Chapter 177: Chapter 176: The position of 1 person and 2 beasts is too crowded
"Hey?" The headmaster’s eyes lit up, "Don’t say it, you really don’t say it! You definitely know more about magic plants than those magic plant teachers, I can indeed hire you as a mentor to teach them!"
"Alright, 50,000 per class, 90 minutes each, only two classes per week, and they are on my schedule. Plus, I only teach our second-year magic plant students."
Qian Qi clapped his hands, smiling, "After all, as you said, my energy is limited; most of my time is for research, so I can only squeeze out 90 minutes to teach them."
"Are you trying to fool me?" The headmaster wasn’t stupid and reacted quickly, "You usually give your classmates special lessons secretly, and now you want to charge me, isn’t it just a way to earn some extra money openly?"
"Headmaster, you can’t put it like that!" Qian Qi exclaimed in surprise, with a face full of ’how can you think of me like this,’ "You know what kind of person I am! The things taught for free and those taught for fifty thousand yuan—how can they be the same?"
"You get what you pay for. If you want the Magic Plant Department to go further, you have to spend big money!" Qian Qi grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds, earnestly saying, "Do I still need to teach you this, headmaster?"
"30,000." The headmaster bargained.
"50,000 no bargaining, these good seedlings, once taught successfully, will be the next generation of excellent teachers. You just let one of them teach the freshmen, and you’ve already profited!" Qian Qi snacked on the sunflower seeds, unmoved by the headmaster’s attempts to bargain.
"Alright then!" The headmaster finally gritted his teeth, "Two classes a week, you must teach something valuable!"
"Wow! Headmaster, you’re straightforward!" Qian Qi immediately beamed, "So, shall we sign an employment contract?"
Headmaster: ...
Contract, contract, always a contract!
How much does she distrust him, the headmaster!
...
Half an hour later, Qian Qi happily carried the employment contract to the Magic Beast Warehouse.
"Ah Tu~~~" Seeing Ah Tu, Qian Qi immediately rushed over excitedly, familiarly rubbing its big head, "We haven’t seen each other for two months. Did you miss me? I missed you so much that I gained three pounds!"
Ah Tu: ?
Ah Tu struggled to pull its head out of Qian Qi’s embrace, looking at her with accusing eyes.
Doesn’t this person know any boundaries! Its head is almost rubbed bald!
However, why does she have the scent of other dogs on her?
And... it seems like several?
Not sure, better sniff again.
Ah Tu was about to sniff again but was then fiercely hugged by Qian Qi, "Ah Tu, we haven’t seen each other for two months, have we grown distant? ... But it’s okay, we can make up for it with double the hugs!"
Ah Tu: ???
Shameless human, let go of this beast!
With a face of tragic heroism and righteous sacrifice, Ah Tu endured Qian Qi’s sticky closeness, yet its tail couldn’t help but wag, hitting Qian Qi’s back over and over.
Forget it, seeing that you’re so attached to me, I just might...
Ah Tu was about to issue a contract request when it saw Qian Qi suddenly release it and rush towards two other Flame Dogs, chirping sweetly, "Aye! You must be Xiao Zhang and Xiao Liang! What strong builds, aye, you’re actually rubbing against me, you seem much more obedient than my Ah Tu!"
Ah Tu: ???
Love switched so swiftly?
In front of Qian Qi, Zhang Feng and Liang Yuting each held a Flame Dog, and Qian Qi said she would help them bond with the magical beasts, so they were very excited now.
"Let’s go." Qian Qi walked freely, having borrowed a highly confidential room from Uncle Li. She had to be discreet about helping Zhang Feng and Liang Yuting bond with their beasts.
After entering the room, Qian Qi locked the door and then instructed the two, "Tell them, bond."
Zhang Feng and Liang Yuting complied, and the two Flame Dogs became immediately eager upon hearing the word bond, their spirits lifted. Soon, two faintly glowing contract patterns appeared before the three of them.
Just like when Silver requested a contract, the Flame Dog’s contract pattern, without a fixed outer circle, freely expanded.
However, the patterns were different from Silver’s, yet the contract patterns of the same Flame Dog species were exactly alike.
"Place your hand on the contract pattern, empty your mind and drop all defenses, you will feel a strand of consciousness similar to spiritual power in your awareness, try to capture this consciousness with your own mind."
This consciousness in the contract pattern is somewhat like the telepathy of a Spiritual Awakened, though not exactly the same. However, if you’ve experienced telepathy from a Spiritual Awakened, it’s easier to learn how to capture this spiritual power consciousness.
"Once you capture it, it will help you temporarily awaken spiritual power, giving you a very clear mind. At this moment, try to link your spiritual power with the other’s, just like connecting two wires, it will tightly lock onto your wire."
"Then... pop~"
The two contract patterns suddenly radiated light, then shrunk into two strange white streams, darting into Zhang Feng and Liang Yuting’s foreheads, disappearing.
"I think I felt it!" Liang Yuting’s eyes widened. She felt as if a very special bridge was established in her mind with Xiao Liang, allowing her to sense Xiao Liang’s emotions, and communication seemed much smoother.
"I felt it too." Zhang Feng’s eyes were even brighter, "No, wait, I also feel like I’ve gained..."
Zhang Feng raised his hand, giving a strong wave in front, actually causing a noticeable whoosh of wind, "Strange, why do I feel like I’ve suddenly acquired a skill?"
Although not as strong as E-level, it felt like it could scratch through a wall!
"Isn’t it that when you bond with a magical beast, you inherit skills one level lower." Qian Qi patiently explained, "It’s just that you bonded with E-level magical beasts, so the skills are half of an E-level."
"Ordinary people can inherit them too?!" Zhang Feng was shocked, "Doesn’t that mean I’m kind of like a half-Awakener?"
"That’s right." Qian Qi rubbed her chin, instructing, "You two should visit the Conducting Department College later to measure your spiritual power, and then let me know."
What if these two have spiritual power above D-level? Maybe... they can bond with more magical beasts?
Qian Qi was just about to take the two to check the results of their two-month-long beast training when Ah Tu suddenly lowered its head and bit Qian Qi’s shoulder.
"What’s wrong?" Qian Qi looked up and asked.
Ah Tu loosened its mouth, slightly awkward, and then placed a beautiful contract pattern in front of Qian Qi.
Qian Qi stared at the contract pattern for a moment, then her eyes widened with excitement, "Ah Tu! You finally figured it out!"
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. It seems like not seeing it for two months has worked! It really missed her!
But wait?
Remembering something, Qian Qi pointed to her forehead, where a golden contract pattern vaguely appeared.
She sighed ruefully and regretfully, "Ah Tu, I’m sorry, I’ve already bonded with another beast, there’s no room for you."
Ah Tu: ...
Ah Tu: ???
What?
Ah Tu wore a shocked face, looking at Qian Qi in disbelief. No wonder it just smelled the scent of so many other dogs on her, she had actually bonded with other dogs?
Who? Who was it? Who stole her from him?
Although Ah Tu disliked Qian Qi forcibly picking it as a sweet fruit, it had long reserved Qian Qi as its contractor, just holding back a little because of beast dignity.
But some gallant beast had secretly bonded with Qian Qi while it was not around?!
"Howl!" Ah Tu roared in anger, who! Which cub? If you’re a brave beast, come fight me!
"It’s D-level." Qian Qi patted Ah Tu’s head, saying faintly, "I can currently only bond with one D-level beast, having two beasts would be too crowded, I’m sorry you have to bear the inconvenience."
Ah Tu: ...
Ah, it’s D-level, sorry for bothering!