My beast can't be a demon.

Chapter 3 Are you a serious goblin?
"To control the beast, you must first control yourself."

"You can't even lift three tons of Super Star Stone, what kind of beastmaster are you?"

"So young man, are you interested in practicing martial arts with me? I have three ancient martial arts novels here..."

Zhou Lu came to the lab as promised and stood in front of the window. He looked at the little goblin in front of him who was making a lot of noise with his hands on his hips. He turned to look at Wu Xiaoqing who was beside him with an embarrassed look on her face. "So, this is what you said?"

However, this was not what he was most concerned about.

The moment this little goblin appeared in front of him, the system in his body popped up a new task.

[Optional Task 3: Kill the General Fairy Xiao Xi]

[Task Introduction: Xiao Xi, a general fairy, is one of the guides who showed Zhou Lu the way to cultivate spirit beasts. She takes extra care of Zhou Lu for unknown reasons and is an indispensable role in Zhou Lu's growth. Killing her may prevent the birth of the demon king.]

[Task Reward: Spirit Beast Advanced Growth Potion*5, Beast Tamer Random Permanent Skill Card (Grade A)*1]

This noisy little guy is actually my future guide?

"Of course not!" Wu Xiaoqing nervously glanced at the little fairy that was flying around Zhou Lu again and again, and said, "You are at least a student of the Beast Taming Academy in name only. Don't you even know that there is a general knowledge fairy in the academy?"

Wu Xiaoqing was wearing a white research suit. The loose clothes could not hide her proud figure. Coupled with her pretty face, it was no wonder that even though she was a research geek, she was pursued by many boys in the college. There were even rumors that a professor was pursuing her.

The common fairy is not a spirit beast to be precise. It is the fruit of the True God-level spirit beast, the Seeking the Way Tree.

The Tao-Seeking Tree is the spiritual pet of the Heavenly King Yuan Gensheng, and feeds on knowledge.

Yuan Gensheng is also the editor-in-chief of the journal Spiritual Animal Science. One of the duties of the notification fairy is to "check for plagiarism" and determine the priority and importance of spiritual animal research through the fairy network.

Of course, you can also use the new information you have obtained to trade with the general fairies, and obtain fairy coins in exchange for the evolution path of your own spirit beast or the skills that can be learned, or other knowledge known by the Seeker.

"So." After explaining, Wu Xiaoqing sighed, "How did you get into the college?"

"Your father is not a professor, you don't understand." Zhou Lu said casually.

"...The teacher is not that kind of person..." Wu Xiaoqing's pupils shrank slightly and she said in shock.

Zhou Lu was speechless: "You really believe it? I passed the exam and got in, right?"

"Yes." Teacher Xiao Xi nodded and said, "I can testify to this. Although I got 20 extra points, I was admitted through the test."

Wu Xiaoqing looked at Zhou Lu with admiration: "What did you do? You can get 20 extra points?"

Before Zhou Lu could speak, Xiao Xi spoke first: "It's a paper in the journal Spiritual Animal Science, although I'm the second author."

Wu Xiaoqing was pleasantly surprised: "So Xiao Lu is so amazing?"

"Oh, right." Xiao Xi was looking at the fireworks Zhou Lu brought, and suddenly remembered something, and said, "I remember that article, his father was the first author."

Wu Xiaoqing fell into a long silence.

Zhou Lu touched his nose and said, "I told you, your dad is not a professor, you don't understand."

At this time, Xiao Xi, who was observing the fireworks, spoke again: "Old Zhou really doesn't consider you at all. He actually let you make a contract with a grass? To be honest, this is the first time I've seen an initial spirit pet contract a plant spirit beast. I don't know how you're going to pass the first battle test..."

Snapped!
Before the little goblin could finish his words, two leaves hit him on the head, one on the left and one on the right, knocking him unconscious.

Hanabi skillfully stretched out her branches, wrapped the falling body of the little fairy, and actually inserted the little fairy into the soil of the potted plant beneath her with its head facing down.

All these actions were so smooth that neither Zhou nor Lu could react.

“Teacher Xiao Xi!!!” Wu Xiaoqing, who was the first to react, covered her face with her hands and said in horror.

Zhou Lu rubbed his eyebrows, and after some persuasion, he finally got Hua Huo to loosen the vines that were wrapped around Xiao Xi and pulled the little goblin out.

Wu Xiaoqing hurriedly carried Xiaoxi, who was covered in dirt, to the sink to wash her.

【叮！任务失败。】

At this moment, the voice of the system rang in Zhou Lu's ears.

[You attempted to kill the all-knowing fairy Xiao Xi, but the mission ultimately failed. ]

【But your behavior is worthy of praise. 】

[You get 1% of the task reward, please check. ]

[The system has reset the task, please continue to work hard. ]

Hmm? There are rewards for failing a mission? And it will reset after failure... Doesn't that mean that I can use this to repeatedly get rewards? As long as I can't complete the mission, then my expected income can be unlimited?
I finally understand why the villains in those works repeatedly let the protagonists go. I guess it’s because doing so is more profitable, right?

If my fate is not blocked, then is it possible that other people who have obtained this system will also let me go repeatedly in pursuit of higher-yield rewards?
A 1% reward is a lot. Although it has been reduced from five bottles of high-level growth potions and one beastmaster skill to three bottles of low-level growth potions, in this era when the cost of breeding spirit beasts has skyrocketed, it is still equivalent to a reward of yuan.

At this moment, Zhou Lu was really moved.

He looked at Wu Xiaoqing who was preparing something not far away. However, the thought just appeared and disappeared. Although the mission reward was very tempting, he was not a devil and would not hurt someone who treated him sincerely for such a reward.

But... Zhou Lu looked at Hua Huo helplessly: "What are you doing?"

The firework moves its leaves: it is a seed.

"Huh?" Zhou Lu was a little confused.

Fireworks' leaves drooped, and she answered cautiously: I want to plant some and see if they sprout.

Zhou Lu was stunned and smiled. Although he didn't quite understand what Hua Huo was saying, he could still feel its emotions through the Beast Taming Contract.

He raised his hand and rubbed the furry young leaves of Hua Huo, and said with a smile: "Don't rush to prove yourself. No matter what others say, you are my initial spirit pet. And who says that plant spirit beasts are weak? Isn't the Seeking Truth Tree also a plant spirit beast?"

Having said that, the Dao-seeking Wood was not Yuan Gensheng’s original spiritual pet.

Plant spirit beasts cannot metamorphose and shed their soil before reaching the second stage. This is a fact that cannot be changed.

However, although they are a little weak, it is too absolute that they have no combat power. Plant spirit beasts are just inconvenient to move, not incapable of fighting.

Entangling, poisoning, whipping... these are the specialties of plant spirit beasts. Although their actual combat power is not as good as that of other animal spirit beasts belonging to the same grass type, they still have combat power.

But these skills need to be learned.

To acquire skills, Hua Huo either had to learn from other spirit beasts or Hua Huo could comprehend them on his own...

Thinking of this, Zhou Lu's eyes fell on Xiao Xi who had just been rescued. He could also use fairy coins to exchange ready-made skill cards with the general fairy.

However, the skill cards obtained through exchange are standard mass-produced universal skills, and their power is not as strong as the inherent skills acquired through learning or understanding.

"Teacher Xiaoxi, Zhou Lu..." Wu Xiaoqing was very nervous. This was the general knowledge fairy, the one that the entire academy wanted to please.

Xiao Xi seemed to have not recovered from the dizziness just now, and she staggered in front of Hua Huo again.

However, what Wu Xiaoqing was worried about did not happen. Xiao Xi looked at Hua Huo and said with great appreciation: "Very good! Young people are full of energy! This is how plant spirit beasts should be!"

I almost forgot that Xiao Xi’s main body, the Tao-seeking Wood, is a standard plant spirit beast.

"But don't do this kind of sneak attack next time. It's scary." Xiao Xi rubbed his head and turned to Zhou Lu and said, "I can probably guess why your father asked you to contract Meng Yuhua. Although Meng Yuhua rarely enters the transformation period, as long as they transform into spirit beasts, their racial skills can bring them unlimited possibilities. The training cycle is indeed a bit longer, but once they grow up, it is still very likely to become a coach-level beastmaster."

Zhou Lu nodded repeatedly, knowing that Xiao Xi was not wrong.

Although Fireworks is weak, its racial skill [Absorb] is extremely powerful. As long as Fireworks has defeated an enemy, there is a certain probability that she will obtain skills or random attributes from the opponent. Although the skills and attributes obtained are most likely time-limited, there is a possibility of absorbing permanent skills and attributes. [Transport] on Fireworks is a permanent skill absorbed.

That [Carrying] skill was obviously a skill that Huo Huo learned from the bees it killed.

[Carrying]: A racial skill of the Jade Bee. You can carry items weighing up to 100 times your body weight.

Bee Carry is to absorb items into its legs, and Fireworks probably puts them into its own pot, but no matter what, this is a very good auxiliary skill.

However, before Hua Huo learned to walk, this skill was essentially a negative one. No matter how many things Hua Huo could carry, they were all a burden to Zhou Lu.

"Teacher Xiao Xi." Since Xiao Xi seemed easy to talk to, Zhou Lu asked, "Do you know the special evolution route of Meng Yuhua?"

"Special evolution?" Xiao Xi pointed at Hua Huo and rolled her eyes. "Yours is the second Dream Rain Flower I've seen that transformed into a spirit beast. There are so few samples. I don't even know the specific route of ordinary evolution, let alone special evolution. What's more, even if I knew, it might not be suitable for your Dream Rain Flower."

Specific evolution is similar to a genetic mutation that can be actively induced. Once specific evolution occurs, even the species of the spirit beast will change.

However, special evolution is extremely rare, and sometimes it is inextricably linked to the individual spirit beast. It is very likely that it is only suitable for the current spirit beast and is not applicable to other spirit beasts of the same race.

Zhou Lu was a little disappointed when he heard this. This meant that even Qiu Dao Mu didn't know the information about Huo Huo's evolution. He could only look for information in ancient books on the academy forum.

I looked at the college forum before coming here, but didn't see any posts related to ancient books. It seems I have to pay attention to there more often in the future.

"Let's not talk about this for now." At this time, Wu Xiaoqing came up with a pot of mushrooms, "Help me fry some mushrooms first, Xiao Lu."

New author, new book, please read it! This is really important to me!

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