Full-Time Magister: White Tiger's Power Lock, Unrivaled Sacred Beast

Chapter 46 Returning to the Hunting Grounds, the Silver Feather! Silver Sky Lord, shall I avoid its sharp edge?

Qingtian Hunting House.

"Oh, the busy man has actually graced us with his presence?"

By the window, Lingling, chewing on a lollipop, didn't even look up, and said in a chilling tone:
"You still know to go back to the hunting lodge? I thought you were welded to the Hunter Hall for the rest of your life."

"Ahem, Lingling, don't tease me like that."

Zhao Chengyue touched his nose and chuckled awkwardly as he explained:

"It's because Yingxue is often not around, and I always feel a bit lonely when I come here alone."

He quickly changed the subject:
"Besides, haven't I also helped build up the reputation of our hunting club by taking on these missions?"
Lingling, with a lollipop in her mouth, snorted "tsk" through her nose, turned her face away, and didn't bother to reply.

Although Zhao Chengyue obtained his hunter's license and entered the Qingtian Hunting Grounds later than Mo Fan.

But his strength was undeniable; he was a high-level mage in multiple disciplines!

The missions Zhao Chengyue accepted started with demons at the level of generals and commanders, and on several occasions he even followed Qin Yu'er's "human blizzard" to fight against monarch-level beings.

His Hunter Points skyrocketed, and he's now a five-star Hunter Master, surpassing Mo Fan, who started much earlier.

"Old Man Bao!"

Zhao Chengyue strolled familiarly to the front desk and grinned at Song Qiming, who was leisurely sipping tea behind him.

"Hmm? Chengyue is here?"

Song Qiming slowly put down his purple clay teacup, looked up at him, and wore a warm smile.

"I've come to ask you about something," Zhao Chengyue said, getting straight to the point.

"Any good deals in Hangzhou lately, something lucrative and worth pulling off? Or anything particularly valuable? I happen to be going to Hangzhou on some business."

He specifically added:

"I'll go alone. Yingxue has been busy searching the world for suitable 'contract beasts' for her summoning class lately, so she can't get away."

Although Qin Yu'er awakened the Summoning type after reaching the Ice-type Super-tier, her terrifying "Ice-type Disaster" constitution made her a nemesis of summoned beasts.

In the original story, even Mu Ningxue's contracted beast couldn't withstand the attack for long before it died. Given Qin Yu'er's situation, finding an ice-type demon that wouldn't be frozen into an ice sculpture as a partner would be as difficult as climbing to the heavens.

"Hmm... Hangzhou..."

Song Qiming tapped his fingers lightly on the table, pondered for a moment, then turned around, took out a tablet computer from the drawer, swiped a few times, brought up a document, and handed it over.

"Outside the western fortress of Hangzhou, on the territory of the White Demon Eagle tribe, there is a special medicinal herb called 'Qingyuan Grass'."

He pointed to a picture of a blade of grass on the screen, its leaves gleaming with a bluish-green luster:

"This thing grows in the core area of ​​their tribe, and a single plant is worth hundreds of thousands."

If you can get a few plants..."

"Stop! Old Bao!"

Upon hearing the words "core area," Zhao Chengyue's eyelids twitched violently, and he almost threw the tablet back.
"You mean you want me to deliver takeout—to the White Demon Eagle's door as snacks? That place is overseen by the 'Silver Sky Lord'! That's a Grand Monarch!"

His voice rose eight octaves, and he had a look on his face that said, "Are you kidding me?"

"I'm openly a high-level mage now. Even if I pulled out my trump card, the 'Super Beast Armament,' it'd be nothing more than a flying tin can in front of it, not even worth a single swipe of its claw!"

The Silver Sky Lord was incredibly fast; even the Supreme Monarch-level Xuan Snake could only watch helplessly as it disappeared.

Let alone him?
Unless he goes all out and uses the Demon type, he might be able to defeat the Silver Sky Lord, but if he ends up like the Black Serpent and gets away because he can't keep up with its speed, then all his Demon type activation will be for nothing!

But can you just drive that thing around like that? Who can handle the aftereffects!

He hasn't obtained the Condensed Evil Pearl or any similar energy storage treasure yet. If he activates Demonic Transformation, the backlash from the Demonic element after the effect wears off will cause all his elemental cultivation levels to drop by one level!
Looking at Zhao Chengyue's furious expression, as if to say, "Are you trying to kill me, old man?"

Song Qiming's smile deepened, and he calmly picked up his teacup and took another sip.

"Young people are so impulsive."

He said slowly:

"Am I the kind of person who would send you to confront the Silver Dome Lord head-on?"

Zhao Chengyue stared at him suspiciously:
"So what you mean is...?"

"The Qingyuan grass is just a cover. Or rather, it's just a side effect."

Song Qiming put down his teacup, tapped the screen with his finger, flipped through the documents, and a slightly blurry photo appeared, seemingly taken from an aerial view.

At the center of the photo is a jagged, steep white boulder, and at its top are scattered enormous feathers that, even in the photo, appear to be made of crystalline ice...
"This is the real goal—'Silver Feather,' the main feather that the Silver Sky Lord sheds approximately every ten years."

A glint of light flashed in Song Qiming's eyes:

"This item contains pure wind elemental power, is incredibly sturdy, and greatly enhances speed. It is a top-quality material for crafting top-tier winged magical artifacts, and its value is... immeasurable."

Zhao Chengyue's breathing paused slightly.

Silver Feather?

He had never heard of this before, but since the Silver Sky Lord was a Grand Monarch-level demon, this must be a top-tier material!

Just like the molting of the Xuan Snake, it was later condensed by Tang Yue into three strange scales. She gave one to Mo Fan, who used it to forge a magical armor – the Xuan Snake Demon Armor.

The Silver Dome Lord's Feathers, if one could truly obtain them, would indeed be quite valuable.

The main feathers among the fallen feathers of the Silver Dome Lord can already be considered rare materials, worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.

"After the Silver Dome Lord sheds its feathers, it will enter a brief period of weakness and slumber, which will last for about three days."

Song Qiming continued:

"The shed feathers are of little use to it and are usually left on the 'feathered rocks' near its nest."

Out of awe, the flock of white demon eagles dared not approach easily.

Song Qiming looked at Zhao Chengyue and continued:
"This is your only chance."

You don't need to fight the Silver Dome Lord to the death. All you need to do is... be the most skillful thief, sneak in silently while it sleeps, and steal the things.

"steal?"

Zhao Chengyue frowned. Although it was a good thing that they didn't have to confront the Grand Monarch head-on, but...

"Even if it's asleep, that's still the White Demon Eagle's lair! Commander-level and general-level White Demon Eagles are popping up like dumplings in a pot!"

Besides, how can you be sure it was asleep at that time? What if it wasn't dead asleep? What if it left a guard behind?

Unlike when he first returned to Shanghai, Zhao Chengyue no longer concealed his legal expertise.

He exposed his water system in front of Dean Xiao.

In front of Lingling and Old Man Bao, Zhao Chengyue also showed off his innate dual-elemental talent.

Just recently, after my three-month exchange and study period ended and I returned from Beijing.

When Mo Fan learned that Zhao Chengyue was also born with dual-elemental abilities, his jaw nearly dropped in astonishment.

"The source of the intelligence is reliable. It was observed by an old friend of mine at the Military Law School in Hangzhou using special methods. The molting time is just around the corner."

(End of this chapter)