Chapter 005: Useless

Chenchen looked at Dahei doubtfully and shook her head. “I can’t even remember myself—how could I possibly remember this dog?”
Hearing Chenchen’s words, Dahei, who had been with his eyes closed, raised his head again and looked at her. The expression in his eyes seemed to show some dissatisfaction. After glancing at her, Dahei turned his head away and went back to sleeping.
The group of four continued on their journey. Along the way, those high-level magical beasts left Du Fan dazzled. Seeing Du Fan’s reaction, the Grand Commander suddenly said, “Du Fan, what do you think? Have you found any you like? How about I give you one as a mount?”
“If the Grand Commander is offering it, of course I’ll accept it with pleasure,” Du Fan said with a laugh. “But why are you being so kind to me?”
“Du Fan, since even the gods in the Divine Ruins are waiting for you, I think your future achievements will be extraordinary. Who knows—maybe you’ll become a great figure someday, and I might even rely on you in the future,” the Grand Commander said with a slight smile.
“Do you have so much confidence in me?” Du Fan asked, looking at the Grand Commander.
“Of course. Don’t you have confidence in yourself?” the Grand Commander replied, also looking at Du Fan.
“Haha, you’re overthinking it. But I’d like to ask—what kind of magical beast do you plan to give me?” Du Fan asked.
“Anything below the Sacred rank that you see can be given to you. Of course, for those above the Sacred rank that can take human form, I can’t decide,” the Grand Commander said with a smile.
Originally, Du Fan did want a Sacred-ranked magical beast. But after hearing the Grand Commander’s words, he felt embarrassed to ask for one. A level-9 one would also be fine. Maybe it would even be a peak level-9 beast that could quickly break through to the Sacred rank, Du Fan thought.
To be honest, level-9 strength didn’t attract Du Fan much, but a level-9 magical beast did.
Magical beasts weren’t like humans. Once the Grand Commander gave one to him, he would surely have to sign a contract. In that case, the beast would obey its master 100% and submit completely!

Another point is that, unlike humans, many magical beasts possess innate abilities, which are mostly unique. Other races cannot learn them even if they try. If one chooses a magical beast with a highly practical innate ability, even if it’s only at level nine, its effectiveness is often far greater than that of a saintly being.
“Du Fan, since that’s the case, go ahead and pick one quickly,” said the Dwarf King with a smile.
Hearing the Dwarf King’s words, Du Fan began to examine the magical beasts in the Great Commander’s territory. Seeing those powerful beasts moving around, his eyes sparkled. But he really didn’t know which one to choose. Those level-nine beasts all seemed to have extraordinary talents and immense strength. If there had been just one such beast in front of him, Du Fan would have chosen it without hesitation. But there were so many! A whole group!
There were fire lions that could spew flames with a mere snort from their nostrils, earth bears over two meters tall and strong, and thunder eagles circling in the air with electric glints in their eyes!
That’s how humans are—when faced with just one choice, they choose without hesitation, but when faced with a group of choices, they become at a loss. Seeing Du Fan’s reaction, both the Great Commander and the Dwarf King smiled knowingly.
At that moment, a little fox with not a single stray hair on its body ran up to the group. Seeing it, Chenchen exclaimed excitedly, “Master, what a beautiful little fox! How about we get this one?”
Du Fan, who was searching for a suitable magical beast, stiffened at Chenchen’s words and quickly said, “Sure, Chenchen. Since you like it, let’s take this one.”
Hearing Du Fan’s reply, Chenchen happily picked up the snow-white fox and hugged it tightly. “Master, you’re so kind!” That was her first words after holding the fox.
“Hehe, I’m glad you like it. Great Commander, I’ll take this one. Is there any problem?” Du Fan asked the Great Commander.
“Haha, Du Fan, are you really sure it’s this one? Let me tell you—although this little fox belongs to the rare Charm Fox clan, the highest level of that clan is only level seven. Are you really sure?” the Great Commander said with a smile.

“Not bad, Commander. This is exactly the one I want,” Du Fan said seriously, nodding his head.
“Haha, Du Fan, I get it. I’ll give you one more chance—allow you to choose another magical beast. Don’t miss this time,” the Commander said with a smile.
Hearing the Commander’s words, Du Fan, who had been feeling a bit down, immediately became excited again. After thinking carefully, he asked, “Commander, do you have any magical beasts that are extremely large in size?”
“Yes, there are. But although it’s also at level nine, aside from its large size, thick skin, and great strength, it has no other advantages. It’s usually sleeping. Do you want to meet it?” the Commander asked.
“Let’s go meet it,” Du Fan replied with a nod.
“Very well.” The Commander thought for a moment. Since Du Fan specifically asked for such a beast, he must have his own reasons. “Send a message to Feifei to come over.” Using his divine power, the Commander transmitted his voice over long distances.
Soon, strange cries and roars came from among the various magical beasts.
Immediately afterward, a rumbling sound came from the distant mountains, giving off an impression of something earth-shattering!
A black dot grew larger and stopped about a hundred meters in front of everyone.
Du Fan carefully observed the level-nine magical beast—it turned out to be a giant wild boar with shoulders reaching fifteen meters high and a body length of nearly forty meters! Several white tusks were visible, exuding a fierce aura.
“Du Fan, how about it? Does it meet your expectations?” the Commander asked.
Just now, he had seen how fast this giant wild boar could run—it was quite fast. Du Fan thought to himself. If he used his lightness technique on this beast and then rushed at the enemy’s city walls with those tusks, given its size, he wondered how many times those walls could withstand such an attack!
Moreover, looking at the boar’s back—thick and wide, it resembled a platform. Such a platform could surely carry hundreds of people!
Suddenly, Du Fan had another idea: one day, if he could sit on the back of this giant wild boar with a woman in the quiet of the night, wandering across the fields, and then, feeling suddenly excited, do something joyful—what a delightful thing that would be!

“Good, good! Perfect, absolutely perfect!” Hearing the commander ask about him, Du Fan kept saying it was fine.
Glancing at Du Fan with confusion, the commander said, “Du Fan, I have to warn you. Although Feifei is big and looks scary, aside from that, he only has the strength and defense of an ordinary level-9 magical beast. He might be much stronger, but other than that, he doesn’t have any other skills at all.”
“That doesn’t matter, it really doesn’t,” Du Fan said, his eyes shining as he looked at Feifei. He thought to himself that with such a huge creature, he wondered how much Lightness Technique he would need to use to have any effect on it.
“Is this big guy named Feifei?” After repeatedly agreeing, Du Fan began to pay attention to the creature’s name.
“That’s right, Feifei—‘fei’ meaning waste. Since everyone sees he has no skills, they call him Feifei,” the commander said with a smile.
“Feifei isn’t a good name. How about Feifei—‘fei’ meaning puzzling?” Du Fan suggested with a smile.
“As you wish. But it sounds the same anyway. Is there really a need to change it?” the commander asked.
“Just change it casually, casually,” Du Fan repeated.
“Feifei, listen! From now on, this Lord Du Fan is your master!” the commander shouted at Feifei.
Although a level-9 magical beast couldn’t take human form or speak, it could still understand some human speech.
Hearing the commander’s shout, Feifei nodded repeatedly.
“Du Fan, go and sign the contract with him. After that, you can summon him whenever you want,” the commander said with a smile.
“Okay,” Du Fan replied. He flew up and landed on top of Feifei, then stretched out his left index finger and pressed firmly. A bright red blood droplet appeared.
Reciting spells repeatedly, he pressed the blood droplet onto Feifei’s head. A golden hexagram flashed, and Feifei disappeared.
With another thought from Du Fan, Feifei reappeared beside him.
“Haha, it works! It really works!” Du Fan laughed loudly.
A contracted magical beast usually stayed in a special space and could appear immediately whenever its master summoned it.
Seeing Du Fan’s excitement, Chenchen suddenly said again, “Master, let’s go home quickly.”
“Alright, alright,” Du Fan said.
Returning to the commander and the dwarf king, Du Fan asked, “My lords, is everything done so far?”

“Of course it’s done. After hundreds of years, we’ve finally completed this task of guardianship. Haha, old friend, we can head to the Divine Realm now. I can’t wait at all,” said the Great Commander to the Dwarf King with a smile.
It seems these two lords were towering figures in the Twilight Mountains and even across the entire continent. Yet, such powerful beings showed no desire to stay here at all!
Upon reflection, Du Fan understood. Having stood at the pinnacle of this continent for so long, these two must have felt extremely lonely—a loneliness that only those who reach that peak can truly comprehend. Truly, it’s cold at the top!
“When do you plan to head to the Divine Realm?” Du Fan asked quickly upon hearing their intentions.
It could be said that Du Fan had barely managed to get to know these two godly masters, and their relationship was quite good. Hearing that they intended to leave for the Divine Realm, Du Fan secretly wished they would stay.