Chapter 46: Refining

Lin Jing looked around and didn't quite understand. The cloth bag, stone ring, jade bracelet, treasure bead, gourd, and scroll all looked normal. How did a monk's staff, which looked very strange, get mixed in?

Isn't this a Buddhist utensil?

How could it appear in the Beast Taming Sect?

"You are wondering why the sect refined a space magic treasure into a monk's staff?"

"Yes." Lin Jing nodded.

"Actually, it's because of a past event. This matter wasn't clearly recorded and has always been passed down by word of mouth." Elder Mo laughed, summoned the monk's staff into his hand.

"During the second sect master's period, a demon appeared in the Great Desolate Domain, causing disaster for one side."

"This demon was a special rare beast, and because of its rare beast divine ability, it was extremely difficult to kill! Even if it was one or two major realms higher!"

"At that time, the cultivators of the Great Desolate had no way to deal with this demon."

"Until a guest of the Demon-Eliminating Division arrived. This guest was a Buddhist, with high Buddhist attainments. He cooperated with four Great Desolate cultivators and finally used special means to seal the demon together."

"It was a seal, not a kill."

"Among the four Great Desolate cultivators, there was the second sect master of our sect."

"After this battle, the second sect master became friends with this Buddhist cultivator. For a period of time, most of the Beast Taming Sect's space magic treasures were Buddhist utensils. This monk's staff has also been left here for some years."

"Time has passed for too long. Because the style is strange, almost no true disciples chose it, even if they knew this history."

"So that's it." Lin Jing was enlightened. "I didn't expect our Beast Taming Sect to have the responsibility of guarding the Demon-Suppressing Tower."

After all... compared to normal sects, we are more like a demon sect.

"You shouldn't be intending to choose this monk's staff, right?" Elder Mo asked.

"No." Lin Jing shook his head. "This monk's staff doesn't match my graceful, free-spirited, and immortal temperament."

Elder Mo was speechless. He didn't expect Lin Jing to be so narcissistic. However, he looked at Lin Jing carefully for a few times and found that Lin Jing's appearance indeed had a few points of the handsomeness he had when he was young. No wonder he was so confident.

"Elder, this disciple chooses this." Lin Jing pointed to the red gourd.

The Pine-Needle Rat was shocked. It felt that the cloth bag was more convenient for it to carry.

Lin Jing didn't pay attention to it.

This space magic treasure was used to hold the Pine-Needle Rat. Whether it was convenient for the Pine-Needle Rat to carry wasn't something Lin Jing considered.

Moreover, magic treasures of this level could all change size, so they were convenient to carry no matter what.

"Other space magic treasures have very heavy traces of postnatal refining, while this one... is more like an innate object. If I remember correctly, it should be a suspended gourd, right? A strange plant that brings its own space."

"It seems you have read many books." Elder Mo nodded. "The other six space magic treasures are all refined from various spatial materials, while this gourd has only undergone simple postnatal modification, which can be considered the most primitive."

"However, what you value shouldn't be this point, right?"

"Hmm, it's a plant, and the Pine-Needle Rat is a wood-attribute beast. The compatibility should be higher." Lin Jing looked at Elder Mo and said, "Elder, if I obtain more suspended gourds in the future, can I let the Pine-Needle Rat use the Glazed Immortal Pupil to synthesize them?"

Compared to the other six space magic treasures, Lin Jing took a fancy to the attributes of the suspended gourd.

"That is indeed the case." Elder Mo nodded, recognizing Lin Jing's point of view. "However, suspended gourds are incredibly rare. This was also obtained accidentally by an ancestor. Before you have achievements in cultivation, even if you encounter them, it will be very difficult to afford them."

"At least there is something to look forward to." Lin Jing said. "Elder, I'll choose this gourd." 【46-32

"At least there's something to look forward to," Lin Jing said, "Elder, I'll choose this gourd."

"Actually, this disciple also likes this monk's staff very much. When the disciple reaches Foundation Establishment and contracts a second pet beast, can I apply for another space magic treasure... It wouldn't do for multiple pet beasts to be squeezed into one place, right?"

"Get out!" Elder Mo scolded for the first time; this was the foundation of the sect, did he really think it was just a cabbage to be picked at will!

"This old man doesn't have the ability to apply for another one for you. If you find a way to become the Young Sect Master, you can choose whatever you want here; even if one pet beast lives in two magic treasures, no one will stop you!"

After Lin Jing chose the Suspended Gourd as his life-bound beast-taming space magic treasure, he condensed a drop of essence blood under Elder Mo's guidance and refined the Suspended Gourd.

After refining the Suspended Gourd, Lin Jing discovered that it was worthy of being a magic treasure-level piece of equipment that only Golden Core stage cultivators were qualified to use; the space inside was actually much larger than the courtyard he had in the outer sect.

Now, it finally wouldn't affect the Pine Needle Rat's hoarding...

With the original two storage bags, the Pine Needle Rat could only put some rare synthesized items; bags and bags of ordinary spiritual rice and spiritual beans could only be piled up in the courtyard, as putting them in storage bags was too wasteful of space. Now, there was no such worry.

Although the Suspended Gourd was Lin Jing's life-bound magic treasure, it was the Pine Needle Rat's residence, and it didn't affect it from exerting its "hoarding rat" attributes.

"Squeak!!!" Beside him, the Pine Needle Rat saw Lin Jing playing with the Suspended Gourd alone and immediately wanted to touch it.

"If I call your name, do you dare to answer?"

Lin Jing aimed the gourd at the confused Pine Needle Rat, and before the Pine Needle Rat could answer, it was forcibly sucked back into the space magic treasure by Lin Jing with a "whoosh."

Although bewildered, upon entering the brand-new space, the Pine Needle Rat immediately took a deep breath, and there was light in its eyes.

So big!

It looked around; the inside of the Suspended Gourd was quite spacious, and the ends in all directions were green spiritual energy mists, which were very helpful for cultivation. Stepping into the green spiritual energy mist, the Pine Needle Rat felt that it was necessary to renovate this place and make it its new cave dwelling.

"Squeak..." It counted on its fingers, planning to build a place to sleep, a warehouse, a place to cultivate, a warehouse, a place to eat, a warehouse...

"How is it?" Outside, Elder Mo looked at Lin Jing, who couldn't put down the Suspended Gourd, and smiled, "After having a life-bound beast-taming space magic treasure, do you feel a bit different, like a true beast-taming cultivator?"

"In fact... it is indeed only by reaching the position of a sect true disciple that one can be considered a qualified beast-path cultivator."

"That's right." Lin Jing shook the Suspended Gourd, and it immediately became a bit smaller and was hung on Lin Jing's waist. The red gourd adorned the handsome and dashing Lin Jing, who was dressed in white, making his temperament even more extraordinary.

"It actually suits you quite well. In the future, when you go out and walk about, if any demonic cultivators plot against you, they will just treat you as an ordinary cultivator who is alone. Just as they are about to attack, burn, kill, and loot, you summon your pet beast in return—truly satisfying." Elder Mo looked like he hadn't experienced few similar things when he was young, his face full of reminiscence; the most satisfying thing for Beast Taming Sect disciples was being able to gang up on enemies.