EFB Chapter 24: Privileges from Disciples
Chapter 24: Privileges from Disciples
As we all know, there is no shortage of bosses in this world who love to make grand promises, but only those bosses who can both make grand promises and deliver the promised results can truly grow their businesses and become stronger. The same applies to beast taming.
Therefore, Lin Yi did not intend to be stingy with the steamed buns in his hand. In order to motivate the little guy to improve in the future, he immediately decided to give him some substantial rewards. Since it was the little guy's first battle, it was reasonable to give him a little encouragement. So... he would give him a bag of level 3 evolution fluid.
The little guy's eyes lit up the moment he saw Lin Yi take out the evolution fluid. Even a small sparrow is still meat, I want to suck it up...
Watching the mushroom quickly empty a bag of evolution fluid, Lin Yi's lips curled into a smile of "this kid is teachable." He glanced back at the groundhog and tossed it a bag of level 2 evolution fluid as well.
There were still some Level 2 Evolution Fluid left from the last purchase from Chen Shiqi, which these mushrooms no longer needed. So Lin Yi decided to be generous this time, as compensation for the groundhog getting a good beating.
The groundhog blinked, staring at the evolution fluid thrown at its feet. It first looked at Lin Yi, then at the mushroom, seemingly to confirm that the stuff was edible. It then imitated Lin Yi by making a small opening and trying to suck up some fluid.
next second.
Groundhog: (♡д♡) Shocked
A delicious explosion of flavors from someone I've never tasted before.
Seemingly worried that the fierce little creature would steal its food, the groundhog, clutching the bag of evolution fluid as if it had found a treasure, dashed into the jungle.
For the next three days after that, a groundhog's head would always peek out from the jungle, watching the man and the animal from afar.
Lin Yi was surprised to find that, seemingly with an 'audience,' Mushroom Boy trained even harder, and his confidence was rapidly growing.
Lin Yi naturally didn't want to miss out on anything that would benefit the mushroom cub. Since the level 2 evolution fluid wasn't worth much money anyway, he simply threw a small bag to the wild little guy every day.
After a few exchanges, and once he was certain that the man and the beast meant him no harm, the groundhog became bolder and began to try to get closer to Lin Yi.
From this point on, Lin Yi and Gu Zai's daily training in the back mountain became even more enjoyable.
……
Time flies.
Three days later, on this morning.
Lin Yi arrived as promised, received the skill library access card that Tang Xinyi had prepared, and headed early toward the only library in the Spirit Plant Cultivation and Research Department. Although it was called a library, the Beast Tamers preferred to call it another name: the "Beast Pet Skill Education Paper Storage Center".
When Lin Yi brought Gu Zai here, it was already past 9:30 in the morning. There were already a few people moving around in the square, some walking in groups of three or five, but not many.
"As expected of Beast Taming University, even the academy library is so magnificent."
Looking at the colossal structure at the end of the square, Lin Yi was filled with emotion. The entire [Beast Taming Skill Education Paper Storage Center] occupied a vast area, with a total of seven floors. The overall structure was an inverted trapezoid, wider at the top and narrower at the bottom, with a horizontal length estimated to be at least two hundred meters.
This is no storage center; it's clearly a modern, gigantic palace.
"Building a building like this must have cost a lot of money, right?"
Lin Yi fantasized for a moment. If he had the money to build it, he would probably never have to worry about anything for the rest of his life. Of course, that was on the condition that he didn't contract a beast pet. With the evolution speed of the mushroom cub, it would probably be able to eat up such a giant building in less than a year.
"Little mushroom, if you don't want to be kicked out by the administrator after you go in, remember to keep quiet," Lin Yi instructed.
In the eyes of the academic elites who love this place, it is an extremely sacred place. Anyone who dares to shout a word in it will be killed by their glare.
The man and the beast crossed the front square, climbed the steps, queued, swiped their cards, and entered the Skill Paper Storage Center. Inside, it was a hidden world, with many people around, but it was extremely quiet. You could hear a pin drop, and Lin Yi wouldn't disagree.
The building's interior is designed with an openwork structure, featuring a spacious and well-lit atrium. Passing through the lobby and arriving on the second floor, one is greeted by rows upon rows of densely packed bookshelves, each 2.4 meters high. The bookshelves occupy only half of the floor, while the other half is designed with desks facing each other.
Lin Yi did not linger on the first to sixth floors. These floors were all filled with teaching papers on spirit plant-type beast pet skills. Although there were many kinds, they were not the purpose of his trip.
The entire floor is not without restrictions. The higher the floor, the higher the level of the pet training skill. Beastmasters of different levels can only enter the corresponding floors. There are access barriers between floors, and you need to swipe a student card of the corresponding level to enter.
Logically speaking, Lin Yi's current student card only grants him Level 1 Beast Tamer privileges, allowing him to at most wander around the second floor. However, with the reading card granted by Liu Bochuan, he enjoys unimpeded access all the way.
When Lin Yi arrived at the entrance to the sixth floor, he saw the old man sitting in front of the entrance to the seventh floor, dozing off. The other floors were all isolated by machines, but the last floor was guarded by both machines and people, which shows how valuable the seventh floor was.
As far as he knew, those who could enter the seventh floor were either teachers and mentors from the department or a very small number of beast tamers with extremely high beast taming levels.
Those with too low a beast-taming level are not qualified to reach the top; that's just how it is.
Therefore, when Lin Yi walked towards the entrance of the seventh floor, he immediately attracted the attention of many people who were engrossed in reading papers.
"What's that guy trying to do? Is he trying to get to the seventh floor?"
Many boys and girls who noticed this scene couldn't help but have a slight ripple in their eyes. Those who were qualified to go up to the seventh floor were either the backbone of the faculty or some senior students with extraordinary beast-taming abilities.
The former are easily distinguishable at a glance, while the latter are almost all top-tier celebrities among the student body. Even if you don't know them personally, you've seen their faces during the departmental assessments over the years.
The boy looked somewhat unfamiliar, but a beast tamer with the authority to enter the sixth floor was generally not an ordinary person. Everyone just cast slightly surprised glances at him. Could it be that another beast tamer had reached the authority to enter the seventh floor?
Seemingly sensing someone approaching, the white-haired old man slowly opened his eyes. Without exchanging words, Lin Yi handed over the reading card with someone's name written on it.
The old man, who had been looking lazy, immediately lost his languid demeanor when he saw the information on the reading card. His voice noticeably rose a few decibels, and he gave Lin Yi a meaningful look.
"Interspecies Research Reading Card: Are you a student of Professor Liu Bochuan?"
Lin Yi didn't want to attract attention, but the old man's voice was loud enough that he could hear everything clearly in the almost silent environment. There was a slight commotion at the entrance to the seventh floor on the sixth floor.
As Lin Yi went upstairs, he could still faintly hear some sounds coming from behind him.
"Professor Liu's student? Hasn't Professor Liu only had Senior Tang as his student these past few years?"
"You don't know? I heard that about ten days ago, Old Liu took in another new contracted ground mushroom, I think his name was something like Yi. It is said that this new student, based on Old Liu's original research, has made breakthroughs in the research of cross-species skill education for ground mushrooms."
"I always thought it was just a rumor, but I can't believe it's true. Someone actually made a contract with a ground mushroom?"
When some people first heard this news, they were incredulous. How were these words connected together: new student, conqueror, Liu Bochuan, disciple, and free-range mushroom?
If it were just a disciple, people might just be envious. But damn it, it's so great to have privileges; you can directly enter the seventh level.
But when people hear that someone has contracted a Ground Mushroom, things change. They'll all become more or less interested. There's no way around it; Ground Mushrooms are legendary at Tiannan Beast Taming University. After all, there aren't many beast pets in the world that are about to be removed from the beast pet category.
I don't know whether to envy that boy or feel sorry for him.