53: Looking for someone

After Su Ze left, the woman was so exhausted she couldn't sleep at all. She struggled to get out of bed, but her worn-out body nearly sent her tumbling to the floor.

Seeing this, Lin Xi supported her back onto the bed with speed unbefitting his age. "I say, little sister, your body can't take any more agitation. Get some rest."

However, the woman shook her head, insisting on getting up. Lin Xi sighed helplessly and lightly tapped his finger against her forehead.

The woman suddenly froze. Her eyes gradually lost focus and closed. Finally, her arms lost their strength, her body lost its support, and she fell back into a deep sleep.

Lin Xi withdrew his hand and said flatly, "Your spirit has reached its limit. Sleep in peace..."

Just as Lin Xi was about to turn back, he was surprised to see the woman struggling on the bed, her hands and feet flailing.

With a slight lift of his hand, his shadow rose from the ground like a flattened black humanoid and floated in front of the woman.

It reached out its black hands, which resembled elongated fingers, and made a grasping motion in front of the woman. Wisps of purplish-black, murky images were pulled out and then swallowed by the shadow's hollow mouth.

A satisfied expression appeared on the shadow's paper-thin black face before it returned to Lin Xi's feet.

At the same time, the woman stopped struggling and fell into a peaceful sleep.

Nightmare Lord, a platinum-level spirit-type demon beast.

It possessed the ability to control dreams and illusions, feeding on human dreams. Extreme nightmares and beautiful dreams were its favorite foods.

Clearly, the woman's dream belonged to the former, which was why it had been so intoxicated.

Lin Xi also closed his eyes, digesting this nightmare along with his beast.

After a long while, he opened his eyes and looked into the distance, a trace of killing intent appearing in his usually lazy gaze.

"The Jiang Family... jumping around so much won't lead to a good end..."

...Meanwhile, Su Ze arrived at the top floor of the administration building, but he didn't get his wish to see Xiao Xu, the principal.

He stopped a cleaning lady nearby and asked, "Ma'am, do you know why the principal isn't in his office?"

The lady propped her mop on the ground and wiped the sweat from her forehead. "I know. The principal has been away for a week. If you want to see him, come back next week."

"Wait, Ma'am, where did the principal go?" Su Ze asked, unwilling to give up.

"I'm just a cleaner, how would I know such things? I just heard he went to the Imperial Capital and won't be back for at least a week."

As she spoke, she picked up her mop again. "Lift your feet, lift your feet. I haven't finished mopping the floor yet, and it'll get dirty again if you step on it."

Su Ze had no choice but to drop it. He eventually found Xu Yiming, who was teaching a class, and learned that Xiao Xu had been called to a meeting at the Imperial Capital Beast Taming University.

Not just him, but the principals of several other Beast Taming Universities had also received invitations to attend this so-called academic exchange conference.

The main purpose was to finalize the time, location, and rewards for this year's Five Schools Competition.

Su Ze thought for a moment. "Even though Principal Xiao Xu isn't here, with Captain Guo and Old man Yu, it should be enough to convince them to return the child."

He first went to the Beast Tamer Association, but coincidentally, Yu Shenghuo was also absent.

Supposedly, he had been invited to host an auction held by the Beast Tamer Association in a neighboring city.

Helpless, he had to ask Sun Hao to lead the way to find the last person, Guo Linshan.

Since he was now considered a member of the Great Xia Spirit Guards, Su Ze only felt a gaze sweep over him at the camp entrance this time, rather than the intense staring from before.

Following his memory, Su Ze walked toward Guo Linshan's office.

If he wasn't there either, Su Ze would truly be out of options.

Fortunately, before Su Ze even reached the office, he saw Guo Linshan walking out with a smile on his face.

"Brother Su Ze, why are you here? I was just about to go look for you!"

Seeing his excited expression, Su Ze asked curiously, "Captain Guo, what's making you so happy?"

"Haha, how can I not be happy after a windfall?"

"Did you find money on the ground or win the lottery?"

"Haha, neither! I extorted someone!"

Guo Linshan said, unable to hide his smile, "Remember what that Jiang Family kid promised yesterday? I originally just wanted to give it a try, but I didn't expect that after only one day, they actually sent the things over."

At this point, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion. "You know, there's one item in there that I've been requesting from the Legion Headquarters for days without any news, yet they prepared it in a single night. Tsk tsk, that's a great family for you..."

Then, as if remembering something, he stuffed a tightly sealed military-green iron box into Su Ze's hands.

"This is your share, fifty military-grade quenching thought beads. Logically, extorting them was all thanks to you, so everything should belong to you."

"But one of the items is really important to me, so even though I'm embarrassed, I've shamelessly kept it."

"As for the Gold-rank demon beast egg... Old man Yu added that personally. He seems to want to use it as the finale item for the auction in the second half of the year, but he doesn't seem to be here right now."

Su Ze didn't stand on ceremony and took the iron box. "Captain Guo, you're being too kind. These quenching thought beads are enough for me."

After handing the items to Su Ze, Guo Linshan asked, "By the way, Brother Su Ze, did you come to see me for something?"

Su Ze then quickly told Guo Linshan everything that had happened at the Zhang Family home.

After hearing the account, the Old man immediately began to fume. "I suspected the Jiang Family before, but I didn't expect them to be so unscrupulous. What's the difference between this and kidnapping and human trafficking?!"

"Let's go, we're going to find those fellows!"

As he spoke, he lifted Su Ze with one hand and took to the air, flying toward the city center.

After his initial surprise, Su Ze carefully felt the principle behind Guo Linshan's flight.

It was different from riding a beast or using a flight-type beast taming armor. This feeling was more like completely breaking free from the shackles of gravity, only needing to consume power to accelerate in the air.

This also made Su Ze realize that perhaps by relying on the burst of the gilded wings, he could exceed the flight speed of a Beast Tamer of Guo Linshan's level for a short time.

However, once the flight duration lengthened, he would surely be overtaken.

This was because the other party's consumption was much lower than his, as he relied purely on brute force to fly.

Soon, the two arrived at the Jiang Family's hotel.