Chapter 383: Chapter 383

"There aren't many other rules. When you see the masters of the family, if you don't know how to address them, just stand to the side. If you know how, give a greeting. Other than that, just do your job well. The main thing is not to offend the masters." Steward Li was quite nice, continuing to clarify the situation for Xiaoyao.

"Thank you, Steward Li. I have one more question—can we freely come and go here?" Xiaoyao finally asked. This was crucial, as he had arrangements for his spare time.

"After you finish your work, you can go out freely. You could even live outside if you wanted. We have a special gate here for transporting monster beasts. As long as you get along well with the guards, there won't be any problems." Steward Li replied.

"That's good!" Xiaoyao nodded, then bid farewell to Steward Li. After settling in, he went to the reference library to find books to read. The books here were very freely available—you could take any of them, since these were all copies anyway, and the "main reference library" had more.

No one would steal the books inside either. Giving up a job at the Xuanwu Family for this wouldn't be worth it. At the same time, the books here could be copied—if you really wanted one, you could copy it to take out.

Every so often, all the reference books of the Xuanwu Family would be organized. Damaged ones would be repaired, and any accidentally lost would be replaced, maintaining the most complete collection.

In the following period, Xiaoyao's daily routine was: work, finish work, read books, rest—almost unchanging. Reading took up the most time. If anyone had been paying attention, they would have been amazed to discover that during this period, Xiaoyao had already finished reading most of the monster beast books.

Although there weren't very many books about monster beasts, there were still quite a few. Anyone who could finish reading so many books in such a short time was either just flipping through them for fun, or was a genius.

During this time, Xiaoyao didn't go out because he wanted to use the shortest time possible to cultivate a type of super-strong messenger eagle. He now had a plan—using the Xuanwu Family's resources combined with some characteristics of monster beasts, he would improve the abilities of messenger eagles.

To improve a monster beast's abilities, the first method was to find a powerful monster beast of the same species for crossbreeding. This was the most commonly used method and involved innate conditions.

The second method was to use post-natal cultivation. The simplest was to have the monster beast eat high-level monster beast cores to strengthen its abilities. There were also other methods—for example, some monster beasts' blood could also improve abilities, or various pills could be used for enhancement...

Xiaoyao was now experimenting, trying all methods to find the optimal combination. These experiments were conducted openly without hiding anything, because no one would care.

The Xuanwu Family only cared about high-level monster beasts. Who would bother with these low-level ones? Messenger eagles might not even qualify as low-level. Combined with Xiaoyao's recent work performance, which had earned praise from Steward Li, he was given certain privileges and considerable freedom.

Xiaoyao's work ability was unquestionable. No matter what position he was in, he could perform perfectly, leaving people unable to find any flaws and only able to marvel at how he did it.

Such performance—as long as it wasn't self-promoting—would be liked by all superiors. Xiaoyao never sought credit for himself, only worked quietly and conducted himself humbly, preferably in a way that made people not notice his existence.

Simply put: he did the work, but others could take all the credit. Who wouldn't like such a person? Follow current novels on novelFirｅ.net

Soon, Xiaoyao integrated into the Xuanwu Family, becoming an official lower-rank servant. Before this had been a probationary period—if he didn't meet standards, he would have been eliminated.

Xiaoyao put down the book in his hands and looked toward the messenger eagle flying from the sky. This was a messenger eagle he had trained. He frowned slightly, seeming somewhat dissatisfied.

"Sigh, this speed still isn't enough. There's no need to mention other aspects. It seems I still need to study more comprehensively, finish reading all the monster beast books, and see if there are other methods for enhancement. I also need to go hang around the alchemy room..."

Xiaoyao now planned to go hang around the alchemy room. After finishing work here, he would go there first to get familiar, then work his way into their circle. Since it was voluntary help, no one would refuse.

This wasn't Xiaoyao's first time doing something . Previously at the Mo family, he had mastered all positions. Now it was just two professions—there was absolutely no problem. Sooner or later, Xiaoyao would master all positions in the Xuanwu Family too.

"I'm called Xiaoyao, a servant from the monster beast pens. I want to get to know everyone. If you need anything, just say the word—I can help..."

Just like that, Xiaoyao began his advance into the alchemy room. Although he was initially rejected, he persisted, keeping a smile on his face. Since he was willing to do anything and could do it well, gradually everyone accepted his presence.

"Xiaoyao, help me watch the furnace!"

"Xiaoyao, help me add some medicine..."

, Xiaoyao successfully conquered the alchemy room. Initially, during his spare time and when watching furnaces—whenever he could read—he would take out those monster beast books to study.

Actually, Xiaoyao quite liked the alchemy room work. It was basically watching furnaces, leaving plenty of time for reading. Had that copper coin been wrong...

When the alchemy room servants saw the books Xiaoyao was reading, they felt even more that he had no intention of stealing their livelihood. He was wholeheartedly focused on raising monster beasts in the beast pens and just came here to help out during free time. What a good person!

Later, they even brought books about pills for Xiaoyao to read, making it very natural for him to access the pharmacy reference materials. No one felt this was problematic.

Even later, Xiaoyao was trusted to perform alchemy alone, with certain rights to use medicinal materials. Even the pharmacy steward accepted Xiaoyao's presence, though that steward thought Xiaoyao was one of his pharmacy servants.

Thus, Xiaoyao used this to refine some pills for monster beasts to eat. These pills were of very high quality. Fortunately, he did this secretly without anyone knowing. He would also leave some for the alchemy room, while the rest naturally went to himself.

His pill success rate was always very high. Even after taking away most of the pills, others still thought these pills were quite good. Under normal circumstances, they would only produce this many pills, and the quality wouldn't be as good.

However, since Xiaoyao was currently only refining monster beast pills and some ordinary pills, others didn't pay attention and didn't discover his exceptional nature.

Half a year passed. Xiaoyao had successfully gained deep understanding of this continent and obtained most of the pill formulas of this continent. He had also become a top-tier monster beast keeper, though this hadn't been discovered.

His messenger eagle cultivation plan was also completed. Just a few days ago, his messenger eagles could no longer be called just messenger eagles. Not only were they fast, but they also had certain combat abilities. For this reason, he kept them with high-level flying combat monster beasts to train their fighting abilities.

Because of this, some messenger eagles died or were injured. As long as they didn't die, he saved them. He was now a generation of veterinarian, absolutely incomparable to anyone.

But even so, the messenger eagles' casualty rate was quite high. Fortunately, he had initially bred several clutches, so the numbers were substantial. As long as one could succeed in the end, it would be enough—one to maintain contact between him and Guxing would suffice.

The results were still very satisfying to him. Through his cultivation, the messenger eagles' survival rate was quite high. Seven actually succeeded. He gave one to Guxing, kept one for himself, then gave one each to the other three women, sending the messenger eagles over through ordinary methods.

Because of this, Xiaoyao received information from them. As expected, he was thoroughly scolded by those three women in letters, especially the Young Miss, who clearly stated that she would definitely make Xiaoyao pay next time they met.

Why were their reactions so intense? It was because Xiaoyao had only contacted them now, which made them quite angry. You said you'd contact us when we reached White Deer Academy, but more than half a year has passed and you only now sent three messenger eagles over.

If they were messenger eagles, why didn't you just buy them earlier instead of waiting until now?!

However, complaints aside, they immediately divided up the messenger eagles, then broke their fingers to let the eagles absorb a drop of their blood.

Why messenger eagles could find their masters in different places was because of this drop of blood. They could accept blood from at most two people and could only carry messages between those two people.

Obviously, Xiaoyao had already given them a drop of his blood beforehand. After accepting the girls' blood, the messenger eagles began traveling back and forth between the two parties.

After inquiring about their situations, Xiaoyao told them not to send messages unless necessary—they should at least keep one eagle in case of emergencies. Since the three of them were generally together, communication between both sides continued constantly.

Xiaoyao also took the opportunity to send them the Mo Yu Sword Technique and Suxin Sword Technique. During this half year, he had comprehended several more moves, all derived from the twenty-third sword of Supreme Sword Arts. He had now understood eighty to ninety percent of it.

Through understanding their progress, things were going smoothly for them, except they were still lingering before the Saint Level. Upon hearing that Guxing had successfully advanced—and that was eight months ago—they immediately stopped chatting with Xiaoyao and all said they were going into seclusion. This was what Third Miss said; she didn't need to chase after Guxing.

According to Third Miss, she was currently working hard on something. If successful, Xiaoyao would definitely be very surprised and would admire her greatly.

When Xiaoyao asked what it was, she didn't respond, leaving Xiaoyao somewhat expectant. He didn't think Third Miss was just joking. For her to say this, there must be something to it.