Chapter 80

"Senior, you flatter me..."

"What do you mean by the opportunity to make a name for yourself?"

Lin Jing thought of his past life when he was studying, where his mentor would also give him opportunities, and then arrange a bunch of dirty and tiring work for him.

Cao Ziwei smiled: "In a few months, it will be the time for the academy to enroll students again. At that time, many genius cultivators from all sides will arrive in Hidden Dragon City, hoping to be admitted to the Hidden Dragon Academy."

"In the assessments of previous years, there has been a special segment, which is to let academy students serve as examiners and engage in duels with the examinees."

"Senior wants me to serve as an examiner this time?" Lin Jing was surprised.

Cao Ziwei nodded: "To be precise, it is the academy's intention. You are not the only examiner; it is the Hidden Dragon Academy students who have performed outstandingly in recent times."

"This is actually a good opportunity. These examinees are all geniuses from various domains, and they have sect elders following them. During the assessment, they will inevitably receive a lot of attention from the academy and various sects. If you serve as their examiner, you will definitely receive attention as well."

"What do you think?"

"This examiner... I will do it!" Lin Jing agreed. This matter had both advantages and disadvantages; everything depended on his own strength.

Cao Ziwei said: "Very good, then you should prepare for these few months. You are only at the Qi Condensation cultivation level, so you only need to face examinees at the Qi Condensation stage. Do not underestimate the Qi Condensation examinees just because you have defeated Foundation Establishment ones, and end up becoming their stepping stone instead. In previous assessments, there were often cases where old students of the academy were defeated by examinees."

"Although these examinees may not have entered the Cave Heaven like you and were not specially recruited in advance, it does not mean their strength is weak."

"I heard that among the examinees this session, there are still quite a few freaks at the Qi Condensation stage."

Mr. Cao exhorted earnestly. After all, Lin Jing and the others were specially recruited by him, and if they performed poorly, he would lose face.

"The Qilin son of the Wang family, a cultivation family in the capital, ninth layer of Qi Condensation, born with a Divine Body!"

"The Goddess of the Divine Talisman Sect in the Dao Domain, ninth layer of Qi Condensation, Talisman Body, can use fingers as pens, take heaven and earth as paper, and draw talismans in the void."

"And there is the grandson of the Deity Transformation Venerable of the Demon-Slaying Division. Although I heard he was a playboy in his early years, he repented and solved the conspiracy of the Gu God Sect demon cultivators in Snow Moon City a few months ago! He is also a genius at the ninth layer of Qi Condensation!"

"Just take that Divine Body; at the Qi Condensation stage, he is already famous in the Ancient Domain and is a well-known Heaven's Pride in the capital. If you can defeat the Divine Body in the assessment battle, it will be more meaningful than defeating that Fang Shilin," Mr. Cao smiled and tempted him.

And at this moment... Lin Jing had a strange expression.

The first two sounded truly powerful.

Cultivation physiques are divided into attribute spiritual bodies and special physiques. For example, Fire Spiritual Body and Ice Spiritual Body are all attribute spiritual bodies, and cultivating corresponding cultivation arts and spells has bonuses, while the Yuan Yang Body and Longevity Body are all special physiques.

According to the historical performance of these physiques, the Heaven's Secret Tower, like the Heaven's Pride Ranking, also listed a Physique Ranking, which included a total of 100 types of physiques.

Most of the physiques that can enter the ranking are called Divine Bodies, which will definitely reach Golden Core, likely Nascent Soul, and until Deity Transformation, there will not be any particularly large bottlenecks.

And the top ten physiques are called Immortal Bodies, which are physiques with the opportunity to ask the Dao and ascend to become immortals.

The Innate Divine Body is indeed powerful. A Divine Body born to practice the Hidden Dragon Secret Art will definitely make a name for itself, while someone like that Fang Shilin, who is already at the Foundation Establishment stage, doesn't even seem to be an Acquired Spiritual Body; he is far behind.

Lin Jing originally valued it very much, but when he heard about the grandson of the Deity Transformation Venerable at the end, he felt that something was wrong.

He really wanted to ask if that genius of the Demon-Slaying Division was named Gao Sheng.

This guy, his confinement is over, huh?

It seems his family didn't want him to continue making trouble and sent him to the academy.

"Student... will practice hard and prepare during this period."

"Senior, why don't I rent a cave dwelling instead?" Lin Jing suddenly thought that if he wanted to refine elixirs, he couldn't keep living in a wooden hut.

"Alright," Cao Ziwei smiled: "Resources are meant to be used. Although the rent for a cave dwelling is 10,000 spirit stones a year, this resource is completely worth it. Every cave dwelling in the academy is connected to the academy's spirit vein. Cultivating in it for a year is far more helpful than cultivating directly with 10,000 spirit stones."

That is what he said, but Lin Jing still felt the pain in his heart. Fortunately, he had already decided to do business himself.

The auction of the mechanical bamboo gun... was still some time away. For these auction items, the Lotus Pavilion would promote them for at least half a month, giving those who wanted to auction them sufficient time to prepare spirit stones.

The academy had a back mountain where the students' cave dwellings were located. Lin Jing rented a small hill, so he wouldn't have to be a homeless person in the city in the future.

"I can go and pick up Long Li!" After having his own residence, Lin Jing decided to pick up Long Li. After all, he couldn't keep bothering Senior Shen Song to look after it.

He quickly left the academy and called out secretly. Before long, a Long Li was thrown to his feet. The carp was covered in blue and purple bruises, it seemed it hadn't been beaten less, but fortunately, the fire seemed to be well-controlled.

"Still alive?" Lin Jing picked up the Long Li and asked with concern.

"Bo..." Long Li opened its mouth weakly. It was just pain; it was used to it.

It would never set fires casually again; that old pine tree really hit hard.

"As long as you're alive," Lin Jing said.

"Senior Shen Song."

After picking up Long Li, Lin Jing asked: "Do you think that with the Pine Needle Rat's current strength, it can defeat a 'Divine Body' of the same level?"

"Divine Body?"

Shen Song chuckled and said: "Do you have some misunderstanding about Divine Bodies? Even a demon beast with the bloodline of a Demon King would only be torn apart by a Divine Body of the same level. Go wherever it's cool for you."

"Not even a bit of hope? I want to mess him up! By any means necessary." Lin Jing had the expression of a demon cultivator, stretched out his hand, and viciously wiped his neck.

The Demon Pine really fell for this. Seeing this expression that suited his taste, he was willing to provide a method: "Let it eat that Space-Escaping Grass! Doesn't its natal red leaf have spatial properties?"

Lin Jing was shocked: "It's not ripe yet."

Demon Pine said: "You can't eat it if it's ripe. It's a fifth-rank spatial spirit herb, full of nutrients. You want to make it explode! It needs at least the Demon Core stage to barely digest it. If it's unripe, the nutrients are much less."

"Is it poisonous if eaten unripe?" Lin Jing asked. Most spirit plants have some toxicity when unripe, which is a self-evolved protective mechanism to prevent being eaten before growing up.

"Yes, so you need to be bold. It already has spatial talent. If it doesn't die from the poison, its spatial attainments will definitely improve greatly. Mastering superior spatial laws at the Qi Condensation stage... it might not be much worse than a Divine Body," the Demon Pine pointed out an evil path.

Lin Jing shook his head: "Forget it, I'll still be a righteous cultivator. I haven't practiced 'Undying Rebirth' yet, so I can't be resurrected if I die."

"What are you afraid of! Demon cultivation is about making the impossible possible. Doesn't that squirrel have the Azure Emperor Longevity Art at small success, and you have that golden spirit rice? Can't they improve grass-and-wood digestion ability? With my help, it won't die. The worst result is the death of an underage Space-Escaping Grass! A genius of the same clan being eaten by a fierce beast—I haven't even said anything yet!"