Vol 6 Chapter 45: Return of the Wanderer
Lin Jing returned to his territory. With Gu Qianqiu holding down the fort in the Origin Realm, only Senior Mo Pine and Mosquito Woman remained here.
With just a sweep of his divine consciousness, he immediately knew that Senior Mo Pine had reached the peak of Seeking the Dao, and even Mosquito Woman had achieved Great Perfection of Void Mystical Stage—their cultivation realms were actually higher than his own, the master...
The Origin Realm truly misleads people!
As the divine consciousness swept over them, Mo Pine was the first to detect the anomaly, shocked by the overwhelming power of this spiritual awareness. Meanwhile, Mosquito Woman, who was training troops, revealed an expression of pleasant surprise.
During Lin Jing's tenure overseeing the Origin Realm, he hadn't shortchanged Mosquito Woman on resources. Her failure to reach Seeking the Dao was simply because the Mosquito Beast Army she needed to cultivate was too massive, causing her own resources to be spread too thin.
If leading the Mosquito Beast Army, she might be able to exhibit combat power at the Seeking the Dao level.
"It's that kid returning."
As he saw Lin Jing appear, Mo Pine, who had taken root here, showed an expression that said "just as expected," while simultaneously feeling inwardly astonished. Lin Jing was only at the early Void Mystical Stage in cultivation, so why did that sweeping divine consciousness power make him feel threatened?
It seemed that with just divine consciousness alone, it could already injure him!Did it contain Immortal Power?
Thanks to Lin Jing and Gu Qianqiu, Mo Pine had used plenty of immortal energy too, and he was certain it wasn't just simple Immortal Power.
Actually, what Mo Pine sensed from Lin Jing originated from his Immortal Physique. Possessing the Immortal Physique, from a life hierarchy perspective, Lin Jing had already reached immortal class relative to lower realm beings, possessing natural pressure over them.
"I'm back."
"Welcome back, Master." Mosquito Woman descended and half-knelt, looking at Lin Jing with utmost respect.
"Kid, your power growth is quite extraordinary. Maintaining at the Nascent Soul Transformation stage for so long in a place like the Origin Realm, yet you can still improve your combat power so dramatically." Mo Pine manifested a treant form and walked over step by step, looking at Lin Jing.
"Your choice to become an enemy of Fangjie just to dominate the Origin Realm was indeed correct."
"Just some other opportunities, that's all." Lin Jing smiled slightly.
"Really hateful. Do you know about the current situation in the Tianyuan Realm now?" Mo Pine asked.
"I know. About the Spirit King, right? Senior, are you a match for that Spirit King?"
"Heh, what do you think."
Lin Jing smiled and shook his head, knowing he wouldn't get an answer and stopped caring. He knew Senior Mo Pine had no interest in dealing with any Spirit King; what he feared more was not knowing when Demon Emperor Tianchou would attack.
Compared to spirit creatures, the Heavenly Demon Realm terrified him more.
"The Spirit King, I'll handle it. But before that, I need to improve my cultivation realm."
"It'll be quick."
"Also, Mosquito Woman, bring me that pet beast egg."
"Yes!" Mosquito Woman teleported away and returned in an instant, holding up a white egg which she handed to Lin Jing.
"Improve it, improve it." Senior Mo Pine waved his branch-like arms. In terms of cultivation, Lin Jing had indeed delayed too much.
Nearly a thousand years had passed, and even the prodigies from the same generation as the Spirit King had reached Seeking the Dao without issue.
"By the way."
Just as Lin Jing was about to enter seclusion, Mo Pine said: "A hundred years ago, that turtle of yours independently upgraded and broke through to the Seeking the Dao realm. Not long after breaking through, it successfully smuggled itself into a 'Pocket Realm.'"
"Right now, it should still be exploring various Pocket Realms. You can recall it. Who knows how many good things this damned turtle has stolen! So many treasures, and when I tried to ask for some, it was stingy as a ghost, saying it was saving them for you!!"
Lin Jing was momentarily stunned, having almost forgotten about the turtle...
Mainly because he hadn't sensed its presence when he first arrived in Tianyuan.
If it had already cracked some Pocket Realms and was inside Pocket Realm space, that would explain things.
"It was originally a ghost to begin with." Lin Jing said before closing his eyes, fully expanding his divine consciousness... Qingzhou, Eastern Sea, Ancient Kingdom—all in an instant...
Under the enhancement of his Immortal Physique and Void Mystical power, his divine consciousness descended upon various places in Tianyuan like a pair of divine eyes.
The sweep of divine consciousness over his own territory directly alarmed some perceptive cultivators, especially the Spirit King who had currently settled in the Western Deserts, taken this place as his territory, and driven out the Buddhist sect. He suddenly opened his eyes.
"An illusion?"
He had perfectly inherited his father Meteor Spirit Beast's form, resembling a stone figure, while his skin tone was inherited from his mother Lady Nethersoil—pitch black like charcoal. The Spirit King's unusual movement made many nearby spirit creatures prostrate themselves, kneeling in devout worship.
A moment later.
Lin Jing's powerful divine consciousness finally broke through the spatial limitations of Tianyuan. In the past, no one—not even Great Dao Comprehension experts—could investigate the Pocket Realms, but Lin Jing directly located them through his Immortal Physique-enhanced divine consciousness.
Following the contract connection, Lin Jing successfully sensed the Mechanized Turtle currently exploring within a certain Pocket Realm.
"!" Sensing its master's return, the Mechanized Turtle was exceptionally overjoyed. Without another word, it left the Pocket Realm and headed straight for Qingzhou.
Success...
Seeing that he had successfully found the Mechanized Turtle in a Pocket Realm through his divine consciousness and contract connection, Lin Jing chuckled. If that was the case, then it meant that as long as his divine consciousness was powerful enough, someday he could also use his connection with his incarnation to find the way back to Earth.
"Master!"
The Mechanized Turtle excitedly returned through a torn space. Through their contract, Lin Jing sensed its progress.
This guy...
Without him around for several hundred years, through self-study, it had actually upgraded and transformed itself to this extent.
Mid-Seeking the Way stage.
The Dao it cultivated—the Dao of Wandering.
This was the Mechanized Turtle's Dao. Even as an artificial mechanical lifeform, even after signing a contract with a beast tamer, it remained elusive without fixed abode, wandering everywhere as its way of life.
Though it couldn't accompany its master like other pet beasts, it absolutely had to play a greater role than other pet beasts.
Other pet beasts were the light that accompanied their master, while it endured loneliness, being the shadow that brought back turning opportunities for its master at critical moments.
Reaching Seeking the Dao through the Dao of Wandering gave the Mechanized Turtle extremely special enhancements.
As long as it wasn't by Lin Jing's side, its spatial attainments would receive tremendous improvement.
It was precisely by relying on the special mechanical materials sent from the Origin Realm over all these years, using Immortal Power as an energy source, combined with this Dao of Wandering, that enabled the Mechanized Turtle to successfully smuggle itself into the Pocket Realms with the help of spatial attribute immortal artifacts.
"This is..."
Seeing the gold, silver, and emerald green Bodhi Tree the Mechanized Turtle brought out, watching as it took out one resource after another that could greatly enhance strength, Lin Jing suddenly understood how much effort this Mechanized Turtle had made over the past thousand years to ensure he could defeat Demon Emperor Tianchou.
The Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse and others jumped out one by one. Seeing the treasures brought back by the Mechanized Turtle, they took deep breaths, all utterly astonished.
So much.
And each one was a rare treasure.
Even managing to steal back three Bodhi Trees as large as bodhis—how did it accomplish that?
Lin Jing had stacked various enhancements, but in terms of comprehension improvement, nothing had ever surpassed the boost of the Golden Bodhi Tree. Now they struck it rich. These... were things even the Cultivation Alliance coveted, the absolute foundational resources of the Tianyuan Realm.