booktalesy Chapter 44: Tang Xinyi: He's got it.
Chapter 44: Tang Xinyi: He's got it.
Beautiful times always pass exceptionally quickly. The sunset may come a little late, or it may hide away, but it is never absent...
When Lin Yi returned from the No. 1 combat training base, it was nearly dusk. Walking on the familiar campus of the Department of Spirit Plant Cultivation and Research, he recalled the events of the past week.
The seven-day intensive training yielded immeasurable benefits for both the human and the beast. The cognitive shocks, combat experience gained, and the tempering of the little guy were all invaluable spiritual, mental, and emotional cleansing.
However, Lin Yi felt that the biggest gain was the rapid growth of the mushroom cub in the past seven days. Thinking of this, he briefly glanced at the symbiotic relationship information with the mushroom cub.
[Contracted Beast Pet: Ground Mushroom]
【Attribute: Wood】
[Race Rank: Low-level Transcendent]
[Evolutionary Stage: Eight-Stage Evolution]
【当前伪本族技能：草字剑诀炉火纯青（182/200）、纵跃略有小成（191/200）、三倍吸收出神入化（满级）、螳螂拳略有小成（95/200）、天残脚略有小成（86/200）、绝对防御初入门径（97/100）……】
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[Evolutionary Construction Direction: None at present]
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"Life is truly unpredictable."
Looking at his achievements, Lin Yi was filled with emotion. Who could have imagined that just two months ago he was a mere servant in the spirit plant cultivation base, but in just two months he had undergone a tremendous transformation and become a powerful level eight beast tamer? It was simply terrifying.
As for the rewards given by the school after the special training, Lin Yi took a quick look. Apart from some simple qualification certificates and miscellaneous useless items, the most useful one was a qualification card that allowed him to choose a "Beast Pet Secret Technique" from the "Beast Pet Secret Technique Library" at the main campus of Tiannan Beast Taming University.
Of course, this card is not needed for now; it can only be taught 'Beast Pet Secret Techniques' after the mushroom cub reaches the first-tier form.
Lin Yi felt that the most useful thing for him right now was the so-called "double compensation". He did a simple calculation and found that the price of the extraordinary evolution ingredients that he and Mushroom had used during the special training period was an astonishing five million.
"Double the compensation, that's ten million."
Ten million is much faster than he could earn by typing away day and night. Lin Yi's bank account has never had so much money before. If he could keep getting this kind of "double compensation" in the future, how great would that be? After all, who would complain about having too much money?
Putting that thought aside, Lin Yi stopped paying attention to it and instead recalled his conversation with Chen Shiqi about the evolution of beast pets, pondering the evolutionary direction that Mushroom Cub would take after reaching its first-tier form.
While he was thinking, he unknowingly arrived at the male dormitory area of the Department of Spirit Plant Cultivation and Research. What he didn't know was that dozens of faculty members were already standing downstairs in his dormitory building, including Dean Huang Zhong, Vice Dean Liu Bochuan, and class teacher Tang Xinyi.
This wasn't an organization from the department. Many teachers came here mainly to see what the boy who opened up the first "selection student" spot for the department looked like, and whether he had three heads and six arms.
Unfortunately, when a group of big shots arrived downstairs, they learned that the young man had not returned to the Spirit Plant Department immediately, but had disappeared without a trace.
Tang Xinyi was both angry and amused. She had called and sent countless messages to the other party, but all of them went unanswered. This guy was getting more and more outrageous, and his arrogance was getting bigger and bigger each time.
In the dormitory area, as Lin Yi walked in from afar, many passing Beastmaster freshmen cast strange glances at him.
Lin Yi also sensed the strangeness in those gazes and frowned slightly. At this moment, he still didn't know what had happened and almost couldn't help but go up and ask a few questions. However, after thinking about it, he finally held back, thinking that perhaps the news of his participation in the special training had been spread by someone with ulterior motives.
Just as Lin Yi was wondering what was going on, a familiar voice rang out.
"Lin Yi".
But then I saw a familiar face walking towards me.
No, it should be three... Walking in front was Wang Haoran, and following behind him were Song Jianing and Zhang Siyao. The three of them were like leeches, seemingly sticking together wherever they went.
As soon as Wang Haoran came up, he pulled Lin Yi aside, glancing around every now and then, looking mysterious. Lin Yi's already furrowed brows furrowed even more. He wasn't very familiar with Wang Haoran, and he felt that something was off about the guy's behavior.
Wang Haoran said seriously, "Lin Yi, have you gotten into some serious trouble? We're classmates after all, don't blame us for not warning you. If you've really caused trouble, you'd better think of a way to deal with it."
After Lao Wang finished speaking, Zhang Siyao and Song Jianing nodded repeatedly.
Lin Yi was completely confused: "Trouble? Trouble what? What are you talking about? I don't understand!"
Song Jianing immediately spoke up upon hearing the voice: "How could you not understand? Many teachers are looking for you. Even Dean Huang, several vice deans, the director of the teaching affairs office, and Old Li from the office have all come. Teacher Tang has been calling your phone non-stop, but you haven't answered."
From the perspective of the three individuals, when something like this happens at school, it usually means that a student has caused trouble, especially if the school leaders come in person; the matter is probably not minor.
So when the three of them saw Lin Yi from afar, out of consideration for their shared classmate relationship, they kindly came over to remind him. In reality, they were just curious about what this guy had done that had even alarmed the leaders.
Lin Yixun's heart skipped a beat. He usually had no connection with these department leaders, so why did they all come to see him, and even brought a group of teachers with them?
Could it be related to the cross-species research findings on free-growing mushrooms?
But this matter doesn't seem to warrant such a large-scale commotion.
"Is Old Man Liu Bochuan inside too?"
Lin Yi asked subconsciously, and seeing the three nod, he breathed a sigh of relief. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that he hadn't made any mistakes, so he strode out.
Wang Haoran and the other two were stunned by what they saw. This guy... how come he's not flustered at all? Could it be that he really didn't cause any trouble?
The three exchanged a glance.
"Let's go take a look."
Wang Haoran immediately decided to go and see for himself.
Song Jianing hesitated, "Forget it. I've been afraid of teachers since I was little, let alone with so many leaders around."
Zhang Siyao also became interested: "What are you afraid of? It's just going to take a look. What's wrong with the leader? Is the leader going to eat you?"
With the two of them half-pushing her, Song Jianing was also forced to follow. The four of them walked almost side by side toward Building 9 of the men's dormitory.
At this moment, Huang Zhong and the others were also gathered downstairs, all of them with furrowed brows as they waited. Huang Zhong, in particular, kept pacing back and forth, which gave everyone a headache.
"Old Huang, do we really have to finalize this today? We can just contact this brat tomorrow and have him come to the conference room. There's no rush," a vice dean said with a wry smile. It's not a good idea for a group of department and college leaders to wait here for a brat.
Huang Zhong, however, couldn't listen to any of it and was already impatient: "No, I can't wait any longer. My heart is still pounding. If that child can agree to our idea, it will be a major earthquake for me... no, for the entire department."
This concerns his own future and that of his department; if he doesn't get this settled, Lao Huang definitely won't be able to sleep tonight.
Another vice-dean asked, "Dean, what if the child doesn't want to?"
"Then give it to him, give it to him until he's willing." Huang Zhong said, turning to look at Liu Bochuan: "Old Liu, say a few more words later, after all, he's your student."
"I'll try my best," Liu Bochuan nodded.
Huang Zhong, displeased, retorted, "What do you mean by 'as much as possible'? Old Liu, you can't be so unreasonable. You're about to take a large group of people with you, and I'm not going to leave them behind. This is just a small request, isn't it?"
"Not excessive."
"Then what will you say?"
I will try my best.
As they were talking, Tang Xinyi, with her sharp eyes, seemed to have noticed something and immediately said, "Teacher, Lin Yi is here."
All eyes were drawn to him, and when they saw the boy, they were all slightly stunned. What a handsome young man!
Not only Huang Zhong and others looked over, but also many students who had been standing around for a long time looked over at the moment Lin Yi walked over. It was hard not to attract attention when so many leaders who were usually not seen appeared.
Tang Xinyi gripped the special training results summary sheet tightly in her hand, a barely perceptible look of shock flashing in her beautiful eyes.
The section that read "Mid-stage Level 8 Evolution Form [Dark Night Wolf] Kill Count" made her feel like she was dreaming, and she couldn't help but recall the message that guy had sent her just a few hours ago.
Is a mere sixth stage of evolution really that difficult?
Damn it, this guy got tricked.
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