Chapter 394 - The Perfect Day to Found an Empire

After a moment of stunned silence, citizens of Xia burst out in cheers.

Lu Ran stuffed the remaining bits of the Black Dragon into a sack since every piece of it was a valuable resource. Not even the resources he gathered from destroying the Four Great Beast Empires could compare to them. He had already decided to give Dr. Gu the Dragon Pearl to evolve her Azure Sea Dragon. The rest of it was destined to become a delicious feast prepared by Lu Ran to be enjoyed by Dr. Gu and the Flood Dragon Squad.

With so many supporting resources, the Azure Sea Dragon would definitely become a Superior Overlord. The Flood Dragon Squad was also bound to rise to a new level, perhaps even to the point where they would be ready to attempt level 2 Legendary secret realms.

Dr. Gu stayed in Mystic City to keep an eye on the overall situation while Lu Ran sneaked back to Green Sea City with Manager Ying to meet Fang Lan. They didn’t wait long before the saintess showed up at their meeting spot in the Death Forest. The human and cat duo spent a long time catching her up to the current situation as she needed a minute to process the shocking revelations.

Lu Ran contracted a Legendary familiar?

Fang Lan stared at Six-Path Flower in a daze.

"Flower God, are you really the one who defeated the Black Dragon?"

Six-Path Flower glanced at Fang Lan and recognized her as the woman in the photo hanging in Lu Ran's room.

"Don't call me Flower God. That’s just a name that Lu Ran made up for me. You can call me the Six-Paths God or the God of Samsara."

"Flower God... That name sounds so familiar. Isn't that the name of a junior from the era of the Divine Tree?"

The Stellar Moon Flower God was a legendary plant deity that supposedly raised the Tree Monarch. The Six-Flowers Flower couldn’t accept a title once donned by such a venerated existence. Plus, the “God of Six Paths” and the “God of Samsara” sounded a lot cooler.

"Yes, Flower God!" Fang Lan answered excitedly.

It’s really a Legendary creature!

“...”

"That’s right, I have a Legendary familiar. Try not to be too jealous. Give me a sample of your blood later, and I’ll see if I can help you find a fortunate encounter like mine."

He repeated the same sales pitch he gave Gu Qingyi.

Fang Lan's eyes lit up when she heard Lu Ran say that there was a chance of becoming the messenger of a Legendary creature.

"Absolutely! But wait, my blood is slightly poisonous. The God of the Abyss wouldn’t be offended by that, right?"

The question made Manager Ying pause for a moment to think before answering. "You should be fine. The God of the Abyss doesn't seem to be a normal god."

Lu Ran's mouth twitched.

"

Oh

, and what did you mean by letting it strengthen my familiar?" Fang Lan asked next.

Lu Ran looked around at the Death Forest he transplanted from the Tree World City for a moment before replying to Fang Lan.

"Six-Path Flower has a talent that allows plants to transcend. Your Ten Thousand Poisons Mother Tree and other poisonous plants that you control can evolve into Transcendent creatures once they’ve been strengthened. I’m assuming that you saw the news about what’s happening in the Amazon. The appearance of Six-Path Flower caused a large number of plant life there to awaken. I have a similar plan for the Death Forest.

"As for you specifically, if the Ten Thousand Poisons Mother Tree can gain intelligence, then it should be able to awaken as an Overlord. If you contract it at that time, then it should be of much greater use than it is now. Don’t you think so?"

Fang Lan took a deep breath. Reality was even more serious than what Lu Ran described. At the moment, very few beastmasters around the world had Overlord familiars. Most of them were only able to make their familiars achieve the rank by undergoing evolution. Some of them even had their familiars undergo a second evolution to do so.

Imagine what an innate Overlord could achieve! The sky was the limit. Even if it was a Low Overlord, once it underwent evolution, it would certainly become a Superior Overlord! Such a familiar was a ticket to the top of the world. Even in the Stellar Moon Federation, Superior Overlords were considered to be top-tier familiars fit for Legendary beastmasters.

"Oh, and on top of that, I also want you to train an Undead familiar. You should know about the bet I made with the president of the Eagle Federation," Lu Ran added.

"Yeah, I’ve heard. You forged that Undead spear for Xia Ri, didn’t you?"

"Yeah, but I wanted to forge a weapon for you, too. The only problem was that you were in an ascension realm, and I didn’t know what you liked. Go ahead and tell me what you want. I should be able to make anything you want. Do you want some Tang Sect hidden weapons?[1]"

"Even if you gave me an Undead familiar right now, I don’t have any space for it. I have a contract card, but I was planning on using it on the Ten Thousand Poisons Mother Tree."

"There’s no rush. If I’m going to forge a weapon for you, then I’m going to forge an Epic grade one. It will be some time before I can successfully forge one. You can go ahead and contract the Mother Tree first."

"You want to forge an Epic weapon? Is that even possible?" Fang Lan was flabbergasted.

"Not right now, but I will be able to soon."

Suddenly, he turned and looked off into the distance with an item in his hand.

[Name: Imperial Seal]

[Grade: Rare]

[Description: The imperial seal of the Beastmaster Empire. Whoever possesses this seal shall be blessed with great fortune. The user’s cultivation speed will be improved as well, while their physique will undergo subtle changes that increase lifespan and resistance towards evil. The effect will correlate with the prosperity of the empire. The seal’s grade could range from Rare to Legendary.]

Six-Path Flower had left in a hurry earlier. Once it proclaimed its sovereignty over the rainforest, it went out to stamp out any opposition. At this point, Lu Ran hadn’t even lifted a finger. He simply announced the founding of the Beastmaster Empire and activated the Imperial Seal so that it could start taking effect.

The increased cultivation speed applied to his various skills, such as cooking and forging, making it especially useful. Lu Ran planned to use this effect to quickly forge an Epic weapon for Fang Lan. He also needed some time to get more proficient with his beastmaster skills. For skills such as his Soul Amplification and Time Acceleration, he was able to use them, but they were nowhere near as powerful as they could be.

Of all his skills, he was most proficient with Super Beast Mimicry and Flame Spirit since he used those two the most. This was the main reason most beastmasters limited the number of skills they had. Having too many skills usually translated to having mediocre proficiency in most of them, but with the Imperial Seal, Lu Ran could be the only one to have it all.

Throughout the history of the Stellar Moon Empire, even the most incompetent emperors were Legendary beastmasters because of the Imperial Seal’s effects. As long as the empire's founding went smoothly, Lu Ran believed that he would be able to easily become proficient in any beastmaster skill of his liking. He could even start developing his own beastmaster skill. Creating an empire had its perks.

He planned to transplant the entire Death Forest to the Amazon one day to further improve the empire. However, he planned on leaving the Seven Beast Generals and the Dark Crow Legion behind since he couldn’t leave Green Sea undefended.

***

Earlier at Beastmaster University, the faculty and students had gathered to watch the broadcast of the Black Dragon’s defeat. Everyone was shocked by the appearance of the Flower God.

"Lu Ran..." Shi Zhen murmured. Lu Ran had immense power himself, but was also able to make connections with other powerful figures. After this battle, no one would dare covet Xia’s territories.

Just as Shi Zhen was contemplating whether to ask if Lu Ran could supply the university with some plant familiars from the Amazon, he unexpectedly got a call from the man on the hour.

"Hi, Principal Shi Zhen. Are you busy?"

"No, I was just watching the live broadcast. Have you dealt with the matter in Mystic City?"

"Yes, but I’m actually calling to ask you for another favor."

"Ah? What is it?" Shi Zhen was curious.

"Can you help me organize a blood drive on campus?"

"What are you trying to do?"

Lu Ran couldn’t immediately reveal the information on Ghost Mother, so he decided to just make something up.

"It’s for a mission I got from the old president. I’m researching the method to open a beastmaster space for other humans native to Blue Planet. I need a wide variety of samples as research materials. Any donation would be a great contribution to the scientific advancement of Xia, so we need some volunteers. About a hundred thousand should do.

"Oh, I donated some resources to the university earlier. Anyone who participates can be compensated. Actually, I need two samples from each person.”

Lu Ran remembered that besides the Ghost Mother, he also needed to find a messenger for the Divine Turtle.

"Okay," Shi Zhen agreed.

“By the way, how close are you to the Flower God?"

"Why do you ask?"

"I heard that a large number of transcendent plants awakened in the Amazon rainforest. They are relatively rare in other parts of the world, so can you..."

"I see. That’s no big deal. The Flower God just revived and is currently consolidating its power in the rainforest. The overall situation is still a bit chaotic since many beasts are only pretending to submit. Once the situation stabilizes, everything else will be easy. I have a close relationship with the Flower God, so even if alumni of the university want to buy up some land and build a house one day, it shouldn’t be a problem."

"Huh? Build a house? Isn’t that a little over the top?"

1. Anyone a Soul Land fan? ☜