Chapter 255: Grandmaster Qingyang

"No way, just take the exam?"

Hall Master Feng and the others twitched their mouths again.

Having examined countless apprentices in the Beast Hall, this was the most bizarre excuse they had ever heard.

Others became beast tamers because they had reached the required strength and wanted professional recognition, but this fellow—he only wanted to ride for free...

You are the senior brother of a renowned master, with such skills; if you wished, you could earn millions of gold coins anywhere. For the sake of a little money, you say this... Where is your face? Your dignity? Your status?

Most importantly, this was a two-star beast tamer—in the thousand years since the Beast Hall of the Xuanluo Mountain Range was established, there had only been three.

"Just take the exam..." His tone was as casual as cutting melons or eating vegetables, without any tension or fear.

Do you know how difficult it is?

Do you know that even someone like Beast Tamer Hong failed seven times in a row?

Blurting things out and boasting—aren't you taking the profession of beast taming too lightly!

Miss Mo Yu's chest heaved, choked with a breath she couldn't release.

She was a super genius, spending a whole year to barely become a one-star beast tamer. She thought she could hold her head high and earn everyone's praise, but then... she met this fellow.

She had begged and pleaded to barely tame a Green Eagle Beast at a basic level, while he beat one up and tamed it completely... He succeeded in the one-star exam and still wasn't satisfied, wanting to take the two-star exam...

If he had accumulated strength and burst forth stunningly, that would be one thing, but the key was... he clearly hadn't planned to take the exam until he heard about the free rides.

Others exhaust themselves to death and still can't achieve it, but he treats it like a game—can't he stop being so discouraging...

"To take the two-star beast tamer exam, you need..."

Suppressing his frustration, Hall Master Feng was about to explain when an old man walked over excitedly.

"Hall Master, Hall Master! Grandmaster Qingyang has arrived!"

"Arrived?"

The three beast tamers' eyes lit up, and they abruptly stood up, no longer bothering to explain, and walked forward directly.

After a few steps, Hall Master Feng stopped: "You few are newly examined beast tamers, so you are also qualified to come along. Just in time to see how a medical grandmaster treats a grandmaster-level savage beast—it will broaden your horizons!"

"Yes!"

Mo Yu, Zhu Jinhuan, and the others nodded simultaneously and followed.

"Senior, let's go take a look too. This kind of treatment of a savage beast is a rare opportunity. A good look can teach us a lot!"

Seeing the group walk away, Yun Tao came to Zhang Xuan's side.

"Alright."

Zhang Xuan nodded.

He had always wanted to ride the Lightning Beast. If this creature could be cured, it would save a lot of time and trouble on the way to the Red Lotus Mountain Range.

Following behind the crowd, after a while, they arrived at a huge courtyard.

Spacious and vast, all the buildings looked several sizes larger than ordinary mansions, giving the illusion of entering a land of giants.

The stone benches and chairs in the courtyard were each seven or eight meters long and wide; if not looked at carefully, one might mistake them for arenas. The stone-paved corridor paths were also very wide, dozens of meters across, and the pavilion standing in the middle of the pond was like a palace, full of grandeur.

"This is a mansion specially built for the [Iron-Toothed Skyhowling Beast], with seven beast-taming apprentices attending to its daily needs..."

Seeing Zhang Xuan's confusion, Yun Tao couldn't help but transmit a message to explain: "The Iron-Toothed Skyhowling Beast is the sick grandmaster-level savage beast."

"A mansion specially built for a savage beast?"

Zhang Xuan clicked his tongue.

Was this necessary?

This courtyard, whether in terms of area or architectural luxury, was comparable to the Tianxuan Royal Palace. If one didn't know, they would think some important figure resided here, but it turned out to be specially built for a savage beast...

It even had seven beast-taming apprentices assigned to take care of its daily life... Truly, the treatment was higher than that of most strong individuals.

No wonder a single flight to the Tianwu Kingdom cost eight million gold coins; without such high fees, it really couldn't be maintained.

"Grandmaster Qingyang, sorry to trouble you again..."

Just as he was lamenting that humans were worse off than beasts, he heard Hall Master Feng's excited voice.

Looking forward, he saw a tall old man standing not far away, hands behind his back, exuding an air of 'keep away.' He appeared to be in his fifties, dressed in blue robes, with no expression on his face, making it impossible to read his emotions.

This must be the legendary medical grandmaster Qingyang!

In general professions, one-star is called master, and two-star and above can be called grandmaster.

This Qingyang was a two-star physician, clearly much more skilled than Master Yuanyu.

"No matter! Where is the Skyhowling Beast? Take me to see it!"

Nodding to Hall Master Feng, Grandmaster Qingyang wasted no words and waved his hand.

"Alright, this way please!"

Hall Master Feng led the way.

Before long, the group arrived at a side courtyard, and then they saw a huge savage beast lying flat on a broad stone platform, eyes tightly shut, its condition unknown.

This savage beast was somewhat similar to the Green Eagle Beast, but much larger, its body over ten meters long, giving the impression of a small hill from afar.

"Passed out?"

With a single glance, Zhang Xuan knew this massive creature had fallen into a coma.

No wonder Hall Master Feng and the others were so anxious, not even sparing a word after hearing that Qingyang Grandmaster had arrived; it seemed this Skyhowl Beast was indeed gravely ill.

"Grandmaster Qingyang, the Skyhowl Beast fell ill suddenly three days ago. It wasn't serious at first—just not wanting to eat, so we didn't pay it much mind. But this morning, it suddenly went into a coma. We've tried every method we could, but nothing works..."

Hall Master Feng explained.

"Mm."

Nodding, Grandmaster Qingyang stepped forward and circled the Skyhowl Beast's massive body. The further he walked, the darker his expression grew.

"Tell me about its recent diet and daily routine."

Hall Master Feng waved his hand, and a beast-taming apprentice responsible for the Skyhowl Beast's care came over and bowed respectfully.

"Ten days ago, the Skyhowl Beast lost its appetite and seemed restless. Since autumn tends to cause internal heat, we gave it some [Calming Water] to soothe its nerves and reduce fire, which alleviated the situation a bit."

"But it still seemed off. Every night it would pace around the yard, occasionally howling at the sky. Especially a few nights ago, during the full moon, it barely slept, running back and forth as if it had endless energy to burn!"

"The next day, it refused to eat, nothing could pique its interest, and this morning it went straight into a coma!"

"Its food intake over these ten days is less than what it used to eat in a single day. Aside from some cooked beast meat and broth, it hasn't eaten anything else. Oh, and following the hall master's instructions, we gave it two [Heat-Removing Pills] yesterday, but they seemed to have no effect—in fact, it got worse."

He quickly summarized the basic situation.

After listening, Grandmaster Qingyang nodded and waved his hand: "You may go."

"Yes!" The apprentice dared not say more and turned to leave.

"What do you think?"

Hall Master Feng looked over.

"Wait a moment."

Without explaining, Grandmaster Qingyang circled the Iron-Toothed Skyhowl Beast again, pulling at its fur and eyelids, his brows furrowed as if deep in thought.

...

"Physicians can treat savage beasts too?"

Seeing his serious demeanor, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but ask.

"Grandmaster Qingyang is the most accomplished medical grandmaster in the Northern Wu Kingdom, said to have reached the peak of two-star, not far from three-star. Many ailments the Beast Hall couldn't solve were handled by him!"

Yun Tao lowered his voice.

"Physicians diagnose and treat illnesses. Whether human or beast, the principles are essentially the same. If they can treat humans, naturally they can treat beasts too. Otherwise, how could the physician profession, being non-combat, rank so high among the upper nine streams?"

Hearing their conversation, Miss Mo Yu snorted.

Among the upper nine streams, the Master Teacher profession ranks first—that's indisputable. The other rankings are somewhat vague, with no unified conclusion. However, alchemists, physicians, formation masters, and beast tamers all rank relatively high and command respect.

Compared to formation masters and beast tamers, physicians have no combat ability at all, yet they are on par with them. That would be impossible if they only treated humans.

"Aren't you quite skilled in beast taming? I thought you knew everything. What, you don't understand medicine?"

Seeing Zhang Xuan's bewildered look, Miss Mo Yu lifted her chin.

Aren't you supposed to be impressive? Can you tame a savage beast just by beating it up?

You know nothing about medicine—caught off guard, aren't you!

"Uh..." Faced with her questioning, Zhang Xuan smiled awkwardly.

Books on medicine in the Tianxuan Kingdom were extremely scarce, almost nonexistent. As for physicians, the only one he had ever interacted with was Master Yuan Yu, and their connection was limited to calligraphy and painting, not medicine.

So he really didn't know much about this profession.

This was also the first time he heard that physicians could treat not only humans but also savage beasts.

"Miss Mo Yu is not only a one-star beast tamer and one-star alchemist, but also a master teacher apprentice and a physician apprentice!" Yun Tao lowered his voice, his eyes full of envy.

"Physician apprentice?" Zhang Xuan was startled.

Though Miss Mo Yu was beautiful and somewhat arrogant, she truly had the capital to be proud.

Mastering so many professions alone made her the most talented person he had encountered so far.

"Physicians and alchemists share common ground, so I just dabbled a bit. It's not difficult for me! After this beast taming assessment, I'll go back and take the official physician exam!" Miss Mo Yu said with a light laugh.

What others saw as complex and advanced professions were as simple as child's play to her.

She had always been a genius, above others, yet this guy named Zhang Xuan kept slapping her in the face. Now, seeing his ignorance of medicine, she could finally turn the tables and regain her confidence.

After saying this, she expected Zhang Xuan to admire her, but the guy vanished from sight, nowhere to be found.

"How infuriating!"

She stomped her foot, her pretty face flushing with anger.

...

"Have you found anything?" Seeing Grandmaster Qingyang's furrowed brow, Hall Master Feng couldn't help asking.

"Mm, I have some ideas. I can almost diagnose what's wrong with it..."

Grandmaster Qingyang nodded and was about to speak when he suddenly froze, his face turning dark as he barked: "What are you doing?"

Hearing his shout, everyone looked over and saw a young man standing beside the Skyhowl Beast, reaching out to... touch its head.