Chapter 1704: Passed Review: The Babaozhai Society

For the Babaozhai Society's Grand Elder, there were few things he truly cared about.

His descendants had multiplied over countless generations.

Almost all of his third-generation relatives had already passed away.

Family ties had long faded!

With no hope of further breakthrough, his body half-buried in earth, the only thing he still cared for was the Babaozhai Society.

Most of his life had been spent serving the Babaozhai Society.

All his remaining hopes and aspirations were placed upon the Babaozhai Society.

He did not want the Babaozhai Society to decline after his death!

Tan Ming looked at Grand Elder Guo Tianyou and felt boundless emotion.

When he became president of the Babaozhai Society, it was with Guo Tianyou's full support.

Over a thousand years, they had been both teacher and friend.

He could disregard his own descendant, but he could not disregard Grand Elder Guo Tianyou's thoughts.

"Alright… I agree to you!"

"Mm!"

Hearing Tan Ming's words, Guo Tianyou smiled with relief.

His entire wrinkled face crumpled into a mass of folds!

"What about Chen Feng?"

"Recruit him!" the Grand Elder affirmed, "His strength is formidable, his talent exceptional—he possesses God-Rank Mid-Grade combat power, exactly the kind of talent our Babaozhai Society currently lacks… Don't forget, Yun Shuying mentioned that the one who held off the Spirit Elder possessed a space-type divine beast!"

"You know what it means when a God-Rank Low-Grade beast tamer has God-Rank Mid-Grade combat power and a space-type divine beast!"

"Even a God-Rank High-Grade beast tamer might not be able to hold him!"

"Chen Feng's combat power ranks among the top even among God-Rank Mid-Grade beast tamers!"

"Yet right now, he's a lone wanderer, a free man!"

"We need him!"

Grand Elder Guo Tianyou's tone softened: "But I don't know what he likes."

President Tan Ming said: "I'll have Long Elder ask him."

At this moment, neither Tan Ming nor Guo Tianyou had any suspicion toward Su Yang.

Both veteran God-Rank High-Grade beast tamers had full confidence in their own beast's abilities!

They did not believe Su Yang could deceive them.

Guo Tianyou said: "If Chen Feng joins, when Tan Zhiqing returns, she'll have at least one more combat asset."

"Alright!"

Feeling he had perfectly passed the two Grand Elders' review, Su Yang was in high spirits.

The next day, when Yun Shuying appeared again with a smiling face, he roughly guessed her purpose.

"Chen Feng, Long Elder asks you to come see him."

"Alright!"

Entering Babao City, inside an ancient pavilion, Su Yang met Long Elder again.

"Long Elder!"

"Chen Feng, sit down!"

Long Elder gestured to the seat across from him.

After Su Yang sat, and the servant brought tea, Long Elder finally spoke: "Chen Feng, how have you been lately?"

"Not bad, just a bit dull."

"What do you think of the Babaozhai Society?"

"It's decent," Su Yang replied candidly, "In this region, it's among the top human beast tamer factions."

"I'm asking for your impression!"

"I feel President my lord is quite good."

Long Elder smiled and gazed at the sky, sighing: "Chen Feng, we call this world the Beast Tamer World—what do you think the high-level beasts call it?"

"Beast World?"

"Yes! Beast World!" Long Elder nodded, "The area we're in now is a buffer zone—the central region for all beast tamer factions. Resources here are far scarcer than in the frontier edges."

"Mm!"

Su Yang nodded.

Letting Long Elder continue.

"Every year, many ambitious genius beast tamers leave this land, heading to the frontier-edge human beast tamer empires, seeking the chance to become God-Rank beast tamers—like our Grand Elder, President, and even you, all once fought in the Da Jin Empire!"

"Indeed!"

Su Yang feigned a sigh.

Long Elder's words stirred in him a sudden urge to visit the Da Jin Empire.

But he knew the time was not yet right.

"Do you know what else the Babaozhai Society does, besides business?"

Su Yang furrowed his brow, thinking.

Long Elder's words carried deeper meaning.

"Er… could it be that you're responsible for supplying talent?"

Long Elder laughed: "Clever!"

"Are you in contact with the Great Jin Empire?"

"Yes!" Elder Long nodded. "We've always had support from the Great Jin Empire, though most people don't know."

"Then why can't you beat the Shenlongshang Alliance?"

Elder Long sighed. "You know how strong the Great Jin Empire is!"

"Alright!"

Su Yang could only nod.

According to what he knew, the Great Jin Empire, one of the three major human empires on the frontier against ferocious beasts, was indeed weaker than the Night Demon Empire behind the Shenlongshang Alliance.

Su Yang had originally chosen the Great Jin Empire as his backdrop precisely because its people's ethnicity was closest to that of the Huaxia Federation and the Qingluan Nation.

It seemed there was no difference at all.

"Generally speaking, the Babaozhai Society scouts for talented Beast Tamer geniuses across all nations, selects and trains them, then sends them to the Great Jin!" Elder Long said. "Before reaching the King level, Beast Tamers don't need much in resources—we can keep up in the Central Region. But once they reach King-level Beast Tamers, those talented ones aiming to become Divine-level Beast Tamers all choose to go to the Great Jin."

"Mm."

"But once they leave, they rarely return!" Elder Long said. "Only those who want to retire, whose will has been worn down, who still have attachments, or who are shameless enough… come back."

"Have you been there too, Elder Long?"

"I have!" Elder Long's expression turned slightly awkward. "Elder Jian has been there too. Yun Shuying hasn't… Oh, wait—you've been there too, haven't you? Though you didn't take our path!"

"I came back to seek revenge!"

Su Yang replied.

"Alright!" Elder Long didn't press further. "In the Central Region, among the top human factions, we the Babaozhai Society are the mortal enemies of the Shenlongshang Alliance. The other two top human factions either sit on the sidelines, watching the spectacle, or are too far away to have any conflict with the Shenlongshang Alliance. If you truly want to fight the Shenshoushang Alliance, why not join us, the Babaozhai Society?"

"Is it necessary?"

"It's just a matter of affiliation!" Elder Long urged. "You're not a Beast Tamer trained by us, so relatively speaking, we'll offer you the most generous terms and impose few restrictions on you."