What happened on the day when the new students registered quickly spread throughout Jiuyang Taoist Temple like a hurricane, causing an uproar as expected.
Since the establishment of Jiuyang Taoist Academy, this is the first time that an old student has lost to a new student in a mentoring battle.
This is the first time that a new student has defeated two Long Breath Realm disciples in a row in an instructional battle.
This is the first time that a new student has become a Xuan-level disciple as soon as he is admitted to the hospital!
It can be said that Lin Shen set multiple unprecedented records at once.
Originally, Lin Shen was already well-known in Jiuyang Taoist Academy because of his status as the first freshman chief who was not from a noble family.
Now after this battle, his reputation has skyrocketed, and he has become a man of the hour in Jiuyang Taoist Academy!
However, at the same time, many people were very dissatisfied with Lin Shen's unusual promotion to Xuan level disciple.
If it weren't for the fact that it was Si Yuanpei who gave the order to promote Lin Shen, some of his disciples would have started a riot.
However, they did not dare to protest openly, but secretly many Huang-level disciples were already gearing up, preparing to challenge Lin Shen in the level challenge in three months' time and seize his place as a Xuan-level disciple.
After all, no matter how powerful the new students are, they are just new students.
With a mere cultivation level of Chang Xi Realm, wouldn’t it be a waste not to squeeze such a soft persimmon?
But just when the storm was spreading, Lin Shen, the person involved, turned a deaf ear to what was happening outside the window and was completely immersed in cultivation.
[Name: Lin Shen]
[Talent: Heavenly Jealousy of Talents]
[Realm: 82% of the second level of Long Breath]
[Skills: Golden Crow Sutra (5% proficient), Blazing Sun Palm (perfect), Shadow Follower (perfect), Weapon Melting Hand (76% proficient), Cloud-Piercing Dragon's Song (54% proficient), Forbidden Golden Armor (45% proficient)
, Convergence Art (Proficiency 12%)】
[Number of clones 5 (20%)]
After practicing for ten days, Lin Shen not only successfully broke through to the second level of the Long Breath Realm, but also successfully upgraded the Golden Crow Sutra to the Mastery Realm.
The other martial arts have also been improved to varying degrees.
The Forbidden Golden Armor even broke through to the level of mastery with the help of Xuan Gu Liquid!
And the martial arts progress has almost reached half!
"This mysterious bone liquid is really useful, but it's a pity that there are only five drops."
"It seems that there is Xuangu liquid in the Meritorious Courtyard that can be redeemed?"
Lin Shen recalled that Xuan Gu Liquid was a drop of twenty merit points.
He made some calculations in his mind. If he had another twenty or thirty drops of Xuan Gu Liquid, he should be able to cultivate the Forbidden Golden Armor to perfection within a month.
However, after thinking about it, Lin Shen finally gave up this tempting idea.
There are still many places where merit is needed and cannot be spent on exchanging Mystical Bone Liquid.
After all, even without the Mysterious Bone Liquid, Forbidden Golden Armor can still cultivate to perfection, but it will take a little more time at most.
Moreover, he also has the talent of proving the Tao through killing, which can quickly improve his martial arts level.
"After breaking through to the second level of the Long Breath Realm, the effect of the Ningzhen Pill has also declined."
"A Ningzhen Pill can only increase the cultivation progress by 2% now. It seems that it can only reach the fifth level of the Long Breath Realm. The Ningzhen Pill will probably have no effect."
Lin Shen remembered another elixir he had seen in the Gongxunyuan before - Hunyuan Dan.
That is a precious elixir that is more effective than the Ningzhen Pill and is also suitable for long-breath realm practitioners to assist in their cultivation.
But the price is also astonishingly high, requiring fifty merit points to exchange for one, which is more than ten times the price of the Ningzhen Pill!
With his current net worth, he can't afford it for the time being.
Shaking his head, Lin Shen stood up and left the wooden building, preparing to fill his stomach first.
In order to facilitate the disciples to eat, Jiuyang Taoist Temple has multiple canteens.
One of them happens to be near a residential area.
The canteen provides a wide variety of delicious food, and more importantly, it's free.
The supply of meat is open for the disciples to take as they please.
Of course, it’s limited to ordinary meat.
If you want to eat spirit beast meat, you need to pay merit points.
The cafeteria can even provide more energy-rich monster meat, which has a good effect even on long-breathing practitioners, and can strengthen the true energy.
It's just that the price of dozens or hundreds of merit points per kilogram puts many disciples away.
After breaking through to the Long Breath Realm, Lin Shen can only fill his stomach no matter how much ordinary meat he eats.
If you want to improve your cultivation efficiency, you must at least eat the meat of spiritual beasts.
So these days, he spends a lot of merit points to buy spirit beast meat for three meals a day.
After ten days, Lin Shen only had three small achievements left in his hand, and all his merit points had been spent.
"You have to take on a few missions, otherwise you will be left with nothing if you continue like this."
After eating, Lin Shen did not go to the Court of Merit, but rushed towards the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
As soon as I stepped into the gate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I bumped into a young man walking towards me.
When the other party saw Lin Shen, he was startled for a moment, then smiled in surprise and hurriedly came up to him.
"Senior Brother Lin, do you have any business coming to the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
Lin Shen was startled: "Do you know me?"
"Of course!" The young man rubbed his hands and chuckled, "Senior Brother Lin is now a famous figure in the Taoist Academy. Everyone in the entire Taoist Academy knows you. How can anyone not recognize you?"
Lin Shen was really not used to being called senior brother respectfully by someone who was obviously much older than him, so he made a few polite remarks and expressed his feelings.
"Deacon Tao? He seems to be inside. Senior Brother Lin, wait a moment. I'll tell Deacon Tao right now!"
After saying that, the young man left in a hurry without even saying his name.
Lin Shen couldn't help but laugh.
After only waiting for a moment, Tao Zongbao rushed over with a long stride, and held his hand towards Lin Shen with a smile on his face from a distance of seven or eight meters.
"Haha, Fellow Daoist Lin, long time no see. I was talking about you when I was chatting with Kou Ming yesterday. How are you lately?"
"Excuse me, Deacon Tao and Senior Brother Kou. I've been busy practicing recently, so I haven't gone out much." Lin Shen smiled and nodded in greeting.
"You've practiced well. Fellow Daoist Lin is extremely talented. It's time to focus on your cultivation. You will definitely have a bright future in the future!"
Tao Zongbao didn't mind being cheesy, he said a lot of nice things, and then he asked with a smile:
"Do you, Fellow Daoist Lin, come to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for any business? If you need me, just ask!"
"I really have something to trouble Deacon Tao."
Lin Shen considered his words and asked slowly:
"Does Deacon Tao have a way to get some rare herbs or elixirs that have powerful side effects but can speed up the efficiency of cultivation, such as Snake Youlan, Feixue Powder, etc."
Tao Zongbao was stunned for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and showed a strange expression.
"Fellow Daoist Lin, your qualifications are so strong that even the Master of the Division highly appreciates them. As long as you practice step by step and practice steadily, you will eventually become a monk. Even if you fall into a trough, you will be able to make a comeback sooner or later. There is really no need to take risks."
At any other time, Tao Zongbao would not have thought too much.
However, Lin Shen's case has become a hot topic recently, and many Huang-level disciples have even threatened in public that they will replace Lin Shen and become Xuan-level disciples in three months.
After making do with each other, Tao Zongbao immediately thought that Lin Shen couldn't bear the pressure, so he wanted to take shortcuts to improve his strength so that he could keep his place as a Xuan-level disciple in the level challenge three months later.
Seeing that Tao Zongbao was hesitant to speak, Lin Shen didn't know that the other party had gone astray, so he quickly said:
"Deacon Tao, I am not looking for these things for my own use, but for other purposes!"
This is true, after all, those things are not used by Lin Shen.
Tao Zongbao was relieved when he saw that Lin Shen's eyes were clear and his expression was solemn, not like he was trying to cover up.
Thinking about it, Lin Shen doesn't seem to be such an impulsive person, so why would he risk his own future?
With all the doubts in his heart gone, Tao Zongbao smiled again, thought for a while and said:
"Although this kind of thing is rare, many disciples in the Taoist Academy have accidentally bought it when they were practicing outside. However, it has been difficult to get rid of it because of the low cost performance. If someone is willing to buy it, they will not refuse, but"
Lin Shen understood the idea and immediately said: "I can buy it with merit!"
Tao Zongbao smiled deeply when he heard this.
"Then there's no problem. Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Lin, I promise to get a fair price for you!"
"Excuse me, Deacon Tao!"
The two of them had a tacit understanding and did not discuss the price difference.
Since you are asking someone to help you, you must give them some benefit.
Lin Shen didn't care at what price Tao Zongbao would buy things from others, as long as the final price he gave him didn't exceed his psychological expectations.
Besides, he didn't think Tao Zongbao would be stupid enough to offend him for a little benefit.
If he were so short-sighted, Tao Zongbao would not be able to climb to the position of deacon of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
After coming out of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lin Shen breathed a sigh of relief, with a happy look on his face.
After several searches by Mr. Wu, most of the rare herbs and elixirs in the black street that have similar effects to the condensation liquid have basically entered the belly of Clone No. 2.
In recent times, Old Man Wu has collected less and less rare herbs and elixirs.
It can be foreseen that it won't be long before there won't be many similar exotic herbs and elixirs to be found on the black streets.
That's why Lin Shen decided to come to Jiuyang Taoist Temple.
But what is disappointing is that there are no similar items on the redemption list of the Court of Merit.
I guess not many disciples would redeem such things, and the Taoist Academy didn't want to see disciples taking shortcuts by using these things, so they simply deleted them from the list.
At this moment, Kou Ming introduced Tao Zongbao to Lin Shen.
Lin Shen had an idea at that time and came up with the idea of asking the other party to find it.
That’s why we have today’s Ministry of Internal Affairs team.
Tao Zongbao did not disappoint Lin Shen and agreed to the matter with patting his chest.
It is worth mentioning that Jiuyang Taoist Temple prohibits the trading of merit among disciples.
However, there are policies and countermeasures, and merit cannot be traded, so trading the items exchanged for merit can always be done.
The Taoist temple can't prohibit the trading of items between disciples, right?
So a disguised merit transaction came into being.
"We must earn a lot of merit as soon as possible!"
In order to trade enough rare herbs or elixirs, the three small skills that Lin Shen currently possesses are obviously far from enough.
Thinking of this, Lin Shen immediately rushed to the Court of Merit without stopping.
When we came to the mission hall again, it was as always filled with densely packed wooden signs.
Lin Shen concentrated on searching carefully among the wooden signs.
Intelligence tasks were first eliminated by him.
This type of mission is too uncertain. If you encounter unexpected dangers, it will be too late to cry!
The second was the duty task, which was also decisively abandoned by Lin Shen.
Not only are the rewards for such tasks low, they also take a long time, and they are safe, but the cost-effectiveness is too low.
After eliminating the two mission types, the only ones left are collection and subjugation.
The former does not need to accept the task on the spot. You can wait until you get the items and then get the corresponding wooden sign to complete the task.
Therefore, Lin Shen's focus was mainly on subjugation tasks.
Most of the crusade missions are located outside the city.
Linlong City is adjacent to the Longyuan Mountains and is surrounded by endless mountains in both directions to the north and east, hence the name Linlong.
In this vast mountain range, there are many demon tribes and countless monsters and monsters.
Therefore, the targets of most of the crusade missions are the monsters and monsters in the Longyuan Mountains.
The remaining few are monsters living in the vast lakes and swamps to the west of Linlong City and the wilderness to the east.
Lin Shen focused his selection on tasks related to the Longyuan Mountains.
After all, compared to the lakes and swamps to the west and the wilderness to the east of the city, there are undoubtedly more natural and earthly treasures in the Longyuan Mountains.
With a treasure hunter like Xiao Ai here, Lin Shen must make good use of it.
'Go to the Longyuan Mountains to kill a white-winged demon tiger. You need to get the tiger's spine as a certificate. You need to cultivate in the Long Breath Realm and you will be rewarded with a small amount of work!'
'To eliminate the group of mountain sprites entrenched in Huohe Mountain, we need to retrieve the head of the sprite leader as a certificate, and require the cultivation of Long Rest Realm, and we will be rewarded with three small merits!'
'Go to the Longyuan Mountains to kill a hundred arrowbirds. You need to get back its sharp beak as a certificate. You need to cultivate in the Long Breath Realm and you will be rewarded with two small merits.'
After a lot of work, Lin Shen quickly picked five tasks and took the wooden sign to the counter near the entrance of the hall.
The person behind the counter is still the girl who registered his meritorious service last time.
When she saw Lin Shen, the girl's eyes suddenly lit up.
She didn't recognize Lin Shen last time, she just thought he was very unfamiliar.
It wasn't until I heard about the mentoring battle later that I realized that the person I met that day was this year's freshman chief!
When she met Lin Shen again, the girl naturally recognized him immediately and immediately started chatting with Lin Shen with a smile, talking about Senior Brother Lin.
Lin Shen was also happy to chat with the beautiful woman, chatting casually while registering.
Only then did he know that the girl's name was Jiao Yu.
"Okay, Senior Brother Lin, the mission has been registered. After completing the mission, just come over with the voucher and hand it over."
"This is the talisman for leaving the city. You need to hand it back after completing the task. Only one person can leave the city, and the time limit is up to one month. After that, it will become invalid. If you still have unfinished tasks by then, you can come to me to replace it."
"In addition, this is a map of the Longyuan Mountains. Every disciple who takes on a mission outside the city for the first time can get a map for free!"
Jiao Yu handed over a map.
The topography of the Longyuan Mountains is drawn in detail, and the location distribution of each demon tribe and demon beast group is also marked.
The closer you get to the outer reaches of the mountain range, the more detailed the labeled information is.
Lin Shen was overjoyed when he saw this. He was worried about where to buy a map of the Longyuan Mountains, but he didn't expect the Taoist Academy to be so considerate and gave him a copy for free.
"The map is updated every three months, and then you need to purchase it with merit."
Jiao Yu reminded me again thoughtfully.
"In addition, I suggest you buy some flying feather talismans, light body talismans and guiding talismans, which may be useful outside!"
"Thanks!"
Lin Shen smiled and thanked Jiao Yu.
After leaving the mission hall, he turned around and went to the exchange hall again, where he exchanged a small amount of effort for a beast control bag.
The beast control pouch is a talisman that can temporarily serve as a shelter for monsters, making it convenient for practitioners to walk with monsters outside.
Considering that I have to take Xiao Ai with me to hunt for treasures during this outing, it will undoubtedly be much more convenient to have a beast control pouch.
As for the talisman Jiao Yu mentioned, Lin Shen planned to go to Zhenwu Pavilion and spend spiritual coins to buy it so that his merit would not be wasted.