Chapter 43 High Hopes On Basil


    While Rocky was practicing the skills listed in the Beast Encyclopedia at the depths of the bamboo


    grove as usual, he suddenly sensed a strong breath. Someone was approaching. rmed, he


    immediately ceased his practice and controlled his spiritual power. Almost at the same time, a delicate


    shadow appeared in front of him.


    "Master Mia! What a pleasant surprise to see you here!" Rocky was slightly shocked because it was


    Mia who came to visit him. He didn''t expect her to find out about that ce, which was supposed to be


    his secret practice spot. He was certain no one would even know that they could find him there. ''How


    did she find out about my secret ce?'' Rocky wondered stealthily.


    "What? Are you surprised to see me?" Mia pretended to be mad at him and asked him as if she could


    read his mind.


    Just then, a shadow of a beast darted out of the bamboo grove. In the blink of an eye, it approached


    Mia. It was Rocky''s war beast Uriah.


    "Uriah, stop!" Rocky ordered his war beast at once. He was afraid that it might hurt Mia.


    Rocky''s surprise was boundless when he saw Uriah reach closer to Mia, because it didn''t attack her at


    all. Instead, it was meekly walking around Mia like a pet sheep, and kept licking her jade-like beautiful


    hand. Thinking that licking was not enough to show its affection to Mia, Uriah even began to rub its


    head against Mia''s legs and arms. Mia, on the other hand, did not seem to be irritated by its intimate


    behavior and simply allowed it to do as it wished. Rather she was patting it softly.


    "Wow, Uriah, you are unbelievable! When you see a beauty, you be so excited that you forget


    even your own master!" Rocky grumbled, but deep inside, he envied his war beast as it could be so


    close to Mia. He kept thinking that if only he had been treated by Mia like that.


    "It looks like what I have heard is true. I didn''t expect that your war beast would grow to this extent in


    such a short time," Mia remarked, narrowing her eyes. Some time ago, she had met Priest Dean. While


    returning, she identally heard a few young men talking about what had happened to Rocky recently.


    It was at that moment that she got to know about the conflict which happened in private two days ago


    between Rocky and Bear. Rocky even had a fierce fight with Bear''s three-star war beast Lion Eagle. It


    was surprising that in the end, the Lion Eagle was brutally defeated by a more powerful war beast.


    Towards the end, Lion Eagle was supposed to have got so intimidated that it didn''t have the slightest


    courage to fight back. After overhearing the young men, she couldn''t help but ask them specifically


    whose war beast had the power to defeat Lion Eagle. They informed her that it was Rocky''s. Mia was


    surprised and she came to Rocky to confirm that information. She also had to talk to him about another


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    important matter.


    Rocky got a feeling that Mia knew about what Uriah had done recently. He knew he couldn''t hide it from


    her anymore, so he smiled and said, "I can''t believe that even Master Mia hase to know about it. If


    I am guessing right, by now, what Uriah has done is known to people all over the world."


    "Although I am not a beast evaluator, I can tell that your war beast could be a three-star war beast. I


    think its original potential was not evaluated correctly by the first beast evaluator, right? It''s no wonder


    that Bear''s three-star Lion Eagle was beaten hard by your war beast. But, how could you make its


    potential increase by such arge extent only within a month? Did you ever feed it anything special to


    improve its power?" Mia asked Rocky as she was filled with curiosity. She looked at him with a puzzled


    expression. She had enough reason to be baffled. Being inferior to a one-star war beast, the Uriah she


    had seen earlier was like a weak, ordinary pet. Within a month, somehow, it made great improvement


    and became a three-star war beast!


    Such a shocking improvement was usually impossible unless Uriah actually had the potential to be a


    three-star war beast, which had not been found out for some reason. That was probably the reason


    why it was regarded as a war beast that was weaker than even a one-star beast. Since it had made


    such an abrupt and quick improvement in its power, Mia had a hunch that Uriah must have eaten


    something special that stimted the potential hidden in its body, but Mia was not sure about that. Only


    Rocky knew the real reason for Uriah''s development.


    "I have my own way. Don''t ask as it''s a secret and I will never tell you," Rocky said, adding to the


    mystery. He would not tell Mia that the reason for Uriah''s improvement was because it had swallowed a


    yellow spiritual crystal. He knew that if Mia got to know about the yellow spiritual crystal, she would


    certainly ask him where it came from. He did not want to reveal to anyone that the other day, he got it


    from Marcia. He had promised Marcia that he would keep everything that happened on that day as a


    secret. He had to keep his promise. Therefore, to stop Mia from digging deep into the topic, he


    immediately changed the subject and asked, "Master Mia, may I ask why you were looking for me?


    And how did you know that I am here?"


    "Well, the dragon field is a small ce, after all. It is easy for me to find anyone in this ce!" Mia had


    a rare smile and said. "As for why I was looking for you, have you forgotten that I gave you only a


    month off? Your holiday ended yesterday. Today, you were supposed to show up at the training ce,


    but you didn''t.


    "Oh! Is that so? Master Mia, you have such a good memory. Why do you care about me so much?


    Maybe, you do have some feelings for me!" Rocky flirted boldly andughed. How could he not know


    that his one month holiday hade to an end! The fact was that he didn''t want to start the training


    right away and wanted to take a few more days off. But he hadn''t expected Mia to look for him in his


    absence.


    "I''m not in the mood to hear your jokes. From tomorrow onwards, your training will be doubled. Next


    month, the Dragon Birth Festival will be held in our empire. That time you and other royal spirit


    maniptors will have tomunicate andpete with the phoenix spirit maniptors of the Magic


    Phoenix Empire. I don''t want you to be the one who will weaken our overall power because you''re a


    month short of training," Mia said sternly.


    Rocky listened, smiled, and looked at Mia, but spoke nothing. Actually, his mind was racing fast. ''If I


    told you that I was already at the fourth grade of Mortal Stage, I''m sure that you wouldn''t have said


    those words to me. But at present, I prefer not to let you know about that. Just wait and watch. When


    you finally learn the fact by yourself, you''ll be pleasantly surprised! Not just you! Everyone will be


    surprised!'' Rocky was lost in his thoughts.


    "Why are you smiling?" Mia asked suspiciously, when she saw an odd smile on Rocky''s face.


    "Nothing! Never mind. Master Mia, if you have nothing else to order or tell me, I''d like to go back to my


    room now." Without waiting for Mia''s reply, Rocky turned to his war beast, who was still rubbing against


    Mia''s hands, and said, "Uriah, youdy-killer! Let''s go now!" After that, he roared to Uriah, as if he was


    giving it the signal to leave.


    Uriah roared a few times and seemed to be very reluctant to leave Mia, but as a war beast, it was also


    aware that it should obey its master''s orders. Thus, unwillingly, it began to follow Rocky and left.


    "Originally, I had some hopes on him. I was hoping that he would make big improvements in his


    spiritual power. Yet, even after a month, his spiritual power does not seem to have improved much.


    Though he has a three-star war beast now, if as a royal spirit maniptor, he is not strong enough, it


    will be very difficult for him to manipte his own war beast!" Mia looked at the back of Rocky while he


    walked away and whispered in disappointment.


    Rocky took Uriah back to his room, and saw his roommate Flint. He immediately greeted him.


    Flint''s eyes fell upon Uriah. With eyes wide open, he looked back at Rocky and then again at Uriah. He


    looked surprised and stammered, "Is it really your Uriah?"


    "Yes, it is. Is there a problem?" Rocky replied, raising his eyebrows.


    "So, all those rumors about your war beast are true! Everyone is talking about your war beast," Flint


    added and still couldn''t believe his eyes. As a result, he couldn''t stop himself as he had a few more


    looks at Uriah. A month ago, it was as small and weak as a puppy. Now, it was half as tall as an adult


    and looked so beefy. Flint thought it was asrge as his war beast Cloud Tiger.


    "It turns out that I''m a celebrity now," Rocky murmured to himself with a smile. "By the way, I hope you


    remember the promise you made yesterday. So, can I borrow your Cloud Tiger now?" He asked Flint.


    "All right! But just for three days," Flint stressed on the number, as he replied to Rocky.


    "Then we start from tonight!" Rocky eximed at once and nodded his head. He would be able to do


    what he had nned.


    When the evening fell, Rocky took Uriah and Flint''s Cloud Tiger to the bamboo grove and began to use


    Cloud Tiger to practice the Magical Evaluation Skill. Rocky immediately felt that using a spirit-


    manipted beast for practice was quite different from practicing without it.


    "Evaluate!" Rocky said as he began to exercise his Magical Evaluation Skill. After making Cloud Tiger


    sit well, he sat down in front of it with his legs crossed and slowly began to work on the Magical


    Evaluation Skill. As time passed, a triangr mark appeared at the foot of Cloud Tiger. The next


    moment, the mark began to shine brightly and its light got reflected on it. Meanwhile, its body projected


    a cluster of light with different sizes and different wavelengths, which were arranged in a unique


    sequence. These were all the qualities of Cloud Tiger, which it had from the time when it was born.


    Although Cloud Tiger was a two-star war beast, its strength didn''t even reach the power of a one-star


    war beast. Therefore, Rocky''s Magical Evaluation Skill could easily evaluate all its qualities.


    Suddenly Rocky noticed that among all the rays of light which were reflected on Cloud Tiger, the


    brightest and thickest of them was a cloud of silver-white light. It immediately caught his attention. He


    clearly remembered that Flint had once told him that Cloud Tiger was a war beast whose special


    quality was its strong power, but the silver-white light didn''t represent the power. Only red light


    represented. If Cloud Tiger''s special quality was power indeed, the brightest and biggest light should be


    the red light. Based on the above deductions, Rocky felt that there must be something wrong with


    Flint''s knowledge about his Cloud Tiger. Probably Flint wasn''t fully aware of the strength of his own war


    beast!