Beast Tamer Ascension-Chapter 32Book 4: : Fourth Pet Confirmed

Vol 4 Chapter 32: Fourth Pet Confirmed

“Turtle?” Lin Jing froze. What turtle?

“Although this is the outermost area of the Immortal-Burying Volcano, in its current condition, it won’t hold out much longer. If it keeps going, it might get burned to ashes.” The Demon Emperor waved her small hand and pulled a plain-looking brown turtle into the barrier.

Seeing this turtle, Lin Jing nearly choked—wait a second, a Mechanized Turtle?!

How the h*ll did this thing end up in the Western Desert?

Upon seeing its creator, the Mechanized Turtle calmly spoke:

“Master, I got lost.”

“Finally found you.”

Lin Jing fell into deep thought. Got lost? You got lost all the way from Qingzhou to the Western Desert? Seriously?

No wonder he couldn’t sense this guy’s location back in Qingzhou—it had long since left.

Before Lin Jing could speak, the Longevity Turtle automatically pulled out a longevity ginseng from its storage space and offered it up:

“It only took ten years, but I successfully found a treasure that extends life by twenty years.”

It lifted its head proudly.

“You’re quite the turtle, aren’t you?”

Seeing this turtle bring Lin Jing—a Longevity Body cultivator—a ginseng that extended life by twenty years, the Demon Emperor chuckled in amazement.

Although to her, the ginseng was utterly useless for Lin Jing, for ordinary cultivator families, having such a Mechanized Turtle was pretty impressive.

“This is a Longevity Turtle designed by the Divine Mechanism Manor of the Ancient Kingdom. It really is remarkable.”

Lin Jing glanced at the Mechanized Turtle, clearly surprised.

Now this was fate!

He had just burned twenty years of lifespan using his Core Formation divine ability in the Cavern Heaven, and this turtle shows up with the exact thing to replenish it?

Back when he exited seclusion and couldn’t find it in Qingzhou, Lin Jing had feared the worst.

But now, it looked like this guy might actually be useful.

Plus, they had great affinity.

It got lost, yet still managed to end up wandering into the Western Desert to find him.

And it just happened to bring the tonic he needed.

If this wasn’t fate, Lin Jing didn’t know what was.

“Hold up.” Staring at the Longevity Turtle, Lin Jing’s eyes narrowed. Could he let it cultivate the Divine Scripture?

He had skimmed the Divine Scripture inside the Cavern Heaven. As a formation-type cultivation method, it was very different from typical techniques.

It required carving intricate formation patterns into the body using spiritual energy, transforming oneself into a formation core.

And Mechanized Beasts—every single one of them—were essentially natural formation cores, since all of their actions were powered by internal formation patterns.

Many mechanists even used Mechanized Beasts as formation cores to stabilize grand formations.

In other words, as long as the Mechanized Turtle had gained consciousness, it had an incredibly high compatibility with this formation-type technique.

Later, he could even tweak it—besides its innate ability to seek out longevity treasures, he could give it a grave-robbing specialty for ancient relics. That way, it could wander around growing stronger, while also having the ability to summon ancient powerhouses for protection.

In fact, the biggest perk of having a Divine Scripture contract beast wasn’t summoning projections to fight.

It was being able to ask them for cultivation guidance.

Like, if the Dragon Carp wanted to improve its alchemy skills, it could track down an ancient Pill Ancestor’s relic, summon the projection, and learn from it.

Even the Demon Emperor couldn’t teach the Dragon Carp anything about alchemy. The most she could do was help it strengthen its flames to raise its pill-making level.

This just showed how valuable a good teacher was.

So if ancient experts could lead the way, the path of cultivation would definitely be smoother.

But the biggest obstacle right now was that he hadn’t yet upgraded the Beast Taming Art, so he couldn’t form a contract with the Mechanized Turtle.

Plus, the turtle still had a tendency to get lost, showing its current state was unstable.

To contract it, Lin Jing would have to first refine both the Beast Taming Art and his mechanized techniques.

“Your Majesty the Demon Emperor, may I send an avatar out next?”

“My true body will remain here, assisting the Dragon Carp in mastering the Immortal Flame.”

“What for?” asked the Demon Emperor.

“The Buddhist Sect. The Bodhi Tree. I plan to use the technique I obtained in the Cavern Heaven and this Mechanized Turtle to refine my Beast Taming Art.”

“But before I do that, I want to enhance my comprehension to save time.”

“There’s a temple in the Buddhist Sect called Bodhi.”

“That Bodhi Temple has something known as the Bodhi Tree.”

Bodhi Temple in Bodhi City—one of the Eighty-One Temples of the Buddhist Sect—had a grove of rare plants: Bodhi Trees.

Yes, the same Bodhi Trees found in the Bodhi Cavern Heaven Lin Jing once entered.

But within the Bodhi Cavern Heaven, there were three trees—gold, silver, and green—each offering lesser enlightenment.

In Bodhi Temple, they only had green ones, the lowest grade. Even so, it was still one of the top enlightenment treasures in the entire Tianyuan Continent.

Aside from the Spirit Dao Sect’s rare Insight Fish, there was nothing better than the green Bodhi Tree for enlightenment—not even the buffs from Hidden Dragon Secret Arts could match it.

Maybe now there was something better on the Fortune Gold List,

But regardless, even a green Bodhi Tree was something Lin Jing desperately wanted.

And once the Pine Leaf Mouse’s cultivation was high enough, it might be able to try fusing the Bodhi Tree into something new.

Lin Jing cultivated slowly. Anything that could speed up cultivation was worth collecting—more was always better.

“Alright, go ahead.” The Demon Emperor nodded.

She didn’t bother offering to fetch it from the Buddhist Sect for him.

Inside the Demon Court, Lin Jing could request any resources freely.

But for outside resources—if Lin Jing was confident he could get them himself, she’d let him.

Likewise, she never asked what fortuitous encounters Lin Jing got in the Cavern Heaven, nor did she interfere with what pet he contracted.

As the Demon Emperor, her only job was to supervise Lin Jing’s alchemy and ensure he didn’t die young.

Everyone had their own path to cultivate.

And someone at the Dao-Seeking Stage like her knew clearly: if a cultivator gained a high level through endless resources without real experience, it would be difficult to forge their own Dao.

Not long after, the Demon Emperor left again.

Lin Jing, meanwhile, didn’t consume the longevity ginseng the turtle brought back.

For someone with a Longevity Body, twenty years of life was nothing. Once he reached the Nascent Soul Stage, his lifespan would skyrocket—no need to care about that small loss.

He tossed the ginseng to the Pine Leaf Mouse instead. “Use those twenty years of lifespan to make two avatars. From now on, our real body will stay here cultivating, and the avatars will go handle outside affairs.”

“Sigh...” The Pine Leaf Mouse received the ginseng under the gloomy gaze of the Longevity Turtle, feeling like it was being watched by something dirty.

“Hidden Dragon Secret Art is a secret technique, and the Bodhi Tree is a resource. Next, I’ll climb the Fortune Gold List and get the Golden Era bonus to max out my comprehension. I refuse to believe I can’t refine the Beast Taming Art.” Lin Jing called over the Dragon Carp.

“Lil’ Carp, come here. Stop cultivating for a bit. Let me try something—if beating you up lets me glitch my way onto the Gold List, I won’t have to challenge the other prodigies.”

Dragon Carp: ????