Beastmaster: I don’t want to be a breeder!

The Crystal Shrimp General remained unmoved, its loyalty inspiring awe in Li Cunxu.

With such a loyal subordinate, even the Crystal Dragon would have no regrets in the afterlife.

It seemed he was destined not to subdue these Crystal Shrimp Soldiers, and Li Cunxu sighed softly, preparing to leave.

Suddenly, Li Cunxu realized something was amiss and abruptly looked up at the Crystal Shrimp Soldiers who, after the battle ceased, had scurried behind the Crystal Shrimp General to bolster their ranks.

The Crystal Shrimp General's loyalty, its unwavering resolve in the face of becoming the Crystal Shrimp King, Li Cunxu could understand.

But why were the other Crystal Shrimp Soldiers equally unmoved?

Evolving into a Crystal Shrimp General was their lifelong obsession!

Just look at the Crystal Shrimp General; it would rather regress from Lord Rank Nine to Gold Rank Nine than devolve from a Crystal Shrimp General back into a Crystal Shrimp Soldier.

What could possibly make these Crystal Shrimp Soldiers resist the temptation of joining another Crystal Dragon? In Li Cunxu's view, there was only one answer: another Crystal Dragon.

Li Cunxu murmured, "Did the Crystal Dragon leave behind its offspring?"

Hearing this, the Crystal Shrimp General was aghast.

"How did you know?"

The Crystal Shrimp General's expression and words both confirmed Li Cunxu's conjecture.

"The Crystal Shrimp Soldiers' expressions… I can understand you resisting the temptation to become the Crystal Shrimp King, but why aren't any of them moved? Therefore, there's only one truth: the Crystal Dragon left behind its offspring. You don't lack a Crystal Dragon to serve."

Li Cunxu pushed up his nonexistent glasses on the bridge of his nose and said.

"Ah?"

The Crystal Shrimp General was very surprised, then looked puzzled and said, "Is there a possibility that they are unmoved because they don't understand what you're saying?"

"Ah? Didn't the Crystal Dragon make Lesser Language Crystals for them to eat?"

Lesser Language Crystals were produced by Crystal Dragons. After eating them, they could understand any language the Crystal Dragon knew, but they couldn't speak it.

The Lesser Language Crystal had an advantage over the Language Crystal: it was less costly to produce, and a Crystal Dragon could make a good number of them at once.

The Crystal Shrimp General shook its head, "The Crystal Dragon Lord was rather lazy."

Understood. The Crystal Dragon was too lazy to make Lesser Language Crystals for the Crystal Shrimp Soldiers to eat.

It was a misunderstanding, but no matter, the result was good.

He had guessed the Crystal Palace's biggest secret.

The greed that had been dispelled by the Crystal Shrimp General's loyal performance rekindled. This time, Li Cunxu not only wanted to take the Crystal Shrimp Soldiers, but also the Crystal Dragon.

Crystal Dragons were extremely rare among dragon pets.

Moreover, the Crystal Dragon's ability to create wealth was second to none.

Even if he didn't form a contract, having one at home would be great.

The Crystal Shrimp General remembered its duty, "Human, leave this place at once, or don't blame me for being impolite!"

Li Cunxu smiled, "Impolite? What can you do to me? And are you sure you want me to leave? I already know the location of the Crystal Palace. Next time I come, I'll bring King-level helpers."

The Crystal Shrimp General was incredulous. It lived in the seabed shrouded by the sealing mist and knew the terror of the sealing mist.

Li Cunxu shook the Navigation Ring.

"As the chief steward of the Crystal Palace, you should have Treasure Appraisal, right? Appraise this ring and see if it can lead me back here."

The Crystal Shrimp General emitted a beam of appraisal light. Under the illumination of the appraisal light, the Navigation Ring radiated a faint golden halo, the color of a treasure.

The appraisal result changed the Crystal Shrimp General's face.

The Navigation Ring could really lead him out of the sealing mist and bring people back to find the Crystal Palace.

The Crystal Shrimp General's expression changed again and again.

It wanted to keep Li Cunxu here, but it couldn't defeat his pet, Little Soft.

While the Crystal Shrimp General was thinking, Li Cunxu released the Blood Lotus Carp.

"Can you smell the scent of a young dragon here?"

The Blood Lotus Carp shook its head.

"You mean, there's no scent of a young dragon here?"

Li Cunxu had originally planned that if the Crystal Shrimp General disagreed, he would have the Blood Lotus Carp, which also belonged to the dragon category, find the little Crystal Dragon by its scent, kidnap it, and then use the emperor to command the princes, so that the Crystal Shrimp General would have no choice but to obey.

But there was no scent of a young dragon here. Dragon pets in the young dragon stage were very naughty and liked to run around, so it was impossible that they wouldn't leave a scent in the Crystal Palace.

Then there was only one possibility: the Crystal Dragon's cub hadn't hatched from the egg yet.

But that shouldn't be! The Crystal Dragon's egg would hatch in at most three hundred days.

The Crystal Dragon had been gone for several years, so the Crystal Dragon egg should have hatched long ago.

Li Cunxu said softly, "I understand, thank you Blood Lotus, you've helped me a lot, come back!"

The Blood Lotus Carp shook its head again, spat out some bubbles, and said to Li Cunxu.

"Awoo~ (The high-pressure environment here is very suitable for my talent [Resistance Body], I want to stay here longer.)"

Li Cunxu refused, "Blood Lotus, your idea is wrong. It is extremely unwise to put your life in danger for temporary training. Hatred is the power for you to climb upward, not a reason to ignore your own life. If you simply die in an accident in a dangerous environment, who will avenge your parents?"

Hearing this, the Blood Lotus Carp fell into contemplation.

Li Cunxu breathed a sigh of relief, the Blood Lotus Carp had listened to his words.

The Blood Lotus Carp's obsession with becoming stronger was too strong, it wanted to train all the time.

Twenty-two hours a day, it was training, with only two hours for eating and sleeping.

It was clearly the fifth to join the team, but now its strength had surpassed the third in the team, closely following the second, Little White Spider, and it felt like it wouldn't be long before it caught up with Little White Spider.

Giving the Blood Lotus Carp a flick on the forehead, Li Cunxu shouted, "Think carefully about what I said."

When knocking the Blood Lotus Carp's head, Li Cunxu's fingers partially transformed into Golden Jade Body. Since the Blood Lotus Carp had the Resistance Body, its scales became harder and harder. If his fingers didn't transform into Golden Jade Body, it would only hurt Li Cunxu. Even if they did transform into Golden Jade Body, the knocking force was more gentle than tickling on the Blood Lotus Carp.

Li Cunxu turned to the Crystal Shrimp General and said, "Is there something wrong with the dragon egg that the Crystal Dragon left for you to take care of?"

"This… this… how did you know that again?" The Crystal Shrimp General said in panic.

This Crystal Shrimp General really had no cunning at all, as pure as a blank sheet of paper. It was too easy to trick it.

"Where's the dragon egg? Take it out and let me see, maybe I can find the reason."

The Crystal Shrimp General said, "Good… No, human, don't use sweet words. What exactly do you want to do? What is your purpose in staying in the Crystal Palace?"

Li Cunxu said, "My purpose is you and the dragon egg. I want to take you away from here."

The Crystal Shrimp General said, "We won't leave."

Although the living environment in this sea area was very bad, it was safe enough. In so many years, only Li Cunxu had come to disturb them.

Only sea beasts in the ocean? They wouldn't disturb the Crystal Palace.

There was a Fish Aversion Pearl inside the Crystal Palace, and fish-type pets would naturally feel disgusted with this place and would not break into the Crystal Palace's range.