CHAPTER 51: CHAPTER 50: CELESTIAL CAPITAL GUARDIAN GOD

Under the Buddha’s light, Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Mouse felt as if they had been "reborn."

At first, Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Mouse enjoyed it, but gradually, Lin Jing sensed something amiss.

While bathed in this Buddha’s light, although his spiritual power was extraordinarily enhanced, there was an indefinable eerie sensation, as if other aspects of his being... were also undergoing some changes.

However, even when Lin Jing opened his eyes, he couldn’t articulate what this strange feeling was.

Outside.

Elder Mo was observing the changes in the squirrel avatar on the stone tablet.

"Stop staring at it; he’s just a cultivator at the Qi Cultivation Stage. Even if he can pass the first level, it would take time to adapt and adjust," the Sect Ancestor shouted at Elder Mo.

"Ancestor, how about we make a bet?!" Elder Mo chuckled, like a playful child: "I bet he can quickly pass one, two, three, four, five... all the way to the ninth level!"

The Guardian God ancestor laughed: "Are you out of your mind? He’s a Qi Cultivation Stage cultivator; how can he withstand the pressure of a demon equivalent to the Nascent Soul level?"

"Back then, a group of us Demon Kings trembled under its pressure!!!"

"Ancestor, do you dare to bet!" Elder Mo’s gambling urge surged. Having finally bet on a Treasure Beast with Lin Jing as the Longevity Body, he now firmly believed in Lin Jing’s abilities.

"Bet it is!" Both looked at the stone tablet, then at the reflection of the mystical tower in the water. Before mentioning the stakes, "rumble," the reflection of the Demonic Suppression Tower in the water shook as if it might collapse at any moment...

Luckily, it did not completely collapse in the end. Still, the scene made the hearts of Ancestor Wang Batian and Elder Mo leap into their throats in shock. Ancestor Wang Batian even sprang out of the pool in surprise.

Soon... Lin Jing’s consciousness returned from the Buddha Tower to his physical form and rose slowly.

"Ancestor? Elder? What’s the matter with you?" he looked at the terrified Ancestor and Elder.

"What happened inside?" Seeing Lin Jing return directly from the first level, Elder Mo swallowed and asked.

Lin Jing, with a pained expression, said: "Elder, I told you, after all this time, the seal of the Demonic Suppression Tower has indeed loosened!"

"We encountered a demon trying to escape as soon as we entered!"

"What!" Elder Mo and the Sect Ancestor were shocked.

"Fortunately, the legend says that a high monk left a backup plan, sealing a part of his consciousness inside the Demonic Suppression Tower, successfully suppressing the demon back!"

Elder Mo and the Sect Ancestor heaved a sigh of relief.

"Unfortunately, the Demonic Suppression Tower won’t hold for much longer. According to that monk, in a few decades, the seal’s effect might become null."

The two’s expressions changed again.

"Fortunately, it wasn’t an immediate disaster," Elder Mo consoled himself, "with many talented individuals at the Demon Extermination Bureau, as long as we notify them in advance, even if the demon breaks free, experts will eventually deal with it. After being sealed for so long, it must be extremely weak even if it escapes."

"Yes, let the Demon Extermination Bureau handle it; I’m done fighting this Undying Demon," Ancestor Wang Batian shook his head.

"Moreover, disciple, I’ve learned of some uncertain news."

Immediately, Lin Jing reported the Grotto Heaven treasure news to the sect. The Turtle Ancestor and Elder Mo exchanged glances, saying, "We understand. We’ll convene a sect meeting for discussion."

"Additionally, this Demonic Suppression Tower seems unsuitable for training for now, so let’s seal it temporarily."

"Thank you for your efforts. I’ll send you back first," Elder Mo, fearing Lin Jing might be startled, first sent Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Mouse back.

After sending them off, the Turtle Ancestor turned to Elder Mo: "You say, once he entered, the seal of the Demonic Suppression Tower loosened; isn’t that too much of a coincidence? Could this disciple be some Celestial Star Alone Body?"

"Absolutely impossible!" Elder Mo said: "This disciple is of the Longevity Body, destined to outlast generations of Ancestors. As a small cultivator at the Qi Cultivation Stage, what could he possibly do in the Demonic Suppression Tower? How could he report everything happening inside so calmly and accurately? He is already highly capable."

"What, Longevity Body?!" The Turtle Ancestor was startled, thinking that wouldn’t this lad live longer than me?

...

Danxia Peak.

Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Mouse sat at the cave entrance, breathing deeply, feeling that less frequent visits to such places might be better.

"By the way, how do you feel?"

He asked the Pine Leaf Mouse about the effects of the Buddha’s light strengthening; hearing this, the Pine Leaf Mouse brought out one leaf, two leaves, three leaves... the Pine Leaf Mouse conjured more and more crimson leaves, and in no time, seventy crimson leaves were flying in mid-air, which made Lin Jing gasp.

"Next time you meet a Sword Cultivator, you can perform the Unifying Myriad Swords technique."

You know, before this, with its Qi Cultivation at level seven, it could control at most fourteen leaves; now, its spiritual power was strong enough to control seventy leaves.

Even if there was something odd about this Buddha’s light, they accepted it!

Lin Jing himself also felt that condensing Illusion Path True Qi seemed easier, making it more efficient to construct the purple True Qi!

"But if I had to say what’s strange..."

He pondered, feeling that the images of Fa Hai, Buddha, these Buddhist figures, and their spirituality became clearer in his mind.

"Could there really be something mixed into this Buddha’s light?" Lin Jing muttered to himself.

"I’ll have to find an expert to examine me when I have the chance."

He shook his head, looking at the Pine Leaf Mouse, saying: "Speaking of which, do you want to try again..."

"Leap to the Celestial Capital!"

...

Cloud Cultivation Peak.

After receiving the enhancement from the Buddha’s light, Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Mouse returned here again.

This time, the Pine Leaf Mouse was full of confidence, conjuring a flying leaf and flying upwards.

This flight... had none of the previous struggles; it soared almost effortlessly, ascending through the clouds, accompanied by intense pressure, quickly reaching the highest point, where it could see the Celestial Capital Peak from above.

In front of its eyes, there was an open expanse.

On the Celestial Capital Peak, stood a divine pine tree, as if it had taken root here since ancient times.

The trunk of this divine pine tree wasn’t like an ordinary pine tree’s rough and robust bark; instead, it was crystalline as if carved from the purest green crystal, with a faint spiritual glow circulating within, reflecting ever-changing celestial landscapes around it.

On the tree trunk’s surface, delicate patterns occasionally flickered dimly, evidence of the spiritual power flowing through, with each pattern containing ancient and mighty power as if it were the bloodline coursing within it.

As the Pine Leaf Mouse’s gaze swept over the tree, the golden-green branches, which covered most of Celestial Capital Peak, began to sway.

Mysterious, noble, sublime, the Pine Leaf Mouse stood on the flying leaf, dumbfounded, staring at the Celestial Capital Pine, never expecting such a pine tree was atop the Celestial Capital Peak, one it had never heard of or seen before.

Most shocking to the Pine Leaf Mouse was when the divine pine suddenly extended a branch toward it. Other than this divine pine, there seemed to be no other living things on Celestial Capital Peak.

This realization made the Pine Leaf Mouse aware that the Guardian God of Celestial Capital Peak might not be a Demon Beast, but a plant spirit, a pine tree!

It’s over! It quickly sought help from Lin Jing; after all, since birth, it had eaten quite a few pine nuts. Who could have guessed the sect Guardian God’s nemesis would be itself? No wonder no Pine Leaf Mouse had ever jumped up here; its ancestors didn’t die in vain!