Chapter 251 — Where Machinery Reaches the Gods' Forbidden Zone

"Under normal circumstances, the old gentleman sleeps and cannot easily be awakened."

Shi Zhuo was briefly startled, then nodded.

"Then I'll leave it to you..." After laying out the matter of the Martial Emperor Ruins clearly, Shi Ling said that from here on it was no longer his place to meddle.

How the Association decided next was the Association's business; for now, all he needed to do was develop steadily.

Who knew, maybe he would reach Mythical before the decision even came out?

"Oh, right." At this, Lu Heng looked toward Cen Yu.

"Hm?" Shi Jin turned his head.

"Recently, another major event occurred, and it concerns you."

"The ice dragon on Ice Dragon Snow Mountain, General Mu Huiyin's battle beast, broke through to Totem level not long ago and became an Ice Dragon Totem."

"It has already made its decision: to cooperate with humanity and completely annihilate the Glacier Totem."

Shi Jin: ???!!!

"What??!!"

Shi Jin stared wide-eyed at Lu Yan.

"Auntie Ice Dragon advanced to Totem??"

Lu Heng nodded and said, "That's right..."

"After that one conversation last time, it went straight off to sleep and cultivate. When it woke up, it had broken through to Totem... Oh, right, it said it wants to see you—more precisely, it wants to see your sword spirit."

Feng Jin and the others wore strange expressions.

Good grief, having contracted its master's heroic spirit—of course it wants to meet you.

Still, wasn't Shi Jin's experience a little too rich?

In just one year—the ice dragon, Chongxuan, the Undying Nether Phoenix... he had gotten tangled up with a whole pile of Totems!

At this, Shi Jin fell silent.

This...

He had been lamenting that he couldn't cozy up to Senior Chongxuan, but... Auntie Ice Dragon had actually advanced to Totem?

That awesome?

Then—then if he didn't ride little Chi Tong's connections to cozy up to Auntie Ice Dragon and enter the First Bureau as its spokesperson, he wouldn't deserve the name God of Cozying Up!!!

"Set the Yunhan matter aside for now. You all can pass it up the chain slowly—this little Grandmaster won't get involved. When can I go back to Pingcheng?" Shi Li.

Everyone: "..."

Feng Jin said angrily, "Deal with things here first! I'm begging you, stop stirring up trouble. Though this time... we didn't come out at a loss!"

Legend Bai wept beside them. You're not at a loss from the great archaeological discovery, but Wuling City's economic losses this time are heading straight past a billion.

Thank goodness the Martial Emperor Ruins were unharmed!

"Wait." Feng Jin suddenly spotted the blind spot.

"You're a Grandmaster now?"

Shi Li: "Yeah, thanks to the void crystals President Ye sent, I held it in for two months and successfully broke through to Grandmaster level. It's just that my pet beasts haven't broken through to Lord level yet."

Everyone: ???

Holy crap, your two months have been damn productive.

"Wait, wait, wait—the key thing is, how strong has your Shiyi gotten!! Tell me quick." Bai Xi couldn't help saying.

The news today was just too explosive.

The Martial Emperor actually had an Iron-Eating Beast??

Then she had to contract one too!!

A sovereign-tier race, no less.

Is money even the issue here?

No!

"It's strong. Bottom line, raising an Iron-Eating Beast is pure profit, no loss. Senior, there are still three little Iron-Eating Beasts over at the Ancient Capital University with excellent aptitude. Have a look and pick one each with Lu Yan to raise. Trust me, you absolutely won't lose out!!"

Bai Xi and Lu Heng exchanged a glance. In any case, Bai Xi was thoroughly tempted.

But words alone proved nothing.

Bai Chuanqi, Feng Jin, and the others all looked at one another.

"By the way, we've been talking this long—shouldn't we first confirm the strength and potential of this sovereign-tier race Iron-Eating Beast?"

That was the most crucial point determining the Donghuang higher-ups' decision.

"That..." Shi Heng nodded and said, "Sure."

"Should we demonstrate it directly, or have it spar with something? I figure... it should be quite strong right now. It's only Commander-tier, but beating an ordinary King-tier shouldn't be a problem."

Bai Chuanqi, Feng Jin, and the others wore strange expressions. Good heavens, listen to that arrogance.

At that moment, President Bai, who had been unable to get a word in, suggested, "Haha, then I feel you could perfectly well take a Master-tier assessment while you're at it. I happen to have a friend in Wuling City on business—his talent is Sealing, so he should be able to test the limits of your Iron-Eating Beast's various skills quite well. That way the data you get will be more accurate too."

"Hey, wait—you all surely know him as well. Qu Li of the Ancient Capital, the Sealing Master."

Feng Jin, Shi Jin, Bai Xi: ...

Mei... mei kai san du?