In an instant, Lin Jin snapped out of his strange thoughts and the voices around him returned. His eyes and ears were clear and he understood something. He stopped looking at the stone tablet.
'Amazing, I almost fell for it! '
Lin Jin mused. He looked at the people around him. Forget them, even Lin Jin himself had fallen for the Beastmaster Fourth Scroll after staring at it for a while. If the Museum of Deadly Beasts hadn't rung the alarm bell to wake him up, he would have fallen into this strange obsession just like everyone else.
No doubt, someone had cast a spell on the stone tablet.
Lin Jin glanced at Hu Yuzhen. She was just like him. Her eyes were fixated on the stone tablet, and at other times, she would lower her head in thought. Lin Jin knew that even this demon had fallen for it.
Not to mention White Ape.
The only ones who weren't affected by the stone tablet were the zombie cthulhu who was too afraid to come out from the sarcophagus and Xiao Huo.
Xiao Huo had a Dharma body with clear eyes so the stone tablet couldn't affect him. Hence, even if the Museum of Deadly Beasts hadn't rung the alarm bell, Xiao Huo would have tried to wake Lin Jin up once he realized he was in trouble.
However, when he recalled the impatient look of the person who was woken up by Hu Yuzhen, Lin Jin figured that he wouldn't wake up no matter how hard he tried.
After some thought, Lin Jin pricked White Ape and Hu Yuzhen's acupoints with his silver needles. Both of them snapped out of their daze and looked around in confusion.
White Ape didn't know what was going on but Hu Yuzhen, who had lived for hundreds of years, knew that she had fallen for it too. Her cheeks immediately reddened.
Then, she went over to thank Lin Jin.
She knew it was Lin Jin who had helped her wake up from the spell.
"Stop looking at the stone tablet. Someone has cast a spell on it," Lin Jin reminded her. Hu Yuzhen nodded quickly. She didn't dare to be careless now and was thankful that she met Lin Jin. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if she was controlled by a spell. After all, she was an old monster who had cultivated for hundreds of years.
"It must be that lion's doing," Hu Yuzhen mumbled. Lin Jin shook his head. "That General Lion probably isn't that capable. After all, this stone tablet can even bewitch you. It must be the work of an immortal."
Hu Yuzhen naturally knew that she only said those words to vent the dissatisfaction in her heart.
Taking another look at the crowd in the plaza, Lin Jin realized that these people were the ones who had been tricked into coming here by those rumors. Among them, there were experts while there were just average ones. But regardless of their cultivation level, they were all bewitched by the stone tablet's spell.
However, Lin Jin couldn't figure out why the immortal who created this place would do such a thing.
Furthermore, was the Beastmaster Fourth Scroll real or fake?
Lin Jin looked at the stone tablet again. He wasn't being careless, but he was confident that if he was hit by another spell, he would have the Museum of Deadly Beasts to back him up. The reason why Lin Jin looked at it again was because he wanted to verify the authenticity of the Beastmaster Fourth Scroll.
But this time, Lin Jin was stunned.
The Beastmaster Fourth Scroll on the stone tablet no longer had those strange symbols. It was now a complete cultivation manual. After reading through it, Lin Jin could tell that this was a genuine blood contract cultivation.
After some thought, Lin Jin sat down cross-legged and had Hu Yuzhen wait for him. Then, he began cultivating according to the Beastmaster Fourth Scroll.
In order to cultivate the Beastmaster Scroll, one had to be at least on the fifth realm of their blood contract. It just so happened that Lin Jin had achieved this realm in the royal capital. Since that was the case, he might as well cultivate this rare Beastmaster Fourth Scroll.
It wasn't that Lin Jin didn't want to memorize it and cultivate it when he got back. But after reciting it twice, he realized that he couldn't remember it clearly. With Lin Jin's current abilities, this was impossible. Someone must have cast another layer of spell on this cultivation manual.
Although Lin Jin had never tried copying it, he figured that it wouldn't work. Through his spiritual eye, Lin Jin could tell that there were more than two types of restrictive spells on the stone tablet.
Since that was the case, why bother trying it out? He might as well just cultivate here.
White Ape obviously had no objections. He put down the coffin and sat down to look around. Although Hu Yuzhen was confused, she didn't dare to ask too many questions since this was the work of an expert. So, she waited patiently.
There was no sun or moon in this mystical place. From Hu Yuzhen's perspective, more than twenty hours had passed but the sky was still the same as before. Nothing seemed to have changed. It was truly mystical.
As a demon who had been cultivating for hundreds of years, these twenty hours didn't matter to Hu Yuzhen. She was currently cultivating as well. Another twenty hours had passed.
Lin Jin suddenly opened his eyes, a hint of joy in his gaze.
"Xiao Huo!"
Lin Jin called out. Xiao Huo who had been standing guard immediately came forward. Lin Jin invoked a spell with both hands and patted Xiao Huo. Xiao Huo instantly transformed into two balls of spirit energy, ice and fire. They coiled around Lin Jin's arm and melted into his flesh. This startled White Ape so much that he immediately jumped up.
Hu Yuzhen glanced over as well.
She knew that after a blood contract cultivator reached the fifth realm, they could use the Beastmaster Scroll to fuse with their pet beast. This way, they could use their pet beast's abilities. She had seen many powerful blood contract cultivators who took this path. Some of them were even people she didn't dare to provoke.
To put it simply, the Beastmaster Scroll depended on the strength of the pet beast.
If the pet beast was strong, the blood contract cultivator would be powerful.
As for Mr. Lin, his blood contract pet beast was a fire wolf with a Yin Yang Dharma body. Naturally, he could also borrow the fire wolf's supernatural powers, so it was only natural that he would be able to use the fire wolf's supernatural abilities.
Hu Yuzhen had seen many blood contract cultivators' Beastmaster Scrolls as well. But now, she noticed that the fire wolf tattoo on Lin Jin's arm was emitting a fire and ice aura, carrying with it an indescribable aura.
She had never seen something like this before.
"Could it be the Beastmaster Fourth Scroll?" Hu Yuzhen was a knowledgeable person. Blood contract cultivators in this world only cultivated the first, second, and third scroll. The fourth scroll was only a legend and no one had ever succeeded in cultivating it.
However, Hu Yuzhen was a monster and the Beastmaster Scroll was only for blood contract cultivators. It had nothing to do with her so she was only mildly surprised before letting it go.
Little did she know how shocked Lin Jin was right now.
"The Beastmaster Fourth Scroll is amazing."
Back at Maple City's Friar Association, Lin Jin had studied the Beastmaster Scroll. However, the association only had Beastmaster Scroll One and Two. In comparison, these two scrolls paled in comparison to Volume Four. The difference was like night and day.
To put it simply, the Beastmaster First Scroll was only a half-finished product. After fusing with his pet, they had to separate for a period of three days. During this period, they couldn't fuse again and the power they could unleash wouldn't be fully unleashed.
The second scroll was slightly better, but only by a small margin.
However, with the fourth scroll Lin Jin was cultivating, the human and pet could never separate. Not only could they unleash one hundred and twenty percent of their powers, but they could also nourish each other and cultivate together.
Although Lin Jin had never read the Beastmaster Third Scroll, it was definitely weaker than the fourth scroll. It was fate that he was able to cultivate these four scrolls.
When Lin Jin got up, Xiao Huo was nowhere to be seen.
That was because Xiao Huo had become one with Lin Jin, the blood contract owner. Just like Lu Bin, he had become one with his cloud sea scorpion.
Looking at the stone tablet again, Lin Jin was shocked to find that the place where the Beastmaster Fourth Scroll was carved had been replaced with a line of smaller words.
"After learning this cultivation method, you can use the incense ash from the hall's censer to touch it between your brows. Silently chant 'go, go' and you will be able to jump out of this world."
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