Chapter 213: Su Mei’s Advancement
“Did it succeed?”
Several days later, at the silent and soundless underground lake, Zhou Ming was sitting in the study room, flipping through How to Induce Benign Bloodline Mutations that Lei Yuan had helped him obtain.
Suddenly, his gaze turned toward the direction of the camp. From there came an aura that only a professional Beast Tamer could possess.
Outside the small courtyard of the camp, many high-ranking figures had gathered at this moment.
Although they did not know exactly what kind of aura a professional Beast Tamer emitted, they could clearly feel an oppressive and suffocating presence pressing down on them.
No one present was foolish. They immediately realized that this meant Su Mei had successfully completed her class advancement.
“Congratulations, Professor Su.”
“They say a tiger father has no weak daughter. From now on, we’ll have to rely on you father and daughter.”
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There was no need to elaborate on Su Ningfeng’s status within the camp. Now that Su Mei had successfully advanced and changed classes, her position in the camp would henceforth be second only to the lord.
Even Lin Hai and the others, who had already undergone bloodline modification, had to offer a few flattering words. As for Lu Tao and the mid-level managers who had not yet undergone bloodline modification, they were even more eager to curry favor.
Though the camp was small, it was still a miniature society, and human relations were something that could not be avoided.
“Not at all, not at all. It is all thanks to the lord’s cultivation. My daughter merely had a bit of good fortune.”
Although Su Mei had become a professional Beast Tamer, Su Ningfeng did not show excessive pride.
Even though he was not a Beast Tamer himself, he still understood basic logic.
The lord was not afraid that his daughter’s successful class advancement would threaten him. Aside from Su Ningfeng himself being a point of leverage, the greater reason was that the lord’s own strength was exceedingly formidable.
After all, judging from the methods the lord had displayed, he would certainly have considered this aspect long ago.
Moreover, the camp’s upper echelon and the Snake Guards, who possessed the greatest combat strength, had basically all undergone bloodline modification. The camp was still firmly under the lord’s control.
Thoughts surged endlessly in Su Ningfeng’s heart. Facing the crowd’s flattery, he merely responded with a smile and did not become carried away.
Just as everyone was congratulating Su Ningfeng, Su Mei’s room door opened from the inside, and Su Mei, who had just successfully completed her class advancement, appeared before everyone.
“Congratulations, Lord Su, on advancing to a professional Beast Tamer.”
At this moment, Su Mei’s status among the crowd was already second only to Zhou Ming.
“You’re all too kind. This is merely the result of the lord’s cultivation. Just call me Teacher Su.”
After exchanging a few polite words, Su Mei walked over to Su Ningfeng.
“Dad, the lord instructed earlier that after I successfully advanced, I should go see him.”
“Then you should go right away. Don’t keep the lord waiting.”
Although he had many things he wanted to say to his daughter, upon hearing that Zhou Ming had issued an instruction, Su Ningfeng hurriedly urged her on.
The others, upon hearing that it was Zhou Ming’s command, naturally did not dare to express any dissatisfaction.
Su Mei left the small courtyard and walked along the underground river toward the underground lake.
Midway, she sensed Snake Guards lying in wait. After briefly stating that she was acting under Zhou Ming’s orders, the other party once again concealed themselves in the shadows to stand guard.
The passage leading into the underground lake was extremely rugged. There were even drops of more than ten meters and torrential waterfalls, yet none of this posed any problem for Su Mei.
Even though she had just advanced to a Beast Knight, her physical body already surpassed that of ordinary low-tier Ferocious Beasts. Coupled with her training in the assassin branch of martial arts, her strength far exceeded that of other newly advanced Beast Knights.
Su Mei was seen leaping freely through the winding and rugged underground river passage. She quickly arrived at an underground waterfall with a drop of more than thirty meters. Before her eyes lay a pitch-black underground dark river.
“That must be the place where the lord resides.”
Looking around and seeing such an isolated place, Su Mei could not help but feel surprised that the lord could endure such a monotonous environment.
When she saw light appearing on Zhou Ming’s small island, Su Mei did not waste any more time and directly leaped into the air, jumping toward the lake below.
The moment her feet touched the lake surface, ripples immediately spread outward.
After advancing to a Beast Knight, a strand of life energy had been born within Su Mei’s body, somewhat similar to the rage of foreign races.
However, just as Su Mei was about to approach the small island, she suddenly stood still on the lake surface, her face revealing a vigilant expression as she looked around.
The sound of water rose. Silver Scale and Iron Block, these two massive Ironthread Snakes, surfaced from the depths of the lake, followed by Vermilion Jade, Colorful Scales, Inkband, Golden Horn, as well as other ordinary Ironthread Snakes.
Facing the Ironthread Snake group, even though Su Mei had advanced to a Beast Knight, she still felt a deadly sense of threat.
However, after sizing Su Mei up for a moment, the Ironthread Snake group scattered and reentered the lake, leisurely roaming about once more.
“So many snake-type Ferocious Beasts. Did the lord not choose a mainstream profession system?”
After a brief moment of thought, Su Mei did not dare to continue speculating. She stepped across the lake surface and arrived outside the small building on the island.
“Su Mei has successfully advanced to a Beast Knight and has come to pay respects under the lord’s command.”
“Come in.”
As soon as Su Mei’s words fell, Zhou Ming’s voice sounded.
After receiving permission, Su Mei pushed open the door and saw Zhou Ming sitting on the sofa in the hall, drinking water.
“Paying respects to the lord.”
Although she had already advanced to a Beast Knight, Su Mei could instead more clearly sense the dangerous aura emanating from Zhou Ming.
“Now that you’ve become a professional Beast Tamer, don’t be so restrained. Sit.”
Looking at the neatly dressed Su Mei before him, Zhou Ming then pointed to a cup of water that had already been poured on the table.
“This is honey water brewed with Blood Jade Royal Jelly. It can nourish the spirit and gently temper the body. It’s just right for stabilizing your Spiritual Power.”
“Thank you, my lord.”
Faced with the honey water before her, Su Mei did not hesitate at all and directly raised the cup to take a sip.
The next moment, her eyes lit up, and she drank it all in one go.
“Haha, it’s good, isn’t it? When you go back later, take ten jin with you as well. Consider it a congratulatory gift for your successful class advancement.”
Back then, Zhou Ming had wiped out two nests of Tiger-headed Purple-patterned Bees. Although he had taken out a hundred jin to trade on the Black Market in exchange for class advancement materials, he still had several dozen jin left in his possession.
“I wouldn’t dare. I’ve already failed the lord’s cultivation. During my class advancement, I still used the Earth-Walking Dragon bloodline essence that the lord provided.”
“It’s fine. I already know about this.”
“For ordinary Beast Tamers, the chance of advancing directly to a professional Beast Tamer in one go is extremely low. Even using Earth-Walking Dragon bloodline essence does not guarantee success.”
“Now that you’ve successfully advanced, it means my cultivation of you was not wasted.”
Regarding Su Mei’s use of Earth-Walking Dragon bloodline essence, Zhou Ming felt some regret, but he did not blame her because of it.
In the future, the difficulty of further advancement would simply be greater, requiring higher-level sub-dragon bloodline essence.
The only advantage was that Su Mei would gain an additional boost to her combat power among Beast Tamers of the same level.
“Thank you for your understanding, my lord.”
“What changes have occurred to your Beast Taming? Let me take a look.”
Zhou Ming casually asked about the changes in Su Mei’s Beast Taming. He also wanted to see the impact brought about by using sub-dragon bloodlines.
“My lord, may we go outside? I fear it might disturb your room.”
After scanning the surroundings, Su Mei made her request to Zhou Ming.
“Alright.”
The two left the room and came to an open area on the small island. Su Mei immediately summoned her Sword-tailed Lizard Beast Taming companion.