Chapter 1351

Xia Na hesitated for a moment, then handed the Blue Crystal Phoenix to Sovereign Jiazi.

"So beautiful!"

Admiring this useless ornament, Sovereign Jiazi felt an almost irresistible fondness for it.

Xia Na whispered, "Sister Jiazi, you must have had many such beautiful items before, right?"

"I did, but none were carved as well as this phoenix!" Sovereign Jiazi said, entranced, "Master Zou's craftsmanship is truly exceptional—it must reach the level of a carving master!"

Xia Na suddenly grew worried that Sovereign Jiazi might try to take it from her.

She glanced at Su Yang, and only then felt slightly reassured.

Su Yang was always fair; surely he wouldn't favor Sovereign Jiazi.

Su Yang thought for a moment and said, "You three can wander around freely—I'm going to see Marshal Xu."

Liu Mengyun asked in confusion, "Why are you seeing Marshal Xu? Is there something you need?"

Su Yang said matter-of-factly, "Of course I'm going to ask Marshal Xu for a gift—after all, Xia Na helped him out!"

Liu Mengyun and Sovereign Jiazi stared at Su Yang, making him feel uncomfortable.

"What's wrong?"

"N-nothing!" Sovereign Jiazi shook her head rapidly.

"Xia Na, do you want to come with me?"

"N-no, never mind!"

Su Yang lectured, "Being too shy will cost you!"

Xia Na smiled awkwardly.

She still didn't have the courage or the audacity to go ask the Federation's highest authority for a reward.

"Don't worry, you're with me!"

Su Yang said proudly.

"..."

Half an hour later, Su Yang ran back.

The three women gathered in the room, surrounding him, curious about what he had brought back.

A Royal-tier Light-elemental beast core—once pulled out, the entire room was bathed in a milky-white glow.

Light-elemental beasts are extremely rare.

A Royal-tier Light-elemental beast core—Su Yang had never seen one before!

This core is extremely valuable!

Also, a fist-sized diamond, cut and sparkling brilliantly.

This thing was priceless three hundred years ago, but today, after three centuries, it's no longer very practical—only useful as a decoration, and relatively easy to cut.

Also, a longsword forged from the forelimb bone of a Royal-tier Shine-Gold Beast.

Besides its extraordinary attack power, it also emits golden light...

Then, after the Light-elemental beast core, the large diamond, and the Shine-Gold Beast bone sword, Su Yang pulled out five more items, each causing Xia Na to gasp softly.

Su Yang thought to himself: Sure enough—Xia Na really loves these glittering, shiny, beautiful things!

"Do you like them?"

"I do!"

Xia Na nodded eagerly.

But soon, Xia Na realized something.

"General Su, how did you get so many things?"

"Marshal Xu has a huge collection—I'm just helping him lighten his load!" Su Yang laughed. "Honestly, he got the better deal—if I hadn't known you liked these pretty things, I'd have taken his Royal-tier beast eggs instead."

Only then did Xia Na realize Su Yang had looted Marshal Xu's private collection.

Royal-tier beast eggs are far more valuable than all these items.

But Su Yang and the others didn't need them!

"Sister Mengyun, this one's for you!" Xia Na handed Liu Mengyun the King-Rank Light-elemental beast core.

"How can I accept this?"

"Why not? Thank you for taking care of me, Sister Mengyun!"

Seeing Xia Na's sincerity, Liu Mengyun didn't hesitate and accepted it.

"Thank you, Xia Na—you're much better than some heartless people!"

As she spoke, Liu Mengyun glanced at Su Yang.

Su Yang felt utterly innocent!

"Sister Jiazi, this one's for you!"

Xia Na gave the large diamond to Sovereign Jiazi.

Xia Na noticed that among the eight items, Sovereign Jiazi had looked at the large diamond a little longer than the others.

"Thank you, Sister Xia Na!"

The three women were happily content; Su Yang felt like an outsider.

A few days later, the military gradually sent over twenty-seven beastmasters who had long been stuck at their bottlenecks.

Of these twenty-seven beastmasters, three returned home that very night and saw their ranks rise.

One King-Rank Low-Grade beastmaster advanced to King-Rank Mid-Grade.

One Star-Shine Top-Grade beastmaster advanced to King-Rank Low-Grade.

Another Star-Shine Top-Grade beastmaster had one of her Star-Shine High-Grade companion beasts ascend to Star-Shine Top-Grade; though slightly disappointing, the beastmaster still looked very satisfied.

Su Yang calculated: there were six companion beasts per Star Glory beast-tamer, twenty beast-tamers, over a hundred and sixty-two companion beasts in total, and three companion beasts had been enhanced — the enhancement probability was roughly around 1.5%!

That probability was rather slim!

But it did offer a little help.

Xia Na could provide another possibility for those beast-tamers with bad luck!

So, even with such a probability, the people at General Headquarters still told Su Yang that the military members applying for appointments had already been queued up for a month later…