Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Sky Collapses

Elder Yu fired a magazine, and the Pine Leaf Rat let out a heart-wrenching scream.

Its ammunition!

I’ve been stockpiling these for ages!

Lin Jing rubbed her forehead. It seems she can’t leave things lying around anymore… Even a super-small Storage Pouch would be nice, hurry up and get one.

Fortunately, Elder Yu triggered the mechanism towards the sky. Although its powerful force still left the surrounding area in ruins, thankfully the yard was still intact and the house wasn’t destroyed.

However, looking at it from another angle, if the house were also blown up, it might help them get a better Immortal Cave.

Thinking of this, Lin Jing felt regretful.

“What is this thing!” Elder Yu exclaimed in surprise.

He looked at Lin Jing and the tormented Pine Leaf Rat.

“ Elder Yu.” Lin Jing paused for a moment, then said, “Why did you press it?”

“Haha.” Elder Yu felt embarrassed, not expecting this situation.

Who would have thought that you two novice mechanics would come up with something like this?

“As you’ve probably already noticed, the Mechanical Bamboo Gun has a very simple structure, using only some basic basic components. The reason it can accumulate water vapor, spray high-speed water jets, and explode is because of its mechanical components… ” The effects of the spiritual bamboo itself, and the effects of the Spirit Bean Bomb inside the magazine.

Lin Jing Dao: ” Elder, this mutated Fierce Plant…” “Spirit Bean Bomb, but all our possessions are meant to prepare for the inner sect assessment…”

“I’ll compensate you.” Elder Yu had a general understanding of the situation. The real challenge lay with the spirit bean. The Mechanical Bamboo Gun’s construction wasn’t particularly complex; it simply combined the mutated spiritual bamboo and the mutated spirit bean through a simple mechanism!

That being said… with this thing, if there are enough so-called explosive spirit beans, even a single Mortal could probably give a low-level cultivator a hard time.

This must be what Elder Mo Wuyai was referring to… Rare Beast Divine Power. Elder Yu realized in his heart, the Precious Beast was indeed powerful. Such ordinary mechanical materials as spiritual bamboo could be imbued with an effect similar to water arrows without even needing to be inscribed with array patterns.

“ Elder, you flatter me. Those Spirit Bean Bombs are just modified versions of ordinary spirit beans; their value isn’t very high. We can make more. We are already very grateful for your guidance on Mechanism Art.” – Lin Jing Dao.

Pine Leaf Rat was stunned. The compensation was gone?

“I can’t let you suffer a loss. Here’s what we’ll do: I see that your mechanical beast is almost complete. Here, take this.” Elder Yu thought for a moment and tossed out an Elder token.

“This is my Elder Token. With this token, you can dine for free at the Outer Sect canteen. In addition, you can use this token to enter the inner peak as an Outer Sect Disciple.”

After he finished speaking, he waved his sleeve and said, “It seems that some discerning people have been attracted by the commotion. I’ll go and disperse them. You can continue with your cultivation.”

“Thank you, Elder Yu.” After seeing Elder Yu off, Lin Jing tossed the token to Pine Leaf Rat: “Just some spirit beans. Elder Yu is a Golden Core.” Elder, how could we let you suffer? Wait… let’s go to the cafeteria for a snack!

Pine Leaf Rat wiped away its tears. “You humans are too cunning.” Even so… its hoard of spirit beans, accumulated over so long, was still mostly gone!

…

Outer Section, the cafeteria!

It is said that the most common food here is white rice steamed with spirit rice and spirit spring water.

After receiving their Elder tokens and tidying themselves up a bit, Lin Jing and Pine Leaf Rat rushed towards the cafeteria like starving ghosts.

Lin Jing Senior Brother? As Lin Jing sat down in the corner of the cafeteria with Pine Leaf Rat, many Outer Sect Disciple recognized them. One Utility Disciple, who worked to earn Spirit Stones, rushed forward as if he had seen an idol.

Lin Jing “Senior Brother, what would you like to eat, Dao? That’s today’s menu.” The Utility Disciple enthusiastically introduced today’s dishes to the menu on the wall.

“May we be a pair of lovebirds in heaven, a fairy maiden in the green fields, and have boundless wealth…”

” Junior Brother, could you please say something we can understand? ” Lin Jingkeqi Dao.

“A pair of roasted pigeons with wood aroma, stir-fried fresh king oyster mushrooms, candied cashews…”

“Okay.” Lin Jing’s heart fluttered at the sound. This sounded much better than fried rice with tree leaves. He said, “Let’s have one of each of today’s dishes.”

“Huh?” Utility Disciple kindly reminded Dao, ” Senior Brother, these dishes contain a lot of spiritual energy. For example, the cooking process of ‘Wishing to Be a Pair of Lovebirds in Heaven’ uses fragrant spirit wood and Fire Control Technique to lock in the nutrients of the cloud pigeon almost completely with perfect heat… Normal cultivation…” Middle Stage “One cultivator is enough to fill you up.”

“So many dishes are probably hard to digest and absorb, and they’re not cheap either.”

“It’s alright, do we look normal?” Lin Jing smiled slightly. Seeing this, Utility Disciple nodded thoughtfully and ran to inform the kitchen.

Soon, the dishes were served one after another. Pine Leaf Rat took a grain of golden spiritual rice from Lin Jing’s pocket, and then… cut it in half with one paw, giving one half to Lin Jing and one half to avoid eating it all at once, as the way they would eat it would be too gruesome, even for the other Senior Brothers. They even snatched food from the senior sisters.

“Gulp.” The man and his pet put half a grain of golden spiritual rice into their mouths and swallowed it like taking a drug, along with a cup of spiritual tea.

…

One hour later.

Government Offices.

” Elder Yu, something terrible has happened!” Another crane flew in, the scene seemed familiar.

“What’s wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?” Elder Yu stepped out and looked at the crane.

Outer Sect Disciple Lin Jing and Pine Leaf Rat, in the cafeteria, show your Elder tokens and ask for a free meal!

“Don’t make a fuss. I gave them the tokens. Lin Jing’s physiology is special, and she has a high demand for food and resources. With the inner sect assessment approaching, what’s wrong with me giving them some extra help? Are there any other rumors? If any Disciple has any objections to my actions, let them try winning the Mechanical Bamboo Dragon too!”

Crane Dao: ” Elder Yu, no one from the Outer Sect Disciple has any objections. Not many people know about this, Dao. It’s because the cafeteria’s head chef, Fugui’er, and his Fire Spirit Sparrow were completely exhausted. Lin Jing and the others can eat too much. Usually, at the end of the day, the cafeteria would still have a lot of food left over… Today, there wasn’t a single thing left.”

“I heard… Lin Jing ate all the meat bones…”

“The leftover food was originally intended for the special Spirit Beasts who joined the Sect because of the ‘free meals and accommodation’ offer… They might complain if they see there’s no food left.”

“The main thing is… they ate so much, and because of your token, they didn’t pay for even half a Spirit Stone.”

“If we keep eating like this every day, the Outer Sect cafeteria’s finances might run into problems! In that case, Elder will have to make up for it out of your own pocket.”

Elder Yu was stunned upon hearing this.

What is that?

“Oh no, I’ve been tricked.” Elder Yu’s vision went black again. He was so stupid. Chang Sheng Body learns everything so quickly, how could he possibly make a wish that would result in him being taken advantage of! The sky had fallen.

“ Elder, what should we do?” Tian Yu Crane asked.

“What else can we do but let them eat!” Elder Yu gritted his teeth and said, “Once they’re in the inner sect… they can’t keep coming to the Outer Sect cafeteria to freeload! I’ll go urge the inner sect to hold this year’s inner sect promotion assessment as soon as possible!”