"Hahaha!" Chu Huainan burst into laughter. "Young friend Lu Fei is joking. It's just an ordinary poultry."
Lu Fei: "..."
Brother Chicken: "..."
Both fell silent.
Chu Huainan stopped laughing. "At first, I almost thought you could command two contracted beasts. But through your battle, I realized you haven't reached the beginner beast tamer level. Thinking carefully, the only possibility is that you haven't formed a contract with this poultry. The reason you can command it in battle is simply that you have tamed it."
Lu Fei was stunned.
Without changing his expression, he picked up his teacup and took a few sips, masking his awkwardness.
Through just an hour of conversation.
Lu Fei felt he had gained a lot. At least he now knew the general location of the star domain. Moreover, there might be distant relatives of Heng Toushe on the Beast Taming Continent, but trying to get information about the star domain through them was out of the question. They were a bunch of terrorists!
"Fortunately, they have all disappeared and won't come looking for me for now. I still have time to develop..." Lu Fei sighed helplessly, feeling that since arriving here, his life had been threatened again and again...
He rubbed his temples, forcing himself to cheer up. Other people transmigrated and became chosen ones. There was no reason he should be unlucky all the time!
Then, he forced a smile.
A boy who smiles often won't have too bad luck!
Just then.
Chu Huainan's voice sounded again.
Serious and earnest.
"By the way, there's something I need to remind you about, and it might concern your life."
Concern his life again?... Lu Fei's smile froze, and he slowly looked up.
Chu Huainan looked at the young man's dejected expression and felt a pang of sympathy.
He had administered so much potent medicine. If it disheartened young friend Lu Fei and made him utterly dejected, it would be counterproductive... Chu Huainan pondered, then nodded to himself, deciding to adopt a more acceptable approach.
He got up and walked to Lu Fei's side, sitting on the same sofa. He patted the young man's shoulder.
He chuckled and said, "You have exceptional talent, so the dangers you will face are naturally greater than ordinary people."
"But your experience is still shallow. Some dangers that can threaten your life are often hidden in the darkness. If you are unaware, you might die an untimely death. But since you met me, I have an obligation to point out all these dangers for you."
So I can die with clarity?... Lu Fei rolled his eyes. He smiled politely, "Please tell me, old sir. I will remember it."
Chu Huainan nodded and slowly said, "There is an evil organization on the Beast Taming Continent called the Hunters! They specialize in hunting contracted beasts that possess the bloodline of unknown creatures from the star domain."
After a pause, his tone gradually became solemn. "They especially like to snatch them from beast tamers!"
"They even resort to robbery and murder!"
*Clang!*
Lu Fei's teacup fell to the ground.
His fingers trembled as he maintained the posture of holding the teacup.
"Heh heh, it's a bit hot..."
Chu Huainan watched him without speaking. The tea had been left to sit for over thirty minutes...
"What is their strength?" Lu Fei asked.
His first thought was, could he defeat them? If not, could he escape?
Not long after, he received Chu Huainan's answer.
"Their strength is about the same as mine."
Lu Fei trembled all over, as if struck by lightning!
Perhaps feeling that his explanation was not accurate enough, Chu Huainan added, "They are probably stronger than me now, and the Hunter organization is growing larger by the day!"
Heh heh... I have a sentence that I don't know if I should say... Lu Fei was collapsing. So his transmigration was an adventure?
Lu Fei calmed himself, holding onto a shred of hope. "Old sir, my contracted beast is so weak. They shouldn't be interested, right?"
Chu Huainan pondered for a moment.
He said seriously, "I am also very curious why your contracted beast's combat power is only 20. Logically, contracted beasts with the bloodline of unknown creatures usually have higher combat power than contracted beasts of the same rarity."
Lu Fei's face lit up. "Does this mean they don't care about contracted beasts at all?"
"Young friend Lu Fei, do not belittle yourself!" Chu Huainan's voice was loud, immediately refuting the young man's idea.
Damn it... why so agitated? You scared me... Lu Fei complained internally.
Chu Huainan explained, "Their targets always depend on bloodline purity, not strength."
"Bloodline purity?" Lu Fei was utterly confused.
Chu Huainan explained, "The Hunters classify unknown creatures from the star domain according to their ancestral lineage. They also divide them into first generation, second generation, third generation, and so on, based on bloodline purity!"
"They have even invented special instruments to test the bloodline purity of those unknown creatures!"
Lu Fei blurted out, "My contracted beast is silly. Its bloodline must be ranked outside the eighteenth generation..."
Chu Huainan waved his hand, his expression solemn.
"Wrong!"
"Ah?"
"If I'm not mistaken, it should belong to the first generation of unknown creatures!"
"This..."
Lu Fei scratched his hair, feeling his scalp tingle.
"Why?"
Chu Huainan's expression remained unchanged, and he patiently explained:
"The main reason I came to this small city, Cang Town, is that a special department of the World Government detected unknown objects descending towards Cang Town from the star domain. So I came here as an inspector."
"Fortunately, after a few days of investigation, I indeed found them in Cang Town. Unfortunately, after fighting with it, I discovered that the unknown creature was even stronger than the six unknown creatures I had seen thirty years ago!"
"Fortunately, the other party did not kill me, and I happened to be saved by you."
At this point, Chu Huainan cast a grateful look at Lu Fei.
Aidis was stronger than those six unknown creatures? Old man fought with it? So the injuries on Aidis were caused by the old man? Lu Fei had a lot of questions in his mind, but to avoid suspicion, he didn't ask them out loud.
Chu Huainan continued to speak slowly, "This afternoon, you told me the origin of this contracted beast. At that time, I had a guess. It is definitely not the offspring of other unknown creatures breeding with contracted beasts from the Beast Taming Continent. In fact, I can be sure that it came here with that powerful unknown creature I fought!"
This reasoning ability, you're not pretending to not know Aidis's existence, are you... Lu Fei's face was filled with shock, feeling as if he had been seen through at a glance.
Lu Fei shifted his buttocks, his face showing fear to cover his inner panic. "Then, you mean my contracted beast is their primary target for snatching?"
Chu Huainan picked up his teacup and took a sip.
The expression on his face told Lu Fei that he was indeed correct!
"Damn it..." Lu Fei said angrily, "They are so rampant, doesn't the World Government manage them?"
Chu Huainan said leisurely, "The World Government has a special department to deal with the Hunter organization, but their whereabouts are elusive, and they have no chance to round them all up."
Lu Fei's body went soft, and he slumped onto the sofa. He felt that as soon as he left this door, a large group of unknown creatures would be waiting for him, and then suddenly, hands would reach out from the shadows and abduct him!
Through the gap of the teacup, Chu Huainan observed Lu Fei. He was satisfied with his reaction and chuckled to himself.
He coughed twice. "I'm not telling you this to scare you, but to prepare you mentally, so that you don't become too conspicuous in the future and invite fatal disaster."
Lu Fei fell silent, glancing at Chu Huainan. He felt the man was mocking him, but he had no proof.
Chu Huainan comforted him, "You said one thing correctly earlier. Judging solely by appearance and strength, it is indeed impossible to determine that your contracted beast is a first-generation unknown creature. Therefore, it is unlikely to attract powerful Hunters in the short term."
Heh heh... I won't believe your words anymore. You wicked old man... Lu Fei asked listlessly, "Do you know any other information about this organization?"
Chu Huainan withdrew his smile and exhaled a breath of stale air after a long pause.
"I know their leader."
"Who?"
"His name is Huangfu Chenyi!"
"One of the seven former councilors of the World Government!"