Unfortunately, the Di Yuan relic space was located in the suburbs of the imperial capital. If Zheng Dong went there to cultivate, he would likely miss this year's professional assessment in Modu.
The professional assessment was generally held in mid to late October, and the specific time had not yet been announced.
It might be advanced or postponed.
It was estimated that in about a week or so, the specific assessment time would be confirmed, and then registration would begin.
"Sister Lan, after becoming a formal member, will I have missions? Also, how long can I cultivate in the Di Yuan relic space?" Zheng Dong asked.
If the cultivation time was not long, he could still make it to the professional assessment.
Of course, Zheng Dong also felt that if he couldn't make it, he would take the assessment next year. Cultivating and improving his strength was more important anyway.
"You should be able to cultivate for 15 days. As for missions, unless there are special circumstances, you won't be assigned any before you graduate.
By the way, did you crack the Qin Emperor's relic? You didn't even tell me!" Tu Qiong Lan said.
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Afterward, Zheng Dong chatted with Tu Qiong Lan for a while before hanging up and going to find Professor Xue Yin.
Professor Xue Yin had been busy all night, using many methods to heal the Nine-tailed Ghost Fox.
A lot of resources were also spent during this period.
Of course, these resources were all paid for by Professor Xue Yin herself.
With its injuries healed, the Nine-tailed Ghost Fox could recover to its peak state after a period of self-cultivation.
This way, Zheng Dong would have a powerful Emperor-level undead puppet.
After thanking Professor Xue Yin, Zheng Dong did not delay her any further.
After all, Professor Xue Yin also needed to rest.
Then, Zheng Dong found Du Chuan to understand the situation of the Burdened Xuan Turtle.
The Burdened Xuan Turtle was a bit restrained at first, but then it completely let loose and had not rested since yesterday.
As for the results, it would take some time to observe.
When Zheng Dong saw the Burdened Xuan Turtle, it was already sound asleep from exhaustion.
"Classmate Zheng Dong, based on my experience, some manual intervention will be needed in the end. This time, it's just for the Burdened Xuan Turtle to choose a partner. If there's no reaction from the turtles it chooses after more than half a month, you'll have to bring it back," Du Chuan said.
Zheng Dong glanced at the Burdened Xuan Turtle and nodded.
"No problem. How many turtle-type spirit pets did it choose last night?"
"More than two to three hundred. It will probably need a few days to rest!" Du Chuan chuckled.
Zheng Dong was stunned.
This guy was even greedier than he imagined. Wasn't it afraid of exhausting itself to death?
Then, Zheng Dong put the Burdened Xuan Turtle into the relic space and left the breeding base, returning to Modu University.
Zheng Dong planned to take leave to cultivate in the Di Yuan relic space.
However, before going, he still needed to purchase cultivation resources and book a flight to the imperial capital.
This would delay him by another day or two.
As for the rewards from the Special Affairs Bureau, the 10 million Dragon Yuan had already arrived in his account. He needed to go to the headquarters of the Special Affairs Bureau in the imperial capital to handle the registration as a formal member and the quota for entering the Di Yuan relic space.
He had also chosen two ultimate-tier skill inheritance pearls: Vine Sea Strangling and Forest Cage, both for Ling'er.
He could apply for them together at the headquarters of the Special Affairs Bureau.
Two days later, Zheng Dong arrived in the imperial capital.
The headquarters of the Special Affairs Bureau in the imperial capital was located in an inconspicuous courtyard.
Zheng Dong also met Zeng Zuo, one of the leaders of the Special Affairs Bureau, here.
Zeng Zuo had been injured before, and most of his spirit pets had died. He had lost his entire right hand and now had a mechanical prosthetic. He was responsible for logistics at the Special Affairs Bureau.
After confirming Zheng Dong's identity information, he processed the registration for Zheng Dong, and Zheng Dong officially became a member of the Special Affairs Bureau.
There were actually not many formal members in the Special Affairs Bureau, only a little over a hundred. The rest were external members.
"You did a good job in Rongcheng this time, and coupled with your talent, you are qualified to be a formal member of the Special Affairs Bureau!" Zeng Zuo said, throwing the formal member certificate to Zheng Dong.
Then, after chatting with Zheng Dong for a few more words, he took Zheng Dong to collect the skill inheritance pearls.
Soon, the two arrived at the resource library of the Special Affairs Bureau.
In addition to collecting Vine Sea Strangling and Forest Cage, Zheng Dong also exchanged the resources he didn't need for Void Stones and resources to replenish his mental power and physical strength.
He also received two miniature forbidden bombs, one small forbidden bomb, and five sealing bracelets, which were equipment for formal members of the Special Affairs Bureau.
Finally, he followed Zeng Zuo to the Di Yuan relic space in the suburbs of the imperial capital to prepare for cultivation.
The entrance to the Di Yuan relic space was in a crevice beneath a mountain range, and there was also a beast-taming legion stationed here.
After a series of verifications, Zheng Dong finally entered the Di Yuan relic space.
The area here was not very large, like a deep abyss valley, dark all around, with no buildings and no danger.
People who came here were all for cultivation and rarely spoke to each other.
Zheng Dong found a relatively flat spot and began to cultivate.
At first, he didn't notice any difference between cultivating here and cultivating outside.
However, as his cultivation deepened, his cultivation speed increased, gradually reaching about fifteen times that of cultivating outside.
In other words, one day of cultivation here was equivalent to fifteen days of cultivation outside.
This was simply a sacred place for cultivation.
However, Zheng Dong couldn't figure out why his cultivation speed was so fast here. The environment here didn't seem to be better than outside.
Since he couldn't figure it out, he didn't think much about it.
While cultivating himself, he also activated his beast-taming talent skill, the domain, to assist Xiao Zi, You You, and Ling'er in their cultivation.
In the blink of an eye, five days passed. All the skills mastered by Xiao Zi had reached the Proficient level. You You only had the ultimate-tier and quasi-divine skills left to reach the Proficient level.
As for Ling'er, in addition to learning the ultimate-tier skills Vine Sea Strangling and Forest Cage, she also needed to improve other skills. Compared to Xiao Zi and You You, her tasks were heavier, and she needed to cultivate for a longer time.
Zheng Dong's own cultivation speed was also quite fast with the help of Void Stones. He felt that it wouldn't be long before his beast-taming space could be upgraded.
On the eighth day of cultivation, all the skills mastered by You You, except for the quasi-divine skill, had reached the Proficient level.
On the tenth day of cultivation, all the skills mastered by Ling'er had also reached the Proficient level.
On the thirteenth day of cultivation, Zheng Dong's beast-taming space was upgraded to level 3.
This way, Zheng Dong could contract three spirit pets.
That is, in addition to Xiao Zi, he could also contract two more spirit pets. You You and Ling'er were not within the scope of contraction; they were symbiotic.
As Zheng Dong's beast-taming space level increased, his own physique also improved.
You You also subsequently grew into a General-level spirit pet and fed back to Zheng Dong, further improving Zheng Dong's physique.
After adapting to the changes in his body, Zheng Dong felt that his body was no weaker than an ordinary Lord-level spirit pet.
In addition, his beast-taming talent skill domain also underwent significant changes. He could release triple domains. The superposition of the triple domains doubled his cultivation speed compared to when he had two domains, and he could also assist You You in cultivating quasi-divine skills.
However, Zheng Dong would only know the specific auxiliary effects after trying them out.
Moreover, he could now combine any three skills to form a more powerful combination skill, the Ultimate Art.
Most importantly, the number of spirit pet skills he could imprint had increased again. The number of low-tier and mid-tier skills was unlimited. The number of high-tier skills he could imprint had increased to 24, and the number of ultimate-tier skills had increased to 18. He could also imprint 1 quasi-divine skill.
As for Zheng Dong's second beast-taming talent, Infinite Evolution, because it had been developed to a very high level by Qin Emperor, it had not changed at all.
In the following time, he imprinted You You's quasi-divine skill, Samsara Karma Fire, and ultimate-tier skills Undead Reincarnation, Eternal Night Illusion, Elemental Control, and Soul Tracking. He also imprinted Xiao Zi's ultimate-tier skill Spatial Teleportation, and Ling'er's ultimate-tier skills Life Guard, Dimensional Absorption, Vine Sea Strangling, and Forest Cage.
This way, coupled with the originally imprinted Earth Vein Resonance, Gold Devouring Body, Infinite Devour, Absolute Darkness, Mount Tai's Pressure, and Super Perception, the number of ultimate-tier skills he mastered reached 15, which was more than most spirit pets mastered.
Afterward, Zheng Dong also imprinted all the mid-tier and high-tier skills mastered by Xiao Zi, You You, and Ling'er. As for the low-tier skills, they had already been imprinted earlier.
Therefore, the number of high-tier skills he mastered also reached 22.
As the time for cultivation was drawing to a close, Zheng Dong had basically completed his cultivation goals.
Only the combination skill ultimate arts of three skills had not yet been tried.
At this moment, the electronic bracelet on Zheng Dong's wrist vibrated, reminding him that it was time to leave the Di Yuan relic space.
Zheng Dong got up and walked out of the Di Yuan relic space. He came outside and found that he had several unread messages on his phone.
Among them, Ning Wei had contacted him multiple times to register for the professional beast tamer assessment.
The registration had now closed, and the formal assessment would start in two days, which was October 26th.
This made Zheng Dong a little depressed.
He couldn't register, so he couldn't participate in the assessment.
But it felt like he had missed it, yet not entirely.
Zheng Dong planned to ask Principal Yu later if there was any way to help him register.
Besides Ning Wei, there was also a message from Legendary Li Yang.
Legendary Li Yang was notifying Zheng Dong to collect legendary-tier resources, which were his rewards for cracking the Qin Emperor's relic.
As for the bonus, it had already arrived in his account.
This was something to be happy about.
Zheng Dong immediately called Legendary Li Yang back.
Unfortunately, no one answered.
Afterward, Zheng Dong took a taxi back to the imperial capital and found the Yanhuang Beast Tamer Association, intending to find Legendary Li Yang.
However, without an appointment, the staff at the entrance refused to let Zheng Dong in.
Zheng Dong had to contact Legendary Li Yang again. Fortunately, this time Legendary Li Yang finally answered the phone.
"Zheng Dong, I'm sorry. I was in a meeting just now. You've come out of the Di Yuan relic space, right? Then come directly to the Beast Tamer Association to apply for the legendary-tier resources!"
Zheng Dong was not surprised that Legendary Li Yang knew he had entered the Di Yuan relic space, as Legendary Li Yang was the vice president of the Yanhuang Beast Tamer Association.
The staff who also heard the phone call quickly led Zheng Dong to meet Legendary Li Yang.
Not long after, Zheng Dong met Legendary Li Yang in his office.
After chatting for a while, Legendary Li Yang said:
"You're quite lucky, kid. Didn't you say before that resources of gold, earth, dark, and space elements were all fine? I've picked out a legendary-tier resource with these four elemental attributes for you: the Heart of the Starry Sky Giant Beast!"
"Starry Sky Giant Beast? Could it be an extraordinary creature that lives in the starry sky?" Zheng Dong asked in surprise, hearing about the Starry Sky Giant Beast for the first time.
Legendary Li Yang nodded.
"With your growth rate, you'll know in the future that there are many powerful extraordinary creatures living in the starry sky. Even with divine forbidden weapons, it's difficult to eliminate them. This is also why we can't fully enter the starry sky while developing on Blue Star.
The Heart of the Starry Sky Giant Beast that I applied for this time is one of the Starry Sky Giant Beasts, called a Meteorite Giant Beast.
They are enormous and roam the starry sky, feeding on meteorites. Their strength in life even surpassed the Totem level, and they are likely quasi-divine extraordinary creatures."
With that said, it seemed that its potential was not as good as the Death Spirit Tower.
After the Death Spirit Tower was repaired, it should be considered a mythical-tier resource.
Although there was only one level difference, it was a world of difference.
However, this was unavoidable. After all, he could only apply for legendary-tier resources, not mythical-tier resources.
Moreover, he was not always so lucky to repair legendary-tier resources similar to the Death Spirit Tower.
Of course, the specific situation would only be known after he saw it.
Afterward, Legendary Li Yang took Zheng Dong to the Origin Repository to collect the Heart of the Starry Sky Giant Beast.
Everything went smoothly. With Legendary Li Yang present, the entire collection process was greatly simplified.
Soon, Zheng Dong saw the Heart of the Starry Sky Giant Beast.
It was even larger than he had imagined, a black oval heart, larger than an elephant. It felt warm to the touch, and its surface was as smooth as glass.
Zheng Dong felt that this Heart of the Starry Sky Giant Beast might be very suitable for Xiao Zi's evolution.
He had not yet determined Xiao Zi's current evolution plan.
He had originally planned to evolve it into a Gold Devouring Beast, but that was just one of his options.
After all, he had the beast-taming talent, Infinite Evolution, which could simulate and deduce more suitable evolution plans for Xiao Zi.
Subsequently, Zheng Dong thanked Legendary Li Yang, put the Heart of the Starry Sky Giant Beast into the relic space within the relic bead, and left the Beast Tamer Association, rushing back to Modu University.
He planned to contact Principal Yu upon his return to see if he could still register, and then simulate and deduce Xiao Zi's evolution plan.
Unfortunately, by the time he returned to Modu University, it was already evening.
Principal Yu was also not at Modu University.
Zheng Dong had no choice but to contact Tu Qiong Lan by phone and ask her to help him inquire.
Tu Qiong Lan quickly helped Zheng Dong ask Principal Yu.
However, Principal Yu only said that he would help inquire with the Modu Beast Tamer Association, and whether it would work was still unknown.
Zheng Dong had no choice but to wait.
So, in his villa, he began to simulate and deduce Xiao Zi's evolution plan.
He summoned Xiao Zi and first used the Eye of Evolution to check if Xiao Zi had any hidden evolution routes.
Xiao Zi was previously a mutated Treasure Seeking Mouse, and perhaps its bloodline was different from other Treasure Seeking Mice.
However, after checking with the Eye of Evolution, he still couldn't find any hidden evolution routes for Xiao Zi.
In this case, he could only simulate and deduce new evolution plans.
For all of this, Xiao Zi was undoubtedly the happiest.
After all, it was the eldest sister, and its growth level could not be worse than You You's.
Master, go for it! You must let me evolve into a quasi-divine level spirit pet!