JSCMU-Chapter 61: The Abandoned Iron-Eating Beast

A disciple led Yun Jin inside.

As she walked, Yun Jin recalled what she knew from her past life about Ling Fei.

Senior Ling was born with the ability to understand beast language. As he grew older and began cultivating, he slowly learned how to communicate with spirit beasts. Because of this talent, although his cultivation aptitude was average, with the assistance of many spirit beasts, his early path in cultivation was smooth and successful.

But later on.

His low aptitude eventually became a limitation to his progress.

His cultivation ultimately stalled at the peak of the Soul Transformation Stage. Advancing any further became nearly impossible.

In her previous life, Yun Jin didn’t interact much with Ling Fei. She only vaguely heard that on the night of the demon invasion, he was harmed by them while trying to protect the spirit beasts in the Spirit Beast Pavilion. Even the guardian spirit beast of Tianxing Sect was gravely wounded and on the brink of death. It seemed that afterward, Zhao Wuji took control of these spirit beasts. As for what eventually happened to them, Yun Jin dared not imagine.

Ling Fei truly loved these spirit beasts. While he was still around, the beasts could live freely if they wanted, and if they wished to choose a master, he would help select someone with a proper character.

But without Ling Fei, these spirit beasts likely no longer enjoyed such freedom.

These thoughts only flashed briefly through her mind. Yun Jin soon arrived at the first spirit beast area for Qi Refining spirit beasts.

In this area, Ling Fei was currently occupied.

These Qi Refining spirit beasts were previously affected by Beast-Luring Powder. After going berserk, they were left in a weakened state. Ling Fei was going around observing each beast’s condition, then treating them accordingly.

“This Water Spirit Rabbit is timid by nature. After being greatly frightened this time, add Soul-Calming Grass to its meals for the next few days. Remember the specific ratio…” As Ling Fei spoke, a disciple beside him recorded seriously.

Then came the next beast.

“These few Flame Burst Mice already have irritable temperaments. Now that their nature had been completely triggered, they may become especially aggressive in the next few days. Keep them isolated, and their food also needs some adjustments, so take note.”

Every time Ling Fei passed a spirit beast, he would carefully give instructions.

“Senior Ling gets very focused when caring for spirit beasts. Why don’t you wait for a bit? I’ll go inform him,” the disciple said.

Yun Jin shook her head. “No need. I’ll wait for the elder to finish. I don’t have anything else to do anyway, so waiting here is fine.”

The disciple didn’t further insist and just waited with her.

This area housed Qi Refining spirit beasts, and due to the previous incident, they all seemed weak and dispirited.

Yun Jin’s ears were filled with the weak cries of spirit beasts.

Looking at them and thinking of that pervert Gu Jinghong, Yun Jin couldn’t help but snort coldly.

Just wait. Even if it’s only for the sake of these poor spirit beasts, she was going to make Gu Jinghong pay over the next three months.

“Ding.”

At that moment, the system notification sounded.

“New language detected. Would you like to simplify it?”

New language?

Yun Jin paused and immediately checked the system.

On the detection interface, a list of spirit beast languages had appeared.

“Water Spirit Rabbit language (Beginner. Requires 5 simplification attempts.)”

“Flame Burst Mouse language (Beginner. Requires 5 simplification attempts.)”

“Brightlight Beast language (Beginner. Requires 5 simplification attempts.)”

And so on. Yun Jin counted thirty-five types of spirit beast languages available for learning.

“Senior Brother, how many types of Qi Refining spirit beasts are there in this area?” Yun Jin asked.

“Thirty-five in total,” the disciple answered immediately.

Yun Jin’s eyes lit up.

So, she could learn the language of every spirit beast here?

However.

There are so many types of spirit beasts in the world. If it took five simplification attempts to learn just one language at the beginner level, wouldn’t it be hard to keep up?

Fortunately, when Yun Jin scrolled to the end of the interface, she saw a line of text:

“Learn the languages of ten Qi Refining spirit beasts to unlock Beginner Beast Speech. (Beginner Beast Speech allows 100% communication with Qi Refining spirit beasts. Limited communication with Foundation Establishment beasts. Higher-ranked beasts require advanced Beast Speech.)”

Yun Jin felt relieved.

Spirit beasts in this world are very powerful. If she could gain their help, her strength would significantly increase.

So having a spirit beast companion was a must for Yun Jin.

This made the Beginner Beast Speech extremely important.

Yun Jin glanced at her remaining simplification attempts.

Originally, her simplification attempts were running low.

However.

Because of the multiple back-and-forth during the entrance ceremony, she gained a lot of Emotion Points.

She also earned some more from visiting the Manual Pavilion.

Especially Ye Danxia.

This female lead alone provided her with nearly 2000 Emotion Points.

A true contributor of Emotion Points.

Hmm. How should one treat their top supporter?

She should treat Ye Danxia to a meal in return!

Besides Ye Danxia, all the disciples in the sect were gathered today. Since sect disciples on average have higher cultivation than cultivators in the market, they also provided more Emotion Points.

Combined with a few other major “donors” like Ye Danxia and Zhao Wuji.

This wave of harvest actually surpassed her previous public display at the market.

By the end of the day, she had gained 20,000 Emotion Points and 200 simplification attempts!

Since Beginner Beast Speech required 50 simplification attempts, Yun Jin used them without hesitation.

She randomly picked ten spirit beasts and learned their languages.

After she mastered the tenth beast language.

In an instant.

The world in her ears changed.

Previously, all she could hear was the painful howls of the spirit beasts.

But now, she can understand the specific meaning.

“Wuwuwu… My head hurts so much. Did someone hit me? Was it that rotten Iron-Eating Beast? It must have been!”

“Why does my waist ache too? Did the Iron-Eating Beast secretly step on me?”

“Why is the Iron-Eating Beast acting so well-behaved today? Is it pretending?”

Yun Jin: “……”

She’s curious.

Who exactly is this Iron-Eating Beast?

Why did nine out of ten spirit beasts’ complaints involve them?

Yun Jin quietly observed.

She quickly locked onto the Iron-Eating Beast huddled in a corner.

Iron-Eating Beasts were relatively rare among spirit beasts, there was only one in this entire group.

It was curled up in the corner, looking weak and lifeless.

As it heard the complaints from the others, it angrily patted its little paws.

Hey!

It was affected by the Beast-Luring Powder too, and it’s really miserable, alright?!

Clearly it was some bad guy who hurt them, and yet these dumb beasts were blaming it.

Seeing its pitiful look, Yun Jin couldn’t help but laugh.

The name “Iron-Eating Beast” sounded fierce, but it looked nothing like that. Instead, it was soft and adorably silly.

What startled Yun Jin even more was its appearance that was exactly the same as an animal called a “panda” from one of the worlds she visited during her quick transmigration missions.

In that world, Iron-Eating Beasts were considered national treasures and treated like royalty.

But in this world, Iron-Eating Beasts seemed no different from other spirit beasts.

Noticing Yun Jin’s gaze, the nearby disciple whispered, “Although Iron-Eating Beasts are rare, their combat and defensive powers are average. When people pick spirit beasts, they prioritize combat ability so it’s often left behind. One time, a disciple picked it, but after ten days, returned it. Senior Ling was so angry, he banned that disciple from ever coming near the Spirit Beast Pavilion again. But the Iron-Eating Beast seemed to be affected psychologically. Since then, its temperament changed and became a bit mischievous.”

Chosen, then abandoned?

Yun Jin’s brows furrowed slightly.

Raising a spirit beast is a very serious matter. Once both sides choose each other, they become lifelong companions.

And a companion should never be abandoned.