The Bizarre and the Lucky

"Zuo Teng, do you mean there was a five-meter-long saber-toothed tiger wielding a three-meter-long spike, and then it stabbed Chimmon Hagrid?"

"Why does it look like someone wearing a tiger skin in Zuo Teng's painting?"

"Even tigers these days know how to use weapons?"

"The wounds on Chimmon Hagrid's body look like they were inflicted by a blunt object!"

"It's one thing for a saber-toothed tiger to wield weapons, but I can't understand how an eight-legged, tiger-headed creature could trap Chimmon Hagrid with silk!"

Zhang Xuezhou went to see Chimon Haig, whose body had been severely injured.

Given the Supreme Purity True Technique, Chimon Hagrid might be drained of the energy needed for the powerful healing process, thus becoming the second case where he is cured but dies.

This prevented Zhang Xuezhou from immediately performing the procedure. Instead, he chose to slowly inject nutrient solution into Qimeng Haige's body, gradually increasing the dosage as Qimeng Haige's body adapted.

There was plenty of time, which allowed him to take a trip to the meeting room where the committee members were discussing their issues.

The conference room was not large, only about 20 square meters in size.

A conference table was pushed into a corner, and the committee members each found a stool and sat along the edge of the wall.

Then Zuo Teng stood in the very center, holding two paintings and explaining them.

Zuo Teng's paintings are extremely bizarre. One painting depicts a saber-toothed tiger standing upright, holding a sharp spike in its claws. Another painting shows a strange creature with eight hairy legs, a tiger's body and head occupying the central torso, and white silk threads spitting out of its mouth.

The creatures depicted in these paintings have surpassed most people's understanding of ferocious beasts.

Tigers are not supposed to be that small. A five-meter-long saber-toothed tiger would only be considered a normal size and would not be classified as a ferocious beast in the general understanding.

Another creature, judging from its abilities, leans towards a spider, but also possesses the physical characteristics of a tiger, which is equally puzzling.

"Although we have never hunted a saber-toothed tiger, based on our current experience, the saber-toothed tiger should be between fifteen and thirty meters in size," Zhu Bufan said cautiously.

"Zuo Teng, are you sure these two ferocious beasts only discovered Qimeng Haige, but not you, thus allowing you to see everything?" Li Qi asked in a deep voice.

"Teng, this is no laughing matter," Zuo Lianguang said urgently.

"If you uncles and elders don't believe me, I'll take you there to find out!"

Standing in the very center, Zuo Teng remained extremely calm as he spoke. He did not lose his composure despite being surrounded by high- Sequence Holder, nor did he panic because of the fact that everyone around him was elderly.

Successful hunting of ferocious beasts is rare in the world today, and the number of people who have seen them alive is even more limited.

But Zuo Teng had seen ferocious beasts before, and he knew very well that the two creatures in his painting did not conform to the conventional concept of ferocious beasts, but they were indeed what he had seen with his own eyes at the time.

"What ability do you have to hide yourself from the ferocious beasts and thus make Chimon Hagrid your target?" Zhong Rang asked.

"Perhaps Chimon Haig was more threatening, or perhaps I was too weak to be ignored, or maybe I was just lucky," Zuo Teng said, pursing his lips. "I'm not a ferocious beast, and I don't know why it spared me!"

"You didn't need to cut him with a knife during the interrogation!"

"Pain was the only way to prolong his life at the time. Non-Self hadn't kept provoking Chimmon Hagrid, he wouldn't have survived until you arrived to treat him!"

Zuo Teng's answer was reasonable and well-founded, but he only showed surprise when he saw Zhang Xuezhou appear at the door.

"Chimon Hagrid is seriously injured; I only got the formula for building the R33!"

Although he didn't know why Zhang Xuezhou was there, Zuo Teng quickly made a message.

Despite his verbal defenses in front of numerous aging committee members, Zuo Teng was undeniably a hard worker.

He also wanted Chimhaig to live longer, but with Chimhaig on the verge of death, Zuo Teng had no choice but to resort to interrogation techniques to extract the secrets held by Chimhaig.

The good news is that we got the classified information; the bad news is that we only got a portion of it.

"It seems your communication with him isn't going very smoothly," Zhang Xuezhou replied.

"It's difficult," Zuo Teng nodded. "His temper has been terrible these past few days. I failed to ask for help through normal means, and only saw a glimmer of hope when I was at the very end!"

"Good luck!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded, and couldn't help but glance at Zuo Teng from all sides.

As a practitioner of fortune-telling, Zhang Xuezhou may not know the complete process of making lucky charms, but Zhang Xuezhou had little trouble figuring out the situation.

Zuo Teng was wearing five pieces of jewelry, but only two of them still shone with a faint golden light, while the other three were dull and lifeless.

Clearly, these pieces of jewelry have already been working without anyone noticing.

Even the fact that Zuo Teng was able to obtain the manufacturing method of R33 catalyst from Chimhaig was already extremely fortunate.

For Zuo Teng, who didn't need Chim Hagrid, making a quick buck while Chim Hagrid was nearly dead was one of the few ways to succeed.

Zuo Teng's meeting with the others may have been accidental, or it may have been a matter of luck.

Zhang Xuezhou breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that their reunion hadn't been too late, and that he and Ren Yisheng still had a chance to rely on luck.

"Can I borrow your treasure?" Zhang Xuezhou said directly.

"Good!"

Zuo Teng nodded.

His memories of the connection are blurred, he is extremely cold towards Zuo Lianguang, and he is unwilling and uncooperative in various ways, but he is relatively close to Zhang Xuezhou, who was chosen by Zuo Luo as the third seed.

When Zuo Teng saw that Zhang Xuezhou wanted to borrow a lucky charm, he didn't hesitate much.

Regardless of their shared lineage within the Zuo Luo group, he and Zhang Xuezhou share the same needs regarding the R-series catalysts, making their interests far more intertwined than those of others.

The Seventh Sequence and ferocious beasts have limited connection to Zuo Teng. Even if he knows the importance of these matters, he still needs to follow Qimeng Haige's route to reach the Sixth Sequence before he can pursue them.

Zuo Jin and Zuo Quan are well-positioned in the Fourth Sequence, Fifth Sequence, and Sixth Sequence sequences, but they are stuck in the Third Sequence, unable to move up even with resources.

Zuo Teng didn't want to end up like his father. He smiled at Zhang Xuezhou, a rare occurrence, and handed over the rings, necklace, and bracelet he was wearing with a somewhat polite and ingratiating air.

"Hey!"

Zuo Lianguang sullenly sighed.

All his words were less effective than Zhang Xuezhou's two sentences.

Judging from Zuo Teng's expression, he looked exactly like a lackey.

Zuo Lianguang felt that Zhang Xuezhou's position among the younger generation was frighteningly strong, even exceeding his assessment.

"Let him be a follower then. Anyway, Zhang Xuezhou is skilled in the Divine Grace of Turtle, so at least Zuo Teng won't die if he follows him!"

Zuo Lianguang pondered this over and over. He felt that he had never acted this way in front of Changkong Luo and Zhou Xin. But after thinking it over, Zuo Lianguang felt that it wasn't bad for Zuo Teng to curry favor with Zhang Xuezhou.

As long as Zhang Xuezhou protects him, Zuo Teng's chances of survival are very high.

Even if he passes away one day, Zuo Teng will be able to steadily take over the Zuo Household's mantle and continue the family line.