My beast can't be a demon.

Chapter 10 New Skills (Please collect! Please read!)

"Too much! Too much! Even young people should respect the elderly!"

Xiao Xi stood on the table, looking angrily at the fireworks with drooping leaves.

Angry, Xiao Xi was really angry. She had already suffered three consecutive losses at the hands of this grass.

Even a clay Buddha would have some temper, let alone her.

"I'm sorry, Teacher Xiaoxi." Although Zhou Lu happily took the three bottles of low-level growth potions again, he still felt sincerely sorry when he thought about the scene at that time.

After hearing Zhou Lu's apology, Xiao Xi's anger almost subsided. She sat down on the table with her hands on her shoulders and looked at Zhou Lu in confusion: "Why are you living in the teacher's dormitory?"

Before Zhou Lu could answer, a look of realization immediately appeared on her face, and she said apologetically: "Ah, sorry, I shouldn't ask such a question."

Zhou Lu actually didn't care about this. After all, he didn't have much affection for his previous father. What he felt more was a sense of responsibility brought by morality. He felt that as a son he should show sadness and also get to the bottom of the cause of his father's death.

"Speaking of which, why did Teacher Xiao Xi suddenly move here? I remember there was no one next door."

"The previous room was uninhabitable." Xiao Xi was furious when she mentioned this. "The professor next door is from the breeding institute. He used to do research in the lab, but now he does it in his own house. He's a guy who pursues pure natural things. The smell is disgusting when I think of it."

Zhou Lu didn't know how to comment on the fact that a seed hated the smell of fertilizer, so he could only nod his head in agreement with Xiao Xi.

"I'm still a little baby. I need a stable environment and enough sleep to nurture my new life, so I moved here." At this point, Xiao Xi glared at Zhou Lu and said, "Who knew that you two were the ghosts next door."

"Giving birth to new life?"

"Yes. I am a seed." Xiao Xi raised her head proudly. "All fairies with some aspirations hope to sprout. Maybe one day I will become a new truth-seeking tree."

"What will happen to you if it sprouts?" Zhou Lu asked curiously.

It is already amazing that the seeds of the Seeking Truth Tree can transform into the appearance of a fairy, so what will happen after it germinates? Will it evolve directly into a spirit beast, or turn back into an ordinary plant and undergo another transformation?
Xiao Xi blinked her eyes, and immediately became alert. She rubbed her fingers towards Zhou Lu and said, "This question is about seeking knowledge from Dao Mu. You have to pay extra."

"Forget it, I'm not that interested." Zhou Lu said decisively.

"Tsk, so stingy." Xiao Xi said, looking at Hua Huo who had already crawled out of Zhou Lu's arms and was moving freely on the ground. "Come to think of it, your pet is really a genius. You just learned these two skills during the day, but have you mastered them now?"

Zhou Lu smiled and said, "It's more ambitious."

"That's good. But it's still difficult to pass the combat exam with just these two skills." A bunch of skill cards appeared in Xiao Xi's hand, and she smiled at Zhou Lu, "Don't you still have three fairy coins in your hand? You can exchange them for new skills from me. How about combat skills? I have a lot of suitable ones here."

"I want to train myself in combat skills."

Zhou Lu refused. But Xiao Xi was right, it was indeed possible for Hua Huo to learn new skills.

If I fail to teach Hanabi attack skills before the exam, I can still perform well in the exam by relying on auxiliary skills.

But the attribute bonus of general skills is always a huge flaw.

Zhou Lu thought for a moment and asked, "Does a plant-based spirit beast have any auxiliary skills that don't rely on attribute bonuses?"

Xiao Xi was still easy to talk to. Although it was past working hours, after hearing Zhou Lu's question, she still began to give Zhou Lu advice dutifully: "If you don't want to use attribute bonuses... can you use control skills?"

Zhou Lu's eyes lit up: "That's even better!"

Xiao Xi nodded, raised her hand and pulled out a card from the pile in front of her, then clicked to enlarge it and pushed it in front of Zhou Lu: "【Vine Entanglement】, a C-level general skill. A large number of vines grow from the main body or branches to entangle the target, delaying the opponent's actions. The prerequisite skills are just 【Stem Walking】 and 【Crazy Growth】." Seeing this skill, Zhou Lu's eyes lit up instantly, and he said sincerely: "It is indeed what I need, thank you!"

[Vine Entanglement] is an excellent combination when combined with a headbutt, and is the perfect skill for Hanabi.

No wonder general fairies are so important in the modern beast taming system.

If Zhou Lu had been allowed to choose by himself without Xiao Xi's previous suggestion, he might have chosen other skills that seemed more powerful instead of the two basic skills [Stem Walking] and [Crazy Growth].

If that were true, Hanabi wouldn't have learned to walk on her own at the first level, let alone learn [Vine Entanglement].

"One fairy coin, thank you for your patronage!" Xiao Xi took out her small cash box and shook it towards Zhou Lu.

Zhou Lu smiled and scanned Xiao Xi's body with his mobile phone. The image of a fairy coin appeared above the small cash box, and it even made a slight clanging sound when it fell into the cash box.

Hearing the movement from Xiaoxi's side, Hua Huo climbed back into Zhou Lu's arms with a hint of curiosity, stretched out her new buds and looked at Xiaoxi curiously.

Where does this strange clanging noise come from?
Zhou Lu handed the newly purchased [Vine Entanglement] skill card to Hua Huo, letting it absorb it: "Speaking of which, do you know any skills like headbutt?"

"Didn't you say that you can train your combat skills yourself?" Xiao Xi asked doubtfully, and then called out six skill cards, "I have six headbutt skills here."

"I don't know how to train." Zhou Lu coughed twice and said.

Xiao Xi rolled her eyes: "Two fairy coins, thank you~!"

"How come it's more expensive than a skill card!"

"Because the skills gained through training are stronger than the general skills on the skill cards."

"Is there no one who doesn't charge money?"

Xiao Xi shook her finger and said, "No, my services are all paid. If you weren't a student, you would have to pay to talk to me."

"Ah? Is there such a saying?"

"Because every word I say is valuable." Xiao Xi said proudly with her hands on her hips.

"So..." Xiao Xi stretched out her hand towards Zhou Lu, as if to say "give me money", "Do you want to buy it? Two fairy coins is already a great deal."

"Forget it, I'd better look for other ways." Zhou Lu said, wondering if there was any relevant information for sale on the forum.

"Tsk, so stingy." Xiao Xi said again.

Huahuo seemed to understand Xiaoxi's words, knowing that she was teasing her master, and stretched out her vines again.

This time Xiao Xi learned her lesson. She flew to the door, opened it and flew out: "If there is nothing else, I will leave first."

As she spoke, she made a face at Zhou Lu and left the last words:

"You students are such a waste. Do you buy textbooks just for exams?

After saying that, he closed Zhou Lu's door.

(End of this chapter)