Chapter 762: Shattered Immortal Turns Mortal
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Even if Xiao Huo advanced to Rank 9, did he stand a chance against it?
After all, Xiao Huo had an inferior rough start, and Lin Jin was aware that even beasts of the same rank varied differently in strength.
However, there was no turning back.
Xiao Huo was currently the pet beast he wanted to promote the most. The others didn’t give him much choice.
Dopey Bear in the extraterritorial land was his backup choice, but the bear wasn’t his pet beast. However, if he did manage to get extra Golden Tian Luo Pills, he could share some with Dopey Bear. Lin Jin was confident that with a little effort and skill, Dopey Bear could be promoted to Rank 8.
Factoring in Xiao Huo’s advancement, Lin Jin would then have two aces.
If Rank 9 Xiao Huo wasn’t enough to handle the immortal devouring beast, a Rank 9 Dopey Bear could help.
With two Rank 9s against one, that should be enough, right?
After being scared by the immortal devouring beast, Lin Jin’s mind was now a mess. But at that moment, Cai Die made a discovery.
“Appraiser Lin, quick, come and take a look,” Cai Die called.
Lin Jin went over and was startled by what he saw.
It was a man, lying on the ground.
His body was covered in blood and there wasn’t a shred of clothing on him.
This person wasn’t exuding any immortal energy so he must be a mortal.
The man had lost consciousness. Lin Jin had a feeling that he encountered too many unusual occurrences today. To think he would find a mortal in the Nine-Heaven Realm.
He invoked a spell and the Four Ocean Gourd spewed out a stream of spirit water that engulfed the man to cleanse his body and also heal his wounds.
There were many empty buildings around, abandoned thousands of years ago, so Lin Jin randomly entered one and had the hybrid beast stand guard at the door while he treated the mortal.
After a round of examination, Lin Jin came to a conclusion.
If his diagnosis was correct, this man was about to die.
The man’s internal damage was too serious and he had lost too much blood, hence the loss of consciousness. He would have been fine if he were an expert with cultivation experience. But if he was a mortal, even the G.o.ds couldn’t save him now.
But Lin Jin thought of a way.
It was an ability he recently researched. To put it simply, it was to force a blood contract.
On average, blood contracts required the owner, the human, to perform a spell and use his or her blood to connect with the target pet beast’s blood. Upon success, the owner would then gain enhancement in strength based on the pet beast’s strength.
This forced blood contract Lin Jin came up with didn’t require the owner to do anything, nor did it require his consent. He could forcefully form a blood pact between him and a beast.
One mustn’t underestimate an ability like this one. Lin Jin was sure that no one but him was capable of doing this in the entire mainland.
Lin Jin started this research with hopes of fighting enemies with it. He would forcefully bound the enemy to another pet beast, and this was the original intention of creating this technique.
But now, this technique could actually be used to save someone.
Lin Jin hadn’t expected that.
After all, establis.h.i.+ng blood contracts wasn’t considered difficult in the mainland.
But now, if the owner was an unconscious person with no knowledge of what was going on, only this method would work. If Lin Jin successfully bonded this person with an immortal beast, this person could borrow the immortal beast’s strength to extend his life.
With this, Lin Jin could ask the man what happened here too, killing two birds with a stone.
“Catch me an immortal beast,” Lin Jin instructed.
He wasn’t instructing Cai Die of course. The hybrid beast immediately darted away at high speed, returning shortly after with bloodied and messed up immortal beast in its mouth.
Lin Jin felt a headache coming.
“A living one!”
The hybrid beast spat out the corpse and hurried away once more, moving at breakneck speed. It returned with a living immortal beast this time, a strange bird with two heads and three wings.
It was an immortal beast too. Rank 6 and not exactly weak. But despite being on the same rank, the hybrid beast could overwhelm it.
As the hybrid beast was a freak, it was basically invincible against those of the same rank.
It was a pity Lin Jin couldn’t find a method to help it evolve even with the museum. Otherwise, if it could advance to Rank 9, even the immortal devouring beast would pale in comparison.
The strange Rank 6 bird was shuddering, clearly afraid. Lin Jin thought the bird looked ugly but its appraisal results were acceptable.
He wouldn’t be the blood contract owner anyway, so Lin Jin just had the hybrid beast bring the bird over for him to take a blood sample, then he performed the forced blood contract.
Xie Sanhuan opened his eyes groggily.
“I’m not dead?” He opened his eyes to look around and saw himself inside a room. There was even a man standing beside him.
There was also a colorful b.u.t.terfly and a two-headed vulture.
This beast species was everywhere in the Nine-Heaven Realm. They preferred to move in flocks, were ferocious in nature, and were difficult to catch.
After the demise of immortals, with no one to restrain them, these two-headed vultures further developed their clan. Sometimes, they could even hear these creatures cawing as they flew past the immortal prison. Judging by their cries, there must be up to thousands in a flock.
Also, because these creatures were too wild, they couldn’t be tamed even after capture. Using spells couldn’t make them surrender either.
However, Xie Sanhuan saw just how obedient this two-headed vulture was behaving. There were even hints of kindness in its four eyes as it looked at him.
He must be hallucinating.
Confused, Xie Sanhuan turned to the only other human in the room.
The man was staring at him too.
“A mortal?” Xie Sanhuan said after noticing the man’s aura. But soon, he came to his senses. “Right, only mortals can successfully pa.s.s through this Nine-Heaven Realm and not be attacked by the immortal devouring beast. The reason I’m still alive is that my Mortal Conversion spell worked.”
Xie Sanhuan talked so quickly that he choked and coughed a little. For a moment there, his entire body ached. His chest and internal organs in particular felt as if they had been stabbed by needles.
Upon hearing the word ‘mortal’, Lin Jin knew there must be a huge story here. And so he asked about it. But to his surprise, the other man looked as if he couldn’t be bothered with a twinkle of pride in his eyes.
As if Lin Jin wasn’t worthy to speak to him.
Lin Jin frowned at this.
In some situations, fists were more effective than any great reasoning. After a round of physical violence, Xie Sanhuan begged for mercy.
“Stop! I’ll talk. I’m the immortal Xie Sanhuan, Rank 6 bookkeeper of the immortal dynasty,” Xie Sanhuan said. Lin Jin just shook his head. “Dishonesty begets another round of beating.”
And then there was another round of physical violence.
Since the man had the protection of his blood contract and Lin Jin also controlled his strength, the man wouldn’t die from this.
Xie Sanhuan never suffered anything like this before so he kept begging for mercy and finally told the truth.
During the immortal tragedy, he escaped into the immortal prison and had been in hiding for two thousand years. Recently, because his friend, Liugong, was nearing the end of his lifespan, they were forced to venture out here in search of life-prolonging pills and spirit fruits.
Alas, they were unlucky enough to startle the immortal devouring beast. Liugong was killed in an instant while Xie Sanhuan used a spell he created, but never tried, out of desperation.
Mortal Conversion.
Simply put, it was an act of destroying his immortal cultivation so he could turn into a mortal.