Last night, I tasted Dongyang’s special food.
It indeed had a unique flavor, but Lin Chuan still preferred the food of the Star Rock Federation.
After enjoying a hearty breakfast in the standard Star Rock Federation style, Lin Chuan boarded the luxurious sedan from last night.
With the butler Tagawa Shogo driving and the chief maid Yuki Yurika attending, he set off for the Lightbringer Society’s headquarters.
The luxurious sedan drove away from the bustling urban area of Kyoto City and entered a vast, boundless suburban area.
A straight and wide road gradually stretched forward.
Finally, the luxurious sedan entered a mountain tunnel.
The view first darkened, then suddenly brightened.
A huge Dongyang-style building stood before him, with the Lightbringer Society’s plaque hanging at the top of the building’s front.
After getting out of the car, Lin Chuan slightly narrowed his eyes, observing his surroundings.
Earlier, the sedan seemed to have entered a mountain tunnel, and this huge Dongyang-style building, the Lightbringer Society’s headquarters, appeared to be located within a mountain cave.
However, this was not the case; what he saw was not the truth. The mountain tunnel entrance was merely a teleportation passage.
This was a small secret realm, similar to the secret realm trials for the college entrance examination.
Lin Chuan looked back at the luxurious sedan that Tagawa Shogo was driving away.
The sedan must have been equipped with some special device to pass through the teleportation passage and enter this small secret realm. Otherwise, ordinary people, even if they drove into the tunnel, would not be able to enter this secret realm.
The Beastmaster Association of the Star Rock Federation, in terms of architectural scale, was as magnificent as can be. Crucially, they were almost always built in the most conspicuous locations in each city, either in the city center or on high hills, with the purpose of being visible to all citizens.
However, these Beast Master logistics organizations of the Dongyang Alliance, how should I put it?
They gave off a feeling of being secretive, not wanting to be known.
At the entrance of the Lightbringer Society, two security personnel, who appeared to be Beast Masters, stood guard.
Their demeanor was very serious and stern, their watchful gazes constantly scanning the surroundings.
Upon noticing Lin Chuan, a stranger, the two security personnel’s gazes immediately focused on him.
However, they did not come forward to question him but waited there.
Yuki Yurika asked Lin Chuan to wait for a moment.
Then, she quickly went over and communicated with the two security personnel at the entrance. After showing some documents, the two security personnel no longer paid close attention to Lin Chuan. Well, it should be said that they occasionally looked at him with curiosity but no longer stared sternly as they had before, ready to attack at any moment.
Yuki Yurika quickly returned, first bowing slightly to Lin Chuan before speaking:
“Lin Chuan-sama, it’s ready. Please follow me inside.”
With that, Yuki Yurika led the way.
Lin Chuan quietly followed behind.
As he passed the two security personnel, Lin Chuan subtly glanced at them with his peripheral vision, combined with an unintentional, fleeting sweep of his spiritual power.
There is an unwritten rule among Beast Masters not to arbitrarily probe others.
Therefore, unless it is an antagonistic relationship or a competition opponent, such a fleeting spiritual power observation is considered the permissible limit.
After all, no matter how secretive, one cannot completely block others’ eyes and prevent them from looking, right?
Such observation can only roughly determine the opponent’s specific tier. If the opponent has any disguise skills, such as Transformation, it is basically impossible to see through.
However, these two security personnel did not possess any Transformation skills.
With that glance, Lin Chuan perceived their situation quite thoroughly, and he grew even more puzzled.
In the Star Rock Federation, to be a security guard at the Beastmaster Association, a Beast Master’s level must be at least Tier 1. Yet, these two security personnel were not even Tier 1.
Lin Chuan instinctively sensed that they had not condensed their Spirit Cores.
Moreover, the energy within their bodies was extremely mixed and chaotic.
How should I describe this situation?
It was as if they had contracted a dozen Spirit Beasts of completely different attributes without any restraint, and the feedback energy was not transformed or sorted, just accumulated in their bodies in a disorganized manner.
In this state, let alone breaking through to Tier 1 and condensing a Spirit Core, they would probably be stuck at Level 9 and never be able to break through to Tier 1.
Beast Masters have two paths.
One path is to only contract Spirit Beasts of a single attribute, constantly purifying and accumulating extraordinary factors to quickly enhance their Beast Master level and Beast Mastering talent.
The other path focuses on cultivating and developing skills.
This path involves contracting a large number of Spirit Beasts with completely different attributes.
However, even on this path, Beast Masters do not contract a large number of Spirit Beasts with different attributes from the very beginning.
At least not before reaching Tier 1 and condensing a Spirit Core.
Only after condensing a Spirit Core and establishing their own attribute will they further contract Spirit Beasts of other attributes, using the Spirit Core to convert the feedback energy from various other attributes into unaligned energy factors, which they then slowly absorb and improve. This is absolutely not the chaotic accumulation seen in these two security personnel.
Putting aside his doubts for now, Lin Chuan continued to follow Yuki Yurika into the Lightbringer Society’s interior.
There were quite a few Beast Masters present here, perhaps several hundred at a glance.
However, this number was still very small. Let alone comparing it to the capital cities of the Star Rock Federation, even the Beastmaster Association in Qinghe City, at any given time, even late at night or early morning, would have more Beast Masters just strolling around or being drunkards than this number.
More importantly!
Every single one of them was like the security guard at the entrance just now; not a single Beast Master among them had a level exceeding Tier 1, and the energy within their bodies was incredibly mixed.
Are Dongyang Beast Masters really this weak?
Lin Chuan’s doubts deepened.
“Lin Chuan-sama, do you have any plans or intentions?”
“Would you like to accept a mission, or first browse the situation of the Lightbringer Society, or perhaps exchange pointers with the Beast Master adults of Dongyang?”
“Katori-sama has already granted permission. As long as it’s not a restricted or secret area, you are free to browse.”
Yuki Yurika said.
Lin Chuan pondered for a moment, then said:
“Jiecheng-xiaojie, I want to understand more about the Lightbringer Society and the Beast Master community of the Dongyang Alliance.”
“I’m not sure which areas are restricted or secret.”
“So, for today’s itinerary, I’ll leave it to you, Jiecheng-xiaojie, to arrange for me. If there’s anything I’m particularly interested in understanding, I’ll ask you directly.”
Hearing this, Yuki Yurika’s eyes flickered slightly, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
With Lin Chuan making such a decision, her work would become much easier.
Indeed, the young prodigies from the Three Great Nations were different; their quality was simply higher, unlike the Dongyang Beast Master adults who only made things difficult for ordinary people like them.
“Understood, Lin Chuan-sama.”
Yuki Yurika bowed slightly, then hurried to the reception desk in the hall to communicate with another staff member there.
A moment later, Yuki Yurika quickly returned and suggested to Lin Chuan:
“Right now, someone is undergoing the talent awakening to become a Beast Master. Lin Chuan-sama, would you like to observe?”
Talent awakening? Is that the Awakening Ceremony?
Aren’t the Dongyang Alliance’s Awakening Ceremonies unified nationwide each year like in the Star Rock Federation?
Lin Chuan thought to himself, while also nodding slightly.
“Hmm, yes, you can arrange it.”
Yuki Yurika led the way, and Lin Chuan silently followed.
Soon, they arrived at a glass partition resembling the outside of an intensive care unit, where a one-way transparent glass separated the two sides.
Lin Chuan looked through the one-way transparent glass into the adjacent room.
The adjacent room was the so-called Awakening Chamber. At this moment, a total of ten people were sitting cross-legged, preparing to receive the awakening baptism.
Lin Chuan frowned slightly.
Because these ten people varied in age.
There were children who looked very young, estimated to be around ten years old.
There were also youths who looked very mature and seasoned, appearing to be twenty-five years old.
In short, the age range was roughly between 10 and 30.
Shouldn’t talent awakening happen at 16 years old?
Immediately after, Lin Chuan saw a faint light illuminate the floor of the adjacent awakening room, and a transparent ritual array emerged.
Is this the array for the Awakening Ceremony?
Lin Chuan stared curiously. When he had awakened, he had entered a purely spiritual world through a spiritual guidance card to undergo the awakening, so he had never actually seen the true ritual array for the Awakening Ceremony.
In the Awakening Chamber, as the transparent ritual array emerged, the next moment, all 10 people in the Awakening Chamber seemed to be subjected to terrifying pressure, and cold sweat broke out all over their bodies.
The youngest among them, the child who looked about ten years old, shrieked and instantly fainted.
Like dominoes, as this child shrieked and fainted, the others also shrieked and fainted one after another. Finally, only the young man who looked about 25 years old remained, trembling all over, clenching his teeth until they bled.
Time passed bit by bit. Ten minutes later, the ritual array disappeared.
A mechanical female voice spoke in Dongyang language:
“This Awakening Ceremony: 1 person succeeded, 9 people failed.”
“Congratulations, Mr. Chai Tianqi, on successfully awakening and becoming a glorious and great Beast Master. We wish you well on your path to the extraordinary.”
“Respected Beast Master, Mr. Chai Tianqi, you only need to register with the Lightbringer Society, and you can receive a free initial pet.”
In the Awakening Chamber, the young man named Chai Tianqi, around 25 years old, still had bloodstains on the corner of his mouth, but he threw his head back and laughed wildly, appearing deranged.
Lin Chuan: …
Awakening Beast Mastering talent can fail?
In the Star Rock Federation, there were indeed cases of failure.
However, those were extremely, extremely rare circumstances, and they were generally due to excessive excitement, leading to a failure to adjust one’s spirit, energy, and vitality, resulting in poor mental state and an inability to enter that pure spiritual world for the Awakening Ceremony via the spiritual guidance card.
Otherwise, as long as one’s mental state was good and they could smoothly enter the Awakening Ceremony, it was a 100% success rate for awakening. To this day, there has been no instance of failure, at least Lin Chuan had never heard of any cases of failing to awaken after entering the Awakening Ceremony.
At this moment, Lin Chuan felt that his worldview, established in the Star Rock Federation, was somewhat cracking.
In the Awakening Chamber, the other 9 people, after regaining consciousness from their faint, were all weeping bitterly, especially casting resentful glances at the child who had fainted first. Many of these people thought that if it hadn’t been for the child’s shriek, perhaps they too could have persevered to the end and successfully awakened their Beast Mastering talent.
Chai Tianqi ignored the reactions of the other 9 people. He was extremely excited, running out of the Awakening Chamber like a madman, rushing towards the Lightbringer Society’s Beast Master registration counter.
Yuki Yurika nodded slightly to Lin Chuan, signaling him to follow her.
Lin Chuan remained silent, following quietly, still trying to process his nearly shattered worldview.
The Lightbringer Society’s Beast Master registration counter was in a small room.
Yuki Yurika led Lin Chuan to the monitoring room to view the situation in that small room through the monitors.
Chai Tianqi quickly completed his registration.
“Respected Beast Master, Mr. Chai Tianqi, currently the Lightbringer Society offers three types of free initial Spirit Pets: Fang Hound, Puffy Frog, and Little Sparrow. Which one would you like to choose?”
“Alternatively, you can sign a 10-year responsibility contract with the Lightbringer Society, and the Lightbringer Society will provide you with a Spirit Pet of Tier 1 or higher. You can freely choose from the Spirit Beast warehouse.”
The staff member said with utmost respect.
Chai Tianqi clicked his tongue, still with blood on his lips, and spat:
“I already know your rules. The free initial Spirit Beasts are all useless trash.”
“Ten years, ten years, isn’t it just ten years? Bring the contract, I’ll sign it.”
The staff member seemed to have anticipated this situation. She immediately produced a thick contract, which Chai Tianqi quickly signed without even looking at it.
Subsequently, another staff member entered the room and respectfully led Chai Tianqi to the so-called Spirit Beast warehouse to make his selection.
The surveillance camera followed Chai Tianqi.
He arrived in a large room filled with glass display cases. Each case held something resembling a contract orb, but larger and entirely black.
Chai Tianqi became completely excited upon entering this room.
He looked left and right, picked and chose, scratching his ears and cheeks from time to time, and gnashing his teeth occasionally.
Finally, he chose one of the glass display cases.
On top of the glass display case were pictures and descriptions of the relevant Spirit Beast.
The picture showed a black python with a red tail burning with flames.
— — — —
Red-tailed Python
Bloodline Quality: General Tier Lower Level
Attributes: Fire, Poison
Level: Tier 1 Level 3
Skills: Poison Fang, Charge, Giant Python Constriction, Acidic Gastric Fluid, Little Fireball.
— — — —
Having obtained the Red-tailed Python, he went to the contract room next to the warehouse.
Chai Tianqi impatiently crushed the contract orb and threw it onto the ground in front of him.
It was not just a contract orb, but also a Seal Ball . As the contract orb shattered, a black python with a red tail burning with faint fire, 3 meters long, and with fierce, violent eyes appeared. Along with its appearance, a black ritual array also emerged.
The ritual array quickly split into two parts; the smaller one fell onto Chai Tianqi, while the larger ritual array transformed into black chains that merged into the Red-tailed Python’s body, as if entering its soul.
About 2 minutes later, the Red-tailed Python suddenly collapsed. Its fierce gaze turned dull and confused.
Lin Chuan silently watched the surveillance footage.
Spirit Beast?
Lin Chuan wanted to laugh, but it was a helpless, pitiful laugh.
That was clearly a Demonic Beast!
How could a Spirit Beast start at Tier 1 Level 3?
Unless it was an infant of an Emperor Rank bloodline.
Wild Demonic Beasts, under the same level conditions, would be severely beaten by battle-pet-oriented Spirit Beasts.
At least one battle-pet-oriented Spirit Beast could easily defeat five Demonic Beasts of the same level. After all, battle-pet Spirit Beasts are contracted by human Beast Masters at the most suitable time for cultivation and Growth, then various resources are invested and specialized training is carried out according to the Spirit Beast’s racial talent. How could wild-grown Demonic Beasts compare?
Unless they were Mythic Rank Demonic Beasts favored by heaven and earth, if they couldn’t surpass these ordinary Demonic Beasts, what would be the point of human Beast Mastering civilization?
Moreover, the Red-tailed Python showed no signs of the inherent affinity for humans that comes from thousands of years of human domestication and continuous improvement. Instead, it was filled with hostility towards humans.
When it first emerged from the seal orb, its gaze clearly indicated it wanted to devour Chai Tianqi alive.
Spirit Beast contract?
That was forced obliteration of intelligence, retaining only the most basic wisdom—enslavement!!
His worldview, which had only just cracked, was now completely shattered.
Lin Chuan suddenly felt that the Star Rock Federation, and perhaps the other two great nations, were completely different worlds from other human countries and forces.
“Lin Chuan-sama, this newly advanced Dongyang Beast Master, Mr. Chai Tianqi, will likely soon be looking for his first opponent as a Beast Master.”
“Would you mind having a friendly spar with him?”
Yuki Yurika asked Lin Chuan, seemingly hoping that Lin Chuan would make a move.
Lin Chuan let out a deep breath, closed his eyes, and then opened them again. His chaotic thoughts, caused by his shattered worldview, had somewhat improved.
“No, I have absolutely no interest in such an opponent.”
Someone like Chai Tianqi, if thrown into the secret realm trial for the college entrance examination, any examinee could utterly defeat him, even those who are eliminated immediately upon entering.
For the current Lin Chuan, even the weakest Wan Wan on his team, with a single Expert Grade Fairy Art - Small Fireball, would be enough to burn Chai Tianqi and that Demonic Beast Red-tailed Python to ashes.
Guoguo?
Guoguo is already Level 13, okay? With a General Tier Upper Level bloodline, plus its increasing proficiency in various skills, let alone using Bomb Fruit, even a single vine could hang both the person and the Demonic Beast to death.