Chapter 21: Outer Sect Number One

In the Outer Sect Central Plaza, amidst the discussions, a smiling young man walked out from behind the mechanical bamboo dragon.

Lin Jing... recognized him at a glance; it was the patrolling Senior Brother from the spirit bamboo forest before.

He stepped forward and said loudly: "Greetings everyone, I am Fang Yonghao from the inner sect, with Qi Refining Level 9 cultivation, entrusted by Elder Yu to host the Outer Sect Dragon Ascension Festival Dragon-Beast Fight activity!"

"From now on, any outer sect disciple can challenge the mechanical bamboo dragon. Once the challenger is ready, I will activate the bamboo dragon. It will automatically sense and seek enemies within a certain range to fight."

"Are there any Junior Brothers who want to challenge? Today and tomorrow, each person is limited to one challenge per day! Rewards will be issued based on the best performance."

"Of course, if you are not satisfied with your results, Elder Yu said that you can support 10 spirit stones to increase the number of challenges..." After Senior Brother Fang finished speaking, the scene was quiet. No one was willing to be the first to challenge. The main reason was that they didn't know the attack mode of the mechanical bamboo dragon. If they challenged rashly, they would only fail, and the number of times was limited. Who would be willing to spend spirit stones to buy challenge times!

Until after more than ten seconds of silence, a "I'll come." broke the calm.

Lin Jing, who wanted to go on stage, paused his movements and looked over with the Pine-Needle Mouse.

The disciples made way, and they saw a young man with dark skin, and beside him, followed a monkey that was a head shorter.

The monkey had sharp eyes and a strong body. The most important thing was... compared to the messy white hair in other places, its hands and feet seemed to be covered with a strange metallic texture, very domineering.

It was exactly one of the five basic spirit beasts of the Beast Taming Sect, the Fighting Ape!

It is worth mentioning that the Fighting Ape was also carrying a long-handled weapon wrapped in white cloth, quite like a master.

"It's actually Senior Brother He."

"Outer Sect Number One, Senior Brother He Yiming!"

This person seemed to have considerable prestige in the outer sect, and his appearance immediately caused a great ripple.

"Currently in the Outer Sect Beast Fighting Arena, it is Senior Brother He who ranks first."

"After him, Senior Brother Ziran and Senior Sister Caixin take turns holding second place."

"I didn't expect Senior Brother He to lead the charge for us to test the reality of the bamboo dragon!"

Other disciples discussed, and outside the crowd, a young man reading "My Sword Spirit Wife" leaning against a tree, and a woman surrounded by several female disciples who looked a bit weak, also looked at this Outer Sect Number One.

"Greetings Senior Brother Fang, I am He Yiming, Qi Refining Level 6, pet beast Fighting Ape, Qi Refining Level 7, here to challenge the mechanical bamboo dragon!"

Senior Brother Fang returned a smile: "Greetings Junior Brother He, I have long heard of Junior Brother He's fame in the outer sect. I think you will be among the next batch of disciples to enter the inner sect."

"Thank you for the compliment, Senior Brother Fang." He Yiming cupped his hands, then followed his pet Fighting Ape forward, looking up slightly at the mechanical bamboo dragon.

"In that case, I will activate the mechanical bamboo dragon. Junior Brother, please be prepared." After Senior Brother Fang finished speaking, he took out a bell strung with bamboo rope.

As he shook the bell, a white light flashed in the eyes of the mechanical bamboo dragon in mid-air. The next moment, the whirlwind around the mechanical bamboo dragon flowed faster.

"Swish!" At the same time the bell rang, beside He Yiming, the Fighting Ape also took down the weapon and threw away the white cloth. As the cloth strips drifted away, inside was actually... a hoe used for digging!

Although it looked a bit absurd, not many outer sect disciples laughed.

"Spirit tool!"

This hoe was a spirit tool forged by a refiner with spirit ore!

"I heard that Senior Brother He Yiming was very lucky to dig up a 'Bright Jade Stone' hidden deep underground while performing sect missions in the mining area. To reward him, the sect specially rewarded him with a spirit tool hoe. It seems it's true."

Seeing that extraordinary hoe, many disciples showed envious expressions. With this hoe, the efficiency of mining is unimaginable, and the speed of accumulating resources... will multiply. No wonder Senior Brother He can sit on the throne of Outer Sect Number One today!

Lin Jing and the Pine-Needle Mouse listened to the crowd's discussion and fell into silence. This works too?

"Drink!" After taking out the spirit tool hoe, the Fighting Ape seemed to be helped by a god, bursting with terrifying power. Accompanied by the spiritual energy cyclone, it jumped up directly, and in a flash, with powerful explosive power, jumped to the front of the bamboo dragon's head, forcibly smashing at the mechanical bamboo dragon with the hoe!

Speed, explosive power... were all very outstanding, comparable to a body cultivator of the same level.

With a "bang," the hoe also successfully hit. For this scene, many outer sect disciples took a deep breath, showing admiration. The mechanical beast reacted slowly... in their view, it was clear that the mechanical bamboo dragon didn't keep up with the Fighting Ape's speed!

He Yiming also showed a smile because of this.

Watching the bamboo dragon open its mouth, the dragon pearl in its mouth quickly jumped from white to red, orange, yellow, and green!

Green? Only green?

This blow was quite powerful, but what people didn't expect was that the dragon pearl only jumped to the fourth tier of rewards... and the bamboo dragon took a blow without even tilting its head.

You know, the Fighting Ape is also Qi Refining Level 7. In a battle of the same level, the bamboo dragon's reaction was too calm.

And the next moment, what made the outer sect disciples' faces change was that after the bamboo dragon took a blow, it seemed that some power revived. The huge dragon tail swung rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, "bang!" it smashed toward the Fighting Ape above its head, instantly slapping the Fighting Ape dozens of meters away!!!

Bang! Bang! The Fighting Ape and the spirit hoe fell to the ground one after another. Among them, the Fighting Ape was even fainted. The Fighting Ape, known as having "steel muscles and iron bones," couldn't even withstand one blow. This scene made many people's faces change again and again.

He Yiming himself had an expression that was instantly unacceptable.

"Green dragon pearl, Junior Brother He, try harder tomorrow." Senior Brother Fang saw this and comforted him.

"Senior Brother, this bamboo dragon... is it really just Qi Refining Level 7???" He Yiming didn't believe it.

Senior Brother Fang said: "It is like this, but the configuration of this bamboo dragon might be the same as recorded in the Jianghu novels, it is Qi Refining Level 7 nine-turn peak perfection, can fight across levels with Qi Refining Level 8... cough... you should be content. As far as I know, the mechanical bamboo dragon provided for the inner sect Dragon Ascension Festival celebration... even reached the early Foundation Establishment stage. This is the first time."

He was very glad that he received this mission, otherwise, he would have to challenge the Foundation Establishment bamboo dragon like other inner sect disciples. Just thinking about it, Fang Yonghao felt terrible, and all this... he wasn't sure if it was thanks to someone.

"Is there anyone else?" A few minutes later, after Senior Brother Fang replenished the consumption of the mechanical bamboo dragon by supplementing spirit stones, there were still no new outer sect disciples wanting to challenge. The realm in the novel had come out, who would dare to challenge.

The challenge of Outer Sect Number One not only didn't build confidence for other outer sect disciples but instead made them more uneasy.

"Come on, you're already here." Senior Brother Fang smiled, seeing the appearance of these Junior Brothers, and found it very interesting.

"Are you recovered? We're ready."

Finally, another voice came out.

Hearing this, another passage was made, revealing the people inside.

A young man with a handsome appearance, and a Pine-Needle Mouse standing on his shoulder.

Compared to the previous He Yiming, not many people knew this young man, of course, it wasn't that there were none.

Seeing that it was Lin Jing, Mission Hall Senior Brother Ziran and patrolling Senior Brother Fang Yonghao were both stunned.

"Outer sect disciple Lin Jing, Qi Refining Level 2, pet beast Pine-Needle Mouse, Qi Refining Level 5, here to challenge the mechanical bamboo dragon!"

After Lin Jing reported his name, he walked toward the field with the Pine-Needle Mouse.

"Who is it?"

Qi Refining Level 2? Qi Refining Level 5?

Everyone was stunned. Although it's not that they can't challenge with such cultivation, even the lowest tier has rewards, but after seeing the power of the mechanical bamboo dragon, they still dared to go on stage decisively. Many outer sect disciples had to admire Lin Jing's courage.

"You..."

After Lin Jing entered, Senior Brother Fang Yonghao's face was strange, and he said: "Are you sure you want to challenge?"

The culprit... appeared!

"This Senior Brother, we meet again. Thank you for your 'care' last time!" Lin Jing greeted with a smile.

"Zhizhizhi!!" The Pine-Needle Mouse also looked at the other party.

If it weren't for the other party reporting them, they might have been able to cut spirit bamboo for two more days.

"Not at all." Senior Brother Fang didn't understand what it meant, and said: "In that case, I will activate the mechanical bamboo dragon again. Junior Brother... please be careful!"

After speaking, he used the bamboo bell again to activate the mechanical beast.

At this moment, most people still thought that this unfamiliar outer sect disciple was at most going through the motions.

Until the bamboo dragon was activated, Lin Jing patted his pocket, and a red maple leaf was shaken out, which was held in the hand by the Pine-Needle Mouse on Lin Jing's shoulder.

It swung hard, and the red leaf instantly turned into a red meteor flying toward the bamboo dragon, with a speed far exceeding the Fighting Ape's explosive power.

"My mother, so fast?!" Some disciples who also raised Pine-Needle Mice saw the terrifying speed of this flying leaf technique and were stunned.

Is this not farming, not cultivating spiritual energy, just staring at the flying leaf technique to practice?

"No wonder they dared to challenge, they have two brushes."

As everyone was surprised, their faces changed again.

After the flying leaf technique accurately landed on the bamboo dragon... it actually cut the bamboo dragon's body in an instant, and the red leaf was forcibly embedded in the bamboo dragon's body, just like a dragon-slaying blade inserted into the giant dragon's body!

"Roar!!!" Although the bamboo dragon didn't know pain, as the red leaf cut into its body, it still opened its mouth, making a rumbling mechanical vibration sound, as if roaring.

Red... orange... yellow... green... cyan... blue!

The flying leaf hit, and the color of the dragon pearl jumped to blue in one go, which shows that the destructive power of the Pine-Needle Mouse's flying leaf technique is at least two tiers higher than the Fighting Ape's use of spirit tools to attack at Qi Refining Level 7!

Such a scene exceeded people's cognition. You know, compared to the Fighting Ape, the Pine-Needle Mouse is not good at combat spells.

"Blue?!" In the distance, He Yiming, who was squatting and feeding the Fighting Ape healing pills, stood up abruptly and looked at the dragon pearl in the bamboo dragon's mouth.

"Is it because of that red leaf!" Of course, some people guessed something and felt that the red leaf was not an ordinary object.

"It must be a fierce plant with a value higher than a spirit hoe! That Pine-Needle Mouse can actually control it so easily!"

But compared to these, what was more intense at this time was the bamboo dragon's reaction. No one expected that after being hurt, emerald-green spiritual flames would diffuse on the bamboo dragon's body, not at all like a wood-attribute mechanical beast.

The emerald-green spiritual flames appeared, and the red maple leaf was instantly swallowed by the spiritual flames.

"...How come this mechanical dragon is still engraved with a fire formation." The outer sect disciples were all convinced. It's fine if it can use wind, but now it can even use fire. A bamboo dragon that can use two types of spells is simply hell-level difficulty for the Beast Taming disciples who have just stepped into the door of cultivation. Elder Yu is not acting like a human. Did the outer sect disciples offend him?

"It will open its mouth when it is hurt, revealing the dragon pearl."

"Initially, the action is slow, the attack consciousness is not high, giving the challenger a chance to attack, and then defensive counterattack."

"But wanting to rely on external destruction, the difficulty will be very high."

"So you need to let the bamboo dragon open its mouth first, and then..."

"The weakness should be in the mouth, right."

"To defeat a mechanical beast, you have to quickly break that complex mechanism." Elder Yu shouldn't be perverted enough to make a Qi Refining mechanical beast into an absolute defense.

Most disciples were still numb at the strength of the bamboo dragon... Lin Jing muttered to himself, and had already shaken ten red leaves out of his pocket.

Everyone: ???

No, you...

The Pine-Needle Mouse held five in one hand, slightly separated.

Ten shots in a row, thrown out, ten brilliant red lights flew straight to the bamboo dragon's head.

This technique made other Pine-Needle Mouse beast tamers feel bizarre and weird.

In addition, people discovered that Lin Jing wanted to destroy the internal mechanism from the bamboo dragon's mouth. The idea was undoubtedly good, but the direct flying leaf technique, facing the moving bamboo dragon, how could it be so smooth...

The bamboo dragon tilted its head slightly, and the landing point of the flying leaf was at most shaving the bamboo dragon's face.

However, the next moment.

"Object Control Technique!" Lin Jing stretched out his hand, pinched the formula with one hand, and made a command action.

The red leaves turned continuously and rapidly, and the Pine-Needle Mouse cooperated with Lin Jing to control the red leaves.

With this "Object Control Technique"-like method, it was controlled to fly into the mouth that the bamboo dragon had just opened.

Click click click click click!

Various sounds of mechanical breakage came out. The dragon pearl in the mechanical bamboo dragon's mouth first turned purple, and then... there was a cracking sound. The wind and fire on the bamboo dragon flying in the sky extinguished, and soon it fell from the sky like scattered parts.

Bang!

It smashed to the ground.

The scene was silent.

Seeing this... the Pine-Needle Mouse was overjoyed.

So fragile? Spirit bean bombs saved!

It ran up quickly, wanting to recover its flying leaves.

"Who exactly is this person, what is his background." At this moment, many disciples only had this thought about Lin Jing and them. Lin Jing, who had been in the Beast Taming Sect for some time, finally appeared in the sight of all outer sect disciples.

"Senior Brother, this... counts as a successful challenge?" Lin Jing also looked at the patrolling Senior Brother.

Fang Yonghao's mouth twitched. The materials for making the bamboo dragon were harvested by you, and the bamboo dragon was also dismantled by you. Junior Brother, you have a grudge against bamboo!! And your Object Control Technique, why is there no true qi fluctuation at all?! ===== CHAPTER 22 =====