"Thank you for the compliment, Elder," Lin Jing continued the act, suddenly enamored with the feeling.
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"It’s your own merit," Elder Qin was also in a good mood upon seeing a talented disciple.
Actually, Lin Jing’s excellence or lack thereof didn’t really concern him, but having guarded the Divine Beast Hall for so many years and seen so many dull disciples, Elder Qin was indeed weary.
Having cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage, his own talent back then was also outstanding, so he couldn’t quite understand why something as simple as manifesting a demon beast could stump so many people... Is it really that difficult?
He simply loathed stupidity; seeing a talented disciple who could master basic transformation methods made him quite pleased!
"White Nether Monkey King..." Beside him, You Wanli was also quite amazed at Lin Jing’s talent, which far surpassed his own back in the day.
In the future at Thousand Illusions Mountain, it was uncertain who would be taking care of whom.
"When you return, continue to perfect the phantom beast you transformed into the image of the ’White Nether Monkey King’!"
"Once your phantom beast can perfectly exhibit the demon king’s might, you will have the qualification to vie for the title of a True Disciple."
"Once you become a True Disciple, you’ll have the opportunity to observe the ’Statue of the Demon Emperor’ deeper within the Divine Beast Hall!"
"You have quite exceptional talent, and I look forward to the day you return to the Divine Beast Hall again," Elder Qin chuckled.
Lin Jing’s face flushed, seemingly excited from the praise and recognition...
Shortly after, You Wanli brought Lin Jing back into the inner mountain, outside of his own cave mansion.
This cave mansion, though having decent spiritual Qi conditions, was far inferior to Lin Jing’s academy cave mansion... reminding him of the remaining decades of usage rights...
"Junior Brother Huang, for the time being, you should focus on cultivating here."
"With the talent you’ve shown, it probably won’t be long before someone invites you to join a hall or sect..."
"When that time comes, whoever invites you first, you should join them without hesitation or delay," You Wanli advised, patting Lin Jing on the shoulder.
"Thank you for the guidance, Senior Brother You."
You Wanli laughed heartily, "It’s nothing. Did the second elder give you the Inner Sect Disciple token along with the cultivation technique? With this token, you can go to the Inner Sect Scripture Pavilion and choose three advanced illusion techniques for free to practice."
"Don’t forget to claim them..."
After You Wanli left, Lin Jing put away his smile.
"Illusion Techniques..."
He didn’t stay in the cave mansion long and immediately headed to the Inner Sect Scripture Pavilion of Thousand Illusions Mountain.
He had come to Thousand Illusions Mountain for these things, and naturally, he didn’t want to delay even a moment.
As an Inner Sect Disciple of Thousand Illusions Mountain, he could freely learn basic illusion techniques, but most of them involved transforming individuals or scenes, which Lin Jing, given his current level of mastery in illusions, could completely disregard.
Only those advanced illusion techniques could currently be of help to Lin Jing.
Ultimately, in the Scripture Pavilion of Thousand Illusions Mountain, Lin Jing selected three illusion techniques: "Soul Imprinting Technique," "Spirit Captivation Method," and "Layered Illusion Art."
These three illusion techniques were carefully chosen by Lin Jing to compensate for his shortcomings in the Illusion Path from multiple perspectives.
Among them, the "Soul Imprinting Technique" is exactly why the numerous demon beast statues and murals in the Divine Beast Hall could exhibit the divine essence of demon beasts!
He could allow an illusionist’s magic to attach to a particular medium and remain there, not only leaving powerful illusions in the sect to intimidate enemies but also using illusions to record information and convey intelligence.
The "Spirit Captivation Method" was something Lin Jing particularly lacked, as most illusions lacked lethality and merely served to confuse; to cause harm, one would have to rely on traits such as cowardice or weak mental constitution in the target.
However, having mastered the "Spirit Captivation Method," one could integrate the illusionist’s Spiritual Power into the illusion, causing immense mental damage in the enemy’s weakest, most exposed moment when faced with a terrifying illusion.
This method... can also be used in conjunction with the "Soul Imprinting Technique" to allow the sculptures or murals housing stored illusions in a specific location to possess spiritual attack capabilities...
The "Layered Illusion Art" was even more crucial, being the key to enhancing illusion techniques.
Thousand Illusions Mountain has a famous protective sect illusion array called the Thousand Illusion Array, wherein intruders will find themselves in layers upon layers of illusions; after breaking one illusion, a second, and then a third will follow... until reaching a thousand layers.
This kind of illusion, where one isn’t sure when they’ll return to reality, can drive the intruder insane.
The "Layered Illusion Art" shares some similarities with the Thousand Illusion Array, enabling illusionists to master the technique of creating layered illusions.
Currently, Lin Jing uses only one layer of illusion to cover himself; if an enemy’s Divine Sense breaks through this layer of transformation, they’d see his true form.
However, if Lin Jing can master the "Layered Illusion Art," in the future, he could skillfully perform secondary transformations!
On the basis of one illusion, overlay another.
Even if the enemy breaks the first layer of transformation, if they’re careless and don’t continue to break illusions, they might not see his true form but a second false identity deliberately created by Lin Jing, greatly enhancing his safety.
After obtaining the three illusion techniques, Lin Jing headed straight back to his cave mansion, intending to enter closed-door cultivation for a period...
"This Yin Corpse Sect, it seems to be doing something right for once."
Upon returning to the cave mansion, Lin Jing discovered that the potential luck he almost depleted by cultivating the Celestial Demon Body seemed to be surging again.
Upon reflection, it occurred to him that the Yin Corpse Sect putting out wanted posters everywhere was indirectly boosting his reputation!
Just like earlier, that Elder Qin seemed to have done nothing but praise him.
"The fortune for cultivating illusion techniques has arrived."
Amidst the endless turbulence of the void, a pine cone drifted aimlessly, greatly distressed.
"This Immortal Palace Compass was supposed to randomly teleport someone to a location within the Celestial Essence Continent, it never mentioned being teleported into a closed void wasteland, where am I, I want to go back!!!"
"Is this even considered within the Celestial Essence Continent?"
"And why is this Void Barrier so hard to penetrate..."
Surveying the ancient war ruins around, the Mystic Pine could not pierce through the Void Barrier and was perplexed about where the Immortal Palace Compass had thrown it.
"This is the Realm Wall, and the place you’re currently in is a fissure within the Realm Wall of the Celestial Essence Realm. You’re not a creature of this realm, so naturally, it’s difficult for you to pass through easily. In fact, your presence here might even be due to the Celestial Essence Realm’s rejection of your identity, causing issues with your spatial transmission," suddenly, a lingering soul emerged from the void ruins, staring intently at the Mystic Pine.
"Wait a moment... although you’re not a being of the Celestial Essence Realm, your entire existence is saturated with the essence of this realm, you, this pine tree, have you illegally crossed over from another realm into the Celestial Essence Realm and then reincarnated with forgotten memories to integrate yourself into this realm?
Or were you shattered by a powerful figure of this realm and forced to reincarnate as a pine tree to hide?
Hmm... do you possess the technique for illegal cross-border migration, are you of the Celestial Demon Sect? That sect notorious for invading various cultivation realms!" The soul rapidly asked.
"Damn it, I am but a humble plant," the Mystic Pine gazed at the lingering soul, who are you, referring to me, calling me part of the Celestial Demon Sect or an outsider?