"This Celestial Lion Race sure knows how to hide a Longevity Body well."

Lin Jing, after wandering around the Celestial Lion's secret realm for who knows how long, shook his head.

He hadn't found even the slightest trace of another Longevity Body.

He couldn't help but give up the search and honestly joined the crowd, waiting for the ancestral ceremony to begin.

Making a scene at the ancestral ceremony was his key purpose for coming here.

......

"The ancestral ceremony is about to start!!!"

With the deep and distant sound of a bell, the ceremony officially began.

Generally speaking, such ancestral ceremonies are held internally within a race and don't invite so many outsiders, but forces guarded by a Demon Ancestor don't follow this convention.

Because the Demon Ancestor has the ability to change the bloodline of outsiders, making them part of their own race, these foreign Demon Beasts and cultivators come here with a purpose, hoping one day to transition from being a subordinate of the Celestial Lion Race to fully joining them!

"Roar!!!!"

The main officiator of the ceremony was a White-haired Lion Emperor, whose strength was at the peak of the Divinity Transformation Demon Emperor, and who was the current patriarch of the Celestial Lion Race. It tore open the void, and with its emergence, countless Celestial Lions also emerged from the space rift, revealing dozens of core clan members of the Celestial Lion Race.

Also emerging from the space rift was a woman in a white dress. Her expression was blank, as if devoid of a soul, her eyes dull and spiritless, resembling a walking corpse.

Seeing this woman, many Demon Kings and Demon Emperors attending the ceremony swallowed their saliva, their eyes filled with a green, glimmering light.

"It's a Longevity Body!"

"Celestial Lion Saintess!!"

"She has appeared indeed."

"I've heard the Celestial Lion Race uses Longevity blood and flesh to pay tribute during their centennial ceremony. I wonder if it's true. Brother Hu, if I can't resist the scent of the Longevity blood and do something foolish, remember to pull me back, you must pull me back!"

Many Demon Beasts suppress the tremor in their hearts.

Compared to the Demon Beasts, many humans who came to seek refuge with the Celestial Lion Race shook their heads slightly, empathizing more strongly with the walking corpse-like appearance of the Longevity Body, lamenting the tragic fate of the Longevity Body.

Being kept for a thousand years to have her blood and flesh harvested, even the sturdiest-minded might have their spirits collapse, let alone a woman. At this moment, this Longevity Body, in their view, probably doesn't have much of her own thoughts left.

"Finally seen..."

At the same time, Lin Jing finally saw another Longevity Body and took a deep breath.

Truly pitiful.

"Luckily, I was rescued by Senior Brother Ouyang..."

He maintained his illusion concealment, slowly emerging from the crowd of demons, still unnoticed.

At this time, the Celestial Lion Saintess was already standing on the altar, waiting to be used as a sacrificial offering.

Lin Jing bypassed a group of core Celestial Lion Demons and approached this Longevity Body, during which he dissipated the illusion for this Longevity Body alone, allowing her to see him.

Before doing what he came to do, Lin Jing wanted to talk to this woman who shared the same constitution as him.

However, her condition seemed worse than Lin Jing imagined, as she looked at Lin Jing approaching her with lifeless eyes, showing no response.

"So pitiful."

Lin Jing sighed, slowly raising his palm, revealing a drop of blood armed with an aura of longevity in his hand, his own blood. He naturally had to bring something to prove his identity to offer a bounty to the Demon Sect.

This Longevity blood was one such proof.

However, at this time, only the other Longevity Body could sense the aura of this blood. Beyond the altar had been shrouded by Lin Jing's Illusion Technique, and even the strongest Celestial Lion present, the Divinity Transformation Demon Emperor hosting the ceremony, had no capability to see through Lin Jing's illusion.

Of course, with Lin Jing's illusion skills, currently, he could only engage in some sneaky activities under the eyes of the strong and couldn't harm the other party.

As Lin Jing took out the Longevity blood, the eyes of the Longevity Body kept captive by the Celestial Lion Race finally showed a trace of fluctuation. Her eyes flickered, looking at Lin Jing, but perhaps having lost the ability to speak, she parted her lips, wanting to say something but unable to.

However, the flicker in her eyes successfully convinced Lin Jing that this person hadn't gone completely mad and still retained a trace of thought!

"Hello."

"Longevity Body."

"My name is Lin Jing..."

"The second Longevity Body in the world, besides you."

"Regrettably, we meet in this way."

Lin Jing slowly walked past her. The Celestial Lion Saintess's eyes turned chaotic and lifeless again, but her mental consciousness was drawn by Lin Jing into another world!!!

A pure white illusionary world.

The Longevity Body stood bewildered in this illusionary world, facing Lin Jing, with a squirrel on his shoulder.

"Here, we can communicate via mind and spirit without worrying about being discovered by others."

"You..." the Longevity Body finally uttered the first word, but before the next moment...

"Kill me."

"Please, kill me," she said softly.

"Is it very painful?" Lin Jing looked at her, and in the illusionary space, the Longevity Body murmured:

"I beg you, kill me..."

Under the celestial control of the Celestial Lion Race, the Longevity Body couldn't even commit suicide. Now, with her consciousness awakened by Lin Jing, her first thought was to ask Lin Jing, who could move freely in front of the Celestial Lion Race, to liberate her.

"Kill you..." Lin Jing pondered slightly, then shook his head, saying: "I'm sorry, but in this Celestial Lion Race's domain, with the Void Profound Demon Ancestor's methods and the vast life force of a Longevity Body, I cannot completely kill you. Even if I temporarily make you lose vitality, you might not truly die, but rather be revived with Great Divine Techniques."

As Lin Jing explained that he couldn't kill her, the hope in the eyes of the Longevity Body gradually turned to deadness.

"How many years of lifespan do you have left?"

Looking at her, Lin Jing asked.

"More than twenty thousand years..." she replied with a voice devoid of emotion.

"That long?" Lin Jing was surprised.

"Have you perfected the Longevity Body?"

The Longevity Body's breath gradually weakened: "Hmm... To give me more life force, the Celestial Lion Ancestor found cultivation methods compatible with the Longevity Body for me..."

Lin Jing understood. Indeed, there are special cultivation methods that only cultivate lifespan. However, most of these methods don't combine combat power and don't upgrade quickly, but for a captive Longevity Body, such considerations are irrelevant.

He shook his head, saying: "Sorry, I can't kill you, nor can I help you escape."

"But it seems the Celestial Lion Race hasn't restricted your cultivation, have they?"

He slowly walked forward, gently pointing a finger on the forehead of the Longevity Body, and in the next moment, a large amount of inherited memory was transmitted into the Longevity Body's mind within the illusion.

"This technique, the Celestial Demon Body, allows you to burn your lifespan to enhance your cultivation realm. However, the Celestial Demon Body is extremely difficult to master. I don't know if you can successfully learn it, but at least... it's something to hold on to."

"I'm leaving. If fate allows, we shall meet again. I have to attend to my own matters now."

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