Chapter 546 - Truly Frightened [Two in One] (2/2)
Huang Juyun looked at Zhang Che, his eyes filled with gratitude, and said, “Xiaoche, it’s all thanks to you this time. If not…”
Zhang Che smiled faintly and hurriedly stopped Huang Juyun from continuing, “What are you talking about, Uncle Huang? It’s my duty to protect her.”
Family shouldn’t be too polite with one another. Although Zhang Che wasn’t married to Huang Tielan yet, this was a matter that was bound to happen sooner or later.
Protecting his woman was only natural. How could he let his father-in-law thank him for that?
The three of them chatted for a while, then Huang Juyun said, “Come on. You must have not eaten anything yet on your journey here. Let’s go to the military canteen. Food is already prepared; it’s fresh seafood I got my men to get from the waters.”
Zhang Che and Huang Tielan’s eyes shone brightly when they heard this. They immediately felt their stomachs growling.
It wasn’t easy to procure seafood in this era. The taste was something one would never forget after eating it just once.
Moreover, the seafood Huang Juyun sent his men to get surely wasn’t ordinary stuff. There was definitely all kinds of exotic beast seafood. In that case, the taste would be ten times more delicious!
After taking a few steps, Huang Juyun suddenly felt something was amiss. He stopped in place and sized his daughter up. A look of shock suddenly visible on his face. He asked in disbelief, “Lanlan, y-you… you’ve advanced to Tier Four beastmaster?”
They had only stayed in the beast world for a few days; Huang Tielan had actually advanced to Tier Four so quickly!
If Huang Juyun’s memory had served him right, Huang Tielan hadn’t entered the beast world once after advancing to Tier Three beastmaster. In other words, she directly shot up to Tier Four beastmaster from the initial stage of Tier Three!
That speed was truly terrifying!
Huang Tielan said proudly, “That’s right. If I wasn’t missing daddy and stayed in the beast world a few more days, perhaps I would have risen to Tier Five beastmaster in one go!”
Huang Juyun was stunned. She was speaking like rising in beastmaster tier was as easy as drinking water.
Let alone rising from Tier Four to Tier Five, ordinary beastmasters would need a month or so just to advance from Tier Three to Tier Four, and that was the pace of the stronger ones in that tier who were able to hunt exotic beasts successfully.
-Not right…- Huang Juyun instantly thought of something. He quickly turned to look at Zhang Che and asked, “Did you capture exotic beasts and let her kill them?”
He quickly realized that with the strength of the subdued beasts and pets under Zhang Che, capturing ordinary exotic beasts was simply too easy for them. It was no wonder his precious daughter advanced so quickly!
Zhang Che smiled and said, “Actually it shouldn’t have taken three days originally. Two days was enough, but she couldn’t stand the fatigue and couldn’t swing her sword after killing for some time, having to stop and take a short rest.”
Huang Tielan’s face flushed red after Zhang Che said that. Her embarrassment turned into anger and she said, “Zhang Xiaoche, it’s because your subdued beasts and pets are too terrifying, bringing back an exotic beast every two breaths. Anyone would have grown tired from killing, okay?”
Huang Juyun fell silent after hearing their conversation.
Zhang Che… this brat was truly too strong. His subdued beasts and pets could actually tire out a Tier Three beastmaster just capturing exotic beasts and letting her kill them. It truly left him speechless!
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While they were chattering, they arrived at the canteen in the building nearby.
After taking their seats, the canteen staff immediately served the dishes. Plate after plate of seafood was brought to their table, filling up the big round table.
Of course, there wouldn’t be any waste when it came to beastmasters, especially since the king of appetite, Zhang Che, was here. Instead, the problem was whether this much was enough for them!
After they took some bites and filled their stomachs slightly, Huang Tielan slowed down and suddenly looked at Huang Juyun. She put on airs and said to him, “Oh, right, daddy. Guess what we found in the beast world this time?”
He was slightly taken aback, then smiled, “What else can you find in there? Let’s hear it; how many spiritual herbs have you found?”
Huang Juyun knew about that pet of Zhang Che that could locate spiritual herbs. They must have gotten a good harvest for his precious daughter to show off like this.
-That aside, Zhang Che this brat is really something. He still has the time to scavenge spiritual herbs while capturing exotic beasts for her to kill. Looks like this kid is much stronger than I thought…-
To his surprise, Huang Tielan grinned and said, “Hee hee, you’re wrong, daddy. Although we found a top-grade spiritual herb, that is nothing. Do you want to make another guess?”
-What’s there to guess, then!?- Huang Juyun couldn’t help but roll his eyes back.
-If it isn’t spiritual herbs, then there are simply too many things in the beast world. Who knows what good stuff you found? But, it’s probably some kind of rare mineral, and the amount is surely high. Otherwise she wouldn’t have said that a top-grade spiritual herb didn’t count for much…-
Huang Juyun turned to look at Zhang Che and said, “Alright, kid, stop putting on airs. Say it; what mineral did you find? Is there a lot of it?”
Before Zhang Che could respond, Huang Tielan could no longer suppress her desire to show off and urged him, “Zhang Xiaoche, quickly take it out and show daddy!”
-Bring it out? Wouldn’t that smash the table into powder? How can we eat, then?-
“Don’t…” Huang Juyun grew anxious and hurriedly spoke out to stop him, worried that Zhang Che would really pour out all the minerals they found. That’d be a sight to behold!
However, he only saw Zhang Che wave his hand slightly in the next moment, and a few milky white crystals appeared in the gaps between the plates on the table. It didn’t collapse the table like he had imagined.
-Hmm, this kid wasn’t stupid enough to pour out everything, only taking out some samples.
-Not right…
-What is this?!-
Huang Juyun’s whole body was trembling from shock when he finally took in what was on the table.
Although he wasn’t a beast card cultivator, as the patriarch of a clan with a herbal research institute, Huang Juyun was very familiar with minerals that concerned spiritual herbs. Even though he hadn’t seen the actual objects before, he knew their relevant information.
He looked at the milky white crystals on the table blankly, his voice trembling as he asked for confirmation, “T-th-these… these are spiritual crystals?”
At that moment, Huang Juyun was truly wondering if he was hallucinating.
-Freaking hell, those pieces of milky white crystals range from the size of a fist to as big as a human’s head. Are they really the spiritual crystals worth ten times that of spiritual jade?-
Even with his extensive experience, Huang Juyun was truly shocked, and rather severely at that!