Beast Tamer Ascension

Vol 3 Chapter 51: Shocking Bounty

Outer World.

All the Sky Lion demons were chanting the sacrificial text in unison. Just as it came time to offer the Longevity Blood and Flesh, countless demons and cultivators at the scene were suddenly shocked to see a young man slowly floating up from the crowd!!

It was Lin Jing, who had just returned to the crowd from the ceremonial platform!

As he rose into the air, he instantly drew all the attention, causing countless Sky Lion demons to glare at him with rage.

"How dare you!!!"

"Brat, you’re seeking death!!"

The demons and cultivators around Lin Jing were also taken aback, their faces filled with shock and fear as they hastily distanced themselves from him.

At this critical moment of the Sky Lion Clan’s grand ceremony, Lin Jing’s actions were nothing short of sabotage. In their eyes, he was already as good as dead.

"Take him down!!" the Sky Lion Clan Leader roared in fury.

However, in the next instant, as Lin Jing slowly raised his palm and repeated his old trick, a drop of blood exuding a mesmerizing aura appeared. The Sky Lions, who were just about to act, froze in place.

"Longevity Blood???"

Their gazes instantly snapped back to the Holy Maiden standing on the ceremonial platform, but seeing that she remained unchanged, their attention returned to Lin Jing.

"No… this isn't the Holy Maiden’s blood. The aura is completely different," one of the ritual elders spoke in astonishment. "Another Longevity Body’s blood?!"

"Brat, you are..."

Just as Lin Jing was about to introduce himself under everyone’s scrutinizing stares, someone in the crowd recognized him first.

"The Suspended Gourd, the Dao-robed Squirrel... he’s that top prodigy of the Ancient Celestial Kingdom, the one who refined the Ten Rare Gu— Lin Jing!!”

Someone gasped in disbelief, unable to comprehend why he had suddenly appeared at the Sky Lion Clan’s ceremony—let alone why he possessed Longevity Blood!

"Lin Jing?" The Sky Lion experts froze. "That human cultivator wanted by the Yin Corpse Sect??"

Suddenly, their expressions shifted. As if realizing something, the truth dawned upon them.

It wasn’t because of the Ten Rare Gu…

"That’s right. I’m the Lin Jing who’s been hunted by the Yin Corpse Sect and targeted by the two great demonic sects." Lin Jing’s illusion smiled faintly and said, "Sorry for interrupting this grand ancestral ceremony."

"I merely heard that the Sky Lion Clan’s ceremony was particularly grand, so I came here specifically to make an announcement."

"Are you all curious why the Yin Corpse Sect is hunting a mere Beast Tamer like me? It’s very simple. It’s not because I have the Ten Rare Gu, nor is it because I have great potential."

"It’s because—

"I possess a Longevity Body."

"I am the second Longevity Body of this era. To the Yin Corpse Sect, I am of immense value. That is why the demonic sects have placed a bounty on me."

"But I always repay my grudges. Since the Yin Corpse Sect is hunting me, I naturally have to retaliate."

"Unfortunately, my strength is limited, so I can only issue a bounty here, entrusting my friends of the demon world to help me eradicate the demonic sects."

"Anyone who hunts down a Nascent Soul-stage demon cultivator of the Yin Corpse Sect can exchange their remnant Nascent Soul with me for a drop of Longevity Blood."

"Anyone who hunts down a Soul Transformation-stage demon cultivator can exchange their Primordial Spirit Remnant with me for 100 drops of Longevity Blood!"

"And anyone who kills a Void Mystical-stage demon cultivator of the Yin Corpse Sect… can claim any one of my Longevity Organs."

"Oh, right, the Gu God Sect counts too."

"This first bounty will be settled in ten years. At that time, I will be outside the Sky Lion Clan’s territory to redeem the rewards."

As Lin Jing spoke, the entire ancestral ceremony fell into complete silence.

Everyone found it utterly absurd—unimaginable.

Never mind the fact that the top Foundation Establishment prodigy of the Ancient Celestial Kingdom turned out to be a Longevity Body—an earth-shattering revelation…

But he actually came to the Sky Lion Clan’s ancestral ceremony just to issue a bounty on the demonic sects?!

What kind of joke was this?!

How did he dare?!

Disrupting the Sky Lion Clan’s sacred ancestral ceremony—did he really think he could leave alive?

This act was so insane that even the gathered demons couldn’t understand it.

Yet when they looked at Lin Jing, they saw that he seemed dead serious, as if he wasn’t joking at all.

"Brat, you disrupted the Sky Lion Clan’s sacred ceremony, and you think you can walk away unscathed?!"

The Sky Lion Clan Leader let out an angry laugh, though to the surrounding demons and cultivators, it didn’t sound like anger at all—it was pure amusement.

If they hadn’t known who Lin Jing was and had only seen the ceremony being disrupted, they would have been furious.

But now that they knew he was a Longevity Body…

For the Sky Lion Clan, the ceremony being ruined no longer mattered.

A living Longevity Body was far more valuable than any ancestral ceremony.

The Sky Lion Clan already had one Longevity Body in their possession. If they could obtain another… their clan’s fortune would be unimaginable.

But most importantly…

To the Sky Lion Clan Leader, capturing Lin Jing meant he could be bred.

Currently, the Sky Lion Holy Maiden had to keep her blood pure and preserve her vital yin due to the nature of her cultivation, but Lin Jing? He had no such restrictions.

While the Longevity Body was notoriously difficult to pass down through bloodlines, that was in the past.

The Medicine Toad Clan had developed a pill—the Tadpole Pill—which, at least during its demonstration at the Alchemy Conference, ensured a 100% inheritance rate for most cultivation-related physiques.

Although the test subjects had only been ordinary spiritual physiques—not divine physiques, let alone a Longevity Body—the Sky Lion Clan Leader was convinced the pill would significantly increase the chances of inheritance.

As long as they obtained the Tadpole Pill and captured Lin Jing…

It would be a heaven-sent blessing for the Sky Lion Clan!

The Clan Leader locked his gaze onto Lin Jing, only to find that the Longevity Body seemed completely unaware of the danger he was in.

"You disrupted the Sky Lion Clan’s ancestral ceremony…"

"So what?" Lin Jing hovered in midair, completely unfazed by the Clan Leader’s threat. "What, does the Sky Lion Clan want to keep me here as well? Make me the 'Sky Lion Holy Son,' drain my blood day and night to feed your clan?"

"Hahahahahaha—"

"Brat, at least you understand!!!"

The Sky Lion Clan Leader’s body began to expand, his voice booming. "Don’t worry! As the 'Sky Lion Holy Son,' the Yin Corpse Sect will never dare touch you again!!"

As he spoke, he reached out with a massive claw to seize Lin Jing.

But neither he nor anyone else noticed…

Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Mouse were mere illusions.

Even Avatar Techniques had telltale signs, but Lin Jing’s illusions were flawless—absolutely undetectable.

Sizzle.

Lin Jing pinched his fingers together, calmly incinerating his own Longevity Blood.

Just as he was about to self-destruct—

BOOM!!!

A terrifying aura erupted.

The Sky Lion Clan Leader, a Soul Transformation peak expert, suddenly had his arm severed by an unknown force!

His expression turned to utter shock as he looked in a certain direction—

There, the Sky Lion Holy Maiden, who had been lifeless as a puppet, was now surging with unimaginable power.

The very space around her twisted and shattered.

She raised her head, a gleam appearing in her once-empty eyes.

Under countless stunned gazes, her cultivation had ascended to the Void Mystical Stage!

"Thank you… for your secret art."

She gazed at Lin Jing, who was frozen midair, dumbfounded.