45: Visitor

As they were about to enter the school, Sun Hao, who had been following them all along, turned and walked in another direction.

He hadn't left, of course; it was just that this was the territory of the Beast Taming University, and as a member of the Great Xia Spirit Guards, it wasn't convenient for him to appear in public, so he chose to protect them from the shadows.

Feng Qingyi also followed them until they reached the breeding area. Only after smelling the pungent odor from that direction did she allow Su Ze to pat her head before returning to the beast taming space.

Xu Yao watched all this with a complicated expression, finally unable to resist asking, "Brother Su Ze, how did you make the Golden Feather Phoenix Bird so obedient in just one night?"

Su Ze thought for a moment and said, "I didn't do much... I just helped her take a bath..."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yao's pupils dilated in shock.

Su Ze quickly explained, "Don't misunderstand, she bathed herself. I just helped her wipe off the water."

"Wipe her body?" Xu Yao's shock didn't diminish in the slightest.

"Don't overthink it. I didn't wipe her whole body, just her hair. Yes, just her hair!"

Xu Yao calmed down slightly but still said somewhat sourly, "Brother Su Ze hasn't even helped me wipe my hair yet..."

Su Ze breathed a sigh of relief and said casually, "Isn't that because there hasn't been an opportunity? Next time you're free, we can just take a bath together."

Xu Yao's eyes widened again, and then her face turned red as she ran away like the wind.

It was worth noting that she didn't refuse Su Ze's suggestion.

Su Ze shook his head helplessly and walked into the breeding shed.

Lin Xi was just as before, lying on a rocking chair waiting for Su Ze to help him finish his work.

But just as Su Ze changed his clothes and picked up the feed bucket to start feeding, he was stopped by Lin Xi, who was sipping some wine.

"Wait a moment. As your teacher, I haven't given you an apprenticeship gift yet. I'll make up for it today."

As he spoke, he picked up a small black object and threw it toward Su Ze.

Su Ze put down the iron bucket and caught it hurriedly, finding it to be a thumb-sized, pitch-black little doll.

He couldn't tell what material it was made of, but it felt gelatinous in his hand, like jelly.

The moment he caught it, a small dark shadow seemed to emerge from the doll and then instantly vanished.

Su Ze blinked and saw nothing, thinking his eyes must have played tricks on him.

"Teacher, I'm not a child anymore..."

"Hmph, this Old man can only offer such things. Take it or leave it, kid!"

"I'll take it, I'll take it..." Su Ze could only helplessly pick up the doll's lanyard and hang it on his keychain; the size was just right.

Lin Xi took a gulp of wine. He didn't look at where Su Ze put the doll, but instead looked at his shadow.

Su Ze's shadow rippled like water, and then a small tentacle extended from the shadow and waved toward Lin Xi, as if it were greeting him.

By the time Su Ze followed Lin Xi's gaze, his shadow had returned to normal, showing nothing unusual.

"Alright, you've received your apprenticeship gift. Why are you still standing there? Get to work."

To find out news about his parents, Su Ze could only pick up the iron bucket and begin feeding.

After being busy for half a day and quickly completing the work, Su Ze once again pestered Lin Xi, who was almost falling asleep under the warm sun.

"Teacher, tell me about my parents!"

He had just checked today's class schedule.

Since he no longer needed to attend practical combat classes, he had a lot of free time.

So today, Lin Xi could no longer use yesterday's method to send him away.

Lin Xi looked at the persistent Su Ze and seemed just about to say something when Sun Hao suddenly walked in.

He first greeted Lin Xi. Although he didn't know the other's identity, given his age, respecting the elderly was a traditional virtue after all.

Then he quickly approached Su Ze.

"Little brother Su Ze, if you're done here, please come with me to the Great Xia Spirit Guards headquarters in Beishan City."

"Is something wrong? If it's nothing important, I'd like to go later," Su Ze said, somewhat unwillingly.

Sun Hao continued to persuade him, "The captain just notified me using the emergency contact, so I think it's not a small matter."

Su Ze looked helplessly at Lin Xi. Lin Xi shrugged at him, indicating it had nothing to do with him and was purely a coincidence. In the end, Su Ze chose to compromise.

"Alright, I'll go with you..."

Anyway, Lin Xi was here and couldn't run away, and his health still seemed quite robust.

As long as he was willing to speak and tell everything he knew, then sooner or later didn't matter.

On the other hand, Guo Linshan, who was responsible for the safety of Beishan City and the surrounding cities, had suddenly asked to see him. He wondered what urgent matter it could be... Not long after Su Ze left, Lin Xi, who was lying on the chair seemingly about to fall asleep, suddenly raised an eyebrow.

"No wonder that Guo kid called him away. So someone really has come? Quite a few of them, too, but they're just a bunch of stinking fish and rotten shrimp. I'd like to see what you're planning to do."

Meanwhile, at the gate of Azure Dragon Beast Taming University, Xiao Xu was personally standing there, welcoming a group of people with a face full of smiles.

Leading them was a middle-aged man with a goatee, walking at the front of the group with his head held high, looking very arrogant.

Beside him were two other middle-aged men, only half a step behind.

This meant their status was basically equal, but this time the leader was the goatee man in the middle.

Xiao Xu stepped forward and said, "President Jiang Chen, what wind blew you here?"

The goatee man, Jiang Chen, returned the greeting and then said with a fake smile, "I heard that your school recruited a prominent figure this year who contracted a Diamond-rank Demonic Beast. I came today specifically to see for myself."

"Additionally, I want to remind President Xiao not to let so-called talent go to your head. For an ordinary family to contract a Diamond-rank Demonic Beast at this age is mostly due to luck. If an accident occurs and it goes out of control... I'm sure President Xiao Xu wouldn't want a beast disaster of this magnitude to occur on the campus he's responsible for, right?"

"If such a thing happens, it will be your dereliction of duty. So, our mission this time is to judge whether this person has the ability to command a Diamond-rank Demonic Beast. We cannot let a precious gem be covered in dust, nor can we indulge danger by ignoring it like President Xiao Xu."

Jiang Chen had a condescending look, like a superior inspecting a subordinate's work.

Xiao Xu nodded repeatedly and said, "What Vice President Jiang says is true. Also, I wonder who these two are...?"

He still appeared to be smiling and complimentary, but in reality, he secretly added a word to the title, pointing out the other's status as a vice president.

Sure enough, Jiang Chen's face visibly turned cold because of this.

He was indeed only the Vice President of the Imperial Capital Beast Taming University, but because the Imperial Capital Beast Taming University was one level higher than the other four named after the Four Sacred Beasts, a vice president held a status equal to Xiao Xu, who was a president.

Even so, no one likes being called "Vice."

He introduced coldly, "The one on my right is Vice President Chen Ze of the Imperial Capital Beast Tamer Association, and on my left is Jiang Tianlong, the Detachment Commander of the Fourth Detachment of the Daxia Spirit Guard's Imperial Capital Legion."

Xiao Xu nodded understandingly, "I see. Vice President Chen Ze, Detachment Commander Jiang Tianlong, and Vice President Jiang Chen, I've prepared tea in my office. Let's go there to talk more."

Upon hearing this, the faces of the three men turned cold simultaneously.