CHAPTER 97: CHAPTER 90: HOLY BEAST VENERABLE BONE

When Lin Chen was about to leave, Lee Zaiqing came to find him. After all, they had known each other for a while and had once fought side by side.

Lee Zaiqing told Lin Chen that thanks to the Hundred Stars Chart from the Youth Corps relic, his resources at the academy had improved significantly.

Lin Chen also saw the Iron Palm Bear, and indeed it looked better than before.

The Iron Palm Bear also greeted Xiaobai, and their Spirit Beasts seemed to get along well.

"Train hard, the Iron Palm Bear is really impressive."

Lin Chen patted Lee Zaiqing on the shoulder, left him a few words, then departed.

He knew Lee Zaiqing still held onto the idea that if the Iron Palm Bear could not evolve, it would be abandoned.

For the Iron Palm Bear, this was cruel.

However, this was also an unavoidable action, a conventional practice for most Beastmasters after a failed evolution.

Some Beastmasters even chose to abandon their Spirit Beasts after evolution, pursuing better ones.

So, Lee Zaiqing wasn’t wrong.

After leaving the Inner Courtyard, Lin Chen returned home.

"I wonder if the senior is still here." Lin Chen opened the door and soon found the answer.

Qin Shaoshao was still there.

Lin Chen even felt that she hadn’t moved for two months; she was still sitting there, plucking petals.

Lin Chen checked the kitchen and found some frozen food missing, indicating that Qin Shaoshao indeed did some cooking during this time.

"I tried, but it didn’t work," Qin Shaoshao said, "The dopamine you mentioned didn’t appear."

"..."

Lin Chen was speechless, dopamine couldn’t be seen,

He had Little Fox prepare a meal. After eating, Lin Chen quickly said, "Senior, Xiaobai has been cultivating Spiritual Power inside for a while, could you help take a look?"

Qin Shaoshao nodded.

Lin Chen was overjoyed and immediately called Xiaobai.

Xiaobai mooed confidently.

"Coo coo!!"

The Little Fox shouted loudly, its emotions fully charged this time.

Qin Shaoshao picked a petal and flicked it out. Before the petal approached Xiaobai, it disappeared.

Immediately, Xiaobai felt something running around in his brain...

"Don’t be afraid, the senior won’t hurt you." Lin Chen noticed Xiaobai’s panic.

After a while, Qin Shaoshao opened her eyes and said, "There is progress."

"How much?" Lin Chen was curious.

Qin Shaoshao glanced around the room and finally pointed at Xiao Hong and Xiaobai.

Lin Chen immediately understood. She meant that initially, it was the size of Xiao Hong, and now it was as big as Xiaobai.

He was overjoyed and had Xiaobai try out its Barbaric Bloodline.

"Moo~~"

Xiaobai, too, was full of confidence.

The two months of imagination were a torment for Niu Niu.

Standing in the open space, it immediately activated its skill:

Barbaric Bloodline!

Its eyes turned red again, and Lin Chen and Xiao Hong quickly shouted at it.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they spoke, Xiaobai turned its head towards them.

Its eyes were glowing red...

In an instant, it activated the skill, summoning four bulls, and to ensure Lin Chen couldn’t escape, used Soul-Calming Hoof.

"Senior, save me!"

Lin Chen immediately realized he shouldn’t have stood in front of it.

Qin Shaoshao naturally wouldn’t just watch, so she patted the table and said, "Stop!"

Xiaobai immediately stopped in place, its bloodshot eyes returning to normal before it finally collapsed to the ground.

Lin Chen and Xiao Hong hurried over and, after checking, said, "Despite such growth in Spiritual Power, it’s still not enough."

...

In the evening, Xiaobai woke up and was dejected for a while upon realizing its failure.

But soon, it bounced back.

With a lot of effort, even iron can be ground into a needle.

It’s still young, so there’s no need to rush.

Lin Chen was very pleased, as he didn’t need to use his PUA tactics this time...

Very good.

His Spirit Beast had started to PUA itself.

So in an environment with two diligently cultivating Spirit Beasts, Lin Chen fell asleep immediately.

The next day, Lin Chen went to the guild and saw Lee Zhen and Huang Xiaotian studying something.

"Discussing beauties?" Lin Chen asked.

"Vulgar," Lee Zhen confidently said, "We are fighting for the glory of Jiuxing City."

"Leaving aside that discussing beauties is not a vulgar matter, what do you mean by the second half of your statement?" Lin Chen noticed they were looking at maps and had accompanying notes at various locations.

Terms like barrier, relics, etc., were present.

"What assessment are you preparing?" Lin Chen asked.

"Yes, we are preparing to create artificial relics..." Huang Xiaotian slowly revealed the plan to restart the glory.

Lin Chen was extremely surprised upon hearing it and said, "Creating artificial relics... It’s amazing you came up with that."

"Dean Tang thought of it," Lee Zhen said.

"Then why are you in charge of designing it?"

"What do you mean by why?" Lee Zhen said angrily, "I’m well-known in Jiuxing City’s assessment design sector, okay? The Inner Courtyard often asks for my help."

Lin Chen wiped his sweat.

He was just purely curious why Lee Zhen seemed so defensive?

Huang Xiaotian noticed it too and changed the subject, "The rewards for this aren’t small."

"What are they?"

"An excellent bloodline Divine Fox cub, money, elixirs..." Huang Xiaotian thought for a moment and said, "Oh right, the final reward is the Holy Beast Venerable Bone."

Lin Chen had heard that this kind of bone contained extremely deep Tao within it, making it very hard to form.

It was rumored that only when a Spirit Beast naturally reached its end could it have a small chance of forming.

"It’s unrelated to you, they’re all for the Spiritual System," Lee Zhen said, "Quick, help us think."

"Wait a moment..."

Lin Chen was suddenly invigorated by the sentence.

"What? You want to participate?" Lee Zhen was surprised and suddenly a little nervous.

"Yes, can I participate?" Lin Chen’s eyes were full of greed.

If it were for money, Lin Chen might not be too interested right now.

But when it came to Spiritual System items, Lin Chen was very interested.

"You’re at level seven, so you do qualify." Huang Xiaotian said, "But why do you want these things? To sell them?"

"No, I need to use them." Lin Chen didn’t hide it from them and explained about the Barbaric Bloodline.

Upon hearing this, they both frowned. If so, Lin Chen indeed should participate.

"Why did you awaken such a skill?" Lee Zhen sighed.

"Then I’ll go sign up first," Lin Chen said.

"Hurry up then." Lee Zhen waved his hand as if to dismiss him.

Lin Chen left immediately. Huang Xiaotian looked at the blueprints and asked, "Where were we?"

"Forget it, now that Lin Chen’s participating, everything he saw can no longer count," Lee Zhen said.

"I forgot." Huang Xiaotian slapped his forehead, lamenting, "All our efforts planning for seven days are wasted because of that kid taking a glance?"

"What else can we do?" Lee Zhen said, "We can’t exactly brainwash him."

"Or maybe..."

"No, Lin Chen’s naturally clever. If he figures out some clues, it’ll be like cheating, and then how will others experience the relic?"

"Makes sense." Huang Xiaotian sighed while writing something.

Lee Zhen has always been fair in his dealings, and this matter was of great importance, so no sloppiness was allowed.

"Let’s rethink it, and since Lin Chen is participating, we should increase the difficulty a bit," Lee Zhen said.

"Why?"

"He’s already the most likely to succeed, and we’re mainly holding this event to recruit new members. Lin Chen’s such a cautious ’old termite’ of Jiuxing City, rarely venturing out."

"Reasonable." Huang Xiaotian replied while continuing to write.

"However, we can slightly reduce the difficulty setting for the Venerable Bone, as he does need it."

Although Lee Zhen was fair, he hoped Lin Chen could obtain the Venerable Bone. Since no information was disclosed, the opportunity remained fair for everyone.

This time Huang Xiaotian didn’t reply. When Lee Zhen turned around, he saw him sticking a paper on the door that read:

"Lin Chen and Niu, no entry!"