Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 139 So it turns out she got the art style wrong?

"But I heard from the people in Zhao Family Village that the garrison in Jinling City has been replaced quite a bit. Is Jinling City still safe now?"

Lin Manman remembered the message Zhao Ziyan had told her and quickly changed the subject.

Meng Wenbin glared at her. "Don't worry, we've already made preparations, and the replacements are our own people."

"If Nanjing city is unstable, why would we take action directly last night?"

The heavy weight that had been hanging over Lin Manman's heart for a week was finally lifted.

"We had everything planned out and were already agreeing on a time to take action. But as luck would have it, you were arrested at this crucial moment."

"Although your third senior brother has been secretly following and protecting you all this time, he never expected Chen Xuewei to be such an unexpected case."

"Before Chen Xuewei escaped, Fan Chengye was still wary of Wu Anbang. He also had no way of fully understanding Fan Chengye's power, which led to you being found by Fan Chengye because of Chen Xuewei."

"In order not to alert the enemy, he had no choice but to watch you be taken away by Fan Chengye."

"Fortunately, we all know about your talents and abilities, and we guessed that Fan Chengye wouldn't easily let you go. However, the operation, which was originally scheduled for three days later, was brought forward to last night."

"I never expected that after your senior brother rescued you, before Wu Anbang could even come to meet you, your spirit pet would teleport you to such a far place."

"Your senior brother and I searched for you for a long time after everything was over."

After saying that, Meng Wenbin glared at her again.

Lin Manman blinked guiltily again, then retorted defiantly, "Why did you send Wu Anbang to meet me? Teacher, weren't you here?"

"Teacher, you're so amazing. If you had come to my rescue, I wouldn't have ended up stranded in the wilderness, almost trampled into mincemeat by a horde of beasts."

Realizing that she had misunderstood Meng Wenbin, she dared not even think about the idea of ​​him being laid off and having to find another job with Lin Minsheng.

"As I just told you, Fan Chengye sought support from the forces in the Central Continent, so when they returned to the Eastern Continent to develop, there were naturally regulators from the Central Continent here to oversee their actions."

"Old Lin and I went to suppress that old guy."

Meng Wenbin recalled the news he heard last night when he and Lin Minsheng were fighting the expert from the Central Continent.

His expression couldn't help but turn serious.

Upon hearing that Lin Minsheng was also involved, Lin Manman suddenly realized.

No wonder he, a super-level nine powerhouse who is one of the few in all of China, came to Jinling to be a high school principal.

She had originally intended to ask about Lin Minsheng, but seeing Meng Wenbin's less-than-ideal expression, she changed her question to, "Is things not going well?"

Meng Wenbin was brought back from his reverie by her, and after looking at her, he sighed again.

"The Central Continent far surpasses all other continents in both land area and number of secret realms. It even possesses a unique divine-level secret realm, which gives its practitioners strength far exceeding that of us."

"The struggle between the major powers in the Central Continent has now stabilized. If they want to further expand their territory, they must develop outwards. On the Eastern Continent, apart from China, the other powers are fighting each other, like a heap of loose sand, making it difficult for them to unite."

"I fear that when that time truly comes, the Eastern Continent will be the first to fall. And how long can my sixteen main cities of China hold out then?"

Meng Wenbin's words also put tremendous pressure on Lin Manman. She thought that by dismantling Fan Chengye's power, the crisis in Jinling City would be resolved.

Unexpectedly, at a height she could not yet reach, China itself was already in a precarious situation.

"Look how scared you are. Even if the sky were to fall, there are teachers to protect you. You don't need to worry about it."

Seeing Lin Manman's equally serious expression, Meng Wenbin couldn't help but chuckle and pat her head.

"The original plan for this trip to Jinling was too complicated. Your senior brother Mingyuan was initially adamant that I should not accept you as my disciple at that time, but I saw a glimmer of hope for China in you, so I did not choose to wait until this matter was settled before going to find you."

Unexpectedly, Meng Wenbin placed such high hopes on her. Lin Manman thought hard and realized that she only had outstanding talent and ability. How could she become the hope of China?

"Actually, after more than 20 years of effort from your senior brother and me, we have successfully made ordinary people and spirit beasts sign equal contracts. However, the spirit beasts that can sign equal contracts with ordinary people are all too weak. We have never been able to sign contracts with slightly stronger spirit beasts."

"This is still some distance from our goal of enabling ordinary people to have a certain level of survival and combat capabilities."

"But your appearance has given me a new idea."

Lin Manman blinked; she understood.

If she were to help ordinary people who have already signed contracts awaken spirit beasts, their combat power would be greatly enhanced.

Even assuming she works herself to death, if this were to actually happen, not only would China usher in an era of universal beast taming, but given enough time to develop, they might not be without the power to fight against the forces of the Central Continent.

"Teacher, you haven't been in contact with your second senior brother lately, have you?" To avoid ending up like 007 again, she quickly brought out the spirit beast bloodline upgrade method she had discussed with Gao Zhixian and talked to Meng Wenbin about it.

Meng Wenbin had indeed not contacted Gao Zhixian during this period; to be precise, he hadn't even told him the specific purpose of his trip to Jinling.

His disciple was too pure of heart, his mind was full of research on spirit beasts and the future of China, and he had no talent whatsoever for these deceitful schemes and plots.

Let him know that he can't help either. Rather than causing him worry and anxiety, it's better to let him focus on his research.

"In other words, if the alliance develops a method to identify the bloodline of spirit beasts, it might be able to master a completely new method for spirit beast evolution?"

Meng Wenbin's eyes lit up. If this method could succeed, it would be no less significant than the improvement his idea of ​​a nationwide beast-taming system could bring to China.

"It's just a possibility..." Lin Manman didn't dare to make a guarantee; it was just her guess.

"It's worth a try if it's possible! Once things in Nanjing are completely resolved in the next couple of days, we'll head back to the capital!"

Having fought with that old ghost from the Central Continent all night and searched for Lin Manman for a long time, even a super-level nine expert like Meng Wenbin was somewhat exhausted.

Upon hearing that his two apprentices were researching a major event concerning the entire nation of China, he instantly felt all his fatigue vanish and his whole being refreshed.

Lin Manman did not refuse, since this was something she had decided to do from the beginning anyway.

"Teacher, what kind of strength is it to surpass level nine or above?"

Although she is still far from reaching level nine, once she goes to the capital, with Meng Wenbin's status, she will inevitably integrate into a higher-level circle and know more, which will definitely not be a bad thing.

Meng Wenbin pondered for a moment before slowly saying, "Although it's a bit early for you to know now, as my disciple, it's good for you to know sooner rather than later."

"Above level nine, there are five more levels: general, marshal, king, emperor, and emperor, and each level has nine grades. Currently, apart from the central continent where there are king-level monsters, the highest level on the other continents is only marshal-level."

"Of course, we cannot rule out the existence of some old monsters who are hiding their strength."

"As for the Royal and Emperor levels, those are legendary levels. No one has ever reached them, nor has anyone ever seen them."

Lin Manman's mind went blank for a moment, and she almost rubbed Xiao Qi's head bald.

She hadn't read many novels in her previous life, but she had watched a lot of short videos. This familiar setting made her feel a little dazed.

She thought she was watching a slice-of-life anime about being reborn in another world, but it turns out to be a fantasy anime about leveling up by fighting monsters?

"Waaah..." Xiao Qi finally couldn't help but pull her head back from her hand, looking at the scattered downy hairs on her hand, and made a accusing sound.

Lin Manman looked down and quickly and embarrassedly destroyed the evidence, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

He gave Xiaoqi a dumpling as compensation, then continued to ask Meng Wenbin, "Teacher, you also said that the Royal and Emperor levels are legendary ranks, so who exactly made up this ranking system?"

Meng Wenbin became a level nine expert in his forties, which is already considered quite talented.

The profession has only existed for a little over two hundred years. That means that anyone who has started cultivating two hundred years ago and has reached the King level must be an extremely talented genius. So who is it that has reached the Emperor level and passed down this standard for classifying strength?

Meng Wenbin: ...

If I had known that saying one thing would require more explanation, I would have preferred not to say anything at all.

(End of this chapter)