Translated by Mianbao
Edited by RED
After dragonizing, they could form a soul contract.
With their previous soul bond, in addition to Heiya’s approval, the forming of a soul contract became a very smooth process. From today on, Zhu Minglang was a Dragon Tamer with two real dragons!
After the soul contract was completed, Zhu Minglang could feel the soul link much more clearly. At the same time, Zhu Minglang also felt something else inside himself. It was like his five senses had become sharper, and his awareness of his surroundings had improved!
“My spirit force has increased. My spirit domain can help Baiqi and Heiya grow even faster! A day inside is equivalent to half a month, and now I can try to use my spirit force to harvest soul pearls!” Zhu Minglang was pleasantly surprised.
Heiya crossing his Dragon Gate had obviously brought about many changes to him. His level had increased significantly, and he was finally no longer a useless salted fish!
Even though Baiqi was still far above Heiya in terms of strength, a lower Dragon General in his growth phase, his advancement didn’t improve Zhu Minglang’s mind by much for some unknown reason.
Heiya’s dragonizing, however, allowed him to formally cross the threshold of a Dragon Tamer!
“It’s my first time being an official Dragon Tamer. I still have much to learn! Hmm, hmm, slow and steady, moving toward my first goal!” Zhu Minglang was in a great mood, faintly seeing hopes of returning to the peak!
To become an expert of the world, he needed to have a Dragon Lord.
However, when he thought of the realm Li Yunzi was at, Zhu Minglang felt like he needed to raise his ambitions.
The strength Li Yunzi had demonstrated was at the level of a Dragon Lord. As a man with dignity, he needed to reach the level of Monarch, no matter what! That way he could sweep the world!
Bringing Heiya away, Zhu Minglang realized that the young miss was still laying on the desk, sleeping as soundly as before. She was completely unaware a grown man and a black mosasaur had come walking out from the hall. The only difference was that she had changed up her sleeping posture, a little delicate, no longer peaceful…
Zhu Minglang didn’t want to interrupt her sleep. When he left, he suddenly noticed a bill hanging on the door, indicating the course credits he needed to pay, as well as the food they had fed Heiya.
Zhu Minglang turned his head toward Heiya and asked, “You ate so much?”
“Ou?” Heiya responded, looking like he had barely been fed.
Zhu Minglang felt his head aching, thinking of the pitiful amount of money and course credits he had.
Fortunately, the Infirmary Hall was one of the few places in the Dragon Tamers Academy where people could have an outstanding account. Otherwise, Zhu Minglang would have no choice but to pawn off the newly dragonized Heiya here.
Speaking of dragon food, Zhu Minglang, who was feeling great just moments before, slipped into bitter thoughts again.
There wasn’t much left of Little Baiqi’s frosty snow tree nectar. After advancing, his appetite had increased a little, and the nectar seemed to have become a little lacking in nutrients for him. At the very least, Zhu Minglang still hadn’t seen any signs of Baiqi awakening his Azure Dragon Mystic Arts thus far…
After Heiya dragonized, his appetite… could no longer be satiated with just a few baskets of silkworms.
Now, Heiya no longer ate cheap silkworms. He ate meat. Not only fat and good, they also needed to provide enough energy for him.
On that bill he saw, it clearly stated that Heiya had recently eaten a total of seven adult wild black boars!
Even so, Heiya didn’t feel full.
Indeed, dragons drained money like crazy!…
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Now that he could keep Heiya inside his spirit domain, travelling was much more convenient.
Zhu Minglang had originally thought that after becoming a real Dragon Tamer, he was qualified to move into a personal residence courtyard. In the end, he found out moving places cost course credits and money. After thinking things through, it was pretty lively to have passionate classmates around him!
His house was cleaned up well. When Hong Hao saw Zhu Minglang returning, he immediately went up to welcome him, showering him with praises, making Zhu Minglang feel very good.
As things would have it, Zhu Minglang had something to ask Hong Hao. “I’m lacking some money recently…”
“Ah? I don’t come from a rich family.” Hong Hao jumped in fright, feeling like he was about to get bullied for money.
“I’m not asking to borrow money from you; what are you so flustered for? I want to ask whether there’s any good missions to take on from the Academy with a high commission?” Zhu Minglang inquired of him.
“Recently the Academy hasn’t given out many missions. You can go take a look in the city state. There should be some that are suitable for Brother Zhu’s current level!” Hong Hao said.
“Help me find some places with lots of wild black boars,” Zhu Minglang requested.
“No problem!” Hong Hao became extra enthusiastic.
Zhu Minglang returned to his house and laid down. It had been a while since he had any sleep. In fact, he was exhausted!
He fell asleep the moment he put his head down, and slept very, very soundly. The windows of his house were shut, the curtains drawn. Almost no light slipped in. Zhu Minglang occasionally woke up, not sure whether it was night or day outside.
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Inside his spirit domain…
Little Baiqi was in a deep sleep, his feathers swaying gently to the rhythm of his breathing.
Heiya was in another corner, his breathing rumbling like thunder, and growing increasingly intense. Whenever his snoring reached its peak, little Baiqi’s tail would sweep across the air, raising a strong wind in the spirit domain and slapping Heiya’s face.
“Ou?” Heiya woke up, half-asleep, rubbing his face a few times on his nest before going back to sleep. His snoring gradually grew louder again, until another gust of wind swept at him, returning the spirit domain into a state of momentary peace.
Seemingly unable to tolerate the black dragon’s snoring any longer, little Baiqi woke up and left the spirit domain of his own accord. Afterwards, he retracted his wings as usual, and coiled his tail around himself, nestled on Zhu Minglang’s blanket like a cat.
Zhu Minglang opened his eyes in a dazed state, still feeling very sleepy. When he noticed the little white dragon nestled on his blanket, occupying a portion of it, Zhu Minglang carefully turned his body sideways, not daring to let his blanket roll along with him, to the point that some of his body was exposed. Even though he was shaking from the cold, he couldn’t bear to have the little white dragon shift…
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On a cloudy day in the cold autumn…
There was a large dense forest to the north of the Dragon Tamers Academy. The grounds closer to the Academy were mainly filled with Chinese fir trees, while the deeper areas were mostly tall and primitive pine trees.
The reason Zhu Minglang came to this forest was because Hong Hao had highly recommended this place as a great hunting ground. Many Dragon Tamer students who were raising carnivorous dragons would come here to hunt every three to five days, maintaining their dragons’ wild nature!
They walked into the fir forest. The ground was covered with leaves that had fallen recently, which were very soft to step on.
Of course, it was Zhu Minglang who was walking on them. When Heiya walked on them, a huge footprint would directly appear on the ground, and the smaller fir trees around them would start shaking.
Black boars would appear if they walked a little deeper. However, they weren’t some tiny creatures like sparrows that you could find everywhere. Zhu Minglang walked around for a long time, but he hadn’t seen one yet!
The most difficult part of hunting wasn’t how to kill them, but how to find them. In a huge forest with countless trees around, even if there weren’t bushes around to obstruct your vision, finding the ferocious wild boars wouldn’t be a simple task.
Fortunately, Zhu Minglang had done his preparations. Looking for the tracks of certain creatures was a skill most Dragon Tamers needed to have.
After the huge improvement to his senses, he could sense the lingering aura of some creatures in a limited area. Closing his eyes, the auras were like a scented wind, lingering somewhere that would drift in a certain but vague direction. That direction would most likely be where that creature had gone…
Of course, their auras would dissipate into their surroundings. Not only that, many demon spirits knew how to conceal, misguide, or erase their auras to prevent their natural enemies from finding them.
“This way.” Zhu Minglang pointed in a direction.
Sitting on Heiya’s back, Zhu Minglang felt much more relaxed, and their pace was much faster than before.
“Not right, not right, that seems to be a wild deer. It’s this way. It’s sure to be accurate this time.” Zhu Minglang pointed in another direction.
The Black Mosasaurex changed directions very quickly. After all, he had strong rear limbs. Not only that, he could even walk up on two feet like a tyrannosaurus…
Zhu Minglang had already verified Heiya’s lineage back in the Academy. Heiya had the bloodlines of a Tyrannosaurus and a Dark Mosasaur, a rather pure breed of Ancient Dragon.
Tyrannosaurs and Mosasaurs were overlords of land and sea respectively. As such, Heiya had extremely high combat ability, even on land!
“Weee…!”
He heard a howl ahead. Zhu Minglang immediately halted the Black Mosasaurex, telling him to wait.
The Black Mosasaurex was too big, and the aura of a tyrannosaur was too strong. Creatures with sharp senses would have scattered long before Heiya got close.
The wild boars in the forest were the same. It was impossible for them to fight an Ancient Dragon. They’d run away immediately after hearing the commotion.
Zhu Minglang didn’t want to miss this wild boar. He advanced on foot, looking in the direction of the cry.
The Black Mosasaurex remained still. He would have to move very slowly if he wanted to advance, but it was very difficult for something his size to tiptoe around…
“Wait here. I’ll go take a look first. Don’t scare off our first prey,” Zhu Minglang instructed.
“Ou!”
“Shh….!” Zhu Minglang hurriedly hushed, gesturing Heiya to pipe down.
Heiya held back a cry that was full of strength, breathing out his nose heavily!
Zhu Minglang walked forward quickly.
He noticed a lot of fir fruits on the ground with bite marks, most of them not fully eaten.
They were most likely chewed up by wild boars. They didn’t have incisors as nimble as squirrels or rabbits. Boars eating fir fruits was a matter of swallowing them whole, and spitting the inedible seeds out afterwards.
After passing through the area with fir fruits scattered all over the ground, Zhu Minglang saw a super large wild boar with long, thick hair covering its whole body!
The black pig’s hair was so long it was almost dragging along the ground. Its body was comparable to a wild yak’s, evidently much older than the wild black boars caught by the Academy.
This wild black boar would probably evolve into a demon spirit in a few more years!