Buying Them Out, the Color of Miracles

Seeing Lin Yuan staring at it like that, the Courier Bird started to panic.

It can't be that the goods weren't delivered correctly a few days ago, and the Customers came to complain, right?

It began frantically recalling its past, not feeling that it had done anything wrong; the unknown only instilled greater fear in it.

Will it become the first "Courier Bird" to be "laid off" after only one week on the job for making a mistake?

The predecessors were right; they said not to develop feelings for any Customers. Now look what happened! It thought it had met an angel, but it turned out to be a devil trying to push it into the abyss!

Lin Yuan looked at the information that had suddenly updated on its panel.

I was completely stunned.

What is all this nonsense?

Then I discovered that its [personality] section described it as [hardworking, conscientious, prone to internal conflict].

Okay...

"Yes, this [Courier Bird] is the last one I've been waiting for," Lin Yuan said, turning to Tian Shan.

"Okay, I'll register it here," Tian Shan said. "Also, I noticed that your application form states the reason for allocating [Courier Bird] is for participation in Research Competition."

"Because it may involve some experimental factors, and there have been some unfortunate incidents in the past, the alliance has relatively strict regulations regarding this."

"Free loan, but it must be guaranteed that these [Courier Bird] will be returned without any physical or emotional damage; otherwise, a certain amount of compensation will be required."

"Or you can buy it outright. [Courier Bird] is Ordinary Mid-Grade pet. Since it has no evolution path, if there's a legitimate reason, you can buy it out directly for 8,000 Alliance Coin."

"The Pet Beast Alliance will transfer ownership of these [Courier Bird]."

Tian Shan explained the rules as instructed, but he didn't think the two people in front of him would buy [the Courier Bird].

Even if it's not expensive, why not use something that's free?

Ten of them would cost 80,000 Alliance Coin, enough to buy some Transcendent -grade extraordinary pets.

Lin Yuan looked at Chen Xuanbai with sincere eyes. "Teacher, I'll buy them all."

Chen Xuanbai seemed to want to say something, but then stopped. After a while, he simply said, "I'll pay for it."

Unlike Spellcraft Competition or Quality Competition, Research Competition cannot be funded by universities at great expense.

In particular, it depends on the topic selection. After Chen Xuanbai submitted this topic a few days ago, the school's research group only approved 100,000 Alliance Coin in funding, some necessary [Beast Gear], and the right to use the venue for raising pets.

The reason given was that they were not optimistic about the research results from the [Courier Bird] project, so this was considered a reward.

If it weren't for Lin Yuan being the participating student, and Chen Xuanbai's persistent pleading, this project probably wouldn't have received funding.

So, he actually hadn't originally planned to buy it out.

After all, it's not worth spending your own money on Research Competition.

However, during the selection process for the Courier Bird this morning, he repeatedly sensed Lin Yuan's determination.

He knew Lin Yuan felt sorry for these Courier Bird.

He also kept thinking that his starting point when choosing this topic was a bit too selfish—he wanted Lin Yuan to find the topic he was most interested in and then devote more energy to it.

However, they overlooked one thing: Lin Yuan was still a Second Year of High School sophomore and had not been in contact with pet beasts for very long.

It seems a bit too early for him to start researching these tragic, lower-class [pet animals]...

Lin Yuan said, "Teacher is fine. The Pet Food Shop has made a lot of money recently."

"I can afford it, I can afford it."

A few days ago, he went to Huang Tao's house and traded the first batch of [Spirit Dew].

He now has a million in savings.

These ten [Courier Bird] are really not expensive for him at all.

Moreover, this was originally part of his plan.

When he chose the topic of "Courier Bird," he was thinking about exploring their Evolution Path.

If the evolution is successful, he certainly doesn't want the [Courier Bird] to belong to the Pet Beast Alliance or the school.

This way, he's saved a lot of trouble.

So, to Tian Shan's slightly surprised expression, Lin Yuan paid the money and became the new owner of these ten [Courier Bird].

He's been working in this area for almost five years, and it seems like no one has come to buy anything yet?

Perhaps he's some rich young master.

But don't rich young masters usually study things like the [Illusion Dream Butterfly] and the [Mist-Hiding Spider]?

He searched for a long time before finally finding some old [Courier Bird Breeding Guide], which he handed to Lin Yuan.

Thinking to himself, he had actually sold a batch of [Courier Bird]. If he were to apply for a job in the pet sales industry, this would definitely be a big plus on his resume.

"You'll all be following me from now on," Lin Yuan said to the line of Courier Bird standing in front of him.

The injured old [Courier Bird] and the internally strife-ridden young [Courier Bird] both knew Lin Yuan.

They were all pleasantly surprised to hear this.

This is a kind-hearted Beast Tamer.

What the old Courier Bird was thinking: If he stayed with him, at least his child's future wouldn't be too difficult.

The little [Courier Bird] was a bit smug: I guess I was overthinking it. I did such a good job on my first day of work that I was chosen and bought out!

But... what if I don't perform as well as before? Will I be abandoned...?

The other [Courier Bird] operators weren't too bothered; it was all the same to them, as long as they had goods to deliver every day.

"Lin Yuan, these are ten Ordinary high-grade [Spirit-Dwelling Pouch]. They can allow Ordinary- quality pets to survive inside for two hours, making it convenient for us to take these [Courier Bird] away," Chen Xuanbai said. "Although the school didn't provide much funding, I nagged the head of the research group a bit, and they still approved quite a few useful [Beast Gear] for us."

Lin Yuan took the ten palm-sized yellow brocade pouches and quickly put the ten [Courier Bird] away.

"Are you free this afternoon?" Chen Xuanbai asked. "Let me take you to the accommodations the school arranged for them."

"Then, we need to quickly assign jobs to these ten [Courier Bird]."

"They are not easy to raise at all."

One hour later.

West of Puquan Experimental High School, Pet Beast Breeding Hall.

"This is it," Chen Xuanbai said with a smile. "Two years ago, the school raised a batch of Transcendent low-grade [Gale Falcon] here, which were also the subject of a Research Competition."

"That student later won National Bronze Award, making him the only student from our school to win an award in Research Competition in the past five years."

"Unfortunately, when he chose his major in college, he chose a different department."

"After the school returned [Gale Falcon] to the Pet Beast Alliance, this space became empty, which was perfect timing for my application."

"This environment is much better than their original habitat."

Lin Yuan nodded and released all the [Courier Bird] from the [Spirit-Dwelling Pouch].

Upon arriving in their new environment, they looked around curiously.

Some landed on tree branches, while others flew to the eaves of the pavilion.

Most of them seemed a little bewildered; was the new owner really going to provide them with such luxurious accommodations?

They'll definitely have to work even harder to deliver goods every day!

But where are the goods?

Lin Yuan glanced at the panels of all the [Courier Bird], and most of them had the status of wanting to deliver goods.

They have a lot of goods, but who should I give them to?

This needs to be decided first.

Let's make do with them today and give them a "day off" for now.

"Teacher, before we discuss the plan, I'd like to treat that injured [Courier Bird] first," Lin Yuan said.

"Okay, go ahead."

Lin Yuan approached the [Courier Bird], whose son was still tightly protecting it.

"Old friend, it's been a week. Did you miss me?" Lin Yuan smiled, took out a glass of water, and then dripped half a drop of [Spirit Dew] into it.

"Drink it, it will heal your injury quickly."

The Courier Bird, which had been listless, suddenly perked up when it saw the water. After all, for the past two years, this human had always handed it a glass of water when it felt utterly exhausted.

After taking a sip, I was no longer thirsty, and I felt energized.

It's injured now, but it's still just a glass of water.

This glass of water seemed to smell much better than usual, and its mouth unconsciously moved closer to it.

It doesn't actually believe that drinking water can cure it.

If it were possible, it would have been ready long ago.

When its son saw that its mother had finally started drinking water, it flapped its wings a couple of times before finally taking a serious look at its new owner.

Instead, a bright purple light appeared.

Lin Yuan was using the [Purple Spirit Eye Art] to guide the energy on the old [Courier Bird]'s wings to accelerate the healing of its injuries.

As the panel states, with a product of Transcendent Quality and healing properties, even a small amount can quickly heal the [Courier Bird's] injuries.

With the added benefit of [Beast-Taming Art], the effect is even more immediate.

In less than a minute, the old [Courier Bird] found that it could feel its right wing. It first flapped it and found that it didn't hurt at all. As it flapped its wings faster, the bandage that was not properly wrapped was also shaken off.

Although the feathers haven't fully grown back, the wound is no longer visible where it was originally injured.

"Coo coo!"

It flew in mid-air, very excited.

It can fly!

I can work now!

Meanwhile, the little [Courier Bird] was still immersed in the purple light emanating from Lin Yuan's eyes.

I saw my mother fly away.

It suddenly remembered something: when it was a child, its mother had told it what miracles were.

At that time, it also asked, "What color is a miracle?"

Its mother told it that a miracle is a result, without color.

Now it feels...

Miracles have color.

It was the purple that shimmered in the eyes of this new owner.