Beast Taming: the More the Better - Chapter 794 - 345: The Origins of Old Sha! The Wolf of Destiny?_2

Chapter 794: Chapter 345: The Origins of Old Sha! The Wolf of Destiny?_2

I must say, Su Ping found it hard to comprehend this skill Talent, akin to a narrator’s explanation or an appraisal skill in a game. It felt incredibly abstract to him.

However, he also knew that with his current abilities, even if he racked his brain, he wouldn’t understand how it actually worked.

Thinking hard was useless, much like with his Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas, which his current abilities couldn’t even begin to decipher.

Before Su Ping had the chance to make multiple attempts, Old Liu was fast. It didn’t take him long to bring over an Icefang Whitewolf and the few young Snow Wolves he had been cultivating these past few days.

Indeed, the faint white mist surrounding these young creatures was ice mist, formed as the abundant Water Element condensed due to the decreasing temperature around their bodies, all under the influence of the Heart of Water.

It was clear that the cultivation was complete.

Without any hesitation, Su Ping, along with Old Sha, quickly established a close bond with these experimental subjects. He also continued to instruct Old Liu to cultivate more instances of the Heart of Water. The more Snow Wolves that learned the Heart of Water, the faster their skill level would rise. Old Liu might not have known this, but since it concerned the cultivation of Su Ping’s own Super-Rank Skill, he couldn’t possibly be careless.

After spending the entire afternoon establishing connection sharing among the Snow Wolves that had learned the Heart of Water, Su Ping left Old Sha to supervise their practice. Then, Su Ping and Old Liu had dinner, after which Su Ping, unusually, returned to his study. He didn’t go to the mourning hall to deal with the Papermen. Instead, he pondered the day’s events once more.

The upgrade of the Spirit Vision Eye was one thing, but now he was contemplating another matter that had always been on his mind. So, unusually, Su Ping picked up the phone and dialed a number.

After two rings, the call connected, and a voice came through from the other end, “Yo, Master Su Da, what brings you to little old me today?”

Su Ping’s face darkened. “Su Anyong, are you sick or something?”

“Well, if Master Su Da says I’m sick, then I’m sick,” Su Anyong said, his tone laced with sarcasm. “After all, Master Su Da is the owner of the Dragon Emblem, our leader…”

This old rascal.

Ever since Su Ping returned from Beiyuan last time and put on a few acts in front of this old fellow, catching him off guard, the old rascal had started this nonsense.

Su Ping hummed lightly, too lazy to bicker with the old man. He and his father rarely chatted idly unless it was important. “I have a serious question for you. Where did Grandpa get Old Sha from?”

Upon hearing this, Su Anyong on the other end of the line fell noticeably silent. He clearly hadn’t expected Su Ping to call about this matter.

Old Sha was almost as old as Su Anyong. He was a bona fide Old Wolf, which was why he had previously become weak due to old age. And now, Su Ping felt even more convinced that this seemingly insignificant but incredibly potent ’Wolf King Majesty’ Skill on Old Sha wasn’t something an ordinary Forest Wolf could possess.

After Old Sha advanced to Monarch Level, even the Icefang Whitewolf Liu Fuhai brought today—though not Liu Fuhai’s personal contract Pet Beast, Bai Ye—was still a Monarch-Level Wolf Pet. Yet, even it showed great deference and submission to Old Sha, who was nearly its equal in Level. The hierarchy in the Pet Beast World was even stricter than that of human Beastmaster Society. It was tough for Wolf Pets of the same rank to submit like that without a real fight.

If Su Ping had asked this question before, Su Anyong would have doubtless repeated what he had said previously: Grandpa raised it, and that would have been that. After all, that was the truth. However, at this moment, things were clearly different.

Even though he was being sarcastic with his own son, Su Anyong knew that if Su Ping sincerely wanted an answer, he could ask Second Master directly, and Leng Ye wouldn’t hide it. There was no point in him beating around the bush, and besides, it wasn’t some shameful secret.

“Old Sha does indeed have an unusual background. I should have told you about it before. Your grandfather also served in a Legion for a while, but his primary post wasn’t with the Northern Border Legion in Beiyuan, nor Jianghai’s Legion. He was mostly stationed in Ximo Province.

“Ximo Province, as the northwestern border province of the Dragon Nation, faces a geopolitical threat almost comparable to the Northern Border. However, in recent decades, the Ferocious Beast Empire, Wolf Country, on the Great Prairie has gradually stabilized and improved somewhat.

“Nevertheless, a venerated Wolf Sage has always been stationed in Ximo. Your grandfather served there initially, and Old Sha originated from the Great Prairie.”

“Ximo Province? The Great Prairie? Wolf Country? Wolf Sage?” Su Ping’s eyebrows furrowed slightly. He had heard these names more than once before, especially the last one.

Wolf Sage.

One of the most famous Spirit Saint Level beings within the Dragon Nation, and seemingly one of the most powerful Spirit Saints in the public eye. However, such information was often speculative; beings of that Level rarely appeared in public except on some official national programs. For instance, during the recent flood, only the Eastern Sea Army made announcements, and the Ray Saint did not appear before the public.

The old man’s affairs in the northwest weren’t much of a surprise to him; what he hadn’t expected was Old Sha’s background.

“So that’s how it is…” Su Ping nodded.

However, it was clear that things were not so simple, nor could the mere phrase ’Wolf Country’ entirely explain them.

Su Anyong quickly continued, “Of course, Old Sha’s Wolf King Majesty is indeed not something an ordinary Wolf Tribe Pet Beast could possess. In fact, Old Sha is the son of the Green Cliff Sky Wolf King, who is the 42nd son of the current Wolf Lord of Wolf Country. Hmm, although Old Sha was ousted from Wolf Country and viewed as a disgrace by the Green Cliff Sky Wolf King, he could still be grudgingly considered to have Sky Wolf Bloodline.”

Sky Wolf Bloodline? Su Ping was taken aback.

What was a Heavenly Wolf?

It was a noble Pet Beast Race often used as a metaphor in some expressions within the Dragon Nation. For instance, Su Ping had used jade dragons and Heavenly Wolves in the couplet he wrote for the Heart of Myriad Spirits. It was also widely known that they represented the supreme Wolf Pet with Spirit Saint Level Racial Potential.

Old Sha’s Ability was indeed not bad, but before Su Ping helped him with his Evolution, he was just an ordinary Forest Wolf, nothing more. Of course, he had broken through his race limit and possessed some so-called Wolf King Majesty of unknown origin. But what couldn’t be changed were its Level and Race.

So, Old Sha had Sky Wolf Bloodline before?

Seemingly sensing Su Ping’s disbelief, Su Anyong continued with a somewhat helpless tone, “The Ferocious Beast Empires are different from us. That Wolf Lord has over three hundred living children, and that’s not even counting the countless ones who have died.

“Of course, Old Sha’s father, the Green Cliff Sky Wolf King, is considered one of the most promising among the Wolf Lord’s children, even having a chance to inherit the Wolf Lord’s position in the future.

“And Old Sha, being the offspring of the Green Cliff Sky Wolf King and an ordinary Forest Wolf—well, the reproduction of Heavenly Wolves differs somewhat from other Advanced Level Pet Beast Races. This primarily applies to wolf and dog-like Species Pet Beasts: as long as one parent possesses Sky Wolf Bloodline, the offspring will inherit some of it, more or less. However, Old Sha is an exception; he was a pure Forest Wolf right from birth. If not for that unique, innate majesty, the Green Cliff Sky Wolf King would have suspected he’d been cuckolded.

“According to the rules of the Wolf pack, if a newborn cub is too weak, it’s either killed by the Wolf King or abandoned by the pack. Although Wolf Country is a Ferocious Beast Empire and the intelligence of Senior Fierce Beasts is not inferior, they still preserve this Rule.

“Some other things happened subsequently, and so Old Sha ended up in the hands of Ximo Province’s Legion, and your grandfather kept him by his side ever since.”

Listening to Su Anyong’s explanation, Su Ping felt somewhat slow on the uptake. The more he heard, the stranger it seemed. Old Sha’s backstory was like the perfect template for the saying ’Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river.’ Wasn’t this the ideal template for a story with an underdog protagonist? The most critical point was that Old Sha’s current rise seemed to confirm this notion.

At this thought, Su Ping grew suspicious. Could it be that Old Sha was also a child of destiny? Pah, a Wolf of Destiny?