The spirit beasts on Celestial Beast Island are restricted by level and location from birth.

They cannot grow into more advanced spirit beasts and cannot leave the island in their lifetime.

Therefore, if someone who comes here finds a spirit beast egg and plans to take it away, it could actually be considered a good thing for them.

Due to the level restrictions, the spirit beasts here generally have shorter lifespans; otherwise, the island's food couldn't sustain them.

Lin Chen found some clues in the fire shrub, further confirming this information, which indeed intrigued him.

Not to mention the allure of the Beast King. Previously, Zhang Suqing also requested Lin Chen to help her find a fire attribute spirit beast within his capabilities...

Obviously, she developed an interest in fire attribute spirit beasts after witnessing the little fox's outburst.

She also promised that if the quality was good, she would give Lin Chen a significant reward.

Lin Chen had to admit that he was eyeing the ten sets of medicinal materials Zhang Suqing won at the Beast Fighting Conference.

The thought of being able to exchange the Beast King egg with Zhang Suqing for more medicinal materials lit up his eyes.

Right then, he immediately urged Xiaobai: "Xiaobai, smell carefully and don't miss any clues."

Xiaobai stuck out its tongue, sniffing around incessantly, its nose twitching rapidly, and then it barked to signal Lin Chen to follow.

Along the way, Xiaobai successfully led Lin Chen in tracking the Fire Ant Beast's trail.

But just as they passed through a fire shrub, the situation changed suddenly.

The initially clear scent abruptly stopped, as if an invisible large hand wiped it away.

Lin Chen furrowed his brow, crouched down to examine the ground carefully, but found no useful clues.

He muttered to himself, "This Fire Ant Beast is really cunning, actually knows how to cover its tracks."

However, he didn't give up, patting Xiaobai's head to encourage it: "Xiaobai, search again."

Xiaobai sniffed again, but eventually shook its head.

Lin Chen found himself in a bind; Xiaobai was his only "information" spirit beast.

Unexpectedly, just then the little fox made a sound.

"Did you sense something?" Lin Chen exclaimed in surprise, thinking to himself that he hadn't realized the little fox had this ability before?

Could it have evolved?

The little fox, of course, didn't have a keen sense of smell but felt a strong presence of fire attribute elements underground ahead.

Recently, it had been thrown into a world full of fire by the Great Elder, and aside from its level skyrocketing, its sensitivity to fire had grown keener, which is why it sensed danger before Xiaobai and Xiao Hei.

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen was overjoyed and followed the little fox.

After walking for nearly a kilometer, they stopped, and the little fox pointed at the distance.

Lin Chen took a closer look and immediately confirmed the little fox's answer.

The soil texture ahead was loose, with human-sized holes everywhere, likely the Fire Ant Beast's lair.

But now the problem arose...

Though Xiaobai is strong, this is the Fire Ant Beast's lair, and it's hard to fight four hands with two fists, plus the Fire Ant Beast is one of the Four Great Poison Beasts; if bitten, one would be infected with fire poison.

Fire poison is extremely hard to cure.

First of all, the idea of crawling inside can be ruled out; that's akin to courting death.

So, the only option is to find a way to force it out.

Lin Chen racked his brains and finally thought of a solution:

Poison miasma grass.

When burned, this poison miasma grass releases toxic fumes that can paralyze the Fire Ant Beast's nerves.

If burned at the entrance, it can surely drive them out.

Upon figuring out a solution, Lin Chen promptly took Xiaobai and the others back to the previous spot and found some poison miasma grass in the forest; this stuff is abundant in the Mist Forest.

Then Lin Chen returned near the Fire Ant Beast's lair and found an entrance, immediately beginning to burn the poison miasma grass.

.....

"Look quickly!"

Just as the poison miasma grass started burning, two people in the distant forest were preparing fire shrubs, and they were not from the National Master's Institute but from Dubhe Pavilion.

The leading person was from the Zhao family, named Zhao Jin.

The Zhao family is not weak in the Celestial Capital power, belonging to the first batch of family powers under the four great families.

The other person was named Wu Gui, from the Wu Family.

Indeed.

It's the Wu in Wu Chen's family.

Wu Gui and Wu Chen are cousins, and their grandfather left a last will that there should be a family promotion system, meaning during family elections, one must gain the family's votes.

The previous family head was Wu Gui's father, and now ten years have passed, according to the rules, in two years the next patriarch must be determined for resources to be tilted for cultivation.

Wu Gui and Wu Chen are the most viable contenders for the next patriarch.

This trip to Celestial Beast Island should have been Wu Chen's because he earned merit at the Beast Fighting Conference, so this family position rightfully belonged to him.

However, Wu Gui's father forcibly granted the position to Wu Gui, leveraging his status as patriarch.

They have a good relationship, hence they teamed up together upon arrival.

Upon seeing the rising smoke, they hurried toward it and quickly saw Lin Chen's figure.

"Who is this?" Zhao Jin asked warily.

Before entering, the elders of the family had advised them that if they encounter competition with the National Master's Institute, they should avoid a confrontation, for no one knows who the next National Preceptor will be.

Once becoming National Preceptor and mastering the Dragon Transformation Skill, it would be catastrophic for their families.

Wu Gui glanced a few times, pondered, and said, "Apart from that Bai Ling who entered the National Master's Institute, I basically recognize all the others; this person should be from Spirit Academy."

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