Beast Taming: I Can Bestow Entries
Chapter 157: Those Who Don’t Meet Performance Standards Must Die!

Chapter 157: Chapter 157: Those Who Don’t Meet Performance Standards Must Die!

"Lord of Joy? Did you provoke this Evil God?"

Chen Meng asked.

So Chen Mo recounted the incident at the mine.

Including how, after he finished reading the "manual," his name mysteriously appeared on the altar of the white jade statue.

There was no need to hide this.

"As expected... you’re still as reckless as ever."

Chen Meng rarely teased.

"Regarding the Lord of Joy, I don’t know much either. More than a hundred years ago, a Spirit Control Bureau agent also inexplicably bound himself to the Lord of Joy’s altar while investigating a case in the Spirit Realm, just like you."

"At first, he didn’t think much of it and tossed the altar into a corner of his space ring."

"And then?"

Chen Mo hastily asked.

His current approach was exactly the same as that agent’s.

"Then, a year later, the altar summoned a projection of the Lord of Joy, who erased him on the grounds of not meeting his performance targets."

Chen Mo: !!!

"Is the projection of this Lord of Joy strong?"

After a moment, Chen Mo asked.

Chen Meng was taken aback for a moment; shouldn’t this kid be thinking about how to collect pleasure value, fulfill his targets? Or ask her to do a divination to see if there’s a solution?

Asking about the strength of the Lord of Joy projection... Could it be that this kid plans to slay the projection of the Evil God?

"According to records, it’s about... the strength of a Totem level? Fortunately, it disappeared after erasing that agent, or else it might have caused a disaster."

Currently, no one on Blue Star possesses a Totem-level Spiritual Beast; only a few large companies or influential families have the means to temporarily command Totem-level spiritual beasts.

"Phew~"

Upon hearing this, Chen Mo let out a sigh of relief.

A mere Totem level; though he couldn’t handle it, his friends could!

Whether it’s the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox or the Ancient Thunder Dragon, their mythical level strength could surely crush the Evil God projection.

That’s the benefit of having many friends!

Little Lord of Joy projection, you shall not return once you come!

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The Bright Unicorn was fast, reducing what was nearly a day’s journey to just 2 hours.

By noon, Chen Mo had already reached the Thunder Dragon Tribe and completed the spirit material trade with the Clan Leader.

These three spirit materials were actually not for sale by the Thunder Dragon Tribe, but because of Chen Mo’s relationship with the Thunder Dragon, they were willing to trade with him.

Since he was there, Chen Mo also went to the Dragon Soul Ancient Tree to visit Senior Thunder Dragon.

Seeing it chatting fervently with "Waiting for the Wind" online, Chen Mo was reassured.

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In the afternoon, Chen Mo returned to Blue Star.

Chen Meng left for the Hongmeng Company’s plant research institute earlier.

She needed to quickly have the company’s Spirit Plant Master research the cultivation methods for the three spirit materials needed for Xunlei’s Shadow evolution plan.

Chen Mo glanced at the time and found it was already past 4 PM.

"Going to the Yulong Secret Realm now is definitely too late, so it seems I can only go to the Snow Sea Forest tomorrow."

Chen Mo sighed.

The Snow Sea Forest is located in the Yulong Mountain Range of Central State, and currently, there’s no direct entrance from Blue Star.

The closest Spirit Realm entrance to it is the Yulong Secret Realm, an entrance controlled by the Dongxia Spirit Bureau, which leads directly to the edge of the Yulong Mountain Range.

Although this secret realm is fully controlled by the Spirit Control Bureau, it is open to Blue Star Spirit Masters.

It’s open from 8 AM to 5 PM every day.

It’s already past 4 PM now, and it takes more than 3 hours to get from Nanling City to the entrance of the Yulong Secret Realm.

Surely, there’s not enough time.

"Squeak!" (Spirit Chef competition registration!)

Just then, Tuantuan in Chen Mo’s arms reminded.

"Right, I almost forgot. Well, now’s a good time to sign up!"

So Chen Mo took a cab to the Spirit Chef Association in Nanling City.

The [Floating] entry only gave Xinghai the ability to lift off, not to fly like a bird, so Chen Mo still had to take a cab.

As he got out of the taxi, Chen Mo could smell the aroma of food from afar. The building housing the Spirit Chef Association was shaped like a croissant.

"As expected of the Spirit Chef Association, just looking at it makes one quite appetizing."

Entering the hall, Chen Mo found the registration desk for the Spirit Chef competition.

"Please release your Food Spirit; we need to verify whether your Spiritual Beast is food-related."

The registration was handled by a polite twin-tails young lady.

"Squeak!"

Chen Mo summoned the Glutinous Rice Ball Spirit, which shyly hid behind Chen Mo upon seeing so many strangers.

"Tuantuan!"

The twin-tails young lady couldn’t help but shout.

Anyone who had watched this season’s Daoist School competition would fall in love with the Glutinous Rice Ball Spirit.

Who could refuse such an adorable and soft Glutinous Rice Ball Spirit?

"I didn’t expect to see Tuantuan in real life! It’s even cuter than in the videos!"

The twin-tails young lady was very excited.

Clearly, she was a fan of Tuantuan.

"Squeak~"

"Teacher Chen Mo, can I take a picture with Tuantuan?"

The young lady asked respectfully.

Virtuous is the teacher.

Though she was actually older than Chen Mo by quite a bit, she still addressed him respectfully as teacher.

After all, Chen Mo had discovered two evolutionary forms of spiritual beasts with epoch-making significance, making great contributions in the field of evolution studies.

"Sorry, my little Tuantuan might be too shy, so..."

Chen Mo was about to help Tuantuan refuse when the Glutinous Rice Ball Spirit let out a faint squeak.

"Squeak!" (Okay)

Although it was quite afraid of strangers, seeing the hopeful look in the girl’s eyes, it instinctively didn’t want to refuse.

"The little one says it’s okay."

Chen Mo was a bit surprised, but it was ultimately a good thing for the socially anxious Tuantuan to take this step.

Click!

The twin-tails young lady completed a selfie, beaming brightly, while the blushing Tuantuan beside her was endearingly cute.

"Since it’s Teacher Chen Mo, there’s no need for further verification of the information, just pass the pre-competition test. You can go straight to test site 103."

The young lady said with a smile.

After taking the group photo, she couldn’t hide her smile.

"Got it."

Chen Mo nodded.

The so-called pre-competition test requires a Spirit Chef and Food Spirit to make a rare-grade dish on site. The type of dish is not restricted, but the ingredients need to be self-provided.

Chen Mo entered the testing room, which featured a semi-open kitchen fully equipped with various cooking tools.

To the right of the kitchen sat two examiners—one wore black-framed glasses and looked chubby, while the other was a tall, slim man with small eyes.

"Please demonstrate your culinary skills."

Upon Chen Mo entering, the chubby examiner spoke.

"Squeak?"

Tuantuan inquired what to cook.

"Let’s make spicy chicken! Xiao Jiu caught quite a few gugu chickens earlier at Thundercliff."

Chen Mo laughed.

After completing the [Sichuan Cuisine Spirit Chef] entry challenge, he hadn’t yet tasted the flavor of Sichuan dishes with the entry boost.

Might as well use this chance to test it out.

"Tuantuan, start cooking! I’ll take a break on the side."

After equipping Tuantuan with the [Sichuan Cuisine Spirit Chef] entry, Chen Mo felt staying in the kitchen would only get in the way, so he stepped aside and fiddled with his phone.