The King of Beast Trainers
Chapter 418 - 248: The Advantage of the Overlord!_1

Chapter 418: Chapter 248: The Advantage of the Overlord!_1

Next, Lu Ran settled into the Shi Family residence, where he was treated with great hospitality.

Considering Lu Ran’s matter of high importance, the Shi Family’s second Elder immediately took to the road and headed for the Royal Planting Family, the Teng Family, in Tree World City.

He sought information on how to awaken the Sword Grass for Lu Ran.

At the same time, the third Elder of the Shi Family also went straight to the City Lord’s Mansion to apply for early access to the Forest of Death on behalf of Lu Ran.

That night,

the Shi Family hosted a banquet in honor of Lu Ran, where he met more of the Shi Family’s younger generation, including that cousin Shi Ze mentioned...

However, even if the Shi Family intended to matchmake, this wild-spirited sister treated Lu Ran with indifference, showing none of the sycophancy of the Shi family elders, leaving immediately after the meal.

In fact, not everyone fawned over a Beast Trainer with a background, and Lu Ran actually preferred such people, given his own lack of such qualities.

At this moment, while eating, Lu Ran’s mind was already focused on seeking a mentorship with a Legendary Plantmaster.

To quickly master the cultivation of plant life, apprenticing to a legendary figure was undoubtedly the quickest way, much like when he became the Divine Sect’s Saint Heir under the mentorship of a Legendary Necromancer, which advanced his understanding of the necro system by what would have been a hundred versions on Blue Star.

Now it was the same principle; should he be able to apprentice under the City Lord, it would dramatically increase his exploration of this world.

"Brother Lu, my cousin is just like that, so don’t mind her. By the way, your Pet Beast is dual-Attribute of Wind and Ice, right? I’ll have its meal sent over to you later," said Shi Ze as he held up his glass, intending to clink it with the orange juice in Lu Ran’s hand.

"Cheers," Lu Ran drained the orange juice in one gulp.

...

In a private courtyard of the Shi Family,

Lu Ran returned and was followed immediately by a visit from the Shi Family’s second Elder along with Shi Ze.

Firstly, they brought some rare meats and fruits suitable for Ice and Wind Attribute Dog Beasts, and secondly, they brought Lu Ran some important intel.

The slender second Elder of the Shi Family sat down on a chair and said to Lu Ran, "Young Brother Lu, I have gathered some information for you!"

"What is it?" Lu Ran’s eyes lit up.

Shi Ze also pricked up his ears to listen.

"It is said that in the distant west, atop the green grasslands, there is a Super Metropolitan equivalent to Tree World City, called ’Ten Thousand Leaves City’."

"Within Ten Thousand Leaves City, there is a Plantmaster family, the Ji Family."

"The members of their family mainly form contracts with Sword Grass!"

"If you want to know about the awakening methods for Sword Grass, perhaps they might know a little."

"How far is Ten Thousand Leaves City from Tree World City?" Lu Ran asked.

"If riding a Wind Attribute Flying Beast, day and night without stopping, it will take less than half a month to arrive," the second Elder replied.

Lu Ran: ???

An interruption.

I don’t have enough time!

"Apart from that piece of news, the Teng Family also provided me with a speculation."

"That is, to awaken a plant, one needs an excellent cultivation environment, and secondly, to hone its Attribute to the utmost!"

"What does that mean?" Lu Ran inquired.

"For instance, your Sword Grass was directly uprooted by you... despite your preservation means, being removed from its original cultivation environment has made it quite difficult for it to develop Spirit Intelligence."

"Moreover, each plant has its own Attribute. For example, the Attribute of the Dragon Blood Willow Tree is to absorb dragon blood in order to grow quickly and robustly."

"So, for the Dragon Blood Willow to develop Spirit Intelligence, it inevitably requires abundant dragon blood irrigation."

"Similarly with Sword Grass, its Attribute is to be as sharp as a sword, cutting all things."

"Therefore, the Teng Family speculates that in order for Sword Grass to awaken its Spirit Wisdom, it needs to slice through an incalculable amount of life, or cut some other things."

Lu Ran fell into thought as this statement likely continued the second awakening method previously mentioned by the Shi Family.

Different plants have different awakening conditions.

For Sword Grass, the condition speculated by outsiders is cutting!

However, what exactly needs to be cut seems to be crucial.

Just like the Dragon Blood Willow needing dragon blood, pig blood or dog blood would be completely ineffective.

Just like the earlier Corpse Dog, which needed to continuously cut souls to hasten the nurturing of its spirit; chopping stones or trees would definitely not serve the purpose.

In that case, does Sword Grass also need to cut something specific to awaken?

What could it be?

Animals, plants, souls, metal elements?

While it’s unclear what cutting would accelerate the Sword Grass’s spirit nurturing and whether this method is accurate, the Shi Family indeed offered Lu Ran a train of thought.

Next, he could try to let the Sword Grass cut various odd things to broaden its scope.

As for the Sword Grass’s cultivation environment, Lu Ran thought the Spirit Turning Pot, which was cooking equipment, was quite good. After spending a few months in it, not only did the Sword Grass not wither, but it became even sharper.

It was really like a Sword Nurturing Pot.

This caused Lu Ran to go a long time without freshening food through the Spirit Turning Pot.

Of course, this was also because Lu Ran was now well-off and could afford to buy fresh food directly, lessening his reliance on the Spirit Turning Pot.

After thanking the second Elder of the Shi Family for the information provided, the Elder left Lu Ran’s place. Shi Ze, however, did not leave immediately but smiled at Lu Ran.

"Brother Lu, take a look, is that food enough?"

"I’ve never raised an Overlord Clan Pet Beast, so I’m not sure about its appetite..."

Shi Ze pointed to the boxes of rare Dog Food that had been moved into the courtyard and said, "If it’s not enough, I can send more people to bring more."

"It’s plenty, I also have a lot of food stocked up here," Lu Ran replied with a smile, not too concerned about such minor details.

Shi Ze remarked, "Brother Lu, raising an Overlord Pet Beast must be quite expensive, right?"

The higher the Species Level and Growth Level of the Pet Beast, the greater the nutritional requirements for its meals three times a day.

Ordinary people really can’t afford to raise them.

If the food isn’t up to standard, then the Growth Level of the Pet Beast won’t increase, and in battle, they might become so hungry that they’re weak and lack the energy to fight.

In such situations, compared to the animal life that can’t just root themselves in a fertile place and absorb sunlight and the power of water to sustain themselves, plant life clearly has a tremendous advantage.

"It’s not too bad," Lu Ran said, "as long as one is strong enough, earning resources can be quite speedy."

"That’s the idea," Shi Ze nodded, then asked, "Brother Lu, I heard that Pet Beasts of the Overlord Clan can modify their own bodies and optimize their bloodlines, is that true?"

Clearly, Shi Ze was so invested in Lu Ran because he wanted to learn more about the Overlord Clan from him.

"Hmm... that’s true, but the corresponding abilities need to be developed by the Pet Beasts themselves."

"For example, my Dog Beast is still young and doesn’t know how to do these things yet."

"It’s really true!" Shi Ze’s eyes lit up.

The special thing about the Monarch Species is that they possess a tangible deterrence, a Monarch’s aura, which can easily crush creatures with weaker spirits than their own.

The Overlord Clan’s uniqueness, though, lies in the fact that Overlords not only have a high degree of control over Attribute Power, but also over their own bodies.

The Overlord Clan has extremely strong adaptability; if they want to fly, need to fly, they’ll rapidly evolve proper wings, and if they wish to resist the cold, their bodies will quickly evolve fur that’s highly resistant to the cold. They can be considered nature’s perfect species.

Moreover, if they wish to conserve physical strength and slow down the passage of life, they can enter a "Dormant State" similar to "hibernation" at any time. By reducing their energy consumption and entering a state of deep sleep, they can live for a very long time. Any member of the Overlord Clan can sleep for hundreds of years without any issues.

The creatures from Blue Star’s ancient past that are still alive today are mostly from the Overlord Clan, and it’s because of this ability.

On Lu Ran’s side, since the King of Sudden Death, Dark Crow, and Mr. Husky had only recently evolved and still hadn’t thoroughly researched energy techniques, Lu Ran wasn’t in a hurry for them to develop their true abilities of the Overlord Clan, Body Control!

However, he guessed that he would need to develop this ability in the future.

Take the King of Sudden Death, for instance.

Currently, its body is excessively large.

This means that even sitting down to watch a movie requires a tremendous amount of energy for their daily activities.

If it weren’t for Lu Ran and Infinite City to support them, they might struggle to find food on Blue Star and would have to rely on hibernation to get through most of the time.

Therefore, Lu Ran hoped that, in time, they would use body control to acquire an ability similar to the "Times Characteristic,"

Which would allow their bodies to shrink a bit.

In daily activities, they should maintain a smaller state as much as possible to conserve energy.

During battle, they could then revert to their original size and unleash their strongest strength.

With this approach, their activity range could be greatly expanded.

The advantage of the Overlord Clan lies here: as long as they are willing to develop the ability of Body Control, it’s like getting a "shrinking trait" for free.

"If that’s true, it’s great," sighed Shi Ze, "If only my Swallowing Moon Dog could evolve into the Overlord Clan too!"

"I’m really hoping it evolves three heads."

Lu Ran: ?

"Isn’t your Dog Beast supposed to have the bloodline of the legendary ’Devour Moon’? Why are you aiming for an evolution into a Three-Headed Dog?"

Shi Ze laughed, "How could it possibly have the Devour Moon bloodline? It’s likely ancestors were just gilding their Pet Beast’s face; even the offspring of legendary creatures are at least Semi-Legendary Species, and even if the bloodline is diluted, they should at least be Overlords."

"Our family’s Dog Beast was bred up from an extraordinary race. If it were a descendant of legends, it’d be living too miserably."

"As for the Three-Headed Dog, that would be so cool. As Beast Trainers, isn’t our job to breed our Pet Beasts into something more special and more powerful than others have?"

"That’s true..." Lu Ran’s mouth twitched slightly, people evolve with a specific purpose, like dogs evolving into Werewolves to better use weapons, but your goal here is to evolve three heads, purely for the sake of being special.

He hadn’t realized it before, but now it seemed Shi Ze was another silly son of a wealthy family.

"Enough about that, Brother Lu, I’ve also found the book you wanted. It’s very late today, you should rest!"

Shortly thereafter, Shi Ze bid farewell to Lu Ran, who then lay in bed, yawning and beginning to read the book.

To be precise, it was a plant atlas.

Having come to the Divine Tree Continent, he certainly needed to cram on various kinds of knowledge.

Although he had some understanding from before, those were too limited.

At different times and in different places, the things one needs to understand are not interchangeable.

"These Ferocious Plants have abilities that are much more complicated than animals, huh."

Lu Ran flipped through with considerable curiosity.

For instance, he saw a Ferocious Plant called "Parasitic Mushroom."

Any living being that comes into contact with it would continuously grow mushrooms on their body, and then these mushrooms would absorb the life force of the living being to grow.

He also encountered a Ferocious Plant named "Bone-Melting Grass."

It’s a major bane to skeletons; if ingested by accident, a living being’s skeleton would rapidly dissolve, and even the beings with the hardest bones would struggle to resist its power.

With such a diverse array of Ferocious Plants, if they evolved into living beings, their abilities would be truly unpredictable, and it’s no wonder that animals end up relegated to the status of food.

"Wait a moment!" Lu Ran suddenly stopped turning the pages.

"The abilities of these Ferocious Plants are as bizarre as curses."

"Is it possible to extract their core abilities and turn them into real curses?"

As Lu Ran was leafing through the atlas, an idea suddenly occurred to him.

If the Dark Crow could analyze Soul Bones and awaken the Pig Transformation Curse,

Then, could it possibly analyze these Ferocious Plants and transform these bizarre abilities into its own curses?

Right now, compared to Mr. Husky’s ultimate output and King of Sudden Death’s ultimate defense, the Dark Crow indeed had supreme scouting, but honestly, its offensive methods were a bit limited.

If it could have various strange and unusual curses, even if it wasn’t as powerful as the opponent, it might be able to inflict unbearable torment on the opponent due to the bizarre nature of its abilities.

"This Secret Realm is really not bad," Lu Ran thought, "Later on, I should find some special Ferocious Plants for the Dark Crow to study."

"I feel the Absolute Comprehension Attribute would be quite suitable for the Dark Crow..."