Of course, Lin Jin had no idea that not too long ago, Wang Ji had shamelessly replaced the items here.
Seeing that the eleven mutant eggs and evaluation reports were gone, Lin Jin knew that Chief Wang Ji must have arranged for them to be moved away. But it didn't matter. His job was done anyway. Come to think of it, it had been a sleepless night and he was quite tired.
Out of habit, Lin Jin touched the back of his waist and was stunned.
His back was empty.
"Where's my painting?" Lin Jin was startled. He had kept the painting Gu Mengzhong gave him with him at the back of his waist. Why couldn't he find it?
Lin Jin quickly searched through his memories. Remembering that he found it troublesome when he was writing the evaluation report last night, he put it aside. He remembered that it was next to the table.
He looked over but it was gone.
There was nothing under the table either.
Lin Jin was dumbfounded.
"F * ck me, where's my painting?"
He couldn't find it anywhere else in the hall. Lin Jin assumed that the person on duty last night must have taken it away. Lin Jin remembered that he was Chief Wang Ji's apprentice. As long as he knew he was still in the association, he wouldn't be able to escape.
He had to get his priceless painting back.
Now that Lin Jin's tiredness was gone, he was full of energy. With a dark expression, he headed straight for Chief Wang Ji's consultation hall. Coincidentally, he bumped into the apprentice who was on duty last night.
Without a care for the consequences, Lin Jin went up and grabbed the apprentice's collar.
"Where's my painting?"
The apprentice was startled. When he saw that it was Lin Jin, his expression darkened. "Lin Jin, what are you doing?"
Chief Wang Ji's apprentice obviously looked down on Lin Jin as well. Now that he was grabbed by his collar, he panicked.
"Where's the painting I left on the table last night? You were on duty and you were the only one who came in and out at night so you must have taken it, "Lin Jin said confidently. He couldn't lose that painting anyway.
At this, the apprentice was stunned. "What painting? I don't know and I've never seen it before. Lin Jin, stop being unreasonable and let go of me. Chief Wang still hasn't settled the score with you for leaving your post without permission. "
He didn't look like he was lying.
That was odd.
Lin Jin let go of the apprentice. The apprentice insisted that he had never seen it before and Lin Jin had no proof. More importantly, Lin Jin didn't see a trace of panic in the apprentice's eyes.
Was he really not the one who took it?
The apprentice straightened his collar before telling Lin Jin, "Appraiser Lin, I really didn't take your painting. In order to prepare a gift for the City Lord Manor's Steward Zuo, I didn't sleep the entire night. Right, what painting is it that's making you so anxious?"
Lin Jin waved.
The man didn't seem to be lying. If he didn't take it, someone else must have taken it. However, Lin Jin had no idea who it was. Especially when he found out that many people had entered and exited the appraisal hall this morning, Lin Jin's heart sank.
These people could all be thieves, but the problem was, how could they find them?
Lin Jin sighed. It was his fault for being careless. If he couldn't find her, he had no one to blame but himself for being too engrossed in 'sculpting her face'.
It seemed that no matter which world you were in, being addicted to games was always a hindrance.
Thinking of this, he returned to his consultation hall dejectedly.
Zhao Ying and Lu Xiaoyun had arrived long ago. As usual, they were cleaning and making tea. Upon seeing Lin Jin, they went over to greet him.
"I'll sleep for a while!"
In a foul mood, Lin Jin ran to the back room to sleep. No one would come to him for beast appraisal or treatment anyway.
However, not long after he slept, someone came.
Zu Can didn't sleep much last night either. After all, he was worried about leaving his pet beast with Lin Jin so he rushed over early in the morning.
"Appraiser Lin, why are you so listless?"
Knowing that Lin Jin was truly talented and had a way to treat his pet beast, Zu Can was extremely respectful toward him. Moreover, he had secretly investigated yesterday and found out who was the culprit behind his pet beast's death.
If Appraiser Lin hadn't noticed that his pet beast was poisoned, Zu Can might have been kept in the dark until his pet beast's death. Just based on this, Lin Jin was his benefactor.
Lin Jin didn't want to talk about what happened last night. Whenever he thought about the painting he lost, his heart would bleed. He mustn't talk about it, mustn't think about it.
Knowing that Zu Can was here to see the sapphire turtle, Lin Jin clapped his hands and Xiao Huo chased the turtle out.
The turtle was now moving swiftly and it looked much better than yesterday.
"I used a secret recipe to brew a pill and fed it to it yesterday. The poison in its body is now seventy to eighty percent gone. If you're worried about leaving it here, I'll give you the recipe and you can find someone to brew the pill for it. It'll be back to full health in three days at most."
Lin Jin had a good impression of Zu Can. Although the man was a scion of an aristocratic family, he wasn't arrogant. Just this fact alone was impressive.
Zu Can was elated to see his pet beast recovering.
"Appraiser Lin, I'll stay here to keep it company."
Lin Jin nodded, indicating that he could do as he pleased.
After a while, Zu Can bade him farewell without alerting Lin Jin.
But in reality, Lin Jin was too troubled to sleep so he decided not to. He picked up his brush and copied down the blood pact method for the ink monster from the museum's stone tablet.
Gu Mengzhong's ink monster was difficult to form a blood pact with. Firstly, the success rate of traditional blood pact methods was low. Secondly, this ink monster had high potential but low intelligence. A stronger pet beast was needed to suppress its wildness for the blood pact to be successful.
Lin Jin compared several blood contract methods and ticked off the one he thought was the most suitable.
The materials for this method weren't hard to find and were relatively easy. The only downside was that it required a stronger pet beast to suppress the ink monster's wildness.
In the past, Lin Jin's strongest pet beast would be his Xiao Huo or Elder Mo's fire lizard.
Both were Rank 3 pet beasts, so it was difficult for them to suppress the ink monster's wildness.
But things were different now.
The opening of the Visitation Hall had increased the number of ways for the Museum of Deadly Beasts to record information. Last night, the strongest pet beasts Lin Jin recorded were a rift beast, the phantom jade dragon, and a rare beast, the black falcon.
Both of them were Tier 4. Relatively speaking, the Fantasy Color Jade Dragon only had one scale at that time. Although its potential was higher, in terms of deterrence, there was no doubt that the Black Falcon was superior.
This black falcon had killed countless people and had a sharp murderous aura.
It was perfect for suppressing the ink monster's wildness.
Hence, Lin Jin was able to choose the simpler blood pact method. Moreover, he had all the materials here. Once Gu Mengzhong arrived, they could start right away. There was no need to gather any more materials.
Of course, only Lin Jin, who owned the Museum of Deadly Beasts, could do this because he was the only one who could borrow the power of the beasts in the museum.
Now that everything was ready, they just had to wait for Gu Mengzhong's arrival.
After drinking a cup of hot tea, before Gu Mengzhong arrived, Lu Yunhe walked in with Lin Jin's token.
Lin Jin was still a little annoyed at the sight of Lu Yunhe. This guy came looking for trouble. If it weren't for the fact that he was Lu Xiaoyun's brother, Lin Jin wouldn't have let him leave so easily yesterday.
Although Lu Yunhe had changed his attitude quickly and it was only because he didn't understand the situation, Lin Jin couldn't be bothered with him. Especially when he was still in a bad mood.
"Appraiser Lin …" Lu Yunhe called out but Lin Jin ignored him. Lu Xiaoyun jogged over and pulled the embarrassed Lu Yunhe aside.
"Brother, Appraiser Lin isn't in a good mood today. You've come at a bad time." Lu Xiaoyun spoke bluntly. Lu Yunhe rolled his eyes. "Xiaoyun, I think I'm your brother. Even if Appraiser Lin is truly talented, he shouldn't be too arrogant. I'm a straightforward person. If he doesn't change his temper, no one will come to him for an appraisal … "
Just then, someone walked in. It was the master painter, Gu Mengzhong.
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