Chapter 30: Accident

"He Yiming, Qi Refining Level 7, pet beast, Fighting Ape, Qi Refining Level 7."

"Qin Caixin, Qi Refining Level 6, pet beast, tree bear, Qi Refining Level 7."

"Ziran, Qi Refining Level 6, pet beast, fire spirit sparrow, Qi Refining Level 7."

Outer Sect.

Inner sect assessment registration site!

Elder Yu in a blue robe came to the scene in person to check the cultivation of the registered disciples.

Everyone's cultivation realm was quite normal.

Until... Lin Jing arrived.

He walked to the registration desk, Elder Yu asked knowingly: "Name."

"Lin Jing."

Elder Yu scanned with his divine sense and said: "Lin Jing, Qi Refining Level 3, pet beast, Pine-Needle Mouse, Qi Refining Level 7!"

After speaking, many outer sect disciples whispered.

"Not long ago, that Pine-Needle Mouse was only Qi Refining Level 4, right? It's already Level 7, so fast!"

"The key is not that the pet beast is already Qi Refining Level 7, while the Beast Tamer is only Level 3, right?"

Beast Tamer in the early stage of Qi Refining, pet beast in the late stage of Qi Refining, this situation in the outer sect... can also be considered very rare.

Of course, no one dared to underestimate Lin Jing and the Pine-Needle Mouse. The scrapped mechanical bamboo dragon was the best witness.

And hearing the discussions of other disciples, the Pine-Needle Mouse in the Taoist robe with its eyes closed on Lin Jing's shoulder shook its head.

If it weren't for not putting all its energy into cultivation, it might have been able to reach Foundation Establishment!

The Pine-Needle Mouse slowed down its cultivation, also because of Lin Jing's suggestion.

Qi Refining cultivators establishing a foundation, establishing a foundation is the process of strengthening their own physique.

Mortal body establishing a foundation

Cultivators who possess an innate cultivation physique need to choose suitable resources during the Foundation Establishment process to continue strengthening their physique.

The same applies to spirit beasts and demonic beasts.

They need to optimize and strengthen their bloodline during the Foundation Establishment process, ideally completing a bloodline evolution.

The Pine-Leaf Rat is not a spirit beast with a powerful innate lineage, so the Foundation Establishment process is particularly important. The Glazed Immortal Pupils only brought it divine abilities and did not strengthen its bloodline species.

Without being prepared for the conditions of a perfect Foundation Establishment, rushing into the realm is actually a disadvantage.

Foundation Establishment... is about laying an invincible foundation!

Time drifted by; Lin Jing felt that slowly hoarding resources and slowly breaking through was fine.

Lin Jing finished his registration and stepped aside, then Senior Brother Ziran walked toward him.

"Junior Brother Lin Jing, your progress is rapid," Senior Brother Ziran greeted with a smile.

"The rapid one is the Pine-Leaf Rat; I'm at a turtle's pace," Lin Jing said.

"Junior Brother is being humble. It's fortunate that there is the variable of the Demon Hunting Hall disciples this time; otherwise, the assessment would have been too lacking in challenge for you," Senior Brother Ziran laughed.

"Is that so?" Lin Jing didn't really care about the Demon Hunting Hall disciples. If they didn't come to cause him trouble, he wouldn't look for trouble with them. With so few disciples, the bulk of the points still depended on the demonic beasts.

"Of course, the Demon Hunting Hall disciples are all ruthless people. Knowing that the mortality rate of the Demon Hunting Hall's training is extremely high, they still make up their minds to join. Those who don't know might think they are all carrying deep blood feuds and urgently need strength to take revenge on Nascent Soul old monsters. Honestly, I really don't want to be assessed with them."

Speaking of the Demon Hunting Hall, several people from the Demon Hunting Hall arrived and registered one by one.

Their cultivation wasn't particularly outstanding, but the Outer Sect disciples were all clear about their strength.

"I'm the one who needs revenge," Senior Brother He Yiming, who had been severely injured by the Demon Hunting Hall disciples, whispered in a corner. After his injuries healed, he was lucky enough to break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, which could be considered a blessing in disguise.

"I feel like Junior Brother Lin Jing is even more unsolvable..." Senior Sister Caixin thought to herself.

Regarding that red flying leaf technique that could turn corners, she still hadn't thought of a way to deal with it.

"Registration closed! A total of 20 disciples are participating in this Inner Sect assessment."

"Next, I and Elder Li will lead you to the outskirts of the Great Wilderness to serve as your examiners. Your assessment content is to use every means possible to survive there for 3 days!"

Elder Yu explained the assessment content. It was indeed not much different from previous years, though the points obtainable through competition between disciples had increased, which was likely a change requested by Elder Li.

"Alright, all disciples participating in the Inner Sect assessment, come up." At this moment, a huge flying boat was floating in the sky, but looking closely, it was somewhat different from a flying boat.

It looked more like a fish-shaped demonic beast... No, perhaps it would be more appropriate to describe it as a mechanical beast. It was clearly one of Elder Yu's works.

Elder Li Hai stood on the mechanical fish and spoke to the disciples below with a blank expression.

Before long, all 20 disciples boarded the mechanical fish.

The mechanical fish began to fly toward the wild Great Wilderness at the edge of the Beast Taming Sect.

On the mechanical creation, the atmosphere among the 20 disciples began to grow tense. Whether they were acquaintances or strangers, they had now become competitors, sizing each other up and recalling the other's signature spells.

"We will arrive over the Great Wilderness soon. Before the assessment, I want to remind you again."

"In the Inner Sect assessment, act according to your ability. Do not do things beyond your capabilities; this will not give you extra points, but will instead greatly deduct them!"

"Besides me and Elder Li, some elders from the Inner Peak may also use their spiritual sense to secretly observe the assessment process, so you must perform well. Also, in moments of life-and-death crisis, prioritize protecting yourselves and your pet beasts. Once the elders notice, they will immediately intervene to save you, but an elder's intervention also means you are directly eliminated. Do you understand?" Elder Yu said.

"The disciples understand!" The many Outer Sect disciples bowed in unison.

"This kind of thing shouldn't be said directly. Protecting them so well, how can you test their true level?" Elder Li snorted coldly from the side.

"Whether it's training or assessment, there must be accidents to see the real stuff!"

Many disciples felt that Elder Li was talking without back pain; was their cultivation easy!

But whether it was Elder Li's crow's mouth that worked, suddenly, there was a loud "boom" in the sky, shocking the mechanical fish into a tremor. Everyone looked up and saw a large hole appear in the firmament, permeated with brown light.

"What is that?" The Outer Sect disciples and their pet beasts looked toward the large hole in the sky.

Lin Jing and the Pine-Leaf Rat, who were leaning against the edge of the mechanical fish admiring the scenery below, also looked up, their expressions changing.

Because, moments after this large hole appeared, it suddenly shone down a thick pillar of light, and the target of this pillar was not elsewhere, but the mechanical fish—or more accurately, Lin Jing himself!

"What the hell?!" Watching the pillar of light crashing down, Lin Jing and the Pine-Leaf Rat wanted to dodge, but felt as if they had been locked on.

"It's over, it's coming for us."

Lin Jing's vision went black. The Pine-Leaf Rat put its claws on the storage bag, only to find that among the things it had hoarded, there was nothing that could deal with this situation...

"It wouldn't be the Yin Corpse Sect coming to snatch people, would it? No, that's not right, this is still inside the sect! How arrogant!"

Their consciousness blurred, and their vision was covered by light.