Beast Taming Ascension

Chapter 275 Longevity Treasure Tortoise
Shortly after.

The Demon Emperor's eyes then appeared outside the Third Saintess's Palace and the Forest Cave.

However, the Demon Emperor did not make any statement this time, and left the place after discarding the source of the Candlelight Flame.

Lin Jing initially thought the Demon Emperor was too lazy to talk to him, but after the Demon Emperor's eyes disappeared for a moment, a voice entered Lin Jing's mind.

"Your idea of ​​burning your life through the Candle Flame to comprehend the Heavenly Demon Body is indeed good. I don't know if you can succeed, but the most crucial thing to cultivate the Heavenly Demon Body is a 'determination to die,' which you probably lack. If you still can't cultivate it, then just focus on refining pills for the Demon Court and don't waste any more energy."

A determination to die...

Lin Jing was taken aback. He hadn't expected that the Demon Emperor would also have some understanding of the Heavenly Demon Body. Well, that made sense. The Demon Emperor had lived for so long and was of a similar generation to the first ancient emperor. He must have experienced the Heavenly Demon Sect period, so it was normal for him to be familiar with the Heavenly Demon Body.

"As expected." Upon hearing the Demon Emperor's description, Lin Jing knew that his inability to cultivate the Heavenly Demon Body was indeed due to his mindset.

Thinking about it carefully, the demonic cultivator who cultivated the Heavenly Demon Body mentioned by the Child Immortal was under siege by various righteous powerhouses at the time, and must have been driven to the brink of despair.

Similarly, Gu Qianqiu, after being tormented for a thousand years and having no attachment to life, cultivated the Heavenly Demon Body with the determination to die.

As for himself, he simply wanted to cultivate the Heavenly Demon Body to save his life and intimidate others; he was far from reaching the desperate situation that they were in.

Especially now that he has become the Holy Son of the Demon Court and is under the protection of the Demon Emperor, he is unlikely to encounter any more desperate situations. Therefore, he no longer has the determination to die. When he encounters danger, his first thought will definitely be to seek protection, rather than to burn himself to reverse everything.

"In other words, the Heavenly Demon Body can almost always be cultivated under dire circumstances, after having the conviction that one must die."

"...Even so, we still have to give it a try. We've worked so hard for so long." Lin Jing tossed the seed of the Candle Flame to the Dragon Carp. After the Heavenly Thunder Flame, it had obtained another top-tier exotic flame, and it was a top-tier exotic flame with the time attribute!

"You refine this fire first. After you've refined it, we can continue studying the lightning refining method." Lin Jing flicked his sleeve and left.

"Pop~~" The dragon carp happily saw Lin Jing off, then began its secluded cultivation in its cave...

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Lin Jing left the cave and went to his senior sister to inquire about her progress in collecting materials for the Longevity Turtle.

While waiting for the dragon carp to refine the strange fire, he planned to see if he could create the Longevity Turtle.

"We're missing one type of spatial material. Of the five types of spatial attribute materials, we're only missing one: the Void Concealment Stone. It's a specialty of the ancient kingdom and is extremely rare in Qingzhou. Even the Demon Court doesn't have any in its collection. I've already sent people to the ancient kingdom. Can you wait a little longer?"

Xu Qingyao took out the other four spatial attribute materials and nine common materials. Lin Jing pondered for a moment and said, "Is the only missing Void Concealment Stone?"

"Never mind, it's alright. I've studied the design blueprints of the Longevity Treasure Turtle. The Void Concealment Stone isn't a key material; it just grants the Longevity Treasure Turtle the ability to conceal itself in space, making it impossible for even a Nascent Soul cultivator's divine sense to detect its presence, thus facilitating its theft."

“Even if I don’t have the Void Concealment Stone for the time being, I can achieve a similar effect by imprinting the Invisibility Illusion on its body… I’ll take these materials first.”

“Okay.” Xu Qingyao nodded and said, “I will send it to you after I find the Void Concealment Stone, and you can upgrade your mechanical beast yourself.”

Lin Jing smiled and agreed, then returned to his cave with a pile of mechanical materials and began assembling the Longevity Turtle according to the design.

A few days later.

Lin Jing disassembled the mechanical water cannon turtle, extracted its soul core, and placed it into a new body.

Finally, he retrieved the most crucial prop.

A black sheet of iron.

According to Fairy Mo of Shenji Manor, this item is the key to activating the intelligence of the Soul Core, allowing mechanical beasts to develop consciousness…

"Never mind." After some thought, Lin Jing decided not to insert the black iron piece into the soul core too soon to activate the Longevity Turtle's intelligence. He hadn't reached the Core Formation stage yet, nor did he have a contract slot, so activating it would be meaningless... Moreover, he had crafted the Longevity Turtle entirely according to the design provided by Fairy Mo, and he didn't really understand the nature of the black iron piece. Lin Jing wasn't entirely at ease creating a conscious life form to keep by his side so rashly. One should always be cautious, and he would wait until later to study the mechanisms further.

Qingzhou also has forces specializing in mechanical arts. Although they may not be as powerful as Shenji Manor, they are not far behind. With his current status as the Holy Son of the Demon Court, he can definitely make contact with them and further his studies to make it easier to upgrade the Treasure Turtle in the future.

“Aside from lacking intelligence and the ability to vanish into thin air, it already possesses all the other abilities of the Longevity Treasure Turtle, which is sufficient for now.”

Lin Jing summoned the magical elemental spirit, Mushroom, and gently placed it on the palm-sized turtle in front of him...

This long-lived tortoise has a very ordinary appearance, with a brownish-brown shell, not much different from most tortoises; it can be described as simple and unadorned.

However, beneath its rustic appearance lies a highly complex internal structure. It is not made of flesh and blood; beneath its shell are intricate mechanisms and array patterns that drive this little turtle's movements.

After casting an illusion spell on it that would last a long time, Lin Jing gave his first command.

"Alright, let's go on our trip."

He wasn't worried about the Longevity Turtle being lost or unable to return after it left, because he had refined the Soul Core, so he could sense the turtle's presence within a small range.

However, if the Longevity Treasure Turtle leaves this area and goes to a more distant place to search for treasure, Lin Jing can still find it by placing a piece of grass and wood clone embryo formed by a pine leaf rat inside its body.

Since there's no rush to try the contract right now, Lin Jing plans to observe its abilities first.

As long as there are no bugs, it's fine.

"Instructions received... Starting up..."

"Off to treasure hunt..."

This is the sound-retaining array pattern inside the mechanical turtle emitting sound. It's a fixed array synthesized sound, making the mechanical beast look more energetic.

If you find it noisy, you can erase it. Out of interest, Lin Jing drew the design and applied it. However, the sound array pattern was quite complicated, and Lin Jing didn't know what the fixed voices were.

"Go."

Lin Jing nodded, and the mechanical bamboo turtle turned and left in the next instant.

"Let's set off. May my master live a long and healthy life, and be sure to stay alive until I return..."

Lin Jing: ? ? ?
Although there's nothing wrong with the blessing, it sounds like a curse to me.

Well, as long as there are no bugs, at least I was able to leave and go treasure hunting smoothly.

……

After a while.

The Longevity Turtle sneaked into Gu Qianqiu's cave, staring blankly at the immortal body, wondering how to absorb this life-extending object into its own body.

"I feel like someone is spying on me."

At the same time, Gu Qianqiu, who was cultivating, opened his eyes. He didn't find anything, but he always felt like a pair of eyes were watching him...

"Damn it, there's still a bug." Lin Jing sensed the movements of the Longevity Turtle in the cave and rubbed his head. It was probably because he had refined the Soul Core that the creature didn't treat him as a life-extending object, but as its master. But in the end... it still set its sights on Gu Qianqiu.

"It seems that mechanical beasts without intelligence are indeed idiots. How can they even target living creatures? It seems that its designer's design was not perfect enough. It really needs to further study mechanical arts to improve it."

(End of this chapter)