Beast Taming Ascension

Chapter 84: Firing Guns
"Have you ever heard of Wang Xiao from the Wang family? He has an innate divine body, a divine body ranked 93rd on the divine body list! When a divine body is born, it can mobilize the power of the sun, moon, and stars, and call for wind, rain, thunder, and lightning. It is like a god descending from heaven, unstoppable!"

“Who in the Ancient Domain has not heard of this Qilin son of the Wang family? If nothing unexpected happens, a few hundred years later, the Wang family will give birth to another god.”

"It is said that Wang Xiao from the Wang family arrived at Qianlong City yesterday. He came alone. Some people saw him traveling through the mountains and roasting all kinds of foundation-building monsters!"

Four months later, all the teahouses and restaurants in Qianlong City were bustling with activity.

Time flies. Four months have passed since Lin Jing came to Qianlong City. During these four months, Lin Jing has been practicing in silence.

He maintained and spread his fame only by auctioning off machine guns.

Fame takes time to digest, and frequently doing things may have the opposite effect. Hearing a name for too long may make people get used to it.

Before, his name was only known in Qianlong City, but now, once the Lotus Pavilions in other cities auctioned their mechanical bamboo spears, coupled with publicity, he also began to gain some fame in other cities in the ancient domain.

Many cultivators in different places have heard that a genius disciple has emerged from the Beast Taming Sect. He once defeated many heroes in the Cave Heaven, and practiced Qi training and built a foundation in Qianlong City. He is extremely impressive! With the popularity of the Beast Taming Sect being sealed, many cultivators are curious about whether the Beast Taming Sect can be restored after a hundred years!
The progress of the Hidden Dragon Secret Art is steadily improving.

In addition, since he made rapid progress in the Secret Art of Qianlong and his own cultivation was not high, he could not consume too much Qianlong luck at once when he was practicing the art of mechanical engineering and alchemy.

After four months of seclusion, the increase and consumption of Qianlong's luck has been in a delicate balance.

However, as time went by, Lin Jing could indeed feel that the improvement of the Qianlong Secret Art had slowed down a lot recently.

Qianlong City is a place where news gathers, and there are new topics every day. Now that the academy is about to start recruiting students, the names of geniuses from various regions, sects, and families have spread throughout Qianlong City and the surrounding areas. Other news has naturally been suppressed.

At the same time, the academy has also been opened, but it is currently only open to candidates who have applied for the academy and the elders who escort them.

Those who can come to the academy have extraordinary identities and backgrounds. Not every cultivator can apply to the academy. Generally, only young cultivators recommended by Yuanying-level cultivators are eligible to take the exam. The recommendation system is implemented.

Therefore, the candidates who can come to the academy are almost all heirs of powerful forces or true disciples.

Qianlong's secret techniques are mysterious and extraordinary, more powerful than most sects' secret techniques. In addition, obtaining an official position would be beneficial to the sect and family, so Qianlong Academy is a place that many cultivators yearn for.

"got windy……"

Lin Jing, who had been in seclusion for several months, finally walked out of the cave. He looked at the bright sunshine, felt the breeze, and took a deep breath. No wonder they said there was no time in cultivating immortals. Four months had passed in a flash to him. It went by very quickly. I heard that cultivators with higher cultivation levels would often go into seclusion for several years or even decades. It was really hard to imagine.

He didn't go out for four months, not because he was worried about being targeted, having his luck robbed, or becoming a stepping stone for others, but because he had already spent a lot of money to rent the cave, and if he went out for a day, he would feel like he had lost a lot of spirit stones.

“I wonder if this event can help the Hidden Dragon Secret Art reach a higher level.”

"It's time to replenish the latent dragon luck." Lin Jing looked at the back of his hand. The blue mark of the latent dragon seemed to have been washed white and had begun to fade.

These geniuses from various regions and sects are the stepping stones for him to become famous again, and he has been preparing for this for a long time.

"Come to Jingling Court quickly." After Lin Jing walked out of the cave, a voice from the void fell into his ears. Hearing this, Lin Jing looked in one direction.

Jingling Court is a courtyard in the academy, and there is a veil-like fairy mist lingering around the courtyard.

As the morning light breaks, golden sunlight shines on the bluestone path. At the end of the courtyard, an exquisite bamboo pavilion stands.

Inside the pavilion, there was a stone table with several stone benches. On the table was a set of quaint tea sets. The aroma of tea rose in the air. Lin Jing was the last one to arrive.

Cao Ziwei was sitting in front of a stone table, drinking a cup of magical tea, with two men and one woman standing around him.

A young swordsman, a female alchemist, and a scholar in a long gown.

They are all acquaintances.

Seeing them, Lin Jing smiled slightly. Except for Xu Zhizhi who smiled back, the young swordsman Yuan Jing had a blank expression, and the alchemist Zi Ling'er curled her lips, obviously she still had some opinions about Lin Jing.

"Everyone is here." Cao Ziwei saw that the four people from Bodhi Cave Heaven had arrived, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow is the day of the academy assessment. The four of you will be all the examiners. I decided to put the strength test in the first assessment." "There are more than a hundred candidates who have signed up for the academy this time. All of them are in the Qi training stage. Yuan Jing, Zi Ling'er, you two are already in the initial stage of foundation building. Xu Zhizhi, Lin Jing, you two... one is in the ninth level of Qi training... why are you still in the seventh level of Qi training?"

Cao Ziwei has been seeing Lin Jing for four months. He is using the cave in the academy, but he is still at the seventh level of Qi training. He was stunned. Even if your training speed is slow, you shouldn't occupy such a good place and not improve your cultivation by one level, right?

Several people looked at Lin Jing. Lin Jing coughed and said, "It will be soon. I have a feeling that I will reach the eighth level of Qi training within a month. In the past four months... I have indeed neglected my personal training. Moreover, we disciples of the Beast Taming Sect are slow in training."

The main reason was that the pine leaf rat had already reached the ninth level of Qi training, and it was almost impossible to give him feedback on his realm, which slowed down Lin Jing's progress. In addition... it was obviously more difficult to improve the realm in the late stage of Qi training than in the middle stage of Qi training.

Lin Jing sighed. He had thought that after such a long time, he could at least reach a higher level.

No wonder the Immortal Body didn’t even make it into the Divine Body List!

"Forget it, your pet will be at the ninth level of Qi training, the same thing will happen." Cao Ziwei said: "Then the academy will provide you with unlimited access to the best Qi recovery and healing elixirs."

"Candidates can freely choose one of the four of you to fight, and then I will score. The four of you should be ready."

"Let's not talk about Lin Jing and Xu Zhizhi for now. I hope that Yuan Jing and Zi Ling'er, as the two of you in the Foundation Establishment Stage, will not become stepping stones for the Qi Condensation Stage to fight against each other. The academy doesn't care, but it will be very disadvantageous for you to practice the Hidden Dragon Secret Art."

"Yes!" Yuan Jing and Zi Ling'er nodded.

"Okay, that's all I have to say. At sunrise tomorrow, you will go to Feilong Mountain of the academy. I will preside over the first test there." After saying that, Cao Ziwei disappeared, leaving only Lin Jing and the other four at the scene.

The pavilion fell silent.

Just as Yuan Jing was about to leave, Lin Jing said, "Tomorrow is the day of the assessment. I wish you all the best. I have specially prepared three gifts. Although you may not need them, it is always good to have an extra trump card."

After saying that, he took out three bamboo machine guns and placed them on the stone table.

"Hahaha, I've wanted to use this for a long time. Unfortunately, it was too expensive at the auction, and I'm embarrassed to ask Brother Lin for it directly." Xu Zhizhi picked up a mechanical bamboo gun and adjusted it up and down and left and right, feeling it was very novel.

"For ordinary candidates, just a few shots will test their level! Compared with the ink pen, the feel is really novel!"

"This is not a gift from you. You clearly want us to help you promote your mechanical creation during the assessment!" Zi Ling'er said unhappily.

"Do you want it? But if you bid for a lot of spirit stones and use them to defeat a few candidates, they will be yours." Lin Jing asked.

Zi Ling'er hesitated for a moment, then recalled the domineering scene of Lin Jing holding a bamboo machine gun in the cave. She picked up a bamboo machine gun and said with a smile, "I don't really want to play, but since you said so, I'll help you."

Such an expensive bamboo machine gun should be wasted.

She giggled and asked, "Lin Jing, can I mix poison gas pills and soul-enchanting pills into it and launch them together with the beans, so that they will explode?"

Xu Zhizhi was stunned. No, can we play it like this?

You say no, but your brain works faster than mine!

Should I add something too?
"You can go back and try it..." Lin Jing had never tried it either.

"I have already established my foundation, so I don't need this kind of thing. A sword is enough." Yuan Jing shook his head, then hesitated for a moment, picked up the mechanical bamboo spear, and said: "But ordinary Qigong cultivators are not worth my sword."

After being chased by a squirrel with a gun, the young swordsman also wanted to try this thing.

Lin Jing knew that it was difficult for ordinary people to resist the temptation of machine guns.

Seeing that the four examiners were holding mechanical bamboo spears, Xu Zhizhi said, "Yes, we use our expertise in magic to defeat the challengers. Although the assessment process will be spread, it is too monotonous and difficult to discuss. However, if we all use mechanical bamboo spears to kill the weaker examinees, and then use our expertise in magic to defeat the stronger examinees, there will definitely be more topics. This plan is very good! Brother Lin, you are worthy of you."

In fact, Mr. Cao did not leave. He hid behind a tree and fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)