Beast Tamer Ascension

Vol 3 Chapter 40: The Terrifying Strength of the Little Fire Dragon

The Royal Spirit Ginseng.

After fusion, its form changed from an ordinary ginseng root to that of a small humanoid ginseng doll—a rather unsettling sight.

[Mutated Royal Spirit Ginseng: If consumed by a pregnant woman, her offspring will be born with an Innate Earth Spirit Body.]

The Withered Immortal Herb.

After fusion, it transformed into a brown cactus, with its sharp spines turning pink.

[Mutated Withered Immortal Herb: If all its spines are inserted into one’s acupoints during cultivation, the body will mummify and transform into a corpse cultivator.]

The Earth-Devouring Tree.

After fusing one hundred small, lush saplings, the result was a single grayish tree seedling.

Inside the Beast Taming Space, the Pine Leaf Mouse sat on the ground, drenched in sweat, panting heavily as it stared blankly at the three mutated plants, deep in thought.

Meanwhile, in the outside world…

Lin Jing was seated cross-legged atop a quasi-Demon Emperor-level giant bird, equally silent.

Holy sh*t...

He could feel that the results of this synthesis were something special.

Although the mutations of the Royal Spirit Ginseng and Withered Immortal Herb were still somewhat niche, the Earth-Devouring Tree’s mutated ability was completely unexpected!

After all, his Glazed Immortal Eyes usually mutated ordinary plants into malignant plants and malignant plants into demonic plants…

Yet this time, a malignant plant had instead mutated into a top-tier spiritual plant!

That was unprecedented!

"Is this what they call…?" Lin Jing struggled to find the right phrase to describe his emotions.

The Royal Spirit Ginseng Doll was obviously not suitable as an organ transplant for the Pine Leaf Mouse.

However, its ability to mass-produce Innate Spirit Bodies was undeniably impressive.

Even though Innate Spirit Bodies were considered one of the more basic special physiques in cultivation, they were still highly valuable.

Any cultivator with an Innate Spirit Body had a 100% chance of reaching Foundation Establishment and a high probability of achieving Core Formation.

Although Nascent Soul breakthrough rates remained low, a sect or family that could consistently produce Core Formation cultivators would grow immensely powerful over time.

One or two Innate Earth Spirit Body cultivators weren’t a big deal.

But if an entire family or sect had hundreds of them, their collective power—especially when using Earth-element formation techniques—would be terrifyingly strong.

As for the Mutated Withered Immortal Herb, that was even less suitable for the Pine Leaf Mouse.

It was essentially a method of creating corpse cultivators.

Lin Jing already had Blood Devil Vines for Blood Path summoning techniques, and his Ice Soul Gu was more than enough for controlling undead creatures.

With those two at his disposal, he had no need for another corpse manipulation method.

But the Mutated Earth-Devouring Tree… now that was something special.

Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth.

The Pine Leaf Mouse was already fully optimized in almost every way:

Gold-Wood attribute: Diamondwood granted it immense defense.

Innate Wood attribute: Boosted its vitality and regeneration.

Water-Wood attribute: Mutated Bloodsucking Vines gave it Blood Path summoning abilities, allowing it to command an army of blood beasts to deplete enemies.

Fire-Wood attribute: Explosive Fruit allowed it to unleash devastating fire-element self-destruction techniques.

With offense, defense, regeneration, and summoning all covered, the only missing piece was speed—but that didn’t matter.

The Pine Leaf Mouse had innate space magic to handle that.

So rather than focusing on combat, giving it the ability to manipulate underground spiritual veins and alter cultivation environments seemed like a valuable strategic addition.

"I wonder… If this tree becomes part of the Pine Leaf Mouse's organs, could it plant entire forests inside the Hourglass dimension?"

Lin Jing decided to stop fusing for now and simply use the plant for alchemy research.

"What are you mumbling about?"

On the back of the giant bird, Xu Qingyao suddenly spoke.

The bird was extremely powerful, but it lacked intelligence—it wasn’t a spirit beast, just a puppet mount.

It seemed like it wasn’t her contracted beast, but merely a slave-controlled ride.

Lin Jing slowly turned to her.

"Nothing. Just chatting with my pet beast, bonding a little."

Xu Qingyao gave him a thoughtful look.

"We’re almost at our destination. Let me ask you something."

"Go ahead, Senior Sister."

"Do your pet beasts have cultivation techniques?"

Lin Jing shook his head.

"Techniques suitable for demon beasts are hard to come by. Only one of my pets, a spirit squirrel, has one. It was passed down from the Guardian Deity of Tiandu Peak in the Beast Taming Sect.

The other two… they have no cultivation techniques."

"I see," Xu Qingyao nodded.

"In the Ancient Kingdom, there are very few cultivation techniques available for demon beasts.

However, in the Demon Court, we have an extensive collection of techniques specifically designed for demon beasts!"

"Since your Little Fire Dragon still doesn’t have a technique, you should pick one for it when we arrive.

It’ll greatly enhance its strength and help it form a stronger Monster Core."

"As for your Ice Soul Gu… The Gu God Sect’s Ten Great Gu have special life origins—they aren’t true demon beasts.

Because of that, the Demon Court doesn’t have cultivation techniques suitable for them.

But they don’t need techniques either.

When the Gu God Sect created them, they were already designed to be immortal."

"In other words, their ability to reincarnate upon death—to reform somewhere else in the world—is their innate technique.

It’s essentially a form of Immortal Rebirth."

"I see," Lin Jing nodded, his eyes lighting up.

"Senior Sister, does that mean you can just freely choose techniques from the Demon Court’s treasure vault?"

Xu Qingyao gave him a calm look.

"As the Holy Maiden, I have immense authority.

Most techniques are available upon request, and I can pass them down to my followers."

"This is exactly why many powerful demon beasts willingly follow the Holy Maidens—to secure powerful techniques for themselves and their descendants.

For example, a Demon Emperor once pledged allegiance to me just so I could use my authority to obtain a top-tier demon beast cultivation technique for its offspring.

To put it simply—if you can offer them benefits, they’ll follow you."

She then gave Lin Jing a knowing glance.

"Speaking of which, since you seem so confident in your abilities, would you be willing to put on a show when we arrive?"

"I’ve stationed Beast Taming Sect cultivators in this place, nurturing their disciples and diverting resources away from other followers.

Many of them are already unhappy.

When you arrive, you’ll be taking even more resources.

Their resentment will only grow.

If you want to secure both cultivation resources and access to techniques, you’ll need to shut them up with overwhelming strength.

What do you think?"

Lin Jing chuckled.

"You just want to see how strong I am, don’t you?"

"No problem. I can take on any opponent below the Nascent Soul Stage."

Xu Qingyao blinked.

"Your Little Fire Dragon hasn’t even reached Core Formation yet, right?"

Lin Jing smirked.

"You forgot about the Solar False Core I gave to Senior Brother Ouyang."

"My Little Fire Dragon trained with it as well—so it’s already at a Core Formation equivalent level."

With five types of Exotic Fire, rare beast abilities, Demon Emperor bloodline, and a top-tier False Core technique—

The Little Fire Dragon was, without a doubt, the strongest of his three pet beasts.