Chapter 121: The Blood Pool

“The wild Genius I observed who is about to defeat the Cultivators on the heavenly pride ranking, could it be this boy…?”

Facing Lin Jing, who naturally countered Yao Beasts, Tian Huihua of Heavenly Secrets Pavilion fell silent for a moment before saying, “He uses beast control methods and has gained the help of a Mosquito Swarm. Although he is still in the Qi Refining stage, he completely possesses the power to face the geniuses of the heavenly pride ranking head-on—”

“Furthermore—the Beast Taming Sect is currently sealed, so it makes sense that he looks like a wild Genius.”

The teachers of various academies felt ashamed; it wasn’t impossible. They had almost forgotten that the Beast Taming Sect had been sealed. “The boundless horizon is my love, at the foot of the rolling mountains the Mosquito Beasts come~” Having conveniently subdued the Mosquito Swarm, Lin Jing was in a good mood and hummed a little tune after flying back into the clouds.

Lin Jing was now incredibly glad that he had participated in the academy’s Autumn Examination. Just after teleporting here, he had subdued such delicacies as the ‘Ten Horrors of the Cloud Sea.’ It seemed the academy teachers had put in a lot of effort to set up the Autumn Examination in the Cang Mang Mountains.

Lin Jing was delighted to see these Cloud Sea Mosquito Beasts; they were considered the most famous tribe among mosquito-type Yao Beasts.

According to the book Ancient Records of Anomalies, the ancient Yao Race emperor, the ‘Frog Heavenly Emperor,’ had used heaven-defying means to raise a swarm of Mosquito Beasts that could rapidly reproduce as long as they consumed blood, all to nurture his tribesmen.

This kind of Mosquito Beast could even suck and digest blood several grades higher than its own without exploding; it was much stronger than the trashy Blood Demon Vine synthesized by the Pine Leaf Squirrel.

However, even after consuming Advanced blood, they wouldn’t become stronger themselves. Instead, two of their other attributes would be greatly enhanced.

Those were reproductive capacity and nutritional value!

With the massive Mosquito Swarm as food, the Heaven-Swallowing Frog tribe, to which the Yao Race emperor Frog Heavenly Emperor belonged, quickly passed through their weak juvenile period and grew at extreme speed.

After the Heaven-Swallowing Frog tribe offended the Immortal Palace and was wiped out, these Mosquito Beasts became masterless. They reproduced and mutated at will in the Cloud Sea Mountain Range, eventually becoming these monsters—the current Ten Horrors of the Cloud Sea.

Although the Mosquito Beasts had now transformed from ‘food’ into the ‘Ten Horrors of the Cloud Sea,’ the well-read Lin Jing recognized their original identity at a glance.

“In the past, the Dragon Carp only ate ordinary mosquitoes that had sucked Longevity Blood, yet it still grew so sturdy—”

“The Ancient Records of Anomalies states that the current Mosquito Beasts have mutated and are no longer suitable as food, but they must still be better than ordinary mosquitoes, right?”

“If I raise this swarm of Cloud Sea Mosquito Beasts with Longevity Blood and keep them in captivity, the Dragon Carp will have a continuous supply of nutritious food, just like the ancient Heaven-Swallowing Frog tribe.”

“The book records two main reasons why Cloud Sea Mosquito Beasts are currently unsuitable as food: first, their ability to convert blood into nutrients has degenerated; second, their own attributes have evolved, making their bodies like metal and difficult to digest. Fortunately, the Dragon Carp is of the fire attribute; using fire to refine metal, it should still be manageable to eat.”

With such a harvest, how could Lin Jing not be happy? If he had gone to the Cloud Sea Mountain Range to catch these beasts himself, he probably wouldn’t have made it back alive even if his cultivation had reached Core Formation.

After flying for a while, Lin Jing landed at a spot and took out the Ten Thousand Beasts Circle.

Without the suppression of the Beast Control Body, these Mosquito Swarms immediately formed a Bloodline connection by instinct, instantly melting the frost with their blood qi.

Although the Ten Thousand Beasts Circle had already wiped out the little intelligence these Mosquito Beasts had, they still retained their violent beast instincts and began to batter against the restrictions of the Ten Thousand Beasts Circle.

“This Bloodline connection is indeed terrifying. Just a group of Qi Refining Mosquito Beasts can suppress the geniuses of the heavenly pride ranking.”

“They truly deserve to be called the Ten Horrors. If I hadn’t suppressed them and had put the Dragon Carp together with them directly, it might not have been them who got eaten, but the Dragon Carp instead.”

“Even the Ten Thousand Beasts Circle, a Beast Control Magic Treasure from the Qingzhou Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, cannot perfectly suppress their ferocity. It seems further taming is required.”

“I hope they don’t break this Ten Thousand Beasts Circle.” Lin Jing used his Pet Control True Qi to activate the Ten Thousand Beasts Circle, beginning to tame the Mosquito Swarm and refine their ferocity.

Seeing Lin Jing stop to digest his gains, the academy teachers shifted their gaze elsewhere for the time being.

“What a pity, what a pity.”

“Actually, in this mountain range, there is a place that would have been a massive Opportunity for these Mosquito Beasts. It’s a shame they met this beast tamer before they could get there.”

“But it’s also for the best. If this Mosquito Swarm had obtained that Opportunity, the students participating in this year’s Autumn Examination would have been in for a rough time.”

For this Autumn Examination, the academy teachers had prepared five major trials. These Cloud Sea Mosquito Beasts were one of them, requiring multiple people to work together to deal with.

Not expecting them to be countered by a beast-taming Cultivator like Lin Jing, they couldn’t help but look toward another Trial Grounds.

It was a pool of water.

Not a spiritual pool, but a blood pool.

At this moment, the Monkey Yao tribe of the Cang Mang Mountains had occupied this place and were soaking in the blood pool. As they soaked…

They all underwent mutations together, their physical bodies and cultivation increasing greatly. Even their Bloodlines began to evolve toward Dragon Blood.

“This is—”

Tian Huihua of Heavenly Secrets Pavilion was startled, sensing an indescribable pressure from the blood pool.

It actually made him, a Nascent Soul Cultivator, feel vaguely uncomfortable—

“Could it be—”

He suddenly thought of something.

“Is this the blood of the Nan Shan Demon Emperor, who invaded Hidden Dragon Academy a while ago and was slain by the academy?”

Although not many people knew about the Nan Shan Demon Emperor’s invasion of Hidden Dragon Academy, for Heavenly Secrets Pavilion…

Obtaining a bit of intelligence was not difficult.

However, since Hidden Dragon Academy didn’t want outsiders to know about it, Heavenly Secrets Pavilion hadn’t bothered to investigate deeply.

“Yes,” an academy teacher said. “The academy took some of the Nan Shan Demon Emperor’s blood, diluted it, and injected it into this place along with some medicinal herbs. It is called the Dragon Transformation Blood Pool. Any Yao Beast that enters and soaks in it will have its demonic power greatly increased and will have a high probability of evolving into a Dragon Blood Demon Beast.”

“If human Cultivators enter and soak in it, it will be like a perfect Body Tempering medicinal bath, strengthening their bodies.”

“Wait a while. If any academy students find this place, it will definitely cause a scramble—”

“These Yao Beasts that have already soaked in the blood pool are the first problem they need to face—”

“And once they settle these Yao Beasts, they will also fight among themselves to compete for this blood pool. When that time comes…”

“We’ll just watch the show.”

Tian Huihua hesitated. This wasn’t his first time observing the Autumn Examination, but Hidden Dragon Academy was being quite ruthless this year.

Not only did they bring in the Ten Horrors of the Cloud Sea, but they even brought out the blood of a Demon Emperor to test the students.

“It seems a group of people is approaching the Dragon Transformation Blood Pool—”

An academy teacher sensed.

Everyone observed closely, and their expressions subsequently turned strange.

This was because most of these people shared a common characteristic!

That was, they all had a Pet Beast by their side, and these Pet Beasts all had a dragon-like aura; almost all of them were Dragon Blood Demon Beasts.

It was these Dragon Blood Demon Beasts that, after being in the Cang Mang Mountains for a while, keenly caught the scent of the Dragon Transformation Blood Pool and led the way.

“These people—”

“Most of these people are freshmen from the Dragon Palace established by Lin Jing of the Beast Taming Sect.”

“To think every single one of them is equipped with a Dragon Blood Demon Beast. In this way—this Dragon Transformation Pool, for them,”

“is undoubtedly a massive Opportunity, allowing their Dragon Blood Pet Beasts to go a step further—”

“Why is it this Lin Jing again?” Hearing this, Tian Huihua fell slightly silent. A freshman was actually more conspicuous than those geniuses at the top of the Mortal Ranking; everything seemed related to him!

“By the way—” a teacher was startled and said, “Why haven’t we seen Lin Jing carrying his Dragon Blood Carp spirit? The rules for this Autumn Examination are unrestricted. Even if that Dragon Carp hasn’t been contracted, it can still be brought along. If he didn’t bring it, wouldn’t that Dragon Carp miss out on this Dragon Transformation Pool Opportunity?”