Huohuo Brews Tea (Seeking Collection! Seeking Follow-up Reads!)

Chapter 19: Huohuo Makes Tea (Seeking Collections! Seeking Follow-ups!)

Zhou Lu didn't dwell on the issue of "Body Feed" for too long.

He realized he was too fixated on the system's tasks.

While it was enjoyable to exploit the system, this so-called World-Saving System was essentially trying to harm him!

Besides, he could still train his Beast Tamer skills.

Wasn't his neighbor a Knowledge Fairy? It was a waste not to utilize such a resource.

Zhou Lu looked up at Xiao Xi's closed door.

The door was shut, and the room was very quiet, with none of the usual music.

After knocking for a while and seeing no response, it seemed Xiao Xi was really not there.

Huohuo raised its tender shoots and saw Zhou Lu's disappointed expression. It scratched its tender shoot with a leaf, mimicking its master's thoughtful pose.

Ah! I get it~!

Huohuo seemed to understand something.

As Zhou Lu was about to turn and leave, it extended a vine and slipped it through the gap under Xiao Xi's door.

"Ah!"

Hearing movement behind the door, Zhou Lu instinctively stopped. Then, he heard a crash, as if something had hit the door.

Looking down, Huohuo's vine was desperately pulling two legs, no thicker than chopsticks, from outside.

It seemed that because its backside was stuck in the door gap, Huohuo couldn't pull Xiao Xi, who was hiding behind the door pretending not to be there, out from the gap.

Little Grass Grass had just grown a brain and didn't have that many tricks.

Seeing that it couldn't pull her out immediately, it just kept tugging hard, causing Xiao Xi to bang against the door.

"Ah! It hurts! Let go! Ya!"

Teacher Xiao Xi's screams echoed in the quiet corridor.

"Wuwuwu~! Stop it, it really hurts~"

Zhou Lu looked at the system tasks that kept popping up. Large quantities of Low-level Growth Potions were being rewarded to him like an assembly line.

"Huohuo! Don't be so impolite." Zhou Lu, snapping back to reality, quickly stopped Huohuo's actions. If this continued, Teacher Xiao Xi would get stuck in the door gap and die.

Huohuo tilted its head in confusion upon hearing Zhou Lu's reprimand.

Impolite...

It seemed to understand something. It extended a vine and knocked on the door.

Huohuo was very polite!

It proudly lifted its head.

Why do you equate knocking on a door with politeness...

Sensing Huohuo's emotions, Zhou Lu felt a bit speechless.

After much fuss, Xiao Xi was finally rescued from Huohuo's vines.

"What's wrong with your spirit beast..." Xiao Xi rubbed her backside and then sat directly on Zhou Lu's shoulder, complaining, "That sneak-attack and binding technique is quite impressive."

Impressive, right? It was trained on catching chipmunks.

Since she had been caught by Huohuo, Xiao Xi couldn't pretend to be invisible anymore.

"22 Academic Credits? You went to a D-class Secret Realm and got 22 Academic Credits?" After hearing Zhou Lu's description, Xiao Xi's expression was one of disbelief.

Zhou Lu nodded and picked up the water pitcher that had just appeared, intending to pour Xiao Xi a glass of water.

Huohuo coiled its vine around the pitcher's handle and patted its leaves, wanting to help Zhou Lu.

Zhou Lu smiled and let go, allowing Huohuo to help.

Little Grass Grass was very happy to see its master trust it so much. It could finally help its master!

Wriggling its vine steps, it crawled around the room, trying to find the cup Zhou Lu had hidden.

"Quite a lot, isn't it." Zhou Lu couldn't help but sound a little boastful.

"Of course," Xiao Xi glanced at Zhou Lu and smiled, "but you only got this lucky because you followed that kid from the Li family. Usually, this kind of insider information is only known by Beast Tamer families or large corporations. You'll know when you go to Secret Realms yourself in the future; 22 Academic Credits is practically a windfall."

"I thought Beast Tamers made money like this."

"They make money, but not with such explosive profits as yours," Xiao Xi said with the air of someone who had been through it all. "The safe zones are fine, but the Pioneer Army occasionally captures Spirit Beasts to fill the safe zones, allowing students like you to complete tasks and find materials. You'll know when you actually go to the wild; Spirit Beasts aren't distributed that densely, and you'll also have to compete with professional Beast Tamer teams from cultivation bases and large corporations."

"So," Xiao Xi jumped down from Zhou Lu's shoulder, hovering in mid-air, looking like she was about to lecture, "cherish your student days. You're quite fortunate. Those education groups are already pushing for educational reforms from above, so perhaps there won't be Beast Tamer courses before university anymore."

"Ah? Why?"

"To reduce the burden. Well, at least that's the official reason." Xiao Xi took the cup from Huohuo's vine, cupped her hands around the handle, blew on it, and said, "This world is like this. Ordinary children just need to enjoy simple happiness. Elite children have endless Beast Tamer courses every day and need to consider more."

"Oh, right, don't throw away your 'Basic Methods for Spirit Beast Cultivation.' The new textbooks have removed the chapters on Beast Tamer skill training, so the old textbooks are going to increase in price." Xiao Xi said, then looked at the water in the cup, puffed out her cheeks, and put the cup down. "Why is it just plain water? Is there any tea?"

Huohuo tilted its pot-like body, looking at Xiao Xi curiously.

"Tea? What's tea?"

"None," Zhou Lu said calmly.

"Fruit tea is fine too," Xiao Xi retreated to the next best option.

Fruit! Huohuo's leaves unfurled.

Vines wrapped around Xiao Xi's waist...

"Hey! Wait! Wait! I asked you to make fruit tea, not to be fruit tea!"

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm fruit, but I'm not tea, damn it!"

"Let go! Let go quickly! That's boiling water! Boiling water!"

"I'm gonna die, gonna die, gonna die! Save me! Zhou—Lu!"

Suppressing a laugh, Zhou Lu painstakingly persuaded Huohuo to let Xiao Xi down. "Don't be silly, Huohuo."

Huohuo lifted its flowerpot and glared stubbornly at Xiao Xi: She was the one who asked for fruit tea!

"Alright, alright," Zhou Lu tapped Huohuo's pot. "Go play somewhere else. Teacher Xiao Xi and I have something to discuss."

"I don't think you should..." Xiao Xi said weakly, slumped over the table.

Hearing this fruit dare to refuse its master, Huohuo extended a vine and shot her a look.

Upon seeing Huohuo's vine, Xiao Xi immediately sat up straight, her expression turning serious. "Speak! It's the duty of a Knowledge Fairy to help students!"

Zhou Lu then asked Xiao Xi for information about the Beast Tamer skill, [Body Feed].

"[Body Feed], huh... I do have training methods here." Xiao Xi looked at Zhou Lu strangely. "How did you even know about this skill? Only lunatics actively train it."

"Lunatics?"

"Lunatics who sacrifice themselves to nourish their Spirit Beasts," Xiao Xi said. "Only people who aren't quite right in the head would actively train it. If you want it, I can give it to you for two Fairy Coins."

Hearing Xiao Xi's words, Zhou Lu turned and asked, "Do you have any finished skill cards for sale?"

"Yes, I do."

"Huh? Really?"

Xiao Xi tilted her head back proudly. "Who do you think I am!"

She paused, then doused Zhou Lu with cold water. "However, Beast Tamer skill cards are not for sale. Generally, they're only rewarded to you by the authorities through me after you've made significant contributions."

"Not for sale..."

"After all, unlike Spirit Beast skill cards, which can be mass-produced through training Beast Tamers, Beast Tamer skill cards are born from the bond between a Beast Tamer and their Spirit Beast. The Beast Tamer skill cards I have were donated by Beast Tamers from the Pioneer Army after they sacrificed themselves. Do you think it's appropriate to buy and sell these?"

Xiao Xi's words completely cut off Zhou Lu's possibility of directly buying [Body Feed].

"Then I'll buy the training method," Zhou Lu gritted his teeth and said.

"Are you sure?" Xiao Xi asked, somewhat surprised. "That's two Fairy Coins, you know. You could buy two general skills with that."

Actually, I don't lack Beast Tamer skills... Zhou Lu glanced at the system.

"[Body Feed] isn't that easy to train," Zhou Lu said resolutely, paying the Fairy Coins. As Xiao Xi transmitted the information related to [Body Feed] to Zhou Lu, she didn't forget to offer some advice. "You'd best find a Beast Tamer who knows this skill to guide you."

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