Chapter 74: One Step Away from the Third Rank

  The Cao family of Qingniu Town, young master Cao Zhi, several young masters of the Cao family, fourth miss Cao Hongjuan, and the internal and external managers were all present.

  "Lin Heng has entered the Manghu Mountain to cultivate? Hmm, does he think that by cultivating for two months, he can leap from the early stage of Second Grade to the later stage?" Cao Zhi felt astonished and immediately shook his head. What a ridiculous dream! He himself had been cultivating for nearly twenty years, consuming countless precious elixirs, and was only at the middle stage of First Grade now. How could it be possible for someone in the more difficult early stage of Second Grade to enter the later stage?

  Manager Cai sneered: "Want to hold Buddha's feet in a hurry! ... This little beast has some potential, but his brain is not good. In the past few years, why did he fail five times to verify, I guess it was because of brain problems. Until he had a stroke of luck and temporarily recovered during the medicine washing, now this illness has relapsed again! Otherwise, he wouldn't be stupid enough to agree to a life-and-death battle with three second-grade masters; nor would he be foolish enough to think that two months of bitter practice could defeat three second-grade masters!"

  His words may seem harsh, but everyone secretly agrees with his views.

  Lin Heng's decision was really unbelievable, practicing for two months and being able to defeat three latecomers? Impossible, absolutely impossible! Lin Heng wasted this time, wasn't he an idiot?

  "Haha, in just half a month, this little beast will become the shortest-lived genius in Qingniu Town's history and set another record!" Cai Lai said with great satisfaction.

  Cao Hongjuan's mind was also floating, from her contact with Lin Heng, the performance he showed was indeed difficult to match with the image of a genius in the rumors. Did Father really misjudge him?

  She turned her head and asked Bailian beside her: "Bailian, what's your opinion?"

  Bai Tianyi is more calm and steady in handling affairs, with a broad vision. His views have great reference value.

  Cao Hongjuan asked, and immediately shifted everyone's attention to Bai Tian, who remained silent.

  For Lin Heng, Bai Tian Suo had been looking forward to meeting him. But he admired the prefect's vision very much, and secondly, the information he collected from the side also made him think that Lin Heng was not an ordinary person. Seeing that everyone in the arena was confident of winning, they didn't think highly of Lin Heng.

  He didn't want to express his opinion, lest he offend the young masters and misses. But unexpectedly, the fourth miss actually asked him a question, and all the young masters also turned to look at him, making it impossible for him not to answer. He hesitated for a moment, then slowly said: "Ordinary people may need a long time to go from the early stages of the second rank to the later stages, perhaps two months is too short a time to achieve this. But you mustn't forget, Lin Heng is an exception. You can't evaluate his strength with normal thinking, just look at the series of miracles he achieved in Ya Xian."

  Everyone was stunned, and they did not expect that under such circumstances, Bai Tian would actually take a liking to Lin Kuang.

  "Now Lin Yan is under tremendous pressure, forcing him to advance. A genius under heavy pressure, the potential that bursts out is always unpredictable. I'm optimistic that two months later, Lin Yan can enter the late stage, but whether he can defeat the combined forces of the three Heavenly Guards is another matter..."

  The room fell silent, and Bai Tian's words brought out a result that they had never dared to think of.

  "Lin Huan might enter the later stages? In just two months?" The crowd's minds seemed to have a loud explosion, and it took a long time to subside.

  In an instant, Cai came back to his senses and coldly snorted: "Impossible! No one in this world can advance so quickly, reaching the late stage in just two months? Even if he's a genius, it's still...".

  But as he went on, his confidence began to waver, and his tone became increasingly hollow.

  "A string of miracles has shown that he possesses the ability to create miracles. He can create a pile of unbelievable miracles in front of him, and doesn't mind creating another one..."

  Deep in the dense forest, it's pitch black and you can't see your fingers when you stretch out your hand. Looking from the side of the tree towards the inside, everything within sight is hundreds of meters high and tens of meters thick ancient trees that pierce the sky, occasionally a thin ray of light shines through the gaps in the leaves at the top, adding to the desolation of the forest.

  As soon as Lin stepped in, he smelled a strong stench, seemingly the accumulated feces of animals over the years. In the darkness, it took a while for Lin's eyes to get used to the dim light inside, barely able to see things.

  "Monkeys!" Lin Heng's face lit up with joy, and not far away, the treetops swayed, a group of monkeys chasing each other on the tall and thick ancient trees, occasionally letting out "squeaky" cries.

  These apes are enormous in size, with thick fur, looking majestic and powerful. They fly back and forth on the high tree trunks, yet extremely agile. As they go deeper inside, there are more and more apes, and Lin even sees a giant ape over ten meters tall.

  Hei Jia Bai is indeed familiar with this place, and this ancient forest belt is indeed the gathering place of ape-like demons. I just don't know if I can burst into a good product and find mature Longdan fruit.

  At this time, the apes also discovered Lin Fang, an uninvited guest. After a long roar, hundreds of apes rushed from the top and ground, "ah" like a tidal wave, constantly howling.

  Lin's hair stood on end, and he was just about to turn around and run away.

  Hei jia bai let out a long, mournful howl, "Aooo!" The awe-inspiring howl shook the forest, causing leaves to fall like snowflakes.

  The strange beast seemed to be afraid of Hei Jia and Bai, and immediately stopped in its tracks, sizing them up from a distance.

  Hei Jia Bai Li's teeth chattered again, and a mournful howl echoed through the forest. Some of the smaller beasts were frightened and turned to flee in all directions. The bolder ones gradually returned to their own affairs at the edge of the clearing, no longer paying attention to Lin Huan and the young leopard.

  Lin Heng felt grateful in his heart. If it weren't for Hei Jia Bai's help, let alone finding the "Long Dan Guo", he would have been torn to pieces and become food in the stomachs of hundreds of apes by now.

  These apes are enormous in size, the largest one is like a four or five-story building. Even if the opponent doesn't resist, just relying on his strength to wield a heavy axe and chop, it's estimated that chopping for an hour won't kill him! He swept through several times, the highest level in the ape group was a red-haired giant ape, which should be third-grade, with four or five second-grade ones, and the rest were first-grade, as well as those without grade.

  Since the apes didn't care about him, he naturally went in with an air of confidence to look for what he wanted.

  Hei Jia and Bai Jian searched the dense forest back and forth, from east to west, covering nearly 100 square kilometers. After searching almost half of the dense forest, they still couldn't find any sign of "Long Dan Guo".

  One man and one leopard found a clearing, Lin Huan didn't eat dry rations, but instead went into the mountain forest to hunt and kill a wild boar with his bare hands, set up a bonfire and roasted it.

  Although "Longdan fruit" has not been found for the time being, Hei and Bai have worked hard and deserve some comfort.

  Hei and Bai had enjoyed the roasted elephant meat before, and they never forgot that wonderful taste. Seeing Lin Huan setting up the fire again, they knew what he meant, and excitedly jumped around him in circles, almost wanting to lend a hand.

  Nothing else, just for this meal, I couldn't bear to leave Lin Huan.

  After eating his fill, Hei Bai lay down on the ground with his paws covering his bulging belly, feeling extremely satisfied: "It's really too delicious! Lin Feng is truly amazing, able to make wild boar meat so tasty."

  Lin Heng thought for a moment, this method of searching for a needle in a vast ocean was almost negligible.

  Hei Jia Bai is the landlord here, why don't you tell it about "Long Dan Guo" and see if it knows or not?

  "Hei Jia Bai, the purpose of my trip this time is to find a kind of fruit called 'Long Dan Guo'. It's said that it can be found in these ancient mountains. Have you seen it?" Lin Yang said while making gestures, describing the shape and color of Long Dan Guo in detail to the young leopard.

  Hei Jia Bai furrowed his brow and listened for a while, then suddenly lit up with a bright expression, let out a few loud "whoops", puffed himself up, and gestured to Lin Heng to take the seat of honor.

  Lin Hengxi's expression changed, proving that Hei Jia Bai really knew where the "Long Dan Guo" was.

  The wind whistled and the black and white horses galloped smoothly through the dense forest. When they came to a stop, before their eyes lay an open glade.

  "Squeak!" "Howl!" Several apes were climbing in a nearby small forest.

  Lin Heng looked at the small forest of tree branches with those bright red fruits, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Dragon's Gall Fruit! And they're ripe Dragon's Gall Fruits!!!"

  He couldn't help but kiss the black and white cat on his lap, tears streaming down his face, finally found it!

  He rushed over quickly, and several apes saw a stranger invading, and immediately roared and charged over.

  Hei jia bai yi sheng xiao jiao, xia de tamen zhuan shen fei tao.

  Translation: The black and white ones let out a shrill cry, scaring them into turning around and fleeing in mid-air.

  Lin Heng's eyes scanned the tree, and in an instant, he saw that among the branches and leaves, there were countless fruit, as big as a palm, hanging like flowers, with bright red color. Lin Heng picked one up to examine it carefully, and sensed the medicinal properties flowing within the Longdan fruit, finally confirming that this was indeed the elusive Longdan fruit he had been searching for.

  This small forest is nearly two acres wide. It's the time when the dragon eye fruit is ripe, and they hang down from the branches, very lovely.

  Roughly estimated, there were at least 100,000 Longdan fruits. The only use of the Longdan fruit was to refine the Four-product Crown Scale Dan, and it had limited other functions, so Lin Hang didn't covet them. He picked two mature ones with the best pulp and put them in a special box on his back.

  The afternoon sunlight, accompanied by the faint scent of fruit, fell on the wild land in the valley. Lin stroked the "Dragon's Gall" behind him, feeling a deep sense of relief: after more than 20 days, he finally completed his first task!

  Next, as long as he finds "Shi Zhuo Bing Quan", he can refine the inner elixir of the Crowned Snake Demon and advance to fourth rank.

  A gentle breeze blew by, and he felt that his future was like a fruit orchard in front of him, wafting a refreshing fragrance.

  Three Treasures Realm, I'm here!!!!!