"If you believe what's in the video, you'll need to bring the dragon-slaying weapon against the Blood Lotus Flame Flood Dragon, a speed-restricting item against the Flame White Horse, and an item against the Curse Crow's curses. But if Li Cunxu doesn't send them out, wouldn't you be wasting a weapon and two items?"

"Haha~ That sounds logical on the surface, but actually, it's nonsense. Li Cunxu didn't use those specialized items and weapons against his previous few opponents because they couldn't even defeat the first pet beast he sent out. If they had defeated it, Li Cunxu would definitely send out these pet beasts later, and at that time, the weapon and items would certainly come in handy. I hope the opponents in the next match won't be misled by this."

Just as Li Cunxu walked out of the arena, a shifty-looking old man came running over with a smile.

This old man was a Horse Fanatic, pestering Li Cunxu these days to buy his pet beast, the Flame White Horse, offering a Heart of the King as the price.

The Heart of the King, a king-level legendary quality resource, can increase the breakthrough probability to king level by thirty percent.

Li Cunxu was very skeptical about this. Could an old man who isn't even a Beast Master produce a Heart of the King?

The Horse Fanatic old man chuckled and said, "Young man, don't doubt that I can't produce a Heart of the King."

The old man actually took out a gem that looked strikingly similar to a Heart of the King.

A bright yellow gem with a crown inside it.

Li Cunxu looked, and a question mark appeared on the panel, which couldn't identify things two major levels higher than his own.

Could this really be a Heart of the King?

Li Cunxu was shocked. Who exactly was this old man? Casually producing a Heart of the King.

The Heart of the King, even if it was taken out by the Saint Lotus Li Family, would cause collective heartbreak.

The importance of the Heart of the King is akin to a Nascent Soul Pill in the Cultivation World that helps Golden Core Cultivators break through to the Nascent Soul Stage.

"So, what do you think? Will you sell the horse?"

"No."

Li Cunxu replied without a moment's consideration.

"How about two Hearts of the King?" the old man asked again.

Li Cunxu replied, "No."

"Then three..."

"No matter how many Hearts of the King, I won't sell," Li Cunxu said. "If I win the Golden Tournament, I'll have golden fortune. With that golden fortune, I won't need your Heart of the King, will I?"

The old man said, "You will. You've cultivated the Vast Sea Meditation Technique, making your mental sea ten times larger than usual. While others might need one golden fortune, you'll need at least ten, and the champion's reward for the Golden Tournament is three golden fortunes, which won't support your breakthrough to king level."

"Who exactly are you? How did you know I cultivated the Vast Sea Meditation Technique?"

Li Cunxu was stunned. From his panel, this old man looked like a regular person who hadn't even contracted a beast.

As for the old man's words, Li Cunxu was half-convinced.

The old man stroked his beard and said mysteriously, "I created the Vast Sea Meditation Technique, so of course, I understand."

"So it was you, the wretched creator of the Vast Sea Meditation Technique! Studying your technique has brought me nothing but eight generations of bad luck, let alone convincing me to sell you the horse."

Li Cunxu summoned the Flame White Horse, mounted it, and rode off.

The old man, seeing the Flame White Horse, was captivated by its divine appearance and momentarily forgot to stop Li Cunxu.

"Hey, hey, hey! I haven't had enough of a look yet, I can offer more money, how about four Hearts of the King?"

Li Cunxu paused, and the old man thought Li Cunxu had agreed and jogged after him.

But it wasn't Li Cunxu's heart that made him stop; someone was blocking his way ahead.

The secretary of the Golden King said, "Hello, please come with me to meet the Golden King."

Li Cunxu squinted slightly and glanced back at the old man. Earlier, when the secretary saw the old man, he slightly bent in respect.

This old man was indeed no ordinary person.

However, no matter how extraordinary, wanting me to sell the Flame White Horse is impossible.

Li Cunxu searched online for the creator of the Vast Sea Meditation Technique but found nothing.

Li Cunxu gave up searching and directly asked the secretary, "You seem to know that old man, what's his identity?"

The secretary looked a bit troubled and said, "That gentleman has a special identity. It's not something I can disclose."

Li Cunxu said, "I'm helping you solve such a big problem, and you can't even offer this little help in return?"

The secretary said seriously, "Do you really have a solution?"

"The fragment of the Emperor's Artifact: Seven-seed Gourd."

Li Cunxu revealed more information, giving the secretary more confidence.

The secretary looked around, ensuring no one was around, and whispered, "He is a split personality of the Mad King..."

Upon hearing the name, Li Cunxu understood the whole story and thought to himself.

"So it's him, no wonder, no wonder!"

The Mad King, a Venerable King level powerhouse, with combat strength close to the Monarch level, was a legend in the Beast Taming Realm. Initially, he was a martial arts fanatic and a martial artist genius, later becoming a Martial Arts King. But in the Divine Beast World, martial artists were severely weakened, making it challenging to defeat Beast Masters of the same level.

Once, the Mad King was severely defeated by a genius Beast Master, and that battle shattered his martial heart. He secluded himself for a month, during which he realized a mighty principle – if you can't beat them, join them.

Thus, the Mad King also became a Beast Master, and with his obsession, he advanced quickly on the path of beast taming, eventually reaching the Venerable King level.

Perhaps the Mad King's talent threatened the Four Evil Gods Sects, as a Divine Son laid an ambush for him. In that battle, the Divine Son fled defeated, but the Mad King suffered too, poisoned by the Divine Son, and his personality split severely.

To alleviate the effects of his split personality, he channeled the fragmented personalities into the skill shared from pet beasts, [True Clone].

All these personalities shared the Mad King's obsession, but each had different fixations: some on chess, some on food, some on cars, some on horses...

The one Li Cunxu encountered was likely the horse-obsessed Horse Fanatic.

Lost in thought, he found himself at the Golden King's office.

In the Golden City, atop the tallest skyscraper.

The Golden King said, "Can you solve the issue of the magic contamination in the Golden Secret Realm?"

"Yes, let me demonstrate. Please give me a piece of magic-contaminated gold."

Li Cunxu took out a gold-jade gourd.

The fragment of the Emperor's Artifact, the gourd—two elements combined. The Golden King roughly guessed the gourd's origin but couldn't be certain.

"Is this the gourd grown from a yellow-seed gourd?"

"Yes, it's a gold-jade gourd from a yellow-seed gourd."

The Golden King was somewhat envious of Li Cunxu's fortune, "You're really lucky! My orange-seed gourd's been turned this way and that for years and hasn't produced anything."

The seed gourds need to be given away after a year, but later, the recipient can return the seed gourd and continue, repeating between two people.

However, no one who used this method has managed to grow a seed gourd.

Li Cunxu was delighted to have information about an orange-seed gourd.

Li Cunxu knew where the purple-seed gourd was but not the other two.

"Is the orange-seed gourd still with you?"

"It is, stored in my treasury."

"Do you want it?"

"I do."

"You can have it, as long as you solve the magic contamination issue in the Golden Secret Realm," the Golden King added, "After a year, if you haven't grown anything from the orange-seed gourd, you'll need to return it to me."

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