Chapter Fifteen: Ascension Dragon Festival, Mechanical Bamboo Dragon

” Elder Yu, what brings you here?” Senior Brother immediately put down the miscellaneous book titled “My Sword Spirit Wife” in his hand and looked at the old man with a nervous expression.

Lin Jing also looked over. If he remembered correctly, Elder Yu was the Elder in charge of Outer Sect affairs, and he was the boss in the Outer Sect.

“ Ziran, what are you looking at again?” Elder Yu frowned, reached out, and the book by his supervisor, Senior Brother, immediately flew into Elder Yu’s hand.

” Elder! This book was created by Elder Jian Qingfeng of Heaven Sword Gate. It contains the ultimate principles of swordsmanship and is by no means a useless miscellaneous book…” Before Senior Brother could finish speaking, Elder Yu snorted coldly and put the book away.

“Reading random books during work hours will result in a half-month penalty of Spirit Stone credits.”

The supervisor, Senior Brother, wore an expression as if Pet Beast had died.

“Squeak squeak squeak…” Pine Leaf Rat covered his mouth and chuckled.

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At this moment, Elder Yu’s gaze turned towards Pine Leaf Rat… towards Lin Jing.

Pine Leaf Rat immediately stopped smiling, fearing that the other party would punish him by making him pay with half a bag of leaves.

“Um?”

“Are you Lin Jing?” Elder Yu suddenly asked after glancing at him.

“Yes, Elder Yu, Disciple is indeed named Lin Jing.” Lin Jing replied to the Outer Sect. Elder recognized him, which was not surprising. If Elder had brought him back and placed him in the Outer Sect, he would definitely have greeted Elder Yu.

“Are you here to accept a mission?” Elder Yu asked.

Lin Jing nodded.

Elder Yu pondered for a moment, then said, “It seems you haven’t found a suitable one yet. Do you want to take on a mission with a reward of Spirit Stone, or a mission with a reward of Sect contribution points?”

Lin Jing was taken aback. Outer Sect What does “elder” mean…?

Do you want it custom-made?

“Back to Elder, Disciple wants it all.”

Elder Yu choked for a moment, then said, “I’ve come here to issue a mission.”

” The Ascension Dragon Festival is approaching. To create a mechanical beast, a large amount of spiritual bamboo is needed. An Outer Sect Disciple with the Wood-type Pet Beast can accept the quest to go to Gold Pearl Source to harvest spiritual bamboo and exchange it for Spirit Stone rewards and Sect contribution points. This quest is currently limited to one person at a time.”

“I see you have Pine Leaf Rat in your contract. Would you be willing to take on that mission?”

ah?

The supervisor, Senior Brother, and the other four Outer Sect Disciple were dumbfounded. They looked at Lin Jing, whose face was unfamiliar, and wondered about his background.

Elder Yu almost wrote “behind-the-scenes manipulation,” “preferential treatment,” and “abuse of power for personal gain” on the task wall!

Just who is this person?!

“ Disciple is willing!” Although Lin Jing was still unclear about what was going on, as an honest man, he couldn’t refuse Elder’s offer.

“ Ziran, write down the quest details. For every 10 bamboo stalks felled, you’ll receive one Spirit Stone, plus 1 Sect contribution point.” Elder Yu Dao: “Let’s leave it to this Disciple.”

After saying that, he waved his sleeve and left Task Hall.

Elder Yu departed, Ziran Senior Brother immediately looked at Lin Jing with admiration and said, ” Junior Brother, congratulations! Being noticed by Elder Yu means you have a bright future.”

Lin Jing returned the greeting: “It’s just good luck. I wonder, Senior Brother, what’s the story behind this mission? Could you tell me about it?”

Ziran With no books to read, Senior Brother had some free time and explained to Dao: ” You should know about the Ascension Dragon Festival, right?”

This is one of the traditional festivals of the Tian Yuan Ancient Kingdom. Legend has it that the founder of the Tian Yuan Ancient Kingdom, the First Generation Ancient Emperor, used the True Dragon Secret Technique to enlighten the mountain range in the center of the Tian Yuan Continent. The mountain range rose up and transformed into a divine dragon, which took on the responsibility of protecting the Tian Yuan Ancient Kingdom.

This giant dragon, also a symbol of luck in the Tian Yuan Ancient Kingdom, slumbered in the earth and transformed into luck. The Dragon lineage has protected the Ancient Kingdom for generations. Whenever an insurmountable disaster strikes within the Ancient Kingdom, it awakens to suppress the calamity.

Over time, to commemorate this giant dragon that took the form of a mountain range, the day of the giant dragon’s birth became a traditional festival, popular not only in the Immortal Cultivation World but also in Mortal.

Lin Jing was surprised to find that the Beast Taming Sect also celebrated this festival.

“ The Beast Taming Sect celebrates the Ascension Dragon Festival every year, but it’s not a big event; they just hold some small activities as usual.”

“On the day of the festival, it is also a good opportunity for the inner sect and outer sect discciple to show themselves.”

“In our Beast Taming Sect, when we celebrate the Ascension Dragon Festival, there is a very special event called ‘ Dragon Fighting’.”

” Disciple can send out their Pet Beast to challenge ‘ Dragon ‘!”

“Of course, this Dragon is not the real Dragon. There is no real Dragon in my Beast Taming Sect. This Dragon refers to the mechanical Dragon made using ‘ Mechanism Art ‘.”

” When Elder Yu was young, he traveled across the continent and learned the mechanical beast making technique from the Mechanism Art among the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation!”

“This skill is still very rare in our Beast Taming Sect.”

” Because of this talent, Elder Yu is now in charge of the sect’s annual Ascension Dragon Festival. He issues the task of harvesting spiritual bamboo, probably intending to use it to create the ‘mechanical bamboo dragon ‘.”

As soon as the supervisor, Senior Brother, finished speaking, an Outer Sect Disciple in the Task Hall excitedly exclaimed, “Mechanical Bamboo Dragon! It seems this year’s mechanical dragon is a wood-attribute one. My Pet Beast is a Fire Spirit Sparrow, which gives me the advantage of attribute advantage.”

“This is rare news. We can start researching how to deal with the Wood-type Beast now.” (Another Outer Sect Disciple) Dao.

“Over the years, defeating the mechanical Dragon has yielded substantial rewards: Spirit Stones, Medicinal Pills, Magic Treasures, Spells —you name it, they’re all there. So, both inner disciples and Outer Sect members are eager to try.” Ziran Senior Brother laughed: “However, the mechanical Dragon… although it’s at most equivalent to a Qi cultivation level, and its combat power won’t be too exaggerated, it is still, after all, from the Golden Core.” The Elder Hand is not so easy to defeat.

“I see.” Lin Jing understood, and he continued asking, ” Senior Brother, are there any special considerations when harvesting spiritual bamboo?”

Although he has been working hard to learn about various Spiritual Plant- related knowledge, the learning time is still relatively short.

“Jinzhuyuan is a valley located between two peaks on the northern slope of Beast Taming Sect. There is a bamboo forest there, which is rich in spiritual bamboo. If I remember correctly, this kind of spiritual bamboo must be cut down with an axe containing wood-like properties in order not to lose its characteristics.”

“Oh, using wood magic should have the same effect, like Pine Leaf Rat’s Flying Leaf Technique. Elder Yu just said that he gave you this task because he saw you had Pine Leaf Rat.” Ziran Senior Brother once again showed an envious expression.

“The reward for this mission is quite generous. Even among the missions available to Inner Sect Disciple, it is probably not this generous.”

“However…” He observed Lin Jing and Pine Leaf Rat.

“Is your Pine Leaf Rat still at level three? From what I understand, spiritual bamboo is incredibly resilient; even at level three…” Even using the Flying Leaf Technique, the Pine Leaf Rat technique used in the Middle Stage would likely require several attempts to cut down a single spiritual bamboo —an extremely laborious process!

“It’s probably not going to be easy for it to cut down the spiritual bamboo using the Flying Leaf Technique.”

The supervisor, Senior Brother, suddenly realized something and said, “Why is Elder Yu being so generous?”

He had just been thinking that the reward was too generous, but it turns out that Elder Yu was certain that this Junior Brother’s skills were insufficient to cut down too many spiritual bamboos. If the main intention was to help him practice Flying Leaf Technique, then it made sense.