Chapter 688: Hall Master Qin

"Finished learning?"

Everyone was stunned.

The elder, in particular, had a grim and unpleasant expression.

Others might not know how many books were in the room, but he knew perfectly well.

Over fifty years, using the guild's power to collect from all over, records, rare editions, and ancient texts on beast language... no less than hundreds of thousands of volumes. Even he had taken a full ten years to read through them once. The other party had walked in and come out in less than ten minutes, and now directly claimed... he had finished learning!

Even if you were lying, you should at least be plausible!

"What do you mean by 'finished learning'?" Unable to hold back, the elder snorted.

"Oh, it means... more or less learned it, basic communication shouldn't be a big problem..."

Zhang Xuan said.

Just now, upon entering the room, he had started running and collecting books. In a few minutes, he had absorbed hundreds of thousands of books into his mind, then used the Library of Heaven's Path to find the correct content.

Upon searching, he had indeed found quite a bit.

Although many of these books contained conjectures and even random writings, with such a large quantity, grains of sand accumulate to form a tower, and many correct sentences could still be gathered.

A whole book covered common sentences in ancient beast language and methods of pronunciation. Learning these made it difficult to handle complex conversations, but ordinary communication was no longer a problem.

"Basic communication... not a big problem?" Hearing the other party speak more and more mysteriously, the elder's face turned ashen: "Nonsense!"

He had studied for fifty years and still couldn't learn much; when he opened his mouth, he made the red-haired hamster vomit until it was half dead. And you say you went in for a while and learned it?

If that were true, then all my years of research and study—did I waste them on a dog or a pig?

Even if you lie, at least make it believable!

"I..."

Knowing that telling the truth would certainly be questioned, Zhang Xuan was about to explain when he saw a young man rush over in a hurry.

"Elder, it's bad, that... Purple-Winged Sky Male Beast is here again!"

"Here again?"

The elder's face darkened: "Lead the way!"

"Yes!" The young man hurried out, and the elder followed closely.

"Let's go take a look too!" Seeing him leave in a hurry, Zhang Xuan glanced at Luo Qiqi and the others and followed.

He had come to find a flying spirit beast. Since this Purple-Winged Sky Male Beast was at Half-Step Ninth Layer, if he could tame it, it would be a great help, and traveling to Hongyuan Empire would be much faster.

"Mm!" Han Chong also knew the seriousness of the matter and followed closely.

Walking along, Zhang Xuan learned from their conversation that his teacher, surnamed Qian, was one of the more senior elders of the Beast Hall, highly respected.

Because the Purple-Winged Sky Male Beast was related to him, every time it appeared, he would go to handle it. Although Han Chong hadn't been at the Beast Hall long, he had experienced it several times.

Thus, he had a deep memory of this big fellow.

"This creature, whenever it comes, either causes destruction or kills other spirit beasts, making many customers complain!" Speaking of this Purple-Winged Sky Male Beast, even Han Chong was full of frustration.

Hurting people was one thing, but the worst was injuring many spirit beasts. Some customers had queued for many days to get a spirit beast, only for it to be injured and unable to move, which greatly damaged the Beast Hall's reputation.

The Beast Hall had set many traps, but this creature seemed to know in advance every time. Coupled with its strength, even if it fell into an encirclement, it could still escape smoothly, and then come back even more aggressive.

They had also reported it to headquarters, and the Hongyuan Empire Beast Hall had sent a six-star beast tamer. But the creature sensed the danger and disappeared for several months, only to rush back as soon as the tamer left.

After several times, everyone in the Beast Hall was helpless and had to let it cause trouble, only having Elder Qian deal with it each time.

But strangely, whenever Elder Qian went, no matter how fierce the creature was, it would turn and leave, not daring to harm him in the slightest.

They had never understood why before, thinking it was because his teacher's beast-taming skills were so strong that the creature dared not act. Now it seemed it was probably related to the dead Dragon Rock Beast.

If his guess was correct, this Purple-Winged Sky Male Beast had made some promise to the Dragon Rock Beast, and although it was dissatisfied with the teacher, it dared not harm him.

"It's just ahead!"

After chatting for a while, Han Chong's brows rose, and he hurried forward. Zhang Xuan and the others followed closely, and soon saw a huge purple spirit beast hovering in the air, its thick claws gripping a small creature at the Mortal Shedding Third Layer.

Elder Qian, who had come earlier, stood not far away, looking anxious.

Not far from Elder Qian were seven or eight white-bearded elders. The one in the middle bore a strong resemblance to Qin Zhong, whom they had seen before, and should be that Hall Master Qin.

"I didn't expect this creature to be back so soon..."

Behind the white-bearded elders, Zhang Xuan saw another familiar face.

It was that "can't fly" Qin Zhong.

He had thought that without his spirit beast, this guy would take a while to return, but unexpectedly, he was already at the Beast Hall.

"It must be that Dragon Wing Beast that brought him..."

Luo Qiqi lowered her voice.

Zhang Xuan nodded.

When they arrived at the Beast Hall, they had released that Dragon Wing Beast. Knowing its master was still unconscious in a pit, it naturally went to rescue him.

The Beast Hall wasn't far from there, so a round trip wouldn't take much time.

At this moment, Qin Zhong was wrapped up like a zongzi. Although seriously injured, he was indeed not in mortal danger.

His eyes were fixed straight on the Sky Male Beast in the air, and he hadn't noticed his enemy approaching.

...

"Put it down quickly. Even if we have conflicts, I hope you won't involve the Beast Hall. Otherwise, even if the Dragon Rock Beast came back to life, it would certainly be unhappy..."

Ahead, Elder Qian looked at the flying Purple-Winged Sky Male Beast, clenching his fists, and said.

"Roar!"

Hearing him mention the Dragon Rock Beast, the big creature in the air bared its teeth. Instead of releasing the spirit beast in its claws, it gripped tighter, looking as if it might crush it at any moment.

"Elder Qian, Hall Master, please save my spirit beast..."

A four-star beast tamer looked anxiously at the sky, on the verge of tears.

Clearly, the spirit beast caught in the air was his pet.

He had spent great effort to tame it, and if it were crushed, all his hard work would be in vain.

"Beast Tamer Li, don't worry, I will save it..."

Elder Qian comforted him.

Having had his own pet killed, he knew the pain and didn't want the younger generation to suffer the same fate.

"Sky Male Beast, if you let it go, whether it's beast blood stones or spirit stones, as long as I, Qian, can do it, I won't spare any expense!"

After comforting the other, Elder Qian spoke to the sky again.

"Elder Qian, you can't agree. Over the years, you've given away almost all your savings. If this continues, I'm afraid it will hinder your cultivation..."

Hall Master Qin, hearing this, couldn't help frowning and quickly dissuaded him.

By talent, Elder Qian should have broken through to Mortal Shedding Ninth Layer long ago, but unfortunately, all his savings had been given to this creature, leaving him lacking in cultivation resources.

Instead, this creature, by extorting him every so often, had used those resources to break through to Half-Step Ninth Layer first.

If they didn't stop him and continued to nourish it, the creature would only grow stronger and pose a greater threat to the Beast Hall.

"I owe the Dragon Rock Beast..."

Elder Qian shook his head.

"But..." Hall Master Qin's face was ashen.

"No buts. Without the Dragon Rock Beast, I would have died long ago. To have survived this long is already a great grace. Not to mention my savings, even if I had to die immediately, as long as it could ease its heart, I would be willing!"

With determination in his eyes, Elder Qian flipped his wrist, and a pile of beast blood stones, medium-grade spirit stones, and some precious herbs appeared before him.

The quantity was not large; it seemed that over the years, this elder had indeed been nearly drained.

"You owe the Dragon Rock Beast, but you don't owe this Purple-Winged Sky Male Beast. Elder Qian, what you're doing is indeed inappropriate!"

Just as Elder Qian was about to offer the last of his possessions to the big creature in the sky, a faint voice rang out.

Hearing the voice, everyone turned to see a young man walking over.

"Father, it was him who made me suffer like this... you must not let him off!"

Unexpectedly, this guy dared to swagger right up to them, Qin Zhong's eyes turned green with rage.

"Him?" Hall Master Qin's face darkened, and he turned to Elder Qian: "Elder, do you know this person?"

"He is Han Chong's benefactor, a four-star master teacher and beast tamer..."

Elder Qian frowned, looked at the approaching young man, and waved his hand: "This matter has nothing to do with you. If you want to continue borrowing spirit beasts, please leave immediately!"

The one walking over was Zhang Xuan.

Seeing Elder Qian always compromising, he felt helpless and stepped forward.

Hearing this, he was about to say something when Yu Fei'er's voice sounded from behind.

"What if we don't leave?"

"If you don't leave, then forget about borrowing any more spirit beasts..."

Waving his hand, Elder Qian was about to finish his sentence when he saw Hall Master Qin beside him turn pale, his lips trembling uncontrollably.

At the same time, he kept signaling to him: "Ahem, Elder Qian, don't be hasty..."

"What's wrong?"

Seeing the hall master so strange, Elder Qian was full of confusion. Before he could ask, he saw the girl who had been following behind Zhang Xuan like a follower come up to Hall Master Qin and smile faintly.

"If I remember correctly, your name is Qin Zhao, right? So you're the hall master of this Beast Hall!"

"Qin Zhao pays respects to Princess Yu Fei'er!"

Hall Master Qin's face turned white, and he quickly clasped his fists.

"You still recognize me?" Snorting, Yu Fei'er clasped her hands behind her back, exuding an imposing aura, carrying the dignity of a princess.

"I... accompanied my teacher to the imperial palace and had the honor of meeting the princess once..."

Hall Master Qin Zhao quickly clasped his fists, but before he could finish, he heard the angry roar of his seriously injured son from afar.

"Father, it's this woman and that young man. They are in cahoots, both no good. You must avenge me..."

Blocked by the crowd, Qin Zhong couldn't see his father's attitude clearly and thought he was about to stand up for him, his eyes red with excitement.

While he was delighted, Hall Master Qin, hearing these words, swayed and nearly fainted on the spot.

Don't call me...

I'm not your father; you are my father, okay...

Others have filial sons; you are a father-ruiner!