Chapter 1769

Including Elder Jian, everyone looked at Xiao Xiao Chutong's time-system dragon beast with some envy.

Any beast tamer wants to obtain a divine beast, especially a space-system or time-system divine beast!

The Time Dragon merely glanced at them; sensing no malice, it made no move.

Even if it had sensed malice, it couldn't do anything!

Any one of the Eight Treasures Pavilion elders could crush it with one hand!

"Elder Jian, Elder Yun, Elder Chen…"

Seeing the Eight Treasures Pavilion elders arrive, Xiao Xiao Chutong immediately stood up and greeted them politely.

These days, few young successors lack manners.

Arrogance and contempt are mostly directed only at peers.

Elder Jian smiled warmly and asked: "Xiao Xiao Chutong, is this pet of yours the legendary time-system pet?"

"Yes, Elder Jian!"

"Excellent, excellent!" Elder Jian chuckled, stroking his beard. "But why is your pet still only Emperor-Rank Top-Grade? Is leveling up too difficult?"

"This…"

Xiao Xiao Chutong hesitated, unable to speak.

Su Yang spoke from beside her: "It's not that she doesn't want to level it up—it's that this pet can't be leveled up anymore!"

"Why?"

Yun Shuying blurted out.

Seeing all the elders—including Elder Jian—along with Xiao Xiao Chutong and other prodigy beast tamers staring at him, Su Yang slowly said: "If I didn't misread it, this time-system divine beast was severely injured, its potential permanently damaged, and thus unable to level up further, correct?"

"What?"

"Impossible?"

"How could this be?"

"No way?"

"…"

Everyone present expressed disbelief at Su Yang's words.

They hadn't expected that after finally seeing a legendary time-system pet, it would turn out to be crippled.

After all, in their minds, time-system pets at least started with divine-level potential!

If the speaker weren't Su Yang, a powerful God-Level Beast Tamer,

They would all have stepped forward to mock him!

"Am I right, Xiao Xiao Chutong?"

Su Yang asked Xiao Xiao Chutong with a smile.

Others might not know, but as the master of the Time Dragon, Xiao Xiao Chutong certainly knew perfectly well.

"Elder Chen is right!" Xiao Xiao Chutong nodded. "My Time Dragon's potential was indeed damaged—it's been stuck at Emperor-Rank Top-Grade for decades."

Elder Jian sighed in anguish: "What a terrible pity!"

"Yes, what a terrible pity!"

"Alas! Unbelievable! Unbelievable!"

"What a waste—a time-system divine beast reduced to uselessness!"

"…"

Some present felt pity.

Others took pleasure in it.

But even those who took pleasure in it spoke words of regret.

Xiao Xiao Chutong lowered her head, her expression grim.

Su Yang walked up to the Time Dragon, reached out, and touched its scales; even the Time Dragon dared not resist before the God-Level Beast Tamer's aura.

"It's not that it was severely injured and lost potential—it's likely a congenital deficiency."

"Yes, yes!" Xiao Xiao Chutong nodded eagerly. "Elder Chen, you're right—Little White had problems from birth!"

"Alas!" Su Yang sighed heavily. "For ordinary attribute pets, restoring potential is relatively simple. But for a time-system pet, recovery is extremely difficult."

Elder Jian pressed: "Elder Chen Feng, how can we restore it?"

Elder Jian had never encountered a time-system pet before and had no experience.

Seeing Su Yang instantly identify the Time Dragon's issue, he assumed Su Yang had far more experience than he did!

After all, Su Yang's fabricated resume claimed he had fought on the monstrous frontlines for over two thousand years.

In truth, Elder Jian also wanted to try saving this Time Dragon.

If the Time Dragon could be restored and recommended upward, it would be a major achievement!

A time-system pet!

Even in a great empire, they were nearly extinct!

Elder Jian had never heard of anyone possessing a time-system divine beast.

Time-system pets were far rarer than space-system or fate-system pets!

"Like other attribute pets, regardless of the cause, if potential is damaged, it can be restored by consuming large quantities of corresponding heavenly treasures to compensate for congenital deficiency!" Su Yang said. "For this Time Dragon, the required treasures are time-system heavenly treasures—does the Eight Treasures Pavilion have any?"

"The Eight Treasures Pavilion… doesn't have any!" Elder Jian said awkwardly. "Even in the Great Jin Empire, they should be extremely rare."

"Then there's nothing we can do!"

Elder Jian asked: "What about ordinary heavenly treasures used to enhance pet potential?"

Su Yang smiled at Xiao Xiao Chutong: "You've probably already used them, haven't you?"

Xiao Xiao Chutong smiled bitterly: "I've already used it—after upgrading from Emperor-Rank Lower Grade to Emperor-Rank Top-Grade, no matter what else I take, it has no effect whatsoever!"

This was exactly what Su Yang had expected.

Xiao Xiao Chutong came from a good background and has such exceptional talent.

Items that enhance the potential of ferocious beasts should not be hard to obtain.

"Do you know why?"

"I don't know!"

Xiao Xiao Chutong gazed at Su Yang, hoping he would provide an answer.

"When I said this Time Dragon is underdeveloped, I didn't mean its body is underdeveloped!" Su Yang pointed to his own head. "Its soul is also damaged. Ordinary potential-boosting treasures can raise its potential only up to Emperor-Rank Top-Grade—that's the absolute limit!"

This was a problem Su Yang had only just noticed.

Ordinary Beast Tamer cannot see souls; at most, they sense spiritual energy—but he can see them.

Souls are a mysterious thing indeed.

The Beast Tamer System notified him that this Time Dragon could recover by consuming time-elemental heavenly treasures—likely, those treasures with matching attributes could repair its soul…

"This Time Dragon should have hatched long ago—it just feels like it's been sitting too long…"

A ferocious beast egg is not wine.

It doesn't get more fragrant the longer you store it.

A ferocious beast egg is life!

If left unhatched for too long, serious problems will arise.

This Time Dragon must have been holding it in for a long time.

It survived one hundred thousand years only because its innate time attribute is brutally powerful!

But no matter how powerful its time attribute is, it's still life.

Xiao Xiao Chutong: "Chen Zhanglao is right—it erupted from the volcano!"

Su Yang gave Xiao Xiao Chutong a strange look—no one else could have such luck.

Why didn't he get this kind of luck!

"Then there's nothing else to do!" Master Jian sighed. "Rest up first, and prepare for the next battle!"

Although Master Jian felt regret, he could only accept reality.

Yet after leaving, he still sent someone to report Xiao Xiao Chutong and the Time Dragon's matter to the head of the Baozhaide Society.

He hoped the head might have a solution.

Su Yang turned and left, but Xiao Xiao Chutong's gaze lingered on his back for a long time…