Chapter 567 - Tielan Tier Five. Discovered Unusual Treasure [Two in One] (1/2)
Edited by Aelryinth
“This kind of matters between men and women are really strange. Forget it; I’d better play my chess in peace…” the elemental queen frowned, blinking. She truly didn’t understand the principle behind this. In the end, she shook her head and followed behind Zhang Che and the others, walking out of the ravine.
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The matters between man and woman was like a piece of window paper. Everything would be clear if you poked a hole through it.
That night, Huang Tielan only protested a little bit symbolically before entering Zhang Che’s sleeping bag.
In the middle of the night, the elemental queen was woken up by some strange noises. She turned her body ethereal with a frown and exited the mountain cave, then found a place outside and conjured a ball of flame, studying a chess manual by herself.
Although she couldn’t tell what exactly was wrong, she felt like she couldn’t continue staying in the cave.
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Day after day went by. Huang Tielan no longer insisted on hunting exotic beasts by herself. After all, the Mutated Puffersword she was currently using was too weak. Even if some exotic beasts just stood there and let her slash at them, she’d need to spend quite a bit of effort to actually kill them. In the end, she decided to heed Zhang Che’s suggestion and let his subdued beasts and pets beat them half to death and let her deal the final blow.
That way, the speed at which Huang Tielan received soul force points skyrocketed. It wasn’t any slower than the last time they used this method.
On the 19th January, Year 37 of the new age, she could sense that she had reached the peak of Tier Four beastmaster.
After dealing the final blow to a dying six-star bronze-quality exotic beast with a stab of her sword, Huang Tielan suddenly cried out excitedly to Zhang Che, “Zhang Xiaoche, I feel like I’m about to breakthrough soon. It should be within the next couple of days!”
“So soon?” Zhang Che was slightly taken aback. A radiant smile broke out on his face. “That’s great! Let’s put more effort into this. You’ll be able to use the Cold Jade Beast as your sword when you advance to Tier Five. That way, your strength will increase significantly. After that, we’ll continue working hard and try to let you advance to Tier Six before we return!”
Huang Tielan was very happy inside. She nodded, replying, “Mmm. Let’s continue and aim to breakthrough Tier Four by today and become a Tier Five beastmaster. Truthfully, I don’t feel comfortable using this sword any more. I can’t even penetrate the defenses of exotic beasts with slightly tougher physical defense. It’s so bad.”
Zhang Che immediately burst out into laughter when he heard that.
It was indeed so. The Mutated Puffersword, which was only two-stars, could indeed not keep up with Huang Tielan’s growth any longer. It truly was unsuitable for her to continue using it.
Even so, Huang Tielan didn’t manage to breakthrough Tier Four before evening arrived. She was so annoyed she almost didn’t have the appetite for dinner, needing Zhang Che to console her for quite some time before she let it go.
“No hurry. It’ll happen very soon. It’s useless even if you’re impatient about it. Come, quickly eat your dinner. We’ll only have the energy to ‘exercise’ after eating. Hehehehe…”
“Screw you! That’s all you think about the whole day. I really regret not keeping myself in control that day and letting you have your way. You wouldn’t be so proud otherwise! Hmph!”
Huang Tielan would no longer blush like before whenever the matters between a man and woman were brought up. However, her skin was still very thin and she couldn’t keep her face straight. She hammered her fist on Zhang Che when she heard him, but she was no longer as impatient as before and started eating her dinner properly.
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The next day, the two woke up early as usual and had a simple breakfast before setting off once more. They went to an area with relatively higher population density of exotic beasts, beginning their massacre on mid-tier and above exotic beasts nearby.
This time, after killing just a little shy of a hundred exotic beasts, Huang Tielan suddenly stopped what she was doing and stood there in a daze.
Zhang Che’s eyelids twitched. He knew she was finally breaking through to Tier Five. He hurriedly had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and the elemental queen return to guard them, patiently waiting for her breakthrough to complete.
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Shortly after, Zhang Che keenly sensed the aura on Huang Tielan erupting, growing a few times stronger than before. At the same time, she revealed a radiant smile as she opened her eyes, her joy apparent.
Zhang Che finally let out a sigh of relief. He looked at her with a smile, clapping as he said, “Congratulations to our Miss Tielan for finally advancing to Tier Five beastmaster. It really is a joyous occasion. Let’s have something extra for dinner tonight!”
Huang Tielan moved her limbs, taking in the difference in feeling compared to before. She finally laughed and hugged Zhang Che excitedly, screaming, “Zhang Xiaoche, I’m finally Tier Five! Hahahaha, I’m also a Tier Five beastmaster now!”
Done speaking, she couldn’t wait any longer and urged Zhang Che to take out the Cold Jade Beast’s beast card. She held it between her palms and successfully triggered it, then branded it with her spiritual imprint.
Afterwards, she blinked her eyes. A five-colored light rushed out from her brow, turning into a slim sword a little over a meter long in her hand.
The long sword was jade green in color, like limpid autumn waters. There were no flaws to be seen. With slight movements from her arm, it left behind green ripples in the air. It was magical.
Zhang Che hurriedly ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and elemental queen at his sides through their spiritual link, telling them to go capture a few exotic beasts and let Huang Tielan test out her new sword.
The pets moved very quickly. In only a minute or two, each of them came back from the nearby mountain woods with a few exotic beasts in tow. Their strengths weren’t weak, every one of them at least four-star bronze-quality, especially the exotic beast held in the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon’s front right claw. It resembled both a tiger and a leopard, and was at five-star dark gold-quality.
That fellow was really unlucky. Given its strength, it should be something like an overlord in this mountain forest, able to bully whichever exotic beast it wanted.
However, it fell into the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon’s claws, captured alive and unable to escape even if it wanted to. It was doomed to die a tragic death under Huang Tielan’s sword.
“Come, come, let’s begin with the weak ones and familiarize yourself with the sword.”
Zhang Che explained the Cold Jade Sword’s attributes to Huang Tielan. After she committed them to memory, he wasn’t in a hurry to let her test her sword. Instead, he instructed her for a bit before letting the elemental queen release a four-star bronze-quality exotic beast she had captured.
However, that exotic beast was scared out of its mind long ago. Even after the elemental queen released it, it laid on the ground, its limbs having turned jelly, unable to get up.
“You useless thing. What are you good for?”
Zhang Che walked up in frustration, kicking that exotic beast fiercely. However, that exotic beast didn’t even dare to resist, and chose to feign death on the ground.