Chapter 475: Chapter 472: The Rogue’s Trial

Feng Hao instinctively replied, "Aren’t they? I haven’t really seen any powerful Magical Beasts on my journey so far. The Spirit Beasts in the Origin Secret Realm were strong, but I get the feeling that Magical Beasts are generally weaker."

"That’s because you haven’t seen a truly powerful Magical Beast," the Thief Master said irritably. "Magical Beasts, just like us humans, have the ability to evolve into cosmic lifeforms. While it’s true we humans have the advantage in intelligence, Magical Beasts have a huge advantage in their innate physical structure. Many Magical Beasts with ancient bloodlines are far stronger than us."

"For real? Why haven’t I seen a single one?" Feng Hao asked in astonishment.

"Well..." The Thief Master suddenly looked up at the sky and sighed helplessly. "Actually, from a certain point of view, you’re not wrong. Because of the Ancient Restriction, like us humans, the Magical Beasts have suffered a severe loss of their high-level members."

"Moreover, unlike us humans, Magical Beasts are far more limited by their bloodlines. So, with the loss of High-level Magical Beast bloodlines, the Magical Beasts in the Ancient Cang Realm today are generally weaker."

"But that’s no reason to underestimate Magical Beasts," the Thief Master said with a serious expression. "When you leave the Ancient Cang Realm in the future, you absolutely must not underestimate any Magical Beast. None of those that can evolve into cosmic lifeforms are to be trifled with."

"Jeez, so Magical Beasts are really that powerful?" Feng Hao couldn’t help but gulp.

"Powerful is an understatement." The Thief Master sneered. "In the vastness of space, there are countless planets occupied by Magical Beasts. Many of them are places that even the Ten Great Sects can’t penetrate, to say nothing of the Star Sky Magical Beasts that are born as cosmic lifeforms."

The Thief Master’s words left Feng Hao’s heart pounding with fear. For the first time, he truly understood the power of the Magical Beast race.

"The target I’ve set for you in this trial is the border region between the Divine Seal Mountain Range and the Nia Jungle. There are still quite a few powerful Magical Beasts living there. With your current strength, remember not to venture too deep, or there won’t even be scraps of your bones left to bring back," the Thief Master warned.

"I’ll remember that!" Feng Hao nodded seriously.

The Thief Master nodded in satisfaction, then turned to Lin Luo and the other three. "Don’t just stand there, you lot," he said irritably. "Scram back to your homes and get some rest. For every minute you’re late for training tomorrow, the workload doubles. You do the math."

"And Sanmei, you’re a young lady. What’s this obsession with firearms all day? Go wash up and get to bed."

Not daring to utter a word of protest, Lin Luo and the others all fled the scene. Even Mei Meimei was snapped out of her absorption in her design blueprints.

It was also from this moment that Feng Hao, for the first time, got a faint sense of just how ferocious and terrifying the Thief Master could be...

After seeing the Thief Master off, Feng Hao began his daily, diligent cultivation. As for the great-aunt from West Moon Ridge, she had already left Overlapping Shadow Mountain, only contacting him through the Listening Stone to say goodbye before she departed.

He was supposed to go hunt Magical Beasts tomorrow, and Feng Hao felt somewhat apprehensive.

It couldn’t be helped. After hearing the Thief Master describe how terrifying Magical Beasts could be, he had a completely new understanding of them. As such, he didn’t dare to be the least bit complacent about the trial tomorrow.

Just as Feng Hao was cultivating while pondering tomorrow’s trial, a Divine Sense fluctuation from Yao Girl came through the Ting Shizhong.

Lately, the girl had been "calling" him punctually every night to share her exploits of swaggering through Five States City and getting into fights. Apparently, she had beaten up Xie Xiaoyu again a few days ago. Xie Kuangfeng had stepped in to mediate, only to find he was no match for the girl at all. And so, the siblings ended up getting thrashed together. Because of this, Feng Hao had even made a special call to Xie Kuangfeng to offer his condolences.

"You damn pill-peddler, have you missed me?" The little girl’s familiar opening line came right on cue.

Feng Hao smirked and replied teasingly, "Nope, not at all."

"What?" The sound of tables being flipped and chairs being smashed came from Xi Yueyao’s end. "Damn Feng Hao! Stinky Feng Hao! Believe it or not, I’ll storm all the way to Mu Country right now!"

"No, no, no! I was just kidding! We barely have any furniture as it is, you’ll smash it all," Feng Hao said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Hmph!" Xi Yueyao huffed. "I’ll smash whatever I want! It’s your fault for not missing me."

"Alright, alright. Your dear husband here dreams about you every single day. Happy now?"

"Nonsense! You cultivate every night, you don’t even sleep!"

"..." Feng Hao was speechless. "Fine, then I think about you every moment of every day. That’s got to be good enough, right?"

"Hee hee, that’s more like it." Xi Yueyao’s mood instantly brightened, and she began to happily bounce around on her bed. "Oh, right, the school year is almost over. I want to come find you in Mu Country after the break starts."

Feng Hao paused for a moment. Only then did he remember it was that time of year again—graduation season. Thinking back on the last few years, he realized how quickly time had flown.

"Don’t be silly, girl. After the break, you should go with your great-aunt to the Holy Hall for advanced studies. We’ll have plenty of chances to see each other in the future."

"Okay," Xi Yueyao agreed, pouting.

The two continued to chat idly until Feng Hao had coaxed Yao Girl to sleep. Only then did he calm his mind and begin to cultivate.

Night turned to day. When he opened his eyes again, it was the next morning.

First thing in the morning, he heard the miserable screams of Lin Luo and the others coming from the four surrounding courtyards. He figured the Thief Master had already dragged them to the training grounds.

Feng Hao didn’t delay. After paying his respects to the Thief Master and Elder Yun, he piloted his Mansa and landed on the main peak.

Since it was the Thief’s Disciple Trial, he naturally had to check in with the leaders of the Grand Hall.

The Grand Hall was currently in an uproar over the Life Creation Pills, but everyone’s face was filled with excitement. After all, compared to the effects of the Life Creation Pill, this bit of chaos was nothing.

"Xiaofeng, you’re just in time! Little Bear is also getting ready to leave. You’re headed the same way, so you might as well go together." The head of the Artifact Refining Department was an amiable, thin old man. Feng Hao didn’t know his real name, only that his surname was Qi and everyone called him Minister Qi. Seeing Feng Hao, he pulled him over with a beaming smile.

"Little Bear?" Feng Hao was stunned for a second and didn’t immediately register the name. Just as he was about to ask, he saw Xiong Tianfang walk out of an adjacent room, his face wreathed in smiles.

Seeing Feng Hao, Xiong Tianfang was first startled, then hurried forward to greet him. "Thief’s Disciple!"

"What’s with this ’Thief’s Disciple’ stuff? If you keep that up, we can’t be brothers anymore," Feng Hao said, rolling his eyes.

Hearing this, Xiong Tianfang finally relaxed. He laughed heartily and clapped Feng Hao on the shoulder. "Haha... I knew you weren’t one to get stuck up, little brother. Speaking of which, I’ve been so busy with planning these past few days, I haven’t had a chance to congratulate you yet."

"It’s not too late to congratulate me now," Feng Hao said with a nonchalant smile.

Xiong Tianfang gave a wry smile, then said apologetically, "Well, uh, I still have to get back to Five States City to handle some follow-up work, so I’ll be taking my leave."

Hearing this, Minister Qi, who was standing to the side, chimed in with a smile, "Xiaofeng is heading out to complete his Thief’s Disciple Trial. You two are going the same way."

"For real?" Xiong Tianfang said, pleasantly surprised.

"Of course it is." Feng Hao grinned. After nodding his farewell to Minister Qi, he slung an arm around Xiong Tianfang’s shoulder and headed toward the inner hall. "Come on. Let’s go pick up my trial mission, and then we’ll hit the road together."

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