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"Harvest Festival in Xizhou?"

This was the first time Mu Huoyue heard this term.

Xie Qingwei opened the webpage on the computer she used to take notes, searched for keywords, and then showed her the event page on the official website.

This is a large-scale celebration held in Hirakawa City, Saishu. It is held every three years in late autumn to celebrate the great harvest in Saishu.

One of the patron saints of Dayan, the withered and flourishing spirit deer, a mythical species with both wood and earth attributes that resides in Xizhou, will appear in this festival and bestow a new round of [Harvest Blessings] on Xizhou, blessing this land with good weather and abundant harvests in the next three years.

It is not a symbolic and commemorative ritual activity, but a real protective power bestowed by extraordinary creatures from mythical races.

Xizhou attaches great importance to the [Harvest Festival]. In addition to the final blessing ceremony when the withered and flourishing spirit deer appears, a large number of celebrations will be held in the early stages to convey the joy of the harvest to the guardian god who has been protecting the earth for thousands of years.

Most of these activities are aimed at ordinary tourists. After all, it is a grand event held every three years. In addition to local people, it also attracts people from all over the country to watch. In recent decades, it has developed into one of Xizhou’s representative events.

Mu Liuyue saw one of the activities and understood why Xie Qingwei recommended this place.

The ultimate form of the mythical race, the withered and flourishing spirit deer, like the other guardian gods of Da Yan, has its own S-level advent secret realm.

After all, it is difficult to maintain the existence of the Ultimate Form for a long time in the real environment, and the guardian gods spend most of their time in their own secret realms.

The S-level secret realm "Fenghe Basin" owned by Kuruo Linglu has its entrance connection point in Pingchuan City, Xizhou, and it has abundant wood and earth attribute energy.

Influenced by the characteristics of the withered and prosperous spirit deer, the interior of the "Fenghe Basin" is also full of vitality, with many wild extraordinary creatures living there.

During the harvest festival held every three years, the withered and flourishing spirit deer will bring blessings for the harvest when they awaken. During this period, the extraordinary creatures born in the secret realm of the "Fenghe River Basin" are all individuals with excellent talents.

Born in the blessing of harvest, they are born with huge hidden energy. Whether it is physique, characteristics, innate core skills, or racial growth potential, they are far superior to other members of the same race.

Therefore, the extraordinary creatures born in the Harvest Festival also become excellent contracted pets. One of the activities of the Harvest Festival is to let young and promising beastmasters pass various trials and finally arrive at the "Fenghe Basin" to contract these extremely talented cubs.

Most of the extraordinary creatures in the "Fenghe River Basin" are of the wood or earth type. It is indeed easier to find the initial-level extraordinary creatures of the monarch race that Mu Huoyue expects here.

Even if there are no high-level pets, individuals born in the secret realm of the withered and flourishing spirit deer and receiving the blessing of harvest have a higher adaptability to the [Harvest] skill than ordinary wood-type pets.

After reading the description on the official website, Mu Yuyue was immediately tempted and asked, "Can anyone directly participate in this contracted pet trial?"

"Hmm... I remember it was held for intermediate beastmasters below level 5."

"Also, beastmasters from other states need letters of recommendation...?"

Xie Qingwei tried hard to recall that she subconsciously wanted to touch the pocket where she used to put her cigarette box, and ended up taking out a lollipop from it.

This was not something she put in her pocket. Xie Qingwei laughed, it seemed that it was the work of her guardian spirit.

Lollipops are also good. People who do mental work need sugar, and the effect is no worse than nicotine.

She tore open the package and bit the lollipop into her mouth, while returning the page of the Harvest Festival official website on her computer to the previous search page.

"Our institute should also have recommended indicators. Someone from the Log Research Institute mentioned this to me at a previous academic exchange meeting."

Xie Qingwei's eyes fell on the computer screen and she said to Mu Shuyue, "Wait a moment, I'll write you a letter."

Mu Huiyue saw that she typed "university research project team recommendation letter template" into the search bar.

Professor Xie was not picky at all. He directly clicked on the first column of the search results, downloaded the recommendation letter template, then replaced the key position with the information of the Dark Attribute Research Institute and Mu Huoyue, and clicked Save.

The whole process takes less than five minutes.

A slender guardian spirit appeared behind her and watched Professor Xie send the letter of recommendation to the organizing committee's email address that appeared on the official website of the Harvest Festival. He also printed out a paper copy, signed and stamped it, and handed it to Mu Huoyue.

"Wulululu..." (Isn't your recommendation letter a bit too hasty...)

"As long as this thing is usable, it's fine." Xie Qingwei bit the long stem of the lollipop and shook the thin letter of recommendation in her hand.

Mu Huoyue smiled. She didn't mind what form the recommendation letter took.

Professor Xie is very casual about everything other than experimental data. Just as she said, as long as it can be used, it's fine.

She took the recommendation letter, and Xie Qingwei also took the opportunity to tell her which wood-type races were suitable to choose in the secret realm.

As for whether Mu Chuyue could pass the trial before the contract, Xie Qingwei was not worried at all.

Hiiragi is a top student in Kyoto University's Combat Department and the most talented beast tamer in the history of her project team. A mere trial-like test is certainly not a problem for her.

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After receiving the recommendation letter from Professor Xie, Mu Huiyue carefully studied the activities of the Harvest Festival and prepared to set off as soon as possible.

She took about a week off for her courses at school, and the battle club also made arrangements so she could leave with peace of mind.

Wen Li was reluctant to leave, but her talent for taming beasts made it difficult for her to contract a wood-type pet that was restrained by fire. In addition, she had just contracted a red firefly, so she needed to spend most of her time and energy on her new partner.

Therefore, this time Mu Huoyue had to go to the Harvest Festival alone.

Before leaving, Mu Liuyue smiled and hugged Wen Li who came to see her off, and comforted her friend in return.

She had long been accustomed to walking alone. It would be more accurate to say that she had always been a loner before she met Wen Li.

What's more, with the company of her pets, she doesn't feel lonely.

The Harvest Festival in Xizhou was held for a long time. Mu Huiyue booked a flight a few days before the contract trial began, from the capital of Jingzhou to Pingchuan City, the provincial capital of Xizhou.

She was very curious about this area which had been protected by the withered and thriving spirit deer for thousands of years and had many mysterious heritages.

As soon as she got off the plane, Mu Huiyue was surprised by the overwhelming publicity for the Harvest Festival.

There are huge advertisements for the Harvest Festival hung everywhere in the airport, with a variety of local specialties and delicacies, as well as recommended tourist projects, special pets and inherited culture, which are overwhelming.

Xizhou is a major agricultural province and has not fallen behind in modernization construction. The urban area outside the airport is also very prosperous, and high-rise buildings are everywhere in the central city.

Mu Chuyue took a taxi directly to the core location of the Harvest Festival, which was also the place where the guardian god Ku Rong Linglu appeared after awakening and blessed the earth with a good harvest.

The airport taxi took her out of the city quickly. As the concrete forest of high-rise buildings gradually disappeared, vast stretches of golden wheat fields came into view.

Pingchuan City is located in a vast plain. It is the main granary of Xizhou and even Dayan. The high-quality arable land stretches endlessly, and the scenery is particularly spectacular during the harvest season.

Most of the crops grown here are improved varieties that have been optimized with extraordinary resources. The yield has been greatly increased, and they are not afraid of common insect pests. Instead, they will attract some wild extraordinary creatures.

The weather was just right at this time, the sun was shining on the golden ears of wheat, and even through the glass you could seem to smell the warm sweet fragrance of the baked wheat.

Mu Huiyue rolled down the car window and took a breath of the fresh air with the scent of wheat.

The venue of the Harvest Festival was very lively. Most of the people coming from this direction were tourists coming from the airport. Mu Huiyue followed the crowd and walked in.

An event similar to a garden party is being held here. Many temporary shops and activity venues have been set up in the spacious venue, with a wide variety of products and many introductions to the heritage of Xizhou.

There are many activities during the Harvest Festival. Mu Shuyue picked up a flyer at the entrance and carefully looked at the activities to be held in different areas and at different times. It felt like visiting a temple fair.

The contract trial event that allows entry into the S-level secret realm "Fenghe River Basin" will be held in two days. It is one of the most anticipated events during the Harvest Festival.

The organizers had been building momentum early in the morning and had also held a betting event to support favorite players. The flyers also included introductions to several seeded players.

The contract trial is held for beastmasters below level 5, and can be considered an alternative freshman competition. Except for a few outsiders like Mu Chuyue who came with letters of recommendation, most of the people participating in the trial are outstanding local beastmasters in Xizhou.

Over time, the contract trial of the Harvest Festival seemed to have turned into an internal competition among the local major families in Xizhou. After all, being able to contract the best pet in the secret realm of the guardian god of Xizhou, the Kuruo Linglu, and suppress competitors from other families is a very proud achievement.

Almost all the seeded players listed in the flyer are young beastmasters from major families.

Mu Shuyue looked at it with great interest for a while, and decided to go to the activity platform for the contract trial first, and then go to see the interesting items on the flyer with her two pets.

Just as he was thinking, a black shadow suddenly passed by Mu Chuyue, passed through the crowd like the wind, and ran forward.

There was a commotion at the back, with voices of people shouting and the cries of some unknown pet.

"It's a thief, catch him quickly——"

“Kuwawa——”

The man who was running away must have been affected by some shadow skill. Not only was he incredibly fast, but he also passed through the crowded crowd smoothly like a shadow. On the contrary, the pursuers behind him were mostly blocked by the crowd.

"Ellen." Mu Huoyue called softly to her own shadow.

The shadow under her feet instantly lengthened several times, then disappeared in the shadows cast by the crowd, and swept forward in the blink of an eye.

Shadow skills are indeed very convenient for escaping, but no one can escape the speed of the card teeth soldiers in shadow stealth.

Not long after, a scream was heard from the crowd, and everyone around looked over.

I saw an adult male being tied up in a desperate situation, with dark shadows wrapped around him. It was the skill that helped him escape before, but now it had the opposite effect and was turned into a rope by Eren using Shadow Stealth.

A shivering earth rat was hiding in the pocket on his chest. It was a high-level elite race of the earth system, the Earth Rat. Well-cultivated individuals could master some D-level and C-level dark skills.

The low-level dark skills used by these non-dark pets are powerless in front of the control effect of the monarch race's [Shadow Stealth].

In addition, the man was holding tightly in his hand a hammer of a strange shape and very small size. It did not look like it was for humans, but suitable for smaller creatures.

Mu Chuyue felt that the hammer looked familiar.

This is not...

“Kuwawa!!——”

A small lead-gray creature scurried over quickly, pounced on the man, snatched the small hammer from his hand, and held it in its arms like a treasure.

The little guy was only knee-high, a humanoid creature, with lead-gray, wrinkled skin on his face and body. Mu Liuyue had never seen such an extraordinary creature before.

The hammer was the perfect size for it.

Holding the hammer that he had lost and found again, the little guy's eyes were filled with tears. The corners of his mouth were shaped like a ∩, but he was still trying hard not to cry.

The small hammer emitted a soft light in its hand, and a thin layer of translucent metal suddenly appeared on the little guy's body. Then it became more and more solid, turning into steel armor that fit the size of the body and covered most of the skin.

Seeing it in its complete form holding a hammer and wearing steel armor, Mu Huiyue finally recognized it.

Isn't this the forging hammer soldier?

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