Lu Ba's roar was stuck in his throat. Even though he had broken through to Rank 3 and his strength had skyrocketed, he was still fearful of Xiao Huo. Wild beasts had their own standards of strength. Even if Lu Ba had evolved, he still wouldn't dare to provoke Xiao Huo.
"Alright, there's no need to roar. You might startle others." Lin Jin looked at the large creature before him and went over to pat it. Lu Ba immediately shrunk back to his normal size.
"Brother Lin, I will never forget your kindness." Lu Yunhe immediately went over and bowed.
He bowed with extreme sincerity.
All these years, in order to help Lu Ba evolve, Lu Yunhe had tried everything he could think of. He visited famous beast appraisers all over the country and tried many methods, but none of them worked.
Lu Yunhe knew a little about Lu Ba's situation. His pet beast was actually limited in talent. It was already difficult enough for him to get promoted to Rank 2. Getting to Rank 3 depended on luck.
However, in the Friar Association, if he wanted to advance further, his pet beast would have to evolve.
In terms of effort, Lu Yunhe was confident that he wouldn't lose to anyone. Even Yang Jie, who was known as Maple City's Friar Association's number one disciple prodigy, was at the fourth realm like him.
The only reason Yang Jie could surpass him was because his pet beast was Rank 3.
Now that his pet beast had broken through to Rank 3, Lu Yunhe's confidence soared. He even had the urge to compete with Yang Jie to see who was the true number one.
Lu Yunhe was in high spirits and his blood was boiling. But the next second, he suddenly thought of something.
Wait a minute.
Now that Lin Jin was also a disciple of the Friar Association, if he were to go up against Lin Jin, who would have a higher chance of winning?
For some reason, at this thought, Lu Yunhe suddenly felt very uncertain.
Logically speaking, Lin Jin had just become a disciple and hadn't learned anything yet. Not only did his blood contract realm not improve, but he also didn't know any spells.
One had to know that these things required at least several years of polishing and accumulation before they could be improved.
But even so, Lu Yunhe still had a strange thought.
If he were to encounter Lin Jin on the day of the disciple tournament, could he win?
After thinking about it, Lu Yunhe felt relieved.
His Brother Lin was different from ordinary people in all aspects, and couldn't be treated with common sense. If the day really came when they had to fight in the disciple competition, Lu Yunhe had thought it through. Regardless of whether he was a match for Lin Fan or not, he would give up.
Who asked us to owe them a huge favor?
Lin Jin obviously had no idea how much Lu Yunhe was thinking about. He had really put in a lot of effort to help Lu Ba evolve this time.
It was no exaggeration to say that if it was someone else, they would definitely not be able to help Lu Ba level up normally because they did not know the Pulse-Seeking Acupuncture Technique.
Even for Lin Jin, using the internal acupuncture technique earlier was a little taxing on him.
Lin Jin now knew that his spirit energy had reached twenty-nine stones. In other words, to help Lu Ba evolve earlier, he had almost used up all twenty-nine stones of spirit energy.
No wonder it was said that the amount of spiritual energy determined a person's strength.
In a duel, one's spirit energy could only support one spell while the opponent could cast two spells. Just from this point alone, the gap between the two had been widened. Although one could replenish it with spirit stones in a timely manner, absorbing spirit stones would consume a lot of spirit energy. Moreover, this consumption would continue to increase as the number of spirit stones absorbed increased.
If one were to absorb more than a certain number of spirit stones at the same time, the consumption would exceed ninety-nine percent and the amount of spirit energy absorbed would be negligible.
The others could tell that Lin Jin was tired. Lu Yunhe thanked him profusely before taking his leave. Zhao Ying and the others left together so that they would not disturb Lin Jin's rest.
That night, Lin Jin slept like a log.
Early in the morning, when Lin Jin woke up, Xiao Huo was still cultivating. He could tell that the second part of the Beast Energy Formation was much more difficult than the first part.
After Goldy crowed in the morning, he ran off to god knows where.
Lin Jin had once taught Goldy the Beast Energy Formation but Goldy clearly wasn't as hardworking as Xiao Huo. He didn't put much effort into it.
Lin Jin couldn't force the issue. Goldy had a strong personality and had his own opinions so Lin Jin just let him be. This guy's bloodline was too strong. Even if he didn't cultivate the Beast Energy Formation, he was the only one who could stand up to Xiao Huo without fear.
As for the shadow wolf, its injuries hadn't fully recovered yet. Once it recovered, Lin Jin planned to evolve the shadow wolf to Rank 2. Then, it wouldn't be too late to let it cultivate the first part of the Beast Energy Formation.
Without Xiao Huo, Lin Jin headed to the Beast Appraisal Association alone.
Now that he had the coiled wire needle, Lin Jin could protect himself. Even if the black snake monster ambushed him, with the help of the coiled wire needle, Lin Jin would be able to protect himself. At the very least, he could escape unscathed.
When he arrived at the consultation hall, there was already a long queue. Just like yesterday, the moment Lin Jin's number plate was put out, it was emptied.
Right now, his number plate was in even higher demand than Chief Tan Lin's.
Time passed and before noon, Lin Jin had finished appraising and treating all the pet beasts. But before he could stretch, he heard hurried footsteps outside the door.
"Appraiser Lin, there's an emergency!"
Outside, an apprentice rushed in, panting.
At the same time, a few people carried in a wooden plank. Someone was lying on top of it.
Lin Jin immediately frowned.
There were bloodstains all over the person's body. It was a frightening sight.
"What's going on?" Lin Jin got up at once. When he got closer, he saw a young man lying on the plank. However, his eyes were tightly shut and he was unconscious.
On this young man's chest was a large fox.
The fox had been beaten into a bloody pulp. Lin Jin had a feeling that the bloodstains on the floor belonged to this large fox. He could also see that the wounds on the fox's body were so deep that bones could be seen. It was a tragic sight.
Lin Jin's scalp went numb at this sight.
One of the people carrying the plank came forward and said, "Appraiser Lin, we found this man on a small road outside the city this morning. The fox was lying on this man's body. We thought it was a wild beast attacking someone, so we tried to chase it away. But who knew that somehow, this beast's flesh and blood had fused together with this young man's. We couldn't chase it away no matter how hard we tried."
Another apprentice chimed in, "At first, we always went to the city's medical hall. But the people there said that this was a wild beast attacking someone, so they had to send him here. The emergency hall couldn't treat him, so we sent him to Appraiser Jia Qian but she couldn't treat him either. Along the way, we met Appraiser Gao Jiang and he told us to send him directly to you."
Lin Jin looked up but didn't see Gao Jiang. Instead, he saw Jia Qian standing behind him. When she noticed Lin Jin's gaze, she quickly lowered her head to avoid his gaze.
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