Chapter 1822

"Putting aside whether Elder Chen Feng is loyal to our Eight Treasures Studio or not, he must truly hate the Shenlongshang Alliance to the extreme—every time there's a beast-tamer from the Shenlongshang Alliance, he goes all out!"

"He's already a God-Rank Mid-Grade beast-tamer now; ordinary God-Rank Mid-Grade beast-tamers aren't his match. Having him in Eight Treasures Studio is also a boost to our strength, isn't it?"

"You're not wrong!" Tan Zhiqing nodded. "Do you have any guesses about his identity?"

Elder Long looked toward Yun Shuying: "Elder Yun has had more contact with Elder Chen Feng, so she should have observed him more carefully than this old man."

Seeing Tan Zhiqing look at her, Yun Shuying thought for a moment and said: "Actually, I think Elder Chen Feng is more like someone from around the Qingluan Nation or the Shenfeng Nation… even if he's not from that region, he must have stayed there for some time. His disciple is the same."

"Oh? Why do you say that?" Tan Zhiqing's eyes lit up. "Elder Yun, how did you figure that out?"

"It's the accent!"

"The accent?"

"Yes, the accent. Elder Chen Feng's accent gives me a rather familiar feeling." Yun Shuying said, "The accents of the human race in the Central Domain are roughly the same, but different regions still have some differences. The accents of Elder Chen Feng and his disciple have some pronunciation habits that are quite characteristic of people near the Qingluan Nation… of course, these are just some of my guesses!"

"Then near the Qingluan Nation and the Shenfeng Nation, have any God-Rank beast-tamers emerged in the last few thousand years?"

Yun Shuying shook her head and said: "As far as this subordinate knows, no!"

Tan Zhiqing asked: "Elder Yun, are you fairly familiar with the Qingluan Nation?"

"This subordinate spent a few months in the Qingluan Nation a while back!"

"Then send someone to investigate. Didn't Elder Chen Feng save you once? That place doesn't seem far from the Qingluan Nation!" Tan Zhiqing said, "It seems the only lead we have right now is this one. If he really did stay there, some traces should be found."

"Understood!"

Yun Shuying and Elder Long stepped out of Tan Zhiqing's study. After the two parted ways, she had just reached the entrance of the headquarters building when she suddenly stopped in her tracks.

As if someone had cast a Body-Fixing Spell on her!

"Wait, I seem to have forgotten about him… Su Yang!"

In Yun Shuying's mind, a young, handsome, confident young face suddenly appeared.

Right!

Near the Qingluan Nation, there really had recently appeared an extraordinary God-Rank beast-tamer!

It's just that she had subconsciously forgotten about him earlier!

Could it be?

Yun Shuying frowned, racking her brains.

But if Chen Feng is Su Yang, wouldn't Su Yang's strength be far too great?

Yun Shuying still couldn't bring herself to believe it!

"It probably can't be Su Yang, right!" Yun Shuying muttered to herself, "The aura is completely different, and Su Yang couldn't possibly be as powerful as this Elder Chen Feng."

Yun Shuying didn't go directly to arrange the task, but instead returned to her own villa.

From the moment Elder Chen Feng appeared, she had maintained a fairly good relationship with him and his disciple.

Their villas were relatively close to each other.

Leaning against the window, Yun Shuying gazed at the villa where Elder Chen Feng and Liu Na lived, and began to recall everything between herself and Chen Feng, and between herself and Liu Na!

She was a God-Rank beast-tamer; even a God-Rank Low-Grade beast-tamer's memory was terrifyingly strong.

Besides, these things had only happened not long ago.

Very quickly, she was astonished to discover that Elder Chen Feng's mannerisms and some of his tonal details were almost exactly the same as Su Yang of the Huaxia Federation!

Su Yang wasn't some master of disguise.

Even if he were a master of disguise, he couldn't possibly completely change all his habits in a short period of time.

Some habitual details—even Su Yang himself hadn't noticed.

"If it's him, then some things would make sense!"

At this point, the more Yun Shuying thought about it, the more certain she became!

Aura, indeed, can be changed.

Even if the difficulty is great, it's not impossible to do well.

But why would he need to disguise himself?

Why hadn't I noticed before?

This makes no sense at all!

There's no reason I couldn't have made the connection!

Could it be that he did something to my mind?

Yun Shuying suddenly realized that, given Su Yang's strength, it was indeed possible for him to influence her thinking!

That soul-type, very beautiful butterfly pet beast…

Yun Shuying stared at the tightly shut villa, and her nose began to sting, her eyes brimming with tears.

Yun Shuying held back her inner excitement, bit her lip, and cursed: "This heartless thief, hiding right by my side all along!"

Still, Yun Shuying couldn't be completely certain.

After thinking for a moment, she hurriedly summoned a trusted subordinate and ordered him to make a trip to the Huaxia Federation.

As an elder of Eight Treasures Studio, Yun Shuying also had a group of die-hard loyalists.

After the trusted subordinate departed for the Huaxia Federation, Yun Shuying began to ponder why Su Yang would change his identity to join Eight Treasures Studio!

She knew that Su Yang was interested in Eight Treasures Studio.

Back when the two of them were searching for the Nirvana Phoenix in Phoenix Ridge, Su Yang had asked her about Eight Treasures Studio, and she had even promised then to recommend Su Yang's joining of Eight Treasures Studio.

Thinking and thinking, Yun Shuying discovered that there were too many mysteries surrounding Su Yang.

For instance, how Su Yang could become a God-Rank beast-tamer before the age of thirty in a resource-poor small world.

For instance, why Su Yang would change his identity to join Eight Treasures Studio…

"In other words, Su Yang was already hiding his strength back when he was at Phoenix Ridge?"

Thinking of Su Yang's current strength, she felt deeply shaken.

Su Yang now had several powerful God-Rank beast companions — there was absolutely no way he could have obtained them in a short time. Most likely, he had already possessed those God-Rank beast companions before!

After all, although the Central Domain was vast, the number of God-Rank fierce beasts that actually existed was pitifully small.

At that time, the Huaxia Federation had only just made contact with the Greater Beast-Tamer World; it was impossible for them to have obtained much intelligence on divine beasts!

Thinking of this, Yun Shuying understood why Su Yang had been able to survive when the Blue-Skin Ghost was hunting him.

When Su Yang was still a God-Rank Low-Grade Beast Tamer, he could already consecutively kill two God-Rank Mid-Grade Elders of the Shenlongshang Alliance. No matter how strong the Blue-Skin Ghost was, he could not possibly be his match.

Then the spark that ignited the fierce clash between the Shenlongshang Alliance and the Eight Treasures Hall — the Annihilating Phoenix… was also in Su Yang's hands?

Yun Shuying suddenly thought of this possibility!

If the Annihilating Phoenix really was in Su Yang's hands, then his motive for dealing with the Shenlongshang Alliance was explained!

If the Annihilating Phoenix really was in Su Yang's hands, then his reason for hiding his identity and joining the Eight Treasures Hall was also explained!

Thinking of this, she could not help but draw in a sharp breath.

She felt that Su Yang was playing a grand game of chess!

If this were really the case, then Su Yang had inadvertently created the massive conflict between the Eight Treasures Hall and the Shenlongshang Alliance?

At this moment, Su Yang still did not know that Yun Shuying had suddenly achieved an epiphany!

He was still out in the wild, battling alongside the Dragon of Time and the Annihilating Phoenix.

The Dragon of Time's leveling up was nowhere near as fast as the Annihilating Phoenix's.

The Annihilating Phoenix had an extremely powerful burst, with innately high talent. Under its overwhelming skills, dealing with fierce beasts of the same rank was a sweeping mass slaughter.

The Dragon of Time, on the other hand, severely lacked offensive skills.

The two time-system skills it had comprehended so far were both rather support-oriented.

Even more miserable than the Void Wanderer back in the day!

Of course, the Dragon of Time's two skills were absolutely super powerful in terms of support!

Time-system skills were indeed more complex, and somewhat more heaven-defying, than space-system skills.

Strictly speaking, the Dragon of Time was also a late-game beast companion.

It should be even later-game than the Void Wanderer by quite a margin!

Su Yang still quite enjoyed leveling up with his beast companions.

It gave him the feeling of playing a game, fighting monsters and grinding levels.

Ever since most of his beast companions had leveled up to God-Rank, this feeling had become very difficult for him to enjoy again.

The Dragon of Time and the Annihilating Phoenix, however, made up for this nicely.

Holding a video recorder, Su Yang filmed the Annihilating Phoenix hunting down Imperial-Rank fierce beasts.

After the Annihilating Phoenix flew back to his side, he patted its head and said some encouraging words, and the Annihilating Phoenix nuzzled Su Yang's palm very gently.