Beast Taming Ascension

Chapter 15: Dragon Rising Festival, Mechanical Bamboo Dragon
"Elder Yu, why are you here?" The senior brother in charge immediately put down the miscellaneous book titled "My Sword Spirit Wife" in his hand and looked at the old man with a nervous face.

Lin Jing also looked over. If he remembered correctly, Elder Yu was the elder in charge of outer sect affairs. He was the boss in the outer sect.

"Ziran, what are you reading again?" Elder Yu frowned and stretched out his hand. The book of the senior brother in charge immediately flew into Elder Yu's hand.

"Elder! This book was written by Taoist Jian Qingfeng of Tianjian Sect. It contains the ultimate truth of swordsmanship and is by no means a useless book..." Before the senior brother in charge could finish his words, Elder Yu snorted coldly and put the book away.

"You will be fined half a month's worth of spiritual stones for reading miscellaneous books during work hours."

The senior brother in charge had an expression as if his pet had died.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak..." The pine leaf mouse covered its mouth and laughed.

At this time, Elder Yu's gaze turned towards the pine leaf rat... and towards Lin Jing.

The pine leaf mouse immediately stopped smiling, fearing that the other party would punish him with half a bag of leaves.

"Ok?"

"Are you Lin Jing?" After taking a glance, Elder Yu suddenly spoke.

"Replying to Elder Yu, my name is indeed Lin Jing." Lin Jing was not surprised that the outer sect elder knew him. Elder Mo would definitely greet Elder Yu when he brought him back and placed him in the outer sect.

"Are you here to accept a mission?" Elder Yu asked.

Lin Jing nodded.

Elder Yu pondered for a moment, thought about it, and said, "It seems that you haven't found a suitable one yet. Do you want to accept the task that is rewarded with spirit stones, or the task that is rewarded with sect contribution points?"

Lin Jing was stunned. What did the outer sect elder mean?

Want it tailor-made?
"Replying to the elder, I want them all."

Elder Yu choked and said, "I came here to issue a mission."

"The Shenglong Festival is approaching. In order to manufacture mechanical beasts, a large amount of spiritual bamboo is needed. Outer disciples who have wood-type pets can take the mission and go to Jinzhuyuan to cut down spiritual bamboo in exchange for spiritual stone rewards and sect contribution points. Only one person can accept it for the time being."

"I see you have a contract with Matsubara. Are you willing to accept the mission?"

what?
The senior brother in charge and the other four outer disciples were dumbfounded. They looked at Lin Jing, whose face was unfamiliar, and guessed his origins in their hearts.

Elder Yu’s “shady dealings”, “special treatment” and “abuse of power for personal gain” were almost written on the task wall!
What is the identity of this person?
"Disciple is willing!" Although Lin Jing didn't understand what was going on, as an honest man, he had to give face to the elder.

"Ziran, please record the task. For every 10 bamboos cut down, you will be rewarded with one spirit stone, plus 1 sect contribution point." Elder Yu said, "Let this disciple do it."

After saying that, he waved his sleeves and left the mission hall.

After Elder Yu left, Senior Brother Ziran immediately looked at Lin Jing with admiration and said, "Junior brother, congratulations. Being favored by Elder Yu means you have an immeasurable future."

Lin Jing responded: "I'm just lucky. I wonder what this mission is about, Senior Brother? Can you tell me about it?"

Senior Brother Ziran had no more books to read, so he had some free time. He explained, "You should know about the Shenglong Festival."

This is one of the traditional festivals of the ancient Tianyuan Kingdom. It is said that the founder of the ancient Tianyuan Kingdom, the first ancient emperor, used the true dragon secret technique to enlighten the mountain range in the center of the Tianyuan Continent. The mountain range rose up and turned into a dragon, shouldering the responsibility of protecting the ancient Tianyuan Kingdom. This dragon is also the symbol of the destiny of the ancient Tianyuan Kingdom. It fell asleep in the earth and turned into a dragon vein of destiny, guarding the ancient country from generation to generation. Whenever an irresistible disaster occurred in the ancient country, it would wake up and suppress the disaster.

Over time, in order to commemorate this giant dragon that was transformed from a mountain, the day of the dragon's birth became a traditional festival, which was not only popular in the world of immortals, but also celebrated by mortals.

Lin Jing didn't expect that the Beast Taming Sect would also celebrate this festival specially.

"The Beast Taming Sect celebrates the Rising Dragon Festival every year. Of course, it won't be a big event, but will just hold some small activities as usual."

"The festival day is also a good opportunity for inner and outer disciples to show themselves."

"In our Beast Taming Sect, when we celebrate the Dragon Rising Festival, there is a very special event, which is the 'Dragon Fighting Beast'."

"Disciples can send out their own pets to challenge the 'Dragon'!"

"Of course, this dragon is not a real dragon. There is no real dragon in my Beast Taming Sect. This dragon refers to the mechanical dragon created by the 'mechanical technique'."

"When Elder Yu was young, he traveled around the continent and learned the art of mechanical beast manufacturing from the mechanical arts of the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation!"

"This skill is still rare in our Beast Taming Sect."

"Because of this talent, Elder Yu is now in charge of the Shenglong Festival in the sect every year. He issued the task of felling spiritual bamboo, probably intending to use the spiritual bamboo to create a 'mechanical bamboo dragon'."

After the senior brother in charge finished speaking, an outer disciple in the mission hall said excitedly, "Mechanical bamboo dragon, it seems that this year's mechanical dragon is a wood attribute. My pet is a fire sparrow, which has the advantage of attribute restraint."

"This is rare news. Now we can start studying how to deal with the wood-like beast." said another outer disciple.

"Over the years, those who defeat the Mechanical Dragon can get a lot of rewards, including spirit stones, elixirs, magic weapons, spells, etc., so both inner and outer disciples are eager to try." Senior Brother Ziran smiled and said, "But the Mechanical Dragon... although it is at most equivalent to Qi training, its combat power is not too exaggerated, but after all, it is the hand of a Golden Core Elder, so it is not that easy to defeat it."

“I see.” Lin Jing understood, and continued to ask: “Excuse me, Senior Brother, are there any particular rules for cutting down spiritual bamboo?”

Although he tried very hard to learn various knowledge related to spiritual plants, his study time was limited after all.

"Golden Pearl Source is a canyon located between two peaks at the northern foot of the Beast Taming Sect. There is a bamboo sea there that is rich in spiritual bamboo. If I remember correctly, this kind of spiritual bamboo must be chopped down with an axe that contains wood properties to prevent the loss of its characteristics."

"Oh, using wood techniques should have the same effect, such as the flying leaf technique of the pine leaf rat. Elder Yu just said that he gave you this task because he saw that you had the pine leaf rat." Senior Brother Ziran showed an envious expression again.

"The reward for this mission is quite generous. Even among the missions that inner disciples can take, I'm afraid there are no such generous rewards."

"But..." He observed the forest and the pine leaf mice.

"Is your pine leaf rat still at the third level of Qi training? As far as I know, spiritual bamboo is extremely tough. Even if a pine leaf rat in the middle stage of Qi training uses the flying leaf technique, it will probably take several attempts to chop down the next spiritual bamboo, which is extremely laborious!"

"It wants to use the Flying Leaf Technique to cut the spiritual bamboo, but I'm afraid it won't be easy."

The senior brother in charge suddenly came to his senses and said, "Why is Elder Yu so generous?"

Just now he was wondering if the reward was too generous. It turned out that Elder Yu was sure that this junior fellow disciple was not strong enough to cut down too many spiritual bamboos. If the main intention was to help him practice the Flying Leaf Technique, then it made sense.

(End of this chapter)