Lu Fei’s mouth was slightly open, looking at Brother Ji with a complicated expression. Brother Ji nodded at him…
Everything was understood without words…
The contracted beasts mentioned by the old man seemed to have been digested by them…
This absolutely could not be admitted! Not even if beaten to death!
“Little friend Lu Fei?”
Chu Huainan called out softly.
Lu Fei snapped back to attention, smiling innocently. “Uh, uh, uh… that…” He felt guilty and, after a moment of thought, decided to frame Aidus. “I saw it get eaten by that giant creature.”
“Yeah, right! Aidus ate most of it…” Lu Fei tried his best to convince himself, reducing his guilt.
Hearing this, Chu Huainan felt a buzzing in his head and almost couldn’t stand.
“My Qiongqi…” His heart was bleeding. This Qiongqi had accompanied him for most of his life.
Lu Fei supported him, feeling complicated…
But he had saved the man, after all. This was the central area of the hunting ground. Who knew if he would have been eaten by a wild contracted beast while unconscious…
Moreover, that contracted beast had indeed looked dead at the time…
Each lost in their own thoughts, silence fell between them.
At this moment.
Several voices could be faintly heard.
“Elder Chu!”
“Elder Chu! Where are you!”
…
The voices grew closer, and several flying contracted beasts circled in the sky.
“They’re looking for me.” The old man looked at Lu Fei, signaling him not to be nervous. Despite his grief, he maintained his politeness.
Lu Fei nodded slightly.
Chu Huainan took out his beast-taming scroll, and a butterfly-like contracted beast flew out. This butterfly was much larger than any Lu Fei had seen before, at least three meters long, with graceful contours, like a painted scroll.
Chu Huainan patted the butterfly’s body and said, “Balifer, bring them over.”
Balifer nodded obediently and flew out.
A moment later, a group of people walked towards them.
Lu Fei took a rough count; there were at least twenty to thirty people!
What a grand display… His expression suddenly became serious.
“Zhou Nanfeng?”
Lu Fei spotted a familiar figure in the crowd – it was Zhou Nanfeng!
His heart began to pound. It seemed this old man knew Zhou Nanfeng?
“People in high society have no honor. It wouldn’t be surprising if they sold their benefactor for profit in a blink of an eye,” Lu Fei thought to himself, not trusting the old man he had met by chance.
To avoid any further complications, he decided to forgo the benefits he had already received and prepared to slip away!
He quietly slipped into the bushes while no one was paying attention…
Chu Huainan stood in place, hands behind his back. His posture was perfectly straight, showing no sign of his seventy-odd years, which was largely due to his military background.
In the blink of an eye, a mighty procession arrived before him.
A middle-aged man trotted out. He wore gold-rimmed glasses, had a broad forehead, a prominent nose, and a mole on his chin with a few hairs carefully left on it.
Before the middle-aged man even arrived, his greetings could be heard.
“Oh, Elder Chu! It’s good you’re alright! It’s all my fault for not arranging more attendants!”
Chu Huainan sighed. He was tired of these words, but he still chuckled, “Zhanpeng, this is not your fault.”
His tone was gentle, and he didn’t blame the man.
The middle-aged man secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
His name was Chen Zhanpeng, the president of the Beast Tamer Alliance in Cang Town! He was the person with the highest psychological status among the beast tamers in Cang Town!
“Elder Chu, as soon as I heard about the anomaly in the hunting ground, I brought people over immediately. But for the past few days, the entire hunting ground was covered in mist, and we couldn’t get in.” Chen Zhanpeng explained in a low voice.
He wasn’t lying. Upon learning of the unknown anomaly in the hunting ground, he had immediately brought people. He happened to meet Zhou Nanfeng and began deploying rescue plans.
However, who would have expected the mist, which originally covered only a small area, to spread throughout the entire hunting ground? In such a situation, rescue personnel would immediately lose their way upon entering, let alone rescue people.
Chu Huainan nodded slightly.
He knew how powerful that creature was. Let alone Chen Zhanpeng’s group, even the top figures on the Beast Taming Continent whom he knew might not be a match for that creature.
Chen Zhanpeng looked at the empty clearing before him, thinking that any powerful creature that might have been here must have already been eliminated or subdued by the old man.
He immediately flattered him, laughing, “Hehe, Elder Chu, you truly live up to your reputation as one of the Ten Elders! You even eliminated such a powerful creature.”
Chu Huainan glanced at Chen Zhanpeng, frowning slightly, his expression clearly displeased.
His position as one of the Ten Elders was largely due to his possession of the Qiongqi, a powerful contracted beast. But now that the Qiongqi was gone, he would likely have to voluntarily step down from his position…
Chu Huainan couldn’t be bothered to explain.
“Let me introduce you, little friend…”
He instinctively reached out to push Lu Fei forward, but then he found that his side was completely empty.
“What is it, Elder Chu?” Chen Zhanpeng asked.
Chu Huainan’s eyes were complex. After a moment, a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his eye.
“I have plenty of fawning people around me. Someone like little friend Lu Fei, who doesn’t count his gains or losses and is indifferent to fame and fortune, is truly rare. To have such cultivation at such a young age is truly commendable.”
He let out a long sigh. Meeting Lu Fei was the only thing that brought him comfort on this trip.
Seeing that the old man remained silent, Chen Zhanpeng gave a knowing look to Zhou Nanfeng, who was waiting nearby. The latter, bowing slightly, came to Chu Huainan’s side.
Chen Zhanpeng announced loudly, “Nanfeng, let Elder Chu get to know you.”
Zhou Nanfeng gratefully glanced at Chen Zhanpeng. He held several titles in Cang Town, but they were all second-in-command. However, if he could connect with Chu Huainan through Chen Zhanpeng today, he would have a chance to oust Lin Yuansheng and become the dean of the Beast Taming Academy!
Zhou Nanfeng said cautiously, “Elder Chu, my name is Zhou Nanfeng. I am the vice president of our Cang Town Beast Tamer Alliance. If there is anything I do not do properly in the future, please guide me.”
Zhou Nanfeng… Chu Huainan muttered the name inwardly, finding it somewhat familiar.
His eyes suddenly lit up, and he finally remembered.
“You’ve been quite famous recently, the Cang Town tycoon.”
Zhou Nanfeng’s face changed drastically, feeling as bad as if he had eaten feces…
“Hehe, Elder Chu, today is the last day of the year-group competition at the Beast Taming Academy. Didn’t you say you wanted to see Cang Town’s teaching quality? What do you think…”
Chen Zhanpeng spoke up at the opportune moment, breaking the awkward silence. He had reminded Zhou Nanfeng, but the latter had still begged him to let him make an appearance. He couldn’t refuse, as they were friends, and he had to give face.
Chu Huainan was exhausted physically and mentally and just wanted to go back and rest. He had no mood to watch any year-group competitions. He raised a hand, instinctively wanting to refuse.
But then he realized something.
His expression suddenly brightened. “Right, little friend Lu Fei seems to be wearing a school uniform. He should be a student at the Beast Taming Academy?”
…
On the road to Cang Town Beast Taming Academy.
“Giddy up!”
“Giddy up!”
“Giddy up!”
Lu Fei galloped on the back of a Didi Horse!
This Didi Horse was one he had swiped.
When he left the hunting ground, he found two Didi Horses lying on the ground, seemingly in poor spirits.
So he whistled and crept closer.
Under the effect of Lingering Snake’s [Cute] skill, he successfully swiped one away!
…
“Wait for me! Year-group competition!”
Lu Fei urged the horse forward, shouting in his heart.