Bai Zhenkong hadn't been able to eat or sleep well for the past few days. The reason was simple. Snake Country was the culprit. The threat of a national war was no laughing matter. If a war really broke out, as the city lord, he wouldn't be able to walk away unscathed.
Bai Zhenkong obviously cared about his own fate.
Bai Zhenkong immediately reported the situation to Jade Dragon City and waited for a response. However, he heard that Ye Yuzhou had also written a letter to the city. As for the contents of the letter, Bai Zhenkong had no idea.
He didn't want to come today, but after hearing from Zuo Wentang that Lu Bin, the royal family's guardian, would be here, Bai Zhenkong decided to come after some thought.
Of course, he knew who Lu Bin was. The man had considerable status and power in the Jade Dragon Kingdom. He used to be a general and had made many contributions to the country. Moreover, the Lu family was famous, so there were many benefits to befriending Lu Bin.
At the sight of Lu Bin, Bai Zhenkong walked over with Zuo Wentang by his side.
"General Lu, why didn't you inform me that you were coming to Maple City? If I hadn't heard from Wentang, I wouldn't have known that you were coming." Bai Zhenkong didn't put on any airs. Besides, he didn't have any airs to put on in front of Lu Bin.
"City Lord Bai, I came here for a private matter so I didn't want to disturb you," Lu Bin replied politely.
Just then, Zuo Wentang noticed Xiao Huo who was sleeping on the ground. Stunned, he took a closer look and was immediately shocked.
A few days ago at Mount Zoroku, he had noticed that the Rank 4 fire wolf controlled by the mysterious man looked familiar but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
Now that he saw Lin Jin's pet beast, he immediately recognized it.
It was mainly because Xiao Huo's fur color was unique among fire wolves. After a perfect evolution, Xiao Huo's fur color was now unique. Each strand of fur seemed to be condensed from flames so it wasn't surprising that Bai Zhenkong could recognize it.
Zuo Wentang didn't dare to delay and immediately informed Bai Zhenkong of his discovery.
The latter had been frustrated over this matter for the past few days. When he heard of Zuo Wentang's discovery, his brows straightened and he glared at the fire wolf sternly.
"Whose pet beast is this?" Bai Zhenkong asked.
Hearing this, Ye Yuzhou knew that the situation was not good.
Although Ye Yuzhou had already written a letter to Jade Dragon City's Guardian explaining the situation and vouching for him, he initially wanted to delay the matter for a few days until Curator could resolve it. But now that Zuo Wentang had recognized the fire wolf, Bai Zhenkong would probably make things difficult for him in public.
Most importantly, Ye Yuzhou was afraid that the Curator would be present as well. If Bai Zhenkong targeted the Curator's disciple and angered the Curator, he would be in big trouble.
By now, Bai Zhenkong already knew who the fire wolf's owner was. He immediately glared at Lin Jin with hostility.
Ye Yuzhou hurried forward.
Bai Zhenkong had long been dissatisfied with Ye Yuzhou. He said in displeasure, "Mr. Ye, you've been obstructing us in every possible way. The villain who harbored demonic beasts and murdered the son of the Snake Country's State Preceptor is still at large. Now that we've found a clue, I'll definitely report you to the National Guard if you continue to obstruct us."
Even so, Ye Yuzhou did not back down. "If City Lord Bai wants to complain, then go ahead. I will bear all the consequences."
He was actually so unyielding.
Bai Zhenkong was enraged.
Lu Bin could tell that Bai Zhenkong was going to deal with Lin Jin so he said, "Appraiser Lin will be visiting the royal family soon. City Lord Bai, what are you planning to do to our royal guest?"
At Lu Bin's words, Bai Zhenkong's heart skipped a beat and he looked shocked.
He hadn't misheard. Lu Bin had said 'royal guest'.
Zuo Wentang was startled as well. He glanced at Ye Yuzhou and Lin Jin, then at Lu Bin before taking a step back, not daring to say another word.
The current situation was no longer something a lowly steward of the City Lord Manor like him could say a word. He had only discovered the fire wolf and reported it to the city lord. Who knew things would turn out this way? If he had known, he would have pretended not to notice.
At the same time, Zuo Wentang was horrified, wondering just who Lin Jin was. He was clearly involved in a huge crime but Ye Yuzhou and Lu Bin were protecting him like this.
Ye Yuzhou was fine, but not even City Lord Bai would dare to offend Lu Bin.
Sure enough, Bai Zhenkong's expression changed several times before he finally suppressed his impulse and said, "General Lu, you might not know about this yet. Let me explain it to you so you can be the judge."
Bai Zhenkong explained the situation in a few words. Lu Bin's expression changed as he stared at Lin Jin in shock.
Monster?
The son of Snake Country's state preceptor had died tragically.
A national war?
This was no small matter.
However, after hearing Bai Zhenkong's side of the story, Lu Bin wouldn't change his mind so easily.
"City Lord Bai, Junior Ye, let's discuss this in detail later." Lu Bin made a decision. At the very least, he had to understand the situation first.
If it was as Bai Zhenkong said, that Snake Country and Jade Dragon Kingdom had started a national war, that would be a huge problem.
Ye Yuzhou sighed and said to the mentors who were rushing over, "The disciple tournament will continue."
Having said that, when he passed by Lin Jin, Ye Yuzhou whispered, "I will convince them. Just tell Curator not to worry."
Lin Jin nodded without saying a word.
Bai Zhenkong walked over with a dark expression. Lu Bin didn't say a word. He wanted to hear what Ye Yuzhou had to say first.
To him, Ye Yuzhou should be the one who understood the situation the best.
Only a small portion of the crowd noticed this little interlude. Since they didn't hear what the three of them were saying, most of them had no idea what was going on. But more importantly, be it Ye Yuzhou, Lu Bin, or Bai Zhenkong, they were all talking about Lin Jin.
Yang Jie's expression darkened as he clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles cracked.
He didn't want to wait a moment longer.
This disciple tournament was where he and Lin Jin would determine the victor.
The disciple tournament had officially begun.
As the mentors announced the rules in the colosseum, the disciples' enthusiasm was immediately piqued.
The first beast battle was about to begin.
According to the rules, in this year's Disciple Tournament, only the top ten disciples would compete. In other words, if a disciple ranked outside the top ten, he or she could only challenge a disciple ranked in the top ten. If he or she won, he or she would replace his or her opponent's rank, and if he or she lost, they would be sent back to where they came from.
It was simple and straightforward.
The first battle was between the twenty-first ranked disciple and the tenth-ranked disciple.
Both disciples brought their pet beasts into the arena and began fighting.
However, to Lin Jin, battles of this level weren't worth watching. One was a Rank 1 pet beast while the other was a Rank 2. There was no point in comparing them.
Sure enough, the tenth-ranked disciple defeated his challenger in an instant and defended his rank.
The next few battles were lackluster as well. Other than a disciple ranked seventeenth who defeated the ninth-ranked disciple and made a comeback, none of the other challengers succeeded.
After all, the mentors' preliminary rankings were very objective. If a disciple didn't hide their strength, the preliminary rankings would basically represent the disciple's strength.
Next, someone challenged the fourth-ranked disciple, Lu Yunhe.
Moreover, the challenger was the fifth-ranked disciple, so he was obviously very strong. Lu Yunhe rubbed his palms together and brought Lu Ba into the arena. He probably couldn't wait to show everyone how terrifying his pet beast was after its evolution.
Lin Jin secretly manipulated his coiled wire needle to stab the pet beasts who entered the arena. However, as he became more proficient with the coiled wire needle, the pet beasts only felt a slight pain without being noticed.
After reading the information in the museum, Lin Jin knew that the disciple who challenged Lu Yunhe was about to return in defeat.
His opponent's pet beast was only Rank 2 and nothing special at all.
Sure enough, in the arena, Lu Ba had his opponent's pet beast sprawled on the ground in just a single exchange.
Just like how Xiao Huo defeated Lu Ba back then.
"A Rank 3 pet beast!"
Many people gasped. After all, everyone knew that Lu Yunhe's pet beast was Rank 2. Who knew that it would have a breakthrough this time?
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