Beast Taming Patrol

"Meow! (｡òωó｡)" (Lin Su, wake up quickly!)

Having not meditated for too long, Lin Su felt a fluffy tail sweep across his nose, tickling him so much that he almost sneezed.

"Achoo!"

Lin Su rubbed his nose and came out of his meditation, "What's up?"

Without waiting for Qiuqiu to reply, he had already sensed something unusual outside the ancient house as he spoke.

Glancing out the window, Lin Su's brows furrowed slightly.

Dozens of figures had appeared in the street outside the ancient house.

He had seen their attire once before, as he came down from the city wall and returned to the ancient house after the night of the Blood Moon had ended.

It was the attire of the people from the Black Moon Empire who had arrived last night.

Soon, Lin Su's pupils narrowed slightly.

Among the group, he saw two familiar figures.

The Zhang brothers.

Did they know the geniuses from the Black Moon Empire?

Lin Su frowned slightly.

He and the Zhang brothers had become enemies during their time at the Spirit Ruins Pond.

Those two were not men known for their generosity.

So at this moment, he had a faint feeling that the arrival of the Black Moon Empire might be disadvantageous to him.

"Qiuqiu, Youyou, how are you guys recovering?"

"Caw... (☉Д☉)" (I still need a bit more...)

"Meow! (๑ŏωŏ๑)" (I'm fully recovered!)

The two pets promptly responded.

Youyou had been exhausted once before and had used more energy than Qiuqiu, and still hadn't fully recovered. Qiuqiu, having used less energy, had already returned to peak condition.

"Let's be careful." Lin Su nodded slightly, "Youyou, go back into the Beast Taming Space to recover, Qiuqiu, hide in my arms."

With Qiuqiu in contact, he could deploy Guardian Beast Co-operation at any moment.

This way, no matter what situation he encountered, he would have a chance to counterattack.

"Caw!" (Okay!)

Youyou obediently returned to the Beast Taming Space, while Qiuqiu slightly shook its body, shrinking a bit, reverting back to its elite-stage form, and snuggled into Lin Su's arms.

The attribute-free teaching skill, Shrinking.

After breaking through to the leadership stage, Qiuqiu had mastered this skill. Although it was only Stage I, it could already reduce its body size by half.

After doing all this, Lin Su quickly gathered all the bedding and other items inside the ancient house into his Space Ring. Clenching Youyou in his hand, he swiftly pushed open the door of the ancient house and walked out.

In this process, the other people from the Great Yan country also became aware of the commotion and quickly came out of their ancient houses, standing before the people of the Black Moon Empire, their faces wary.

Soon, they too spotted the Zhang brothers among the crowd opposite them.

For a moment, their expressions varied.

"Lin, be careful," Yan Susen pulled Lin Su toward himself, warily glancing at the Zhang brothers, "Those two have been looking your way quite a bit, they must be up to no good!"

"Got it," Lin Su nodded slightly, speaking in a low voice.

After coming out, he too quickly noticed the stark malice in the gazes of the Zhang brothers.

These two definitely had some scheme against him.

On the side of Great Yan, with Yan Hongyu at the lead, his expression changed slightly and he called out sharply, "Zhang Yong, Zhang Yi, what are you two up to!"

"My Prince, you should be thanking us, actually." Zhang Yi chuckled, a flicker of an enigmatic light in his eyes, "We brothers have found a mighty backing for our Great Yan, now tell me, isn't that incredible news?"

"A mighty backing?" Yan Hongyu and Zhou Pingluan exchanged glances, their expressions changing slightly, "You mean the Black Moon Empire?"

"Let me explain," A man from the leading ranks of the Black Moon Empire calmly spoke up, his gaze sweeping over the people of Great Yan, meaningfully pausing on Lin Su for a moment before smiling, "Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Cao Yun, elected as the spokesperson for the Black Moon Empire."

"I hit it off with the Zhang brothers right away, finding a good rapport, and after hearing from them that all of you from Great Yan are exceptional, we in the Black Moon Empire discussed and would like to collaborate with you on this battlefield of geniuses, fighting side by side. What do you think?"

The people of Great Yan remained silent.

The intention of the Black Moon Empire to recruit them was unexpected.

Clearly, if an empire cooperated with them, their journey on this battlefield of geniuses would undoubtedly be much smoother.

Being strong, even the scraps left by the Black Moon Empire could prove immensely rewarding for them.

But... were they really so benevolent?

"The Black Moon Empire has forty-two slots," Cao Yun continued calmly, "Though we were unlucky during the teleportation and got attacked by rule-bound beings, no one was lost, and after arriving here, our numbers have swelled to sixty. That's quite the force."

Their numbers had swelled?

Yan Hongyu's brows furrowed, "Did you ally with the Great Yu as well?"

"No," another voice chimed in cheerfully, "My Great Yu was originally a tributary state to the Black Moon Empire, joining their ranks is only natural."

Only then did Yan Hongyu notice the leader from Great Yu also standing within the group.

His frown deepened.

So that was it.

That explained why Great Yu had unhesitatingly let the Black Moon Empire into the ancient city last night. Enjoy more content from My Virtual Library Empire

Such coincidence.