Beginning by Picking Up a Holy Dragon Egg

As Chen Xuan's Beast Mastery Power level increased, the system's daily treasure-hunting rumors and tidbits had grown more and more numerous.

Now Chen Xuan had reached the Platinum Tier 1 level.

Those Phantom Beasts or spirit fruits that the system flagged as extremely difficult to obtain—Chen Xuan couldn't easily get his hands on them either.

By his estimation, for anything below the "difficult" difficulty, going to retrieve it posed almost no danger.

So for things that were too hard, Chen Xuan wouldn't take the risk.

Besides, some items were located in very distant places.

Even riding the Holy Light Dragon, it would probably take several days of flight.

And that was without any rest.

Early in the morning, Chen Xuan was feeding his Phantom Beasts.

After checking on the Spirit Herbs and Fruits planted in the courtyard, he sat quietly to cultivate.

"Cooking Master, go make breakfast!"

While stretching his bones, Chen Xuan spoke to a half-human-tall little figure dressed in a Tang suit and wearing a chef's hat.

[Cooking Master]

Level: Gold Rank One

Bloodline Rarity: Elite-Grade

Type: Humanoid/Chef/Functional

Evolution Count: 0 times

Talent Skills: Advanced Cooking, Advanced Steaming, Advanced Pan-Frying, Recipe Creation

Description: A Phantom Beast skilled in cooking, a peculiar species of Phantom Beast formed by unknown means. They love cooking very much and can raise their level through it. If they even learn a new excellent recipe, they will evolve, and their cooking ability will become even stronger afterward. A very rare Phantom Beast. It has almost no combat power.

Even though the Cooking Master was only of Elite-Grade bloodline rarity, Chen Xuan had still tamed it.

Because it could help cook meals. After taming it, Chen Xuan essentially hired a chef.

This was a functional-type Phantom Beast.

Chen Xuan lived alone in the dojo with no one to manage it.

Naturally, he needed some Phantom Beasts to take care of the dojo.

Besides the Cooking Master, there was the Broom Imp responsible for cleaning the house, the Refreshing Flower Sprite responsible for purifying the air, and of course, the Guardian Scarecrow responsible for the backyard planting area.

"Master, breakfast is ready!"

Just as Chen Xuan was playing with a few Phantom Beasts, the Cooking Master walked over and said.

As a humanoid-type Phantom Beast, the Cooking Master had some ability to converse in human language.

"Good!"

"Thank you, Little Master!"

Chen Xuan said with a doting smile.

"It is my honor to serve Master!"

Hearing the master's praise, Little Master squinted and smiled.

Then Chen Xuan let the Phantom Beasts play around here.

He himself went to eat breakfast.

"Our Nami is missing too..."

"Yeah, my Dahuang is the same!"

Early in the morning!

Chen Xuan heard the villagers discussing something.

Just then, Chen Xuan saw Gu Li rushing past the entrance of his dojo with a panicked expression.

"Xiao Li, wait a moment!"

Chen Xuan immediately called out to Gu Li.

"What's happening in the village?"

Chen Xuan asked curiously.

As a full-fledged Beast Master in the village.

Protecting the village was one of his duties.

If something was going on in the village, he couldn't just stand by and ignore it.

After all, his predecessor had been cared for by the villagers for over twenty years.

Hearing Chen Xuan's words.

Gu Li stopped.

"Brother Chen Xuan, you don't know?"

"Lately, there's been a Cattle Thief in the village. A lot of people's cows have been stolen!"

"And some sheep too!"

"Everyone's trying to figure out who did it!"

"Cattle Thief?"

Chen Xuan was taken aback.

Most bovine-type Phantom Beasts were fairly docile.

Around Holy Dragon Village, many such Phantom Beasts lived.

They coexisted peacefully with humans.

Since their levels rarely exceeded Black Iron Tier 3.

Many farmers could tame them as partners for farming.

But this type of Phantom Beast was everywhere, and there were no nearby villages around Holy Dragon Village.

No one should be stealing them.

Besides, there weren't that many bovine Phantom Beasts in the village.

Even if someone stole them to slaughter and sell the meat, it wouldn't be worth taking just a few.

"Come to think of it, I haven't seen many bovine Phantom Beasts around the village lately!"

"This is definitely suspicious!"

Chen Xuan recalled seeing plenty of wild bovine Phantom Beasts in the barren fields around Holy Dragon Village before.

But recently, there had been almost none.

It seemed this matter wasn't so simple.

"Come on, take me to see!"

Chapter 15: Emperor's Thief

"Xiao Xuan, it's Xiao Xuan!"

Almost all the villagers had gathered.

They cheered when they saw Chen Xuan.

Lately.

They had learned that Chen Xuan had started managing the dojo again.

And had tamed quite a few Phantom Beasts.

He was rebuilding the glory of the Holy Dragon Dojo.

The villagers were naturally very happy about this.