"Lately, there have been more and more students with no sense of public decency."
As a steadfast enforcer of school rules, Xu Wuhu looked at the Electric Mouse in the cage and said indignantly.
Since it had been covered head to toe in Sticky Baby's Sticky Slime, Li Yi had shaved off all its fur so the poor Electric Mouse could breathe.
"Come to think of it, your spirit pet seems completely unaffected by Sticky Baby's Sticky Slime." Li Yi looked at Zhou Lu in surprise.
No one knew Sticky Baby's Sticky Slime better than he did. Huohuo treated Sticky Baby like a ball and threw it around every time, yet she was completely unaffected.
Zhou Lu stroked Huohuo's leaves in his arms.
Feeling her master's touch, Huohuo swayed happily from side to side.
"Maybe it's because of the fuzz." Zhou Lu said, touching the down on Huohuo's vines.
Looking at the Electric Mouse in the cage, Zhou Lu still felt somewhat regretful.
Even with the boost from Body Feed, it was extremely difficult to extract a permanent skill. It would have been great if he had extracted the Electric Mouse's skill just now.
With a speed boost, Huohuo would definitely become even stronger.
"The calculations are done." At that moment, the traveling merchant in charge of purchasing the flower squirrels walked over with a smile. "Over the past few days, you caught a total of 322 flower squirrels. According to our previous agreement, the purchase price is 9,800 yuan per flower squirrel. That comes to 3,155,600 yuan in total. Would you like to be paid in Academic Credits or cash?"
More than three million?!
Zhou Lu, who had never seen that much money in his previous life, nearly cried out.
But on second thought, it would not even amount to 32 Academic Credits once converted. It suddenly did not feel like much anymore.
Sure enough, being a Beast Tamer was a money-burning profession. If he were not a student with the academy's resources backing him up, Zhou Lu probably could not even afford to raise Huohuo.
The three of them had spent a total of 15 Academic Credits to enter this secret realm.
Adding this haul to the 5 Academic Credits from catching the Electric Mouse, they had earned 37 Academic Credits in total. They had made a bit of profit, and their returns had even far surpassed those of the other students.
After all, the expected return from a D-rank secret realm was only 1.1. In other words, spending 5 Academic Credits to enter meant earning an average of around 5.5 Academic Credits inside.
Xu Wuhu and Li Yi were both easygoing, and both came from wealthy families. They did not particularly care who received the Academic Credits, so long as they made back their investment.
However, at Zhou Lu's insistence, the three of them still divided up the Academic Credits.
Xu Wuhu insisted on taking only the 5 Academic Credits needed to break even. Li Yi received 10 Academic Credits for Sticky Baby's contribution, while the remaining 22 Academic Credits were forcibly shoved onto Zhou Lu by the other two.
Zhou Lu took his student card back from the merchant. Looking at the 32 Academic Credits on it, he was delighted as well.
Of course, the harvest that satisfied him most from this trip was Huohuo's growth.
Name: Dream Rain Flower Attribute: Grass Level: Level 10 (Not Projected) Rank: First Rank (Metamorphosis Stage) Skills: Extract, Transport, Vine Step, Mad Growth, Entangling Vines, Earth Escape
Since he had not performed a new Growth Projection, Zhou Lu did not know Huohuo's current level or growth attributes. Still, he could clearly sense that she had become far stronger than before.
During their training on the final day, Huohuo's vines had shown no sign of breaking even under a wild bull's full-speed charge. She had forcibly stopped it by binding its body.
The three of them exchanged the wild bulls they had hunted for cash. There were only a few of them, not even enough to trade for one Academic Credit, so they might as well use the money for living expenses.
"There's a little over half a month left until the exam." After leaving the secret realm, Xu Wuhu checked the time and briefly explained the exam's contents to them. "The initial combat exam generally simulates a Beast Tamer finding treasure materials in a secret realm, only to have spirit beasts guarding them nearby."
"There will be three treasure-grabbing battles in total. The first is a battle for treasure with open information, while the latter two are one-on-one fights." Xu Wuhu continued.
So-called open information was essentially a simulation of a Beast Tamer learning the circumstances in advance, then using the available information to formulate tactics and seize the treasure.
The information for this battle would be released a month before the exam. This was also one of the reasons many people knew the exam environment would be grasslands.
The latter two rounds, meanwhile, would be random one-on-one battles. Examinees would not be given any time to formulate tactics, testing the students' ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
As long as they won one of the battles, they would be considered to have passed the exam.
"Our tactics are very simple." Xu Wuhu raised a thumb. "I'll go up and hold the teacher back, while Huohuo and Sticky Baby steal the treasure the teacher is guarding."
Sticky Baby's slime was incredibly adhesive. Paired with Huohuo's vines, it was undoubtedly the best combination for snatching treasure.
"Won't we be training for the next few days?" Li Yi asked.
"We'll do targeted training after the examiner information is released, one week before the exam," Xu Wuhu said. "For the rest of the time, train separately. I'll notify you then."
As the Class Monitor, Xu Wuhu had accumulated a great deal of work over the past seven days, so he took his leave first.
Zhou Lu looked at the listless Sticky Baby atop Li Yi's head and asked curiously, "Your spirit pet seems pretty low on energy. Don't tell me it's exhausted?"
Li Yi said in puzzled distress, "I don't know. It's been like this for the past few days. I'll probably have to go home and have my family check it out."
"Come to think of it..." Zhou Lu suddenly asked, "Does your family make spirit pet equipment?"
Li Yi smiled. "Just some everyday products related to spirit beasts, mainly things connected to Sticky Baby."
Zhou Lu glanced at Huohuo. With the support of the Transport skill, Huohuo could actually carry some very heavy things in her flowerpot. "Could I try out some samples?"
"Of course!" Li Yi said in delight, pulling a sheet of paper from his bag. "This is our family's product catalog. Call me directly if anything catches your eye, and I'll bring you some samples."
With that, Li Yi took his leave as well. He needed to head home and have his family examine Sticky Baby's condition.
Huohuo lay in Zhou Lu's arms, waving her vines in imitation of him.
Zhou Lu had sharp eyes. When he spotted transparent traces of slime on the vine Huohuo had extended, a thought struck him. He asked, "Sticky Baby being like this... it wasn't your doing, was it?"
Huohuo raised her tender sprout and looked innocently at Zhou Lu: I didn't hurt it!
Before Zhou Lu could figure out what Huohuo meant, he saw her stick her vines into her own flowerpot and stir them around.
Before long, two vines covered in Sticky Baby's slime appeared before Zhou Lu: I only borrowed a little glue from it.
Seeing this, Zhou Lu fell silent.
So Sticky Baby did not look like this because it was sick—you squeezed it dry, didn't you!
When exactly did you squeeze Sticky Baby dry?
But Huohuo's actions reminded Zhou Lu of something.
Sticky Baby's slime really did seem to fit Huohuo's role quite well.
He needed to go back and check which secret realm had large populations of Sticky Baby. Another day, he would take Huohuo there to explore and try to farm a Sticky Baby slime skill.
Thinking of this, Zhou Lu remembered the System Task again.
The Body Feed skill was truly tempting!
But did he really have to give up the exam for it, not only letting himself down, but also letting down Xu Wuhu and Li Yi?
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