Chapter 86: Chapter 86 6.
The "Fire Qilin Lotus Planting Event" is in full swing.
While Qian Qi was teaching her classmates how to plant Fire Qilin Lotuses, she didn’t forget to go to the Magic Beast Storage Room to feed and scoop poop for the Flame Dogs.
After a period of time together, the Flame Dogs had gotten used to Qian Qi’s scent and even expressed warm welcomes upon her arrival. Of course, this was mainly due to her excellent massage skills.
"Ah Tu..." Qian Qi embraced Ah Tu’s now well-furred big head with both hands, resting her head on its mouth and gently stroking its shiny, clean tusks.
She asked wistfully, "I treat you so well, why haven’t you contracted with me yet?"
Ah Tu gave a slight roll of the eyes.
"Is there some hesitance I need to know about?" Qian Qi raised her head, her small, rough face full of confusion, "Could it be..."
She pondered for two seconds: "You don’t understand human speech?"
"Right! That must be it!" Qian Qi clapped her thigh and realized, "Then let’s start learning Chinese characters from tomorrow!"
Ah Tu: ???
System: [...So what’s the connection between understanding human speech and learning Chinese characters?]
"No, no, no, we can’t just learn Chinese characters." Qian Qi quickly shook her head, "When traveling, it’s safer to learn several foreign languages, and when facing danger and it’s inconvenient to communicate, we can use secret codes!"
System: [...Do you really think an E-level Magical Beast has that kind of intelligence?]
Qian Qi turned her back as she seriously pondered, "Morse code? Would that be too difficult for you? Winkler code? Never mind, that’s even harder... Maybe pinyin, given this world doesn’t seem to have Chinese pinyin..."
The system flew in front of her: [Hey, look at me! Are you a devil? Are you really going to teach a Magic Beast Chinese characters?]
"Don’t talk." Qian Qi brushed the system away, wondering why it couldn’t see that she was ignoring it!
"A magical beast that doesn’t even understand Chinese characters doesn’t deserve to be my Contracted Beast. I’ll make this my threshold, adding in numerical operations as well. A magical beast that can’t even do math doesn’t deserve to be under my command!" Qian Qi boasted proudly!
System: ...
6.
The system didn’t believe that Qian Qi could teach Ah Tu to understand Chinese in a short time. However, as it turned out, it forgot Pavlov’s experiment and forgot that even a Magic Beast could fall for the temptation of food.
A few days later.
"Look, what’s this~?"
In the Beast Square, Qian Qi twirled the red Magic Honey-coated Fire Qilin Fruit in her hand, looking at the drooling Ah Tu and pointed with a chuckle at the distant human-shaped target, "When I say charge, you charge and knock it over, understand?"
Ah Tu’s long, fluffy tail wagged enthusiastically as it eagerly nodded in agreement. Under Qian Qi’s command, it charged straight towards the human target, shredding it to bits.
"When I say retreat, you come back immediately!" Qian Qi shouted, and Ah Tu galloped back at full speed.
"Great job!" Qian Qi pushed the sweet Fire Qilin Fruit into Ah Tu’s mouth, giving it a rewarding rub on the head and casually smeared the Magic Honey on her hand onto its fur.
"Next, let’s learn something more advanced. Once you’ve mastered it, you can eat two Fire Qilin Fruits at once!"
Hearing it could eat two, Ah Tu’s pointed and long ears immediately perked up, its red beast eyes eagerly staring at Qian Qi.
"When I say grab him, you bite onto the enemy’s collar and stand proudly on the podium." Qian Qi pointed at a picture on the Light Brain of a Magic Beast holding someone, "Got it?"
Ah Tu glanced at the picture for a moment, then immediately bit onto Qian Qi’s collar, standing proudly on the podium in the plaza with its tail wagging proudly.
Qian Qi, dangling in the air like a trash bag: ...
6.
The system laughed mercilessly from the side: [Hahahahahaha (*≧▽≦)]
Having confirmed the trainability of the Flame Dogs, Qian Qi felt more confident about winning the bet.
However, this wasn’t foolproof; an E-level Flame Dog wasn’t guaranteed to win against an experienced and reckless E-level Awakened. She needed to ensure she would be the winner of the bet.
And to win, Qian Qi would go to any lengths.
With a familiar sly smile curling at the corner of her mouth, Qian Qi sat on the big rock next to her experimental field, laughing sinisterly, "Hehehe, Xu Jing and the others, those idiots, have no idea about the power of Magic Plants."
And even less about her deviousness.
[What are you planning to do?] The system was curious.
Qian Qi lowered her head and dug into the soil, pulling out something that looked like a potato. Upon seeing the Magic Plant, the system already knew what Qian Qi was planning to do.
[...You’re even more shameless than I imagined.]The system didn’t know whether to feel joy or sorrow.
"I’m honored by my shamelessness." Qian Qi stuffed two "potato" bulbs into her pocket and headed toward the laboratory.
She had already determined Zhang Feng and Liang Yuting for the bet competition. As for the third participant, she still needed to evaluate. If all else failed, she’d let Ah Tu participate.
After all, she only said that the Magic Plant Department would produce three participants, not necessarily three people.
And so, time flew by amid busyness, and a month later, Qian Qi finished her final exams and welcomed her first summer vacation at Awakener University.
"Make sure to train diligently, and don’t forget to supervise the students staying behind to continue growing and selling the Fire Qilin Fruits."
"In the future, the cost of growing other Magic Plants won’t be low. The small amount of sponsorship from the Skill Department isn’t even enough to fill a gap between our teeth, so we have to make more money ourselves."
Before leaving, Qian Qi reminded Zhang Feng and Liang Yuting earnestly.
The Fire Qilin Lotus’s 7-day growth cycle required care, and there was a large market demand for Fire Qilin Fruits, so most Magic Plant Department students chose to stay on campus and planned to return home to visit family at the end of summer break.
Qian Qi was very satisfied with this. She chose to let the students sell independently to open up more sales channels and gradually form a stable industry sales chain, which would make selling other Magic Plant products much more convenient in the future.
This way, she wouldn’t have to run around by herself. It was like utilizing her classmates to create a worldwide sales network, saving her a lot of time and energy.
This also allowed her to identify the sales talents hidden in the Magic Plant Department, and these top sales classmates would become her first batch of distributors, helping her venture far and wide to make big money!
Oh~ my adorable and charming Magic Plant Department classmates~
Every gift "bestowed" by Qian Qi had already been priced in secret!
Work hard to make money!
Work hard to earn money for me, Qian Qi!!! Qian Sect!!!
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On the subway, Qian Qi returned to the Bright Orphanage.
This would be her home now. Although being alone is dashing, Qian Qi preferred places bustling with people and liveliness.
Moreover, she really liked children.
But, not because children are cute, but because she can beat up children.
Here, she is the boss!