Chapter 202 — A Second Bloom
The Beast-Taming Craftsman · Page 5 of 7
"That's right." Feng Jin nodded. "But after that incident, the talent never activated again. It doesn't matter though — Bureau Eleven is nothing but headaches. I'm currently attached to Bureau One and Bureau Eight. My retired life now is far more comfortable than it was back then."
Shi Jin: ???
Bureau One? Bureau Eight?
"One person can join three departments?" Shi Zhuowei was stunned. What the hell?
Weren't the members of Donghuang's Thirteen Bureaus supposed to represent special talents from thirteen different fields?
Feng Jin chuckled. "Nothing wrong with it. Bureau Eight handles domestic education — discovering, guiding, and teaching talented prospects. Right now I'm in charge of archaeology education. Why not? Under my leadership, Gudu University became the nation's number one in archaeology, after all. I raised Qingyi too, and you were discovered by Qingyi — rounding it off, that makes you my discovery."
"Who says a person can't draw several salaries at once?"
"..." Shi Jin was, for a moment, actually speechless.
Was it really that casual?
He suddenly understood why Lu Yan had never explored any dangerous ruins before graduating university. With such a steady grandfather, Feng Jin wouldn't feel at ease letting her explore dangerous ruins before she reached Grandmaster-level strength.
"Then once I develop some special breeding results, can I also join another bureau?"
Shi Jin muttered to himself. The evolution method for the Iron-Eating Beast's Overlord race, the evolution method for the Green Worm Cocoon, plus a pile of skill-teaching manuals — calling him a special talent in the breeding field should be fair enough, right?
Donghuang's Thirteen Bureaus were probably spread across breeding, medicine, education, commerce, intelligence, strategy, and many other fields. There had to be a breeding division.
"Research breeding?! Archaeology is the foundation of Gudu University!" The old president's eyes bulged. A minor in combat was one thing, but Shi Yu wanted to minor in breeding?
How could one person have that much energy?
With a talent as good as the Listening talent, to neglect archaeology and go study breeding — what was Shi Jin thinking?
He'd never produce any results that way.
Gudu University's breeding department was just as lackluster as its battle department.
"Understood, understood." Shi Jue wasn't about to argue with the old president. Whatever you say is whatever it is — but I'm still not changing. I've got a cheat!
"The breeding field — Bureau Three. Nothing interesting, not as good as Bureau Eleven. Don't overthink it," Feng Jin said.
"Feng Jin, among Donghuang's Thirteen Bureaus, where does Bureau Eleven's beastmasters rank in overall combat power?" Having finally met someone in the know, Shi Huan couldn't resist asking one more question.
"Third." Before Feng Jin could even answer, Bai Xi beside him jumped in: "Everyone knows archaeology beastmasters... are terrifyingly strong in combat."
"There are two others stronger than Bureau Eleven's beastmasters?" Shi Shuo was startled.
"Mm..." Feng Jin thought it over carefully. Indeed, just as Bai Xi said, there seemed to be only two that could reliably outmatch Bureau Eleven in overall combat power.
"Bureau Eleven ranks third. Second should be Bureau Four. First should be Bureau One."
"Bureau Four's members are all drawn from the most talented mechanics. Those Overlord-tier warship lifeforms in the country are their handiwork, and they're responsible for plenty of other cutting-edge technology too."
"Bureau Four is indeed strong, but their greatest strength lies in their ability to rapidly mass-produce legendary beastmasters for Donghuang. Many beastmasters in the country have reached level-seven beastmaster space but can't cultivate Overlord-tier pet beasts. If wartime came and everyone was militarized, each person issued an Overlord-tier mechanical lifeform..."