Starting With Contract Pets

Chapter 333: A Conversation with the Strongest Man

“I’m back.” Su Bai entered the dean’s office and announced this while looking at the dean.

“You’re here. Don’t think too much about your master and your parents. Although we’re Pet Tamers with extraordinary abilities, we can’t control many things.” Qin Miao looked at him with a smile.

“I understand. You don’t have to worry about me. I’m fine.” He shook his head.

“That’s good.” The dean nodded at him. “You went to the Hidden Realm in the Vatican maelstrom this time, right? How was your experience there?”

“My harvest was pretty good, and I even got promoted to the heavenly king level. I brought out a few pets of the time attribute, and one of them is for you.”

As Su Bai said this, he took out two time pets for Qin Miao to choose from. Although these two were not as good as the ones he had given Chen Ruoxue and Su Yue, they were still absolute treasures.

He was more than willing to give a time-attribute pet to the dean, for she had always treated him well and even handed over resources from the gym to him.

“Oh, my God! You’re already a heavenly king-level Pet Tamer, and you even successfully brought out time pets!” Qin Miao was in disbelief.

This was especially so when she looked at the two time pets in front of her. As far as she knew, there was not a time pet in the entire Alliance.

Originally, she wanted to refuse, but seeing the time-attribute pet, she could not bear to refuse it.

“I think that this Time Cat is very suitable for you,” Su Bai pointed to one of the sleeping tabby cats and said.

“Then I won’t stand in ceremony.”

Smiling, Qin Miao released her epic three-star contract book to form a contract with the Time Cat directly.

After checking Time Cat’s data through the contract book, she could not help holding it up and touching it nonstop.

“In the blink of an eye, you’re no longer weaker than me. You truly deserve to be the owner of the Ancestor Blood Dragon.”

Putting the cat away, she looked at him with emotion.

“That time world had the effect of accelerating time. The time I spent there is probably equivalent to more than ten years in the outside world. That’s why my advancement isn’t particularly fast.” Su Bai shook his head.

“No matter what, you’ve already been promoted to the heavenly king level, and your chances of being the curator are as good as guaranteed. Those old guys from the Giant Dragon Division have nothing to say anymore. Let’s go! Follow me to see the grandmaster.

“The first curator, Master Du Qiankun, happens to be in the gym. He’s very interested in you, so you can just treat this meeting casually. If you have any questions, you can ask him; he’s the strongest man and can answer most of your questions,” Qin Miao patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile.

“Okay, I understand.” Su Bai nodded, looking forward to a conversation with the founder of Yulong Gymnasium, who was one of the strongest men, too.

With Qin Miao leading the way, Su Bai entered an adjacent war fortress. The build of this war fortress was not inferior to a moon.

It looked like a floating island formed by an entrenched dragon, magnificent and majestic. Especially the lifelike dark golden dragon statue, it was especially daunting.

Its size of more than three thousand kilometers was terrifying and was comparable to the entrance of Heavenly Abyss.

“This was originally a war fortress for defense in the Void Realm. The combination of psionic energy and technology can kill even immortal monsters.” Qin Miao told him about the place.

Su Bai looked at the dark purple metal under his feet and nodded silently.

He shuttled all the way inside with the dean and finally came to a large greenhouse.

This greenhouse was a little strange. It was covered by an opaque shield, with a small shining sun on top, and the water flowing inside looked quite artistic.

A middle-aged man dressed casually and with a plain face was weeding out grass as he dug a ditch.

“Grandmaster, this is Su Bai,” Qin Miao walked over and introduced him.

“I see! Xiao Qin, you can go out for now; I’ll have a private chat with him,” Du Qiankun nodded and said.

“Okay.”

Qin Miao nodded, walked out, and closed the shield again, leaving only the two in the greenhouse.

Su Bai looked at the elderly man and could not feel the slightest oppression coming from him. It was as if the latter was just an ordinary person.

“Don’t look at me anymore. My presence has become similar to ordinary people, and you won’t feel my aura leaking at all. Only the moment you launch an attack against me will you see the oppression coming from me.”

Du Qiankun turned his head and smiled at him. “Come here and help.”

Su Bai: “...Okay.”

“Have you noticed the uniqueness of my place?” asked the elderly man.

“Is this place an independent, circulating biosphere? Similar to Biosphere 2?”

Su Bai looked around and came to a conclusion.

Because of their extraordinary abilities, human beings had greatly improved their ability to create a livable environment, such as Sirius, Planet Hope, and Saint Star. All those places had undergone the terraforming of humans.

They could only barely adapt to the existence of life, and under the terraforming of human beings, the environment was no longer inferior to Blue Planet.

“That’s right, but this is a biosphere that I created alone, without use of any extraordinary abilities. Unfortunately, it’s not perfect enough and there’ll always be some small problems,” Du Qiankun said with a smile.

Su Bai nodded and looked around. He could not see anything special about this place, so he thought that maybe the realm of this big boss was too high.

“I haven’t thanked the grandmaster for saving my parents. I’m really grateful. If there’s anything I can do, please just instruct me.” He thanked the old man as he changed the subject.

“Those are all trivial matters. You’re a disciple of my gym, so I won’t naturally let you be threatened.”

Du Qiankun waved his hand and asked, “Do you have a token of the mermaid Recorder of All Things? Can you let me see it? Let me see your pets as well. If you want, I can also show you my cultivation level.”

“Okay.” Su Bai nodded, having no reservations about this. He released all his pets, including Starry Omnivore Kraken.

To the strong, not hiding anything could earn their trust. If they really wanted to covet things from him, then he had no way of resisting to begin with.

Du Qiankun’s gaze first focused on his contract book.

“The Law of Life combined with the mermaid Recorder of All Things tokens... This contract book is advanced enough and is very good.

“The mermaid token is about to complete its integration, too. Young lad, you’re indeed very promising!

“Since your contract book has been promoted to epic grade, you should’ve awakened some good skills, right?”

Du Qiankun examined his contract book admiringly.

“Yes, I awakened two very powerful summoner skills.” Su Bai showed the grandmaster the Life Seed and Water Card skills.

“It seems that your qualifications have exceeded my expectations!” Seeing the two skills, Du Qiankun showed a slightly surprised expression on his face.

The young man’s aptitude was much better than he expected. He felt that, as long as the boy did not make any mistakes, he would likely be the first true mythical-level Pet Tamer in human history.

He then looked at Su Bai’s pets again and became even more shocked. Except for these ten stopgap krakens, the other pet aptitudes made him feel a little in disbelief.

All of these pets had the potential to reach the high-level immortal grade and even the eternal grade.

Sure enough, he was a genius, whose opportunities were unmatched by other people.

Even the geniuses carefully cultivated by the gym could not compare to these pets.

No, it was totally incomparable. Except for the Purgatory Tyrant, which was a little more common among Su Bai’s six pets, the others were completely unattainable and were not something that could be obtained with strength alone.

The Ancestor Blood Dragon, Time Ghost, Planet Eye, the dual form Nine-tailed Demon Fox, the Starry Omnivore Kraken with an extinction aura, the humanoid spirit Limitless Beauty with the aura of the law of life...

It was hard to imagine that these pets were owned by one person.

After thinking about it, Du Qiankun decided to show all his cards to the young man.

“Your pets are well nurtured. It’s really surprising that you can grow up to this point in such a short time. There’s no doubt about your position as the curator.”

As he spoke, he took out a dark green tree root that exuded life.

“I’ll give this to you as a meeting gift. If you let the elf eat this, you can make it fully understand the law of life and complete its evolution and promotion.

“This is the treasure I obtained by hunting down an eternal monster once. It’s the root of the legendary Tree of Life and contains the most fundamental law of life.” He handed the thing to the young man while explaining these things to him.

“T-This... is too precious!” Su Bai looked at this section of the tree root, a little afraid to receive it.

The Tree of Life had only existed in legends, and no one knew whether it was real or fake. Its roots were ten thousand times more precious than branches, and the laws contained in them were matchless.

This was such a big meeting gift, and Su Bai did not dare to accept it directly.

“Can’t you see that I’m planning to invest my all in you?” Du Qiankun smiled and asked. “I think that you have the potential of becoming an eighth-level mythical Pet Tamer, so I’m investing in you in advance. When you really reach that level in the future, remember to help me. Maybe I can also be promoted to the mythical level.”

“Are there any special bottlenecks in advancing to the mythical level?” he asked curiously.

Du Qiankun glanced at him and said, “Well, it’s very difficult.

“Before and after the heavenly king level are two completely different worlds.

“If you want to advance to the legendary level, you must jump out of space. From then on, being free from any space means any world is comfortable and that you’re an independent individual.

“If you want to become a mythical Pet Tamer, you must rely on the constraints of time and jump out of the long river of time. You must form a world of your own, free from the influence of space and time, so that no one can see your destiny.

“It’s said that there’s a more terrifying ninth-rank creation-level above the mythical level. That kind of existence is equivalent to the Creation God, having mastered all the Tao and laws in the world and capable of creating a world at will.

“Generally, monsters can only practice on their own. We, Pet Tamers, can use our pets for backfeeding, so it’s relatively easy to have their help, but it’s still difficult.

“If you want to become a seventh-order legendary Pet Tamer, at least three pets must reach the immortal grade first, and then you can use their backfeeding to achieve a certain level of physical fitness. You can also understand the rules of pets through the contract book. Finally, use the contract book with your pets’ power to get rid of the shackles of the birth world from yourself so that you complete yourself and further free yourself from all the constraints of space. Only then will you become a legendary Pet Tamer.

“As for the mythical level, its difficulty is even more terrifying. Some of us have tried various methods but have failed to succeed, resulting in the loss of our high morale in the past.

“I’m giving you this because I want to invest in you. Even if you can’t break through the mythical level, there’s definitely no problem with becoming a quasi-mythical level. I won’t lose money if I have an additional Tao friend at that time,” said Du Qiankun with a wry smile.

“It’s so difficult. Grandmaster, do you know the founder of the Alliance, Fang Ziyu?” asked Su Bai curiously, having a clearer understanding of the legendary Pet Tamer.

“The predecessor Fang Ziyu should be a mythical-level or even a creation-level existence, but he’s not a person of our world and may not even belong to the universe where we currently live. In short, his appearance here has been very strange.

“It’s very likely that he just saved our world in passing. If he were from here, the situation of Blue Planet wouldn’t be what it is now,” Du Qiankun said.

“Mythical level.”

Su Bai rolled the words in his mouth several times; finally, he knew the approximate strength of that legendary figure, yet that person’s mystery only deepened for him.

“I have one more question: Don’t you think it’s too easy for us Pet Tamers to be promoted? It feels as if we don’t have many bottlenecks. I always feel a little weird. It seems that other monsters in the void only advance after hundreds of thousands of years.” He looked at the elderly grandmaster and voiced this out. “Is this also related to the void monsters’ invasion of Blue Planet?”

“You guessed it right; it really has a lot to do with this.”

Du Qiankun took a look at Su Bai and continued. “You should have heard the story of the four great creation pets squeezing the origin of the universe into Blue Planet. It’s said that only after collecting four tokens and opening a door can one get the origin and ultimate secret that they buried inside.

“It’s rumored that something had gone wrong in the universe, so the four great creation pets had decided to hide the universe’s origin, and they chose Blue Planet, which then attracted countless void monsters that have been coveting the origin of the universe. The reason why we ascend so fast may be related to the origin of the universe.

“Still, it’s more than just the origin of the universe, and there should be other secrets, but what exactly they are is still unknown.

“What do you think is the reason why we’ve been reluctant to give up Blue Planet? Those stupid people don’t know its importance. Without this planet, we’ll eventually become a mediocre race.

“The four great creation pets hid the origin of the universe here, allowing us to become outstanding existences through fast promotions and easy cultivation. This is a gift, but in return, we have the responsibility to guard Blue Planet and prevent monsters from invading it.

“No matter what, we can’t leave it. Those on Sirius and Saint Star are short-sighted and heedless.”

Du Qiankun became angrier the more he spoke. Being stabbed in the back by the people guarding the Void Realm with him, he could almost not bear it.

“Don’t think I’m just using such words to scare you. As far as I know, in the endless void and countless worlds, there’s no profession like us ‘Pet Tamer’ of Blue Planet. There’s a big cause and effect involving all these.”

Su Bai nodded, deeply shocked. “I understand. Thank you for answering my questions, grandmaster!”

Sure enough, talking to the strongest man alive gave him a lot of information.

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