Divine Beast Adventures

by Srtyi

The world experienced a cataclysmic change, and countless spatial gateways appeared out of thin air. Exotic beasts of all shapes and sizes swarmed out of those aforementioned spatial gateways, forcing the humans to face the crucial moment for their survival. In order to search for a chance at survival, brave warriors from the army and scientific researchers risked their lives and

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Chapter 225: You Must Be Kidding Me

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Zhang Che naturally wouldn't let that exotic beast eat away his hope of leaving the beast world. The Purple Jade Condor flew forth at full speed. The wind assaulted Zhang Che head on, making it hard for him to even breathe.

After close to a minute, they covered the distance of several kilometers. The Purple Jade Condor was already in the skies above the mountain.

"Hmm? Why are there two foreign girls… no, there's three!" What surprised Zhang Che was that the group helping each other forward on the mountain was actually composed of four women, three of which were freaking Caucasians!

After that, he overheard the conversation between them. They were speaking some foreign language, which he couldn't understand half of even if he tried.

More accurately speaking, if it wasn't for the memories left behind by his predecessors, Zhang Che wouldn't understand any of it. Speaking of which, his previous self worked really hard. In order to better research the minerals from the beast world, a student with poor grades like him actually learned English to a decent level, all for the sake of understanding the mountains of information in English.

"Strange… are these three Caucasian girls from some super rich families from the Ou Lu or Bei Mei regions, and came all this way to Hua Xia region to play?" Zhang Che felt suspicious. Since the arrival of the new age over three decades ago, travels between the continents were almost severed unless they took the Sky Shuttle airplanes, which were able to shake off the powerful flying beasts living in the vast, uninhabited lands.

Even though the Sky Shuttle airplane services were mature and could be used to transport passengers between countries, the expensive fare was definitely not something ordinary citizens could afford.

As for the possibility of these three women being the descendents of foreigners stranded in the Hua Xia region and unable to return to their home country, Zhang Che thought it unlikely.

If that was the case, they should be conversing in Mandarin with that Hua Xia woman.

As such, Zhang Che guessed that the three women were rich ladies from other regions who specially came to Hua Xia for vacation.

However, they even came deep into the beast world, and from the looks of it, didn't even bring a bodyguard with them. It seemed like their brains were a little flooded with water.

Just as Zhang Che was feeling doubtful of the situation, the four women saw him on the Purple Jade Condor's back. Each of them revealed looks of surprise on their faces. They waved at him, yelling, "Please! Help! Help!"

Zhang Che understood this sentence.

At this moment, the lion-like large exotic beast with tiny scales on its body had caught up to them, less than a hundred meters between it and its prey.

However, it suddenly stopped in place warily. It looked up at the approaching Purple Jade Condor, thinking that it was here to snatch its prey.

It let out a furious roar, warning the Purple Jade Condor. The mane on the scaly lion's neck was standing on end.

[Copper-Scaled Lion]

Level: Three Star (Level 29)

Quality: Gold

Characteristics: Attack and Defense is Extremely Balanced. Its Roar Carries a Certain Degree of Destructive Might. Can Be Used to Intimidate Weak Prey, Leaving Them Unable to Escape

Weakness: Poison Attribute Attacks

Innate Attribute: Lion's Prestige. Carries an Aura of Might, Enemies Won't Dare to Casually Intrude on it.

Potential: D Rank

While he was looking through the Copper-Scaled Lion's attributes, that fellow suddenly let out a loud roar, nearly causing Zhang Che to fall off the Purple Jade Condor's back from fright.

"Shit, is this the legendary Lion's Roar!?" Zhang Che was a little enraged. He directly jumped off the Purple Jade Condor's back. During his descent, a huge two-meter-long sword suddenly appeared in his hand.

Zhang Che couldn't be bothered to let the Purple Jade Condor take care of a mere three-star gold-quality exotic beast. He alone was enough!

However, Zhang Che's actions were no different from looking for death in the eyes of the four women. He clearly had a powerful subdued beast, and yet he chose not to use it and had to go himself!

"Oh, damn! Is that guy's brain damaged?!"

-Was he trying to play the hero in front of us?-

-But we don't fancy this type of brainless guy…-

In the next moment, however, their faces froze.

A scarlet-black streak of light flashed. The Copper-Scaled Lion couldn't escape in time. Its large, savage head flew in the sky, and it turned into a glow of light along with the headless corpse below.

The two masses of light quickly gathered, and finally condensed into a shiny golden beast card. The four women were so shocked their jaws were gaping, not believing what they just saw.

At this moment, Zhang Che was like a celestial being, wearing full-bodied silver armor, and wielding the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword. He suddenly barged his way into the four ladies' heart… As it turned out, a human's strength could actually be this powerful, killing a powerful exotic beast with a single swing of his arm!

"Oh, my god, this is the perfect hero in my heart!" Monica couldn't help but blurt out, looking at Zhang Che, her eyes dazzling with light.

"Stop dreaming, you bitch. What if he was only interested in the exotic beast?" Jenny looked at Zhang Che warily.

-We're in the wild, and this man was so strong; what if he wanted to do something unspeakable to us? Should we give in, or resist?- Thinking of this, Jenny hurriedly pulled at her three sisters stealthily, signalling them to be careful with her gaze.

"Forget it, Jenny!" Monica instantly understood Jenny's intentions. Her eyes were filled with radiance, giggling softly, "This guy is so powerful. If he really wanted to do something to us, do you think we can escape?"

Jenny gritted her teeth in anger, "Damn it. Monica you bitch, aren't you afraid he'll rape us before killing us off?"

Who would've imagined, Monica shot a glance at her seductively, chuckling, "Then we'll just try our best to cooperate with him. If he's happy with our services, perhaps he couldn't bear to kill us then?"

Jenny could no longer be bothered with this pussy in heat. She took two light steps towards the approaching Zhang Che and said, "Thank you so much for saving us, mister. We'll definitely thank you properly when we get back to San Diego!"

In the next moment, Zhang Che's silver helmet fell apart, quickly melding into the shoulders of his armor, revealing his confused face.

"I'm sorry, can you speak Mandarin?" {TLN: Speaking in Mandarin}

Jenny and the other two Caucasian women were stunned. They turned to look at Chen Lishan in unison.

Chen Lishan looked at Zhang Che with a strange gaze. She used her rusty Mandarin and asked in return, "Excuse me, uhm, you… can't you speak English?"

Zhang Che was immediately baffled. -Why do I have to know how to speak English?- However, he immediately felt something amiss. Although this black-haired woman was speaking Mandarin, her accent was very strange. It was like a foreigner who just started learning Mandarin not long ago was speaking the language, sounding very unnatural.

-Surely not…- A frightening thought flashed in Zhang Che's head.

Just as he was about to ask the question that was bugging him, he suddenly stopped himself, then said to the woman of Chinese descent, "Right, my English is pretty bad. I can't really understand you."

A hint of doubt flashed across Chen Lishan's eyes. Afterwards, she nodded, saying, "Then you must have come to the Bei Mei region from the Hua Xia region not long ago, right? Mmm, as time goes on, you'll slowly be able to socialize with the locals."

Zhang Che felt an explosion in his head.

-The Bei Mei region? The Bei Mei region!-

-You must be kidding me…-

Translator's Note

1: With reference to Earth, the Hua Xia, Ou Lu, and Bei Mei regions in Mercury can be treated as China, Europe, and North America respectively.

2: Reference to Louis Cha/Jin Yong's novel, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber . The Lion's Roar is the most powerful skill of the protagonist's godfather, Xie Xun, known as the Golden Haired Lion King.

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Chapter 226: I'm Not Used to Such Passion

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"Then you must have come to the Bei Mei region from the Hua Xia region not long ago, right? Mmm, as time goes on, you'll slowly be able to socialize with the locals."

Although he was already somewhat expecting it, Zhang Che still felt an explosion going off in his head when he heard what she said, shocking him into a stunned state.

-Why am I in the Bei Mei region?

-Wasn't I sucked into the spatial tunnel from the beast world behind Jin City's spatial gateway? Shouldn't I still be in the same beast world when I exit?

-Or, could it be that the theory about all beast worlds being connected is true? I stayed in the endless tunnel for too long and crossed over countless beast worlds, arriving at the Bei Mei region when I finally came out?-

There were too many unanswered questions in his mind. However, his facial expression quickly recovered and he continued his conversation with Chen Lishan, "Ugh, but I don't know anyone after coming here. It's hard for me even if I wanted to socialize."

"I'm Chen Lishan, nice to meet you," Chen Lishan smiled, extending her hand out to Zhang Che. "Since you have no friends here, if you don't mind, I think we can be friends."

Zhang Che was stunned for a moment. He extended his hand out as well, shaking her hand lightly. "I'm Sun Che, just arrived here from Hua Xia not long ago. I don't know the place, or anyone here. I'll have to rely on you to take care of me."

"Then, let me introduce you to my friends." As she spoke, Chen Lishan pointed to the three white Caucasian women behind her. They were showing strange looks on their faces. She introduced them, "This is Jenny Brandt."

This was the woman with short maroon hair and tomboyish face. She had a determined look. Zhang Che had seen her slapping her companion whose spirit crumbled earlier.

"This is Monica Aweiss."

This was the blonde beauty who was slapped by Jenny. Her front and back were well-shaped, a prime example of the attractive figures of white Caucasian woman.

-Although… why is her gaze towards me a little strange?-

"This is Angelina Tyler."

The last woman had black hair, her face contours gentler than the average Caucasian woman. Her expression was similarly very gentle.

"You can just call them by their names. Since you saved us, we're considered friends, at the very least."

Afterwards, Chen Lishan introduced Zhang Che to her companions in English. They quickly came up to Zhang Che eagerly and shook his hand, saying hello.

Just from their handshakes and strength, Zhang Che could make a guess on the three women's personalities.

Jenny's actions were well-mannered, yet filled with strength. She was just like a man. Angelina only placed her fingers gently in Zhang Che's hand before pulling back. As for Monica…

-The heck, what is this chick doing?-

When Zhang Che shook Monica's hand, he actually felt her drawing small circles in his palm, her eyes radiating a strange light.

He knew that he was being seduced!

-But Miss, I'm not used to such passion…-

By now, the sky had basically turned dark.

Chen Lishan said, embarrassed, "Uhm, excuse me, Mr Sun…"

Zhang Che waved his hand, "Just call me by my name."

"Then I'll call you Brother Sun. Can you please come with us to look for our backpacks? We threw away all our possessions earlier in order to run faster. Our food and tents are in our backpacks…"

Zhang Che nodded, "Sure."

The few of them walked down along the mountain ridge, and came to the mountain foot on the other side. As expected, Zhang Che saw a few backpacks, big and small, scattered everywhere. It went to show how chaotic it was when these misses were running for their lives.

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A bonfire was lit, tents were pitched.

The few of them set up camp at the mountain foot. Chen Lishan noticed Zhang Che didn't have any belongings on him. She couldn't help but find it strange. She asked, "Brother Sun, didn't you bring any supplies coming into the beast world?"

Zhang Che shrugged awkwardly, "I was in a situation similar to yours. I encountered a powerful exotic beast and threw away my belongings while running away."

"Heheh, how unfortunate," Chen Lishan giggled, covering her mouth. She offered generously, "Then you can sleep in my tent tonight."

Zhang Che's eyes immediately widened. -She really is a girl who grew up in the Bei Mei region. How open!-

-But this is only the first time we met. Is it really okay to be this direct?-

"Ah! What are you thinking! I said you can sleep in my tent, while I go sleep with Jenny and the others! Come on, they are done fixing dinner. Let's go have our dinner." Chen Lishan gave Zhang Che a soft glare, before walking towards the bonfire.

Zhang Che let out a scoff, knowing that he misunderstood her. He hurriedly caught up to her, and saw the three Caucasian women sitting around the bonfire, with pots, pans, bowls, and ladles spread out, and a portable table put out, with all sorts of food placed on it.

Not only that, Zhang Che even saw two glass bottles covered in metallic anti-collision nets. Was that wine in there?

-Are these chicks really here to tour around in the beast world…-

"Hey, Sun, eat!"

Seeing Zhang Che coming over, Monica stood up very passionately and directly pulled on his arm and sat down together by the bonfire, bringing some food to him.

What surprised Zhang Che the most was that this chick could actually speak a few simple words in Mandarin! It truly left him with his eyebrow raised.

"This bitch, she's really in heat!" Jenny shot a glance at Monica helplessly, muttering words with the two others.

The bonfire dinner started just like that, among laughters and jokes.

However, what made Zhang Che feel uneasy was that this blonde Caucasian actually sat very close to him, and made some tiny gestures from time to time, as if she was in heat.

Zhang Che was helpless about it. If this was in the past, it wasn't like he couldn't accept it.

Luckily, Monica wasn't acting too brazenly, probably due to her friends' teasings.

When dinner ended, they bade each other good night and returned to their own tents. Zhang Che found his way into Chen Lishan's tent, and was greeted by the thick smell of perfume.

"I really don't understand these women… they still think about such things after entering the beast world…" Shaking his head, Zhang Che recalled his silver armor and put on his tattered, yet cleanly washed clothes, and slid himself into the fragrant sleeping bag, shutting his eyes.

-Hmm, I can finally contact mom and Huang Tielan when I get out of the beast world tomorrow and inform them of my safety.-

The bonfire surrounded by the tents slowly died out, and the last bit of light vanished in this darkness.

Suddenly, a human silhouette crawled out from one of the tents and walked towards Zhang Che's tent carefully.

When she walked up to Zhang Che's tent, just as she parted the tent's curtains, a pair of verdant eyes matched her gaze.

A brief moment of silence ensued, followed by a loud scream.

"Shit, what happened? Are we ambushed by an exotic beast?"

"Monica, what happened!?"

Light lit up in the two other tents immediately. Chen Lishan and the others hurriedly crawled out of their tents and lit up their flintstone lighters. With the help of the light, they saw Monica, stark naked, sitting on the ground with a look of horror.

"Shit!" Jenny rolled her eyes back. She couldn't resist slapping her palm on her forehead. Chen Lishan and Angelina were also rendered speechless.

At this moment, the curtains to Zhang Che's tent was parted from the inside. What came out first was a robust green wolf, followed by Zhang Che's head. Looking at the naked Monica, Zhang Che chuckled, "I'm sorry, I think my baby frightened you."

"Shit!" Monica's expression looked both embarrassed and ugly. She crawled up to her feet, her pair of white bunnies waving in the air, her pale butt twisting about. Under the mischievous gazes of Jenny and the others, she hurriedly made her way back into her tent.

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The next day, the group woke up early. After packing their belongings, they set off in the direction of the safety zone.

After their narrow escape from death yesterday, Chen Lishan and the others were not interested in remaining in the beast world any longer. Zhang Che was in a hurry to exit the beast world as well to contact his mom, telling her about him being safe.

After what happened last night, Monica didn't try to tease Zhang Che any more, allowing him to breathe a long sigh of relief.

Zhang Che was really worried that he would give in to the temptation with such a beautiful woman constantly teasing him. It was not like he was Liuxia Hui; how could he possibly not have any reactions?

"Hey, Sun, can you help us hunt some beast cards on our way back? We'll pay you for them when we get back to San Diego."

On their way back, after they saw the silver armor on Zhang Che, the huge sword he wielded, the Purple Jade Condor flying over their heads, and the Gale Wolf King following at their side, the faces of Jenny and the others were filled with envy.

Their subdued beasts were all killed by that Copper-Scaled Lion yesterday evening. Naturally they didn't wish to return empty-handed. As such, Jenny took the initiative and made the request of Zhang Che.

Zhang Che had a confused look on his face. How could he possibly understand her?

Although his predecessor's English level was still passable, that was only limited to the books. Hearing and speaking the language was another problem on its own.

"Jenny was asking if Brother Sun can help us hunt some beast cards on our way back. We'll pay for them when we get back to San Diego," Chen Lishan hurriedly translated for Zhang Che with a smile. ( NovelFull )

"No problem, it's no trouble at all," Zhang Che nodded in agreement. No one would ever think that they have too much money.

"Hah, thank you so much, Sun!"

Jenny and the others immediately showed bright smiles on their faces.

They had witnessed for themselves yesterday how Zhang Che cut down a three-star gold-quality exotic beast without relying on any combat-type subdued beasts. On their way back, as long as they encountered exotic beasts, they could get as many beast cards as they wanted!

Of course, what they had a greater desire for was the Copper-Scaled Lion Zhang Che obtained yesterday evening. However, they knew that beastmasters would seldom let go of a beast card of such caliber, so they didn't mention it.

Who knew what they would think if they were to learn that the Copper-Scaled Lion was only an ordinary beast in Zhang Che's eyes?

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On their way back, due to them getting closer and closer to the safety zone, they didn't encounter any powerful exotic beasts. In the end, Zhang Che couldn't even be bothered to take action himself. He left all the work to the two Original Combat Body-type subdued beasts he Summoned out.

Facing the Purple Jade Condor and the Gale Wolf King's combined hunting, the exotic beasts they met on the way could be said to be terribly unlucky. None of the exotic beasts they saw had any hopes of making it out alive.

Thus, Jenny and the others' screams and cheers never stopped.

"Woah, you're too awesome, Sun!"

"Oh, oh, let me see. This is a three-star silver-quality card! Don't fight with me; this is mine!"

"…."

The beast cards dropped on their way back, especially the "good stuff" at silver-quality, left the three Caucasian women happily fighting for them.

Chen Lishan, who had been walking by Zhang Che's side, however, was very quiet.

Zhang Che turned to her and asked, "Don't you need them?"

Chen Lishan smiled faintly, "I'll just take whatever is left from their pickings."

Zhang Che didn't ask why. They weren't that close yet; some things couldn't be asked so casually.

Just like that, they slaughtered their ways back until noon. The safety zone was finally in sight, although it was still some distance away.

During their journey back, the Purple Jade Condor slaughtered and obtained over thirty beast cards. The three-star silver-quality beast cards amounted to five!

What made Jenny and the others even more excited was that they were lucky enough to obtain a three-star gold-quality beast card, leading to an intense "fight" for it.

As they came closer and closer to the safety zone, Zhang Che and the others came across a number of beastmaster groups. Seeing their strange one-man-four-women party left many of the men dying from envy.

However, one look was all they needed to know that the Purple Jade Condor and the Gale Wolf King combo wasn't simple. No one was stupid enough to come find trouble with them.

Even if someone was really dumb enough to want to attempt something, they would get smacked by their companions.

For example, there was a big black guy in a beastmaster group whose eyes turned red with lust when he saw Chen Lishan and the others. Just as he was about to say something, his companion smacked him in the back of his head.

"Damn it, Porter, is your sperm getting to your brain again? Didn't you see how powerful that kid's subdued beasts are? Don't drag us along if you want to die!"

The safety zone was nearly upon them. Zhang Che grew agitated. Once he got out of the safety zone, he could contact his mother and Miss Tienan!

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At this moment, Miss Tienan was in a workshop, her face serious. She had extracted the essence out of various plants, then mixed them with several other ingredients from the beast world into a petri dish according to a specific sequence.

Time slowly passed by. When all of the ingredients' essences were added in without any bad signs occuring, Huang Tielan finally revealed a relaxed smile on her face.

First, she let out a long breath, then went into motion once more. She placed the petri dish into the heating apparatus, heating the fluid up to close to its boiling point.

The murky fluid slowly cooled down, and finally turned clear, like a faint purple alcohol, the cultivation fluid finally considered done.

-Just one last step remaining!- Excitement flashed in Huang Tielan's eyes. She carefully immersed a two-star bronze-quality beast card into the cultivation fluid, then quickly covered the petri dish. Afterwards, she used a vacuum machine to draw out all the air inside and waited patiently at the side.

An hour later, the cultivation fluid's faint purple hue finally disappeared without a trace. Looking in from the glass, the bronze-quality beast card now had three hexagrams on it.

"Yeah, I did it!" Huang Tielan cheered softly in excitement. After she took out the beast card from the petri dish, she immediately pressed a button on the workshop table.

The door to the workshop silently opened. Miss Tielan brought the beast card and walked out with light, cheerful steps…

"Congratulations, Huang Tielan. You've successfully passed the test and became one of our Bei Du University's beast card cultivation major's upcoming freshman. Please report to the school at the end of this month; you'll be taking part in the freshman enrollment training."

"Thank you!" Huang Tielan thanked the examiner with a bow, then walked out of the test building under the looks of jealousy and envy of many others, heading towards the Bei Du University's gates.

As she walked out, Miss Tienan opened up her personal terminal and sent a call request to Sun Lan.

"Auntie, I passed my test!"

Translator's Note

1: An ancient Chinese politician, a man of eminent virtue. It is said that on one occasion he held a woman in his lap for the whole night without making the slightest shameful act.

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Chapter 228: The Influential Angelina

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Zhang Che finally walked out of the beast world together with Chen Lishan and the others.

The moment he stepped out of the spatial gateway, Zhang Che felt a surge of relief in his heart. -I'm finally out!-

Although he was over a hundred thousand kilometers away from Hua Xia, when all was said and done, he was finally back to Mercury, wasn't he?

Just as he was about to open up his personal terminal to contact Sun Lan, it turned out that the Caucasian chicks were even more anxious than he was.

Monica pulled at his arm, saying excitedly, "Sun, hurry up and open up your personal terminal; I'll transfer the funds to you immediately!"

Mmm, Monica was obviously not the persistent type. After Zhang Che turned her down tactfully, she no longer had any thoughts of getting together with him. Now, she only wanted to quickly pay Zhang Che his commission, and the beast cards she fancied would finally belong to her officially.

With the help of Chen Lishan translating for him in real time, Zhang Che smiled and didn't reject her. He directly opened up his personal terminal…

However, what surprised Zhang Che was that his personal terminal was unresponsive. -What the heck! Why can't I boot it up?-

He instantly thought of the time when he was in the endless tunnel. Could it be that his personal terminal got damaged in there?

Zhang Che's complexion immediately grew ugly.

"Oh? What's wrong, Sun?" Monica hurriedly asked seeing the strange look on Zhang Che's face.

The other three women looked over at the same time.

Zhang Che shook his head dejectedly, "Damn it, my personal terminal seems to be broken."

The women were surprised; even a personal terminal could break? This was the Alliance's state-of-the-art technology. It would only break if subjected to devastating force.

Although… the personal terminal was usually carried on the user all the time. Why was the person still fine if even their personal terminal broke down?

Towards Chen Lishan and the others' suspicious gazes, Zhang Che naturally couldn't say that he went through an unimaginably strange experience, and that his personal terminal probably broke down then?

He could only shrug helplessly, "That, I'm not sure either. It probably broke by accident when I encountered the terrifying exotic beast and ran for my life?"

Chen Lishan and the others were completely stunned. -You broke it accidentally? You must be using imitation goods!-

"Alright, it's fine. Don't worry, we'll pay you for sure," Monica shrugged innocently.

Zhang Che almost wept in his heart. -Money is not the problem here…-

With his personal terminal damaged, he had no way to contact his mother, Huang Tielan, and the others. He had to keep them worrying then… really…

"Hey, brother, don't worry. We're trustworthy people. We won't run from payment just because your personal terminal is broken."

Seeing Zhang Che looking like he just lost his mother, Jenny walked up and slapped down hard on his shoulder. However, Zhang Che didn't flinch at all.

"Do you see this beautiful lady here?" Jenny rubbed her palm, then pointed at Angelina. She continued, "Such trivial matters are no problem to her at all. She'll fix it for you for sure. It's no problem even if it can't be fixed; she'll help you apply for another one."

-Really!?- Zhang Che looked at Angelina with a curious gaze. This black-haired Caucasian lady immediately nodded politely.

-There's no problem then!- Zhang Che couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

"Hey, brother, come to my house for a party, how about it? To celebrate us returning alive!" Monica invited. Gods knew whether she was having thoughts on Zhang Che again, or if it was purely in celebration of their escape from death.

"No, it's better to come my place. I can also help Sun with his personal terminal there," the quiet Angelina suddenly spoke up.

"Oh ho ho, this is the first time Angelina has invited a guy to her place! Sun, you can't say no to this! Perhaps you might even get to spend a lovely night with our beautiful Miss Angelina!" Jenny immediately winked at Zhang Che.

Zhang Che immediately felt a mountain of pressure pressing down on him. -Foreign girls are really open! (Although this world had set up the so-called Mercury Alliance, from Zhang Che's view, basically each region were doing their own things.) I'm just a pure-hearted virgin boy; it's really becoming a little too much for me!-

The few of them immediately came to a decision: they'd have a party at Angelina's place tonight.

After that, Jenny and the others brought Zhang Che to the carpark at the side of the military camp, and started up a rather fierce-looking car.

"Si…" Zhang Che couldn't help but felt speechless. One look and he could tell that it was not ordinary stuff. It must not be cheap.

"Hey, we're going, Sun. Get in!" Monica patted Zhang Che. She directly pushed him into the opened car door, leaving him unable to help but suspect that these three Caucasian women might be kidnapping him and going to do whatever they wished to him.

Although, that shouldn't be the case, right?

At the very least, Miss Chen Lishan was likely, probably, perhaps, maybe, not someone like that…

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The car sped off, and soon left the spatial gateway behind. They travelled close to fifty kilometers through the countryside before finally reaching San Diego's city area.

During their drive, they came across a few low-tier exotic beast, who came to harass them. Just as Zhang Che was about to Summon his subdued beasts to take care of them, he was stopped by Jenny and the others.

"Hey, it's fine, Sun. You don't have to worry about this trash."

In the end, the car just drove right through. Although the exotic beasts weren't powerful, they were enough to cause a car accident, but they were sent flying just like that, while Angelina's car was undamaged.

Zhang Che's horizons were widened, thinking that this could be a new-generation car that incorporated the use of rare minerals found in beast world. Perhaps the material of the car body had added in rare metals, like the purple-gold crystal.

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After they entered San Diego, the car continued driving through the streets for another half an hour and arrived at the underground carpark of a large building.

Zhang Che found it strange. -Could Angelina's home be here?-

"Let's go settle the matter about your personal terminal first, then we'll go to the party at my place," Angelina turned to look at Zhang Che and said. Afterwards, she opened the driver's door and walked out.

After entering the building, Zhang Che realized that this was actually San Diego's city administration building. There were many units here, of which included the department that handled problems on personal terminals.

A staffer checked through Zhang Che's personal terminal very closely and shrugged at him apologetically, "I'm very sorry, your personal terminal suffered an unknown malfunction and it's not possible to fix it. You have to reapply for one." Afterwards, the staffer looked towards Angelina at the side.

"Then we'll just apply for another one," Angelina nodded calmly.

"Alright, mister, please register your personal information."

The staffer quickly registered Zhang Che's personal information. Afterwards, a brand new personal terminal was handed to him just like that, without even verifying the authenticity of his personal details.

-Looks like Angelina's family is really influential!- Zhang Che lamented inwardly. Afterwards, he nearly cried out.

Although he already got a new personal terminal, he still had no way to contact his family. It wasn't like his previous world, the Earth, where you could remember your home phone number or whatever. All the information to contact others was transmitted through scanning.

-It doesn't matter now. With a new identity, I can take the sky shuttle directly back to Hua Xia. I'll just let mom and the others wait another day or two.-

Thinking about it in another perspective, this was as good as him having a new legal identity. If he needed to do something inconvenient in the future, it couldn't get any more convenient for him!

Thinking of this, Zhang Che's lips curled up into a faint smile…

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The sudden addition of a new legal identity left Zhang Che very happy.

It seemed like his bizarre arrival at the Bei Mei region wasn't a completely bad thing to happen?

After getting his new personal terminal, Jenny and the others kept their promises and transferred the money for the beast cards to Zhang Che's account, instantly turning him into a rich man.

Just that three-star gold-quality beast card alone was worth millions of dollars. Including the other beast cards of various level and quality, close to thirty million dollars was added to his bank account.

Now, Zhang Che had no need to worry anymore. Taking the sky shuttle to the Hua Xia region would only cost him a million dollars or so. For his current financial status, it was but a drop in the bucket.

"Hah, everything is settled. Let's head to the party!" Monica cheered when they returned to the underground carpark, running towards the car.

The group hopped onto the car. Angelina started up the engine. The car let out a low roar, and drove off to the outside.

None of them saw that after the car left the car park, a white young man came out of another car, his face filled with resentment, looking at the ferocious beast of a car that had just driven away, gritting his teeth.

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In the end, the car drove into a private manor. Although it wasn't very big, the surroundings were pretty decent. A mountain was at its back and waters to its side. From the top of a tower, you could even see the bay area in the distance.

After they alighted from the car, Monica's eyes seemed totally different. She yelled out excitedly, "Come on, let's celebrate! It just so happens that Uncle Tyler and the others aren't around these next few days. We can party however hard we want!"

"Hey, baby, don't get too crazy. Don't scare our good friend, Sun." Jenny slapped the back of Monica's head, but her face showed signs of unsuppressable excitement as well.

After going through that experience of living on the edge of life and death yesterday, and suddenly returning to a familiar place of comfort and safety, it would be impossible for them not to feel anything inside their hearts.

Now, it was time for a crazy party!

The group ate and drank like crazy, and even Zhang Che couldn't keep himself in check any longer and poured his stomach full with alcohol with the ladies.

Surprisingly, the polite and quiet Angelina was actually the one who partied the hardest, gulping down booze without a care for her life.

On the other hand, Chen Lishan probably inherited some conservativeness of the Chinese, and didn't act so wildly. She still drank quite a lot, however.

In his drunkenness, Zhang Che was arranged and sent into a guest room. He forcibly endured his tipsiness and took a shower. Afterwards, he put on a bathrobe and collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep.

In his hazy consciousness, Zhang Che suddenly heard the room door creak open. Someone opened the door from the outside. He was too lazy to even open his eyes as he cursed inwardly, -This freaking Monica still won't give up, huh? Didn't I already turn her down in an obvious manner?-

However, he felt something amiss in the next moment. The footsteps didn't belong to only one person!

-Oh shit, what's happening!?- Zhang Che hurriedly crawled up on his bed and opened his drowsy eyes. He saw three blurry silhouettes walking towards him, their bodies white as ghosts.

Zhang Che's mind almost cleared up from fright. Just as he was about to get up and run away, the three silhouettes pounced onto him.

A smooth body jumped into Zhang Che's embrace, giggling softly, "Hey, Sun, what are you worried about? Don't worry, we're just having some fun together. No one will ask you to take responsibility."

What the, that was actually the well-mannered and polite Angelina's voice…

Although Zhang Che didn't understand what they were saying, anyone could tell what they meant without using their brain.

His drunkenness finally cleared up completely. He hurriedly struggled free from Angelina's arms like an octopus and said loudly, "Hey, listen to me, girls. This is no good. Perhaps you wanted to repay me for saving your lives yesterday, or maybe you had too much to drink, but I think this is really bad."

"Hey, Sun, what are you hesitating for? Do you think we're not attractive enough for you? Too bad Lisa isn't willing to come with us…" the three of them were still in a tangle. Zhang Che noticed that all of them didn't seem to be in a clear mind, and he summoned the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon helplessly, breathing out a tiny mouth of cold air in the room.

"Ah!" Three screams rang out at the same time. Angelina and the others regained their wits immediately and ran away from Zhang Che's room, shivering.

"Hoo…" Zhang Che let out a long sigh of relief, thinking, -It wasn't easy, but I managed to hold on in the end.-

After this scene, Zhang Che no longer felt sleepy. He sat down on the bed, spacing out.

-I should be able to leave tomorrow… Just thinking about it makes me excited!-

After running his imagination wild for half the night, Zhang Che finally fell asleep unknowingly…( NovelFull )

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By the time Zhang Che woke up again, it was already noon.

Just as Zhang Che finished washing up and was about to go look for food, he ran into Chen Lishan, who happened to come out from the adjacent room. She gave him a strange look and greeted him teasingly, "Not bad, Brother Sun!"

Zhang Che was crying for innocence in his heart! -If I really did something, then so be it. But the problem is I didn't do anything!-

A tiny being suddenly jumped out from his mind, chiding, -Weren't you just being timid and didn't dare to do it?-

"Ugh, didn't you rest well? Why are you up so late too?" Zhang Che found it strange. The party didn't end too late last night. Why did Chen Lishan look like she didn't get good rest?

However, Chen Lishan's face suddenly turned red and glared at Zhang Che for a moment before turning around and headed downstairs.

Zhang Che was stunned. -Did I say something wrong?-

——–

During lunch, Angelina and the others acted like nothing had happened last night. They chatted with Zhang Che happily, "Oh, Sun, aren't you going to play around for a few days more? Why are you thinking of returning to Hua Xia so much?" If they didn't need Chen Lishan to translate for them, it would have been perfect.

After lunch, Zhang Che properly bade farewell to Angelina and the others, but were met with their surprise. All of them "knew" that Zhang Che only came to the Bei Mei region recently. Why would he be returning to Hua Xia so soon?

"Ugh, I realized I can't get used to some things here. There's the language barrier as well, and I'm not familiar with anyone here. So I just thought of returning Hua Xia."

Well, Zhang Che was telling the truth this time. None of it was a lie.

Monica stared at Zhang Che, her eyes narrowed, "Hey, don't you have people you're familiar with now? The matter about the language barrier is no problem at all. I can be your English teacher."

Angelina also tried to persuade him, "That's right. I think you can stay at my place for a few more days. My parents are on a business trip to Washington; they won't return very soon."

Seeing Angelina on the verge of tears, Zhang Che immediately flustered, his head covered in sweat, -If I stay at your place for a few more days, my chastity will really be in danger!-

"That's right, Brother Sun, why don't you stay for a few more days?" Even Chen Lishan tried to make him stay.

Zhang Che only wanted to return as soon as possible. How could he have the mood to play around here?

"Nah, I think I want to leave as soon as possible. Thank you for your kind intentions."

"Alright then. Safe travels!" Angelina was the first to nod at Zhang Che, a hint of regret flashed in her eyes.

"Sun, remember to come visit us in Bei Mei when you have the time. I feel that we got along very well!" Monica threw a seductive gaze at Zhang Che.

As expected, Caucasian women were different. Hearing Zhang Che insisting on leaving, they no longer tried to persuade him otherwise.

"Brother Sun, I'll accompany you to go buy your sky shuttle ticket later," Chen Lishan said to Zhang Che suddenly.

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Chapter 230: Can You Bring Me With You

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He was startled for a moment, but he didn't think too much about it and nodded.

Although everything now was implemented with advanced technology, and you could book ordinary tickets through your personal terminal, the sky shuttle was different.

The reason was, most people who took the sky shuttle were basically people who were going to the other regions for business, or some influential person who had to take care of some issues. As such, the sky shuttle didn't implement online ticket booking. Instead, they required the passengers to personally go buy the tickets themselves.

With that, they could verify the identity of the buyer, allowing them to prevent any unexpected problems from occurring.

After lunch, Zhang Che bade farewell to Angelina and the others properly and left the manor together with Chen Lishan.

They flagged down a taxi on the streets and headed to the closest ticketing center.

Just as the taxi drove off, a compact car silently drove out of a nearby alley and tailed them from a discreet distance.

During the taxi ride, Chen Lishan didn't speak a word at all; Zhang Che didn't know what to say, either. After all, the two of them had only known each other for two days. They weren't close at all, and didn't know where to begin.

Being in an awkward silence for the whole ride wasn't a solution either. So, Zhang Che randomly found a topic and asked, "Uh, right, Lishan, don't you need to go visit your family?"

Chen Lishan shook her head, replying with a bitter expression, "I don't have any family. From the time when I can remember things, it was my older brother who took care of me."

Her words were a little contradictory. Since she had no family, where did that older brother who took care of her pop out from?

Chen Lishan noticed the confusion in Zhang Che's eyes. She explained softly, "My brother left me not long ago as well. Now I'm all by myself…"

Zhang Che felt extremely awkward! -Why did the random topic I chose have to be on where it hurt for her? Am I really that bad at small talk?-

Chen Lishan took a glance at Zhang Che and suddenly chuckled, "It's fine. I've accepted my fate."

This conversation was a little strange, and it wasn't nice for Zhang Che to continue asking about it. He could only smile and nod, keeping his mouth shut.

———–

The rest of the journey was filled with silence. The taxi soon arrived at the nearest ticketing point.

Zhang Che took the initiative and paid for the fare. Afterwards, he helped Chen Lishan open the car door. When the taxi drove off, he saw a compact car driving right towards him from his peripheral vision.

-Who the heck did I offend?- Zhang Che was stunned. The car was obviously speeding at him intentionally. It couldn't be an accident.

Although he didn't understand why someone would try to run him over, Zhang Che's reaction wasn't slow. With a thought, a dark golden ray of light shot out from between his brow. The large Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander directly appeared beside him, blocking off the angle the car was coming from.

Zhiii… The sharp screech of a car braking rang out. Seeing as he was about to run into the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander, the driver quickly turned the wheels and braked to a halt, almost scraping the beast's body.

The car door opened. A white youngster came out, exasperated, shouting at Zhang Che, "You fucking yellow monkey, who the hell allowed you to Summon your subdued beast? Get ready for jail!"

Although Zhang Che didn't understand what the opposite party was saying, he knew it was nothing kind. Just as he was about to go teach him a lesson, he noticed Chen Lishan's expression had turned extremely ugly.

"What happened, is there a problem?"

"Brother Sun, have you forgotten that in the Bei Mei region, many cities prohibit beastmasters from Summoning their subdued beast? San Diego is one of those cities."

Zhang Che's face instantly darkened.

He realized that this white youngster wasn't trying to run him over. Maybe he was only thinking of scaring him, but had unexpectedly yielded such a great result.

At this moment, sharp police sirens rang out. A police car quickly drove over from nearby and braked to a stop. The door opened. A few fully-equipped officers came out. One of the officers came walking up to them, his face angry, and interrogated Zhang Che, "Damn it, have you forgotten the first law?!"

Zhang Che's face was as confused as ever. -I don't freaking understand you…-

Chen Lishan immediately stepped forward. She pointed at the white youngster and said, "Officer, that man tried to run us over. My friend was only acting in self defense in a panic. I don't think that constitutes as breaking the first law."

The white officer then turned to the white youngster and asked in a half-hearted manner, "Hey kid, is that true?"

The white youngster showed an innocent look, arguing, "Officer, they're lying! My mind just wandered off a bit. I slammed on the brakes and didn't hit them at all. Look at the tyre marks on the ground if you don't believe me."

The officer immediately turned his head back towards Zhang Che and Chen Lishan, saying sternly, "This matter is very clear now. Seeing as how that mister over there managed to brake to a stop despite being absent-minded while driving, it was impossible for him to knock you down. I feel there is a need for you to make a trip back to the station with me."

Zhang Che's expression darkened slightly. Although he didn't understand him, he could feel the discrimination coming from them.

He couldn't be bothered to answer him, and directly waved at the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander, who then turned into a streak of dark golden light and flew back into his spiritual sea.

This time, the officer's expression changed slightly. -A dark gold-quality subdued beast! Even if it is a low-tier one, it's not something ordinary beastmasters would have! Looks like these two people's identity isn't ordinary.-

"Well then, I think both sides were in the wrong in this matter." The officer's expression changed a few times. In the end, he said to Zhang Che and Chen Lishan, "Indeed, this matter shouldn't be counted as breaking the first law. You can go now. As for you, kid…"

The officer turned to the white youngster and said sternly, "You're suspected of reckless driving. Please come back to the station with us." As he spoke, he signalled to the white youngster with his gaze, stopping him from trying to continue arguing.

The trouble ended just like that. However, Zhang Che noticed that the white youngster threw a resentful glare at him when he was leaving.

Zhang Che only chuckled inwardly in disdain at this. -I'm only scared that you won't come at me, kid!-

They arrived at the ticketing hall. After Zhang Che bought a sky shuttle ticket to Hua Xia for tomorrow, just as he was about to bid farewell to Chen Lishan, he saw hesitation on her face. She suddenly spoke up, "Brother Sun, can you bring me with you?"

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"Brother Sun, can you bring me with you?"

Zhang Che was stunned the moment he heard this.

"Why?" Zhang Che couldn't understand Chen Lishan. -Didn't she grow up in the Bei Mei region? She should be used to life around here. Can she really adapt to the new environment?-

"You've seen it for yourself. The Chinese are actually very discriminated upon here. If you hadn't displayed your skills intentionally earlier, perhaps we'd be brought back to the police station by now." Chen Lishan lamented, her palms spread, shrugging.

However, Zhang Che didn't really believe her. He knew that there must be some other reasons. However, they weren't very close, after all, and thus he stopped himself from asking further.

-Although… you could leave this place whenever you wanted. What do you mean for me to bring you along?-

Chen Lishan saw through Zhang Che's doubt. She smiled bitterly and continued, "Because I can't afford the sky shuttle ticket! So I can only ask Brother Sun to bring me with you. Mmm, don't worry, I'll slowly repay you when I find a job in Hua Xia."

After a slight pause, Chen Lishan suddenly chuckled, "Why not, treat it as you keeping me as your mistress? Hahahaha, I'm just joking. Look at your face…"

Zhang Che nodded, "Fine, just slowly pay me back when we're in Hua Xia."

As they spoke, the two turned back and bought another ticket, then flagged down another taxi and left.

This time, Zhang Che took the front passenger seat. Not long after the taxi drove off, he glanced at the rearview mirror, and as he expected, that familiar car was tailing behind them from some distance away.

Zhang Che revealed a hint of a smile, not saying anything.

-Could it be because I stayed a night at Angelina's place?-

Other than this, Zhang Che truly couldn't think of any other reason. Chen Lishan obviously didn't know that white youngster either, so he couldn't possibly be finding trouble with Zhang Che because of her.

-Just come at me if you dare…-

The ride was one without any conversation. When they arrived at Chen Lishan's apartment, Zhang Che realized that her home was actually very small. It seemed like she was telling the truth; her financial status was less than ideal.

"Take a rest at the living room first; I'll go prepare food. Ah, right, I can only fix a few Hua Xia dishes. I hope you'll like them." After settling Zhang Che down at the living room, Chen Lishan put on her apron and took out some ingredients from her fridge and hurriedly went into the kitchen.

"It's fine. I'm not very picky about food."

Mmm, Zhang Che was indeed not picky for now. He would be satisfied as long as there was something for him to eat.

What a pitiful guy he was. He hadn't had a filling meal ever since he hid himself in Angelina's guest room yesterday night and ate a few dozen kilograms of exotic fruits. He was literally shaking from hunger right now.

If someone gave him a piece of raw meat right now, he would even eat it without hesitation!

"Looks like there's a need for me to find an opportunity to enter the beast world again. I have to hunt more exotic beasts, prepare some roasted meat and keep them in storage. Otherwise, it'd be really stupid if I starved to death some day…"

On his way back from the beast world this time, due to his meeting with Chen Lishan and the others, he didn't have any opportunities to prepare roasted meat for storage. Now, he was met with the pain of starving.

As he was really too hungry, Zhang Che stood up and paced back and forth in the living room, his eyes wandering out of the windows.

-Tsk, that guy is pretty patient. He followed us all this way and was able to endure making no moves?- Zhang Che guessed that the white youngster saw how powerful the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander was and was feeling apprehensive about doing anything.

Suddenly, Chen Lishan's voice rang out from the kitchen, "Give me a hand, Brother Sun, the food is ready!"

Zhang Che hurriedly walked over. Other than a few simple dishes, he even saw half a pot of meatball soup. The thick fragrance of meat almost made Zhang Che drool.

"Erm, this shouldn't be too much, right? I noticed your appetite is quite big. I was afraid you wouldn't have enough to eat and thus cooked a little more," Chen Lishan giggled.

-Hmm, this miss is quite attentive!-

Zhang Che smiled, "It's not too much. Thank you, Lishan!"

In fact, he nearly wept in his heart! -Miss, since you know I have a huge appetite, why didn't you cook even more? Since you're already leaving, just bring out all your food. Wouldn't it be better?-

The two worked together and brought all the food to the dining table in the living room. Chen Lishan opened a cupboard at the side, smiling, "Want some wine?"

Zhang Che was stunned for a moment. He couldn't help but remember what happened last night, then immediately shook his head, "Ugh, better not."

"Hehehe, just a little bit, okay?" Chen Lishan ignored the obvious embarrassment on Zhang Che's face. She giggled, "Don't worry, I won't crawl into your bed in the middle of the night."

Zhang Che almost wanted to hide under the table.

"Can we not talk about this… oh shit!"

A fiery light shone in the distance. Immediately after, the glass in Chen Lishan's living room shattered into countless pieces, streaking everywhere. A spinning rocket was flying towards Zhang Che and Chen Lishan at lightning speed!

In the time it took a spark to ignite, a five-colored ray of light shot out between Zhang Che's brow and materialized into a huge purple tortoise in mid air, facing the approaching rocket. The huge tortoise opened its mouth wide, swallowing it into its spatial pocket.

"Stay right here and don't move; it will be fine!" Zhang Che instructed. Meanwhile, he summoned the Seven Star Silver Beetle armor, enveloping his body, and charged out of the living room.

Chen Lishan's face was filled with fright as she watched Zhang Che.

She looked at the Purple Crystal Tortoise laying quietly on the ground of the ruined living room. Countless emotions flashed in her eyes.

-Who exactly is this Sun Che? Is he a high-tier beastmaster? Why else would he have so many powerful exotic beasts?-

-Then, when he returns, should I…-

"My god!" On the roof of a low-rise apartment a hundred-plus meters away, the white youngster dropped the rocket launcher in his hands. He revealed an astonished look as if he had seen a ghost and immediately turned to run without hesitation.

Under the envelopment of the silvery armor, Zhang Che's eyes revealed a faint smile in ridicule. -Run, where can you run to?-

Putting all his strength into his legs, Zhang Che's running speed reached an astonishing degree. The distance of over a hundred meters was covered in mere seconds.

Seeing the white teenager on the low building trying to escape, a savage-looking purplish-brown long whip suddenly appeared in Zhang Che's hand. With a light lash, the long whip hooked onto the top of the building, and Zhang Che's entire body was directly pulled up just like that.

"Shit! Shit! Shit!" the white youngster was in a panic, cursing out loud as he jumped down from platform to platform. "Shit! Shit! Shit!"

At this moment, all he wanted was to run to somewhere with other people around. That damned fellow wouldn't dare to make a move on him then, right?

Alas, he would never have the chance to do that.

A long whip suddenly flew through the air and coiled around his waist, pulling him back.

The barbs on the long whip instantly pierced through the white youngster's clothing into his skin, the lethal poison contained in it immediately invaded his body.

"Ow…!" a miserable howl rang out before the teenager fainted.

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Chapter 232: The Big News Chen Lishan Revealed

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Splash! A ladle of cold water poured down.

"Ah…!" The young man was startled awake. He felt as if countless burning hot iron rods were sticking in his waist, the pain so intense that he immediately cried out loud.

However, his cries lasted less than a second before Zhang Che stepped on his mouth, shutting him up. Afterwards, a devilishly beautiful butterfly appeared from thin air, and in the next moment, his eyes looked confused.

Zhang Che recalled the two-star gold-quality Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly with a wave of his hand, then turned to the shocked Chen Lishan and said, "Lishan, ask him why he ambushed us."

Chen Lishan was a little confused. -Would he answer if I asked?-

"Hurry, there's not much time!" Zhang Che urged with a harsher tone. Although Chen Lishan didn't understand what was going on, she hurriedly looked to the young man and demanded, "Who are you, and why did you ambush us?"

The white youngster's eyes were bewildered, answering blankly, "I am George Franklin. This kid snatched my Monica away, so I'm going to kill him!"

Chen Lishan was astonished! -This person actually answered everything without hiding any information! Could it be because of that butterfly subdued beast from earlier?-

Luckily, she remembered what Zhang Che said earlier and hurriedly translated for him.

Zhang Che nearly fainted after hearing what she said. -I didn't even do anything and I still got myself in trouble! How unlucky!-

"Brother Sun, do I continue interrogating him?"

Now, Chen Lishan's gaze towards Zhang Che was one filled with reverence. Her tone when speaking to him was no longer as casual as before.

From the number of subdued beasts Zhang Che displayed, this fellow was a Tier Six beastmaster, at the very least! That was already an existence at the peak of mid-tier beastmasters. One step higher and he'd be a high-tier beastmaster!

Of course, what struck fear in Chen Lishan the most was still that butterfly from before. That thing could actually control the thoughts of others, doing whatever he told them to. It was too terrifying!

"You don't have to. He can't speak even if you asked any more," Zhang Che shook his head. The young man on the ground was no longer moving, his entire body bluish-purple.

The Rotten Ent Prowler whip's lethal poison was no joke. The white youngster lasted less than five minutes before he succumbed to it.

It was only now that she realized he was dead. She was so frightened that she cried out in shock, "Ah, he's dead! What should we do?"

As they spoke, the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword appeared in Zhang Che's hand. He lifted the young man's corpse with the sword. The Scarlet Flame Drake appeared in the living room following a wave of his hand, and the corpse was burned to ash with a single fiery breath.

"Oh god, there's still such a powerful subdued beast!" Chen Lishan gasped, unable to close her mouth.

After destroying the evidence, Zhang Che nodded lightly.

Although he still thought that the matter of him capturing the young man would still be discovered, there shouldn't be any problem any time soon.

Calling the police? Don't be silly; who was willing to risk offending a powerful beastmaster by calling the police? Were they tired of living?

As such, Zhang Che didn't have to worry about his murder of the teenager being exposed for the next few days, at the very least.

After that? Who cared? He'd be back in Hua Xia by then!

Just as he turned around, Zhang Che saw Chen Lishan looking at him in shock. He thought she was worried about future troubles after what he just did, and he shook his head, chuckling, "Don't worry. We'll be flying back to Hua Xia tomorrow. Everything will be fine. Uh, are you worried that you'll be scared at night since someone died here? That doesn't matter, either. I'll have one of my subdued beasts accompany you tonight. You won't feel scared then."

However, Chen Lishan shook her head gently, showing an extremely complicated expression. Finally, she gritted her teeth and said, "Brother Sun, can I ask you to help me with something?"

Zhang Che couldn't help but find it strange. -We're leaving tomorrow. What matter is there?-

"What is it? Tell me, I'll help out if I can." Naturally Zhang Che wouldn't agree to her request directly. If it was nothing too complicated, he wouldn't mind helping her out. If it was too troublesome, or would even endanger himself, he'd definitely treat it as he heard nothing.

Chen Lishan's gaze was one of pleading, and spoke out about her request. "It's regarding my brother. I suspect he's still alive…"

It turned out that Chen Lishan's brother, Pello Chen, was working in San Diego in a pharmaceutical company with a deep background, and had risen to a middle-management position.

However, on a night not too long ago, Chen Qikun sent Chen Lishan a message in secret through the public network. It stated that he discovered a huge secret in the company, that his personal freedom might already be restricted, and that she should look for an opportunity to leave the Bei Mei region as soon as possible.

Chen Lishan turned pale with fright after receiving the message. She hurriedly looked for her friend, Angelina, and asked her to help think of a solution.

However, when Angelina mentioned this to her father, she received a stern scolding in return, telling her not to get herself involved in this. That pharmaceutical company's background was extraordinary, and wasn't something their family could afford to offend.

Angelina expressed her helplessness about this matter after telling Chen Lishan about it, and urged her to leave San Diego as soon as possible to prevent the opposite party from possibly finding her.

After hearing this, Zhang Che's face darkened slightly.

"So, you want me to help you investigate if your brother is still alive, and save him? Hah, you think I can infiltrate them so easily given their deep background?"

Although Zhang Che's expression was gloomy, his heart was astonished.

What Chen Lishan's brother, Chen Qikun, discovered was that… the pharmaceutical company he worked at had a secret base at the outskirts of San Diego doing human experimentation. They tested their newly-researched exotic beast genetic medicines on people, trying to develop a medicine without any side effects that allowed humans to become as strong as exotic beasts.

Not only that, in order to not cause too many deaths, leading to them drawing the attention of related departments and the public, and also to facilitate better data gathering, the pharmaceutical company got themselves a healing-type subdued beast at a heavy price.

This news left Zhang Che feeling like a bolt of lightning had struck his mind.

You would know just by using your toes to think that those who were subjected to all kinds of genetic medicine testing would have their bodies ruined! How much mutation would their bodies undergo?

A healing-type beast that could cure such damage and mutation was definitely not simple!

At the very least, his mother, Sun Lan's, illness was definitely no problem at all for a healing-type subdued beast at that level!

Zhang Che was immediately moved by this news.

Although Miss Tienan might have already enrolled into Bei Du University's beast card cultivation major, and might be able to ask Professor Sun Qilong to help cure his mother's illness, whether it could cure her or not was still an unknown.

After all, that subdued beast of Professor Sun Qilong was not a healing-type subdued beast before it rose to gold-quality. It was like a barefoot doctor who decided to become a monk halfway through; how could it possibly compare to an industry specialist?

Most importantly, Zhang Che was very confident in his current abilities. Even if he couldn't get his hands on that subdued beast, escaping was no problem at all.

-I must get that healing-type subdued beast!- This idea immediately manifested in Zhang Che's heart. It was like a wild fire on the plains, unable to be extinguished!

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Chapter 233: Infiltrating the Base in the Night

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-I must get that healing-type subdued beast!- The idea could no longer be suppressed once it manifested.

Zhang Che couldn't help but start thinking carefully about whether this trip was too risky.

First, the base was not in San Diego's city area. Even if there were defenses in place, it would be tight on the inside, but lax on the outside. He only needed to break through the most important circle of defense to infiltrate the base, and escaping would become much easier.

Second, the pharmaceutical company's human experimentation was done in secret. Due to its confidentiality, its defenses shouldn't be too eye-catching. Perhaps the defenses put in place weren't as tight as he imagined.

Lastly, Zhang Che had the Purple Crystal Tortoise. He could have it activate its Purple Crystal Armor skill if necessary, which would provide him an impenetrable physical defense for an hour, unless he was attacked by divine-tier beasts, and could also nullify a large fraction of elemental attacks.

At the very least, if the plan failed, Zhang Che could ensure his safe retreat.

Since that was so, why not take a gamble?

Seeing Zhang Che's darkened complexion, Chen Lishan knew her request was too much.

However, this was the only straw of hope she could grasp onto. How could she be willing to let go of it so easily?

"Brother Sun, I know my request is too much… but if you're willing to help me, I… I'll do anything you want!"

Zhang Che waved his hand lightly. He asked, "You're saying your brother went to that base with his superior and discovered the secret; he couldn't bear the immorality of it and spoke to his superior about it, and immediately sent you the news after he was warned by his superior?"

A hint of hope flashed across Chen Lishan's face. She nodded profusely, "Yes, that's how my brother's message went."

"Then, in other words, your brother is very likely being held in that base," Zhang Che nodded lightly. He continued, "But it's been so long. You have to be mentally prepared for the worst."

-Does that mean he's agreed to it?- Chen Lishan was overwhelmed with joy. She nodded again, "I only want to confirm if he's still alive. If there's a chance, please save him as well. I… I'll repay you with everything I have!"

Zhang Che sighed inwardly, -What use do I have for your "everything"? If it wasn't for that shockingly effective healing-type subdued beast, I wouldn't bother myself with this mess.-

"Alright, wait for me at home. No matter if I succeed or not, I'll return by tomorrow morning, and we'll set off for Hua Xia."

After thinking for a bit, Zhang Che picked out the only two two-star gold-quality beast cards he had obtained from his recent trip to the beast world, together with another two-star silver-quality beast card, and passed them to Chen Lishan. He instructed her, "Activate these beast cards. You'll be able to defend yourself if anything happens."

"Thank you so much, Brother Sun! Don't worry, I'll do whatever I can to repay you!

Chen Lishan was deeply moved, nearly prostrating before Zhang Che and kowtowing to him.

Zhang Che hurriedly waved his hands, "Don't. What age are we in now? You're still talking in this manner. That's all, then. Just wait for me at home! I'll get going now." After instructing Chen Lishan a little more, Zhang Che put on a set of clothing that belonged to her brother and silently left the apartment.

——

The night slowly deepened. Lights lit up everything in the city.

Zhang Che first entered a clothing store and bought a dozen or so sets of clothing, then ran over to an eatery and bought a mountain of food to go.

———

The pharmaceutical company's secret base was located in the mountains to the northeast of San Diego, about sixty kilometers out. It was already late; there wouldn't be any taxis willing to brave the dangers of leaving the city.

Zhang Che couldn't be bothered to find one, either. Let alone the fact that it would delay him, he might not even find the place.

After arriving at the northern sector of San Diego, Zhang Che summoned the Purple Jade Condor and jumped onto it, flying northeast.

As for the first law about not allowing the summoning of subdued beasts in the city? To hell with it! Zhang Che directly flew out the city. No one would bother to care about this. It wasn't the city center here, anyway…

——

As they flew northeast, approaching the exact location of the base, Zhang Che didn't directly barge his way in. Instead, he had the Purple Jade Condor stop at the nearby hill. After that, he took out that big bag of cooked food from the Tortoise and started wolfing it down.

Nothing was more important than filling his stomach!

—

After eating for close to an hour, Zhang Che finally let out a comforted sigh, then took out a barrel of water and gulped it down. He was fully satisfied now!

He recalled the Purple Crystal Tortoise, then had the Purple Jade Condor take to the skies and circle around, scouting the situation outside the base.

According to the information Chen Qikun sent Chen Lishan, the outside of the base was disguised as a large livestock cultivation ground and processing plant, rearing large amounts of animals, and usually had all kinds of people coming and going.

No one would ever suspect that under this gigantic processing plant was hidden a human experimentation base! Many people were locked up in there, living a hellish life.

As Zhang Che had no idea where the entrance to the base was, he didn't dare to approach it carelessly. He only sat on the hill nearby, waiting to see if the Purple Jade Condor could discover anything.

Regrettably, it was now deep at night. Although there was still a little bit of light coming from the processing plant above the secret base, it was still very difficult for the Purple Jade Condor to find out what the situation there was like.

After waiting for over half an hour, Zhang Che almost couldn't hold it in any longer and wanted to forcibly barge right in, when a car suddenly drove out of inner area of the processing plant silently, heading straight to the main road outside.

Zhang Che's instincts told him that this car shouldn't be simple, because the plant above ground had already shut down for the night. It couldn't be someone from the external area.

In that case…

———–

A surreptitious butterfly suddenly flew out. When the car was about to pass by the hill Zhang Che was atop, it flew above the car without anyone noticing.

In the next moment, the car suddenly came to a stop.

Zhang Che stood up and ran down the hill. He pulled the door open and sat down in the back seat of the car.

"Go back."

The car quickly turned back and followed the route it had taken earlier, returning to the processing plant. It drove directly down to the inner area where security was much tighter, stopping at a sealed factory entrance.

"Hey Robert, didn't you say you have something going on at home? Why are you back here?" A security guard who obviously knew the driver walked up with a doubtful look on his face. He knocked on the car window, and realized that the guy was, for some unknown reason, laying on the steering wheel.

"Damn, what's with this guy? Is he feeling sick?" The security guard was shocked, thinking that this driver felt sick on his way home and thus drove back here. He hurriedly pulled the door open and dragged him out of the car.

"Help me out! Damn it, this guy is so heavy!" the security guard cried out. Two more guards immediately walked up and worked together to bring Robert to the side. After a simple check on him, they discovered that this guy had fainted and it was impossible to wake him up.

"Quick, go down and call for a doctor. He might have fallen into a comatose state from overwork… Curse it!"

One of the security guards at the factory entrance immediately opened the gates and ran inside in a hurry.

None of them noticed a near-invisible, distorted silhouette came out of the car and follow the security guard into the factory closely…

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The main gate opened. The inside, however, was actually very narrow. There was only a tunnel, about five meters tall and eight meters wide, extending all the way into the rear of the mountain.

The tunnel wasn't long, not even reaching fifty meters. The concrete walls on both sides had many tiny openings like a beehive, with weapons peeking out from within them. The weapons would turn anyone into a sieve if they dared try breaking in.

Not only that, in order to prevent powerful beastmasters from breaking in, there were also high efficiency laser weapons overhead that were effective against mid-tier exotic beasts!

The outer security guard from before clarified the situation to those inside, then hurried towards the other end of the tunnel. After verifying his identity, the wall suddenly parted, revealing a huge cargo elevator.

After silently following this security guard into the lift, Zhang Che finally heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the Myriad Transformation Lizard's invisibility skill was even able to avoid being caught on the cameras in the tunnel.

It was to be expected if you thought about it, however. No matter if it was the human eye, or the camera, they captured an image through the reflection of light. If an object was fully transparent, naturally it wouldn't be seen.

——

The elevator didn't descend far. It came to a stop a few seconds later.

The security guard went off to look for a doctor in a hurry. On the other hand, Zhang Che followed the tunnel into the mountain base, sneaking in.

"There's less than seven minutes left. If I still can't find the healing-type subdued beast by then, I can only do it the hard way!"

Luckily, the base was not a military complex, after all. The layout wasn't very complicated. He found the human experimentation area in less than two minutes.

It was a spacious area, occupying close to a thousand square meters. A hundred steel cages were placed in here, and those locked inside the cages were most probably the live specimens used for human experimentation.

What was strange was that not many injuries could be seen on these people's bodies. However, their expressions were all totally numb, their eyes void. They were either sitting or lying down, without any spirit in them.

There were some people in white coats and masks moving about in this space, occasionally stopping and operating the devices along the hallway, recording some data.

Some others were pushing carts about, stopping in front of the steel cages and opening them, injecting fluids of various colors into the captives.

Perhaps they knew that it was meaningless to resist. These live specimens were like dolls, cooperating with the staffers without any hint of resistance.

Zhang Che's scalp turned numb watching this. Although there weren't any bloody scenes, this area was akin to Purgatory. This was simply inhuman and antisocial!

Although… Zhang Che was no moralist, nor did he have the ability to rescue everyone here. He was only thinking that he could perhaps do something to give these pitiful people a chance after obtaining the healing-type subdued beast.

What happened after that depended on their fate.

After scanning through his surroundings, Zhang Che began searching for a Chinese man, hoping to find Chen Lishan's brother, Chen Qikun among them.

Alas, after looking through the captives, Zhang Che didn't spot anyone who fit the description Chen Lishan gave him among the few Chinese men. Maybe Chen Qikun was already silenced by the people from this company? Or perhaps he was under house arrest somewhere?…

Zhang Che no longer bothered about this matter, and focused as he waited.

"Only three minutes left!"

Zhang Che hid silently in a corner. He didn't have the time to go searching in other areas. He could only wait here idly for an opportunity, for some negative effects to show on the human specimens just injected with the prototype genetic treatments. At that time, that healing-type subdued beast would naturally appear before him!

Time slowly passed. The human specimens injected with the medicine started to show different reactions.

Some of them had their skin color change completely, like turning bluish-purple or crimson-red. Some of them had their veins swell up, looking like it would burst at any time. Some of their bodies even started mutating, tiny scales growing on their skin, or their bone structures warped, their bones piercing out of their skin.

Howls of pain started to envelop this spacious area.

Zhang Che kept silent, his hands clenched tight into fists.

"Only one minute left!"

Suddenly, in one of the cages, a man's skin broke up like fissured dry land. Large amounts of blood flowed out from the cracks.

However, that test subject had no inkling of this. He was slipping off into coma.

The nearby staffer in white coat immediately cried out, indicating that the subject's vital signs were rapidly deteriorating, requiring immediate medical attention.

Zhang Che's eyes lit up. -Is it finally coming?-

At that moment, an ordinary man in white coat walked toward that particular steel cage up from among the group of people in the hallway, his steps hurried. A five-colored ray of light shot out from his brow, turning into a pure white horse.

The white horse looked unusually spirited, with a foot-long spiral sharp horn on its head.

-Is this a freaking unicorn from Western legends?- Zhang Che's eyes widened from shock. He hurriedly drew closer, and with his data eyes, revealed this peculiar white horse's attributes.

[Unicorn]

Level: Four Star (Level 40)

Quality: Legend

Type: Healing Type

Characteristics: Tame, Loves Serenity, Pure-Natured

Weakness: Poor Defense Against Dark Elemental Attacks

Innate Attributes: Healing, Able to Cure Any Injuries or Illness Caused By Non-Innate Elemental Attacks. Healing Efficiency Depends on the Severity of the Target's Injuries. Lightning Attack, Able to Release a Medium Level Lightning Attack Which is Somewhat Lacking in Destructive Power

Skill: Light of Life. By Exhausting Its Vital Energy as the Price, Forcibly Heals Injuries of Any Degree of a Single Target. Unable to Regenerate Lost Body Parts. Requires 5 Days to Recover Vital Energy After Use.

Skill: Lightning of Purification, Releases a Mighty Lightning Attack as Either a Single Unit Attack or a Small Area Attack. Cooldown Time: 1 Day

Halo: Life Blessing

Potential: C Rank

As expected, this beast was really called a Unicorn. Not only did it have the ability to heal, from the looks of it, its attacking prowess wasn't weak, either.

Zhang Che's eyes immediately emitted a radiant light.

-There's no mistake; this is the healing-type subdued beast I'm looking for! It should be able to cure mom's illness with just its normal healing! I must get my hands on this subdued beast, no matter the cost!-

Zhang Che instantly rushed out of the corner he was hiding in, running straight towards that mid-tier beastmaster in the midst of the group of researchers.

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The moment that Unicorn appeared, it began healing the bloodied man as commanded by the beastmaster.

A splendid milky white ray shot out from the Unicorn's spiral horn, falling on the test subject. In the next moment, the bleeding stopped, and his fissured skin quickly grew back together. Even his strange skin color quickly reverted back to normal.

In just a few breaths' time, the test subject's appearance fully returned to normal. Due to loss of blood, he fell on the ground limply, but his life was no longer in danger.

Zhang Che was shocked beyond words watching this. His feet hastened.

Due to the many test subjects wailing in pain from the genetic medicine's stimulation, their cries concealed the sound of Zhang Che's footsteps. Otherwise, the researchers would have immediately noticed his presence the moment he ran out from the corner.

However, although those people didn't sense Zhang Che's arrival, the Unicorn suddenly turned its head in his direction after it finished healing the man.

-Shit! This fellow's senses are actually so sharp!-

At the same time, the beastmaster spiritually connected with the Unicorn also noticed this. He too, turned to look in Zhang Che's direction and immediately yelled out, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

In an instant, the entire area erupted into chaos.

The researchers here were basically all ordinary humans who couldn't fend for themselves. Facing the ambush of an unseen enemy, how could they possibly keep calm?

On the other hand, that mid-tier beastmaster kept his cool. The Unicorn was not only able to heal others, its attack wasn't weak, either. Although its attack wasn't too impressive compared to other legend-quality beasts, it shouldn't prove difficult to deal with an infiltrator who had to hide himself, right?

However, what happened next told him that not only was it difficult, but very, very difficult!

The Unicorn, having received its orders, immediately shot out a streak of electrical light at Zhang Che.

A ray of five-colored light suddenly shone, materializing into a translucent deep blue dragon in mid air, blocking that electrical light with his body.

Crackling noises rang out. Countless tiny electrical snakes flashed over the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's scales, but he wasn't hurt in the least. His slender body suddenly shot forth, breathing out stream after stream of darkfiend arctic air at the Unicorn.

There was a star-tier difference between the two beasts, and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was even a combat-based beast to boot! How could the Unicorn possibly defend against his attacks? It was enveloped in the deep blue darkfiend arctic air, and its flawless white body immediately grew stiffer, like a rusty old machine unused for years. Moving even a muscle was difficult!

That mid-tier beastmaster turned silly watching this unfold. This infiltrator was so strong that he could probably force his way in. Why did he even try to sneak about? Really…

He immediately thought of running for his life. However, he had to make things difficult for Zhang Che a little before escaping. Otherwise, how could he ensure his safe retreat in front of a legend-quality beast?

After issuing a command, the Unicorn, having basically lost all its mobility, raised its head and let out a long neigh. Suddenly, dazzling electrical light gathered on its spiral horn. In the next moment, a ray of light that could nearly blind everyone here enveloped the entire experimentation area.

Thunder rumbled. The resplendent electrical light shot directly towards Zhang Che.

After completing this attack, the mid-tier beastmaster didn't even bother to see if it worked. He directly recalled the Unicorn with a wave of his hand and dashed off deeper into the secret base.

However, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly gave chase and breathed out a tiny mouth of arctic breath at the beastmaster, freezing him on the spot.

"Damn it, that terrifying subdued beast caught up! Why didn't that guy get blasted to death from the Unicorn's skill?"

As his body stiffened, he fell uncontrollably to the ground and rolled over twice. In his peripheral vision, he saw Zhang Che, now wearing a silvery armor that covered from head to toe. No signs of injury could be seen on him.

Zhang Che naturally was injury-free. Since he already knew the Unicorn's attributes, how could he be unprepared for the attack? He immediately summoned the Purple Crystal Tortoise, blocking off the blinding electrical light in mid air.

Although the Purple Crystal Tortoise smashed into the ground as a result of the lightning strike, it didn't sustain much injury. After all, it was a beast that excelled in defense… well, after acquiring the bone spikes, this fellow's attacking strength had risen to a similar height among mid-tier beasts of the same quality. An attack of the caliber of the unicorn truly couldn't cause any severe injury to it.

The entire area had plunged into chaos. The staffers were running everywhere, screaming for help.

Zhang Che strode towards that frozen mid-tier beastmaster, a faint smile on his face.

This fellow was truly cooperative. If he hadn't recalled the Unicorn, Zhang Che really could do nothing against him. Well, although Zhang Che was similarly unable to do a thing to him now, when the gold-quality Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly's skill cooldown was over, he could do whatever he wanted.

That mid-tier beastmaster was on the ground, watching Zhang Che quickly closing in on him with his head turned, his eyes filled with fright. He roared, "Who are you!? What are you planning on do-"

Before he could finish his sentence, Zhang Che came up and chopped down on the beastmaster's neck with his hand, knocking him out.

"You don't have to care who I am. I only wish to borrow your subdued beast."

A wave of footsteps rang out behind him. The secret base's guards finally arrived, each of them armed with weapons, aiming at Zhang Che from afar. Someone yelled out, "You are already surrounded. Surrender yourself!"

Perhaps because they were afraid of injuring the unconscious beastmaster, the guards weren't immediately given the order to fire.

Zhang Che's lips curled up into a slight smile. As he willed it, the silver armor on him turned into a dark golden ray of light and flew back into his spiritual sea. At the same time, the Purple Crystal Tortoise activated its Purple Crystal Armor skill, enveloping Zhang Che and turning him into a human-shaped purple tortoise.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon picked up the mid-tier beastmaster with his claws and used his body to shield the fellow, ensuring that no attacks would hit his fragile body.

The person in charge of the secret base probably knew that it was impossible for Zhang Che to surrender himself. As such, he could only give the order to open fire. "Fire!"

An intense wave of gunshots rang out. However, how could these weapons penetrate the Purple Crystal Armor's defense? They were like firing a toy gun's plastic bullets onto a superalloy metal, not leaving a single mark on it.

"Show them your might!" Zhang Che instructed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon as he summoned the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword into his hand.

A dragon's roar rang out clearly in this sealed space, shaking the walls. An intense wave of deep blue icy breath suddenly shot out from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's mouth, instantly spreading out and enveloping all of the guards within.

The gun firing sounds ceased instantly. All the guards were turned into faint blue ice sculptures,still standing, but no longer showing any signs of life.

Towards these people who took the side of evil-doers, Zhang Che felt no mercy for them, killing them all!

"Now, what happens next depends on your luck!"

Sweeping his gaze across the steel cages around him, Zhang Che suddenly sprang into motion, cutting these sturdy cages open effortlessly with the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword.

In less than a minute, all the steel cages were cut open. Afterwards, he strode forth with long strides, heading towards the elevator with the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon by his side.

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Chapter 236: Gone With the Wind When Done

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Loud alarms rang throughout the entire base.

Just like that, Zhang Che ran towards the elevator wearing the purple tortoise armor, wielding the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword, with the deep blue Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon at his side.

Squad upon squad of fully-armored guards appeared from everywhere in the tunnels, firing the weapons in their hands.

Zhang Che ignored them all, continuing to his destination.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon breathed out stream after stream of icy air, each breath freezing a guard on the spot without exception.

After watching the security cameras, the person in charge of the base knew that ordinary guards had no way of stopping Zhang Che. As such, large-caliber weapons hidden in the walls slid out from concealed slots, unleashing a rain of explosive shells at Zhang Che.

Not only that, even high energy lasers were shooting at Zhang Che's purple crystal armor.

However, such attacks weren't able to hurt him at all, nor were the weapons able to injure the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon at his side.

Superalloy barriers quickly fell into place one after another, but Zhang Che cut them open one by one with single swings of the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword.

At this moment, Zhang Che was like an unstoppable purple demon, rampaging his way through everything.

The elevator leading to the surface had its power source cut, but was not a problem that could stump Zhang Che.

With a few swings of the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword, the elevator cabin was turned into a ruin, revealing the shaft up. A lash of the Rotten Ent Prowler whip pulled Zhang Che up to the exit.

The last line of defense was now before him.

It was a several-meter-thick superalloy gate, able to withstand armor-piercing missiles, closed up and standing before Zhang Che.

Above him were a few dozen high-energy laser machines operating at maximum capacity, shooting beam after beam of high temperature lasers at Zhang Che's purple crystal armor, but they were all reflected off of him.

However, the Purple Crystal Tortoise's defense against pure energy attacks wasn't perfect. Zhang Che could feel the armor's surface slowly heating up.

If this continued on, even if the armor could continue defending him from their attacks, the super high temperature would roast him alive!

"Open!" Zhang Che raised his Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword up high. The Unparalleled Sharpness skill was activated, the blade emitting a scarlet light.

The sword slashed down heavily at the superalloy gate, directly carving out an opening. Zhang Che didn't stop his motions. He raised his sword again, slashing down at the gate repeatedly.

Before the ten second duration of the skill was up, he cut a huge opening out of the several-meter-thick super alloy gate. Zhang Che brought the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and passed through.

From there, it was a free man's world!

Zhang Che didn't continue showing off, and directly jumped onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back. This terrifying dragon let out a resounding roar and flew straight through the encirclement of bullets and laser beams, coming out to the factory on the surface, and directly soared into the sky under the frightened, yet relieved gazes of the guards.

Once the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was up in the sky, Zhang Che had the Purple Crystal Tortoise dispel its skill. Afterwards, with a thought, he had the Purple Crystal Tortoise shoot out the rocket it swallowed previously.

Rumble! The rocket directly crashed down into the factory, exploding into a mass of fire and smoke. Afterwards, the surrounding flammable objects all ignited, the fire quickly spreading out.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon brought forth his greatest speed, leaving the now-chaotic secret base behind.

——

About a quarter of an hour later, a deep blue silhouette suddenly descended from the sky onto a desolate hill. The mighty aura it emanated immediately woke up the low-tier exotic beasts in the area, and they ran away down the hill in fear.

Zhang Che jumped off the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, looking at the mid-tier beastmaster still held unconscious in his pet's claws. He directly summoned the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly and had it cast the Enchant skill on him.

"I hope this works…" Zhang Che mumbled. Afterwards, he slapped the mid-tier beastmaster hard, immediately waking him up.

The awakened mid-tier beastmaster didn't make any sound. His eyes were clouded, as if he had lost his soul.

"It really does work!" Zhang Che pumped his fist excitedly. In the next moment, he was suddenly at a loss about what to do.

Although he knew a little bit of English, he had no idea how to order this guy to wipe away his spiritual imprint on the beast card, nor did he have any idea on how to ask him about Chen Qikun.

"Looks like there's no choice but to bring him back to Chen Lishan," Zhang Che sighed. He knocked out the pitiful mid-tier beastmaster again, mounting up and riding the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon back to the edge of San Diego. After that, he stole a car from someone and left a useless beast card behind as compensation, then drove straight towards Chen Lishan's place.

———-

When he alighted, he picked up the mid-tier beastmaster in one arm and ran a few hundred meters before arriving at Chen Lishan's apartment.

Seeing Zhang Che bringing someone else back, Chen Lishan couldn't help but feel curious. "Ah, you're back, Brother Sun. This is..?"

Although she couldn't see this man's face, from his skin and his hair color, Chen Lishan could immediately tell that this man was Caucasian. It was impossible for him to be her brother… so why did Zhang Che bring him back?

However, Zhang Che didn't answer her question. He summoned the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly once more, and repeated the casting of the Enchant skill on this pitiful beastmaster again. Afterwards, he fetched a ladle of water from the kitchen and splashed it over the man's face, then turned to Chen Lishan and said, "Get him to wipe away his spiritual imprint on all his beast cards, then ask him about your brother. See if he knows anything."

Chen Lishan immediately understood the situation. When the mid-tier beastmaster woke up, she directly commanded him as per Zhang Che's instructions.

Soon, a total of five cards with their spiritual imprint wiped away were handed to Zhang Che, including the Unicorn beast card.

"I finally got it!" Zhang Che trembled with excitement. He immediately activated the Unicorn card and stashed it in his spiritual sea, branding it with his spiritual imprint.

The remaining four cards, however, were all ordinary stuff. Zhang Che had no interest in them at all.

From the looks of it, this guy was only responsible for healing the test subjects whose bodies were about to break down, while he himself had no strength worth mentioning.

As his excitement faded, Zhang Che suddenly heard Chen Lishan's suppress weeping sounds from the side. He sighed inwardly and asked, "How is it? Did you get any news on your brother?"

Chen Lishan could no longer control herself upon hearing Zhang Che's question. She jumped into Zhang Che's embrace and wailed out loud, "Brother Sun, my brother… my brother was killed by them! Wuuhuuhuu…"

Zhang Che's face froze. He didn't push Chen Lishan, who was about to crumble, away. He only raised his hand and tousled her hair, consoling her.

——

The next morning, Zhang Che boarded the sky shuttle airplane heading from San Diego to the Hua Xia region's Bei Du City, along with Chen Lishan.

-Hua Xia, I'm coming home!-

Editor's Note: No, we don't know what he did with the poor sap, either. But judging by the fate of rocket boy…

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Chapter 237: Is This Still My Miss Tienan?

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The sky shuttle was extremely fast. Despite flying in the atmosphere, its speed could reach up to twenty thousand kilometers per hour.

There was almost no flying beast that could match such high speed. The safety of travelling on it was absolutely guaranteed, and the first choice of those who were wealthy enough for intercontinental travel.

Of course, this was also the only choice available, since ordinary passenger planes were too accident prone. As such, intercontinental flights had been cancelled since the dawn of the new age.

Even if there were one or two terrifying flying beasts that could catch up to the sky shuttle, it could still choose to directly fly out of the atmosphere, leaving those flying beasts unable to give chase any longer. The environment in outer space wasn't something any life form could casually enter and survive.

———-

After over ten hours of flight, the sky shuttle Zhang Che took finally landed in the dedicated airport in Bei Du City.

The current time was actually not much different from when he boarded the flight in Bei Mei region; it was still morning.

For Zhang Che, it was truly a fascinating experience. He departed from Bei Mei in the morning, and it was still morning when he arrived in Hua Xia. Just thinking about it interested him.

( NovelFull ) The sky shuttle's speed could almost match the rotation of Mercury!

"We're in Bei Du now?"

By the time they walked out of the airport, the grief on Chen Lishan's face had lessened quite a bit compared to before.

Although she just learned about her brother's demise from that mid-tier beastmaster last night, she had already mentally prepared herself. Now that she was in a new environment, her psyche was adjusted to a certain degree.

"Yes, this is Bei Du!" Zhang Che lamented. He really wanted to go find Huang Tielan right this moment.

However, he still had to settle down Chen Lishan first.

She came with him all the way to Hua Xia without any relatives around. Zhang Che couldn't bear to abandon her just like that.

He found a hotel for Chen Lishan near the airport, then transferred two million dollars to her account, telling her, "Settle down here for now. I still have many things to take care of. Send me a message if you come across anything you can't handle."

Chen Lishan nodded meekly, "Mmm, go do what you have to, Brother Sun. I'll take good care of myself. Take it as I borrowed this money from you. I'll find a job and slowly repay you."

She knew that Zhang Che's identity wasn't so simple. Not only that, it seemed like he wouldn't come in contact with her much in the future, so she had to work hard and settle down here on her own.

Zhang Che fell silent for a moment. He didn't know what to say, and could only nod in the end, saying, "Mmm, take good care of yourself. This is what your brother would hope to see… I'll get going now. Remember to contact me if there's anything."

——–

Zhang Che didn't know where Huang Tielan was staying at. He had no lead to work on finding her.

As such, he directly flagged down a taxi and headed straight to the Bei Du city administration building.

Here, he applied and obtained a new personal terminal through verifying his personal details. Afterwards, he downloaded his personal data from the cloud network.

After downloading the data, Zhang Che saw a long string of voice messages in his mailbox from Huang Tielan. There was one almost everyday.

Tears immediately welled up in his eyes. His fingers trembled as he sent a voice call request to Huang Tielan.

The call was connected right away. Huang Tielan first cried out loud in surprise, followed by her wailing. "Ah! Zhang Xiaoche, I knew you'd be fine! Wuuhuu…"

Miss Tienan had never cried once ever since she found out about Zhang Che's disappearance. Now that she suddenly received news from him, she could no longer suppress her feelings and everything bottled up inside her erupted in one go.

Although, her crying sounds contained her feelings of happiness.

"I'm sorry, Tielan. I've made you worry all this time…" Zhang Che was feeling all kinds of emotions, too. He didn't know where to begin talking.

( NovelFull ) However, on the other end, Huang Tielan ignored him and directly ended the call.

Zhang Che was baffled. -What is this?-

Shaking his head, he sent a voice call request to Sun Lan, but the line turned out to be busy…

"How strange…" Zhang Che was speechless. What happened was very different from how he imagined it to be.

Soon, Huang Tielan called him back. She said, unable to suppress her excitement, "Where are you, Zhang Xiaoche? Okay, stay there and don't move. I'll come fetch you immediately with Auntie Sun!"

The call ended again…

Zhang Che was dumbstruck again. -Auntie Sun? My mother?-

He immediately realized what was going on. It was likely that Miss Tienan brought Sun Lan here to take care of her after he disappeared, in case something happened from her worrying over him.

-Ai, this girl… how will I ever repay you…-

Since Huang Tielan told him to wait here, Zhang Che left the city administration building and sat down on a bench by the roadside.

Cars stopped nearby from time to time. People of various shapes and sizes came out of them, and Zhang Che would always shoot a glance at them.

"Who knows how long Miss Tienan will take to come here… Though she had always been really quick. It shouldn't take too long, right?"

—————-

As things would have it, Bei Du City was huge. Zhang Che had been sitting there for half an hour now, and Miss Tienan was still nowhere to be seen.

Screech..! Another car parked at the roadside. The driver's door opened. A pair of long legs first appeared in Zhang Che's sight. He couldn't help but look upwards, and he saw a beauty over a hundred and eighty centimeters tall coming out. He would give her a score of over ninety-five for her looks and figure.

"Mhm, I'll withhold five points. You're not my Miss Tienan," Zhang Che turned his head away in disappointment, his gaze shifted back to the traffic.

-Hmm? Something doesn't seem quite right?- Zhang Che hurriedly turned his head back. He saw that tall beauty coming at him with an angry face, then jumped into his embrace, complaining, "Zhang Xiaoche, how dare you act as if you don't know me!"

Zhang Che was shocked enough as it was after getting jumped on by an unfamiliar beauty. When he heard that familiar voice, his brain could no longer work properly.

-Is this still my Miss Tienan?-

As he wondered, Huang Tielan loosened her hug. Her eyes were filled with tears, her face filled with happiness, saying, "How is it? Are you surprised? Amazed, even?"

Zhang Che's eyes instantly reddened. He knew that the reason why Miss Tienan lost so much weight so quickly was all because of him…

"Are you feeling pressured after seeing me becoming so pretty?" Huang Tielan said, wiping her tears away. She pulled Zhang Che up and dragged him to the parked car, saying, "Stop being silly. Auntie Sun is still waiting in the car!"

His mind was still out of it when Zhang Che was dragged into the car by Huang Tielan. At that moment, he saw Sun Lan looking at him with a face full of tears of joy.

"Xiao Che, you've returned…"

"Mom, I'm back!" Zhang Che could no longer hold back his tears. "Don't worry, I won't make you worry again!"

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Chapter 238: Huge Weight Finally Lifted

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Dididi! Dididi! In a room full of apparatus, a large machine suddenly emitted sharp beeping sounds.

A staffer quickly walked up to the machine and saw a glaring line of red words on the screen.

"Missing target #007 connection confirmed! Missing target #007 connection confirmed!" The staffer turned pale from shock. He opened the data log and confirmed it, then ran outside in a hurry. He quickly entered an office, reporting to a middle-aged Major General, "Reporting to General, the surveillance device just showed the person missing on the twenty-third of June, the target numbered 007, his personal terminal is in use again!"

"What!?" The middle-aged general jumped up from his seat, his face filled with astonishment. He kicked his chair away and made a mad dash straight to the data room.

After confirming the data shown on the surveillance machine once more, the general started trembling all over. He pumped his fist agitatedly and said in excitement, "Great! It's the first one who has returned after we 'lost contact' with them in over twenty years! Go make the preparations and bring that kid back immediately!

"Wait a second! Let me make a call to Huang Juyun first."

Just as the general was about to have his men bring back the reappeared "missing" subject for questioning regarding his disappearance, his brow creased uncontrollably once he thought of this kid's identity, and he quickly stopped. Afterwards, he opened up his personal terminal and sent out a voice call request.

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Huang Juyun had returned to Qian Wei City to take care of the military affairs, and was currently holding a meeting. His brow suddenly furrowed. Looking at his personal terminal, he saw an encrypted voice call request coming in.

His expression turned serious. He handed the meeting over to his subordinate, and walked out of the meeting room quickly, then accepted the call request and asked, "Hello? General Xu Lingkong? What's the matter?

"What? That kid Zhang Che just showed up!?

"No, hold it for now! No matter if there's any problems with him, wait until tomorrow if you want to question him. I'll personally bring him over to you tomorrow!"

"Right, I'm putting it out there; if you don't take my word seriously, don't blame me for falling out with you!"

The call ended. Huang Juyun didn't return to the meeting. Instead, he left the building and drove himself to the adjacent military airport.

Ten minutes later, a few fighter planes rose up into the skies, heading north.

——-

In the car, Zhang Che told his mother and Huang Tielan about what he experienced in detail. Of course, he omitted the parts about the demonic flower and the rainbow crystal.

Also, he didn't mention anything about Chen Lishan's matter. After all, that was something associated with his other identity. Subconsciously, he didn't want anyone to know the secret about him being able to transform as he wished.

Other than that, Zhang Che basically told them all about his current beastmaster tier and his capable babies. He felt that he had no need to hide this information from his closest people.

Sun Lan and Huang Tielan were both shocked beyond words after hearing Zhang Che's account. It was truly unthinkable that such bizarre events happened in this world.

Both of them were overjoyed when they heard that Zhang Che now had a powerful healing-type subdued beast.

"That's great! Auntie, your illness is nothing to worry about now!"

That news was what made Huang Tielan the happiest, other than Zhang Che's safe return. She was the same as Zhang Che, uncertain if Professor Sun Qilong's subdued beast would be able to cure Sun Lan's illness.

Now, the heavy weight in each of their hearts could finally be lifted!

Huang Tielan was probably anxious to go home and let Zhang Che heal Sun Lan. The car had unknowingly sped up, whizzing through the traffic.

Zhang Che hurriedly called out, "Slow down, slow down, no hurry!" -This miss really has an energetic nature, getting worked up very easily whenever she's happy!-

Thinking of this, Zhang Che couldn't help but turn to look at her side profile. Looking at that perfect oval-shaped face, he felt as if he had fallen into a pot of honey.

Who would've thought that the overweight girl from before who could cause an earthquake whenever she stamped her feet would actually undergo a full transformation, turning into such a first-rate beauty?

The only thing that made him feel bitter was that during this transformation process, who knew how much pain she went through..?

"Zhang Xiaoche, why are you always looking at me? I can't even drive properly now!"

Zhang Che was at a loss for words. -You can even sense that I'm looking at you when I'm sitting behind?-

———–

She drove the car as if it was flying. After only a quarter of an hour, they drove into a district of villas. In the end, it came to a stop at a particular villa that wasn't very big.

This was originally a Bei Du property owned and lived in by Huang Tielan's family. However, it was vacated after Huang Juyun took up his post in Qian Wei City. After Huang Tielan brought Sun Lan to Bei Du, she arranged for her to settle down here. A tranquil environment was better for recuperation, after all.

Just as they got out of the car, Zhang Che saw a rainbow silhouette suddenly pouncing at them. His heart thumped hard from the fright, ready to summon the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to defend himself.

-Since when was a wild exotic beast able to sneak its way into the city?!-

"Caihong, stop!" Huang Tielan suddenly cried out at this moment. The rainbow silhouette immediately halted. It turned out to be a millstone-sized rainbow spider.

[Demonic Rainbow Spider] [Newborn]

Level: One Star (Level 6) [Able to Reach Six Stars When Fully Grown]

Quality: Silver [Able to Reach Legend When Fully Grown]

Characteristics: The Tip of its Chelicerae Contains Lethal Poison, Potent Enough to Kill its Prey Instantly. Able to Spit Poisonous Spider Silk With Shocking Penetrative Power When Mature

Weakness: Innate Lightning Elemental Attacks

Innate Attribute: Increased Toxicity. Its Toxicity Overwhelms All Poisonous Beasts of the Same Level and Quality.

Skill: Unawakened

Halo: Unawakened

Potential: C Rank

Zhang Che's mouth gradually widened. He turned to look at Huang Tielan and asked incredulously, "Is this your pet?"

Miss Tienan stuck out her chest proudly and replied, "Yes! So don't you dare offend me from now on, or it'll bite you!"

Zhang Che immediately trembled from fright. -If this freaking thing bites me even once, will I still be alive?-

"Hahahah, I'm just joking. My Caihong is very obedient, I tell you. It won't bite randomly!" Huang Tielan was amused. She urged, "Hurry, summon your healing-type subdued beast and heal auntie's illness!"

"Oh, right!"

Zhang Che came back to himself and nodded. A five-colored ray of light shot out from his brow, materializing into a pure white unicorn.

Huang Tielan's eyes were immediately glued to it after seeing the unusually beautiful white beast. She fell in love with this white horse with a sharp spiral horn at first sight.

While Zhang Che helped Sun Lan sit down in a chair in the courtyard, he said to Huang Tielan, "How is it? Do you like it? I'll gift it to you when your beastmaster tier advances to Tier Four!"

After he finished his sentence, a splendid milky white ray shot out from the Unicorn's horn, shrouding Sun Lan.

Huang Tielan didn't answer Zhang Che. Instead, she looked nervously at Sun Lan, now enveloped in the milky white ray, her heart filled with anticipation.

About a minute later, the soft white ray of light gradually faded away. Sun Lan had fallen asleep, her face peaceful, and her complexion obviously different from before.

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Chapter 239: Inexplicable Feelings. The Call From Future Father-in-Law

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

During this period of time, although Huang Tielan had been taking care of Sun Lan, her health was much poorer than before due to her worrying about her son whose status was unknown, in addition to her illness.

Her mental health especially was poor. The pain and pressure she was under were extremely heavy.

Now that she had seen Zhang Che return safely, and was instantly cured of her illness by the Unicorn, her mind and body relaxed at the same time and she immediately fell into a deep sleep.

"Ah, auntie fell asleep. I'll go bring her blanket and cover her," Huang Tielan gasped softly and was ready to run into the house.

"Wait, let me carry her in. It's not good to sleep on a chair," Zhang Che hurriedly stopped Huang Tielan. Afterwards, he picked up his mother carefully and signalled for Huang Tielan to lead the way.

The two crept their way to the bedroom upstairs and put Sun Lan down, covering her with a blanket. Afterwards, the two walked out of the room with light steps and closed the door.

Suddenly, Huang Tielan called out softly, "Zhang Xiaoche."

"Hmm?" Zhang Che turned around, facing that unfamiliar, yet familiar girl, who was now as beautiful as a flower.

She was looking intently into Zhang Che's eyes, her autumn water-like pupils emitting her intense feelings, nearly melting Zhang Che.

( NovelFull ) "You seem to have grown a little taller again," Miss Tienan suddenly raised an arm to her forehead, comparing her height with Zhang Che's. "But, you're still not taller than me."

Zhang Che: …

This was simply intolerable!

As such, Zhang Che suddenly stepped forward and pulled Huang Tielan into his embrace, hugging her tightly.

"Thank you, Tielan."

"Aren't these what I'm supposed to do?" Huang Tielan said with a light smile, her gaze matched with Zhang Che, her face flushed with hints of red.

The two's breathing gradually hastened. Zhang Che felt his heart pumping hardly, and he stealthily tipped his toes-

-Bloody hell, why am I the one who has to tiptoe!?-

Zhang Che immediately felt the atmosphere dampening. He swore to himself that from today on, he had to start growing like crazy, at least a millimeter a day!

As he was getting frustrated at himself, Huang Tielan could no longer hold herself back and directly lowered her head slightly and brought it closer.

In the instant their lips met, Zhang Che was still thinking that luckily they were only standing in the hallway without his back against the wall. Otherwise, wouldn't he be on the receiving end of a kabedon now?

However, very soon he was no longer in the mood to think about any of this…

"Ah!" Zhang Che suddenly let out a low grunt while he was drunk in the feeling of being connected with the other. He hurriedly separated himself from Miss Tienan.

"Why did you bite my tongue for?"

Huang Tielan's face flushed bright red. She glared at him coyly, humphing, "Who told you to touch around."

-I can't even caress a little?-

Zhang Che wept, "I can't help it. You don't have to show such a big reaction."

"It's not allowed even if you can't help yourself!" Huang Tielan raised her chin, "Let me tell you, Zhang Xiaoche, at the most we can only kiss before we get married. Don't even think about anything else, humph!"

What else could Zhang Che say? He could only pull Miss Tienan back into his embrace and feel the pressure on his chest, asking, "Hugging is fine, right?"

"Hugging is okay, but where are your hands touching?"

"My hands are just placed there. I'm not moving them."

"… alright. You have a point."

"…"

"Zhang Xiaoche, I passed my test to enroll into Bei Du University's beast card cultivation major," Huang Tielan suddenly whispered into Zhang Che's ear.

Zhang Che nodded, "Mmm, you've worked hard!"

"But, I don't feel like attending school all of a sudden, now that auntie's illness is cured."

Zhang Che was slightly taken aback. "What does that matter? I think you still have to attend school. You'll definitely become a top beast card cultivator in the future."

He thought of his ability to visualize the data on exotic beasts. He didn't have the talent to become a beast card cultivator anyway, perhaps he could help Miss Tienan in the future?

Moreover, although some of his beast cards had pretty good potential, the rainbow crystal could only raise their quality. If he couldn't level them up, it would be hard to get their combat strength up to ideal.

If he could find the relevant ingredient and spiritual herbs, Miss Tienan could totally concoct the required cultivation fluid for him and easily raise the levels of his beasts.

Huang Tielan suddenly shifted her head away from Zhang Che's shoulder, showing a pitiful look as she said, "But you can't go to school now. If I go, I can't be with you often."

Zhang Che smiled slightly. He raised his hand and rubbed on her cheek, "Silly girl. It's not like you're in school all the time. Why can't you be with me often? Be good; my Miss Tienan is someone who will become the best beast card cultivator!"

( NovelFull ) Huang Tielan nodded and replied with some regret, "Alright then. You have to spend more time with me now. Freshmen for my major have to go register ourselves at the end of the month, and then go through a whole month of training before the school term officially starts."

"Mmm, I won't go anywhere for the next half a month. I'll keep you company every day," Zhang Che nodded. Suddenly, he asked softly, "Then, you see, as my reward for being with you every day, I think just kissing is a little not enough. Shouldn't-"

"You wish!" Huang Tielan directly sent a glare at him, interrupting Zhang Che's fantasy.

Zhang Che was anxious now. How could he endure this?

"Heh heh, then I'll go to your house tonight and ask for your hand in marriage!"

Just as he said that, Huang Tielan suddenly raised her hand and looked at it, then smiled at Zhang Che, teasing, "My dad's calling. Why don't you speak to him directly?"

Zhang Che: … -Can you two not have such great chemistry!?-

Meanwhile, Miss Tienan had accepted Huang Juyun's call.

"Hello? Dad, you're missing me just after a few days… ah? Zhang Che? He's here. We're at our villa in Bei Du right now… eh? How did you know he returned?

"Oh, oh, oh, I got it. Tonight, right? Okay, I'll definitely bring him there. Don't worry! I know, I know, I guarantee I'll accomplish my mission!"

After the call ended, Huang Tielan looked at Zhang Che with a "I'll see what you'll do now" look. "You heard it, right? My dad asked me to bring you home tonight. Didn't you say you wanted to ask for my hand in marriage? The opportunity came right away!"

Zhang Che's face creased up immediately.

He knew that the relevant department had found the news of his return. They probably had taken his and Huang Juyun's relationship into consideration and didn't come look for him directly, and notified Huang Juyun indirectly instead.

Actually, Zhang Che was aware that once he returned, he wouldn't be able to avoid this.

What happened to him was truly too bizarre. It was impossible for the relevant departments to not investigate this matter thoroughly.

What would come, would come. He'd face it calmly.

Zhang Che had decided to just tell them everything at that time, except for the important parts regarding the demonic flower and the rainbow crystal.

He wasn't afraid that they would suspect him and use methods like hypnotization on him.

First, with the Huang family around, it was unlikely for them to use such methods.

Second, Zhang Che wasn't afraid even if they did. With the rainbow crystal in his possession, perhaps he could even go along with their method and let them know the "real" truth, and they wouldn't come bother him any more in the future.

"Come on, then. When I'm done with this, I can finally rest assured."

Translator's Note

1: Kabedon is a Japanese term. Kabe means wall, and don is a sound effect. In this case, it refers to the popularized use in shōjo manga or anime when a man forces a woman against the wall with one hand or leans against the wall and makes the sound of "don", and this has become popular as a "clever move of confession".

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While Zhang Che was thinking about these matters, Miss Tienan thought he was having cold feet. She teased, "Hey, hey, Zhang Xiaoche, are you scared of going?"

Zhang Che came back to himself and intentionally put on a bitter face, saying, "I'm worrying over what gift to bring. After all, I'm snatching his precious daughter away. If the gift isn't up to par, I'm afraid he'll beat me up. I won't dare to retaliate, either!"

"Aiya, Zhang Xiaoche you're really asking for a beating!"

The two broke out into a "fight" again, and Zhang Che started suffering again.

This pitiful guy wasn't a real pure little virgin boy. Such a fragrant, beautiful, and coy girl was before him, and yet the most he could do was kiss her and hug her. How could he endure it?

Most importantly, Miss Tienan was obviously aware of Zhang Che's suffering, and she still teased him intentionally. This was simply intolerable.

Zhang Che had no choice but to divert his attention.

"Right, Tielan, what's with that pet of yours from earlier?" Zhang Che remembered that little rainbow spider from before. This was the first time he had seen a newborn exotic beast, and it turned out to be Miss Tienan's pet.

As expected, his guess from before was true; beastmasters truly had a chance to get themselves pets.

At the mention of this, Huang Tielan grew very excited.

"Do you remember when we went for our first outdoor combat training in school?"

Zhang Che immediately thought of those Five-Colored Poison Spiders. He asked, "Could it be that it's linked to those spiders?"

"That's right. At that time, my dad went deep into the southern suburbs to investigate, and in the end he discovered a terrifyingly powerful rainbow spider hiding in a valley. It even injured my dad's phoenix!" Huang Tielan said animatedly. Zhang Che finally learned the part of the accident that was unknown to him.

What happened afterwards, Zhang Che could guess even without Huang Tielan explaining. His future father-in-law called for back up to slay the spider boss and obtained its egg. In the end, Miss Tienan hatched that little spider and turned it into her pet.

Thinking of this, Zhang Che grew a little curious. He asked, "That spider boss only left one egg behind?"

Huang Tielan shook her head. "My dad said that there were originally quite a few of them, but he shattered most of them during their battle, leaving only two behind. The remaining one was given to Grandpa Fu's grandson, but he failed to make it acknowledge him as its master in the end.

"Oh, right, Grandpa Fu is my grandfather's comrade-in-arms. When my dad went to slay that spider, he asked Grandpa Fu's son, Uncle Fu, to help him out."

Zhang Che nodded. It seemed like getting a newborn exotic beast to acknowledge you as its master wasn't something so easy to accomplish.

That was true, thinking about it. He had the rainbow crystal, and even he didn't dare guarantee that he was able to tame all the exotic beasts. Naturally it would be even harder for ordinary beastmasters without any cheats to tame them.

————

Time slowly passed while the two conversed. It was already afternoon before the two of them noticed.

"Eh? Right, Zhang Xiaoche, are you hungry yet? Should I prepare some food for you?" Huang Tielan remembered that Zhang Che was now an appetite king, and was afraid that he was starving after not eating anything for half a day.

Zhang Che chuckled, "I'm fine. I had a hearty meal in the morning. I'm not really hungry yet."

Zhang Che realized that although he had become an appetite king, he would go hungry faster if he ate normal food instead of exotic beast meat. As such, he went to have a big meal after settling down Chen Lishan, before he contacted Huang Tielan.

"Then let's go buy groceries first. We'll go to my place after dinner," Huang Tielan suggested.

Sun Lan was still sleeping deeply. The two went to the courtyard and started the car, heading for the closest supermarket and buying a big pile of food.

During dinner, although both Sun Lan and Huang Tielan were already aware of Zhang Che's shockingly huge appetite, they were still surprised by the way he could eat.

The amount this guy ate for one meal could last others for at least ten days!

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After eating their fill, Zhang Che and Huang Tielan bade farewell to Sun Lan and drove straight to Huang Tielan's residence.

It was only when they were in the car that Huang Tielan realized Zhang Che was actually carrying a bag. Curiosity got the better of her as she asked, "Eh? Zhang Xiaoche, you even brought presents? Can you tell me what that is?"

"I'm not telling you. You'll find out later," Zhang Che replied cheekily.

Huang Tielan pursed her lips, "Tch, who cares!"

The engine rumbled. The car accelerated very quickly!

Zhang Che: …

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When they arrived at the Huang family's ancestry home, lights were starting to turn on everywhere.

The huge mansion before them had strict security, occupying a vast piece of land. Zhang Che couldn't help but fantasize about the day when he too would attain such success. At that time, there shouldn't be anything he was afraid of, right?

The Huang ancestry home was built in a classic northern Chinese landscape garden architectural style. The two passed through the front courtyard, walked through a hallway, crossed a crescent-shaped arched door and finally arrived at the main hall.

Before they walked into the main hall, Huang Tielan called out loudly, "Dad, I brought Zhang Xiaoche here!"

"You silly girl, always acting so casually. Hurry up and bring your little boyfriend in and let grandpa and grandma have a look at him," an elder woman's voice rang out from inside. It sounded like she was reprimanding her, but her voice was filled with love.

Zhang Che followed Huang Tielan walked into the hall and saw two elders sitting in there, looking at him with stern, yet curious gazes.

"Grandpa, grandma, this is Zhang Che. Zhang Xiaoche, they are my grandparents."

Zhang Che hurriedly bowed and greeted them, "Hello grandpa, hello grandma."

Grandpa Huang waved his hand, "No need to be so formal, Xiaozhang. Take a seat first; your Uncle Huang will need a little bit more time to get here."

"Thank you, grandpa," Zhang Che bowed again. Afterwards, he placed the bag he was carrying onto the short table in the hall, saying, "This is a spiritual fruit I found by chance in the beast world. I'm not sure of its exact effects, but take it as a little token from me."

The frisky monkey found a total of about a dozen of those red spiritual fruits. Zhang Che directly gave more than half of them away; one was a present for his first visit here, and second, he wanted to find out what effects these things had through the Huang family's influence.

However, Zhang Che didn't really care even if these fruits had whatever effects. Under the Unicorn's treatment, his mother's health had recovered to its peak.

Moreover, with the frisky monkey, Zhang Che really didn't have to worry about his supply of spiritual herbs. Once that fellow advanced another tier, he could find spiritual herbs wherever he went.

The Huang elders didn't act like ordinary people. Since it was a gift from a junior visiting them for the first time, they didn't reject him out of courtesy, and instead took out the spiritual fruits from the bag with interest, looking at them carefully.

"It's good stuff!" Grandpa Huang exclaimed in surprise. "Although I have no idea exactly what spiritual fruit this is, either, I can sense a faint spiritual fluctuation from it! Xiaoliu, immediately bring one of these to the military research institute and get them to help with some lab tests, see exactly what the effect of this treasure is."

"Yes, Chief!" the attendant called Xiaoliu replied respectfully, finding a glass box. He packed one of the red spiritual fruits into it and headed off.

Zhang Che was speechless watching this. -This Grandpa Huang is no simple man! Even I can't sense any spiritual fluctuation from the fruit, and yet he felt it with just a look. He must be a high-tier beastmaster!-

Since Huang Juyun wasn't here yet, Zhang Che accompanied the two elders and chatted with them.

Of course, the conversation was mainly Grandpa Huang asking him questions unrelated to his secrets, while Grandma Huang only looked at him from the side, all the while wearing a smile on her face.

If Huang Tielan hadn't been interjecting some of her own comical comments, Zhang Che really would have wanted to run away. This situation simply gave off the feeling of a joint hearing from three officials…

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Chapter 241: "Bribing" Future Father-in-Law

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Luckily, Huang Juyun soon arrived, saving Zhang Che from further "torture".

Rushing here all the way from Qian Wei City, Huang Juyun didn't take things slowly and indicated Zhang Che should follow him to the study for a talk after greeting his parents.

After entering the study, Huang Juyun directly dove into the main topic, asking, "Tell me, what happened after you were sucked into the black door?"

Zhang Che didn't directly answer the question. Instead, he asked one of his own, "Uncle Huang, do you still remember me telling you about the matter about me eating a strange spiritual flower in the beast world?"

Zhang Che felt that he needed to talk about that demonic flower first, because he kept feeling there was some huge secret behind it, and it was very likely that it involves the safety of every person on Mercury.

Huang Juyun was slightly taken aback. He nodded, indicating for Zhang Che to continue.

"Actually, I didn't eat the spiritual flower, but was nearly eaten by that strange spiritual flower…" Zhang Che started talking about his experience in the southeastern swamp in the beast world behind the Qian Wei City spatial gateway. Of course, he wasn't silly enough to talk about the rainbow crystal. He only said that he suddenly woke up when he realized the demonic flower was about to consume him, and subsequently winning the battle of souls.

Huang Juyun's brow started furrowing. He didn't pursue on how Zhang Che managed to triumph over the demonic flower's soul. After all, it was but a plant, no matter how powerful it was. How strong could its soul be? Naturally it wouldn't be a match for a human soul.

What he paid more attention to was the origin of the demonic flower.

"So, you getting sucked into the black door is related to that demonic flower?"

Zhang Che nodded. He continued, "That's right. When I got pulled in, that irresistible force seemed to latch directly onto every cell in my body. I couldn't move at all. It was only afterwards that I thought of the possibility that it was a kind of mysterious strength the demonic flower had hidden in my body."

Huang Juyun's expression grew serious. He seemed to have caught a glimpse of the truth of this mysterious disappearance incident.

"Then, how did you struggle free from the vacuum from that mysterious force in the end and escape from it?"

This was the most crucial part. Zhang Che focused himself and said, "Uncle Huang, I once spotted a divine bird with golden lightning all over its body and a wingspan of over a hundred meters in the beast world behind the Qian Wei City spatial gateway."

-Huh? What is he talking about?-

Huang Juyun looked at Zhang Che doubtfully as the latter continued, "I saw that divine bird again after I was nearly consumed by that demonic flower. At that time it was chasing a huge dragon and it seemed to have taken a glance at me when it flew through the sky.

"After I got sucked into that spatial tunnel-like plane by that mysterious vacuum, I suddenly thought of that glance the divine bird shot at me. Afterwards, I suddenly felt a surge of strength in me and it directly pulled me out from that tunnel."

Zhang Che, who was lying through his teeth, had no idea that he had almost hit the nail on the head about the truth of the matter. Well, that was if he were really discovered by that divine bird after his body got altered by the demonic flower.

Huang Juyun fell silent for a long while. He spoke with a stern look, "Don't tell anyone else about this matter… right, did you tell Tielan and the others about this?"

Zhang Che hurriedly shook his head. "Why would I? I know this is no small matter. I wouldn't tell anyone who shouldn't know about it."

When they were done talking about this somewhat serious part, Huang Juyun revealed a faint smile and asked, "Tell me, where exactly did you go when you came out of that spatial tunnel, and how did you return here afterwards?"

Zhang Che didn't hide much. He told him about his arrival at an area filled with prehistoric ferocious beasts, and gaining benefits from the side through a stroke of luck, pretty much picking up a legend-quality beast card on the ground.

Well, the legend-quality beast card Zhang Che was referring to was the Purple Crystal Tortoise…

He even brought out the beast card and showed it to his future father-in-law, leaving the latter envious of his luck.

"This really is a case of one bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster!" Huang Juyun exclaimed. He could already guess what happened afterwards. Zhang Che relied on this legend-quality beast and his caution, slowly but surely walking out of the beast world.

"Although, when I finally walked out of that dangerous area after much difficulties, I was astonished! The people I encountered on my way back were actually foreigners with blond hair and blue eyes! When I exited the safety zone, I discovered that I was no longer in Hua Xia, but the Ou Lu region!"

Zhang Che felt that his ability to lie through his teeth was really getting better and better. There wasn't even a slight pause when he made up his story.

Of course, this was also the story he had prepared well in advance. Even his mother and Huang Tielan were told that he reappeared in the Ou Lu region.

"After I exited the beast world, I discovered my personal terminal was broken. I had no way to contact others. In the end, with the help from local Chinese, I bribed a local official from the city administration with a four-star gold-quality beast card to take the sky shuttle back to Hua Xia."

There were a few dozen sky shuttle flights scheduled every day between the continents. Zhang Che wasn't worried about them investigating. They would never be able to find out anything.

"Right, Uncle Huang, I also obtained a decent beast card in the beast world over there. I'll give it to you; treat it as a little token from me." As he spoke, Zhang Che retrieved the six-star dark gold-quality Poison Fire Twin-Headed Dragon card from his pocket, offering it to Huang Juyun with both hands.

Zhang Che couldn't use it anyway. Using it to bribe his future father-in-law was definitely necessary.

He guessed that this future father-in-law of his didn't have any other powerful subdued beasts other than that seven-star gold-quality fire phoenix. Otherwise, it was impossible for him to be helpless against that spider boss.

Although the Poison Fire Twin-Headed Dragon wasn't as strong as that fire phoenix, it was still a powerful beast, nonetheless. It should be very useful to Huang Juyun.

As expected, when he saw that dark golden beast card with six hexagrams in Zhang Che's hand, even Huang Juyun was surprised, despite his experience.

"Xiaoche, how could Uncle take your things? It's better that you keep it for yourself. That way, you'll have a powerful subdued beast when your beastmaster tier rises to Tier Six."

It would be a lie to say Huang Juyun wasn't moved, but how could he bring himself to thicken his skin and accept a junior's belongings?

Zhang Che felt it was necessary to show his future father-in-law his strength. He brought out the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword.

"Uncle Huang, I'm really not in need of this beast card. Moreover, who knows when will I be able to use it? Just take it. It's just a little token from me."

Huang Juyun was truly astonished by now. -What kind of bullshit luck does this kid have?

-Could it be that those legendary figures who emerged to meet a historic destiny are also something like this?-

Huang Juyun immediately remembered that his Huang family wasn't blessed with male offspring. He only had a daughter, while those two sons of his elder brother were good-for-nothings. When he and his brother were old, who would take over and hold up the family?

-Since this kid is so outstanding and also has an affinity with Lanlan, I can focus on nurturing him.-

Thinking of this, he no longer felt uneasy. He nodded and accepted Zhang Che's bribe, then stood up and said, "Alright, Uncle will accept it then. It's getting late; you go rest first. Don't worry about what happens tomorrow. Just repeat what you said today and you'll be fine."

"Alright, thank you Uncle!" Zhang Che was overjoyed inside. It seemed like this problem was likely over. Going to the relevant departments tomorrow was most likely just a mere formality.

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Chapter 242: The Nine Military Bureaus

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The next morning, Zhang Che and Huang Juyun took the latter's custom-made, full metal-bodied super luxurious car alloyed with purple-gold crystal, heading to central Bei Du City.

Zhang Che found it a little strange. Shouldn't the relevant departments be located in some secluded area? Why would they be heading towards the city center?

Huang Juyun dispelled his doubts with a smile. "It's not a combat unit. Of course it'd be more convenient to locate it in the center of the city."

Seeing Zhang Che still acting a little nervous, Huang Juyun chuckled, "No need to be nervous. Your experience is important to the Nine Military Bureaus for their study of this series of incidents. They won't make things hard for you."

Zhang Che smiled, embarrassed. "It's exactly because I thought this is the highest intelligence department. I'm afraid they'll even find out the age I stopped wetting the bed."

Truthfully speaking, Zhang Che was indeed very nervous at the start. His predecessor had heard many things about intelligence departments. Thinking that he was about to become the target of investigation, how could he stay calm?

After hearing Zhang Che's words, Huang Juyun pointed at him, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. It was only when his future father-in-law gave him his word that he finally settled down.

The car drove on for close to an hour through the intersecting roads, before turning into an unassuming little courtyard.

Zhang Che wasn't curious about the ordinary exterior of this place. Instead, he was bemoaning silently, -This driver really sucks, taking so long to reach here. If it was Miss Tienan driving, I'm sure we would have been here in half an hour!-

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After alighting from the car, Zhang Che followed Huang Juyun and passed through several strict security checks, before finally arriving at the inner area of the Nine Military Bureaus.

The person who received them was a middle-aged major general, as well as a few record-takers sitting at his side.

What Zhang Che found strange was that other than these people, there was also a middle-aged woman with rather high cheekbones sitting at the side calmly, exuding the dignified aura of someone with high status.

Huang Juyun's complexion changed slightly the moment he entered the room and saw this woman. There were hints of awkwardness, and hints of restraining fear, leaving Zhang Che's heart thumping. -Shit, did future father-in-law run into his old flame? This is not good.- This kind of situation was something he really wanted to avoid.

The department head of the Nine Military Bureaus, Xu Lingkong, probably felt the awkward atmosphere in the air. He couldn't help but stood up and greet Huang Juyun, "General Huang, this must be your daughter's little boyfriend, Zhang Che?"

The face of the middle-aged woman sitting at the side suddenly turned cold. She humphed, "Department Head Xu, this isn't the place for small talk. Please start your questioning. I still have to hand the results of the questioning to our higher-ups."

After saying that, the middle-aged woman turned to look at Huang Juyun, whose face was constantly changing. She said coldly, "General Huang Juyun, please sit at the side quietly. Don't interfere with our questioning process. Thank you!"

Huang Juyun's complexion turned even uglier. He didn't utter a word, only sitting down at the side passively.

Zhang Che was crying about his bad luck inwardly. -Looks like this won't be an easy process. Does this count as getting implicated?-

Afterwards, the questioning officially began.

Zhang Che repeated what he talked about this to his future father-in-law, starting from the demonic flower that could blur one's rationality.

When he was onto the part when the demonic flower's soul trying to consume him, but was killed instead, the middle-aged woman suddenly interjected, "Stop! You just said that that demonic flower could cloud your consciousness from the start. It goes to show that its soul should be far stronger than yours. How could you reverse kill it at the last moment? I think your story is very suspicious!"

-Freaking hell… you old virgin must have gotten dumped by my future father-in-law in the past!-

Zhang Che was very annoyed. However, looking at another perspective, this woman was indeed faithfully discharging her duty, and her senses were keen, discovering the loophole in his story immediately.

However, with his future father-in-law going through the story with him previously, Zhang Che wasn't afraid of her. He met her suspicious gaze, saying calmly, "How would I know? Maybe that demonic flower is only good at clouding senses, and its soul wasn't actually that strong? Moreover, that was only a strange plant in the end, how could it match up to us humans?"

There was no way to refute his words.

The middle-aged woman focused her cold gaze on Zhang Che, suddenly changing the topic, asking, "Since that demonic flower's soul was consumed by you, then your spiritual sea must be larger than ordinary beastmasters. Can you talk about your beastmaster tier and the number of beasts you can employ?"

-This woman is incredible!-

"My beastmaster tier is already at Tier Five." Zhang Che had no intentions of hiding his beastmaster tier. Not only that, he even planned on revealing a little about the secret of his large spiritual sea. "Also, I can employ one subdued beast more than other beastmasters."

This was the first time Huang Juyun had heard Zhang Che talking about this. A trace of surprise flashed across his eyes, a surge of joy in his heart.

"Since that was the case, why wasn't your spiritual sea measured to be that of a Tier Five beastmaster's when you participated in the joint university enrollment test? What other secrets are there-"

That woman kept pressing on.

"Enough! Zhen Manting, this is unrelated to the questioning this time." Huang Juyun couldn't hold it in any longer and interrupted her with a cold humph.

"How is it unrelated?" Zhen Manting turned to look at Huang Juyun coldly, her gaze unyielding, "This is related to our study on the series of disappearing incidents. We have to get things clear!"

Huang Juyun's expression turned even uglier. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Zhang Che smiling faintly, saying, "It's fine, Uncle Huang."

Then, he turned to look at Zhen Manting with a calm expression, explaining, "Originally, this is considered to be my private matter, and I didn't wish to talk about it. But since this old auntie insists on me revealing it, I'll cooperate with your investigation and talk about it."

Stopping there, he intentionally paused for a moment. The words "old auntie" immediately agitated Zhen Manting, her chest rising and falling quickly.

"But speaking about it, actually it's not any secret now. After I consumed that demonic flower's soul energy, I obtained the ability to control the fluctuations of my spiritual strength. It can be considered a profit from a disaster, I guess."

There was no mistake; he'd just push everything onto that demonic flower. Zhang Che didn't believe they could find another strange demonic flower like that.

So what if they found another one? Without the help of the mysterious rainbow crystal, there shouldn't be many people who could win against the demonic flower's soul, right?

Zhen Manting had no comebacks, either, and could only nod with a sunken face, keeping silent.

Afterwards, the near-invisible department head of the Nine Military Bureaus, Xu Lingkong, finally took back control, and started asking Zhang Che about what happened after that.

Just like that, Zhang Che spoke about him bribing a city administration official in the Ou Lu region and took the sky shuttle back to Hua Xia. At this moment, Zhen Manting interrupted him again.

"Which city in the Ou Lu region? What is the name of that city administration official? Which sky shuttle flight did you take?"

Zhang Che rolled his eyes back, "Please pardon me, for I can't speak about this. I won't say anything that concerns the future of that official. Mhm, my character is like that. Since I spent money to get others to do things for me, I won't let them get implicated-"

Zhen Manting could no longer endure any more. She directly stood up, yelling, "Insolence! Mind your attitude when speaking!"

Zhang Che didn't make a sound. He looked at her calmly.

"Uh hrm!" Xu Lingkong, who hadn't expressed much opinion all this while, suddenly let out a cough. He said, "I feel that this is indeed a small matter. It's unrelated to our investigation. There's no need to continue asking about it."

After a short pause, he turned to Zhang Che with a faint smile and said, "Alright, Zhang Che boy, that'll be all for today. However, I hope that you won't go out casually for the next few days. If we have any other doubts, we'll need you back here for your assistance."

"Alright, no problem. Thank you, Department Head Xu!"

As the saying goes, never hit one with a good attitude. Although Zhang Che felt that Xu Lingkong was no simple man, either, since he was acting so amiable, he couldn't possibly show him a cold face, right?

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On their way back, Huang Juyun suddenly said, "Xiaoche, you did pretty well today. However, you really made Zhen Manting lose face today. You have to be more mindful when dealing with matters in the future. Don't give her the opportunity to find trouble with you."

Zhang Che was depressed! -Isn't it because I got implicated by you? This woman picked on me so much, it's obvious she's got something against you!-

"Uncle Huang, that Zhen Manting is..?"

"Oh, she's one of the people in charge of Hua Xia's government affairs institution, directly under the intelligence bureau… Mmm, her family is even more powerful, holding great political powers and network within the government."

Zhang Che's complexion instantly darkened. -This time I really got freaking thrown into a pit by my father-in-law!-

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Zhang Che really wanted to ask, Is that Zhen Manting an ex-girlfriend father-in-law dumped? Otherwise, why did she pick on me so harshly?

Of course, Zhang Che didn't dare to ask that. He was afraid he'd get beaten, yet wouldn't be able to retaliate…

"But you don't have to worry, either. I'm guessing the reason she came here this time was purely to annoy me. She wouldn't go to the extent of acting out against a junior like you. Moreover, our Huang family isn't afraid of their Zhen family, and you didn't do anything wrong, either. What can she do?!" Huang Juyun spoke grandly, as if he really wasn't afraid of the woman.

Zhang Che kept to himself. He couldn't bear to burst his future father-in-law's "confidence".

-When a woman's temper flares, would she care if I was a junior or not?

-Especially since I'm already your Huang family's tacitly acknowledged son-in-law, and you, father-in-law, dumped that woman heartlessly in the past. I'm only worried that she'll play her cards illogically.-

"Don't worry, Uncle Huang. My conscience is clear, nor am I afraid of others coming to find trouble with me. If someone really dares to stir up trouble out of nothing, I'm not someone so easily bullied, either."

Huang Juyun burst out in laughter, "You're right! If others dare to make trouble with us over nothing, we'll just deal with them fiercely! As long as we have no dirt on ourselves, who or what are we afraid of?"

After a short pause, Huang Juyun changed the topic and said, "Although, it would be best if you don't leave Bei Du during the next few days. It'll be troublesome if the Nine Military Bureaus need your assistance in their investigation and you're nowhere to be found."

Zhang Che could tell that Huang Juyun was actually more apprehensive of the Nine Military Bureaus. After all, they all belonged to the same system, and knew of each others' background. In some matters, it would be hard to fight back if they weren't the ones in the right.

He could also tell that, although the Department Head Xu Lingkong seemed friendly and amiable, someone who could rise to such a position was definitely not simple.

Thus, it could only mean that he was a smiling tiger.

In any case, from Zhang Che's point of view, both Xu Lingkong and Zhen Manting weren't kind souls. One of them hid a dagger underneath his smile, while the other was a vengeful woman through and through. Neither were easy to deal with.

-But I'm no sheep waiting to get slaughtered, either. If anyone really dares to step over my head and shit all over me, they better be prepared for their whole family to get thrown into the latrine pit!,- Zhang Che thought to himself. He was no longer his previous self. He totally had the capability for that.

"Oh, right, Xiaoche, what future plans do you have? Are you still going to attend school?" Huang Juyun suddenly asked after a short silence. "If you want to continue school, I can go talk to Bei Du University. With your current strength, it's definitely no problem for you to enroll into their beastmaster major."

Zhang Che shook his head, "Forget it. I don't think there's any meaning to that."

"Mhm. I think so too," Huang Juyun nodded. "Why not join the army? Temper yourself in there, and I can use this opportunity to help you rise up in the ranks."

Zhang Che felt deeply moved. He knew that Huang Juyun was planning on nurturing him as his successor.

However, the problem was that he had too many secrets that couldn't be exposed. It'd be fine if he became truly strong, but now that he was neither here nor there, it would be extremely easy for some of his secrets to be exposed if he encountered any danger.

He hesitated for a while, and shook his head in rejection in the end.

"This… let's talk about it in the future, Uncle Huang. I prefer to be free. It's too restricting for me to join the army; it'd be hard for me to adjust to it."

Huang Juyun nodded, "That's fine. You're still young anyway. No hurry."

After another short pause, he continued, "Although… Tielan, that girl seems to have imparted that sword style to you?"

Zhang Che immediately felt awkward when Huang Juyun suddenly talked about this. It felt like he was caught in the act.

Huang Juyun noticed the uneasiness on Zhang Che's face. He chuckled, waving his hand, "It's fine, it's fine. I don't mean anything by mentioning it. I only wanted to tell you to follow my subordinate's team and go train in the beast world a few days from now. Mainly to train your close combat skills."

Zhang Che was taken aback. -Although now that I possess herculean strength, and my close combat ability is definitely not low by any means, surely developing my close combat skills isn't as good as getting a few powerful subdued beasts, right?-

Huang Juyun understood Zhang Che's doubts. He explained, "Don't look down on developing your own combat ability. It could be what saves your life in some dangerous situations. Hmm, I'll tell you this. Once a beastmaster rises to high-tier, the soul force in their spiritual sea starts to greatly strengthen their physique, including strength, speed, defense, and many other things. Do you understand now?"

Zhang Che was astonished! He really had no idea about this.

In that case, his future father-in-law's intentions were very obvious.

His physique was already well beyond that of a normal human's. When his beastmaster level rose to high-tier, and his physique was further tempered by his soul force, wouldn't he truly become a human-shaped exotic beast?

If he wanted to make good use of this advantage, then honing his combat ability would become something very necessary!

Since Huang Juyun wanted to have his subordinates bring him along, they must surely be the Huang family's elites. Their combat attainments and experience were definitely much higher than ordinary beastmasters.

As for having father-in-law personally bring him into the beast world… that was impossible. He was the senior military official of a city, with tons of affairs weighing on his shoulders. Where would he find the time to train him?!

Zhang Che immediately felt greatly tempted.

He could feel that his strength was actually still increasing. Although the degree of increase was minimal, it was still increasing nonetheless. By slowly accumulating the increases as the days passed, they would reach a point that would shock even him!

In that case, developing his close combat ability became a matter of extreme importance!

Thinking about it, when he went to steal the Unicorn in the Bei Mei region previously, if his combat skills were better, he would have been able to force his way out of the base faster. The dangers he would have had to face would have been minimized, as well.

Seeing Zhang Che thinking without speaking, Huang Juyun didn't urge him, either. He only looked at him from the opposite seat, smiling faintly as he waited for his reply.

After a good while, Zhang Che nodded heavily. He answered, "Uncle Huang, I agree to this, but-" Huang Juyun's eyelid twitched. Zhang Che continued, "I promised Tielan to accompany her until her school term starts. So, do you suppose the training in the beast world could wait until her school starts?"

Huang Juyun was startled for a moment, before bursting out into laughter. "No problem! The training will begin in August, then. Relax and keep Tielan company for these two weeks. The silly girl was worried sick during the days you were gone."

Zhang Che nodded heavily. "Mhm, I'll treat her well. I will never let her down in my life. Rest assured!"

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Chapter 244: The Near-Collision Incident

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A small car and a van pulled into a villa's drive, one after the other.

After Zhang Che alighted, he couldn't help but ask Huang Tielan, who was at his side, "Why is this van coming with us? Are you going to move in with me?"

"Pah! You wish!" Huang Tielan rebuked. She pointed at the Demonic Rainbow Spider by her feet, saying, "What's in there is food for my Caihong today."

Zhang Che couldn't help but feel shocked. -That little thing can eat that much?-

When the soldiers who came with them opened the boot and carried the alloy cages out, Zhang Che immediately understood the situation.

The metal cages were housing a scorpion close to two meters long with colorful patches, a thigh-thick, coiled-up huge snake with red and golden circular patterns on its skin, a bathtub-sized emerald green furry spider, and a toad the size of a goat with tri-colored lumps on its skin.

Sweeping his gaze across them, Zhang Che realized they were all low-tier poisonous exotic beasts. They had been injected with strong tranquilizers, each of them sitting in their respective cages obediently, not moving a muscle.

Well, it seemed like frequent contact with poisonous creatures would be inevitable from now on…

Before the Demonic Rainbow Spider matured, this food had to keep coming.

Earlier, the Demonic Rainbow Spider had already had a meal at the Huang family ancestry home. So, these poisonous beasts were actually his lunch and dinner.

Huang Tielan directed the soldiers to carry the metal cages into the villa's underground storage room, then directly had that little demonic rainbow spider remain there to look after his own food. Afterwards, she went upstairs and greeted Sun Lan, then proceeded to drag Zhang Che back into the car again.

"Where are we going?" Zhang Che asked after getting in the car.

"Go shopping with me! I haven't shopped properly in ages!" Huang Tielan said excitedly. She drove the car so fast that it could almost be mistaken for an airplane, scaring Zhang Che into hurriedly telling her to slow down.

"Don't worry, Zhang Xiaoche. I've raced with my dad's subordinates since young. This little bit of speed is nothing."

Zhang Che was speechless. -Looks like I have to bring her into the beast world and help her level up, then give her the Maneater Leech King soft armor, in case she gets into an accident.

-Although, I wonder how tempting she'd look after putting on that super tight-fitting soft armor!-

Thinking of this, Zhang Che couldn't help but turn to look at Miss Tienan's chest.

Huang Tielan's slimmed down, perfect oval-shaped face immediately flushed red. She said coquettishly, "Where are you looking at, Zhang Xiaoche! I can't drive properly!"

Zhang Che let out two dry coughs awkwardly, forcibly shifting his gaze forward. It would be disastrous if his gaze made Huang Tielan feel uneasy and unable to drive properly, leading to an accident…

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The car sped through the roads, finally stopping at a shopping mall in the city central. She cheered excitedly and pulled Zhang Che along, starting to buy, buy, and buy.

Mhm, Miss Tienan's shopping was, in fact, an unrestrained shopping spree.

However, Zhang Che didn't feel like his arms and legs were going to break from fatigue. He kept following behind her with a smile, settling the bills, carrying her trophies, and was even forced by her to provide many opinions.

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By the time they came out of the mall, not only was Zhang Che encumbered, even Huang Tielan's hands were full, carrying a mountain of things.

"Hah, it's been so, so long since I shopped so happily. Zhang Xiaoche, you have to come out with me more often!" Huang Tielan jumped about cheerfully, her face glowing with excitement.

The ability of this golden couple to draw eyeballs on the street was simply off the charts, the heads of passersby often turning to look at them. Of course, there weren't any incidents of some random mentally challenged rich second generation attracted to Huang Tielan's beauty and coming up to find trouble. That was impossible.

After stuffing their car's boot full and starting up the engine again, Zhang Che suddenly said to Huang Tielan, "Don't head back yet. Let's go to the northern sector's exotic beast material trading hub; there's something I want to buy."

Zhang Che wanted to order a custom-made bow. As such, he needed to go buy some high quality exotic beast materials personally.

He'd done his research on the net last night. Although there were many reputable bow crafting companies in Bei Du, there weren't any powerful bows that could catch his eye. After all, it was hard to find another person with his inhuman physique, not even one in a million. Why would those weapons companies produce items that were impossible to sell?

With Zhang Che's current strength, he could barely manage to use a super strong bow with a two thousand kilograms draw weight. As his strength kept increasing slowly but steadily, it wouldn't be long before he could use such a bow freely. Naturally he wouldn't be interested in those ordinary bows that only had several hundred kilogram draw weight at the most.

"Okay, sit tight!"

Huang Tielan didn't ask what Zhang Che wanted to buy. The northern city's exotic beast material trading hub wasn't a short distance away. Thus, she only reminded him and floored the accelerator.

The car engine emitted a low and powerful roar. It immediately sped through the congested traffic like a bolt of lightning, leaving Zhang Che's heart thumping heavily.

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They drove for over twenty minutes, drawing closer and closer to the exotic beast material trading hub in northern Bei Du.

Under Huang Tielan's well-practiced driving, the car steered away from the main road, entering a loop with higher traffic volume, leading to her inevitably slowing down. This was the shortest path to the northern sector's exotic beast material trading hub, and the traffic here was simply unbelievably high.

Huang Tielan couldn't help slapping the steering wheel in frustration, grumbling, "A pity that the use of private planes aren't allowed in city areas. Otherwise we'd just not drive when we go out in the future. The traffic is insane!"

Zhang Che: … -Miss, why don't you go to heaven instead!

-Not right, this miss here wants to take the sky road, but the system doesn't allow her to!-

Zhang Che thought to himself, -Did that future father-in-law of mine bring his daughter up as a son all these years? Let alone her exquisite sword skills, she can even race cars and pilot an airplane! Perhaps she could even play with armored tanks!

-Luckily, although Miss Tienan usually seems a little loud and boisterous, deep inside her she's still very gentle and lovable.-

As he was deep in his thoughts, Zhang Che suddenly felt the car suddenly jerk to the side, followed by Miss Tienan cursing, "What the heck is wrong with him? Does he even know how to drive?!"

Zhang Che hurriedly looked over. He saw a black multi-purpose vehicle suddenly merge into their lane forcibly from the left, forcing their car to shift to the next lane.

-The heck, we actually ran into people intentionally looking for trouble!-

Zhang Che's temper flared up. He was just thinking about how his luck today was pretty good, not encountering any brain-damaged people looking for trouble while shopping, and now he ran into one while sitting in the car!

If it wasn't for Huang Tielan's excellent driving skills, they would have collided for sure.

Although they weren't driving very fast, a sudden collision wouldn't feel good, either. It was fine if Zhang Che was by himself, but the important thing was that his Miss Tienan was only an ordinary human!

This was simply intolerable!

Zhang Che felt a surge of fury rising from his soles all the way to his skull. Just as he was about to get out the car to teach the other driver a lesson, he saw all four doors of the black multi-purpose vehicle open, and a few burly men in black suits getting out of the car.

-What the… I don't recall having any enemies in Bei Du?-

It was naturally impossible for them to be the Huang family's enemies, either. They were still in the city; who would be so insane to actually mess with them in public? If there were any, they would either be dead or checked into a mental hospital by now.

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Chapter 245: You're Not The Only One Who Knows How to Annoy Others

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Black suits. That was the signature dress code for those in the triads in the movies or novels in his previous life.

However, Zhang Che didn't think there would be any mentally-challenged triad members who would come find trouble with the Huang family's Miss. Therefore, who these people were needed no explanation.

-Is that woman really a crazy bitch?-

Zhang Che turned to Huang Tielan and instructed her not to get off the car, then proceeded to open the door and got out himself.

He went up to those black suited men and looked at them with an inclined head, not saying a word.

"You're Zhang Che, right? We're suspecting you of attempting to abscond. Please come back with us to the First Intelligence Bureau to assist us with our investigation," one of the burly men said, looking at Zhang Che coldly. He took out an identification card and waved it.

-How arrogant! You're putting an absconding crime on me just like that?-

Zhang Che laughed coldly, "First, I'm not a criminal. Second, I'm not leaving the city; I'm just going to the northern sector to buy some things. Go back and tell that old hag not to try using these petty tricks to annoy me. It's useless."

"Zhang Che, please go back with us to assist in our investigations!" the burly man repeated evenly. The other men closed in a few steps.

"A good dog doesn't block the path! Get lost!" Zhang Che harrumphed coldly, tossing them a sideways glance.

"Zhang Che, mind your language!" the leader of those men bellowed. A golden ray of light shot out from between his brows, turning into a white-furred giant ape about three meters tall, emitting a cold, stern aura.

"If you insist on resisting, we won't rule out on using forceful methods to 'invite' you back with us!"

Zhang Che's expression darkened. Traces of fear flashed in his eyes as he said stubbornly, "So what if I don't comply with you? Try using your subdued beasts if you dare!"

That burly man seemed to have seen through the fact that Zhang Che was only putting up a strong front. A subtle smile of contempt showed on his face. He waved his hand, "Since you insist on resisting us, we have no choice but to employ forceful methods to bring you back with us to help with our investigation."

Following the burly man's wave of his hand, the white-furred giant ape's figure swayed and suddenly charged at Zhang Che. Its majestic figure moved nimbly, not losing any agility despite its size.

"Shit, you actually dare to make to move!" Zhang Che's face turned grave as he turned tail and ran.

"Run? Where can you run to?" the leader revealed a contemptuous smile. Facing the pursuit of a five-star gold-quality beast, even a powerful high-tier beastmaster might not necessarily be able to escape if they didn't have a weapon in hand. How could a mere mid-tier beastmaster like him get away?

-Don't hurt him. The higher-ups only told us to 'invite' him back for a talk. It'd be hard to wrap this up if he really got hurt.- The leader still remembered his superior's instructions, ordering his subdued beast not to hurt Zhang Che via their spiritual link.

However, in the next moment, his expression suddenly changed.

Zhang Che, who was about to get caught by the giant white ape, suddenly stopped and turned around. A frightening scarlet-black huge sword was already in his hand since god-knows-when.

The leader of the burly men immediately had a bad premonition, subconsciously wanting to recall his subdued beast. Alas, it was already too late.

A turn, a twist of his waist, and a swing of the sword, all done in one swift motion.

The giant white ape felt grave danger approaching as well. However, it didn't have a soul of its own, after all, and the order from its master was to capture Zhang Che without hurting him. How could it react in time?

A broad streak of black-scarlet sword light flashed, directly cleaving the giant white ape into two from head to tail. The sword's cold aura directly wiped away all signs of life from the beast, turning it into a streak of light that quickly dissipated.

The leader almost spat out a mouthful of blood from heartache. He pointed his trembling fingers at Zhang Che, who was now wearing a smile on his face, stuttering, "Y-yo-you, you dared set me up!"

If he still didn't understand what was going on by now, his brain must have been eaten by a dog.

"Did I?" Zhang Che walked up, wielding the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword. He smiled mockingly, "I didn't. I was only acting in self defense. The surrounding surveillance cameras can prove that," Zhang Che pointed at the nearby cameras along the road as he spoke. The entire process was indeed captured by the cameras and uploaded to the cloud database.

He paid no further heed to those men, whose faces were far different from before. He walked up to the black multi-purpose van and said softly, "Now, we should talk about how you almost ran into my car earlier."

The men cursed silently as they watched Zhang Che suddenly raising his huge sword and slash down at the roof of the car.

Clank clank clank…

At this moment, Zhang Che was like a skilled metal worker, his Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword a hammer, slicing the black multi-purpose van into a pile of metal plates in just a few breaths' time. Afterwards, he raised his leg and kicked it, sending it flying off-road into the adjacent green zone.

After doing all this, the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword turned into a five-colored streak of light and returned to Zhang Che's spiritual sea. He dusted off his hands, smiling, and walked back to his car's passenger seat. Before driving off, he said to the dumbstruck men, "Oh, right, go back and tell Zhen Manting not to use these petty tricks to annoy me. It's useless."

After he said that, he closed the car door. The car engine let out a low, furious roar, and they continued on their way.

—

"Chief, should we call for backup?" one of the burly men asked dryly as they turned to look at their leader.

"Backup my ass. Do you want to go to war, or what? Didn't you see that that kid's weapon beast card was legend-quality? Who knows if he has other powerful subdued beasts in his possession!? I still want my life, even if you don't!"

The leader was indignant. When they returned, only God knew if he would be able to report his lost beast as a casualty and claim compensation for it. Where would he find the mood to care about other matters right now?

With their mission ending in this manner, who knew how that old virgin would reprimand him? He was considering whether he should just request a transfer to another department…

However, he couldn't help but show a bitter smile once he thought of the Zhen family's influence. It truly was like sinking in knee-deep once you entered the system, impossible to pull yourself out. There was no choice but to follow through all the way…

———-

Back in the car, Zhang Che let out a long breath. It was about time to show off some strength to others. Otherwise, they might really think he was easy to push around, given his young age.

"Zhang Xiaoche, you were so cool just now!" Huang Tielan praised him as she drove, looking at Zhang Che, her eyes shimmering with little stars.

Zhang Che's lips drew back into a smile, "Do you adore me?"

Huang Tielan nodded heavily, "Mhm, a little!"

"Then, can I touch you a little?"

In the next moment, Huang Tielan lost control of the car and started swerving about on the road.

Zhang Che immediately cried out in fright, "Watch the road! Watch the road! I won't talk about this any more…"

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Chapter 246: Put It On My Tab If It Breaks

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Edited by Aelryinth

The exotic beast trading hub in northern Bei Du was not only the biggest in Bei Du City itself, but also the largest hub in the entire circle of Bei Du's satellite cities.

The stalls and shops in this area, which covered a radius of over a dozen kilometers, all dealt with exotic beast materials. Those larger shops were still fine, as they had to uphold their reputation. The smaller stalls, however, were different. You'd never know if they were an honest business or not. Some of them traded day to day, hoping to scam whoever they could.

Perhaps you could buy some very useful materials in these stalls, or you might get cheated out of your money. It all depended on your insight.

The car slowly drove into this area and found a place to park. Zhang Che brought Huang Tielan and started slowly wandering around.

They weren't in a hurry to buy what they wanted. They decided to let the crowded atmosphere sink in first. Zhang Che had never seen such a huge trading hub, no matter if it was his previous or current life.

Not long after they started walking around, Huang Juyun gave them a call, praising Zhang Che for his actions earlier, saying that he performed excellently today. Not only that, he also told Zhang Che not to worry. He would settle what came after.

Zhang Che couldn't help but think to himself, -Seems like future father-in-law has suffered quite a bit from Zhen Manting. Does it count as me helping him get back at her today?-

It was possible, thinking about it. They were from the same generation, after all, and their statuses weren't low. Some things weren't convenient for them to do, unless they really planned on falling out publicly. Zhang Che, as a junior, was different. No one would say anything if he let his emotions run wild after suffering some injustice.

Influenced by the demons and gods in his mind, Zhang Che suddenly turned to look at Huang Tielan and asked, "Tienan, was that Zhen Manting your mother's competitor in the past?"

"What?" Huang Tielan was caught by surprise while looking around by his words, and startled for a moment. Afterwards, she raised her hands and rubbed her temples, saying, "Ah, ah, Zhang Xiaoche, do you have to be so nosy!?"

Zhang Che immediately understood. It seemed like his guess was spot on!

After taking another two steps, for some unknown reason, Zhang Che suddenly sighed, "Actually, I think Zhen Manting is quite alright from the looks of it. The reason why she picks on Uncle Huang so much is probably because of her hatred for him born from love. Why not ask your dad to keep her as his mistress? Wouldn't that solve all the conflicts?"

"Hurhur…" a chuckle containing unknown meaning suddenly rang in his ear. Zhang Che felt his whole body shivering. He hurriedly jumped two steps away to the side, then pleaded, "Aiya, my brain isn't working properly just now. I was speaking without thinking. Please don't mind me."

Surprisingly, Miss Tienan didn't make a move on him. Instead, she directly took out her personal terminal and gave Huang Juyun a call.

"Dad, Zhang Xiaoche said he has a very-"

Zhang Che almost wanted to kneel down. In his desperation, he jumped into Huang Tielan's embrace and rubbed his face on her chest. At the same time, his hands were placed on an unspeakable location.

"Ah! Zhang Xiaoche, you're looking to die!" Huang Tielan shrieked. As she struggled, she explained to Huang Juyun, "Nothing, nothing. I was just messing around with Zhang Xiaoche. That's all; I'm hanging up, dad!"

Hearing Huang Tielan ending the call, Zhang Che immediately let go of her, showing a fawning look.

"Zhang Xiaoche, you're looking to die…" Huang Tielan's face blushed bright red, glaring at him.

The crisis was finally averted. Zhang Che didn't dare to continue provoking Miss Tienan and started looking for material for his custom bow with her.

If he wanted good materials, of course it'd be easier to find what he wanted in the larger shops. Their reputation for business was guaranteed, too.

However, looking around in the stalls had its advantages, too. If your luck was good, perhaps you might even find something very worthwhile. It might not have to be high-grade, but the key was that it had to be suitable for application.

For example, Zhang Che saw a pretty good material at the stall he was at right now.

It was the ribs of an exotic beast. They were white and translucent as jade, with a high density. It should be suitable to be used as a bow piece, but its level and quality was still unknown.

"Here, here, little bro, have a look at my goods." The stall owner's eyes were sharp. He immediately noticed Zhang Che's gaze had lingered on those rib bones for a bit longer. He hurriedly picked one up and tried hawking it, "This is the rib bone of a five-star dark gold-quality exotic beast. It's a first-rate item, no matter if you're using it to sharpen your blades, or to use it to forge other weapons. I see that we're pretty fated; I'll sell it to you for cheap, only a million dollars a piece. If you take them all, I can even go lower."

Well, just hearing this you'd know it was no good.

Zhang Che shook his head lightly with a smile, ready to leave.

However, the stall owner actually came up and blocked his path. He continued trying to sell Zhang Che the rib bones, talking as if the rib bones were some materials rarely seen in this world.

Miss Tienan went straight to the point, directly saying, "I think this rib bone is only ordinary at best. Are you trying to cheat us?"

The stall owner immediately grew displeasured. His eyes widened, saying, "This little miss here looks prim and proper, but why are your words so distasteful? What do you mean by cheating you? Everyone here knows about my, Zhou Ansan's, reputation. Try asking around if you don't believe me. If you're not buying, just walk away. Why do you have to smear my name?"

These words were a little too much. Just as Huang Tielan was about to go argue with him, she was pulled back by Zhang Che.

The latter took two steps forward and took the rib bone from the stall owner's hand. His brow raised a little. Judging from the touch, Zhang Che knew that this was the bone of a low-tier exotic beast. Its quality was similarly trash. Its outer appearance was but a hoax.

"How is it? Like I said, my wares are good stuff. Don't you think so? Here, if you buy them all, I'll give you a further discount, at nine hundred thousand dollars a piece. There are eight of them here. I'll round it down for you; just seven million dollars will do."

As the stall owner spoke, he started packing up the remaining rib bones and forcibly stuffed them into Zhang Che's hands.

Zhang Che was taken aback. -Are you trying to force me to buy since you saw that I'm young?-

He extended an arm and applied light force, stopping the stall owner's actions. His lips curled up into a faint smile, asking, "Since you said these are the bones of a five-star dark gold-quality exotic beast, then, according to their density, no one should be able to break it with bare hands, am I right?"

The stall owner was stunned for a moment. He said angrily, "But of course! These are the rib bones of a real five-star dark gold-quality beast! Who could break it barehanded? Are you joking? Are you here to waste my time?"

"What if I break it?" Zhang Che asked, his head inclined, his eyes narrowed.

"If you break it barehanded?" The stall owner had no way out of this. However, he thought that although the quality of the bones weren't very good, it shouldn't be something a human can break apart.

As such, he said very generously, "Put it on my tab if you break it! But, I'll put this out in advance. If you can't break it, you have to buy all the rib bones from me!"

Zhang Che's lips widened, and he smiled…

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Chapter 247: You Have to go to a Legitimate Store to Buy Things

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Due to Zhang Che and the stall owner's dispute, the surrounding shoppers stopped to watch the show. Even the nearby stall owners stopped conducting business for a short while, enjoying this scene.

Mhm, the Chinese's love for watching drama went way back…

Zhang Che still remembered early in his previous life, his grandfather would carry him and walk several kilometers when there was a public execution in the village, just to watch it.

Zhang Che didn't remember much about it, but the crowd was simply breathtaking.

"Tsk, tsk. That brat Zhou Ansan is scamming people again. A pity that kid is young and handsome, but his brain is lacking. How could a human possibly break an exotic beast's rib barehanded?"

"Isn't that right? That little miss, too. They should have just left. Now they have no way out of this. They're going to get cheated real hard."

"You're not the one getting scammed anyway, what are you so worried about? Look at their clothing. It's obvious they're from rich families. It's not much for them to get cheated for a few million or so. A low-tier dark gold-quality beast card is worth more than that!"

The surrounding stall owners discussed the show softly. They didn't want any trouble for themselves, only happily enjoying the show.

"Put it on my tab if it breaks! But, I'll put this out in advance. If you can't break it, you'll have to buy every rib bone here!" Zhou Ansan declared, staring at Zhang Che, waiting for him to come give it a try.

Once this brat made his move, those millions of dollars were as good as in the bag!

However, Zhang Che was instead smiling, leaving Zhou Ansan feeling uneasy.

"Young man, go ahead and try breaking it!"

The surrounding crowd were all watching in interest. Some of them even found it not exciting enough, and started shouting, egging Zhang Che on.

"What are you yelling for? You don't have to pay a cent for this. One look and you know that stall owner is trying to force that kid to buy his wares. If I were that kid, I'd rather admit my mistake and walk away. If he continues putting up a strong front and fails to break the bone, wouldn't he lose a few million dollars for no rhyme or reason?" Some of the people with a stronger sense of justice were calling out the injustice on Zhang Che's behalf. However, they didn't dare to offend the stall owner, and only mumbled their words softly.

At this moment, Zhang Che was already holding the rib bone in his hand. He was still wearing a smile, telling Zhou Ansan, "Watch properly now. Don't say that I'm cheating later; there'll be no end to this, then."

After he said that, the crowd heard a snapping sound. They didn't see how Zhang Che exerted his strength, but that jade white translucent bone was broken in two by his bare hands!

"Woah, he actually broke it!"

"This kid is not simple! No wonder he looked so confident earlier. It turns out that he's actually someone with true capabilities!"

The onwatching crowd immediately erupted into discussion.

Zhou Ansan turned silly watching this. His eyes were still staring at the broken rib bone in Zhang Che's hands, at a loss for words.

That was a two-star bronze-quality exotic beast he had hunted personally in the wild and purposely kept its ribs! No matter what, it wasn't something that could be compared with the ordinary animals on Mercury. How did he manage to snap it so easily!?

"Let's go; we'll look around somewhere else."

Zhang Che tossed the two broken halves of the rib bone back to the stall. Afterwards, he pulled Huang Tielan along and walked into the crowd.

Zhou Ansan looked at the broken bones on his stall, then shifted his gaze to Zhang Che, who had blended into the crowd. His lips twitched a few times, not daring to say anything vicious…

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"Welcome!""Welcome!" Two women with long, sexy legs, wearing knee-length short skirts, bowed a greeting in unison upon seeing customers were walking in. Their sweet voices rang out at the same time, leaving one feeling that such proper large stalls were indeed totally different from the roadside stalls.

To use a popular way to describe them, it was freaking stylish!

A shopper's guide came up with a smile. Seeing Zhang Che and Huang Tielan's young appearances, she didn't address them formally as mister and miss, but chose to use a younger, less formal greeting, "Handsome, Beauty, may I ask what you're looking to purchase? I can bring you to the specialized areas to have a look."

Zhang Che directly replied, "I want to order a custom-made bow. What good materials do you have? Introduce them to me. I want the best!"

"No problem. Please come with me." The shopper's guide bowed slightly and led Zhang Che and Huang Tielan through a passage. Soon, they arrived at a large display hall.

There weren't many objects here, all of them placed in the glass display counters, or hung on the wall. There were rare woods found in the beast worlds, and long horns or bones of exotic beasts.

Zhang Che decided to first browse the materials for the bow handle. Thus, he directly walked to the counters displaying the various woods, sweeping his gaze through them. However, it was a dazzling lineup, and he wasn't able to discern which wood was better.

The shopper's guide saw through Zhang Che's confusion. She immediately smiled and retrieved a one-meter-long, arm-thick, yellow wood with purple streak patterns, introducing it to Zhang Che, "Look, handsome, this is a top-grade wood extracted from a thousand-year old Purple-Veined Elm tree. It's one of the best materials to use as a bow handle. You don't have to worry about it deforming, cracking, or other problems."

Zhang Che asked evenly, "Then, what if I want to make a traditional recurve bow with over two thousand kilograms draw weight? Is this wood able to withstand it?"

-Over two thousand kilograms draw weight!-

-Boy, are you kidding me? Who could use such a strong bow even if it is made?-

The guide's jaw instantly loosened in surprise. She couldn't believe what she had just heard, but her professionalism was still up to par. Although she didn't know why the customer wanted to order a powerful bow no one could use, she still explained with a smile, "In that case, this wood might not meet your expectations."

She turned and walked towards the wall, taking down a two-meter long, arm-thick, purplish-red wood piece with black and white floral patterns with extreme difficulty.

"Look, handsome, this is a piece of top-grade thousand-year old Everlasting Wood. It can fully meet your expectations."

When Zhang Che saw the shopper's guide carrying this piece of wood to him, his hands started trembling. He hurriedly received it from her. The moment the wood landed in his hand, Zhang Che felt a surge of joy rising in him. Let alone others, just its weight was much heavier than a stone of the same size. It was definitely over a hundred kilograms!

-Hmm, this sister here is not simple. She's actually able to carry such a heavy length of wood with her hands. Most ordinary men can't perform such a feat!-

However, Zhang Che was in no mood to care about any of that. He was very sure that this piece of wood could meet his expectations. Not only that, with its length, it could even be cut in two for a second use. With that, the materials for his and the frisky monkey's bow handle were secured.

Indeed, you had to go to a legitimate store to buy things!

This was just like reading books. Reading an official and pirated versions were two totally different experiences. Not only was reading the official version a great experience, you could even rush the author to update the books openly. On the other hand, if you were reading a pirated version, your screen would be filled with advertisements, and it was also common for mistakes to happen in the content. It was truly terrible.

That was the experience Zhang Che had gathered in his past life as he switched from a pirated user to an official user. He felt that this was very similar to his shopping experience here.

Now that he had chosen the wood for his bow handles, what followed was choosing the materials for the bow pieces. This was even more important; he couldn't neglect this in the slightest.

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The grips and risers of recurve bows usually only had stabilizing and shock reducing effects. It wouldn't deform during the drawing of an arrow. As such, the grip could be made using either wood or metal.

However, what Zhang Che wanted to custom make was an unheard-of super-strong bow. If it was purely made using metallic materials, the grip would need to be alloyed with many rare minerals found in the beast world. The price would become too expensive as a result.

Using wooden materials was different. Although woods that could withstand such heavy forces were rare even in the beast world, their prices wouldn't be too ridiculous.

That thousand-year Everlasting Wood was confirmed as the material for the grips. Next, the selection of the materials for the bows' limbs was a little more troublesome.

This particular store didn't display any exotic beast materials that satisfied Zhang Che's requirements.

Or perhaps, since it was almost impossible for most to be able to use those super-strong bows with thousand-plus kilogram draw weights in this world, the suitable materials were all kept in other display rooms, sold as materials for other uses.

However, the customer was king. Since Zhang Che had the need, the material store very quickly sorted out the high-grade materials that were suitable for crafting into bow limbs that met his required draw strength.

Less than an hour later, Zhang Che saw what he wanted.

The horns of a seven-star silver-quality Arch-Horned Worm! Its elasticity was close to three thousand kilograms. The elasticity of the ribs of a six-star gold-quality exotic beast barely met Zhang Che's own requirements, at around two thousand kilograms.

Speaking of which, there were still some of the Titan Python's rib bones in the Purple Crystal Tortoise's spatial pocket. It was also a top-grade material for crafting into bow limbs.

Regrettably, however, the Titan Python was a six-star dark gold-quality exotic beast. A bow that was made using its ribs for the limbs would be one that neither Zhang Che nor the frisky monkey could draw right now.

Zhang Che could only look forward to the day when his arms could draw ten thousand kilograms. At that time, he could use the Titan Python's rib bones to make a genuine super-strong bow!

A super-strong bow with ten thousand kilograms draw weight; would the arrows it fired break through the sound barrier, going supersonic?

Zhang Che thought it was very possible. When he used the Fallen Star bow in the past, the speed of its arrows were already not far from the speed of sound.

Although it shouldn't be as easy as he imagined to close the gap between "nearing the sound of speed" to actually breaking through it, a super strong bow with ten thousand kilograms draw weight, together with specially made arrows, should be able to accomplish the feat, right?

Thinking of that, his anticipation grew even deeper.

Of course, being able to draw ten thousand kilograms wasn't something he could accomplish in the short term. Gods knew how much more exotic beast meat he had to eat before he could finally do it, unless he was lucky and managed to steal another bunch of things like the Poison Fire Twin-Headed Dragon's eggs to consume…

However, that was entirely up to chance. Most exotic beasts treated their eggs like they were more important than life itself. How could he find them so easily?

Zhang Che shook his head to himself. It was better to focus on making his bows for now. Future matters should be left for next time. When fate called, naturally he'd find what he needed.

Although the three wares were only materials, they cost Zhang Che the huge sum of close to ten million dollars in the end. Naturally his account didn't have that much money. He didn't dare to use the money in Sun Che's account, either. Otherwise, wouldn't others find out he was related to Sun Che once they investigated him?

Fortunately, Zhang Che had loads of beast cards. After learning that he could barter, he directly took out two four-star silver-quality beast cards and exchanged them for the materials he wanted.

—

After purchasing the materials, Zhang Che and Huang Tielan headed to a nearby large company that manufactured weapons. Similarly, he used a four-star silver-quality beast card in exchange for them crafting two recurve bows for him.

As the specifications for the bows Zhang Che wanted were too high, the craftsmen informed him that they needed five days to finish the job.

——

During the next five days, other than accompanying his mother at home, Zhang Che was almost inseparable from Miss Tienan, shopping through all of Bei Du City and buying all sorts of things.

After that experience with buying materials for his bows, Zhang Che purposefully went to look for a beast card store and sold off all the beast cards below gold-quality he had obtained during his latest trip to the beast world. The balance in his account instantly broke through the hundred million dollar milestone. With that, he wouldn't have to worry about money matters for a very long time to come.

Of course, as for those items that he couldn't buy with money, Zhang Che had no need for them for now. When the time came that he needed them, he still had over a ton worth of scarlet meteorite ores, which could be exchanged for over twenty million purple crystal points. That was also an incredibly vast amount of wealth on its own.

During those five days, Zhang Che wasn't idling around at night, either. Huang Juyun gave him an encrypted chip which contained lots of information unavailable to ordinary beastmasters, greatly benefiting him.

In particular, information about the drop rate of beast cards!

Zhang Che realized that his theories from before were true. Once an exotic beast's level and quality reached a certain tier, they were sure to drop a beast card.

There were two thresholds to this. One was a mid-tier gold-quality exotic beast, and the other was a dark gold-quality exotic beast. Exotic beasts that met either of the requirements were sure to drop a beast card.

This made Zhang Che understand why his luck was so good, and he had obtained beast cards from all the powerful exotic beasts he had encountered.

In addition, Zhang Che also obtained systemic information regarding an exotic beast's quality, skills and other relevant information for the first time.

First was innate attributes. Exotic beasts had to be silver-quality at minimum to have an attribute, and gold-quality beasts were sure to have them.

Second was skills. Exotic beasts had to reach at least gold-quality to have a skill, and dark gold-quality beasts were sure to have one. Also, there was a chance for legend-quality beasts to have two skills, while epic-quality beasts had two skills for sure.

Third was a Halo. Exotic beasts had to reach dark gold-quality at minimum to have a Halo, and legend-quality beasts were sure to have a Halo attribute.

Fourth concerned epic-quality exotic beasts, which Zhang Che never had any information on before. There was a chance for epic-quality beasts to have a False Domain.

The range and effects of a False Domain were far superior to a Halo, and unlike Halo effects, which were almost all supportive in nature, False Domains mostly contained super strong effects that were both offensive and defensive in nature.

This immediately reminded Zhang Che of the giant stone man he had encountered. The gravity field from back then affecting him and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was probably the False Domain of that giant stone man.

Its effects were truly beyond powerful; he had almost failed to escape!

At the same time, Zhang Che also learned a piece of information that was very relevant to him.

That was… under normal circumstances, a low-tier exotic beast could only reach dark gold-quality at the most, while mid-tier exotic beasts could only reach epic-quality at best.

This gave Zhang Che a huge headache. Although many of his subdued beasts and pets could reach a quality tier exceeding epic-quality in the end, they were unable to break free from the constraints of their levels.

With no way to bypass the level restriction, even if he had the rainbow crystal, there was no way he could circumvent this rule. After all, it was a law of the beast world itself.

-I can only hope for my Miss Tienan to become a skilled beast card cultivator soon,-Zhang Che sighed inwardly. -I have to learn more about the spiritual herbs and cultivation ingredients if I want my subdued beasts and pets to grow to the limits of their potential.

-Otherwise, if I happened to chance upon the required ingredients to improve them and yet missed them due to my lack of knowledge, wouldn't that be a huge loss?-

His brain hurt just thinking about it. No matter if it was this life or the last, Zhang Che was no good at studying at all. Asking him to memorize a library's worth of knowledge and pictures, in addition to applying this knowledge for practical use, and from there, analyzing and researching the newly discovered spiritual herbs and ingredients' attributes, was truly an insurmountable task.

Alas, there was no choice. If he didn't want his subdued beasts and pets to be stuck at a bottleneck someday, Zhang Che had to work hard, as if his life depended on it!

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Chapter 249: Insane Leveling Speed

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Five days passed by in a flash.

That morning, Zhang Che went back to collect the two bows he had ordered.

To commemorate them, Zhang Che named the bows the Falling Star Model X and Fallen Star.

The Falling Star Model X the frisky monkey used had a draw weight of thirty-two hundred kilograms. Its limbs were silvery white, with faint golden spots on them. In contrast, Zhang Che's Fallen Star bow had a draw weight of twenty-one hundred kilograms, its limbs patterned with alternating green and yellow stripes.

Both of the grips were made with Everlasting Wood, so their appearances only differed by their limbs.

Due to the two bows being far stronger than ordinary standards, ordinary arrows were unable to withstand the force these bows could unleash, and would shatter into pieces after being fired. Thus, Zhang Che also ordered two different kinds of arrows to be specially made for him, a thousand of each of them..

Just these two thousand arrows cost Zhang Che a few million dollars. It went to show how expensive beast world material weapons were.

Zhang Che didn't mind it, however. Blades were meant to be forged using good steel. These two strong bows would come in handy in some dangerous situations.

Hunting exotic beasts for food was especially noteworthy. The frisky monkey's arrows were excellent for that.

When the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon spat out cold air at the exotic beasts, he would often freeze them into ice sculptures, while the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus would directly crush the smaller exotic beasts with a single bite!

——

After the five days passed, Zhang Che could move freely.

As such, he wanted to bring Miss Tienan into the beast world and help her raise her beastmaster tier.

Huang Tielan was naturally excited about this, too.

After collecting the specially ordered bow and arrows, Zhang Che and Huang Tielan set off immediately, entering the beast world through the spatial gateway a few dozen kilometers south of Bei Du City.

"Zhang Xiaoche, support me later on. I want to hunt some exotic beasts properly!" Miss Tienan said excitedly, taking out the Mutated Puffersword Zhang Che had gifted her.

However, Zhang Che directly shook his head, saying, "How long will that take? Watch me."

As he spoke, a five-colored ray of light shot out from between his brows, turning into a deep blue, crystal-clear huge dragon over twenty meters long.

"Woah, Zhang Xiaoche, this subdued beast of yours is really beautiful! How about gifting it to me in the future?"

Girls were naturally interested in pretty things. She fell in love the moment she saw the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, seemingly a sculpture crafted out of translucent sapphire.

Zhang Che's complexion darkened. -I can't give it to you even if I wanted to…-

He could only say, "This is my main combat force. When your beastmaster tier rises up in the future, I'll give the Unicorn to you. It can both attack and heal; it's the most suitable for you."

Well, since Zhang Che had the rainbow crystal, his subdued beasts and pets could just return to his spiritual sea to recuperate if they were injured. As for himself, there was still the Purple Crystal Tortoise. If he was struck by an attack which even the Purple Crystal Tortoise armor couldn't resist, then there was no need for a healing-type subdued beast, either. He would be directly blown to bits!

"Okay then, the Unicorn it is!" Huang Tielan smiled craftily. Of course she knew the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was most likely Zhang Che's main force. Her target was the Unicorn from the start.

Zhang Che nodded helplessly. Afterwards, he gave out the order, and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon immediately flew out. In just half a minute, he came flying back with a two-star exotic beast in tow.

Huang Tielan's jaw dropped in surprise, "Zhang Xiaoche, are we considered cheating by doing this? But, I like it!"

After she said that, she ran up and ended that exotic beast with a swing of her sword.

Currently, they weren't very far away from the safety zone. There would be beastmasters passing by them from time to time. When they saw such a thing happening, everyone's eyes turned red from envy.

This was a freaking super expert power-leveling a noob! The speed was comparable to riding on a rocket!

"Damn it, wouldn't it be great if I had such an expert helping me as well? I too would advance into a mid-tier beastmaster in no time!" a tanned fatty said enviously, his face green with jealousy.

Pa! His companion slapped the back of his head, chiding him, "If you have the time to daydream, you might as well work harder! Who knows, you might have some hope of achieving that dream some day!"

"Zhang Xiaoche, let's go to some other place with a higher density of exotic beast population. The beasts in this area are pretty much killed off already. It's getting slow."

Huang Tielan was in a great mood since she could raise her beastmaster tier without putting in any effort. She only needed to move her arms a little every once in a while, nor did she have to worry about exotic beasts fighting back. The soul force points would go to her right away; it just couldn't get any easier.

Zhang Che nodded, grabbing her around the waist and jumping up onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, flying deeper into the beast world.

The moment the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon took off, Huang Tielan was even more surprised. She couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, there's actually no wind blowing against you while flying on this subdued beast of yours! Zhang Xiaoche, you really know how to enjoy life!"

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While they laughed and chatted, the two embarked on a frenzied journey of exotic beast hunting.

With the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon around, the surrounding exotic beasts couldn't put up any resistance at all. They could only get captured helplessly by the beast and allow their lives to be taken away from them obediently, contributing soul force points to Miss Tienan.

——

The enjoyable times flew by quickly.

In just six days time, Huang Tielan rose from a Tier One beastmaster to a Tier Three beastmaster, with Tier Four not too far from sight. If ordinary beastmasters were to know of such leveling speed, they might really vomit blood from envy!

"We have to go back now, Zhang Xiaoche. I have to report to school the day after tomorrow," Huang Tielan suggested reluctantly on their seventh day in the beast world.

Zhang Che nodded, "A pity we didn't have much time. If we had another ten days or half a month, perhaps you could advance to Tier Four then."

Huang Tielan giggled, "It's fine! I'm already plenty strong now. We'll come out again when we have time in the future."

"Sure, that works. I'll bring you into the beast world again when we have time. You still have to attend school, after all, and the beast card cultivation course isn't easy, either. You probably won't have time to go hunting."

——

That afternoon, the two made their way back from pretty deep in the beast world and crossed over the spatial gateway, returning to Bei Du City.

The past few days were undoubtedly very relaxing and fulfilling times for Zhang Che. Every day he only needed to direct the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to go capture exotic beasts and let Miss Tienan kill them easily.

The only thing that left him with regret and helplessness was that… Huang Tielan prepared a tent for herself, and was adamant on not sharing one with Zhang Che.

On the other hand, the Maneater Leech King soft armor Zhang Che had prepared for her, which was supposed to yield extremely satisfying results? Miss Tienan didn't hesitate at all and put it on. Afterwards, she put on another layer of clothes on top of it!

Who exactly did she learn that from!?

Zhang Che was depressed! He couldn't help but let out a long sigh. -The revolution movement ended in failure. This comrade still has to continue working hard…-

When the two walked out from the spatial gateway, there was a military vehicle already waiting for them at the military camp outside to drive them back to the Huang family's ancestral home.

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Chapter 250: Obviously You Can Depend on Your Own Strength

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

-Isn't this supposed to be a squad? Why are there only three people?-

Seeing the three uniformed man standing in a row, as if performing an arms drill, Zhang Che blinked, thinking to himself that this squad was indeed very small.

However, Huang Juyun didn't care about Zhang Che's silent cursings as he introduced them. "This is Liu Gang, their squad captain. He advanced into a high-tier beastmaster two years ago."

"Nice to meet you, Zhang-shao!" Liu Gang saluted Zhang Che sharply. The man was in his thirties, with a medium build. His skin was tanned, his appearance tough and determined.

Zhang Che hurriedly waved his hand, "Don't, don't. Just calling me Zhang Che is fine!"

-What the heck is it with the shao suffix! It sounds like it's used exclusively for antagonistic characters! I don't want to collect lunchboxes. Otherwise, how is the author going to continue the story?-

Liu Gang didn't respond to him. Instead, he turned to look at Huang Juyun.

Huang Juyun nodded at Liu Gang, then continued introducing the other two men to Zhang Che, "Alright, you guys call him Zhang Che, then. This is Pang Dazhi, and this is Yi Chong. Both of them are also high-tier beastmasters."

Pang Dazhi was true to his name. He had a large build, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist. On the other hand, Yi Chong was the smallest of the three, but he exuded the aura of a fierce elite.

Since Zhang Che didn't allow them to address him as Zhang-shao, they only nodded at him in acknowledgement.

The three of them were all at a similar age, and were all high-tier beastmasters. It forced Zhang Che to reevaluate the Huang family's influence.

It was no easy task to nurture a high-tier beastmaster, and now Huang Juyun had directly shown three of them to Zhang Che, the aim of which was merely to train his close combat skills.

He could imagine that the Huang family had quite a number of such high-tier beastmasters who had yet to show themselves. They were definitely the top-tier forces of the Huang family!

"Alright, since you all know each other now, you'll set off tomorrow morning," Huang Juyun nodded at them once more. After that, everyone left of their own accord.

——

The next morning, Zhang Che woke up early and met up with Liu Gang's squad at the front courtyard of the Huang family's ancestral home. However, he was surprised to see Liu Gang was actually accompanied by a black tiger as tall as a human, and about six meters long.

Just as he was wondering about this, Huang Juyun smiled and explained, "This is Liu Gang's pet. He tamed it by chance in the beast world. Now that it's fully grown, its at six-star silver-quality. It can help with catching exotic beasts for food in the beast world."

Zhang Che was greatly moved. His father-in-law knew that he had a huge appetite and he purposefully found someone with a pet to help him. What a thoughtful man!

"Thank you, Uncle Huang!"

"What's there to thank me for? I was originally thinking of getting you a spatial-type beast card, but my card wasn't spacious enough and couldn't bring much food. I was afraid it wouldn't be able to last you for many days, so I got Liu Gang here," Huang Juyun explained, chuckling.

Zhang Che thought inwardly, -I knew it. These large families do have spatial-type beast cards! But father-in-law said his spatial-type beast card can't hold many items. What's that about?

-Could it be that those spatial-type beast cards usually don't have much room?-

Thinking of that, Zhang Che immediately felt that his Purple Crystal Tortoise was indeed some high-end stuff, with a thousand cubic meters of space! The Heavens knew how many beast cards that was equivalent to…

More importantly, the Purple Crystal Tortoise was not only a storage-type subdued beast; its offensive and defensive abilities were similarly top-tier!

——

After bidding farewell to Huang Juyun and Huang Tielan, Zhang Che and Liu Gang's squad boarded a military vehicle and headed straight to the spatial gateway over a hundred kilometers to the northwest of Bei Du.

This was the beast world Liu Gang and the others frequented and were more familiar with, so they chose to bring Zhang Che there to train his close combat skills.

During the journey, Liu Gang and the others didn't speak a word at all, leaving Zhang Che feeling a little awkward. He tried initiating a conversation, "Three big brothers here, how long have you been in the army?"

"Sixteen years," Liu Gang answered.

"Thirteen years," Pang Dazhi said.

"Fourteen years," Yi Chong replied.

Their answers were really simple and concise! Zhang Che was depressed. How boring would it be if they continued to act like this after entering the beast world?

——

The vehicle kept driving northwest, and finally reached their destination about two hours later.

They encountered a few ambushes by single exotic beasts on their way, but how could they be a match at all for Zhang Che and the others? Zhang Che didn't even have any intention of making a move, leaving the job to Liu Gang and the others, who dispatched the exotic beasts easily.

—

After arriving at the location of the spatial gateway, they parked the vehicle in the military camp and the four of them, carrying their own backpacks, crossed over the spatial gateway.

"Zhang-shao…" the moment Liu Gang spoke up, he remembered what Zhang Che said before, and changed his words, "Zhang Che, the place we're going is where our unit used to hunt. The level and quality of the exotic beasts there aren't low by any means. You must be careful."

Huang Juyun probably didn't tell Liu Gang and the others about Zhang Che's exact strength, and thus he reminded Zhang Che to be careful. He was probably thinking that although this kid was a Tier Five beastmaster, the quality of his subdued beasts shouldn't be too good.

"Don't worry, Brother Liu. I will be careful," Zhang Che nodded as he thought of what Liu Gang just said. -Unit! As expected, the Huang family's influence isn't small! Although I have no idea how many people are in the unit he spoke of, there shouldn't be less than a hundred or so.-

"Mhm, let's set off then," Liu Gang nodded and jumped onto the back of that black tiger pet of his, while the other two also summoned their respective mount-type beasts.

-We're running there?- Zhang Che thought. -The place your unit hunts at shouldn't be nearby, right?- As such, he immediately voiced the question.

"It's not close, over five hundred kilometers away from the safety zone. If we move at full speed, we should be able to arrive by this afternoon."

Zhang Che nearly wept. It was too much of a waste of time to ride for a few hours.

A five-colored streak of light shot out from Zhang Che's brows. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's eye-catching figure immediately appeared before Liu Gang and the others.

Liu Gang's black tiger pet probably sensed the terrifying aura on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, letting out low growls uneasily.

Meanwhile, Liu Gang and the others were shocked. -A legend-quality beast! And it's even a dragon, a fellow at the top of the food chain! How terrifyingly strong must it be?-

Their gazes toward Zhang Che became a little strange.

-This guy is obviously someone who can depend on his own strength. Why are you coming with us to train your skills!?-

As the saying went, "One might triumphs ten techniques". Even if he was a newbie at fighting, with such a powerful subdued beast, he was invincible among beastmasters of the same tier!

Zhang Che ignored the surprise on their faces. Instead, he raised his hand and pointed at the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, saying, "Let's go, what are you spacing out for!?"

Translator's Note:

1) Collecting lunchboxes originated from Stephen Chow's movie in 1999, King of Comedy, where the extras of a film set go to collect their lunchboxes after their work is done. He's saying that it feels like his role is being reduced to that of a side or minor character if others start calling him Zhang-shao, which is an informal term for Young Master.

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