Chapter 35: Self-Created Method

She naturally didn't just give up like that. Lin Jing and the Pine-Leaf Rat were heartless, but wasn't there still a Green Bodhi Tree?

The female alchemist didn't care whether the young swordsman agreed or not; she sat down directly under the Green Bodhi.

Seeing this, the young swordsman, also under the Green Bodhi Tree, drew his sword slightly, but seeing the anger in the female alchemist’s eyes, he hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and sheathed his sword.

The young swordsman felt that if he provoked this woman any further, she would truly pay any price to ensure no one had a good time.

"Wait, you’ve already divided them up?" Lin Jing and the Pine-Leaf Rat occupied the Gold and Silver Bodhi Trees, while the young swordsman and the female alchemist occupied the Green Bodhi Tree. The scholar in green, who had wanted to watch the others fight, was bewildered.

No, what about me?

Didn't we agree to team up?

Why are you all so weak!

He subconsciously walked toward the Green Bodhi, but the young swordsman and the female alchemist both looked at him with cold eyes.

It seemed that if he dared to come over, they would attack together.

It was already the Green Bodhi Tree with the weakest enlightenment effect; if it were split into three, the young swordsman and the female alchemist couldn't accept it.

"Fine." Seeing this, the scholar in green gritted his teeth. "Bullying a scholar, are you!"

"One of you is a beast tamer who plays with machines, one plays with fire, and one plays with swords. Is being able to fight so great? Governing a country still relies on us scholars! When there’s an opportunity, you sect disciples are more proactive than anyone!"

"Fine, I don't even care for the Green Bodhi Tree. I won't fight you for it, but you can't let me go back empty-handed."

Everyone looked at him.

"I, Xu Zhi, have slain the Snow Plains barbarians who harbored ill intentions toward our country’s prodigies within the grotto-heaven, successfully protecting the opportunities for our country’s prodigies. That’s not unreasonable, right?!" As he spoke, he stepped forward a few paces, smashed his fist onto the Snow Plains cultivator’s head, and looked at the three of them.

Lin Jing was silent.

"Not unreasonable. It’s yours," he said.

A foreign cultivator with a special constitution didn't have many uses.

One: Feed it to the dogs. But the Beast Taming Sect didn't allow spirit beasts to eat humans.

Two: Sell it to the Yin Corpse Sect to be refined into a corpse puppet. But Lin Jing couldn't possibly have contact with the Yin Corpse Sect.

Three: The Snow Plains tribes had always been at odds with the ancient kingdom, with constant friction at the borders. If this scholar held an official post locally, taking it back might have other uses.

"As long as you don't come over here to join the fun, I know nothing," the female alchemist said.

The young swordsman didn't speak, which still counted as tacit agreement.

Thus, this Snow Plains cultivator became the spoils of war for this unlucky fellow who hadn't grabbed a Bodhi Tree.

These scenes were witnessed in their entirety by the other outer sect disciples of the Beast Taming Sect. Even the four disciples of the Monster Hunting Hall had to sigh that this scholar in green was a ruthless man who knew when to advance and when to retreat.

The three Bodhi Trees were divided.

"Junior Brother, we will guard the surroundings for you. Cultivate with peace of mind."

At this time, Senior Brother Ziran stepped forward, indicating he would guard Lin Jing’s side.

This scholar in green hadn't grabbed a tree; he didn't know if he would be driven to desperation later and change his mind.

"Thank you, Senior Brothers," Lin Jing smiled. "By the way, although there’s nothing valuable in that Snow Plains cultivator’s storage bag, it seems he treasured quite a bit of Foundation Establishment monster blood suitable for body tempering. Take it as a token of gratitude; I hope it helps with your cultivation."

Lin Jing couldn't help but sigh inwardly at how poor this bald guy was.

Although he couldn't share the enlightenment tree with these fellow sect members, Lin Jing didn't hesitate to give away the beast blood. He couldn't let them help for nothing.

"Junior Brother is too polite," Senior Brother He Yiming laughed, looking at Lin Jing with a bit more favor. The few Monster Hunting Hall disciples also nodded, feeling Lin Jing was a decent person.

The struggle for the grotto-heaven had come to a temporary pause.

Except for the Snow Plains cultivator who had accidentally entered the enemy’s base camp, the cultivators of the Great Ming Ancient Kingdom had each gained some benefits, which could be considered a trip not made in vain.

The few who had grabbed spots at the Bodhi Trees also began to calm their minds and practice.

The young swordsman seemed to be comprehending a sword canon, with sword Qi lingering around his body.

The female alchemist took out a large cauldron and various materials, actually starting to refine pills. No... it seemed more like she was attempting a special alchemy technique.

As for the Pine-Leaf Rat, it was researching how to open up an internal space... this was its greatest obsession.

The Snow Plains body cultivator’s storage bag... was actually less than one cubic meter. It was on the verge of a breakdown!

"Be more reliable!" Sensing the Pine-Leaf Rat’s state, Lin Jing had a headache and used the beast-taming contract to transmit his voice.

"Opening up space from nothing is something only great cultivators in the Void-Empty stage can do. What are you, a little Qi Refining squirrel, fussing about?"

"Squeak! Squeak!"

"You say there’s nothing to comprehend about the Flying Leaf Technique, and what’s the use of flying more leaves at once?" Lin Jing was speechless. In order to comprehend properly himself, he spouted nonsense:

"Blindly comprehending definitely won't work. Listen to my command. Whether it’s a storage bag or a beast-taming space magic treasure, they are all successfully refined by utilizing materials with spatial attributes. Why don't you... try to see if there’s a way to imbue your red leaves with some spatial properties."

"For example, making them able to easily slice open spatial barriers. Spatial arrays, other people’s storage equipment, beast-taming spaces—all of these are more reliable than you directly wanting to open up a space."

"Lay the foundation first, then treat the red leaves containing spatial properties as materials for refining spatial magic treasures. Take it one step at a time."

"Have you ever heard, 'A flower is a world, a leaf is a Bodhi'? A flower can also be a universe, so a red leaf can also be a universe. When the time comes, you can store as much as you want inside."

After Lin Jing finished speaking, he didn't care if the Pine-Leaf Rat had listened or not; he began to think, racing against time.

While the Pine-Leaf Rat was suddenly enlightened, constantly putting red flying leaves into the storage bag and taking them out, observing the changes, Lin Jing was still struggling.

Currently, the things Lin Jing knew were only the Beast Taming Art, the Spirit-Nurturing Technique, and the Spirit-Gathering Array.

The Spirit-Nurturing Technique was a spell to relieve fatigue, and the Spirit-Gathering Array was an array to gather spiritual energy. Both had limited potential, and their upgrade and improvement directions had been thoroughly explored by various sects. The Beast Taming Art also had a complete version in the Beast Taming Sect; he didn't need to rack his brains to improve it.

In summary, he really didn't have a single cultivation method or spell that particularly needed to be comprehended with the help of the Golden Bodhi Tree.

"The drawback of the Qi Refining stage is that the accumulation is too little. Otherwise, I could totally be like the big bosses on the leaderboard and create a method," Lin Jing sighed.

"Although we have a lot of fierce plants stockpiled, I haven't learned as many spells suitable for comprehension under the Bodhi Tree as they have!"

"How about finding a way to increase the lethality of the Beast Taming True Qi?"

Every cultivation method contained true Qi of different properties and possessed different effects. The main effect of Beast Taming True Qi was having miraculous effects in nurturing pets, so the combat power of the beast tamer themselves was far, far weaker compared to body cultivators and sword cultivators.

Perhaps even alchemists who could transform true Qi into flames were better.

Lin Jing wanted to change this situation. After all, the mechanical bamboo gun might only be useful in the Qi Refining stage, and he himself needed a certain degree of self-preservation power.

Suddenly, Lin Jing took out a purple Fire Dragon Fruit... or it could be called a synthetic Dragon Bone Flower. It was the spirit fruit that could allow a Qi Refining white mouse to erupt with a terrifying phantom deterrence comparable to a Nascent Soul monster king. His gaze was burning.

"Right, there’s also this. Perhaps I really can try to create a method."

"Can I use the Golden Bodhi Tree to analyze and learn the phantom principle of the purple Dragon Bone Flower, and turn it into a phantom-path spell that can be freely cast and transformed?" ===== CHAPTER 36 =====