"Little Lu, tell me honestly, how many beasts have you contracted?"

Yang Lin leaned close to Lu Yuan's ear and asked in a low voice, his face showing an unprecedentedly solemn expression.

See here.

Lu Yuan's heart skipped a beat, but he pretended to be clueless on the surface.

"Brother Yang, what exactly happened? Why are you suddenly asking this kind of question?"

Yang Lin hesitated, then looked up at Zheng Meng standing by the bed.

Lu Yuan immediately understood and waved to Zheng Meng.

"Zheng Meng, I'm all set here, you can go back now."

Zheng Meng looked at Lu Yuan, then glanced at Yang Lin and the others, nodded, and didn't ask any further questions.

"Okay, store manager, I'll head back now. Remember to call me anytime if you need anything!"

After saying that.

Zheng Meng then packed her things and turned to leave.

After Zheng Meng left, Yang Lin pulled up a chair and sat down in front of the hospital bed.

"Three days ago, when we rushed to the Scorching Sun Forest to look for you, we found a firebird we had never seen before guarding your side. It was the bird that entrusted you to us. Then it suddenly disappeared, which is very similar to the situation where a beast is summoned and returns to the beast taming space."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan was slightly taken aback.

He's been unconscious for three whole days?!

No wonder Zheng Meng, Yang Lin, and the others had expressions of relief and delight on their faces when they saw him wake up; they must have worried a lot about him during this time.

As for the firebird that Yang Lin mentioned.

This must be Akabane after his transformation.

Upon realizing this, Lu Yuan suddenly understood.

He had finally managed to kill the Fei Beast, but then the Grand Elder, who appeared out of nowhere, tried to kill him, wanting to benefit from the conflict between the two. However, he was killed by the Grand Elder instead.

However, the continuous battles against extremely high-level opponents exhausted all his energy, and coupled with his serious injuries... so after killing the Grand Elder, he could no longer hold on and fainted.

Akabane had no healing skills and couldn't save him, so he could only stay by his side and worry helplessly.

Yang Lin and the others must have arrived around this time.

really.

Then they heard Yang Lin and the others continue their recollections.

After receiving emergency treatment from Xiao Yi, the four of them were out of danger and were then sent back to Meng Jiaqi, who was guarding the rear. Just then, the Spirit Medicine Hall delivered another batch of newly refined high-grade healing potions.

Because Xiao Yi had treated them beforehand, their injuries were almost completely healed after taking the high-quality healing potion.

Although its condition is certainly not as good as before when it was in perfect condition, at least it can continue to fight.

Just as they were fighting fiercely against the monsters, something happened, and all the monsters that had gone berserk suddenly regained their senses and stopped attacking, as if people who had gone mad had finally calmed down.

Everyone found it very strange.

Later, after asking Mu Beiye, it was learned that Lu Yuan had gone to the Scorching Sun Forest alone and solved the root cause of the beast tide.

That's how the monsters were able to return to normal.

Almost everyone was overjoyed at repelling the beast tide, but Yang Lin and the others were very worried about Lu Yuan's safety and immediately headed towards the Scorching Sun Forest.

When they finally arrived near the Scorching Sun Forest, they were immediately stunned by the sight before them.

The enormous, headless monster's corpse lay on the ground, its blood continuously irrigating the parched earth. Not far away, a scorching sea of ​​fire was encircled, within which lay a charred, overbearing beetle. Outside the circle of fire, a firebird unlike any other was circling.

They had never seen such a firebird before, nor had they ever encountered any similar records in the books they had read and studied, so they couldn't help but become wary.

When the firebird saw them, it was surprisingly pleasantly surprised and even seemed to want to talk to them. However, it seemed to remember something and kept its mouth shut. Instead, it led them to an open space where Lu Yuan, whose clothes were soaked in blood, was lying motionless.

Seeing the lifeless Lu Yuan, Yang Lin and the others could no longer care about anything else and immediately took him back to Yandu, rushing straight to the hospital.

After a day and a night of emergency treatment, his life was finally saved.

However, Lu Yuan remained in a coma until today when he finally woke up.

“At the time, we were in a hurry to take you back to the hospital and didn’t pay attention to where the firebird went. But when we thought back on it, we realized that it seemed to have returned to the beast-taming space inside your body when we weren’t paying attention.”

Yang Lin looked intently at Lu Yuan, his expression more solemn than ever before.

Being able to contract two beasts at the same time is no small feat.

Based on the strength of the beast's attributes and Lu Yuan's behavior, it is very likely that multiple factors are involved.

What he couldn't understand the most was...

Lu Yuan clearly awakened a healing talent, so even if he could contract two beasts, they should both be healing-type beasts!

Why would you contract a firebird that looks like it's a fire elemental?

Could it be that Lu Yuan has awakened dual talent attributes?

If that's the case, then why would Lu Yuan deliberately hide it and let everyone think he's just a healer?

Seeing the puzzled expressions on Yang Lin's and the others' faces, Lu Yuan didn't offer any further explanation.

"I'm sorry, Brother Yang, I have some unspeakable reasons for this, but Xiao Yi and Chi Yu are indeed my tamed beasts. I hope you can help me keep this secret. I don't want to cause any further trouble because of this."

Seeing Lu Yuan's solemn expression, Yang Lin finally sighed.

"Alright, alright, since you're not willing to say more, we won't press you any further. As for keeping it a secret, we brothers can handle that."

“That’s right!” Liu Tianhao patted his chest. “Brother Lu, don’t worry, there will absolutely be no sixth person who knows about this!”

Du Pengyi and Zhou Cheng, who were standing next to Lu Yuan, also nodded.

Anyway, Lu Yuan is the benefactor they've already recognized. It doesn't matter to them if Lu Yuan doesn't want to talk about such a small matter. After all, everyone has their secrets.

If asked where they hide their secret stash of money, they are unwilling to say much!

Since that's the case, then let's respect that and not ask any more questions.

"Xiao Lu, you've done a tremendous service in this beast tide incident! I'm sure you'll receive a commendation soon!" Yang Lin suddenly remembered the meeting he had just attended yesterday and said to Lu Yuan with a face full of joy.

"What?"

Lu Yuan frowned slightly.

"After this beast tide, you're now completely famous!"

The four people present all had eight eyes that shone with golden light as they gazed at him with adoration.

After the beast tide ended, Shenwu Pavilion quickly repaired Yandu. Apart from the severely damaged buildings, basic communication signals and transportation were completely restored.

The world now knows that Yandu has just experienced an unprecedented beast tide attack.

The entire society is paying close attention to this sudden beast tide.

Everyone is calling on other cities to pay attention to the safety of their surrounding areas and to be more vigilant. At the same time, they are discussing the details of the battle, speculating why the monsters suddenly went berserk and launched an attack on the city, and how it ended.

However, due to the Shenwu Pavilion's intention to conceal the truth, most of the battle details were not leaked out, and the outside world naturally did not know that this catastrophic beast tide was actually stopped by a young man in his early twenties.

but.

This is only from the perspective of outsiders.

Inside the Divine Martial Pavilion, Lu Yuan's deeds have spread far and wide.

Everyone knows that there is a young healer who not only played a key role in the battle, but also single-handedly solved the root cause of the beast tide.

?! ?!

Lu Yuan's eyes widened.

After he successfully killed the Fei Beast, the terrifying aura of death and decay emanating from his body gradually dissipated. The fearless monsters gradually regained their senses and no longer attacked Yandu frantically in order to escape as before.

Ultimately.

The end of this beast tide was indeed thanks to him.

but.

He doesn't want to be a hero, you know!

"Could it be that everyone already knows who I am?" Lu Yuan asked, forcing a smile.

Seeing his appearance, Yang Lin and the others exchanged smiles.

"rest assured!"

"Brother Mu guessed that you would react this way, so he didn't reveal your identity or detailed information to the public. All that's known is that you are a young healer who did these things, and that's all that's known."

Mu Beiye had long since figured out Lu Yuan's personality.

Knowing that he would not want to get into trouble and would definitely choose to conceal his identity, the authorities directly issued a confidentiality order to those who knew the details.

Moreover, Maki Kitano did this not just for Lu Yuan.

In order to keep his secret in Yandu, the matter of the Fei Beast cannot be known to more people, and even if Lu Yuan wanted to publicize it, he could not.

Hearing that his identity information was being kept confidential, Lu Yuan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"What is the situation in Yandu now?"

"Fortunately, the residents were evacuated in time, and with the help of senior beast tamers led by Xu Lanshan, apart from the large area of ​​the collapsed buildings, the casualties among the people were not serious."

What Yang Lin didn't say was...

The Divine Martial Pavilion suffered heavy casualties in this beast tide, losing nearly 30% of its combat personnel. Most of them died in battles against the monsters, and even healing skills and potions could not save them.

but.

It was thanks to Lu Yuan's timely intervention that the Fei Beast was stopped; otherwise, not only would the losses of the Divine Martial Pavilion have continued to increase, but even ordinary residents would have faced life-threatening dangers.

But even so.

This beast tide dealt an extremely heavy blow to Yandu.

The loss of so many lives forced them to re-examine the gap between humans and monsters.

Just as the atmosphere in the ward became somewhat heavy, a door suddenly opened.

Lu Zhaoming, carrying large and small bags, stood at the door of the ward, staring intently at Lu Yuan lying on the bed.

"Yuan'er?! You're finally awake!"

Lu Zhaoming casually put the things aside and quickly walked to the bedside.

"When did you wake up? How are you feeling now? Is there anything else that's bothering you? Where's the doctor? Has the doctor seen you yet?!"

Lu Zhaoming's face was full of worry, but his bloodshot eyes, due to lack of rest, were filled with the joy of surviving a disaster.

God knows how panicked he was when he heard that Yandu was under attack by a beast tide!

In previous years, due to the balance of power within the family, he, as the father, was unable to protect Lu Yuan, which made him feel very guilty. Therefore, after regaining control of the Lu family, the first thing he did was to suppress the lineage of the First Elder, which resulted in the First Elder having no spare manpower to deal with Lu Yuan.

Even when he was at his wit's end, he sent his trusted confidant to assassinate Lu Yuan, but to no avail. He was then crushed to death by Lu Zhaoming and could only return to his residence to live in seclusion.

Lu Yuan's steady development in Yandu is inseparable from the efforts made by Lu Zhaoming.

But he never expected that a beast tide would suddenly appear in Yandu!

Upon learning this news, Lu Zhaoming immediately used all his connections to try and enter Yandu.

The order to seal off Yandu was issued by the Supreme Command of the Divine Martial Pavilion. By the time he had pulled all the strings and arrived, the beast tide had already ended.

He heard news of Lu Yuan again at the entrance of the emergency operating room in the hospital, where the doctor informed him to sign the surgery consent form as a direct family member.

That really terrified him!

He couldn't even remember how he signed the document at the time. He only remembered that after Lu Yuan came out of the operating room safely, he lost his composure and covered his face, bursting into tears.

During the days Lu Yuan was in a coma, he stayed by his bedside, hoping that Lu Yuan would wake up.

Unexpectedly, he only went out to make a phone call and pick up some things, and when he came back, he saw that Lu Yuan had woken up!

"I...I'm fine."

Seeing the obvious worry and heartache in Lu Zhaoming's eyes, Lu Yuan looked away uncomfortably.

He was an orphan who grew up in an orphanage and had never experienced the undisguised love of family. He was not able to adapt to it for a while.

Lu Zhaoming didn't pay too much attention to Lu Yuan's unusual behavior, but instead took out the things he had just received as if presenting them as treasures.

"These are all tonics I prepared for you, just waiting for you to wake up so I can properly nourish your body!"

As he spoke.

Lu Zhaoming took out the items one by one.

In no time, the table was filled with all sorts of bottles and jars.

Looking at these things, Lu Yuan couldn't help but twitch his lips.

He could only recognize that there were high-grade healing potions, high-grade body-tempering potions, and many high-level spiritual fruits among them, but even from these few items, he could tell that the potions Lu Zhaoming brought were definitely extremely precious and rare.

"The medicines in Yandu Spiritual Medicine Hall have all been used up. I had these sent from the capital. I didn't expect you to wake up just as they arrived. It's perfect timing!"

Lu Zhaoming took out a bottle of high-quality healing medicine.

"You should drink this first!"

Yang Lin and the others' eyes lit up when they saw the high-quality healing potion in Lu Zhaoming's hand.

In fact, Lu Yuan had already taken several bottles of high-quality healing potions before.

Upon learning that Lu Yuan was seriously injured and in imminent danger of death, Gao Hong personally went out of his way to refine several bottles of healing potions overnight. However, because Lu Yuan's injuries were too severe, the effects of the potions were not obvious.

But without those few bottles of treatment medicine, Lu Yuan's life might not have been saved.

Later, as Lu Yuan's condition gradually stabilized, the medical supplies sent from other cities and the medicines refined by Lingyaotang were first distributed to other seriously injured people.

However, the pharmacists' abilities are ultimately limited, and even now there are still not enough high-quality healing potions to go around.

The fact that Lu Zhaoming could produce so many high-quality healing potions under these circumstances shows that he truly put his heart into it.

Looking at the healing potion in Lu Zhaoming's hand, Lu Yuan seemed thoughtful, but did not refuse immediately.

"Thank you, but I'm feeling pretty good right now, I'll use it later."

After saying that.

Before Lu Zhaoming could persuade him, Lu Yuan suddenly brought up another matter.

"Given my current situation, I'm afraid I won't be able to register at Dragon Academy. Perhaps you should politely decline their offer for me!"