Chapter 80

"Senior, you flatter me..."

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

Lin Jing thought of when he was studying in his past life, 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, the academy will be enrolling students again. At that time, many genius cultivators from all sides will come to Hidden Dragon City, hoping to be admitted to the Hidden Dragon Academy."

"In the assessments of previous years, there has been a special segment where 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 students of the Hidden Dragon Academy who have performed well recently."

"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 be highly regarded by the academy and various sects. If you serve as their examiner, you will certainly also receive attention."

"What do you think?"

"This examiner... I'll do it!" Lin Jing agreed. This matter had both advantages and disadvantages, and it all depended on one's own strength.

Cao Ziwei said: "Very good, then you should prepare for these few months. You only have Qi Refining cultivation, so you only need to face examinees in the Qi Refining stage. Do not underestimate Qi Refining examinees just because you have defeated Foundation Establishment ones, and end up becoming their stepping stone. In past assessments, there have often been cases where veteran academy students 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 time, there are still quite a few freaks in the Qi Refining stage."

Mr. Cao urged him 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 Refining, born with a divine body!"

"The goddess of the Divine Talisman Sect of the Dao Domain, ninth layer of Qi Refining, talisman body, can use fingers as pens, use heaven and earth as paper, and draw talismans in the void."

"And the grandson of the Soul Transformation Venerable of the Demon-Exterminating Division, although it is said he was a playboy in his early years, he repented and corrected his ways, and a few months ago uncovered the conspiracy of the Insect God Sect's demonic cultivators in Snow Moon City! He is also a genius at the ninth layer of Qi Refining!"

"Just take that divine body; at the Qi Refining stage, he is already famous throughout the ancient domain and is a well-known prodigy in the capital. If you can defeat a divine body in an assessment battle, it would be more meaningful than defeating that Fang Shilin," Mr. Cao said with a seductive smile.

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

The first two sounded truly powerful.

Cultivation physiques are divided into attribute spirit bodies and special physiques. For example, fire spirit bodies and ice spirit bodies are all attribute spirit bodies, and cultivating corresponding cultivation arts and spells has bonuses, while Yuan Yang bodies and Longevity bodies are special physiques.

According to the historical performance of these physiques, the Heavenly Mystery Tower, like the Prodigy Ranking, also listed a Physique Ranking, which included 100 types of physiques.

Most of the physiques that can enter the list are called divine bodies, which will definitely reach Golden Core, and are highly likely to reach Nascent Soul, and until Soul Transformation, there will not be any particularly large bottlenecks.

And the top ten physiques are even called immortal bodies, which are physiques with the opportunity to seek the Dao and ascend to immortality.

An innate divine body is indeed powerful. A divine body born to cultivate the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique will inevitably be astonishing, while someone like that Fang Shilin, who is already at the Foundation Establishment stage, doesn't even seem to be an acquired spirit body; he is far behind.

Lin Jing originally attached great importance to it, but upon hearing the last one, the grandson of a Soul Transformation Venerable, he felt something was wrong.

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

This guy, his confinement is over?

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

"Student... will work hard to cultivate and prepare during this period."

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

"Good," 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 may be so, but Lin Jing still felt the pinch. 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 bid enough time to prepare spirit stones.

The academy had a back mountain, and the students' cave dwellings were all here. 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 place, Lin Jing decided to pick up Long Li. After all, he couldn't keep troubling Senior Divine Pine 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 lightly, but fortunately, it seemed to be able to control the flames well.

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

"Bo..." Long Li said weakly. It was just pain; it was used to it.

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

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

"Senior Divine Pine."

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

"Divine body?"

The Divine Pine chuckled: "Do you have some misunderstanding about divine bodies? Even a demonic 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."

"Not a single hope? I want to screw him! By any means necessary." Lin Jing had a demonic cultivator expression, stretched out his hand, and viciously wiped his neck.

The Demonic Pine really ate this up. Seeing this expression that suited its taste, it 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."

The Demonic Pine said: "It's only when it's ripe that it can't be eaten. A fifth-tier spatial spirit plant, full of nutrients, you want to make it explode! At least you need to be at the Demon Core stage to barely digest it. If it's unripe, the nutrients are much less."

"Is it poisonous if it's eaten unripe?" Lin Jing asked. Most spirit plants have some toxicity when they are not mature. This is a self-evolved protection mechanism to prevent being eaten before they grow up.

"Yes, so you have to be bold. It already has spatial talent. If it doesn't die from the poison, its spatial attainments will definitely have a great improvement. Mastering superior spatial arts at the Qi Refining stage... might not be much worse than a divine body," the Demonic Pine pointed out an evil path.

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

"What are you afraid of! Demonic cultivators are meant to turn the impossible into the possible. That squirrel's Green Emperor Longevity Art has reached small completion, and you have that golden spirit rice, can't they both improve plant digestion? With my help, it won't die. The worst result is that an underage Space-Escaping Grass dies! A genius of the same clan being eaten by a fierce beast, I haven't said anything yet!"