My beast can't be a demon.

Chapter 302 Fireworks are very popular

The selection competition started later than Zhou Lu had expected.

This was mainly because after the Immortal Kingdom incident, the authorities had noticed many problems within the organization, and they needed time to identify sufficiently loyal beastmasters. If they finally chose someone who sympathized with the immortals to become the beastmaster of Qiu Dao Mu, it would be a real joke.

Fortunately, since the top leaders of Xian Kingdom and Yangui had all been beheaded, the Immortal Resurrection Group was leaderless and was quickly eliminated by the official beastmaster team who were searching for them with all their might.

They did not miss any details and even dug three feet into the ground to dig out all the dead immortals of the Shengling Sect.

Qi Lin lied.

He did not eat his former companion, but simply killed and buried him.

With the complete destruction of the Immortal Resurrection Group, the selection competition for the Wood Beast Tamer who seeks the truth has finally been put on the agenda.

While waiting for the competition to start, Huo Huo had a lot of fun in the Invalides.

Many of the mythical beasts here have entered their old age, as their beast masters have long passed away, and as their own time of death is approaching, it is inevitable that their temperaments are unstable.

But Fireworks always had a kind of magic, as if she was a junior who could bring all kinds of joy to these mythical beasts, and she actually gradually became the darling of the Invalides.

This directly made Huahuo the little bully in the Invalides, and no matter what pranks she committed, she could be easily forgiven.

Fortunately, Hanabi is no longer naughty...well, at least not as naughty as she was at the beginning.

Although it is still playful, it can usually grasp the right limit and will not do anything annoying.

It was also during this period that Hua Huo's cleaning scope was no longer limited to Zhou Lu's temporary room, but included the entire Veterans Home.

It took care of all the cleaning work for the divine beast's residence, which greatly touched Ye Qingyu.

Because the old beasts have mood swings, the cleaning specialists are often frightened to varying degrees. Now that everything is done by Hanabi, it reduces the workload of the nursing team.

Huahuo didn't mean to please him. It was just that in its mind, this was something that should be done when the relationship was good, not to mention that it really liked cleaning.

As a plant-based mythical creature, Hanabi’s cleaning work directly gave the entire Invalides a brand new look.

He also planted various ornamental plants in various places in the Invalides with great interest. These plants are all ramets of the firefly plant that are disguised by mimicry, so there is no need to worry about the maintenance of them.

After this operation, the Invalides, which had originally shown a bit of a decadent atmosphere, suddenly became full of vitality again.

The nursing team had thought about doing this before, but they exhausted all their efforts and even hired professional landscape designers, but the results they achieved were not as good as a single firework.

When Zhou Lu got up, Hua Huo had already gone out.

Breakfast had already been prepared and was all Zhou Lu’s favorite food.

Xiao Caocao seemed to feel that he had neglected his host during this period of time, and even thoughtfully left cute words on each dish.

Fireworks' renovation of the Invalides is nearing completion.

After all, it is a pet with an owner, and it is time to devote itself to its own work. Today, Hua Huo plans to give a perfect ending to her work during this period.

Zhou Lu had just finished breakfast when he saw Qiu Daomu walk in.

Seeing Qiudaomu, Zhou Lu guessed something: "Is the selection competition about to begin?"

Qiu Daomu nodded and said, "The day after tomorrow."

"Ah...time flies by so fast."

"Yes, a thousand years have passed just like that." Qiu Daomu sat opposite Zhou Lu and also sighed.

"Uh, that's not that fast."

"For a spiritual beast, especially a divine beast, this is already very fast." Qiu Daomu said, looking at Zhou Lu, "To be honest, I envy Hua Huo."

Zhou Lu thought of Hua Huo who was busy outside: "I don't know how long I can accompany Hua Huo."

"As long as you are willing, it should take a very long time." Qiu Daomu looked at Zhou Lu deeply.

Zhou Lu was stunned.

"It seems that you don't know your own situation?" Qiu Dao Mu smiled, "Really, you are holding something that others are dying for, but you don't realize it at all."

"what?"

"Haven't you discovered it yet?" Qiu Dao Mu said seriously, "Lifespan is directly related to attributes. Creatures that can achieve immortality basically have the ability to grow their attributes infinitely. This is true for immortals, Jiunan Zhulong, and Mengyuhua."

At this point, Qiu Daomu looked at Zhou Lu and said, "And you, your current attributes seem to have far exceeded the scope of what a human should have. And every time I see you, your attributes are growing."

"Um...I can explain."

"I've already guessed how you did it." Qiu Daomu took a sip of soy milk calmly.

Although it was not the first time that Zhou Lu saw a plant spirit beast drinking soy milk, he still felt it was quite magical.

The growth of Zhou Lu's attributes is somewhat of an exception.

In order to achieve this significant attribute growth, basically none of the conditions are missing.

A Beastmaster must learn skills such as [Repay Feedback] that allow his spirit pet to repay his attributes to him, and the attributes of the corresponding spirit pet must be high enough so that the attributes of the Beastmaster can be significantly increased after the repayment.

In addition, Jiunan Zhulong's [Dragon Talisman] skill is also needed to fix the growing attributes.

The skill [Dragon Talisman] allows teammates to convert their attributes amplified by the skill into permanent attributes in proportion.

As Benben entered the fourth level, the fixed attribute of the [Dragon Talisman] skill has reached 100% of the amplification attribute, and the daily limit on the number of times has also reached a considerable number.

This is also the reason why, during this period of time, in addition to the branches with automatic capture properties that were spread out, Fireworks can have an incomprehensible increase in properties every day.

The same is true for Zhou Lu.

In order not to become a burden to Hua Huo, Zhou Lu never stopped trying to gain her attributes through [Repaying the Parents].

After several months of accumulation, Zhou Lu now actually possesses the combat power of a second-level spirit beast.

It is no exaggeration to say that with Fireworks restraining the opponent's pet, Zhou Lu is fully capable of killing the opponent's beastmaster alone.

Of course, Zhou Lu’s combat power will be of no use at all in the battle that Hua Huo will face next.

However, Zhou Lu also benefited greatly from the other benefits brought by the attribute growth.

Not to mention that his life span was extended, his physical condition also improved by leaps and bounds, and he could even withstand one of Hanabi's spoiled behaviors.

Yes.

As Huahuo's strength increased, the destructive power brought by her coquettishness also increased exponentially. If Zhou Lu's physique had not improved by leaps and bounds, Huahuo would have had to hold back when she wanted to act coquettishly.

"There are only eight people participating in the selection competition this time, including you." Qiu Daomu said to Zhou Lu.

Zhou Lu was a little surprised: "So little?"

Hearing Zhou Lu's words, Qiu Daomu showed a helpless expression: "Too few? These are the fifth-level beastmasters who can train their initial spirit pets to the level of true gods after screening out the beastmasters over 40 years old. You still think it's too few?"

"Sure enough, you humans just don't know how to be satisfied. You have no idea what this actually means." Zhou Lu felt a little embarrassed when he heard Qiu Daomu's complaints.

There was no way. From his perspective, becoming a fifth-rank beastmaster didn't seem to be a difficult thing.

You see, he was able to become a fifth-rank beastmaster within a year. Even if others can't match his speed, they can always do it in four to five years.

However, after Qiu Daomu's reminder, Zhou Lu finally reacted.

These eight beastmasters, including myself, are absolutely the cream of the human race. They represent the future of mankind.

It is because humans have no clear external enemies now that talented beastmasters with powerful strength can only demonstrate their abilities in beast taming competitions. Otherwise, these beastmasters would have become heroes long ago.

The competition system of the selection competition is actually very simple, draw lots and then compete.

However, victory in battle is only part of the assessment.

There is no rule that says Qiu Dao Mu must choose the final winner to be his new beastmaster.

The process of fighting is also a process for beastmasters to show their own style.

If Qiu Dao Mu takes a fancy to one of the beastmasters, even if the other party loses in the battle, he can still become the beastmaster chosen by Qiu Dao Mu.

It can even choose no one and start the next selection contest.

The human leaders did not intend to force Qiu Dao Mu to choose his own beastmaster.

This is not only because Qiu Dao Mu is very important to the human beast taming system, but also because Qiu Dao Mu is the hero who created the beast taming era.

Blaming and forcing heroes is something that is unacceptable to human beings in any era, and this is enough to shake people's views of the government.

Of course, it has never happened that Qiudaomu does not choose a beastmaster at all. In the past few selection competitions, it basically chose the final winner.

With Lu Shan as an excellent example, Qiu Dao Mu never felt that other beastmasters had any special charm that was worthy of its direct choice.

Since everyone is the same to Qiudao Mu, of course he would choose the strongest one among them.

"Random draw?" Zhou Lu said thoughtfully, "Wouldn't it be unlucky if I drew something with restrained attributes?"

"Luck is also part of the assessment." Qiu Daomu said with a smile, "After all, if your luck is too bad, who knows when you might die."

Ok……

Zhou Lu was speechless for a moment.

"Master~! I'm back~!" Just then, the voice of Fireworks was heard from outside the door.

Looking up, I saw Hua Huo walking in with a lot of bags on her shoulders.

Looking at the package that Hua Huo was holding, Zhou Lu was stunned for a moment.

Because there were so many things wrapped, many of the contents were exposed.

Feathers, scales, horns...

Judging from the aura of these items, they are definitely rare.

"What are these?" Zhou Lu said with a little surprise.

"It's the garbage I cleaned up." Hanabi said as a matter of course, "My seniors should just let me take it away."

Rubbish……

If these were all garbage, there would be nothing valuable or precious in the whole world.

"Is there no room in your bag?" Zhou Lu asked curiously.

Hanabi's bag is actually the Tsukiyama Ding.

After evolving to the fourth stage, Hanabi transformed it into the style of a handbag.

Hanabi said a little sheepishly, "It's filled with gifts from my seniors."

At this point, Hanabi emphasized: "I have rejected some! But they must be given to me."

"The Yueshan Ding has a large storage capacity..."

"The seniors gave me a lot of things." Hua Huo blinked and said, "Some seniors even said that this was some kind of inheritance..."

Zhou Lu's eyes twitched slightly.

Hanabi was just helping the divine beasts clean, tidy up the room, and chat with them, so how did she get the inheritance that they had prepared?

Compared to the gifts given by the mythical beasts, these things that fell off from the mythical beasts naturally became garbage.

Naturally, Huahuo knew the value of these "junk", so she did not refuse and packed them all back.

"Since there was really no more space, I went to the Green Ivy Dragon and peeled off a layer of skin." Hua Huo said casually, uttering a horrifying sentence.

When Zhou Lu heard what Hua Huo said, he almost instantly showed a look of horror.

Qiu Dao Mu helplessly explained to Hua Huo: "The Qingteng Jiao has to shed its skin every once in a while, and it is indeed time for it to shed its skin recently, so I asked it to come and help Hua Huo train."

Zhou Lu glared at Hua Huo speechlessly: "Don't use such horrible words to describe this kind of thing."

Hanabi scratched her head a little sheepishly.

"So, what should we do with these materials?" Hua Huo asked, pointing at the materials wrapped in green vine dragon skin.

These are the gifts given to her by the divine beasts’ predecessors, so of course, Fireworks cannot give them away casually, but these are certified as “garbage” by the predecessors, which means that Fireworks can dispose of them at will.

Zhou Lu thought for a moment and said, "Donate some of it to Xin'an College and Xinyue College, and then have the seniors come over to see if there's anything they're interested in picking up. Let Sister Qingyu help us sell the rest through official channels."

Zhou Lu doesn’t have any strong demand for materials now.

The evolution of Benben does not require any materials.

As a small spiritual cloud, Yueya does need materials to evolve to the fifth level, but these materials have been prepared long ago and she doesn't need Zhou Lu's help at all.

In this case, there is nothing wrong with keeping these materials.

Zhou Lu selected some parts with good quality that could be used as decorations and divided the rest according to his ideas.

When Ye Qingyu came over and saw the materials all over the floor, her eyes almost popped out.

"What the hell is this?"

"This is the garbage swept out of the Divine Beasts' dormitory. This is the result of Hua Huo helping the Divine Beasts clean their rooms these days." Zhou Lu looked at Ye Qingyu in confusion, "Didn't the nursing team get this kind of rubbish when they cleaned before?"

Ye Qingyu said speechlessly: "I have seen it, but the divine beasts never allow us to take these things away. Only when we really need these materials can we ask Miss Daomu for help."

As she spoke, Ye Qingyu looked at Hanabi who had changed into a housemaid outfit and said, "It seems that this guy is really popular among the divine beasts."

(End of this chapter)