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Chapter 3 Frog Junior?
The next day.
Xu Han laughed heartily as he watched Xu Xian, who had dark circles under his eyes but was still full of energy, come downstairs.
"Even if you're excited, you can't stay up all night!"
Xu Xian scratched his head, and Liu Ruyan came over with breakfast. "Breakfast is ready!"
Soon, the family finished their breakfast.
Xu Han got into the driver's seat, Xu Xian fastened his seatbelt in the passenger seat, and Liu Ruyan held Xu Ying in the back seat, while the giant dog and the white jade spider squeezed together.
The whole family was together.
"Mommy, I want to contract a spirit beast too." It was Xu Ying's childish voice.
"Alright, alright, you can form a contract with one too, how about you form a contract with your sister Bai?" Liu Ruyan said.
The white jade spider chuckled.
Xu Xian smiled upon hearing this.
Xu Han pulled the handbrake, the clutch and brake were slightly released, and with the engine roaring, the vehicle reversed and soon entered the main road.
"Dad, can you tell me what kind of spirit beast it is now?" Xu Xian asked.
Liu Ruyan, Xu Ying, and Bai Yuzhu all looked at Xu Han's exposed back of the head.
"You'll find out soon enough," Xu Han continued, keeping everyone in suspense.
Xu Xian shook his head, but his anticipation grew even stronger.
As an outstanding student who successfully comprehended and learned the Soul Blood Pact at the age of eighteen.
The school's teachings and requirements for them are at least to have a spirit beast of the Black Iron Rank, of which they must form a contract.
In this world, the racial hierarchy of spirit beasts is divided into four levels.
Iron, bronze, silver, and gold—each grade has four sub-grades: lower, middle, upper, and best!
The energy levels of spirit beasts are categorized as primary, intermediate, advanced, leader, lord, king, and legendary guardian deities, who are among the few in the entire Dragon Kingdom.
The level of a Beast Tamer is closely related to the energy level of the spirit beast.
Normally, the growth limit of a spirit beast of the Black Iron race is the leader level, and only spirit beasts with adequate nutrition and training can break through to this level.
This level is also known as the Elite Beastmaster, and in professional leagues, it is even more so as the Professional Beastmaster.
Only by becoming an elite-level beast tamer can one be qualified to venture into the outside world and possess the power to walk.
It's important to understand that this world isn't just populated by humans.
Although the world is very similar to the Blue Star in Xu Xian's previous life, and the various countries are also very similar, the area occupied by humans is only one-tenth of the world.
Beyond the human realm, countless ferocious and brutal mythical beasts roam.
Xu Xian felt that now that he had become a beast tamer and possessed a powerful beast taming bead, there was no reason not to go out and explore in the future.
Naturally, one hopes for a better start.
The kind of cultivation from the weakest to the strongest in novels from my past life is indeed very appealing.
But if he could choose the good ones, he'd be crazy to choose the inferior ones.
The consumption of resources for the two is not the same.
Xu Xian took out his phone and checked the recent selling prices of spirit beast cubs.
For a student like him, the lowest possible choice is a high-grade black iron spirit beast.
These kinds of spirit beasts aren't too expensive; they're basically only around 100,000 yuan each.
As a fresh graduate of this year, Xu Xian enjoys a 50% discount.
As long as it's a legitimate store, you can get one for 50,000.
In addition, there is an interest-free loan of 50,000.
This loan only needs to be repaid within five years, and it can be considered a subsidy for students from impoverished families.
Xu Xian didn't need this skill; although his family wasn't as wealthy as Zhou Li's, they were still considered a well-off family.
Xu Han had been saving money for his eldest son since he was young.
According to Liu Ruyan's glimpse, Xu Han could produce eighty in one go.
However, with these eighty coins, a family might only be able to barely make ends meet.
After purchasing a spirit beast, one must also consider the resources needed for its cultivation and improvement; this is the real expense.
"Hmm, let me take a look at this top-grade black iron spirit beast..."
Xu Xian used his phone to find a black iron-grade spirit beast cub suitable for a new couple to form a contract.
The first thing that catches the eye is an adorable stone lion cub.
Its entire body is like a meticulously carved rock, it is of the earth element, and its racial talent is "Heart of Stone". When standing on the ground, it can extract earth element energy to slowly heal its injuries. It can evolve into the Stoneheart Lion, which is of the bronze rank.
Xu Xian glanced at the price; the market price of the stone lion cub was one million, which was basically the most expensive among the top-grade black iron spirit beasts.
Even with a discount, it still costs 500,000. Evolving a Stone Lion into a Stone Heart Lion requires a special earth-attribute resource called "Heart Stone".
Xu Xian glanced at the price of the Heart Stone; at 100,000 per kilogram, he was completely disheartened.
Simply put, the minimum weight required for a stone lion cub to evolve is 100 jin (50 kg), not even counting other resources.
Xu Xian replied that it would be a miracle if he could afford to support them.
As he continued scrolling down, Xu Xian's eyes lit up.
The iron-eating beast, also known as the giant panda.
In this life, it is no longer a national treasure, but a top-grade black iron spirit beast with a metal attribute and the talent of "copper head and iron bones". Its physical strength is very high, and it can even rival some bronze-level spirit beasts.
However, this thing is expensive, costing 800,000. It requires iron bamboo to grow, and iron bamboo shoots are the best.
The price isn't too expensive; one bamboo shoot costs only one hundred yuan, while a single bamboo shoot costs one thousand yuan.
Xu Xian did a rough calculation.
Even if you only feed the normal Cycas revoluta without feeding it bamboo shoots, it would still cost 36,500 yuan a year.
Goodness, this is just for food expenses.
If it were just this, it wouldn't be a big deal, but the requirements for a Metal Eater to evolve into a Gold Eater are even more outrageous than those for a Stone Lion to evolve into a Stoneheart Lion.
Because the Gold Eater is already a Silver-level spirit beast.
Even Xu Xian, who considered himself a top student, had never heard of many of the resources on that platform.
The price displayed behind each material had a long string of zeros that I had only ever seen before, in my previous life.
We can't afford to mess with them.
Xu Xian quickly turned the page.
I looked at quite a few, and I liked this one, and that one seemed nice too.
I originally thought my dad had prepared a fair amount of money.
All I can say now is that I lack the financial resources.
"Stop looking, your old man has prepared something for you that will satisfy you," Xu Han said, glancing at Xu Xian.
Xu Xian nodded and turned off his phone.
Xu Han slammed on the brakes, honked the horn repeatedly, stuck his head out of the car, glared, and cursed, "Are you crazy? Why are you running a red light? Need a coffin and want to build one?"
The man he was talking to was a guy who had almost been hit by a car after running a red light. He looked about the same age as Xu Xian and was holding a sharp-eared dog that was barking and howling at Xu Han.
However, when the giant dog's large, bared-toothed mouth was revealed on the glass, the pointed-eared dog whimpered and nestled deep into the man's arms.
The man looked indignant, but under the watchful eyes of the passersby waiting at the red light, he muttered something and retreated behind the zebra crossing.
Xu Han snorted and then drove away.
This little incident went unnoticed by everyone.
Xu Xian didn't care much. Many people run red lights; he was just unlucky to be the one to do it today.
After half an hour.
The black pickup truck finally stopped.
Xu Xian got out of the carriage and looked ahead.
Ahead was a large breeding area, and the sign outside the breeding area had four bright characters written on it: Water Park.
Xu Xian looked at Xu Han, "Dad, are you planning to buy me a water-attribute spirit beast?"
He remembered that among the water-attribute spirit beasts here, there was only one type with the highest-grade Black Iron rank.
That was the legendary "Frog Junior".