Vol 3 Chapter 39: Completion of the Five Elements


    A perfect place for Core Formation...


    If there is one, then all the better.


    "Thank you, Senior Sister," Lin Jing expressed his gratitude.


    The situation with the Fire Qilin Dragon... it was probably Senior Brother Ouyang who told Senior Sister about it.


    After all, Senior Brother Ouyang, as a Golden Core cultivator, had been hunted by a Foundation Establishment Fire Dragon—definitely left a shadow in his heart.


    Lin Jing chuckled.


    Xu Qingyao also smiled faintly.


    In fact, from the moment she said she would accompany Ouyang Hao here, she had already decided to take Lin Jing with her.


    Lin Jing’s reluctance to go to the Demon Court was just because he feared being exposed.


    So as long as she solved that issue, Lin Jing would have no more concerns.


    And Lin Jing was of great use to her—not to mention his alchemy skills, just his reputation as the top prodigy of the Ancient Kingdom alone proved his terrifying strength.


    Even if some of his techniques couldn''t be used, Xu Qingyao believed that would be more than enough to deal with the other Saintesses'' chosen followers.


    …


    Before leaving with Senior Sister Xu Qingyao, Lin Jing had one more thing to take care of.


    He went to the Qingming Trading Association. After getting permission, he was immediately invited upstairs by Elder Lingquan.


    "My little friend, oh my little friend, why didn’t you tell me earlier your Master is the Alchemy Sovereign of the Demon Court?" Elder Lingquan smiled wryly.


    If Lin Jing had said so earlier, none of this mess would''ve happened.


    He had nearly been scared into dementia by the Demon Emperor’s aura.


    Qingzhou wasn''t like the Ancient Kingdom... In the Ancient Kingdom, the human race dominated everything, with no beast forces—only wild beasts for humans to hunt.


    If a Beast Taming Sect even slightly showed more fortune for beasts than humans, it was immediately ordered to shut down for rectification... all to ensure the prosperity of humanity and maintain national fortune!


    But Qingzhou was different. Humans gathered in the sixteen provinces of Qingzhou, but beyond those were many beast forces. Human and beast powers together formed the vast territory of Qingzhou.


    In fact, overall, the beast forces in Qingzhou were far stronger than the human ones.


    In Qingzhou, the only human power with a Dao-Seeking Stage cultivator was the Tongtian Tower.


    But around Qingzhou, there were at least three beast powers with Demon Emperors on par with Dao-Seeking experts!


    So, when facing powerful beast forces, Qingzhou’s cultivation sects didn''t have the Ancient Kingdom’s aggressive, extermination-driven stance.


    Even Tongtian Tower, the leading alchemy power of the human race, had quite a few beast disciples and worked closely with many beast clans.


    Had he known Lin Jing came from the Demon Court, Elder Lingquan would never have helped Tai Xuan Sect post a wanted notice, bringing all that trouble onto himself.


    "Elder Lingquan, no need to worry. I''m about to leave with Her Holiness the Saintess. Here''s the owed Gluttonous Pill." Lin Jing smiled and returned the owed pill. Although nearly a year had passed inside the hourglass, barely any time had passed outside—so naturally, no interest had accrued.


    "Aside from that, I have one more request for Elder Lingquan."


    "Go ahead, little friend," said Elder Lingquan.


    Lin Jing pulled out a few storage bags: "These are storage bags from Tai Xuan Sect disciples, and two from cultivators who died in the secret realm... I''ve already taken out all the spirit stones. The rest is just pills, magic tools, and miscellaneous resources... I''d like to trouble Elder Lingquan to convert it all into spirit stones."


    Elder Lingquan cleared his throat—handling hot goods, huh...


    Under normal circumstances it was fine, but right now he was more curious about which sects those other storage bags came from.


    He took the bags, scanned them with his divine sense, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat.


    "So many specialties from the East Sea, and a Sea Tribe trident? Little friend, did you kill a Sea Tribe genius?"


    "So many Thunder Beads, and a magic treasure with the Thunder Clan emblem—this storage bag belongs to a prodigy of the Lei Clan from Martial Emperor City?"


    "Can you handle it?" Lin Jing asked.


    Elder Lingquan took a deep breath: "It should be fine. The Sea Tribe lives on island chains across the four seas and rarely comes to the mainland. Martial Emperor City is west of the Ancient Kingdom, while Qingzhou is east—geographically far apart. There''s minimal risk in handling it."


    "All converted to spirit stones?" Though both clans weren’t simple, with Lin Jing backed by the Demon Court and clearly favored by the Demon Court Saintess, Elder Lingquan didn’t ask further.


    "Yes, convert it all. Then I’d like to trouble Elder Lingquan to use the spirit stones to purchase three types of plants."


    Originally, Lin Jing had been low on spirit stones, but after getting these three storage bags, he suddenly became rich again.


    This way of making money wasn’t much slower than refining pills.


    No wonder so many rogue cultivators enjoyed looting and killing—even in the law-bound Ancient Kingdom, it was hard to ban it completely.


    "Tier-two spiritual plant, Earth Ginseng."


    "Tier-two spiritual plant, Desiccation Immortal."


    "Tier-two spiritual plant, Earth-Devouring Tree."


    "Each... one hundred units, plus seeds."


    Elder Lingquan said, "No problem."


    After agreeing, Elder Lingquan felt strange inside. He didn’t know why Lin Jing was buying these plants—for alchemy?


    These three all had a common trait—they were dual-attribute, earth and wood.


    Earth Ginseng could stabilize unstable foundations and reinforce true essence—top-tier resource for cultivators with earth-type physiques or techniques.


    Desiccation Immortal was a toxic plant growing in deserts. Shaped like a palm, covered in sharp poisoned spines—contact caused rapid dehydration and death.


    The Earth-Devouring Tree was a vicious plant that rapidly absorbed underground nutrients, turning the whole area barren.


    But after absorbing all the nutrients, the Earth-Devouring Tree grew tall and thick, yet its bark, fruit, and even roots were tough and tasteless—completely useless trash.


    Lin Jing wanted large quantities of these three plants. Elder Lingquan couldn''t figure it out. Other than the Earth Ginseng, the other two weren’t known alchemy materials. He had never heard of any pill requiring Desiccation Immortal or Earth-Devouring Tree...


    Not long after.


    Lin Jing left, planning to wait for Qingming Trading Association to prepare everything before departing with Senior Sister.


    His reason for buying those three plants was, of course, for the Pine Leaf Mouse. Sёar?h the N?velFire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.


    To research Transformation Pills, he had to help the Pine Leaf Mouse reach Core Formation first. Only once it formed a core could it synthesize tier-three Transformation Grass.


    And for the Pine Leaf Mouse to complete the Five Elements Core Formation—gold, wood, water, fire, and earth—he still needed the final component!


    Now, he was looking for a suitable earth-type material for it, to synthesize an earth-type organ. These three spiritual plants didn’t exist in the Ancient Kingdom, and with the lessons from last time, Lin Jing specifically chose two toxic and vicious plants this time to see what might result.


    …


    Just one day later, Elder Lingquan had prepared everything.


    As Lin Jing followed Senior Sister and Senior Brother Ouyang to the Third Saintess’ palace cave, the Pine Leaf Mouse also began to shine in the Beast Taming Space, starting to synthesize the three different earth-wood spiritual plants!!!


    “Squeak! Squeak! Squeak———”