52: Crazy woman

The next day, Su Ze looked with a pleasant surprise at the gold-colored gashapon egg in his hand.

After so many days, he finally had another drop!

Although he already owned a Diamond-rank Demonic Beast, he was starting to look down on Gold-rank Demon Beasts.

But in the eyes of ordinary people, this was still a rare, high-level monster beast that was hard to come by.

Even Guo Linshan, the Detachment Commander of the Great Xia Spirit Guards, only possessed one Gold-rank Demon Beast, and his other initial Beast Tamer companion was a pitiful bronze grade.

It was stuck early at the level cap of Thirtieth Level, so Guo Linshan basically never summoned it during combat.

But now, Su Ze was struggling internally over whether he should boil this egg and feed it to the bird.

He wasn't just doing it to improve his relationship with Feng Qingyi.

Su Ze had discovered early on that demon beast eggs, as energy-rich food, had the same effect on monster beasts as quenching thought beads had on Beast Tamers.

Qing Yi had consumed quite a few demon beast eggs these days, and combined with her continuous digestion of the eightieth level crystal core's power, her rank had now risen to Sixtieth Level, which also boosted Su Ze's Spiritual Power by a few levels.

Now, his two Beast Tamer companions were the Golden Feather Phoenix Bird at Sixtieth Level, the Void Spirit Turtle at Twenty-Fifth Level, and Su Ze's Spiritual Power was also Twenty-Fifth Level.

If this Gold-rank Demon Beast egg were also fed to Feng Qingyi, she could probably rise at least one more level, and Su Ze and the Void Spirit Turtle could also benefit from the shared leveling.

But in the end, he couldn't bear it, so he put the gold-rank monster beast egg back into the system space and exchanged it for a bronze grade demon beast egg.

"It's too extravagant to eat a gold-rank monster beast egg; I'm a bit reluctant. Leveling up isn't urgent right now."

After breakfast, the peculiar group of three people and one bird—Su Ze's party—walked toward the school as usual.

But just as they were about to enter the school, a disheveled madwoman rushed out from the side and lunged at Su Ze.

Sun Hao reacted immediately, shielding Su Ze behind him and restraining the woman with his remaining arm.

Ignoring the pain in her arm, the woman stared intensely at Su Ze with desperate eyes: "You are Su Ze, right? I saw your picture from my husband. Please, help me."

Su Ze scrutinized her, confirmed he didn't know her, and asked curiously, "Who are you? Why does your husband have my photo?"

Hearing this, the woman's eyes flickered, and she stammered, "Who I am isn't important..., My husband is... Combat Class Teacher..."

"Combat Class Teacher?" Su Ze remembered—wasn't that the Beast Taming University teacher who tried to assassinate him two days ago?

Sun Hao also realized this and tightened his grip on the woman's arm.

If he hadn't failed to sense the mental fluctuations characteristic of a Beast Tamer on the woman, he probably would have already summoned his own Beast.

But Su Ze could tell that the woman wasn't there to assassinate him like her husband; it was more like she had a favor to ask.

Su Ze said, "Brother Sun Hao, please let her go first. You're holding her so tightly, I think her arm is about to break."

Sun Hao hesitated and did not immediately release his grip.

Su Ze continued, "Brother Sun Hao must have also sensed that she isn't a Beast Tamer. Besides, my Beast is standing right next to me. What could she possibly do to me?"

Sun Hao glanced at Feng Qingyi, who was leaning against Su Ze. He now knew that this stunningly beautiful little loli was actually the human form of a Diamond-rank Demonic Beast.

With her around, it was indeed impossible for an ordinary person to harm Su Ze, so he released the woman.

As soon as Sun Hao let go, the woman scrambled and crawled to Su Ze's feet.

"Please, help me. Save my child."

She wasn't a Beast Tamer; she only knew that the Jiang Family, who controlled her husband, was extremely dangerous, but she didn't know how powerful the Jiang Family was.

The reason she chose to seek out Su Ze was that she believed if the Jiang Family was trying every means to deal with him, Su Ze must have the power to contend with the Jiang Family!

Su Ze was confused by her actions. He helped her up from the ground, intending to let her speak slowly afterward.

The woman told everything she knew truthfully. Although she didn't know much, and her narration was a bit disjointed, Su Ze still understood the sequence of events.

"The Jiang Family? So they were the ones targeting me all along? I thought it was someone from Fusang, but I never expected the first ones to act were our own people."

Sun Hao also realized the gravity of the situation and explained to Su Ze, "Although the Jiang Family is a newly emerging family, its influence is vast. They forcefully turned the original Three Great Families of the Imperial Capital into the Four Great Families."

"However, as a Beast Tamer family, what they value most is not how many businesses you own or how much money you earn annually, but the number of high-level Beast Tamers."

"In this regard, the Jiang Family has always lagged behind the other three established families, especially concerning top-tier combat power. I think this is why they targeted you, as top-tier combat power usually refers to powerful Beast Tamers with Diamond-rank Demonic Beasts."

Su Ze then recalled the three people who came from the Imperial Capital to make things difficult for him yesterday; two of them seemed to be surnamed Jiang. It appeared they were the so-called Jiang Family, and they hadn't given up yet.

Moreover, judging from the description given by Combat Class Teacher's wife, the person who took her child was likely Jiang Chen, the Vice Principal from the Imperial Capital.

Su Ze didn't want to wait passively. He thought for a moment and said, "Now we have this Sister-in-law to testify that the Jiang Family tried to harm me. Can't we report them? That way, the Jiang Family will have to think twice before targeting me again!"

Sun Hao shook his head and said, "Don't think too much about it; the evidence is insufficient. One person's testimony is definitely not enough. Otherwise, Jiang Chen wouldn't have just taken the child without silencing her. It's precisely because they are completely confident!"

"Furthermore, disputes between Beast Tamers are always handled by the Great Xia Spirit Guards, and matters involving the Jiang Family require high-level officials to step in. Do you know how many Jiang family members are in the high ranks? It would be a case of 'Who dares sue this official in this court?'"

"Then getting the child back should be possible, right?" Su Ze said unwillingly.

Sun Hao still shook his head: "The Jiang Family doesn't just fund orphans' education; they adopt them as foster sons, making them so-called 'Jiang Family outsiders.' Therefore, Combat Class Teacher's child is, in a sense, also a Jiang Family member."

Su Ze scratched his head in frustration, having run out of ideas. He could only ask Xu Yao to help the desperate woman through the school gate to rest.

She hadn't closed her eyes since her child was taken yesterday. She was finally taken to the Breeding Area Rest Room, which Lin Xi was responsible for.

"Oh, good disciple, are you helping me find a wife? So thoughtful! Although she looks a bit dirty, she has the advantage of being young. Not bad!" Lin Xi said with a wicked smile while drinking wine nearby.

Su Ze said, "Teacher, you should look at your own age. Do you even have the ability? Jokes aside, let her rest here first. I'm going to find the Principal!"

After all, Combat Class Teacher was once a teacher at Azure Dragon Beast Taming University. As the Principal, Xiao Xu should stand up for his former subordinate, right?

Moreover, as long as the Jiang family members weren't fools, they shouldn't offend a Beast Taming University Principal just for an ordinary child.