Vol 4 Chapter 76: Acting Separately
Hourglass of Ti.
Lin Jing sat cross-legged on the ground, the quasi-immortal item “Immortal Water Lotus” floating before him.
This Immortal Water Lotus looked like a fairy among flowers—Lin Jing even suspected that if he used it to refine his incarnation, he might turn into so pretty boy.
He wasn’t the only one.
Dragon Carp was also going to refine an External Incarnation alongside Lin Jing.
Lin Jing was refining his incarnation to enhance combat power—they’d be going to the Origin Realm together.
As for Dragon Carp, its incarnation would stay behind in the Tianyuan Realm, guarding the Demon Court and focusing on refining Transformation Pills.
Besides Dragon Carp, Pine Leaf Mouse would also leave its incarnation in the Tianyuan Realm, but since it hadn’t ford its Nascent Soul yet, it wasn’t the right ti to refine one.
And the materials for these incarnations—Lin Jing had already prepared them.
“Use this thing to refine your incarnation.”
Lin Jing took out a piece of quasi-immortal grade Lightning-Struck Wood.
The Demon Emperor had given it to him, saying it had been born accidentally when the forr emperor of the Demon Court was undergoing tribulation.
Not exactly a top-tier material for refining an incarnation—far inferior to Immortal Water Lotus—but the best option currently available in the Tianyuan Realm for Dragon Carp.
Normally, cultivators—whether human or beast—refined incarnations to better comprehend natural forces.
But soone like Dragon Carp, who had already ford Immortal Fla and possessed Ancestral-tier Bloodline, didn’t need an incarnation for that.
So for it, the incarnation—like Lin Jing’s—would focus more on function.
Obviously, since Dragon Carp’s incarnation was staying behind to refine pills, it had to emphasize fire and wood attributes.
Dragon Carp itself was fire-attribute… using its Nascent Soul to refine the incarnation would naturally make it fire-attribute, so the material only needed to cover the wood aspect.
Moreover, the Transformation Pill’s refining thod differed from others, requiring the Thunder Refining thod—so the incarnation also needed to carry lightning properties.
Lightning-Struck Wood perfectly matched that requirent. Dragon Carp’s incarnation was basically born for refining Transformation Pills.
“Rrrip~~” Dragon Carp sighed dramatically. Poor incarnation—it was about to inherit its alchemy legacy.
While mourning its incarnation in silence, Dragon Carp was secretly delighted—it finally didn’t have to refine pills anymore...
“Alright, let’s begin.”
Lin Jing spoke softly. Together with Dragon Carp, he released their Nascent Souls, sending them respectively into the Immortal Water Lotus and the Lightning-Struck Wood.
The thod for refining an External Incarnation was simple—just like body possession. As long as the Nascent Soul entered the material, the rest involved shaping it using the External Incarnation secret art.
The creator of the External Incarnation technique was long lost to history, but this thod—carving and rging natural treasures with one’s Nascent Soul—had beco essential for all cultivators at or above the Nascent Soul stage.
The only challenge and drawback lay in the reliance on mastery of Nascent Soul power. Refining an incarnation drained ntal energy. If it failed, you’d never get another chance. External Incarnation was a one-ti-use secret art—each cultivator could use it only once.
So had tried to improve the technique, but no one had succeeded.
Hourglass of Ti—three months later.
Outside world, Ninth Heaven.
Four figures erged.
Both Lin Jing and Dragon Carp had refined their incarnations quickly—only took a few months.
Mainly because their Nascent Souls were incredibly strong: one refined it with Nascent Soul Transformation cultivation, the other with Ancestral-tier bloodline. Plus, both had cut corners in sculpting the incarnations—skipping steps, sacrificing completeness—which sped things up.
Two identical figures stepped out from the Hourglass of Ti. Lin Jing’s incarnation gave a small nod.
“You two head out first—I’ll go pick up the First Ancient Emperor and the chanical Turtle.”
“Take care.” Lin Jing’s main body cupped his fists toward the incarnation, then left Martial Emperor City with the two Dragon Carps.
Lin Jing’s next move was to have the incarnation stay with the First Ancient Emperor to gain so benefits from him,
While the main body and the two Dragon Carps returned to Qingzhou.
After all this ti, Lin Jing figured his demon-hunting team had probably caught a lot of demonic beasts. Last ti he returned to Qingzhou, it was in a rush—he hadn’t stayed long.
This ti, he wanted the two Dragon Carps to refine a batch of Core Formation Pills and convert all the beasts, letting Pine Leaf Mouse and Ice Soul Gu aim for the Nascent Soul stage.
Then, he’d leave Dragon Carp’s incarnation in the Qingzhou Demon Court to focus on making Transformation Pills.
Having received so many benefits from the Demon Court, Lin Jing figured he should contribute sothing while training.
After leaving Dragon Carp and Pine Leaf Mouse’s incarnations in the Qingzhou Demon Court, Lin Jing’s main bodies would finally have ti to take turns drinking Insight Fish soup, without worrying about pill refinent.
By then, they could fully focus on preparing for the Origin Realm expedition…
As the main body headed to Qingzhou, Lin Jing’s incarnation glanced at a restaurant in Martial Emperor City and frowned.
“That turtle… why is it separated from the First Ancient Emperor again...”
Lin Jing sighed and recalled the chanical Turtle first. Before long, it ca back with huge bundles, looking very excited.
“What’s all this?”
“Don’t tell you stole it from Martial Emperor City?”
Lin Jing scanned the chanical Turtle’s internal space. The turtle replied, “No no no!”
“Following Master’s orders, I absolutely didn’t steal or rob—these are all failed artifacts discarded by major refining guilds. I picked them up from the trash.”
Lin Jing: ?
“Why’d you pick up a pile of junk? Weren’t you supposed to accompany the First Ancient Emperor?”
The chanical Turtle stood up, took out a half-ruined dium-grade flying sword, gave it a gentle lick—and with a flash of treasure light and formation patterns, it turned into a top-quality flying sword.
“Still usable,” it said.
“Alright, alright.” Lin Jing scratched his head. “If you wanna pick stuff, then go ahead. I’m off to find the First Ancient Emperor.”
Lin Jing sensed that the First Ancient Emperor was currently drinking at a restaurant in Martial Emperor City. How strange—can projections even drink?
He blinked out of sight, stepping into the restaurant’s second floor—and was greeted with a scene he’d never forget.
There sat his old classmate Gao Sheng, face flushed red after who knows how many days and nights of drinking, arm in arm with the First Ancient Emperor, loudly saying:
“That new policy after the Golden Era began—don’t even get started. On one hand, they encourage commoners and low-level cultivators to have more kids, but on the other hand, they don’t provide any support...”
“They want more kids just because the Golden Era raises the chances of giving birth to special cultivation physiques—but what about the ones born without cultivation talent? Most get abandoned. I’ve seen too many orphans and resentful ghost infants during my travels. Tell —is that what people should be doing? I bet the Ancient Kingdom ran the numbers. As long as more kids with cultivation physiques are born, even if the others suffer horribly, it won’t affect the nation’s fate much.”
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