Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 44 News from Dad

Lin Manman stared unblinkingly at her second senior brother... the little tiger in his arms...

Wow, this is going to be a big win!

"Hello, Second Senior Brother, my name is Lin Manman. Would you like to give me this little tiger as a gift? Thank you, Second Senior Brother! I like it very, very much!"

Lin Manman greeted them warmly and generously, but her eyes were glued to the little tiger.

Her enthusiastic attitude and shrewd eyes surprised all three of them. Gao Zhixian thought she really liked the spirit beast, but Meng Wenbin and Fu Mingyuan immediately realized something.

"What? This giant glass tiger has met the awakening requirements?" Meng Wenbin couldn't help but stare at the little tiger in his second apprentice's arms.

Lin Manman then realized that her secret had already been exposed, and her desire to secretly take advantage of others was immediately revealed. She awkwardly rolled her eyes and could only nod in admission.

"Zhixian, how long will it take to send this giant glass tiger over as quickly as possible?" Meng Wenbin asked his second apprentice in the video.

"If we send it now, it won't arrive until tomorrow morning at the earliest."

"Alright, then arrange for someone to send it over immediately." Meng Wenbin saw his second disciple frowning and looking confused. "We'll explain the specific reasons to you when your junior brother and I get back. Just take care of this first. Also, after your junior brother and I enter the secret realm, your junior sister will be in your care, understand?"

"Okay, I understand, teacher."

"Okay, you go ahead and get busy. We have something to discuss with your junior sister." After giving his instructions, Meng Wenbin gestured for Fu Mingyuan to hang up the video call.

"Alright, junior sister, we'll chat again when we have time." Gao Zhixian smiled and waved goodbye to Lin Manman.

"Alright, I've told you everything that needed to be told, and I know everything that needed to be known. Now let me tell you about your father. Come and sit down, both of you." Meng Wenbin sat down and beckoned to his two apprentices.

"Actually, since you haven't joined the Professionals' Alliance, I shouldn't tell you this information in principle. But you've already become my apprentice, so you're practically halfway into the Professionals' Alliance. However, you have to promise your teacher that you will never spread this information," Meng Wenbin said to Lin Manman.

"I swear! I will never tell anyone what the teacher says next." Lin Manman put away her nonchalant expression and looked at Meng Wenbin with sincere eyes.

Meng Wenbin nodded in satisfaction and began to explain. "To talk about your father, I must first tell you about the secret realm. The Alliance has studied secret realms for over a hundred years, but has still not figured out the reason for their formation. All we know is that when a new secret realm forms, the surrounding energy becomes extremely unstable, and it may even absorb surrounding objects or allow wild spirit beasts to escape. Therefore, the Alliance has spent a long time developing a barrier to stabilize the energy at the entrance of the secret realm and to prevent the spirit beasts inside from escaping and harming people."

"Usually, the size of a secret realm and the energy limit of the creatures living within it can be determined by the strength of the energy field when it is formed. This is an important basis for the Alliance to classify different secret realms into different levels, and it is also a conclusion drawn by the Alliance's predecessors through their many explorations. However, the secret realms that have appeared in the last two years have contradicted the conclusions that the Alliance has reached over the past hundred years."

"The secret realm your father went to was one of them. When the Alliance discovered that secret realm, they initially determined it to be a C-level secret realm based on the energy field. After stabilizing the entrance with a barrier, they released information about the new secret realm. At the time, besides your father's team, there were five other expedition teams exploring this secret realm. However, your father's team was the last to enter. Perhaps because of this, your father's team didn't go too deep, so all of his teammates except your father escaped safely. But none of the other teams ever came back from there."

Meng Wenbin looked at Lin Manman, whose face was heavy, and sighed softly.

"Later, the alliance discovered that the barrier at the exit of the secret realm had collapsed, and risked entering to investigate. They found that not only had spirit beasts of level six or higher appeared in that secret realm, but based on the traces they found, they deduced that the expedition teams other than your father's team had likely encountered a beast tide. However, generally speaking, secret realms that can trigger beast tides have energy fields that are no lower than level A, but the energy field of this secret realm was only measured to be level C at the beginning."

"With this discovery, the exploration team dared not investigate further and quickly withdrew from the secret realm. Subsequently, the energy field at the entrance of the secret realm suddenly strengthened, and the alliance had to urgently seal the secret realm and send people to guard it."

Lin Manman felt a buzzing in her head. No wonder the Alliance classified this matter as top secret, no wonder they deliberately erased information about the new secret realms in the last two years. This was tantamount to overturning the truths the Alliance had established over a hundred years ago. This would not only lead to a decline in the Alliance's credibility but could also shake up the existing social civilization.

It's important to understand that the rapid development of modern society relies heavily on the resources found in secret realms. If the alliance's classification of secret realms poses security risks, how many expedition teams would be willing to risk exponentially more to explore them? Without expedition teams continuously supplying society with resources from these secret realms, many existing technologies would become unusable.

What Lin Manman found even more unacceptable was that if the secret realm were upgraded to an A-level secret realm, the chances of her father, who was only at level six, surviving in the secret realm would be infinitely close to zero.

She tried to calm herself down, struggling to control her stinging eyes and pounding heart, constantly telling herself that nothing is absolute, and as long as something isn't absolute, there's hope. Maybe... maybe a miracle will happen?

"Good girl, cry it out, don't hold it in." Meng Wenbin looked at his newly accepted apprentice with heartache, and couldn't help but walk over, put his arm around her shoulder, and gently give her a hug.

"No... my dad will be alright. Although he's a carefree person, he's actually very meticulous and intelligent. He'll definitely find a way to survive in the secret realm..." Lin Manman bit her lip in Meng Wenbin's arms, her eyes red and swollen, stubbornly staring at the ceiling, unwilling to let her tears fall.

Meng Wenbin sighed deeply. Even if he had survived by sheer luck, the interior of the secret realm would expand after the upgrade, making it incredibly difficult to find an exit in a realm comparable to a large region on his own. He couldn't bear to tell her the truth, so he let her hold onto this sliver of hope and bravely move forward.

"Cultivate diligently. When you break through to level eight, I'll take you to the secret realm to find your father." Fu Mingyuan also walked over. He squatted down, looked directly into Lin Manman's eyes, and made a serious promise to her.

At that moment, she could no longer hold back her tears, which streamed down her face. She bit her lip tightly to stop herself from sobbing, but her silent tears were all the more moving.

In her past life, only her maternal grandparents cared about her, but they both left her when she was sixteen. After being reborn, she had a happy home and loving family members. She thought she could live a carefree and happy life surrounded by her family's love.

But this happiness only lasted for fifteen years.

Why does it always seem to take things away from her? Is this punishment for her lack of ambition? Is it because she's strong enough to grasp everything she wants?

If she had chosen to awaken her career early, if she had kept striving to become stronger, would her father have had to risk everything to save up that pathetic dowry for her? If her father hadn't had that accident, would her brother have avoided that tragedy?

"Cry, it'll make you feel better," Meng Wenbin patted her back.

He never married or had children, treating each of his apprentices as if they were his own children. He not only imparted all his skills to them but also did everything in his power to pave the way for their success. He genuinely hoped they would achieve their goals and live happy and fulfilling lives…

I just don't know why, but it always seems to have the opposite effect...

(End of this chapter)