Chapter 101: Three Years

The small green worm ran away, and Lin Jing didn't pay it any mind. The direction it fled was exactly the Pine-Needle Rat's cave dwelling...

"Let's go find him first."

Lin Jing thought for a moment, his body floated up, and he flew toward a mountain peak. Before long, he descended in front of a cave dwelling and shouted loudly: "Is Brother Xu there?"

Boom.

The stone door of the cave dwelling opened, and a youth wearing a scholar's long robe walked out, smiling: "A rare guest. Brother Lin hasn't really left his house for three years, right?"

"I haven't missed a single one of Mr. Zhu's, Mr. Ji's, or Mr. Lü's classes," Lin Jing smiled.

Following Mr. Cao, these three teachers had also each opened lectures over the three years.

They taught 【The Dao of Feng Shui (City Construction Chapter)】, teaching how to plan the important geographical locations of a city or a sect's buildings to control prosperity, decline, good fortune, and misfortune.

【The Dao of Astrology (Marriage Chapter)】, deducing the most suitable auspicious days for marriage between men and women based on the changes in celestial movements. If the day is chosen well, even a couple whose ancestors were all mortals has a very high probability of giving birth to descendants with excellent cultivation qualifications.

【The Dao of Array Formations (Military Chapter)】. In a city, there are more low-level cultivators. When facing disasters, these low-level cultivators are actually the core strength. A city defense army composed of one hundred ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivators entering an array to face the enemy can resist a Demon Core great demon. The mountain-protecting arrays of various sects also have similar principles.

Lin Jing and the Pine-Needle Rat had listened carefully to these three lessons.

"Brother Lin, you came to find me, it shouldn't be just for idle chat and reminiscing, right?"

Xu Zhi had already entered the Foundation Establishment stage. He observed that Lin Jing was still at the Qi Refining realm and couldn't help but shake his head. The tenth layer of Qi Refining was clearly a very perfect foundation; why did Lin Jing still not break through?

Many people were guessing that Lin Jing wanted to cultivate a very powerful acquired constitution. Even if his own basic cultivation had reached the tenth layer of Qi Refining, it still couldn't guarantee he would succeed, which was why he had delayed breaking through for so long.

"In these three years, I used the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique to cultivate a new pet beast, a dragon-blood pet beast!" Lin Jing said.

"It is currently at the ninth layer of Qi Refining and hasn't been contracted yet. I want to let it spar with the academy's Heaven's Prides. I think Brother Xu should have the contact information for the candidates of this year, right?"

"I wonder if Brother Xu can notify the candidates of this year for me to see who is interested and willing to spar with it."

"Ah?"

Xu Zhi was stunned, surprised: "You spent these three years cultivating a new pet beast???"

Lin Jing nodded.

Xu Zhi was stunned: "So you were cultivating a second pet beast... But using the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique to cultivate it is too extravagant!! I use Hidden Dragon Qi luck to deduce spell realms."

"Brother Xu, just help me convey it," Lin Jing smiled and said: "I have my own heavy rewards."

"What heavy rewards? I don't want spirit bean bombs anymore." Xu Zhi had already reached Foundation Establishment and had also played with mechanism bamboo spears. The novelty had passed, and he had no interest in this mechanism creation that couldn't really improve his strength.

"An opportunity. Brother Xu will know when the time comes." Lin Jing sold a mystery. The number of Ascending Dragon Pills was not large, so naturally, he had to sell them to acquaintances first. If Xu Zhi wanted to buy, Lin Jing would prepare them first.

Lin Jing hadn't found the wrong person. Perhaps Xu Zhi hadn't become familiar with the senior students over the three years, but as someone with the innate Saint Body for Officialdom, he already knew all these freshmen whom he had personally examined.

For someone who truly wanted to be an official, what was just as important as practicing the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique was actually the connections one could accumulate within the academy.

Before long, Lin Jing's matter was widely publicized by Xu Zhi to the freshmen of this year. Three years had passed, and ninety percent of these freshmen who were originally at the ninth layer of Qi Refining had already reached Foundation Establishment. However, for Lin Jing, these freshmen would not forget.

Three years ago, it was the mechanism bamboo spears made by Lin Jing that taught them a lesson. Besides that, the scene of Lin Jing emerging from the Dragon Phoenix Cave Heaven at the double-tenth realm also shocked them greatly.

"During this time... he was actually cultivating a new pet beast?"

"Three years... actually spending three years in seclusion to cultivate a new pet beast. Such patience."

"A dragon-blood pet beast cultivated by stimulating potential with the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique? He's really willing!" These freshmen were shocked inside.

In the end, because of their curiosity about Lin Jing's new pet beast, they decided to come and watch the strength of Lin Jing's new pet beast.

At the very least, among the candidates of this year, there hadn't been a student who used Hidden Dragon Qi luck to cultivate a pet or mount.

Hidden Dragon Qi luck was already rare, and it wasn't enough for oneself, so they were also puzzled. If it were used to cultivate a pet beast, what level could it reach?

One month later, at the South Gate of the Hidden Dragon Academy, Lin Jing had already set up a ring, waiting for the candidates invited by Xu Zhi to arrive.

On the ring, Lin Jing closed his eyes to rest his mind.

In front of him was a flopping red carp.

"Long Li?"

"The pet beast he newly cultivated is actually a Long Li?"

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The students who arrived here one after another were all stunned on the spot when they saw the ninth-layer Qi Refining carp spirit on the ring!

Carp spirit... Long Li... Many cultivators were familiar with this thing.

After all, the legend of "carp leaping over the dragon gate" was too classic. Many cultivators might have grown up listening to similar stories. However, precisely because they were too familiar with it, they knew that a creature like a carp spirit, before transforming into a dragon, had combat power that couldn't compare to most dragon-blood pet beasts.

They had all entered the Dragon Phoenix Cave Heaven. The ninth-layer Qi Refining dragon-blood demon beasts there were either flood dragons or giant snakes, either centipedes or giant crocodiles. Besides that, the lion-tiger fierce beasts containing dragon blood were also top-tier powerful...

But uniquely, there were no Long Li among them, which showed that even the immortals of the Immortal Palace didn't recognize the combat power of dragon-blood carp.

"Perhaps after successfully transforming into a dragon, the strength change of a Long Li will be the greatest among many dragon-blood demon beasts! But right now, its strength shouldn't be too strong. Not to mention the environment here... is not water-attribute..."

"Hmm? Wait, something's wrong. Why is this Long Li fire-attribute!" Someone discovered the clue.

Most of the cultivators present were already at the Foundation Establishment stage and had cultivated spiritual sense. While observing the Long Li with spiritual sense, they discovered that fire power was vaguely rising between its spiritual power. It was actually a fire-attribute beast.

Puzzled, curious, amazed...

Right now, there were more and more people. Lin Jing stood on the ring, wearing a white alchemy robe. Besides a small number of alchemists like Zi Ling'er, more people's focus was on the Long Li; they didn't pay attention to what Lin Jing was wearing.

"What does he mean?" Zi Ling'er was also an alchemist. Seeing Lin Jing wearing an alchemy robe at this time, she was puzzled.

"Everyone." Lin Jing saw many familiar figures in the crowd.

He said: "This is a pet beast I newly cultivated using the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique and unique pills, the Flame Long Li. It hasn't been contracted yet, but I want to verify the cultivation results first. I wonder which junior brother is willing to offer advice. Whether the cultivation is at the Qi Refining stage or Foundation Establishment stage is fine."

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Lin Jing looked at a silver figure walking from afar and asked: "Is it the Divine Body Wang Xiao? You have challenged me several times over the past three years, but I didn't accept the challenge because I was in seclusion. Brother Wang, do you want to come and try?" ===== CHAPTER 102 =====