193: Keep Bai Ye at all costs

Inside the office building of the Luoxue City Beast Tamer Association.

Wang Kai was pacing back and forth in the office, completely at a loss.

He had just reported what he saw on the internet to his direct superior, Zhang Tao—embellished, no, exactly as it was.

A middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties was staring fixedly at the terminal screen.

The veins on his forehead were bulging one by one.

"Old Wang, are you sure the person in this video is our association's Bai Ye?"

Zhang Tao's bloodshot eyes were filled with disbelief.

There were already too many things happening lately, and now he saw that the Genius of his own association might be poached by Blue-Eyed White Dragon City.

If he weren't a Fifth-Tier Beast Tamer with a Physique far surpassing ordinary people, he would probably have fainted from anger by now.

"It is absolutely true."

Wang Kai directly opened the official website of Blue-Eyed White Dragon City.

"I have checked the information; the name, age, and school attended all match."

Zhang Tao's breathing became heavy as he looked down at the video again.

"Gulp."

Zhang Tao swallowed hard, his throat so dry it felt like it was smoking.

A Second-Tier Beast Tamer, relying on Fusion with his beast pet, had defeated a Lord-High Rank Demonic Beast head-on.

He even casually stopped the birth of a quasi-Monarch-level Demonic Beast...

Never mind Second-Tier, even he, a Fifth-Tier head of the operations department, would likely be in danger if he encountered the Stitched Monster in the video, even with his own Lord-level beast pet.

"An unreasonable Beast Tamer..."

Zhang Tao muttered to himself, suddenly thinking of a more realistic problem than the video content.

How exactly had the Luoxue City Beast Tamer Association treated this Legendary Seed before?

It seemed they just gave him the status of an official member and rewarded him with tens of thousands of merit points and some money.

And then... that was it?

They even secretly arranged for a Fourth-Tier Beast Tamer to protect him, but Bai Ye seemed completely unaware of it.

What was the difference between that and doing nothing?

Who on earth arranged this?

In Bai Ye's eyes, he probably didn't even have decent protection or resource allocation.

Did they just let him go off alone to participate in some fishing competition?

Thinking of this, Zhang Tao's back was instantly soaked in cold sweat.

He could imagine that the guys in Blue-Eyed White Dragon City must have already put Bai Ye on a pedestal like a hero.

S-rank training contracts, countless rare Materials, and perhaps even proactive overtures from beautiful demi-human Demonic Beasts or Beast Tamers...

The Nine Dragons Domain was not short on powerful Dragon attribute Demonic Beasts and demi-human Demonic Beasts.

As long as Bai Ye nodded, they could give him anything.

What could Luoxue City possibly use to compete with them?

"A Legendary Seed, sigh, it's gone."

Zhang Tao slumped into his chair, feeling the world spinning.

If Bai Ye were poached by those bastards from Blue-Eyed White Dragon City, their Luoxue City branch might as well quit the branch circle.

In the future, whenever a Legendary Seed was mentioned, they would likely be brought up repeatedly.

The last Beast Tamer branch association that had a Legendary Seed poached was already becoming a meme.

"Department Head, we can't just let it go like this!"

Wang Kai looked at his disheartened superior and shook his shoulders hard.

"Bai Ye is an official member of our Luoxue City Association; we can't let him be snatched away by outsiders."

Zhang Tao gave a bitter smile; he was more aware of the gap between the two cities than Wang Kai.

"Blue-Eyed White Dragon City creates at least twenty times the funds we do annually, not to mention the rare Materials that our association cannot provide."

"We can't just watch it happen, right?"

"Of course not!"

Zhang Tao slammed the table and stood up from his chair.

If they couldn't compete with hard power, they would have to play the emotional card.

No, the emotional card wouldn't work either; they didn't have any relationship with Bai Ye at all.

Then they would only have to... bleed! Bleed profusely!

Although they didn't know it, Bai Ye had no intention of staying in Blue-Eyed White Dragon City anyway.

"Immediately summon the heads of all available departments to the conference room for a quick meeting."

Zhang Tao shouted, slapping the table.

Many departments were currently busy dealing with the black market issue.

"Yes! Department Head!"

Wang Kai jolted and immediately went to notify everyone.

Fifteen minutes later, only a small number of department heads had arrived in the association's conference room.

When they learned the full story from Zhang Tao and saw the video with their own eyes, everyone's expression was identical to the Zhang Tao and Wang Kai from earlier.

"That is the situation; everyone should understand by now."

"Now, let's discuss what to do."

The conference room was silent for a few seconds.

What to do?

They also wanted to know what to do.

"We have to keep him, even if we have to sell everything we own!"

The head of the mechanical department was the first to speak.

"I asked around and found out he wants to build a breeding base, right? Give it to him!"

"Allocate that piece of land behind the mountain directly to him."

"Old Li, that's easy for you to say."

The person from the logistics department pushed up their glasses.

"That land is too desolate; he might not even want it. Besides, is it really appropriate to allocate the association's backyard to an individual Beast Tamer?"

"I agree with Old Li's opinion. It's just land; if we lose the person, we lose everything!"

"I agree too! As long as we can keep Bai Ye, once he grows up, will Luoxue City be afraid of lacking resources? Or rather, he has already grown up, being able to defeat a Lord-High Rank."

The conference room became chaotic, but everyone's opinion was surprisingly consistent.

Spare no expense to keep Bai Ye!

Seeing his colleagues so passionate, Zhang Tao felt a little more confident.

He cleared his throat and interrupted the discussion.

"Since everyone agrees, then that's settled!"

"Logistics department, immediately liquidate our association's current funds and fixed assets to see how much money we can scrape together!"

"Personnel department, draft a top-tier training contract immediately. All benefits should be at the highest standard—no, thirty percent higher than the highest standard!"

"Breeding department, contact the top architectural design team in the country immediately and design a plan for Bai Ye's Demonic Beast as quickly as possible!"

"And..."

Bai Ye's Demonic Beast was currently only at Transcendence High-rank.

Transcendence High-rank; some people present could even beat it without using their beast pet.

But after Bai Ye performed Body Integration with the Demonic Beast, it was comparable to a Lord-High Rank.

What if his beast pet reached Elite?

Or Lord?

If he himself became a Fifth-Tier Beast Tamer, even an Intermediate Monarch Demonic Beast would likely meet its end at his hands.

The Luoxue City Beast Tamer Association began to operate with unprecedented efficiency to keep one person.

"Department Head, I'll go contact Bai Ye right now!"

Wang Kai volunteered.

"Wait."

Zhang Tao called him back and took an encrypted communicator out of his drawer.

"Use this to call. Remember, your attitude must be good—as good as it can possibly be."

He must not give Bai Ye any feeling of dissatisfaction.

"Understood!"