Back at Mount Zoroku, Little Five's injuries were mostly healed. With Lin Jin around, she would be fine.
However, ever since she woke up, Little Five hadn't spoken a word nor transformed back into her human form. It was obvious that her injuries weren't just external but also psychological.
Even when Shang'er tried to talk to her, Little Five wouldn't say a word.
Lin Jin didn't have any good ideas about this. At least the problem was solved. The only problem was that Snake Country's state preceptor would probably resort to violence when he returned. He would then instigate a war between Snake Country and Jade Dragon Kingdom.
A large-scale conflict would definitely result in casualties and Lin Jin didn't want to see that happen. Although he had Ye Yuzhou think of a way to contact Black Crow and Ghost Child, what if they failed?
Lin Jin had to prepare a backup plan.
When that happened, he would have to suppress Snake Country.
How could he do that?
Strength was everything.
Lin Jin didn't know how strong Snake Country was but he knew that they were an intermediate country, which meant that they didn't have any Rank 5 beasts. As for Rank 4 beasts, Lin Jin already had two.
Shang'er and Xiao Huo.
And these two weren't your average Rank 4 beasts. Shang'er was a monster who had mastered several powerful spells. If she went all out, she could take on two or three Grassy Continent beasts at the same level.
And Xiao Huo, with a perfect evolution, was no pushover either. It shouldn't be a problem for him to take on two beasts of the same level.
Other than that, Lin Jin wanted to help Goldy and the white ape evolve.
The reason was very simple. These two rare exotic beasts had great potential. Just the bravery Big Huang displayed in this battle was enough to make others look at him in a different light.
If Goldy were to evolve into Rank 4, the Snake Country would be in deep trouble.
As for the others, Little Five had yet to recover from her injuries and the shadow wolf had just evolved perfectly. She hadn't fully mastered her powers so it wasn't suitable for her to evolve now.
For the next few days, Lin Jin busied himself with Goldy and the white ape's evolution.
The Museum of Deadly Beasts had several evolution methods for these two rare beasts and none of them were easy. Lin Jin knew very well that even he couldn't help these two rare beasts evolve into Rank 4 in such a short period of time.
But if it was just one evolution, it was still possible if he put in some effort.
This way, he would have even more cards in his hand. If Snake Country really wanted to use force, he could just run straight to Snake Country's doorstep and see if they had the guts to come.
But before that, Lin Jin had something important to deal with.
That was the Friar Association's disciple tournament.
This was related to the elementary dragon blood pill so Lin Jin had to get his hands on it. Inside the museum, the dragon blood pill was the key to a pet beast's evolution into Rank 5.
This was especially true for Xiao Huo.
Xiao Huo was just an ordinary Fire Wolf Beast. It was already a miracle that he could advance to the fourth rank.
This was with the help of the Museum of Deadly Beasts. Without it, breeds like Xiao Huo would not be able to continue after advancing to Tier 2.
As his pet beast, Lin Jin had to find a way to increase Xiao Huo's potential.
The value of the Dragon Blood Pill could be seen.
There was only one day left until the Friar Association's disciple tournament so Lin Jin had to head back. He looked for Shang'er and gave her some instructions. He even left Goldy and the Shadow Wolf at Mount Zoroku to prevent any sneak attacks from the Grassy Continent natives.
Shang'er was a little reluctant to see him go.
Shang'er knew about the disciple tournament and according to her original plan, she was going to Maple City to watch the tournament. But given the current situation, she couldn't go.
Riding on Xiao Huo, Lin Jin sprinted back to Maple City. He went home to freshen up and change before heading to the Beast Appraisal Association.
He had to report his leave to Tan Lin.
However, when he saw Tan Lin this time, she gave him an odd look.
"Chief Tan, is something the matter?" Lin Jin asked softly, feeling a little creeped out.
Tan Lin shook her head. Feeling that something was off, she asked, "Lin Jin, don't you know?"
Lin Jin was even more baffled. "What do I know?"
"You're going to be rich. You have to treat me to a meal." Tan Lin gave him a 'you're still pretending' look.
Lin Jin quickly pressed her for more information.
"I couldn't tell that you, Appraiser Lin, had such a rich background. You even have an ancient prescription like the nine water floating cloud pill. The Shi family has been making a huge comeback for the past two days. From now on, they're going to make a fortune. Of course you're going to be rich." Tan Lin was now rather curious about Lin Jin. Back when Lin Jin passed the Rank 2 beast appraiser exam, Tan Lin already had a whole new level of respect for him. But it was nothing compared to the shock she felt now.
The pills Lin Jin had the Shi family sell were all incredibly valuable. Even Tan Lin herself had bought a few of them.
Of course, Tan Lin used this opportunity to hand over the Beast Appraisal Association's medicinal business to the Shi family. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to buy them even if she wanted to.
Lin Jin hadn't been around for the past few days so he obviously didn't know about the conflict between the Chen and Shi families. However, he had expected this outcome so he wasn't surprised.
"Right, since you have the nine water floating cloud pill's prescription, why didn't you use it to break my bestial soul curse?" Tan Lin suddenly asked.
Lin Jin thought about it and said, "Just poke it. It's faster."
Tan Lin was speechless.
Back in his consultation hall, Zhao Ying, Lu Xiaoyun, Han Dong, and Jia Qian immediately ran out to greet him.
Sure enough, they started talking at once, recounting the conflict between the two medicine halls in Maple City over the past few days. Their four mouths were clearly more vivid than Tan Lin's. Although Lin Jin didn't witness it with his own eyes, hearing their descriptions made it seem like he had seen it with his own eyes.
Then, Lu Xiaoyun revealed a huge piece of information.
It was about Chen Yuanyuan's adultery with Chen Cheng.
This kind of thing was what the commoners loved to hear and see. As long as it happened and was exposed, it would immediately become the talk of the town, and everyone would know about it.
However, Lin Jin didn't expect this to happen.
On second thought, with Chen Yuanyuan's personality, it was possible that she would do something so unethical. However, this had nothing to do with Lin Jin anymore. He just took it as a joke.
The Chen family was on the brink of collapse. As a woman, Chen Yuanyuan's reputation was tarnished due to her adultery.
As for Chen Cheng, Lu Xiaoyun heard that his teacher, Ye Yuzhou, was so enraged after finding out about the affair that he kicked Chen Cheng out of the Friar Association.
Lin Jin shook his head at this. Theoretically, Chen Cheng had a bright future ahead of him. Yet, he was ruined by a woman.
"Right, there's something else." Lu Xiaoyun suddenly remembered something and leaned over to say, "My brother said that Yang Jie's pet beast has evolved into Rank 4."
The evolution of Yang Jie's pet beast was indeed out of Lin Jin's expectations.
Forget the entire Maple City, at least in the Friar Association, everyone knew that Yang Jie had a Rank 4 pet beast. Yang Jie was already the number one disciple to begin with. Now that his pet beast had evolved, no one could compete with him in the limelight.
Some even said that there was no need to hold a disciple tournament and that Yang Jie should just be crowned champion.
Of course, this was just a theory. Rules were still rules. But this also showed Yang Jie's current reputation.
To Lin Jin, this wasn't good news. After all, Lin Jin's main opponent in the disciple tournament was Yang Jie.
But Lin Jin wasn't afraid.
So what if Yang Jie's pet beast evolved into Rank 4?
Xiao Huo had a perfect evolution and was now at the peak of Rank 4. He was invincible among his peers. If they really went up against each other, Yang Jie's pet beast would still have to kneel.
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