After settling the Black Serpent incident, Zhou Haoyu and Zhu Meng headed straight to the western fortress.

Searching through the fortress, Zhou Haoyu finally found Wang Xiaojun. In this enormous fortress, only he still had a Sky Eagle left.

And his Sky Eagle was mixed-blood, barely affected by the Silver Gaint Eagle.

"You want to go to the Xiling Range with him? Absolutely not—that's far too dangerous!"

Upon hearing Zhou Haoyu's plan, Zhu Meng rejected it without hesitation.

This kid was the Chief's disciple, possessing limitless potential. He could not let him risk his life in Xiling.

"Is staying here in the western fortress any safer?" Zhou Haoyu countered.

The Silver Gaint Eagle was of the Great Monarch-class. Even though there were several Super Mages stationed here, the only one truly capable of fighting it was Zhu Meng himself.

Zhu Meng possessed transcendent power of both Lightning and Fire Elements, and with special magic tools, his combat ability was comparable to an ordinary Monarch-level.

But compared to the Silver Gaint Eagle, he was still lacking.

From Zhou Haoyu's perspective, the only option was to wait until the Black Serpent fully completed its molting, and then deal with the Silver Gaint Eagle.

Zhu Meng was left speechless. Of course he knew how powerful the Silver Gaint Eagle was—it was the true overlord of the Xiling Range!

But this kid's words were too blunt—did he not care about face?

Not long after, Zhou Haoyu and Wang Xiaojun flew toward Xiling on the Sky Eagle.

Under Zhou Haoyu's perception, the pair and their eagle avoided several dangerous areas and successfully reached the place where Eagle Red Grass grew.

Wang Xiaojun was about to go down to collect the Eagle Red Grass but was stopped by Zhou Haoyu.

With just a thought, Zhou Haoyu used Telekinesis to pick all the Eagle Red Grass at once, gathered them into a bundle, and guided them into a bag he had prepared.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaojun asked enviously, "Brother Zhou, is that magic too?"

"Yes. Space Element magic—you might awaken it in the future." Zhou Haoyu replied with a smile.

Wang Xiaojun wasn't confident. He was very clear that his talent wasn't great.

Zhou Haoyu only smiled faintly at his response.

Once this plague was resolved, the military would surely focus on cultivating Wang Xiaojun. With resources pouring in, breaking through to High-Tier wouldn't be difficult—after all, he was still young.

After collecting the Eagle Red Grass, the two and the eagle began the return trip. They were attacked several times by White Magic Hawks along the way, but Zhou Haoyu cut them down with a single sword strike each time.

At that moment, Mo Fan had already arrived at the western fortress with the fully recovered Black Serpent.

As a genuine Supreme Monarch, the Black Serpent beat down the Silver Gaint Eagle in a matter of moments.

Severely injured, the Silver Gaint Eagle fled in panic along with the White Magic Hawk Legion.

The Eagle Red Grass Zhou Haoyu and Wang Xiaojun brought back was used to make an antidote and distributed to the infected.

Thus, the disaster was resolved ahead of time.

"Zhou Haoyu, I really have to thank you. Otherwise I would still be in the dark." Zhu Meng sighed.

Zhou Haoyu curled his lip. This guy was a pig teammate, but at least he always charged to the front line—though easy to mess things up with good intentions.

Seeing Zhou Haoyu silent, Zhu Meng slapped him on the back and said in his muffled voice:

"Kid, are you cursing me in your heart? Fine, I was indeed too reckless this time—but you really impressed me."

"I have two National Team nomination tickets. I'll give them both to you. Don't embarrass me in the National Competition."

The corner of Zhou Haoyu's mouth lifted. With those two nomination tickets and his High-Tier cultivation—even fighting for Captain wasn't out of reach.

After finishing his instructions, Zhu Meng left with the Court guard mages.

Once the plague situation ended, Zhou Haoyu stayed in Hangzhou for another two days before returning to the Imperial Capital.

The Ancient Capital Calamity was not far off, so he needed to raise his Summoning Element to High-Tier as soon as possible, so Xiao Yan could evolve.

Imperial Capital.

Once back in his room, Zhou Haoyu immediately took out the totem vessel he had obtained earlier—it was a finely carved red bracelet, with a jade-like texture.

Zhou Haoyu examined it carefully and muttered to himself, "Candle Dragon… this shouldn't be inferior to the Four Great Sacred Totems, right?"

In some mythological legends, the Candle Dragon was a creation god-level existence.

Even if weakened in this world, its strength would not be weak—at the very least above the Monarch rank.

Although he had the totem vessel in hand, Zhou Haoyu did not know where the Candle Dragon was or whether it had fallen.

After some probing, he finally figured out two effects of the Candle Dragon vessel.

First, the Candle Dragon vessel was an upgradable Stardust Magic Tool, similar to the little mud fish.

Second, the Candle Dragon vessel contained an internal space, much larger than the space inside a space ring, though its exact size was still unknown.

As for whether it could Store a soul essences, that would need to be tested later to determine.

After confirming the use of the Candle Dragon vessel, Zhou Haoyu entered a cultivation state.

The Candle Dragon was powerful, but for now, it didn't have much use to him.

After half a month of continuous cultivation, Zhou Haoyu finally broke through the Summoning Element to High-Tier.

Once Summoning broke through to High-Tier, he needed to prepare for Flame Scorpion Tiger's evolution.

According to his teacher, the Flame Scorpion Tiger had high bloodline—after maturing it could reach Commander-level, and a small portion could evolve to Monarch.

But Xiao Yan was still far from maturity—for now he needed to focus on evolving it to Commander-level first.

Once Xiao Yan reached Commander-level, its flames should evolve to Soul Seed-level.

With a Soul-Seed level flame, forging higher-tier magic tools would become much easier.

"I've nearly exhausted all resources. Looks like I'll have to make another trip to the Magic Market."

Zhou Haoyu showed a helpless look—Xiao Yan was too resource-hungry. Before even reaching Commander-level, it had already burned through nearly a hundred million in resources.

But that also meant Xiao Yan had a higher upper limit—perhaps after maturing it could reach Monarch-level.

Before going to the Magic Market, Zhou Haoyu planned to visit the Mu family first.

It had been a long time since he experienced temperatures of minus ten degrees.

As soon as Zhou Haoyu entered the Mu family villa, Mu Zhuoyun greeted him with a broad smile. "Xiao Yu, you really did something big this time—the whole internet is calling you the hero of Hangzhou."

Zhou Haoyu had first investigated the Blood Serum problem with Lingling, then went to Xiling with Wang Xiaojun to obtain Eagle Red Grass.

Undoubtedly he was the greatest contributor to resolving the plague.

"Cough, I merely went with the flow—it's nothing worth mentioning."

Zhou Haoyu's eyes drifted toward the stairs—and happened to meet Mu Ningxue who was coming down.

Mu Ningxue seemed to sense Zhou Haoyu's burning gaze and shifted her line of sight away.

"Ahaha—Xiao Yu, I happened to get some good tea recently. I'll go get it for you to try."

Noticing this, Mu Zhuoyun hurriedly found an excuse and slipped away.

The huge living room was left with just the two of them—one man and one woman.

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