Beastmaster King-Chapter 211 - The Domain of the Strong

Lu Ran was speechless. He shook his head and decided to let it go. Since there was no longer a rush, he didn’t need to push all three of his familiars to evolve at the same time.

There were a few days between each evolution realm. It was entirely plausible to spend more time laying a firm foundation for Dark Crow.

"I originally wanted all my familiars to evolve at the same time in the evolution realm that opens in thirteen days," Lu Ran said.

"Huh? You’re that confident in their potential?"

"Of course. The evolution realm gives ten Evolution Blessings, and I planned to grab three."

Woof!

Captain Doofus and Sudden Death King revealed confident expressions.

Although Dark Crow didn't know what was going on, it also puffed out its chest.

Manager Ying paused for a moment before replying, "Aren’t you afraid of becoming public enemy number one if you do that? The people you snatch the blessings from will hate you, especially if you take up the place of three people."

"I don’t want to do that either, but I thought there was only going to be one evolution realm. Now that there are so many, I can evolve them separately in a pretty short timeframe.

"Although I’m confident, it’s better to play it safe. If they all evolve at the same time, but one of them accidentally doesn’t rank in the top ten, then there wouldn’t be a second chance," Lu Ran replied, looking at his familiars.

"Tsk tsk. For a moment there, I wasn’t sure whether to call you arrogant or modest."

"Hehe." Lu Ran chuckled.

"By the way, Manager Ying, do you know the Domain technique?"

"Why?" Manager Ying asked with a sense of foreboding.

"I want you to use it a few times so Captain Doofus can watch and learn."

Sudden Death King had the Dragon Soul, Dragon King Bloodline trait, Dragon's Intent Formation, and the Treasure-grade Dragon Heart. With such an evolutionary setup, Lu Ran wasn’t worried about it failing to evolve into a dragon.

Forget Superior-King species—Lu Ran even dared to speculate whether Sudden Death King would become the first to evolve into an Overlord species on Blue Planet.

Sudden Death King had the most solid evolution plan on the whole team.

If the team were to line up for evolution, Sudden Death King would go first, since there was nothing that could go wrong with it.

For Captain Doofus, he had prepared the Sword Soul, Absolute Comprehension trait, and various sword intents. This was slightly inferior to what he had prepared for Sudden Death King.

This made sense, as the resources for Sudden Death King were obtained in a Legendary realm. However, now that he had more time, Lu Ran wanted to see if there was room for improvement.

For example, since Absolute Comprehension increased comprehension ability, Lu Ran wanted it to observe the domain technique, something only the powerful could master. Knowledge alone was useless without seeing the right direction.

Maybe it could ascend to greater heights when it evolved.

Dark Crow was in the same situation. It only had the Treasure-grade pork bone soup and Undead Clone—it couldn’t compare to Sudden Death King. Now that there was time to prepare, Lu Ran wanted to see where he could help it improve.

This was shaping up to be a long to-do list. Thirteen days had originally felt like a tight deadline, but now that it was no longer an issue, Lu Ran had options.

Ideally, he wanted all of his familiars to evolve perfectly.

"You want it to learn about domains at only level 30?" Manager Ying glanced at Captain Doofus.

The dog's comprehension was pretty good, but no matter how it thought about it, this seemed impossible. Teaching it about domains was like showing a three-year-old how to fly a plane!

Woof!

Captain Doofus frowned.

Are you looking down on me, cat?

"Why don’t you ask Gu Qingyi to teach it? My domain is special and may not be suitable for teaching," Manager Ying said, turning its head to ignore the stupid dog.

"I think she’s too busy," Lu Ran replied.

Manager Ying was speechless.

Its domain specialized in control and escape—it wasn’t really suitable for Lu Ran’s familiar. Even if it was just a theoretical introduction, not all domains were compatible.

"Manager Ying, I have more pork bone soup," Lu Ran added.

"Okay, fine!"

It knew Lu Ran’s soup wouldn’t come for free. It had just been waiting for the other shoe to drop.

♫ Meow meow ♫

Manager Ying was just about to reluctantly accept the request when its cell phone rang.

Manager Ying glanced at the screen and frowned.

"Speak of the devil. Her ears must be burning. ...Wait, I have an idea!" Manager Ying's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Boy, I found you a teacher who’s much better than me."

Lu Ran leaned in to hear who it was.

"Manager Ying?" A female voice came through the phone.

"What’s up, Shi Zhen?"

"I just saw the news about Lu Ran's third familiar. The one that can cast curses already integrated the Eye of the Evil God trait, right? How is it? Did its curse power improve?"

"Yes, it has improved a lot. I feel that your curse will be lifted very soon," Manager Ying replied.

"I even thought of a way to lift the curse, but Lu Ran said it was risky and didn’t want to try it no matter what."

"Really?" Principal Shi Zhen asked in a surprised female voice.

"Don't be afraid. What’s the method? Could there be a condition worse than mine?"

"Well, this method does need a little work. Lu Ran has been training his familiars recently, and I think you should come give him some personal guidance. He’s a newcomer and is still unfamiliar with skill development.

"Originally, he wanted me to teach him, but you know me—it’s more efficient for a beastmaster to teach a beastmaster."

"Also, you’re the president of Beastmaster University. As a leader, you can’t just hide all the time. You need to teach some classes every once in a while. This way, you won’t have to feel like a leech anymore."

"Huh?" Shi Zhen was surprised, but he didn’t overthink it. He assumed that Manager Ying wanted him to research curse power with Lu Ran.

"Alright, where are you? I’ll go after I turn back."

"Green Sea, or if you’re too lazy to travel, you can meet us in Limitless City #3. It doesn’t matter if you’re male or female. Stop wasting time and come over," Manager Ying said.

"..."

"I’ll meet Lu Ran in Limitless City #3 in two hours."

"It’s a date!"

Manager Ying hung up and looked at the silent Lu Ran.

"What do you think? Is a first-generation beastmaster as a tutor good enough for you? His strength wasn’t any worse than Gu Qingyi’s back in the day.

"He also has a domain and is pretty proficient with it. Besides that, he can provide you with resources to cultivate Dark Crow.

"Although he spent nearly his entire fortune trying to lift the curse, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse."

"You really are amazing," Lu Ran scoffed.

"Hmph. I still have to watch over the little one, so where am I going to find the time to teach you?" Manager Ying glanced at the weather sprite.

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"Shi Zhen probably has the most free time among the first-generation combat beastmasters. He’s perfect for the job!"

"Okay, okay." Lu Ran wondered if Principal Shi Zhen would really be reliable.

***

Two hours later, Lu Ran was back in Limitless City. He hadn’t expected to return so soon.

In Beastmaster Square, next to the iconic pillar, Lu Ran wore a disguise and looked around.

A moment later, a handsome woman with short black hair, dressed in neutral clothing and wearing black-framed glasses, approached him. Although she had clearly done her best to conceal her gender and dress like a man, her delicate face and curvy figure made it obvious that she was a woman.

"Lu Ran." Principal Shi Zhen adjusted his glasses as he greeted Lu Ran.

He was commonly mocked by first-generation beastmasters, but someone from the younger generation wouldn’t dare to do so.

"Hello, Principal." Lu Ran raised an eyebrow, thinking he was actually pretty attractive.

This is crazy. How is he more feminine than Fang Lan or Xia Ri? It seems that Dark Crow’s curse power still isn’t strong enough. That witch actually turned a grown man into such a beautiful woman.

"Manager Ying told you about my situation?" Principal Shi Zhen asked.

"Yes. Thank you for the trait crystal," Lu Ran said.

"You’re welcome. So what is this method to remove the curse that Manager Ying mentioned—the one that’s so risky you’re unwilling to try it?"

"Umm." Lu Ran felt a little embarrassed, but seeing Shi Zhen's hopeful gaze, he could only confess.

"My familiar mastered a Pig Transformation curse. We’re hoping to figure out how to completely transform a living being into a pig. Manager Ying wants to use this curse to overwrite the Sex Change curse and then remove the Pig Transformation curse to finish things off.

"I’m afraid my curse won’t overwrite the existing one and will end up fusing with it instead. If that happens, then..."

Huh? Would I end up as a sow?

Shi Zhen's eyes turned red. "Damn information peddler! Is it even human?"

"It’s not a human being," Lu Ran assured.

"I’m so pissed." Shi Zhen’s chest heaved. He had known something was off. If there were a plausible solution, why would Lu Ran refuse to try it?

"It’s ok, this is already a good start. At least we now have access to a higher-level curse. I believe that we aren’t far from lifting your curse."

"Yes." Lu Ran's words greatly comforted Shi Zhen.

"Let’s not worry about that for now, and go find a public secret realm. Show me this Pig Transformation curse first."

"Okay, and, Principal Shi Zhen, can you teach about domain techniques? I wanted Manager Ying to demonstrate one for me, but it told me that you would teach me step by step. Thank you so much!" Lu Ran said

"When did I agree to that?"

He was shocked. Domain techniques weren’t something that could just be taught.

Shi Zhen's heart suddenly skipped a beat when he realized that the cat had thrown him under the bus. It was no wonder the cat was so eager to run off.

Looking at Lu Ran's expectant gaze, Shi Zhen bit his ruby lips and acquiesced.

"Fine, I haven't exercised in a while anyway. I will show you, the genius recognized as the strongest fourth-generation beastmaster, the domain of a powerhouse.

"Witness my Stone Buddha Domain!"