Chapter 1 The State of Mind is Chaotic

Looking at the attributes displayed on the panel, Zhou Jing's mood was chaotic.

"What's wrong?"

Roman held Zhou Jing's hand, keenly noticing the stiffness in Zhou Jing just now, and couldn't help but find it strange.

"Cough, it's nothing. I'm just a little curious, what important matter would a key official like you have in seeing me?"

Zhou Jing feigned a natural demeanor as he retracted his hand, suppressing the twitching at the corner of his mouth.

"Hehe, it's nothing special. I just wanted to get to know Master Bill." Roman chuckled softly.

"I can't be called a master yet."

Roman said slowly, "With your skills, you will become an alchemist master sooner or later. No one will doubt that."

The two sat down again, and Roman guided the conversation, but didn't mention anything serious, instead chatting with Zhou Jing about all sorts of things.

This person was chubby, and his words had a kind of inexplicable air, making people feel intimacy, but also involuntarily respect him… Compared to King Becky, he had a different kind of great figure aura.

The King's Privy Councilor was an extremely high-ranking official in the Terra Empire's court, one of the seats in the King's Council. The scope of his power was very large, and he was a truly powerful figure.

Roman was very knowledgeable and quite talkative. Zhou Jing learned many interesting anecdotes about this world from his casual chats.

The other party seemed to simply have the goal of making friends. After chatting for about half an hour, he got up and planned to leave, leaving a sentence with a smile:

"If you encounter any problems in the royal capital in the future, you can come to me. For example, business matters. Your potion shop is very good. If you have any ideas to expand the business, I would be happy to help."

"Okay, okay, I'll keep that in mind."

Zhou Jing quickly nodded, watched Roman's back disappear from sight, and then his tense nerves relaxed.

If he didn't know Roman's strength, he might have been deceived by Roman's amiable appearance like everyone else, thinking that this was just an ordinary person.

Perception and spirit both exceeded ninety, and energy even broke through one hundred… What powerful attributes. Even with five Hetero-blood enhancements, he couldn't win, right?

On the surface, Klayber and Eileen were the strongest in the empire. Probably few people knew that there was a hidden big shot like Roman.

'What's the deal with this guy?'

Zhou Jing's face twitched.

He originally thought that the most difficult thing was to get in touch with the high-ranking and powerful person, thinking that he was an ordinary person who could be kneaded at will.

Only now did he realize that he was wrong. The other party was clearly pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger!

… Speaking of which, is it too late to follow Roman now?

So far, he had only met the other party once, and had not opposed him. Switching sides was completely reasonable!

Zhou Jing shook his head, throwing out these unreliable thoughts, and doubts and curiosity arose in his mind one after another.

'Roman's attribute distribution is completely unlike a Hetero-blood Warrior, and also different from the crew-cut man. Could it be a new super-power system? Where did he get his power? He's so powerful, but he's hiding in the court, pretending to be an ordinary person. What is his true identity?'

Zhou Jing couldn't help but think of Lutt's plan, Roman acting as a go-between to collude with tribal leaders in various places to create independence. With his strength, what motivation would he have?

Could it really be because of ambition? That seemed reasonable.

'Fortunately, I know the other party's details, otherwise if I acted rashly, I would probably end up harming myself.'

Zhou Jing exhaled, feeling relieved.

This proved that his plan to lure the snake out of its hole had worked, using Bill's "talent" to lure the other party to take the initiative to meet and make friends.

The harvest was quite rich. At least he knew the other party's foundation, while Roman was still in the dark, not knowing that he had been exposed. This was his advantage.

Zhou Jing recalled the information Lutt revealed, and his mind quickly turned.

Roman's power might be related to extra-dimensional lifeforms, or even, he might be an extra-dimensional lifeform himself?

If a person who understood the local situation wanted to pretend to be a native of this world, it was not impossible.

'Extra-dimensional lifeforms exist in this world, and any changes they bring are possible.'

Zhou Jing muttered in his heart, feeling that he still had to be careful. When he was being carefree, he also had to be cautious. This was the famous dual nature of being both reckless and cowardly.

But soon, he became excited.

The more hidden secrets, the happier he was.

Roman's attributes, suspected to be a new super-power system, were a new path. After mingling for so long, he finally saw a clue to a new system.

If he interacted with Roman more, he might be able to figure out what this power was.

Compared to causing trouble, obtaining a new power system was more important to the main body.

If there was a chance, he could let one of his Star Realm Apostles embark on this path, turning the new super-power system into his optional cultivation route, instead of just being a pure musclehead.

'Roman is secretly in two camps with the imperial royal family, opposing each other, and sooner or later a conflict will break out. At that time, Roman might jump to the front and break with the empire. I can only stand on one side… But I have more than one apostle, why can't I bet on both sides?'

Zhou Jing's eyes lit up, and he made a decision.

Forget about the rest, I unilaterally announce that from today onwards, Roman, that guy, is my good brother, Bill!

If you can't beat them, join them!

…

Roman naturally didn't know what Zhou Jing was thinking. At this moment, he was sitting in a carriage returning to the court, closing his eyes to recall the meeting just now.

"Bill… I always feel like he's not simple. I should interact with him more."

Roman muttered to himself, his eyes changing.

In any case, a talent like that would be a loss to leave to the royal family.

Now was not the time yet. When he was more familiar with him, and the time was right, he might be able to bring the other party under his command and turn him into one of his own.

Simply wining him over would not be enough to impress a future alchemist master who had been given an important position by the royal family. Perhaps he had to stage a play, involving this person in an incident, to impress him, dig out the royal family's corner, and make this person submit to him…

But speaking of which, in the conversation just now, he could feel that this Bill seemed to have a good impression of him… Maybe subduing this person wouldn't be difficult.

Roman began to calculate in his heart.

…

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month had passed.

After meeting the King and Roman, life seemed to become calm. The higher-ups in the workshop didn't bother him anymore, and he could leisurely brush up on his indicators. Every day, he could also chat with the two guards and tease them.

But Zhou Jing knew that this was just the surface. The royal family was observing, and when the day of the assessment was over, he wouldn't be able to relax anymore. He would inevitably be given an important task.

In the past half-month, Zhou Jing had already switched a traversal cycle. In addition to brushing up on workshop tasks and learning several Hetero-blood potion formulas, he also went to the alien beast breeding farm and asked for a low-risk alien beast.

In principle, the empire did not allow private breeding of alien beasts, unless they were related hunters, but that also had to be reported.

But Zhou Jing reasoned that he needed to observe the habits of alien beasts for a long time for research purposes. He also had the King's special care, and eventually obtained a special permit to obtain a small alien beast that had been almost domesticated.

Coincidentally, he had also studied this alien beast's potion. The alien beast obtained from the breeding farm was the Swordtail Hawk.

The pet that the breeding farm sent to him, the King's favorite, was naturally not a second-rate product, but a carefully cultivated alien beast with excellent quality.

Zhou Jing also officially transferred the only slot for the pet function from Blackie No. 1 to the newly acquired Swordtail Hawk.

The original Blackie No. 1 was not released. Although he lost the pet bonus, he still kept it… At a critical moment, the dog thing that would dig out the enemy's vitals was still a fighting force.

Zhou Jing's residence in the workshop had been changed to a higher-standard room. At this time, he was in the room, teasing a small hawk standing on the table.

This was a small hawk with grayish-black feathers, a yellow beak, and a white head. Its feathers were like arrowheads, and the most conspicuous thing was its tail feathers, which were like a silver short sword.

At this time, the Swordtail Hawk was tilting its head and looking at Zhou Jing, its eyes blinking occasionally.

"Bringing a hawk is so much cooler. It can not only peck people, but also fly high to scout. What's the point of bringing a hyena?"

Zhou Jing looked at the Swordtail Hawk's majestic appearance and couldn't help but kick the table.

Blackie No. 1 yawned and turned over, facing Zhou Jing with his butt.

Zhou Jing ignored it and opened the pet function, looking at the current pet.

[Pet: Swordtail Hawk]

[Talents: Flight, Eagle Eye, Iron Tail]

[Advantage Tendency: Wings, Tail Feathers, Beak, Claws, Vision, Speed]

[Skills: Flying Lv4, Sword Tail Slash Lv4, Peck Lv3, Claw Attack Lv3]

[Cultivation Potential: Medium]

[Cultivation: 0]

[Affinity: ]

[Training Level: 0/10]

[Comprehensive Combat Power: First-Order]

"The cultivation potential is not bad, and the training level cap has doubled. Although it hasn't been trained yet, the comprehensive combat power is still first-order, but there is also a difference between first-order and first-order. The Swordtail Hawk itself is an alien beast, and it also has the advantage of flying. Killing dozens of Spotted Hyenas is not a problem."

Zhou Jing was quite satisfied. He took out a medicine bottle from the box next to him, poured the milky yellow viscous liquid inside into a wooden bowl, and then brought it to the Swordtail Hawk.

The Swordtail Hawk looked at it curiously, seemingly smelling a fragrance, and lowered its head to drink.

[Your pet is eating some kind of potion, cultivation +2]

[Pet cultivation +3]

Information flowed out like water, and the Swordtail Hawk was just drinking the potion, but the cultivation was constantly jumping.

The corner of Zhou Jing's mouth curled up.

These days, he had not forgotten to develop his drug-feeding beast taming mode. Relying on his greatly increased alchemy skills and auxiliary functions, he had concocted a nutritional potion that was very beneficial for pets to take. Eating a meal could increase about 20 points of cultivation.

This nutritional potion could replace regular food, but unfortunately, it couldn't be eaten endlessly in a day, otherwise it would easily fill them up… Zhou Jing had already tested it on Blackie No. 1.

He also gave this nutritional potion a name, calling it Beast Breeding Potion, and did not submit the formula patent to the workshop.

"I have to give you a name. In the future, I'll call you Little Sword… I won't add a number. I feel like you'll definitely live longer than this dead dog." Zhou Jing stroked the Swordtail Hawk's head with his fingertip.

The Swordtail Hawk tilted its head, not knowing if it understood.

Blackie No. 1 perked up his ears, not caring at all.

— Laughing to death, after so much destruction, did you think that I was still as fragile as before? This dog, I can send you hanging can do it!

…

A few days later, before the end of this traversal cycle, Zhou Jing finally received the royal family's transfer order.

The transfer order required him to leave the Imperial Hunter Workshop and go to a secret location, enter a confidential workshop, and truly participate in the research and development of new Hetero-blood potions.

This time, the Terra Empire's confidential, new Hetero-blood potion research progress… was finally open to him.

"I don't know if I can overcome the difficulty of the new Hetero-blood potion. If I succeed, this Apostle No. 3, Bill, might be famous in history in this world, and I myself will obtain a new Eternal Apostle…"

Zhou Jing calmed down, packed his luggage, and brought his hawk and dog. One evening, he followed two guards and boarded a guard carriage that was waiting at the gate of the hunter's residence, and jolted all the way to an unfamiliar destination.

At the same time, inside the hunter's residence.

Jason, who had just practiced the last Hunter Breathing Technique, felt something and slowly raised his head, looking in the direction Zhou Jing left.