My tamed beasts can't be demons.

Chapter 86 The Thunder Mountain Secret Realm and Xiao Xi's Guesses

"A quasi-god exists in a C-level secret realm?" Zhou Lu was somewhat surprised when he heard Xiao Xi's words.

Xiao Xi didn't answer the question. Instead, she glanced at the time and asked Zhou Lu for confirmation, "Are you really sure you want to go to the Thunder Mountain Secret Realm? Even knowing there are quasi-gods inside?"

Zhou Lu didn't know why Xiao Xi would ask this question, but he immediately nodded affirmatively.

"Then let's hurry to the Explorers' Association." Xiao Xi flapped her wings, guiding Zhou Lu outside. "We'll talk about the rest along the way."

Although Zhou Lu didn't know what Xiao Xi was planning, he decided to trust her.

So he told Hanabi to hurry up and pack her luggage at home, and when he was about to enter the secret realm, he would use the Beast Taming Card to recall Hanabi from the dormitory to save time.

On the way, Xiaoxi said, "The energy level cap of a secret realm isn't locked. The so-called level of a secret realm is just a human assessment of its degree of danger."

"It's like how humans categorize spirit beasts. Assistance, combat, entertainment, food—these are all classifications based on human standards, not attributes inherent to the spirit beasts themselves."

"As long as there is a second-tier spirit beast in a C-level secret realm, it has a chance to evolve into a third-tier spirit beast."

"Since it has already evolved to the third tier, isn't it normal for it to evolve to a quasi-god?"

"When a high-level spirit beast appears in a low-level secret realm, the first thing to do is to try to capture or persuade it. If both fail and the pioneering army fails to hunt it, then the secret realm level will be raised to the danger level corresponding to that spirit beast."

A C-level secret realm generally means that at most second-tier spirit beasts can appear.

Rank B secret realms correspond to Tier 3, while Rank A secret realms correspond to Tier 4 and Tier 5.

"In general, the authorities will temporarily raise the level of the Thunder Mountain Secret Realm in this situation," Xiao Xi said, shaking her head. "If those beast tamers fail to capture it, the danger level of the secret realm will likely be permanently raised, and then your C-level exploration certificate will no longer be valid."

Zhou Lu was startled and immediately recalled the information about the Great Thunderbird that he had memorized while studying the encyclopedia.

Great Thunderbird, the fourth stage form of Thunderbird.

With a flap of its wings, it can summon vast expanses of thunderclouds.

As a quasi-divine beast, its attributes are not actually top-tier among quasi-divine beasts.

But no matter how weak it is, it is still a quasi-god, not something an ordinary spirit beast can easily fool.

It is precisely because it belongs to a relatively weak category of quasi-gods that many beast tamers have shown their covetousness towards it.

To prevent some foolish beast tamers from provoking quasi-gods without any understanding of their own strength and losing their lives for no reason, the official level of the incident realm is usually temporarily increased in such cases.

"Since the rank has already been temporarily raised, we won't be able to get into the Explorers' Association now, right?" Zhou Lu followed closely behind Xiao Xi, running towards the Explorers' Association. "I only have a C-level Explorer's Certificate."

Xiao Xi said without turning her head, "The official level of the secret realm will be temporarily raised only after confirming that the information is correct. There is a time difference in this process. Well-informed beast tamers can enter the secret realm before the level is raised."

"Once you enter the secret realm, the authorities can only persuade you to leave; they cannot forcibly expel you."

Countless messages from the secret realm reach the real world every day, including sightings of various powerful spirit beasts.

If the authorities were to raise the level of the secret realm simply because of such rumors, it would be an extremely laborious and time-consuming task, and it would also cause widespread public discontent.

Therefore, the authorities usually need to verify the information as quickly as possible and only issue instructions after confirming its accuracy.

Even the fastest verification process still takes time.

Well-informed individuals can exploit this time difference to their advantage.

This is similar to how many rumors spread by taking advantage of the time lag that officials need to confirm information before they can issue an announcement.

The knowledgeable fairy was undoubtedly among the most well-informed people. When she told Zhou Lu about this, it had only been about twenty minutes since the rumors of witnessing the Great Thunderbird had appeared.

It was precisely because the time was so close that she suspected Zhou Lu went to the Thunder Mountain Secret Realm for the Great Thunder Sparrow.

When Zhou Lu arrived at the Explorers' Association, they had not yet received any orders from above, and no related rumors had even been circulating.

He took out the Explorers' Association card and quickly completed the formalities for entering the secret realm.

Then, while the staff were verifying the Beast Taming Card, he took out the card and summoned Hanabi, who was still packing her luggage in the dormitory.

After confirming everything is correct, enter the secret realm.

Zhou Lu turned to Xiao Xi and thanked her, "Thank you."

Xiao Xi crossed her arms and said haughtily, "You've already paid for this service, it's a complimentary service."

With a flash of teleportation light, Zhou Lu's figure disappeared from the Explorers' Association's hall.

Xiao Xi stared at the spot where Zhou Lu had disappeared, stroking her chin as she fell into deep thought.

Even in today's information-rich society, few people, except for archaeologists, pay attention to the extinct mythical beast, the Nine Difficulties Candle Dragon.

Why did Zhou Lu suddenly ask me about the Nine Difficulties Candle Dragon?

The key point is that he also paid with fairy coins.

This means that the information about Jiunan Zhulong is very important to him.

What value does information about extinct spirit beasts hold for beast tamers?

She knew the evolution path of Fireworks, and it didn't include any materials related to the Nine Difficulties Candle Dragon.

The only explanation is that Zhou Lu may have information that the Nine Difficulties Candle Dragon is still alive, and it is very likely that it is the egg of the Nine Difficulties Candle Dragon.

This explains his behavior.

Having already advanced to the second-tier Beast Tamer, he is now able to contract a second spirit pet.

He was assessing the possibility of making Jiunan Zhulong his second pet through a contract, which is why he paid precious fairy coins to obtain relevant information.

But given Zhou Lu's current situation, where could he possibly obtain this kind of information?

Wu Xiaoqing?

It's unlikely; she's not interested in those things.

Zhou Minghai's suicide note?

But when the investigation was conducted, the nursing team had already investigated all the relevant clues, and there was no suicide note at all.

……

……

Ouyang Xiao?

A bead of cold sweat trickled down Xiaoxi's forehead.

If Zhou Lu really does get in touch with Ouyang Xiao, then I'll have to be more polite to him in the future.

Ouyang Xiao won't go easy on me just because I'm a knowledgeable fairy.

This is a crazy person who wrote love letters to his own mother!

A human being pursuing a tree—isn't that insane?

Of course, almost everyone knows that Ouyang Xiao's crazy behavior was ultimately aimed at plucking branches from the Seeking Dao Tree for research.

For an ordinary person, such behavior would have resulted in death countless times over.

But who can blame him when Ouyang Xiao is a research genius in the field of ancient spirit beast cloning and resurrection?

He's among the elite, and someone is protecting him.

As Xiaoxi was lost in thought, the Explorers Association's phone rang.

Shortly after the staff answered the phone, they closed the gate to the Leishan Secret Realm.

According to the instructions above.

C0016 Leishan Secret Realm has been temporarily upgraded to an A-level secret realm, and only beast tamers with an A-level or higher exploration certificate are allowed to enter.

Only three minutes had passed since Zhou Lu entered the secret realm.

(End of this chapter)