Beast Taming: the More the Better

Imperial Capital, Dragon Nation.

Still in that familiar office building. In the office of the Chief Supervisor of the Dragon Nation's Qintian Monitor, an office those in the know called the 'Tomb Raider's' den.

At this very moment, Vice Monitor Lin, whom we'd met before, stood frowning before Huang Tianbing. "Boss, it's started again. Over these past few days, it has begun once more. Those Secret Realms in Jianghai Province, for some reason, have all disappeared again! Should we go investigate?"

He was somewhat anxious. An anomaly like this always meant trouble! As the Qintian Monitor's deputy in charge of inspecting Secret Realms and overseeing their regular maintenance, Vice Monitor Lin was truly panicked. This sort of thing might seem minor now, but if a problem arose, he'd be the first to bear responsibility. Could an ordinary person even handle that kind of responsibility?

However, what Vice Monitor Lin couldn't understand was that his boss didn't seem concerned at all. Right now, he wasn't even looking at him but continued to stare fixedly at the computer screen. If Vice Monitor Lin didn't know his boss better, he might have suspected him of doing something shady.

Huang Tianbing didn't acknowledge him immediately. Instead, he was looking at the Qintian Monitor backend system and pursed his lips. Others might not know what was going on, but how could he not? After all, ten alerts regarding this news had already popped up on his backend system in recent days. All were messages and feedback from that little prodigy in Jianghai. The content of the feedback was identical to last time:

[Secret Realm Inspector Su Ping submits the message 'Jianghai Secret Realm No. 792' has collapsed and disappeared; the number and specific information will be archived into the 'Jianghai Secret Realm Archives.' Approve?]

[Secret Realm Inspector Su Ping submits the message 'Jianghai Secret Realm No. 847' has collapsed and disappeared; the number and specific information will be archived into the 'Jianghai Secret Realm Archives.' Approve?]

[...]

And clearly, the anxious Old Lin standing before him had just confirmed the accuracy of these messages! These Secret Realms had indeed vanished, just like the disappearance of those five Mysterious Realm Spaces in Linzhou.

At this moment, Huang Tianbing was finally one hundred percent certain that this youngster, whom Ghost Saint had pulled strings to get in, truly possessed some skill in this area! Huang Tianbing was inwardly excited.

Never mind distant events. Just a few days ago, he had received another extremely troubling piece of news. At the easternmost part of Jianghai Province, beyond West Dragon Lake, upon the vast and boundless Eastern Sea, on an island named Yanxun Island, the Secret Realm that had appeared there was now causing a commotion.

Who knew why a Spirit Saint Level expert's Secret Realm would appear on such an obscure fishing island? And why was it so volatile? Inside that Secret Realm, energy surges erupted periodically. This was causing widespread panic. All personnel on the island had been evacuated, leading to severe negative consequences. If this continued, Yanxun Island itself could collapse. Of course, such an extreme scenario wouldn't happen easily, but it wasn't a risk worth taking. Furthermore, the edge of the Eastern Sea bordered the Endless Sea Domain, the largest maritime forbidden zone—an area even the Dragon Nation was reluctant to provoke.

What if that young prodigy could lend a hand? Huang Tianbing pursed his lips. He didn't fully understand how the young prodigy's ability worked. Still, given the large-scale sweep in Jianghai Province, surely the young prodigy would be interested in a Secret Realm left behind by a Spirit Saint Level expert, right? After all, if he weren't interested, why go to the trouble of such an extensive cleanup?

However, Huang Tianbing hesitated to probe too deeply. In the world of Beast Tamers, any ability could be a personal secret; there was no reason to disclose it to others, especially an ability of such immense significance to the Qintian Monitor.

This was also why Huang Tianbing hadn't spoken plainly, despite Vice Monitor Lin's alarm. If Old Lin found out about this, who knew what he might do in his excitement? If his subordinates, not understanding the situation, offended this young prodigy, Ghost Saint's displeasure would be one concern. But if the young prodigy then decided to stop working with the Qintian Monitor, wouldn't that be a complete disaster?

So, this matter had to be handled delicately!

Thus, Huang Tianbing looked at Old Lin, cleared his throat, and said, "I know, Old Lin. You can go attend to your other duties for now."

Vice Monitor Lin's brows furrowed slightly. "Boss, we really can't ignore this. You've heard what the higher-ups said: we're currently in an extremely sensitive spatial period. Secret Realms are appearing far more frequently than before, not just nationwide but globally. Jianghai is a major province. If something goes wrong..."

"Don't worry, Old Lin. I understand the gravity of the situation," Huang Tianbing reassured him.

Only after this reassurance from Huang Tianbing did Vice Monitor Lin reluctantly nod and depart.

Watching the office door close again, Huang Tianbing let out a long sigh. Old Lin was right. Secret Realms had been appearing much more frequently lately compared to previous years. Precisely because of this, uncontrolled Secret Realms like the one on Yanxun Island would likely become more common. And that made this young prodigy's abilities all the more crucial.