Chapter 337 - 313: Xuanfeng Alliance’s Blood-Coughing Promotion

Chapter 337: Chapter 313: Xuanfeng Alliance’s Blood-Coughing Promotion

Lu Feng stared in surprise at the clutch of Mutated Beast King cubs before him.

Right now, they were scurrying forward like a flock of panicked ducks being chased by a dog.

The "dogs" nipping at their heels were none other than Jinwen and Little Lion.

These were the very same Mutated Beast King cubs the Li Family had paid a hefty price to find for Li Lin.

After herding the Mutated Beast King cubs to Lu Feng’s feet, the two little creatures began to yap at him, as if eager for praise.

Lu Feng clearly understood what the two little ones meant.

Unfortunately, he wasn’t a Summoning Beast Ability User yet.

So, he decisively used the Summoned Beast Ability Crystal Stone that Li Lin had dropped, along with the Beast Crystal Fruit.

In an instant, two streams of power began to surge and transform within his body.

At the same time, he received a series of notifications:

[Congratulations, you have obtained a special Summoned Beast skill. This skill allows you to control your Summoned Beasts’ attacks, and you can control more Summoned Beasts as your strength increases!]

[Congratulations, your Summoned Beast skill’s second stage has been unlocked. The number of Summoned Beasts you can control has increased significantly!]

[Congratulations, you have used a Beast Crystal Fruit. The number of Summoned Beasts you can control has increased significantly!]

A smile crept onto Lu Feng’s face as he read the notifications.

’For me, these are truly a great ability and a great item.’

Typically, a Summoning Beast Ability User could control at most five or six Summoned Beasts before unlocking their second-stage ability.

Even after breaking through to the second stage, they could only control a dozen or so, with the exact number depending on their individual strength.

But now, with his second-stage ability unlocked and the boost from the Beast Crystal Fruit, Lu Feng could control nearly 40 with no problem at all.

This was an absolutely overwhelming number.

As long as he controlled a full 40 Mutated Beast Kings, he could steamroll nearly every base in Celestial Sea City, with the exception of the City East Alliance. That’s right—he had no intention of wasting these control slots on ordinary Mutant Beasts.

’They have to be at least at the level of Mutated Beast King cubs, right?’

’Just imagine, how terrifying would 40 Mutated Beast Kings be in the real world?’

’Given that ordinary bullets are useless against them, if anyone is foolish enough to cross me, I can just send these 40 Mutant Beasts to charge in, no matter where the enemy is.’

Thinking of this, Lu Feng crouched down, activated his Summoned Beast skill, and reached out toward one of the cubs.

The cub seemed to sense something and instinctively tried to back away.

Suddenly, two paws clamped down on its body, and its little eyes filled with fear. It trembled, not daring to move, allowing Lu Feng’s hand to rest on its head.

In an instant, his Summoned Beast ability activated. A sigil materialized on the cub’s head before seemingly etching itself into its very being.

Then, Lu Feng felt a connection form with the cub.

The cub was now his Summoned Beast.

However, this connection was different from the one he shared with Jinwen and Little Lion.

Lu Feng repeated the process, and with the help of his two little companions, he easily brought the other Mutated Beast King cubs under his control.

In no time, a whole crowd of little creatures was tumbling playfully at his feet.

Once under his control, the Mutated Beast King cubs became naturally affectionate toward him, continuously rolling about at his feet.

Seeing this, Lu Feng instructed Lin Jiao, "Lin Jiao, when you have a moment, send people out to scout for the locations of any Mutated Beast Kings. Let me know what you find."

"Yes, Boss." Lin Jiao, having clearly guessed Lu Feng’s intentions, nodded immediately.

’The Boss has a Summoned Beast ability. If he can control more Mutated Beast Kings, Qingfeng Base will become even more powerful.’

’The Boss must have seen that Summoning Beast Ability User from the Li Family controlling so many Mutant Beasts and finally decided to develop this ability of his own.’

’After all, the Boss only had two cubs before this.’

Afterward, Lu Feng logged out of the game with a single thought. Then, controlling the camera view, he checked on Zhuangyuan District, the East Suburb Fortress, and Red Leaf Base to see if anything had changed.

After confirming there were no new developments, he relaxed and picked up his phone to look up some information about *After the Apocalypse*.

’The Li Family is finished. Once the Hexagonal Beast crisis erupts and the City East Alliance collapses, I’m absolutely confident I can take control of it.’

’However, that all depends on the Flame Emperor being able to take care of the Hexagonal Beast.’

’According to the backstory, the Mutant Beasts under the Hexagonal Beast’s control are absolutely terrifying, not just on the level of a Mutated Beast King.’

’The mutated zombies it controls are even more shocking.’

’Based on the descriptions, I’m not sure I could face those threats, even as confident as I am in my own abilities.’

’So, I still have to rely on the Flame Emperor to take it down with him.’

’I just don’t know when the Hexagonal Beast crisis will finally break out.’

...

「The next day.」

After a night of "deep exchange" with Yang Qingxue, Lu Feng had only just woken up when Baguda arrived, eager to report on some matters.

Evidently, the man was full of drive.

’But it’s a bit too early for this. He probably rushed over without even eating breakfast.’

"Baguda, just say it. What brings you here so early in the morning?" Lu Feng asked with a sigh of resignation.

Baguda explained, "His Excellency the Governor, I’ve come to see you about two matters today. First, the factories for the special refined salt, MSG, and sauce have set up several production lines. They ran a test batch last night, and I’ve brought some samples for you. The product is simply incredible."

Last night, he had a chef prepare some dishes using them. The food cooked with the special refined salt and MSG turned out incredibly delicious; you could say it raised the chef’s culinary skills by a whole level.

’He knew it. Any product from the Governor would be anything but ordinary.’

As he spoke, he handed Lu Feng the samples of refined salt, MSG, and sauce he had brought with him.

Lu Feng immediately called for Yang Qingxue and asked her to have someone use them to cook some noodles and prepare some dumplings.

After taking the ingredients, Yang Qingxue went inside to make the arrangements.

Lu Feng had Baguda sit at the tea table and brew some tea while they waited for the noodles and dumplings.

Baguda glanced at the Qingfeng Tea on the table and asked with a grin, "His Excellency the Governor, I’m almost out of the Qingfeng Tea you gave me last time. You see..."

Lu Feng shook his head, opened the cabinet below, and handed two boxes of Qingfeng Tea to Baguda.

Tea-brewing was not a popular custom here.

However, since Lu Feng had arrived with his people, like Chen Bo and Chen Hao, they often brewed tea, and the habit began to spread.

After all, the Governor himself drank tea, so when Baguda, the Vice Governor, saw this, he naturally learned to do so as well.

Since Baguda was now brewing tea, his subordinates saw this and naturally followed suit.

More importantly, they discovered that brewing tea was actually quite pleasant, and over time, they all grew to love the custom.

Baguda even wondered if they could import tea-growing techniques from Dragon Country, especially since the Xuanfeng Alliance was also quite mountainous.

Unfortunately, the climate in Xuanfeng was simply not suitable for growing tea.

Lu Feng then asked, "Baguda, what’s the second thing?"

Baguda reported, "His Excellency the Governor, the beauty pageant has largely concluded. The first group of contestants has been selected. Please, take a look!"

Saying this, Baguda took a tablet out of his bag, opened a file, and handed it to Lu Feng.

Lu Feng opened the file and saw it was the pageant data, complete with each contestant’s name, photo, and performance video.

’I have to say, the results of the pageant are quite good. At least, the women in these files are all beautiful, with good figures and pretty faces.’

’He was certain of it: once these women were working at the tourist attractions, pairing that with news stories about how "the beauties of the Xuanfeng Alliance can’t find husbands" would attract countless bachelors.’

At this thought, Lu Feng asked, "Baguda, how is the tourism promotion campaign coming along?"

Baguda’s expression turned troubled at the question. "His Excellency the Governor, that’s actually the other reason I came to you. They’ve produced several promotional ads, but I feel none of them are up to par. After all, the people in the Xuanfeng Alliance don’t understand advertising. So, I wanted to hear your opinion. The ads they made are in the file as well."

Hearing this, Lu Feng navigated to another part of the file. Sure enough, there was a promotional video.

But when he played the promotional video and saw what it contained, he nearly choked. The mouthful of tea he had just taken sprayed out of his mouth.