Unserious Beast Tamer

"This doesn't seem to be a star-stabilizing stone, right?"

Xu Ran held the stone dug out by Cancan in his hands, with a look of surprise and confusion on his face.

Unexpectedly, hundreds of years after the Star Calming Stone was taken away, new things could still be found here.

But there is obviously a big difference between the resource in front of me and the Star-Suppressing Stone.

According to Dark Demon Lion's description, the Star Calming Stone is a spar, but the texture of the stone in front of him is more like jade, and the Star Calming Stone has strong star power. The star power on this stone is certainly there, but not much.

Moreover, the sizes of the two are also different.

The pit containing the Star Calming Stone is enough to hold a fist, but at this moment, this small stone is only the size of a knuckle.

"Meow?" (Could it be the Star Calming Stone that hasn't grown up yet?)

Ziyun guessed.

According to the Dark Demon Lion, the Star-Suppressing Stone will grow.

Perhaps, this is a star-stabilizing stone that has just emerged and has not yet grown up?

"There is a possibility, but it's not very likely." Xu Ran touched his chin, "And with the current star power content in Silent Abyss, even if it is really a star-stabilizing stone that has not grown up, it has no chance of growing up."

"Chirp~" (In any case, there must be a certain connection between this stone and the Star Stone.)

Twelve expressed his opinion.

"Indeed, so it can be considered a harvest." Xu Ran chuckled and carefully put the knuckle-sized stone away, "Let's see if there are any clues elsewhere."

One person and five pets worked separately, digging three feet into the nearby area, even the rock wall was not spared.

However, apart from this stone, they gained nothing else.

"It seems that the exploration can only end here." Xu Ran said with a hint of regret, "After we go back, we will study the origin of this stone."

"Xilu~" (Okay!)

Xingchen neighed with a bit of anticipation.

I don’t know why, but that little stone gives it a very special feeling.

Although the star power contained in it is not strong, it gives it a particularly pure feeling, and when you feel it carefully, its own star power will also be touched.

Therefore, this resource should not be simple.

In addition, it exists in the place where the Star Calming Stone was born. Maybe it can really be used to find the Star Calming Stone?

——

The way back was easier than when we came. Because we had an understanding of the black mist, Xingchen used the star-repelling ring throughout the entire process, successfully driving back the black mist, allowing one person and five pets to see each other and the small area around them smoothly. .

Leaving the Silent Abyss, under the rapid speed of the stars, the majestic city walls of Xieyun City soon appeared in front of them.

As soon as he entered the gate of Xinghuo Nursing Home in Xueyun City, Xu Ran saw an unexpected figure.

"President Fang? Why are you here?" He strode up to Fang Canghai, showing a surprised look.

"I've been waiting for you since I got the news about my return." Fang Canghai chuckled and glanced at Ziyun behind Xu Ran meaningfully, "If I come later, I'm afraid I'll miss you again. ?”

"This..." Xu Ran laughed dryly.

Indeed, he originally planned to teleport directly to Xuanxing City after returning to Xieyun City.

"Congratulations, you have a pet beast of the emperor race." Fang Canghai smiled, "I thought I had enough expectations of your potential, but I still underestimated the speed of your becoming stronger."

As an emperor-level beast master, Fang Canghai knew very well how big the strength gap was between beast masters with the emperor race and beast masters with only the king race.

Even if Xu Ran currently only has one emperor race, and even has three pet beasts that have not reached the king level, he can easily reach the level of king level beastmaster.

"Maybe I'm lucky." Xu Ran responded with a smile and subconsciously touched Ziyun's head.

lucky…

The corners of Fang Canghai's mouth twitched slightly.

The young man in front of me is good at everything, but he is too perfunctory when prevaricating, and he doesn't even bother to change his reasons.

"I also hope to have such luck as you." Fang Canghai laughed at himself, and then his expression became slightly more serious, "I came here mainly to ask you to do something for me."

"What's going on?" Xu Ran looked surprised.

Fang Canghai seeks his help?

Is there something that he, the emperor-level beast master, can't do, but he can do it himself?

"This matter cannot be done now." Fang Canghai looked around, "It will not be carried out until the exchange war is over and the city alliance is established."

His voice paused slightly, "Do you know the Xuanguang Tunnel?"

"Of course I know this." Xu Ran nodded.

The Xuanguang Tunnel is the largest and oldest extraordinary zone in Beast Domain No. 47, occupying one-tenth of the area of ​​Beast Domain No. 47.

It is extremely mysterious. Not only is it difficult for strong humans to enter, it is also difficult for extraordinary creatures to survive in it. If other extraordinary areas are called human forbidden areas, then the Xuanguang Tunnel is a forbidden area for life.

"After reaching the Emperor level, I once entered the deepest part of the Xuanguang Tunnel." Fang Canghai paused slightly, "There are some things there that I have never seen before."

"I suspect that the deepest part of the Xuanguang Tunnel is a ruins."

"A trace of a past that has never been known to anyone."

A look of astonishment appeared on Xu Ran's face, "What does this mean?"

"Hmm..." Fang Canghai pondered for a moment, and then slowly spoke, "I think you should know that the earliest appearance of extraordinary creatures was about a thousand years ago."

"At first there were only a few, but in the following more than a hundred years, they increased at an extremely fast rate. In the end, they completely occupied the entire world. The dove occupied the magpie's nest and became the new master of the world."

"But the reproduction of extraordinary creatures is very difficult. In theory, there should not be such an exaggerated growth rate." Fang Canghai paused, "So there has been a hypothesis for a long time, that is, extraordinary creatures do not come from this world."

"Maybe they came from another world and were just moved here by some force."

"Even... until now, there are still passages that we have never known about, connecting the two worlds, allowing extraordinary creatures to appear continuously."

"Is there such a thing?" Xu Ran was shocked.

After traveling to this world, he was sure that there must be other worlds outside this world, but this was the first time he had truly come into contact with such secrets.

"So...the ruins you just mentioned, President Fang?" Xu Ran vaguely thought of something, and his eyes gradually widened, "No way?"

"Yes, it's what you think." Fang Canghai nodded slowly, "That ruins are likely to come from another world where extraordinary creatures exist."

"This is a crisis, but it may also contain extremely important opportunities."

"After the alliance is established, I will invite all overlord-level beast masters to go with me, but you will still be the first among the king-level beast masters."

Fang Canghai looked at Xu Ran seriously, "So, what are your thoughts?"

"Go!" Xu Ran said without hesitation.

No fool would refuse to take such an opportunity.

Xu Ran was full of curiosity about the possible existence of another world.

Even if you don't get anything, it's good to gain a lot of knowledge.

"That's good." Fang Canghai smiled, "How can I contact you then?"

"Um..." Xu Ran blinked, and then looked at the store manager Diaoyuo who was greeting customers not far away, "Please inform the store manager, he has a way to contact me."

"Okay." Fang Canghai nodded slightly, and then changed his voice, "I have sent someone to warn the Blood Slaughter City."

"Although their personalities are affected by other factors, this is not the reason for their misbehavior in Jieyun City."

"If there is a next time, I will go and talk to their president in person."

"Thank you, senior." Xu Ran's smile became brighter.

After leaving Xieyun City, his only worry was the people in Qingzhou City.

The beast masters in Blood Slaughter City are not easy to get along with and may take revenge afterward.

When he took action before, he had threatened the opponent verbally, but after all, this threat was not as great as the deterrent effect of Jie Yun City.

With President Fang personally taking action, things would be much simpler.

"You're welcome." Fang Canghai smiled, "It's just a little effort. If you need any other help, you can come to me."

"No. 8 Beast Domain may send out strong men at any time. At this time, having a powerful beast master will give us more confidence to fight."

"Okay." Fang Canghai said so, and Xu Ran was no longer polite.

It just so happened that he had something to ask the other party at this moment.

"President Fang, have you ever heard of the Star-Suppressing Stone?"

"Star-Suppressing Stone?" Fang Canghai raised a brow, "There was a piece of Silent Abyss hundreds of years ago. It was taken away by the second-generation city lord of Xuanxing City and became the current city-protecting star formation."

"Now I haven't heard about the whereabouts of other Star-Suppressing Stones." Fang Canghai glanced at Xu Ran, and then his eyes naturally fell on Xingchen, "You plan to use the Star-Suppressing Stone to make evolution materials for it?"

After all, he was also an emperor-level beastmaster. Fang Canghai could tell at a glance that the dark power of Xingchen was somewhat special, mixed with the power of stars.

Such a pet beast successfully evolves into the imperial race and has extremely high potential for becoming a saint.

Being able to use the Suppressing Star Stone as a purification material is a big deal.

"I do have this idea." Xu Ran scratched his head, "The only problem now is that we can't find the Star-Suppressing Stone."

"When you left the city this time, you went to the Silent Abyss, right?" Fang Canghai smiled, "It's a pity that the second Star Stone cannot be born there."

"Indeed, but we found this in the Silent Abyss." Xu Ran took out the stone he found, "President Fang, do you know what this is?"

"Let me take a look." Fang Canghai's expression moved slightly, he took the stone and looked at it carefully for a moment, then shook his head regretfully.

"I can't tell the truth about this stone."

——

"There is actually such a stone?"

Within the Xuanxing City Beast Master Association, in the study room belonging to the president Qi Yuan, Qi Yuan looked at an extremely old manuscript with mottled handwriting in front of him in surprise.

In the past two days, he happened to tidy up the books in his study, placing various martial arts and other miscellaneous books into categories, and then accidentally saw this manuscript in a book.

With just one glance, he recognized its owner through the fonts on the manuscript.

If nothing else, this should be left by the second city lord of Xuanxing City.

The second city lord of Xuanxing City is also a strange person.

During his lifetime, the most powerful secondary town in Beast Domain No. 47 was not Yunyun City, but Xuanxing City.

As the only emperor-level beastmaster in the entire No. 47 Beast Domain, it was he who took away the Star-Suppressing Stone and created the defensive star formation that would protect Xuanxing City for hundreds of years.

The moment he saw the words Zhenxing Stone appearing on the manuscript, Qi Yuan couldn't restrain his curiosity and started reading directly.

After reading the manuscript, his mood was ups and downs.

Because the manuscript records a secret related to the origin of the Star-Suppressing Stone.

The Star Calming Stone is planted.

To give birth to a star-holding stone, two conditions are needed.

First, the nearby environment contains a large amount of star power.

The second is to bury the seeds of the Star-Suppressing Stone, a special resource called the Source of Stars.

The source of the star itself does not have much value.

But it can pull the power of the stars around it, causing them to gather into thin threads like roots in a special way, absorbing a large amount of star power from the environment, and condensing it into a star-holding stone.

It is the catalyst for the birth of the Star-Suppressing Stone. Without it, no matter how strong the star power is, the Star-Suppressing Stone cannot be born.

But after the birth of the Star-Suppressing Stone, the Source of Stars will not be affected.

They can continue to affect the surrounding star power, gathering a second or more star-calming stones.

Of course, the premise is that there is enough star power in the surrounding environment.

But this is almost impossible.

Just gathering one Star-Suppressing Stone turned the former Star Abyss into the current Silent Abyss. Qi Yuan could not think of any place that could support the birth of more than two Star-Suppressing Stones.

In addition, this manuscript also mentioned many other characteristics of the Star Source.

Qi Yuan slowly put down the manuscript, with a thoughtful look on his face.

He remembered that some time ago, Xu Ran had asked for clues about the Star-Suppressing Stone, and after looking through the information, he told Xu Ran that the Star-Suppressing Stone was born in the Silent Abyss.

Today, Xuanxing City's Xinghuo Nursing Store happened to be temporarily closed again.

Is there a possibility that Xu Ran went to the Silent Abyss to look for clues to the Star-Suppressing Stone?

If this is the case, is it possible for him to find the source of the star?

With this thought popping up in his mind, Qi Yuan couldn't help but laugh.

After so many years, the Source of Stars should have been discovered and taken away long ago, right?

Qi Yuan took out his phone, thought about it, and sent a text message to Xu Ran.

"There are new clues about the Star-Suppressing Stone. Remember to come find me when you return to the city."

——

Xuanxing City Xinghuo Nursing Home.

Xu Ran's body flashed and he appeared in the closed store. The next second, the six-pointed star array flashed behind him, and five little ones quickly walked out of the energy storm.

Xu Ran did not get any clues about this small stone from Fang Canghai, so Xu Ran was not too discouraged. After chatting with the other party for a few more words and finalizing some details of the subsequent exploration of the ruins together, Fang Canghai said goodbye and left due to busy work.

And Xu Ran did not continue to stay in Xieyun City and returned to Xuanxing City.

The visibility task has not been completed yet. Since we will explore the ruins with President Fang later, we must increase the visibility of Xuanxing City to 50% before that.

However, this is not the most important thing right now.

Xu Ran was stunned and took out the small stone in his arms.

The stone, which was ordinary before and had a jade-like texture, now erupted with an extremely bright light, which was a bit dazzling to look at directly.

This incident instantly attracted all the attention of one person and five pets.

"Cha?" (Why did it suddenly light up?)

Cancan's eyes widened and he looked at the stone in Xu Ran's hand in surprise.

Twelve showed a thoughtful look and spoke slowly.

"Chirp~" (It seems to have started since we arrived at Xuanxing City.)

"Xuanxing City...is there anything special here?" Xu Ran blinked, and then his eyes suddenly lit up.

However, Xingchen reacted faster than him.

"Xilu!" (It's the Star-Suppressing Stone!)

This stone exists in the place where the Zhenxing Stone was born, so it is naturally easy to connect the two together.

The biggest difference between Xuanxing City and the places they had visited before was simply the existence of the city-protecting star formation here.

The Star-Suppressing Stone is the core of the city-protecting star array.

"Sure enough, there is a connection between this stone and the Star-Suppressing Stone." A look of joy appeared on Xu Ran's face, "It's a pity that the Star-Suppressing Stone in Xuanxing City cannot be touched, otherwise we can try to find out what is there between the two. Such a connection.”

"Ding dong——"

A clear text message alert sounded, and Xu Ran subconsciously picked up the phone.

"There are new clues about the Star-Suppressing Stone. Remember to come find me when you return to the city."

Seeing this message from Qi Yuan, his eyes instantly lit up.

Any new clues about the Star-Suppressing Stone?

This is truly a double blessing.

He immediately called Qi Yuan. After confirming that Qi Yuan was free at the moment, he stood up without saying a word.

"Let's go visit Senior Qi Yuan." Xu Ran carefully placed the luminous stone in a box that was isolated from light and stuffed it into his arms. "Just in time, let's ask Senior Qi Yuan if he knows about this stone." The origin of the stone.”

"Xilu~" (Let's go!)

Xingchen neighed, his eyes full of excitement.

It felt like it was one step closer to the Star-Suppressing Stone.

——

"You guys came back pretty quickly."

In the president's office, Qi Yuan took a sip of tea and looked at the five pets in front of him in surprise, "I thought it would take you several days to come back after you left the city."

The reason why he sent the text message was because Xu Ran was not in the city.

As long as he returns to Xuanxing City, all unread text messages sent in Xuanxing City will be sent to Xu Ran's mobile phone the moment he connects to the network, and there will be no omissions.

"We didn't go too far." Xu Ran smiled, "One trip, half a day is enough."

If you don’t count the distance teleported from Xuanxing City to Xieyun City.

Qi Yuan nodded slightly, mentally denying his previous guess.

Being able to return within one day, it seems that Xu Ran did not go to the Silent Abyss, but he misunderstood.

But that's also a good thing.

Tell Xu Ran the secret of the Star-Suppressing Stone, and he will dig more carefully when he goes to the Silent Abyss in the future. What if he is lucky and he really finds the source of the star?

"I called you here this time because of it." Qi Yuan carefully picked up the manuscript of the second city lord and placed it on the table. "This manuscript was written by the creator of the city defense star array and the master of the star-suppressing stone. The origin matters.”

"Oh?" In just a moment, Xu Ran's curiosity was aroused.

"I learned some information from this manuscript that I didn't know before." Qi Yuan paused slightly, and then said, "There is a special resource called the Source of Stars..."

He briefly explained the relationship between the Source of Star and the Star-Suppressing Stone, and then continued to speak.

"This kind of star source is said to be related to the original origin of star power. In addition to being able to produce star-suppressing stones, extraordinary creatures that control star power can also purify star power if they carry it for a long time."

"Beyond that, it has another very important feature."

"When the source of the star is very close to the star stone, it will emit bright light. This light will never go out until the two are far away."

"If you get the Source of Stars, the difficulty of finding another Star-Suppressing Stone will be greatly reduced." Qi Yuan introduced this with a serious expression, "In the past so many years, I don't know if the Source of Stars is still in the Silent Abyss. .”

"If you want to go, remember to pay attention to the whereabouts of the Star Source."

After Qi Yuan finished speaking, the expressions of Xu Ran and Wu Xiaozhi became extremely strange.

When Qi Yuan described the connection between the Source of Stars and the Star-Suppressing Stone, they felt inexplicably familiar.

The filaments that carry the power of the star like a root system, the stones that are like seeds buried under the star-suppressing stone...

All these descriptions are so consistent with the stone obtained by one person and five pets.

In the end, what convinced one person and five pets was the fact that the Star Source would emit a dazzling light when it was close to the Star-Suppressing Stone.

The truth is revealed. What they dug out from the Silent Abyss was the Source of Stars.

With this star source, they can grow the star-suppressing stone.

Of course, this process requires more than ten years of waiting, and it also requires an environment where the power of the stars is not inferior to that of the Star Abyss.

Thinking about it this way, it is obviously not possible to actually plant a star-suppressing stone.

It would be more convenient to use the source of the star as a detector to find another star-calming stone.

Even if there isn't one in Beast Realm No. 47, if you go to other Beast Emperor-level beast realms, maybe there will be one?

Moreover, the effect of Star Source in purifying the power of stars is also crucial to the stars.

If all the dark power can be eliminated, leaving only the power of the star, will the star directly complete the key step of attribute transition?

However, even if this step can be achieved, it will take at least hundreds of thousands of years. According to the current speed of the star's improvement, it will take such a long time to evolve into the Holy Spirit.

"What's your expression?" After speaking, Qi Yuan took a sip of tea and raised his head, only then did he notice the strange expressions on Xu Ran and Wu Xiaozhi's faces.

"This...Senior Qi, if nothing unexpected happens..." Xu Ran said hesitantly, "Have we already obtained the Source of Stars you mentioned?"

"puff!"

Qi Yuan couldn't help but spit out the tea in his mouth, coughed a few times, and then looked at Xu Ran differently, "What did you just say? What have you already got?"

"Take a look." Xu Ran was silent for a moment, took out the box containing the Source of Stars from his arms, and opened it.

The dazzling light, freed from the restraints of the box, illuminated the office in an instant, and also illuminated Qi Yuan's stunned face.

The star-suppressing stone automatically glows when it is close to it, and there is also thin and pure star power on it. The texture of the surface is as smooth as jade, and it is a bit transparent.

All descriptions are exactly as in the manuscript.

Could it be that this is really the source of stars?

"Didn't you go to the Silent Abyss?" Qi Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"Have you gone?" Xu Ran blinked, "When we leave the city this time, we are going to the Silent Abyss."

"Go to the Silent Abyss? Is half a day enough to go back and forth?" Qi Yuan felt a little itchy on his head, as if he was about to grow a brain.

This speed is too outrageous.

Even for him, it would take him half a day to drive an Overlord-level beast to the Silent Abyss, and this does not include the time spent searching for resources.

How did Xu Ran do it? ——

"That's it!"

In the foster care shop, Xu Ran hung a pendant made by himself on Xingchen's neck and nodded with satisfaction.

The pendant part of this pendant is composed of a box made of dark system resource Black Cloud Crystal and placed in the source of the star.

Black cloud crystal has the effect of absorbing light. Using it to create a box to hold the Star Source can tightly bind the dazzling light in the box without affecting the star power of the Star Source to purify the stars.

Simply a genius idea.

After boasting a lot about himself, Xu Ran's eyes fell on another pendant also hanging on Xingchen's neck.

That is also the material needed for star evolution, the Glory of the Dawn Star.

The two resources containing the power of stars echoed each other, and Xu Ran seemed to have seen the stars begin to evolve.

The Star-Suppressing Stone is not far away!

Suddenly thinking of something, Xu Ran raised his hand and clicked on the task panel.

[Main mission 4: Spreading branches and leaves

Task description: Ask the host to successfully open branches in four different secondary towns. The branch's popularity reaches more than 50%, which is regarded as a successful opening. This task is a phased task, and the task rewards will be distributed in stages.

Mission reward: System skill upgrade token x1, system upgrade experience +600]

[Task at the current stage: Successfully open branches in four different secondary towns.

Mission progress: 3/4

Capture Cloud City (Completed)

Yaomu City (Completed)

Minghui City (completed)

Xuanxing City (16.2/50)

Stage task reward: System clerk x3]

Relying on its good reputation, Xinghuo Nursing Store has initially opened up in the past few days of business, and its popularity is increasing day by day.

After suspending business for one day, the increase in popularity not only did not decrease, but actually increased.

Xu Ran clearly remembered that when he left Xuanxing City in the morning, he checked the popularity status and found that the popularity was only 11.4%, but now it has reached 16.2%.

Closing the store only increased its popularity, which gave Xu Ran the urge to continue suspending operations.

Of course, he also knew that such an increase in popularity would not last long.

You still have to do business in a down-to-earth manner.

Xu Ran closed the task panel and glanced at the sky outside the window.

They left Xuanxing City in the morning and spent the whole day just as the sun was setting and the moon was rising.

Xu Ran got up and walked to the foster care area, intending to prepare a sumptuous dinner for the residents in the foster care area.

Without him, I feel good.

As the twenty pet reviewers left, the foster care area instantly emptied out. Only the residents who were actually fostered here were left, which looked a little empty.

Without yesterday's bustle and various difficulties from the pet judges, Xu Ran was even a little uncomfortable.

After accompanying the five little ones to enjoy dinner with the residents, Xu Ran watched the five little ones go to the training area to catch up on today's special training, and then returned to the room to meditate.

The sixth-level contract power is not that easy to break through, so he can't hold back the pet beast.