Vol 2 Chapter 27: Suppressing the Divine Physique
“Wang Xiao? What’s that guy doing here?”
Inside the cave, Gao Sheng’s expression turned sour upon hearing the shout from outside. At the mont, he was deepening his bond with Lin Jing, and Wang Xiao’s arrival was truly untily.
“I’ll go take a look,” Lin Jing said, desperate for an excuse to escape the unpalatable food in front of him.
Outside the cave, Wang Xiao saw Lin Jing erge and imdiately opened his mouth arrogantly, his divine eyes flashing: “Lin Jing, three days from now, at the peak of Flying Dragon Mountain—do you dare face in battle?”
Lin Jing heard this and shook his head. “Go back. I’m not in the mood for this right now.”
“What’s this? Are you scared?” Wang Xiao frowned. Lin Jing’s fa had skyrocketed recently, and if rumors of his defeat spread, it would tarnish his reputation. After all, Lin Jing had even defeated a Foundation Establishnt sword cultivator from the Heavenly Sword Gate—if he was afraid, it would be understandable.
“Refusing to fight soone of the sa level doesn’t sound great either if the word gets out,” Wang Xiao added, provoking him further.
“You’re really sothing…” Lin Jing’s patience had reached its limit. “Fine, let send you on your way.”
Frustrated from the food and in a foul mood already, Lin Jing raised his right hand, his fingers laced with threads of Qi.
“Spiritual Threads?”
Wang Xiao sneered at the sight. This technique, forming threads of Qi, was similar to controlling objects in the air—it wasn’t even a proper spell. It was mainly used by chanists and puppet masters to manipulate their creations. Lin Jing intended to use such a thod against him?
Laughable.
“Thunder…” Wang Xiao was about to counter with his domineering thunder-based techniques when Lin Jing vanished without a trace. His speed was so fast that Wang Xiao didn’t even have ti to react.
By the ti Wang Xiao realized it, he felt a chill at the back of his neck. Lin Jing was already standing behind him, his palm aid at the back of Wang Xiao’s neck.
Under Lin Jing’s feet—or rather, all around the area outside the cave—there were scattered red leaves blending perfectly with the surrounding maple leaves. One of the red leaves emanated faint spatial ripples.
Perched on Lin Jing’s shoulder, the Pine Leaf Mouse yawned lazily as the spatial fluctuations subsided. Wang Xiao’s entire body was now covered in frost.
“You… Spatial Arts!” Wang Xiao was utterly shocked. The technique that left him no ti to react was undoubtedly a spatial ability. This Beast Tar actually had mastery over such a powerful art!
Wang Xiao’s eyes widened as he tried to use his unparalleled Heavenly God Qi of the Qi Refinent Tenth Stage to break through the frost. However, the chilling aura from the spiritual threads piercing his body was overwhelming, even freezing his Qi entirely.
What was even more terrifying was that as the threads moved within him, Wang Xiao found himself unable to control his body. Instead, his movents were dictated by Lin Jing’s finger gestures, and his body unwillingly began walking down the mountain.
He couldn’t understand it at all—how could this basic technique used by puppet masters and chanists control even soone like him, a Divine Physique cultivator?
“Leave already,” Lin Jing said, dismissing him. “I’m not fighting you because I consider how hard it was for you to build your reputation. You should focus on leveraging your fa and advancing your strength with the Hidden Dragon Arts before challenging again.”
For Lin Jing, even if he and his Pine Leaf Mouse, both at the Qi Refinent Tenth Stage, managed to defeat this Heavenly God Physique, it wouldn’t bring much of a boost to his own reputation. It was better to wait until Wang Xiao had achieved greater renown before defeating him for maximum impact.
In just monts, Lin Jing sent Wang Xiao down the mountain. As the spiritual threads withdrew, Lin Jing smirked to himself. Although the threads were a crude imitation of the Ice Soul Gu’s power, their combination with spatial teleportation had still caught Wang Xiao off guard.
At the base of the mountain, Wang Xiao turned his stiff neck to glance back, deeply shaken. He had always thought Lin Jing’s chanical creations were limited to crafting weapons from special materials. Who could have imagined that the spiritual thread technique was powerful enough to even control a Divine Physique?
And the frost… Wang Xiao’s mind raced as he recalled the pressure he had felt back when Lin Jing erged from the Cavern Heaven with the Ice Soul Gu.
“I’ve always thought I didn’t have any special constitution, but now it seems I’ve been hiding a deeply concealed cold attribute physique. Could it be… that I possess an Ice Divine Physique?”
“You will co back…” The Pine Leaf Mouse lazily gave up its grudge match against Wang Xiao, knowing that even with the aid of magical treasures, it couldn’t match Lin Jing, let alone the Ice Soul Gu’s power.
Wang Xiao slowly walked away, planning to enter closed-door cultivation. He resolved to master his techniques and improve his abilities before seeking another challenge.
The scene of Lin Jing suppressing the Divine Physique was observed in its entirety by Gao Sheng, who was inside the cave. He was astonished beyond words. When Lin Jing returned to the cave, Gao Sheng imdiately raised a toast.
“I’m impressed,” Gao Sheng said sincerely.
“It’s just the Ice Soul Gu doing the work,” Lin Jing replied modestly.
“But still,” Gao Sheng insisted, “not just anyone can control the Ice Soul Gu. The Demon-Slaying Bureau has obtained it a few tis, but even there, only a select few can handle it.”
“Let’s not talk about that,” Lin Jing said with a bitter smile. “Tell , what should I do about this situation?”
“Are you really unable to eat at all? Perhaps ti will smooth things out…” Gao Sheng suggested.
“Or,” Gao Sheng’s eyes suddenly lit up with an idea, “why don’t you indulge a bit and only eat dishes of the highest quality, like Dragon Liver and Phoenix Marrow?”
“Too expensive,” Lin Jing replied decisively.
“Oh, right!” Gao Sheng suddenly rembered sothing. “Before we left the Cavern Heaven, Mr. Cao ntioned that anyone who breaks through to the extre within the Cavern Heaven can use the academy’s Cavern Heaven free of charge for a year!”
"I don’t know how you and the Pine Leaf Mouse are being accounted for. If you’re considered separately and assigned two caves, you could rent one out. Collect decades’ worth of rent upfront, and voilà—you’d have the money you need," Gao Sheng suggested.
“Hm?” Lin Jing tilted his head, considering the idea.
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After Gao Sheng left, Lin Jing sat cross-legged in his cave, focusing inward to assess his current cultivation state. If the Qi Refinent Tenth Stage were divided further into early, middle, and late phases, then the Pine Leaf Mouse would clearly be in the late phase, while Lin Jing himself was currently in the middle phase.
“Next up, I’ll refine my alchemy skills and figure out how to upgrade the bloodline levels of both the Pine Leaf Mouse and the Dragon Carp!” Lin Jing resolved.
The recent journey through the Dragon-Phoenix Cavern Heaven had given him a deeper understanding of how crucial physique and bloodline talents were.
He opened his eyes, deciding to enter another period of closed-door cultivation. The Pine Leaf Mouse had the sa idea—it had nearly depleted its carefully accumulated resources inside the Cavern Heaven and wanted to stockpile more for its sense of security.
“Co here.” Lin Jing reached into the depths of his cave and pulled out the Dragon Carp. “You seem like you’re in a bad mood?”
“Blub blub~ (It’s just the Ice Soul Gu’s credit~),” the Dragon Carp’s mouth opened and closed as it made disgruntled sounds.
Lin Jing couldn’t help but laugh. “You’re destined to soar in the nine heavens as a true dragon. Why are you jealous of a re spider?”
“And to think you’re supposed to be a proud male carp,” he teased.
As he spoke, Lin Jing extended his palm, releasing the aura of Hidden Dragon Fortune.
“Alright. This ti, our trip to the Cavern Heaven was largely thanks to the thousand-plus pills you helped refine. Now, let enhance your potential again.”
“When the day cos that you transform into a dragon, it will also be the day you ascend to the nine heavens and beco invincible.”
The Hidden Dragon Arts were approaching the stage of minor mastery, and Lin Jing wasn’t stingy with his fortune power. Once again, he used it to enhance the Dragon Carp’s abilities.
Seeing how much care the Beast Tar had for it, the Dragon Carp’s mood lifted, and it regained its cheerfulness.
“Enhancent complete. Next, I’ll need to start refining second-tier pills.”
The Dragon Carp’s smile instantly disappeared. Refining pills again?!
Its entire body already reeked of the scent of dicinal herbs, and no matter what it tried, it couldn’t get rid of it.
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