Chapter 67: The Great Cruel One

Senior Mo Song did not stand on ceremony. A branch grew out from within the pinecone, rolled up the black chili pepper, and sucked all the essence dry.

After finishing, Senior Mo Song savored it: "There is a taste of demon art, the aftertaste is very strong, making fire rise directly in my body. To actually collect such good things, I knew I hadn't misjudged you."

Only Lin Jing himself knew how wronged he was.

"Wait, are you planning to feed this thing to that fish? With its realm, if it eats one, I guess you'll want to drink spicy fish soup tonight."

"How is that possible? I am not that kind of person." Lin Jing walked to the lakeside and said: "I still have a sense of proportion. I will cut it into chili shreds for it to eat! I won't give it the whole thing."

"Demon cultivation with a Buddhist heart, not bad. It seems you have taken my words to heart. This kind of aftertaste that can make even the soul feel spicy pain should be able to see where its physical limit is."

"Mosquitoes, come!" Lin Jing stretched out his arm, attracted another group of mosquitoes, then slapped them to death, tore a few chili shreds at random, and stirred them together in a vessel, turning it into a spicy mixed mosquito spirit dish.

"The color and fragrance are full, spicy and delicious. It seems I still have the talent of an immortal chef among the hundred arts of cultivation. Come over and taste it quickly." Lin Jing called the Dragon Carp that had dived into the water. Because it really smelled a fragrance, it slowly poked its head out.

"The entrance might be a bit stimulating, but once you get used to it, you will love it more and more. Besides squirrel fish, my favorite dish is spicy hot pot."

Hearing that it was something the Beast Tamer also loved to eat, the Dragon Carp opened its mouth, waiting to be fed.

Lin Jing poured it all into its mouth.

The food entered its stomach, and the Dragon Carp was stunned for a moment. It was indeed delicious.

But in an instant, it felt its whole body burning, as if the fire spiritual power in its body was about to explode.

The Dragon Carp swam restlessly in the lake water, the temperature in its body rising sharply.

"Pop!" It swam faster and faster, like a stream of fire in the lake, its speed more than twice as fast as before.

As it swam, the aftertaste of the chili pepper bloomed completely. The Dragon Carp's saliva was even spicy, and the burning spicy meaning that went deep into the soul made it feel pain and happiness, showing a completely different feeling from when the little white mouse ate it.

The extreme spiciness could no longer be relieved by simple swimming. It felt that its whole body seemed to have endless strength that needed to be released to relieve the pain, so it slapped the water surface hard with its tail...

Bang!

In the sight of Lin Jing and Senior Mo Song, it was like a spirit bean bomb exploding in the lake. In an instant, giant waves several meters high surged toward the surroundings, about to drown everything!

And the Dragon Carp, borrowing this slap, jumped to a height of more than ten meters, residing in the high sky, its fish eyes red and fiery, looking exceptionally cruel!

"Such great strength." Seeing this, Lin Jing took a deep breath, feeling that it could already go climb a waterfall.

The Dragon Carp's slap had more strength than he and the Pine Needle Rat combined.

"Erupting with such power shows that its bloodline potential is not weak, and its ancestors had great dragon-race beings." Senior Shen Song said: "You are lucky. The spirit beasts you choose all have good aptitude. Cultivate it well. After turning into a dragon, it will not disappoint you!"

After Senior Shen Song finished speaking, the Dragon Carp falling from the sky still had changes. Black flames actually started to puff out from its body!!!

Plop!

The Dragon Carp, covered in ghost fire, fell back into the water, its mouth swollen, like a cruel demon fish that had just finished eating people descending into the world.

"Bloodline is really important." Lin Jing remembered the little white mouse that had also eaten the black chili pepper. The extreme pain only made it almost faint, but for the Dragon Carp, it could stimulate powerful physical potential.

In addition, as a fire-type demon beast, it seemed to be able to perfectly absorb the power in the chili pepper, temporarily transforming it into its own power for better control.

This wave, he bet right. Elder Mo's recommendation is good.

"Is it delicious?" Lin Jing asked.

The Dragon Carp nodded, hissing, indicating that although it was very painful, it felt great to eat.

That day, Lin Jing determined the cultivation policy for the Dragon Carp.

According to Senior Mo Song, use pain to stimulate the Dragon Carp's physical potential, and dig out all the physical potential first.

What it just ate could only be considered slightly spicy. Next, there would be medium spicy, extra spicy, and perverted spicy!

The stronger the Dragon Carp's physical strength, the higher the quality it could have when it turned into a Beast Transformation Treasure Tool in the future.

As for the fire-type demon beast being able to control ghost fire more easily, it was a surprise within reason and out of expectation. However, in this way, a fish that spits ghost fire and a person who hides Gu insects—the whole team only had the Pine Needle Rat as a righteous image, which made Lin Jing very worried.

"Senior, to what extent do we need to cultivate before we can go to the Hidden Dragon Academy?"

After a few days, the Pine Needle Rat reached the Eighth Layer of Qi Refining, Lin Jing reached the Fifth Layer of Qi Refining, and the Dragon Carp reached the Fourth Layer of Qi Refining. Everyone had made breakthroughs, although... the cultivation realm of the whole team still looked like crooked melons and cracked dates.

"Indeed, a standard is needed."

"Although you said at the beginning not to worry about you, you are the hope of the Beast Taming Sect after all. As a guardian, I must contribute something." Senior Shen Song pondered for a moment and said: "This is the threshold!"

After speaking, under its control, the ground cracked open, and a wooden man made entirely of wood, without facial features, slowly crawled out, standing more than two meters tall, incomparably majestic.

"This wooden man will maintain the combat strength of the early Foundation Establishment stage to fight with you. It does not use magic, but its strength, defense, and speed are all very amazing, far exceeding geniuses of the same level of body cultivation, rather than ordinary Foundation Establishment body cultivators. It is very suitable as your sparring partner."

"When you can defeat it, you will go to the academy."

"The students in the academy are almost all geniuses from major sects and families. Only by being more monstrous than them can you compete for dragon luck from their hands and cultivate the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique!"

"Good!" Lin Jing nodded and looked at the wooden man. He wanted to challenge it now to see the gap and determine the direction of cultivation.

"Shall we try now?" He quickly called the Pine Needle Rat out. The Pine Needle Rat looked at the wooden man and then at Lin Jing.

One person and one rat looked at each other and knew each other's thoughts. They both took out their mechanism bamboo guns and attacked the wooden man while retreating!

Pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft!

The sky was covered with water arrows!

Swish!

But before the water arrows approached and the spirit beans exploded, the wooden man turned into an afterimage and disappeared from the spot.

When Lin Jing reacted, the wooden man had already appeared in front of him, bringing a gust of wind!

Accompanied by a violent explosion in the distance, the wooden man clenched its fist and was about to smash toward Lin Jing. Fortunately, Lin Jing had strengthened his mind through Buddhist light, and his reaction was not slow. He quickly switched the mode of the mechanism bamboo gun and sprayed a strong water flow at close range.

The water flow hit, and Lin Jing used the reaction force to jump back more than ten meters away, pulling away from the wooden man. However, the strong water flow did not cause any harm to the wooden man. As it advanced against the water flow, the Pine Needle Rat controlled several flying leaves to slash at the wooden man.

However.

Clack clack clack clack clack!

Whether it was water flow or flying leaves, falling on the wooden man had no effect. The flying leaves only left a few dents and then completely shattered, not affecting the wooden man's actions at all.

Swish!

The wooden man rushed out again, turning into an afterimage. Before Lin Jing and the Pine Needle Rat could react, they were kicked into the lake water one by one, their butts aching.

Gurgle gurgle.

Seeing this, Senior Shen Song said: "Continue to cultivate bitterly. It is not so easy to be defeated. But in other words, if you defeat it, you should be able to gain a firm foothold in the academy."

"The water is so hot, but it smells so good." "Squeak!!!" Lin Jing and the Pine Needle Rat poked their heads out of the lake water, spat out a mouthful of soup, and were very embarrassed.

Seeing Lin Jing and the Pine Needle Rat become drowned rats, the Dragon Carp watched the show on the side, but the next moment, the wooden man stepped into the lake surface, gave the Dragon Carp a kick, and kicked it flying very far. Not one was left out; all were beaten once. ===== CHAPTER 68 =====