Beast Taming Ascension

Chapter 273: Thunder Refining Method
"So many materials with spatial attributes..." Xu Qingyao began browsing the list after receiving Lin Jing's instructions.

"Are you planning to raise a spatial pet?" She put away the list and looked at Lin Jing. She understood perfectly. At Lin Jing's level, only spatial attributes were worthy of him.

As for the Mosquito Woman, although she is the first demon race in the world and can command mosquito swarms, she can be mass-produced in the future, and more and more outstanding demon races will be born, so she is not scarce at all. But space-type creatures are different.

“Well, I obtained a design blueprint for a space turtle that can develop sentience from the Divine Machine Manor in the ancient kingdom. These are the materials to make it, but I’m not sure if the Beast Taming Technique can contract with this kind of mechanical life... Let’s give it a try.” Lin Jing said.

Okay, this is something that can be mass-produced...

The eldest sister shook her head and said, "I don't think it will work. Don't have too high expectations. After arriving in Qingzhou, I tried it. The Beast Taming Technique can only be used to contract with demonic beasts. It can't even be used to contract with plant life. Mechanical beasts or artifact spirits will probably be even less likely to work."

"After all, this Beast Taming Technique was originally a cultivation method practiced by the servants who raised demonic beasts in the ancient immortal palace. It was essentially aimed at demonic beasts. Although my seniors in the Beast Taming Sect later made some improvements to the Beast Taming Technique, it did not deviate much from the original version."

"The limit of the Beast Taming Technique Contract is probably a creature like the Ice Soul Gu. Although the Ten Great Strange Gu have also become special life forms, their original essence was still various poisonous insects, which can also be considered as demonic beasts. However, mechanical beasts are almost unrelated to demonic beasts."

“However, it’s not absolute. Since the seniors of the Beast Taming Sect can improve the Beast Taming Technique, maybe you can too.” Xu Qingyao smiled and said, “After all, you have even researched the Transformation Technique and entered the Bodhi Cave Heaven, where you have cultivated the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique. Improving a technique should not be a problem for you.”

"Spiritual plants, demonic beasts, weapon spirits, corpse puppets, mechanical beasts, magical elemental spirits... perhaps, you'll have enough of them all to form contracts with as pets!"

Lin Jing chuckled and said, "Thank you for your kind words, Senior Sister."

The reason Lin Jing wasn't 100% certain that the mechanical turtle was the next pet he would contract with at the Golden Core stage was because he couldn't determine whether he could ultimately contract it. As his senior sister said, it wasn't a pure demon beast life form.

However, it doesn't matter if he can't form a contract. The reason he wants to form a contract with a mechanical beast is not because it can bring him any great benefits. It's simply because he has a connection with mechanical arts. The other party has accompanied him for quite some time, and he feels that forming a contract with a mechanical beast might be very interesting. It doesn't have a strong utilitarian purpose.

As for the improved cultivation method mentioned by the senior sister, it is indeed a possible path.

Many cultivators may not initially encounter high-grade cultivation techniques. Once they reach a certain level, these techniques become unsuitable for them. However, they do not want to switch techniques or dissipate their cultivation to start over. In such cases, they will choose another path.

That would be to improve the cultivation techniques one uses.

However, very few people can do this; it requires a certain amount of talent and ability.

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After returning to his cave, Lin Jing began preparing for the Pill Refining Competition two years later. This competition was a pill refining contest, so he certainly couldn't directly use the Transformation Grass to participate.

We must refine the Transformation Grass into Transformation Pills to reduce the difficulty of using the Transformation Grass!
In fact, Lin Jing has already come up with some ideas on how to change the effects of the Transformation Grass during this period of time.

To make the mutated transformation grass effective against higher-level monsters, its quality needs to be improved. This can be achieved in two ways. One is to improve the quality of the transformation grass through external means, such as transferring it to a special blessed land for cultivation, allowing it to grow a second time.

Another method is to use quantitative change to lead to qualitative change. By using alchemy to extract the essence of a large number of mutated and transformed herbs, countless essences are concentrated into one, thereby enhancing the effect. This is a common method in alchemy to enhance the effect of low-level spiritual plants.

If Lin Jing had to choose, he would definitely choose the second option. However, under the current Heavenly Dao rules, the yield of ordinary Transformation Grass is extremely low. Even if the Demon Court has a special Demon Emperor responsible for cultivating it, the amount of Transformation Grass produced is not much. Relying solely on Senior Sister's supply might not be enough, and she would need to compete for the share from the other two Holy Maidens.

"But there's no need to rush to upgrade the Transformation Pill. At the Pill Gathering, we only need to demonstrate that the Transformation Pill has the effect of transforming people. What level of monster it can transform into is not the key point in the short term."

"The key is how to ensure that most low-level demonic beasts can withstand the Heavenly Tribulation! Or rather, how to exempt them from the Heavenly Tribulation! Only then can the demonstration proceed smoothly..."

"I wonder if this method will work." When Lin Jing was deduce using the hidden dragon's fortune, a method came to mind.

This method combines Lin Jing's existing conditions with some past life memories deep within his mind.

In his previous life, he had read many online novels and watched many films and television shows, covering a wide range of topics. In some of these works, when some extremely powerful pills were refined, they would attract a pill tribulation. Only pills that survived the pill tribulation could be considered completely finished.

However, this situation seems to have never occurred before on the Tianyuan Continent. There are no records of it, nor is there any precedent for a pill to attract a tribulation.

Therefore, Lin Jing's final deduction was that the pill was refined using lightning. Through a special alchemy technique, when the pill was completed, heavenly lightning of the pill tribulation would be drawn down, allowing the pill to bear a portion of the divine punishment for the consumer.

The side effects of the elixir are reduced through the tempering of the heavenly tribulation.

Just like the side effect of taking the Transformation Grass, which is to attract the Transformation Heavenly Tribulation, if the Transformation Pill made from the Transformation Grass is made through the Thunder Refining Method, it may be possible to reduce the burden on the user.

The path of transformation is now going against the will of Heaven. Whether it is people or things, they are all part of going against the will of Heaven. There is no reason for demon beasts to bear the price.

However, if the Transformation Pill cannot survive the Pill Tribulation, the pill will be destroyed, thus wasting a portion of the materials.

By transferring risk, the difficulty of demon transformation can be shared. As for whether this will reduce the effectiveness of demon transformation, Lin Jing does not know for the time being.

"It just so happens that the Qilin clan obtained the Heavenly Thunder Flame, a flame born from the Heavenly Tribulation. Now, the Dragon Carp has completely refined it. I wonder if this Heavenly Thunder Flame can attract a weak Heavenly Thunder to temper the Transformation Pill."

The method of refining pills with lightning was a way that Lin Jing came up with to potentially reduce the side effects of the Transformation Grass. This time, they took a different approach, no longer needing to add other materials to neutralize it or involving pharmacology, but starting from the pill refining technique. This is a huge challenge for Lin Jing and Long Li, since they only have two years to study this method of refining pills with lightning.

No, to be precise, it's eleven years. After all, one year can be spent in the hourglass of time, which is equivalent to ten years...

(End of this chapter)