Lin Jin was oblivious to the fact that Dong He and the others were secretly observing him. Lin Jin was currently busy recording pet beasts' information. By now, the number of beasts recorded in the museum had exceeded eight hundred.
The next instant, the museum's bell rang loudly and a blinding light shone. A surge of energy descended from above, enveloping Lin Jin's psyche as if he was receiving a baptism. A mark flew out from the museum and rushed into Lin Jin's consciousness. Then, a voice rang.
"Over eight hundred beasts recorded. Rewarded with Intermediate Beast Deterrence."
"Beast Deterrence. Able to deter wild and untamable beasts. Able to suppress beasts of Rank 4 and below."
The voice was sonorous and majestic, carrying with it a sense of supreme authority.
"It's finally here!"
Lin Jin was thrilled.
To him, the power of deterring wild beasts was definitely as useful as the pulse-seeking acupuncture technique. If he encountered a powerful wild beast, this ability could save his life.
Previously, Lin Jin could only suppress beasts of Rank 3 and below, which was already too risky. Now that he could deter beasts of Rank 4 and below, he could suppress even stronger beasts in the future.
Lin Jin shifted his gaze to the Grassy Continent's beasts.
The beasts here were obviously superior to the local beasts. But similarly, as most of them were from the Grassy Continent, not many people knew about them. Some people bought them based on their instincts while others hired beast appraisers to make their selections carefully.
Lin Jin walked around and after much effort, he finally recorded all the wild beasts here into the museum. Not a single one was left out.
"Brother Lin!"
Just then, someone called out from behind. Lin Jin turned around to see Zu Can.
Zu Can wasn't the only one. Zu Tianhong was here too.
With such a large exhibition and pet beasts on sale, how could the Zu family, one of Maple City's top three families, miss out?
"Appraiser Lin!" Zu Tianhong came over to greet him.
Lin Jin returned the greeting.
Lin Jin also noticed a tall and burly Grassy Continent native following behind Zu Tianhong. Zu Can came over to tell him that the native was a 'Grassy Continent beast appraiser' hired by their family.
"Brother Lin, I wanted to ask you to help me, but my father said that the beast appraisers in Zhongzhou aren't familiar with the Grassy Continent's beasts, so I didn't want to trouble you. But to be honest, I trust your judgment more," Zu Can said softly.
Lin Jin smiled.
Zu Tianhong's considerations were not wrong. Indeed, beast appraisers from Zhongzhou did not know much about the Grassy Continent's beasts, but he was an exception.
As long as it was a beast in the world, there was no beast that the Museum of Deadly Beasts could not identify.
"Which one did you buy?" Lin Jin suddenly asked.
Zu Can hurriedly took out a booklet with a few beast evaluation reports on them.
It was obviously written by that Grassy Continent beast appraiser.
"Brother Lin, please have a look!" Zu Can said.
Lin Jin gave it a rough look and nodded.
The Grassy Continent's beast appraisers were very accurate in their assessment of these beasts. Even though there were occasional deviations, it didn't affect them much.
At Lin Jin's nod, Zu Can breathed a sigh of relief.
"I heard that even the City Lord Manor has sent people over to purchase beasts from the Grassy Continent," Zu Can said.
Lin Jin knew about this as well.
Before he left the Beast Appraisal Association, he heard someone mention that Tan Lin was invited to the City Lord Manor. She was probably there to help appraise beasts.
"Oh right, Brother Lin, my family plans to form a blood contract with the two-headed snake we bought last time so we'll need your help," Zu Can said. Lin Jin nodded.
Of course, he had to go. After all, forming a blood contract with a two-headed snake wasn't easy.
After chatting for a while, they talked about the Friar Association.
"I heard from my sister that Brother Lin has entered the Friar Association too?" Zu Can asked with a smile.
Lin Jin nodded. This wasn't a secret.
However, Zu Can's next words made Lin Jin's expression darken.
"My sister also heard a rumor that Brother Lin entered the Friar Association because of that woman, Chen Yuanyuan, so that you can compete with that Yang Jie." Perhaps noticing Lin Jin's dark expression, Zu Can quickly added, "But I don't believe this rumor."
Lin Jin was furious. "You shouldn't have even heard of it."
Lin Jin was already disgusted by this rumor. He had no idea who started it, but if they did, Lin Jin would make them wish they were dead.
Just then, there was a commotion up ahead.
Then, there were cries of terror.
"This is bad. Run! A Grassy Continent beast has broken free from its cage and escaped!" someone shouted. Chaos ensued.
At the same time, there was a loud noise nearby. It seemed like a beast had really broken free and was wreaking havoc.
The crowd panicked and ran as fast as they could.
No matter what happened, they were afraid that something would go wrong.
In a state of panic, it was inevitable for the crowd to run around. Once the crowd squeezed, something bad would happen.
Not far away, Dong He was pushed to the ground and fell quite heavily. A few of his lackeys hurriedly helped him up. Just as they were about to lash out at him, someone accidentally touched the huge wooden rope that was used to build a wooden platform. The rope broke and the huge wooden log came crashing down.
"Dodge!" Dong He's hair stood on end in fright. He rolled on the ground and finally dodged the attack. Otherwise, he would have been smashed into meat paste.
But as luck would have it, although the huge log didn't hit anyone, it smashed a hole in a cage that was used to hold ferocious beasts. An Iron Barbed Scorpion took the opportunity to break out of the broken cage and crawled out.
This Iron Spike Scorpion looked extremely terrifying. It looked like a giant crocodile, but it had a scorpion's tail. Its tail was sharp, and if it stabbed someone, even if they were wearing iron armor, it would still be able to pierce a large hole.
Just as Dong He and his followers got up, they saw that the metal spike scorpion was less than five feet away from them. From this distance, they could clearly see the beast's razor-sharp teeth and its dangling tail.
It was no exaggeration to say that if Dong He hadn't gone to the toilet not too long ago, he would have peed his pants right now.
His pet beast didn't dare to make a sound under the pressure of this huge metal spike scorpion as it curled up into a ball.
Dong He's followers were scared out of their wits. None of them dared to move, afraid that they would attract the metal spike scorpion's attack.
Dong He was a man of experience. Although he was scared out of his wits, he suppressed his fear and thought of a countermeasure.
Run?
Definitely not. If he moved, he might attract an attack.
Waiting wouldn't work either.
As for fighting back, Dong He didn't think he had any chance of winning.
Just then, Dong He noticed a bucket of feces next to him.
If he guessed right, this was the excretion of a 'tyrannosaurus' nearby.
For some reason, the 'feces theory' they were discussing earlier popped up in Dong He's mind. It was to use the feces of a higher-ranked beast to deter a lower-ranked beast.
This was clearly recorded in the Encyclopedia of Beasts and other beast taming books. It was also proven to be effective.
Driven by his strong desire to live, Dong He didn't hesitate to slowly reach out and fish out a clump of feces from the bucket before smearing it on his body.
Everyone around him was stunned by his actions.
Dong He's lackeys also came to a realization. Those who were closer also followed suit and smeared feces on their bodies. Those who were further away and did not have a bucket of feces with them could only look at Dong He enviously.
Perhaps afraid that it wouldn't be safe, Dong He pondered for a moment before slowly scooping out a clump of something sticky and smearing it on his face.
This time, the stench was so strong that it was nauseating. But it was definitely safe.
Because the metal spike scorpion had clearly taken a few steps back.
This invigorated Dong He.
It really worked.
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