Chapter 14: Elder Yu

Chapter 14: Elder Yu seaʀᴄh thё Nôvelƒire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. After Ouyang senior brother's set of “inappropriate actions,” the tiger demon was initially intimidated by him. As for what came next, it was nothing more than coercion and temptation; he easily subdued this tiger demon at the ninth layer of the Qi Refining stage. Although it was said to be at the ninth layer of Qi Refining, its cultivation was actually acquired through a fortuitous encounter, and its intelligence and combat power were still immature. “With the danger removed, you can now confidently venture into training, junior brother.” After accomplishing all this, Ouyang senior brother earnestly patted Lin Jing's shoulder, holding great hopes for Lin Jing's future. After all, Lin Jing was someone determined to collaborate long-term with demon kings; he felt that with a bit of guidance, Lin Jing would definitely not be inferior to him, a genius in beast taming. “Thank you for your guidance, senior brother.” Lin Jing nodded. Then, Ouyang senior brother laughed heartily, riding away on the tiger demon. “Well then, I’ll be off to submit my mission.” Watching Ouyang senior brother's departing figure, Lin Jing hesitated, saying, “I might not be able to subdue demon beasts like him.” “Eek…” The Pine Leaf Mouse slightly nodded, agreeing that it was probably best not to learn that, as it seemed unreliable. Lin Jing looked around, “Now that senior brother Ouyang has taken away the biggest trouble, next… it’s our hunting time. Tonight, I want to eat fish, let’s go catch one first.” The Pine Leaf Mouse was curious, “What kind of fish?” “Squirrel fish.” “???” … On the Miao Tiger Peak, where the highest demon beast was only at the first layer of Qi Refining, Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Mouse were the invincible presence. Unlike those outer sect disciples with less experience, Lin Jing had gone through being sold by an immortal trafficker and had faced threats from Elder Black Bear; his mentality was already very strong and didn’t need to train here. He was here purely for procurement. As the sun set, the old man guarding Miao Tiger Peak saw Lin Jing leisurely carrying a麻绳 strung with wild rabbits, wild boars, and wild chickens, leaving with the Pine Leaf Mouse. The old man didn’t pay attention; many outer sect disciples would choose to hunt when they couldn’t cook. Before long, they returned to the courtyard, and the Pine Leaf Mouse began to hint to Lin Jing. The contract was established; As for food, whether or not it was nutritious, they had hunted some; Next, shouldn’t they figure out how to get a storage bag? The Pine Leaf Mouse hadn’t forgotten about its storage bag; it had come down the mountain for this thing. Earlier, it had utilized red flying leaves, showcasing its skills on Miao Tiger Mountain, effortlessly defeating numerous ferocious beasts. Compared to ordinary leaves, it felt that the red flying leaves were much more to its liking. It decided that in the future, it would use the Glazed Immortal Eyes to synthesize several hundred million red flying leaves. Just the thought of having several hundred million red flying leaves without a place to carry them made the Pine Leaf Mouse feel a sense of melancholy and insecurity. “I remember.” Lin Jing also realized that with the Pine Leaf Mouse’s current capabilities, it seemed they could start making money; the storage bag was not out of reach. “The fastest way to make money is to sell golden spirit rice and profit from the price difference.” “However, considering that using your eye techniques incurs great consumption, plus the fact that your racial mutation hasn’t been reported to Elder Mo, let’s not reveal the Glazed Immortal Eyes for now.” “Besides, if we want to quickly earn spirit stones, we can only rely on sect missions.” Although when Elder Mo returned, the Pine Leaf Mouse could apply to him for better treatment as a rare beast, Lin Jing was unwilling to be a slacker like Ouyang senior brother, who was still diligently doing sect missions to earn rewards. The main point was, if he wanted to advance to an inner sect disciple, there were not only requirements for strength but also requirements for sect contribution points, and to gain contribution points, one had to undertake sect missions; this was unavoidable and would have to be done sooner or later. He yearned for the inner sect. Since senior brother Ouyang could obtain a space treasure for his contracted beast at the inner sect disciple stage, he wanted one too. Lin Jing felt envious; this was a better thing than a storage bag. With this, he wouldn’t have to carry the Pine Leaf Mouse every day. For some reason, the Pine Leaf Mouse liked to stand on his shoulder; Lin Jing felt this habit was not good. Although the time was still short, he could already foresee that if this continued, one of his shoulders would be high and the other low. “Eek!” The Pine Leaf Mouse indicated that it would follow Lin Jing’s lead, and then it… dragged a cloth bag, leaving the courtyard to climb a tree by the roadside to pick leaves. The leaves in their own courtyard had already been stripped bare, and it could only go outside to pick more if it wanted to continue synthesizing red flying leaves. As for using spiritual energy to hasten the ripening… wasting spiritual energy in this way was too extravagant, since leaves were everywhere in the mountains. It was better to save the spiritual energy for ripening spiritual rice and spiritual beans. That night, outer sect disciples passing by saw a squirrel carrying a large bag of leaves, jumping back and forth. “How pitiful…” Two female disciples saw the Pine Leaf Mouse collecting broken leaves and said, “Whose beast master is it? They can’t even feed their pet and have to let it find leaves to eat…” Until the next morning, the Pine Leaf Mouse was still busy collecting leaves, and their courtyard was already piled high with them. When Lin Jing woke up and planned to check if there were any suitable tasks in the task hall, the Pine Leaf Mouse dragged in another huge burlap sack. In addition, it had a delicate pink cloth bag in its hands. Seeing this, Lin Jing rubbed his eyes and said, “Where did you pick that up? I don’t remember us having such a bag.” “Eek! Eek!” The Pine Leaf Mouse opened the cloth bag, and inside were several pine cones! It indicated that this was given to it by a beautiful and kind-hearted senior sister passing by, urging it to eat more nutritious food and not to eat leaves anymore. “It must be that your leaf collecting made the other senior sisters misunderstand something; don’t take other people’s things in the future.” Lin Jing said helplessly. The Pine Leaf Mouse nodded, then used the Glazed Immortal Eyes to scan the several pine cones. Nothing happened. … Outer sect, task hall. Since it was still very early, there were not many people inside; apart from one supervising senior brother, only four outer sect disciples were searching for tasks. They seemed to know each other and were discussing whether to deal with snake demons or pig demons. The supervising senior brother was reading a book, engrossed, and was not as friendly as Ouyang senior brother. Lin Jing browsed the task wall by himself. After a round of scanning, he found that aside from tasks that required going out of the sect, there were very few tasks suitable for him and the Pine Leaf Mouse. Going out of the sect was not an option unless he could find a high-level bodyguard to accompany him, preferably above the Golden Core stage. As for internal sect tasks, like going to the sect’s spiritual fields to help… the cost-performance ratio was too low; relying on such tasks to accumulate enough money to buy a storage bag and earn contribution points for promotion to the inner sect would take ages. Although he truly did not lack time. Just as Lin Jing was feeling troubled, the task hall suddenly fell silent as an elder in blue robes entered. “Greetings, Elder Yu.” The four outer sect disciples noticed first and respectfully spoke, while the supervising senior brother, who was reading a miscellaneous book, suddenly stood up, putting down the book titled “My Sword Spirit Wife.”