Beast Taming Academy, Simulation Ecological Zone.
The truth behind the so-called "Contracted Beast losing control" incident was finally revealed.
Shepherd Mountain suppressed his excitement and walked up to Chu Sheng.
"Little Lang... oh, no, Lord Divine Lang!"
"Did I disturb your rest? Um... I mentioned before that Iâd help you select a suitable partner for a contract. Weâve already picked out a few Beast Tamers. Do you have any specific requirements?"
"If not, I can send a batch over tomorrow for you to look at."
After learning that Chu Sheng possessed an Emperor-level Bloodline, Shepherd Mountainâs attitude became even more respectful, just like how the Ten Great Clans had treated Gu Yuexi.
Chu Sheng now understood what was going on.
âSo these people think Iâor rather, the New Roach Battle Treasureâam a Demon Beast with an Emperor-level Bloodline? Heh. What would happen if they knew this was just something I modified from a Second-Grade Demon Beast?â
âAnd the way this old dean is talking... it sounds like heâs trying to help me pick a royal consort.â
âWait, pick a consort?â
âThis is interesting. Iâm just playing along anyway, so I might as well have some fun with it. I just need to make him think Iâll stay at the Beast Taming Academy, but I canât actually choose someone.â
âBesides, I can openly drain those geniuses who are brought over.â
âIn that case...â
Chu Sheng thought for a moment, then looked at Shepherd Mountain, who was waiting for a reply.
He extended one of the New Roach Battle Treasureâs tentacles and began to scratch something on the ground. Soon, Chu Sheng had drawn a few words in the dirt.
White.
Rich.
Beautiful.
Understand?
âWhite, because that means their blood will taste good. Beautiful, because theyâll be easy on the eyes. And most importantly, rich. Maybe they can get me some rare treasures or something.â
Shepherd Mountainâs mouth twitched as he looked at the words on the ground. He immediately replied:
"Lord Divine Lang has excellent taste. Indeed, when we select candidates for your contract, we must also consider their appearance, family background, and other such matters."
âNot bad, not bad at all.â
âThis Dean Mu is quite perceptive.â
Chu Sheng nodded, then turned and left, satisfied. The commotion outside had interrupted him before he could check the gains from absorbing those last few prizes.
...
After Chu Sheng left, Dean Mu gathered everyone who had been present that night. He gave them a strict order not to reveal what had happened, especially the appearance of an Emperor-level Bloodline.
Violators would be expelled from the academy!
The students of the Beast Taming Academy, having been suppressed by other academies for so long, were very united. They all agreed immediately.
Besides, if they were expelled, their own Contracted Beasts would lose the chance to evolve with the help of the Divine Lang. This gave them even more reason not to disobey.
Chu Sheng couldnât be bothered with what Dean Mu was doing. After returning to his small, secret chamber, he immediately opened his data panel.
[Panel updating...]
[Host: Chu Sheng]
[Race: Void Splitting Nether Emperor Mosquito]
[Lifespan: 200 years]
[Bloodline: King-level (One Star)]
[Qi Blood: 19,879 (Fourth-Grade Early Stage)]
[Spirit: 6,210 (Sea of Consciousness First Transformation)]
[Evolution Points: 8,332]
[Spatial Realm: Great Success (2,000/5,000)]
[Fire Realm: Great Success (2,000/5,000)]
[Gold Realm: Minor Success (1,800/2,000)]
[Thunder Realm: Minor Success (500/2,000)]
[Earth Realm: Minor Success (550/2,000)]
[Water Realm: Minor Success (510/2,000)]
[Upon reaching the Great Success Realm in any Realm, a minor, targeted evolution can be performed.]
[Notice: The next full evolution requires reaching a Qi Blood Value of 100,000 (Fifth-Grade Early Stage) and 60,000 Mental Power, as well as comprehending at least two Great Perfection Realms! Cost: 10,000 Evolution Points.]
This short period of seclusion had yielded significant gains! The main improvements were in his Qi Blood and Realms.
From the two drops of Ninth-Grade Demon Beast Essence Blood, Chu Sheng had absorbed 970 points of Qi Blood. He had also absorbed a minuscule amount of Realm Power. This power happened to be from the Earth Realm and Water Realm, allowing him to advance those two Realms from Entry to Minor Success.
The drop of King-level Five Stars Demon Beast Essence Blood was even more impressive. Chu Sheng had absorbed a full 2,000 Qi Blood from it!
And that was only because his physical body couldnât handle it all. He hadnât fully absorbed it; some of the Energy was used to strengthen his body instead.
Even now at the Fourth-Grade Early Stage, this body could only withstand absorbing a maximum of around 2,000 Qi Blood at a time. Anything beyond that would be converted into other things, and he couldnât absorb any more until it was fully digested.
This was also why his short seclusion had taken some time.
In total, Chu Sheng had increased his Qi Blood by 2,970 during this seclusion, bringing his Qi Blood Value to 19,879. He was just over ten thousand away from reaching the Fourth-Grade Middle Stage!
Aside from Qi Blood, in terms of Realms, Chu Sheng had also absorbed a brand new Realm from the King-level Five Stars Demon Beast Essence Blood: the Gold Realm!
[Gold Realm: Minor Success (1,800/2,000). The hostâs Spiritual Attacks and physical Attacks will gain a sharpness bonus, allowing them to ignore a portion of Defense.]
Unfortunately, the Realm Power contained within this King-level Five Stars Demon Beast Essence Blood was still inferior to that of the Void Escape Lotus. As a result, his Gold Realm Comprehension only reached 1,800, failing to achieve Great Success.
Otherwise, he could have initiated another targeted minor evolution!
On top of all that, while digesting the Qi Blood, Chu Sheng hadnât forgotten to cultivate the Earth-level Upper-Grade Spiritual Secret Techniqueâthe Spirit Returning and Spirit-Extinguishing Technique.
This was the first time Chu Sheng had comprehended a skill on his own. He had to admit, this Earth-level Upper-Grade Secret Technique was quite difficult to learn. It took him a long time to just scratch the surface, barely managing to turn it into a new Active Skill:
[Active Skill: Spirit Returning and Spirit-Extinguishing Technique Lv. 1]
âLetâs see what it does.â
Spirit Returning and Spirit-Extinguishing Technique: Can resist and reflect enemy Spiritual Attacks. Current level is one. Can completely resist Spiritual Attacks of the First-Grade Realm and reflect 10% of the damage. Each use consumes 100 Mental Power.
âHuh? So skills I comprehend on my own have levels too?â
âIn that case, while the effect of the level one Spirit Returning and Spirit-Extinguishing Technique is good, the numbers are a bit underwhelming.â
âSince it has a level, I should be able to upgrade it with Evolution Points instead of having to comprehend it further, right?â
Chu Shengâs eyes lit up, and he immediately spoke:
"System, upgrade the Spirit Returning and Spirit-Extinguishing Technique!"
[Ding! Upgrading Spirit Returning and Spirit-Extinguishing Technique to Lv. 2 requires 20 Evolution Points. Confirm upgrade?]
âIt really can be upgraded!â
âDoesnât that mean that in the future, when I learn various Secret Techniques, I only need to get the basics down and can then use Evolution Points to upgrade them!â
Twenty Evolution Points was still a bit expensive compared to upgrading other skills to level two.
But he had to upgrade this skill; the stats were too garbage.
"Confirm upgrade!"
[Ding! Spirit Returning and Spirit-Extinguishing Technique has been upgraded to Lv. 2.]
Spirit Returning and Spirit-Extinguishing Technique Lv. 2: Can resist and reflect enemy Spiritual Attacks. Current level is two. Can completely resist Spiritual Attacks of the Second-Grade Realm and reflect 20% of the damage. Each use consumes 200 Mental Power.
âThe resistance and reflection values both increased, but itâs still not enough.â
"Keep upgrading!"
In the end, Chu Sheng spent a total of 140 Evolution Points and upgraded it directly to Level Four.
[Ding! Spirit Returning and Spirit-Extinguishing Technique has been upgraded to Lv. 4. The skill level cannot exceed the hostâs highest realm in either Qi Blood or Spirit. It cannot be upgraded further at this time.]
Spirit Returning and Spirit-Extinguishing Technique Lv. 4: Can resist Spiritual Attacks of the Fourth-Grade Realm and reflect 40% of the damage. Each use consumes 400 Mental Power.
âNice, this is good enough!â
âNow I wonât have to fear any Spiritual Attacks from those in the same realm!â
âItâs normal that it canât be upgraded further. If it could even resist Spiritual Attacks from higher realms, it wouldnât be an Earth-level Upper-Grade Secret Technique, but a Celestial Level one!â
As for his other skills, he wouldnât upgrade them for now. He decided to save his Evolution Points and accumulate enough for his next full evolution.
[Current Evolution Points: 8,192]
His seclusion was over. Now, what should he do next?