Beast Tamer Ascension

Vol 2 Chapter 121: Unable to Learn

Zhao Qingyue left.

She now understood the gap between her and Lin Jing.

Perhaps ten years ago, it was uncertain whether the past Lin Jing and the current number one on the Genius Rankings were stronger or weaker.

But now, Lin Jing had reached Foundation Establishment, contracted two Rare Beasts and a Rare Gu, and in a battle against opponents of the same level—he was nearly unmatched.

"I’ve never seen Celestial Maiden Bright Moon look so miserable before..." Jiang Lin murmured as she watched Zhao Qingyue’s retreating figure in a daze.

"Senior is just too strong..." Jiang Qi swallowed hard, his respect for Lin Jing deepening even further.

Beside them, Xu Zhizhi was feeling quite pleased. He was now certain—Lin Jing was the most promising powerhouse he had ever befriended.

When he eventually became Heavenly Minister, Lin Jing would be his greatest backing!

In fact, he was even starting to suspect that even the legendary Ten Celestial Physiques might not be able to match Lin Jing in a same-level fight.

The Innate Dao Physique and the Supreme Yin Physique were both ranked among the top twenty physiques in history, yet Lin Jing had defeated both. Perhaps only the top ten Celestial Physiques, known as "destined to ascend," might be capable of challenging Lin Jing.

But such supreme talents were extremely rare. The last time one appeared was five thousand years ago.

Xu Zhizhi sighed. Even within Lin Jing’s lifetime, it was uncertain whether he would ever encounter a Celestial Physique prodigy.

Then again, perhaps that was for the best. Whenever a Celestial Physique emerged, it wasn’t just the prodigies of that era who were overshadowed—even ancient monsters from past generations couldn’t escape their shadow.

Not meeting one wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

"Have the students from my cohort all graduated?" Lin Jing asked.

"No, Gao Sheng still hasn’t graduated," Xu Zhizhi replied. "That guy says that once he graduates, his family will force him into arrangements, so he’s been deliberately staying on as an academy student, just wandering around."

"Alright, forget about him then." Lin Jing shrugged.

"So, what’s your next move?" Xu Zhizhi was curious. "Are you applying for graduation? With your strength, you could easily become a city lord in the Ancient Domain. You wouldn’t be sent to some remote area—the path of promotion would be wide open for you!"

"I don’t plan on it for now."

Although an official position would allow his Hidden Dragon Secret Art to advance further, Lin Jing felt that the current stage of the technique was sufficient.

The third level of the Hidden Dragon Secret Art, which enhanced cultivation speed, wasn’t something he urgently needed. More than anything, completing his Heavenly Demon Physique was the priority.

The Immortal Child had once said that a Nascent Soul-stage cultivator with a Heavenly Demon Physique could burn a thousand years of lifespan to gain ten years of Void Mystical-level power.

This kind of return was absolutely insane.

And for Lin Jing, who already had a five-thousand-year lifespan at Foundation Establishment, sacrificing a thousand years was nothing.

If he could master the Heavenly Demon Physique, even if his base cultivation was slightly lower and his breakthroughs were slower than normal cultivators, his life-burning power-ups would completely outclass the Hidden Dragon Secret Art.

But right now, his biggest problem was—

He couldn’t learn it.

"I'm going back into seclusion," Lin Jing declared.

He planned to retreat for a few more years until he had completely grasped the Heavenly Demon Physique.

"Again?!?" Xu Zhizhi almost spat blood. You just came out!

"Before I do, I’ll make sure there are enough Rising Dragon Pills available." Lin Jing grinned.

"Fine, whatever." Xu Zhizhi sighed. Lin Jing could do whatever he wanted—geniuses had their own way of cultivating.

The Fire Qilin Dragon had just reached its seventh task before undergoing Foundation Establishment Dragon Transformation—continuing alchemy training.

At its current strength, Lin Jing suspected that the Rising Dragon Pills it refined would be of even greater quality.

And for the Pine Leaf Mouse, which had already reached late Foundation Establishment and had perfected the Longevity Technique, gathering alchemy materials had become much easier.

As for Lin Jing himself—

He devoted everything to his Heavenly Demon Physique cultivation.

Lin Jing had burned through most of his ten years' worth of Hidden Dragon Fortune.

But unfortunately, when it came to the Heavenly Demon Physique—

He still barely understood it.

"Pathetic."

At this point, even Senior Divine Pine had woken up. Having observed Lin Jing’s training from the start, the tree spirit now found it incredibly boring.

It was more eager than Lin Jing himself to see what kind of power the Longevity Body would unleash when paired with the Heavenly Demon Physique. Surely, it wouldn’t be inferior to a Celestial Physique, right?

"Kid, if you’re getting nowhere, switch things up," Divine Pine finally spoke, seeing that Lin Jing’s eyes were bloodshot, on the verge of going insane from frustration.

"This shouldn't be so difficult…"

"The process is simple—you just reshape the heart with True Essence, cultivate a Life-Flame that burns lifespan, and use the heart as a cauldron, refining your lifeforce into a cultivation-enhancing pill..."

"I’ve successfully reshaped my heart according to the technique, but why can’t I cultivate the Life-Flame?"

Lin Jing focused inward, staring at his now pitch-black heart—the core of the Heavenly Demon Physique. Did he modify something incorrectly?

"Talent is talent," Divine Pine scoffed. "That Thousand Transformations Technique of yours—on paper, it’s simple. All it does is restructure spiritual energy. But think about it—aside from using the Golden Bodhi Tree to master it, has anyone else ever succeeded?"

Lin Jing sighed. He decided to take the tree’s advice and train other techniques for now to clear his mind.

He sat cross-legged, his life aura weakening until he appeared completely lifeless, as though he had succumbed to death in meditation.

"I’ll practice Shedding Technique and Thousand Transformations for now."

For him, these two techniques were equally important at the moment.

With five thousand years of lifespan, his life energy had become overwhelmingly radiant—a beacon to anyone with spiritual perception. Fortunately, he had learned the Shedding Technique from Hundred Flower Valley, allowing him to suppress his lifeforce aura.

But even that wasn’t enough.

His mastery of the Shedding Technique wasn’t deep enough to fully suppress a five-thousand-year lifespan. However, if he combined it with the illusionary effects of Thousand Transformations, the two techniques together would allow him to fake his own death with near-perfect deception.

"Senior Divine Pine, in my current state, at what level could someone still detect me?"

"At Qi Refinement, your Thousand Transformations could deceive even Nascent Souls. Now that your True Qi has compressed into True Essence, your Illusionary Path arts are even stronger. You could probably fool a Nascent Soul cultivator now."

"Unless a Nascent Soul expert who specializes in spiritual detection makes a full-force probe, almost no one below the Void Mystical Stage could sense you."

"Hmm… If you had used your Hidden Dragon Fortune to master these two techniques instead of struggling with the Heavenly Demon Physique, you might have even been able to fool Nascent Souls completely..."

"Then I’ll keep training Shedding Technique and Thousand Transformations for now. As for the Heavenly Demon Physique…" Lin Jing hesitated. "It’s supposed to be trainable without external aid, but…"

"Senior, what if I find a flame that also burns lifespan, let my Fire Qilin Dragon refine it, and then study it from there? With its Flame Emperor Beast Physique, it can easily refine and manipulate exotic flames, and I can observe its properties in detail."

"Wait—forget that for now. Something’s happened."

Just as Lin Jing was waiting for Divine Pine’s response, the void suddenly trembled—

And Divine Pine’s shocked voice echoed in his mind.

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