Chapter 245: Miss Mo Yu's Challenge

Shen Biru grew more and more bewildered by the young man before her.

The Beast Forest was a place for keeping wild beasts, filthy and messy. Feeding them was one thing, but the main task was cleaning their dung every day, bathing and grooming them, combing their fur and trimming their hair... For a full-fledged tamer to be confined there for three years without leaving was a severe punishment.

Any tamer, even an apprentice or someone who had merely visited the Beast Hall, would know what this represented...

He actually asked what kind of place it was and whether the punishment was severe...

Are you joking with me?

If you didn't understand taming, that would be one thing, but the key point is that you easily tamed the Golden Body Iron Coin Leopard and the Cloud Lightning Ancient Sparrow, and made them advance, and... you recognized an ancient relic beast that even Hall Master Feng and others couldn't identify...

Obscure matters that even Hall Master Feng knew nothing about, you recounted in detail, yet you were completely ignorant of the simplest common knowledge...

Anyone else would think you were trying to get close to her by finding an excuse, hoping to win her favor, but for this young man, she understood that he genuinely didn't know!

Because... if he wanted to get close, he wouldn't even need to speak; she would be willing herself!

"The Beast Forest is..."

Suppressing her frustration, she explained the Beast Forest, and finally couldn't help asking, "Do you really not understand taming?"

"Mm!" Zhang Xuan nodded.

Although the library of the Tianxuan Kingdom had records about tamers, they were only fragments and basically had no substantial content. The reason he could help the Golden Body Iron Coin Leopard and the Cloud Lightning Ancient Sparrow advance was due to the Heavenly Dao Library and the purity of his inner qi...

To be precise, he was indeed completely ignorant about taming.

"Alright!"

Hearing his confirmation, Shen Biru was speechless, utterly dumbfounded.

Knowing nothing, he casually tamed a wild beast, forced the Beast Hall Master to punish a full-fledged tamer, and left four tamers speechless...

If he truly understood, wouldn't he turn the Beast Hall upside down?

He didn't understand formations but pointed out flaws; he didn't understand taming but tamed wild beasts... Big brother, if you have anything you don't understand in the future, could you teach me?

To be honest, I'd like to 'not understand' too...

Shen Biru was so frustrated she wanted to vomit blood, while Yun Tao beside her was nearly ecstatic with excitement.

Scolded by Beast Tamer Hong, he thought he would never succeed in the assessment today, but unexpectedly, Zhang Xuan settled it in just a few words.

Most importantly... this strange bird was an ancient relic beast, the Cloud Lightning Ancient Sparrow!

As a taming apprentice, he knew how precious a wild beast with ancient beast bloodline was—if not priceless, then close to it.

Such a precious thing, he casually gave it away and made it recognize him as master...

"After the tamer assessment, I'll find a way to dissolve the master-servant relationship with it..."

A thought struck him.

Although the ancient relic beast was excellent, with his current strength, he couldn't control or protect it.

Moreover, the ancient sparrow was clearly closer to Zhang Xuan. After the assessment, he would dissolve the relationship and let this ancient relic beast follow the master it should follow.

If Zhang Xuan knew of this thought, he would surely smile and shake his head.

An ancient relic beast was nothing to him.

With the Heavenly Dao qi formed by the Heavenly Dao technique, as his cultivation improved, he could freely purify the blood of wild beasts. Given enough time, he could artificially elevate an ordinary wild beast into an ancient relic beast!

Most importantly, although this Cloud Lightning Ancient Sparrow had strong bloodline, it was too small. It couldn't carry a person and would have to squat on his shoulder every day. To him, it was completely useless.

If it were a flying ancient beast that could carry a person, he might consider it. Taming one or two ancient relic beasts casually for fun was fine, but carrying one around every day, cultivating techniques together, achieving master-servant harmony, and all kinds of磨合—just thinking about it was troublesome... Better forget it.

...

With Hall Master Feng personally conducting Yun Tao's assessment, the rest was just procedural. Zhang Xuan knew the ancient sparrow was thoroughly tamed and its loyalty was beyond doubt, so he stopped paying attention.

Stretching lazily, he was considering how to find the Poison Hall in Tianwu Kingdom when a fragrant breeze swept over. A graceful figure appeared before him, hands behind her back, eyes shining with a defiant, unyielding light.

"Being able to recognize the Cloud Lightning Ancient Sparrow shows you have considerable insight. You must be a tamer too, right?"

It was the earlier genius, Mo Yu.

Originally rated as first-class, she should have received countless admiring glances, but this guy had stolen all the limelight, making her curious about this young man.

Since birth, except for that one person, whether in profession or cultivation, whenever she set her mind to something, she always stood out. She thought this time in taming she would also take the top spot, but now it seemed impossible.

Although the Tongxuan-level Green Eagle Beast was not weak, compared to an ancient relic beast, it was far inferior.

Having spent some time with Yun Tao, she knew he didn't have such ability. The one who could tame the wild beast was probably this unremarkable-looking guy before her.

"No," Zhang Xuan shook his head after glancing at her.

"No? Then how do you know it's a Cloud Lightning Ancient Sparrow? And how did you tame this Golden Body Iron Coin Leopard and make the ancient sparrow so close to you?"

Miss Mo Yu's eyes flickered.

As an apprentice to a renowned master, she naturally had good judgment. The Golden Body Iron Coin Leopard was inseparable from this young man, and the Ancient Sparrow was quite attached to him. If this wasn't the work of a beast tamer, she wouldn't believe it.

"Oh, maybe I'm just lucky!" Zhang Xuan waved his hand casually.

Others thought she was the Third Princess of the Tianwu Kingdom, noble and exalted, and a genius herself, worthy of currying favor, but to him, it didn't matter.

"Lucky?"

Mo Yu stumbled.

Beast taming was about emotions, various techniques, endless schemes, and matching wits with wild beasts. Lucky... what the hell was that?

When others spoke with her, they pretended to understand, exaggerated, and talked eloquently. But this guy, if he didn't want to talk, he just wouldn't, not even bothering to be perfunctory...

Lucky... if that could tame wild beasts, who would bother with the arduous beast tamer examination?

Since childhood, she had been held in the palm of everyone's hand, spoken to with utmost respect. Who would dare to treat her like this?

She felt a surge of frustration.

Seeing that even the Third Princess of the Tianwu Kingdom had suffered a silent defeat against Zhang Xuan, Shen Biru on the side shook her head inwardly.

To be honest, when she first started dealing with this guy, she was almost suffocated by him.

Now that she had adapted, things were much better. Apart from being hit with setbacks every day and having her face slapped daily, at least she had gotten used to his way of speaking.

Coming over to chat without knowing his temperament was definitely asking for trouble.

Unaware of Zhang Xuan's "glorious deeds," Miss Mo Yu took several deep breaths to steady her breathing, then lifted her neck like a white swan.

"It's fine if you don't say. Being able to make a wild beast willingly submit shows some skill! How about this: dare to compete with me in beast taming? If I win, you tell me how you caught the Cloud Lightning Ancient Sparrow and gained its favor! If you win, I'll give you a course jade token from Jiang Shu, a two-star master teacher!"

"Jiang Shu, a two-star master teacher?"

"I heard he's the most powerful master teacher in the Tianwu Kingdom, already at the peak of two-star, and the head of the Tianwu Master Teacher Hall. His courses, even if only for an hour, are worth ten thousand gold and hard to come by!"

"This isn't something you can buy with money... If I could get it, my cultivation would definitely break through to the Tongxuan realm, or even higher!"

"Using it just to break through to Tongxuan would be such a waste. You should use it when冲击 half-step grandmaster to get the maximum effect!"

...

Many around were watching Miss Mo Yu's every move. Seeing her talking to this guy, they pricked up their ears. Hearing the bet, they were excited, eyes shining, breathing rapidly.

A course jade token from a two-star master teacher, even if only for an hour, was the dream of countless people.

It might allow one to break through their current realm and reach higher!

Anyone would find it hard to resist such temptation.

Just as everyone thought this guy would immediately agree, Zhang Xuan curled his lips and shook his head: "Not interested!"

Having pretended to be a master teacher for so long and specifically exchanged ideas with Teacher Liu and others, he naturally knew what a course jade token was and what it did.

However, for his cultivation and advancement, as long as he had enough secret manuals, he didn't need any guidance.

Not to mention a mere two-star master teacher, even three-star or four-star held no appeal for him.

No matter how high the star rating, could it surpass the Library of Heaven's Path?

Under the Way of Heaven, nothing could hide. Not to mention three or four stars, even seven or eight stars were nothing.

"Not interested? Think it over..."

Thinking that throwing out such a big bait would make the other party immediately agree, Miss Mo Yu was startled by this answer. Just as she was about to speak, she saw that Yun Tao ahead had passed the assessment. The Heart-Questioning Crystal flashed, and a line of numbers slowly emerged...

40!

"What? Loyalty of forty? This... is advanced taming?"

Hall Master Feng stood up abruptly, his eyes filled with intense disbelief.

Not only him, but the entire room erupted in uproar. Even Miss Mo Yu was startled, forgetting what she was about to say.

Beast taming was divided into: basic taming, advanced taming, and complete taming.

Basic taming had a loyalty range of fifteen to thirty, meaning the beast tamer could summon the wild beast to follow them wherever they went, somewhat like a pet.

Advanced taming had a loyalty range of thirty-one to forty-five, where the beast tamer and the wild beast signed a contract and could communicate with each other.

As for the deeper complete taming, with loyalty above forty-five, it required years of磨合, practicing cultivation techniques together, and progressing together.

For a noble ancient beast, basic taming was already impressive, but achieving a loyalty of forty... meant it had surpassed the following stage and signed a contract!

How... was that possible?

"You... how did you do it?"

Hall Master Feng couldn't help asking.

"This..." Yun Tao hesitated.

"If it's not convenient to say, then don't!" Seeing his attitude, Hall Master Feng thought there was some secret he couldn't reveal and quickly said.

"It's not that, actually..." Yun Tao scratched his head: "It's all thanks to Senior Zhang Xuan. He gave this Ancient Sparrow a beating, and it just submitted..."