"The wild genius I’ve observed about to defeat the Sky Ranking cultivators, could it be this child..."
Facing Lin Jing, who was a bane to demon beasts, the Celestial Regret Flower of the Celestial Secret Tower remained silent for a moment, saying, "He uses beast taming techniques to gain the assistance of the mosquito swarm. Although he himself is still at Qi Cultivation, he already possesses the power to directly counter the talents on the Sky Ranking..."
"Moreover... with the current closure of the Beast Taming Sect, saying he appears to be a wild genius does make sense."
The teachers from various academies were embarrassed; it wasn’t impossible, and they almost forgot about the closure of the Beast Taming Sect.
"The horizon of the vast wilderness is my love, under the endless mountains is where mosquito beasts arrive~" Lin Jing, feeling good after easily subduing the mosquito swarm, hummed a little tune as he re-entered the clouds.
Currently, Lin Jing felt incredibly fortunate, thankful to have participated in the academy’s autumn trial. Just upon being transported here, he managed to subdue the "Ten Fiends of the Cloud Sea," such a delicacy. It seems the academy teachers prepared extensively for the autumn trial in the Cangmang Mountain Range.
This Cloud Sea Mosquito Beast, Lin Jing was delighted to see it. It should be considered the most renowned among mosquito demon beasts.
In the book "Ancient Mysteries and Monsters," it is recorded that the ancient demon clan emperor "Frog Celestial Emperor" used astonishing methods to rear a swarm of mosquito beasts that could rapidly multiply as long as they drank blood.
These mosquito beasts could even consume and digest blood several levels higher than themselves without exploding, far superior to the trash blood demon vine synthesized by pine leaf mice.
However, even though they absorbed high-level blood, they themselves did not become stronger. Instead, their other two attributes greatly increased.
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The massive mosquito swarms, serving as food, allowed the Heaven-Swallowing Frog clan under the Frog Celestial Emperor of the demon clan to quickly pass through the weak juvenile phase and expand rapidly.
But after the Heaven-Swallowing Frog clan offended the Immortal Palace and was annihilated, the mosquito beasts became unclaimed, wantonly multiplying and mutating in the Cloud Sea Mountain Range, eventually becoming the monstrous creatures known as the Ten Fiends of the Cloud Sea.
Though now the mosquito beasts have transformed from "food" into the "Ten Fiends of the Cloud Sea," well-read Lin Jing could still identify their original identity at first sight.
"In the past, dragon carps only feasted on ordinary mosquitoes that had drunk longevity blood, and they already grew so robust..."
"According to ’Ancient Mysteries and Monsters,’ the current mosquito beasts have mutated to where they are no longer suitable as food, but they are still better than ordinary mosquitoes, right?"
"If we raise this swarm of Cloud Sea Mosquito Beasts by feeding them longevity blood, then the dragon carps, like the ancient Heaven-Swallowing Frog clan, would have an endless nutritional supply."
"The book records two reasons these mosquito beasts are no longer suitable as food: one is their degraded ability to convert consumed blood into nutrients, and the other is their evolved attributes, making their bodies like metal, difficult to digest. However, fortunately, dragon carps are of the fire attribute, they should manage by refining metal with fire."
With such a harvest, how could Lin Jing not be pleased? If he had to catch these beasts in the Cloud Sea Mountain Range himself, even if his cultivation reached Core Formation, it would still be difficult for him to return alive.
Flying along, Lin Jing landed at a location and took out the Ten Thousand Beasts Circle.
Without the suppression of the Beast Taming Body, these mosquito swarms immediately formed a bloodline connection instinctively, quickly melting the frost with their blood and qi.
Though the Ten Thousand Beasts Circle had already erased what little intelligence these mosquito beasts had, they still retained their violent beast instincts, beginning to impact the limits of the Ten Thousand Beasts Circle.
"This bloodline connection is truly terrifying. A mere swarm of Qi Cultivation mosquito beasts can suppress the talents on the Sky Ranking, truly deserving to be one of the Ten Fiends... If it weren’t for my suppression, directly placing the dragon carp with them might end in the dragon carp being eaten."
"Even the Ten Thousand Beasts Circle, a Beast Taming Treasure of the Qingzhou Beast Sect, can’t perfectly suppress their ferocity... It seems further taming is required."
"This Ten Thousand Beasts Circle, better not be damaged by them." Lin Jing activated the Ten Thousand Beasts Circle with Beast Taming True Qi, beginning to tame and refine their ferocity in the mosquito swarm.
Seeing Lin Jing stop to digest his gains, the academy teachers temporarily shifted their focus elsewhere.
"What a pity, what a pity."
"Actually, for this mountain range, it’s also a great opportunity for these mosquito beasts; too bad this swarm of mosquito beasts encountered this beast tamer before they could reach it."
"But it’s just as well. If this swarm of mosquito beasts gained that opportunity, the students participating in this autumn trial would be in trouble."
This autumn trial, the academy prepared five trials, with the Cloud Sea Mosquito Beast being one of them, requiring many people working together to deal with it.
Unexpectedly, it was countered by Lin Jing, the Beast Taming Cultivator, forcing them to turn their attention to another trial location.
It was a body of water.
Not a spiritual pool, but a pool of blood.
At this moment, the Monkey Demon clan of the Cangmang Mountain Range occupied this place, soaking in the blood pool. As they soaked, they uniformly transformed, their physiques and cultivation increased tremendously, with even their bloodline starting to evolve towards dragon blood.
The Celestial Regret Flower of the Celestial Secret Tower hesitated, sensing an indescribable oppression from the blood pool.
It even made him, a Nascent Soul Cultivator, vaguely uncomfortable...
Suddenly, something occurred to him.
"Is this the blood of the South Mountain Demon Emperor who invaded Hidden Dragon Academy some time ago and was slain by the academy?"
Although not many know of the South Mountain Demon Emperor’s invasion of Hidden Dragon Academy, acquiring some information wasn’t difficult for the Celestial Secret Tower.
However, since Hidden Dragon Academy didn’t want outsiders to know, the Celestial Secret Tower refrained from probing further.
"Yes," said one academy teacher, "the academy extracted some of the South Mountain Demon Emperor’s Blood, diluted it, and injected it along with some herbs here, naming it the Dragon Transformation Blood Pool. Any demon beast that enters to soak will have its Demon Power greatly increase and even has a high probability of evolving into a dragon blood demon beast."
"If human cultivators enter to soak, it’s like having a perfect body tempering medicinal bath, strengthening the body."
"Given some time, if any academy student discovers this place, it will certainly lead to a scramble..."
"The demon beasts already soaked in the blood pool will be their first challenge..."
"And once those demon beasts are dealt with, the competition amongst them for the blood pool will lead to intense combat; at that time, we can just enjoy the show."
The Celestial Regret Flower hesitated to speak further; it wasn’t his first time observing the autumn trial, but this year’s trial from Hidden Dragon Academy was indeed harsh.
Not only did they bring in the Ten Fiends of the Cloud Sea, but they also used the Demon Emperor’s Blood to test the students.
"It seems a group of people is approaching the Dragon Transformation Blood Pool..." one academy teacher sensed.
Everyone observed closely and soon showed a strange expression.
Because most of this group shared a common trait!
That was having a pet beast beside them, and all those pet beasts exuded a dragon aura, almost all being dragon blood demon beasts.
These dragon blood demon beasts, after staying in the Cangmang Mountain Range for a while, keenly sensed the scent of the Dragon Transformation Blood Pool and led the way.
"Most of these people are newcomers from the Dragon Palace established by Lin Jing of the Beast Taming Sect."
"To think each of them has a dragon blood demon beast; in this case, the Dragon Transformation Pool is a massive opportunity for them, allowing their dragon blood pet beasts to advance further..."
"Why is it always this Lin Jing." The Celestial Regret Flower slightly fell into silence upon hearing this. A newcomer is even more prominent than those highly ranked on the People Ranking, with everything related to him!
"Speaking of..." one teacher paused, "why don’t we see Lin Jing carrying his dragon blood carp sprite? The rules for this autumn trial don’t limit them; 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 the opportunity of the Dragon Transformation Pool."