Chapter 214: Winter Gone, Spring Arrived
Beside Su Mei, as a ripple of light and shadow twisted, a giant lizard about seven meters long slowly emerged.
Its entire body was covered in pitch-black scales. When the surrounding light touched those scales, it seemed to be absorbed, making its true form difficult to discern on the dim little island.
Of course, this was only the case for ordinary people.
Compared to ordinary Sword-tailed Lizards, Su Mei’s Sword-tailed Lizard was not only one to two meters larger in size, but its tail was also longer and more agile. The bone blade at the tail was sharp, yet its cold gleam was restrained.
Its body was lean, yet it gave off a feeling of explosive power. Its head was no longer flat; the skull was slightly raised, with two bone spikes protruding from both sides.
Compared to ordinary high-tier Ferocious Beasts, Su Mei’s Sword-tailed Lizard was clearly much stronger.
“Sir, after my Sword-tailed Lizard completed its metamorphosis into a high-tier Ferocious Beast, aside from a comprehensive increase in all aspects, it also mastered shadow energy particles and the Shadow Stealth spell.”
“Oh? It seems that using Earth-Walking Dragon bloodline essence does have certain benefits.”
Ordinary high-tier Ferocious Beasts generally only mastered the ability to use energy particles to enhance themselves. Only Ferocious Beasts with good talent would grasp innate spells.
After all, high-tier Ferocious Beasts did not possess high intelligence and basically relied on instinctual talents to fight.
“You should have also mastered this innate spell.”
“Yes, sir.”
After replying, Su Mei’s figure began to blur, then directly disappeared from Zhou Ming’s sight.
Seeing Su Mei immediately activate Shadow Stealth, Zhou Ming promptly used his spiritual power to carefully sense her.
However, after a meticulous probe, Zhou Ming could only vaguely perceive Su Mei’s approximate position.
Then, with a thought in his mind, Zhou Ming activated the Dark-gold Serpent Pupils, and Su Mei’s somewhat blurred figure instantly appeared before his eyes.
“That’s enough.”
As Zhou Ming’s words fell, Su Mei immediately obeyed the order and withdrew from the stealth state.
“Come in with me.”
After understanding Su Mei’s changes, Zhou Ming led her back into the living room.
“These are three low-tier Original Meditation Methods: White Bone Body, Moon Lake, and Abyssal Dragon.”
Now that Su Mei had advanced to a Professional Beast Tamer, the Basic Meditation Technique had almost no effect. If she wanted to continue improving her strength, she naturally needed low-tier meditation methods.
Zhou Ming had three low-tier Original Meditation Methods on hand. Although cultivating them carried certain risks, after Su Mei advanced to a Professional Beast Tamer, those risks would be greatly reduced.
White Bone Body was the meditation method Zhou Ming himself cultivated. The Moon Lake Meditation Method was obtained during a trade with the Scorpion-Lion in Yunhai, while the Abyssal Dragon Meditation Method was acquired during the last trade when the Scorpion-Lion took the initiative to come to Qinghui Base.
The core of the Abyssal Dragon Meditation Method lay in “a hidden dragon lying in the abyss, soaring skyward in one leap.”
It emphasized accumulation and restraint. Normally, cultivation would not increase spiritual power very quickly, but it was of great help when breaking through bottlenecks.
Under Zhou Ming’s explanation, Su Mei chose the Abyssal Dragon low-tier Original Meditation Method without hesitation.
After all, her Beast Taming Companion had fused with sub-dragon bloodline, making level breakthroughs relatively difficult. The Abyssal Dragon Meditation Method suited her perfectly.
“This Abyssal Dragon Meditation Method should be enough for you to master within one year. Remember to return it to me then.”
To re-engrave a meditation method onto a scroll, it had to be fully comprehended, and a portion of spiritual power would be permanently consumed.
Therefore, Zhou Ming would only lend it to Su Mei.
“Please rest assured, sir. This subordinate will definitely safeguard the Abyssal Dragon Meditation Method.”
Zhou Ming nodded slightly and gave no further reminders. After all, she was not a child.
He then arranged Su Mei’s duties.
From now on, Su Mei would serve as the Camp General Manager. Aside from the Snake Guards, she would have full authority over all other departments within the camp.
When facing Su Mei’s reasonable requests, the Snake Guards also had to cooperate fully.
In addition, Zhou Ming informed her of his enmity with the Qi Family, the cooperation with the Han Family, and the discovery of the small underground world.
Since he intended to heavily rely on Su Mei, Zhou Ming did not conceal much. These matters were not considered top secrets to him anyway.
Now that the Qi and Han families could no longer threaten him, the development of the small underground world would sooner or later be known within the camp.
“Sir, how are the Qi and Han families responding?”
“Do not break the balance. Let the Han Family continue to restrain the Qi Family, thereby forcing the Han Family to continue cooperating with us.”
“However, after you take on the role of Camp General Manager, you must find ways to open up new collaborators. Do not let all of the camp’s resources rely solely on the Han Family.”
“As for how the underground world will be developed, you need to make good preliminary preparations for now.”
“I only have one requirement—that when I need resources, the camp can continuously supply them to me.”
“Yes. Please rest assured, sir.”
Su Mei, with her short hair tied up at the back of her head, had strands on both sides that could not be tied, hugging her cheeks tightly like crescent moons.
After hearing Zhou Ming’s requirements, her expression immediately became much more solemn. She stood up at once and gave her assurance.
After arranging Su Mei’s matters, Zhou Ming took out ten jin of Blood Jade Royal Jelly before letting Su Mei leave the island.
He then made a phone call, informing Li Hu of his arrangements for Su Mei and asking him to assist her work.
After handling the camp’s affairs, Zhou Ming devoted all his thoughts to improving his own strength.
He studied the Academy of Sciences materials gifted by Lei Yuan, comprehended the White Bone Body and Moon Lake Meditation Methods, conducted human experimentation, bloodline research, and improved the two Secret Technique models within his Spiritual Sea.
According to the information provided by the Scorpion-Lion, Blue Star’s integration into Tamu World would not take more than a hundred years.
Faced with the tremendous changes Blue Star would undergo, the only thing Zhou Ming could do was exhaust every means to enhance his own strength.
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Winter went and spring arrived, and in the blink of an eye, more than a year had passed.
Alliance Calendar Year 682, April 13. It had been about a year and a half since Zhou Ming returned to the camp.
Zhou Ming was now twenty-nine years old.
In the pitch-black, silent underground lake, only the small building on the central island emitted faint light.
Inside the meditation room of the small building, there was nothing except Zhou Ming, seated cross-legged on a cushion at the center of the floor.
As he slowly opened his eyes, a vast, sea-like momentum instantly erupted, and violent winds swept through the room.
At the same time, on both sides of Zhou Ming’s cheeks, purple snake scales appeared in an inverted figure-eight shape.
A moment later, as Zhou Ming retracted the terrifying aura back into his body, the abnormal phenomenon on his cheeks also disappeared.
“Finally advanced to Professional Advanced.”
After a year and a half, consuming several hundred Sapphire Fish, Zhou Ming finally advanced to Professional Advanced before the age of thirty.
With his current strength, as long as he was not facing a Transcendent-level expert, it could be said that no one could threaten him.
However, continuing to improve his strength was already impossible for him, even if there were still one or two hundred Sapphire Fish left.
The bloodline shackle and the subsequent Ruler class advancement were like an insurmountable abyss blocking his path, preventing Zhou Ming from taking even half a step forward.
“It’s time to go out and take a look.”
Over the past year and a half, Zhou Ming had almost completely consumed all the various knowledge and cultivation resources he had obtained.
To break through the abyss before him, he could only absorb more knowledge to refine his ideas about class advancement, while also resolving the issue of the bloodline shackle within his body.
After all, the original bloodline limit of the Ironthread Snake was only a low-tier Ferocious Beast. Even though he used Snake Swarm Will to steal the Ironthread Snake’s bloodline and transform it into an Ironthread Snake Emperor bloodline, the emperor bloodline within him was still unable to support his advancement to Transcendent Master.
The bloodline shackle and Transcendent class advancement were the two major problems Zhou Ming had to resolve if he wanted to continue improving his strength.