Chapter 118: The Autumn Hunt Begins!

Lin Jing took a bottle of beast blood from his Storage Pouch in relative silence and poured it onto the Blood Demon Vine.

This beast blood was the blood of a Foundation Establishment Dragon. As the Blood Demon Vine absorbed the Dragon blood, it underwent a new change the very next moment.

A faint blood shadow emerged from it. Under the shroud of the blood shadow, the vine quickly disappeared, replaced by a massive Dragon of blood soaring into the air.

“!!!!”

Moreover, this blood Dragon was exceptionally powerful. Relying solely on a bottle of not-so-pure beast blood, it erupted with pressure approaching the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. Its ferocious, blood-colored Dragon eyes glared viciously at Lin Jing, and it violently extended a bloody claw to smash down!

Seeing this, Lin Jing raised his arm, his entire body suffused with Buddha light. His palm reached out toward the blood Dragon, and a massive golden Buddha palm phantom condensed in mid-air, grabbing the blood Dragon within its grasp.

Vajra Palm.

Crack.

The blood Dragon was squeezed, its entire body disintegrating. Having lost its power, the Blood Demon Vine fell to the ground like it had withered, its ferocity fading away.

The might of the Qi Refining Eleventh Layer, combined with Buddhist dharma, could easily suppress such demonic heresies.

“After this Blood Demon Vine absorbs blood and turns into a Blood Demon Beast, are you unable to control it?” Lin Jing asked the Pine Leaf Squirrel.

“Ai!!!” The Pine Leaf Squirrel indicated that it seemed to be able to control it.

“If you can control it, why did you watch it attack me???”

Lin Jing retorted irritably, “However, this thing is silly; it doesn’t seem to have much market potential. And this posture is too much like a Demonic Technique of blood; it could go well with that Ghost Fire Chili.”

From the void came the demonic laughter of the Pine Cone, clearly finding this Blood Demon Vine quite interesting.

Afterward, Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Squirrel continued their experiments to see if, after reaching Foundation Establishment, the Glazed Immortal Eyes could synthesize something that had already been synthesized—performing a secondary synthesis—but it ended in failure.

Besides that, they checked to see if they could synthesize resources other than vegetation, which also ended in failure.

“Perhaps it really is related to the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s own attributes…” Lin Jing analyzed.

Currently, the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s Physique is considered to be of the wood attribute. If, in addition to the wood attribute, it could also Cultivate metal, water, fire, and earth attributes, would it be able to synthesize items of corresponding attributes?

“There is no rush for now. Let’s wait and see if we can have the Pine Leaf Squirrel Master the complete power of the Five Elements later. Using the wood attribute as the Foundation, with the Five Elements generating each other, it might eventually condense a Five Elements Yao Core, and use that to trigger the evolution of the Glazed Immortal Eyes.”

The Glazed Immortal Eyes were the root of the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s strength.

After roughly envisioning the Pine Leaf Squirrel’s future cultivation path, he suddenly thought of something.

“What about the Dragon Carp? Is it still not awake?”

“It seems it is truly tired. I won’t bring it to this Autumn Hunt. It is just an Autumn Hunt; I doubt I will miss any important Opportunity, so I’ll just let it rest at home.”

Two days later.

The Hidden Dragon Academy’s Autumn Hunt event officially began.

“All students participating in the Autumn Hunt, proceed immediately to the Academy’s ‘Teleportation Mountain’ to prepare for departure to the Cang Mang Mountains!”

A voice resounded throughout the Academy. The next instant, numerous rays of light flew out from various peaks. Young Cultivators, either riding Yao Beasts, flying on swords, or utilizing magic power to ride the clouds and mist, all quickly landed outside Teleportation Mountain.

Just like attending a lecture, one of the Academy’s back mountains, Teleportation Mountain, was now enveloped in a massive light screen. A Void Profound great Cultivator had already set up the teleportation channel, which was about to send the Academy’s Geniuses to the location of the Autumn Hunt.

“Cang Mang Mountains—where is that?”

Before long, over two hundred Foundation Establishment Geniuses had gathered outside the great teleportation formation. Most of these Geniuses, who came from various forces across the Nine Regions, knew nothing about the so-called Cang Mang Mountains.

“The Cang Mang Mountains are a dangerous area on the border of the Ancient Domain, filled with many Vicious Beasts. However, for us, the overall danger level is not high. After all, there aren’t even many great Yao Beasts inside. It seems to be just a simple venue!”

“I wonder what rare Yao Beasts the Academy has brought from outside the Ancient Kingdom this time! These foreign Yao Beasts are our true targets!” The Geniuses were eager to try. The Spirit Beasts and Yao Beasts from outside the Ancient Kingdom were far rarer than those native to the Ancient Kingdom.

Different regions nurture different races. The various Materials from the bodies of foreign Yao Beasts are naturally rare goods within the Ancient Kingdom, and their prices could be ten or even a hundred times higher than those of Yao Beasts of the same level within the Ancient Kingdom.

Even though most of the Geniuses present had extraordinary backgrounds, no one would complain about having too much money. Moreover, the precious Materials found on some rare Yao Beasts might also be of great benefit to cultivation.

Lin Jing, dressed in white with a gourd hanging at his waist, descended alone into the crowd. Among the more than two hundred Geniuses who had decided to participate in the Autumn Hunt, Lin Jing did not recognize most of them. However, many of the senior students had extraordinary Auras, and a few vaguely made Lin Jing sense a certain level of threat.

“The heavenly pride ranking 98th, the heavenly pride ranking 66th, the heavenly pride ranking 31st…”

Lin Jing recognized a few well-known Prodigies at a glance. Among them, Lin Jing also saw Liu Yu, whom he had met once before, and Chu Ren of the Chu family, who had once wanted to buy the Rising Dragon Pill Formula.

The others also cast calm, emotionless gazes toward Lin Jing.

However, the most conspicuous person in the crowd at the moment was a youth in silver armor followed by a War Tiger. Both the silver-armored youth and the War Tiger beside him exuded a powerful Aura, causing some senior students to be astonished.

“No mistake, it is definitely a Foundation Establishment War Tiger with the Bloodline of a Yao King. That War Tiger even has Dragon scales on its forehead. Could it be that it also possesses a Dragon Bloodline? This Heavenly God Body of the Wang family… could it be—”

Wang Xiao, who possessed the natural Heavenly God Body, had returned to the Academy after several months, bringing a War Beast with king blood after losing to Lin Jing’s Dragon Carp!

Wang Xiao cast a provocative glance at Lin Jing, who had also appeared at the scene, leaving Lin Jing quite speechless.

This guy… he actually managed to raise a War Beast with king blood. Lin Jing did not think it was the credit of the Rising Dragon Pill. That War Tiger’s Bloodline might have already been close to the king level, and after being converted into Dragon blood, Wang Xiao had further cultivated it with Luck.

“With the Heavenly God Body paired with a Dragon-blooded king beast, even if Wang Xiao’s cultivation level is not high right now, some senior students might walk the other way if they encounter him.” Lin Jing’s Face remained calm, not taking Wang Xiao seriously.

“Palace Master.” Before long, Xu Zhizhi brought the Dragon Palace members over to Lin Jing. There were no rules for the Autumn Hunt, so after teleporting, Cultivators were allowed to form teams for hunting. At this time, Geniuses who had student organizations would have a great advantage.

When it came time to snatch rare Spirit Beasts, there was strength in numbers!

In public, Xu Zhizhi gave Lin Jing plenty of Face, and the term “Palace Master” instantly set Lin Jing’s status and position apart from ordinary students.

Lin Jing looked at Xu Zhizhi, Gao Sheng, Zi Ling’er, Yuan Jing, and the others who had come over, and nodded slightly.

However, this scene made a group of Foundation Establishment senior students smile mockingly, finding this group of freshmen quite cute. A bunch of Foundation Establishment Cultivators actually calling a Qi Refining Cultivator “Palace Master”—even if this Qi Refining Cultivator was extremely talented, it was inexplicably amusing.

“After the Autumn Hunt begins, take good ‘care’ of them.” Some senior students communicated via voice transmission.

After most of the people had gathered, at some unknown moment, a woman dressed in magnificent palace attire stood quietly in the sky.

Upon discovering this person, the students present immediately bowed.

Lin Jing recognized her; he had seen her twice before. She was one of the Soul Transformation powerhouses overseeing the Academy!

“The Autumn Hunt begins now. You may enter the teleportation channel.” The woman in palace attire said softly, her lips colored elegantly.

“In the Cang Mang Mountains, besides the Academy teachers watching your performance, there will also be Cultivators from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. You must seize the Opportunity well.”

The Heavenly Domain, Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, claimed to be able to peer into the secrets of heaven. Whether it was the heavenly pride ranking or the Physique ranking, they were all produced by the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. Among the numerous non-official Cultivation forces within the Ancient Kingdom, the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion was the only behemoth capable of instantly spreading a piece of news throughout the entire Ancient Kingdom and having its intelligence widely recognized.

“Heavenly Secrets Pavilion… the heavenly pride ranking…” Upon hearing this, Lin Jing walked into the light screen.

Meanwhile.

In a towering pavilion located in the distant Heavenly Domain, a young girl who was observing an astrolabe looked at the suddenly vibrating astral phenomena and shouted, “Master, it is the omen of the Dragon-Swallowing! In the direction of the Ancient Domain, there will be a wild Genius containing great Luck who will defeat a Cultivator recorded on the heavenly pride ranking! Should we observe further?”