Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

Just like that, he suddenly had another task. Su Yang couldn't quite describe the feeling in his heart. Thinking back carefully, apart from the task that Qin Xiyun had set for him, Zhang Hongtao, who was far away in Jiahe City, had also asked him to deliver a letter to his wife in the capital, Huaijing. In a way, these adventurers were no different from people who paid for help.

After speaking frankly, Qin Xiyun decided not to stay in Qingfeng County any longer. So, after saying goodbye to Su Yang, she left Qingfeng Academy to go to academies in other cities. Su Yang returned to the lecture hall, wanting to continue learning about elemental power.

For several days in a row, Su Yang was completely immersed in the ocean of knowledge, arriving at the academy first every day. So much so that whenever Tang Wan came to the guest quarters to invite him to the academy, the steward would tell her that Young Master Su had already left. During these days, besides continuing to solidify his foundation in elemental power, Su Yang also came into contact with advanced knowledge such as elemental arrays, but he couldn't access anything more profound, since the lecture hall he was in only taught relatively basic things.

With Tang Tianlei and Shi Yaoer's wedding date fast approaching, Su Yang decided not to go to the academy on the last day. Instead, he planned to spend the day in the guest courtyard to digest his feelings. The Tang residence had been bustling with activity these past few days, with a constant stream of guests visiting every day. Thanks to these guests, Tang Guangquan and Tang Tianlei had no time to bother them. In addition, the guest courtyard was relatively far away, so guests rarely came here, which provided Su Yang with a quiet environment.

"Su..." Lin Anlan arrived at Su Yang's room and was about to call his name when she saw him reading a book through the window. She instinctively shut her mouth, afraid of disturbing him, but Su Yang had already heard her.

"What's wrong?" Su Yang put down his notebook, opened the door, and came out.

Lin Anlan's face was filled with undisguised joy as she pulled Su Yang away, saying as they walked, "Come to my room, I want to show you something."

Unaware of what was going on, Su Yang followed Lin Anlan into her room and saw a huge, dark sphere, about half a person's height, standing quietly on the floor.

"Guess what this is?" Lin Anlan asked with a hint of pride, looking at Su Yang's puzzled expression.

Seeing Lin Anlan's expression, Su Yang had a fleeting thought: "Could this be a ball she made from mud because she's been bored these past few days..." But he knew Lin Anlan wasn't that childish, so he quickly dismissed the idea. However, he seemed to remember something soon after and tentatively asked:

"Could this be a small stone flower?"

"How boring, how did you guess it so easily..." Seeing that Su Yang guessed correctly, Lin Anlan immediately lost interest.

"How did it get like this?"

"I don't know either. I hadn't paid much attention to it before, but I suddenly realized that the little stone flower was missing these past few days. I don't know where it went, but I searched for a long time and couldn't find it. This morning, I was awakened by the little stone flower. It seemed to be talking to me in my mind. When I opened my eyes again, I saw that it had become like this."

After listening to Lin Anlan's description, Su Yang recalled that Xiao Ju seemed to have had a similar experience. After confirming with Xiao Ju in his mind, he said, "It must have grown up. But if it grows up, this house will be torn apart."

Recalling the enormous size of the Iron-Beast in the cave on the island, Lin Anlan couldn't help but feel a little worried. However, Die'er's next words calmed her down considerably.

"Hmm, judging from this state, it shouldn't be a fully grown adult yet; it might just be its first metamorphosis."

Hearing what Die'er said, Su Yang also recalled the stages insects go through from egg to adult: the nymph stage and the metamorphosis stage. But he wondered if the growth of the iron-spotted beast also required these stages.

Just as the three were discussing, the black sphere began to tremble slightly. Then, pieces of pebbles fell down, turning into black earth elemental particles that were absorbed back into the black sphere. As more and more earth elemental shells fell from the black sphere, small stone flowers, which should now be called large stone flowers, gradually appeared, revealing their original appearance.

Just a hair's breadth away, the big stone flower's head was about to hit the wooden beam. In terms of appearance, it already resembled the iron-branded beast in the cave, except that there was no sign of fire element overflowing from its body. The little stone flower wanted to move, but the wooden floor obviously couldn't support its weight. As soon as it lifted its foot, the floor cracked, and the little stone flower's whole body sank a little.

"What should we do?" Lin Anlan and Su Yang looked at each other in bewilderment. Fortunately, Die'er was knowledgeable and immediately said to Lin Anlan, "Try to see if you can make it switch forms freely like the Sky-Splitting Tiger."

Lin Anlan did as instructed, communicating with the little stone flower in her mind for a while. Soon, accompanied by a burst of light, the little stone flower's body indeed shrank back to its original size. Only then did Lin Anlan step forward and pick it up from the collapsed floor.

At this moment, three Icewing Hounds rushed in from outside. They sensed a powerful and familiar aura. Driven by their instinct to protect their master, even though they were also very scared, they still rushed over. After entering the house, they saw nothing unusual and sniffed around the collapsed floor with great curiosity. Then they sat down and looked at Su Yang with puzzlement.

Seeing this, Lin Anlan laughed heartily. She then walked up to the Icewing Hounds and put down the small stone flower in her arms for them to sniff. The Icewing Hounds then realized whose scent it was. But before everyone could catch their breath, Tang Tianlei's voice came from outside the door: "Which expert has arrived? Please show your true face!"

Tang Tianlei, who was greeting guests with his father in the hall, suddenly sensed a powerful aura. He thought that a high-level elementalist had broken into his home, so he brought his servants to investigate.

Upon hearing the voices of outsiders, Die'er immediately disappeared. Lin Anlan also hurriedly had Xiao Shihua hide in her mental space, just like Xiao Ju, before going out with Su Yang.

"Oh, Young Master Su, has anyone come to disturb us at the guest courtyard?" Tang Tianlei asked, bowing as he saw Su Yang appear.

Su Yang shook his head to indicate that everything was fine. Lin Anlan then said, "Young Master Tang, I'm sorry, we were playing with the Icewing Dog and accidentally damaged the guest room floor."

“Miss Lin, it’s alright. I’ll just send someone to fix it. Just now in the hall, I suddenly sensed an aura that was no less powerful than mine. I thought an elementalist had intruded, so I brought people over to check it out.”

"We didn't encounter any, but there's no need to worry. Even if some elementalists were to break in, they wouldn't escape Young Master Su's discerning eyes."

"Of course, then I won't bother you any longer." Tang Tianlei then instructed a servant to repair the floor before leaving with his men.

Su Yang breathed a sigh of relief, recalling what Tang Tianlei had just said, and asked Lin Anlan, "What level of elementalist is this Young Master Tang?"

"It seems to be fourth rank, but judging from the elemental aura he released just now, he should be about to break through to fifth rank. What's wrong?"

"Nothing much. I was just thinking, if the aura of Little Stone Flower can put pressure on an elementalist like him who is about to reach the fifth rank, then has Little Stone Flower already reached the fifth rank?"

"Hey, now that you mention it, it really is true. No wonder it's an S-class ferocious beast. It's not even fully grown yet, and its elemental power has already reached the fifth level. If it becomes a complete beast, wouldn't it be at the sixth level?" Lin Anlan was overjoyed. With such an S-class ferocious beast by his side, his path to revenge would surely be much smoother.