Beastmaster? Monsters are beasts too!

"Come, follow me!"

Luo Shiyi squeezed through the crowd, grabbed Chen Xiu's hand, and ran towards the high platform.

She walked briskly, stepping over the cobblestone steps, and ran all the way to the viewing platform at the edge of the cliff before stopping.

"Look, this is it, overlooking the entire Luolong Waterfall."

Silver water cascaded down from a height of 100 meters, and the spray created a rainbow in the sunlight.

She let go of the railing, leaned against it, and tucked a strand of long hair behind her ear. "This is a VIP viewing platform, full of spiritual energy, perfect for cultivation."

Chen Xiu stood beside her, the girl's pink hair being whipped by the wind and brushing against the back of his hand.

"Miss Luo is so generous, she even brought me to this nice place." He turned his head and glanced at the girl who was pretending to be in a daze.

To be honest, Luo Shiyi is really quite beautiful when she is quiet.

Fair skin, delicate features, and long eyelashes fluttering.

In short, to outsiders, she is definitely much prettier than Su Qiushui.

One is fiery and the other is gentle; the choice is obvious.

"Who did it on purpose!" Luo Shiyi pouted. "But if you follow me, you'll definitely get a lot of benefits like this in the future."

Luo Shiyi didn't back down verbally, but she knew exactly what she was doing.

Whether it's changing into a form-fitting swimsuit or coming to a place like this.

Aside from a little ulterior motive, the purpose was to please Chen Xiu and increase mutual goodwill.

Looking at the jubilant golden carp below, Luo Shiyi muttered, "And... about the youth competition, I'll tell you again."

"If you deliberately lose to me, you can have all the prize money, and I won't go back on my word about the spirit stones..."

Chen Xiu didn't hear a word of the babbling tale; he was too preoccupied with how things were going with Gomora.

He was hoping to make some money off the scheme!

Just as the two were lost in their own thoughts, a lukewarm voice came from behind them.

"Cousin Shiyi, you really are here."

Luo Shiyi's face instantly darkened. She turned her head and saw a girl wearing an apron and swimsuit walking towards her.

Luo Qianqian is Luo Shiyi's cousin.

Her father's younger brother, her second uncle, was also with her.

"My second uncle doesn't manage family affairs, which is quite elegant of him. He comes here for a vacation."

Luo Shiyi greeted him stiffly.

Luo Hong's gaze fell on Chen Xiu, looking him up and down at his wrinkled school uniform and tattered canvas bag.

His brows furrowed immediately: "Shiyi, how could you bring such a shady character in here? You've completely disgraced the family."

"What do you mean 'neither fish nor fowl'? Chen Xiu is my friend!" Luo Shiyi straightened her back. "Besides, it's none of my second uncle's business who I bring."

"Friends?" Luo Qianqian scoffed. "Where did you find some random guy?"

"You're always so willful. If you cause any scandals, where will the Luo family's reputation be?"

The surrounding scions of prominent families cast strange glances at him, and whispers rose and fell among them.

Everyone knows that the main branch and collateral branches of the Luo family are fiercely fighting each other. With the death of Old Master Luo, the head of the family will have to be chosen from these two branches.

Luo Shiyi is the only bloodline of the younger generation of the main family.

Luo Shiyi puffed out her proud chest in front of the unremarkable Luo Qianqian.

"I may be willful, but I'm still much better than some people who can't even qualify for the competition."

Luo Qianqian's face flushed red, but then she heard Luo Hong say, "You've got quite the nerve! Since you're so confident, how about we make a bet?"

Luo Hong took over the conversation, his tone carrying an undeniable sense of pressure.

Upon hearing this, Luo Shiyi smiled slightly, "Bet? I'd never bet with you!"

As soon as she said it, her expression turned disdainful.

"You're disrespectful to your elders, abusing your seniority, and now you're even bullying me, a junior?"

These words caused an uproar in the audience!

Many people criticized Luo Shiyi for disrespecting her elders, but some people who saw things more clearly whispered among themselves.

Hey! I have to say... that was really satisfying to yell at!

Luo Qianqian's face turned ashen. "You're so rude! You could have just said you wouldn't gamble, but this is your second uncle!"

"Tch!" Luo Shiyi rolled her eyes. "I'm still your cousin, and I haven't seen you guys be any more polite."

After saying that, she took Chen Xiu's hand and said, "Come on, come on, this place is unlucky and it's not clean anymore."

"Go ahead and gamble, why not?" Chen Xiu grabbed Luo Shiyi.

Luo Shiyi's face darkened, and she was about to retort to Chen Xiu, saying that this was all for your sake!

Chen Xiu spoke first, raising his chin at Luo Hong, "So, what are we betting on?"

Luo Hong hadn't expected that Chen Xiu would jump out from behind him right after he had just been rebuffed by his niece, so he said to Luo Shiyi.

"You came here to improve your beast-taming potential, didn't you?"

"We'll bet on whether your beast taming can transform into a dragon!"

"That's it? I'll bet." He rummaged through his pockets and said to the staff member next to him, "I'll bet fifty."

The staff member was a very sweet girl who smiled at Chen Xiu:

"Yes, sir. Five hundred thousand, by card or bank transfer?"

Chen Xiu waved his hand, "You've got it wrong, it's fifty yuan."

……

The room fell silent for two seconds, then erupted in laughter.

"Fifty dollars? Did I hear that right?"

"So poor, are you obsessed with money?"

Luo Qianqian laughed so hard she almost fell over, and slammed a stack of 100,000 yuan onto the counter.

"I bet 100,000 on the Golden Carp and lost!"

Luo Hong was also starting to lose his composure. He looked Chen Xiu up and down and sneered, "Fifty yuan? What's the point of gambling with such a small amount of money?"

Everyone burst into laughter, but Chen Xiu sneered, "Can't even afford fifty yuan to gamble? You think you can be the head of the Luo family?"

Luo Hong's smile vanished abruptly; the feeling of having his thoughts exposed in public was unpleasant.

His face was cold, and his tone was extremely suppressed, "Kid, you can talk nonsense, but you can't talk nonsense..."

Pfft!

Someone in the crowd chuckled, and Luo Hong's face grew even colder.

"Since you want to make a bet with me, I don't want your 50 yuan."

"You win, I'll lose 500,000 to you!"

"But if you lose, you'll come back to the Luo family with me and kneel down like a dog!"

Chen Xiu calmly replied, "Sure, is anyone else interested in participating?"

He scanned the crowd, but no one spoke.

But then, a series of sounds rang out!

"I bet 100,000 on the Golden Koi, but failed!"

"I'll bet a thousand, I'll win!"

"I bet..."

The staff member was taken aback for a moment, then quickly issued a ticket.

"Are you crazy?" Luo Shiyi caught up, her heart pounding. "What if we lose? I don't want to lose face with you!"

"We can't lose." Chen Xiu found a spot and lay down comfortably. "Besides, aren't you that lacking in confidence in your beast taming abilities?"

Chen Xiu tucked the receipt away and turned to leave. He had already used his Eye of Observation to check the condition of the golden carp.

He was surrounded by a faint dragon aura, and he was just one opportunity away from breaking through to the next realm.

But as soon as he finished speaking, a very faint humming sound suddenly came from underground.

Chen Xiu's expression changed. Could this be another one of Gomora's?

The next second, the tremors suddenly intensified!

"Boom—!"

A deep, muffled roar came from underground, and the entire Falling Dragon Waterfall shook.

The parasols on the beach were overturned, tables and chairs were scattered all over the ground, and people who had been playing in the shallow water screamed and ran ashore.

"What happened? Was it an earthquake?"

"No! Look at the waterfall!"

Everyone looked up and saw that the rushing silver waterfall had stopped flowing at that moment!

Then, something even more terrifying happened!

The waterfall's flow begins to rise in reverse, pouring up from the bottom of the pool to form a giant waterspout!

White spray shot into the sky, reaching hundreds of meters high, blotting out the sun!

All the water-type beasts became restless and let out terrified howls!

Sensing the chaotic spiritual energy in the air, Chen Xiuzheng asked Luo Shiyi beside him, "This... could it be a spiritual energy tide?"

"That's bullshit!" Luo Shiyi's face turned pale. After recalling the golden carp, she ran away while saying to Chen Xiudao.

"Run if you don't want to die, you idiot!"