CHAPTER 344: CHAPTER 41: STONE MAN GU

After learning the whereabouts of Ling Yue Sword Immortal, Lin Jing patted his butt and went to find the Abbot of Bodhi Temple.

"I, the Saint Heir, came with sincerity. How long does your Buddhist sect need to discuss? My time is also precious. If it’s not possible, then forget it."

Compared to the green Bodhi Tree, the key to activating the Immortal Artifact was obviously more important. Lin Jing did not want such a treasure to fall into the hands of the Nether Hall.

As far as he knew, the Hall Master of Nether Hall and Sect Leader of Yin Corpse Sect were brothers, taught by the same master.

This was a rarely known secret. Lin Jing didn’t know it at first, until the Demon Emperor told him after the Yin Corpse Sect was destroyed.

Let’s assume these two brothers have a good relationship...

Since the Nether Hall was also a potential enemy, Lin Jing naturally wouldn’t give it the chance to grow stronger.

"Saint Heir, please don’t be anxious." The Abbot of Bodhi Temple smiled in the face of Lin Jing, who came to find him.

"The old monk has already asked for instructions from the Buddha Lord. It shouldn’t be long before we get a response..."

"I don’t have time to wait. Once you get a response, send the Bodhi Tree directly to this location." Lin Jing threw out a map.

The incarnation of the Buddha Lord was discussing the spreading of Buddhism to the Demon Race with the incarnation of the Demon Emperor from the Demon Court. A Bodhi Tree, just a favor, Lin Jing didn’t think the Buddha Lord would refuse.

He didn’t intend to wait here any longer and planned to head towards Martial Emperor City with Gao Sheng to catch up with Ling Yue Sword Immortal.

"The old monk understands. As soon as the Buddha Lord agrees, Bodhi Temple will immediately send the Holy Tree." The Abbot of Bodhi Temple put his palms together, also curious about what Lin Jing was in such a hurry to do.

......

That day, a huge space vortex appeared above Bodhi Temple, and nine Thunder Dragons pulled a Spiritual Boat flying out from it.

In terms of cultivation, the prodigies of the Thunder Dragon Race might only be Nascent Soul, but in terms of speed, even ordinary Divinity Transformation Cultivators might not surpass them.

"Whoa." Even though Gao Sheng was a Second Generation Immortal, he had never seen such a formation. Let alone him, even his Divinity Transformation grandfather did not have the privilege of having nine prodigies of the Thunder Dragon Race pull a carriage.

"Thank you, brothers, for your hard work." After boarding the Flying Boat with Lin Jing’s clone, Gao Sheng muttered to the Thunder Dragon prodigies.

"Hold tight, we’re heading out." Lin Jing smiled, whereupon the Thunder Dragons roared, accompanied by flashes of lightning and booming thunder, and the Flying Boat, like a celestial light, traversed the clouds high above.

With the help of the nine Thunder Dragon prodigies, their travel speed was exceptionally fast. In just a few days, they arrived at the edge of the Western Desert and saw from a distance the city known as the world’s number one city, Martial Emperor City.

This Martial Emperor City was vast and magnificent, surrounded by walls tens of meters high. It fully deserved the name of a city-shaped Immortal Artifact, much more splendid than the capital of an Ancient Country.

"Let’s go down." On the Flying Boat, Lin Jing spoke to Gao Sheng.

In Martial Emperor City, although entry was not as strict as the capital of an Ancient Country, it was still only lenient for the Human Race. For the prodigies of the Thunder Dragon Race, Lin Jing had them wait in place. This time, he was only looking for Ling Yue Sword Immortal, there was no need to enter the city flamboyantly.

He and Gao Sheng walked together, heading towards the city gate of Martial Emperor City. As they approached, Lin Jing also saw the symbolic Stone Man Legion of Martial Emperor City!

On the city walls, numerous stone soldiers stood, watching over the outside of the city. Each stone man looked like a battle-hardened military general, carrying a bloodthirsty aura.

"By the way, you should have three kinds of strange Gu on you now, right?" Seeing the Stone Man Legion, Gao Sheng couldn’t help but ask.

"The Thunder Tribulation Gu of Elder Lei Gu from Gu God Sect should have also died in Heaven-Reaching City, did you get it too?"

Lin Jing nodded: "Yes, three types already, I just don’t know if I’ll have a chance to collect the other strange Gu..."

"This Martial Emperor City, it seems, does have the Stone Man Gu, but it’s hard to get it..."

Right now, the stone soldiers on the walls of Martial Emperor City were the masterpieces of one of the top ten strange Gu, the Stone Man Gu.

The core of the Stone Man Gu was the "Petrification Poison", capable of completely petrifying the life forms affected, turning them into slaves controlled by the Gu worm.

However, the unsolvable aspect of the Stone Man Gu did not lie in this point.

The Stone Man Gu was a type of earth-escaping, worm-like poison insect, therefore, the vessel of the Stone Man Gu had an almost unsolvable Earth Escape Technique, capable of burrowing deep underground to live, hide, and cultivate. This Earth Escape Technique ensured that the vessel of the Stone Man Gu could evade the threats of most powerful enemies.

Additionally, the Gu poison of the Stone Man Gu could quickly "kill the Earth Vein", allowing the Spirit Vein to be poisoned, and it was effective not only on people but also on Earth Veins, thus, using this Gu to destroy the foundation of a sect was very convenient and difficult to defend against.

"This is, in fact, both simple and complicated." Beside him, Gao Sheng spoke.

"Though the Stone Man Gu is in the hands of the City Lord’s Mansion of Martial Emperor City, the Martial Emperor, the City Lord, surely looks down on such things."

"Precisely because of this, after Martial Emperor City got the Stone Man Gu, it has always been used by different cultivators of the City Lord’s Mansion."

"The current owner of the Stone Man Gu is the youngest disciple of the Martial Emperor, Emperor Renzong of the Wan Dynasty."

"It’s said that this Emperor Renzong is belligerent by nature and prefers matches with stakes. I wonder if he has the guts to use the Stone Man Gu, given to him by his senior brother, as a stake."

"This Stone Man Gu, a few years ago, was still in his senior brother’s hands, but once the Golden Rankings were released, to make the junior disciple more powerful, they gave the Stone Man Gu to him."

Lin Jing laughed: "You mean to let me, a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, challenge the sixth-ranked on the Golden Rankings in terms of fortune, the successor of the Martial Emperor, Emperor Renzong, whose cultivation is now at the initial stage of Divinity Transformation?"

Emperor Renzong, though the youngest among the four successors of the Martial Emperor, also had cultivation that reached the initial stage of Divinity Transformation!

Gao Sheng laughed and scratched his head, saying: "That’s why I said, it’s both simple and complicated."

"However, this is indeed a solution. If the Stone Man Gu were still in the hands of the other three Void Refinement Stage successors of the Martial Emperor, I would have a hard time obtaining it, but if it’s in the hands of this Divinity Transformation Stage youngest successor, maybe I can really entice him to a gamble..."

"Huh?" Gao Sheng was stunned, are you serious? Golden Core versus Divinity Transformation? No, that’s not right, Lin Jing’s Dragon Carp has already reached Nascent Soul, so it’s Nascent Soul versus Divinity Transformation?

Lin Jing glanced at him, saying: "I might as well try. If I can’t win, I can always become Divinity Transformation too."

Now that his Celestial Demon Body had formed, he was planning to temporarily reach Divinity Transformation Stage to make trouble for Prince Gu and the Ancient Clan Princess. Incidentally, taking on the successor of the Martial Emperor wasn’t out of the question. However, it’s based on the premise that the youngest successor of the Martial Emperor would agree to gamble with him.

Walking all the way, the two paid the Spirit Stones for entering the city and successfully entered Martial Emperor City, but just as they entered the city, Lin Jing suddenly remembered something.

Lin Jing hesitated a moment, saying: "I almost forgot, I had slain a prodigy of Martial Emperor City while inside a Grotto Heaven. Although I used a false identity then, it wouldn’t be hard for someone to associate it with me by today... I found out that the blood relatives of the opponent have always wanted revenge, saying something like their enmity for their son’s death being irreconcilable. Am I walking into a trap now?"