Chapter 482 - 445: Lu Chuan Shuo
Upon entering Cyan Mountain City’s Garrison Mansion, Li Qian and Duan Kong soon met the man in charge: the General Guardian Envoy, also called a Celestial-level Guardian Envoy, Lu Cangming—the Legend, Lu Chuan Shuo.
This wasn’t Li Qian’s first time meeting a Legendary Beast Master. He had previously met "Teacher Lu" by chance in Mo Yuan City, and his own principal at Shazhou Beast Taming University, Park Ji Yong, was also a Legendary Beast Master.
Generally speaking, these Legendary Beast Masters looked no different from ordinary people. They had neither a haughty, superior attitude nor a terrifying, soul-shaking aura.
Instead, each of them gave off a pleasant, refreshing feeling, like a friendly neighborhood uncle or grandpa.
The General Envoy presiding over Cyan Mountain City gave Li Qian this same impression.
The General Envoy was an older man—or more accurately, a man in his fifties. His face was as smooth as jade, without a single wrinkle, but his black hair was streaked with white.
The General Envoy’s tone was very gentle as he spoke, at least to Li Qian.
It made him feel somewhat overwhelmed by the attention.
After all, this was a Legendary Beast Master, a titan who presided over an entire region, the very pinnacle of the Human Race’s combat strength.
"Li Qian, I truly have to thank you this time."
Lu Chuan Shuo looked at Li Qian with a smile. "Discovering the overlapping plane is of extraordinary significance, not just for your Shazhou Beast Taming University, but for our Jiangnan Beast Taming University as well."
"Although Shazhou City and Nandu City are thousands of miles apart, as long as this overlapping plane exists, we will be neighbors from now on."
"You’ve performed a great service, and neither Cyan Mountain City nor Jiangnan Beast Taming University will overlook it."
"We will give you the reward you deserve."
Li Qian was taken aback that Lu Chuan Shuo immediately brought up rewards. He quickly waved his hands to refuse. "There’s no need, really. I wasn’t the only one who discovered the overlapping plane. Teacher Duan’s contribution was also indispensable."
"Besides, my university will probably reward me."
’Although discovering the overlapping plane is incredibly significant for Jiangnan Beast Taming University, I’m still a student at Shazhou Beast Taming University. Accepting a reward from the former feels a little strange.’
"Your university’s reward is their business. We at Jiangnan Beast Taming University must also show our appreciation."
Lu Chuan Shuo’s tone was firm, settling the matter then and there. "I hear you’re from our Jiangnan Province, Student Li Qian. You should accept this as a reward from your hometown’s university."
’Li Qian felt that reasoning was a bit of a stretch, but since Lu Chuan Shuo had already made a final decision, refusing again would seem ungrateful.’
So he tacitly accepted the reward.
"Why the long face?" After reporting the matter to Lu Chuan Shuo and chatting with the titan for a while, Li Qian and Duan Kong left the Garrison Mansion. Once outside, Duan Kong noticed the change in Li Qian’s expression and asked.
"It’s nothing," Li Qian replied casually. "Just a bit of longing."
"Longing is a good thing, but you have to take things one step at a time. You can’t get fat in one bite," Duan Kong said, patting Li Qian’s shoulder comfortingly.
"By the way, what are your plans now? Are you leaving Cyan Mountain City to return to Nandu City right away, or do you want to come over to my place?" Duan Kong invited again after they left the Garrison Mansion.
Hearing this, Li Qian froze for a moment, almost thinking he’d misheard.
’Visit Teacher Duan’s home?’
’What does he mean?’
’Isn’t his home in Black Feather City?’
...
「Half an hour later.」
Inside a small manor, Li Qian fell silent as he stared at the second "Master’s wife" he’d met. She was a woman of about twenty-five or twenty-six, with delicate features and a gentle, graceful temperament, like a demure maiden.
"Let me introduce you. This is Student Li Qian from Shazhou Beast Taming University, a cultivation genius the likes of which you see only once a century." Duan Kong introduced Li Qian, his arm around the gentle, graceful woman.
Then, he introduced his second master’s wife. "Li Qian, this is He Yusu. You can call her Master Yusu."
The introduction, the scene—it was all so familiar.
Compared to the scene he’d experienced back in Black Feather City, one couldn’t say it was merely similar—it was completely identical.
’At this point, Li Qian finally understood why Duan Kong had told him to call the previous one "Master Mei Yi."’
’Without a prefix, it would be really hard to tell them apart.’
"No, no, I’m in a hurry to get home." After meeting the second master’s wife and exchanging a few pleasantries, she, just like the first one, offered to treat him to a meal. Li Qian hurriedly refused.
’I won’t be staying for a meal. I feel a bit overwhelmed and have no appetite.’
Making up an excuse, Li Qian prepared to leave. Just as he was about to go, he suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "Teacher Duan, can you tell me... how many more ’Masters’ do I have? So I can avoid mixing them up and causing an awkward scene if I run into them in the future."
"There’s one more, Master Baojuan. She lives in Nandu City. That’s it, just the three of them," Duan Kong said with a shrug.
’Just the three of them?’
’Li Qian was at a loss for words.’
’All he could do was complain in his heart, ’You’re quite the player, old man.’’
Of course, while complaining, he couldn’t help but feel a twinge of envy.
"Once you reach the Saint Spirit Level, many worldly conventions no longer bind you."
As he was leaving, Duan Kong added, "You’ll understand in the future, once you reach the Saint Spirit Level."
In Duan Kong’s opinion, even if Li Qian’s most outstanding Talent was in cultivation rather than Beast Taming, his future ascension to the Saint Spirit Level was a certainty.
"I’ll come visit you again next time." Li Qian nodded, committing Duan Kong’s words to memory, and then strode out of the small manor.
This time, Duan Kong didn’t accompany him any further.
Li Qian was already in Cyan Mountain City. The next step was to go to Nandu City via the Cyan Mountain City Teleportation Plaza.
The journey would surely be free of any danger.
There was no point in accompanying him.
"I’m off!" Waving goodbye to Duan Kong and Master Yusu, he soon arrived at Cyan Mountain City’s Teleportation Plaza. He scanned his surroundings, and without lingering, walked straight into the Teleportation Light Curtain.
Light and shadows swirled, and in the next moment, his figure appeared in an Adventurer’s Hall.
Li Qian looked around and found that this Adventurer’s Hall was clearly larger and more spacious than the one in Shazhou City. ’This must be the Adventurer’s Hall in Nandu City,’ he figured.
After wandering around the Adventurer’s Hall for a moment to get his bearings, Li Qian wasted no more time and headed straight for another Teleportation Light Curtain on the opposite side.
Passing through the light curtain, he appeared in another hall. From the surrounding signs, he could tell that this was likely the Pet Beast Center of Nandu City.
He walked out of the Pet Beast Center’s internal teleportation hall and into Nandu City, a Special Level City far grander in scale than Shazhou City.
It was also the capital city of Li Qian’s home province.
Blending into the Nandu City crowd, Li Qian didn’t immediately call home, nor did he head directly for the Transmission Center or the Flying Ship Base.
He was in no rush to return home right away.
Previously, through messages in the "Waste Pet Research Institute" group chat, Li Qian had learned that "Tun Tun is not a Pig" was also a recent high school graduate and had been accepted into Jiangnan Beast Taming University this year.
This time, Li Qian planned to meet her in person.
They had been chatting for so long, and now that there was a rare opportunity to meet offline, he certainly didn’t want to miss it.