Early in the morning, Lin Jin was summoned back to the Friar Association.
The messenger disciple seemed to be in a hurry. When Lin Jin asked what the matter was, the disciple didn't give a clear answer, only saying that Associate Instructor Wang had sent him.
"Associate Instructor Wang?" Lin Jin pondered for a moment. He didn't seem to know this person.
Following the disciple to the Friar Association, Lin Jin met Associate Instructor Wang. He was a rather good-natured and slightly plump friar.
Beside him was a spirit-eared monkey.
He must be the man's pet beast.
In the Friar Association, disciples had to be on the fourth realm or below. To become an associate instructor, one had to be on the fifth realm. If they wanted to become an official mentor, they had to be on the sixth realm.
Lin Jin was aware of this.
"Lin Jin, come here!" "I'm Assistant Lecturer Wang, the person in charge of the association's lectures. Our Friar Association has a tradition. Every month, a disciple will be chosen to give a lecture to all the Friar Association's disciples. Although every disciple has the chance to do so, only those whose blood contract has reached the fourth realm are allowed to do so. Today's lecture has been discussed among us assistants and we've decided to choose you as the main lecturer. You just need to make some preparations and when everyone's here, you can go up on stage." Lin Jin nodded and said, "I'm Assistant Lecturer Wang.
Lin Jin was stunned.
It hadn't even been a month since he joined the Friar Association so he had no idea about this tradition.
However, he didn't think too much about it. Associate Instructor Wang had already mentioned that only disciples on the fourth realm could be chosen for the lecture. Since Lin Jin was on the fourth realm, it was only natural that he would be chosen.
However, he still had to clarify what he needed to know.
"Associate Instructor Wang, what should I lecture about?" Lin Jin stopped the man from asking.
"Don't be nervous. Just talk about some cultivation insights. It could be about spells or pet beasts. Of course, the main focus will be on spells. The main thing is to share your understanding of spells with everyone," Associate Instructor Wang said casually before smiling. Assistant Professor Wang said lightly and then smiled. "I still have things to do over there. You stay here and prepare. It's about to start. I'll call you up."
Having said that, he left.
After giving it some thought, Lin Jin decided to talk about it. However, his knowledge on spells was limited. While he could talk about pet beasts, this was the Friar Association, not the Beast Appraisal Association. It wouldn't be appropriate for him to talk about beast appraising here.
Currently, Lin Jin was most familiar with two spells. One was Fire Spirit Possession, and the other was Spell Negation.
In comparison, Lin Jin was more familiar with Fire Spirit Possession so he could talk about it.
While Lin Jin was making preparations backstage, more and more disciples arrived at the Friar Association's lecture hall.
Many disciples of the Friar Association attached great importance to such lectures, especially since Yang Jie was always the one giving the lectures. Hence, many female disciples came early to secure seats.
Sometimes, some teaching assistants and mentors would even listen from below.
As time passed, the lecture hall was filled with people. There weren't enough seats. There were also people standing in the corridor and some open spaces.
In a corner, Chen Chen had a smug look on his face. He was waiting for the show to begin.
Somewhere backstage, Yang Jie was stopped.
This made Yang Jie frown. Teaching Assistant Wang happened to see it and walked over.
"Teaching Assistant Wang, what's going on?"
Yang Jie asked in annoyance.
He was obviously referring to the matter of him being stopped. Teaching Assistant Wang smiled. "Yang Jie, we've discussed this month's lecture and we've decided to switch out the main lecturer."
Yang Jie was even more displeased.
Just as Chen Chen predicted, Yang Jie had long made this lecture his own. For the past ten months or so, he had been the main lecturer. It would be strange if Yang Jie was happy about this sudden change.
However, a disciple's lecture wasn't fixed to just one person. Yang Jie knew this very well.
Hence, he suppressed his anger and asked, "Is it Lu Yunhe?"
To him, the only person in the entire Friar Association who had the right to compete with him was Lu Yunhe. Of course, in Yang Jie's eyes, Lu Yunhe couldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as him.
Teaching Assistant Wang shook his head. "It's not Lu Yunhe. It's a new disciple, Lin Jin, whose blood contract was on the fourth realm."
Yang Jie's expression froze.
Lin Jin?
Why was it him?
At that moment, all the rumors he had heard about Lin Jin flooded his mind.
It was hard for him not to care about it now.
It was normal for a disciple to be the main lecturer, but in Yang Jie's eyes, Lin Jin was challenging him and even taking away his position as the disciple's main lecturer.
His anger surged and he couldn't suppress it no matter how hard he tried.
Without another word, Yang Jie walked out with a dark expression. Instead of going back, he went to the lecture hall and found a seat to sit down.
He wanted to hear what Lin Jin had to say. If he didn't do well, he shouldn't be blamed for making things difficult for him.
When the surrounding disciples saw that Yang Jie was actually sitting below, they were all stunned.
"Why is Senior Yang sitting down there?"
"I don't know. He's the main lecturer so he should be on stage!"
"Senior Yang doesn't look too good. Did something happen?"
Many disciples discussed among themselves.
Yang Jie said nothing. His expression was terrifyingly dark.
Chen Chen, who was standing nearby, was even more pleased with himself when he saw Yang Jie's expression.
'There's no need to talk about Lin Jin, but didn't Senior Yang fall into my trap as well? So what if his cultivation level is high? He's still being toyed around by me. '
Just then, a few sharp-witted people thought of a possibility.
"The lecture is about to start but Senior Yang is still sitting down there. This means that Senior Yang isn't the main lecturer this time."
"I know, it's Senior Lu."
"Senior Lu? Forget it. Didn't Senior Lu give a lecture last time? The effect was mediocre. Senior Yang is still the most knowledgeable in this field. Even if it's a tricky question, he can answer it with ease. "
"The main lecturer this time isn't Senior Lu either," a disciple said, pointing at Lu Yunhe who had just entered the lecture hall.
Everyone turned to look and were dumbfounded.
Lu Yunhe was also sitting in the lecture hall. This meant that he wasn't the main lecturer either.
At this, many disciples came to a realization. "Could it be Xue Bao'er?"
Among the disciples of Maple City's Friar Association, there were only a handful who had reached the fourth realm. If it wasn't Yang Jie or Lu Yunhe, then it was most likely Xue Bao'er.
No one doubted Xue Bao'er's cultivation level. According to the results of the previous disciple tournament, Xue Bao'er was second only to Yang Jie and ranked second among the disciples. She was even stronger than Lu Yunhe. Logically speaking, since she had never given a lecture before, it was reasonable for her to do so.
But it just didn't make sense.
Who didn't know Xue Bao'er's personality? It was unimaginable to have her give a lecture on stage with a straight face.
More and more disciples joined the discussion.
Of course, some guessed it was the newly promoted fourth realm expert, Lin Jin. But relatively speaking, Lin Jin had just joined the Friar Association and was still inexperienced. He couldn't possibly be the main lecturer so soon.
Xue Bao'er was here too. She sat down and prepared to listen.
With that, Xue Bao'er could be ruled out as well.
Now that almost everyone had arrived, the main lecturer, Lin Jin, stepped forward from the podium.
At the sight of Lin Jin, Yang Jie's expression darkened while Chen Cheng smirked mischievously. Xue Bao'er's eyes lit up.
"It's Senior Lin!"
The disciples were curious as well. Those who had seen Lin Jin before were fine, but those who had never seen him before were confused, not knowing who the person on the podium was.
Lin Jin managed to keep his composure. He walked up to the podium and bowed before saying, "Today, I will be giving a lecture to everyone."
A disciple below the podium asked, "Could it be Senior Lin?"
Lin Jin nodded. "That's me!"
Now, everyone knew who it was.
There was a flurry of discussion. Some were skeptical, thinking that even if Lin Jin was a genius, he might not be qualified to give a lecture on stage. Some were also discussing what Lin Jin would talk about. If his lecture wasn't up to par, wouldn't it be a waste of everyone's time? Some realized that Lin Jin was a Rank 2 beast appraiser so they guessed that his lecture today must be related to pet beasts.
After all, this was Lin Jin's area of expertise.
Just then, a disciple shouted, "Senior Lin, we know that you're a Rank 2 beast appraiser of the Beast Appraisal Association, but this is the Friar Association. If you're going to lecture on pet beasts, there's no need for that. Friars mainly focus on blood contract cultivation and spells. We're more interested in listening to a lecture on this topic."
After this disciple said that, someone else immediately chimed in.
The disciples who spoke up were Chen Cheng's men. He had painstakingly planned this for two reasons. One was to provoke Yang Jie into bearing a grudge against Lin Jin, and the other was to embarrass Lin Jin in front of everyone.
If Lin Jin's lecture was all about pet beasts, no one would be able to stop him. Hence, Chen Cheng arranged for his men to do so. However, if Lin Jin insisted on talking about pet beasts, Chen Cheng had a way to stop him. Questions were allowed during the lecture. If Chen Cheng specifically asked for tricky questions about spells, Lin Jin would never be able to answer them. If that happened, it would be hard for him not to embarrass himself.
Lin Jin had no intention of talking about pet beasts.
He had wanted to talk about the Fire Spirit Possession spell earlier, but after some thought, he gave up on that idea.
After all, some of the disciples in the audience must have never cultivated this spell before. Lin Jin figured that since he was going to lecture everyone, he should talk about something basic but insightful. Most importantly, it had to be useful.
Currently, the most useful method was to improve one's blood contract realm and spirit energy volume.
Lin Jin had learned quite a lot from the Museum of Deadly Beasts. For example, 'visualization', 'spirit seizing', 'vein strengthening', 'energy formation', 'inner pellet' …
Any one of these could take him half a day to talk about.
Lin Jin planned to talk about 'visualization'.
Recently, Lin Jin had been using it for his own cultivation and it felt great. Even in the ancient era of the immortal dao, the visualization method was a very basic cultivation method. It was divided into the Outer Image Method and the Inner Spirit Method.
In the Museum of Deadly Beasts, visualization could improve one's blood contract level. Hence, there was a very detailed explanation of the spell. If Lin Jin were to talk about it, he might not be able to finish it in a short amount of time.
Hence, Lin Jin only planned to talk about 'external imagery'.
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