Chapter 729: Treasure Hunting With Shu Xiaolou
However, those who ascended Daluo Temple behaved themselves, regardless of their background and strength.
The monks guarding Daluo Temple’s gates all had Rank 4 guardian beasts.
Each of them looked stern and exuded an intimidating aura. That wasn’t all. After pa.s.sing through the gates, these visitors then saw a wolf overflowing with dark energy, laying somewhere near the gates.
That wolf seemed to be napping but its Rank 5 aura was hard to miss.
The creature looked just like a mini mountain.
A Rank 5 shadow wolf.
Shadow wolves were considered to have nice bloodlines but not many could advance to Rank 4, much less Rank 5. Many people were seeing one for the first time and the sight made their jaws drop and their voices reduced to whispers.
After all, everyone knew just how strong a Rank 5 beast could be. Even those of powerful backgrounds who had gotten used to seeing Rank 5 beasts knew to be mindful of their conduct here.
All else aside, the fact that Daluo Temple could still maintain this level of strength after a devastating tragedy was unusual.
Everyone stopped underestimating them.
But actually, this shadow wolf was the one Lin Jin had kept at home. It had always been Rank 4 but after Lin Jin’s return, he promoted the creature to Rank 5.
The shadow wolf had been living a good life at home, all fattened up and cared for by Shang’er. He was supposed to be guarding Lin Jin’s house but didn’t actually have anything special to do.
Now that Daluo Temple was in trouble and lacked strength, Lin Jin a.s.signed the shadow wolf here to make a show of strength.
The Rank 5 shadow wolf was now a Buddhism guardian beast. It even got itself a position in Daluo Temple and Lin Jin considered it a good deed done. This was a good a.s.signment for the shadow wolf and a good home.
In fact, Lin Jin didn’t a.s.sign only the shadow wolf a mission.
When the visitors went further inside, they would see a unique monk.
Or rather, an ape monk.
Standing over twenty feet tall with a bulky physique, this white ape was wearing super large monk robes.
White Ape was also dragged out here by Lin Jin. Since he didn’t have much to do at home, Lin Jin decided to have him become a monk here and learn some Buddhist values.
White Ape had been immensely reluctant at first, but he couldn’t go against Lin Jin’s ‘gentle persuasions’. Given no choice, he could only come here. But after arriving, White Ape found Daluo Temple to be quite a nice place.
Due to his connections with Lin Jin, White Ape was given a high status in Daluo Temple. He was on the same disciple level as Zhi Nian, so both of them were on par in rank.
Zhi Nian was now the temple’s Dharma Rector while White Ape gained the position of Exorcist Rector.
With this, the monks that came across White Ape would have to give him a Buddhist salute and address him as ‘Master Rector’. This utterly satisfied White Ape’s vanity.
And so, White Ape was pleased with his ‘new job’. Even if Lin Jin wanted to chase him out now, he wouldn’t leave. He decided to stay in Daluo Temple forever and be their rector.
In total, Lin Jin had given Daluo Temple two Rank 5 beasts. White Ape, in particular, was a rare breed, and after putting on his monk robes, he even exuded a unique Buddhist aura. Those who came across him would feel a sense of awe and couldn’t resist saluting him to rid themselves of ill thoughts.
According to Zhi Nian, the shadow wolf was suited to be a guardian beast while White Ape was suited to devoting himself to Buddhism.
Lin Jin wasn’t lying when he said this job would be good for White Ape. White Ape had a unique personality. If learning Buddhism could curb his playful side, White Ape would surely achieve great things in the future.
He might not even need Lin Jin’s help and could break through to Rank 6 on his own.
Lin Jin was expectant and hopeful about this.
For Daluo Temple, aside from forcing his shadow wolf and White Ape to leave home and become monks, Lin Jin himself stayed for another three days.
Just as everyone else had said, Lin Jin was now a renowned individual. If he hadn’t known it before, he could finally tell now.
After learning that Lin Jin was in Daluo Temple, no matter who came to visit, they would first come and pay him respect.
In the subsequent two days, the guests that came to visit increased by folds compared to before. Some powerful figures who hadn’t planned on coming had rushed over after learning that Lin Jin was at Daluo Temple.
At the same time, news of Lin Jin defeating the Gra.s.sy Continent coalition had gradually spread around. This further increased his reputation to a shocking level.
However, Lin Jin felt that it was time.
Daluo Temple still lacked manpower, mainly an abbot, a supporting pillar.
Lin Jin could play this role for the time being. Although he wasn’t doing it as Daluo Temple’s abbot, he was able to support the temple from suffering a decline.
As this wasn’t a long-term solution, Lin Jin had to find an honorable abbot for them eventually.
Lin Jin had decided this person would be Inferno Monk. But how Inferno Monk was to leave the extraterritorial land and travel all the way here was a problem. Even if Lin Jin managed to sneak him over, what then?
How to avoid the immortal devouring beast was a serious question they had to consider.
Lin Jin had an idea, but whether or not it worked, he still had to test it out.
Three days later, Lin Jin left Daluo Temple and ventured somewhere inside Jade Dragon’s borders. It was a tiny village about a hundred miles away from the nearest city. The place was quite secluded. As they had a mountain nearby named ‘Mount Gua’, this place was known as ‘Mount Gua Boundary’.
This was also where the Unending Nature Landscape lay hidden.
It was one of the magic treasures Lin Jin had first encountered. Only, he had been incompetent back then so he couldn’t take the painting with him. But now, things were different.
After his trip to the extraterritorial land, although Lin Jin’s actual cultivation level hadn’t increased much, his knowledge had grown beyond measure.
He also managed to learn a little about the Unending Nature Landscape from the books he found in the Mystery Dao Sect and the Immortal Cloud Sect’s libraries.
Lin Jin now had confidence in mastering this immortal-level magic treasure.
But he couldn’t do it alone. He needed help.
And he already knew who he could seek out for this. In this whole wide world, only Shu Xiaolou was capable of helping him take the Unending Nature Landscape away.
She was a painting spirit and someone he could trust.
Also, for the sake of sealing that headless zombie, Lin Jin had made such a mess of Shu Xiaolou’s painting realm that its core was now corroded by death energy.
Simply put, that painting realm was Shu Xiaolou’s actual body and such damage couldn’t be reversed. Shu Xiaolou never mentioned it, but Lin Jin couldn’t pretend he had no idea.
So the Unending Nature Landscape would be his compensation for Shu Xiaolou. With this new painting, Shu Xiaolou’s realm and cultivation could improve by a few levels.
Revisiting this familiar place, Lin Jin searched around the foot of Mount Gua. By nightfall, he finally found the Unending Nature Landscape’s entrance. Linking up the painting realm and the Unending Nature Landscape with Cosmos Ink, Lin Jin jumped in afterward.
Shu Xiaolou could instantly feel any disturbances in her painting realm. Sure enough, the instant Lin Jin came in, he saw Shu Xiaolou.