Gao Wu: Honey, don't cry, I'm truly invincible!

Restricted Area Number One.

After saying goodbye to Liu Tiezhu and the others, Qin Su quickly found a safe place, carefully arranged it, and made sure that no one could disturb her before taking out the bottle of Nine Treasures Rock Molten Milk.

"The Nine-Treasure Rock Molten Milk, a single drop of which is incredibly valuable, I now have a whole bottle of it. I wonder to what extent it can enhance my physique?"

Qin Su took a moment to adjust his breathing, and when he reached his peak condition, he suddenly opened his eyes, as if lightning flashed in them.

Then, he picked up the bottle of Nine Treasures Rock Molten Milk, carefully poured out a drop, and drank it.

boom--!

A loud bang echoed from inside Qin Su's body.

He felt as if he had drunk magma, not precious elixir. Upon entering his mouth, it immediately transformed into the hottest current, penetrating deep into Qin Su's body.

In that instant, Qin Su felt as if she were about to be burned alive. Intense pain surged through her, as if her internal organs were on fire.

In other words, Qin Su currently possesses a first-tier physique. If it were an ordinary martial artist, they would probably be burned to ashes on the spot after consuming the Nine Treasures Rock Molten Milk.

Although Qin Su only drank a single drop of the Nine Treasures Rock Molten Milk, the medicinal power it unleashed was astonishing.

Qin Su felt as if his entire body was filled with countless destructive forces, as if they were about to tear his body to shreds inch by inch, and annihilate his existence in the world.

The intense pain caused Qin Su to scream in agony on the spot, and he was instantly and severely injured. His flesh and bones seemed to have been crushed.

The destructive power of the Nine Treasures Rock Molten Milk terrified him, but just when he was about to give up, a vigorous life force was suddenly released from the depths of his body.

Like a person about to suffocate who suddenly receives an oxygen mask and breathes in pure oxygen, Qin Su's body was almost instantly reborn.

His recovered body was visibly stronger, a discovery that abruptly stopped Qin Su's initial thought of giving up, replaced by overwhelming joy.

"So this is how the Nine Treasures Rock Molten Milk enhances physical strength!"

"The process of constant destruction and repair, during which the body absorbs the medicinal power, will continuously grow stronger. The longer one persists and the more cycles of destruction and repair one can withstand, the greater the benefits one will receive..."

A sense of enlightenment dawned on Qin Su, accompanied by a degree of shock. "I never imagined that destruction and life, these two contradictory forces, would simultaneously appear within the Nine Treasures Rock Molten Essence. This thing truly lives up to its reputation as an incredibly valuable elixir..."

Keep going, keep going, and keep going!

At this moment, Qin Su had only one thought in her mind.

This is an incredible opportunity; once it's gone, it's gone forever. We must seize it!

As a new drop of Nine Treasures Lava Milk is swallowed, the process of the body's destruction begins again.

Intense pain also swept over Qin Su's body and mind. At this moment, it was no longer about talent or strength, but about his resilience and perseverance. As long as he could endure this inhuman pain, he would definitely be able to achieve the huge improvement he had been dreaming of.

Having figured out the key point, Qin Su forcibly endured the pain that felt like her soul was being torn apart, and gritted her teeth to persevere.

As the Nine Treasures Rock molten milk decomposed, Qin Su's body began to change wildly, growing stronger and stronger...

I don't know how much time passed.

In a daze, Qin Su suddenly heard a system notification in his mind.

【Ding! 】

[Host's physique has been improved. Talent - One Point of Effort, One Hundredfold Reward - has been triggered and is calculating the host's improvement a hundredfold.]

【Ding! 】

[The host's physique has evolved from Tier 1 to Tier 2, reaching the pinnacle level of human martial artists on Earth! (Note: The human body is very fragile and has significant limitations. For Earth humans without physique cultivation methods, Tier 2 is the ultimate physique strength they can achieve. Furthermore, physique strength greatly restricts their future development, such as making it difficult to break through to the ninth rank of the Apprentice level and become a Planetary level expert...)]

Second-tier physique?

Qin Su opened her eyes and saw that the bottle of Nine Treasures Rock Molten Milk, which was originally full, was now completely empty, with not a single drop left.

He tried to swing his fist.

A series of sounds, like the roar of a dragon, echoed in the air.

Qin Su's bones were crackling and popping, a feeling of indescribable comfort.

He stood up and felt that his muscles were more developed and stronger, his figure was more well-proportioned and slender, and even his height seemed to have increased a little.

After a quick warm-up, I felt incredibly energetic, like I had an inexhaustible supply of energy.

"A second-tier physique is more than twice as powerful as a first-tier one!"

A genuine smile appeared on Qin Su's lips.

Next, Qin Su originally planned to continue training in the No. 1 restricted area, but unexpectedly received a message from Yan Feng asking him to go back first.

Qin Su didn't think much of it and returned to the Tianhe training camp that same day.

"Chief Instructor Yan, what's the matter with calling me back all of a sudden?" Qin Su asked Yan Feng in the Chief Instructor's office at Tianhe Training Camp.

Yan Feng waved his hand and laughed, "It's not a big problem. It's just that the police chief of our Tianhe Base City wants to ask you some questions."

As he spoke, he pointed to the middle-aged man in uniform sitting in the rest area.

"Young friend Qin, hello. I am Jiang Feichen, the police chief of Tianhe Base City Police Department. I have heard of your great name for a long time. Today I finally get to meet you in person."

The middle-aged man in uniform stood up, straightened his clothes, and extended his hand with a smile.

Qin Su politely shook hands with him, then asked, "Chief Jiang, what did you want to ask me?"

"It's naturally about the incident where you killed Wang Fugui. Of course, don't worry, Tianhe Base City, as your hometown, will definitely not let a prodigy like you feel disheartened."

As if afraid that Qin Su would misunderstand, Jiang Feichen immediately explained, "Actually, the Wang family members who wanted to attack you have already been taken into custody by our police station. We are just asking you questions according to procedure to understand the specific situation."

"If possible, young friend Qin, please cooperate and come with me to the police station."

"Of course, if you don't want to go, we don't have to. You can even refuse to answer my questions without any problem. You have that privilege."

Jiang Feichen said earnestly.

Qin Su thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the police station. Killing Wang Fugui has indeed caused trouble for the police station in Tianhe Base City."

At Jiang Feichen's polite invitation, Qin Su got into the police car and soon arrived at the police station.

After Jiang Feichen poured Qin Su a cup of hot tea, he busied himself with preparing the transcript and other things, while Qin Su sat in his office, drinking tea and curiously looking around at her surroundings.

Even if he had lived two lives, this was his first time at a police station, and he was brought here as a criminal suspect.

On his way there, he passed several torture chambers, from which came the screams of prisoners, the crackling of whips or something else striking flesh, and even the sizzling of branding irons on skin.

Compared to those people, his treatment was obviously much better.

Qin Su didn't have to wait long. Soon, Jiang Feichen returned with two veteran policemen.

"Young friend Qin, I'm truly sorry to have troubled you to make this trip and keep you waiting for so long. Let's not take up any more of your time and get straight to the questioning, what do you think?"

Jiang Feichen began concisely.

Qin Su nodded.

The routine questioning, a standard part of the case-handling procedure, began in this simple manner.

And the questioning was finished in less than ten minutes.

So much so that the other police officers in the station started whispering among themselves; they had never seen anything like it before.

The fact that Qin Su could kill someone and still have his upright and incorruptible police chief smiling at him is truly one of a kind.

The police officers were somewhat surprised and began to speculate about Qin Su's identity.

Jiang Feichen didn't shy away from anything and personally escorted Qin Su to the police station entrance.

If Qin Su hadn't been a little embarrassed by his enthusiasm and politely declined, he probably would have driven her back to the Tianhe training camp.

Before parting, he even smiled and handed Qin Su a business card.

"Young friend Qin, this is my personal contact information. If you're free tonight, how about we have a casual dinner together?"

"Chief Jiang, is something on your mind? Why don't you tell me, and I'll see if I can help you?" Qin Su said with a smile.

Seeing that his little scheme had been seen through, Jiang Feichen wasn't embarrassed at all. He laughed and said, "There really is something. I heard that you, young friend Qin, are a psychic, and I'd like to ask you to represent our Tianhe Base City Police Department in the National Police Skills Competition..."

He briefly explained the situation to Qin Su.

Qin Su suddenly realized why Jiang Feichen was so enthusiastic when he saw him, as if he were seeing a relative.

Because of its remote location, Tianhe Base City has extremely few first-level mentalists, and powerful second-level mentalists are even more rare.

However, the existence of mentalists is extremely important. They possess more acute senses than ordinary people, and can easily accomplish many cases and tasks that ordinary police officers cannot solve or do.

Therefore, the National Police Headquarters has made it clear that each base city police station must establish a mental training unit.

The national police skills competition, held every three years, will also include a competition for mentalists.

The mentalist squad of the police station in Tianhe Base City only has one first-level mentalist, and they are always at the bottom of the rankings in the national police competition.

This has led to the Tianhe Base City police station becoming a laughing stock among the other eight base cities for years, mocking them for not being able to recruit even a second-tier mentalist.

Moreover, because they always ranked last in every major competition, the Tianhe Base City Police Department never received much resource support and was always broke.

Police Chief Jiang Feichen sometimes felt ashamed and frustrated.

But there was nothing he could do. He searched the entire Tianhe Base City and couldn't find a single second-tier mentalist. He even offered a million-dollar annual salary, but still couldn't recruit anyone.

That's why he was so enthusiastic when he saw Qin Su.

He would be overjoyed if he could get Qin Su to become a member of their mentalist team.

However, he knew that Qin Su couldn't stay in Tianhe Base City forever, so he settled for second best and asked Qin Su to help him participate in the national martial arts competition.

"Young friend Qin, as long as you agree to represent us in the National Police Skills Competition, you will now be the honorary captain of the Mentalist Branch of the Tianhe Base City Police Department. Regardless of whether you perform your duties or not, the Tianhe Base City Police Department will give you an annual salary of ten million Source Crystals without any responsibility."

"If you can achieve a ranking in the competition, I, Jiang Feichen, will report to the Base City General Affairs Office and have the Base City reward you with a set of Tier 3 armor worth 10 billion! Even if the Base City can't afford it, I, Jiang Feichen, will use my own money, even if it means selling everything I own, to get you a set!"

Honorary squad leader, a non-committal annual salary of tens of millions, plus a Tier 3 armor worth billions... What a grand gesture.

Qin Su was extremely surprised.

He would be lying if he said he wasn't tempted by these rewards. The honorary captain title and the multi-million dollar annual salary were nothing compared to the Tier 3 armor worth billions. He was really, really tempted by it.

It should be noted that Chen Guorong, a Martial King-level expert, only had fourth-tier arm armor and not the full set. He treated it as his trump card, and after putting it on, his strength increased by leaps and bounds.

Although Tier 3 armor is one tier weaker than Tier 4 armor, it has the advantage of being a complete set. A complete set of Tier 3 armor is definitely stronger than Chen Guorong's Tier 4 arm armor!

"Chief Jiang, what will I get if I win first place in the competition?"

Qin Su also looked at Jiang Feichen.

His mental power is 100,000 kilograms, which means he has already stepped into the threshold of a third-level mental master. Among the younger generation in the entire Xia Kingdom, only he and Zhao Longshan have reached the third level.

When they participate in the national police skills competition, they'll definitely be a force to be reckoned with.

However, Jiang Feichen was unaware of his true strength, and was stunned when he heard him ask this question.

Clearly, he hadn't even considered this, since winning first place in the national martial arts competition was far too difficult.

The mentalists in other base cities are already very strong, some of them have even reached the threshold of third-tier mentalists. Even if Qin Su is very talented in mental power, he is no match for those powerful individuals.

Seeing Qin Su's confident demeanor, he thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "If I can get first place, I'll go all out—a full set of Tier 4 armor!"

Even Qin Su was shocked. She looked at him and asked, "Is this true? If I win first place, you'll give me a whole set of Tier 4 armor?"

Jiang Feichen said in a deep voice, "Really!"

"Okay, then it's a deal."

Qin Su remained calm on the surface, but her heart was filled with excitement.

My God, a Tier 4 armor set, and a whole set at that! The price is astronomical. Even a Martial King-level expert like Chen Guorong would be drooling over it.

Jiang Feichen was equally excited.

Compared to Qin Su, his excitement was even more palpable.

Now, the police station in Tianhe Base City will no longer be at the bottom of the national police skills competition. Moreover, with a higher ranking, they will be able to obtain more resource support from the National Police Headquarters.

With more resources, the police station in Tianhe Base City will certainly be able to develop better.

At that time, we will be able to offer higher salaries. Even if there are no Tier 2 Psychic Masters in Tianhe Base City, we can still attract talents from other base cities to join us by offering high salaries.

"By the way, Chief Jiang, when is the next National Police Skills Competition?" After exchanging contact information with Jiang Feichen, Qin Su asked.

Jiang Feichen said, "Three days later, our police station will provide a special plane to send the contestants to the Kyoto base city to compete."

Qin Su nodded: "Okay, Chief Jiang, just let me know when the time comes. I'll be in Tianhe Base City for the next few days."

Jiang Feichen laughed and said, "Still calling me Chief Jiang? Just call me Brother Jiang!"

"Ah, okay, Brother Jiang..."

After dinner, Qin Su said goodbye to Jiang Feichen and then returned to the Tianhe training camp.

It was getting late, and he was feeling sleepy. He was about to go back to his room to rest when his communication device suddenly rang. He took it out and saw that it was Yan Feng calling him.

As soon as the call connected, Yan Feng's voice rang out: "Qin Su, are you asleep?"

Qin Su said, "I'm not asleep yet, but I was just about to go to sleep when Chief Instructor Yan suddenly called me. Is there something you need?"

Yan Feng said with a smile, "Of course it's something important. Do you remember Old Wang from the arena? The old guy who rode a Tier 3 Ironclad Crocodile."

Qin Su nodded: "I remember, what's wrong?"

"His research on beast taming techniques has made a major breakthrough, but it hasn't been reported yet. If you're interested, you can take a look beforehand."

is it?

Qin Su was somewhat surprised.

Although the art of beast taming was still very immature, he could sense that it had a very promising future.

Even among his teachers and other top figures in the Xia Kingdom, this technology held a certain status and received great attention.

Qin Su asked with some curiosity, "So, this major breakthrough refers to...?"

Yan Feng said in a deep voice, "We can make the contract formation after subduing the source beast completely controllable, instead of being uncontrollable!"

What?!

Qin Su was taken aback.

He had some prior knowledge of Beast Taming Techniques and knew that the most crucial step was the contract formation, which was essential for perfectly controlling the Source Beast.

With an imperfect contract, the source beast has very low controllability and is very likely to devour its master.

Therefore, the bottleneck of the Beast Taming Technique in the past was that it was impossible to make a perfect contract. The failure rate when making a contract was as high as 99.999%, which was completely uncontrollable.

It was precisely because of this uncontrollable contract that Old Wang, who studied beast taming techniques his whole life, only managed to successfully breed a third-tier armored dragon crocodile that he could perfectly control.

But now, Yan Feng actually says that the biggest problem facing the Beast Taming Technique has been solved?

If that's true, it would be a landmark breakthrough!

"How about it? Aren't you shocked? Want to be the first to see this Beast Taming Technique?" Yan Feng said with a smile. "Old Wang also said that it's all thanks to you. If it weren't for the inspiration you gave him, he wouldn't have been able to break through the research bottleneck in such a short time. He specifically asked you to see his Beast Taming Technique first..."

Qin Su was now somewhat bewildered. When did she give Old Wang an inspiration? Was it while fighting that Tier 3 Ironclad Crocodile?

However, since he could appreciate this ingenious creation of beast taming before the rest of the world, he didn't refuse. He directly said to Yan Feng:

"Chief Instructor Yan, please give me a spot, I'll be right there."

Before long, Qin Su also arrived at the arena.

He didn't wander around like a headless fly looking for someone, because Yan Feng and Old Wang, whom he had met once before, were standing at the entrance of the arena, waiting for him.

Upon seeing him approach, the two of them happily went to greet him.

Yan Feng said, "Qin Su, you've finally arrived. I've been waiting for you for so long."

Old Wang quickly added, "Young friend Qin, you've finally arrived! My mastery of beast taming techniques owes everything to you..."

Qin Su felt a little embarrassed by their enthusiasm and quickly greeted them politely.

"Young friend Qin, you may not know this, but my arena has changed dramatically. Come on, let me show you around!" Old Wang invited Qin Su excitedly.

Just as Qin Su was about to speak, Yan Feng scolded her, saying, "You old geezer, Qin Su is leaving for the forbidden zone early tomorrow morning. She'll be facing a life-or-death crisis then, and that's exactly when she needs to rest. What are you doing here? Hurry up and take out your thing and let Qin Su have a look."

"Didn't you make a copy of the Beast Taming Technique? Just give it to Qin Su."

Old Wang was reprimanded by Yan Feng. He first smiled obsequiously at Qin Su, then turned to Yan Feng and shouted, "Old man, get out of the way! No one will think you're mute if you don't speak. I know what I'm doing. Do you need to pontificate here?"

Then, while rolling his eyes, he took out a storage device from his pocket and carefully handed it to Qin Su.

Qin Su took the storage device, which was about the size of a fingernail, and looked at him, asking, "Elder Wang, is this the Beast Taming Technique you developed?"

Old Wang proudly puffed out his chest and said, "Of course! Young friend Qin, if you're busy, go back and rest first. You can take your time to study it when you have time. My beast taming technique is profound and extensive. If you want to master it, you can't do it in less than a month."

Yan Feng stopped teasing Wang Lao and instead earnestly told Qin Su, "A month is too little time. It will probably take at least six months to even begin to grasp the basics. After all, this is a completely new technical system that has the potential to change the current landscape of martial arts. Moreover, it's still quite rough around the edges and will become increasingly refined in the future..."

Is it true that it takes half a year of intensive study to even get a basic understanding?

It seems this thing really does have some barriers to entry.

Qin Su was surprised and weighed the storage device in his hand. His action made Old Wang shout that he should be careful.

Qin Su smiled and obeyed his words, becoming much more cautious in her actions.

However, he was thinking to himself that he had a talent—automatic mastery—so it wouldn't take him half a year or even longer to master it; he could master it instantly.

The only uncertainty is whether his talent for reaping a hundredfold reward for his efforts will be triggered, and if so, to what extent his Beast Taming skills will be improved.

With a hint of anticipation, Qin Su bid farewell to Yan Feng and Old Wang, and quickly returned to her room.

After closing the door and finding the machine to read the storage device, Qin Su immediately began reading the Beast Taming Technique.

"There are tens of thousands of pages! Even if each page only has a few hundred words, that's still several million words! Is this for real? Isn't it a bit too exaggerated?"

Qin Su gasped sharply as she looked at the Beast Taming Technique.

He tried reading two lines and immediately felt a little dizzy.

He recognized the individual characters, but when put together, he had no idea what they were.

My head is spinning from looking at it, and my brain is throbbing.

Fortunately, just as he began reading "The Art of Beast Taming," the long-lost voice of the system rang in his mind.

【Ding! 】

[An unmastered primitive beast taming technique has been detected. The talent—automatic mastery effect—has been triggered............]

[Automatically learning...]

[One percent of the progress has been achieved... Three percent of the progress has been achieved... Seven percent of the progress has been achieved... Ten percent of the progress has been achieved...]

"This progress bar is moving slower than ever before..."

Qin Su took a deep breath. When he triggered his talent—Automatic Mastery—the mastery progress bar rose incredibly fast, increasing by tens of percentage points in the blink of an eye.

Now, with each jump to the Beast Taming Technique, the progress displayed in the mastery chart actually increases by a mere few percentage points.

This shows how much knowledge and information this thing contains.

At the same time, Qin Su also noticed the word "primitive" before "Beast Taming Technique".

"The things that were previously judged as not mastering me were all ranked, but this Beast Taming Technique is only primitive. Does that mean that this thing doesn't even deserve a rank now?"

"No way, this stuff is already ridiculously complex at this stage. If it were to have proper hierarchical levels, wouldn't it be even more outrageous? The amount of knowledge required would be even more frightening?"

Qin Su muttered to herself, deeply shocked.

[Ninety percent of the progress has been achieved... Ninety-three percent of the progress has been achieved... Ninety-nine percent of the progress has been achieved...]

【Ding! 】

[The primal art of beast taming has been successfully mastered.]