Outer Sect, Mechanism Workshop.
Elder Yu stood inside, looking at the spirit bamboo scattered all over the ground that was still unused, and sighed.
"Elder Yu, something bad happened!" A celestial crane flew in.
"What's the matter, why are you in such a panic?" Elder Yu frowned and looked at the incoming Heavenly Crane.
"The Mechanical Bamboo Dragon you made has been destroyed by someone!" The Heavenly Crane reported.
"It's the Outer Sect Disciple Lin Jing, along with his pine leaf mouse."
After the Heavenly Crane finished speaking, Elder Yu snorted and said, "Is that worth panicking over?"
"This just shows that under my leadership, the Outer Sect Disciples are becoming more and more outstanding!"
"There's another bamboo dragon over there, take it over, and call Lin Jing and the others for me, and I'll personally reward them!" Elder Yu pointed to the spare Mechanical Bamboo Dragon in the corner.
"Ah?" The celestial crane was taken aback, sensing that something was off.
Elder Yu had always valued his mechanical beasts highly, and now a mechanical beast was destroyed by an Outer Sect Disciple overstepping their limits, yet he remained so calm?
There's something strange, definitely something strange. The Heavenly Crane, filled with suspicion, took away the new bamboo dragon.
At the same time, Elder Yu felt a surge of relief in his heart, thankfully Elder Mo had given him a heads-up, allowing him to know in advance the extraordinary nature of the Longevity Body; otherwise, if he found out his bamboo dragon was smashed, he surely couldn't stay calm.
But now, although one bamboo dragon was scrapped, at least he was mentally prepared, and he even utilized this!
Knowing that the Longevity Body and the mutated Pine Leaf Mouse have a probability of defeating a bamboo dragon, he can use the final reward to guide the Longevity Body to learn his Mechanical Beast Art!
In the Beast Taming Sect, except for those with the Longevity Body who have too much time on their hands, probably no one else is willing to learn the Mechanical Beast Art I've studied!
Now that he has found a good candidate, he thought he could test Lin Jing's attitude towards Mechanical Techniques!
...
Central Plaza, with Lin Jing's successful challenge, even breaking the Mechanical Bamboo Dragon, many disciples watched Lin Jing in surprise.
"No wonder Elder Yu is willing to give him special training, this guy... is definitely not a disciple who entered the sect normally, must be a genius found by some Elder from the civilian world! Probably has a special Cultivation Body!" Senior Brother Ziran, who once helped at the Task Hall, clenched the novel he held, finally understanding the situation.
"I remembered, when I was guarding the Harvest Pavilion, they seemed to have bought some spiritual object seeds." The top three Outer Sect disciple Senior Sister Cai Xin also recalled Lin Jing, but could hardly imagine that the junior who was so poor he couldn't afford the feces of a Foundation Establishment Stage spiritual beast was actually so powerful.
Of course, the most speechless was the current number one of the Outer Sect. Remembering the praise from others before, his dark face showed a slight blush, thinking that the Beast Taming Sect, worthy of being the top sect in the Great Wilderness Domain, has hidden talents even in the Outer Sect, the Beast Arena... people probably aren't even interested in going there.
Lin Jing, who had entered the sight of many Outer Sect disciples, already had the strength of a "new first person of the Outer Sect" in their minds.
Not only was the pine leaf mouse's mastery of the Flying Leaf Technique outstanding, the Beast Master at the second layer of Qi Cultivation himself... was proficient in the Art of Controlling Objects, truly remarkable.
"Speaking of which, the speed and power of that flying leaf, is it really possible to alter the attack trajectory so smoothly with the Art of Controlling Objects at the second layer of Qi Cultivation without diminishing the Flying Leaf Technique's power? Even my Phoenix-tailed Chicken laying eggs isn't as smooth as that!"
"Is this considered a 'combined magic'?"
The pine leaf mouse, having just returned from picking up red leaves, overheard everyone's shocked discussions and very much wanted to say that it was always the one controlling the red flying leaves!
Lin Jing... was purely trying to feel part of it, mimicking the movements of the Art of Controlling Objects from miscellaneous books, and in fact, his entire role was merely to carry the red flying leaves and spirit bean bombs that the pine leaf mouse couldn't easily carry by itself.
"Congratulations, Junior Brother..." Although he was also very surprised, at that moment, Senior Brother Fang Yonghao was more puzzled, unsure how to explain to Elder Yu. As an Inner Sect Disciple, it was his first time seeing such an outrageous Outer Sect Junior Brother... He felt that even the few special physiques that were already true inheritors in the sect, during the second layer of Qi Cultivation, probably were not as outrageous as this Lin Jing Junior Brother.
"Senior Brother Fang, in this case, can we directly claim the reward?" Lin Jing ultimately chose the highest-grade mechanism reward, abandoning the idea of holding back points, it's better to have more skills, and in any case, these past two days, he almost memorized all the volumes of herbs and trees stored in the Outer Sect Scripture Pavilion.
He knew that to truly access Alchemy and perform alchemy, as far as he knew, he needed to enter the Inner Sect, and both he and the pine leaf mouse were still some distance from entering the Inner Sect, and during this time, they had to endure, being idle would be idling.
"Probably..." Before Senior Brother Fang Yonghao had finished speaking, a shadow suddenly appeared in the sky, and a celestial crane holding a massive Mechanical Bamboo Dragon spiraled above, calling out:
"Dragon Beast Battle activity continues, Outer Sect Disciple Lin Jing, now proceed to the Mechanism Workshop to claim your activity reward."
After it finished speaking, Lin Jing indicated his understanding, then left with the pine leaf mouse, everyone watched Lin Jing's back, knowing that Lin Jing was about to soar into the sky. Although Elder Yu's Mechanical Techniques may not compare to the sect's Beast Taming Arts, what it compares to... is the complete true inheritor's Beast Taming Techniques, the ordinary Beast Taming Techniques practiced by Inner and Outer Sect disciples are just basic truncated versions, and before switching to a higher-level cultivation technique, they surely cannot compare to Elder Yu's Mechanical Techniques.
After all, it's a craft capable of creating Foundation Establishment Stage mechanical beasts!
"The competition for the true inheritor position was already fierce, and soon there'll be another monster entering the Inner Sect. I wonder what the beasts of the Inner Sect will think upon learning about this." Senior Brother Fang shook his head and continued hosting the event.
Upon receiving notification from the Heavenly Crane, Lin Jing quickly visited the Mechanism Workshop.
Inside the workshop, Elder Yu saw Lin Jing and the pine leaf mouse arrive, his brows fluttering with excitement as he exclaimed, "Good kid, are you addicted to breaking bamboo? You have a ruthless hand against the bamboo forest, and equally ruthless against the bamboo dragon!"
Saying this, he also looked towards the pile of remaining spirit bamboo behind him, guiding Lin Jing's gaze, causing both Lin Jing and the pine leaf mouse to blush slightly in embarrassment.
"Outer Sect Disciple Lin Jing, pays respects to Elder Yu."
"Squeak!"
"Elder, the Mechanical Bamboo Dragon you produced has a spiritual flame shield, and the pine leaf mouse continuing to attack externally with flying leaves would be like a mantis trying to stop a carriage, so it could only attack through the dragon's mouth... who would've thought..."
"Alright, no need to explain further, with spells that can be mastered at the Qi cultivation stage, being able to successfully damage the internal mechanisms is a testament to your skill."
"This mechanical core and my insights on mechanical beast creation, I'll award these to you."
Finishing, Elder Yu produced the prepared grand prize, generously handing it to Lin Jing.
The mechanical core was entirely white, resembling a Luban lock in shape, and the Mechanical Technique was summarized into a thick book.
"Thank you, Elder Yu." Lin Jing received the reward, but Elder Yu continued:
"Oh right, the extra bamboo you harvested, they're of no use to me, spirit bamboo also counts as relatively basic mechanism material, so take them back with you. After you get into the Mechanism Techniques, you can use these spirit bamboo as material for practice."
"Of course, Mechanical Techniques are very difficult, you may not be able to quickly get started. Let me think, if you can successfully create a moving mechanical beast, regardless of its usefulness, I will fulfill a not-so-excessive wish for you!"