Beast Taming: the More the Better Chapter 1107 - 459: The Mad Saint Arrives! Proactive Contact from the Heart of Gold!

A whole day slipped by in the time Su Ping spent getting closer with Little Fire Sprout, and in the time he and Feifei used the internet to search for any possible traces online of those crow-type pet beasts that had vanished into the annals of history.

As for those hundreds of Wood Element Cores, Su Ping had already "plucked" them that very day from the Linzhou branch of the Breeder Association.

However, those few Emperor Level resources thought to have effects similar to the Molten Core still hadn’t been delivered.

Once it reaches this Grade, even the provincial Breeder Association can’t possibly have everything in stock.

So they still had to be transferred over from Headquarters.

Fortunately, Su Ping still had enough pull.

The moment he opened his mouth, the staff member in charge of liaising with him at the Breeder Association got everything prepared at once and shipped it out.

Yet the next morning, instead of the courier he’d been expecting to see, what he saw was Mad Saint, dropping out of the sky like some Mechanical God’s war machine.

A half-mechanized body, a prosthetic eye glowing red.

All of it showed that this body in front of him could no longer really be called a complete body of flesh and blood.

On that face which seemed mechanized as well, there actually appeared a rare hint of a smile:

"Su Ping, long time no see."

Su Ping scratched his head. "It’s not really that long, it just feels like it’s been ages because Senior Mad Saint’s so busy."

"Hahaha, I’m nowhere near as busy as you! In just the short time since you left Dragon City, you’ve stirred up quite a few big waves already! Here!"

As he said this, Wu Kuang handed Su Ping a Space Ring, making Su Ping pause for a moment. After taking it and giving it a brief Perception sweep, he discovered that it was precisely the resources he’d applied for yesterday from Breeder Association Headquarters.

The Emperor Level Wood Element resources ’Heart of the Forest’, ’Green Field Seed’, ’Heaven and Earth Tree Root’...

There were a full five of them.

Each one was a rare Emperor Level resource.

"Well? Any problems? If something’s wrong, this old guy playing substitute courier for you is going to have Elder Feng breathing down his neck!"

Wu Kuang joked with a squinting smile.

Though with that strange scarlet prosthetic eye making this expression, it looked not only creepy but a bit comical.

Su Ping nodded in satisfaction.

"No issues! Many thanks, Senior Mad Saint."

"Alright, I was just passing through anyway. Helping you bring this over is nothing. The real reason I came, I already made pretty clear in yesterday’s phone call!"

Wu Kuang paused for a moment, then continued:

"The Lord has had you added to the Silver Order Department, and you’re even serving as First Deputy Captain. There’s no need to say how highly he regards you.

So you can choose whether or not to personally take part in the field investigation operations, and only need to provide identification and evaluation of certain investigation companies’ resources and Breeding methods."

That part, Wu Kuang had already mentioned before. There was no doubt that just from his responsibilities and this post alone, anyone with eyes could see he was here to do inspections, and at the same time pick up some benefits and burnish his credentials.

However, Su Ping didn’t rush to respond. Instead, he led Wu Kuang back to the reception room, and only then voiced his question about their situation:

"Senior, how many people are in this Silver Order Department special action squad in total?"

Wu Kuang didn’t mind Su Ping’s curiosity at all:

"Counting you and me, there are eight in total: one Spirit Saint Level, two Emperor Level, and the remaining five, including you, are all Monarch Level Beastmasters!

But right now they’re all investigating in different places. At present, the vast majority are still in the investigative phase. There are only two provinces where we’re actually preparing to move: one is your Jianghai Province.

The other is Qilu Province, where Shanhe Group’s headquarters is located; as for the latter, there’s not much more that needs to be said.

Back then, that mechanical Pet Beast used by Shen Fu carried some hints of the overseas Eagle Country conglomerate ’Qiao Sen Machinery’. After my subsequent investigations, it turned out Shanhe Group had indeed established contact with Heart of Gold quite some time ago.

Shanhe Group is the largest corporate conglomerate in Qilu Province, covering all sorts of sectors, so it needs to be chopped down as early as possible to avoid unnecessary trouble later on.

It’s even very possible that the Shen Family behind Shanhe Group are among the original founders of Golden Association within the Dragon Nation today.

Oh, right, Golden Association is a special organization formed by the heads of certain domestic companies. On the surface, it’s about shared exchange and development; in reality, it all secretly revolves around Heart of Gold as a cover.

As for Jianghai Province, its growth has been extremely rapid in recent years. Various private companies and enterprises have expanded fast, and then there’s the residual influence from the Dong Family, and the fact that you’re based here as well, so it’s one of the primary provinces under investigation."

Su Ping raised an eyebrow.

"The Dong Family is involved too?"

If that was the case, things really would get a bit tricky.

However, what let Su Ping breathe a small sigh of relief was that Wu Kuang quickly shook his head.

"No, they’re not. After what happened back then, the Dong Family has reined themselves in a lot. Tianyun Group has done pretty well under Dong Muyun’s management these past years. That little girl of the Dong Family’s has some real ability, and her temperament is steady yet progressive.

But ever since her older brother took over, Tianyun Group has been a bit less well-behaved, though they haven’t actually made contact or joined up yet. So this time we need to give them a little knock on the head.

But many companies in Jianghai Province have indeed either already joined Heart of Gold, or have begun making contact.

Among them, there’s one you should be fairly familiar with: Fire King Company, you know it, right? It’s one of the very first enterprises in Jianghai Province to have joined Heart of Gold in recent years."