Reincarnated as A Bamboo - Chapter 28
Chapter 28: Enlightenment
Lin Ming decided to start taming the lynx, which looked like a big, beautiful cat.
However, he was surprised that such an animal, which was typically seen on high mountains and in high regions, would appear in the valley.
Or had it descended from the towering peaks?
Lin Ming looked at both sides of the valley, where there were tall, majestic mountain peaks with layers of snow, clouds, and mist.
Although he did not know how the little guy had arrived in the valley, looking at the two strands of hair it had on its pointed ears that resembled two small antennas, Lin Ming grew fonder of it the more he looked.
It was the size of a tiger and covered with thick, black-spotted fur. Its teeth were as sharp as small daggers. If there was no lineage given on the personalized dashboard, Lin Ming would wonder what type of tiger or leopard it was.
Now, he had also thought of the first step in taming this guy. However, before that, he needed to first check the little guy’s personalized dashboard.
[Lineage: Mutated Lynx]
[Stage: Unranked Grade-3]
[Ability: Vicious Throat-Breaking Force Level-4. An extremely explosive and powerful head-on charge that can kill opponents by ripping out their throats. Effective against creatures that are several times larger.]
[Special Ability: Solo Combat Level-3. In solo combat, the damage is increased by 30%]
The dashboard was pretty good.
Lin Ming was very satisfied with the abilities and special abilities of the lynx.
He very much valued damage. The lynx’s abilities leaned toward heavy damage, which made Lin Ming very pleased.
If this guy developed smoothly in the future, it could become his own right-hand man. However, haste makes waste.
The bamboo branch cage was removed and upon its taste of freedom, the lynx’s first instinct was to desperately rush out!
Little did it know that this range of three hundred meters was all within Lin Ming’s Control Range.
Although it was considerably swift, it was caught by Lin Ming’s roots without a hitch before it could even run a hundred meters away.
“Sure enough, the first choice after being released was to run…”
The rebelliousness of wild beasts was almost innate.
Looking at the lynx, which possessed an adult-size body, that held even more true.
A simple domestication method would probably not be effective.
Then…
He looked at the two jackals who had been gnawing at the bamboo cage with their teeth and had been endlessly roaring. He knew now that it was their time to come onstage.
They appeared constantly restless, and they were evidently irritated at being trapped by Lin Ming.
The bamboo cage was opened, and the two jackals instantly rushed out. After two days of imprisonment without a drop of water, they were already ravenous.
They could not ignore Lin Ming, a mutated plant that possessed immense spiritual aura and strength that shook the entire valley.
It was rooted in their genes to naturally fear ‘powerful’ beings.
To seek advantages and avoid potential issues — those were primal instincts that influenced them to be biased toward escape.
However, even though they had witnessed the recapture of the lynx, they still chose to escape.
In the end, they were of course once again caught like the lynx.
After that, Lin Ming released one of the jackals again but placed dozens of dragon-like bamboo branches around it.
The jackal howled. Its dark brown eyes were unflinching, and its limbs were spread out. Its tail drooped behind it while its whole body trembled.
It let out a low growl and displayed a pair of sharp fangs.
Even at this moment, the jackal was not afraid. Lin Ming, who was the opponent, knew that it was an impossible fight.
Lin Ming tied the other jackal together with the lynx with his bamboo branches, then moved them closer to the vicinity of this jackal. The other animals trapped in the bamboo cages looked over curiously.
A slender bamboo branch stretched out in front of the roaring jackal. It suddenly turned into a green shadow of a whip and sliced at the jackal’s body!
“Howl…”
After the jackal let out a terrible cry, a whip wound appeared on its back, cutting deep enough that bone was exposed. Blood spurted out violently. It was shocking!
“Will you submit or die?”
Lin Ming placed its bamboo branch on the jackal’s body while another branch grabbed a big rock.
The shadow of a whip flashed past, and the rock was quickly demolished into smithereens!
Lin Ming’s message was obvious.
If he could crush the rock into pieces, he was showing mercy when he whipped the jackal earlier.
It was easy to just kill it if it did not want to surrender.
The jackal bore with the severe pain and whimpered. It no longer had its earlier arrogance. It lowered its head as its whole body trembled.
Lin Ming’s bamboo branches gently stroked its back, while it no longer resisted. Instead, it allowed Lin Ming to do as he wished with it.
“Very well…”
This jackal had already surrendered to him.
He raised his eyes to look at the other jackal, the lynx, and the other animals. This time, they were completely silent.
Lin Ming thought that his trick was pretty good.
The so-called killing of the chicken to scare the monkey. It was nothing more than that. (TN: To kill the chicken to scare the monkey is an old Chinese idiom that refers to making an example out of someone to threaten others.)
It was rather effective.
Now that the stick had been given, he would arrange for the carrot to be provided.
For the jackal to completely follow him, his Spiritual Fluid which it so greatly coveted must be given.
Lin Ming stretched out its bamboo branch that contained the Spiritual Fluid. The translucent light green Spiritual Fluid was mouth-watering.
Right then, all the animals stared at Lin Ming’s branch. Each of them had an unrestrained desire in their eyes.
The jackal smelled the sweet scent and ignored the injuries on its body. It crawled to the branch that contained the Spiritual Fluid. It opened its mouth then took a bite!
Snap!!
The bamboo branch beside it sharply lashed out at the jackal, flinging it more than ten meters into the distance. It hit a small tree and caused the tree to break!
The jackal whimpered as it vomited blood. It was twitching all over and its eyes were filled with confusion and puzzlement.
Lin Ming’s branches stroked him again, then grabbed him. “If I haven’t given permission, you cannot drink it.”
The jackal’s eyes suddenly widened then gradually drooped. Its last trace of stubbornness diminished.
Even with simple spiritual intelligence, this wild animal did not think too critically.
Lin Ming was aware that such mechanical logical thinking would quickly make it clear to them who would get the final say.
The bamboo branch was still dripping with Spiritual Fluid, though this time the jackal no longer dared to lick it again. He did not even dare to look at it.
Lin Ming was very satisfied. This set a good precedent.
As he glanced at the other animals, they had also lost the previous expressions they had when they looked at the Spiritual Fluid.
Very well.
It seemed that these guys finally understood.
This time, the bamboo branch extended to the jackal’s mouth and signaled it to drink. It raised its eyes to look at Lin Ming. Under the comfort of Lin Ming’s bamboo branches, it finally parted its mouth to drink.
Soon, the wounds on its body quickly scabbed and recovered to their original state, just like magic.
The bamboo branches set down the lynx and the other jackal. They conscientiously crouched on the ground and did not attempt to run. Neither did they rush to the bamboo branches to drink the Spiritual Fluid.
With the initial stages of spiritual intelligence, they had learned what to do and what not to do under Lin Ming’s effective method of killing the chicken to scare the monkey.
Lin Ming also let go of the bamboo branches that held the three little monkeys, little bear cub, along with the hyena, red-crowned crane, and egrets.
This group had successfully been tamed, and they now thoroughly understood his rules.
Lin Ming felt a sense of accomplishment, which was extremely refreshing.
[Ding. You have successfully tamed mutated jackals, mutated lynxes, mutated macaques, mutated bear cubs, mutated hyenas, mutated egrets, mutated red-crowned cranes. You have successfully obtained 1,000 Evolution Points!]
[Ding. You can choose to upgrade abilities.]
