"Wang Xiao? What’s this guy doing here?"
Inside the cave residence, Gao Sheng heard the shouting outside and showed an expression of displeasure. At this moment, he and Lin Jing were strengthening their relationship, and Wang Xiao’s arrival was really untimely.
"I’ll go take a look."
Lin Jing really didn’t want to continue eating the unpalatable food, so he escaped the cave residence.
Outside the cave residence, Wang Xiao saw Lin Jing walk out, his eyes moved slightly, and he spoke arrogantly, "Lin Jing, three days from now, atop Flying Dragon Mountain, dare you fight?"
Lin Jing heard this, shook his head, "Please go back, I’m not in the mood."
"Are you scared?" Wang Xiao frowned, Lin Jing’s fame was now at its peak, a rumor of defeat indeed sounded unpleasant. He had even defeated the Celestial Sword Sect’s Sword Cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, so Lin Jing being afraid was understandable.
"Avoiding a fight of the same level is equally unpleasant when spread around."
"You... Let me escort you back." Lin Jing couldn’t eat, feeling bad already. This Divine Body had no understanding of human relations like Gao Sheng did, he directly extended his right hand, with energy threads winding between his fingers.
"Spiritual Power Threads?"
Upon seeing this, Wang Xiao snorted. This technique of Spiritual Power Threads was just like controlling True Qi in mid-air, and definitely not magic but rather a use of True Qi’s form, generally used by Puppet Masters to control mechanisms and puppets. Did Lin Jing actually plan to deal with him using this method?
"Thunder..." Wang Xiao just wanted to counter with his domineering thunder magic, but unexpectedly, Lin Jing suddenly disappeared without any sign, his speed making it difficult for Wang Xiao to react.
When he regained his senses, he felt cold at the back of his neck, and Lin Jing had somehow appeared behind Wang Xiao with his palm aimed at his neck.
Under Lin Jing’s feet... no, outside the cave residence, red leaves were spread everywhere perfectly blending with surrounding maple leaves, among which a red leaf was radiating spatial fluctuations.
A Pine Needle Mouse stood on Lin Jing’s shoulder, yawning. As the spatial fluctuations dissipated, Wang Xiao’s whole body was covered in frost.
"You... Spatial Art!" Wang Xiao was extremely shocked. The magic just now that he couldn’t react to must be spatial art, yet this Beast Master also knew such powerful magic!
Wang Xiao’s eyes widened, intending to break through the frost with his mighty True Qi of the tenth level of Qi Cultivation, but the cold radiated by the Spiritual Threads inside his body was terrifyingly intense, freezing his True Qi as well.
Even more alarming was that, as the Spiritual Threads moved around his body, he couldn’t control his own body; instead, it moved towards the mountain’s base uncontrollably according to Lin Jing’s finger movements.
He couldn’t comprehend why such basic techniques of Puppet Masters could control his Divine Body.
"Go quickly, I’m not fighting you out of consideration for your hard-earned fame. It’s better to take advantage and first improve your abilities through the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique." Lin Jing dismissed him.
He and the Pine Needle Mouse both reached the tenth level of Qi Cultivation, defeating this Divine Body wouldn’t enormously boost their reputation, wouldn’t cause a qualitative change. It’d be better to wait until Wang Xiao gained greater fame before defeating him to create more buzz.
Soon, Wang Xiao was escorted down the mountain by Lin Jing, the spiritual threads were pulled back. Despite the poor imitation of the Ice Soul Gu’s power, paired with the unexpected Spatial Teleportation, it still caught Wang Xiao off guard.
Down the mountain, Wang Xiao turned his rigid head back, feeling moved. He had initially thought Lin Jing’s mechanism expertise was limited to using special materials to create mechanism weapons. Who knew this Spiritual Power Threads method could actually control even a Divine Body.
And that coldness... He immediately understood why he felt a huge pressure when Lin Jing and the Pine Needle Mouse emerged from the Grotto Heaven.
"I never heard of him having a special physique before, but it seems now he is deeply hiding such an attribute, possibly equal to an Ice Spirit Body, maybe even an Ice Divine Body?"
"I will definitely return." Wang Xiao temporarily gave up the idea of a duel with Lin Jing, realizing that even with magical treasures, he might not be Lin Jing’s match this time. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ NoveI★Fire.net
He quickly left, planning to seclude for intense cultivation, progressing in all sorts of magic before challenging again.
The scene of Lin Jing suppressing the Divine Body was entirely seen by Gao Sheng in the cave residence, he was extremely surprised as well. As Lin Jing returned to the cave residence, Gao Sheng immediately offered a toast.
"It’s just the merit of the Ice Soul Gu," Lin Jing replied.
"I understand this, where is the control of the Ice Soul Gu something ordinary people can master? The Demon Extermination Bureau has obtained the ten great strange Gus several times, but only a few within can control it." Gao Sheng didn’t heed Lin Jing’s modesty, praising him strongly.
"Let’s not talk about that." Lin Jing smiled bitterly, "What with this tongue of mine... what should I do?"
Gao Sheng froze and said, "Truly can’t eat at all? Perhaps time can smooth everything out..."
"Otherwise, just be luxurious; eat everything according to the standards of dragon liver and phoenix marrow in the future."
"No money," Lin Jing said decisively.
"Ah, right!" Gao Sheng suddenly thought of something and said, "Before we returned from the Grotto Heaven, Mr. Cao seemed to have said that whoever breaks through the extreme within the Grotto Heaven can use the Academy Grotto Heaven freely for sixty years."
"Not sure how you and the Pine Needle Mouse are counted, if calculated separately as two caves, you could rent out one cave... collect the rent for decades at a time, then there’d be money."
After Gao Sheng left, Lin Jing sat cross-legged in the cave residence, sensing his current cultivation state. If one were to subdivide the tenth level of Qi Cultivation into early, mid, and late stages, then presently the Pine Needle Mouse should belong to the later stage, while he was in the mid-stage.
"Next, focus on refining the Alchemy technique and find ways to raise the Pine Needle Mouse and Dragon Carp’s bloodline level!"
This Dragon and Phoenix Grotto Heaven made Lin Jing more deeply aware of the importance of physique talent and bloodline talent.
He opened his eyes, planning to continue secluding for a period, it’s not only his thought, the Pine Needle Mouse thinks the same.
Within the Grotto Heaven, it exhausted almost all the resources it had carefully accumulated, needing to continue stockpiling to feel safer.
"Come out." Lin Jing pulled the Dragon Carp from the depths of the cave residence and said, "You seem not to be in good spirits?"
"Bubble~ (It’s just the merit of the Ice Soul Gu~)" The Dragon Carp’s mouth opened and closed.
Seeing this, Lin Jing laughed, "Why are you, a destined True Dragon to soar the nine heavens, getting jealous of a spider?"
"You still call yourself a male carp fish."
With that, Lin Jing extended his palm, the Dragon Transformation’s fortune spreading.
"Alright, this trip to the Grotto Heaven was thanks to the thousands of pills you refined, next I will further enhance your potential."
"Your day of dragon transformation will be the day you ascend the nine heavens and become invincible."
The Dragon Transformation Secret Technique was gradually approaching minor success, Lin Jing didn’t hesitate to use the power of fortune to enhance the Dragon Carp.
Seeing the Beast Master care for it so much, the Dragon Carp felt happy again.
"Enhancement complete, next will begin refining second-grade pills."
The Dragon Carp’s smile vanished, refining pills again?
Its entire body was now full of pill fragrance that couldn’t be removed no matter what.