Have You Taken the Junior Breeder Certification Exam?

Su Ping noticed the Zhang Brothers' hesitation too, but he offered no explanation.

In any case, he was no longer particularly short on money. Once he finished training Qin Xiaoxue's Wooden Head, he would have more than enough to cover the base's operating expenses for the time being.

That was how the pet beast business worked: high expenses, high profits. No business for three years, then one sale could feed you for three more.

In this line of work, the money came from Beast Tamers with real resources.

A fabulously wealthy woman like Qin Xiaoxue was precisely Su Ping's target customer.

Jin Sheng, however, seemed to have suddenly opened the floodgates. All his earlier reserve vanished, and he smiled at Su Ping.

"Speaking of which, Su Ping, if you want to become a Breeder too, have you started preparing for the Breeder exam?"

The Breeder exam?

Su Ping's expression turned slightly odd. He glanced at Breeder Jin, but still shook his head.

He really did not need to prepare.

Because just yesterday, someone had made him a promise.

He had promised to let Su Ping skip Junior Breeder certification entirely and award him an Intermediate Breeder certificate directly.

Although the old man looked crafty and a little unreliable, Su Ping had still given him some of his personal information out of trust in Qin Xiaoxue.

Afterward, he had also learned a little about the man's identity.

Seeing Su Ping shake his head, Jin Sheng immediately smiled.

Clearly, they had entered familiar territory for him. Breeder Jin patted Su Ping on the shoulder, looking thoroughly dependable.

"Tell you what, Su Ping, I'll send you some exam materials later. For the Junior Breeder exam, you need to choose a specialty, accurately recognize various conditions in pet beasts, and learn how to soothe their emotions as quickly as possible.

"Most importantly, you need to know how to train the skills of the type of pet beast you specialize in. You'll also have to interact with your chosen pet beast and meet the exam requirements..."

Jin Sheng talked on and on.

To be fair, Su Ping listened very attentively.

He had not learned much online about what the exam actually involved.

He had only seen plenty of complaints about the Breeder exam. The written portion was one thing, but once it came to the practical assessment, candidates had to interact with their chosen pet beasts at close range and meet the exam requirements.

Whether it meant calming an enraged pet beast, making it happy, or getting it to perform a skill to a certain standard, these hands-on assessments left many aspiring Breeders struggling for ages to make it ashore.

For precisely that reason, although the Breeder certification exam was held almost every month, unlike the Beast Tamer exam, which only took place on such a large scale once every three years, far fewer people passed it than the Beast Tamer exam.

Whether Jin Sheng wanted to build a closer relationship with him or simply show off his knowledge, learning about these things could hardly hurt.

Watching Jin Sheng talk without pause, Zhou Shuchen could see none of the arrogance the man had shown when they first met.

The way he treated Su Ping stood in stark contrast to the way he treated Zhou Shuchen.

That contrast made Zhou Shuchen clench his fists.

Wasn't it just because his family had money?!

If my family had that kind of wealth, I'd definitely do better than Su Ping.

Unfortunately, at that moment, he really did not dare step forward and do anything.

When Li Shu had asked earlier, he had not even dared to continue his fight with Su Ping!

That mutated Forest Wolf was far too terrifying.

It had grown far too quickly, too. A mutated Forest Wolf at ordinary sixth rank-and a poison attribute mutation at that!

How much would a pet beast like that be worth?

Zhou Shuchen could not even begin to imagine.

And how many resources and how much money would it take to raise it to ordinary sixth rank in the time since the contract was formed?

Zhou Shuchen knew none of that. He could only attribute it all to one reason.

It was all because Su Ping's family had money.

Not because the guy was actually all that capable.

At that thought, resentment welled up in Zhou Shuchen's heart.

Why couldn't I have been born into such a good family?

Why couldn't I have parents that good? They'd only taken out a loan of a few million to buy a Red Fang Tiger, and now they kept whining at home. They hadn't said it to my face, but they were clearly blaming me.

Parents and a family like this were holding me back on my path as a Beast Tamer!

Standing nearby, Su Ping obviously had no idea that such a small gesture had prompted Class President Zhou to come to such an outrageous conclusion.

He was still listening to Jin Sheng.

He was gaining a deeper understanding of Breeders, a very distinctive profession in this world and one of its most important.

Some of a Breeder's abilities lay not in following formulas for raising beasts, but in understanding pet beasts, working with their habits, and finding avenues of research amid all sorts of possibilities.

The Myriad Spirits Codex could give Su Ping unparalleled ability to raise Forest Wolves, but it could not directly grant him certain fundamentals or theoretical knowledge.

Those things might sometimes seem useless, but it was only when you needed knowledge that you regretted not having read enough.

Seeing how attentively Su Ping listened, Jin Sheng nodded inwardly.

Who would not want someone to listen carefully when they spoke, occasionally offering their own insights and follow-up questions about the subject?

Then, after answering those questions, who would not enjoy the other person's murmurs of understanding and admiring gaze?

If it were just an ordinary graduate, that would be another matter. With someone like Zhou Shuchen and his classmates, even if they wanted to listen, he could not be bothered to talk.

But the Su Ping before him clearly was not ordinary.

Quite apart from running such a large pet beast breeding base, he had such a rare mutated Forest Wolf, as well as a female Beast Tamer friend who owned a Monarch Rank Life Ancient Tree.

All of that was enough to show that Su Ping was definitely different from those other fellows.

Having someone like that listen so willingly gave Jin Sheng's vanity tremendous satisfaction. He waved a hand.

"Tell you what, Su Ping, I'll give you a phone number later. It belongs to Teacher Zhao, who works at the Breeder Association. He's an Intermediate Breeder holding a post there, and he sometimes oversees the Breeder exams!

"When you call him, tell him I referred you. You can ask him indirectly which Junior Breeder exam this year will use Forest Wolves for the assessment. That'll give you a much better chance of passing!"

Su Ping froze. You could do that?

But on second thought, it made sense. After all, people were always the ones administering these things, and wherever people were involved, there could be loopholes.

Still, looking at Breeder Jin, Su Ping did not turn down his kindness. He took out his phone, ready to add this Teacher Zhao's number.

Yet the moment he unlocked it, an incoming number appeared on the screen.

It was none other than Qin Xiaoxue, who had left that morning.

After apologizing to Jin Sheng, Su Ping answered the call.

The moment he picked up, Qin Xiaoxue's voice came through.

"Su Ping, you're still over there, right? Perfect. Old Liu came in person to deliver your certificate. We're outside your gate and haven't gone in, so I'm bringing him over to find you!"