The King of Beast Trainers

123  Chapter 88 Finally Rich_1

"Finally, the settlement is about to begin."

In his private room, Lu Ran stretched languidly.

He had been waiting for so long, flowers could have wilted.

At present, he was still undoubtedly number one on the Extraordinary Divine Pet List of the third Infinite City.

As for the second place, it was Pluto.

After confirming with Lu Ran that he was indeed heading to the fifth Infinite City, Pluto had heaved a sigh of relief and then took off for the fifth Infinite City himself.

Yet, hardly had Pluto secured the top spot on the fifth Infinite City's list than Sister White Tiger made her move, kicking Pluto down a notch.

Pluto became the perennial second place.

After trying hard for quite a while and failing to reclaim the top position… It's safe to say, that was pretty tough to swallow.

After going round in circles, he ultimately returned to his main base, aiming for harmonious dominance in two cities.

...

Among the top ten, aside from Passerby A whose identity remained a mystery, the identities of the other nine were no longer secrets.

Pluto was from one of the four major guilds of the third Infinite City, Star Group.

Tenth place, Fang Lan, a freelancer from Green Sea City with a Veterinary Family background, and a well-known cute pet blogger.

She was the only Beast Trainer in the list of the third Infinite City whose Pet Beast had no Fusion Traits and was still on the list.

Of course, this was largely thanks to her control over the Poisonous Attribute territories in the Green Sea, allowing her to continually enhance her Pet Beast with the vast resources of wild Poisonous Attribute.

The remaining few, among them, three came from the big four guilds.

The four major guilds of the third Infinite City are Star Group, Dragon Palace, Circus, and Mountain River.

As it stands, each guild held one of the ten spots on the Extraordinary Divine Pet List.

As for the other guilds, lacking the strength of these four, they naturally couldn't attract talent to their ranks or cultivate a fourth-generation Beast Trainer strong enough to make the list.

The last few, without a doubt, had all joined the official ranks, becoming reserve members of the Official Guide Group.

For these naturally talented fourth-generation individuals, their careers before becoming Beast Trainers were deeply intertwined with animals.

The purpose of the Official Guide Group was mainly to strategize new Secret Realms that had just emerged and had never been explored by anyone else. Apart from that, it was to strategize the highest Level Secret Realms, to explore the limits of Infinite City.

Because such Secret Realms were unknown, they were extremely dangerous.

Therefore, the casualty rate for the Official Guide Group was high, and there was a need to replenish with fresh blood regularly.

At present, of the top 70 on the Extraordinary Divine Pet Lists of the seven Infinite Cities of Xia Country, at least half were reserve members of the Official Guide Group.

For these talented fourth-generation individuals, the officials had long established a training system, arranging for them to team up and hone their skills in Secret Realms.

If Lu Ran and Fang Lan had not encountered Gu Qingyi, due to their own strengths, it's likely they would have joined the Guide Group upon being invited. However, after meeting top-tier figures like Gu Qingyi, the range of life choices available to both of them clearly broadened.

...

In the third Infinite City, at the Beast Training Plaza.

The system was broadcasting the results of the various leaderboards.

Countless gazes full of envy were cast toward Number One on the Extraordinary Divine Pet List, Passerby A.

All were fourth-generation Novice Beast Trainers, so why were you so outstanding!

"In the end, it's still Passerby A at the top, no surprises or suspense there."

"Of course, Dog Grasps Sword is an explosive presence even when looking across all seven Infinite Cities."

"But this Passerby A is so mysterious, hasn't even been to the arena, right?"

"And it seems like he hasn't joined any guilds or Guide Groups... A lone wolf big shot? That's terrifying."

"Wonder if he'll apply to Beast Training University, I heard there's a competition among new students there! Curious if he'll have a chance to showdown with the front runners and list-toppers from the other Infinite Cities!"

These types of topics were highly popular among the masses of fourth-generation Beast Trainers.

Meanwhile, at the same time...

[Congratulations, you've defended your title as Number One on the Extraordinary Divine Pet List.]

[Now distributing the reward, 100,000 crystal coins.]

On Lu Ran's side, he froze for a moment and, upon hearing the reward for being first on the Extraordinary Divine Pet List, he physically jolted.

"Seriously??"

He quickly checked his backpack, and sure enough, the balance section had increased from the previous 29,878 to 129,878.

How could it be so much?!

Lu Ran was internally shocked; he had thought that getting twenty or thirty thousand would have been quite good already.

He had even braced himself for the possibility of getting just ten thousand crystal coins as a reward and found it acceptable.

After all, the Divine Pet List was settled once a month, so giving too much wasn't realistic.

But seeing a whole 100,000 crystal coins distributed at once, Lu Ran got carried away.

If he managed to maintain first place for a year, wouldn't that be an annual income of a million?

That morning, Lu Ran had been grinding materials in the Secret Realm, but now, he suddenly understood what it felt like to have money.

One hundred thirty thousand! Lu Ran's eyes twinkled.

He quickly contacted Pluto: [How much crystal coin do you have?]

There was a moment of silence on the other side before the reply came: [Eighty thousand.]

Even second place gets eighty thousand...

Good, once he had contracted King of Sudden Death and trained it to second place, that would be a monthly income of 180,000!

Luckily for Pluto, he was unaware of Lu Ran's thoughts, or else he would have surely cursed out loud, lamenting why he had bothered to answer Lu Ran at all.

That guy, always up to no good.

[What about your brother, ask him.]

Lu Ran then remembered the Divine Pet List was divided into four leaderboards. One hundred thousand crystal coins, a million crystal coins, were huge sums for a Novice Beast Trainer, allowing them to rise quickly and accelerate their growth, but for high-level Beast Trainers, that probably wasn't much.

He speculated that the rewards for the Dominator Divine Pet List and Monarch Divine Pet List must be different from the Extraordinary Divine Pet List, with even higher amounts!

[He's not online.]

[Alright.]

After their exchange, Lu Ran shrugged. Given the sight of so many crystal coins, he had decided to contract King of Sudden Death as soon as possible.

By then, having two Pet Beasts on the list would mean a bounty of rewards.

Besides that, the Divine Pet List could also help identify the potential rankings of different Pet Beasts within the team...

This list is great. Initially, Lu Ran was resistant, but now, he found it truly desirable.

Lu Ran examined his backpack even more carefully.

Crystal coin balance: 129,878

Equipment: Divine Deer Pendant (Epic), Icy Sky Great Sword (Rare), Wind Cutting Sword (Advanced), Speed Crossbow (Advanced), Night Coat (Advanced)

Resources: Dog Food x66 (Advanced), Dog Food x10 (Rare), Ice Honey Tea x15 bottles, Thunder Attribute Enhancement Skill Card, Fire Attribute Enhancement Skill Card x2, Upgrade Card x11, Trait Crystal (Red Lightning), Blaze Fruit x14, Flame Star Grass x21, Fire Scale x3, Magma Heart x2.

At this point, Lu Ran's equipment and items had not been updated; they were still the same ones.

The Speed Crossbow and the Night Coat were still what he had bought before challenging the Abandoned Experiment Field.

As for resources, the loot from the Secret Realms over the past few days had been sold on the same day. During this period, Lu Ran had accumulated quite a sum of crystal coins. However, due to the expensive cost of Mr. Husky's rare Dog Food, Lu Ran could only afford half a month's supply, and once again his crystal coins were running low.

While paying off debts was important, Mr. Husky's feed was also crucial. According to a tip from a second-generation Beast Trainer, when Pet Beasts enter bottleneck stages like level 10, 20, or 30, it's still important to continue accumulating nutrients. The nutrients consumed would not go to waste, but instead remain hidden within the body as potential energy, ready to spur multiple level advancements upon breakthrough.

Thus, it's best not to neglect their nutritional needs just because the Pet Beasts are momentarily at a bottleneck.

Since Lu Ran wanted Mr. Husky to level up quickly, he had started investing heavily several days ago, upgrading Mr. Husky's Dog Food to a diet mainly consisting of rare beast and poultry meat, complemented by Advanced Dog Food.

On top of that, Lu Ran had also managed to save up enough money for the Icy Sky Great Sword; he had been working incredibly hard.

"Now that I have money, I can sell the Skill Cards and the resources I just obtained. Today, my crystal coins can easily break through the 150,000 mark."

"After paying off Master Lin's debt, I'll still have over 100,000 crystal coins."

"Before entering the Breakthrough Secret Realm, I can use this sum to strengthen myself well."

"..." Just as Lu Ran was about to head out, intending to sell the Beast Training Techniques first, he noticed that the count of Upgrade Cards had reached over ten. So he stopped and took out Mr. Husky's Contract Card.

Using the Upgrade Cards he previously obtained from the Abandoned Experiment Field, he had upgraded the Iron Contract Card to a Silver Contract Card.

Now that he had gathered another ten, he could upgrade the Silver Contract Card to a Gold Contract Card.

[Use 10 Upgrade Cards to upgrade the Contract Card?]

As Lu Ran slapped the 10 Upgrade Cards onto Mr. Husky's Contract Card, the system prompt from Infinite City rang out.

[Confirm.] Lu Ran chose.

Quickly.

A glow appeared, and the eleven cards fused with each other.

Subsequently, the silver-edged Contract Card turned into a gold-edged, black-faced Contract Card.

[Upgrade successful.

Contract Card space expanded.]

New special feature: Slow Healing.]

"As expected, it's a healing ability..."

"Better than nothing, I guess."

Lu Ran remained calm in response to the new feature added to the Contract Card upgrade.

During the last upgrade, the Contract Card gained a stamina recovery function, which was about as fast as eating a few common Wooden Scale Fruits, not completely useless, but of limited utility.

This time, the Slow Healing sounded like a rare healing ability, but its actual effect was roughly the same as the advanced healing medicines sold in Infinite City.

It couldn't heal severe injuries, and for lighter ones, it wasn't urgently needed.

In any case, for Lu Ran who possessed the Divine Deer Pendant, it was not very useful. However, the Contract Card needed to be upgraded slowly over time. The next special feature "Growth Acceleration" would be much more useful. Nonetheless, gathering 100 cards would be a grind.

Moreover, once he obtained the King of Sudden Death's Contract Card, he would need to upgrade it too, and without purchasing it, relying purely on his own drops, it would take an incredibly long time.

"It's not bad, at least in cases like the Public Secret Realm when there's no time to treat Mr. Husky's teeth, it can alleviate the pain while in the card..."

"After the card upgrade, it should thank us."

Next, Lu Ran went out, familiar with the route, and arrived at a shop where he sold three Skill Cards and all the materials obtained from Molten Lake.

He sold them for about 56,000 crystal coins.

Lu Ran's crystal coin balance: 185,780.

He was approaching the 200,000 mark.

With this amount of crystal coins, repaying Master Lin's debt shouldn't be a problem, but it was uncertain whether he'd be able to repay Doctor Gu's debt.

Lu Ran felt it was unlikely, since the Spirit Flower Carolina Flower was dropped by a Monarch Species BOSS above level 50, and apart from the First Generation big shots, no one could touch such resources, so its value must be very high. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

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Smithy.

"You're here." Master Lin seemed to know Lu Ran was coming today. He was very calm about Lu Ran's arrival.

"The Divine Pet List was settled today. I knew you'd come to pay back the money. Here, your resources," said Master Lin as he took out the Dragon Blood Crystal and placed it on the counter.

He also smiled and said, "Kid, want to upgrade the Icy Sky Great Sword? Last time I saw you were short on money, so I only added one type of rare ore. This sword, among the rare weapons, isn't quite top-notch quality..."

"No need." Lu Ran smirked, stepped forward, slapped his hand on the table, and made a payment: "After finally saving some money, let's just forget it. The Icy Sky Great Sword is good enough for now."

Although he felt that upgrading might allow Mr. Husky's Species Level to reach the Advanced Dominator Species and would also remove the sword's shortcomings.

But top-notch rare equipment would definitely cost over a hundred thousand crystal coins, and it would be heading towards a million. For the time being, Lu Ran didn't want to owe any more money.

"Hahaha, alright then, it's good to keep some crystal coins. After your breakthrough, you'll have lots of uses for them," Master Lin laughed heartily.

"I'm off~" After paying off the debt, Lu Ran waved his hand, took the Dragon Blood Crystal, and sent a message to Lu Bing and the others that he wouldn't be entering the Secret Realm this afternoon.

It had been a long time since he returned to the real world.

He wanted to see the situation in Green Sea City and, by the way, use the Red Lightning and Dragon Blood Crystal to strengthen the King of Sudden Death.

After the enhancement, he wondered whether it would be stronger or weaker than Mr. Husky, or to put it another way, how big the gap still was between them.

Lu Ran heard from Fang Lan that lately, the Thunder Dragon General was very arrogant in Green Sea City, taking steps like One Ear, maintaining the Xuan Turtle's steadfastness, possessing the Fire Snake's desire for resources, speaking brashly like the Dark Crow, and learning a bunch of various nonsensical things...