Beast Tamer Ascension

Chapter 26: Dao Robe

Isn’t this a Red Heart Dragon Fruit?!

When Lin Jing saw the spiritual fruit that Elder Black Bear took out, he was momentarily stunned.

"Do you want to try one?"

Elder Black Bear handed Lin Jing another fruit.@@novelbin@@

"Thank you." Lin Jing took the Dragonbone Flower and stored it.

He then glanced around the room and said, "The Pine Leaf Mouse should be sleeping now. I'll go wake it up."

Even the Pine Leaf Mouse, a naturally gifted worker and farmer, gets tired sometimes.

In a short while, Lin Jing pulled the Pine Leaf Mouse out of its sweet dream.

However, when it vaguely heard Lin Jing mention “reward,” it instantly perked up.

Seeing the nodding Elder Black Bear, the Pine Leaf Mouse cautiously asked:

"Zhi!" Could it ask for a storage bag?

"Ah, well…" Elder Black Bear paused, looking a bit awkward.

"Elder Black Bear, with your rank as a Monster Core stage cultivator, you don’t have a storage bag, do you?" Lin Jing couldn't help but comment.

"Nonsense!" Elder Black Bear retorted. "It’s just… I only have one for personal use at the moment."

"You don’t understand, the materials for creating and upgrading a Beast Taming Space Magical Treasure are completely different from those for making storage bags. And the demand for them is even greater."

"So, in the Beast Taming Sect, normal storage gear is in short supply. Every piece is strictly regulated and distributed according to need... In fact, almost all the spatial materials in the Great Wilderness Domain have been bought up by the Beast Taming Sect, making them rare on the market."

"If you really want one, I can’t promise you a good one... it would be noticed by Elder Mo. But if it’s one of those tiny storage bags made from scrap materials, I can try to get one through... 'unofficial' channels."

"Unofficial channels??? Wait, how small is 'tiny'?"

Elder Black Bear held up a finger. "It can store about one cubic meter of resources."

One cubic meter… it really can’t hold much. It’s just slightly more convenient than carrying a bundle, that’s all.

"Oh well." Elder Black Bear sighed. "You can make do with that. When you become true disciples, you’ll get your own space magical treasure. You’re still in the Qi Refining stage, so there’s no point in having too good of a storage item right now."

"Right, if you really want one, you can work hard for the Inner Sect assessment. There's a proper way to get a storage bag then!"

"The Inner Sect assessment is always done with a points system. The better you perform, the more points you earn, and with enough points, you can exchange them for magical items or pills, including larger storage equipment. It’s a benefit for newly promoted inner sect disciples, and the exchange rate is much better than what you get from contributing sect tasks."

"Inner Sect assessment?" Lin Jing looked up slightly.

Sure enough, no matter where you go, they all love using these promotion systems to push people forward.

Elder Black Bear continued: "I think with your talent, you’ll definitely be the top performers in this assessment. Even though the little brats Elder Li Hai brought back are vicious, I doubt they can beat you guys."

Lin Jing glanced at the Pine Leaf Mouse. Its thoughts were already drifting towards the Inner Sect assessment.

It was eager to go.

Soon, Elder Black Bear and Lin Jing reached an agreement. The Pine Leaf Mouse would help synthesize the Dragonbone Flowers, and Elder Black Bear would find a tiny storage bag as a reward.

A storage bag with one cubic meter of space might not be much, but it would definitely be enough to store Red Leaf Fruits and Spiritual Beans for now.

Thinking that it could soon have its own storage bag, the Pine Leaf Mouse was filled with energy. Its green eyes stared at the Dragonbone Flowers on the ground.

Glazed Immortal Eyes!

Then, nothing happened.

The Pine Leaf Mouse blinked in confusion, casting a pleading glance at Lin Jing.

With its current strength, it seemed… it wasn’t quite enough to synthesize the resource.

"Zhi!!!" It rubbed its sore eyes, its gaze broken. Was the storage bag really that far out of reach?

"Hm?" Elder Black Bear scratched his head. "You want to breakthrough a few times? This doesn’t seem reliable."

Rather than wait for the Pine Leaf Mouse to make a breakthrough, he waved his sleeve. "Wait here. I’ll lend you something to help, give it another try!"

With that, he rummaged through his own storage item... and pulled out a white Dao robe, one that looked very similar to the one he was wearing.

"Small, small, small—" he murmured to the Dao robe, and quickly, the robe shrank to a size comparable to the Pine Leaf Mouse.

"Put on my Dao robe. It’s a magical tool that amplifies most types of magical power, including wood element spiritual energy," Elder Black Bear said as he tossed the miniature Dao robe to the Pine Leaf Mouse.

Whoosh!

The Pine Leaf Mouse caught it, slightly opening its mouth in surprise.

"This..." Lin Jing hesitated for a moment. "Since it’s a magical tool, we might as well try it."

"Zhi, zhi, zhi." The Pine Leaf Mouse nodded eagerly, draping the robe over itself.

The next moment!

The Pine Leaf Mouse, now wearing a pristine white Dao robe, suddenly emitted an air of transcendence.

The robe’s hem swayed gently in the wind. It grasped the edges of the robe with its small paws, walking a few steps. Its movements remained nimble, but now had a certain ethereal grace.

Most importantly, the Pine Leaf Mouse felt an overwhelming surge of power throughout its body.

It opened its mouth slightly, finally understanding why Elder Black Bear was so fond of wearing Dao robes.

"Although, with its cultivation level, it can’t fully unleash the robe’s power, it should still provide some improvement," Elder Black Bear said with a grin.

With that, the Pine Leaf Mouse turned its gaze back to the Dragonbone Flowers on the ground… and sure enough, its Eye Technique activated smoothly.

As the Glazed Immortal Eyes activated... roughly a hundred Dragonbone Flowers instantly merged from their bright red color into a single purple Dragonbone Flower!

"Success!" Elder Black Bear cheered joyfully.

"Success!" Lin Jing let out a sigh of relief. It seemed that both weapon forging and tailoring were worth learning when they had time!

The quality of the Dragonbone Flower was clearly higher than that of Spiritual Rice, Spiritual Beans, or Spiritual Bamboo, making it harder to synthesize. But now, the synthesis was complete, and the Pine Leaf Mouse didn’t feel any eye strain. It couldn't help but lovingly stroke the Dao robe on its body.

"Mine!" Unfortunately, before the Pine Leaf Mouse could carefully observe, Elder Black Bear snatched the Dao robe back and chuckled, "You can’t have this. These robes are my lifeline."

The Pine Leaf Mouse puffed out its cheeks in protest.

Lin Jing smiled. The value of the Dao robe was probably higher than that of ordinary storage equipment. This type of amplification item would be better to buy when they became more successful.

"Elder Black Bear, would you like to try it?" Lin Jing asked, curious about the effect of the Purple Heart Dragon Fruit.

"Try? I don’t need to try. I’m not short of one." Elder Black Bear reached into his robe’s sleeve and pulled out an unconscious white rat demon, shaking it awake.

"This one’s a Qi Refining 9th layer rat demon I caught easily. Let it eat the first one for me."

Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Mouse were speechless.

They didn’t even know what to say.

Elder Black Bear really was cautious. Was it really necessary to be so careful over a first-grade spiritual fruit synthesis?