Chapter 35: Self-Created Method

Naturally, she didn't just give up like that. Lin Jing and the Pine-Needle Rat were heartless, but wasn't there still a Green Bodhi Tree?

The female alchemist didn't care whether the young swordsman agreed or not and sat directly under the Green Bodhi.

Seeing this, the young swordsman, who was also under the Green Bodhi Tree, slightly drew his sword, but seeing the female alchemist's eyes filled with fury, he hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and sheathed his sword.

The young swordsman felt that if he provoked this woman any further, she would truly pay any price to ensure no one had a good time.

"Wait, you've already divided them up?" Lin Jing and the Pine-Needle Rat occupied the Gold and Silver Bodhi trees, while the young swordsman and the female alchemist occupied the Green Bodhi Tree. The scholar in green, who had wanted to watch the others fight, was bewildered.

No, what about me?

What happened to joining forces?

Why are you all so weak!

He subconsciously walked toward the Green Bodhi, but the young swordsman and the female alchemist both looked at him coldly.

It seemed that as long as he dared to come over, they would both strike at once.

It was already the Green Bodhi Tree with the weakest enlightenment effect; if it were split into three, the young swordsman and the female alchemist couldn't accept it.

"Fine." Seeing this, the scholar in green gritted his teeth. "Bullying a scholar, are you!"

"One of you is a beast tamer who plays with mechanics, one plays with fire, and one plays with swords. Is being able to fight such a big deal? Governing a country still relies on us scholars! When there's an opportunity, you sect disciples are more proactive than anyone!"

"Fine, I don't even care for the Green Bodhi Tree. I won't fight you for it, but you can't just let me go back empty-handed."

Everyone looked at him.

"I am Xu Zhi. Within the grotto-heaven, I executed the Snow Plains barbarians who were plotting against our country's prodigies, successfully protecting the opportunity for our country's prodigies. That's not too much to ask, right?!" As he spoke, he stepped forward a few paces, smashed a fist onto the Snow Plains cultivator's head, and looked at the three of them.

Lin Jing was silent.

"It's not too much. It's yours," he said.

A foreign cultivator with a special constitution didn't have many uses.

First, feed it to the dogs. But the Beast Taming Sect didn't allow demonic beasts to eat humans.

Second, sell it to the Yinshi Sect to be refined into a corpse puppet. But Lin Jing couldn't possibly have contact with the Yinshi Sect.

Third, the Snow Plains tribes had always been at odds with the Ancient Kingdom, with constant friction at the borders. If this scholar held an official post locally, he might have other uses for it.

"As long as you don't come over here to join in the fun, I don't know anything," the female alchemist said.

The young swordsman didn't speak, which still counted as tacit agreement.

Thus, this Snow Plains cultivator became the spoils of war for this unlucky fellow who hadn't managed to grab a Bodhi tree.

These scenes were witnessed in their entirety by the other outer sect disciples of the Beast Taming Sect. Even the four disciples from the Demon Hunting Hall had to sigh that this scholar in green was a ruthless man who knew when to advance and when to retreat.

The three Bodhi trees were divided.

"Junior Brother, we will guard the surroundings for you. You can practice in peace."

At this time, Senior Brother Zi Ran stepped forward, indicating he would guard Lin Jing's side.

This scholar in green hadn't grabbed a tree; he didn't know if he would act like a dog jumping over a wall in desperation later and change his mind.

"Many thanks, Senior Brothers," Lin Jing smiled. "By the way, although there's nothing valuable in that Snow Plains cultivator's storage bag, it seems to contain quite a few blood samples of Foundation Establishment demonic beasts suitable for body tempering. Take them as a token of gratitude. I hope it helps with your cultivation."

Lin Jing couldn't help but sigh inwardly at how poor this bald guy was.

Although he couldn't share the enlightenment trees with these fellow sect members, Lin Jing didn't hesitate to give away these beast blood samples. He couldn't let them help for nothing.

"Junior Brother is too polite," Senior Brother He Yiming laughed, finding Lin Jing a bit more pleasing to the eye. The few Demon Hunting Hall disciples also nodded, feeling that Lin Jing wasn't a bad person.

The struggle for the grotto-heaven had temporarily come to an end.

Except for the Snow Plains cultivator who had accidentally entered the enemy's base camp, the cultivators of the Tianyuan Ancient Kingdom had each gained some benefits, so it could be considered a trip not made in vain.

The few who had grabbed positions at the Bodhi trees also began to calm their minds and practice.

The young swordsman seemed to be comprehending a sword canon, with sword Qi lingering around his body.

The female alchemist took out a large cauldron and numerous materials, actually beginning to refine pills. No... it seemed more like she was attempting a special pill-refining technique.

As for the Pine-Needle Rat, it was researching how to open up an internal space... this was its greatest obsession.

The Snow Plains body cultivator's storage bag... was actually less than one cubic meter. It was on the verge of a breakdown!

"Be a bit more reliable!" Sensing the Pine-Needle Rat's state, Lin Jing had a headache and used the beast-taming contract to transmit his voice.

"Opening up space from nothing is something that only great cultivators in the Void Profound Stage can do. What are you, a little Qi Condensation squirrel, fussing about?"

"Squeak! Squeak!"

"You say there's nothing to comprehend about the Flying Leaf Technique, and what's the use of flying more leaves at the same time?" Lin Jing was speechless. In order to comprehend properly himself, he spouted nonsense:

"Blindly comprehending definitely won't work. Listen to my command. Whether it's a storage bag or a beast-taming space magic treasure, they are all successfully refined by using materials with spatial attributes. Why don't you... try to see if there's a way to endow your red leaves with some spatial properties."

"For example, making them able to easily slice through spatial barriers. Spatial arrays, other people's storage equipment, beast-taming spaces—all of these are more reliable than you directly wanting to open up a space."

"Lay a good foundation first, then treat the red leaves containing spatial properties as materials for refining spatial magic treasures. Take it step by step."

"Have you ever heard, 'A flower, a world; a leaf, a Bodhi'? A flower can also be a universe, so a red leaf can also be a universe. When that time comes, you can store as much as you want inside."

After Lin Jing finished speaking, he didn't care whether the Pine-Needle Rat had listened or not, and he began to seize the time to think.

While the Pine-Needle Rat was suddenly enlightened, constantly putting red flying leaves into the storage bag, taking them out, and observing the changes, Lin Jing was still struggling.

Currently, the things Lin Jing knew were only the Beast-Taming Art, the Spirit-Nurturing Technique, and the Spirit-Gathering Array.

The Spirit-Nurturing Technique was a spell to relieve fatigue, and the Spirit-Gathering Array was an array to gather spiritual energy. Both had limited potential, and their upgrade and improvement directions had already been thoroughly explored by various sects. The Beast-Taming Art also had a complete version in the Beast Taming Sect, so he didn't need to rack his brains to improve it.

In summary, he really didn't have any cultivation methods or spells on him that particularly needed to be comprehended with the help of the Golden Bodhi Tree.

"The drawback of the Qi Condensation stage is that there's too little accumulation. Otherwise, I could completely conduct method creation like the big brothers on the leaderboard," Lin Jing sighed.

"Although we have stockpiled many fierce plants, I haven't learned as many spells suitable for comprehension under the Bodhi tree as they have!"

"Should I find a way to increase the lethality of the Beast-Taming True Qi?"

Every cultivation method contained True Qi of different properties and possessed different effects. The main effect of Beast-Taming True Qi was to have miraculous effects in nurturing pet beasts. Therefore, the combat power of the beast tamer himself was far, far weaker compared to body cultivators and sword cultivators.

Perhaps even alchemists who could turn True Qi into flames were better.

Lin Jing wanted to change this situation. After all, the mechanical bamboo gun might only be used during the Qi Condensation stage, and he himself needed a certain amount of self-preservation power.

Suddenly, Lin Jing took out a purple Fire Dragon Fruit... or it could be called a synthetic Dragon Bone Flower. It was the spirit fruit that could allow a Qi Condensation stage little white mouse to erupt with a terrifying illusionary deterrence comparable to a Nascent Soul demon king. His gaze was burning.

"Right, there's also this. Perhaps I can really try to create a method."

"Can I rely on the Golden Bodhi Tree to analyze and learn the illusionary principle of the purple Dragon Bone Flower, turning it into an illusionary spell that can be freely cast and changed?" ===== CHAPTER 36 =====