CHAPTER 402: CHAPTER 397: SENDING OFF IN ADVANCE! DIVINE BEAST BLOODLINE?_1

Without strength, he dared to threaten me. To forever eliminate potential trouble, I must kill him quickly.

Having joined the Lingbao Sect, Jia Ren had to be more careful in his actions. If not for this, Yan Zhiqing would definitely not see tomorrow’s sun.

"My identity is no less than yours, and besides, I’m working for Senior Brother Breeze."

"Do you dare attack me?" Yan Zhiqing laughed heartily, his face full of disdain. "I’m giving you one last chance. Don’t be ungrateful."

The Insect External Incarnation’s face darkened slightly, a hint of murderous intent hidden in his heart.

How could he silently take care of this guy?

He wasn’t sure what kind of surveillance methods the Lingbao Sect had in place. Acting rashly and killing someone would cause big trouble.

How could he take care of this guy without spilling any blood?

With the Ancestor Beast Holy Pill on this person, it would naturally attract attacks from Magical Beasts. The Mirror Flower Divine Moon would mislead his senses, leaving him unaware of the impending danger. Yan Zhiqing wouldn’t even have the chance to use his Secret Realm Token. He’d be devoured by beasts.

It’s not difficult to use others to kill; the difficult part is making sure no one suspects you afterward. The more links in the plan, the higher the chance of something going wrong, making it hard to clear one’s own suspicions. Jia Ren didn’t want to experience the Lingbao Sect’s punishment.

His eyes suddenly brightened. A new idea formed. Although he couldn’t kill this man, he could... ensure an ’early exit’ to avoid this guy’s revulsion.

Behind the Insect External Incarnation, the forest shimmered with dark miasma, suggesting the presence of a powerful Magical Beast. A gigantic Wolf Demon emanating a Divinity Transformation aura stepped out. This demonic aura was so strong that just one look from afar would make one’s body tremble uncontrollably. This demon’s realm was far more profound than a mere Nascent Soul Early Stage!

Upon seeing the two men, the Black Wolf Demon seemed to spot its prey, attacking them with astonishing speed.

Jia Ren realized something was wrong, but it was too late to dodge. He could only uphold his Spirit Shield with a look of horror as he was swallowed whole by the Black Wolf Demon.

Blood and flesh rained down along with fragments of Magical Treasures, like fireworks exploding in the sky.

The man just died like that?!

Everything happened too quickly, catching Yan Zhengqing off guard.

After killing Jia Ren, the Black Wolf Demon, without losing momentum, pounced toward Yan Zhengqing. Its wide-open maw emanated a thick scent of blood, and through its teeth, remnants of flesh could be seen.

The abrupt change of events frightened Yan Zhengqing so much that he wet himself, not believing he could escape from the clutches of such a fearsome Wolf Demon.

That’s right, I still have a way to save my life! He remembered the life-saving Token given to him by his Sect upon entering the Giant Forest Secret Realm. He absolutely couldn’t end up like Jia Ren.

As danger approached, Yan Zhengqing didn’t hesitate; he decisively crushed the Token in his hand.

A strong burst of white light erupted, and Yan Zhengqing vanished in an instant.

「In the Eastern District of the Lingbao Sect」

Four Law Enforcement Elders rested with their eyes closed when suddenly they sensed something. "Someone has come out already?"

The disciples of the Lingbao Sect hadn’t been in the Giant Forest Secret Realm for long. Those who left first were supposed to be Golden Core Stage Outer Sect Disciples. Seeing that the one who left was a Mid Nascent Soul Stage Inner Sect Disciple, their faces turned strange, seriously doubting they were mistaken.

"I finally survived!" Yan Zhengqing sighed with relief, his face showing joy as if he had escaped a disaster. Feeling many eyes on him, he quickly said, "Elders, Jia Ren is dead!"

Yan Zhengqing wasn’t reporting Jia Ren’s death out of camaraderie, but purely because he didn’t want to be associated with the death. Failing to report what he knew could easily raise suspicions among the high-ranking members of the Sect.

"Jia Ren, the Inner Sect Disciple who joined by donating a treasure?"

The memory of Cultivators was infallible, and Jia Ren had made a memorable impression by joining through treasure donation.

"What kind of danger did you encounter?" asked a purple-robed Law Enforcement Elder. The death of an Inner Sect Disciple was no trivial matter. They needed to clarify the events.

"We encountered a Black Wolf Demon at the Mid-Stage of Soul Transformation..." Yan Zhengqing was about to clarify the whole incident and clear his name.

Before he could finish speaking, a grand voice came from the sky, "Rest assured, the man is not dead."

The speaker was Elder Jin Guang, and his words were convincing.

This left Yan Zhengqing utterly bewildered. If Jia Ren wasn’t dead, then what did I witness? A decoy technique?! Or... did he use an Illusion Technique to deceive me?

「Inside the Giant Forest Secret Realm」

The illusion of the Black Wolf faded. Jia Ren watched Yan Zhengqing disappear, his mood uplifting. He couldn’t kill the man, but by sending him off early, he avoided any further disgust.

With Yan Zhengqing leaving the Giant Forest Secret Realm ahead of time, he would collect much fewer Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. Though Jia Ren had not killed anyone, he caused Yan Zhengqing a significant financial loss.

Jia Ren didn’t worry about any retaliation afterward. No matter what tricks you have, could you really kill someone within the Lingbao Sect? By then, the rules of the Lingbao Sect would become his shield. The situation reversed in an instant.

The Insect External Incarnation was in great spirits. After making sure there were no Lingbao Sect Cultivators nearby, he let out the Treasure-seeking Mouse to continue the treasure-hunting journey.

As if the previous skirmish never occurred, the Insect External Incarnation moved on, sweeping through the area, and a steady stream of Spiritual Medicine resources filled his bag.

After the nauseating incident with Yan Zhengqing, Jia Ren transformed into Yan Zhengqing’s appearance, dodging whenever he saw Lingbao Sect Cultivators. As long as I ignore others, problems won’t fall on my head. If Yan Zhengqing offends people, what does that have to do with me, Jia Ren?

If not for the Treasure-seeking Mouse needing to guide him to find treasures, and the continuous stream of valuables filling his bag, he might have kept Yan Zhengqing’s guise just to add a bit of difficulty to the man’s life.

「Three days passed in a flash.」

The Xuan Beast Avatar had already begun to take initial shape. What followed was a slow and steady process of stabilization, both time-consuming and exhausting. It would take years to complete.

Jia Ren didn’t have much time to waste, as the trial in the Secret Realm wouldn’t last indefinitely.

The Xuan Beast Avatar, formed from the White Deer, possessed numerous innate abilities. One was a sense of danger, a premonition of things detrimental to oneself. Its specific effects were still unknown.

The second Innate Divine Ability was called the Innate Divine Power of Nature, which accelerated the growth of plants and Spiritual Objects and healed wounds quickly. These were two Innate Divine Abilities that the little White Deer possessed before its ancestral reversion, both of which were enhanced afterward. The danger premonition turned into transforming misfortune into fortune. As long as one didn’t encounter a great disaster, calamity and misfortune would become blessings.

The third Innate Divine Ability was to discern good and evil, a divine power acquired after the creature’s ancestral reversion. It could distinguish whether others harbored good or ill intentions toward oneself.

Possessing three Divine Skills was enough to prove that the little White Deer’s bloodline was extraordinary, truly containing the blood of a Divine Beast.

Let’s try the effects of the Innate Divine Power of Nature on hastening maturity first, Jia Ren thought.

Perfecting the Cultivation Technique would take time. He couldn’t sit idle before then and decided to use the little White Deer’s innate abilities to hasten the growth of some Spiritual Medicines.

The Xuan Beast Avatar passed through the Formation and arrived at the Earth Vein Purple Lotus. The Earth Vein Purple Lotus grew isolated within the crevices of earth veins, with everything that could influence it swept away. This item was precious, and Jia Ren didn’t want any mishaps.

"Innate Divine Power of Nature!"

The Xuan Beast Avatar invoked the Demon Core within its body, and a vast expanse of white light fell onto the Earth Vein Purple Lotus. The Earth Lotus Purple Lotus swayed gently, its half-open blossoms slightly unfolded.

It worked!

Jia Ren activated his Heavenly Vision, observing the changes from the sidelines. If any abnormalities were to appear in the Earth Vein Purple Lotus, he would immediately stop using this divine power.

No abnormalities occurred, and the changes to the Earth Vein Purple Lotus were minimal. On the contrary, under the influence of the Innate Divine Power of Nature, the nearby Spiritual Medicines and assorted grass seeds took root and grew rapidly, their growth extremely fast. The Earth Lotus Purple Lotus was extremely domineering, shattering the Spirit Grass and weeds growing around it with its purple qi before they could fully mature.

This slightly relieved Jia Ren. Concern causes chaos. The Earth Vein Purple Lotus, being a Heavenly Earth Elixir, was not as delicate as imagined.

After the Xuan Beast Avatar used its Innate Divine Power of Nature once, it hurriedly expended demonic power to use it two more times, until the demonic power within was fully depleted. Regrettably, the first usage caused the most significant change and impact; the latter two applications of the Innate Divine Power of Nature had less obvious effects.

The Innate Divine Power of Nature’s effect on ripening Spiritual Medicines isn’t pure enough. It’s best to cultivate the Kuruo Huasheng Jue!

The Kuruo Huasheng Jue, a Cultivation Technique of the Lingbao Sect for hastening the maturity of Spiritual Medicines, had been time-tested and was effective. How efficiently the little White Deer would cultivate this technique was uncertain to Jia Ren. He hoped the cultivation speed wouldn’t be too slow.

Jia Ren could recite the Kuruo Huasheng Jue from memory, so learning to cultivate it himself was no difficult matter. But what about the Xuan Beast Avatar’s cultivation efficiency?

The Xuan Beast Avatar was essentially still a Magical Beast, with demonic power existing within it, so cultivating human Cultivation Techniques would be quite challenging. This difficulty could be resolved if the Proficiency Level of this Divine Skill reached the Grandmaster Level. Unfortunately, Jia Ren was short on time. He could only hope that the little White Deer’s talent for cultivating the Kuruo Huasheng Jue wouldn’t be too deficient.

Utilizing the Innate Divine Power of Nature in advance to exhaust all the demonic power was also meant to reduce its interference with Spiritual Power.

The appearance that the Xuan Beast Avatar took on was similar to Jia Ren, as if carved from the same mold. He sat down cross-legged, circulating the Kuruo Huasheng Jue, and began to sense the nature’s spiritual energy.

Time slowly passed. In less than the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, the Xuan Beast Avatar felt the presence of Qi, and nature’s spiritual energy gradually flowed towards it.

The talent is far better than I expected, Jia Ren noted.

Cultivators, according to their different talents and Spiritual Root Aptitudes, experienced variations in the time it took to sense Qi. The Xuan Beast Avatar, which the little White Deer had become, had a Qi-sensing time comparable to that of someone with a Top Grade Spiritual Root. This was unlike a certain individual with a Lower Grade Spiritual Root aptitude, who had been stuck at the threshold of sensing Qi for three months.

Indeed, comparisons could be odious.

This was good news for Jia Ren. If the Xuan Beast Avatar had also been stalled for three months at the Qi-sensing stage, this ’accelerated growth’ version would have been utterly wasted. He would have been better off just reforging a new avatar then...

The talent of the Xuan Beast Avatar, transformed from the White Deer, was not inferior to that of a true Top Grade Spiritual Root; it even surpassed it in the speed of cultivating the Kuruo Huasheng Jue.

Nature’s spiritual energy transformed into Kuruo Spiritual Power, steadily circulating through the thick Spirit Vein condensed by the Divine Skill. These were top-tier meridians formed from Divine Skills, solidified by the White Deer, with meridian quality dependent on the Spirit Beast’s innate aptitude. The White Deer, suspected to have Divine Beast lineage, was unlikely to have poor innate aptitude.

Tiny streams of Spiritual Power, akin to ants walking on a vast Great Dao, moved unobstructed along their path. The speed of cultivation was far beyond what a beginner embarking on their first cultivation could compare to. It was more accurately comparable to a peerless genius with a Top Grade Spiritual Root cultivating after having their cultivation dispersed.

Combined with Jia Ren’s supply of top-notch Five-Element Spirit Powder and the Mystical Beast Incarnation’s ability to transform demonic power into Spiritual Power, its cultivation speed could be described as divine.

In just half a day, it had astonishingly reached the Third Level of Qi Refinement. This was a realm that Jia Ren, in his own life, had only managed to reach at the age of thirty.