Beast Taming: I'm Really Not a Cultivation Master

Chapter 428: Chapter 397: A Hot Commodity

Long Jue and the other cultivation masters chatted with Li Qian for a while longer.

Seeing that Li Qian was packing his things and likely preparing to leave, they didn’t disturb him any further.

After offering some words of encouragement, they left.

Li Qian saw them off, then let out a long sigh of relief.

Dealing with that group, while not as thrilling or nerve-wracking as facing an Emperor-level Pet Beast, was still exhausting.

After seeing them off, Li Qian sped up his packing.

Soon, he was finished.

After placing his personal belongings into his Storage Necklace, Li Qian prepared to leave, check out of the room, and return to Shazhou Beast Taming University.

According to Dean Cong, they had been given a three-day break, considering they had participated in back-to-back competitions and encountered unexpected incidents.

Li Qian could have easily used this three-day break to go home.

However, considering the potential harassment he might face back home, he decisively dismissed the idea.

Going home right now was not a good idea.

Just as he reached the door, before he could even open it, the doorbell rang again. DING DONG, DING DONG.

Seeing this, the corner of Li Qian’s mouth twitched.

’I’m a step too late, after all.’

The visitor this time was both unexpected and yet, perfectly understandable.

The Patriarch of the Xiahou Family—Xiahou Lan!

Seeing that Li Qian was about to head out, Xiahou Lan gave an awkward smile. ”Ah, Li Qian, my apologies for disturbing you.”

Although Li Qian was annoyed, he couldn’t bring himself to be rude to someone with a smile on their face.

He had no choice but to welcome the man into his room.

Inside the room.

Xiahou Lan thanked him again. ”Li Qian, thank you!”

”You don’t have to thank me. When faced with such a clear matter of right and wrong, anyone would have stepped up.”

Li Qian said, ”Besides, the officials will be giving me a hefty reward.”

In fact, he had already received part of the reward.

Previously, there had been four leftover Sun Gold Crystals and four leftover Thousand-Year Volcanic Stones from the Red Feather Chicken’s evolution.

Just now, Dean Long Jue had told him that these eight materials would be given to him directly as part of the reward for his contribution.

On top of that, he could foresee a substantial amount of Federation Coins and Federal Contribution Points.

University Points would likely be part of the reward as well.

As for anything else, it was hard to say, but Li Qian was rather looking forward to finding out.

”Regardless, you’ve done the Xiahou Family a huge favor this time.”

Xiahou Lan said, ”For the next hundred years, with the Three-legged Golden Crow Ancestor Beast watching over us, the Xiahou Family is poised for an unprecedented period of growth.”

”Therefore, you are the great benefactor of our Xiahou Family.”

Hearing this, Li Qian rubbed his nose, a look of slight embarrassment on his face.

He hadn’t considered any of this during the evolution.

In fact, he had even been a little dissatisfied with the Xiahou Family for deliberately involving their Ancestral Beast.

Now, all of that dissatisfaction had vanished into thin air.

It wasn’t that Li Qian was magnanimous and didn’t hold grudges; it was simply that the Xiahou Family was offering too much.

Indeed, after another round of thanks, Xiahou Lan got down to business.

One billion Federation Coins, five million Federal Contribution Points, and over a dozen types of precious Extraordinary Resources.

Of course, for Li Qian, all of that was secondary.

Most importantly, Xiahou Lan was extremely generous, directly copying all the cultivation-related materials from his family’s library and sending them to Li Qian.

Faced with such a generous reward, Li Qian naturally couldn’t refuse.

”In that case, it would be impolite to refuse.” After a few more polite exchanges, Li Qian gladly accepted the rewards.

Next, they discussed matters of future cooperation.

The cooperation was, naturally, regarding the evolution of the Sunbird.

In this regard, the Xiahou Family was also quite generous, offering a one-to-one compensation.

Meaning, for each evolution, the Xiahou Family would provide a reward equivalent in value to a full set of Evolution Materials. This compensation could only be described as incredibly generous.

Of course, Li Qian didn’t agree unconditionally; he explained his own situation.

He was still a student, after all, with coursework to complete. In the future, he would also need to enter Dimension Planes to train. He wouldn’t have much time to focus on evolutions, so he only agreed to help when he had the time.

He did not commit to any specific number of evolutions.

After they had discussed everything and Xiahou Lan had left, Li Qian prepared to head out.

’If I stay in this room any longer, who knows how many more people will come to bother me today.’

However, just as he pushed the door open, Li Qian froze.

Because standing at his doorway was someone he absolutely did not expect.

Dean Fei of the Cultivation College at Shazhou Beast Taming University.

Dean Fei’s sudden appearance here truly left him stunned.

”Dean Fei, why are you here?” Li Qian asked in confusion, looking at the Dean’s smiling, serene face.

Dean Fei gave a wry smile. ”If I didn’t come, who knows how many more of those scheming vixens would have come to harass you.”

Hearing this, Li Qian awkwardly scratched his head.

It was self-evident who Dean Fei was referring to with ”scheming vixens.”

’But is it really okay to describe fellow teachers like that?’

In response, Li Qian could only give an embarrassed, noncommittal laugh.

”Looks like you’re about to leave. Perfect, I’ll take you back.” Dean Fei glanced at Li Qian’s packed state and tilted his head, looking quite pleased with himself.

Li Qian was more than happy to follow.

He had been worrying about how to deal with all the bothersome people. Now, a ready-made human shield had just arrived.

The two of them left the hotel room, took the elevator, and arrived in the lobby of the campus hotel.

The moment they entered the lobby, a crowd of people swarmed toward them.

Li Qian took one look and his scalp tingled with dread.

There were so many people—cultivation and recruitment teachers from other universities, as well as representatives from large organizations and major corporations. They pushed their way over, clamoring noisily, which made the corner of Li Qian’s mouth twitch again.

”Alright, alright, Li Qian is exhausted! The recent incidents and the evolution work have left him mentally and physically drained. I have orders from the president to take him back to the university to recuperate immediately.”

Dean Fei physically pushed people aside with his own body, clearing a path like a bodyguard.

Although his reason was complete nonsense, no one dared to argue.

At a time like this, they weren’t foolish enough to leave a bad impression on Li Qian or Shazhou Beast Taming University.

”If you need anything, you can go to Shazhou Beast Taming University and contact Li Qian through the school administration, or contact us teachers.”

After tossing out that last sentence, Li Qian followed Dean Fei and hurriedly left Kansai Beast Taming University.

Just as they left, a hovercar driven by Teacher Ge Yuming picked them up.

The group of four, which included Dean Congming Mountain, arrived at the Kansai City Transmission Center not long after.

This time, they weren’t planning to return via Flying Ship; they were going to use the Teleportation Array directly.

At the same time, just as Li Qian and Dean Fei’s group arrived at the Kansai City Transmission Center in their hovercar, two figures—one fiery red, one white—stood atop the tallest building of Kansai Beast Taming University, facing the wind and gazing in the direction of their departure.