After returning his Contract Beast to where it had been, the middle-aged man followed Xu Ran out of the Grooming Room.
"Young boss, may I ask your surname?"
The middle-aged man spoke slowly. His tone already treated Xu Ran as an equal, without the slightest condescension on account of his own strength as a King-Rank Beast Tamer.
"Just Xu," Xu Ran replied politely.
"All right, Boss Xu." The middle-aged man looked at Xu Ran with a measure of feeling in his eyes. "I never imagined I would find the technique I've sought in vain all this time in someone as young as you."
"Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Huī Hétian, the owner of the Huíyún Boarding Shop."
"The Huíyún Boarding Shop?" A hint of surprise entered Xu Ran's eyes.
When Jin Mingzhu had visited yesterday, he had heard her mention that the Short-Haired Woman who had accompanied her, but had not spent anything in the shop, was the daughter of the Huíyún Boarding Shop's owner and the person currently in charge.
As for the owner of the Huíyún Boarding Shop, he had stopped running the shop long ago. His identity was rather mysterious, and there were plenty of rumors that he wielded considerable influence.
Judging by the man's speech, bearing, and strength, those rumors might not have been groundless.
And this man had revealed his identity after the grooming was finished, so his purpose was probably not the same as Jin Mingzhu's.
"Hello, Boss Huī." Xu Ran looked at the middle-aged man before him. "Besides grooming your Contract Beast, you must have something else you wanted to see me about, right?"
"I like dealing with clever people." Huī Hétian nodded. "I hope you can do me a favor and groom a Contract Beast."
"If it's grooming, just bring the