Chapter 28: The Sky Collapses

After Elder Yu fired one magazine, the Pine-Needle Rat let out a heart-rending cry.

Its ammunition!

Hoarded for so long!

Lin Jing also rubbed his forehead. It seems things can't be left around randomly in the future... Ultra-small storage bag, come quickly.

The unfortunate thing in the misfortune was that Elder Yu triggered the mechanism toward the sky. Although the powerful power still made the surroundings a mess, fortunately... the courtyard was still there, and it didn't blow up the house.

But thinking from another angle, if the house was also blown away, it might help them change to a better cave dwelling.

Thinking of this, Lin Jing felt regretful.

"What is this!" Elder Yu was startled.

He looked at Lin Jing and the painful Pine-Needle Rat.

"Elder Yu, ah." Lin Jing fell silent for a moment and said: "Why did you press it?"

"Haha." Elder Yu was embarrassed. Who could have expected this situation from a gadget drummed up by two novice mechanics.

"You must have already discovered that the structure of this mechanical bamboo gun is very simple, only using some introductory basic structures. The reason why it accumulates water vapor, sprays high-speed water flow, and explodes is because of the effect of the mechanical material spirit bamboo itself, and the effect of the spirit bean bombs in the magazine."

Lin Jing said: "Elder, these mutated fierce plant spirit bean bombs are all our worldly possessions, used to prepare for the Inner Sect assessment..."

"I will compensate you." Elder Yu also roughly understood. What's powerful is that spirit bean. The structure of this mechanical bamboo gun is indeed not very complicated, just combining mutated spirit bamboo and mutated spirit beans through simple mechanisms!

Although that's the case... but with this thing, if the explosive spirit beans are sufficient, I'm afraid even a mortal could make a low-level cultivator suffer.

This is the... rare beast divine ability that Elder Mo Wuya spoke of. Elder Yu realized in his heart. Rare beasts are indeed powerful. Spirit bamboo, such an ordinary mechanical material, can be endowed with effects similar to the Water Arrow Spell without engraving array patterns.

"Elder, you are too polite. Those spirit bean bombs were also improved from ordinary spirit beans, and their value is not very high. We will just make some more. We are already very grateful that you can teach us Mechanical Art." Lin Jing said.

The Pine-Needle Rat was stunned. Compensation is gone?

"I can't let you suffer a loss. In this way, I see that your mechanical beast has almost formed a prototype. I'll give you this in advance. The Inner Sect assessment is imminent, so hurry up and make up for it." Elder Yu thought for a moment and threw out an Elder Token.

"This is my Elder Token. Holding this token, you can eat for free in the Outer Sect cafeteria. Besides that, you can also use this token to enter the Inner Peak as an Outer Sect disciple."

After he finished speaking, he flicked his large sleeve and said: "It seems some disciples were attracted by the movement just now. I will go and disperse them. You continue to cultivate."

"Thank you, Elder Yu." Lin Jing sent Elder Yu away and threw the token to the Pine-Needle Rat: "Just some spirit beans, Elder Yu is a Golden Core Elder, how could he let us suffer a loss. Wait... let's go to the cafeteria for an extra meal!"

The Pine-Needle Rat wiped away its tears. You humans have too many tricks. Although that's the case... but it had hoarded spirit beans for so long, and still lost a lot!

Outer Sect, cafeteria!

It is said that even the most ordinary food here is white rice steamed with spirit rice and spirit spring water.

Lin Jing and the Pine-Needle Rat took the Elder Token and, after tidying up a bit, rushed to the cafeteria like starving ghosts reincarnated.

"Senior Brother Lin Jing?" As Lin Jing sat in the corner of the cafeteria with the Pine-Needle Rat, many Outer Sect disciples recognized them. A miscellaneous disciple who worked to earn spirit stones even walked up quickly like he saw an idol.

"Senior Brother Lin Jing, I don't know what you would like to eat. That is today's menu." This miscellaneous disciple enthusiastically introduced today's dishes to the menu on the wall.

"There are 'Birds Flying Together in the Sky,' 'Fairy in the Green Field,' 'Wealth Wrapped Around the Waist'..."

"Junior Brother, can you say something we can understand?" Lin Jing said politely.

"A pair of wood-scented roasted squabs, stir-fried fresh spirit mushrooms, pulled-silk cashews..."

"Good." Lin Jing felt his heart sway. This sounded much more fragrant than tree-leaf fried rice. He said: "Today's dishes, let's have one of each first."

"Ah?" The miscellaneous disciple kindly reminded: "Senior Brother, these dishes contain a large amount of spiritual power. For example, the cooking process of 'Birds Flying Together in the Sky' uses fragrant spirit wood and fire-control techniques, almost locking in the nutrition of the cloud pigeon with excellent heat... A normal mid-stage Qi Condensation cultivator would be full after eating one..."

"It's okay. Do we look normal?" Lin Jing smiled slightly. Seeing this, the miscellaneous disciple thought for a moment, nodded, and ran to inform the back kitchen.

Before long, the dishes were served one after another. The Pine-Needle Rat took out a grain of golden spirit rice from Lin Jing's pocket, and then... cut it in half with a claw, half for itself and half for Lin Jing, so as not to eat too terrifyingly after putting a whole grain in its mouth, and snatching the meals of other Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters.

"Gulp." One person and one pet put half a grain of golden spirit rice into their mouths, like taking medicine, and swallowed it with a cup of spirit tea.

One hour later.

Mechanical Workshop.

"Elder Yu, it's bad!" A crane flew over again, the scene looking familiar.

"What's the matter, so flustered." Elder Yu walked out and looked at the crane.

"Outer Sect disciples Lin Jing and Pine-Needle Rat, in the cafeteria, took out your Elder Token and demanded a free meal!"

"Making a fuss over nothing. The token was given to them by me. Lin Jing's physique is special, and his demand for food and resources is very high. The Inner Sect assessment is imminent, so what's wrong with me giving them special treatment? Are there any other idle gossip? If any disciple has an opinion on my approach, let them win against the mechanical bamboo dragon and see!"

The crane said: "Elder Yu, no Outer Sect disciple has an opinion. Not many people know about this. It's the cafeteria's head chef Fugui and his Fire Spirit Sparrow who have collapsed from exhaustion. Lin Jing and the others are too capable of eating. In the past, at the end of the day, the cafeteria could still have quite a few leftovers... Today, there is nothing left at all."

"I heard... Lin Jing even ate the meat bones..."

"Originally, the leftover food was provided to those special spirit beasts that joined the sect because of 'free food and housing'... After seeing there is no food later, they might have opinions."

"Most importantly... they ate so much, and because they have your token, they didn't pay half a spirit stone."

"If they eat like this every day, the budget of the Outer Sect cafeteria... might have problems! By then, you will have to pay for it out of your own pocket, Elder."

Elder Yu listened and was stunned.

What the hell?

"Damn, I've been tricked." Elder Yu's eyes went dark again. He was truly stupid. This Longevity Body is so smart in learning everything, how could he make a wish that would make him suffer a loss! The sky has collapsed.

"Elder, what to do?" The Heavenly Feather Crane asked.

"Terrible, I've been tricked." Elder Yu's vision went dark again. He was such a fool; this Longevity Body was so clever at learning everything, how could he possibly make a wish that would result in a loss! The sky had collapsed.

"Elder, what should we do?" the Heavenly Feather Crane asked.

"What else can we do? Let them eat!" Elder Yu gritted his teeth and said, "Once they enter the Inner Sect... they can't possibly still come to the Outer Sect cafeteria to scrounge for food! I'm going to urge the Inner Sect... to hold this year's Inner Sect promotion assessment as soon as possible!"