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"There are more and more students lacking public morality lately."

As a firm practitioner of school rules, Xu Wuhu said indignantly while looking at the Electric Mouse in the cage.

Because its entire body was covered in the Sticky Baby's slime, Li Yi had shaved off all its fur so the poor Electric Mouse could breathe.

"Speaking of which, your Spirit Beast seems completely unaffected by the Sticky Baby's slime," Li Yi said to Zhou Lu in surprise.

He knew the Sticky Baby's slime better than anyone. Huohuo always threw the Sticky Baby around like a ball and seemed completely unfazed.

Zhou Lu stroked the leaves of Huohuo in his arms.

Feeling its master's touch, Huohuo swayed left and right with great satisfaction.

"It might be because of its fluff," Zhou Lu said, touching the fluff on Huohuo's vines.

Glancing at the Electric Mouse in the cage, Zhou Lu still felt a bit regretful.

Even with the boost from [Body Feed], it was still very difficult to absorb a permanent skill. It would have been great if he could have absorbed the Electric Mouse's skill just now.

With a speed boost, Huohuo would definitely become stronger.

"Calculations are done," said the merchant responsible for purchasing the squirrels, smiling as he approached. "Over these past few days, you've captured a total of 322 squirrels. According to our previous agreement, the purchase price per squirrel is 9,800 yuan. That makes a total of 3,155,600 yuan. Would you like payment in Academic Credits or cash?"

Over three million?!

Zhou Lu, who had never seen so much money in his previous life, almost blurted it out.

But on second thought, once converted to Academic Credits, it was less than 32 credits, and it immediately felt like not much.

As expected, being a Beast Tamer was a money-burning industry. If he weren't a student with the support of the academy's resources, Zhou Lu doubted he could afford to raise Huohuo.

The three of them had spent a total of 15 Academic Credits to enter this Secret Realm.

With this haul, plus the 5 Academic Credits for capturing the Electric Mouse just now, it was a total of 37 Academic Credits. They had indeed made some profit, even far exceeding that of other students.

After all, the expected yield for a D-rank Secret Realm was only 1.1, meaning entering the Secret Realm with 5 Academic Credits would yield an average of about 5.5 Academic Credits.

Xu Wuhu and Li Yi were very easygoing, and both came from wealthy families. They didn't even care much about the ownership of these Academic Credits, as long as they could recoup their initial investment.

However, under Zhou Lu's insistence, the three of them still distributed the Academic Credits.

Xu Wuhu insisted on only taking back the 5 Academic Credits to cover his expenses. Li Yi received 10 Academic Credits for the Sticky Baby's contribution. The remaining 22 Academic Credits were forcefully given to Zhou Lu by both of them.

Zhou Lu took back his student card from the merchant and was very happy looking at the 32 Academic Credits on it.

Of course, his most satisfying gain from this trip was Huohuo's growth.

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Name: [Dream Rain Flower]

Attribute: Grass

Level: Level 10 (Uncalculated)

Rank: First Order (Metamorphosis Stage)

Skills: [Absorption], [Carry], [Vine Step], [Mad Growth], [Entangling Vines], [Earth Escape]

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Since no new growth calculations had been made, Zhou Lu was unsure of Huohuo's current level and growth attributes, but he could sense that it was much stronger than before.

During the three of them's final day of training, Huohuo's vines showed no signs of breaking even under the full-speed charge of a wild bull, successfully stopping the bull by binding its body.

The three of them exchanged the wild bulls they hunted for cash. There were only a few wild bulls, not even enough to exchange for one Academic Credit, so it was better to convert them into living expenses.

"There's still half a month before the exam," Xu Wuhu said after leaving the Secret Realm, checking the time. He briefly explained the exam content to the other two. "The initial combat test generally simulates a scenario where Beast Tamers find treasure materials in a Secret Realm, but there are Spirit Beasts guarding it."

"There will be a total of three treasure contention battles. The first is a treasure contention with public information, and the next two are one-on-one battles," Xu Wuhu continued.

Public information, in this context, simulates the Beast Tamer's ability to formulate tactics to seize treasure based on existing information when they know the situation in advance.

Information for this battle would be released a month before the exam, which was one of the reasons why many people knew the exam environment was a grassland.

The next two battles would be random solo combat, giving candidates no time to formulate tactics and testing their ability to adapt to changing situations.

Winning just one of these battles would be considered passing the exam.

"Our tactic is very simple," Xu Wuhu said, giving a thumbs-up. "I'll go up to stall the teacher, and let Huohuo and Sticky Baby steal the treasure the teacher is protecting."

With the Sticky Baby's strong stickiness and Huohuo's vines, they were undoubtedly the best partners for snatching treasure.

"Are we not training for the next few days?" Li Yi asked.

"We'll conduct targeted training after the examiner information is released a week before the exam," Xu Wuhu said. "For the rest of the time, we'll train individually. I'll notify you then."

As the class monitor, Xu Wuhu had accumulated many tasks over seven days, so he took his leave first.

Zhou Lu looked at the limp Sticky Baby on Li Yi's head and asked curiously, "Your Spirit Beast seems very listless. Could it be too tired?"

Li Yi also looked puzzled and troubled. "I don't know. It's been like this for days. I'll probably have to take it back for my family to check."

"Speaking of which..." Zhou Lu suddenly asked, "Does your family deal with Spirit Beast equipment?"

Li Yi smiled. "We mainly produce some daily life products related to Spirit Beasts, mostly concerning the Sticky Baby."

Zhou Lu glanced at Huohuo. With the boost from the [Carry] skill, Huohuo could actually place very heavy objects in its flowerpot. "Can I use some samples?"

"No problem!" Li Yi said joyfully, pulling a paper from his bag. "This is our family's product catalog. If you're interested in anything, just call me directly, and I'll bring you samples."

With that, Li Yi took his leave. He needed to go home and have his family check the Sticky Baby's condition.

Huohuo, nestled in Zhou Lu's arms, waved its vines, mimicking Zhou Lu.

Zhou Lu's eyes were sharp. He noticed traces of transparent mucus on the vines Huohuo extended. A thought struck him, and he asked, "This state the Sticky Baby is in... it's not because of you, is it?"

Huohuo raised its tender bud, looking innocently at Zhou Lu: I didn't hurt it!

Before Zhou Lu could decipher Huohuo's meaning, he saw it stick its vines into its flowerpot and stir.

A moment later, two vines covered in the Sticky Baby's mucus appeared before Zhou Lu: I just borrowed a little glue from it.

Zhou Lu fell silent at the sight.

So the Sticky Baby wasn't sick, it was just drained dry by you!

When did you drain the Sticky Baby dry?

But Huohuo's actions did remind Zhou Lu.

The Sticky Baby's mucus actually seemed quite fitting for Huohuo's positioning.

He needed to go back and check which Secret Realm had a large distribution of Sticky Babies. He'd take Huohuo to explore it another day, aiming to acquire a Sticky Baby mucus skill.

Thinking of this, Zhou Lu remembered the system mission.

The skill Body Feed was really tempting!

But should he really give up the exam for it, not only letting himself down but also Xu Wuhu and Li Yi?

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