After ten years of closed cultivation, although Lin Jing has faded from the public eye, his legendary rumors have continued to spread.

Previously, to help the Dragon Carp transform into a dragon, Lin Jing exhausted all of his latent dragon fortune, but a decade of subsequent accumulation has now left him with a rather abundant amount of fortune power.

This fortune power is now unrelated to the Fire Dragon, which has obtained the Divine Techniques of a Treasure Beast and royal-level bloodline; the latent dragon fortune offers little further enhancement to it, so Lin Jing plans to use it for his own spell cultivation.

First is the transformation of beasts into treasure tools.

This technique can turn contracted pet beasts into various weaponry and equipment.

The higher the compatibility between the pet beast and the type of equipment, the greater the power that can be exerted.

Disciples in the Beast Taming Sect's Foundation Establishment Stage rarely buy any magical artifacts, one reason being that all their resources are invested in cultivating pet beasts, leaving them short of money, and the other reason being the existence of this Secret Technique, where pet beasts function as magical artifacts.

Lin Jing has been interested in this Secret Technique for a long time. Now, he isn't lacking in offensive magical artifacts... what he lacks is convenient defensive artifacts!

As someone with a Longevity Body, besides having an invincible defensive power himself, he also needs a top-grade defensive artifact to enhance his defense.

Thus, Lin Jing plans to learn this Secret Technique and transform one of his pet beasts into "armor" to absorb damage for him in battle.

As for the selection of this pet beast, Lin Jing has a favorite target in mind...

It must be the Dragon Race with the strongest physical strength!

Even though it hasn't been cultivated yet, Lin Jing believes that the Fire Qilin Dragon with Dragon Emperor bloodline, when transformed into armor, should crush ordinary mid-grade magical artifacts in defense, even if it doesn't quite match top-grade ones.

Moreover, this armor is also a battle armor; clad in Flaming Dragon Armor, Lin Jing can also use the Fire Control Technique to manipulate its fusion flames, combining attack and defense!

In this state, if he further integrates the power of the Ice Soul Gu, Lin Jing won't have to worry about the backlash of frost power.

Thinking about how he will soon be clad in Flaming Dragon Armor, Lin Jing takes out the Secret Technique of "Transformation of Beasts into Treasure Tools" and dives into cultivation.

Several days later, by transforming fortune into comprehension, Lin Jing quickly grasps the "Transformation of Beasts into Treasure Tools". The three major Secret Techniques of the Beast Taming Sect are much easier to cultivate than the Celestial Demon Body.

The ease of cultivation is also because the three major heritage secret techniques are interconnected and mutually bound with the Beast Taming Technique. Seeing his three pet beasts still consolidating their realms and not awakening, Lin Jing continues to cultivate the Celestial Demon Body.

However, after another half month, even after consuming ten percent of the fortune saved over the decade, the Celestial Demon Body showed no signs of entry, remaining elusive and yielding no results.

"No wonder, over the millennia, only two people have successfully cultivated it in the Demon Extermination Bureau. This is probably the hardest Secret Technique I've ever tried to cultivate since becoming a Cultivator. If only I could borrow the Golden Bodhi Tree again; compared to the Golden Bodhi Tree, this fortune-transformed comprehension boost is still too weak."

Lin Jing opened his eyes. Although his gains were minimal, during this period, his three pet beasts finally stabilized their cultivation. With their foundation, the power boost from continuous breakthroughs was terrifying, and they spent some effort to control this power.

"In ten years, if it weren't for providing me with protection, they should have all reached Core Formation by now." Lin Jing sensed that the Tianjiao of the Tianjiao Battle from ten years ago should all have achieved Core Formation by now, wondering if he could defeat them now post-formation.

The Ice Soul Gu was the first to awaken, its innate talent allowed it to easily control its power.

The Mouse with Pine Leaf Eyes opened its eyes second; possessing the Major Longevity Technique, its power control level was also very high.

Although the Fire Qilin Dragon accumulated decent control through years of Alchemy, it was the last to break through to Foundation Establishment, requiring adaptation to greater power than the Ice Soul Gu and the Mouse with Pine Leaf Eyes, thus stabilizing its realm only last.

"How are you all feeling?" Lin Jing asked, and the three pet beasts immediately grew restless.

"Battle, battle, battle!" The Fire Qilin Dragon soared and circled continuously, with intense gaze fixed on the Ice Soul Gu and the Mouse with Pine Leaf Eyes, evidently very satisfied with its current strength.

"Squeak." The Mouse with Pine Leaf Eyes seemed distracted; it took a glance at the Spirit Plants it had cultivated, many of which had withered due to a decade of neglect, causing it great heartache. Fortunately, the resources stored previously were frozen by the Ice Gu, so they hadn't spoiled.

It didn't bother with the Fire Qilin Dragon, quickly burrowing back into its gourd to see if it could revive some crops.

The Ice Soul Gu also ignored the big dumb fish, inspecting its offspring Gus.

"I've sensed it, the two offspring Gus released earlier have both reached the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment. It's a pity; if they both also reached late-stage Foundation Establishment and I reclaimed them, I could achieve complete Foundation Establishment!"

The Ice Soul Gu mumbled, aiming to be the first, before the Mouse with Pine Leaf Eyes and Fire Qilin Dragon, to achieve complete Foundation Establishment.

Actually, reaching the late-stage of Foundation Establishment already means grasping the essence of the Foundation Establishment Stage. From Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, from the initial stage to the mid-stage, and from the mid-stage to the late stage, the body undergoes three baptisms, significantly enhancing True Essence.

As for the late-stage of Foundation Establishment to complete Foundation Establishment, it's merely a process of further enriching True Essence through cultivation, without sudden qualitative leaps in power - a gradual improvement.

Until one feels incapable of enhancing Mana, achieving what is called Foundation Establishment Peak or complete Foundation Establishment, reaching one's limits, they can try compressing True Essence to undergo Core Formation.

With success, a Golden Core is birthed, granting Golden Core Divine Techniques, making one a Golden Core Powerhouse.

Failure, at best results in serious injury, at worst, the path's demise. Thus, some Cultivators not confident or lacking talent choose to form a fake pill through various Secret Techniques to simulate Golden Core Cultivation, abandoning the genuine Golden Core Stage breakthrough.

Although Fake Pill Cultivators can't compare with Golden Core Cultivators, their power far surpasses the Foundation Establishment Stage, sufficient to create a status gap.

For the Ice Soul Gu, reaching complete Foundation Establishment would allow a prompt shot at Core Formation, without failure's risk. Seeing that at the same level, it couldn't steadily best Treasure Beasts with Divine Techniques inheritance, it opts for rapidly advancing its realm.

"Is that so?" Lin Jing murmured upon hearing, "The twin Ice Soul offspring Gus already reach mid-stage Foundation Establishment... same Cultivation as me."

"Let's go and take a look." Lin Jing finished his words, reabsorbing the Ice Soul Gu into his body. The Fire Qilin Dragon, witnessing the scene, was momentarily stunned, what did it mean—did they not want to spar with it?

"Roar!!!" In a daze but unbothered, the dragon eyes revealed a contemplative look, realizing it was because the others dared not confront it in battle.

"Yes, you're the strongest now; if you want to fight, I'll find someone for you outside. "Lin Jing retrieved the meditation staff, also absorbed back the Fire Qilin Dragon, then the meditation staff shrank, strung by Lin Jing with a piece of spider silk to hang from his neck as a pendant.

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"Elder Xu, are you leaving already?"

In the Dragon Palace Assembly Hall, the current spokesperson of the Dragon Palace, Jiang Family's twins, were seeing off Xu Zhizhi, who sighed, "There's still a mess over at the city, I should head back. Remember, the moment Lin Jing comes out of closed cultivation, inform me immediately..."

The Jiang Family twins nodded, ready to speak further, but suddenly their expressions changed, sensing a stirring from their offspring Gus.

"Xu Zhizhi, long time no see, you've reached Core Formation, early Golden Core Stage... really awe-inspiring." A figure entered from outside the Dragon Palace Assembly Hall. Upon seeing this familiar figure, Xu Zhizhi took a deep breath and said, "Damn, you've finally come out of closed cultivation!"

"Before you went into seclusion, you couldn't leave more Dragon Ascending Pills behind, do you know how anxious I've been these years!!!"

"Huh? After ten years of closed cultivation, why are you still only mid-stage Foundation Establishment? With such terrifying underlying accumulation, I thought you'd shoot straight to Golden Core!"

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