Immortal through Beast Taming

Having completed the trial pill, Lin Jing looked at the five pill mice. These five pill mice, having survived their ordeal, were indeed quite fortunate.

Through the Treant Pill, they all experienced certain transformations in their constitution. They were no longer pill testing beasts without any combat ability. Although they were still far from the Demon King's bloodline, they undoubtedly stood out among ordinary demon beasts.

"You don't need to return to the Crane Cauldron. For this pill trial, I'm not entirely confident. Surviving the disaster is a stroke of luck. Cultivation is essentially defying the heavens. From now on, cultivate near my abode. Once you reach Foundation Establishment and develop your cultivation, I'll make you official members of the Demon Court."

"Squeak... squeak..." The five pill mice bowed respectfully to Lin Jing.

Then, led by the little black mouse, the white mice left the abode and began burrowing and building homes on the surrounding hills. Meanwhile, Lin Jing entered the Hourglass of Time to prepare for the Core Formation of the Pine Needle Mouse.

Even pill mice in the Qi Cultivation Stage could handle four Treant Pills, so for the Pine Needle Mouse, it would naturally be even easier.

"Crack."

"Crack.."

Inside the Hourglass of Time, the Pine Needle Mouse consumed one pill after another. As expected, pill mice needed several days to fully transform the Treant Pills into organs, but the Pine Needle Mouse managed to convert all four Treant Pills in just a few minutes!!!

At this moment, the Pine Needle Mouse was consuming the Treant Pill while maintaining its true Demon King form. After taking the pill, its appearance underwent subtle changes.

The enormous wooden statue of the squirrel had a darker hue to its woody body, with a golden sheen.

Upon its body, which bore some small pine trees, additional seedlings of other types appeared, making its true form resemble a large mountain.

Furthermore, the color of pinecones on the small pine trees changed from brown to a fiery red, seeming ready to explode.

Apart from that, vines grew and wound around the Pine Needle Mouse's arms, making it resemble a plant mouse more than the other white mice. Yet all this was for the power of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth!

Using these plant organs as mediators, the Pine Needle Mouse could clearly perceive the flow of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth's power within. The Five Element forces began to cycle within, with Wood as the core, effectively transforming into other elemental powers.

At this moment, having reached the limit of Foundation Establishment through the practice of Longevity Technique, the Pine Needle Mouse directly began compressing the Five Element forces, condensing a Demon Pill within its body!

The Earth Vein Spirit Tree withered, the body shed its skin, the flaming pinecones dissipated, bloodthirsty vines wilted, and red leaves fell...

The Five Element forces were completely consolidated within its body.

Lin Jing remained by the Pine Needle Mouse's side throughout, though the Dragon Carp was even more attentive to its condition.

The Dragon Carp, indisputably the strongest in the team, bore six different strange fires and multiple bloodlines. Logically, even if the Pine Needle Mouse formed a core with the Five Elements, the pills were all refined by it. After forming the core, the Pine Needle Mouse should not surpass its strength, right?

"Pop..." The Dragon Carp's eyes flickered as time went by, with the giant Demon King's true form statue standing on the ground, Lin Jing sat cross-legged on the statue's head, sensing the subtle changes of the Pine Needle Mouse.

The arrival of four plant organs undoubtedly elevated the Pine Needle Mouse's bloodline level once again, guiding its evolutionary direction towards a plant life. This Core Formation, preceding a breakthrough, elevated its bloodline strength, finally joining the ranks of the emperor level following Ice Soul Gu and Dragon Carp.

Of course, compared to bloodline level, the Divine Techniques of the Golden Core are more important!

This is the most crucial gain from the Foundation Establishment to Core Formation for a cultivator, embodying the results of earlier cultivation efforts!

In the blink of an eye, a month passed inside the Hourglass of Time, amidst the surrounding Five Elements Spiritual Qi, the power of the five elements in the Pine Needle Mouse's body had already coalesced into a brilliant Five Elements Demon Pill. At this time, the Demon Pill had also been nurturing the divine techniques of the Demon Pill for quite a while...

Finally, as the Pine Needle Mouse's aura stabilized in the Early-Stage Demon Core, Lin Jing's cultivation reached Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment as a result of its breakthrough feedback, the information about the Demon Pill's divine techniques emerged in both their minds.

"Squeak..."

[Demon Pill Divine Techniques: Five Element World]

Within the Demon Pill lies a small world. The more Five Element objects stored in this world, the stronger the world's power becomes. The Five Element Demon Pill can be directly summoned for attack, using the power of the Five Element World to subdue enemies!

"It's actually a space attribute divine technique." Seeing the divine technique nurtured by the Pine Needle Mouse's Demon Pill, Lin Jing spoke in surprise.

"Squeak!" Not only Lin Jing, but the Pine Needle Mouse was also quite thrilled.

It's known that, in general, unless the breed is special or the cultivation technique is unique, the development of an internal space normally requires reaching the Empty Profound Stage.

Although it possesses numerous storage items now, these treasures are ultimately external objects. Using them for storage never gives the Pine Needle Mouse peace of mind, as they could still be seized by enemies.

But now, the space resides within the Demon Pill. The security of its resources has considerably improved. Even if an enemy destroys its Demon Pill, it can use its self-destructive power to explode the Demon Pill, leaving no chance for anyone to seize its resources.

"However, your Demon Pill divine technique is even more perilous than the Dragon Carp's."

The small world contained within the Demon Pill can be directly summoned for attack. Lin Jing could imagine that this divine technique should not be used during the Demon Core Stage.

Employing the Demon Pill divine technique during the Demon Core Stage would wear down the Demon Pill, and using the Demon Pill for direct attacks entails an even greater risk of its fragmentation.

"Pop, pop."

Amidst the exchange between Lin Jing and the Pine Needle Mouse, the Dragon Carp grew anxious on the side. So, what is the strength of the Pine Needle Mouse post-breakthrough?

"No rush, the most important thing now is the Glazed Immortal Pupil!"

"Can it already synthesize third-tier Spirit Plants, and synthesize resources of other attributes?"

Lin Jing summoned again, the Pine Needle Mouse reverted from its gigantic "Demon Emperor's true form" to the small squirrel's form. Possibly because all Five Element forces were concentrated within the Demon Pill, the plant organs on the Demon Emperor's true form were completely shed, transforming into a pure wooden statue of a squirrel. Upon returning to the small squirrel form, the features of those red leaf plants also completely vanished.

However, Lin Jing and the Pine Needle Mouse were both aware that the abilities of those plant organs could reappear instantaneously as long as the Pine Needle Mouse activated them with the Demon Pill's power.

Like the spatial crimson leaves, it no longer needs to rely on amalgamation with ordinary leaves. Simply extending a hand is enough to condense them; the blood-sucking demon vine and flaming self-destructive pinecone follow the same principle.

"This is Transformation Grass."

Lin Jing took out the pile of Transformation Grass sent by the senior sister earlier and laid it out casually on the ground, looking at the Pine Needle Mouse expectantly.

"Squeak!!" The Pine Needle Mouse patted its chest, indicating there were no issues.

Its gaze fixed on the multitude of Spirit Grass, then activated the Glazed Immortal Pupil. Indeed, as its cultivation level rose, the Glazed Immortal Pupil could synthesize higher-level Spiritual Objects!

However... unlike the ease of synthesizing first and second-tier plants, this time, when synthesizing the third-tier Transformation Grass, the Pine Needle Mouse not only felt a stinging sensation in its eyes, its mana was rapidly converted into eye power, consuming an astonishing amount while synthesizing third-tier resources, much more than the Pine Needle Mouse anticipated.

Within seconds, the Pine Needle Mouse's mana, as an Early-Stage Demon Core member, was completely depleted. At this point, the Transformation Grass had not yet been successfully synthesized, but thankfully Lin Jing noticed the anomaly. Absorbing the Dragon Carp's mana while transferring his mana to the Pine Needle Mouse, with the mana support of these three life forms, its Glazed Immortal Pupil divine technique was finally accomplished with difficulty.

A pile of Transformation Grass transformed into a dark red Transformation Grass...

"What's going on, is synthesizing third-tier Spirit Plants so difficult?" Lin Jing was panting, his face pale, but as the Pine Needle Mouse's gaze turned to the synthesized Transformation Grass, Lin Jing's expression turned peculiar.

Hmm??

[Mutated Transformation Grass: Demon beasts below the Demon Core Stage can use it to provoke the Transformation Tribulation, physically withstand the tribulation's baptism, and transform into human form.] This Transformation Grass turned...???