CHAPTER 48: CHAPTER 47: DEMON SUPPRESSION TOWER

After obtaining the Beast Taming Artifact, Lin Jing once again expressed gratitude to Elder Mo and loyalty to the sect, declaring that in life he is a person of the Beast Taming Sect, and in death a ghost of it. Even if reincarnated into the animal realm, he would still wish to be a beast of the Beast Taming Sect, causing Elder Mo a moment of silence.

"Alright, I know you love the sect, but you lack the composure that ought to come with your Longevity Body. Let me send you back," Elder Mo said.

"Thank you, Elder Mo, but we can return on our own." Lin Jing wanted to pass by Cloud Cultivation Peak to test the recent training results with the Pine Leaf Mouse.

"It’s a trivial task." With the immense power of a Golden Core Stage, the Black Bear Monster could blow away the little mouse with a single breath, and Elder Mo could easily send Lin Jing and his companions flying with a slap.

"Then please trouble Elder Mo to send us to Cloud Cultivation Peak," Lin Jing said.

"Cloud Cultivation Peak?" Elder Mo queried, puzzled: "What are you going there for... huh, the Squirrel Heaven Jump?"

Suddenly reminded of something, he said, "I almost forgot about that place. Do you already know the history of the Pine Leaf Mouse clan and the matter of that sect’s Guardian God Beast?"

"Yes, last time when Senior Brother Ouyang and I passed Cloud Cultivation Peak, the Pine Leaf Mouse tried to jump but failed. It has been training hard in recent days, and I plan to take it again," Lin Jing explained.

"I see..." Elder Mo seemed interested, "Very well, I’ll take you there."

With those words, Lin Jing felt a dizziness before realizing he had arrived at the Squirrel Heaven Jump location, with Elder Mo standing by, not appearing to intend to leave. "You may begin," he said to Lin Jing.

Lin Jing, unconcerned with onlookers, immediately summoned the Pine Leaf Mouse, housed previously within the space artifact due to its "Innate Earth and Wood Sacred Body."

"I’ve been training with you for several days. Can you try again on your own family record?" Lin Jing asked.

"Squeak?" The Pine Leaf Mouse stood on the ground, looked around, and upon recognizing their return to Cloud Cultivation Peak, its green eyes sparkled with confidence. It had endured the torments of many demons and ghosts to bolster its resolve to leap here.

Having faced these terrifying challenges, its heart had become as calm as still water.

This growth filled it with confidence.

Whoosh!

The Pine Leaf Mouse summoned the largest red leaf and leapt onto it. With a flash of red light, it soared into the sky. Elder Mo, witnessing this, was not surprised, fully aware of the abilities of this mouse.

"A leap is still a leap..." he murmured, not as shortsighted as Senior Brother Ouyang.

Unfortunately, this attempt only managed a slightly higher leap than the previous one before the Pine Leaf Mouse, grimacing, was overwhelmed by the powerful pressure again, descending in a spin like a wind-and-fire wheel.

"Elder Mo! Please catch it!" Lin Jing exclaimed, once more requesting intervention. Elder Mo casually caught the dazed Pine Leaf Mouse by his side.

Having failed the jump again, the Pine Leaf Mouse vomited, struck as if by a bolt from the blue, not because it couldn’t activate its own family record but because the illusion training might need to persist for a while longer...

"Failed, did it?" Elder Mo shook his head, "Even a Treasure Beast failed. What was the second sect leader’s close friend thinking? Is there really a Pine Leaf Mouse that can succeed?"

"Perhaps, once it establishes Foundations and evolves a Demon King bloodline, it will succeed," Lin Jing suggested. "Or perhaps, Elder Mo, does the sect have a place specifically for honing one’s mind power?"

In recent days, he had found that the illusions’ training effect on the Pine Leaf Mouse was waning, mainly because the Pine Leaf Mouse, knowing in advance of the illusion, had grown somewhat immune after several exposures.

This kind of illusion magic is most effective when first confronting an enemy.

"A place for honing the mind..." Elder Mo hesitated, "There is indeed one place, even mentioned to you before."

"The Great Wilderness Demon Suppression Tower?" Lin Jing surmised.

"Exactly," Elder Mo nodded, "That Buddhist Cultivator Honored Guest Elder from the Demon Extermination Bureau, to thank the four great sects for their assistance, and for their agreement to help guard the Demon Suppression Tower, left behind a special Divine Technique before departing."

"The Demon Suppression Tower is divided into multiple levels, each with an array to absorb demon power from the subterranean demons, keeping them weak and unable to cultivate or resist."

"And this demon power, on specific levels, is converted into the pressure of demons that impacts intruders."

"It’s not through this demon pressure that intruders hone their minds, but anyone who withstands the pressure of the demon, will trigger the special Divine Technique left by the Buddhist Cultivator in the Demon Suppression Tower, bestowing Buddha’s light upon them, strengthening their mind."

"This, too, is to help cultivate more cultivators in the four great sects capable of extermination and guarding the path. So that when they face demons and evil forces in the future, they will have the courage to confront them."

Lin Jing found this place promising, "Elder Mo, may the Pine Leaf Mouse and I enter?"

"No way!" Elder Mo’s beard bristled, "The demon pressure in the Demon Suppression Tower is not something a Qi Cultivation Stage Cultivator can endure. I told you before, the Beast Taming Sect’s three secret techniques demand high soul strength for Immortal Rebirth, so generally, only disciples who’ve established Foundations and become True Inheritors are qualified to enter the Demon Suppression Tower to hone their minds in preparation for learning the Immortal Rebirth technique."

"If it’s just enduring the pressure of Foundation Establishment demons... given its current state, it shouldn’t be difficult," Lin Jing said, eyeing the Pine Leaf Mouse, and addressing Elder Mo.

"As for myself, I’m actually fine too." The transformed figure, after the Black Bear Monster took the first batch of mutated Dragon Bone Flower for research, once told him, that not only is the transformed image’s pressure very strong, but it can also withstand a certain amount of pressure, as long as the enemies don’t actually attack, it’s incredibly lifelike.

With that, he transformed into a towering figure of a Buddha, sitting on a lotus throne, exuding a transcendental aura like the most noble deity on earth, dignified and grand, with relic light emanating from behind, forty-two white beams linking north and south, illuminating the entire mountain peak.

"Mo Wuya!!!" The Tathagata Buddha opened his eyes, gently raised his hand, and the terrifying pressure enveloped Elder Mo, causing his pupils to shrink instantly, breaking into a cold sweat.

"I am the Buddha of the Immortal Realm, caught in a treacherous plot by a powerful enemy, forced to reincarnate in this world. Currently, just 50 Spirit Stones away from reopening the ascension path. If you help me return to the Immortal Realm, I will richly reward you," the Buddha’s voice resonated.

Elder Mo was startled, but upon hearing the squirrel’s laughter, he suddenly remembered, "This is the illusion magic you comprehended in Bodhi Heaven, so lifelike, its power rivals that of an ancestral figure in our sect."

"Elder, impose the pressure on me," Lin Jing finished, and Elder Mo nodded, releasing his Golden Core pressure on Lin Jing. However, under the exceptionally intricate illusion formed from purple True Qi, against the sketched power comparable to a Nascent Soul Ancestor, Elder Mo’s pressure had little impact on Lin Jing.

It was as if Lin Jing’s illusion had not only deceived the enemy but also himself.

"So defying..." Seeing this, Elder Mo didn’t expect Lin Jing’s realization of the magic in Bodhi Heaven to be so formidable. He couldn’t help but say, "If that’s the case, you both can indeed enter the suppression tower, to use the Divine Technique of the Buddha’s light to strengthen your minds! Ordinary demon pressure has no effect on either of you."

Lin Jing reverted to his original form, "That’s great. By the way, Elder... Those demons have been sealed for so many years, they won’t be loosening just as we arrive, suddenly breaking free, will they?" "Absolutely not."