“When do you think a person can officially enter the Beastmaster profession and become a junior Beastmaster?”
Lu Fei’s expression turned unsightly at the sudden, pointed question.
*At least I wasn’t a junior Beastmaster at 15…* Lu Fei thought to himself.
His expression shifted as he quickly corrected himself, “No! It’s the owner of this body!” He then raised his head nonchalantly.
*The one who was trash was the original owner of this body, definitely not me, Lu Fei!*
After a thorough internal monologue, Lu Fei tilted his head and asked tentatively, “16 years old?”
Chu Huainan shot him a glare and reprimanded, “Be serious!”
Lu Fei chuckled.
“14 years old?”
Chu Huainan shook his head.
“13 years old?”
Chu Huainan remained silent.
…
Lu Fei continued to guess younger ages.
“No way someone under 10 could have reached junior Beastmaster level, right?” Lu Fei exclaimed in surprise.
Chu Huainan smiled enigmatically, no longer playing coy.
“Some people are born geniuses, impossible to gauge with ordinary perspectives.”
Lu Fei was stunned.
“Could it be that Huangfu Chenyi became a junior Beastmaster at 9 years old?”
Chu Huainan seemed to drift off, as if he hadn’t heard Lu Fei. He first nodded, then shook his head, and finally said in a low voice,
“It was discovered when he was just one month old that he already possessed the conditions to become a junior Beastmaster!”
Lu Fei dug at his ear, thinking he had misheard.
He said calmly, “How is that possible? I remember the mentor saying that to reach junior Beastmaster, one’s spiritual power needs to reach a certain level? Isn’t that something developed through training?”
“You are correct. To become a junior Beastmaster, spiritual power must reach 100 or above. Generally, human newborns have spiritual power around 10,” Chu Huainan agreed with Lu Fei.
He paused, then changed tack, “However, Huangfu Chenyi’s innate spiritual power reached 180. Not only is he a junior Beastmaster, but this level already approaches that of an intermediate Beastmaster!”
As he spoke, there was a hint of pride in his voice, completely disregarding the feelings of those around him.
Lu Fei, as one of those around him, had long since grown numb.
*Comparing people makes you want to die…* Lu Fei hadn’t measured his own spiritual power, but he knew with his toes that he couldn’t possibly have better talent than Huangfu Chenyi; he was self-aware of that.
However, high spiritual power was only a prerequisite for advancing Beastmaster ranks. To truly step onto a new Beastmaster tier, other conditions were needed: control and action.
No matter how high one’s talent, it was impossible to have the ability to command contracted beasts in battle before even undergoing enlightenment.
In other words, how could a contracted beast understand cries of "ying ying ying" when the person couldn't even speak properly or stand steadily?
So, he asked,
“Then when did he become a true junior Beastmaster?”
As if he had prepared the answer beforehand, Chu Huainan blurted out, “Three years old.”
“Three years old?” Lu Fei repeated.
He was dumbfounded.
He then asked somewhat losing his composure,
“You mean at three years old, his spiritual power, control, and action all exceeded 100, and he already possessed more than one contracted beast?”
Chu Huainan simply sat there, not saying a word.
This made Lu Fei even more anxious.
He stood up, placed his left hand on his hip, and pointed at the sky with his right, “I don’t believe it!”
Chu Huainan’s eyebrows rose slightly as he looked at him, his expression conveying, *Believe it or not!*
Perhaps feeling the atmosphere was right, Chu Huainan slightly composed himself and continued, “Becoming a junior Beastmaster at three years old was merely the beginning of his life.”
Without giving Lu Fei any chance to retort, a barrage of soul-crushing blows was approaching!
The old man continued on his own, “At ten years old, he subdued his third contracted beast and officially entered the intermediate Beastmaster profession.”
“At fifteen years old, he completed all the courses at the Beastmaster Academy, graduated with full marks in all subjects, and represented Yanbei City Royal Beastmaster Academy in the National Beastmaster Academy Competition, winning with an undefeated record!”
“Because by then, he had already become a senior Beastmaster!”
“That same year, he began his graduation practical training journey, preparing for the National Youth Beastmaster Competition.”
“After a year of practical training, his strength advanced by leaps and bounds again, and he showcased his prowess at the National Youth Beastmaster Competition, defeating the prodigies selected from all cities across the country! He advanced all the way to the finals!”
“In the finals, his opponent was a genius from Hua City, Hua Shenfeng, a monster who became a top-tier Beastmaster at just eighteen years old! However, no one could have predicted that Huangfu Chenyi, returning after a year’s absence, had also reached the top-tier Beastmaster level!”
“That battle ultimately ended in a draw between the two!”
Lu Fei listened, his heart pounding with excitement, successfully immersing himself in the narrative, his body trembling uncontrollably.
Chu Huainan’s tone grew increasingly fervent.
But soon, his voice gradually lowered.
“However, the year he turned sixteen was destined to be a life-changing year for Chenyi. The successive deaths of his parents made his already extreme personality even more volatile. He joined a special unit to track down unknown creatures from different star systems, but just as he finally found a lead, the World Government announced the cancellation of the operation.”
Lu Fei suddenly tapped the table as if he had a realization, “Because of this, his psychology began to gradually warp, and he founded the Hunter organization?”
“That was one of the triggers, but it wasn’t the key to him founding the Hunter organization.”
Chu Huainan continued to explain.
“Later, he returned to Yanbei City, his temperament completely changed.”
“He, who was originally taciturn, became talkative. The things he said were unimaginable for a young man under twenty. His personality also seemed to have become optimistic, often with a smile on his face, but that kind of smile sent chills down one’s spine…”
“One day, he told me he wanted to become a councillor and hoped for my support. I was shocked and confused. Although I didn’t know why, I supported him unconditionally and used my connections to gradually guide him onto the political stage.”
“But becoming a councillor was no easy feat. I told him that to become a councillor, one’s strength must first reach that of a Beastmaster Grandmaster!”
“So, it took him two years to successfully advance to the ranks of Beastmaster Grandmaster, with the title of Hunter!”
“After becoming a Beastmaster Grandmaster, he began to strive for the second condition: to achieve a top ten result in the Continental Beastmaster Competition!”
“This time, facing the elite tier of participants from the Beastmaster Continent, he defeated them one by one, ultimately achieving first place!”
“In the following years, he met the conditions to become a councillor one by one, ranked first in the public vote, and finally became one of the seven councillors as he wished!”
“He was only 26 years old that year!”