Chapter 44: Tempering (Part 1)

  "Dad, I'm planning to go out and gain some experience today. Are you going with me or am I going alone?" Yang Tong asked while having breakfast.

  "Go ahead, I won't go with you. I'm going to invest in some small business in the city, open a store, and live happily with your mother in our own little world. I don't plan on going hunting outside the city either." Yang Tong said calmly.

  "Brother Tong, this is really great." Luo Xiaojuan first happily agreed, because every time Yang Tong went out hunting, Luo Xiaojuan had to be prepared to lose her loved one, lose her husband, and raise the children alone. She was worried and fearful all the time. Over the past decade or so, if Luo Xiaojuan were an ordinary person, she would have collapsed mentally long ago. The suffering and pain could not be expressed in words. Now they no longer had to worry and fear, and the whole family could live a happy life.

  "Yang Tong, your future prospects are bright, don't worry about me and your mom. Your mom and I plan to have another child for you in the future, a younger brother or sister. Do you like that?" Yang Tong asked again.

  "Alright, having a brother and sister is the same." Yang Tong raised his hands in agreement. After becoming strong later on, he would not be limited to this place. With a brother and sister, he wouldn't have to worry about family matters either. His parents having a brother and sister meant that the household wouldn't feel empty. Yang Tong could also put down the burden of family worries; at least for now, they absolutely wouldn't lack materialistically.

  Yang Tong checked his prepared things and found no problem, then left home alone and went to the Barbarian Beast Breeding Grounds.

  The urban planning of Luoxing City and Luoyu County is roughly the same, with a large area outside the city walls where grains and fruits are planted on flat land and hills. Some mountain forests have also been included in the outer city area by the city wall, some of which have been used as medicinal material bases, while others have been planned as barbarian beast breeding grounds.

  The Beast Enclosure of Luoxing City, also known as the Training Grounds, is located in the northwest corner of the city walls. The west and north sides are protected by the city walls, while the east and south sides serve as the entrance to the enclosure.

  The entire breeding ground was trapped in this area by a high-level array, and every three months, a special expert would come to check if there were any intermediate beasts that had advanced. The entire breeding ground is divided into a trial zone and a tourist zone. The south gate leads to the trial zone, while the east gate leads to the tourist zone. The tourist zone has facilities such as hotels, inns, and hot springs, giving it a somewhat beast park-like atmosphere.

  Yang Tong is here for a trial exercise, not tourism, so he enters from the south gate.

  Arrived at the gate of the Savage Beast Training Zone, there were quite a few people, mostly novice-level youths. To be able to come here for training, one had to be at least a Novice Level 5 or above to be allowed in; otherwise, even with a ticket, they wouldn't be let in.

  The ticket in hand was booked on the public network three days ago and was delivered to the door. Of course, there are also places to buy tickets here. The ticket is also very expensive, no, it should be said that it is sold separately, boys under 20 years old buy half-price tickets for 50,000 spiritual coins, people between 20 and 40 years old pay full price, and those over 40 years old pay ten times the ticket price. All of them use real-name system and virtual camera technology. The ticket is also divided by time, Yang Tong bought a one-month limited ticket, that is to say, it can be used for trial for one month.

  Yang Tong put away his frisbee motorcycle and only heard outside the park gate, many people shouting loudly: "Is there anyone from Yuanfeng Middle School? If you have one, come over to form a team."

  "Is there any alumni from Yunlin Middle School who wants to form a team and practice together?"

  "Come on, come on, let's see if a 7th-level master can lead us in a trial practice!"

  Yang Tong looked at the scene in front of him and suddenly felt a sense of liberation. Yang Tong arrived at the ticket office, handed over his ticket, and stepped into the trial venue. As it turned out, the ticketing system was all high-tech gadgets, which scanned the ticket and immediately displayed his portrait and age, allowing him to enter without any further ado.

  After entering, it's not immediately facing the wild jungle, but a spacious hall with special reception staff coming forward to receive. These reception staff are all ordinary people without martial arts talent or warriors who are so low-level that they can't even reach the level of a fifth-grade apprentice.

  "Little brother, is this your first time here? This is a liability agreement. You will be responsible for all the consequences of your actions in the trial field, including losing your life." The receptionist took out a legal document from the cabinet and handed it to Yang Tong, saying: "If you cannot bear such consequences, our company will transfer your ticket to the tourist area."

  Yang Tong thought that there was actually a formal legal document like the Legal Responsibility Agreement, which could be seen from a small perspective, and at least in Luoxing City, it was a regular world with rule of law.

  Yang Tong signed the document and pressed his handprint. Coming here for trial, the danger level is far less than that of the real wilderness, at least there are no giant beasts in this place.

  The receptionist handed Yang Tong a detailed map: "This is the map delivered by our company, and this positioning ring, I wish you success in the trial." The function of the positioning ring was to locate it. It would only be activated after one month. If the owner of the ring did not come out at that time, the breeding base would send someone to check whether the owner of the ring was alive or dead. If he was alive, they would just give a warning that the time was up. If he was dead, they would collect the body and notify his family members. Of course, most bodies could not be retrieved.

  Yang Tong left the reception hall and went deep into the forest.

  Less than five miles out, Yang Tong heard the beast's roar coming from the forest. He drew a thick-backed war knife with his right hand, hung an arm guard on his left arm, wore a helmet on his head, and put on armor and combat boots.

  A towering tree soared into the air five meters high, gazing out at the depths of the forest.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, about 100 meters away, three striped beasts appeared. This kind of ferocious beast was nearly two meters tall and weighed up to 300 kilograms, with relatively fast speed and sharp teeth, making it one of the top low-level ferocious beasts that usually hunted in groups of three to five.

  Three more had appeared, and Yang Tong had originally planned to find a low-level beast to try out his own destructive power.

  Yang Tong observed from the tree for a while and found that they were capturing a herbivorous brutal beast. Brutal beasts not only exist in carnivorous brutal beasts with extremely strong aggression, but also have a large number of herbivorous brutal beasts. However, the probability of the existence of beast crystals in herbivorous brutal beasts is ten times smaller than that of carnivorous brutal beasts. Of course, herbivorous brutal beasts also have aggressiveness.

  Three spotted hyenas cooperated to hunt down that herbivorous beast and then shared the spoils. The scene was extremely bloody.

  Yang Tong could smell the strong bloody smell even from a hundred meters away. Yang Tong's body leaped, jumping to another tree, and then another leap followed. Five leaps later, he was close to three striped beasts. However, just as Yang Tong was about to get close safely, when he was ten meters away from his target, the striped beasts had already become alert, noticing this uninvited guest.

  Yang Tong reacted extremely quickly, jumping down from the tree and crossing ten meters in a single bound before chopping down with his knife.

  "Roar——" Three striped beasts roared in unison, almost simultaneously whipping their bodies around, and a tail swung over. The striped beast's long tail, apart from its teeth, also possessed strong attacking power.

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  I'll make up for yesterday's missed update tomorrow, so there will be two updates today, and I'll be back home a bit late.

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