Chapter 216: Ye Yuzhou’s Guess
The curator seemed to be in a pleasant mood right now so after presenting the bag of beast fur samples, Tian Bao said respectfully, “Curator, these are fur samples for my friends’ pet beast. Old Tian would be grateful if the Curator could bestow upon me some appraisal details. Next time, I will surely travel the lands to search for Curator’s desired treasures.”
The level of reverence in the old man’s tone made even He Qing’s jaw drop as she mused, ‘This Old Tian really knows what he’s doing. He used to be so cocky that no one can convince him otherwise but today, he’s on his knees. Did he have to be so two-faced?’
Frankly speaking, it was only normal for Old Tian to do this. If the man kept up his arrogance, his visitor rights might be revoked the next time.
He Qing was just blindly guessing.
She had no idea that her invincible Curator wasn’t the one picking who can or cannot enter the Visitation Hall. If he could, he would have kicked Old Tian out long ago.
Lin Jin felt through the bag of beast furs and the archive in the Museum of Deadly Beasts expanded by a noticeable margin. Among them were a few rare beasts that were worth his attention.
But most of them were just average mountain beasts that weren’t worth mentioning.
Casting Old Tian a glance, Lin Jin contemplated for a moment before taking out a pill.
This pill was a ‘six shadow beast soul pill’, the one used for the shadow wolf’s evolution. This pill obviously wasn’t for Old Tian’s pet beast to consume.
With a fling of his wrist, he tossed it to Old Tian and said, “You’ve brought eighty-nine beast fur samples. Among them is a Nanjiang mean-eyed tiger who looks to be in good shape with shadow and wind attributes. Feed this to that tiger. This is your reward this time,” Lin Jin said casually.
This wasn’t a pill he pelletized but by the Shi family’s alchemists. Frankly speaking, its quality was only average but the value of a pill was derived mainly from being used in the right circumstances.
If the pet beast was a perfect fit with the pill’s attributes, the benefits gained would be much higher.
Just like the shadow wolf who evolved after swallowing the six shadow beast soul pill.
It depended on who consumed it.
Lin Jin was still prejudiced against Old Tian. Moreover, the man’s tyrannosaurus was already a Rank 3 so it wasn’t considered weak. There were evolution methods but why should Lin Jin give them to him?
Even if he did, god knows how long it might take Old Tian to help his tyrannosaurus evolve?
However, the Rank 2 Nanjiang mean-eyed tiger was different. Both its attribute and status were a perfect match with the pill so if all went well, that tiger might even evolve on the spot after consuming it.
Upon receiving the pill, Old Tian remained silent despite his skepticism. Everyone else got evaluation reports but he got some random pill instead.
But Old Tian didn’t have the courage to express his discontent. Even if the Curator gave him nothing, he had that he would sing nothing but praises for him from now on.
Things with Old Tian were considered settled now.
Lin Jin looked toward the other wooden doors, numbered ten and above. All of them were still tightly shut without new visitors showing up for two consecutive times now. Lin Jin didn’t know the reason why, nor could he do anything about it.
As he had other matters to attend to, Lin Jin informed the visitors about his departure before leaving them to themselves.
After the curator left, it had become customary that the visitors stayed behind to chat. Even people like Madam Ghost Child and Jiang Ziqi who had aloof personalities stayed behind as well.
The situation was different this time.
In the previous session, everyone ignored Old Tian, but this time, since the Curator had accepted his offering and even gave him a pill in return, it meant that the Curator had already come to accept him.
Now that he had gained the Curator’s approval, the other visitors wouldn’t ostracize him anymore. Hence, Old Tian found himself fortunate enough to be able to mingle inside their little circle.
This was an impressive little circle. Old Tian had listened carefully earlier and understood that Black Crow and Madam Ghost Child went to Grassy Continent’s Snake Country for a mission that turned out to be successful.
Old Tian had never heard of that country before as it was far away from South Continent. But he wasn’t that ignorant too, so in spite of his limited knowledge, he at least knew how an intermediate country worked.
Only countries with Rank 4 beasts to guard their territory could be labeled as “intermediate”.
Factions like these existed in South Continent too. Old Tian’s group had offended an intermediate country several years ago which led to them being on the run for many years. At one point, they almost perished under the enemy’s relentless attacks. It was a devastating experience.
It was also due to this that they were forced to hide deep inside the mountains and live by robbing villagers.
Dominating a mountain and living the life of freedom was just a glorified way of saying that they were just a bunch of mobs trying to survive out in the wilderness.
Now that he had a chance to chat with individuals like Black Crow and Madam Ghost Child who could subdue an intermediate country, Old Tian felt as if his identity was being elevated.
It was as if they could easily eliminate a country while they laughed together.
Black Crow brought Jiang Ziqi some liquor this time while Jiang Ziqi brought many rare fruits to share with the group. Many of them were variants the others had never heard before. He Qing was ecstatic and she didn’t come empty-handed either. She took out a paper pouch filled with exquisite little desserts.
Ye Yuzhou’s eyebrows twitched at the sight of this.
As a knowledgeable man, Ye Yuzhou recognized how exquisite the desserts were and how they weren’t found just anywhere. These little treats He Qing brought looked like something that was served exclusively in the imperial palace.
The wax paper used to wrap these desserts was very particular too and could not found just anywhere.
The most important detail here was how the paper had a tiny jade seal. The others might not be able to tell what it was but Ye Yuzhou was a citizen of the Jade Dragon Kingdom as well as its imperial guardian. He was a man with an official position in the state hierarchy.
Hence, he couldn’t help but recognize the Jade Dragon Kingdom’s imperial seal.
He cast He Qing a brief glance. He seemed like he intended to ask her a couple of questions but chose to hold back instead.
It was the Visitation Hall’s rule that everyone didn’t question each other’s identity. Although he had his own guesses, it was inappropriate to clarify them directly.
But he was sure that this little lady was a member of Jade Dragon Kingdom’s royal family.
Could she be one of the princesses?
As his thoughts ran wild, Ye Yuzhou remembered He Qing requesting a cure for her older sister and the Curator mentioned that someone would soon head over to treat her sister.
Back then, Ye Yuzhou had been curious about it. The way he spoke sounded as if the Curator was aware of He Qing’s background. The Curator was currently in the Jade Dragon Kingdom, this Ye Yuzhou was fairly sure of. So did this mean…
Ye Yuzhou suddenly thought of another possibility.
He knew that Lu Bin was here to invite Lin Jin over to the royal city as a guest. The pieces of the puzzle were finally coming together.
The Curator said someone would head over to treat the patient so he must have been referring to Lin Jin!
So everything had been within the Curator’s calculations after all.
When he realized this, Ye Yuzhou dared not ask anymore. But he decided coincidentally that he would have to schedule a trip to Jade Dragon City too so he would go together with Lin Jin. There, he would get all the answers to his questions.
Feeling pleased, Ye Yuzhou stuffing his face with the desserts, engaging in a rare moment of pure indulgence.
The visitors continued chatting as usual and exchanging requests. Some needed unique materials and medicinal ingredients while others wanted to try out fine wine and delicious food from other regions.
The get-together lasted about an hour before everyone said their goodbyes and vowed to meet each other next week.