In fact, it's quite easy to notice this, and many people on the internet have realized it too.

The stronger and more potential a Spirit Beast has, the more capacity it occupies in the Sea of Spirit.

Even Du Qing of Talent Sequence 437 has only contracted one Purple and two Blues, and even if he reached Three-Star, he probably wouldn't consider contracting another one.

After all, by then, it would evolve into a three-Purple lineup, occupying even more capacity.

Moreover, he is a true disciple of the Celestial Star Sect, needing to inscribe various Spirit Patterns, making his Sea of Spirit considerably tight.

And this Mu Shunying, just from the photos of him circulating online, possesses no less than ten, all of which, without exception, are Blue Elite Level and above.

Among them, there are even two Purple Legendary Level Spirit Beasts.

If it's not related to talents like [Mother of the Nest] or [Power of the Swarm], it's impossible for a Purple Talent ranked nearly a thousand to contract so many high-Grade Spirit Beasts of the same tier...

Unless he has already terminated the contracts with those initially contracted Spirit Beasts.

The Enslavement Contract has become mainstream in today's society because, when the contract is broken, the Spirit Master suffers little backlash and can choose to sacrifice the Spirit Beast in dangerous situations, greatly increasing the Spirit Master's survival rate in Wilderness Secret Realms, even achieving damage-free contract termination with the help of a Miracle Master.

...But, why would someone do this?

From an observer's perspective, Mu Shunying and his Spirit Beasts don't seem to have anything amiss. Those Spirit Beasts have glossy fur, elegant postures, and spirited expressions.

But this is precisely the biggest anomaly.

It's important to know that Mu Shunying has won the champion's throne for nine consecutive years in the "Zhen Sheng City Idol Competition", and this is with him constantly changing teams.

Frequently changing contracted Spirit Beasts would make coordination very cumbersome and would greatly affect cooperation and strength. How has he managed to keep performing on stage, participating in battles without any issues?

This inevitably leads him to think of some highly unique talents.

However, there is one thing Lin Guang understands.

Venus' Snake, Lingming Fox, Pink Diamond Dolphin...

These Spirit Beasts, besides being extremely beautiful in appearance, are without exception quite rare Spirit Beasts, with the Lingming Fox even being a Level Two protected Spirit Beast, difficult to acquire even with money and power.

In this world, holding and contracting protected Spirit Beasts isn't illegal, but to obtain them requires a series of quite complex procedures, and the threshold is extremely high.

The reputation of being Zhen Sheng City's No.1 idol is indeed quite prominent.

But ultimately, he's only Four-Star, occupying an awkward position, neither high nor low, remaining within the entertainer category. So how did he legitimately acquire so many rare Spirit Beasts?

The irregularities here are probably the reason why the Spirit Alliance has set its sights on him.

Lin Guang replied: [I can probably guess what he did wrong... Did he smuggle those Spirit Beasts?]

And Lei Wanting's answer confirmed his suspicion: [Correct, as expected, you're not easily stumped.]

[His Spirit Beasts indeed have legal documents, but they were all forged with someone's help, acquiring first and then backtracking. Essentially, they were poached from reserves through smuggling channels.]

[And the one who sold them to him... you probably guessed too.]

[It's the Divine Heart Association.]

—— As expected.

Lin Guang instinctively thought.

[How did you know? Is there an undercover agent?]

[Yes, mutual infiltration is always a part of the struggle.]

Before Lin Guang could react further, she sent another message: [Indeed, we at the Spirit Alliance have had a long-term undercover in the Divine Heart Association, but their original position wasn't high because their scrutiny is extremely strict. However, thanks to you destroying an important base, the Divine Heart Association suffered significant losses, and to quickly recover, they relaxed their promotion and scrutiny of existing members considerably.]

[Our people also successfully connected with relatively core businesses, such as the smuggling and sale of rare Spirit Beasts and even Genetic Chimeric Spirit Beasts.]

[Yesterday, the undercover received a mission to handle a transaction for a Purple Legendary Level potential Genetic Chimeric Spirit Beast cub, and the buyer's identity was revealed to be Mu Shunying.]

Lin Guang raised an eyebrow: [Wouldn't leaking this information violate the signed Spiritual Contract?]

[After all, the Spirit Beasts being traded out by the Divine Heart Association are rare, and Mu Shunying is bound to present himself with these Spirit Beasts sooner or later. With some attention, it's easy to see through, so this isn't really a secret within the Divine Heart Association and doesn't require confidentiality.]

[After all... it will soon have legal documents.]

[Of course, that's if our Spirit Alliance doesn't intervene.]

[According to our investigation, one of the Spirit Beasts currently held by Mu Shunying was indeed poached by the Divine Heart Association from the Spirit Alliance's protected zone, and he has been conducting illegal conservation-level Spirit Beast transactions with the Divine Heart Association for years.]

[So this guy and his backer are already on our list, with quite a high priority.]

Upon hearing this, Lin Guang generally understood the situation.

But... there were still some doubts.

Listening now, it doesn't really have much to do with him, not to the extent that Lei Wanting thought he would be interested.

As anticipated, Lei Wanting continued: [Really, if that's all there was, I definitely wouldn't say this task is related to you.]

[However, the undercover also learned another piece of news from the supervisor's mouth.]

[Mu Shunying has actually cooperated with the Divine Heart Association many times, even recently buying a Purple Grade fox Spirit Beast cub from the Divine Heart Association, but due to some accident, the Spirit Beast escaped and wasn't delivered to him, leading to this task.]

Reading this, Lin Guang's pupils suddenly contracted.

So, he was the one who was supposed to buy Lily!

[You roughly told me the reasons for attacking the Divine Heart Association base before, so I think I shouldn't be wrong.]

[In summary, in this transaction, the Divine Heart Association is not only involved in smuggling, but those Spirit Beasts are put through special Genetic Chimerism processing before being sold to him. Although their appearances haven't changed much, their performance is evidently better.]

[And for... it is to complement his true talent.]

Lin Guang was momentarily stunned.

The earlier speculation resurfaced in his mind.

He couldn't help but type:

[Sequence 837, Utpala Flower?]

[??? How did you guess?]

Lei Wanting typed a string of question marks, seemingly completely convinced: [Amazing... you know such an obscure talent, I was actually planning to keep it a secret.]

[I went to great lengths, even leveraging my grandfather's connections, to dig into the records of him awakening his talent thirty years ago to find out about this incident.]

Lin Guang exhaled lightly.

——Buddha told Shariputra, such a wondrous law, proclaimed by all Buddhas like the blooming of the Utpala Flower, appears only once.

[Utpala Flower] is an extremely rare time-related talent, yet its sequence number is only ranked at 837.

Not because of its power, but because historically, no one has been able to perfectly unleash its potential.

Or rather... its mechanism seems quite ineffective in this world.

Its effect is domineering, simply put, it means two words – burning life.

The talent holder can permanently alter the time flow of themselves or their Spirit Beast. The Spirit Beast and Spirit Master affected by the talent will have faster growth in body and Level, missing out on quicker growth in body and Level, although their lifespan shortens as if an acceleration button were pressed – of course, it doesn't break the law of conservation of mass, requiring more food and Spiritual Materials.

In battle, it's the same, you can burn time for a massive multiplication effect akin to Seed Burst.

In the previous life's [Spirit Battle Chronicles], Lin Guang randomly obtained it and attempted to use this talent to clear levels, but ultimately gave up.

Disliking the idea of turning Contractual Partners into consumables was one thing, but this talent, while powerful early on, became extremely challenging in the later stages, needing exceptionally fortuitous opportunities.

The talent's effect isn't linear, burning more decreases the cost-effectiveness, but burning too little makes it ineffective, and without burning lifespan, the enhancement of the [Utpala Flower] talent doesn't even count as a Purple talent.

Originally, the journey of a Spirit Master to compete for various resources inevitably involves copious battles, this talent without burning life would seem weak, but with frequent burning of lifespan, the character and Spirit Beast would burn out quickly like firewood.

The fiercer they burn early on, the more awkward and inadequate it becomes later.

And the chances to make this talent shine... aren't non-existent.

But the feeling is that any other talent wouldn't fare worse in those opportunities.

However, if Mu Shunying's talent is [Utpala Flower], his actions make sense.

Why he needs to frequently change Spirit Beasts, and why after changing partners, his own strength hasn't declined significantly.

It's highly likely that it's due to burning the lifespans of his Spirit Beasts in exchange.

Thinking of this, Lin Guang narrowed his eyes slightly.

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