Forget Wu Qian, even White Ape and the monkey demon who were chatting in the yard were startled. The tentacles in the coffin immediately retracted as if they were frightened. Xiao Huo, on the other hand, wore an odd expression as if he was intrigued.
"This, this …" Wu Qian spilled the wine in his bowl.
"This is a Five Elemental Fire Amulet!" Wu Qian put down his bowl and finally said.
He was astounded. The Five Elemental Fire Amulet was an edict that had been passed down in Cloud Sect for generations. No one in his master's generation had been able to cast it. Although the edict had been passed down, no one could write a real Five Elemental Fire Amulet.
But today, Lin Jin, who was writing a Five Elemental Fire Amulet for the first time, managed to do it. Moreover, he activated it and drew in the Yang flames.
It took Wu Qian a long time to come to his senses. He looked at the burning edict and asked, "Appraiser Lin, have you learned the edict script for the Five Elemental Fire Amulet before?"
Truth be told, Lin Jin was surprised too.
He shook his head. Indeed, he had never learned it before. However, he had a rough idea of why the edict he wrote was effective. Because of his earlier study of the edict, Lin Jin realized that part of the edict was about borrowing strength. Old Taoist Wu Qian mentioned that he had been writing for decades without success. Lin Jin wondered if there was a problem with the borrowing strength.
Hence, he changed some parts of the edict script.
And it worked.
Wu Qian was still in shock and confusion when Lin Jin said with a smile, "Sir, take a closer look at this edict script. What's different from what you know?"
This was a very obvious hint.
At this, the old Taoist quickly took a closer look and realized where the problem lay.
The Five Elemental Fire Amulet edict Lin Jin wrote was slightly different from what he knew. It was an order from the Lord to borrow fire to defend against enemies.
Instead of the 'Five Elemental Fire God' that he was familiar with, the edict was written in several other unfamiliar symbols.
"Appraiser Lin, which Divine Lord's name are you writing?" Wu Qian couldn't figure it out so he humbly asked for guidance. Lin Jin smiled. "It's not a Divine Lord. It's the name of my pet beast."
"What? Pet beast? "Wu Qian was shocked.
Lin Jin beckoned for Xiao Huo to come over. Xiao Huo was currently the size of a cat, covered in fiery fur that gave him a spiritual aura.
This was the Dharmakaya.
Wu Qian stared at Xiao Huo's fire wolf, unable to believe that the fire in Lin Jin's five elemental fire amulet was borrowed from this fire wolf.
Lin Jin knew he succeeded not because he was more familiar with the fire amulet than Old Taoist, but because he had grasped the key to it. Old Taoist's fire amulet had been useless because it didn't contain any yang fire spirit energy. It wasn't like the edict amulet passed down by Old Taoist's ancestors. Just like the one Old Taoist used before, even if the edict amulet contained the corresponding supernatural powers, it wouldn't work if Lin Jin had to write a new one.
The key to writing a new one was that it couldn't borrow the 'fire god's' yang fire spirit energy. Since that was the case, Lin Jin figured he might as well go against common sense. After all, the path of immortality had fallen and the 'Five Elemental Fire God' might no longer exist. How was he supposed to borrow the Divine Lord's power by using his name? Lin Jin figured that a Divine Lord must have many Dharmakaya for others to borrow power from and worship them. Since that was the case, why couldn't Xiao Huo do the same?
Hence, he borrowed Xiao Huo's yang fire spirit energy and it worked.
This was what Lin Jin had learned. Without holding back, he told Old Taoist Wu Qian everything. The latter was dumbfounded. At first, it sounded like a fantasy story, but the more he thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed.
Moreover, he also discovered something that made him feel a little terrified.
Appraiser Lin's pet beast was a pet beast with a Dharmakaya?
Wasn't this a little too ridiculous?
Others might not know what a Dharmakaya was, but how could Old Taoist Wu Qian not know? After all, he was an orthodox descendant of an Immortal Sect. Putting everything else aside, just in the past of his Cloud Sect alone, there had been more than one expert who managed to cultivate a Dharma Body. Thus, he had a deep understanding of Dharma Bodies.
To think that he would actually get to witness a Dharmakaya with his own eyes.
But the problem was, the pet beast with the Dharmakaya was a pet beast. This was something the old Taoist never expected.
What a waste.
This was what Wu Qian was feeling right now.
However, Wu Qian would never say this out loud. Moreover, he was now extremely impressed by Lin Jin, musing, 'As expected of an expert's disciple. Although the Five Elemental Fire Amulet wasn't a profound spell, it was almost extinct at this stage. Who would've thought that Appraiser Lin would come up with another method to cast it?
This was what an expert should be like.
Wu Qian immediately taught Lin Jin the writing method of another edict amulet left behind in Cloud Sect. Previously, it was the Five Elemental Fire Amulet. This time, it was the Five Elemental Thunder Amulet.
Cloud Sect only had these two types of Five Elemental Amulets.
However, Lin Jin couldn't cast the Five Elemental Thunder Amulet now because he didn't have anything to borrow. Unless he could find a pet beast with a thunder attribute and a Dharmakaya, he would have to rely on it.
The two chatted as they ate. Deep into the night, the dried wine and meat were all gone.
They were talking about the study of pet beasts, including monsters.
"Appraiser Lin, the Beast Energy Formation that Curator gave me is truly amazing. I've already let the monkey demon cultivate it." Wu Qian suddenly changed the topic to the monkey demon.
Lin Jin knew what Wu Qian was thinking so he smiled. "Let me take a look at that monkey demon for you, Taoist."
Wu Qian was overjoyed and immediately called the monkey demon over.
The monkey demon was quite restless. Having been chatting earlier, he was now dozing off out of boredom. Upon hearing the old Taoist call for him, the monkey demon shook his head and came over reluctantly.
"Let Appraiser Lin take a look," the old Taoist said with a straight face.
Having been trained by the old Taoist for so many years, the monkey demon knew etiquette so he went over to bow.
"Greetings, Appraiser Lin."
Lin Jin nodded. With a flick of his fingers, a flying needle pierced into the monkey demon's acupoint. Lin Jin had perfected this acupuncture technique so much that the monkey demon couldn't even tell that Lin Jin had probed his acupoint.
Lin Jin clicked his tongue in wonder at the monkey demon's state. Despite being only a Rank 2 monster, he had mastered the art of transfiguration, refined his hyoid bone, and even understood human speech.
Impressive.
But then again, Lin Jin remembered that the old Taoist's Cloud Sect had an edict amulet specifically for monsters to refine their hyoid bone and transform into humans. That was why the monkey demon could transform into a human and speak at Rank 2.
From a certain perspective, the old Taoist's Cloud Sect must have been an impressive immortal sect in the past.
By now, Lin Jin had recorded the monkey demon into the Museum of Deadly Beasts. The monkey demon's information was extremely detailed. After a glance, Lin Jin mused that this monkey demon was a rare monster with great potential.
Besides potential, the monkey demon had accumulated a lot of experience and was already showing signs of evolution.
Since that was the case, Lin Jin might as well do the monkey a favor and help it evolve. To Lin Jin, promoting a Rank 1 to Rank 2, or from Rank 2 to Rank 3 was a piece of cake.
Boom!
An aura emanated from the monkey demon's body.
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