Chapter 103: Are All the Phantom Beasts Serving Tea in Your House Platinum-Rank?

"Rumour has it that inside Ice Crystal Lake, a Frost Giant devoured an Ice Heart and evolved into a Frost Crystal Giant — acquisition difficulty: Hard. Shall we head there immediately?"

"Rumour has it that inside Scorched Basin, a Flame Burst Flower was born — acquisition difficulty: Very Hard. Shall we head there immediately!"

"Whisper from the grapevine: atop the highest parasol tree on Parasol Mountain in the Azure Dragon Mountain Range, clear cries have rung out, drawing white birds to pay homage — it may be the divine bird Phoenix undergoing Nirvana Rebirth. Acquisition difficulty: Harder than ascending to the heavens. Shall we head there immediately!"

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"Whisper from the grapevine: inside Black Water River at Holy Dragon Village, a Black Water Mystic Turtle has appeared — acquisition difficulty: Very Easy. Shall we head there immediately!"

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One after another, system messages came through.

Chen Xuan kept going everywhere, taming phantom beasts.

Digging up all manner of spirit fruits and spirit herbs was his daily routine.

The divine bird Phoenix.

A mythic-grade phantom beast!

Acquisition difficulty — harder than ascending to the heavens.

Clearly, those were not things the current Chen Xuan could obtain.

"Diamond rank!"

"I've finally reached Diamond rank!"

In the back courtyard of the Holy Dragon Dojo.

Chen Xuan sat upon a strange cushion.

His eyes opened, a look of joy surfacing on his face.

After devouring quite a number of spirit herbs and spirit fruits.

His rank had finally reached Diamond.

Yet he was only a little over twenty years old.

Reaching this rank at such a young age was likely rare in all the world.

And the most terrifying thing was—

Chen Xuan had gone from a Bronze-rank Beast Tamer to Diamond rank.

In less than a year's time.

The system had brought Chen Xuan far too many conveniences.

Learning of every phantom beast's whereabouts the very first moment.

And knowing the locations and methods for obtaining those spirit fruits, spirit herbs, and evolution resources.

Being able to possess so many resources to cultivate himself and his phantom beasts.

Only Chen Xuan could manage it.

Take the Harvest Sprite, for instance — it let the spirit herbs and spirit fruits he planted grow at a rapid pace.

Or the Mountain-Turning Earthworm — it made the soil in this back courtyard even more fertile.

Every phantom beast had a different function and use.

Together they had made the Chen Xuan of today.

Even the cushion Chen Xuan sat upon.

Was no ordinary cushion.

No one would ever have guessed.

That it was a phantom beast.

【Training Cushion】

Rank: Gold Tier 1

Bloodline Rarity: Elite

Type: Flying / Special Function

Evolution Count: 0

Innate Skills: Drifting Leaves, Supercharged Training

Description: An extremely rare phantom beast — not a living creature, yet it possesses life. It eats nothing at all, almost like an inanimate object, but it has the ability to fly and possesses spiritual intelligence, drifting with the wind and leaving its original spot. It has one very special ability: it can help phantom beasts train, or help a Beast Tamer accelerate the growth of their taming power. As the target improves, the Training Cushion also gains experience of ranks, levelling up alongside its trainee.

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"I heard this Holy Dragon Dojo was left behind by that legendary Beast God!"

"Isn't that right, Dojo Master Chen Xuan?"

Today!

An uninvited guest arrived at Holy Dragon Village.

Fan Weidong!

Though he claimed he had merely heard of the recent miracle.

The descent of the Holy Dragon, and had come to pay a visit.

But Chen Xuan saw through Fan Weidong at a single glance.

He was a Beast Tamer who had reached Gold rank.

"The legend does indeed say so!"

"That was my ancestor!"

Chen Xuan said, nodding.

His mind, however, was turning things over.

"Is this beast-tamer one of the accomplices of those two who spread the plague earlier?"

"But I don't seem to sense that kind of ominous phantom beast on him!"

While Chen Xuan was sizing up Fan Weidong,

he had no idea—

Fan Weidong's heart was already a tempest of shock.

"What's going on? This young man gives me a dangerous feeling!"

"His control power is steadier than mine? Could his rank be above Gold rank?"

"How is that possible—he's still so young!"

"A genius like this can only be cultivated by those great clans and famous academies!"

He sensed the control power on Chen Xuan's body.

It seemed far thicker and steadier than his own.

What frightened him even more was—

just now, a tiny phantom beast had darted out from inside.

Although it went back in very quickly,

in that brief flash Fan Weidong thought he had seen a phantom beast he had once seen in a bestiary.

It turned out to be a phantom beast with a king-rank bloodline.

"Friend, please sit here—let's chat over tea!"

Chen Xuan made an inviting gesture.

Although he didn't know what this Fan Weidong had come for,

Chen Xuan still treated him as a guest.

Of course, he did not let his guard down in his heart.

"Bobo, bring the tea!"

"Bobo, Bobo!"

A small pitch-black figure brewed a pot of fine tea for Chen Xuan and Fan Weidong, and filled their cups.

"Many thanks for the tea, Hall Master Chen!"