30: Transfer of monster eggs

After eating her fill, Feng Qingyi had Su Ze open the beast taming space and flew back inside. She still had a lot of accumulated power within her, having absorbed a monster beast crystal core that was a full eightieth level.

This power would slowly dissipate until it completely vanished after successfully helping her hatch and overcome the initial period of weakness.

During this period, she could only retain as much as she managed to refine.

Being inside the beast taming space minimized the loss of this power.

Xu Yao also quickly returned home after eating the demon beast egg, as she felt a surge of abundant power rapidly increasing her Spiritual Power, requiring immediate meditation for digestion.

Su Ze, having a higher level and having eaten quite a few demon beast eggs recently, was already used to it.

He quickly finished digesting the power of the demon beast egg. After standing up from the ground, he no longer felt weak or powerless.

He then took out his phone and called Wang Zi.

“Fatty, what are you doing?”

“Dealing with a major life event... Do not disturb.”

This was followed by the sound of intense effort and sudden release.

Wang Zi on the other end of the phone looked completely run down. He was squatting on the toilet, one hand in a cast, the other holding his phone, and a cigarette burned down almost to the filter dangling from his mouth.

Su Ze continued, “Come out for a drink tonight, brother. I have some good news for you!”

“What good news could there be...” Wang Zi said gloomily, but he didn't refuse. “You're right, I should celebrate for you and School Beauty Xu. Leave the venue to me. I guarantee it'll be lively, no worse than a wedding.”

Su Ze knew he misunderstood and immediately said, “Stop, she can't come tonight. She just finished eating my egg and went back to digest it. It's just me. Let's meet at our usual spot.”

“What... what kind of vulgar talk is that? I seriously suspect School Beauty Xu has to swallow her anger and suffer the pain of the rod with you every day. What exactly do you want from me, being so mysterious...”

Su Ze whispered, “It's a big deal that can allow you to continue being a Beast Tamer...”

“Are you serious!” Wang Zi suddenly stood up from the toilet, followed by a wailing howl that startled Su Ze on the other end of the line.

“What happened to you? Why are you screaming so terribly? Did you push too hard and burst a hemorrhoid?”

Wang Zi said tremblingly, “Don't even mention it. I got excited and opened my mouth, and the cigarette butt dropped, landing right down there and burning my little brother...”

Faced with such an embarrassing situation, even Su Ze could only remain silent.

After a long pause, he finally replied, “You’re so considerate, you didn't forget to give your brother a puff too...”

Wang Zi: “????”

...That night, Su Ze arrived as agreed at a barbecue restaurant next to Beishan City First High School, walking straight into a small private room where Wang Zi was already waiting for him.

His right hand was in a cast, and his left hand was vigorously pulling skewers, his mouth covered in grease.

“My mood hasn't been great lately, which affected my appetite, but your call cheered me up again, so I started eating without waiting for you.”

Su Ze said, half-laughing and half-crying, “Did only your appetite cheer up? Do you trust me that much? You know Uncle Wang hired so many people, but none of them could help.”

Wang Zi looked at Su Ze seriously and said, “We've been brothers for so many years, and we've never deceived each other. That's why I trust you!”

This made Su Ze feel a little guilty, as, in a sense, the real Su Ze who was close to Wang Zi was no longer around.

He immediately took out a basketball-sized demon beast egg covered in golden scales from his bag and placed it on the table.

“Since you trust me, I won't beat around the bush. The key to letting you continue being a Beast Tamer is this!”

Wang Zi's attention was drawn to the demon beast egg. He looked at the egg and then back at Su Ze, not wanting to dampen his enthusiasm.

He had already tried contracting a newly hatched demon beast before, and it hadn't worked at all.

But since this was Su Ze's goodwill, he forced a smile.

He agreed, “Alright, I'll take your word for it. But this year's exams are over, so I guess I'll have to wait until next year to be your junior...”

Su Ze shook his head and said, “No need. The Western White Tiger Beast Tamer University postponed its entrance exam by one week because they encountered a high-level demon beast while clearing the grounds. There are still a few days left, so you can still make it if you hurry to take the exam there.”

Wang Zi was stunned. He hadn't expected Su Ze to be so considerate, but could he really become a Beast Tamer again?

Wang Zi looked at the demon beast egg Su Ze had taken out, feeling uncertain.

Just then, Su Ze seemed to remember something. He pulled out a knife and, to Wang Zi's astonishment, cut his finger, dripping the blood onto the demon beast egg.

“What are you doing, ah!” Wang Zi quickly pulled his hand back, intending to suck on it twice to stop the bleeding, but because he had just eaten extremely spicy barbecue, he let out another miserable scream the moment his finger touched his mouth.

Su Ze replied, “Nothing much, this is just the procedure for transferring this egg to you.”

Every demon beast egg produced by the System belonged to Su Ze. Even if someone else hatched it, it would automatically contract with Su Ze.

Only if he first severed all ties and then allowed someone else to bind it through blood-dripping would the subsequently hatched demon beast contract with that other person.

Su Ze also sat down and said while eating barbecue, “When you get home, remember to put this egg together with a large amount of gold. If you don't have any at home, you can ask Uncle Wang to buy more.”

Wang Zi said, “That's not a problem. My family has a vault. My dad always thought gold was the most reliable store of value, so most of our assets were converted into gold and kept in the vault. I'll lock it in the vault when I get back.”

“A vault?” Su Ze looked at the demon beast egg on the table. Its hatching condition was to absorb a large amount of gold—the more, the better.

Placing it in a vault was undoubtedly the best method. The only question was... hopefully, in Uncle Wang's eyes, his son was more important than gold... Wang Zi then asked Su Ze about the price of the demon beast egg, as such items were usually expensive, and Su Ze's family background wasn't particularly wealthy.

But Su Ze simply said, “You treat me to this barbecue tonight, and that's enough.”

Wang Zi could only shake his head helplessly and smile.

After finishing the barbecue, the two left arm-in-arm.

Upon returning home, Wang Zi immediately personally asked his father for the vault key and put the golden scale egg inside.

He didn't think this egg could solve his problem, but it symbolized his precious friendship.

“Once Su Ze and Xu Yao enter the Beast Tamer University, I suppose I will gradually drift apart from them...”

After all, they would no longer belong to the same world... As Wang Zi sighed and locked the vault door, he didn't notice that the gold closest to the golden scale egg had already turned into liquid gold and was being absorbed by it...