City Lord Ye was speechless.
In her youth, the young prodigies had all carried themselves with extraordinary grace and elegance.
Their every gesture could send countless girls screaming.
In her eyes, Lu Ran's strength far surpassed those fellows'.
The problem was, why did this boy before her strike her as such a slick-tongued, frivolous fellow?
For a moment, City Lord Ye could not understand it either. Perhaps she had spent too little time traveling the continent lately and had fallen behind the times.
"Forget it."
"Don't do that again."
"The tallest tree catches the strongest wind. Though your background is extraordinary, you must learn to keep a low profile. That is how you can better protect yourself."
"Neither the power behind you, nor your parents, nor I, your master, can protect you every moment."
"I understand." Lu Ran nodded firmly.
But there was nothing he could do.
That was how the scoring system worked.
He would do it again next time.
Fortune favored those who took risks.
"Before I teach you, I want to know what exactly you want," City Lord Ye asked.
Lu Ran considered for a moment, then looked at City Lord Ye with utmost seriousness. "I want to combine beast taming and plant taming."
"I don't want to give up beast taming, but I'm also very interested in plant taming."
"So I want to research whether a Pet Beast can gain absolute control over a particular plant life-form without my contracting that plant, and draw on its power to strengthen itself."
"Master, have you heard of familiars?"
"Of course," City Lord Ye said. "Legend has it that the Divine Tree has four great familiars, stationed in the east, south, west, and north of the continent, helping it fend off threats from overseas. Could you be thinking of..."