Peerless Tang Sect: Becoming a God Through Medicine

Chapter 5 Fire Attack, Adding Fuel to the Fire

Of course, this is just a follow-up plan. Lin Nuo's first priority is still to obtain his second spirit ring.

His first spirit ring is already six hundred years old, so his goal for the second spirit ring is naturally a thousand-year-old spirit beast. At that time, with one yellow and one purple spirit ring, he will be able to gain more attention from the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Master Academy.

The higher the level of importance attached to it, the more drugs Linno can obtain.

As for the choice of the second spirit ring...

Lin Nuo had already prepared a plan.

Having lived in the Jingyang Mountains for two years, Lin Nuo had traveled to almost every part of the outer region and seen countless soul beasts, although he did not recognize most of them.

But there's a saying that goes, "Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've still seen a pig run."
Lin Nuo has seen so many pigs run away that he's become quite experienced.

Now, even without eating a single bite of pork, he can smell how salty or bland the pork is; he's a top-tier little glutton.

If he encounters a suitable spirit beast to become his spirit ring, he will naturally mark it and keep it to hunt down when he reaches a bottleneck.

"The only problem now is that although I'm tanky, I have no offensive power! Facing plant-type soul beasts that are also tanky, I can't break their moves because they all follow the same pattern!" Lin Nuo felt a bit of a headache.

Plant-type spirit beasts are basically the easiest to deal with among spirit beasts of the same level.

Plant-type spirit beasts only have a few characteristics, and nine out of ten of them are afraid of fire. This theory is fine for dealing with hundred-year-old spirit beasts, but it's not very effective against thousand-year-old spirit beasts.

Although the thousand-year-old soul beast is still afraid of fire, it cannot be easily burned to death.

At least the plants around the thousand-year-old soul beast as fuel are definitely not enough to burn it to death, and may not even be able to weaken it much.

"Adding fuel to the fire..." Lin Nuo looked at the corner of the cave where he lived, where several crudely made wooden barrels were placed.

Although the workmanship was rough, there was no leakage. These wooden barrels contained oil that Lin Nuo usually extracted from the fat of his prey after hunting.

Everything is for the present.

Whether it succeeds or not depends on this wave, but to be honest, Lin Nuo is not very confident. He is just a bit sharp-headed, not mentally ill. He is not so foolish as to treat a thousand-year-old soul beast as if it were just a random creature on the roadside.

"The only good news is probably that the location of that soul beast makes it convenient for me to carry out this tactic, right?"

Lin Nuo recalled the terrain around the thousand-year-old soul beast. It was located in a small valley, rooted at the bottom of the valley in a sunny spot.

The back side happens to be a hillside, not very steep, but still manageable for the barrel to roll down the hill.

Next, Lin Nuo spent two days completing all the preliminary arrangements. Then, he went to the top of the slope and rolled wooden barrels filled with grease down the mountain.

Unlike animal soul beasts, plant soul beasts, even if they have lived for thousands of years, still only have some vague instincts.

It doesn't possess much wisdom.

This is also why plant-based spirit beasts are easier to deal with than animal-based spirit beasts.

Faced with the barrels rolling down the slope, the hidden plant spirit beast at the bottom of the slope finally revealed its true form. It stretched out from the bushes, and its thick vines, which had been hidden by other plants, waved like giant pythons.

It sensed an unfamiliar presence.

Even when they are extracted into oil, the oil will still carry the original aura of those soul beasts.

For this plant-type soul beast, the presence of other soul beasts in its territory meant both invasion and food coming knocking. As for why it was only referred to as a 'plant-type soul beast,' the reason was simple: Arno didn't recognize it... he only knew that the creature's cultivation had reached a thousand years and that its vitality was extremely strong.

That's just how it is with self-taught individuals; you have to figure everything out on your own. That's why Lin Nuo wanted to go to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

Going there not only meant he would no longer have to worry about resources, but it also meant he would finally no longer be illiterate.

Lin Nuo stared at the vines that had revealed their true form, his narrowed eyes revealing a sharp glint.

When he first came to this valley in search of medicinal herbs, he was almost tied up like a dumpling and turned into fertilizer. He thought there was no danger here, and that he would not be discovered by other soul beasts because he had the aura of Blue Silver Grass to cover himself.

Who knew that the other person's vines were actually hidden under the leaves of other plants, even better at hiding than his own.

The moment his movements were detected, five or six vines nearly gave him a taste of what it meant to be suffocated by a python.

If he hadn't run fast, he would probably have been completely digested by now.

Naturally, Lin Nuo also sensed its strong vitality, and thus it was listed as one of the candidates for the second spirit ring. In addition, considering the grudge that almost turned it into fertilizer, this guy was Lin Nuo's first choice for the second spirit ring.

The wooden barrel, carrying the aura of other spirit beasts, was instantly lifted by several vines and carried to the spot where it was rooted.

The vine really likes prey that is 'completely defenseless'; the lack of resistance means it can obtain nutrients with less effort.

With its weak consciousness as a plant-like spirit beast, it naturally couldn't detect that this was a trap.

Lin Nuo seized the opportunity, lit the rocket in his hand with a tinderbox, drew his bow, nocked the arrow, aimed, and fired.

The accuracy of the rocket, which was made entirely by hand, was questionable, but at a distance of less than fifty meters, the crosshair would not deviate too much. It did not hit the oil barrel precisely, but it did hit the vine itself.

The grease leaking from the barrel was instantly ignited by the rocket.

To Lin Nuo's surprise, the lit oil barrel actually exploded slightly under the scorching flames, spilling all the oil onto the vines.

The scorching flames caused the vines to twist reflexively, which in turn ignited several other barrels, causing the fire to escalate rapidly.

"This... seems pretty simple?" Looking at the vines that were constantly being licked and scorched by the flames, Lin Nuo tilted his head, somewhat incredulous.

Lin Nuo kept a close watch on the fire he had started, and whenever there was any sign that the fire was spreading to other places, he would cut off its path to prevent it from spreading into a wildfire.

Set fire to the mountain and sit on the bottom of the prison.

It's not just for the environment, but also for Linno's own safety.

Wildfires don't care whether you started them or not.

Even after the oil was exhausted and the flames died down, a purple soul ring, radiating a soft glow, floated quietly on the parched, cracked earth that still shone with residual warmth.

"Ha, you little punk! I killed you with a single fire. You're useless!"

Lin Nuo wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled as he gave the Soul Ring the middle finger.

Hold a grudge!

(End of this chapter)