Even Su Ping's attention was briefly drawn over, but he paid it no mind.
He really had no time to spare for such trifles now. Instead, he turned his gaze toward the twins.
As he looked over, the two of them also looked at Su Ping, their gazes lingering in amazement on the mutated Forest Wolf.
"What an incredible Mutant Forest Wolf! You actually managed to find a pet beast like that. Since you have so many Forest Wolves, does your family specialize in them?"
Their pet beasts had been carried off for treatment, so the twins clearly had nothing to do for the moment. When they noticed Su Ping looking their way, they struck up a conversation.
They had the same kind of pet beast, Forest Wolves, were the same age, and even had similar strength and skill. It really did make it easier for them to find common ground.
"Yes. The Woodheart Forest Wolf Breeding Base right next door belongs to my family."
Seeing Su Ping nod, one of the twins said:
"I'm Zhang Wen, and this is my younger brother, Zhang Wu. His Wu means 'five,' as in one, two, three, four, five-not 'martial,' as in mastery of both literary and martial arts."
Zhang Wu also gave Su Ping a thumbs-up.
"Neither Zhang Wen nor I knew that Woodheart next door was a Forest Wolf breeding base. If we'd known, we would've gone over to have a look."
Su Ping smiled.
"Su Ping. You two are pretty impressive yourselves. How did you manage to coordinate your combined attacks so well?"
Although a question like that could sometimes be a little presumptuous, Su Ping was genuinely curious.
The brothers exchanged a glance, and Zhang Wen said:
"Our talent is called Mind Link. Zhang Wu and I can communicate mind to mind, and so can our pet beasts. We've also trained together ever since we contracted them. That's how we managed it, but even so, we still couldn't beat you!"
At that, Zhang Wen couldn't help adding:
"You really do specialize in training Forest Wolves. It's one thing for the mutated one to be that powerful, but even the one that hasn't mutated is so strong. More importantly, they listen to you so well. That's really something."
Su Ping smiled, not particularly concerned with the praise, but the answer left him feeling a little helpless.
As expected, training well-coordinated combined attacks wasn't so easy.
He wondered whether the shared connection effect of his LV2 Forest Wolf Record had any abilities of that sort.
Probably not, though. The shared connection ability mainly improved pet beasts' skill training.
Shaking his head, Su Ping decided there was no rush.
After all, there were plenty of days ahead.
Just then, the brothers in front of him exchanged another glance and asked curiously:
"The Forest Wolves you train are so impressive. There must be an amazing Breeder at your breeding base, right? What paid services do you offer? We'd like to have our pet beasts developed, too."
Su Ping immediately snapped back to attention. Was business coming to his door?
He smiled and said, "I'm the Breeder. We do offer paid services, but this isn't the best place to go into detail. If you're interested, you can stop by when you have time, and we can discuss it properly."
The brothers nodded together. "Sure!"
However, just then, a voice suddenly rang out beside them:
"Su Ping, you're a Breeder, too?"
It wasn't Zhou Shuchen, but a smiling Zhang Guowei.
At that moment, Director Zhang's impression of this boy, whom he hadn't previously thought much of, had undergone a complete transformation.
Back when he had recommended the Scythe Giant Centipede and been turned down, he really hadn't thought highly of him.
The Pet Beast Home talent was primarily a support talent.
Yet he hadn't expected this. Leaving Su Ping's talent aside, the boy not only seemed to be on good terms with that Life Ancient Tree Beast Tamer, whose background was clearly extraordinary...
He also had such an exceedingly rare Mutant Forest Wolf.
And he was even a Breeder?
Now, Zhang Guowei genuinely wanted to get to know Su Ping all over again.
After all, they had spent time at the same school. Didn't they at least nominally have a teacher-student relationship?
Glancing at the smiling Zhang Guowei, Su Ping merely nodded lightly.
But Zhang Guowei had already spoken again:
"Su Ping, becoming a Breeder isn't something just anyone can do. Having a talent like yours brings honor to our Sixth Middle School, too. Don't say your teacher never looks out for you..."
As he spoke, Zhang Guowei looked at Su Ping while reaching toward the young man beside him.
Apart from a change in his expression when he saw the Life Ancient Tree and Su Ping's Mutant Forest Wolf, this young man had remained aloof toward Su Ping, his classmates, and the low-level Beast Tamers training and sparring there.
All Su Ping and the others knew was that he seemed to be from the Fire King Company. Su Ping didn't know what exactly he did there.
Zhang Guowei spoke again:
"This is Breeder Jin, Jin Sheng, from the Fire King Company's breeding department. He's a Junior Breeder officially certified by our Linzhou Breeder Association, and he has some excellent insights into developing pet beasts, especially beast-type ones! The two of you can have a good chat about that."
Su Ping looked at the young man in surprise. He didn't seem much older than Su Ping himself.
A Junior Breeder from the Fire King Company's breeding department?
No wonder he carried himself like that. Before Qin Xiaoxue had arrived, everyone who called to inquire had asked about that very subject.
So Su Ping had later looked it up online and learned something about getting certified by the Breeder Association.
Achieving that at his age did seem rather impressive.
Seeing Su Ping's slightly surprised expression, Jin Sheng promptly extended his hand.
"Student Su, I didn't expect you to be so interested in pet beast development, too. Don't worry-if there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me directly."
His words were friendly, but Su Ping frowned slightly. Still, one didn't strike a smiling face. In the end, he simply extended his hand and shook Jin Sheng's.
"Then thank you, Breeder Jin."
He could tell that Jin Sheng wasn't deliberately mocking him the way Zhou Shuchen had. He was simply used to looking down from above at students like them.
Even if Su Ping had an unusual background and that Mutant Forest Wolf.
Still, in the field Jin Sheng excelled at most, he addressed Su Ping with the attitude of someone offering guidance.
Although that, too, was actually a form of goodwill.
After all, for most people-even Zhou Shuchen, who might become his colleague in the future-Jin Sheng had only made a few brief notes and drawn up some simple development and training plans based on their battles.
However, Zhang Wen and Zhang Wu exchanged a glance beside them, each seeing doubt in the other's eyes.
Clearly, if a breeding center like Woodheart had a Breeder well versed in the craft, that would have been one thing.
But this fellow before them was even younger than they were. He claimed to be a Breeder, yet he was obviously a student himself. In that case, the brothers would have to reconsider their decision.
Developing pet beasts was a major expense!
An ordinary family couldn't afford to stake such a large sum on an inexperienced Breeder with no reputation.
After all, not everyone had money blown in on the wind like Qin Xiaoxue.
Nor did everyone have Qin Xiaoxue's astonishing way of thinking.
Such hesitation and distrust were only human nature.
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