Chapter 55: The Leaker Will Be Beheaded

  Everyone is super sweating for classmate Yueyang, they really can't imagine that there are still people in the world who don't even know the ranking of the beast fighting powers.

  Not to mention adults, even an eight-year-old child knows these things.

  Ye Kong had a different idea. He thought that the Third Young Master of the Yue Family was called a waste not because he was truly useless, but because people misunderstood him.

  This Third Young Master might be too indulged in the family's puppet-making skills, or perhaps he is too focused on practicing the Yue Family's combat techniques, and as a result, he neglects the matters of contract beasts and contract manuals. This is why people think he is useless. Of course, it is also possible that there is internal strife within the family, and they do not inform him about anything related to contract beasts. Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary people, this excellent Third Young Master is a waste who does not even understand basic common sense.

  After just two days of getting along, Ye Kong felt that this third young master of the Yue family was not only not a waste, but also a deeply hidden genius.

  I used to call myself a genius too, but compared to him, I'd be so ashamed that my face would turn red.

  Even two years ago, the self at its most glorious period was nothing compared to him.

  Dragon Valley, the first time he saw that vast expanse of insect sea, his legs went soft with fear. But this third young master of the Yue family, who was known to the world as a useless waste, decided to charge forward with reckless abandon, and even emerged unscathed... In the Star Domain, after 19 consecutive victories, he finally made up his mind to enter the Twelve Palaces of the Yellow Way challenge. But in less than half an hour, including himself, the team of ten elite players was completely annihilated. This third young master of the Yue family, who had been ridiculed and scorned by others, contracted a single Thorn Flower and dared to enter alone, even successfully obtaining the Blind Symbol Stone that no one had obtained in five years... Not to mention, many self-proclaimed heroes came, but the Golden Armor Captain didn't even give them a glance. Yet he gave a salute to this 'useless third young master'!

  Although Ye Kong couldn't imagine what the battle was like inside, he knew it absolutely wouldn't be as simple as Yue Yang had lightly described.

  Thinking of this, Ye Kong looked at Yue Yang again, his gaze completely different.

  Faintly, with a kind of worship.

  "The definition of the strength of a war beast, although there is no absolute standard, but a bronze-level war beast is at least one level stronger than an ordinary war beast of the same rank, a silver-level war beast is at least two levels stronger than an ordinary war beast of the same rank, and a gold-level war beast is at least three levels stronger." Lishi looked at Ye Kong's dazed expression and quickly opened his mouth to explain.

  "Yes, generally speaking, Bronze 3 is at least equivalent to Normal 4, Silver 3 is at least equivalent to Normal 5, and Gold 3 is at least equivalent to Normal 6. Moreover, the highest level that a normal Beast can be upgraded to is 7, only Elite Beasts such as Bronze, Silver, Gold and above can be upgraded to 8 or higher." Lian Ge also added an explanation after her brother's words.

  "I'm starting to get it, but how does this work? If a golden-grade war beast egg just hatched and the hatchling is what grade? If it's already golden first-grade, then even as a hatchling, its strength can equal that of an ordinary fourth-grade war beast?" Yue Yang asked.

  "No, the strength of a juvenile should be weaker. However, elite-level juveniles are extremely precious. A naturally born golden-grade battle beast has greater growth potential than an adult that evolved from silver-grade to golden-grade. In the same grade, a naturally born golden-grade battle beast also has stronger combat power.

  Naturally born elite-grade battle beasts are what warriors strive for their entire lives. At large-scale auctions, an excellent golden juvenile can often be sold for several thousand or even tens of thousands of gold coins. Some small countries would even empty their national treasury to purchase a single golden juvenile.

  Among adult battle beasts, not to mention golden-grade, even bronze-grade beasts do not have levels below three. These elite battle beasts are at least level three or above... except for juveniles, it is impossible for there to be a golden-grade adult beast with a level of two. The level of an adult golden-grade beast is generally five or above, there are no low-level golden battle beasts. If it's a Golden King Beast, they're usually level six or above."

  The Golden Armor Captain saw that Yue Yang didn't understand, so he took the initiative to explain it to him.

  Yue Yang nodded and asked one more question: "What does the number of stars in the evaluation of a war beast represent?"

  At this time, Ye Kong had already come back to his senses and nodded in response: "The evaluation star number of the war beast is what we strong people on the Dragon Continent have set after thousands of years of exploration. It includes many aspects, mainly evaluating a war beast's value."

  "Is it better to have more stars?" Yuyang classmate proudly said that he had heard some from the beautiful woman's mouth, but still wanted to know more.

  "Of course, the more the better, but there are only a few war beasts that can be rated five stars or above. One-star and two-star war beasts are all brought by ordinary mercenaries, which is still okay in the eyes of ordinary people; but in the eyes of the strong, they are all trash. Three-star and four-star war beasts are already the good war beasts that warriors yearn for, called excellent war beasts; of course, in the eyes of the strong, three-star and four-star war beasts are only some hardworking war beasts. Five-star, we call it a small top-grade product, six-star is a top-grade product, extremely rare; seven-star is a terrestrial beast, even the king of a small country may not have one, eight-star is a heavenly beast, only the peak warriors of the four major families, three imperial courts and four major sects own. Nine-star is a sacred beast, ten-star is a divine beast, both with high intelligence, almost like humans, people can't contract them, they can only be looked at by them and come to contract warriors on their own initiative. It's said that sacred beasts and divine beasts can evolve to a certain extent, can transform into humans, and even have summoning treasure books!" Ye Kong said, and Yang Yue's forehead suddenly throbbed with pain.

  The Snake Demon Little Loli, Xiao Wenli, possesses the Summoning Treasure!

  Is it a sacred beast? Divine Beast?

  Yueyang classmate suppressed his heartbeat and secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, asking: "This assessment, what's the connection with Bronze, Silver, Gold?"

  "No, because this is not a recognized assessment by the Summoning Classics, but rather one that we warriors of the Dragon Continent have come up with through trial and error. Generally speaking, the number of stars a war beast can be evaluated at represents its potential or combat power. For example, if your Grey Wolf can be evaluated at five stars, then in theory, it could reach around Gold Level 5 after extreme evolution... what's the evaluation for your Grey Wolf?" The Golden Armor Captain explained and then asked Yang with a hint of curiosity.

  In his mind's estimate, this clever and eerie iron-backed wolf was at least worthy of a five-star rating.

  Yueyang classmate blinked and replied: "Four stars."

  Everyone fell to the ground.

  Even a blind man can see that he is lying, how could this little thief not lie? This lie is also too obvious!

  Actually, there's no need for Yue Yang to answer, everyone has already guessed it, Hui Tai Lang's evaluation is five stars.

  Because just now when the Golden Armor Captain used Huī Tàiláng as an example, this little thief had a 'how did you know it's five-star' surprised expression on his face. He thought that by saying four-star, he could deceive everyone!

  "Hmmph." The Gray Wolf got up, seemingly disagreeing with Yueyang's assessment that it only had four stars, and slightly expressing its discontent.

  "Get out, you're not a four-star, do you still want to be a five-star? Four stars are already too many for you! Everyone, it's really not a five-star, it's just a four-star!" Yueyang kicked Hu Lao Wu and hastily explained to everyone.

  Everyone who heard it almost fell over.

  I've seen people who can't lie, but I've never seen anyone as bad at lying as him. He's obviously trying to pull the wool over our eyes with this "the missing silver is just a coincidence" nonsense!

  Ye Kongsheng feared that Yue Yang would say something wrong and hastily pulled him away.

  The Five-Star War Beast is a rare treasure that even the most skilled warriors can only dream of, and yet it has fallen into the hands of this Third Young Master. If Grey Wolf were to form a contract with him, these mercenaries might still be willing to give up, but Grey Wolf is an uncontracted war beast, and it's inevitable that some people will have designs on it. Even if they don't have the strength to contend for Grey Wolf, they'll likely report back to their families and use this information to get a reward.

  Although Yueyang has left, the Golden Armor Captain ordered the mercenary captain who lost the bet to take out 10 taels of gold and keep it here. The mercenary captain must send out all the letters of farewell and receive satisfactory replies from their families before he can return the 10 taels of gold to him.

  The leader of the mercenaries heard that there was still hope for the money to come back, and his mournful face suddenly burst into a smile, repeatedly agreeing.

  Ten taels of gold is no small sum, isn't it just sending a few letters?

  Such a kind act of delivering the letter should still be able to receive not a small amount of gratitude from the family, although it's just running errands, but it's still better than losing money and losing face!

  There was a mercenary who had been staring at the gray wolf that followed Yueyang away with its tail wagging, his eyes filled with greed.

  The Golden Armor Captain looked at him with a hint of disdain, his nose slightly twitching as he let out a soft hum. Such a loyal and devoted beast, one that didn't require a contract to be so faithful, was not something that just anyone could lay their hands on? He ignored the mercenaries, ordering the guards to chase them all away, before walking over to a secret stone door, moving it aside, entering, sealing the entrance behind him, and then gently inserting the golden token at his waist into the indentation of the crystal pillar in front of him.

  A burst of golden light flashed, on top of the crystal pillar, rows and rows of golden text floated.

  The last line of text floated with a burst of colorful light: Titan, Dahsarian, human male, first to pass the White Sheep Palace in ten years, completion rate one hundred and twenty percent.

  Seeing this, the Golden Armor Captain was shocked, his expression more exaggerated than if he had seen a Hell Black Dragon King descending from the sky and speaking human language to greet him.

  However, when he went out, his facial expression was completely as usual, as if nothing had happened.

  The Golden Armor Guards surrounded him and curiously asked: "Captain, what is that kid's completion degree?"

  "Twenty percent." The Golden Armor Captain directly deducted one hundred.

  "Impossible! Did he clear the Three-Hour Sheep Head Warrior in one go? No wonder he was able to get the Blind Stone Symbol, my god, this kid is incredible!" The Golden Armor Guards exclaimed one after another.

  "What happened today is a national secret, anyone who leaks it will be beheaded!" The Golden Armor Captain gazed at his five subordinates with a serious face and cold eyes that seemed to pierce like knives.

  "Yes." The five Golden Guards all tensely swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

  Another day passed, and Yue Yang asked boredly: "Ye Kong, is there a way to accept the same trial task? Can I also enter the Blackstone Labyrinth to find Yue Bing?"

  Ye Kong rubbed his temples, explaining with a slight headache: "Of course, it's possible, but the Blackstone Labyrinth is an extremely complex maze world. If your sense of direction isn't strong enough, you might not be able to get out in half a month. Waiting here is better than going in to find someone, otherwise, who knows when Yue Bing will come out and have to wait for you again. Moreover, the trial task in the Blackstone Labyrinth is the trial of the Plant System War Beast, which can only obtain an 'Oak Heart', which is useless for ordinary war beasts, and even less helpful for the Gray Wolf's upgrade. I think it's better to just wait outside."

  Yue Yang listened and became even more worried that Yue Bing might get lost inside, but he wasn't worried about himself because he had the Five Elements Golden Mouse, which made mazes like this trivial.

  Although 'Oak Heart' is useless against Gray Wolf, it might be useful against Thorn Flower.

  Even if the potted flower can't be used, it's also good to give it to Yueling!

  He slapped his thigh and made a decision: "It's settled, I'm going to the Blackstone Labyrinth!"