Chapter 406 — The Ancient Kingdom of Tingxiang

In the ice dragon's view, that Overlord Sea Legend was no slouch either; at full power it was not much weaker than Mu Huiyin. And Donghuang's current Lin Xiao and Lin Shuo might be even more terrifying. The ice dragon had never seen this clan summon its own pet beasts, but this clan could shake out a whole batch of Totem-level Lin Feng Second Squad with a single shake—that was already practically a minor legendary beastmaster.

This Olan, by contrast, was clearly a notch below, and so the ice dragon was quite firm and assertive.

And so there was good reason that Tingxiang, of the seven nations, was the weakest.

Not only was their own strength far from solid—propped up entirely by a single Elf Empress—but they were simultaneously at odds with two major demigod factions; the situation was, to put it mildly, extremely tense.

"Naturally." Chairman Oran smiled. "But there is no rush about the exchange. We have already prepared a luncheon to welcome you all and wash away the dust of the road. You must be weary from the journey—why not rest for a day first?"

"Roar!"

One dragon after another nodded. That sounded wonderful; time to see what Tingxiang's fare was like, and whether it could match what that white radish had provided.

Say what you would, the fruits that ginseng baby produced were truly first-rate.

It was just a pity no one knew how ginseng baby himself tasted...

The luncheon Tingxiang had prepared was attended not only by the Dragon Palace contingent, but also by the beast tamers and elves Chairman Oran had summoned earlier. Of course, that alone would hardly have been lively enough; to show sufficient courtesy, nearly all the legendary-level beast tamers, overlord-level lifeforms, and even members of the Tingxiang royal family currently in the capital had come.

The vast exchange plaza was a scene of extraordinary bustle.

Yet despite the numbers, the heart of it all remained the Dragon Palace contingent and Tingxiang's own geniuses—they were the ones who would be the main partners in the exchanges over the coming days.

"It's actually Shijin!"

"The leader of Shenyuan City's team is actually him?"

"Who is Shijin...?"

"You don't even know Shijin?!"

"The mechanical phantom beast—the mechanical phantom beast! And he's the number one below Legend in Donghuang! Still, it's strange—how is he so deeply tied to Shenyuan City, and serving as the Dragon Palace's team leader besides..."

Mechanics and archaeologists familiar with Shi Ying of Tingxiang were utterly astonished.

On the exchange plaza, Shijin was chatting and laughing with Chairman Oran, all smiles; coming out with Shenyuan City, he felt, really did give one immense face.

Going out with the Donghuang exchange delegation, he had been a mere junior, bowing his head before every Legend; but coming out with Shenyuan City, the chairman of the Tingxiang Association—one of the seven great nations—and a titled Legend, was dealing with him directly!

What did it mean to be a minister of environmental protection! (Leans back tactically.)

"The sooner the better, really—ideally we begin the exchanges tomorrow." By now Shijin had already started fixing the date of the exchange activities with Chairman Oran.

Though Shijin was in no hurry to return, official business like this was naturally best concluded as early as possible; only afterward would he have the energy to attend to personal matters.

"No problem." At this point Chairman Oran, seeing Shijin in person, still could not discern anything remarkable about him.

It seemed she would have to leave it to those four elves to discover.

What Chairman Oran did not know was that Shijin was even more impatient than she was. Now, on Tingxiang's exchange plaza, seeing so many beautiful elves of the elf race, he could hardly wait to begin screening them using his own methods.

The Elf Empress had said she would introduce him to candidates, but finding one himself was more convenient.

In any case, anyone worth introducing was probably already gathered here.

He had already sensed that no few gazes were observing him.

And Shijin's method for finding a contract partner was very simple.

Unscientific Beast Taming