Chapter Sixteen: The Spiritual Bamboo Assassin

Shortly after, Lin Jing left Task Hall with the newly acquired mission scroll.

With this item, he can freely enter the Golden Pearl Source to harvest spiritual bamboo, but without this certificate, he will be arrested for “damaging Sect resources”.

“That Senior Brother said that the usual Flying Leaf Technique for harvesting spiritual bamboo is very laborious, but he didn’t know about Dao…” How effective is Red Flying Leaf?

For Task Hall Lin Jing and Pine Leaf Rat dismissed Senior Brother’s claim, which referred to Spirit Beast. Pine Leaf Rat, and their Precious Beast What is the relationship between Pine Leaf Rat and Pine Leaf Rat?

Since Elder Yu has entrusted them with this important task, they must cut down enough spiritual bamboo to send to Elder Yu, even if they have to go without food or drink.

Lin Jing and Pine Leaf Rat arrived at Jinzhuyuan without stopping, afraid of wasting too much time, since cutting ten less would mean losing a Spirit Stone.

To the Secretary who guards the bamboo forest After Senior Brother presented the mission scroll, he led Pine Leaf Rat into the bamboo forest.

As they entered the bamboo forest, they looked up and saw the bamboo leaves blocking out the sun. The tall, straight spiritual bamboos exuded a deep and vibrant green color, making Pine Leaf Rat’s mouth water.

“squeak……”

“You are a Squirrel, not a bamboo rat,” Lin Jing corrected, then opened the cloth bag hanging at her waist. Qi’s Pine Leaf Rat sighed and immediately took out the precious Red Flying Leaf from it, holding it to her chest.

However, before it used the Red Flying Leaf, Lin Jing bent down and picked up an ordinary bamboo leaf, handing it to it.

“Let’s compare and see how much more damaging it is to spiritual bamboo when using a regular bamboo leaf to perform the Flying Leaf Technique versus using your Red Flying Leaf to perform the Flying Leaf Technique.”

Upon hearing this, Pine Leaf Rat nodded, took the green bamboo leaf, and soon held the bamboo leaf in one hand and the Red Flying Leaf in the other, its gaze sharpening as it looked at the nearest spiritual bamboo!

“Squeak!” It unleashed its spiritual power, waved its little hand, and first flung out a bamboo leaf. With a whoosh, the green light collided with the spiritual bamboo, the bamboo pole swayed slightly, and the bamboo leaf left only a tiny hole on the bamboo before bursting open.

Seeing this, Pine Leaf Rat frowned; this spiritual bamboo was indeed very hard. With normal logging methods, spending a whole day here would likely keep him far from getting rich.

It and Lin Jing exchanged another glance, this time using the red blades to activate the Flying Leaf Technique.

“Squeak!” Pine Leaf Rat leaped from Lin Jing’s shoulder, threw Red Flying Leaf, a red flash, and with a snap, Red Flying Leaf passed straight through the bamboo poles, and then… the tall bamboo fell to the ground!

But this wasn’t the end. With Pine Leaf Rat’s control, Red Flying Leaf continued to fly at an extremely fast speed. In the blink of an eye, Red Flying Leaf had already cut down several spiritual bamboos. Such efficiency made Lin Jing and Pine Leaf Rat’s eyes light up.

Therefore, it can be concluded that the destructive power that Pine Leaf Rat can inflict by controlling the Red Flying Leaf is definitely greater than that of Lian Qi. The Middle Stage Pine Leaf Rat is much taller, and in addition, its flexibility in Flying Leaf Technique is unmatched by ordinary Pine Leaf Rat!

“We’re rich!” Lin Jing exclaimed.

“Squeak!!” Pine Leaf Rat was also extremely excited. Although controlling the Red Flying Leaf was tiring, the thought that these spiritual bamboos would eventually become its own Storage Pouches filled it with intense enthusiasm, sweeping away all its fatigue and giving it a lot of energy.

“Let’s not go back. Let’s stay here from now on,” Lin Jing suggested.

“I heard the sound of a stream earlier. There’s a water source in this bamboo forest, which means there are fish. I’ll eat the grilled fish, and you can eat the bamboo leaves. Let’s see where our limits are!”

Pine Leaf Rat was taken aback. He had just said it wasn’t a bamboo rat, and now it was being made to eat bamboo leaves! But eating is eating, and the leaves of this spiritual bamboo are certainly more nutritious than the leaves of the trees in the yard.

Lin Jing and Pine Leaf Rat’s eyes… lit up again!

One week later!

Senior Brother, who was in charge of guarding the bamboo forest, suddenly felt something was wrong. He sat cross-legged in the bamboo hut and began to remember something.

“It seems a few days ago, a Junior Brother went into the bamboo forest to do some logging? Why haven’t we seen them come out for the past few days?”

“He’s really hardworking,” he remarked, glancing at the pastries on the table. He decided to visit this Junior Brother. Being able to receive Elder Yu’s mission meant that Junior Brother had considerable talent and potential, and his hard work in carrying out the mission made his future even more immeasurable. He was worth befriending.

Carrying the pastries, he began to enter the bamboo forest. As he went deeper, the senior brother’s eyelids twitched. He saw that the roadside was bare, completely different from the bamboo forest he remembered.

Instead, there were piles of bundled spiritual bamboo on the ground, pile after pile… pile after pile… pile after pile.

“What happened!” He was taken aback. He clearly remembered that he had just put in a Junior Brother and his Pine Leaf Rat a few days ago. This situation seemed to be the Pine Leaf Rat clan from Pine Forest Peak coming to collectively explore the land.

” Junior Brother, where are you!” A whirlwind swirled beneath his feet as he activated Spell Windwalk, instantly becoming as light as a swallow. He began searching for Lin Jing and the others, and soon found Pine Leaf Rat eating bamboo leaves… and Lin Jing massaging it.

” Senior Brother…is there something you need?” Lin Jing looked up, stopped the Spirit Condensation Technique in his hand, and looked at the Forest Guardian Senior Brother whose lips were twitching.

“You cut down all of these?” He looked at the exhausted but bright-eyed Pine Leaf Rat, a Level 3 cultivator, with disbelief.

“Yes.” Lin Jing looked tired.

“This…” Senior Brother of the Forest Guard paused for a moment, then said, ” Did Elder Yu say… how many spiritual bamboos he needs?”

Lin Jing shook her head: ” Elder Yu never said that, but for such an important festival as the Ascension Dragon Festival, the more spiritual bamboo the better. Only in this way can we create more mechanical bamboo dragons and make the festival more lively.”

“I’ll go ask Elder Yu for instructions…” Senior Brother, the forest ranger, was really worried. He scratched his head, turned around and left. He was very afraid that if Lin Jing stayed in the bamboo forest any longer, the bamboo forest here would disappear.

With the departure of Senior Brother, Lin Jing and Pine Leaf Rat were on high alert and accelerated their logging efforts.

…

Outer Sect, Mechanical Workshop!

Outer Sect Although Elder Yu majored in Way of Beast Controlling, he was also a mechanical enthusiast who loved studying mechanisms.

Outside the workshop, there is a plaque that reads ” Mechanical beast is also a beast”.

At that moment, he was having tea and talking with another Elder. If Lin Jing were here, she would definitely recognize him as Elder Mo, who had been away from the sect for several days.

“I just returned to the sect and haven’t even flown to Lotus Peak yet, and you stopped me. Is there something important?” Elder Mo took a sip of tea and looked at the other person.

Elder Yu chuckled, stroked his beard, and said, “A month ago, you placed the Chang Sheng Body you found in the Outer Sect and asked me to take good care of him. I really put my heart into it, and even tailored a Sect task for him to harvest spiritual bamboo. Shouldn’t you thank me? Ten pieces of spiritual bamboo for one Spirit Stone —for an Outer Sect Disciple, that’s like a windfall!”

“Heh! Such a small matter, what more do you want in return? Don’t give me that. With their cultivation level, how many spiritual bamboos could they possibly cut down?” Elder snorted.

“Do you think I don’t know how stingy you are, Dao?! Tell me, is it because you’ve got your eye on one of my collections?”

“What do you mean by stingy? I was just saving some money for the Sect’s research on mechanical beasts …” Before Elder Yu could finish speaking, a crane landed outside the workshop and delivered a letter.

Elder Yu opened it and his expression changed instantly. Dao: “Are you sure you brought back Chang Sheng’s Body, and not the Wood God’s Body?”

“What’s wrong?” Elder asked, puzzled.

“The forest ranger Disciple says that the Disciple team, which is currently carrying out logging operations in the bamboo forest, has almost completely cut down the outer bamboo forest!” Elder Yu’s scalp tingled.