"Haha, hello everyone, what brings you here?"
Rein Jia’er forced a smile and asked directly.
Yan Zheng, who had previously been hostile towards Rein Jia’er, suddenly adopted a different attitude and said with a big smile: "Haha, Xiao Qin, sorry about the other day. I mistakenly thought you had *that* kind of relationship with Wan Bai, so... you understand."
Rein Jia’er nodded. I understand, deep down you’re just a drama queen.
"No problem, as long as it’s cleared up."
"Well, Wan Bai told me that you saved her life on Dragon Island. That’s why she wouldn’t let anyone bully you. I really need to thank you properly for that.
So, I brought everyone here to express our gratitude."
As Yan Zheng spoke, the other cousins all bowed to Rein Jia’er to show their thanks.
"By the way, Xiao Qin, I heard you’re Dragon Island’s top scorer this year. Our Long Family has a few top scorers in Beast Cultivation Main City as well. How about I introduce you to them?" Yan Zheng said with a grin.
Rein Jia’er quickly waved his hands, "No, no need, I’m really busy these days. I’ll visit when I get some free time."
As he spoke, he pointed over to Wang Sheng, who had just arrived at the training ground.
"Xiao Sheng, over here!"
Wang Sheng saw that it was Rein Jia’er and waved with a smile: "Brother Qin, what a coincidence..."
Before Wang Sheng could finish, Rein Jia’er pulled him over and apologized to Yan Zheng and the others.
"Sorry, everyone, I’ve made plans to train beasts with a friend. I’ll treat you guys to a meal another day."
"Haha, it’s fine, it’s fine. When the time comes, make sure you bring Wan Bai along, and we’ll have a big feast together."
"Alright, alright, see you all."
"See you, see you..."
After Yan Zheng and the others left, Wang Sheng scratched the back of his head in confusion and asked: "Brother Qin, when did we ever make plans to train beasts together?"
Rein Jia’er waved him off, "Oh, I might have misremembered. You go ahead, I’m heading back."
"Hey, hey, Brother Qin, since you’re already here, how about we try out the Advanced Breathing Technique to see how much it enhances beast training?"
Wang Sheng grabbed onto Rein Jia’er with a provoking smile.
Rein Jia’er turned around, smiling brightly.
On the training ground, a giant White Tiger pounced forward, only to have its forelimbs grabbed by Godzilla, who promptly slammed it to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw.
The White Tiger howled miserably as Wang Sheng found himself pinned under its massive weight, struggling for a while before finally poking his head out.
"Q-Q-Brother Qin, help, I can’t breathe..."
At the center of Beast Cultivation Main City.
Rein Jia’er stood on a mountain peak, gazing at the enormous, boiling hot lava lake situated in the central area, recalling the information he had read about these lava lakes.
While the lava lake seemed to consist entirely of searing liquid magma, it was actually formed from a vast deposit of Earth Core Energy Ore, making it a true Earth Core Energy Pool.
Soaking in this Earth Core Energy Pool, the body would be stimulated by the scorching heat while absorbing the energy waves, accelerating physical transformation processes by up to double the usual speed.
Such Earth Core Energy Pools existed not only in Beast Cultivation Main City but also in several other major cities.
With these pools, the main cities could guarantee producing a certain number of Unbreakable Realm warriors every year.
The Flame Dragon that had died in West City was revealed to be a recent graduate of Beast Cultivation Main City.
However, entering the Earth Core Energy Pool for cultivation was not something everyone could do.
Unless you were a Vajra Ninth Star student, access was generally restricted unless you could pay the required Earth Core Energy Crystals.
The outermost areas of the pool cost as much as a hundred Earth Core Energy Crystals per day.
And that’s just the outer fringe—if you wanted to enter deeper areas, you’d have to head to the Beast Cultivation Main City’s part-time task hall and take up jobs!
Completing the designated tasks could earn you entry passes ranging from one to thirty days.
Rein Jia’er had considered using the Reynard Transformation Card to sneak into the Earth Core Energy Pool.
But ultimately decided against it.
The Invisibility Device was only second-level and wouldn’t escape the sharp senses of Unbreakable Realm warriors.
The only option left was to honestly work some part-time jobs.
Inside the task hall.
The futuristic hall was bustling, with countless virtual screens flashing around the room. Hundreds of people were scrutinizing the contents displayed on the screens, occasionally clicking to interact.
Rein Jia’er curiously glanced at the virtual screens, eventually stopping before one of them.
[Task: Travel to Ancient City’s Underworld and search for traces of Earth Core Magma Beast activity.]
[Reward: Access to the Earth Core Energy Pool for twenty days.]
"Ancient City, ranked 300th in the Federation."
Just as this thought occurred to Rein Jia’er, the task suddenly turned red, indicating someone had claimed it.
[Task: Head to Volcano Islands and mine Earth Core Energy Ore.]
[Reward: One hour of access per day of mining (unlimited claims).]
The task lingered for only a few seconds before vanishing, replaced by new tasks.
[Task: Investigate monster disturbances in Fanxing City’s Underworld.]
[Reward: Access to the Earth Core Energy Pool for thirteen days.]
Again, within seconds, the task updated with something new.
Ten minutes later, after viewing over a hundred different tasks, Rein Jia’er realized these missions ranged widely in types and were generally time-consuming.
The highest reward he saw was merely thirty days of access.
After some quick mental math, he estimated it would take over two months of accumulated access passes to achieve a smooth breakthrough to Vajra Five-star.
However, completing all these tasks would eat up a significant amount of time.
All things considered, it wouldn’t be much faster than using Gold Devouring Potion for cultivation. Chapters first released on novel★fire.net
Still, given that progressing beyond Vajra Five-star would only get harder, Rein Jia’er figured he might as well go ahead and stockpile a few months’ worth of access passes first.
Sliding his finger across the screen, he tapped on one of the tasks.
[Task: Travel to the Underworld and document the lifestyles of at least twenty types of monsters.]
[Reward: Access to the Earth Core Energy Pool for twenty days.]