King of Beasts

“Infinite City No.7? Got it!”

“By the way, village chief, you have an elective class tomorrow. We’ve all signed up for it. Will you be teaching?” Lu Bing suddenly mentioned the elective class.

As expected, many members of the Fourth Generation were paying attention.

“I will,” Lu Ran nodded helplessly. The two chatted for a bit more before hanging up.

Previously, the nine members of the Jiao Dragon team had come to make contracts with the jiao snake juveniles sent by Dr. Gu.

After that, they received a large number of Dragon Cuisine dishes from Lu Ran.

Dragon Cuisine dishes, which contain the artistic conception of the dragon, don’t have a long shelf life. However, to ensure the safety of the Jiao Dragon team, the country provided a cooking utensil similar to the Spirit Transformation Pot to store the dishes.

This way, Lu Ran would not have to provide food for the Jiao Dragon team every few days.

He could just spend one morning preparing everything in one go and store it, which would be enough for these rookies for quite some time.

Now, with contracts and enjoying various rare Loong-type resources daily, it was normal for them to reach level 20.

According to Lu Bing’s report, Lu Ran roughly understood the current situation of the Jiao Dragon team.

The second young pet beast of the team members, all lower commander species level, had already fused with a trait. This trait was collected based on the attribute, talent, and personal needs of the pet beasts listed by the team members.

The first trait did not directly fuse with the loong-type trait.

However, for the second trait, Lu Ran planned to have the Jiao Dragon team collectively fuse with the “Dragon Blood Trait” to physically transform them in the first stage.

As for the supporting resources, naturally, it would be the blood of the dragon king that fell during the training of the sudden death king.

Lu Ran planned to use the dragon blood to make stew for the jiao snakes. By heating it with Flame Sprite, they could soak in it and change their own bloodline.

The extremely rare blood of the dragon king for body tempering would definitely allow them to perfectly master the “Dragon Blood Trait.”

By then, this transformed Jiao Dragon team should initially have the qualifications to challenge the Legendary Secret Realm.

Lu Ran was looking forward to the day they could frequently provide him with unique traits and unique skills for his selection.

Since Lu Ran needed to handle some matters at the beast taming university tomorrow, he directly woke up Manager Ying and requested it to teleport him to the university today.

Whether staying in Green Sea or at the beast taming university for the next few days didn’t make much difference to him.

As Lu Ran was scheduled to teach a class tomorrow, the university’s forum was buzzing with excited posts from many students today.

Some secret channels even had posts like this:

[Renting out a student ID card for one day. Successfully registered for tomorrow’s elective class by big shot Lu Ran. Just swipe the card to attend the class. Contact me privately for the cost.]

Given Lu Ran’s current title, his influence surpassed that of many national celebrities, making the students who successfully registered for the class wonder… was it really free for them?

Aside from strangers, even people familiar with Lu Ran joined in the excitement.

Just as Lu Ran arrived at his dormitory, he received a message from Fang Lan: [Tomorrow’s class?]

[I’m already at the dormitory, I’ll be there tomorrow.]

Fang Lan: [Great, both Summer and I signed up. Looking forward to your performance tomorrow.]

Lu Ran: ???

Why are you two joining the fun?

Lu Ran: [What about Lin Yin?]

Fang Lan: [Right after clearing the Legendary Secret Realm, she went straight into the breakthrough secret realm.]

Lu Ran was surprised. Compared to Lin Yin, Fang Lan and Summer were much more relaxed.

Their contemporaries, including Youxiong Anlin and Du Yuan, had already reached level 2 and could advance to level 3 anytime.

Meanwhile, the two of them were still at level 1 and didn’t seem eager to breakthrough and catch up after clearing the Legendary Secret Realm.

Such a zen attitude!

Finding typing too troublesome, Lu Ran directly called and asked, “So, when do you plan to enter the breakthrough secret realm?”

Fang Lan: “Hmm… in a few days. By the way, you’ll be entering the breakthrough secret realm soon too, right?”

“Yeah, once General Ha evolves, if there’s nothing else, I’ll go in,” replied Lu Ran.

“Alright, if you enter the plant world, just like the previous two secret realms, use your intelligence to help me collect some ferocious plants!!” Fang Lan requested earnestly.

“Sure, no problem,” Lu Ran laughed. “If I can get into the plant world, I promise to get you a ferocious plant with upper overlord potential.”

The key issue was whether he could get in.

The trio’s expedition to the Gourd Mountain Legendary Secret Realm had yielded considerable rewards.

Although none of them managed to obtain pet beast juveniles of the lower sovereign species due to their less-than-ideal luck, the high-value rewards included unique traits, unique skills, and exquisite items.

For instance, Fang Lan’s greatest gain was a trait crystal: Poison Plant Control.

Its effect allowed a poison-type pet beast to convert ordinary plants into poisonous ones and control them.

At first glance, the trait crystal didn’t seem extraordinary, but for Fang Lan, it was a perfect match.

In her own words, she wouldn’t trade it even for a lower sovereign poison pet; she’d rather have this trait.

Though there are many poisonous plants, their quantity pales in comparison to ordinary plants.

With this trait, Fang Lan felt it was as if every plant in the world could possess poison, drastically expanding her poison arsenal.

Moreover, given her experience battling scorpion monsters that manipulated poisonous plants to attack them, Fang Lan was particularly eager to wield this ability.

In her opinion, it was akin to General Ha’s King of Swords talent, a growth-potential trait.

For General Ha, the more powerful the sword, the stronger it becomes.

Similarly, this trait’s effectiveness hinges on the strength of the plants. The more potent the plants a poison-type pet converts, the stronger the controlling pet beast’s combat power.

Imagine if a poison-type pet converted foxtail grass into a poisonous plant and controlled it for attacking-naturally, it wouldn’t be very powerful. But if it converted long leaved sword grass, which already had terrifying destructive power, and added poison to it, who could stand against it?

Long leaved sword grass is merely a ferocious plant with upper sovereign potential.

If Fang Lan were given access to a ferocious plant with upper overlord potential, she’d be unbeatable. Such ferocious plants are relatively easier to find compared to other life forms of the same level.

To put it simply, it’s another resource-intensive trait.

“Thanks~” Fang Lan said happily, “If I encounter a special secret realm, I’ll find a way to collect some divine swords for you!”

“You?” Lu Ran smirked.

Fang Lan: ???

Underestimating her, huh?

“A few days ago, I dreamt about entering the mechanical world. The mechanical light swords there were really cool…”

“Light swords are great, but what I’d really like is for you to bring me back a mech suit,” Lu Ran joked.

“Alright, I need to deliver some resources to the Jiao Dragon team. You go on ahead,” Lu Ran said, wrapping up the conversation before quickly teleporting to the base of Infinite City No. 7, associated with the beast taming university.

Passerby Guild Headquarters!

The Passerby Guild was a small, obscure guild founded by Lu Bing, belonging to the Fourth Generation.

In Infinite City No. 3 and No. 7 in Xia Country, she rented buildings to serve as the headquarters for the beast taming activities, team-ups, and interactions of Lujia Village members.

At this moment, following Lu Ran’s instructions, members of the Jiao Dragon team, including Pig Raiser and Lu Bing, were all waiting.

As Lu Ran, clad in his signature black-and-white trench coat, entered the room, everyone stood up. Lu Bing and a few others were quite familiar with him from their past frequent team-ups. However, the other four members from Lujia Village were both nervous and excited to see Lu Ran.

“Hey there, everyone,” Lu Ran said, smiling and waving.

“God Lu, long time no see–” Pig Raiser, the first to approach with a thick-skinned grin, was halted in his tracks by Lu Ran’s gesture, as flames formed a bullet at the tip of his finger. Sheepishly, Pig Raiser stopped and said, “Just kidding, I wasn’t really going to hug you.”

“Coward,” Lu Ran glanced at him and said, “You’re way behind compared to Pig Deity.”

Although Lu Ran previously dismissed Pig Deity as potentially weak and didn’t have Lin Nian replaced, seeing Pig Raiser now made him suddenly feel that Pig Deity was somewhat reliable after all.

After all, First Generation is First Generation.

Pig Raiser twitched his mouth and said, “Is there really a comparison? One is the Haizhu of the twelve branches, and I’m just a lousy Pig Raiser.”

“But I’ll work hard to compete for his lordship’s position someday!” Pig Raiser said, his heart still tied to the pigsty even though he stood with the Jiao Dragon team.

“I have a suggestion for you: you could cultivate your pig toward becoming a dragon pig. Pig Deity is also researching this. Maybe you both will find common ground in the future.”

“Really?” Pig Raiser was stunned.

As he stood there, filled with anticipation, Lu Ran addressed the group, “I’m on a tight schedule. After helping your pet beasts evolve, I need to leave. Are you all ready?”

“Yes, Village Chief! We’re ready!!” everyone replied loudly.

“OK,” Lu Ran said, taking out a massive cauldron.

Everyone: ???

Lu Ran explained, “This is a soul-infused Cooking Utensil I crafted while breaking through a secret realm. Hold on a moment, I’m going to brew a foundational soup. Once it’s ready, just release your pet beasts and have them soak in it.”

With that, Lu Ran transformed his wings into flames and flew up, retrieving bottle after bottle of the blood of the dragon king from his space backpack and pouring it into the cauldron.

Following this, he added a few other supplementary ingredients in precise proportions.

After completing this process, Lu Ran landed and with a wave of his hand, summoned a dragon-shaped Flame Sprite. Under his control, the Flame Sprite breathed fire at the bottom of the cauldron.

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle-

Before long, the cauldron filled with the red blood of the dragon king began to boil, bubbling like magma.

“It’s ready,” Lu Ran said to the First Generation members of the Jiao Dragon team. “Although it looks like blood-boiled snake meat, it’s actually a special kind of Dragon Cuisine.”

“This must be absorbed through the body for a more perfect result.”

“Release your pet beasts and let them soak in it. Once the blood is fully absorbed, they will undergo a minor evolution by fusing with the Dragon Blood trait.”

“Yes, sir!”

The members of the Jiao Dragon team swallowed nervously, but they trusted Lu Ran completely. They released their lower commander species jiao snakes one by one and let them enter the blood cauldron.

However, unlike their usual eagerness for delicious Dragon Cuisine, these jiao snakes hesitated, showing fear as they felt the overwhelming presence of the thunder flame dragon king within the cauldron, reluctant to climb in…

“Hmm, the process might be a bit painful,” Lu Ran noted to himself. “These pet beasts sure are vigilant.”

Come on, experience firsthand the agonizing sensation passed down from the Sudden Death King…