Hearing Professor Xue Yin describe the situation as so dire, Zheng Dong couldn't help but frown.
Beside him, Xia Mengqiu also asked anxiously, "Grandma Xue, what should we do? Isn't Zheng Dong doomed?"
"Although I haven't delved deeply into mixed-bloods, this kind of situation has occurred among them before. Basically, after becoming a monster that is half-dragon and half-human, Zheng Dong's spirit will collapse, and he will lose his sanity, which is no different from true death.
Unless Zheng Dong can become a legendary Beast Tamer before transforming into a monster, and his body becomes strong enough to suppress the bloodline power of the Azure Dragon.
Another way is to find a method to extract the Azure Dragon bloodline from Zheng Dong's body, but the mortality rate is close to one hundred percent, and no one has succeeded so far," Professor Xue Yin said with a frown.
Zheng Dong was dumbfounded.
Was Professor Xue Yin perhaps deliberately trying to scare him?
Afterward, Professor Xue Yin thought for a moment and continued, "Actually, there is another method you might try: choose to coexist with a plant-type pet.
Plant-type pets can not only enhance your vitality, physical fitness, and mental strength but also suppress or balance the bloodline power of the Azure Dragon."
Zheng Dong had never heard of this method before.
However, apart from Heroic Spirits, he didn't know that Beast Tamers could coexist with plant-type pets! Was Professor Xue Yin making this up?
He looked at Professor Xue Yin with some doubt.
Moreover, Xia Mengqiu and He Bin also looked surprised and curious, clearly hearing this for the first time.
Professor Xue Yin continued very seriously, "This method was not proposed by me. It was first proposed by Emperor Qin. Many Beast Tamers in history have tried it, and some have succeeded. However, because plant-type pets are not very strong in combat, they have not received much attention."
Hearing Professor Xue Yin's words, and considering her status, Zheng Dong no longer doubted her. He also couldn't think of any reason for Professor Xue Yin to deceive him.
Therefore, Zheng Dong directly inquired about the method of coexisting with plant-type pets.
Unfortunately, Professor Xue Yin was not very clear about it either, only providing a few ideas and suggesting Zheng Dong try them himself.
"Although I can't cure you, I can temporarily alleviate the problems your body is currently experiencing and buy you more time."
"That's great!" Zheng Dong said excitedly.
As long as he had enough time, Zheng Dong felt he could solve the problem of the Azure Dragon bloodline within him.
Afterward, Professor Xue Yin summoned a cute Dandelion Empress.
This was a humanoid pet, only palm-sized, with a pair of green wings. It looked like a mischievous little princess, flying happily around Professor Xue Yin.
It had been cultivated and evolved by Professor Xue Yin step by step. It was the only Dandelion Empress on Blue Star, and in Professor Xue Yin's eyes, it was even dearer than He Bin.
Although it was not large, its growth level was genuinely Emperor-tier.
Its abilities were healing and assisting evolution.
As for combat skills, it had not mastered any.
When encountering attacks, it could only choose to flee. Under Professor Xue Yin's command, the Dandelion Empress began to systematically treat Zheng Dong.
The entire process lasted nearly an hour.
Zheng Dong's body gradually recovered, and his complexion began to improve. The intense urge to replenish his physical strength and mental energy was gone.
Furthermore, some of the dragon scales on his body gradually faded and disappeared.
For this, the Dandelion Empress was exhausted and was put back into the Beast Taming Space by Professor Xue Yin.
"Classmate Zheng Dong, your physical problem still needs to be resolved as soon as possible. Although it has been temporarily alleviated, it won't last long!" Professor Xue Yin reminded him.
Zheng Dong nodded and expressed his gratitude again.
If it weren't for Professor Xue Yin, he would still have no clue how to solve the problems his body was experiencing.
Next, it was time to repair and heal the Undead Puppets.
Zheng Dong summoned Youyou and had her release the Nine-Tailed Ghost Fox and the Skeleton General.
The Nine-Tailed Ghost Fox remained lying on the ground, showing no signs of recovery, its eyes not even opening.
The Skeleton General was broken into several pieces and was still struggling, indicating it could still be saved and hoping Zheng Dong wouldn't give up on it.
Seeing the state of the two undead puppets, Professor Xue Yin didn't pay much attention. She summoned another pet.
However, this pet looked somewhat strange.
It held scissors in one hand and needle and thread in the other, like a seamstress.
That's right, it was originally a seamstress.
Now it had become an undead pet, the Ghost King Seamstress, skilled in stitching and healing. Its growth level was also Emperor-tier, and it often treated pets of Overlord-tier and Totem-tier.
Therefore, healing the Nine-Tailed Ghost Fox and the Skeleton General was not a big problem for it.
Of course, it could only provide general treatment. Afterward, the Nine-Tailed Ghost Fox and the Skeleton General would have to recover slowly on their own.
Especially for the Nine-Tailed Ghost Fox, recovering to its peak state would require a massive amount of resources.
Zheng Dong didn't think about it too much.
As long as the Nine-Tailed Ghost Fox could unleash a burst or two at critical moments, there was no need to invest too many resources in an undead puppet.
After the treatment, He Bin asked Zheng Dong to choose a skill inheritance bead.
The resource library of the Ancient Battlefield Beast Tamer Corps did not have many high-tier skills in stock.
But to Zheng Dong's surprise, there was the high-tier skill Spatial Teleportation.
Without looking further, he selected Spatial Teleportation.
Afterward, He Bin and Professor Xue Yin left, stating that they would have the skill inheritance bead delivered later.
Walking outside, He Bin looked at Professor Xue Yin curiously.
"Mom, is Zheng Dong's physical condition really that bad?"
Professor Xue Yin immediately smiled.
"What, you don't believe me anymore!"
"No, I just feel it's a pity, such a genius!" He Bin shook his head.
"Actually, it's not that serious. What I said was half true and half false, with some exaggeration to scare him. However, he really cannot use the bloodline power of the Azure Dragon anymore," Professor Xue Yin said.
He Bin was immediately surprised.
"This situation has always existed for mixed-blood Beast Tamers. The Mixed-Blood Bureau has researched many drugs for this situation over the years, but they can only alleviate the condition, not cure it.
Therefore, many mixed-blood Beast Tamers do not live very long, and Zheng Dong's situation is the same.
If he finds a way to coexist with a plant-type pet as I suggested, not only will it solve his physical problems, but it might even unlock the Qin Emperor's遗迹 (relics/ruins)," Professor Xue Yin explained.
He Bin nodded. He knew that his mother, Professor Xue Yin, was also one of the people in charge of unlocking the Qin Emperor's遗迹.
Moreover, once the Qin Emperor's遗迹 was unlocked, obtaining the Qin Emperor's infinite evolution of Beast Taming talent would bring immeasurable benefits to the Beast Taming Bureau. At that time, many pet evolution problems might be solved.
The next day, Zheng Dong and Xia Mengqiu left the Ancient Battlefield Beast Tamer Corps base and flew back to Rongcheng.
Xia Mengqiu was returning to the Tianhou Shang遗迹 space to continue working.
Zheng Dong was returning to pack up, as he had left in too much of a hurry last time, and planned to go to Modu University after the semester started.
From then on, Zheng Dong cultivated while using Memory Drops to cram knowledge about mixed-bloods and beast taming.
He also taught Little Purple Spatial Cutting and Spatial Teleportation.
Spatial Teleportation was an advanced skill of spatial movement. Both its movement speed and distance were far greater than spatial movement, although its consumption was also higher.
In addition, as Zheng Dong cultivated and the Beast Taming Space was continuously strengthened, Youyou could also stay in the Beast Taming Space normally.
This way, Zheng Dong could also use his Beast Taming talent to assist Youyou in cultivating skills and to imprint the skills Youyou mastered.
However, the number of skills Zheng Dong could imprint was limited, and he couldn't imprint anything other than low-tier skills.
So Zheng Dong readily imprinted Youyou's low-tier skills such as Virtualization, Possession, and Ghost Fire.
He also assisted Youyou in mastering the high-tier skill Soul Tracking.
As the start of the semester drew closer, Ning Wei contacted Zheng Dong to meet up. There weren't many people, just their closest friends: Ning Wei, Bei Wen, and Yu Qian.
Ning Wei, relying on his Mechanical Control Beast Taming talent and his father's financial power, successfully entered the Mechanical Engineering department at Modu University.
Bei Wen was even more impressive. His father used his connections to send her to the Combat Department at Imperial Capital University.
As for Yu Qian, since both her parents graduated from Shendu University, she naturally entered the Combat Department at Shendu University.
Zheng Dong did not refuse Ning Wei and the others, as he knew they would have fewer opportunities to gather like this in the future.
Therefore, he also took a day off to have fun with them, considering it a complete relaxation.
They played until the next morning before each took a taxi home to catch up on sleep.
Zheng Dong hailed a ride-sharing car. Not long after getting in, he felt something was wrong.
The driver was an old man, and he looked somewhat familiar.
As soon as he got in, the other party locked the car doors. As they drove, the car veered off course, and the driver didn't say a word throughout.
Zheng Dong was not flustered and tried to contact Li Jun from the Security Bureau on his phone.
Only then did he discover that the phone signal was also being jammed.
Zheng Dong frowned and sized up the old man driving the car.
Could it be people from the Spirit God Cult?
The old man seemed to notice Zheng Dong looking at him and grinned coldly.
"Don't be scared. As long as you cooperate with me obediently, nothing will happen. However, if you try to escape, I'm afraid you and your three friends will have a very unpleasant end!"
Zheng Dong was shocked. He hadn't expected the other party to target him and also make a move on Ning Wei and the others.
This made things troublesome.
He himself had a way to escape.
But what about Ning Wei and the others?
After all, Ning Wei and the others were implicated because of him.
While quickly analyzing the current situation, Zheng Dong calmly asked, "Haven't we met before?"
"Of course, this is our second meeting. The first time was at the award ceremony for the Rookie King Competition. However, I wasn't the one who presented you with the award; I was just a special guest!"
To Zheng Dong's surprise, the old man driving the car had no intention of hiding his identity. This also indicated that the old man had murderous intent towards him and had no intention of letting him live.
Indeed, the phrase "nothing will happen" was just a deceptive lie.
Hearing what the old man said, Zheng Dong recalled the driver's identity: Grandmaster-level Beast Tamer Bai Jiang.
Zheng Dong didn't know Bai Jiang very well.
However, since he was a Grandmaster, his strength would certainly not be weak.
Moreover, Bai Jiang was very old and should have been a Grandmaster-level Beast Tamer for some years. His contracted pets might have already grown to King-tier.
Fortunately, after Professor Xue Yin's treatment, the Nine-Tailed Ghost Fox had recovered considerably during this period. With the strengthening effect of Youyou's undead power, dealing with Bai Jiang should not be a big problem.
It was just that he didn't know if there were any other Grandmaster-level Beast Tamers besides Bai Jiang.
As Zheng Dong pondered countermeasures, he also noticed that the car was heading towards the suburbs. After entering the expressway, Bai Jiang didn't drive the car at all. Instead, he sat in the driver's seat, humming a song, looking smug.
Only then did he realize that this was not an ordinary car, but a mechanical pet contracted by Bai Jiang that had transformed into the form of an ordinary sedan.
Therefore, Bai Jiang felt safe and bold enough to let him sit in the back. If he made the slightest move, he would be restrained in his seat.
So, even if he wanted to use the "Guile Mine" skill to destroy the car now, he couldn't.
Because the "Guile Mine" skill could only condense strange bombs within non-living entities.
But this car was a mechanical pet.
Besides that, there was also an undead pet hidden beside Bai Jiang, in a state of spiritual concealment. Without using super-energy perception, it was impossible to detect.
Bai Jiang had been planning this operation in secret since the end of the Rookie King Competition, and he was well-prepared.
This was why Bai Jiang was so confident and smug, believing everything was under his control, including Zheng Dong and the skills mastered by his pets, for which he had corresponding countermeasures.
Unfortunately, he did not know about the events that occurred in the Shendu Ancient Battlefield, nor did he know that Zheng Dong possessed an Emperor-tier undead puppet.
The reason he chose to act at this time was that the semester was about to start, and Zheng Dong would soon be leaving Rongcheng for Modu University, meaning fewer opportunities in the future.
Moreover, the Special Operations Bureau seemed to have quieted down recently.
He didn't want to miss this opportunity.
He had originally planned to make a move on Zheng Dong's family.
Unfortunately, Zheng Dong's parents' whereabouts were unknown, so he had to settle for the next best thing and target Ning Wei and the others.
As for why he captured Ning Wei and the others, it was to make Zheng Dong cooperate with him obediently and seize his Beast Taming talent.
Afterward, Zheng Dong remained silent, while Bai Jiang continued to hum songs, acting like a carefree old man, all the way to a废弃的工厂 (abandoned factory) in the suburbs. The car drove directly into a huge warehouse.
The warehouse had also been pre-arranged, with many bombs hidden secretly. Bai Jiang planned to destroy all traces afterward.
In addition, there was a mechanical life form capable of detecting energy fluctuations and pet states, the Detector Eye.
If Zheng Dong tried to use skills like Shadow Clone to escape, he would be discovered immediately.
After stopping the car, Bai Jiang revealed a harmless smile, looking very much like the grandfather next door.
"Heh heh, get out of the car. I apologize for inviting you here, but there's no other way. It's an order from above."
Zheng Dong smiled dismissively.
You old man are very wicked, not a word of truth!
However, Zheng Dong was very curious about who could order Bai Jiang, a Grandmaster-level Beast Tamer with wealth and status.
"Grandmaster Bai, what do you want me to do? I can cooperate, but you have to let me see my classmates!" Zheng Dong said, not getting out of the car in a hurry.
"Don't worry, they'll be here soon. I'm a very reasonable person. As long as you cooperate, I'll try my best to satisfy whatever you want!" Bai Jiang said with a smile.
At this moment, another car drove in.
The car door opened, and Ning Wei excitedly got out, muttering, "Sister Yu'er, where are we going? Are we playing real-life CS? Are it just the two of us?"
Following Ning Wei out of the car was a senior Beast Tamer, Xin Yu'er.
She was very famous online, and Ning Wei often watched her live streams.
It was also because of Xin Yu'er that Ning Wei came into contact with her, and Bai Jiang was able to thoroughly understand Zheng Dong and the others' situations.