Chapter 765: Difference From an Immortal
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Two thousand years had pa.s.sed, and Nan Hua felt as if he was dreaming when he stepped out of the prison.
He was sure he wouldn’t attract the immortal devouring beast now. This pressure and nightmare that had been haunting his mind for two thousand years disappeared the instant he shattered his cultivation.
So after thanking Lin Jin formally, he immediately went outside just to take a walk, to get some sun.
After the blood pact was formed, the fairy crane never left his side. Although Nan Hua used to have a cultivation level higher than this little fairy crane, he was only a mortal now.
Being able to control a fairy crane with a mortal body was incredible enough.
Nan Hua was satisfied.
s.h.i.+fting the attention away from Nan Hua, who now had tears of joy in his eyes, Lin Jin was now surrounded by immortals inside the prison. The scene of Nan Hua safely stepping outside tempted them a great deal.
Between continuing leading meaningless lives in this dark prison, and giving up their immortal ident.i.ties and enjoying the world as a mortal, they chose the latter.
After two thousand years of being here, they had had enough.
Now that Lin Jin was here to help them form blood pacts with beasts, this was an opportunity. They might not get another chance after missing this one. Even if they decided to convert back into a mortal later on, they might not be able to contract a beast. Even if they learned the technique, who would capture an immortal beast for them?
This was the first and only opportunity that had come after two thousand years. But it came at a hefty price.
Lin Jin didn’t reject them as having an additional friend in the Nine-Heaven Realm meant having more options. Especially when many of these immortals used to be officials, holding significant positions. In words that Lin Jin was familiar with, they were the immortal realm’s civil servants, so they must know many things and were definitely useful.
And so, Lin Jin started catching immortal beasts for these immortals who were about to perform Mortal Conversion. Some of them even gifted Lin Jin with precious treasures in hopes that Lin Jin would get them a stronger beast.
After all, according to Lin Jin, they could only form a pact with one beast.
And since they could only choose one, the stronger, the better, obviously.
However, only Lin Jin could decide which beast was good. So after one immortal initiated this practice, it became a norm after that. Although these immortals had used up every treasure that could help them extend their lives over the past two thousand years, they still had many treasures left.
For example, there was a light-weight armor, thin as a veil, but could fend off an immortal’s attacks. It could even withstand three hits from profound immortals.
What a treasure!
Lin Jin accepted it with a smile.
This item could save his life in desperate times so it would be a waste not to take it.
Then there was a tiny paG.o.da that could turn into a mountain with the activation of a spell. The paG.o.da was the size of a palm and required a lot of mana to activate, but still, Lin Jin accepted it.
Even if he wouldn’t use it, he could give it away.
Without knowing it, he ended up gathering a few nice things on his trip here. One of the best was a firelight purple crystal.
An item refining material.
Although it couldn’t be consumed, this crystal was a condensation of cold fire, which would be extremely helpful for Xiao Huo’s Rank 8 evolution. So Lin Jin took it too.
Aside from the useful stuff, there were also useless ones. A pitiful old prisoner didn’t have much to offer but still, Lin Jin helped him.
Lin Jin also gained a lot of information from these immortals. The most important one came from a former inventory supervisor who told him about Tianzun, one of the highest divine beings of Taoism, and the whereabouts of his room. He even knew how to enter the place.
It was said that Tianzun was the number one alchemist in Taoism. His lifespan far exceeded the immortal emperor’s and no one could compare to his experiences. He had a real Heaven & Earth Furnace that could refine anything.
Lin Jin had read about the Heaven & Earth Furnace from immortal books before. The inspiration for creating his Sky Furnace came from here too. Lin Jin actually wors.h.i.+ped Tianzun a lot.
More importantly, in Lin Jin’s knowledge, he would need the Heaven & Earth Furnace to promote Xiao Huo to Rank 8, maybe even Rank 9. This was clearly stated in some of the evolution methods given by the museum.
It wrote that, ‘only by refinement of the universe’s fire can a fire attribute undergo metamorphosis and achieve extraordinary results.’
The fire attribute wasn’t a very complex attribute. There was only one way about it, and that was to refine it.
Lin Jin had thought about it before. If he had the Golden Tian Luo Pills and Tianzun’s Heaven & Earth Furnace, Xiao Huo’s advancement to Rank 8 was almost absolute. There wouldn’t be any problems, and it could even make the Rank 9 advancement process easier.
Hence, Lin Jin must obtain Tianzun’s Heaven & Earth Furnace.
Cai Die didn’t know about this so Lin Jin could only rely on the immortals here. That was why he dropped by the immortal prison. It wasn’t only because of Xie Sanhuan. This was the main reason why.
With Lin Jin around, the entire process of capturing beasts and establis.h.i.+ng blood contracts went on smoothly. He got them many different types of beasts. There were fairy cranes, strange birds, even strange fish and turtles that could swim in the clouds. There was also a huge centipede with nine heads.
These beasts were all Rank 6.
The hybrid beast was told not to capture Rank 7 beasts, though it was actually capable of capturing them. An immortal paid Lin Jin a hefty sum, requesting that Lin Jin get him a Rank 7 creature as a pet beast.
This immortal was the inventory supervisor who divulged the location of Tianzun’s room to him. Not only that, but he also secretly handed Lin Jin an immortal amulet.
“This is the immortal amulet to activate Tianzun’s Heaven & Earth Furnace. Not everyone can activate it after all. You’d have to at least be an unfettered immortal. If you’re not, you’ll have to use an amulet.” The inventory supervisor could tell that Lin Jin was interested in the Heaven & Earth Furnace. So after brief hesitation, he endured a heartache to part with this amulet.
This item obviously had great value. If it weren’t for the unique situation, he probably wouldn’t take it out.
His request was simple, and that was to contract a Rank 7 beast.
It wasn’t an easy task for Lin Jin either. Mainly because Rank 7 creatures were difficult to catch and they were harder to form blood pacts with. But for the sake of the compensation, he decided to try.
Just the hybrid beast wouldn’t be enough for the task so Lin Jin let Xiao Huo out too.
When the immortals saw a flaming wolf jump out of Lin Jin’s arm and dart out of the prison, their jaws hung in surprise as they had never seen anything like it before.
They still had their cultivation base so they could tell how powerful the fire wolf was. It was practically at profound immortal level, and that made their fingers tremble.
A mortal could actually control a profound immortal level beast?
How was this man different from an immortal?