Chapter 30

As Chen Xuan's Beast-Taming level rises,

the rumors and hearsay about the system's daily treasure hunts have grown more and more numerous.

Now Chen Xuan has already reached Platinum Tier 1.

Those phantom beasts or spirit fruits whose system-acquisition difficulty is extremely hard, Chen Xuan cannot easily obtain either.

By his estimation, for things below Hard difficulty,

going to fetch them is almost without any danger.

Therefore, for things that are too difficult, Chen Xuan will not take the risk.

Moreover, some things are located in very distant places.

I'm afraid even riding the Radiant Holy Dragon in flight would take several days.

And that's without resting.

Early in the morning, Chen Xuan was feeding his phantom beasts.

After looking at the spirit herbs and spirit fruits planted in the courtyard, he cultivated quietly to one side.

"Little Chef, go make breakfast!"

While stretching his joints and bones.

Chen Xuan said to a half-human-tall little figure wearing a Tang suit and a chef's hat.

【Little Chef】

Level: Gold Tier 1

Bloodline Rarity: Elite Grade

Type: Humanoid / Chef / Utility

Evolution Count: 0 times

Talent Skills: Advanced Cooking, Advanced Steaming, Advanced Pan-Frying, Dish Creation

Introduction: A phantom beast skilled in cooking, a peculiar phantom beast species whose origin is unknown. They love cooking dearly; through cooking they can raise their own level, and may even evolve after comprehending new and excellent dishes. After evolving, their cooking ability grows stronger. It is an extremely rare phantom beast with virtually no combat power.

Only an Elite bloodline-grade Little Chef, yet Chen Xuan still tamed it.

Because it can help with cooking — after taming it, Chen Xuan essentially hired himself a chef.

This is a utility-type phantom beast.

Chen Xuan is alone in the dojo and hasn't managed it.

Naturally, he needs some phantom beasts to tend the dojo.

Besides Little Chef,

there is also the Broom Monster in charge of cleaning the house.

The Fresh Flower Spirit in charge of purifying the air.

And of course the Guardian Scarecrow in charge of the planting area in the back yard.

"Master, breakfast is ready!"

Just as Chen Xuan was playing with a few phantom beasts,

Little Chef came over and said.

As a humanoid-type phantom beast, Little Chef also has a certain ability for human conversation.

"Good!"

"Sorry to trouble you, Little Chef!"

Chen Xuan said with an affectionate smile.

"Serving master is my honor!"

Hearing the master's praise, Little Chef squinted his eyes and laughed.

Then Chen Xuan let the phantom beasts play here,

while he himself went to eat breakfast.

"Our little Mèimei is gone too…."

"Yeah, my Big Yellow is gone too!"

Early in the morning!

Chen Xuan heard the villagers seemingly discussing something.

Just at this moment,

Chen Xuan saw Hearing Gu Li hurrying past the gate of Chen Xuan's dojo in a panic.

"Xiao Li, wait!"

Chen Xuan immediately called out to Hearing Gu Li.

"What happened in the village?"

Chen Xuan asked curiously.

As an official Beast Tamer in the village,

protecting the village is one of his responsibilities.

If something happens in the village, he cannot sit idly by.

After all, his previous self was looked after by the villagers for over twenty years.

Hearing Chen Xuan's words,

Hearing Gu Li stopped.

"Brother Chen Xuan, don't you know?"

"Recently a cattle thief has appeared in the village — many people's cattle have been stolen!"

"And some sheep too!"

"Everyone is trying to find out who did it!"

"Cattle thief?"

Chen Xuan was taken aback.

Most cattle-type phantom beasts are fairly docile.

Around Holy Dragon Village, many phantom beasts of this type make their home.

They live in harmony with humans.

Because their tier basically never exceeds Black Iron Tier 3.

Many farmers can also tame them, making them partners for tilling the fields.

It's just that this type of phantom beast is everywhere, and there are no villages nearby Holy Dragon Village either.

There shouldn't be anyone stealing them.

Besides, there aren't that many cattle-type phantom beasts in the village.

Even if someone were to steal and slaughter them to sell the meat, it wouldn't come to stealing just a few.

"Come to think of it, the cattle-type phantom beasts around the village lately seem to have vanished!"

"Looks like there's something fishy going on!"

Chen Xuan recalled that before, in the barren fields of Holy Dragon Village, one could see quite a few wild cattle-type phantom beasts.

But lately he had barely seen any.

It seemed the matter wasn't so simple after all.

"Let's go, take me to have a look!"