Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 149 The Situation

While his apprentice was putting on an act, Meng Wenbin gave Lin Minsheng a smug look.

Lin Min glared at him angrily, "Fine, you go out and have fun first. I still have things to talk to this old man about."

Making things difficult for a little kid is not his style. Although Lin Manman is quite talented and does suit his taste, he wouldn't risk losing face just to take on a disciple.

Lin Manman cautiously glanced at the two elderly people, but Lin Minsheng turned his face away and refused to look at her.

Meng Wenbin smiled and said to her, "Go ahead. If you have any classmates you get along with well, take this opportunity to say goodbye."

Upon hearing this, Lin Manman's mind flashed back to several classmates she had gotten along well with over the past month, as well as her best friend Fang Yaqi.

She nodded, politely said goodbye to the two of them, and then turned and slipped away briskly.

"Are you really going to take her to the capital?" Lin Minsheng looked at his old friend with a serious expression after Lin Manman left.

Meng Wenbin found a chair and sat down. "Well, her abilities and potential far exceed what you see now. You could say she's extremely important to the alliance and to the entire country of China. Since you're only interested in having a peaceful life, then you shouldn't concern yourself with these things."

Lin Minsheng frowned. Since things had already come to this point, there was no point in asking any more questions.

"The city of Jinling is now clean, but the capital is even more turbulent. You insist on taking her there; can you really protect her?"

In fact, one of the reasons Lin Minsheng came to Jinling was that he was forced to leave the capital due to the increasingly complicated situation in the capital.

As the center of power and resources in China, the capital city has been a place where many powerful families have operated since their inception, and there are quite a few large families that have lasted for hundreds of years.

After the emergence of early professionals, the Eastern Continent, like other continents, fell into a struggle and game of military might.

China had no choice but to unite against foreign enemies. Until the sixteen main cities of China were completed, there were gradually no forces on the Eastern Continent that could rival China.

Without the threat of external enemies, the forces within China, after years of reflection and growth, gradually began to voice their dissatisfaction with the Alliance's absolute dominance over professionals.

These voices were fully ignited more than 20 years ago when Meng Wenbin proposed to usher in an era of universal beast taming in China.

Some people have been in the privileged class for too long and feel that they should be standing at the top of society, commanding those ordinary people who should be crawling at their feet.

Naturally, they cannot accept that someone who has always been regarded as an insignificant ant might have the opportunity to close the gap with them and seize the resources that rightfully belong to them.

In an instant, Meng Wenbin put himself in the eye of the storm and became the target of public criticism.

Even though he made great contributions to the alliance and to China.

To avoid internal strife, the alliance had no choice but to strip him of his position as one of the twelve councilors and send him to the Spirit Pet Research Institute to temporarily avoid the limelight.

From then on, the situation between the alliance and the major powers in the capital began to become delicate.

As a super-level nine powerhouse with a good personal relationship with Meng Wenbin and sufficient strength, Lin Minsheng's choice of sides is enough to affect the power structure of the capital.

However, he was used to being free and did not want to join the alliance or get involved in the conflicts of interest between families, so he simply took his wife to a quiet place to cultivate in seclusion.

Then he was tricked by Meng Wenbin into coming to Jinling. He thought that the old man was feeling guilty for implicating him, which was why he was making arrangements for him to serve him.

The truth was that he was tricked into coming to Jinling City to help clean up his mess, and incidentally, he also had to help guard Jinling.

The alliance has assigned a level 9 powerhouse to oversee each of its sixteen main cities in China.

Meanwhile, the powerful figures in charge of Jinling were secretly eliminated by powerful figures from the Central Continent when Fan Chengye attempted to infiltrate Jinling.

The alliance received news of the death from the Jinling branch, but was unable to find out the truth. Later, due to the escalating tensions between the Imperial Capital Alliance and the aristocratic families, they were unable to spare any more manpower to guard Jinling.

This facilitated Fan Chengye's infiltration, and it's possible that Fan Chengye was partly responsible for the problems in the capital.

When Lin Minsheng expressed his desire to leave the capital, Meng Wenbin was already aware of the situation in Nanjing, so he simply tricked him into coming to Nanjing, killing two birds with one stone.

Apart from betraying his old friend, everything else went perfectly according to his plan.

"Don't worry, at least I can guarantee her safety." Meng Wenbin smiled slightly.

"These people only care about their own little plot of land and never look outwards. When they are attacked at their doorstep, I hope they can show the same ferocity to others as I do to them."

Lin Minsheng also sighed slightly. All signs indicated that the Eastern Continent was just like the interior of China. Although it appeared calm on the surface, there were undercurrents.

It's just a matter of when it will erupt.

"Will your trip back from Nanjing this time be enough to get you back your position as one of the twelve councilors?"

"Who said I came to Jinling to take back that position?" Meng Wenbin raised an eyebrow. "More people would be happy to see Mingyuan take over that position than I am."

Lin Minsheng looked enlightened. "So you were paving the way for him. Well, with the Fu family as his backing, more people would indeed prefer to see him take over."

"But if that's the case, aren't you afraid he'll be caught in the middle between you and the Fu family?"

"You underestimate him. He has his own path to follow, and neither I nor his family can influence him." When talking about his apprentice, Meng Wenbin couldn't help but show a smug expression.

His eye for choosing apprentices is truly exceptional.

Lin Minsheng really didn't want to see his face. "Alright, I already told you to take care of your little apprentice's transfer procedures yesterday. If there's nothing else, get out of here."

"Don't put it so harshly. I came here specifically to say goodbye."

"Get lost! I think you're not here to say goodbye, you're just here to show off. Get out of here!" Lin Minsheng picked up a book and threw it at him.

Meng Wenbin casually caught it, saying, "It's only polite to reciprocate!"

As he spoke, he produced a wooden box and threw it at Lin Minsheng.

Lin Minsheng took the box, opened it casually, and found that it contained a Source Tracing Fruit that could help a level nine professional break through.

These rare and precious natural materials that can help people break through level barriers are extremely valuable, and their value is immeasurable the higher the level.

He frowned at Meng Wenbin, who was almost out of the principal's office. "What are you doing?"

"My sister-in-law has been stuck at level nine for many years. She obtained this by chance, and it might be useful to her. Don't be too touched; consider it payment for hiring you to guard Jinling for the Alliance."

Meng Wenbin waved his hand and disappeared outside the door.

"Hmph, what a boastful arrogance." Lin Minsheng stared in the direction he had left and snorted disdainfully.

The items were indeed of high quality, but the compensation he received as an employee was far from sufficient.

However, in reality, the alliance provides certain privileges and a large amount of resources to super-level nine powerhouses who are willing to guard the major cities, so Meng Wenbin does not need to pay this extra reward.

This was his way of making amends to Lin Minsheng, and also a way of helping his old friend.

In this world, once people awaken their professional abilities, the average lifespan of a professional can reach over one hundred years. If they break through to level nine, their lifespan can be extended even further.

Lin Minsheng and his wife are already over eighty years old.

If his wife cannot break through to level nine before she turns one hundred, then she will have at most ten years left to live.

Therefore, the importance of this Origin-Tracing Spirit Fruit to Lin Minsheng is self-evident.

(End of this chapter)