6kv Chapter 53 Old Bai is acting strangely
Chapter 53 Old Bai is acting strangely
Everyone was at peace, at least Chen Shiqi was at peace, so Lin Yi stopped paying attention to the situation in the Southern Mountains.
As always, he took the mushroom cub to train in the back mountain. However, now that the mushroom cub had reached the first stage, the training location had been changed from the original place to the mountains, which were now deeper into the mountains.
As the little mushroom continued to grow day by day, Lin Yi became even busier, busy training the little guy and making money.
"Little mushroom, how do you manage to eat so much with such a small tummy?"
As the training session ended and they returned to the Department of Spirit Plant Cultivation and Research, Lin Yi couldn't help but ask himself a profound question.
After the little guy entered the first stage, his appetite more than tripled. The expenses that used to be only six million a month suddenly skyrocketed to eighteen million.
Of course, 18 million is for Mushroom Cub, after all, its absorption and evolution ability has increased more than sevenfold. Normally, when a beast pet reaches this level, its monthly expenses are around 2 million. If the beast tamer is careful with their money, they can manage to live on 1 million a month.
Of course, once a pet reaches the first tier, it can start earning money. Beastmasters will take on a lot of quests to earn commissions and so on.
"But one million is no small sum."
Lin Yi was filled with emotion. Ordinary families, let alone a million a month, might not even be able to come up with ten thousand a month.
Fortunately, this is the amount of food a pet can eat after reaching the first tier. For pets below the first tier, it depends on the individual. Some people can spend tens or even hundreds of thousands of yuan a month to raise a level 3 pet, while others can spend a few thousand yuan a month, mainly to have enough evolution fluid. Not everyone has Lin Yi's earning ability, and not every pet can eat as much as Mushroom Baby.
After evolving to the first-tier, first-level form, Little Dot's appetite tripled, immediately giving Lin Yi a renewed sense of urgency.
The 50 million yuan he had wasn't enough to cover his expenses... He was even considering whether to reduce the food allowance for the baby mushroom.
Mushroom: •.•?
Reduce...reduce food rations?
Of course, Lin Yi was only thinking about it and didn't actually take any action. Especially when he met the little guy's questioning eyes, he decided to go all out. No matter how hard or tiring it was, he couldn't let the child go hungry. He could just keep typing on the keyboard. He still had more than 50 million in his hands, so he wouldn't be back to square one overnight.
After a day of training, Lin Yi received a message from Chen Shiqi on his way back, asking to meet up.
Eight hours later, at the No. 1 canteen of Tiannan University.
This was Lin Yi's first time eating at the No. 1 canteen. There was no other reason than that it was too expensive. He couldn't afford it before, and even after he became rich, he was busy training the mushroom lads and never had a chance to enjoy it.
However, thanks to Chen Shiqi, we were able to have four dishes and a soup for dinner today.
Without hesitation, Lin Yi began to devour the food the moment it arrived, disregarding his image, and added a compliment: "Senior's food is just so delicious."
Seeing that Lin Yi was satisfied, Chen Shiqi then revealed the purpose of their meeting. When she finished explaining her purpose, Lin Yi was slightly taken aback.
"Citywide experience?"
Lin Yi was stunned. So this was the reason Chen Shiqi came to find him. The so-called "citywide training" referred to Tiannan City. Any beast tamer in Tiannan City could participate in this training.
"The training location has been decided, and I've registered you."
Lin Yi was stunned upon hearing this, and hesitated before speaking.
This meal wasn't very good.
"Could it be the Southern Mountains?"
Lin Yi guessed that the Southern Mountains had just experienced a large-scale invasion by the Fallen Beast Clan. Given the thinking of the higher-ups in Tiannan City, they would not have wiped out all the attacking beasts. They would have left behind a large number of Fallen War Beasts of moderate rank for the newly emerging Beast Tamers in Tiannan City to train. This was a common occurrence in the past, so Lin Yi guessed the location immediately.
Chen Shiqi nodded, indicating that Lin Yi's guess was correct; the training location was indeed the Southern Mountains.
"This training is open to all Beast Tamers in the city, including 36 Beast Taming Universities, 172 Beast Tamer Associations, and some non-governmental Beast Tamer organizations."
"To participate in the training, five requirements must be met simultaneously."
1. The evolution form of the pet must be at least Tier 1 and Level 1.
2. The evolved form of the pet must be below Tier 3 and Level 5.
3. The pet must be a combat-type pet or a pet with a combat-oriented nature.
4. Beastmasters must be between 12 and 30 years old.
5. Applicants must have a letter of recommendation from a Beastmaster, and the recommending Beastmaster must be at least Tier 4 Level 1.
It's quite a coincidence that Lin Yi met all five conditions. The fifth condition was obviously added by Chen Shiqi herself, but it was still met.
Upon hearing this, Lin Yi became serious.
"Senior, is it dangerous?"... "Yes."... "Can I not participate?"... "No."... "Why?"... "I paid for it."... "..."
Lin Yi was taken aback. It wasn't that he was unwilling to participate, but rather that he felt the school's exchange program was sufficient for Gu Zai's current level, and there was no need to risk his life.
Furthermore, this kind of large-scale training is unlike the special training at Tiannan University, which you can just play around with at home. The training is different throughout the city, and it is also in the Nanshan Mountains, with a complex mix of people, vast terrain, and too many variables. If you are not careful, the little mushroom may die on the spot.
Of course, Lin Yi also knew that Chen Shiqi was doing it for Gu Zai's own good. After all, if he wanted to go down the combat route, he would inevitably have to participate in big scenes. However, he felt that it was coming too fast.
No matter how well the flowers bloom in a greenhouse, they cannot withstand wind and rain.
"Senior, when does the training begin?" Lin Yi asked, clearly having made up his mind. Since it was a training exercise, there must be an outer area. He would just be careful and not go too deep into the area, and there shouldn't be any major problems.
Moreover, since the senior student signed up the mushroom boy, it must have been a decision made after evaluation.
"The 21st, one month from now."
Chen Shiqi said, "The situation in the Southern Mountains is still somewhat complicated and needs to be cleared out, which will probably take about a month."
The so-called cleanup naturally means ensuring that there are no powerful corrupted war beasts hiding in the training area as much as possible. The workload is considerable, and the cleanup will definitely take a lot of time.
Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. A month was enough time to pet the mushroom cubs a few more times and teach them a few skills.
A city-wide training opportunity like this is likely to be a gathering of elites, including top beast tamers from the thirty-six beast taming universities, as well as some big names in the beast taming world.
Those who are not members of the school's Beast Tamer Association and organizations are mostly former graduates. Even those who are not outstanding are definitely more experienced and have a higher level than Lin Yi and his fellow students who are still in school.
This is a good opportunity to see how real beast tamers fight. Although Mushroom Cub has just entered the first-tier evolution stage, it already has some combat power. Maybe it can learn something valuable from those beast tamers during their battles.
Chen Shiqi gave some further instructions and told Gu Zai to work hard before getting up and leaving the cafeteria.
Lin Yi watched Chen Shiqi's departing figure, then glanced at the strange looks coming from all around the cafeteria. A smile appeared on his lips, and he uttered the same words Lao Bai had once used to describe Tang Xinyi: "Senior is so nice."
Mentioning Lao Bai, Lin Yi suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen the guy in a long time. He had sent him a message a while ago saying that his [Sword Spirit Grass] had evolved to the sixth level. Lin Yi was a little surprised at the time, not expecting that Lao Bai was also exceptionally talented.
However, not long after, Lao Bai sent another message, claiming that his [Sword Spirit Grass] pet had reached the seventh level and that his grade assessment results were very good. Lin Yi went from being surprised to being taken aback, but he was busy with his own affairs at the time and did not ask too many questions.
"This guy, the assessment is over, and he doesn't even come over to show off."
As Lin Yi spoke, he thought that there was nothing else to do. Mushroom's training for the day was over, so maybe he could go and see the guy and congratulate him. After all, they had been brothers in arms for half a year, and Lao Bai's words, "I'll protect you from now on," were still echoing in his ears.
After returning from the meeting, Lin Yi decided to go into complete seclusion to prepare for the "citywide training". With that in mind, he slowly walked out of Tiannan Beast Taming University according to the work address that Lao Bai had given him, and took a taxi to his destination.
Lin Yi didn't tell Lao Bai that he was going to see him. Instead, he had a sudden urge to see what the guy was doing without knowing what was going on.
Half an hour later.
Ten kilometers away from Tiannan Beast Taming University, in a sparsely populated suburb, Lin Yi looked at this somewhat deserted and dilapidated old district and couldn't help but frown slightly.
He asked a taxi driver and learned that this was the old town area, but most of it had been relocated, with only a few large factories still operating. The number of residents was less than one-tenth of what it used to be.
If the driver hadn't mentioned that there were still factories operating here, Lin Yi would have doubted whether he had come to the wrong place.
"This guy, he rides that beat-up bike all the way to work, over 30 kilometers away every day?"
Lin Yi had always assumed that Lao Bai's workplace was near the university, and he saw Lao Bai riding his bicycle out early every day without giving it much thought. Little did he know that Lao Bai seemed to be living a less comfortable life than Yuan Hai.
What surprised Lin Yi even more was that Lao Bai's factory was even more remote. He had to ask several hard-of-hearing old men for directions before he finally found the old but still fairly large factory.
The factory specializes in producing pet evolution fluid, and sales seem to be quite good. When Lin Yi entered, he saw many workers with clearly defined roles, each standing on their respective production lines like a walking corpse.
"Did they go out?"
When Lin Yi received the foreman's reply, he was taken aback. After much trouble, the news he received was that Lao Bai had gone out.
"I just got a phone call and rushed out. Are you Xiao Hei's friend?"
The foreman looked Lin Yi up and down and said, "I noticed he didn't look well when he left, and he wouldn't say anything when I asked. Since you're his friend, hurry up and go look for him; he should still be around here."
Lin Yi followed the sound without lingering and quickly left the factory. At the gate, he could still see Lao Bai's old bicycle, which he had ridden for more than half a year, proving that the other party had not returned to school.
Lin Yi frowned slightly, thinking of something, recalling the intermittent news from Lao Bai recently.
Level 6 evolutionary form... Reached level 7... Not bad... Extraordinary talent?