Chapter 23: Spirit Bamboo

Satisfy... one wish!

As soon as these words came out, the Pine-Needle Rat, who had been uninterested and dozing off the whole time, suddenly opened its eyes wide.

It had never been interested in the so-called Mechanical Art reward, feeling it wasn't as good as spirit stones.

But hearing Elder Yu say this, the Pine-Needle Rat was suddenly overjoyed.

Asking for a storage bag shouldn't count as an excessive wish, right?

Lin Jing didn't know if he was interested in learning Mechanical Art, but the Pine-Needle Rat had the urge to manufacture mechanical beasts with its own hands.

Not for anything else, just to make a wish.

Elder Yu's move could be called the strongest open conspiracy.

Even Lin Jing, who had always been emotionally stable, raised his head slightly and looked at Elder Yu seriously, as if trying to verify if the other party's words... were true.

"Elder, is it really true that any wish that isn't excessive will do?" He hesitated and asked.

"Of course."

"Elder, we have indeed encountered some problems, but within your duties, it should be solvable..."

"What is it?"

Just when the Pine-Needle Rat thought Lin Jing was finally going to ask for a storage bag for it, Lin Jing communicated with it mentally.

【Storage bags are easy to buy, but the chance to make a wish to an Outer Sect Elder is rare!】

The Pine-Needle Rat was startled.

Lin Jing cupped his hands: "Elder, since the disciple and the Pine-Needle Rat entered the sect, because our appetites are very large, we haven't had a full meal, and we have never experienced the cafeteria. If we can successfully manufacture a mechanical beast, can we... eat for free in the Outer Sect cafeteria forever?"

Pine-Needle Rat: "!!!"

"Hmm???" Elder Yu thought it was some big deal. He laughed heartily, stroked his beard, and said: "Such a small matter, naturally no problem. There is always a certain amount of leftover food in the cafeteria every day. Originally, the leftovers would be distributed to the spirit beasts and demon beasts raised by the sect, it's just two more mouths."

Elder Yu sighed, fortunately, the Outer Sect disciple had little knowledge, and the request wasn't excessive.

"Thank you, Elder! After we go back, we will definitely learn Mechanical Art with undivided attention!"

And facing Lin Jing's wish, although the Pine-Needle Rat still wanted a storage bag, it really couldn't find fault with this wish.

After all... they had golden spirit rice to whet their appetites, and the daily food intake of one person and one pet was enough for ten people.

If there was a place where they could eat very nutritious food for free, then over time, the saved resource money and food expenses would be enough to buy several storage bags.

The Pine-Needle Rat counted on its fingers, then looked at Elder Yu in silence.

"Good." At this moment, Elder Yu hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem. He said: "But don't force it. In the path of Mechanical Art, you still need passion to go further."

"Actually, as a beast-taming cultivator, it's not bad to practice a mechanical skill as a supplement."

"Mechanical beasts are also beasts. Compared to contracted pet beasts that are like friends and family, those without life can often perform more dangerous tasks for the beast-tamer. For example... testing arrays, exploring dangerous places."

"You have been in the sect for a while. I don't know if you have developed an interest in other skills besides beast-taming?" Elder Yu... intended to slowly cultivate Lin Jing's interest in Mechanical Art.

"Reporting to Elder..." Lin Jing said honestly: "The disciple wants to learn alchemy later, and recently I have been memorizing the effects of plants."

"Alchemy..." Elder Yu was speechless. How vulgar. Alchemy again, weapon refining again. How is Mechanical Art not interesting?

He said: "Alchemy... is not easy. The main thing is that it's boring. Just the foundation before learning alchemy requires memorizing the effects of tens of thousands of plants."

"Yes, just remembering these took me a long time." Lin Jing sighed, as if he had returned to the time of rolling in the college entrance examination, postgraduate entrance examination, and civil service examination in his previous life.

He suspected that his terminal illness in his brain was caused by too many brain cells dying from rolling these things.

He passed the exams, but the person was also ruined.

Elder Yu:?

"You have memorized the entire content of the Outer Sect Plant Compendium?" Elder Yu suspected he had misheard something.

How long has it been since Lin Jing entered the sect? This kind of massive, complex information can only be memorized bit by bit by Qi Condensation cultivators. Jade slips cannot be used for infusion, otherwise, it would explode the brain.

"Yes." Lin Jing nodded. He did discover that his memory had improved after crossing over, and after cultivating, this feeling was even more obvious. Combined with the Spirit-Nourishing Art that relieves fatigue, memorizing books wasn't difficult.

"What is the medicinal effect of Ye Linglong?" Elder Yu asked.

"Regulating qi and stopping pain, it is one of the core medicinal materials for refining pills for diseases caused by true qi disorder."

"Seven-Star Chrysanthemum."

"Warming yang and dispelling cold, it is for refining..."

"Spirit Bamboo Juice!" He pointed to the pile of spirit bamboo.

"Calming and awakening the spirit, it is an auxiliary material for refining Qingling Pills..."

Elder Yu was speechless. He originally wanted to persuade Lin Jing to give up learning alchemy, but now he didn't know what to say.

Fine, this Longevity Body is so clever, I imagine learning another Mechanical Art won't be difficult! If you can learn it, learn more!

After Elder Yu threw the remaining spirit bamboo to Lin Jing and them, he didn't care anymore.

He had to bear the consequences of his own actions. Lin Jing and the Pine-Needle Rat laboriously moved the numerous spirit bamboo back to the courtyard.

Although they could find a disciple who contracted a horned ox to transport it, thinking about having to pay for hiring, they decided against it.

Not long after, the spirit bamboo was transferred from the Mechanical Workshop to Lin Jing's courtyard.

Looking at this pile of spirit bamboo, Lin Jing touched his chin. This time, for the permanent free meal voucher of the Outer Sect cafeteria, he had to work hard to get started with Mechanical Art.

"Speaking of which." Lin Jing looked at this pile of spirit bamboo and suddenly remembered something.

"When I was in the bamboo forest, I looked at a pile of spirit bamboo and wanted you to synthesize it with the Glazed Immortal Pupils. But at that time, just harvesting the spirit bamboo consumed all your strength."

"Now, are you interested in trying? This thing also counts as a plant."

"Zhi?" The Pine-Needle Rat jumped down from Lin Jing's shoulder and looked at him. Not making mechanical materials?

"It's just spirit bamboo, we can buy more if it's gone." Lin Jing said, this didn't count as a rare resource.

Upon hearing this, the Pine-Needle Rat turned around in place, thought about it, and felt it was right, so it looked at the spirit bamboo pile with the Glazed Immortal Pupils, wanting to see if there was any effect...

Suddenly!

Emerald light burst out from its eyes.

... The divine power of the Glazed Immortal Pupils instantly enveloped ten of the emerald-green spirit bamboo.

It seemed possible!

The next instant, ten spirit bamboo, under the shroud of emerald light, slowly... synthesized into a small blue spirit bamboo!

"Zhi..." At the same time, the Pine-Needle Rat covered its eyes and let out an "ao," only feeling that this synthesis consumed much, much more pupil power than synthesizing spirit rice and spirit beans. Its eyes seemed to have been overused.

However, although painful, the Pine-Needle Rat still urged Lin Jing to quickly look at the effect of the blue spirit bamboo.

Upon hearing this, Lin Jing carefully picked up the blue spirit bamboo. With the Black Bear Monster's precedent, he didn't dare to use too much force.

"Hmm?" Who knew, just as Lin Jing picked it up, crystal-clear juice flowed out from one end of the spirit bamboo.

This reminded Lin Jing of the question Elder Yu asked him earlier.

"Spirit Bamboo Juice? Spirit Bamboo Juice needs to receive the rain and dew of heaven and earth, absorb the spiritual energy of the sun and moon, and bathe in wind, rain, thunder, and lightning to be born within growing spirit bamboo. These harvested spirit bamboo had long lost the possibility of birthing Spirit Bamboo Juice. Could it be that the effect of the blue spirit bamboo is to naturally birth Spirit Bamboo Juice?"

Lin Jing analyzed it. Who knew that the pressure inside the spirit bamboo was getting higher and higher, "Boom," the bamboo sprayed out a high-pressure water stream, instantly blowing a big hole in the wall. This wasn't Spirit Bamboo Juice... it was a high-pressure water pipe! Lin Jing was pushed into mid-air by the reaction force of the water cannon sprayed out by the bamboo, flew backward, smashed into the house, and his body and hands trembled. ===== CHAPTER 24 =====