Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Edited by RED
If Zhang Che wanted to enroll into Bei Du University smoothly, he definitely couldn’t continue hiding his strength at Tier Two beastmaster.
Even if he had the gold-quality Mutated Puffersword, and a few other silver-quality beasts, it wouldn’t guarantee him good results, compared to the other young elites from all over the country.
Of course, he also couldn’t show his strength as a Tier Four beastmaster when the time came.
A Tier Four beastmaster would officially be among the ranks of mid-tier beastmasters. If an ordinary kid were to achieve that, wasn’t that as good as broadcasting to the world that he had some fortuitous encounter? Only those with deep backgrounds could possibly do such a thing, otherwise...
The most crucial point was that Zhang Che’s time as a beastmaster had been too short. If he was in his twenties, or even thirties, being a Tier Four beastmaster wouldn’t draw any attention from others at all.
Coming to a conclusion from all this, Zhang Che decided he could only display the strength of a Tier Three beastmaster.
Although him successfully advancing into Tier Three within two months would still draw a little attention, the feat wasn’t at the point of being unacceptable. After all, if one’s luck was good and they didn’t die in the beast world, there were many people who could advance to Tier Three in a short time.
Two-star beasts that were bronze quality or lower weren’t considered very difficult to handle. As long as one’s foundations were a little better, and they were hard working, even a poor kid had a chance of achieving Tier Three in that time frame.
As such, he expected that Tier Three beastmasters wouldn’t be few in number among the examinees. Zhang Che still had some preparations to make if he wished to enroll into Bei Du University smoothly.
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Thus, he bade his mother farewell the next morning, ready to set off for the beast world once more.
“It’s a pity that silver-quality beasts and above are already considered rare, and it would be hard to find another one. Otherwise, I could just go to the trading hub and buy a few identical low-tier silver or even gold-quality beast cards, and fuse them into three-stars...”
In fact, Zhang Che had this idea long ago, but he could only accept reality after scouting around in the market a few times.
It made sense, thinking about it. If high-quality beast cards were as abundant as the low quality ones, silver-quality and above cards wouldn’t be sold for such high prices.
Helpless about it, Zhang Che could only choose to enter the beast world again.
The Purple Jade Condor was at dark gold quality and could help him enter Bei Du University easily, but the bird was a little too eye-catching.
It was a dark gold-quality beast! Let alone a poor chap, even those from influential clans wouldn’t be able to get one on their hands easily. Zhang Che didn’t want others to have any ideas on him because of it.
After comparing the pros and cons, gold-quality beast cards were just right for him. They could ensure that he enrolled into Bei Du University smoothly, yet wouldn’t draw too much attention.
Of course, before his departure, Zhang Che wasn’t spared from having to convince Sun Lan. He had to assure her that he wouldn’t venture too deep into the beast world, and that there wouldn’t be much danger, before she felt a little better about it.
Zhang Che didn’t tell her that he already owned a three-star dark gold-quality beast, or mention that he was not far away from reaching Tier Four, and that he even had two better beast cards lying in his backpack, waiting for him to reach Tier Four to use them.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t trust his own mother, but that some secrets were better kept to himself for safety reasons.
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As usual, Zhang Che boarded an armored coach headed for the military camp in the suburb. He sat back against the seat and shut his eyes, resting, as he tried to recall the exotic herbs he had looked up last night. In the end, he realized that he truly didn’t have much talent in memorizing.
The number of exotic herbs he could remember didn’t even reach ten!
The coach was really empty today, with only a small handful of people on it. Could it be that every other beastmasters decided to take a rest today?
As he thought about this, the coach suddenly decelerated and stopped by the roadside.
A dozen or so young men boarded the bus silently. They found their seats and sat upright calmly, bringing a subtle atmosphere to the coach.
The coach resumed its journey. Zhang Che shut his eyes once more, wanting to get some rest. There was still about an hour’s worth of journey before they arrived at the suburb military camp.
However, a few minutes later, the coach was flagged down again, and another dozen or so men boarded the coach. All of them also found their seats silently, none of them making any sound.
Zhang Che felt something was amiss; -Is there a problem with these two batches of people?-
However, Zhang Che wasn’t worried that they would make any strange moves. With his capable beasts, especially the three-star dark gold-quality Purple Jade Condor, he wasn’t afraid in the least if these people were to try anything funny.
Would there be anyone here stronger than him?
In a small city like Qian Wei City, a beastmaster of such caliber would have some fame to their name. Which of them would choose to ride a public coach?
The coach didn’t make any more stops after this. It kept driving towards the spatial gateway, and soon left the city area, driving into the suburb plains.
After travelling about two-thirds of the way, the coach came to a sudden stop. The driver shouted in shock, “Run! There’s a huge group of exotic beasts surrounding us!”
Rattle... Just as the door opened, the thirty-odd passengers jumped out of the vehicle in a well coordinated manner, running in the direction they came from. Their speed even left Zhang Che sweating at the sight of it.
Looking at the huge group of exotic beasts crawling out from both sides of the road, Zhang Che’s eyes were filled with doubt.
-Isn’t these only the most common Sharp-Clawed Hounds? They were simply trashes among trashes of exotic beasts. You guys are heading to the beast world, after all. If everyone worked together, did they have to be afraid of a mere few dozen Sharp-Clawed Hounds?-
-No, that’s not it. Something must be up.-
However, Zhang Che couldn’t exactly put his finger on what was so strange. He walked up to the front of the coach with long strides. The driver was nearly scared silly, his face filled with terror, and he even forgot to forsake his vehicle to escape.
“Forget it. This guy seems to be a commoner; I’ll just help him out,” Zhang Che shook his head. If he ran away by himself, there was no other ending for this driver other than being torn apart by the Sharp-Clawed Hounds.
Although the coach was fitted with a layer of decent armor, it wasn’t a real military vehicle, after all. It was hard to tell how long it could last against the claws of the Sharp-Clawed Hounds.
Seeing that Zhang Che didn’t run away, the driver felt as if he found the life-saving straw and started pleading, “You have to save me, kid. I have both elders and children at home. If I die here, they wouldn’t be able to live on.”
Zhang Che nodded, “Just continue driving straight.”
“Ah?” The middle-aged driver was baffled. -Shouldn’t you use your subdued beasts to get rid of these Sharp-Clawed Hounds before we set off?-
While the middle-aged driver was acting doubtful about this, a two-star gold-quality beast card suddenly appeared in Zhang Che’s hand, and turned into a strangely shaped green sword. He aimed it at the swarming Sharp-Clawed Hounds ahead of them.
In the next moment, every Sharp-Clawed Hound was struck by an invisible force. They fell to the ground, bleeding from their orifices, and stopped moving.
The middle-aged driver’s mouth was wide open, unable to speak a word.
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When the driver dropped Zhang Che, the sole passenger, off at the suburb military camp, he waved widely at him, saying, “You’re pretty good, kid! Thank you so much for earlier! Forget about the bus fare!”
Zhang Che shook his head firmly. He opened his personal terminal and said calmly, “The money has to be paid. Let alone the bus fare, the performance fee for the group of brother soldiers can’t be done without. They can’t possibly work for free, can they? Quickly accept the money; I’m still short on time to enter the beast world!”
The middle-aged driver had nothing to say...