Beast Taming: I can evolve indefinitely

Chapter 299 Xia Xuan Visits

Looking at the completely solidified runes on the back of his hand, Bai Qi nodded in satisfaction. With a thought, the Cordyceps was summoned again.

"Eldest brother, second brother, third brother, fourth brother, your younger brother greets you."

As soon as Cordyceps appeared, it readily accepted its junior position in the team.

Awoo awoo!

(You're so sensible, I'll protect you from now on!)

Beta clearly enjoys the nickname "Cordyceps," although he has some thoughts about his ranking, but those are just thoughts.

He doesn't think that having two more super skills will make him a match for Alpha, that monster.

Crackling.

(They're all the owner's pets, no need to be so polite.)

Alpha nodded to Cordyceps in approval, a gesture that secretly relieved Cordyceps.

If you were to ask who he fears most in this group, it would naturally be this undead in front of him, who seems like the Grim Reaper.

The power of death is exceptionally strong in its effect on plants.

Click-clack?

(Gamma is actually the third brother! Gamma is so happy.)

Gamma, the most innocent of them all, was clearly surprised by the name Cordyceps and couldn't contain her excitement, wandering around aimlessly. Delta, on the other hand, walked up to Cordyceps and nuzzled it as a greeting.

Bubbling.

(Now it's time for us to work together.)

Seeing the four pets' attitude towards her, Cordyceps was flattered and her unease immediately dissipated.

If you can't beat them, join them; that makes perfect sense.

Crackling.

(However, Epsilon, you're still a bit weak. I'll give you special training later.)

"No, let me study the cordyceps fusion first; it might help with the machine-meat fusion."

Awoo awoo!

(No, shall I exchange some mental energy usage techniques with Epsilon? I remember, this is called spiritual communication?)

Click-clack.

(Nagama also wants to ask Epsilon for some vines. Gama is currently learning a luminous dish that requires Dream Vine pollen for flavoring.)

Bubbling.

(Well, after you're done, Delta wants to give Epsilon a full-body checkup, since cordyceps fusion is quite rare.)

Cordyceps: "..."

Suddenly I feel like joining doesn't seem to be of any use, maybe I should just run away.

"Good, I'm relieved to see you all getting along so well."

Seeing the five pets getting along so well, Bai Qi nodded in satisfaction, then ignored the pleading look in the eyes of the cordyceps and left the secret realm base.

According to Luo Xiang, he should be coming to take him to the west in the next few days. To avoid missing him again, we should go outside and wait for him as soon as possible.

……

White House.

The butler carried a tray into the living room, poured a cup of tea for Bai Qiucha and Xia Xuan respectively, bowed, and said, "Young Master Bai, Young Master Xia, please wait a moment, the snacks will be ready soon."

"This is troublesome."

Xia Xuan accepted the teacup with both hands, his face showing no arrogance. Bai Qiucha, sitting opposite him, smiled faintly and said, "Senior Xia, there's no need to be so reserved. Our family doesn't have that many rules."

You made me feel at ease being a guest in a legendary home?

Xia Xuan silently complained to himself, but his face was full of smiles as he said, "I'm really a little embarrassed to have come uninvited."

Bai Qiucha smiled and said, "Senior Xia, you're here to see Bai Qi, right? He's been in the secret realm lately, but he should be coming out today. If you're not in a hurry, Senior Xia, why don't you wait at my house for a while?"

"Is Bai Qi in the secret realm? Then I'll come back another time."

Hearing that Bai Qi was not there, Xia Xuan felt relieved and immediately got up to leave. However, a figure suddenly appeared in the living room, and Xia Xuan almost bumped into it because he couldn't dodge in time.

"Holy crap, someone attacked us?"

Bai Qigang was surprised to see a figure rushing towards him as he emerged from the secret realm base.

These days, paparazzi even dare to storm into the homes of legendary figures?

Is it really necessary to push yourself this hard?

Despite his complaints, Bai Qi, who had already reached the fifth rank, managed to dodge the attack thanks to his powerful reflexes and physical abilities.

Only after Bai Qi distanced himself from him did he realize the true identity of the paparazzi in his eyes.

"Xia Xuan? What are you doing here?"

Bai Qi looked at Xia Xuan, whose expression was strange, and said, "Are you here to challenge Acha?"

"Senior Xia is here to see you, it has nothing to do with me."

Bai Qiucha shrugged and said, "I was just wondering when you would come out. Now's perfect, you two can start chatting."

"Looking for me?"

Bai Qi looked at Xia Xuan with some confusion, while Xia Xuan let out a heavy sigh of relief and said, "It's not that I wanted to come to find you, it's that Dad said you haven't taken over that mecha research institute yet, so he asked me to come and remind you."

"Mecha Research Institute?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Qi seemed to wake from a dream, almost forgetting about the mecha research institute that the Xia Group had given him. He had been so focused on the cordyceps matter these past two days that he had completely forgotten about it.

"Sorry, I've been a bit busy lately and forgot."

Bai Qi scratched his head sheepishly and said, "I happen to be free now, why don't we go together?"

"Um."

Xia Xuan nodded, gave Bai Qi a deep look, and was about to say something when he suddenly heard Bai Qiucha exclaim in surprise beside him.

"Bai Qi, you've reached level five?"

Fifth rank? Bai Qi?!

Xia Xuan was startled and quickly looked at Bai Qi's left hand. Sure enough, he saw five intricate runes on it, and his mood became extremely complicated.

Not long ago, they were both at level two, and he had only recently advanced to level three, but Bai Qi was already a level five beast tamer.

Is this guy really human?

"Yeah, it's been almost a month since I broke through to the fourth rank, and with some hard training these past two days, I leveled up."

Bai Qi nodded. The Evolution Egg rapidly enhanced his physical abilities, and the Cordyceps Dream rapidly enhanced his mental strength. He had finally found a way to level up quickly.

"You really are..."

Bai Qiucha sighed helplessly upon hearing this. Everyone said he was the youngest fourth-tier beast tamer, but compared to Bai Qi, whose leveling up was practically like riding a rocket, he really had nothing to boast about.

He vaguely remembered that Bai Qi had only awakened his talent half a year ago.

"Let's not talk about that. Xia Xuan, is your research institute far from here? I might have to go on a long trip at any time, so should we leave soon?"

Good grief, did you forget about this? It sounds like he forgot to remind you.

Xia Xuan smacked his lips, took a deep look at the five curse marks on the back of Bai Qi's hand, and completely gave up his plan to challenge Bai Qi.

A third-tier beast tamer challenging a fifth-tier beast tamer is only possible if he's out of his mind.

"Come with me, it's a bit far from the research institute, so..."

Before Xia Xuan could finish speaking, he saw Bai Qi summon an excessively strong ancestral beast, then grab it in his hand and suddenly accelerate to the side, thus traversing the void and arriving in the sky.

"Give me a general location, and we'll be there and back quickly."

Bai Qi pulled Xia Xuan onto the back of the wind god pterosaur. After hearing the other party report a location, Delta spread its wings and disappeared from the spot.

Xia Xuan watched as the wind god pterosaur beneath him continuously traversed the void, and suddenly felt a sense of relief.

Space-type pet beast, has this guy finally stopped contracting those weird pet beasts?

In just a few minutes, Delta arrived in front of a very modern building with the words "Xia Foundation Affiliated **Research Institute" clearly written on it.

"This is the small research institute your dad was talking about?"

Bai Qi stared blankly at the research institute in front of him, a building that could easily be used as a company, and couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

"That's right. This research institute is indeed the smallest under the Xia Group, but all the equipment inside is top-notch. It's just that it has fewer production lines, only two."

A full set of top-of-the-line equipment, two production lines?

So you just gave it away like that?

It's nice to have money!

Bai Qi wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, collected his thoughts, and followed Xia Xuan into the research institute.

"Young Master Xia, you've arrived."

Upon seeing Xia Xuan's arrival, a middle-aged man in a white lab coat immediately came out to greet him. After a moment's surprise upon seeing Bai Qi beside him, he quickly realized who he was and said, "Welcome, Team Leader Bai, to inspect our work."

Do you know me?

Bai Qi looked at the middle-aged man with some doubt, while the middle-aged man couldn't help but laugh and said, "Team Leader Bai, you are the owner of four core patents, and Chairman Xia has already instructed us to follow you, how could you not recognize me?"

"I see."

Bai Qi nodded upon hearing this and stopped talking. Instead, he followed the middle-aged man to tour the research institute.

The research institute has five floors. The top four floors are responsible for design, assembly, practice and summarization, while the basement floor is used to house two production lines.

And just as the middle-aged man said, the equipment here is all top-of-the-line. If this were before Bai Qi became a beast tamer, it would have been a high-end item that he would have been drooling over, but now it has been given to him as a complete set.

"Team Leader Bai, although our research institute is not large, everyone here is an elite, and they have all carefully studied your rune mechanics theory. So, if there is anything you need to research, Team Leader Bai, you can entrust it to us."

After leading Bai Qi on a tour, the middle-aged man said to Bai Qi, "Team Leader Bai, don't worry. We've all signed confidentiality agreements and won't let anyone reveal the specific details of our research."

"Um."

Bai Qi nodded. He had no doubt about the truth of what the man said. As a qualified mecha pilot, he often designed weapons for different mechanics. A mecha pilot who would casually leak the design details would definitely not be wanted by anyone.

However, not disclosing specific details does not mean that research objectives cannot be disclosed.

Bai Qi looked around at the dozens of mecha pilots who had been following him all the way, and said, "Sorry, I prefer to do my research alone, so you all don't need to stay here."

"Xia Xuan, these were originally your mecha pilots, right? I'll have to trouble you to rearrange their work."

Xia Xuan was taken aback by what he heard. He exchanged a glance with the middle-aged man and said, "Are you sure you can manage such a large research institute by yourself?"

"Alone? Who said I'm alone?"

Bai Qi glanced at Xia Xuan strangely, then summoned the husky. Shu Ke's eyes lit up when he saw the dazzling array of instruments. He took the secret realm ring from Bai Qi and began to store the instruments one by one into the secret realm base.

"Don't I still have a mechanical-type pet?"

(End of this chapter)