Chapter 3544: Unexpected

The tip of the pen scratched across the paper with a swishing sound. Lis, who was reviewing documents, seemed to have transformed into a emotionless reviewing machine, her expression one of someone who knew nothing and saw nothing.

"Haven't seen you in over two months, and you've already arranged a little secretary for yourself?"

Ziyas, who had tossed a piece of dried fruit into his mouth, spoke up. This guy acted as naturally as if he were in his own home; after all, he was thick-skinned.

"Bai Ye, what did you want with me this time?"

Ziyas began to play dumb, and Wood, standing to the side, did the same.

"..."

Su Xiao did not answer. For a moment, the atmosphere was somewhat awkward. It is worth mentioning that Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja seemed to have anticipated this long ago, so they had slipped away in advance.

"Don't be so tense. Wood, this is where you're in the wrong. Bai Ye has been searching for the location of the Dead Silence City all along, yet you've been hiding in the shadows. Is that really right?"

Ziyas looked at Wood with a gaze of slight disdain and contempt. Wood didn't speak, but his inner thoughts were: When it comes to shamelessness, I bow to you.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm not like you. I hid in the shadows to look for opportunities. I even had my daughter assist Bai Ye earlier. If you don't believe me, ask him."

"..."

Shameless!

Su Xiao didn't speak; he was already accustomed to Ziyas's style of conduct.

"You really are shameless."

Wood couldn't hold back and blurted out.

"Bullshit! I call this planning."

Ziyas remained composed. Anyone who didn't know better would think he had made a great contribution to finding the Dead Silence City.

"The past isn't important; let's turn the page. Let's discuss what comes next."

Ziyas changed the subject. He put away his half-joking tone, his expression gradually turning serious. He first tilted his head to meet Wood's eyes, and after a silent exchange, they both looked directly at Su Xiao. Ziyas said:

"Bai Ye, the two of us this time—one was sent by our elders, and the other is here representing the interests of our race. You surely already know our purpose for coming here. There is news that a Black Maple Tree has appeared in the Origin: Dead Silence City."

At this point, Ziyas paused his tone. After tapping his fingers on the table twice, he continued: "Now, it's not just the Meteorite Star and the Devil Race; the Arcane Eternal Star, the Feather Race, and the Night Witch Guild have all sent people. There's no need to mention the purpose."

Speaking to this point, Ziyas said with a somewhat strange expression: "I've seen all the intelligence on this matter, but I feel that this affair... has a familiar scent. No, not just a little—it's a very familiar scent."

Ziyas rubbed his chin, looking deep in thought.

"In the Tree-Born World, that's how we lured people to Bay City to die, to help us share the risk."

Wood broke the mystery in one sentence. Ziyas casually slapped the table and said: "Right, a similar method, only this time it's more meticulous. Bai Ye, this matter... it wasn't planned by you, was it? I remember the armguard you always wear came from the Dead Silence City."

"..."

Su Xiao was twisting the 【Sacred Divider】 in his hand, studying this wondrous object, as if he hadn't heard a word Wood and Ziyas had said.

Speak the truth and confess everything? Of course not. Wood and Ziyas—one representing the Devil Race, the other sent by elders—if he admitted it now, they would certainly lose face. What would happen then? The resources to enter this world had been consumed; if they arrived only to learn this was a trap set by a 'good teammate,' how would they handle the losses? How would they explain it to their clansmen or elders?

But if he hid it completely, there would be no possibility of cooperation later. When cooperating with these two 'good teammates,' one could scheme against each other during the process, and even fight in the end due to uneven spoils, but at the start of the cooperation, one absolutely must not hide key intelligence.

Therefore, Su Xiao needed to let Wood and Ziyas know in their hearts that this was a trap he had laid, just like the one the three of them had set in Bay City, without explicitly stating it was his plan.

Su Xiao took off the Black King Armguard and placed it on the table with a clatter. Seeing this, Ziyas picked it up and sensed it for a moment, but only sensed the Dead Silence characteristics on it; there was no direct connection to the Dead Silence City.

This was the Dark World, the origin of the Dead Silence City. It wasn't difficult to sense whether an item was related to the Dead Silence City, especially for someone like Ziyas of the Ancient God lineage.

Discovering this, Ziyas's eyes revealed suspicion. He handed the armguard to Wood. Wood sensed it for a moment, his pupil flames condensing slightly, as if he were also somewhat confused.

Of course, it was impossible to glimpse the causality between Su Xiao and the Origin: Dead Silence City just by using the Black King Armguard. The armguard was at most a link; what truly caused this causality to appear was Su Xiao's repeated use of Dead Silence Descent.

Previously, even when entering a branch of the Dead Silence City, one had to carry a 【Shelter Stone】 to avoid being invaded by the Dead Silence while slowly consuming the 【Shelter Stone】.

The ability "Dead Silence Descent" possessed by the Black King Armguard was fundamentally about dragging a portion of the Dead Silence City's environment over to invade enemies with Dead Silence energy.

In other words, entering the Origin: Dead Silence City without a 【Shelter Stone】 was no different from entering the domain of "Dead Silence Descent."

"Dead Silence Descent (Set Ultimate Ability · Active): After activating this ability, the surrounding 600 meters will be rapidly assimilated by the Dead Silence City, causing 5% to 23% of maximum health as erosion damage per second. If enemy units move within the range covered by Dead Silence Descent, the erosion damage and erosion speed they suffer will be significantly increased (erosion damage and erosion speed increased by 2–6 times, depending on the enemy's stamina attribute and movement speed)."

Right now, Wood and Ziyas were only sensing the Black King Armguard, so naturally, they couldn't see the clues within it.

"Could it be that you were also lured here by the intelligence?"

There was still a hint of suspicion in Ziyas's eyes.

"Yes."

Su Xiao took out a photograph—the very one he had taken. Numerous Dead Citizens appeared to be holding a black tree seed from a distance. However, this was not a reproduction; it was the original photo.

With the original photo, the implication was already particularly obvious. It was almost as if he were explicitly stating that the photo most capable of proving there was a Black Maple Tree in the Origin: Dead Silence City was created by Su Xiao's own hands.

Ziyas made a move to take the photo, but Su Xiao raised his hand and gave it to Wood instead. The reason was that the Meteorite Star where Ziyas resided was not known for technology, whereas the Void where Wood resided had races with extremely advanced technology. With Wood's knowledge, he would likely be able to see the difference in the photo at a glance.

After Wood took the photo, his movements paused the moment it was in his hand. He said inadvertently: "Bai Ye really has the means to have obtained the first edition photo."

Hearing this, Ziyas understood everything. His smile at this moment was somewhat strange, as if he were not feeling well at all.

"I personally feel that this Black Maple Tree in the Dead Silence City is not very reliable."

As Wood spoke, he seemed to let out a low sigh.

"Don't worry about whether it's reliable or not. Since we're already here, if we don't get some good things in the Dead Silence City, we'll have suffered a huge loss. However, I've heard that the Dead Silence City has quite a few secret treasures from the Age of Gods."

Ziyas's words were actually revealing that he already knew the Black Maple Tree in the Dead Silence City was fabricated by Su Xiao. However, since they were already here and Su Xiao hadn't hidden the false intelligence about the Black Maple Tree, under these premises, they would of course join forces to loot the Dead Silence City before returning.

Wood's thought was that since things had reached this point, pursuing the losses from being tricked made no sense. Even if he pursued it, what could he do? Fight Su Xiao? And then what? What would be the benefit? It would be better to find a way to loot the Dead Silence City and then split the spoils back in the clan; that was the way to bring actual benefits to the elders and juniors of the clan.

As for the uneven distribution of spoils in the end, that would wait until the plan succeeded.

Caesar, sitting to the side, had remained silent throughout. This guy was cunning; he was also one of the organizers of the "Fake Black Maple Tree Incident," but he acted as if nothing had happened.

Now that the foundation for cooperation had been laid, the focus was on how to act next.

"Baja."

As soon as Su Xiao's voice fell, Baja suddenly appeared and landed on his shoulder, saying: "The situation is like this: you should all know about the Wadi Family incident. Is there any inside information you need me to introduce?"

"No need."

"We know the important intelligence."

Wood and Ziyas both stated their positions. Seeing this, Baja nodded and continued:

"After that old monster died, the situation inside the High Wall City became somewhat clearer. Now, if we want to find the entrance to the Dead Silence City, we must satisfy two points: 1. Obtain the exact location of the entrance from the Academy faction; 2. Figure out the method of entry."

"The second point is already prepared. The Goddess is upstairs. When there's time later, we'll go ask her for the method to open the entrance to the Dead Silence City."

After hearing Baja's brief narrative, Wood and Ziyas both knew the current problem. As long as they dealt with the Academy faction, they could focus their attention on the Origin: Dead Silence City afterward.

"Give me... two days."

Ziyas spoke up suddenly. Su Xiao and Wood, who had been preparing to discuss the plan to make the Stigma Academy wear a mask of pain, were both surprised in their hearts.

"What kind of assistance do you need?"

Su Xiao looked at Ziyas suspiciously; he really hadn't guessed what plan this guy had.

"No assistance needed. You just wait for my good news..."

Ziyas's words were only half-finished when a shout came.

"Where is the Goddess!!"

A voice came, carrying a hint of sharpness and even more anger. Then.

Boom!

The office window shattered. Amidst the scattering glass shards, a young girl—no, it should be a young man—with a single ponytail and a sharp temperament leaped in and landed in a half-squat. This young man's looks were on par with Lis's.

This person was one of the Goddess's guards. They had agreed to wait for the Goddess at the tea party to complete the handover of the guard duty, but they had waited a long time without the Goddess arriving. Later, they learned that the Goddess had been kidnapped by the Treatment Institute.

Incited by several Stigma Academy instructors, this young man, Zekaya, had come to rescue the Goddess.

Zekaya had come to rescue the Goddess naturally with something to rely on. According to his companion's tracking, the Goddess was nearby, so they split up. He deliberately charged into Kuku Lin Bai Ye's office to stall him, while his companions would take the opportunity to rescue the Goddess. Perfect!

Although Zekaya didn't consider himself a match for the Vice Dean of the Treatment Institute, stalling him for a while was no problem.

Inside the office, Zekaya stood up and looked directly at Su Xiao. As the saying goes, plans don't change as fast as reality. Zekaya was a bit curious about who the other three people sitting around the desk were.

Zekaya's perception was fully open. The next instant, he saw a scene he would never forget. Opposite him, a huge, pitch-black skull burning with eerie green flames was smiling at him. The feeling was as if it wanted to tear his soul out and sink it into the bottom of an eternal, dark, claustrophobic abyss.

And to the side, there seemed to be a humanoid tentacle monster. That sense of eeriness and darkness emanating from the depths of the soul made one feel as if they were suffering spiritual erosion just by looking at it. It seemed that in the next second, he would explode with a large number of black tentacles from within his own body because he had looked directly at this existence, eventually wailing as his sanity evaporated.

Further back, there seemed to be a huge blood beast half-hidden in the darkness, appearing cold, yet also grinning. Zekaya had a feeling that this was the most dangerous one.

And on the far right, there was a murky yellow intertwined with deep black. One half of this existence felt like it had no threat, while the other half made one's body and mind tremble.

Gulping, Zekaya swallowed his saliva. His thought at this moment was: What happened to the one-on-one fight we agreed on?

A moment later.

"Woo! Woo!!"

Zekaya was tightly bound by black tentacles growing from his own back. He writhed on the ground like a caterpillar, his eyes filled with anger.

Spatial fluctuations flashed and vanished. Su Xiao appeared; he had just gone to the fourth floor. The attacking Zekaya was just a smoke bomb; someone else was rescuing the Goddess.

With a thud, Su Xiao threw a masked woman bound by World-Severing Threads onto the floor.

Black smoke rushed into the window. The next second, Wood appeared, also carrying a masked woman bound in his hand. Judging by their builds, the two masked women were very similar; perhaps they were twin sisters.

Before long, Ms. Marina knocked on the door and entered, carrying a man on her shoulder—the driver and guard who had been driving for the Goddess earlier.

As the saying goes, a family should be neat and tidy. Right now, the Goddess was in a similar situation; her four guards had been caught neat and tidy.

"Whose people are these? So dim-witted?"

Ziyas laughed, not out of mockery, but because this so-called rescue plan was truly confusing.

The four captured people were all thrown into the dungeon on the third basement level of the Treatment Institute. The dungeon happened to be empty recently, and now it welcomed a new batch of residents.

Regarding the current situation, Su Xiao had a rough understanding of the attitude of the Saintess lineage. It appeared they had sent people to rescue, but in reality, they had sent three simpletons, plus one who was deliberately throwing their life away.

It could be seen that the attitude of the Saintess lineage was that they didn't want to offend the Treatment Institute, nor did they want to provoke the Academy faction. As long as they ensured the Goddess was fine, everything else was negotiable. However, if the Goddess suddenly became determined and refused to say how to open the entrance to the Dead Silence City, and Su Xiao took some measures, the Saintess lineage was willing to play blind, but they absolutely could not let the person be killed.

People from the logistics department arrived quickly. With the middle-aged man with regression abilities repairing the building, by the afternoon, everything seemed as if it had never happened.

Ziyas and Wood left at noon. It was unclear what Wood went to do, but Ziyas had taken the matter of dealing with the Academy faction entirely upon himself this time, which left both Su Xiao and Wood feeling uneasy.

It wasn't that they thought Ziyas couldn't handle the Academy faction, but they were worried about what other plans this guy might be implementing.

That afternoon, Su Xiao received news from Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang: Ziyas had left the city, destination unknown.

This made it even more incomprehensible. If he were to deal with the Academy faction, even if he didn't directly clash with them, he shouldn't have left the city.

Considering that Ziyas had always acted this way, for now, they could only wait and see for two days. If it really didn't work, they would adopt the "old schemer siege tactic"—everyone on their side would take the field, attacking the Stigma Academy from multiple angles until they were made to doubt their own lives.

Thinking to this point, Su Xiao took Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baja upstairs. Arriving at the fourth-floor corridor, he saw Xiusi guarding a metal door.

After opening the door, the Goddess, who was standing in front of the window contemplating life, came into view. Su Xiao took off his long leather coat and threw it to Baja, then rolled up his shirt sleeves and took out a leather roll. After unfolding it, inside were crystal needles more than ten centimeters long. This item was called the "Thorn of Mercy."

"You are the Goddess. Subjecting you to severe torture does not befit the dignity of either of us. If you can endure 5 of these, I will let you leave later."

Su Xiao pointed to the bed, signaling for the Goddess to lie down herself, so as not to be caught and lose the Goddess's elegance and dignity.

Seeing this array, the Goddess immediately felt her legs go weak, as if the soles of her feet were made of cotton. If she were facing severe torture, she could really grit her teeth and resist for the sake of her status, but facing this calm tone, which was as natural as if he were calling her to eat, made her feel a chill through her entire body.

"You, what do you want to ask? Ask then, I... I didn't say I wouldn't tell you."

As the Goddess said this, her tone was very aggrieved. She was deliberately playing the victim; Baja had asked many times before how to open the entrance to the Dead Silence City, but she had been playing dumb the whole time.

"Then let's talk while we eat."

Su Xiao put away the roll, the door was pushed open, and a dining cart was pushed in. Before long, several delicacies were placed in front of the Goddess. Since being kidnapped yesterday, the Goddess had only eaten two pieces of bread, and she was now famished.

The chef's apprentice who delivered the meal made a move to pour a glass, but Su Xiao raised his hand to stop him, took the wine bottle, and sat opposite the Goddess across a small table. He placed the wine glass on the table and poured a glass of red wine.

"Tell me, how to open the entrance to the Dead Silence City."

Su Xiao pushed the wine glass to the side of the Goddess's tray. After the Goddess picked it up and took a small sip, she said: "Only I can open it."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak further. Seeing this, the Goddess hurriedly added: "To be precise, it's the thing in my body that can open that entrance. You just need to take me there, and that's it."

"What is in your body?"

Su Xiao became interested. If the thing in the Goddess's body could really open the entrance to the Dead Silence City, then would this object resonate with the object at the entrance? If there was resonance, he wouldn't need to bother with the Academy faction and could directly find the entrance to the Dead Silence City.

"It's my heart. Only my heart, while it's still beating, can open that sealed gate. The Academy faction sealed this gate back then; they know the location, and as a constraint, our lineage holds the method to open it."

The Goddess didn't choose to continue hiding it but revealed everything. According to her, the method to open the door wasn't actually very mysterious; it was just using bloodline resonance. The first-generation Saintess had used all her secondary divine blood as a sealing lock, and only those with resonance to her bloodline could temporarily open this sealing lock.

As for the Sanctuary Key Su Xiao had obtained earlier, it wasn't used to open this door, but to open an important place inside the Dead Silence City.

When the Dead Silence City was sealed, the Healing Church played a leading role. Therefore, after that, the four departments under the Healing Church—the Workshop, the Saintess lineage, the Stigma Academy, and the Treatment Institute—each held a key object or secret technique.

The Workshop had originally mastered the secret technique for making Shelter Stones, but due to the conflict that broke out between the Healing Church and the Steam God Religion, the Workshop suffered heavy casualties. Not only did the craftsmen capable of making Shelter Stones die out, but the ancient books recording this secret technique were also destroyed. This led to the fact that every Shelter Stone used was one less, and no one could make them anymore.

In the world introduction, Su Xiao had learned about this chaotic battle. Because of this battle, the population of High Wall City was reduced by one-third, which shows how tragic it was back then.

Because the Workshop couldn't make Shelter Stones, its status within the Healing Church plummeted, and there were even calls to merge the Workshop into the Stigma Academy.

The Workshop subsequently developed desperately, starting to develop in the directions of crafting weapons, defenses, mechanical objects, etc., and became one of the three big bosses of the Healing Church today, which no one could shake.

The Stigma Academy, that is, the Academy faction, goes without saying. The entrance to the Dead Silence City back then was sealed under their leadership, catching the first-generation Saintess who attempted to pursue immortality and using all her secondary divine blood to seal it.

Sealing the entrance to the Dead Silence City undoubtedly made the tradition of the "Chosen One" a thing of the past. With the entrance to the Dead Silence City sealed, even if a "Chosen One" were selected, they couldn't enter the Dead Silence City.

The Saintess lineage goes without saying; only the direct bloodline of the first-generation Saintess could open the shackles transformed from the secondary divine blood.

The final Treatment Institute held the Sanctuary Key, which was lost not long ago and had now been recovered. In terms of importance, even if you added the Shelter Stone secret technique, the location of the Sealed Gate, and the method to open the door, it wouldn't equal one percent of the importance of the Sanctuary Key.

Why was this? Among the generations of Chosen Ones, more than 80% were from the Treatment Institute. When they went deep into the Dead Silence City, they had to carry the Sanctuary Key. Even if the Chosen One eventually failed and died, the Treatment Institute would spare no cost to retrieve this key.

The most tragic time was when the Treatment Institute died until only the Dean remained. After this Dean brought the key out from the Dead Silence City, he died without even leaving a last word.

After the Goddess finished her lunch, Su Xiao left with peace of mind and ordered that there was no need to guard the Goddess; as long as she didn't leave the Treatment Institute's courtyard, she could go anywhere.

That afternoon, the Goddess secretly rescued the four guards in the dungeon and, with the help of the guards, successfully escaped the Treatment Institute.

At 6:00 PM that day, the Goddess, with a pale face, was sent back to the Treatment Institute. After drinking a bottle of relief potion, her pale little face regained some color, and then she returned to the room on the fourth floor where she had been detained and lived there.

Obviously, after experiencing the slow alchemy poison, the Goddess was much more obedient. Even if the four guards urged her to escape the Treatment Institute, she wouldn't escape anymore.

This made several Academy faction instructors, who had been prepared to make a big deal out of the kidnapping of the Goddess at the Treatment Institute to make the Treatment Institute the target of public criticism, wear masks of pain.

Several Academy faction instructors had everything prepared, typically holding back a big move, ready to deal a heavy blow to the Treatment Institute. As a result, now, the Goddess herself wouldn't leave.

Hearing this news, several instructors immediately sought out another instructor skilled in pharmacology. However, as soon as this instructor entered the gate of the Treatment Institute, he was poisoned to the point of foaming at the mouth, convulsing all over, and was carried away by others. To this day, everyone still hadn't figured out how this pharmacist had been poisoned.

Obviously, on the matter of the Goddess, the Academy faction was hammered by the Treatment Institute, beaten until their noses were bruised and faces swollen. However, the Academy faction held the location of the entrance to the Dead Silence City, and dragging it out was obviously beneficial to them. Their goal was to maintain the status quo.

Time passed quietly. The next morning, Ziyas still hadn't returned. This guy had been missing since he left the city.

There was no news from Ziyas, but Brother Ghost returned. Not only did he return himself, but he also colluded with... cough, he also brought back the Beast Master, along with Little Flower, the Ancient Magic Mirror, and the Evil Spirit in the Mirror, by "inviting" him back.

This was hard to believe. You know, the Beast Race had always been xenophobic. Not to mention letting the Beast Master, who had high prestige among them, come to High Wall City, even stepping into their territory would lead to being besieged.

But Brother Ghost managed to do it. The reason was that before he became a Chosen One, his parents were harmed by beasts and wild beasts; his mother was bitten to death by a member of the Beast Race, and his father was devoured by a wild beast.

This made Brother Ghost extremely hateful toward the Beast Race and the Wild Beast Race during his peak period, and he took action. He often went outside the city to hunt. After fifteen years of hunting, the overall number of the Wild Beast Race decreased by 60%, and the Beast Race also lost 70%.

In the badlands of that era, whether it was the Beast Race or the Wild Beast Race, seeing a human would definitely result in a roar before turning and fleeing. This was all killed by Brother Ghost and the expedition team under his command.

In the past, when the expedition team saw the Beast Race and the Wild Beast Race, they would try their best to bypass them. But in the era when Brother Ghost was the expedition captain, when the expedition team members saw a beast or wild beast, their first reaction would definitely be to draw their weapons, shout "colleague," and charge directly.

Right now, Brother Ghost went to "visit" the Beast Race. The Beast leader received him personally, appearing calm, but actually feeling somewhat panicked inside.

Brother Ghost gave the Beast leader two choices: 1. Let the Vice Dean of the Treatment Institute, Kuku Lin Bai Ye, come here to visit; 2. Let the Beast Master go to High Wall City for a trip, ensuring the Beast Master arrives safely and returns safely.

Hearing these conditions, the Beast leader pondered for a long time. If Brother Ghost was the killer god of the past, then Su Xiao was the killer god alive today. Eventually, the Beast leader sought out the Master in the clan and went to the Treatment Institute under the name of exchanging combat tactics and insights.

Right now, the Beast Master had already arrived in the city. Su Xiao asked Old Chaman and Marina to go pick him up, and told those two not to return directly to the Treatment Institute, but to first drive the Beast Master to stroll around the planting area with good scenery in the south of the city, then arrange lunch there, and find a Beast Race member in the city to receive the Beast Master.

This time, inviting the Beast Master, Su Xiao wanted to ask for advice on meditation methods. Asking for advice required an attitude of asking for advice. How Brother Ghost negotiated in the early stages, Su Xiao didn't care, and couldn't care. Now that the Beast Master had arrived in High Wall City, he definitely had to be treated well.

At 2:00 PM that day, on a farm in the South City District, looking out, there were green waters and green mountains in the distance, a large piece of mowed grass around, and a wooden house in the back.

Under a large banyan tree, the canopy blocked the scorching sun. Su Xiao sat cross-legged under the tree, and opposite him was an old wolf. This old wolf was the Beast Master.

"Dean Bai Ye, I've heard of you for a long time. I didn't expect us to meet. Fate is truly wonderful."

The old wolf spoke human words, draped in cloth ornaments of the Beast Race, but these cloth ornaments looked somewhat aged and old.

"Regarding the meditation method, this is the masterpiece of my life, so..."

Although the Beast Master came here, he was not prepared to teach that unique meditation method completely. For this, he had already prepared to be buried here.

Su Xiao took out an ancient book, which was obtained from the Dragon Academy. This kind of ancient book was not in pure text form, but by injecting spiritual power into it, combined with reading, the ancient books of the Dragon Academy were all like this, and one could read fluently without understanding the types of characters in the book.

With a small amount of spiritual power injected, several symbols appeared on the cover of this ancient book, the meaning of which was "Soul of the Beast." Simply put, this ancient book was a type of soul cultivation method that many Beast Race groups could master.

After the Beast Master took the ancient book, he also injected spiritual power into it. A moment later, he seemed to want to say something, but after looking down at the ancient book in his hand, he sighed. He knew that he couldn't refuse this deal, not because someone forced him, but because his own heart couldn't refuse.

"Dean Bai Ye, but I'll say the ugly words first. My meditation method is an advanced method created on the basis of the basic meditation method, so you must have a solid foundation in meditation. I see you are so young, if your foundation in meditation is not solid, you won't be able to learn this advanced meditation method of mine."

The Beast Master spoke with a gentle smile, obviously comforting Su Xiao in advance, telling him not to be discouraged even if he couldn't master the advanced meditation method.

"..."

Su Xiao looked at the "Heart Meditation Lv. 69" in the Beast Master's data, then looked at the "Heart Meditation Lv. 73" he had mastered, and didn't say anything. ===== CHAPTER 3545 =====