Beast Taming Ascension

Chapter 520 Star Crane

"squeak……"

The pine needle rat was pulled out by the forest. It rummaged around and then took out a crane feather fan.

"What's this?" Lin Jing asked.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak," the leaf rat said, indicating that it was a gift from the sect leader's wife.

Although it's not something precious, it was made by the sect leader's wife herself, and it's full of sincerity.

"..." Lin Jing's face darkened as he said, "Is it appropriate to use a gift from someone else as a sacrifice? Find me something else."

The leaf rat rummaged through the items for quite a while, and it was clear that it had a considerable collection.

After a diligent search, the leaf rat found a bucket of arrows, the fletchings of which seemed to have originated from some kind of crane-like monster.

"The spoils of war from before?" Lin Jing recognized the arrows; they seemed to be spoils obtained from the Origin Realm. Including the bow, they were a set of top-grade magic weapons. However, top-grade magic weapons were nothing special to Lin Jing. Now that they could be used as sacrifices for practicing the Great Summoning Spell, it was putting them to good use.

Click.

Lin Jing plucked a feather and threw it into the summoning array. The next instant, the summoning array began to undergo subtle changes. The subtle changes under the interweaving of hundreds of millions of array patterns were extremely difficult to detect. Staring at the array, Lin Jing seemed to have changed to a bird's-eye view and saw an immeasurable number of cranes flying past his eyes.

These cranes included ordinary beasts, demonic beasts, and even bird demons with crane bloodlines. Their sheer number was terrifying, crowding out Lin Jing's entire consciousness and making it difficult for him to take the next step.

"What's next?" Lin Jing was looking for the Star Longevity Crane. He estimated that he would have to use a spell similar to the Qi Observation Technique to find the Star Longevity Crane among the vast number of crane figures.

"The name 'Star Crane' emphasizes the word 'longevity,' so one could select a target based on its lifespan potential."

Lin Jing only had a superficial understanding of spells like Qi Observation and had never put in the effort to learn them before. However, now, in order to learn the Great Summoning Spell, he had no choice but to start learning the art of observation.

The flock of cranes captured by the summoning array was so enormous that Lin Jing didn't even know how many cultivation worlds it encompassed, or how vast the starry sky it covered. This made it extremely difficult for his observation skills to select the target he wanted from such a massive group unless he had reached an extremely high level.

"There's no time to spare, but we've come this far, so we should consider it a success. We'll continue to accumulate experience in practice."

This was Lin Jing's first attempt at using the Great Summoning Spell. This spell consumed an enormous amount of mana, and Lin Jing could only cast it by merging with his avatar and maintaining his peak cultivation level.

If he were to use his Nascent Soul stage cultivation, he would probably die from exhaustion after only completing a fraction of the summoning array.

In an unknown world of cultivation.

On a sacred mountain, an old man with white hair and a youthful face was leisurely fishing. This man was one of the most powerful cultivators of the demon race in this world, the Longevity Crane. Because he was fortunate enough to eat a Longevity Body in his early years, and because he was a long-lived race, he cultivated an immortal body. In this world, he was even known as the Crane Immortal, meaning that his lifespan was comparable to that of an immortal.

"What is that?" Crane Master frowned as he looked at the spatial vortex that suddenly appeared above his head. The next moment, his expression changed as a powerful spatial suction force tried to pull him away. Crane Master resisted forcefully, but he could not withstand the power of the Great Summoning Technique.

This great summoning spell, in order to enhance the teleportation power, has sacrificed a great deal, such as the ability to suppress and tame. What is summoned is just an unruly monster, and only the beast tamer can clean up the mess.

If the summoned beast is stronger than the beast tamer himself, then the Great Summoning Technique can also be called the Great Suicide Technique.

"Why is it an old demon? Where is my Star Longevity Crane?" Lin Jing looked at the summoned old crane demon with regret, panting heavily. The Crane Immortal was even more furious, having been summoned to this godforsaken place without any explanation. Where on earth is this?
"Kid, you—"

Just as he was about to get angry, Lin Jing dismissed him, using the Great Summoning Technique in reverse, imitating the Master of the Imperial Stables, to send the summoned crane demon back.

Leaving the other party behind would inevitably lead to conflict, but Lin Jing still needs to continue practicing the Great Summoning Technique and doesn't have time to deal with them.

Even though the other party seemed to have consumed the Longevity Body, Lin Jing didn't pay much attention.

“Wrong one! That old crane demon was indeed powerful, but it’s not the Star Longevity Crane I’m looking for… Continue.”

Lin Jing took a deep breath. The Great Summoning Spell consumed a lot of energy. The summoning and sending just now had almost depleted ninety percent of his mana. Fortunately, Lin Jing carried Immortal Source, a high-quality energy source, with him.

As long as he converts immortal energy into spiritual energy to restore his mana, he can quickly replenish the power he has consumed. Although this is very extravagant, it is the fastest way for Lin Jing to restore his mana at present. Even taking drugs is not as fast as absorbing immortal energy.

After adjusting the forest boundaries, this was the second attempt.

However, what was summoned was not a star crane.

Instead, it was a phoenix from some unknown cultivation world, possessing the bloodline of the crane clan.

Phoenixes also have long lifespans, and were mistaken for Star Cranes by the forest. If that were all, it wouldn't be so bad...

"Looking for death..." This phoenix demon was also in human form, and more importantly, when Lin Jing summoned him, he seemed to be soaking in a medicinal bath and was summoned without wearing anything. Upon seeing Lin Jing, he immediately revealed a murderous look and wanted to kill Lin Jing.

"They're all men, so what if they looked? Why did they have to fight so fiercely?" Lin Jing quickly sent the male phoenix back, thus averting another major battle.

"How did you get it wrong again?"

"If this continues, we might summon the sect leader's wife later..."

Lin Jing sighed and continued practicing. In this way, three months passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, he also ran out of the offerings he had.

Fortunately, the creatures summoned were all cranes; plucking a few feathers from them provided more offerings.

Unfortunately, he summoned the wrong targets countless times and still couldn't find the Star Crane he was looking for. Lin Jing even began to doubt whether the Star Crane simply didn't exist within the area reached by the summoning array!
However, hard work pays off.

Two months later, just as the three years were about to end, as the light of the summoning array flickered, a spirit beast that looked very similar to a crane appeared before Lin Jing's eyes. Lin Jing's heart jumped up immediately, because the other party's eyes... sparkled like stars, as if they contained an entire starry sky.

A crane with the color of starlight?!

Lin Jing had summoned it many times, and this time, he finally managed to summon the Star Longevity Crane!
"It looks a bit old, not a young crane. Oh well, at least we finally succeeded. We'll pluck a few feathers and send it back, then try again."

Hoshishouhe: ?

(End of this chapter)