Chapter 164: Ancient Beast Master
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Upon hearing Bai Qi’s words, Wang Huai and his companions were stunned and immediately glanced behind them.
In the originally empty sky, a giant eagle had silently appeared. Standing atop the eagle was none other than Luo Xiang, who had been taking action independently.
With a light laugh, Luo Xiang landed on the ground and said, “Lad, when did you notice me?”
Bai Qi shrugged, replying, “Actually, it was just a guess. After all, the difference between the guardian of this third stage and the previous two is just too big.”
“If I had to give a reason…”
Bai Qi paused, gesturing towards the runes on the walls surrounding the training field that, unnoticed until now, seemed to have dimmed. He continued, “We haven’t passed yet, but this training field has gone quiet. Doesn’t it seem too convenient?”
Upon hearing this, Luo Xiang laughed and said, “Not bad, but this saber- toothed tiger didn’t escape because of something I did. I just stopped the automatic mechanism of the training field, so it must have gotten away.” “Stopped the training field?”
At that, Wang Huai looked visibly puzzled and asked, “Master Luo, does this mean you’ve deciphered the secrets of this realm?”
“It’s not really deciphering the secrets of the realm, I’ve just cracked the entrance to the next area.”
Luo Xiang shookhis head, explaining, “It looks like the guardian of this secret realm is no longer around, so all the controls for these training fields are at the entrance. I just turned them off, it’s just a coincidence this saber-toothed tiger appeared.”
“These?”
Upon hearing this, Bai Qi raised an eyebrow, as if realizing something.
He had wondered why such a large secret realm only had one training field. It was simply too shabby. Now that he heard Luo Xiang’s words, it seemed there were indeed more.
“Actually, you guys are rather lucky. The slave contract of this saber-toothed tiger is still in effect, and its condition isn’t too good. The other places weren’t as fortunate.”
Upon hearing Luo Xiang’s words, Wang Huai’s expression subtly changed.
As the captain of the assault team, he naturally knew about the arrangements of the Thirteenth Bureau. From the sound of Luo Xiang’s words, it seemed the others had likely met with mishaps.
Seeing Wang Huai’s expression, Luo Xiang laughed, reassuring him, “Don’t worry, I activated the protection mechanism, so none of them suffered fatal injuries. However, their mechanical beasts are probably in trouble.”
“Thank you.”
Upon hearing this, Wang Huai sincerely thanked Luo Xiang. They were all part of the Thirteenth Bureau, his comrades. It was great news if his comrades could keep their lives.
After understanding their current situation, Bai Qi finally couldn’t help but ask, “Wasn’t it said earlier that you’d have to clear the training field first before opening the entrance? Instructor Luo, is this considered a forced decipher?”
Luo Xiang nodded, saying, “The Breaking the Void talent can do more than just ignore the defenses of the Secret Realm Tower. As long as you have a sufficient foundation in runes, this is just a basic operation. You’ll learn it in the future.” Breaking the Void talent too?
Alright, that was definitely something he wouldn’t learn.
“However, even though this ancient species saber-toothed tiger was suppressed by the slave contract, it was still not weak. I’m surprised you guys managed to defeat it.”
Luo Xiang looked at the saber-toothed tiger, whose eyes were still open in death. Seeing Alpha and Gamma crawls out from its ear, he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
“To think you’d come up with such a strategy. The majestic king of the ancient species suffered such a death, it’s quite suffocating.”
Feeling a bit embarrassed, Bai Qi scratched his head. This wasn’t something he’d learned from a monkey in his previous life, was it? The only difference was that it had run into someone’s stomach, whereas Alpha and Gamma went into the mind.
Well, it was more or less the same.
“This saber-toothed tiger was discovered in your Thirteenth Bureau area, so it should be yours, but Bai Qi also made quite the contribution. He can have the pair of teeth, the rest will be handed over to you guys.”
Luo Xiang slapped the massive eagle next to him. The eagle seemed to understand as it easily plucked two sharp teeth from the tiger’s mouth and tossed it in front of Bai Qi.
“No problem. In fact, Bai Qi did most of the work in handling this saber- toothed tiger. If everything went to him, it would be fine.”
Wang Huai nodded, voicing his thoughts.
“Then forget about it. There isn’t much left that’s good anyway. See if your research department can figure out something.”
Luo Xiang straightforwardly voiced his thoughts, while Bai Qi immediately tucked away the sharp teeth.
Bro, next time when you’re hoarding the good stuff, could you be a little more discreet? Even though everyone knows that this pair of fangs is of good quality, you don’t have to point it out so directly. It makes things awkward for us.
True to his expectations, once Luo Xiang finished speaking, the faces of Wang Huai and the others turned a troubled look. They didn’t know how to respond. However, Luo Xiang clearly didn’t wish to say anything more. He tossed a bronze token to Wang Huai, then grabbed Bai Qi and landed on the giant eagle.
“I’ll leave the rest to you guys. I’ll take Bai Qi and leave first.”
Having said that, Luo Xiang immediately rode off on the eagle, leaving behind a baffled Wang Huai and the others.
“Captain, are all the Beast Masters in the Association this whimsical?”
Tang Miao stared blankly at the quickly departing Luo Xiang, his expression changing continuously.
“Shouldn’t be. The ones we’ve dealt with before were quite normal, look at Bai Qi…”
_Halfway through his words, Wang Huai stopped short.
It seemed as though that fellow could not be considered normal either.
Outside the Emperor’s Secret Realm.
Because the access to the next level area was decrypted, many doors had lifted their restrictions, causing a scrambled frenzy amongst the research personnel outside.
“Instructor Luo, are we heading back to the headquarters now?”
Luo Xiang replied, “The Thirteenth Bureau’s commission is complete, of course, we will return to the area under association’s jurisdiction. If not needed, I’ll get beaten up by the old man.”
Bai Qi nodded, with the Emperor’s Secret Realm right in front of him, he would feel regretful if he had to go back just like this.
After all, Luo Xiang mentioned that he would calculate points based on his actions here and wouldn’t it be a loss if he didn’t grab more benefits while he was in the Emperor’s Secret Realm?
“By the way, I’ve copied some runes from the entrance just now. Take some time to look at them, it will assist your exploration in the Emperor’s Secret Realm.”
Luo Xiang handed a packet of copied paper to Bai Qi, saying, “Although the ancient rune system is not as complete as the one during the Era of Law Emperor, it is still the origin of runes and there are still valuable learning points.”
Bai Qi nodded, he had previously shown interest in the runes on the terracotta warriors, hence Schuck has recorded them down. Now that Luo Xiang had brought the copied originals to him, Bai Qi naturally wouldn’t refuse.
Luo Xiang’s copying technique was obviously very skilled – every rune was extremely clear and Bai Qi saw some familiar runes among them.
Among them, the mysterious rune mark that restrained the Saber-toothed Tiger was present.
“Instructor Luo, you mentioned that this is a slave contract, why does it look a little like the rune mark that we use to contract our pets?”
Hearing this, Luo Xiang showed a faint smile, “You really did notice it.”
With that, Luo Xiang pointed to the not-too-distant entrance of the Emperor’s Secret Realm, “You should have heard of the legends of the Emperor, right?”
Bai Qi nodded, not just heard, but history classes would inevitably touch on the stories of the Emperors of the human history, and the Emperor, who led humanity out of the oppression of ferocious beasts, was of utmost importance. “According to human history that we know so far, humans were originally just slaves or food herded by ferocious beasts.”
“After all, compared to the strong physical abilities and abilities of the ferocious beasts, humans were a lot weaker.”
“However, everything changed after the emergence of the Emperor.”
“The Emperor was initially just a small slave, yet he deduced a contract that could control the ferocious beasts from the slavery contract affixed by the ferocious beasts onto humans, and led humans down the path of resistance with this power.”
“And these people, were the very first Beast Masters in ancient times.”
Hearing this, Bai Qi was a bit surprised. He knew about the Emperor discovering the method of contracting ferocious beasts, but he didn’t expect that it was deduced from the contract of ferocious beasts enslaving humans, this information was really mind -blowing.
“But since this contract was artificially affixed, where did their talent rune come from when they awakened?”
Bai Qi pondered for a moment then posed the question.
Luo Xiang replied, “What else do you think exists in this world that can change the talent of a race?”
Bai Qi was stunned at hearing this, and after hesitating for a moment, he said, “Mythical creatures? Gods?”
Even though the Federation was fundamentally scientific, they never denied the existence of gods, otherwise, there wouldn’t be the concept of Mythical Species.
Luo Xiang shook his head, “Gods are merely stronger beings and don’t possess such abilities.”
“Then who else could it be?”
Luo Xiang pointed to the ground beneath their feet, “The only being capable of changing the talents of an entire species would naturally be the central will of this world, Gaia.”
“World’s Will, Gaia?”
“Yes.”
A gleam flashed in Luo Xiang’s eyes, “From what I have discovered in various secret realms, the World’s Will doesn’t appear often, but each time it emerges, it can help mankind turn the tables. The Beast Mastery Talent that humans possess was only obtained after Gaia descended during the White Emperor’s period.
Bai Qi listened with interest. This was the first time he heard that the history of humanity, or rather Beast Masters, had such riveting elements. Initially, he thought that history lessons were exaggerating, but now it seemed they had somewhat been conservative.
Suddenly, he felt that he should also move about like Luo Xiang, maybe explore some secret realm towers, it seemed like fun…
“I won’t go into too much detail. You will encounter this sooner or later, after all, you have the Breaking the Void talent and those old guys at headquarters won’t let you idly sit by.”
Luo Xiang patted Bai Qi’s shoulder, “That’s why your current priority is to train hard, to raise your strength as soon as possible, so you can roam everywhere with me.”
Seeing Luo Xiang in such a state, the corner of Bai Qi’s eyes twitched.
Big brother, please hold back your smirk first, otherwise everyone will know that you are dragging me into it to help you shoulder the blame…
Bai Qi glanced at the rune mark in his hand, “By the way, Instructor Luo, since this rune is the first slave contract, does it mean that those who haven’t awakened their talent could use this to become Beast Masters?”
Luo Xiang’s expression turned serious upon hearing this, “Absolutely not, it wasn’t like nobody attempted this before, but all have failed. After all, it evolved from the ferocious beasts’ contract, not everyone can bear it.”
Not everyone can bear it, huh…
Bai Qi nodded, but another thought suddenly popped up in his mind.
If humans can’t bear it, what if the one bearing it isn’t human?