King of Beasts

After Manager Ying took the queen ant egg, Lu Ran also gained new resources.

It wasn’t that the forge ore had arrived so quickly, but rather Gu Qingyi had come to the Green Sea.

She brought the nature control trait crystal needed by the weather elf.

Besides that.

“Huff huff…”

In Lu Ran’s yard, a dozen colorful, stout giant snakes were huddled together, excitedly looking at Lu Ran.

“Huff huff… (Big brother, hungry, food.)”

Lu Ran silently watched them.

Who taught them this?

He looked towards Dr. Gu, clad in an off-white trench coat, her slender legs sheathed in black stockings.

It’s you, isn’t it? Definitely you!

“How about it.”

“These dozen or so have the richest loong-type bloodline I could find,” Gu Qingyi said, slightly bending over, her pale hand gently resting on the head of an emerald green giant snake.

“They all seem quite spirited… then I’ll contact the people from Lujia Village to come to the Green Sea later,” said Lu Ran.

Lu Ran had discussed with Gu Qingyi about learning from the Eagle Federation and developing a loong-type beast taming team exclusive to Xia Country-the Jiao Dragon Team.

Gu Qingyi immediately stated that she could provide the precursor bodies of Dragon Pets and the loong-type trait crystals.

Before Lu Ran became a Dragon Chef, all dragon-related research was conducted by her, and Gu Qingyi’s research institute naturally had the most proto-dragon juveniles.

Lu Ran did not refuse.

Having Dr. Gu’s help would save him a lot of trouble, and as for the benefits the Jiao Dragon Team might bring in the future, if they were to be shared with Dr. Gu, Lu Ran wouldn’t mind.

Now, these proto-dragon juveniles had been tamed and delivered, and Lu Ran was just waiting for the prospective members of the Jiao Dragon Team to come and contract them.

After the contract, it would be his turn.

To provide Loong-type cuisine!

After a round of nurturing with Loong-type cuisine and fusing with loong-type trait crystals, Lu Ran believed that soon, a powerful Jiao Dragon legion could be deployed into the Legendary Secret Realm for strategy.

By then, each member would possess strength not inferior to second-generation beastmasters like Pluto and Dog King, even potentially surpassing them!

Thinking about how this group of people could continuously provide him with rare resources from the Legendary Secret Realm, Lu Ran couldn’t help but smile.

The era of resource scarcity… was about to end.

Although saying this might invite criticism, Lu Ran indeed lacked resources, at least the evolutionary resources for General Ha and the Dark Crow, which he found unsatisfactory compared to those of the Sudden Death King.

“Stop grinning like a fool,” Gu Qingyi said, waving her hand in front of Lu Ran’s face.

“The second entry into the Evolution Secret Realm is in a week. Are you going to evolve your pet beasts then?” she asked, stroking her chin thoughtfully.

Gu Qingyi didn’t care much for the administrative duties of the Jiao Dragon team; she left that to Lu Ran, providing only Loong-type resources, Loong-type traits, and proto-dragon juveniles.

According to Lu Ran, it might take a quarter for the Jiao Dragon team to grow and start paying off, as they were all newcomers from Lujia Village with a weak foundation.

Unlike Bai Qi from the Netherworld, who had a strong foundation and maintained the strength of a top-tier second generation even after his class change to necromancer.

Compared to the Jiao Dragon team, she was more curious about Lu Ran’s progress.

“We’ll see.”

“I’m really torn right now,” Lu Ran sighed.

“How so?” Gu Qingyi pondered. “Let me guess, is it because the evolution of the Sudden Death King is so dazzling that you’re worried that General Ha and the Dark Crow can’t match its evolutionary potential?”

“And then you struggle to find better evolutionary resources.”

“That’s exactly it,” Lu Ran shrugged. “The crystals from the Dragon King bloodline and those Overlord Dragon Souls are too strong. It’s hard for General Ha and the Dark Crow to replicate such resources, so I think their evolutionary level is about at the upper sovereign.”

“Trying to reach Overlord carries some risks.”

Gu Qingyi responded resignedly, “You should be content. Isn’t being an upper sovereign enough? Besides you, who else even has an Overlord?”

“And there’s no need to chase perfection everywhere. For example, given your current perspective, were the first and second traits you fused for General Ha the best choice?”

“Wouldn’t a unique trait be stronger?”

“But with your resources at that time, how could you have managed that?”

“Look, even now, it’s impossible to be perfect in every aspect. Each pet beast’s situation is unique. For instance, our First Generation, although currently the strongest combat force on Blue Star, mostly comprises main pet beasts whose traits come from ordinary secret realms-traits that are far inferior to those of your Fourth Generation,” Gu Qingyi explained.

“It’s safe to say that the potential of most second-generation beastmasters’ pet beasts surpasses that of our older ones.”

“Compared to you, shouldn’t I be the one crying?”

“Have a cry, let’s see,” Lu Ran suggested.

Gu Qingyi: ?

“I’m sorry,” Lu Ran capitulated. “I got used to bickering with Manager Ying…”

Gu Qingyi felt that Lu Ran was drifting away.

He was no longer the cautious newbie.

She said, “Of course, if you really want to pursue perfection, you can wait a bit longer since there are three Evolution Secret Realms yet to be opened.”

“You can enter the last two.”

“And who knows when Infinite City will update with a few more Evolution Secret Realms.”

“If the conditions allow then, you might even hold off evolving Dark Crow and General Ha for now. More and more teams are getting through the Legendary Secret Realm. Just wait a little longer, and you might find the resources you desire.”

“Hmm,” Lu Ran pondered, wondering why Dr. Gu suddenly started lecturing him.

Still, what she said made sense. It was worth considering.

…

After helping Lu Ran relieve some anxiety, Gu Qingyi left and left behind twelve snakes.

Lu Ran whistled, and the Dark Crow, practicing curse power on the rooftop with a Soul Scarecrow, descended immediately!

The Soul Scarecrow, a rather good piece of equipment that Lu Ran had brought back from the Cult of Necromancy, could curse enemies from a great distance using their fresh blood as a catalyst.

Lu Ran gave this equipment to Dark Crow, as currently, it was the only one in the team whose abilities matched well with the scarecrow.

“Big King, at your command!”

Dark Crow landed gracefully, waving its wing and asking ceremoniously.

“Do me a favor, take these dozen snakes up to Emerald Mountain.”

“We just don’t have enough space here to accommodate them.”

After communicating with the dozen snakes, Lu Ran had the Dark Crow summon a Crow army to carry out the mission.

“No problem, Big King!”

Soon, the dozen Talent-strong giant snakes were sent off, and Lu Ran took out his phone to contact Lu Bing.

Now, the “Road Ahead Icy” had become the exclusive assistant to the village chief of Lujia Village, responsible for connecting Lu Ran with Lujia Village and relaying important orders from Lu Ran.

After all, Lu Ran couldn’t always stay in Lujia Village.

“Village Chief, Village Chief, Village Chief!” Upon receiving Lu Ran’s call, Lu Bing spoke with an excited tone, “Are the pet beasts in place??”

Having just emerged from the breakthrough secret realm, Lu Bing and the others were thrilled to learn that Lu Ran had become the village chief of Lujia Village.

Although Lu Yan, the current village chief, was not bad, Lu Ran, a beastmaster, definitely met the expectations of Lu Bing and the others more suitably.

This would certainly add prestige when they went out.

The Strongest Fourth Generation, the breeder of the Overlord Dragon, the suppressor of an era, Passerby A… Our village chief! We are a clan!

“Yes, they are in place,” Lu Ran said with a smile. “The nine of you come over.”

“Okay!! I’ll notify them right away,” said Lu Bing.

Currently, nine individuals from Lujia Village had experienced the breakthrough secret realm, advancing to level 1 beastmasters.

Due to Lu Ran’s request, these individuals had not yet contracted new pet beasts, waiting for this batch of near-dragons.

However, more precisely, it was eight people from Lujia Village plus one Pig Raiser.

The reason for including the Pig Raiser in Lujia Village was that during the strategy for the novice secret realm, the Pig Raiser, while leveling up with a girl from Lujia Village, warmed up his relationship with her to the point where he was likely to marry into Lujia Village.

Lu Ran was speechless, though he didn’t know that girl personally, he felt like his village’s cabbage was being scooped up by a pig, benefiting this young man.

He had a premonition that as Lujia Village grew larger, more and more Talent-strong beastmasters, regardless of gender, would want to marry into Lujia Village.

“We need to take some time to work on the villagers’ sentiments, so they aren’t fooled by scoundrels.”

Lu Ran pondered.

After ending the call with Lu Bing, Lu Ran then reached out to Fang Lan.

At this moment, Fang Lan was nearly as dispirited as Bai Qi.

Her poison research team had recently cracked the project on the Platypus Sea King Beast’s venom, successfully transforming its venom and blood into resources for cultivating poison pet beasts.

As resources dropped from a Level 60 Upper Overlord species boss, it could definitely be called exquisite venom.

Fang Lan also took advantage of this opportunity, during the First Generation big shot’s strategy for the Level 5 Legendary Secret Realm, to enhance herself.

However, Fang Lan had thought that by cracking the exquisite venom of an upper overlord, she could surprise Lu Ran and somewhat catch up to him. Little did she know that Lu Ran would then cultivate the sudden death king into an overlord dragon.

Fang Lan almost spat blood.

She could never have imagined that the lizard, which she had nearly killed, could become so outrageously powerful in Lu Ran’s hands.

She now felt especially guilty about the sudden death king, thankful that Lu Ran had taken over; otherwise, a lizard with the potential to be an overlord would have died by her hand.

“What’s wrong?” Fang Lan said listlessly, feeling that the surprise of cracking the exquisite venom had lost its flavor now and thus chose not to mention it.

“In the next few days, Lu Bing and the others will come to Green Sea City for a training camp. Are you coming?”

“Really? The Jiao Dragon team is finally getting on track?” Fang Lan’s eyes lit up. “Remember to have them run through the poison realms a lot!”

“Alright, so are you teaming up with them?” Lu Ran asked.

“Hmph, no need.” Fang Lan snorted. “I’ve changed my mind; someone else has already invited me.”

“Ah?” Lu Ran was taken aback. “Haven’t Youxiong Anlin and Du Yuan already been through the realm?”

“Who else is there?”

“Don’t tell me it’s Pluto and Dog King; they’re not very strong, too dangerous. Better wait for Lu Bing and the others to grow.”

“None of them!” Fang Lan said. “It’s Lin Yin, who dropped out of the race. She seems to be doing better recently, contacted me and… and Summer, who you lured away.”

“I feel they’re more reliable, so I agreed. I’m going to give it a try.”

Fang Lan mentioned Summer through gritted teeth; Lu Ran really had some nerve, not only teaching his students but also bringing them to his family home in Green Sea City.

“Did anything beyond a teacher-student relationship happen between you and Summer???”

“Cough, cough.”

“What a mess.”

“I wasn’t at school at the time, so taking her to the Green Sea was convenient, wasn’t it?” Lu Ran said, “No, why are you so nosy?”

“I’m just reminding you, your status isn’t ordinary now! When boys are away from home, they need to protect themselves and not be easily fooled by bad women!!” Fang Lan said:

“Foreign spies may not be able to assassinate you, but there’s a high chance they could seduce you completely. This habit of casually bringing women home, shouldn’t that change? You weren’t even close with Summer before!”

“Alright, alright… I get it…” Lu Ran covered his ears, wondering if Fang Lan was getting jealous.

He just wanted to find someone to cook for the dark crow.

Lu Ran sighed, but Fang Lan changed her mind and decided to team up with Lin Yin, Summer, and others. Lu Ran thought that was also fine, certainly more reliable than Pluto and his group.

After all, Lin Yin is a superhuman and the older sister of the first-generation beastmaster Lin Nian. With her leading the team, combined with Summer, who possesses powerful spear intent, and Fang Lan, who excels in poison abilities, these three could potentially clear the Legendary Secret Realm faster than Youxiong Anlin’s team.

If all goes well, they might even finish before the Jiao Dragon team.