After returning to the academy, Lin Jing felt a profound sense of relaxation. He had cultivated here even longer than at the Beast Taming Sect. Calling it his second sect wouldn't be an exaggeration. However, it's a bit regrettable that he was a Saint Heir at the Beast Taming Sect, but not here; besides, he'd never heard of an academy having a position like Saint Heir.

At this moment, having completed all his preparations, Lin Jing didn't want to think about anything else. He just wanted to achieve his Foundation Establishment as soon as possible. After years of cultivation, the day of breaking through to a major realm was right before his eyes. In the Cultivation Realm, it was commonly believed that only after reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage could one be considered to have truly entered the grand gates of cultivation. After all, only upon reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage does one's lifespan start to significantly differ from that of ordinary people. Although Lin Jing doesn't adhere to this rule, he's longed for the Foundation Establishment Stage.

There's nothing to be done; the Beast Taming Sect's three True Inheritor Secret Techniques require the Foundation Establishment Stage to cultivate. Most magic and secret techniques become easier to cultivate as one advances in realms. He has a pile of secret techniques in his storage bag waiting for him to learn.

"With a Qi Cultivation base, I seized the top spot on the Prodigy List using ten rare Gu, and the latent dragon fortune I've accumulated over the past few days is hundreds of times what it once was and is still continually growing. Few in the history of the Prodigy List could match my current fame. I must make good use of the latent dragon secret technique; it was worth exposing the existence of the Ice Soul Gu!"

Lin Jing landed on the mountain peak of the cave dwelling, with a red-leaf squirrel on his right shoulder and a flying flame dragon carp to his left.

The Squirrel dozed off, thinking that the cross-regional teleportation array was too boring. So many Spirit Stones were wasted, and yet it took less than a second to reach the destination. It hadn't comprehended anything before arriving.

"Bloop~" The dragon carp didn't care about the Path of Space. It just wanted to transform into a dragon as soon as possible, twisting its body and looking eagerly at Lin Jing.

"Not only do you want it, but so do I."

"Stay here, don't move."

"I'll help you achieve Foundation Establishment right away! Not a moment to lose."

Having set up the array barrier, Lin Jing immediately flew to the mountaintop, with a wave of his grand sleeve, a vast latent dragon fortune flowed out like spring water, and the materialized dragon-shaped fortune fell like a waterfall from the peak to the ground.

"Fortune transforms into a waterfall."

"If not now, then when?" Lin Jing spoke, unleashing the power of fortune for the dragon carp to absorb.

The dragon carp had never seen such a magnitude of fortune power before, its pupils couldn't help but flash with light.

"After transforming into a dragon, I will be the strongest..." it uttered in human words, celebrating with difficulty. For its intelligence, which used to forget things at the drop of a hat, to have learned to speak human language by now is quite a significant progress.

"To grow stronger…" As the Dragon Race bloodline strengthened, the dragon carp's obsession with strengthening itself had reached nearly a compulsive level.

This noble bloodline made the dragon carp no longer wish to be merely a "spectator." It deeply desired to compete with the prodigies of myriad races.

Boom!

The dragon carp ascended the waterfall, diving into the fortune waterfall, absorbing the latent dragon fortune to strengthen its bloodline and compressing its dragon-shaped flame True Qi for Foundation Establishment evolution!

"The strongest?" Lin Jing's left shoulder transformed into snow and ice, from which an ice crystal spider crawled out. Ice Soul Gu crawled next to the Squirrel and said, "What do you think?"

"After the carp achieves Foundation Establishment, compared to us, who is stronger or weaker?"

"Squeak…" The Squirrel glanced at the Ice Soul Gu, does it matter?

The stronger the dragon carp, the higher the alchemy level, and the higher the alchemy level, the more efficient the alchemy process. For the Squirrel, who already had boxes of pills, the stronger the dragon carp, the happier it was!

Everyone's on the same assembly line, so who's stronger isn't that important. The Squirrel couldn't care less about the dragon carp and Ice Soul Gu waving the banner of battle as long as its stockpile of resources was untouched.

But seeing how eager the Ice Soul Gu was to learn, the Squirrel didn't mind giving it an analysis.

"Squeak…!"

Although the two of them, one a Treasure Beast with the true form of a Demon King, and the other one of the ten rare Gu with the Demon Emperor's bloodline, yet…

Whether it's wood-element like it or ice-element like the Ice Soul Gu, they are both restrained by the fire-element dragon carp.

Moreover, now that the dragon carp had awakened the fire-element Treasure Beast Divine Technique focused on attack, it was a different flame divine technique inherited from an Immortal. Ultimately, the ten rare Gu were creations of lower realm cultivators, how could they compete with a Treasure Beast from an Immortal's legacy?

In addition to all that, the Squirrel wasn't proficient in combat, and the Ice Soul Gu wasn't good at fighting alone either. They could only demonstrate their strongest power when merged with a vessel. If the dragon carp after its dragon transformation achieved an emperor-level bloodline, then…

"What? I'd be the weakest again?" The Ice Soul Gu couldn't accept it.

After the Squirrel's analysis, the Ice Soul Gu felt that even with more captured pets, its disadvantage was still apparent.

"Can Gu insects devour each other? Boss, can you capture the other nine rare Gu for me to devour? If I could devour my siblings, I might become the Gu God..." the Ice Soul Gu suggested to Lin Jing.

"You better just go back to sleep and stay out of trouble." Lin Jing pushed the Ice Soul Gu back. What's capturing the other nine rare Gu for it to devour supposed to mean?

The other nine rare Gu were either in the hands of Divinity Transformation or Void Profound cultivators of the Gu God Sect or in the hands of strong cultivators of the Demon Extermination Bureau; where could he capture them?

"Perfect, this Ice Soul Gu is becoming more and more like Elder Mo Song. One little devil, one old demon."

Actually contemplating devouring the other rare Gu…

Lin Jing let this unrealistic suggestion dissipate from his mind, focusing all his attention on the dragon carp leaping the dragon gate.

"Hehehe."

At that moment, a laugh suddenly came from the void.

"In consideration of the many pills you've refined for me, this old man will lend a helping hand as well."

"This is the blood of a manifestation of the South Mountain Demon Emperor, also considered Demon Emperor's Blood, which I have refined into Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid. It's now for you to enhance your bloodline!"

As the words fell, countless blood water appeared in the fortune waterfall flowing down from the mountaintop, dyeing the waterfall a blood-red color. The combination of both illusory and tangible aids for the dragon carp's evolution provided enormous benefits to the dragon carp climbing within it.

"Roar!!!" The dragon carp was moved.

With a dragon's roar, both the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid refined from the Demon Emperor's Blood and the latent dragon fortune provided by Lin Jing were absorbed by the dragon carp at an incredible speed. Under the continuous compression of True Qi within it, a dazzling red light spread across its entire body, with countless clouds appearing around like they were set ablaze!

"Roar!!!"

The dragon roar continued, and in the boundless fiery clouds, a fire-red divine dragon, dozens of meters long, scuttled and soared. Its body seemed to be forged from the purest flames, shining with a radiant and mysterious glow!

"Has it successfully transformed into a dragon?" Below, Lin Jing took a deep breath, watching the dragon carp with a surprised expression...

No, now calling it a Fire Kirin Dragon seems more fitting!

Its scales, each like a meticulously carved ruby, not only emitted a scorching aura but also contained endless power and majesty. Ascending along its body to the dragon's head, its twin pupils resembled two blazing suns, deep and bright. A mere glance could instill an awe and reverence from ancient times.

The bloodline level had risen to an inconceivable degree, even beyond the suppression of Lin Jing's Beast Taming Body!

Under Lin Jing's unwavering gaze, the dragon carp spread its wings wide, as vast and boundless as if they were two burning wings, slicing through the long sky, embodying fiery red trails that extended across the sky, making it shine more brightly.

The Squirrel on Lin Jing's shoulder blinked.

At the same time, the Ice Soul Gu poking out also blinked, feeling as if Lin Jing's blood was boiling hot like lava due to the dragon carp's Flame Power, affecting and finally balancing against it.

"Strong as an emperor-level bloodline, no surprise, but the regression actually isn't very thorough, how high was its qilin ancestor's cultivation level?" ... Nearby, Lin Jing's Qi Cultivation surged as if it ignited, and with the feedback from the pills refined in the contract's power, his strength generated endlessly. His cultivation level, stuck at the bottleneck of the twelfth level of Qi Cultivation, finally leaped to the thirteenth level, a feat almost unheard of.

The dragon carp's surge to Dragon Race level oppressed the Squirrel, who wiped away its sweat.

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