All five of them were children of influential families in the Heavenly Spiral Nation. The slightly plump man who spoke earlier was the youngest son of the Heavenly Spiral Imperial City's governor. His name was Li Yuanqing, and he was forced by his family to learn beast appraising from a young age. Until now, he was only a Rank 1 beast appraiser.
In fact, the other four were all Rank 1 as well.
Each of them came from well-to-do families. One was the son of an official, the other was the daughter of a wealthy man. All of them were born with a silver spoon in their mouths and were envied by the common folk.
However, at the same time, they weren't well-received in their respective families.
After all, whether it was a high-ranking official or a wealthy man, they would have more than one child in their family. There would always be a difference in age. Some of them were destined to never inherit their family's position and wealth, so they were sent here to study beast appraising. After all, being an official beast appraiser was a highly respected profession in every state.
Besides Li Yuanqing, the other four were Yue Yun, the third son of Heavenly Spiral Country's Zhenyuan General; Wang Ping, the son of Sunflower City's city lord; Shen Chiyue, the eldest daughter of Heavenly Spiral Chamber of Commerce's richest man; and Yu Daiwei, the youngest daughter of the Friar Association's chief.
These were the children of influential families in Heavenly Spiral City. In private, they were Third Prince Feng Ziqian's' best buddies'.
So naturally, they came to show their support under Feng Ziqian's orders.
"Teacher Lin, the five of us have discussed it and we're all willing to be your students. Please take us in." Li Yuanqing was the oldest among the five, so he naturally became the leader. At this time, he leaned over and said with a sincere face.
Teachers in the academy were allowed to take in students but the number was determined by the teachers themselves. They could also choose to not take in any one of their students or have students all over the world.
However, teachers had to pick their students carefully. Not just anyone could be taken in. Usually, they had to have potential and were pleasing to the eye.
Now, Lin Jin found Li Yuanqing's group of five pleasing to the eye.
As for potential and talent, Lin Jin didn't care too much.
He believed that no student in this world was truly stupid. As long as they were taught well, even a toad could become a swan.
"You haven't been under other teachers' tutelage, have you?" Lin Jin asked. If they were already under the tutelage of another teacher, Lin Jin definitely couldn't accept them. After all, the academy had its own rules.
This time, it was Yue Yun's turn to speak up. "Teacher Lin, no one wants the five of us. Take me for example. Ever since I passed the Rank 1 beast appraiser exam a few years ago, I haven't been able to make any progress. I can't understand the knowledge in the books, so I wanted to ask questions. The other teachers taught me a few sentences and I couldn't understand them, so they didn't bother to teach me anymore. They even said that I'm a rotten wood that can't be carved.
Lin Jin could tell that Yue Yun was a straightforward person. In layman's terms, he was brainless. Lin Jin observed him closely. Yue Yun had a sturdy physique with a round waist and shoulders. Despite that, he looked simple and honest. He was the kind of person who didn't scheme. His comprehension and comprehension abilities were probably limited, and he belonged to the slightly stupid category. It was no wonder that other teachers were unwilling to teach him.
However, the way he spoke and his personality were quite to Lin Jin's liking.
"No one wants me, but I do. If you're willing to be my disciples, I won't push you away. However, there's something I'd like to ask." Lin Jin paused for a moment before asking, "Feng Ziqian was the one who instigated all of you to come under my tutelage, wasn't he?"
Li Yuanqing laughed out loud, "Teacher Lin's eyes are like a torch. That's right, the Third Prince did tell us about this before. However, we didn't take it to heart when he said that you wouldn't like to hear it. We just treated it as helping the Third Prince out. As for becoming his disciple, it doesn't matter who it is. After all, we won't be able to learn anything. It doesn't matter if we can succeed or not. However, after listening to your lesson, the five of us agreed that you are the real deal. No wonder the Third Prince holds you in such high regard. Hence, we sincerely want to become your disciples."
His words were clear and straightforward, without beating around the bush.
The others also nodded, agreeing with Li Yuanqing's words.
Since they were free and easy, Lin Jin wasn't going to be hesitant either. He accepted all five of them without hesitation. Of course, he still had to follow the rules of the academy and Lin Jin made it clear that he would only be teaching at the academy for three months. He could only guarantee that he would do his best to guide them during this time.
On this point, the five of them didn't have any objections, and the matter was settled just like that.
Just as Lin Jin expected, Tan Lin brought Li Xinqi over as well.
"Teacher Lin, Xinqi would like to be your disciple," Tan Lin said directly. She was familiar with Lin Jin so she told him directly. Lin Jin nodded in agreement and Li Xinqi was overjoyed. She bowed immediately.
Li Yuanqing and the other four didn't stay for long. They bade farewell and left. Seeing that they were gone, Tan Lin came over and pulled Lin Jin aside to whisper, "Appraiser Lin, those five are notorious troublemakers in the academy. They've been here for two to three years but none of them managed to get promoted to Rank 2 beast appraiser. They were basically abandoned by their respective teachers."
Tan Lin was clearly worried about Lin Jin.
After all, Lin Jin had just become a teacher of Heavenly Jade Academy and he had already taken in these 'excellent' students. This was quite disadvantageous to him. After all, the academy would conduct monthly evaluations for the teachers, including the assistant lecturers. One of the evaluation criteria was the students' abilities.
With evaluations, there would be rankings.
It should be noted that the teachers placed great importance on these rankings. Being ranked at the bottom would only bring shame to their reputation.
On the other hand, Lin Jin listened carefully to Tan Lin's explanation. He wasn't too bothered by it. He believed that as long as his students were willing to learn, he would be able to teach them well. In fact, he might even get them promoted to Rank 2 beast appraisers within three months.
Seeing that Lin Jin had made up his mind, Tan Lin stopped trying to persuade him.
"If I hadn't become Mr. Zhong's disciple, I would have definitely studied under you. But now …" Tan Lin suddenly brought up something else. Halfway through, Lin Jin knew what she was going to say so he quickly said, "I'll only be staying for three months while you'll be staying in the academy for a long time. No matter what, you have to become a Rank 3 beast appraiser before you go back. Mr. Zhong is the academy's leading figure so learning from him won't be any worse than learning from me." Tan Lin's eyes lit up.
His words were clearly implying that Lin Jin was praising himself. Tan Lin rolled her eyes on purpose to express her disdain for Lin Jin's boasting.
What surprised Lin Jin was that bookworm Fan Yuan didn't come over to acknowledge him as his master.
However, Lin Jin couldn't force him to do something like this because he might already have a master. Now, Lin Jin wanted to visit the Beast Appraisal Pavilion and continue to collect various beast specimens. That was his top priority.
Coincidentally, Tan Lin was going to see Mr. Zhong too so the two of them decided to travel together. They chatted a lot along the way and Tan Lin was basically the one asking for advice. Tan Lin had listened to Lin Jin's lecture from start to finish and was very impressed by the basics of beast appraising Lin Jin taught her. Although it was just the basics, Lin Jin's explanations were very profound. This only proved that Lin Jin's understanding of these basics was far better than hers.
There were quite a lot of people in the Beast Appraisal Pavilion during the day. Fortunately, most of them were gathered on the first floor. Lin Jin stopped by to visit Mr. Zhong before leaving the house and continuing to collect beast information on the second floor.
Of course, he couldn't act as brazenly as he did last night. He slowed down a lot, but at least he wouldn't stand out as much.
Lin Jin couldn't be bothered to eat lunch either. He felt that he might as well use this time to collect more information on the beasts. Finally, his efforts paid off. After he swept through half of the rooms on the second floor, the Museum of Deadly Beasts' bell rang again.
"I got it, I got it!"
Lin Jin was holding onto a large tooth in his hand, feeling incredibly excited.
This time, the number of rare beasts recorded in the museum exceeded three thousand. As expected, the reward was the Beast Energy Formation, Part Five.
Although Lin Jin couldn't cultivate it himself, he had studied the Beast Energy Formation. There were a total of five parts to the Beast Energy Formation, which meant that he had finally collected all five parts.
With the Beast Energy Formation, Shang'er, White Ape, and the others could continue cultivating. And one thing was for sure: once all five parts were cultivated, their strength and realm would definitely increase by another level.
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