Chapter 249: The Magnificent Cloud Whale
‘It is indeed the strongest organization in China. They even have cloud whales, and more than one of them.’
While exclaiming about how strong China’s military was, Lin Yao also read up carefully on the introduction of the cloud whale. However, his expression turned awry after he did so. It was true that the cloud whale spirit essence was powerful and could be found in the military personnel’s Treasure Chamber. However, what made Lin Yao’s head hurt was that it was too powerful.
According to the introduction, one needed to be a t.i.tled warlord or the equivalent of one in order to attain even the smallest cloud whale spirit essence. The most powerful one was at the king level. Besides, king-level cloud whales were also special creatures. Although they had been named after a whale, they might not be the strongest in terms of combat power. Still, their physique was certainly one of the largest. As a result, Lin Yao would need to consume substantial origins in order to baptize this spirit essence.
After taking a glance at the description of the king-level cloud whale, Lin Yao found that, like a mountain lying in the sky, its body had been 13 kilometers long when it was alive. This was especially daunting.
‘It’s too huge. I might not be able to baptize it successfully even after I become a king. The smallest one is already 3,000 meters long. Sigh.’
Most sacred trees had the ability to coexist with everything. This coexisting ability was cla.s.sified into several types. The first type, such as the Great Emperor’s divine potion, helped the tree acknowledge other living creatures as the mainstay and then grow under their protection. However, Lin Yao would never allow this.
The second type helped the tree and dependent coexist as companions, such as the Hibiscus Tree and the golden crow or the Sycamore Tree and the phoenix. The third type helped the sacred tree be the mainstay.
Amongst the three types of coexisting abilities, the first two would not consume many of the sacred tree’s origins. However, Lin Yao would have no control over those living creatures.
What he wanted were dependents that were completely obedient. Therefore, each time he obtained spirit essence, Lin Yao would use the origins of the sacred tree to baptize the spirit essence of the beast and erase the memory in it, giving it a new lease of life.
The benefit of this was that the new living creature would recognize Lin Yao as its “mother”, and Lin Yao would be able to fully control the life and death of such spirit essence. However, each baptism would require a large amount of sacred tree origins. Henceforth, Lin Yao would also become responsible for growing those creatures. Therefore, he could only sign a contract with one dependent per month, and the number of dependents was also limited.
‘I can only save the cloud whale for the future. Also, I don’t have a suitable sacred tree at the moment.’
The sacred tree possessed a ma.s.sive amount of vitality and was almost representative of the word ‘vitality’. This was why they could make the spirit essence of the beast “get reborn”. Although this was not a unique ability of the sacred tree, it was very rare in the world.
However, not every sacred tree could baptize all beasts. The Locust Tree could contain and grow shade, the Hibiscus Tree could nourish fire, and the Celestial Tree could nurture light. In general, the clouds and mist were water attributes not compatible with the three sacred trees Lin Yao had currently. He would not be able to baptize the cloud whale even if he were to attain it.
‘Do I need to look for sacred trees with water attributes then? No, there is no need to. Not every sacred tree could baptize all beasts. This could also mean that there are sacred trees that could breed beasts of any attribute, and the Tree of Life is one of them. Although the cloud whale would not be blessed after it was bred, it could still be bred.’
While watching the match, Lin Yao thought about the sacred tree. He gradually regained his mobility. When his body no longer felt drained of energy, he didn’t dawdle one bit. With his personal a.s.sistants, he hurried toward the University of Monster Science and Technology.
Upon seeing Lin Yao leave, the crowd of reporters sighed, as they felt that they had let big news slip. On the other hand, the elders of the Flowery Sect heaved a sigh of relief. They were really afraid that Lin Yao would refuse to leave and then belittle the Flowery Sect in front of the reporters, making them lose their dignity completely.
After all, regardless of the means adopted by the Flowery Sect, it was only a dojo. In the world of martial artists, a dojo was most terrified of having an opponent it could not defeat.
After Lin Yao’s departure, many elders of the Flowery Sect also communicated with one another through their mental strength and discussed how to handle the situation.
“How should we deal with Student Lin Yao?”
“What else can we do? How dare he insult our Flowery Sect? We must not…”
“Shut up! He has joined the military. How do you intend to deal with him? By staging a revolt?”
“We also have people in the military organization.”
“Ha ha… Although that kid has a poor temperament, he is truly talented. He might even be rated as a king seedling after what happened today. Such a genius will definitely be well protected by the military personnel. Even a king has to do his best in order to fight him, not to mention that we also have to go through the kings in the military organization in order to get to him. Furthermore, the military is the most tightly guarded place. Are you sure we’d want to do that just to save face?”
“…”
After a long silence, a voice was suddenly heard amongst the elders. “Elders, you are already into old age. Write your own resignation letters. As for Student Lin Yao… Tianyou, you are the one who recruited him. Can you get in touch with him? You can give him some good stuff to minimize his animosity for us.”
“Yes, Sect Master.”
The words of the sect master of the Flowery Sect had determined the att.i.tude of the entire sect toward Lin Yao. The three elders had been fired, and some benefits would be given to Lin Yao. This was how they intended to manage Lin Yao.
The military organization was the main reason that they were willing to let go of their prejudices that quickly. This was a transcendent organization no one would want to make an enemy out of.
Of course, this rapid change had also been caused by the strategy of the Flowery Sect. As someone had correctly put it, this was a dojo that operated more like a commercial ent.i.ty and not a dojo.
Lin Yao was unaware of the decisions made by the Flowery Sect. At the moment, he was heading to the University of Monster Science and Technology to prepare for today’s development.
‘The Heaven-and-Human Oneness consumes one’s mental strength. It looks like I can’t go through brain development again today. However, I can’t stop my physical development.’
As he was familiar with the road, Lin Yao soon arrived at the advanced research facilities of the University of Monster Science and Technology. Senior Song Ji, who greeted Lin Yao at the entrance of the inst.i.tute, looked both surprised and helpless when he saw Lin Yao again after just one day.
“Have you recovered?!”
“Of course.”
“Actually, you can rest more. Although it is important to develop your body, you also have to take care of your body. It will not be good if your foundation is affected.”
“I’m fine.” Upon seeing Senior Song Ji look torn, Lin Yao thought of something. “Are you facing some difficulties? Don’t you remember yesterday’s data?”
“The problem is not the data. My boss is not out yet, and we don’t have any more credits.”
After Song Ji’s explanation, Lin Yao gradually understood why he looked like he was in a dilemma. The researcher with the surname Yan, in whose hands Professor Li had left Lin Yao, had been busy with some research during this period. After learning that Lin Yao would be there to develop his body, she’d applied for permission to use the Radiance Array, but only once. Like Song Ji, she didn’t think that a super-genius who could go through physical development every day without any rest could come from a small city.
In her opinion, Lin Yao would have to rest for a long time after each development, and she would be out by then. However, Lin Yao’s situation had obviously exceeded her expectations.
After discovering this, Lin Yao felt somewhat helpless. However, he soon calmed down.
“You don’t necessarily need to go to the Radiance Array. You can also undergo ordinary electric shock development, which doesn’t cost money.”
“That one doesn’t require money. Let’s go in.”
As he spoke, Song Ji was pulling Lin Yao into the inst.i.tute, and Yan Yan Yu’er and the girls were prepared to go to the waiting room next door to wait for him. However, before they could leave, Senior Brother Song Ji’s shout was heard.
“You guys don’t have to leave. You can enter with Junior Brother Lin Yao and take care of him later.”
“Sigh… Didn’t you say that uninvolved parties could not… Thanks.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Yao was initially puzzled. However, he soon understood the reason. Geniuses there were also granted certain privileges.
‘The difference in privileges between powerhouses and normal geniuses is getting more obvious. If this continues, I have a feeling that it’s going to be increasingly difficult for everyone in China to be equal. This is already happening at a time when technological weapons still pose a certain threat to martial artists. If there are existences more powerful than kings, or if another major crisis that requires more and stronger martial artists occurs in the world, could China maintain its system of advocating for martial artists to strive to overtake others?”
The more Lin Yao thought about this, the more he frowned. In fact, the current martial artist system in China had not gone through the test of time. After all, it had only been 50 years since the Spirit Energy Revival. In addition, in the first 20 to 30 years, technology had been used as a deterrent.
“Forget it, I’m not going to think about this. No matter how the system changes, the stronger ones will always get a bigger share of the pie. The most important thing for me to do is become more powerful.”
All the electric current developments were carried out in a designated area. On the way to it, Lin Yao walked past the Radiance Array, which could increase his training speed. Lin Yao couldn’t help but glance at the array.
He halted upon taking a glance. He had discovered a martial artist clad in a military uniform who was holding a card and swiping it.