Chapter 149: Southwest City Grand Martial Arts Competition!

The very next day after the auction ended, Su Yang was woken by knocking at his door!

"Xiao Xiao, stop knocking, let me sleep a little longer!"

"Su Yang, it's me!"

Hearing Su Wan's voice, Su Yang sat up instantly from bed.

"What is it?"

"Open the door! Open the door!"

"Ahh~"

Su Yang let out a frustrated yell, then slowly put on his clothes.

No sooner had he opened the door than a black kitten appeared before him.

This black kitten had blood-red eyes with golden pupils, looking extraordinarily beautiful.

Yes, this was the Blood-Eyed Golden-Pupil Tiger!

"What's wrong?"

"Blood-Eyed Golden-Pupil Tiger, see it? This is the Blood-Eyed Golden-Pupil Tiger!"

"Mm-hmm! But so what?"

"My father researched a lot of materials and only then found out this is the Blood-Eyed Golden-Pupil Tiger—a rare ferocious beast. I heard adult Blood-Eyed Golden-Pupil Tigers possess Royal-level power. Do you know what Royal-level means? It's even higher than my father's Flame Giant Demon's potential!"

Royal-level power?

Su Yang still had a Divine-potential Hellblood Vine Flower in his possession!

"Well, congratulations then!"

"How can you be like this!" Su Wan said, slightly annoyed. "Can't you at least act a little happier?"

Su Yang walked into the living room, leaned against the sofa, still half-asleep.

"But honestly, I owe you thanks for getting the Blood-Eyed Golden-Pupil Tiger!"

Su Yang asked casually, "Thanks to me? Didn't you pick it yourself?"

"If not for you, I never would've picked it!"

Su Wan recalled how yesterday, when choosing ferocious beast eggs, she had asked Su Yang's opinion—and every egg she initially picked, he had rejected!

Only when she picked the Blood-Eyed Golden-Pupil Tiger did Su Yang smile and approve of her choice.

So Su Wan clearly understood: she got the Blood-Eyed Golden-Pupil Tiger not because of her own good judgment or luck, but because of Su Yang!

At the time, she'd merely been trying her luck, gambling on one egg!

Su Wan sat beside Su Yang with the Blood-Eyed Golden-Pupil Tiger in her arms, then suddenly leaned close to his ear and whispered:

"Su Yang, I heard your two pet beasts are both extremely powerful. Do you have some secret?"

Su Yang felt his ear tingle; he could even smell the faint fragrance emanating from Su Wan.

"What secret could I have? Maybe I'm just lucky!"

"Lucky?" Su Wan nodded. "Maybe yesterday I just rode on your luck!"

Su Yang nodded seriously: "Yes, very likely!"

"Anyway, I'm thanking you!"

"Do as you like!"

Su Wan sat for a while, then left, saying she needed to properly train the Blood-Eyed Golden-Pupil Tiger.

After she left, Su Yang couldn't sleep anymore.

He could only go out for a walk, just to stretch his legs.

After five days of leave ended, Su Yang reported back to the Reclamation Unit.

But after joining the First Squad, Su Yang was surprised to find many unfamiliar faces in the First Platoon!

The moment Su Yang appeared, he was surrounded.

These unfamiliar Beast Masters were all unusually enthusiastic…

"Su Yang, I'm Huo Yuyu. We'll be comrades from now on!"

"Su Yang, I'm Liu Gang. I just joined the First Squad. Please guide me in the future!"

"Big Brother Su, I'm Qian Wu, from Daxing City!"

"..."

At barely fourteen, Su Yang was already being called "Big Brother"!

But Su Yang now understood the identities of these unfamiliar Beast Masters.

They were all from Daxing City.

"Don't talk about looking after or not looking after—we're all comrades now!"

Su Yang bid farewell to these overly enthusiastic new comrades and retreated into his tiny, shabby room.

These people were too enthusiastic; Su Yang couldn't handle it.

Not long after Su Yang returned, He Yuhua came to find him, saying Commander Huo Kun wanted to see him.

Upon seeing Su Yang, Huo Kun was very warm.

"Come, sit down and talk!"

"Commander, what's the matter?"

"After discussion by the Qixing City Military Headquarters, they unanimously decided to promote your military rank to Captain. Here's your new uniform!"

Su Yang was slightly surprised—he hadn't even warmed up to his Second Lieutenant rank, and now he'd skipped First Lieutenant entirely, promoted straight to Captain!

"If not for your youth, your achievements in Daxing City would justify a Colonel's rank—no exaggeration!"

"Alright, thank you, Commander!"

"You should thank the Lord Mayor!"

"Mm!"

"By the way, Su Yang, I have something to tell you!"

Huo Kun's smile faded slightly, his expression turning serious.

"What is it, Captain?"

"Are you already a Bai Yin-tier Beast Tamer?"

High-level Beast Tamers can easily discern the strength of a low-level Beast Tamer.

Su Yang had nothing to hide: "Yes, I am!"

Huo Kun rubbed his hair, trying to keep his expression calm.

"Under fourteen, a Bai Yin-tier Beast Tamer—I'm no longer qualified to judge your talent!"

Once Huo Kun regained his composure, he said: "This is it: every three years, all cities in the southwest hold a Biwu Assembly; each major city must send three Beast Tamers under twenty years old."

"We originally planned to let you train a few more years, but we didn't expect your strength to advance so quickly—next time you tell me you're a Golden Core-tier Beast Tamer, I won't be surprised…"

"The Biwu Assembly will take place next May; the Lord Mayor hopes you'll represent Mount Qixing. If you achieve a strong result, the rewards will be extremely generous!"

"Are you interested?"

Su Yang replied: "Of course I am—I want to go out and see the world!"

"Exactly! As a Beast Tamer, you mustn't shut yourself away. While you're young, you must travel widely!" Huo Kun smiled in encouragement. "This Southwest City Biwu Assembly is a perfect opportunity—you'll see many new pet beasts, meet young geniuses from other cities, and compete against them to truly improve!"

In truth, Su Yang hadn't thought that far ahead.

After becoming a Bai Yin-tier Beast Tamer, Su Yang discovered a problem everyone else faced.

Inside Mount Qixing, Bai Yin-tier ferocious beasts had become rare!

The Crocodile Marsh had large groups of Crocodiles.

Bronze Oxen appeared in herds on the grasslands near Dacheng.

The Venom Spider nest still had endless Venom Spiders.

But no matter how hard he searched across Mount Qixing, he could hardly find any sizable group of Bai Yin-tier ferocious beasts.