CHAPTER 68: CHAPTER 67: BRUTAL AND SAVAGE

Mo Song didn’t hold back, a branch grew out from the pinecone, wrapping around the black pepper and extracting all its essence.

After extracting, Mo Song reminisced, "It has a taste of demonic arts, quite powerful, igniting a fire within me. I knew you guys wouldn’t let me down keeping such good stuff."

Only Lin Jing knew how wronged he felt.

"Wait, were you planning to feed this to that fish? Given its realm, if it eats just one piece, I’m guessing tonight you intend to have spicy fish soup."

"No way, I’m not that kind of person." Lin Jing walked to the lakeside and said, "I am still measured, I’ll cut it into pepper strips for it to eat, and won’t give it the whole piece."

"A demonic cultivator’s Buddhist heart, not bad, looks like you took my words to heart. The aftereffect is potent enough to burn even the soul, it should show us where its physical limits lie."

"Mosquito!" Lin Jing extended his arm to attract a swarm of mosquitoes, then slapped them dead, casually tore a few pepper strips, mixed them slightly in a container, turning it into a spicy mosquito delicacy.

"Full of color and fragrance, spicy and delicious, looks like I have a talent for immortal cuisine within the hundred arts of cultivation, come try some." Lin Jing called the dragon koi lurking underwater, and attracted by the aroma, it slowly poked its head out.

"The entrance might be a bit stimulating, but once used to it, you’ll love it more and more. Besides squirrel fish, its favorite dish is spicy hot pot."

Hearing that the Beast Master also loved to eat it, the dragon koi opened its mouth, waiting to be fed.

Lin Jing poured everything into its mouth.

Food down its stomach, the dragon koi paused for a moment, indeed it was tasty.

But suddenly, it felt its whole body burning, as if the flame spiritual power inside was about to explode.

The dragon koi swam restlessly in the lake, its internal temperature rising sharply.

"Pop!" Its swimming speed became faster and faster, flowing through the lake like a trail of fire, its speed more than twice as fast as before.

As it swam, the aftereffect of the pepper fully unfolded, even its saliva was spicy. The scorching spicy sensation permeating its soul made it hurt yet delighted, showing a completely different reaction compared to the little white mouse.

The extreme spiciness soon couldn’t be relieved by simple swimming, it felt as if it had endless energy in its body that needed to be released to ease the pain, so it slammed its tail on the water’s surface forcefully...

Bang!

In the view of Lin Jing and Mo Song, it was like a spiritual bean bomb exploded in the lake, in an instant, towering waves several meters high surged toward all directions, threatening to engulf everything!

And the dragon koi, taking advantage of that slap, jumped more than ten meters high, in the air, its fish eyes blazing red, looking extremely fierce!

"Such a powerful force," said Lin Jing, taking a deep breath, feeling that it might already be able to climb waterfalls.

The strength of that slap by the dragon koi was greater than if he and the pine mouse combined their forces.

"To unleash such power, it shows its bloodline potential isn’t weak, its ancestors might have had a powerful Dragon Race," said Divine Pine Dao, "You’re quite lucky, the pet beasts you’ve chosen are all of good quality, cultivate it well, it won’t disappoint you once it transforms into a dragon!"

After Divine Pine Dao finished, there were further changes in the dragon koi falling from the sky, black flames began to roar and burst from its body!!!

Plop!

The dragon koi, covered in ghostly flames, fell back into the water, its mouth reddened and swollen like a ferocious man-eating magic fish born into the world.

"The bloodline, really is important." Lin Jing recalled the little white mouse that also ate the black pepper, the extreme pain nearly made it faint, yet for the dragon koi, it could stimulate its powerful physical potential.

Furthermore, as a fire-type demon beast, it seemed to perfectly absorb the energy in the pepper, temporarily converting it to its own power for better control.

This shot, it was a successful gamble, Elder Mo gave a good recommendation.

"Was it tasty?" Lin Jing asked.

The dragon koi nodded, hissing and sighing, indicating that although it hurt a lot, eating it felt great.

...

That day, Lin Jing decided on the training policy for the dragon koi.

Following Elder Mo Song’s advice, using pain to stimulate the dragon koi’s physical potential, first excavating its physical potential completely before moving on.

What it ate earlier could only be considered mildly spicy, next, there are medium spicy, extra spicy, and extremely spicy!

The stronger the dragon koi’s physical strength, the higher the quality once it transforms into a beastized treasure tool.

As for the fire-type demon beast being able to better control ghostly fire, it was an unexpected surprise within reasons, but this way, a fish that spits ghostly fire and a person who hides Gu insect, only the pine mouse seems righteous in the team, leaving Lin Jing quite worried.

"Elder, to what extent do we need to cultivate before going to the Hidden Dragon Academy?"

After several days, the pine mouse reached the eighth level of Qi Cultivation, Lin Jing the fifth level, and the dragon koi the fourth level; everyone made progress, though... looking at the team’s cultivation realm, they’re still a motley crew.

"Indeed, a standard is needed."

"Though you initially said not to worry about you, after all, you’re the hope of the Beast Taming Sect. As a guardian, I must exert some effort." Divine Pine Dao pondered for a moment and said, "This is the threshold!"

After speaking, under its control, a crack opened in the ground, and a wooden figure, entirely made of wood and without facial features, slowly crawled out, standing more than two meters high, looking mighty.

"This wooden figure will maintain early-stage Foundation Establishment power, fighting with you. It won’t use magic, but its strength, defense, and speed are astonishing, far surpassing geniuses of the same-level body cultivation, unlike ordinary Foundation Establishment body cultivations, it’s quite suitable as your sparring partner."

"The moment you can defeat it, is the moment you head to the academy."

"The students in the academy are almost all geniuses from major sects and families; only by being more monstrous than them can you vie for dragon luck and master the Hidden Dragon Secret Technique!"

"Alright!" Lin Jing nodded, looking at the wooden figure, already wanting to challenge it right now, to see the gap and determine the direction of cultivation.

"Shall we try now?" He quickly summoned the pine mouse, which looked at the wooden figure then back at Lin Jing.

With a single glance, a person and a mouse knew each other’s full thoughts, both drawing out mechanical bamboo spears, retreating while attacking the wooden figure!

Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop!

Arrows of water covered the sky!

Swish!

But before the water arrows approached and the spiritual beans exploded, the wooden figure had already transformed into a shadow and disappeared from its place.

When Lin Jing reacted, the wooden figure was already in front of him, bringing a gust of wind!

Amidst the intense explosions in the distance, the wooden figure gathered its fist, ready to strike Lin Jing. Fortunately, Lin Jing’s mind was strengthened by the Buddha’s light, his reaction not slow, he quickly switched the mechanical bamboo spear’s mode, spraying out a strong water flow at close range.

The water flow hit, Lin Jing, using the recoil, leaped back a dozen meters away, creating distance from the wooden figure, but the strong water flow didn’t cause any harm to the wooden figure. As it advanced against the water flow, the pine mouse controlled several flying leaves to slash at the wooden figure.

However.

Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch!

Whether water flow or flying leaves, falling on the wooden figure had no effect; the flying leaves just left a few dents before completely shattering, not affecting the wooden figure’s actions at all.

Swish!

The wooden figure charged out again, turning into a shadow, Lin Jing and the pine mouse, not yet reacted, were both kicked into the lake, their butts in pain.

Gurgle, gurgle.

Seeing this, Divine Pine Dao said, "Continue your hard training; it’s not so easy to defeat. However, on the other hand, once you defeat it, you should be able to establish yourself at the academy."

"The water is so hot, but smells so good." "Squeak!!!" Lin Jing and the pine mouse poked out from the water, spitting out a mouthful of soup, looking quite disheveled.

The dragon koi saw Lin Jing and the pine mouse becoming drowned rats, watching the show, but the next moment, the wooden man stepped into the water and gave the dragon koi a kick, sending it flying far away, not leaving anyone out, it beat everyone once.