“???”
His mother’s eyes were filled with question marks. Had this child gone mad again?
“What nonsense are you spouting!”
“Nothing…”
Chen Shu walked to the fish tank at home.
He directly grabbed the small red fish inside, which was his father’s contracted spirit.
The little fish thrashed about, vaguely sensing the danger.
“Is this a legendary-grade contracted spirit?”
Chen Shu’s eyes widened as he looked the red fish up and down.
“??”
The red fish stared back at him with the look of an imbecile.
“Were you sealed too?”
Chen Shu stroked his chin, placing the red fish on the table, and simultaneously pulled out a butcher’s knife…
“If it’s legendary-grade, it definitely won’t die!”
Chen Shu grinned and said, “Let me test your strength!”
As he spoke, he raised the butcher’s knife. The red fish wriggled its body, panicking inwardly.
What did I, a mere ornamental contracted spirit, do to you?
Are you pure lunacy?!
“Spare the fish!!”
A roar echoed. His father, Chen Ping, had just returned home.
But at this moment, Chen Shu couldn’t stop his knife and brought it down directly…
“Damn it!”
Chen Ping’s eyes widened. He managed to recall his contracted spirit at the critical moment.
*Bang!*
Chen Shu’s butcher’s knife chopped into empty air…
“Did you take the wrong medicine, kid?”
Father Chen Ping breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had returned in time, otherwise, his contracted spirit would have been lost.
Who would he seek recourse from then?
“Dad, are you okay?”
Chen Shu scratched his head and said, “What’s a legendary-grade spirit afraid of a butcher’s knife!”
His father asked with a face full of confusion, “What legendary-grade?”
“Your contracted spirit!”
Chen Shu leaned closer and said with a smile, “The world is too arrogant, you can’t stay low-key anymore!”
“Low-key my foot!”
Father Chen Ping’s mouth twitched. “I’m just a Level 1 Beast Tamer. Are you having delusions?”
“Uh…”
Chen Shu was stunned and lost interest.
“Level 1? Then why did you call me back? Are you planning to cook your contracted spirit to supplement my body?”
“Don’t even think about it, kid!”
Father Chen Ping said, “Although your dad isn’t capable, your grandpa is!”
“My grandpa?”
Chen Shu’s hope reignited. “Isn’t my grandpa guarding Longyuan?”
“Long what Yuan?”
Chen Ping’s mouth twitched, he felt as if Chen Shu had gone mad.
Chen Shu spoke, “Isn’t he China’s legendary Beast Tamer?”
“Legendary my ass, your grandpa is long gone!”
Father Chen Ping shook his head. “He wasn’t legendary-grade, but he was a legend!”
“A legend?”
His father patted Chen Shu’s back and sat on the sofa.
His expression turned serious as he looked at Chen Shu and said,
“Your grandfather was a Beast Tamer, and his level was…”
Chen Shu’s eyes were filled with anticipation, his heartbeat even slowing by half a beat. At least a King-grade, right…
His father paused, then said word by word,
“Sil…ver…grade!”
“……”
Chen Shu’s expression froze. He almost fainted.
What was I expecting, damn it?
His father spoke, “Aren’t you surprised?”
“Wow… Jeez… Silver-grade!”
Chen Shu’s mouth gaped open as he exclaimed.
The next second, his expression turned blank. He put on his bag and prepared to go back to school.
Your son is already Silver-grade, why should I be surprised?
This is utter nonsense!
“Stop!”
His father called out. “What a short temper. Listen to your dad finish!”
“What else is there?”
Chen Shu’s expectations had actually diminished.
With his current combat power, he could completely hang and beat a Silver Tier 1 Beast Tamer.
“You, my son, are a student of the Huaxia Academy. You have no shortage of resources,”
His father said, “Your grandfather was just a civilian Beast Tamer. Reaching Silver-grade was already extremely rare!”
Chen Shu nodded in agreement and continued,
“Then why didn’t grandpa attend Huaxia Academy? Did he not want to?”
“???”
His father’s words were choked. This kid was truly a conversational genius!
Was he trying to say something like “let them eat cake”?
“Alright! You speak less now!”
His father’s eyes held a trace of remembrance as he spoke,
“Your grandfather was once a notable figure in Nanjiang City. His three contracted spirits were extremely powerful, and he saved your Uncle Zhang many times!”
“Unfortunately, in a dangerous-grade异空间 (Yì kōngjiān - anomalous space), he encountered a group of international criminals. They traveled thousands of miles, hiding their identities, all for the purpose of hunting a wounded Silver Lord!”
Chen Shu’s body trembled. Upon hearing Silver Lord, he immediately became interested.
His father’s expression became somewhat agitated as he said,
“A group of criminals openly coming to Huaxia to hunt ferocious beasts, could your grandfather tolerate that?”
“Was it really because of this…”
Chen Shu’s eyes held a hint of doubt. Wasn’t it more likely that greed was the motive…
“Don’t interrupt!”
His father frowned and continued,
“Taking advantage of the criminals being injured and distracted, your grandfather launched a surprise attack, successfully annihilating them all! However, he also lost two contracted spirits, resulting in a mutual destruction!”
“But your grandfather felt that everything was done to punish evil, and he had no regrets!”
“Oh~~~ I get it!”
Chen Shu nodded seriously and said,
“So he ambushed a group of international criminals carrying treasures and engaged in an explosive black-on-black operation, right?”
“You child!”
Father Chen Ping pouted and said, “Don’t you understand the art of language? Your grandfather was a positive character, alright!”
“No wonder I’m so proficient…”
Chen Shu stroked his chin and murmured, “Turns out the bandit gene is inherited across generations!”