My beast can't be a demon.

Chapter 242 Contract Banquet

Wu Xiaoqing roughly understood what Zhou Lu had experienced in the secret realm through the white inscription mushrooms.

She frowned visibly.

"That means there are at least two immortal organizations?"

"To be precise, there are three." Zhou Lu said, "The last voice I overheard from them seemed to be from an organization called Xianguo."

"Damn, these people really have nothing to do after eating." Wu Xiaoqing said angrily.

If the three immortal organizations all appeared after the Beast Taming Era, then it must be that people's lives were so good that they wanted to seek excitement by committing suicide.

It’s not easy to be an immortal.

During the most prosperous period of the so-called Immortal Era, there were often sects that were wiped out by their rivals.

When Zhou Lu read novels before, he was very curious.

Aren't so-called immortals supposed to be sages? Why do they all seem so violent and want to kill whole families at any time?

If you say that person has a grudge against you, that's fine.

The key is that the causes of some events are often very funny.

Either the magic weapon he had his eyes on was taken away by someone, or someone just took a second look at it on the road.

Now Zhou Lu finally knew.

This is not a bad temper, it's clearly just looking for an excuse to have a big meal.

As long as the roots of immortals do not undergo fundamental changes, the era of immortals will certainly not be much better.

Yet, so many people yearn for such a world.

There are a large number of people on the Internet who are influenced by novels and television and have unrealistic fantasies about the era of immortals.

Little did they know that according to the ratio of immortals to ordinary humans, if they really went back to the immortal era, they would most likely become the immortals' food.

Only in the new era has everyone become extraordinary, and as long as anyone passes the exam, they can contract a spirit pet and have a certain level of combat power.

Zhou Lu thought so and went back to his room to start organizing his next plan.

If his estimation was correct, Huo Huo only needed to absorb the energy of one or two more immortals to completely achieve the rank of half-step quasi-god.

At that time, I can start the evolution of Fireworks.

Zhou Lu has already collected all the materials needed for evolution through rewards from the system and the academy.

It is indeed outrageous to think this way.

At this time, it was actually less than half a year before Huo Huo broke through to the third level.

There has never been such an exaggerated leap in strength in history.

Looking at Hua Huo who was taking Xiao Ling Yun to visit various objects in the room, Zhou Lu couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Hua Huo was really born to become strong.

Although its strength increased so rapidly, it did not feel uncomfortable at all.

You couldn't even see any sign from Hanabi that her body and mind couldn't keep up because her strength was improving too quickly.

Yueya was amazed at how calm and composed Huahuo was.

"You, the spiritual beast, are simply born with the potential to become a god." Yueya said to Zhou Lu.

Zhou Lu suddenly thought: "Could it be possible that the power of the Seeking Truth Wood is also contained in it?"

Yueya didn’t quite understand what Zhou Lu meant.

"What I mean is," Zhou Lu paused, sorted out his thoughts and continued, "Can't the Tao-seeking tree see destiny? It saw that Hua Huo had this ability among the countless Mengyu flowers, so it selected it."

Yueya thought for a moment and said, "Theoretically, it is absolutely possible."

While the two were talking, there was a knock on the window of the room.

Zhou Lu was stunned and subconsciously became alert.

"I'm Qiqi."

When Zhou Lu heard that it was the general education fairy of Xin Yue College, he seemed to guess something in his heart and pulled up the curtains.

Qiqi flapped its wings and hovered outside the window.

As Zhou Lu opened the window, she flew in.

"My mother asked me to bring you a message."

"what?"

"After things here are settled, we'll go to the Veterans' Home to find her." Qiqi looked at Zhou Lu curiously.

Zhou Lu guessed that Qiu Dao Mu must have sensed something through fate, so he asked his child to come and inform him.

After the matter is settled...

It seems that Qiu Daomu knows that he has something to do here.

She might have guessed it, but she had no intention of stopping it.

Does this mean that she actually knows that there is an immortal in the Li family?
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Zhou Lu noticed that Qiqi was still looking at him curiously, so he said with a smile.

Qiqi then slowly retracted her gaze and said, "This is the first time that mother has shown interest in a human other than the master."

"Really?" Zhou Lu asked curiously, "But doesn't she have a contracted beastmaster?"

"It's just work." Qiqi said.

As she spoke, she glanced at Hanabi and asked, "If you need anything, feel free to ask me. Of course, I won't give you a discount."

Zhou Lu's mouth twitched slightly, and he didn't know what to say.

Qiqi's behavior was actually entirely due to Wu Xiaoqing.

As an exchange scholar, Wu Xiaoqing naturally enjoyed some discounts.

Xiao Xi obviously did not tell Qi Qi about Wu Xiaoqing's special situation, so when she tried to get a discount after Wu Xiaoqing's constant persuasion, she was severely cheated by Wu Xiaoqing.

She never imagined that a human could possess such a huge amount of fairy coins.

Most large beast-taming companies do not have so many fairy coins in reserve.

Looking at the shopping list Wu Xiaoqing took out, Qiqi almost fainted on the spot.

It’s a pity that as a species of divine beast, her energy is almost unlimited, and she could only bite the bullet and complete the transaction with Wu Xiaoqing.

After that, Qiqi would avoid Wu Xiaoqing whenever she saw her.

Although fairy coins are universal, for different general fairies, it would be a loss if they trade fairy coins issued by other general fairies with themselves.

Although there are no assessment indicators for the Way-Seeking Wood, the common fairies often compete with each other.

In addition, Qiqi and Xiaoxi already knew each other, so she even suspected that sending Wu Xiaoqing to their college was intentional.

Qiqi exchanged a few words with Zhou Lu and then left through the window.

At this time, Hua Huo had already taken Yue Ya to take a general look at all the new things around them, and then returned to Zhou Lu's side with satisfaction.

Zhou Lu looked at the crescent moon that rested on Hanabi's hat and asked, "How is it? Can you get used to it?"

As a professional beastmaster, it is natural to take the living environment of the spirit pet into consideration.

Although Yueya has temporarily become Zhou Lu's pet, as a spiritual beast that has always lived in the wild, whether it can adapt to modern human life is still a big question.

In fact, not only wild spiritual beasts, but also many spiritual pets that humans have been breeding from breeding bases often require a special environment to grow better because of the influence of their innate genes.

Therefore, in every city there is a city where beastmasters can bring their pets to relieve their emotions.

Crescent Moon seemed very happy: "It's a very nice place. It would be even better if there was water vapor." Little Spirit Cloud is a relatively special type of water-based spirit beast. They tend to prefer an environment where clouds can form.

Zhou Lu immediately understood Yueya’s needs and quickly asked Hua Huo to boil a pot of water.

When Yueya saw the steam, she was particularly delighted: "Yes, yes, that's it."

As it said this, it did not forget to look back at Benben who had been hanging up the phone: "You come too."

Benben refused directly: "I don't like steam."

"You may have misunderstood." Yueya used her strength to open the kettle. "I asked you to come in here. I have nothing to do anyway, so I might as well train you."

Seeing this, Benben was silent for a while: "Are you sure you are not here to torture me on purpose?"

But Benben finally reluctantly soaked himself in the kettle.

Compared to the kettle, Benben's size is a bit too big, so Hanabi uses [Lilliput] to shrink it a bit.

Benben floated in the boiling hot water, while Yueya happily turned into a little bird and flew back and forth in the white steam.

The next day, it was time for the Li family to hold a contract banquet.

Zhou Lu got up early in the morning.

Hua Huo had used steam to iron Zhou Lu's only formal suit the day before yesterday.

Walking downstairs, I saw a familiar yet unfamiliar beautiful woman leaning against the door bored.

"It's rare to see you dressed like this, Sister Xiaoqing." Zhou Lu said with a smile, looking at Wu Xiaoqing in front of him.

Wu Xiaoqing rolled her eyes at Zhou Lu: "I don't like it either, but I can't get in there wearing a white coat."

"Speaking of which, where did you get the invitation to the Li family's contract banquet?" Zhou Lu asked curiously.

"Whisper gave it to me. They sent an invitation to Whisper."

Zhou Lu knew that Ye Qingyu was in charge of investigating the immortal incident in the secret island: "I feel like he wants to call Sister Qingyu over to test her."

"Let's not talk about this for now." Wu Xiaoqing looked at the time and said, "We are almost leaving. Do you remember your mission?"

"Don't worry, I will restrain the Li family's pet when the time comes."

Zhou Lu now has Crescent Moon who is a quasi-god and Fireworks who is almost a quasi-god. His strength is considered to be among the best in the world.

However, if the opponent is a spiritual pet from an entire family of divine beasts, it is impossible to say that there is no pressure.

Fortunately, Zhou Lu doesn’t need to really defeat all the beastmasters of the Li family. He just needs to restrain the other party.

"The Li family's invitation is for Sister Qingyu. Will we cause trouble for Sister Qingyu by doing this?" Zhou Lu asked on the way to the Li family mansion.

"Then it would be better if we aren't discovered." Wu Xiaoqing chuckled.

It's easy to say, but this is their home court.

If you want to hide your identity, you have to avoid the various surveillance systems in the Li family mansion.

But then I thought, why should I worry about being discovered by them?

The family of divine beasts attempted to develop on the path of becoming immortals, but it was the Li family that was clearly wrong.

If a quarrel really breaks out, Ye Qingyu will throw away the evidence and the Li family will be embarrassed.

There are some things that you do in private and no one says anything.

But as long as you bring things to the surface, the authorities will have to take action.

Just like many illegal things, the authorities actually turn a blind eye to individuals.

But once more people report it and it becomes public knowledge, they will have no choice but to deal with it.

What's more, the issue of immortals involves the legitimacy of today's official system.

The beginning of the Beast Taming Era was to fight against the Immortals.

If you find that a family wants to become an immortal family and you do nothing about it, you will lose your legitimacy.

Thinking this way, Zhou Lu felt more confident and bold.

He even felt that if the Li family really wanted to settle accounts with Ye Qingyu, he could just bring the matter of the immortal to the surface.

While the founding mythical beasts in the Invalides are still alive, humans still have a chance to eradicate all the termites within themselves.

"Then let's make a big fuss." Zhou Lu said this, looking at the house slowly appearing in front of him outside the car window.

What surprised Zhou Lu was that, as a former family of divine beasts, the Li family’s house was actually not ostentatious.

Even if you just look at the architecture, it's just an ordinary old house.

But outside the house is a large lawn and a large number of artificial landscapes.

These man-made landscapes are not just for aesthetics, many of them have practical uses.

For example, training pets to fight in different environments.

Only wealthy clubs have the conditions to build training grounds directly in their own homes.

Wu Xiaoqing brought Zhou Lu and walked into the Li family's mansion in a swaggering manner.

At this time, all the round tables had been set up on the grass in front of the house.

Various cold dishes were placed on the round table, waiting for the host to give orders to serve the various dishes from the kitchen.

Zhou Lu and his group arrived relatively late.

There were already quite a few people in front of me, toasting their glasses and chatting happily.

Many people even show off their spiritual pets there.

After a while, Zhou Lu saw them laughing and carrying their spirit pets to the grass nearby to have a beast taming duel.

Well, having a beast taming duel over a disagreement is indeed in line with the background of this era.

If you only look at this scene, it would be hard to imagine that the Li family would be involved with immortals.

"When do we start?" Zhou Lu was about to ask Wu Xiaoqing, but when he turned around, he found that she was no longer beside him.

Then when I looked again, he was eating voraciously.

"You're not really here for the banquet, are you?" Zhou Lu said helplessly as he looked at Wu Xiaoqing's performance.

Although Wu Xiaoqing eats fast, her eating manners are still quite elegant.

Putting the duck tongue bones on the table, Wu Xiaoqing said calmly: "It's not easy to get a piece of food here, so we must finish it before doing anything else."

Wu Xiaoqing also invited Zhou Lu: "Would you like to sit down and eat with us? I think their dishes will be served soon."

What's up with your damn relaxation?
Zhou Lu suddenly regretted following Wu Xiaoqing to complete the mission.

Finally, under Wu Xiaoqing's various encouragements and temptations, Zhou Lu finally sat down.

"So, when are you going to look for the Grandmaster's things?"

"Ah, there's no rush." ​​Wu Xiaoqing fiddled with the cup in her hand and drank a glass of coconut juice. "You always have to observe the enemy you're facing first."

In addition to having several talented beastmasters of their own, the Li family also hired a group of beastmasters to protect them.

What Zhou Lu needs to do is to let Hua Huo mark all these people during the banquet.

As long as they are marked with pollen, Zhou Lu can know their every move through empathy.

Zhou Lu was just thinking about it when he saw Wu Xiaoqing's eyes suddenly light up: "Hey! I found it! The Ghost Heart Purple Mushroom really won't let me down!"

(End of this chapter)