Beast Tamer Ascension-Chapter 81Book 3: : The Method of Thunder Refining

Vol 3 Chapter 81: The Method of Thunder Refining

"So many space-attribute materials..." Xu Qingyao browsed through Lin Jing's list.

"Are you planning to cultivate a space-type contract beast?" She put away the list, her gaze falling on Lin Jing. It was understandable—at his level, only a space-attribute beast would be worthy of him.

As for the Mosquito Woman, though she was the first demon race member of this era and could command the mosquito swarm, the ability to mass-produce such beings in the future meant she wouldn’t remain rare. More demon prodigies would emerge in time. But a space-attribute creature was different.

"Yeah, I obtained a blueprint for an intelligent space turtle from Mystic Mechanized Manor in the Ancient Celestial Kingdom. These are the materials needed to build it. But I’m not sure if the Beast Taming Art can form a contract with a mechanized lifeform… I’ll have to try." Lin Jing said.

So, another mass-producible entity…

Xu Qingyao shook her head and said, "I don’t think it will work. Don’t get your hopes up too much. When I arrived in Qingzhou, I tested it myself—Beast Taming Art can only contract demon beasts. It doesn’t work on plant life, let alone mechanized beasts or artifact spirits."

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"After all, the Beast Taming Art was originally a cultivation method used by servants in the ancient Immortal Palace to raise demon beasts. Even though our predecessors in the Beast Taming Sect have refined it over time, it hasn’t strayed too far from the original version."

"Its limits probably stop at creatures like the Ice Soul Gu. The Ten Rare Gu have evolved into a unique form of life, but they were originally just insects, which technically makes them demon beasts. However, mechanized creatures have no connection to demon beasts at all."

"But it’s not impossible." She smiled. "Since the seniors of the Beast Taming Sect were able to modify the Beast Taming Art, maybe you can too."

"After all, you've already developed a transformation method, entered the Bodhi Cavern Heaven, and cultivated the Fusion Dragon Secret Art. Improving a technique shouldn’t be a challenge for you."

"Who knows? Maybe one day, you’ll be able to contract spiritual plants, demon beasts, artifact spirits, corpse beasts, mechanized beasts, and even spell spirits!"

Lin Jing chuckled. "I’ll take that as a blessing from Senior Sister."

The reason he hadn’t fully decided on the mechanized turtle as his next Golden Core contract beast was that he wasn’t sure he could actually contract it. As Xu Qingyao pointed out, it wasn’t a true demon beast.

But even if he couldn’t, it didn’t matter. His desire to contract a mechanized beast wasn’t because of any significant advantage—it was simply because he had an affinity with Mechanized Arts. The mechanized turtle had accompanied him for a long time, and if he could form a contract, it would be an interesting experiment rather than a purely strategic move.

As for modifying the Beast Taming Art, that was indeed an option.

Many cultivators initially practiced lower-tier cultivation methods. But when they reached a higher level, instead of abandoning their foundation and starting over, they chose a different path—modifying their techniques.

Only a handful of individuals could accomplish this, as it required exceptional talent and understanding.

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After returning to his cave dwelling, Lin Jing began preparations for the Alchemy Conference two years later. Since it was a pill-refining competition, he couldn’t just use Transformation Grass directly.

He had to refine the Transformation Grass into Transformation Pills to make its usage easier!

Over the past period, Lin Jing had already developed some ideas on how to modify the Transformation Grass.

If he wanted it to work on higher-level demon beasts, he had to enhance its quality. There were two possible approaches:

External Enhancement – Transplanting the Mutated Transformation Grass into a special blessed land to allow it to grow again and reach a higher quality.

Alchemy Refinement – Using traditional pill-refining techniques to extract the essence of multiple Mutated Transformation Grass samples, concentrating their effects into a single refined form to enhance their power.

Thunder refining was definitely the better choice.

Currently, under the constraints of the Heavenly Dao, the production of special Transformation Grass was extremely limited. Even if the Demon Court assigned a Demon Emperor to oversee its cultivation, the output would still be low. Relying solely on Senior Sister to supply it might not be enough—he might have to take a share from the other two Holy Sons.

"But improving the grade of the Transformation Pills can wait. In the Alchemy Conference, as long as the pill demonstrates the ability to induce transformation, that will be enough. The level of demon beast it can transform isn’t the immediate concern."

"The real issue is… how can I ensure that higher-level demon beasts survive the tribulation lightning when transforming? Or better yet, how can I negate the Heavenly Tribulation? Only then can the demonstration proceed smoothly…"

"Is there a method that could work?"

As Lin Jing utilized his Hidden Dragon Fortune to simulate possibilities, a new idea emerged.

The method combined his current conditions with remnants of knowledge from his past life.

In his previous life, he had read countless web novels and watched numerous fantasy films. Many works depicted legendary pills so defiant of the heavens that their creation attracted pill tribulations. Only after surviving the tribulation would the pill be considered complete.

But on the Tianyuan Continent, such a phenomenon had never been recorded. There were no known pills that had ever triggered tribulation lightning.

Thus, Lin Jing's final deduction was—Thunder Refining Alchemy.

By employing a special alchemical technique, he could deliberately summon tribulation lightning upon the pill itself.

This would allow the pill to absorb some of the tribulation’s power, transferring part of the burden away from the user.

Through this Heavenly Tribulation Tempering, the pill’s side effects could be reduced.

For example, the biggest drawback of using Transformation Grass was that it triggered a transformation tribulation. But if he used the Thunder Refining Method to refine the Transformation Grass into Transformation Pills—forcing the pills to endure a portion of the tribulation lightning—the burden on the user might be alleviated.

The path to transformation was already a defiance of the heavens. Both creatures and objects were challenging the natural order. There was no reason why only demon beasts should bear the full cost.

However, there was a catch.

If the Transformation Pills failed to withstand the lightning tribulation, they would be destroyed, wasting valuable materials.

By transferring the risk onto the pills, he could ease the difficulty of transformation. Whether this would weaken the effectiveness of transformation was still unknown.

"Luckily, I acquired Heavenly Thunder Flame from the Qilin Clan—a fire born from tribulation lightning. The Dragon Carp has already refined it completely. Perhaps, using Heavenly Thunder Flame, I can draw down weak tribulation lightning to temper the Transformation Pills."

The Thunder Refining Method was Lin Jing’s experimental approach to reducing the side effects of Transformation Grass.

This time, he was taking an unconventional route—not by adding balancing ingredients or altering its medicinal properties, but by refining it through alchemy techniques.

For Lin Jing and the Dragon Carp, this was a major challenge. After all, they only had two years to perfect this technique.

No—eleven years.

Because they had the Hourglass of Time—they could spend one year inside it, equivalent to ten years in real time.