sect, extremely violent, and there's nothing good in there. Who tames beasts if they're good people? Demon Beasts are beings too! Unlike our Thousand Illusions Mountain, we only simulate demon beasts using illusions to fight."

"As for the Flower Sect, they're no good either. On the surface, they're a wood magic sect controlling flowers and plants, but secretly, they encourage disciples to hide their identities, marry into small sects or families to suck resources, deceive betrothal gifts, or even have secret techniques to absorb the mana of their Daoist partners."

"Many disciples from our Thousand Illusions Mountain have been deceived! Ah, the word 'lust'!"

Lin Jing looked enlightened and said, "I, Huang, will have life-and-death enmity with the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and the Flower Sect from now on."

"Good!" You Wanli nodded and said, "Because you've just joined as a disciple of Thousand Illusions Mountain, usually within three years, no tasks will be assigned to you, giving you some time to transition your cultivation technique and practice the magic of Thousand Illusions Mountain."

"These three years can be used to enhance your strength."

"Apart from waiting for the sect to assign tasks, you can also proactively join some halls of the Thousand Illusions Mountain, such as the Illusionary Killing Hall. Disciples of the Illusionary Killing Hall specifically represent the sect to snatch resources from other sects."

"The treatment for disciples of the Illusionary Killing Hall is high, but the casualty rate is also high, so if you don't have enough strength, it's better to be cautious."

"In addition, there's also the Demon-Revealing Hall, which is a good place. Our Thousand Illusions Mountain has a magical treasure, the 'Demon-Revealing Mirror,' which can record the might of demon beasts into the mirror, and then the lifelike images of demon beasts in the mirror can be used for sect disciples to practice illusions."

"However, disciples of the Demon-Revealing Hall usually need to infiltrate battlefields where demon beasts of Demon King level or higher are fighting, hide themselves with illusions, record their battle processes, and bring them back to the sect. If their illusion techniques aren't sufficient and they're discovered by beasts in the battle, it's a very dangerous task and easy to die at the site of Demon Kings fighting..."

"There's also..."

As they flew, You Wanli introduced good places to Lin Jing, and after listening, Lin Jing couldn't help but marvel at the interesting aspects of the Thousand Illusions Mountain; many of the halls served the ability of "Phantom Beast."

Including the Divine Beast Hall that the two were about to go to...

"The outermost layer of the Divine Beast Hall has 300 carefully selected powerful Demon King statues from the Thousand Illusions Mountain, the middle layer has statues of 36 different races of Demon Emperors, and the innermost layer has images of ancient progenitor-level demon beasts from three powerful demon beast groups. Their strength is comparable to Void Profound Cultivators."

"Once you enter the Divine Beast Hall, you can only view the statues of the Demon Kings in the outer layer. As for the battle images of Demon Emperors and Demon Ancestors, don't even think about simulating them; even a glance can cause backlash to our Foundation Establishment Cultivators."

"Since the Second Master directly sent you to the Divine Beast Hall, it implies you have some foundation in illusion techniques? If you can transform a tenth of a Demon King's 'godly demeanor' within seven days in the Divine Beast Hall, then it won't be a wasted trip. At that time, both the Illusionary Killing Hall and the Demon-Revealing Hall will extend an olive branch to you."

"Remember, don't be greedy, choose the demon beast that you find most pleasing and familiar to study in depth!" You Wanli reminded.

Lin Jing nodded, transforming a tenth of a Demon King's godly demeanor?

Such a thing...

It seems that even at the Qi Cultivation Stage, he could already use the Thousand Shifts and Myriad Transformations technique to transform 100% of a Nascent Soul Demon King's godly demeanor.

In that case, let's see if within seven days, he can imprint all the 300 powerful Demon King images recorded in the Divine Beast Hall of the Thousand Illusions Mountain into his mind...

......

Outside a grand palace of the Thousand Illusions Mountain, You Wanli handed a letter of authority to an elder, who waved his wide sleeve, and the gate of the Divine Beast Hall opened.

"You only have seven days," the elder said, and You Wanli added, "Junior Brother Huang, good luck."

"Thank you," Lin Jing clasped his fists and entered the Divine Beast Hall directly.

The hall was enormous, with demon beast statues neatly arranged along the sides. There were about a hundred, and the remaining hundred or so images were painted on the walls.

Lin Jing looked at a bear demon closest to him, and after a moment of gaze, it seemed as if an illusion appeared before his eyes, a Bear King with dark golden lightning flashing all over its body, swinging a massive bear paw at him.

The bear paw grew larger and larger, covering the sky and sun, then slapped Lin Jing's consciousness back to reality.

"If one doesn't have certain attainments in illusion techniques or cultivation, just staring at these statues would suffer mental backlash..."

"All the demon beasts appearing in this hall must have at least late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, with immensely powerful bloodlines. Those not meeting this criterion are likely beneath the record of Thousand Illusions Mountain's strong." Lin Jing observed and found that even if he perfectly transformed all the Demon King images recorded in this hall, they wouldn't be of much use to him.

After all, his Thousand Shifts and Myriad Transformations technique could now even transform some of Elder Shen Song's Divinity Transformation might, although false, it was far stronger than the might of these Demon Kings.

He looked deeper inside; if he could enter further to observe the statues of Demon Emperors and Demon Ancestors, it might be more beneficial for him, but with his current status as a disciple, he was definitely unable to enter that closed door.

"This illusion technique of perfectly integrating demon beast godly demeanor into paintings and statues is worth learning. If mastered, I could create an illusion in the future to deter enemies," Lin Jing found areas to learn from and delved into his studies.

Seven days passed in a flash.

Thousand Illusions Mountain.

After escorting Lin Jing to the Divine Beast Hall for training, You Wanli returned to his cave dwelling. Next, he only needed to wait for Lin Jing to emerge from the Divine Beast Hall before taking him to the cave dwelling to perfectly complete the task given by the Second Master.

"Seven days have passed, I wonder how Junior Brother Huang has gained!"

You Wanli was about to head to the Divine Beast Hall to receive Lin Jing when suddenly a voice of decree echoed from deep within the Thousand Illusions Mountain.

"Disciples of Thousand Illusions Mountain, hear the order. If you find the person in the painting, report to the sect immediately, and you'll be rewarded with a magic treasure."

"His name is Lin Jing, Foundation Establishment cultivation, cultivator of the Ancient Beast Taming Sect, adept in Beast Taming, Buddhist Technique, and mechanical arts, with a pet beast squirrel, in whose body resides one of the top ten rare Gus of the Gu God Sect, the Ice Soul Gu..."

You Wanli looked up to see a massive scroll of painting floating above Thousand Illusions Mountain's sky, with the figure of a youth in white robes with a gourd hanging at his waist, outstanding in appearance and temperament, and behind the figure, a shadow with white hair and blue eyes, clearly the form of Lin Jing merged with the Ice Soul Gu, while similar scenes were unfolding in many other sects at this moment...

"Hmm?" Lin Jing, just out of the Divine Beast Hall, looked at the scroll painting of himself in the sky above Thousand Illusions Mountain, falling into deep thought.