"The person you're looking for is here."
Watching the scruffy middle-aged man hurry toward them, Fang Yuling glanced at Xu Ran, then silently stepped back twice.
The next moment, Liu Yu enthusiastically clasped Xu Ran's hand, his gaze constantly straying toward the Three Little Ones behind him. "You're the one looking for me, right? A pleasure, a pleasure."
"Uh... hello." His enthusiasm left Xu Ran somewhat at a loss. "You must be Senior Liu Yu?"
"That's me." Liu Yu nodded. "What brings you here?"
"Oh, here's the thing." Xu Ran took out the letter Zhang Yun had entrusted to him and handed it to Liu Yu. "Someone named Zhang Yun in Qingzhou City asked me to deliver this letter. He said you'd exchanged ideas with him before."
"Qingzhou City... Zhang Yun..." Liu Yu tucked the letter into his clothes, then took Xu Ran's hand. "None of that matters. Young man, you're not busy, are you? Since you're here, why not stop by our Transcendent Evolution Department?"
"...All right." Xu Ran glanced at Fang Yuling, whose lips had curled slightly as though she were secretly laughing, then looked at Liu Yu, who kept glancing at the Three Little Ones. Only then did he belatedly realize that the man seemed to have something in mind for his Contract Beasts.
"Come, come, this way." Liu Yu chuckled and pulled Xu Ran into the elevator. "The Transcendent Evolution Department has twenty-one floors. Let me give you a proper tour."
Feeling the tremendous strength in the arm linked through his, Xu Ran suddenly felt as though he had boarded a pirate ship.
He looked to Fang Yuling for help, only to see her silently follow them into the elevator.
"The Transcendent Evolution Department's twenty-one floors are divided according to Contract Beast elements. There are ten