novelraw Chapter 32 The Tree City Geniuses Who Shouldn't Have Stayed
Chapter 32 The Tree City Geniuses Who Shouldn't Have Stayed
July 15th, early morning.
The weather was a bit hotter than in previous years.
The light shone directly on my body, creating an uncomfortable burning sensation.
Xu Xian wrapped Wawa up tightly and gave it a bottle of ice water spray, telling it to spray it a couple of times if it felt uncomfortable.
Then he drove his electric scooter, carrying it, directly to the Beastmaster Association.
For several days in a row, all skill points were invested into Vawa's "Ebb and Flow Bubble," and although the number had exceeded eight, it was still only at the proficiency stage.
Xu Xian guessed that to upgrade an intermediate skill to perfection, it might require a full sixteen skill points.
During this time, Xu Xian specifically set aside some skill points to invest in the already perfected skill "Water Arrow," but Wawa said she could hardly feel any change.
Why "almost"? Because even when investing skill points, Wawa still felt a very subtle sensation as if something flashed by.
At this point, Xu Xian realized that reaching the next stage after perfecting a basic skill was no longer something he should be considering.
Despite not having made much change in skills, Wawa has been working almost day and night these past few days and has achieved great results.
Thanks to the combined benefits of nutritional supplements and the Pearl of the Clam, his energy level broke through the minor hurdle of the intermediate level three and directly reached the intermediate level four.
With two more points of energy, his physical fitness also visibly improved.
In just over a month, Wawa's size had increased significantly.
Standing upright, it is now nearly 70 centimeters tall, making it a super-sized frog compared to common frogs.
However, this is not the limit that Frog Junior's size as a spirit beast can reach.
Historically, the largest frog junior was 1.5 meters tall with a big head, and was said to be the most intelligent frog ever.
It has long since evolved into a frog scholar, and has even broken through its limits to become an extremely powerful lord-level peak spirit beast, only half a step away from the king level.
Not long after, Xu Xian parked his electric scooter at the parking lot next to the association.
There happened to be a three-wheeled motorcycle next to me, which looked extremely familiar.
"Brother Xian! Over here!" Across the street from the parking lot, Zhou Li was holding an ice cream. The golden-armored beast on his shoulder, which was noticeably larger than the last time he was seen, was licking the ice cream with its tail.
Xu Xian picked up Wawa and walked over, holding out his hand and saying, "What about mine? Are you going to eat it all by yourself?"
"Look at what you're saying." Zhou Li pointed his thumb to the supermarket behind him. "Take whatever you want, it's on me."
"Brother Li is so generous!" Xu Xian gave a thumbs up and led Wawa to each grab a huge tub of ice cream and scoop it out to eat.
"Come on, go in with your brother Li." Zhou Li waved his hand and led the way.
The two people and two beasts stepped into the gates of the Beast Tamer Association.
They didn't arrive early.
It is now 9:10.
The small competition, specially organized by the Beastmaster Association, started at 10:00 AM.
Upon approaching the front desk, the two explained their identities.
"Please come this way." The receptionist smiled and gestured for them to come this way.
Led by her, the two went directly to a spiral staircase leading down from the corner of the first-floor lobby.
A short while later.
A huge, brightly lit underground battleground appeared.
Xu Xian and the others immediately looked over, their gazes fixed on the ceiling of the underground battle arena.
In the white light, a spider-like creature made of crystals hangs upside down, clinging to the ceiling, with eight white crystal eyes that are the brightest light bulbs.
The crystal-clear filaments are woven into a maze-like array of shimmering filament light tubes.
Crystal Spider, Light attribute, low-grade Silver, with the talent "Crystal Body".
It can release and absorb light anytime, anywhere.
Wherever it appears, all eyes will be drawn to it.
"How beautiful!" Xu Xian couldn't help but exclaim, and Zhou Li nodded in agreement.
Both Wawa and the Golden Armored Beast were stunned.
The receptionist said, "This is the vice president's spirit beast, a lord-level creature. It will be the referee for this competition. With it here, you can go all out without worrying about harming your opponent's spirit beast."
After explaining, she turned and left.
Xu Xian's gaze was directed downwards.
The underground battle arena is a flat area with a wide white line marking a circular zone, around which some tables and benches are placed for resting.
Looking around at these tables and chairs, Xu Xian saw many people his own age.
A rough count yields as many as fifty-three people; adding him and Zhou Li, that makes fifty-five.
And these people will all be classmates in the Beast Tamer major at the first university in Tree City, which they will soon be attending.
"Hey, isn't this the talented Xu and young master Zhou? It's been over a month, and you've even contracted spirit beasts with them!"
The piercing sound drew Xu Xian's gaze to the right.
A boy walked over with his arms crossed and his head held high. To his right floated a white-furred, red-faced, blue-eyed monkey.
That's right, it wasn't walking or crawling, but rather floating in the air at the same level as the boy who was walking.
To his left followed a charming woman who acted affectionately, holding a fat tabby cat with black spots that flickered with tiny lightning bolts.
"Qian Hongwen, if you don't speak, no one will think you're mute!" Zhou Li rudely gave Qian Hongwen the middle finger, who acted like he was the most important person in the world.
The golden-armored beast imitated its actions, mimicking the same movements.
Xu Xian was naturally not to be outdone, and Wa Wa was an even greater master.
This international gesture of goodwill is far more powerful than anything else.
Qian Hongwen is the eldest grandson of the Qian family, a beast-taming clan in Shucheng.
Their family has power, money, and influence.
The spirit beast beside him was the 'Blue-Eyed White Ape,' a mid-grade bronze spirit beast with the extremely rare attribute of spirit.
Qian Hongwen himself had excellent academic performance. Although he was not in the same class as Xu Xian, his academic performance had always been among the top in the school and had never fallen out of the top three.
Xu Xian originally thought that a genius like him would go to Yuncheng University or Imperial University.
Unexpectedly, the other party was still in Tree City.
It's so weird.
"You two are so vulgar!" the girl next to Qian Hongwen snorted.
This person was Xiao Lili, Xu Xian and Zhou Li's classmate.
Xu Xian probably went to Qian Hongwen because he hadn't gotten any gold coins from his own account.
"Mind your own business!" Zhou Li pointed his middle finger at Xiao Lili, showing absolutely no respect for her so-called status as a girl.
Xiao Lili's pretty face turned pale. Sensing her owner's displeasure, the spotted cat in her arms transformed into a 'Spinosaurus' and bared its teeth and claws at Zhou Li.
Zhou Li completely ignored the other party and looked at Qian Hongwen.
He and the other person had always been at odds during their school years.
He didn't know what was wrong with the other person, who would cause him trouble and make sarcastic remarks from time to time.
He only found out after he fully understood his father's identity.
This guy is just jealous of him, jealous that he's so free and unrestrained.
She didn't want to pay any attention to him and pulled Xu Xian to sit down.
Xu Xian's gaze lingered briefly on the spirit beasts beside Qian Hongwen and Xiao Lili before shifting to the other students.
Of the top three students in academic performance at the Third Middle School, besides him and Qian Hongwen, the other one was not seen. Xu Xian probably went to Yuncheng University.
I felt even more puzzled.
Staying at Shucheng University would be beneficial for me, as it would help me become a certified pharmacist very quickly. What about Qian Hongwen?
His gaze fell upon the spirit beasts of the students present.
In addition to Qian Hongwen's blue-eyed white ape and Zhou Li's golden-armored beast, it was discovered that there were seven other spirit beasts with low-grade or mid-grade bronze race levels.
I was greatly alarmed.
Those who can contract with bronze-grade individuals, even if it's just by luck, can apply to enter the three top universities.
So what exactly are these geniuses thinking?
Xu Xian suddenly remembered Zhou Li, whom he had never paid attention to before.
Normally, this person should be on a bigger stage.