"This voice … Could it be …"
This jade dragon was none other than Senior Mo who 'escaped' from the royal capital's Jade Dragon Lair. Senior Mo only knew how to shapeshift, but he didn't know Transfiguration so he couldn't take on a human form.
Hence, his journey to Maple City to look for Lin Jin had been quite a difficult one.
But in the end, he managed to arrive safely.
However, upon arriving at Maple City, Senior Mo became hesitant. He was here to seek shelter from Lin Jin. Senior Mo was nearing the end of his lifespan. After living for hundreds of years, he didn't know much about spells and couldn't even achieve Transfiguration. It could be considered a failure. However, Senior Mo's heart wasn't old. He still wanted to jump around.
He knew that he didn't have much talent. His current path of groping his way through was no longer feasible. If he continued down this path, he would only end up dead.
Hence, Senior Mo had shamelessly come here. But now that he was out of the Jade Dragon Lair, he didn't dare to meet Lin Jin. He was afraid that Appraiser Lin would reject him.
What would he do if he did?
It was because of this thought that Senior Mo had been hiding in Maple City for several days. He only came out after hearing a dragon's roar. Moreover, Senior Mo was very familiar with a dragon's roar.
Senior Mo dashed out of his hiding spot and headed straight for the Beast Appraisal Association.
Lin Jin had no idea that the dragon's roar had triggered a commotion. He quickly calmed himself down. This Rank 5 jade dragon was no joke, but no matter how strong it was, it couldn't escape from the immortal binding rope.
"Go!" Lin Jin moved swiftly. He took out the immortal binding rope and tossed it into the air. At the same time, he invoked a spell.
In an instant, the immortal binding rope glowed brightly and shot forward at breakneck speed. Sensing the threat, the jade dragon immediately took flight, trying to avoid it.
But how could it possibly avoid it?
That was a magical artifact.
Magical artifacts could only be crafted by immortals. Although there were no longer any immortals, the magical artifact was still here. Even if Lin Jin didn't have enough mana to unleash ten percent of the artifact's power, it was still a piece of cake for him to restrain the ice jade dragon.
In an instant, the immortal binding rope wrapped itself around the jade dragon's body and wrapped itself tightly around it.
The ice jade dragon began to struggle wildly, trying to break free. Lin Jin smiled. This thing couldn't break free at all. But speaking of which, he could only use the Immortal-Binding Rope to bind his opponent. He couldn't do what the Insect Daoist did. After binding him, he could still suppress his opponent's power.
According to what the white ape had said, it had been tied up in its giant ape form. After being tied up, its demonic aura had been suppressed and it had turned into a mini monkey.
For the insect cultivator to be able to do this, he must have spent a lot of time refining the immortal-binding rope. After all, it had only been a short while since Lin Jin obtained this artifact. It was already impressive enough that he was able to use the binding technique.
The Ice Jade Dragon was still struggling, but it wasn't very effective.
According to Lin Jin's plan, trapping the ice jade dragon was only the first step. The second step, which was also the most crucial step, was to use the Demon Slayer to sever the dragon's demonic nature.
The Demon Slaying Hall in the Museum of Deadly Beasts had already collected two pieces of demon jades. One was from Du Li's obsession, and the other was from the Desolate Mountain's tiger demon, Hu Yuzhen.
After Lin Jin severed their demonic nature, he obtained the demon jades.
It was the same with the ice jade dragon. The reason it went berserk was because of its obsession and demonic nature. Once it was severed, the ice jade dragon could at least regain its sentience.
If it still wanted to attack him, Lin Jin wouldn't mind killing it.
Under the Thunderfire Needle, even a Rank 5 pet beast would die if it was struck.
Lin Jin activated the illusory Demon Slaying Hall's Demon Slaying Sword.
This sword wasn't real. It was just a manifestation of Sword Intent. Lin Jin could use the Divine Sword Scroll to cast it.
Pointing his finger, Lin Jin channeled his Sword Intent and slashed across the air.
"Demon Slayer!"
An invisible Sword Intent swept out. To Zhao Jingyan and Elder Mo, there was nothing. Lin Jin was just waving his hand in the air. But to the ice jade dragon that was trapped by the immortal-binding rope, it saw an incredibly sharp sword slashing toward its head with an unstoppable momentum.
It wanted to escape but it couldn't.
In an instant, the Demon Slaying Sword slashed down from its head to its feet.
The Demon Slaying Sword brought out a ball of black energy from the Ice Jade Dragon's body. When the demonic energy left its body, it immediately let out a terrifying shriek. It sounded like the wailing of ghosts. Even Zhao Jingyan and Elder Mo could hear it.
Lin Jin could tell that this demonic energy was rather domineering. He wondered why its obsession was so strong that it surpassed even Hu Yuzhen's and Du Li's demonic nature.
Hu Yuzhen aside, Du Li was an immortal. Could this ice jade dragon's demonic nature be stronger than that of an immortal?
That was clearly impossible.
Lin Jin soon understood why. It was because Du Li was an immortal that he could suppress his demonic nature even after becoming demonic. That was why he seemed like an ordinary person when they first met. This was because Du Li's realm was too high. Even after becoming demonic, he could still maintain a trace of clarity.
However, this ice jade dragon wasn't the same. That was why its demonic nature was so domineering.
But no matter how domineering it was, it was useless.
After being swept by the Demon Slayer, Lin Jin had to expend a little more effort to absorb the demonic energy into the blade.
Throughout this process, shadows flew around in the cave and strange noises kept ringing out. Finally, after all the demonic energy was absorbed into the Demon Slayer, the abnormalities disappeared without a trace.
Almost at the same time, the ice jade dragon's energy seemed to have been sucked dry. It lay limp on the ground, unable to struggle anymore.
Or perhaps, without the demonic energy's influence, it knew that throwing a tantrum wouldn't help. Lin Jin wasn't just making wild guesses. He could tell from the ice jade dragon's gaze.
Before, it was filled with madness, anger, and murderous intent. Now, it was calm and composed with a desire to communicate.
Lin Jin could see so many things from its gaze.
Suddenly, Lin Jin sensed something and turned to look at the entrance behind him. There was Shang'er and a four-clawed ink jade dragon.
However, Shang'er was holding the four-clawed ink jade dragon by its neck like a giant lizard.
Lin Jin stared at the ink jade dragon and found it familiar.
The one Shang'er was holding was obviously Old Mo. Seizing an opportunity, it quickly said, "Appraiser Lin, it's me, Old Mo. I'm the one from the jade dragon lair. Do you remember …"
Before it could finish its sentence, Shang'er tightened her grip and Old Mo couldn't speak anymore. It was being strangled.
However, its words reminded Lin Jin of the time he helped He Yu with the dragon selection ceremony in the royal capital.
"Isn't this Old Mo? What are you doing here?" Lin Jin was surprised.
Seeing that Old Mo couldn't speak, Lin Jin gestured for Shang'er to let it go.
Shang'er obeyed Lin Jin's command without hesitation.
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