Celestial Beast Taming

Chapter 379: Chapter 222: The 4 Wanyu Companies

Zhong Yi had anticipated that factions would take the initiative to contact him this time he logged into the Virtual Source Network.

The moment he logged into the Virtual Source Network, a slew of messages popped up on Zhong Yi’s Soul Fighting Bracelet.

The Soul Fighting Bracelet provided by the Wanyu Soul Fighting Company to Zhenxing Talents was specially designed.

It could effectively filter information for Zhenxing Talents, and it specifically flagged messages from the leaders of various factions.

After the Soul Fighting Bracelet’s autonomous filtering, Zhong Yi was surprised to discover that in just over a day, nearly four thousand factions had taken the initiative to contact him.

Some of these factions were likely from the Nine Great Ecosystems.

Before Zhong Yi could even look through the messages, he received one from Luke. ℯℯ𝑙.

”Young Master, you’ve finally logged into the Virtual Source Network! Where are you? I’ll come find you.”

Since learning he was Zhong Yi’s Guardian Beast and enjoying the benefits that came with it, coupled with the subtle influence of the Soul Taming Seed, Luke now had the self-awareness befitting a Guardian Beast.

’I’ve received so many invitations from these factions,’ Zhong Yi thought. ’Luke, as a Zhenxing C Level Talent, must have as well.’

So, Zhong Yi simply invited Luke to meet him in his private reception room.

If he screened these factions and managed the relationships well, Zhong Yi could gain many excellent channels for acquiring resources.

Zhong Yi intended to take full advantage of the resources his status as a Zhenxing C Level Talent brought him.

He was still in a developmental phase, so both channels for acquiring resources and the connections themselves were extremely important to Zhong Yi.

Luke arrived at the reception room not long after Zhong Yi had entered.

Luke’s face was filled with delight when he saw Zhong Yi.

In fact, the look of delight on Luke’s face hadn’t disappeared since the last time he left the Virtual Source Network.

After winning his fifth Ranking Competition and becoming a Zhenxing C Level Talent, Luke told his parents about his achievement.

Soon, news that Luke had become a Zhenxing C Level Talent spread throughout the Golden Eye Tribe.

The Golden Eye Tribe was one of the top three strongest surviving tribes of the Fallen Energy Race.

With the Golden Eye Tribe actively spreading the word, the legend of Luke circulated throughout the entire Fallen Energy Race.

The Fallen Energy Race had been driven out of the Blood Rang Ecosystem, exiled to their current resource-scarce world.

The Fallen Energy Race did indeed have some C Level Talents among them.

The Horned Tribe, the strongest tribe of the Fallen Energy Race, even had a B Level Talent in its ranks.

Even in decline, the Fallen Energy Race still possessed the profound heritage unique to a major race.

In the past, the Fallen Energy Race had forebears who had won five consecutive Ranking Competitions on the Virtual Source Network, becoming Zhenxing C Level Talents.

But in the more than one hundred thousand years that followed, not a single Zhenxing C Level Talent had appeared among the Fallen Energy Race.

Luke had instantly become the most dazzling member of the Fallen Energy Race’s younger generation.

Previously, Luke had been at a disadvantage in the competition against his older brothers.

His Bloodline Talent was no weaker than that of his two older brothers, but he was not skilled in scheming.

But now, as a Zhenxing C Level Talent, Luke no longer needed to compete with his two older brothers.

As soon as the tribe confirmed the authenticity of the news, Luke was appointed the Young Chief of the Golden Eye Tribe.

And Zhong Yi was the one who had brought him all of this!

Seeing Luke in such high spirits, Zhong Yi couldn’t help but smile.

”Luke, you must have received many invitations from factions as well, right?”

Luke nodded eagerly at his words.

To Zhong Yi’s eyes, the scene suddenly made Luke seem like a well-behaved, giant dog.

”That’s right, Young Master. I received several thousand invitations, and several of those factions have an extremely profound heritage.”

”But don’t worry, I’m one of your people now. I haven’t replied to a single one of their messages.”

Luke’s words were like a pledge of loyalty to Zhong Yi.

Zhong Yi gave a helpless, wry smile upon hearing this.

Hearing Luke say this, Zhong Yi knew he was only a Combat Type talent, incapable of shouldering the heavy responsibility of managing a faction.

To put it bluntly, Luke was just a reckless brute!

Thanks to the Contractual Relationship established by the Soul Taming Seed, Zhong Yi could trust Luke completely.

Zhong Yi had indeed established Soul Soil on the Virtual Source Network, but he didn’t intend to recruit members en masse like the Lion Heart Association.

Unless absolutely necessary, Zhong Yi didn’t intend for Soul Soil to come to the surface; instead, he would keep it hidden in the shadows.

For instance, the Tower of the Code, the faction Zhong Yi had joined through Star Night, was an organization with extremely lax internal rules.

It even allowed its members to run and develop their own factions or join other ones.

On the Virtual Source Network, factions didn’t have much binding power over their members.

The reason so many people joined these factions was that joining a powerful one was like gaining an extra layer of security.

Before joining the Tower of the Code, Zhong Yi hadn’t thought of this.

But now that he was in the Tower of the Code, he had experienced the benefits of joining a powerful faction.

Zhong Yi felt that rather than keeping Luke by his side, it would be better to have Luke choose a powerful faction to join.

Ideally, he could become a core member of that faction!

Then, if every member of Soul Soil followed this path, the organization would be hidden behind various factions, becoming a terrifying, invisible entity.

This was a path other factions couldn’t take, but Soul Soil could follow it perfectly.

On one hand, Zhong Yi could guarantee the eternal loyalty of his subordinates who joined other factions.

On the other hand, every prodigy Zhong Yi contracted with the Soul Taming Seed possessed immense potential; their Fate Grid would be at least blue or higher.

These people were already exceptionally talented, and after being bound by the Soul Taming Seed Contract, their Bloodline would improve by at least two more levels.

By then, even if they couldn’t be guaranteed to have never entered a Ranking Competition, and thus couldn’t become Zhenxing C Level Talents like Luke, it should still be quite easy for them to acquire 2,000 Soul Fighting Points, pass the grand examination held by the Wanyu Soul Fighting Company, and become C Level Talents.

As long as they could become C Level Talents, they would be eagerly courted by the major factions.

”Luke, you’ve been on the Virtual Source Network much longer than I have, so you should have had some contact with the various factions.”

”Rather than just staying by my side, whether you choose to join a powerful, established faction or one with potential for growth,”

”in the end...”

Although Luke didn’t have a talent for management, he was no fool; on the contrary, he was very intelligent.

He immediately understood the meaning behind Zhong Yi’s words, so there was no need for Zhong Yi to explain further.

”Young Master, I understand what you mean. If you want Soul Soil to follow this path, I’ll communicate more with the factions that have contacted me.”

”Rather than joining a faction with potential and growing with it, I’m more inclined to join a powerful one directly.”

”In a powerful faction like that, a Zhenxing C Level Talent can have a massive amount of resources invested in them.”

Zhong Yi’s brow furrowed slightly upon hearing this.

It was understandable that all factions needed exceptional talent.

But these factions were willing to invest vast resources into that talent.

Those resources certainly weren’t invested for free; the talent would definitely be required to do something in return.

Zhong Yi directly asked Luke about his confusion.

Luke knew that Zhong Yi had only recently started using the Virtual Source Network and was unfamiliar with much of the information not available in public records.

Luke began to explain to Zhong Yi in a serious tone.

”Young Master, there are a total of four companies on the Virtual Source Network, and all four are backed by the Nine Great Ecosystems.”

”You should have already come across two of them: the Wanyu Source Material Company and the Wanyu Soul Fighting Company.”

”The other two are the Wanyu Gambling Company and the Wanyu Boundary Exploration Company.”

”The Wanyu Gambling Company regularly holds gambling events and distributes a large number of prizes.”

”The prizes distributed by the Wanyu Gambling Company are sourced from the Divine Origin Value consumed daily by every creature on the Virtual Source Network.”

”The Virtual Source Network, jointly established by the Nine Great Ecosystems, is a platform that provides free service to the Ten Thousand Realms.”

”The revenue from the Energy Transmission Platform alone is incredibly substantial.”