Chapter 71: You Have No Right to Take the Exam
Two days went by in a flash.
It was the day of the exams.
Today, the Beast Appraisal Association of every city will be hosting a centralized beast appraiser’s certification exam. The advancent exams for certified beast appraisers would also take place on the sa day.
Needless to say, it was a significant day for the beast appraiser’s community.
The sapphire turtle was gone from Lin Jin’s yard. Zu Can ca to take him away yesterday. The venom in the turtle’s body was mostly cleared out, and Zu Can was almost done taking care of things at ho.
After hearing about Lin Jin’s circumstances, Zu Can was furious. He even said that he would bring his sapphire turtle along to the association to cheer Lin Jin on.
Once he was done packing up, Lin Jin got ready to leave.
As he feared the monster, the black anaconda, might co back in search of revenge, Lin Jin had been sleeping next to Xiao Huo while Goldy was forced to move his nest to the head of his bed for the past two nights.
Whenever he left the house, Lin Jin would bring Goldy along.
Hence, he beca quite the center of attention with a fire wolf and a large rooster following behind him on the streets.
The Beast Appraisal Association was packed with people. Tons of people took the exams every year but only a handful would manage to pass. Those who didn’t make it through would be given an opportunity to beco apprentices where they could stay at the association to learn and prepare themselves for the next exam.
Thus, most of the exam participants were apprentices.
When Lin Jin arrived, so people recognized him imdiately.
“Lin Jin is really here!”
“His skin is as thick as the city walls!”
Lin Jin ignored the ridiculing remarks. After claiming his exam token, he waited until it was ti to enter the exam hall.
At that mont, Zhao Ying, Lu Xiaoyun, and Han Dong showed up.
“Master Lin!”
The three apprentices bowed.
“Master Lin can definitely pass the beast appraiser’s certification exam again!” Zhao Ying declared with confidence. Lu Xiaoyun and Han Dong wore the sa determined expressions.
“Why aren’t you guys taking the exam?” Lin Jin asked.
The trio exchanged glances and explained, “It’s disrespectful to take an exam with our teacher. Also, we’re aware of how deep and profound the study of beast appraisals is so we want to improve ourselves even more. If we want to take the exam, we will do it when we are confident. Otherwise, to rely on luck would just be shaming your na.”
Lin Jin nodded.
“It’s starting soon. Master Lin, please go ahead. We will wait outside for you,” said Han Dong.
“Alright then, I’ll go on...” Before Lin Jin could finish, Zhang He stord over with several people in tow.
“Hold up, Lin Jin. I don’t think you can enter because you don’t have the right to take exams,” Zhang He called out cheekily.
Follow beside him was Dong He. Although the two n had once beaten each other up, with Wang Ji and Nan Gongxian to diate and resolve their differences, they were now scheming together to take Lin Jin down.
Lin Jin wanted to take the exams and redeem himself? He could dream on!
Both n despised Lin Jin to the core. So even if there was a ray of hope for Lin Jin, they wanted it extinguished.
Coincidentally, they found an excuse to do so.
The ssenger Wang Ji had dispatched to Everlasting Town found Wei Changying.
Wei Changyong was the local self-taught beast appraiser of Everlasting Town. He had once attempted to use Lin Jin as a stepping stone to fa, only to end up worse than he started out, even losing Goldy in the process.
Yet, Wei Changyong was helpless back then so he could only bla himself for being unlucky.
When Wang Ji’s subordinate was sent to Everlasting Town in hopes of getting so leverage over Lin Jin, he found Wei Changyong. After understanding his story, the two factions decided to work together.
Once Wang Ji confird that Lin Jin indeed had a large rooster, he secretly arranged to have Wei Changyong escorted into Maple City, planning to give Lin Jin a decisive blow during the most crucial mont.
He wanted to make it so that Lin Jin couldn’t even take the exams.
At first, Wang Ji didn’t plan to go this far. He didn’t have that big of a grudge against Lin Jin anyway.
But after the ‘capabilities’ Lin Jin had displayed over the past few days, he beca slightly ‘fearful’. People began to proactively take Lin Jin’s consultation tokens and the plaque gifted by those shipwrights wasn’t without a good reason. It wasn’t a show Lin Jin had hired actors to put on.
What bothered Wang Ji most was the bunch of evaluation reports Lin Jin had produced for the mutant eggs. The Rank 3 beast appraiser, Tan Xun from headquarters, only praised Wang Ji on the night of the City Lord Manor’s banquet because of those evaluation reports.
No one knew how nervous Wang Ji had felt back then.
Because only he knew that his evaluation report was plagiarized from Lin Jin’s.
He was initially hoping for no derits rather than receiving credits, but who knew that it would co to this. While he felt delighted, Wang Ji was also paranoid.
He wasn’t that dumb to not realize that Lin Jin had a unique ability when it ca to appraising beasts.
Had it been before, Wang Ji couldn’t care less. But he had already begun oppressing Lin Jin during that ti and intentionally lowered his scores as much as possible for several consecutive assessnts.
So if Lin Jin suddenly rose from the ashes, how could Wang Ji keep his position as chief?
Thus, even if it was for himself, Wang Ji had to completely flatten Lin Jin. This was the only way he could secure his position as a chief and not let the misjudgnt of a subordinate affect his future.
Zhang He pointed to Wei Changyong and smirked at Lin Jin. “Lin Jin, do you recognize him?”
Wei Changyong took a step forward, wearing a malicious grin.
Lin Jin took a glance at him and shook his head.
“I don’t recognize him.”
It wasn’t because Lin Jin had a bad mory. Rather, when he was at Everlasting Town, he only had one look at the guy while most tis, his head was kept low as he wrote the reports. He didn’t have ti to focus on the people around him.
Even that look had been a brief glance so how could he possibly rember that face?
Wei Changyong flared up in anger. “You don’t rember ? Hmph! But I sure as hell rember you. It was you who stole my rare pet beast at Everlasting Town. That rooster right beside you.”
Shifting their gazes to the direction Wei Changyong was pointing to, the crowd found a mighty rooster next to Lin Jin.
“I knew you wouldn’t admit it, but I have witnesses. These people beside are all folks from Everlasting Town. They can verify the truth for .” Wei Changyong clearly ca prepared.
The people around him nodded and echoed that Wei Changyong’s words were the truth.
With this, Lin Jin beca the center of attention.
To cheat a person of their rare beast was definitely taboo for a beast appraiser. Not only did it reflect bad character, but it was also against the law. A person like this certainly shouldn’t have the right to take the exams.
Zhao Ying’s expression darkened at this. She was there when it happened and the rooster beside Lin Jin indeed belonged to Wei Changyong.
However, Lin Jin hadn’t cheated the rooster off him. Instead, the creature followed Lin Jin ho on its own accord.
She was about to speak up when she saw Lin Jin shaking his head at her.
Zhao Ying quickly gulped down her words.
Lin Jin smiled and started, “There were just too many people at Everlasting Town that day so it’s true that I don’t rember you. But from what you said just now, I rember now. Back then, there was a person who had appraise a regular rooster, saying how dangerous that rooster was, and that it was a bloodthirsty and violent beast. Was that person you?”
“That’s right. I’m the one!” Wei Changyong nodded. “So you’ve finally admitted it.”
Lin Jin shook his head. “Admit what?”
“That you conned of my chicken!” Wei Changyong exclaid.
Lin Jin smiled again. “I was appraising beasts in public, in front of everyone. Pray tell, how did I con you of your chicken?”
“It’s obvious that you tad it secretly and then took him away when no one was looking!” Wei Changyong had his excuse ready and this was the answer he formulated with Wang Ji.
Lin Jin nodded. “There are three ways for a beast appraiser to ta a pet beast. The thods are using a paper amulet, performing spirit seals, and letting the beast consu a beast-taming pill. All three thods will leave traces, and since everyone here is an expert, you can examine it now. In case you’re still convinced that I am a liar if I said that I didn’t ta your chicken.”
Having said that, Lin Jin turned to Goldy and said, “Go and let them take a look.”
At Rank 3, Goldy had high enough intelligence to understand what Lin Jin was saying. Despite showing obvious reluctance, he trotted over.
Wei Changyong was traumatized by this chicken, so when Goldy got close, he quickly backed away out of fear.
‘Trash!’ Zhang He cursed inwardly before hurrying forward to conduct the examination. Lu Xiaoyun suddenly called out as well, “I’m joining in the examination in case they have any cards up their sleeves.”
“I’m joining too!” Another apprentice stepped forward.
That made it impossible to use underhanded thods or make baseless claims.
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