Maple City.
The Zu family.
Currently, in the living room, almost all of Maple City's reputable physicians had been invited by the Zu family.
However, all of them were frowning, at their wits' end.
"Doctor Xu, you're a leading doctor in the medical industry. You must think of a way to cure our third elder's illness."
"Doctor Zhang, you've been friends with our third elder for many years. You can't just leave him in the lurch at this critical moment."
"Everyone, the Zu family is willing to pay any price for anyone who can cure our third elder of this strange illness."
In the living room, the Zu family was pleading with the doctors present.
But none of them spoke up.
It wasn't that they didn't want to earn money, it was that they couldn't.
An old doctor got up and was about to leave when Third Elder's son hurried over and said, "Doctor Xu, what are you …"
Doctor Xu said helplessly, "Young Master Zu, it's not that I don't want to treat him, but Third Elder has no symptoms at all. Everything is normal."
Third Elder's son was enraged. "My father hasn't been able to speak since yesterday. How is this normal?"
"That's true." Another doctor got up as well. "He's not sick and we can't treat him either. Even after careful examination, we couldn't find anything wrong. Perhaps there's some hidden illness but our medical skills are mediocre so we can't do anything about it."
Having said that, he excused himself. The other doctors got up as well, expressing their helplessness and asking the Zu family to find someone else.
Third Elder heard it too. He was panicking but no matter how anxious he was, he couldn't speak.
In the end, tears flowed down his cheeks. He looked quite pitiful.
But this wasn't the Zu family's worst nightmare.
The Third Elder was only unable to speak. What was even stranger was that the Second Elder and the Third Elder had cast aside Zu Tianhong and voted to let the Third Elder's grandson form a blood pact with the Twin-headed Snake. In the end, the Blood Pact Master they found was unable to successfully form a blood pact with the Third Elder.
They even hired a few beast appraisers but none of them worked.
Second Elder took the opportunity to suggest that his grandson should try.
But it didn't work either.
Even Zu Tianli couldn't find his direct descendant.
It was just as Lin Jin said before he left. This two-headed snake could only be formed through him. No one else could.
The Zu family didn't believe it and invited Gao Jiang over.
Gao Jiang was an official beast appraiser from Maple City's Beast Appraisal Association. It was impossible for him to not know how to form a blood pact with a pet beast.
However, even when Gao Jiang arrived, he was still unable to form a blood contract with the child even after fiddling around for a long time.
"That's strange. Why is it so difficult to form a Blood Contract with this Twin-headed Snake?" Gao Jiang was also somewhat baffled. He had already exhausted all his knowledge, but it still didn't work.
Out of curiosity, she asked around and found out what happened between Lin Jin and the Zu family yesterday morning.
"You're talking about Lin Jin? Lin Jin from the Beast Appraisal Association? "Gao Jiang asked with an odd expression.
Zu Tianli nodded.
"That Lin Jin is too arrogant. Before he left, he even boasted that no one else in this world would be able to help form a blood pact with this pet beast. He thinks too highly of himself," Zu Tianli said.
"Did he really say that?" Gao Jiang frowned, now understanding why he couldn't help the Zu family form blood pacts with pet beasts.
After receiving Zu Tianli's confirmation, Gao Jiang immediately turned around to leave.
However, Third Elder's son held him back after much persuasion.
How could he just leave without making things clear? At the very least, he had to find out what was going on.
"Appraiser Gao, we have a good relationship so you have to give me an explanation. What is going on? Did that Lin guy do something to this pet beast? "Third Elder's son wasn't an idiot so he figured out the crux of the matter.
Gao Jiang gave him a 'why are you still asking me when you already know?' expression before whispering, "This Lin Jin isn't simple. He's a Rank 2 beast appraiser with many tricks up his sleeves. Forgive me for being powerless in this matter."
Between the lines, he was implying that Lin Jin had done something to this pet beast, causing it to be unable to form a blood pact.
The Zu family was infuriated.
With Zu Tianli taking the lead, he led his men to the Beast Appraisal Association to cause trouble. However, Lin Jin wasn't in the association at the moment as he was sleeping soundly at home. As chief, how could Tan Lin allow anyone to cause trouble in the Beast Appraisal Association? After getting to the bottom of the matter, Tan Lin simply said, 'There's no way in this world to stop a pet beast from forming a blood pact.'
Then, she left Zu Tianli and his gang hanging, too lazy to deal with them. If they continued to cause trouble, she would have them chased away.
Tan Lin was unyielding when it came to doing things.
Zu Tianli was given the cold shoulder. Now that Zu Tianhong was disheartened, he could only let Second Elder, Third Elder, and Zu Tianli do as they pleased.
"I don't believe it! Invite a beast appraiser from somewhere else!"
Zu Tianli bellowed.
On the second day, quite a number of beast appraisers came. The Zu family even invited a Rank 2 beast appraiser but the result was the same. No one was able to help form a blood pact with the two-headed snake.
After two days of torment, the two-headed snake was on the brink of death. After all, blood pacts required the extraction of blood. Forget it, even the two grandsons of Second Elder and Third Elder couldn't take it anymore.
Before the Rank 2 beast appraiser left, he said, "This two-headed snake has a unique physique and bloodline so normal blood pact methods won't work. I'm afraid you'll have to find someone else. But from what I can see, it probably won't work either. Perhaps this two-headed snake can't form a blood pact at all."
What was he talking about?
The Zu family was exhausted. For the past two days, they had been jumping up and down but to no avail. Third Elder, in particular, couldn't say anything. He was so anxious that he fell sick.
Regaining his composure and recalling the absurdity of the past two days, the bedridden Third Elder came to a sudden realization and was filled with regret.
They were the ones who elected Zu Tianhong as the family head back then because he was capable enough to lead the family forward. However, after being incited by Zu Tianli for the past few days, they lost their minds and did a bunch of ridiculous things.
After Third Elder calmed down and thought things through, he felt utterly ashamed.
At first, he only wanted to fight for his grandson, but in the end, the Zu family fell apart and became a joke to outsiders.
Reflecting on his painful experience, Third Elder finally came to a realization despite his severe illness. He called for his son and Second Elder and forced himself to write down a sentence on a piece of paper.
"Second Brother, internal strife in the Zu family will bring endless trouble in the future. Since we've made a mistake, we must repent. We mustn't make the same mistake again and let our ancestors down."
At this, Second Elder sighed. In fact, he was already feeling remorseful.
For the sake of a rare beast, he had disregarded his reputation and fought for it. Now that he thought about it, he shouldn't have done so.
As the family head, Zu Tianhong had always been fair and just. Moreover, Zu Huan was indeed the most suitable candidate to form a blood pact with the two-headed snake. They were all descendants of the Zu family, so why did they have to do this?
Second Elder made a decision. "Third Brother, I'll go look for Tianhong and that Appraiser Lin. I'll apologize to them personally. No matter what, we have to ask him to remove the spell on you."
At this, Third Elder's son asked, "Is it really that Lin guy who schemed against my father?"
Second Elder reprimanded him, "How dare you speak so rudely at a time like this? That Appraiser Lin is amazing. We've invited so many people but not a single one of them managed to see through his tricks. Just this fact alone shows how skilled he is. I'm afraid his future achievements will be limitless. Remember, from now on, whenever the Zu family sees Appraiser Lin, you must bow to him. Whether it's in the car or out of the car, you must dismount from the horse. You must never speak disrespectfully to him again. Speaking of which, it's Tianhong's foresight that allowed him to befriend someone like him. This might be a blessing for our family. "
Third Elder's eyes lit up at this and he nodded profusely.
Both of them had only been confused for a moment. Now that they understood, they knew what to do.
As members of the Zu family, they shared the family's glory and glory. If the Zu family fell apart, neither of them would benefit.
Hence, regardless of whether they were sincere or not, Second Elder went to look for Zu Tianhong and stated that they would no longer fight for the two-headed snake's blood pact. At the same time, he made it clear that the two elders would no longer interfere with the Zu family's affairs.
After that, Second Elder, Zu Xuande, found out where Lin Jin lived and paid him a visit to apologize.
However, no one answered when he knocked on the door.
Although it was already dark, Lin Jin wasn't home.
"Second Elder, why don't we go back and come back tomorrow?" one of the Zu family members suggested.
At this moment, Zu Xuande realized that his pet beast was trembling in fear. This stunned him. When he looked again, it wasn't just his pet beast, but the other Zu family members' pet beasts were also trembling in fear.
The next moment, Zu Xuande noticed a rooster standing on the wall of Lin Jin's mansion.
The moment the rooster appeared, their pet beasts became restless.
What was going on? Why were so many pet beasts afraid of a rooster?
Zu Xuande felt like he was about to collapse.
His own pet beast was a great plains wolf, a Rank 2 pet beast that was the most ferocious. But now, it was cowering behind him, staring fearfully at the rooster on the wall.
For a moment, the situation was extremely awkward.
"Second Elder!" the person next to him called out. Zu Xuande reached out to stop him.
"Two days ago, we spoke disrespectfully to Appraiser Lin. So let's wait here for his return. Even if he only returns in the middle of the night, we'll wait for him. Only then can we show our sincerity."
At Zu Xuande's words, the others didn't dare to say a word.
They assumed that Appraiser Lin would return after a while.
Yet, they waited until it was late in the night and Lin Jin was nowhere to be seen.
The Zu family suspected that Lin Jin knew they were coming and purposely didn't show up to give them the cold shoulder.
Zu Xuande couldn't take it anymore. But the old man was stubborn. After waiting for so long, if he returned now, all his efforts would go to waste. Moreover, since he was going to apologize, he had to show his sincerity.
So, they continued to wait.
Little did they know that Lin Jin would go to Mount Zoroku every night to teach Shang'er and the others about cultivation. Now, there was the great white ape too. Lin Jin wouldn't return until dawn.
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