Whoosh!
Instead answering Lin Xun’s question, Shue Jin suddenly reached out to grab Chirps. His fingers seemed to imprison Chirps.
What surprised Lin Xun was that Chirps’s round body turned into a tiny ray of fire and disappeared instantly. The next moment, Chirps appeared in a place more than thirty meters away.
“What a fast speed!” Lin Xun was amazed.
“Have you seen that, its second talent, metamorphosis!”
Shue Jin put down his palm and his eyes became brighter as if he had found a peerless treasure. “As far as I know, it’s extremely rare to see a spiritual beast like Chirps that possesses the means of metamorphosis.”
Transmogrification meant the body could be changed into another form, for example Chirps changed into a ray of fire just now. Few spiritual beasts could do it!
“And you should have notice that, Chirps flicked like the lightning, and its speed is incredibly fast.”
Shue Jin had great admiration for Chirps. He had seen some gifted spiritual beasts since he began his practice; he even met the “Purple-horn Rhinoceros” guarding the Imperial Royal Family! But he had never seen a beast like Chirps, which could not only own Smashing-star Golden Fire in its body like an innate melting master, but also had an incomparable talent of metamorphosis.
The unknown origin of Chirps also brought it a mysterious sense.
Lin Xun took Chirps in his hand and rubbed the soft and round body of Chirps constantly. He couldn’t help wondering whether Chirps was really an uncommon beast under its happy and carefree appearance.
After playing with Lin for a while, Chirps seemed hungry and kept sucking Lin Xun’s fingers.
Lin Xun realized a serious problem. Chirps was a strange beast who ate spiritual crystals!
At birth of Chirps, it ate one high spiritual crystal every three days. Lin Xun could not feed Chirps at all without Young Man’s help.
But now, Young Man was not here, so Lin Xun could only rely on himself to feed Chirps. The thought of preparing some high-level spiritual crystals to feed Chirps shocked Lin Xun. The overheads were very high!
The most important thing was that Lin Xun did not have any high-level spiritual crystal in his pocket at present. He tried to take out some elixirs to feed Chirps, but it shook head in disgust.
“Jin, do you have any high-level spiritual crystal?” Lin Xun had to turn to Shue Jin for help.
Shue Jin was surprised and said, “Does Chirps feed on high-level spiritual crystals?”
Lin Xun nodded heavily.
Shue Jin couldn’t help laughing, “Aha, I should have thought about this. Chirps must be different from other spiritual beats since it has such magic talents. That is to say, you need a gold mountain to feed Chirps.”
Shue Jin seemed to derive pleasure from Lin’s trouble.
Lin Xun glared at Shue Jin, and suddenly said to Chirps, “Go to ask this guy for food.”
Chirps seemed to understand Lin’s words. It turned around and looked at Shue Jin with pitiful black eyes, chirping ceaselessly.
Shue Jin sneered and took out a brilliant spiritual crystal with a bluish light. He said, “This is a top-grade Green-B Spiritual Crystal. It contains the power ten times higher than ordinary spiritual crystals. Only the practitioners of Tao Insight Realm can absorb the power of it. If Chirps can eat it, I will…”
Before Shue Jin finished his words, Chirps had rushed over and swallowed this crystal, making a cry of joy.
Immediately, the flames flowing around Chirps produced terrible heat.
Chirps seemed full. It belched, turned into a line of fire and disappeared in the palm of Lin Xun’s right hand. Apparently, Chirps was going to sleep again…
Shue Jin was stunned at a moment. He swallowed his saliva, “Chirps really has a good appetite and should be able to refine a Green-B Spiritual Crystal!”
Lin couldn’t help laughing, “Jin, in this case, you can in charge of preparing Chirps’s food from now on.”
Shue Jin’s cheeks twitched fiercely and he gritted his teeth, “Do you know the price of a Green-B Spiritual Crystal on the market?”
He stretched out a finger, “One hundred imperial gold coins! Twenty times the price of a high-level spiritual crystal! If it eats one every day, I can’t support with my whole property!”
Lin Xun was astonished. But he still maintained the smile on his face, “It’s just a small case to you. I’m sure you can do it, Jin.”
Shue Jin sneered, “Boy, are you blackmailing me?”
Lin Xun said innocently, “Jin, you have said just now that Chirps is a magical and rare beast. Won’t you watch it starve to death, right?”
“Humph”, Shue Jin said, “It’s not my spiritual beast. Why should I take the responsibility for its death?”
However, Shue rolled his eyes and suddenly showed a meaningful smile, “But if you promise me one thing, I may be able to guarantee that I won’t starve this little thing to death.”
Lin Xun said cautiously, “I will certainly help you if I can do it. But tell me the detail first!”
“Don’t be nervous,” Shue Jin said, “It may be impossible by your present means, but you must be able to make it in the future.”
Lin Xun asked again, “What on earth is it?”
Shue Jin no longer concealed his intention; he stared at Lin Xun and said frankly, “Make a suit of armor with spiritual tattoos!”
A suit of armor with spiritual tattoos!
Lin Xun was shocked by Shue’s request. It was not an easy thing to make a suit of armor with spiritual tattoos. It often required several spiritual tattoo masters to work together!
What was more, there was only a possibility to refine it under so many masters’ work, so it was never a determinate event!
In the refining process, collecting the required spiritual materials, spiritual inks and spiritual tattoos was a complex and difficult project. The key of successfully refining a suit of armor with powerful spiritual tattoos was necessary fortune!
As far as Lin Xun knew, in the whole empire, even among those upper-rank forces with a long history, the number of armor with spiritual tattoos was small.
The reason was that making the armor with spiritual tattoos was too difficult. The human and financial resources were all unaffordable to the general forces!
Nowadays, most of the well-known armor with spiritual tattoos had been handed down for hundreds of years or even thousands of years. The newly refined ones were extremely rare.
In Academy of Spiritual Implements, where gathered a group of the most top spiritual tattoo masters in the empire, it took months to make a suit of armor with spiritual tattoos.
Seemingly realizing his requirement was too hard, Shue Jin added, “Of course, I will provide all the necessary spiritual materials. You just need to give it a try. I won’t mind even if you fail.”
Lin Xun said with a bitter smile, “Jin, I am only a junior spiritual tattooist. Why do you have such confidence in me?”
Shue Jin laughed like a fox, “Are you a junior? I have never seen a junior spiritual tattooist like you. In my opinion, Feng Qingyou, the gifted girl of Green-deer School is far inferior to you.”
Lin Xun stared at him, “You’re flattering me!”
Shue Jin replied sourly, “Boy, my offer is good enough. It doesn’t matter if the refining fails. How can there be such a good deal in the world? What’s more, Chirps is a gold-consuming beast with great talent. Do you want to see it starve to death?”
Lin Xun thought about it and said, “Deal. I have nothing to worry about since you don’t mind the failure. But I must tell you the truth that I have not yet been able to make a suit of armor with spiritual tattoos.”
Having got Lin Xun’s promise, Shue Jin patted Lin Xun on the shoulder with a smile and said, “Take it easy. I will come to you when you have this ability in the future.”
Lin Xun solved the problem of feeding Chirps and Shue Jin also got a promise from Lin Xun. They were both satisfied with this deal.
“Do you have any plans for the half-year before the Province Test?” Shue Jin asked.
“Make money and practice.”
Lin Xun’s answer was simple.
Shue Jin nodded, “According to the fighting power you showed that night, it shouldn’t be a big problem for you to pass the Province Test. But don’t underestimate the difficulties of Province Test. There will never be a shortage of amazing talents in the world.”
Lin Xun agreed, “I won’t underestimate anyone, but if someone underestimates me, it’s only his bad luck.”
Shue Jin was amused, “I’ll wait and see your performance.”
Lin Xun also laughed and walked out of the courtyard. “I’m going to the Commune of Spiritual Tattooists. Chu Feng helped me a lot last time. Now that the danger has been lifted, I should go to show my thanks.”
Shue Jin waved his hand and said, “Go ahead.”
After Lin Xun left, Shue Jin fell into deep thought and he finally sighed, shook his head and took out a black post, which was as pure as night.
Without any action, the whole post caught fire and eventually vanished.
At the same time, in the Forbidden City, the capital of the Empire, there was a black building like an ancient castle on a majestic mountain adjacent to the lake.
The building was magnificent and dark, and even light seemed to dare not get close to it, leaving it in an eternal shadow.
In the empire, only a handful of big shots of the upper rank knew that the building was called “Castle of the Night”!
The owner of the castle was a mystery. Few people in the world knew her name, but the legend about the “Queen of the Dark Night” had been circulating in the darkness of the empire.
On a winding stone path in front of the castle, a gentle old man in a black court dress was pacing up.
Before arriving at the castle, the bronze gate with vicissitudes opened quietly. The old man tidied up his clothes and strode in.
The castle was dark as if the eternal night would cover here forever. It was quiet and solemn with a kind of oppressive force.
“Miss, I have found some clues about Lin Xun’s origin.”
The old man stood still in the dark and spoke softly.
“Tell me.” In the darkness raised an ethereal voice full of indifference.
In an instant, a light appeared in the castle, dispelling the darkness. A white-bone throne was seen.
On the throne, there was a vague figure. She sat upright and overlooked the world like the eternal night.
The old man lowered his head slightly.
