Chapter 461: Zhu Lu Original Fluid

Yu Yaonu looked at this somewhat unusual Pet Beast, feeling a bit of doubt in her heart.

She did not know what the reason was that led her to inexplicably contract this Pet Beast.

What surprised her most was that she had successfully contracted it directly without even having a Pet Beast egg.

The little Zhu Lu before her eyes looked extremely cute, but that pair of white pupils looked exceptionally eerie, adding a touch of coldness and fear, creating a distinct contrast.

"What on earth is going on?"

Yu Yaonu was somewhat puzzled.

She pondered carefully.

Logically speaking, after contracting her first Pet Beast, her mental power would be insufficient to contract a second one.

Yet now, she had contracted an extra one, and at the time, she hadn't even had a Pet Beast egg.

"What on earth is going on?" Yu Yaonu was confused.

The trial room was empty, with only her and the contracted white-pupil Zhu Lu.

Yu Aunt had left Raven City and wouldn't be back for a while.

Yu Yaonu couldn't confirm it for the moment, so she finally decided that when she had time, she would go to the library to take a look and check some information.

Moreover, she now needed to go to the black market to buy an anonymous bracelet to contact Jiugui and the others.

However, Yu Yaonu hesitated again: "I have never signed a contract with the Ancient God Cang Tong to become his divine servant; if I stay out of it..."

After thinking about it, Yu Yaonu abandoned this idea.

After all, that was a legendary Ancient God, a taboo-like existence.

She dared not gamble.

She even suspected that this contracted Pet Beast was related to the Ancient God.

Yu Yaonu looked over and found that the Zhu Lu was staring blankly at her, its gaze fixed on her the whole time.

This made Yu Yaonu, who was used to being alone, feel somewhat uncomfortable; she was not used to others' gazes lingering on her too much.

Even if this was the Pet Beast she had contracted.

Yu Yaonu began to examine her own new Pet Beast, the Zhu Lu, to understand its abilities.

"Absolute Disguise?"

"Forced Stun?"

"Truth-Seeing Gold Eye?"

"It has actually already awakened three skills!"

Yu Yaonu was truly quite surprised.

The Elite Level Zhu Lu that Liu Fang contracted hadn't even awakened any skills yet.

And newly contracted Zhu Lu usually need to go through training to awaken skills.

And those that are generally awakened are only 【Camouflage】 and 【Dizziness】.

Camouflage is ordinary camouflage, and dizziness is also ordinary dizziness.

Yet this Pet Beast of hers not only awakened three skills directly without training, but these three skills also looked far more powerful than those of ordinary Zhu Lu.

An ordinary Zhu Lu's camouflage skill can at most only change its appearance.

But Absolute Disguise can not only change appearance and body size, but even hide strength, or rather, display the strength of a Beast Master of a different level.

Forced Stun is even more terrifying; under normal circumstances, it can directly stun Beast Masters and Pet Beasts of the same level.

It can even stun those of higher levels.

As for the highest level of Pet Beast and Beast Master it can stun, that requires Yu Yaonu to test it herself.

The skill Truth-Seeing Gold Eye is a skill that Zhu Lu never had.

The history of the Zhu Lu Pet Beast spans ten thousand years, yet there has never been any report of a Zhu Lu being able to awaken a skill in this direction.

This further confirmed to Yu Yaonu that her Pet Beast might not be just a Zhu Lu.

Yu Yaonu put the Zhu Lu into her Beast Space and changed into a set of clothes—a blue top paired with flared pants, which made her figure look tall.

Yu Yaonu took a vehicle to the largest library in Raven City.

On the bus, Yu Yaonu rested her fair, delicate hand on her face, gazing out the window, lost in thought.

From time to time, vehicles with special markings passed by, which made Yu Yaonu feel a bit more alert.

The people beside her were whispering.

"What's going on? Why have so many Imperial Palace vehicles come to Raven City?"

"We haven't seen an Imperial Palace vehicle in Raven City for years; why are there so many today?"

"Don't you know? A huge incident occurred at the Zhu Deer Trial Ground!

All the Zhu Lu in the entire trial ground are dead.

This trial ground has become a forbidden zone.

From now on, Zhu Lu Pet Beast eggs will become a rarity!"

"Who killed them? Was it some Legendary Beast Master?"

"No, it was Red Pupil!"

"What, Red Pupil?"

"Is Red Pupil really as terrifying as the legends say, capable of destroying the world?

Our Nanhuang Realm has so many powerful Beast Masters, and there are experts from the Imperial Palace stationed here."

"Red Pupil is even more terrifying than you imagine!

But you don't need to worry, the Red Pupil in the Zhu Deer Trial Ground... seems to be gone."

"Ah? What is going on?"

"You'd have to ask the big shots at the Imperial Palace for that; how would I know?"

Hearing these words, Yu Yaonu recalled the scene from back then.

Red Pupil filled the air, ten thousand beasts went wild, and she even felt she wouldn't survive.

But suddenly, a white light flashed, and that terrifying Red Pupil instantly dissipated.

All the crazed Zhu Lu also perished in an instant.

And she... suddenly entered an unknown Trial Ground.

Thinking of this, Yu Yaonu was slightly stunned.

Are these two things... related?

Unfortunately, with her knowledge, she couldn't figure this out at all.

She got out of the car and arrived at the library.

There were quite a lot of people in the library, mostly young people, especially couples.

Yu Yaonu wore no makeup, her beauty like peach blossoms and plums, attracting many people's gazes.

Her heart did not ripple in the slightest.

She threw herself entirely into the ocean of books.

She wanted to figure out exactly why what happened inside her body occurred.

Three hours later, Yu Yaonu held a yellowed book, her expression earnest.

"Companion Beast?"

According to the records in this book, a Beast Master can form a contract with a Pet Beast.

And some special, extremely rare Pet Beasts can also contract Pet Beasts, which is to say, summoning a Pet Beast as a Companion Beast.

In that case, it is equivalent to the Beast Master also having contracted a Companion Beast.

Therefore, Pet Beasts that can possess a Companion Beast are generally very popular; after all, it is equivalent to having one more Pet Beast than others.

"Is that so?"

Yu Yaonu pondered; she couldn't find any other explanation now.

Moreover, the description in this ancient book was very similar to her current state.

It was a case where the Beast Master had gained an extra contracted Pet Beast before even reacting.

Obtaining this result could be considered a temporary answer to her doubts.

"Who... exactly is he?"

Yu Yaonu again thought of that blurry figure in her dreams.

She also recalled the white light that had guarded her all along while in the Lost Zone.

Even now, she didn't know what that Pet Beast she had contracted was.

But she knew it was an existence she could not bear to part with.

Unfortunately, it remained in a deep slumber, unable to wake. Yu Yaonu had tried many methods, but none could make it return to normal.

Yu Yaonu decided that once her strength was great, she would definitely return to the Imperial Heaven Staircase to ask those who were stationed there at the time how she had managed to step onto the Imperial Heaven Staircase.

And how she had crossed the bridge.

Yu Yaonu put the book back in the distance; a slight sound came from the bookshelf nearby.

Yu Yaonu saw a young man and woman kissing passionately, their hands not being very honest.

She glanced at them and turned to leave, not wanting to ruin their mood.

At three in the afternoon, Yu Yaonu arrived at the black market.

In the black market, there were quite a few things for sale.

There were various Pet Beast eggs, materials, and potions.

The black market had the black market's Rule, and there were quite a few fakes inside.

"Come and see, the legendary dragon egg, who wants it!

After contracting it, you are guaranteed to rule the Three Palaces!"

"Mythical-level Pet Beast egg, on clearance now!"

"Zhu Lu Pet Beast egg! The last three in the world!"

Many vendors at their stalls were hawking their wares, their voices extremely exaggerated.

Yu Yaonu quietly used Zhu Lu to cast the Truth-Seeing Gold Eye skill.

Her gaze fell upon those Pet Beast eggs.

That dragon egg, she saw at a glance, was merely a snake-type Pet Beast egg.

As for the Mythical-level Pet Beast egg, it was even more absurd; Yu Yaonu saw it was the lowest-level Micro-light Green Worm.

This kind of Pet Beast was extremely weak.

Its combat power was almost 0.

An Ordinary person could crush it to death with one foot.

If a Beast Master contracted it, they would replace it ninety-nine percent of the time.

Yu Yaonu walked through the black market, finding almost nothing of value.

But suddenly, her footsteps stopped.

Within her body, a rich sense of hunger emerged.

On her cold face, for the first time, a look of joy appeared.

Because she could feel that this hunger did not actually come from her, but from the first Pet Beast she had contracted within her body.

This was the first time since she had grown up that this Pet Beast had shown any other movement.

In the past, the movements were all to take injuries for her.

She looked toward the item that caused her to feel hunger.

That was a pitch-black bottle.

Through Truth-Seeing Gold Eye, she could sense that there was a drop of liquid full of vitality inside that bottle.

Yu Yaonu walked toward that stall.

The owner of the stall was a slovenly old man, unkempt, with a hole in the shoe on his foot, and his toes were exposed.

"Little girl, what do you want?" the slovenly old man asked.

"How is this sold?" Yu Yaonu pointed at the black bottle.

She did not beat around the bush, but instead stated her goal directly.

Seeing that Yu Yaonu wanted that black bottle, the slovenly old man was stunned for a moment, then quickly recovered.

"This thing is not simple; what is inside is Vermilion Bird Original Fluid, and it is worth a lot. It's just that I don't know if you, little girl, can afford it?"

"Vermilion Bird Original Fluid?" Yu Yaonu was slightly stunned.

She knew of the Vermilion Bird; it was one of the four great divine beasts of the ancient era, a Pet Beast of a level above Mythical.

"Old Man Chen, you really dare to brag, even the Vermilion Bird has come out.

I only dare to say that what I am selling is... an Overlord level Pet Beast." The stall owner next to him laughed, appearing to be very familiar with the slovenly old man.

The slovenly old man flicked his sleeve: "You don't know a thing, this is the genuine Vermilion Bird Original Fluid."

"How much money?" Yu Yaonu did not care what it was, because the Pet Beast inside her body needed it.

Deep down, she desperately hoped that her Pet Beast could awaken.

"This thing does not take money, only contribution points," the slovenly old man said, "but there is one thing I, this old man, still have to tell you, little girl.

Vermilion Bird Original Fluid is not an ordinary thing.

Although it contains immense vitality, if an Ordinary Beast Master or even a Pet Beast drinks it, they will explode and die.

Only a King-level or higher Beast Master can drink it without any threat to their life."

Speaking of this, the slovenly old man's expression became uncharacteristically serious.

"How many contribution points?" Yu Yaonu asked, feeling somewhat disappointed inside.

She did not have many contribution points; they were still in the single digits.

"Not much, ten thousand," the slovenly old man said.

Nearby, that stall owner's expression changed drastically upon hearing this: "Old Man Chen, have you gone crazy wanting contribution points?"

Yu Yaonu was also somewhat surprised.

Ten thousand contribution points.

She would have to slay thousands of Pet Beasts to gather that many.

This... was a distant prospect.

"I don't have that many contribution points," Yu Yaonu said.

The slovenly old man was unconcerned: "Vermilion Bird Original Fluid is not open to bargaining."

There were two reasons why the price was set so high.

One was that it was inherently worth that much.

Two was that if it were higher, the buyer would not rashly consume it.

The slovenly old man was only selling the Vermilion Bird Original Fluid on behalf of another and did not want to cause slaughter.

Yu Yaonu looked at the black bottle, her eyes showing reluctance: "Boss, this black bottle is very important to me; could you please keep it for now and not sell it!"

Yu Yaonu's face felt a little hot.

She felt selfish herself for saying these words.

But regarding the Pet Beast inside her body, she felt that being a little selfish was nothing.

"No problem," the slovenly old man laughed, "but you have to pay a deposit; it doesn't need to be much, three contribution points will do."

Since someone had taken a liking to it and hoped to purchase it later, he had to keep it.

This was the Rule set by the consignor.

The consignor still had quite a few of these things.

"Okay." Yu Yaonu let out a sigh of relief. She took out her bracelet, and just as she was preparing to transfer the contribution points to the slovenly old man, she froze.

She looked at the contribution points on the bracelet and was completely stunned.

【Name: Yu Yaonu (Hidden)

Beast Master Level: Not uploaded.

Contracted Beast: Not uploaded.

Contribution Points: 839553.

Ranking: 2571. (Nanhuang Realm)】

Nearly one million Awakening points made Yu Yaonu even doubt if it was her own hallucination!

One must slay a Pet Beast with an Awakening skill to obtain one to ten contribution points.

One must slay an Elite level Pet Beast to obtain ten to one thousand contribution points.

One must slay a Commander level Pet Beast to obtain one thousand to ten thousand contribution points.

How many did she have now?

830,000!

How could she have so many?

Hallucination?

Was there a mistake?

Suddenly, Yu Yaonu thought of a terrifying possibility.

At that time, in the Zhu Deer Trial Ground, a white light seemed to appear within her body, directly disintegrating Red Pupil and subsequently Slay-ing all the frenzied Zhu Deer.

Could it be...

Were these contribution points contributed by those Zhu Deer?

She could not comprehend it; she only felt shocked.

This was the most plausible answer she could think of.

She was very glad now that her contribution point ranking on her bracelet had always been hidden.

After all, she had gone from a ranking of 12.5 billion to the top three thousand in an instant.

She hesitated for a moment, and when transferring the deposit, she transferred ten thousand contribution points directly to the slovenly old man.

She said softly, "The deposit... has already been transferred."

The old man looked at the ten thousand contribution points in his bracelet and was slightly stunned.

He also had not expected this little girl before him to have ten thousand contribution points.

However, he understood the little girl's words; she did not want to show off her wealth.

"Oh my, actually I lied to you; this is not Vermilion Bird Original Fluid, it is not worth ten thousand contribution points.

Since you have given me three contribution points, I will sell it to you for that."

The slovenly old man said this as he handed the small black bottle to Yu Yaonu.

"Thank you."

Yu Yaonu took the small black bottle, her heart incomparably excited.

She even wanted to swallow the Vermilion Bird Original Fluid right now, but she knew this place was not suitable.

Therefore, she hurriedly purchased an anonymous bracelet, then took the small black bottle and left the black market, returning to her own home.

(End of this chapter)