This slot must be used well!
Chen Shu made up his mind. The materials for lords on the Beast Taming Network were prohibitively expensive. A Black Iron Lord demanded a price of four million. No amount of money could be spent so lavishly.
He browsed through various elemental skills, hoping to select the best one. Time had already reached deep into the night.
"I'm not checking anymore. There are too many skill types! I'll ask Old Shen tomorrow."
Chen Shu yawned and fell into a deep sleep, completely exhausted.
The next morning, a phone call rang.
"Who is it?"
Chen Shu rubbed his eyes and checked the time. It was only seven in the morning.
Xu Xingxing's voice came through, "Chen Pi, we're going to be rich! Those two stones you gave me are incredibly valuable!"
Chen Shu's body trembled. Upon hearing the word "rich," he instantly became much more alert.
"Wait for me, I'm coming right over!"
Chen Shu tidied himself up and headed out.
Xie Sunan and Xu Xingxing were at a breakfast stall, their hands trembling as they ate fried dough sticks.
"Are you two really that worked up? Haven't you seen money before?" Chen Shu arrived at the stall and casually picked up a fried dough stick.
Xu Xingxing leaned in and whispered, "Your stones are each worth nearly a hundred million!"
"Nearly a hundred million? Nearly a hundred million!"
Chen Shu's hand shook, and the fried dough stick flew off.
The two of them looked at him in unison. "You're the one who's never seen money, aren't you?"
"Holy crap, you mean I threw out four hundred million back then?!"
Chen Shu's face was etched with grief. "To lure the white lion into swallowing the explosive potion, I used four hundred million as bait?!"
"What a fool!"
Chen Shu sighed to the heavens. "There was once four hundred million Chinese yuan in front of me, but I didn't cherish it."
"Two hundred million is good too."
Xu Xingxing shook his head and said, "The stones are called Zhenbao, and they are Black Iron grade. Their sole function is to permanently enhance attributes!"
"So, they're equivalent to potions?" Chen Shu asked, his mind instantly grasping their value.
Zhenbao could only be found on King-grade ferocious beasts. Ordinary people couldn't even dream of using them, let alone hearing about them.
"Zhenbao are only known to Golden-grade Beast Tamers. Our family is on good terms with a Golden-grade Beast Tamer, which is how we learned about it," Xu Xingxing explained.
King-grade ferocious beasts were at least Black Iron grade. Silver-grade Beast Tamers didn't have the confidence to hunt them, and only Golden-grade Beast Tamers could succeed.
This was also why only Golden-grade Beast Tamers knew about Zhenbao.
"One stone is fire-attributed, and the other is light-attributed. They can increase attribute damage by about 10%."
Xu Xingxing lowered his voice and asked, "How will you handle them?" He looked at Chen Shu, wanting to see if he would buy them or keep them for himself.
"I'll buy them," Chen Shu said, tapping the table.
His husky, a contract spirit with all-around attributes, could gain significant improvement. Chen Shu's pursuit of money was solely for improving his strength, and he wouldn't let this opportunity pass.
Zhenbao were rare and could not be found. Treasures of this grade would never appear on the Beast Tamer Association's website. If it were a Silver-grade Zhenbao, the price would likely be countless times higher.
His husky's base attributes were not high, but consuming this would increase its attribute damage by 10%. If it were a Golden-grade contract spirit, the effect would be much smaller.
"Let's say two hundred million," Chen Shu proposed. "We three will split it equally, so each person gets..."
Xie Sunan interrupted, "I can't take that much." When it came to snatching the white lion's treasure, his insect and butterfly did not play a significant role. The main contributors were Chen Shu and Xu Xingxing.
In the end, after much discussion, Xie Sunan took twenty million, and Chen Shu and Xu Xingxing each took ninety million. Whether it was the mutated thunderbird or the explosive potion, both were key to success, and it was understandable for the two of them to split the profits.
With such a large sum of money involved, Chen Shu restrained his ruffian demeanor. He didn't want to sour his relationship with the two of them over Chinese yuan; that would be too much of a loss.
Chen Shu paid one hundred and ten million yuan and acquired two Black Iron-grade Zhenbao. All three of them had excited expressions on their faces. Indeed, fortune favors the bold!
"Chen Pi, why do you have dark circles under your eyes?" Xie Sunan asked as they walked down the street.
"I slept too late last night," Chen Shu replied, yawning and looking a bit tired.
"Why don't you go back and get some rest?"
"It's fine. I sleep at four and wake up at seven. The King of Hell praises me for my good health!" Chen Shu waved his hand and said, "There's a class reunion at noon. I can't miss free food!"
The three of them strolled through the streets, discussing their summer plans. With more than two months left before university, they naturally had to plan well. As they chatted, it was already noon.
At the Delicious Hotpot restaurant, most of the students from the special training class had already arrived. Everyone was chatting and laughing, with anticipation for the future in their eyes and a touch of nostalgia for high school.
When Chen Shu arrived, the atmosphere fell silent for a moment.
"Pretend I'm not here. I didn't bring my backpack today."
Seeing that Chen Shu was indeed traveling light, without his backpack, everyone's mood immediately became more relaxed.
"Teacher Shen." Chen Shu spotted Shen Wushuang and inquired about customizing a skill. Shen Wushuang, having served as a teacher for the special training class for many years, possessed experience and knowledge far beyond Chen Shu's.
"Hmm, let me think." Shen Wushuang stroked his chin, continuously contemplating skills that would match elemental beasts.
At this moment, all the students in the special training class had taken their seats.
"Eat first, and I'll look into it for you later," Shen Wushuang said. This slot was too precious to be used carelessly.
Everyone began to feast, as if it were a final celebration. Although the special training class had only been established for less than a year, the camaraderie among the students was extremely deep, as they had fought side-by-side before.
But human joys and sorrows are not the same. At this moment, in a research building at Huaxia University, six professors sat in a row, their eyes melancholic and their faces bewildered. In front of them, a video was playing.
The video showed a student, enveloped in white smoke, calmly waiting in line. This was followed by several infamous scenes: initiating a burrowing beast horde at the start, putting laxatives in roasted rabbit, and robbing a King-grade ferocious beast.
The video finally froze on a scene of three individuals wearing straitjackets, with gas masks on their heads, standing on the back of a bird. Behind them, countless ferocious beasts roared, presenting a visually stunning spectacle! The protagonist of the video was Chen Shu!
The college entrance examination was originally graded by specialized teachers, but due to the low tolerance of this year's teachers, the video had to be transferred to Huaxia University for analysis and judgment by the most authoritative professors.
A middle-aged professor swallowed hard and said, "Are these things a high school student can do?"