Beast Taming: the More the Better

Chapter 604: Chapter 279: Rong Family’s Decision! Enter Heavenly Mountain!

Su Anyong fell silent. For the first time, he looked at his son with resentment.

Now he understood why Leng Ye had seemed so indifferent about this matter.

As someone in the Legion, he was all too aware of what the Dragon Emblem was. But the key question was, how did this rascal get his hands on it?

He had served the Legion painstakingly for so many years, yet the most he had received were awards from within the Legion.

The Dragon Emblem is something granted only to those who have made outstanding contributions to Dragon Nation as a whole.

In most cases, it was only after reaching the level of Breeding Master and achieving the Spirit Saint Level that one might be awarded this badge of honor.

Su Anyong certainly didn’t suspect that his own son had faked this thing, because it made no sense.

And besides, most people didn’t even know what it was.

So, after a long silence, Su Anyong exhaled and finally asked, “Have you been promoted to Breeding Master? The Breeder Association promoted such a young Breeder to Breeding Master? That’s not according to the rules, is it?”

Su Ping nodded, then shook his head. “Not yet. I’m apparently a provisional master; I still don’t meet the requirements.”

“Then why…” Su Anyong trailed off, staring at the glaring badge, his meaning unspoken.

Could such a thing be bestowed so casually on someone who doesn’t meet the requirements? It just didn’t seem possible, did it?

Su Ping gave a wry smile but offered no explanation. “I’m just asking you, can I have those Eggs of the Five Saints now? Can you get them!?”

Su Anyong opened his mouth, but all the words he had intended to say were choked back. In the end, he could only manage, “You’re awesome! Damn it, this is really weird.”

“Hahaha! That settles it!” For them, father and son, Su Anyong’s response was the greatest affirmation Su Ping could have hoped for.

Having ’won’ a round against this stubborn old man, Su Ping was quite satisfied.

“Alright, I’m off to see Leng Ye. I have something else I need his help with.”

Watching Su Ping dash out, Su Anyong, who still hadn’t found out from his son where the Dragon Emblem came from, gnashed his teeth in frustration, yet he was powerless to do anything.

「Meanwhile, on the other side.」

In the study of the Rong Family’s mansion, two figures sat facing each other.

In front of them, a giant chessboard was placed.

The two were none other than Su Ping’s maternal grandfather, who was also the true Family Head of the Rong Family, and Su Ping’s maternal uncle.

“Dad, are you really going to give an Egg of the Five Saints to Su Ping, an outsider?” Rong Xia, a handsome man with glasses, asked with a frown.

Rong Bao glanced at his son and said indifferently, “Mind your words. What do you mean, ’Su Ping, an outsider’? He’s your sister’s son—your own nephew!”

After a pause, Rong Bao removed a chess piece from the board before continuing, “I know you want to secure one of this generation’s Eggs of the Five Saints for Mang’er. If you want it, enter the Five Saints Secret Realms and get it. Xiao Ping’s acquisition won’t affect anything.”

Rong Xia was slightly startled. “But Dad, the Rong Family’s rules state that within a single lineage, only one…”

Rong Bao replied calmly, “Chun’er married out of the family, so she’s no longer considered part of the Rong Family proper. How could Xiao Ping, as her son, count against our lineage quota? Besides, if anyone else has the ability to gain approval and retrieve an egg from the Five Saints Secret Realms on their own, no one would object!

When it’s time for the family to distribute, if anyone in the Rong Family is dissatisfied, let them come and talk to me!”

“But within the Five Saints Secret Realms…” The heavy burden in Rong Xia’s heart lifted somewhat, and he breathed a sigh of relief, though he still frowned.

He had absolute confidence in his father’s control over the family.

However, the situation with the Eggs of the Five Saints wasn’t simply a matter of the old master’s word.

The Eggs of the Five Saints require a suitable Beast Tamer to enter the Five Saints Secret Realms, and only those approved by the Five Saints’ Spirits can retrieve them.

Indeed, the Rong Family’s bestowal of an Egg of the Five Saints usually involved two steps. The first step was what Rong Bao had alluded to: Beast Tamers from every generation of the Rong Family would enter the Five Saints Secret Realms. If they could gain the approval of the Five Saints’ Spirits within the realm and independently receive an Egg of the Five Saints, then there would be no objections.

The reason for this was simple: in the hundreds of years since the Rong Family discovered and began developing the Five Saints Secret Realms, the number of young Rong Family disciples who managed to gain the approval of the Five Saints’ Spirits and be directly granted an Egg of the Five Saints could be counted on one hand—they were exceedingly rare.

And if someone did receive this approval, the family wouldn’t be stingy. Regardless of whether they were from a side branch or the main lineage, and no matter how humble their origins, they would receive focused cultivation.

This policy gave hope to many Rong Family members of low status and little regard, who saw it as their chance to rise.

However, the appearance of an Egg of the Five Saints through this method was infrequent.

Long periods, sometimes a century, could pass without such an occurrence. Even shorter intervals might span several decades, meaning not every generation of Rong Family disciples would encounter such an opportunity.

The second step was the more common procedure.

After the younger generation of the clan had made their attempts, the contemporary Ancestor of the Rong Family would personally intervene to retrieve any remaining Eggs of the Five Saints. These would then be granted to the most outstanding youths within the clan.

The original rules of the Rong Family stipulated that three generations constituted a single lineage. Within such a lineage, two Eggs of the Five Saints could not be granted concurrently, unless the recipient was truly exceptional. Furthermore, if two were indeed granted to members of the same lineage, that lineage was required to split off from the main family.