“I’m back again.”

Jinling High-speed Railway Station is bustling with people.

Lu Ran, wearing a black sweatshirt, white shorts and a sun hat, squeezed out of the crowd.

"Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened!"

Lu Ran poked the King of Death in his pocket. He brought the King of Death with him on this trip to Jinling.

After the extraordinary evolution, King Death's adaptability has become much stronger.

Even if you are in an environment that is not suitable for you, you will not feel uncomfortable.

At this moment, looking at the familiar city of Jinling, the ancient capital of Six Dynasties, Lu Ran felt melancholy.

He lived here for a period of time when he was a child and had many memories of it. After many years, he finally came back again.

Following the navigation, Lu Ran walked out of the high-speed rail station and got on the taxi he had called in advance, heading straight to Tianhong Dojo with a clear goal.

The Tianhong Dojo is located in a remote area, far away from the city center. Lu Ran sat for a long time before he came to the outside of this familiar dojo.

Observing the ancient dojo in front of him, which did not have many traces of modernization, Lu Ran smiled.

He stretched out his hand, and a gift box appeared out of thin air in his hand. Since he was here, he certainly didn't come empty-handed.

There's...all good stuff in there.

Since he couldn't think of a good gift, Lu Ran packed up some of the resources he bought from the secret realm and brought them over as a gift.

Not dog food.

He is not so disrespectful as to offer dog food to an elderly person. It is fine for him to just eat it himself.

These are all high-quality nutritional products that Lu Ran wants to eat, including Mingshen tea, so he is sincere! After all, even he is very short of crystal coins.

In addition to the gift box, Lu Ran also took out the Wind-Zhan Sword and hung it behind him handsomely.

After completing all this, he pushed open the door of the dojo and entered.

The lobby of the dojo was very deserted, with only a young girl in a kendo uniform sitting there playing with her cell phone.

Seeing this, Lu Ran sighed. Sure enough, the mobile phone was more attractive than kendo.

"Who are you?" The girl looked up when she saw Lu Ran pushing the door open with a sword on his back. This time, Lu Ran came over without telling his master in advance, but intended to give him a surprise.

"Kick the door." Lu Ran said.

The kendo girl stood up suddenly: What, challenge?

She had a fierce expression...

"Just kidding..." Lu Ran was about to say that he was just joking and asked not to get excited, but he saw the girl decisively pressed a button next to her. In an instant, a familiar alarm sounded from inside the dojo.

Lu Ran’s eyes went dark. Lady, you are really quick.

Lu Ran had heard this alarm before. When he was a kid, he was studying in a dojo. If someone came to challenge the dojo, the person in charge of guarding the dojo would press this button to notify the apprentices who were training inside.

Sure enough, as the girl finished the massage, the inside of the dojo suddenly became noisy, and there were even bursts of excited roars.

"Who is so blind as to come and challenge us?"

"I've been an apprentice for six months, and finally I met someone who could challenge me."

In a flash, more than a dozen teenagers of different ages, wearing kendo uniforms, came out of the dojo.

Each of them held a wooden sword and looked at Lu Ran in the center of the lobby with great momentum.

"Which school are you from? Tell me your name." Someone shouted in the crowd.

"Dog-shaped sword... Oh, no, it's a misunderstanding... Actually, I came to visit Master Jiang Dou. Here, a gift box, a gift box. Is he here?" Lu Ran smiled and pointed to the gift box in his hand.

Forehead……

Everyone was stunned, but at this moment, looking at a group of young and energetic sword apprentices, Lu Ran felt itchy again, and his eyes changed and said: "However, asking for advice is not a bad thing. Let me see how strong the Tianhong Dojo is now."

Tianhong Dojo has a strong martial arts culture, which is very different from modern kendo halls. Students often get injured, so it has been reported many times... Those who dare to come here to study are all tough guys.

As he spoke, Lu Ran walked to a corner of the hall, pulled out a wooden sword from a sword storage barrel, swung it familiarly, and then looked at the apprentices in the dojo with an extremely serious look! Boom! As Lu Ran looked at him, a fierce aura burst out from him, as if he had turned into a beast looking at its prey. This terrifying aura, almost materialized, impacted every kendo apprentice who looked directly at Lu Ran, making these people suddenly pale in the face, and those who didn't know the reason went limp.

There were even a few people who, just by looking at Lu Ran, felt their legs go weak and they almost sat down, as if they were recalling the experience of being chased and bitten by stray dogs when they were wearing open-crotch pants.

"Is anyone coming?"

Faced with Lu Ran's challenge, no one could speak a complete sentence for a moment, and everyone's face showed fear.

"Jian Shi...who are you?" At this time, a middle-aged man happened to walk out. When he saw the situation in the lobby, his expression changed involuntarily, especially when he felt the beast-like aura from Lu Ran, he was extremely surprised.

but……

"Brother He?" Lu Ran, who was holding a wooden sword, suddenly had his eyes brightened. He looked at the middle-aged man who walked out. He finally met an acquaintance!

He didn't know any of these apprentices, but he was very familiar with this middle-aged man who had just come out.

A gold medal veteran employee of the dojo.

"Lu Ran?" At this time, the man called Senior Brother He, seeing Lu Ran's growth, also speculated and spoke, unable to believe it.

"It's me."

"Shit, it's you." Senior Brother He was greatly shocked, while the kendo apprentices next to him were bewildered. What was going on, and... They were sweating as they looked at Lu Ran. What was going on with this guy? Why was he looking at him? They felt like they were looking at a monster. It was so scary.

"I'm here to see Master Jiang Dou. Is he here?" Lu Ran asked.

"Yes, why are you here? I'll take you there!" Senior Brother He was not calm at this moment. He took a deep breath, looked at the apprentices around him, and said, "This is Lu Ran. He studied at Tianhong Dojo when he was young. He is considered your senior brother. This must be a misunderstanding. Okay, you guys go back to training first."

As he said that, he led Lu Ran to the interior of the dojo.

"Xiao Ran, it's really you. What's wrong with you? That just now, could it be a sword move...but how is it possible?"

Senior Brother He led Lu Ran inside and asked in surprise. As far as he knew, even in the entire Tianhong Dojo, the only one who had comprehended the sword power was Master Jiang Dou.

Lu Ran is only in his teens, how could he possibly comprehend this high level of realm that is difficult to comprehend even after decades of immersion in swordsmanship.

"We'll talk about our luck later." Lu Ran chuckled.

At this time, in a room deep inside the Tianhong Dojo, a bald old man with white eyebrows was sitting cross-legged on the floor meditating. The alarm just now did not disturb him, and he looked like a master.

It was not until there was a knock on the door that the old man woke up with a start and said, "I fell asleep again..."

"Who is it? Come in..."

After he finished speaking, he looked towards the door and saw Senior Brother He leading Lu Ran into the room.

"Master Jiang Dou, look who's here, haha, it's Lu Ran." Senior Brother He said with a smile. He knew that Master Jiang Dou liked Lu Ran very much, and he would definitely be very happy that Lu Ran came to see him at this time.

Especially... Lu Ran grew up with terrifying sword skills.

“Lu Ran?!” The old man was startled, he stood up and looked at Lu Ran’s familiar face.

"Master Jiang Dou." Lu Ran said embarrassedly, "It was your 60th birthday a few days ago. I was planning to come over then, but I was delayed by something. I'm very sorry."

"But! I brought you a very rare gift, you will never guess what it is!"

[Wow...] The King of Death in the pocket turned over. It couldn't be dog food. It saw that these gifts and Mr. Ha's dog food were all taken out from a card...

"Haha, it's okay." Jiang Dou said with a smile: "I am satisfied that you have this intention, why..."

He looked at the Zhanfeng Sword that Lu Ran was carrying and caught the unusual aura of the sword.

"You've picked up the sword again?"

"Master Jiang Dou, don't be surprised. Just now... Lu Ran displayed his sword skills, and his aura was so powerful that none of the apprentices outside could move!" Senior Brother He said at this time.

"What?" Jiang Dou looked at Lu Ran in disbelief, "Show it to me!"

"Okay." Lu Ran nodded. He also knew the old man's mood and expectations, so he drew out the Zhanfeng Sword, concentrated his mind, and looked at his master seriously.

Boom! The sword force, like the breath of a ferocious beast, was revealed again, turning into an invisible gust of wind, suppressing the opponent. At this time, Jiang Dou also focused his eyes and felt the amazing change in Lu Ran's momentum. The moment the young boy picked up the sword, he seemed to have turned into a ferocious beast, and his breath was extremely violent.

Jiang Dou seemed to see the shadow of a king wolf, roaring at him and intimidating him.

But the strange thing was that he did not show other changes like those apprentices, nor did he look very pleased. Instead, he said with a bit of loneliness: "Boy, you won't... become a beastmaster too, right?"

"Ah?" Lu Ran, who was holding the sword, was stunned and said, "You guessed it, but what does 'also' mean? Could it be that Master, you have also been chosen? Wait, you are not the first generation boss or the hidden master, right?"

Lu Ran’s eyes suddenly lit up. No way, if that were the case, that would be great. He would have someone to hug.

He doesn't trust others, but his master is still trustworthy.

"It's a pity that I was not selected at my age." Master Jiang Dou said, "But your brother Jiang Man was one of the first to be selected to become a beastmaster. The reason I think so is that he also used the extraordinary power of a beastmaster to comprehend the sword power at a young age."

“Senior Brother Jiang…” Lu Ran remembered that there was such a person, who seemed to be Jiang Dou’s adopted son. Jiang Dou had been seriously injured in a fight in his early years, and had no children in his life, only an adopted son…

"Where is Senior Brother Jiang?" Lu Ran asked. He felt that this trip was not in vain. It seemed that he could get close to someone powerful. Old Master Jiang Dou was not the first generation boss. His son was... and seemed to be pretty good too.

When mentioning this adopted son, Master Jiang Dou sighed, and Senior Brother He beside him also lowered his head.

"Your senior brother Jiang passed away a long time ago, and died in the secret realm. I didn't expect that you would become a beastmaster. When you think about it carefully, you came from such a family..." Jiang Dou looked at Lu Ran.

"This profession is very dangerous. Although I haven't experienced it myself, I know some things from Jiang Man."

"Now that I see you, I feel like you're going to follow his old path. So even though I see you have mastered the sword skills, I can't be happy."

Lu Ran was slightly dazed. He had never expected that this would be the case. For a moment, he felt complicated. Master Jiang Dou’s only adopted son... actually died in the secret realm?

"Hey, I'm old too. Why bring up this kind of thing? He is him and you are you." Jiang Dou shook his head and said, "Just wait."

As he said this, he turned around as if he wanted to get something.

After a while, Master Jiang Dou took out a diary.

He handed it to Lu Ran and said, "This is the diary that your senior brother Jiang Man used to record his growth experience after becoming a beastmaster. Take a look. I don't know much about the profession of beastmaster, but this may be of some help to you, and it can also be a warning."

Lu Ran took the diary in silence.

Opened the first page.

[I'm so lucky that I was chosen to be a beastmaster. I made a contract with my favorite sand sculpture and named myself the Condor Hero.]

(End of this chapter)