CHAPTER 61: CHAPTER 60: CHOOSING A FIRE PET

After Lin Jing awoke again, Elder Yu, Elder Mo, and others came to visit.

During the time he was asleep, everyone had already learned from the constantly gesturing Pine Leaf Mouse about the events happening in Snow Moon City. However, with Pine Leaf Mouse’s embellishments, the story included an episode where it fought a great battle with the Companion Gu Spider, exhausting many Spirit Beans.

Pine Leaf Mouse... requested supplies from the sect.

Such a minor issue, Elder Mo casually agreed, not realizing that the task in Snow Moon City involved strange Gu from the Lotus Pavilion and Gu God Sect, and was even more shocked at how a simple-minded Pine Leaf Mouse could become so scheming in such a short period.

"But hosting Gu insects within the body... is truly okay? Junior Brother, in the end, don’t let raising it turn you into a Demon Cultivator." Senior Brother Ouyang worriedly spoke, for Gu insects are not something everyone can handle, fearing that raising them would lead to evil deeds and unscrupulous means!

"If it becomes too much for you, do not resort to malevolence. You can allow it to absorb Senior Brother’s strength, I’ll bear it for you!" Senior Brother Ouyang said.

"Such a remarkable Gu... not keeping it would indeed be too wasteful. Who said Gu insects aren’t beasts? Why can’t they be tamed? Since Elder Shen Song said it’s not a problem, and Ling Yue Sword Immortal from the Demon Extermination Bureau also hasn’t voiced any objection, it should be fine." Elder Mo remarked.

"Indeed, moreover, controlling puppets and machinery often uses the technique of True Qi threads. Now with the Ice Soul Gu Spider silk, it greatly aids in his cultivation of Mechanical Technique and controlling mechanical beasts!" Elder Yu, fully absorbed in Mechanical Technique, added.

Lin Jing’s mouth twitched slightly, it seems that the black pepper Elder Black Bear strongly demanded to be destroyed can be taken out and replanted. As Elder Shen Song said, multiple debts don’t weigh one down. Since he’s already become a container for Gu insects, why fear becoming a Ghost Fire Cultivator?

"Don’t worry about me, if I can’t handle it, I definitely won’t force it." Lin Jing raised his head and said, "However, Elder Shen Song mentioned that to perfectly control the Ice Soul Gu, it’s best to wait until the Foundation Establishment Stage and then contract a fire pet to balance the Ice Soul Gu’s power. Speaking of which... is there a suitable fire pet within the sect?"

"Contracting a fire pet is good." Elder Black Bear, who had been standing guard outside, suddenly stepped in and said, "Finding a fire pet for you can provide assistance in alchemy with a pet beast!"

In other words, whether he would find the beast fire or not, Elder Black Bear chuckled gleefully.

Pine Leaf Mouse, upon hearing this, also thought a fire pet was great, saving Lin Jing from forcing it to eat peppers again.

"A fire pet..." Elder Yu fell into contemplation, then said, "The Fire Spirit Sparrow definitely won’t do; it’s merely a spirit level bloodline and not outstanding even among spirit level bloodlines. It’s good as a basic pet beast, but using it to balance the Innate Gu King Ice Soul Gu is nearly impossible."

"But in our Beast Taming Sect... it seems there is no fire pet with Demon King bloodline available for Junior Brother Lin, right?" Senior Brother Ouyang said, "The Demon King bloodline... in the entire Great Wilderness Domain, such bloodlines are countable."

Elder Mo remarked, "There’s no need to pursue a king-level bloodline fire pet, the most important thing is... the bloodline must be strong enough to suppress the Gu King!"

"Ordinary demon beasts won’t have this bloodline, only... the Dragon Race would have it!"

The Dragon Race! Upon hearing this, Elder Yu and Senior Brother Ouyang realized the logic. Before the demon race went extinct, the Dragon Race was the leader of the demon race, its bloodline strength unmatched by any beast, making it the top choice for suppressing Gu insects.

"So, you only need to find a demon beast that possesses both fire attributes and dragon blood!"

Elder Mo supplemented, "The reason why it’s okay not to have a king-level bloodline... don’t forget, if he later goes to study at Hidden Dragon Academy... he will have the chance to learn the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique. Elder Cao was right; the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique is the prime top secret technique for cultivating dragon-blooded pet beasts for the Beast Taming Sect."

"With the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique augmenting, it can definitely evolve postnatally into a king-level bloodline fire dragon beast!"

"Exactly!!!" Elder Yu suddenly realized, almost forgetting this point, "As long as it possesses fire attribute and dragon blood, the rest can rely on the cultivation of the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique!"

After listening, Lin Jing asked, "I remember the most common dragon-blooded pet beast at Nine Dragon Peak is the Dragon Blood Carp, but that’s a water attribute spirit beast, right?"

Dragon Blood Carp is not one of the five basic spirit beasts of the Beast Taming Sect.

The reason is that during the Qi Refining Stage, Dragon Blood Carp’s combat ability is extremely weak, heavily reliant on aquatic environments, unlike Rain Frog which can also move freely on land.

Only when the Dragon Blood Carp leaps over the Nine Dragon Waterfall and transforms into a Fish Dragon, is it considered Carp Leaping the Dragon Gate, soaring high into the sky, becoming a rare beast coveted by Foundation Establishment true inheritors.

However, such accomplished Dragon Blood Carps are exceedingly rare; the Beast Taming Sect hasn’t produced one in many years.

"No need to worry." Elder Mo waved his hand and said, "There are plenty of dragon-blooded demon beasts at Nine Dragon Peak, which is the formidable aspect of the Dragon Race’s bloodline."

"In the ancient demon race era, the Dragon Race was at its peak; due to its overly powerful bloodline, it allowed the Dragon Race to ignore species reproduction... Over time, the Celestial Essence Continent had more and more beast races with dragon blood."

"For other sects, dragon-blooded demon beasts might be extremely rare, but not for our Beast Taming Sect!"

"Moreover, our Beast Taming Sect’s fourth Sect Leader also made considerable contributions to the diversity of pet beasts in the sect. Don’t worry, I’ll discuss with Elder Jiang to see if there’s something suitable for you!" Elder Mo didn’t look back and left the room.

While perhaps the fourth Sect Leader didn’t reform the sect or make numerous friends as the second Sect Leader did, nor create many beast taming secret techniques accumulating the sect’s martial heritage like the third Sect Leader, but he...

Indeed accomplished something remarkable.

That is encouraging the sect’s spirit beasts and demon beasts to interbreed, using pills to assist, optimizing descendants’ bloodlines... With his life’s effort, Beast Taming Sect indeed birthed many rare pet beasts, some with extremely strong bloodlines, though some were inferior to previous generations, overall achieving more merit than fault.

Among them, the effort in dragon-blooded demon beast breeding under the fourth Sect Leader was particularly outstanding, hence Nine Dragon Peak disciples... have always been formidable in battle!

Lin Jing rested a while longer, during which multiple elders came to visit him, both familiar and unfamiliar.

If Lin Jing was merely a Longevity Body, it wouldn’t merit some elders to show such concern. No matter how high the potential of a Longevity Body nor entering the Grotto Heaven, by the time Lin Jing grows enough to assist them, they would have died long ago.

Some elders’ concern was because Elder Shen Song, the thousand-year dormant Guardian God of Celestial Capital Peak, surprisingly emerged and served as Lin Jing’s Guardian.

Lin Jing’s identity suddenly became highly sought after, with attention far surpassing that of Ouyang Hao.

After all, Ouyang Hao is merely a possible disciple of the Sect Leader, not the Sect Leader’s sole true inheritor.

Besides, the Sect Leader is currently just starting Nascent Soul cultivation, but the Guardian God Shen Song had Nascent Soul cultivation during the second Sect Leader’s era, and now, even if it hasn’t reached the Divinity Transformation, it should have achieved Nascent Soul Great Perfection. Lin Jing’s favor from such an ancient ancestor is practically heaven-sent fortune.

However, only Lin Jing knew that this temporary guardian pine’s role was exchanged for blood, though Elder Shen Song indeed kindly helped him and Pine Leaf Mouse a lot.

...

Elder Mo did not keep Lin Jing waiting long, soon arriving with a list recording three types of fire attributed dragon-blooded demon beasts!

"Come quickly take a look." He handed the list to Lin Jing.

First: Early-Stage Foundation Establishment, Heavenly Feathered Crane.

A mutated variant of the Heavenly Feathered Crane clan possessing fire feather dragon bloodline, with feathers that can transform into white dragon flames, deeply loved by the Sect Leader’s Wife, with incredibly high standards that many true inheritors desire to contract.

Second: Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment, Dragon Lion.

A wild fire lion mutated by ingesting dragon blood spirit plant, captured by Beast Taming Sect, now one of the sect’s outer Honored Guest Elders awaiting its destined person.

Third: Ninth Layer of Qi Cultivation, Long-armed Fire Monkey.

A back to ancestral form of the fighting ape clan, whose ancestor was the deceased sect’s Demon King, the fourth Sect Leader’s pet beast, possessed of fire-scaled dragon bloodline, the Red-Scaled Ape.