"The rewards for each competition vary, but they are all extremely generous. More importantly, if one is valued highly by the Beast Hall, one might even get the opportunity to study in a higher ranked kingdom."
Hearing the question, Hall Master Feng hurriedly said, "The champion of the previous competition received a 3-star master teacher Tutelage Jade Token and the Flowing Water Beast Taming Technique."
"You call that generous?" Zhang Xuan was speechless.
He thought that the champion would receive some sort of treasure, but 3-star master teacher Tutelage Jade Token and beast taming technique manuals... To him, they were all useless.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Xuan asked, "If I don't want their rewards, can I exchange it for something else?"
"That depends on what you want!" Hall Master Feng looked at Zhang Xuan in bewilderment.
Even to him, a 3-star master teacher Tutelage Jade Token was a priceless treasure. Was this fellow still not satisfied? Did he want something more valuable?
"Exchange it for some cultivation technique manuals!" Zhang Xuan said.
"Cultivation technique manuals? Some of them? "
Huge question marks hung on the faces of the three beast tamers.
Do you think that cultivation technique manuals are cabbages? The moment you open your mouth, you ask for... some?
Zhang Xuan nodded his head, "Un, for example, Zongshi realm cultivation technique manuals. The more, the better. It would be best if you have more than a thousand of them."
"More than a thousand?"
Everyone's body swayed.
Initially, they thought that 'some' would only be a dozen or so. To have more than a thousand... Are you going to plunder the entire Beast Hall?
"What... tier?" Hall Master Feng asked.
Cultivation technique manuals were divided into different tiers, and it was difficult to obtain even a single one of them, much less a thousand?
"Oh, there's no requirement on the tier. Any tier is fine as long as you have them, the more the better."
"This..."
Everyone was taken aback.
If it wasn't for the tier, then... it wouldn't be valuable! In a Tier 1 or 2 Kingdom, Zongshi realm cultivation technique manuals were precious. However, in a Conferred Kingdom, they weren't worth much at all!
As long as one had sufficient gold coins, they would be able to buy them... Yet, this fellow wanted to exchange for them with a 3-star master teacher Tutelage Jade Token?
Wasn't this too much of a waste!
Even in a Conferred Kingdom, a 3-star master teacher was a top-notch figure. Countless people would struggle to obtain his Tutelage Jade Token. Yet, he was using it to exchange for useless cultivation technique manuals?
Why did it feel as though he was returning the pearls and the casket?
One had to know that a cultivator could only cultivate one type of cultivation technique. If he wanted to change it, he would have to start from the beginning. It was extremely troublesome.
It would be fine if he wanted some powerful cultivation technique, but if he didn't care about the grade … there were all sorts of cultivation techniques, and he wouldn't be able to cultivate them either!
Upon understanding this, the three beast tamers stared at Zhang Xuan with widened eyes. This Beast Tamer Zhang's taste... was too unique!
"If you don't care about the grade, this kind of cultivation technique is quite easy to find. It should be possible … The prerequisite is that you become the champion of the Beast Taming Competition."
After a moment of hesitation, Hall Master Feng nodded his head.
There were precedents of changing prizes in the Beast Taming Competition. As long as the value of the prize was not too high and they could afford it, it was not a big deal to use it to rope in beast taming geniuses.
"Well, I agree!" Zhang Xuan responded.
The higher his cultivation level, the harder it was to collect cultivation techniques. Since he would have to head to a Conferred Kingdom sooner or later, it would be best if someone could lead the way.
"Great! Let's meet at Xuanyuan Royal City half a year later then!"
Hearing Zhang Xuan agree to it, the eyes of the three beast tamers lit up, and they clenched their fists tightly.
Their Xuanluo Mountain Range Beast Taming Competition had always been at the bottom. With this genius beast tamer joining them, they might be able to shock the other Beast Halls.
After discussing the Beast Taming Competition, the three master teachers chatted for a while longer. Seeing that they were unable to get anything out of the other party, they decided to give up.
The fellow before them would feign ignorance as soon as they got to the crux of the matter. They gritted their teeth in anger, but there was nothing they could do about it.
It was one thing for you to say that you didn't know anything.
As the senior of a master teacher and an apprentice master teacher, you should at least know how to take the master teacher examination, right? Even if you don't know how to raise your Soul Depth, you should at least know how to do it!
Yet... you don't know anything at all!
Fine, I'll tolerate it!
Given how skilled you are in the Way of Medicine, to think that... you don't know anything about basic medicinal knowledge!
Tolerate it!
But... you are already a 2-star beast tamer, but you don't even know how to ride on an aerial savage beast, and you don't even know what the Beast Hall is like...
If I can still tolerate this, ask how big the Beast Forest is, how many apprentice beast tamers there are, and how many apprentice beast tamers a beast tamer can take in...
Isn't this acting a little too much!
If you don't want to talk to us, just say so. Acting as if you don't know anything at all...
Do you find it interesting?
Just a moment ago, when you were beast taming, treating illnesses, forging pills, and slapping our faces, there was nothing you couldn't do. Yet, at this moment, you are behaving like this. If we didn't understand you, we might have thought that you are suffering from schizophrenia...
After chatting for a moment, the three beast tamers couldn't take it anymore and hurriedly bade farewell.
"Hey, don't leave... We're not done yet!" Zhang Xuan hurriedly called out.
Hu!
The three of them immediately executed their battle techniques, and before they could finish their words, they had already disappeared without a trace.
Who wants to chat with me? I still want to live a little longer, I don't want to die of anger here...
"I've learned a lot from chatting with you."
Oblivious to the thoughts of the three, Zhang Xuan sighed and stood up.
Even though Hall Master Feng and the others were only beast tamers, they had a deep understanding of the surrounding kingdoms and powers. They were also able to speak a little about the occupations, and this had truly widened his horizons.
Even though there wasn't any technology or modernization in this world, the knowledge system that had existed for countless years was even more profound and solid than that of his previous life.
It had been less than twenty days since he transcended to this world, and his mind was still filled with the thoughts of his previous life. As such, there were many things that he wasn't clear about. Thus, he had benefited greatly from chatting with these experienced fellows.
After rushing for two days and spending an entire afternoon in the Beast Hall, Zhang Xuan was a little exhausted. Under the lead of an apprentice, he headed to the residence allocated to him.
Before he could even reach the entrance, he saw a graceful figure standing outside, as tranquil as a painting.
"Mo Yu?"
Zhang Xuan was taken aback.
It was none other than the genius lady whom he had been venting his frustrations with the entire day, the third princess of Tianwu Kingdom, Mo Yu.
"Beast Tamer Zhang!" Upon seeing Zhang Xuan, Mo Yu gazed at him.
"Xiaojie is waiting for me?" Zhang Xuan looked at her doubtfully.
After settling the matter regarding the Howling Firmament Beast, the sky had already darkened. After chatting with the three master teachers for another two to four hours, it was already past ten at night. Why was she waiting at the entrance at this hour?
"That's right. There's something that I can't understand, so I came here to ask you about it personally." Mo Yu gritted her teeth.
"Oh?"
"The cauldron has already exploded today, so how can you be sure that the pill in the cauldron has already been forged?"
Mo Yu asked.
She couldn't figure it out no matter how hard she tried.
As an official apothecary, she knew that it was extremely difficult to forge a pill. Even though she had witnessed it with her own eyes, she still found it hard to believe that the pill would be formed at the same time as the cauldron exploded.
It was as though a legend.
"Luck!" Zhang Xuan replied casually.
With the real-time surveillance of the Library of Heaven's Path, he could clearly see when the cauldron exploded and when the pill was formed. However, he couldn't say these things out loud, so he could only feign ignorance.
"Luck?" Mo Yu shook her head. "There is no such thing as luck in pill forging! I hope that Beast Tamer Zhang can enlighten me. I, Mo Yu, am sincerely grateful. "
As a genius who had studied many occupations, Mo Yu had a strong thirst for knowledge.
Initially, she didn't think much of Zhang Xuan. However, after she returned, she recalled the various steps in pill forging, and to her astonishment, she realized that the other party's control over medicinal knowledge and cauldron flames were far beyond that of her teacher!
One must know that her teacher was a 2-star pinnacle apothecary, one of the top figures in Tianwu Kingdom.
For a fellow who wasn't even twenty to be inferior to her teacher... Was that even possible?
Thus... In her view, the other party must have used some kind of technique.
After pondering over it, she was unable to make sense of it. Thus, she came over to ask the other party, hoping to glean some enlightenment from her.
"You wish to learn?"
Zhang Xuan thought that he would just fool the other party with a few words and she would back down. He didn't expect her to be so serious. Zhang Xuan was taken aback.
"Yes! I really wish to learn. "Mo Yu looked at Zhang Xuan earnestly.
"Un!"
Seeing the other party's attitude, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but nod his head.
She didn't put on the airs of a princess, apologizing to the other party just because she couldn't understand. It was no wonder why she had so many occupations at such a young age. This Mo Yu xiaojie was indeed outstanding.
"Since you wish to learn, I'll explain it to you!"
Toward such a studious person, Zhang Xuan wasn't stingy. Placing his hands behind his back, he slowly said, "Even though pill forging is about fusing medicinal herbs together to better bring out the medicinal properties of the medicinal herbs, one mustn't just focus on this during the forging process. There are many other factors that must be considered."
"If I'm not wrong, the cauldron that you caused the explosion was forged from the Frigid Gold Mountain in the northwest of Tianwu Kingdom. It took forty-nine days to forge the cauldron. Even though it wasn't forged by an official blacksmith, it was forged from the hands of a famous 5-mo blacksmith. After going through thousands of tempering, it is exceptionally sturdy. However... "
Changing the topic, Zhang Xuan continued, "You have forged this cauldron a total of eighteen times, and there were seven instances where the aura of the cauldron exploded! Even though you used a powerful force to suppress it, it still caused severe damage to the cauldron. Many cracks and cracks appeared on the interior of the cauldron. If that's all, it's fine. But if I'm not wrong, a month ago, you used it to forge an [Ice Soul Pill]. The clash of heat and cold within the cauldron is extremely detrimental to the cauldron.
"Under normal circumstances, the cauldron would require the protection of zhenqi in order to not be damaged. However, you didn't do so. Thus, there are some problems with the cauldron itself. Even if it didn't explode this time, it won't last for long!
"Now that we're done talking about the cauldron, let's continue talking about the environment you were forging the pill in. It's already autumn, and it's evening, so it's getting cold. When you started forging the pill, you didn't warm the cauldron up properly. Instead, you increased the temperature of the cauldron in an attempt to display your control over the flames. Even though it looks dazzling, it's actually destroying the cauldron... "
At this point, Zhang Xuan chuckled. Lifting his head to look at the lady before him, he asked, "Mo Yu xiaojie, I wonder if what I've said... is correct?"
"This..."
Mo Yu's body jolted. Her eyes widened in shock.
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