Chapter 85

A flash of envy crossed his eyes.

Arriving at the cafeteria, the students who had just been running

all opened a small crack.

This was their beast-taming space.

Through the open cracks,

these students took their lunch,

especially the meat,

and threw it into their beast-taming space.

They all wore doting expressions.

As for those stronger pets,

they appeared beside their masters

to eat with them.

Qin Bei arrived in front of Chen Rui.

At this moment, Chen Rui and the Purple-Phosphor Snake were huddled together.

They looked incredibly close.

Feeding each other mouthful by mouthful.

"Brother Bei, you're here too."

Chen Rui said with some excitement.

The Purple-Phosphor Snake also flicked its tongue, as if greeting Qin Bei.

"How’s your body?"

Qin Bei asked casually.

"It's alright, just a bit sore. I’ll be fine after a soak when I get back," Chen Rui said with a smile.

Qin Bei nodded.

The two continued to chat idly.

Today’s training was already over.

It was only 2 o'clock.

There was time to continue cultivating in the afternoon.

Qin Bei felt... he was almost at the Second-Order Martial Artist realm.

The effect of the Ice-Heart Lotus was truly exaggerated.

Before he knew it, he had already reached the second order.

However, Qin Bei wasn't in a rush about his martial artist rank.

His beast-taming rank was already falling behind.

Even though he was a beast tamer,

his rank wasn't rising as fast as his martial artist rank.

He shook his head.

After finishing their meal, the two headed straight for the dormitory building.

Xiang Duan was still unconscious.

And the students they met on the way actually greeted Qin Bei too.

It seemed that running together this morning

had brought them much closer.

Unlike before, when they only felt fear and worship toward Qin Bei.

Five days later.

Qin Bei washed away the fatigue of the day.

Then he stood before the balcony.

His gaze fixed on the moon tonight.

He took a deep breath.

He took out the silver briefcase again.

Five vials were inside.

They were clearly Qi-Replenishing Potions and Spirit-Nourishing Potions.

He hadn't touched the Spirit-Nourishing Potions until now.

As for the Qi-Replenishing Potions, he had already used one when he advanced to a First-Order Martial Artist.

And now was the time to use the second one.

Because... he felt he was about to advance to a Second-Order Martial Artist.

These past few days,

he had been tempering his body every day.

Training from morning until night,

he had no chance to cultivate.

Yet his physical fitness had slowly begun to rise without him noticing.

Today,

Qin Bei had a premonition.

His body had reached its limit.

It was beginning to enter the second stage.

Jade Skin.

The first stage was similar to his internal state.

The subsequent stages would involve slowly tempering his body.

From the skin at the beginning,

to the blood, bones, flesh, internal organs, and so on.

That was getting a bit ahead of himself.

Qin Bei shook his head.

He lowered his head to look at his skin.

It was very tight.

It felt like if he exerted even a little force, his skin would split open.

"My martial artist rank is almost at the second order, so why is this spiritual power so hard to improve?"

Qin Bei sighed.

Every night these past few days,

he had been working hard at meditation.

But he always felt he was still a long way off.

Now was not a very good time to use the Spirit-Nourishing Potion.

He would just have to wait for the right moment to improve.

Without the slightest hesitation,

he opened the Qi-Replenishing Potion and drank it in one gulp.

Then he sat cross-legged in a cultivation posture.

He absorbed the light radiating from the moon.

*Crack, crack.*

The moonlight entered Qin Bei’s body.

It was like the final straw that broke the camel's back.

The skin on Qin Bei’s body.

began to shatter.

Through the cracks, one could see

that new skin was shimmering with a transparent luster.

Like pure white jade.

Time passed slowly.

At the same time,

in a dark place,

the Dean of Students had a dark face.

The cleaner also stood beside him with a cold expression.

And in front of them

were figures appearing one after another.

But without exception,

these people’s bodies were trembling,

as if they were afraid of something.

"A bunch of trash," the Dean of Students said through gritted teeth.

"Find out everyone who entered the secret realm last week, and leave none of them alive."

After his anger subsided, the Dean of Students began to rethink.

"My lord, that was an enemy capable of killing a Seventh-Order fierce beast; no matter what we do, we won't be a match for them."

One of the voices said, emboldened.

*Splat!*

A pitch-black tentacle pierced through his chest.

Then it was withdrawn.

Blood splattered all over the wall.

The cleaner retracted the tentacle with an expressionless face.

"A bunch of trash, you can't even guard a secret realm, and now you're making excuses."

"You only need to investigate; hand the list to me. The Space Stone cannot be taken by others in vain."

"That is the lifeblood of our Dawn."

The cleaner said through gritted teeth.

The Dean of Students also had a grim look on his face.

He just couldn't understand.

They had spent two years raising a fierce beast to the seventh order.

Then they implanted a Space Stone into its brain.

It was all for this special opportunity

to detonate the Space Stone in its brain,

then blow open the secret realm,

and let the fierce beasts in the secret realm see the light of day again,

marching toward the Northwest Settlement.

And just how precious is a Space Stone?

Let’s put it this way:

10 Space Stones could buy a settlement.

And the Great Xuan Dynasty

only has nine settlements.

"Regardless, since it has already happened, we must find a way to make up for it."

The Dean of Students had a dark face.

"I only hope the guy who got the Space Stone doesn't know what kind of treasure it is," the cleaner sighed.

However, such a possibility was even rarer.

A powerhouse capable of killing a Seventh-Order fierce beast

is already considered the upper echelon of humanity.

Very few don't know about Space Stones.

"No matter who it is, the death of that cow was roughly last week; whoever entered the secret realm during this period must die."

The cleaner said expressionlessly.

"Yes, hurry up and go investigate, you bunch of trash."

The Dean of Students said viciously.

"My lord, we take our leave."

The figures in front bowed to the two immediately, their bodies trembling, and then retreated.

"What a bunch of pig-like teammates."

The Dean of Students shook his head.

Then he silently took something out from his bosom.

Under the dim light,

one could barely make out

that it was... a human skin.

A human skin with an aged face.

"As expected of you; even I didn't know that the principal had been replaced without anyone noticing."

The cleaner lowered his head and laughed.

"Next, you’ll have your hands full."

The Dean of Students said expressionlessly.

"Leave it to me."

The cleaner nodded, then asked,

"But does this incident have a big impact on the overall plan?"

"It’s not that big, but it’s not small either."

The voice of the Dean of Students, wearing the old principal's skin, also began to grow old.

"Suddenly losing the Space Stone caused the secret realm to fail to explode, which might allow the military to survive, but the military's strength is just so-so anyway."

"I didn't expect the previous plan to be joined so fully; perhaps reorganization can also make up for the fierce beasts in the secret realm."

"But before that, I must go to the Northwest Mountains and communicate with that old tree."

After the Dean of Students finished speaking,

his body began to dissipate.

Finally, he vanished into the darkness.

And the cleaner gripped the bead in his hand.

"The feast, it begins!"

The sun rose in the east.

Sunlight spilled onto Qin Bei’s body.

Qin Bei’s body trembled.

It was as if a gray rain was falling.

His skin began to peel off.

From his face all the way to his feet.

Every inch of skin

began to fall off.

Then, skin as smooth as a baby's was revealed.