Isn't this a Red Heart Fire Dragon Fruit?!
Seeing the spirit fruit taken out by Elder Black Bear, Lin Jing was stunned.
"Do you want to try one?"
Elder Black Bear took another and handed it to Lin Jing.
"Thank you." Lin Jing accepted the Dragon Bone Flower.
Then, he looked inside the room and said, "The forest squirrel should be sleeping now, I'll go call it."
Even the forest squirrel with innate farming and working abilities gets tired at times.
Not long after, Lin Jing pulled the dreaming forest squirrel up.
The groggy forest squirrel glanced at the boxes of Dragon Bone Flowers in the courtyard and fell into deep thought.
However, upon hearing Lin Jing mention "reward," it immediately became alert.
Seeing Elder Black Bear nodded in agreement, the forest squirrel tentatively asked:
"Squeak!" Wondering if it could get a storage bag!
"Ah, this..." Elder Black Bear was taken aback, looking troubled.
"Elder Black Bear, as a Demon Core Stage expert, surely you don't lack a storage bag, right?" Lin Jing couldn't help but say.
"Nonsense!" Elder Black Bear refuted, "It's just... I only have one for my personal use."
"You don't understand, the materials for creating and upgrading space treasures for Beast Taming are entirely overlapping with the materials for making storage bags, and they demand a larger supply."
"Hence, within the Beast Taming Sect, ordinary storage equipment is very scarce, with each piece being strictly controlled and distributed as needed by the sect... Even nearly all the space materials in the Great Wilderness Domain have been acquired by the Beast Taming Sect, making them rare on the market."
"If you really want one, I can't get you a good one... Elder Mo would find out. But if it's a tiny storage bag made from leftover materials, I can find a way to get one for you through 'unofficial' channels."
"Unofficial channels??? Wait, tiny... how small is it?"
Elder Black Bear extended a finger: "It can approximately store one cubic meter of resources."
One cubic meter... not much, slightly more convenient than carrying a bundle, that's all.
"Oh my." Elder Black Bear said, "Use it temporarily. Once you become a True Inheritor, you'll get space treasures. You're only at the Qi Cultivation Stage, so high-quality storage tools are not useful now."
"Oh, by the way, if you really want one, just work hard in the inner sect examination. There's a legitimate way to get a storage bag here!"
"The inner sect examination is always point-based. The better you perform, the more points you earn, which can be exchanged for spiritual artifacts, pills, including larger storage equipment when entering the inner sect. It's a reward for newly promoted inner sect disciples, with exchange rates far more favorable than those for contribution points earned from completing tasks."
"Inner sect examination…" Lin Jing gazed slightly into the sky.
It seems everywhere likes using these promotion systems to drive progress.
Elder Black Bear continued, "Considering your situation, you will surely be top in this promotion exam. Even if Elder Li brought back some fierce youngsters, they shouldn't be your match, right?"
Lin Jing glanced at the forest squirrel, whose thoughts were clearly already occupied with the inner sect examination.
With eagerness, it was quite easy to persuade.
Soon, Elder Black Bear and Lin Jing reached an agreement: the forest squirrel would help synthesize Dragon Bone Flowers, and Elder Black Bear would find a tiny storage bag as a reward.
A storage bag with a space of one cubic meter, although not much, is definitely adequate for carrying red leaves and spirit beans.
The thought of soon having its own storage bag made the forest squirrel excited, with its emerald pupils focused on the Dragon Bone Flowers strewn everywhere.
Glazed Immortal Pupil!
Then, nothing happened.
The forest squirrel paused in confusion and looked at Lin Jing with grievance.
With its current strength, it seems... not enough to synthesize the resource.
"Squeak!!!" It rubbed its sore eyes, its gaze collapsing, is the storage bag... really that far away?
"Hmm?" Elder Black Bear scratched his head, "Then why don't you breakthrough a bit now? Seems unreliable."
He was reluctant to wait for the forest squirrel to breakthrough and directly waved his sleeve, saying, "Wait right there, I'll lend you something for you to try again!"
After saying that, he rummaged in his storage equipment and pulled out a white robe, similar in style to the one he was wearing.
"Tiny tiny tiny tiny———" He chanted upon the robe, soon shrinking it to the size fit for the forest squirrel.
"Put on my robe, it's a magical artifact, enhancing most types of mana, including wood-attribute spiritual power." As he spoke, he tossed the mini robe to the forest squirrel.
Whoosh!
The forest squirrel took it, slightly agape.
"This…" Lin Jing was silent for a moment, saying, "Since it's a magical artifact, let's try it out."
"Squeak squeak squeak." The forest squirrel nodded and draped it over itself.
In an instant!
Wearing an immaculate white robe, the forest squirrel suddenly exuded an extraordinary aura.
The cuffs of the mini robe lightly swayed with the breeze, its tiny paws tightly gripping the robe's corners, and as it took a few steps, its movement became both agile and somewhat ethereal.
Most importantly, at this moment, the forest squirrel felt an unprecedented surge of tremendous strength throughout its body.
It opened its mouth slightly, realizing why Elder Black Bear loved wearing robes.
"Though it cannot unleash the robe's full potential at its stage, it should offer some enhancement." Elder Black Bear grinned.
As he spoke, the forest squirrel once again looked at the array of Dragon Bone Flowers. This time, the pupil technique activated smoothly.
As the Glazed Immortal Pupil was triggered... around a hundred Dragon Bone Flowers instantly fused from a bright red into a single purple Dragon Bone Flower!
"Success!" Black Bear Monster exclaimed in delight.
"We succeeded!" Lin Jing also sighed in relief, it seems studying artifact refining and tailoring might be worthwhile someday!
The quality of Dragon Bone Flower is evidently higher than Spirit Rice, Spirit Beans, Spirit Bamboo, with higher synthesis difficulty, yet at this moment, after synthesizing, the forest squirrel didn't feel its eyes strained. It couldn't help but fondly touch the robe.
"Collect!" Unfortunately, before the forest squirrel could examine closely, Elder Black Bear retracted the robe, chuckling, "I can't give this to you. These robes are my treasured belongings."
The forest squirrel puffed its cheeks.
Lin Jing smiled, this robe's value is likely higher than regular storage equipment. Such enhancement gear should be purchased later when prosperous.
"Elder Black Bear, would you like to try tasting it?" Lin Jing asked, curious about the purple Dragon Bone Fruit's effects.
"Should I try? I won't try. Don't need this one." Elder Black Bear reached into his robe sleeve and took out a fainted white mouse demon, shaking it awake.
"A Qi Cultivation Stage ninth-level mouse demon, casually captured, let it eat the first one for me."
Lin Jing and the forest squirrel were speechless.
Not sure what to say.
This Elder Black Bear was overly cautious. One first-level spirit fruit synthesized item, really?