Immortal through Beast Taming-Chapter 586 - 41: The Gatekeeper of the New Era, Tony Lin

Chapter 586: Chapter 41: The Gatekeeper of the New Era, Tony Lin

After listening to Lin Jing’s analysis, Aunt Fang and Uncle Fang were visibly flustered.

Possession?

They looked at their daughter. Is this what they understood it to mean?

"How could something like this happen?" Aunt Fang looked at Lin Jing as if she had grasped a lifeline: "Xiao Jing, since you can see the problem, there must be a solution, right?"

"Honestly, I have no way to lift the curse on you." Lin Jing shook his head.

Fang Shuyao couldn’t hold back: "How can you identify a problem just by a single strand of hair, and then say you can’t resolve it? That’s no different from saying nothing at all."

"Xiao Yao!" Uncle Fang gave his daughter another stern look.

"I’m not wrong... Even if what he says is true, the Silver Disease is nothing, as long as we just slack off and don’t get chosen as the possession target."

"What you say isn’t without reason." Lin Jing wasn’t concerned about her tone. After all, they were unrelated to him, and he was only here to resolve some karma.

"However, those infected with Silver Disease might be able to devour each other. Even if you slack off and don’t cultivate, you could still become fodder for others to enhance their strength."

"Do you want to become someone else’s stepping stone?" Lin Jing chuckled.

"You..."

"Don’t be impatient. Although I can’t, the caster of the spell surely can."

He slowly stood up and looked at the family.

"Give me some time to investigate the situation."

"If things go well, the Silver Disease can be resolved soon."

These old folks haven’t regained their strength yet, so Lin Jing was confident that he could get them to show him some respect...

With a casual wave of his hand, a gigantic spatial passage appeared in mid-air, resembling a wormhole leading to another dimension.

Lin Jing walked right in, disappearing from the spot. The amazing technique left the three in disbelief... wait... just...

Did he just leave like that?

What kind of departure is that...

Fang Shuyao was also dumbfounded, staring at the vanishing portal, unsure how Lin Jing achieved it.

"It’s truly an Immortal technique..." Fang father took a deep breath.

"Yaoyao, you saw it, right? I told you, the ancestral cultivation techniques can’t be inferior to these Western transcendent evolutions. Can your teachers do what he just did?"

Fang father got excited all of a sudden, saying, "We must go back to the country; I also want to cultivate! To become a Sword Immortal!"

The Lin family’s child... is more impressive than imagined.

"I don’t know." Fang Shuyao shook her head, equally amazed. In the West, practitioners are collectively referred to as transcendents, and their paths of cultivation are quite different from the East.

Lin Jing had actually long seen through it all. The paths, though different, lead to the same destination, all about the utilization of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, merely under different names, just like how different Cultivators exhibit different forms of power depending on their Cultivation Techniques.

"Let me ask." Fang Shuyao had an official chat app from Transcendence School where they could converse.

She suddenly posed a question, causing no major ripple.

"Is there any teacher here? I’d like to ask, at what stage of cultivation can one open a spatial channel and roam freely like in sci-fi movies?"

Moments later, an enthusiastic teacher responded.

"Oh, Fang student, your question is excellent. According to ancient texts, a transcendent would need to reach at least the sixth stage, LV.6, to manipulate space... But that’s already the stuff of legendary deities... far beyond our reach. Even the strongest transcendent is only at the LV.2 stage. But although it feels distant, it’s our common goal..."

Looking at the text, her mind seemed to freeze up.

......

Lin Jing judged correctly; indeed, such a sealed ancient corpse existed. After it underwent mutation, it was sealed by this nation’s government and isolated in an underground laboratory a hundred meters deep, guarded by many transcendents.

"Remnants of an old era, not few in number, one, two, three... even dozens, or hundreds."

"Though their current state isn’t great, I’m not afraid of them, but I don’t have the ability to find each one."

"Indeed, I can only leave behind an incarnation to act as the Gatekeeper of this new era. With the incarnation, these remnants of the old era can’t stir up trouble in the short term... If something arises that even the incarnation can’t handle, then let the incarnation... retreat into the imperial tomb to ensure peace."

With Illusion Magic on him, Lin Jing directly descended into this mysterious underground research institute, unnoticed by anyone.

While many researchers were busy with their work, Lin Jing made his way step by step to the crystal coffin sealing the Silver-Haired Ancient Corpse.

Looking at the silver-haired goddess in the crystal coffin, Lin Jing confirmed her realm, sure that it was above the True Immortal Realm, as it resonated with the Immortal Body.

"The physical body seems intact, but the core has already withered..."

Boom!

The next instant, Lin Jing aggressively entered the other party’s consciousness with the Celestial Demon’s Divine Sense. In this sea of consciousness, another silver-haired female corpse lay, different from the one outside. This one was purely a consciousness body.

Moreover, the crystal coffin turned into a sealing crystal, sealing the core consciousness.

Lin Jing thought there might be some conflict and a need to negotiate. However... the consciousness was not in an active state.

Lin Jing tried to unlock the consciousness seal, but every attempt ended in failure.

It seems that the outbreak of Silver Disease wasn’t intentional; the body had been studied, triggering an instinctual survival response, passively searching for a new vessel.

In such a scenario, Lin Jing realized it was unrealistic to have the entity lift the Silver Disease. It was impossible to communicate, as the entity was as good as dead.

Lin Jing speculated that the entity likely cultivated some special Secret Technique to maintain a state of death while searching for a reincarnation candidate.

Probably, only once certain conditions are met will this dormant consciousness break free, to possess a new body.

"Since that’s the case..." Lin Jing pouted and directly put the silver-haired female corpse into his storage bag.

Did they really think he had no way?

As long as he removed the source of the Silver Disease and took it to the Cultivation Realm, preventing the consciousness from awakening and subsequently possessing another silver-haired individual, wouldn’t it be resolved?

As long as the disease doesn’t manifest, it’s not a disease.

Silver Disease... successfully cured!

Moments later, the researchers at the underground laboratory continued their study on the silver-haired female corpse. However, they were unaware that the corpse had been swapped for an illusion solidified into a dummy.

At the same time, Lin Jing had the Technique Elemental Spirit Mushroom cast a collective gradual Illusion Technique on a large number of foreigners, capable of lasting a hundred years. It targeted their hair, transforming their originally silver hair into a myriad of colors. The hair of the Fang family trio also reverted to black, causing the whole city to erupt in excitement.

"This way, the hair color appears normal, and the silver-haired corpse is with me, so there’s no further possession to worry about. Silver Disease... by any measure, is considered cured, and treating so many simultaneously means the changes in those three won’t attract much attention." Lin Jing rubbed his chin.

"See, take a lesson; problem-solving can be flexible." Lin Jing routinely taught and educated his Pet Beasts.

"Quack quack quack!!" The other Pet Beasts had long grown accustomed, unfazed by the bizarre; they had already mastered this skillset. Only the Frog Emperor was utterly shocked, feeling that the Beast Master was a genius. Silver Disease? Just dye it back!