Absurd Beast-Taming Efficiency Raises Military Suspicions

Everyone in the Cultivation Room turned to look at Lu Feng, their eyes brimming with curiosity.

"A Feng, why not... give it a try? It's free anyway."

Lu Feng could not figure out how Hong Kun had seen through his realm. Now, with so many people staring at him and Hong Tiejun forcing him to test himself in public, all he felt was helplessness.

If he had known this would happen, he never should have come to the Cultivation Room today.

With no other choice, he walked over to the Force Tester under everyone's watchful eyes and threw a punch.

Bang!

As his fist landed, the numbers on the Tester's screen jumped wildly.

When the final value settled, the air throughout the Cultivation Room seemed to freeze in an instant.

--35988kg!

Everyone stared fixedly at that astonishing number. After a long while, gasps rang out all around them.

Every face was filled with disbelief.

Hong Tiejun was completely dumbfounded, his mouth hanging wide enough to fit an egg inside.

The Old Man had not lied to him. Lu Feng really had reached the Sixth Level of Iron Bone Realm!

"A Feng! Y-you, you, you..."

Fatty Shen turned his head in horror, wanting to ask how his good brother had possibly struck with such absurd strength.

But Lu Feng had already quietly slipped out of the Cultivation Room while everyone was still too stunned to react.

From that day onward, the atmosphere throughout Skyfire Club underwent a tremendous change.

The moment work ended, all the Warriors rushed to the Cultivation Room, more proactive than ever before.

Quite a few even paid out of their own pockets to purchase additional cultivation time.

The club provided two hours of free cultivation time every day. Anyone who wanted to continue cultivating afterward had to pay for extra time.

And it was exorbitantly expensive—200 Star Martial Coins per hour.

In the past, practically no one had been willing to spend that money.

But after Lu Feng's realm was exposed, no one could sit still any longer. They all began paying for more cultivation time.

Even Fatty Shen gave up his dream of Interstellar Travel and poured his entire salary into cultivation.

The one most deeply provoked by this was Hong Tiejun.

As the young master of Skyfire Club, he simply could not understand it. The tonics he consumed and the resources he used—weren't they all ten or even a hundred times better than Lu Feng's?

Yet in terms of Martial Realm, he had somehow been left far behind by a guy from an ordinary family.

He refused to accept it, and he was even less willing to resign himself to it.

From that day on, he turned down every gathering and amusement planned for the entire summer vacation, locked himself in the Cultivation Room, and cultivated like a man possessed.

One day, he would definitely catch up to Lu Feng!

On August 10th, Skyfire Club once again sent two Tier 3 Exotic Beasts to the Alliance military base in Jinzhou City.

Hong Kun personally accompanied the vehicle this time.

As long as the handover went smoothly, the club's accumulated Military Merit Points would break through ten thousand once more, and he could finally apply to Join Expedition.

After the Exotic Beasts were delivered to the base's Containment Area, Hong Kun headed straight to the military merit exchange office and submitted his expedition application to the officer responsible for recording military merit values.

The officer wore a special uniform. He glanced at Hong Kun, then pulled up the military merit records:

[Skyfire Club, established in 3056, accumulated military merit: 10102 points, current remaining balance: 10002 points.]

The above records proved that Skyfire Club met the qualifications to Join Expedition.

The officer closed the record. "Go back first. In a couple of days, we'll send someone to your club for a qualification review. If there are no problems, it will be approved."

"Alright, thank you, Chief!"

Hong Kun nodded with a smile and took his leave.

He then accepted a job to tame two Exotic Beasts before leaving the base.

After he left, that officer checked Skyfire Club's detailed information again.

When he saw their recent business records, his eyes widened involuntarily.

From June to August, in less than two short months, they had completed twenty-six beast-taming jobs and tamed a total of forty-five Exotic Beasts.

"How is this possible?" the officer blurted out.

An older officer beside him saw his reaction and could not help asking, "What is it, Old Xie?"

The officer in charge of the review was named Xie An. He handed over the record in his hand.

"Old Nie! Take a look for yourself. Forty-five Exotic Beasts tamed in two months—is that even possible?"

Nie Song was the Instructor at Jinzhou Military Base. He pushed up his black-rimmed glasses and carefully examined the record, then furrowed his brows.

"Are you sure there isn't an error in this record?"

Based on humanity's beast-taming experience, taming each Exotic Beast took at least Three Months.

Even the most experienced Beast Tamers could not do it in less than two months.

Yet Skyfire Club's record was simply far too outrageous.

Xie An immediately turned on the Projector Computer before him and checked the beast-taming business of every private Martial Artist Club in Jinzhou City over the recent period.

There were no fewer than several thousand private clubs throughout Jinzhou City, and Tamed Exotic Beasts were delivered to the base every day.

Xie An was only responsible for recording the Military Merit Points for each Club, and had never paid particular attention to any Club's business volume.

Had Skyfire Club not applied to Join Expedition, he still would not have noticed something so absurd.

After looking into it, he found no issues with Skyfire Club's beast-taming business.

Every Exotic Beast they delivered was tamed exceptionally well. Each one was extremely docile and fully met the military's taming standards.

"What exactly is going on?" Nie Song pressed.

"I'm not sure either, but there's nothing wrong with the Exotic Beasts they delivered."

"How could that be? Could it be... that Skyfire Club has mastered some extraordinarily fast beast-taming method?"

Nie Song pondered for a moment, then continued, "Go inspect that Club yourself. If they truly possess some special beast-taming technique, make sure you find a way to get it."

Although the Martial Politics Alliance had no law requiring civilian organizations to hand over the techniques they possessed, if such an efficient beast-taming method could be applied by the military, it would be of tremendous significance to the Human Race as a whole.

August 11th, four in the afternoon.

Lu Feng appeared alone outside Jinzhou City's Blood Cherry Beast Fighting Arena.

Today was Saturday, so he did not have to work.

Yesterday had been payday.

He had been with Skyfire Club for two months and had received two months' wages, totaling more than twenty thousand.

Those twenty thousand Star Martial Coins were just enough to buy the cheapest outer-ring ticket at the beast fighting arena.

He had come to watch the beast fights for two reasons. The first was to absorb the energy of the arena's Exotic Beasts.

Now that he had reached the Sixth Level of Iron Bone Realm, Skyfire Club's Exotic Beasts could no longer satisfy his cultivation needs.

The other reason was to earn money.

With his ability to control Exotic Beasts, he could completely manipulate the outcome of beast-fighting matches and earn himself a huge sum.

He longed to let his parents live a good life. More than that, he wanted to heal his younger sister's legs and free her from the wheelchair that had trapped her.

Having entered the beast fighting arena and just bought his ticket, he suddenly heard a somewhat familiar voice from behind him. "Lu Feng! You actually came to watch beast fights too."

When Lu Feng turned around, he saw a face he utterly despised!