Beast Taming Ascension

Chapter 368 The Target of the Book of Gods

"Hmm..." Lin Jing has now also signed the contract with the mechanical turtle.

The artifact ghost and the mechanical turtle merged very well, and their intelligence grew steadily, but this also brought about a problem.

That is, after gaining consciousness, the Longevity Treasure Turtle disliked staying in one place for too long and often asked the forest to let it go out to search for treasure.

However, now that it's in the Lingdao Sect, Lin Jing definitely needs to keep an eye on it.

Otherwise, wouldn't all those life-extending items and magical treasures of the Lingdao Sect be taken away by it?

Moreover, after taking the weapon spirit, the weapon of war, as its soul, the Longevity Turtle's personality became extremely radical, like a war maniac.

"I know," Lin Jing replied perfunctorily.

"Next, I'll take you on a mission. After you complete this mission, I'll let you go on a trip."

He picked at his ear; of the four pet beasts, the Longevity Turtle was the one that needed the least cultivation.

Its ability to control magical artifacts beyond its level alone makes it the strongest of the four pet beasts in terms of combat power.

Although its cultivation level is currently sealed at the early Nascent Soul stage, with the abilities of the artifact ghost, it can still easily control top-grade magic treasures. And top-grade magic treasures are basically only usable by Void Profound Grandmasters.

Therefore, if it has enough magic treasures, it won't be at too much of a disadvantage against a normal Nascent Soul cultivator, even with its Nascent Soul cultivation.

"You keep your word..."

Lin Jing retrieved the mechanical turtle and left the Enlightenment Pool.

"You're leaving??"

Sensing the movement, the Enlightened Fish also awoke from its slumber.

"I'm just leaving temporarily to take care of some things. I still have ten years of your usage rights left, which I'll definitely use up soon. I'll be back soon," Lin Jing said with a smile as he bid farewell.

However, Lin Jing estimated that he wouldn't need ten years.

Because the effects of the Enlightenment Pool gradually diminish, it's estimated that after another year or two, he'll have to rely on drinking the bathwater from the Enlightenment Fish to barely maintain the effects.

Therefore, Lin Jing planned to use the Enlightenment Pool on each of his pets individually once its effects on him became less noticeable...

Everyone takes turns to avoid waste.

"Then I'll take a rest." Wudaoyu rolled its eyes, exhausted, and continued to sleep, utterly despondent.

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At the same time, Lin Jing's figure flashed away, and the Pine Leaf Rat carried Lin Jing away from the Spirit Dao Sect in a spatial teleportation.

Now that he had completed the minor success of the Turtle God's Spirit Book, he naturally had to fulfill his promise to help the Ghost Bride revive the Feng family's ancestors and conduct some archaeological research.

However, although the mechanical turtle had achieved some mastery of its techniques, it had never actually used them before. To avoid any problems later, Lin Jing paused his journey to Martial Emperor City and decided to test it out first.

"The conditions for casting the Book of Gods are that the resurrected projection of a powerful being must be someone who continues to have faith and worship after death."

"And one of his personal belongings must be offered as a sacrifice."

"In addition, it also requires the use of dragon veins as array patterns...consuming a large amount of dragon vein power, so the conditions are extremely demanding."

"Damn it, the top-tier cultivation dragon vein promised by the ancient kingdom hasn't been extracted yet? If the promised thing hasn't been delivered by the time I return to the ancient kingdom, I'll just kill them." Lin Jing muttered to himself.

After saying that, he searched his storage bag for any suitable relics.

The Beast Taming Sect does possess relics left by its first, second, third, and fourth sect leaders, and the sect continues to worship them. However, these relics are too weak, and summoning their projections wouldn't be cost-effective. They had previously plundered relics left by Duan Zhong, the first leader of the Gu God Sect, but the Gu God was a monster; he didn't persuade the Gu God Sect to worship their founder, instead focusing entirely on this Gu God. Therefore, it doesn't meet the summoning requirements…

"I wonder if the first ancient emperor died in the starry sky. If he did, I wonder if we can summon the father of the second ancient emperor." Lin Jing looked out at the sky.

Although he didn't have the relics of the first ancient emperor, it would be much easier to obtain the relics of such an important figure.

After all, as the strongest person of the previous era and the founder of a country, he left behind and bestowed countless good things.

For example, the Hidden Dragon Academy, where Lin Jing had previously stayed, contained a personal magical artifact bestowed by the first ancient emperor...

At the beginning of the founding of the nation, many families and sects received similar rewards.

Therefore, if Lin Jing wanted to obtain the relics of the first ancient emperor, he wouldn't even need to contact the ancient clans.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that the first ancient emperor died in the starry sky. If he were still alive, the Book of Gods would naturally not be able to summon his projection.

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Having formed an idea, Lin Jing set his sights on a specific goal.

He recalled it, and then continued his journey towards the borderlands of the ancient kingdom.

He now knew where to obtain the ancient emperor's relics.

At this point, the advantage that the Beast Taming Sect elder had given him in reading more books became apparent.

"The Lü family, a family renowned for cultivating immortality!"

Lin Jing's eyes flashed.

The patriarch of the Lü family was a powerful general who followed the first ancient emperor in his conquests during the founding of the ancient kingdom.

Based on this situation, the Lü family should theoretically be a major immortal cultivation clan in the Tianyuan Ancient Kingdom, just like the Zhao family.

However, after the second emperor ascended the throne, the Lü family was exiled to the frontier due to a special incident, and were thus kept away from politics.

Now, under the targeting of various political enemies, the family has not only no Void Profound cultivators left, but even the Nascent Soul cultivator is gone, with only one Nascent Soul ancestor still alive.

"Upon ascending the throne, the second ancient emperor immediately made many changes to the ancient kingdom's existing policies!"

"Although he is the new emperor, the second-generation ancient emperor was still a powerful cultivator who had attained the Dao. No matter how outrageous his new policies were, none of the old guard in the court dared to disobey."

"But there is only one exception, which is a court cultivator from the Lü family."

"According to unofficial historical records, the second-generation ancient emperor issued seventeen new policies a little over a month after his ascension to the throne. These seventeen new policies were criticized by the Lü family cultivators from top to bottom, which infuriated the second-generation ancient emperor."

"Not long after, the Lü family was found guilty of a crime by the second-generation ancient emperor and exiled to the frontier."

"But everyone knows that all of this is because of that stubborn minister surnamed Lü..."

"Even after offending the second-generation ancient emperor, the Lü family was only exiled from Tianyuan Ancient City to the frontier, simply because the late emperor had bestowed upon the Lü family a 'death-exemption magic weapon'."

"After the founding of the nation, the first ancient emperor bestowed upon twenty-four forces that had contributed to its establishment a magic weapon that granted them immunity from death. These magic weapons were all crafted by the first ancient emperor himself and were his personal magic weapons used during the war to establish the nation. With these magic weapons, as long as the Lü family did not rebel, the second ancient emperor would not be able to do anything to the Lü family."

"Currently, among the forces possessing 'immunity treasures,' the Lü family is the most declining. Let's go see if we can 'borrow' their immunity treasures." Lin Jing moved extremely fast, eager to try and revive the first ancient emperor.

If this succeeds, it will shake the continent more than any magical artifact.

(End of this chapter)