Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 109 School Starts! (Thank you all for your monthly tickets and donations, please ignore the previous chapter title)

After the opening of the spirit beast shop, Lin's mother still spent most of her time staying in the private sanatorium with Lin's brother, but because the distance was closer this time, Lin's mother would come back often.

The store's daily operations are generally handled by Qiu Xiangjing, Xia Ming, and Ke Ke.

Lin Manman also had more things to do. She and Qiu Xiangjing went to the local spirit beast research institute to select spirit beast cubs, and when they returned, they had to perform bloodline awakening on the cubs that met the awakening conditions.

Although she didn't need to worry about sales, she was busy training her spirit pets every day, and occasionally had filming assignments to complete for Su Xiaoyu.

In her fulfilling daily life, she found that going to and from the training center was a waste of time.

Training in the small garden was too noisy and would easily ruin the aesthetics of the yard. After much deliberation, Lin Manman decided to expand and transform the basement, which was being used as a warehouse, into her own training room.

Although converting it into a training room would require a lot of precious materials and wouldn't be cheap, Lin Manman would be frugal but not stingy when it came to training spirit pets, adhering to the principle of saving where she could and spending where she could.

Since moving, the treasure-hunting mouse Ruyi has had a much larger amount of time and space to move around, but its favorite things are still eating and cultivating. Its diligence almost drove the previous Scroll King, Adai, crazy.

Perhaps it's because Ruyi hasn't had enough resources to cultivate over the past year, but her body has been constantly growing, which is why she was able to absorb a large amount of energy in a short period of time to cultivate and improve.

With ample cultivation resources and sufficient physical strength, and with the help of Lin Manman and Xiao Qi, it safely absorbed a level two and a level three earth-type crystal core, and successfully broke through to level three two days before Lin Manman started school.

Lin Manman also reached the third level of her professional career thanks to Ruyi's successful breakthrough.

Upon learning that all the new members had advanced to level three in one go, Ah Dai finally couldn't resist and secretly swallowed two level three wind-element crystal cores behind Lin Manman's back in order to break through quickly. As a result, he almost had his body burst by the rampaging energy.

Fortunately, Xiao Qi had recently broken through two levels, and at that time she was not far from Ah Dai, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Looking at Ah Dai, who was now as tall as her waist after the upgrade, Lin Manman sighed.

"Although you've turned misfortune into blessing and broken through to level three this time, it doesn't mean you'll always have good luck. Ah-Dai, you're too impatient. Cultivation advancement isn't necessarily better the faster it goes."

Lin Manman did not choose to severely reprimand Ah Dai, but instead patiently guided him.

During this period of time, as his companions' strength has improved one after another, it is understandable that Ah Dai, who has been training very hard, has begun to doubt himself.

"Ah-Dai, you need to understand that it's good to compete positively with your friends, but it's too foolish to risk your life for a temporary victory."

"You only see that your friends have leveled up, but your proficiency and control over your own skills far surpass those of your friends."

"So don't judge yourself by your superficial strength. If you improve your skill power to a level far exceeding that of your opponents, that's a significant improvement, isn't it?"

Ah-Dai originally thought it would be severely punished by Lin Manman, but unexpectedly it was gently comforted instead. This gradually calmed its heart, which was both excited and uneasy because of the upgrade. After thinking it over, it also began to feel scared and regretful.

Its beast tamer was right; it was too foolish to risk one's life for a momentary victory.

If it hadn't stolen those two level-three crystal cores today, it felt it was close to leveling up. However, Ruyi's successive breakthroughs made it deeply doubt itself, which is why it chose to take the risk.

"I'm sorry..."

Realizing that Lin Manman's intention was for it to understand that cultivation should be gradual and not rushed, Ah Dai truly knew he was wrong.

Ah Dai was only a little over two months old when it hatched, so Lin Manman couldn't bear to scold it too much. She just asked the honey badger to keep an eye on it and try to comfort it, so that the child wouldn't get stuck in a rut.

Although Ah Dai almost had an accident, it slightly dampened Lin Manman's good mood about her upgrade.

However, the opening ceremony was just two days later, and she was invited to speak as a representative of the new students, which kept her extremely busy.

Two days later, Lin Manman, wearing the black and red beast tamer student uniform she had been given out for registration the day before, and with a professional badge with three stars lit up on her chest, arrived at the gate of Jinling University Affiliated High School on time.

Fang Yaqi registered for accommodation yesterday when she enrolled, and I was waiting for her at the school gate early this morning.

"Holy crap...it really is a Level 3 Professional Badge...I couldn't believe it when I saw your message the day before yesterday. What kind of monster are you, leveling up twice in two months?"

Fang Yaqi, dressed in a white pastor's student uniform, appeared much quieter, but unfortunately, she lost her composure as soon as she opened her mouth.

"I accept your envy and jealousy, but what do you mean by 'monster'? That's too harsh. Call me a genius!" Lin Manman, holding her speech, smacked Fang Yaqi on the head.

"I advise you to stop trying to use my brain, or if anything happens to you, you'll be responsible for supporting me for the rest of your life! By the way, you registered early yesterday, did you see the school's banner?" Fang Yaqi smiled meaningfully at Lin Manman, as if she had thought of something interesting.

Lin Manman was a little confused. "What banner? I didn't see it. Maybe I came too early? There weren't many people when I arrived."

"You're in luck today, I'm sure I'll give you a big surprise." Fang Yaqi said with a mischievous smile as she pulled her into the school gate.

After entering the main gate, the tallest teaching building directly opposite the gate is the comprehensive teaching building, where each class will have theoretical courses.

Turn left and you'll find the academic affairs building. There are still quite a few students and teachers gathered in front of it, probably students who didn't finish their registration yesterday.

On the temporary tent marked "Registration Office," a banner with huge characters, gleaming with golden light, hung above it. The words on the banner made Lin Manman's vision go black.

Welcome to our school: Lin Manman, champion of both the team and individual events in the Level 188 Junior Professional Skills Competition.

Congratulations to Lin Manman, a freshman from the Class of 167, for successfully advancing to the third level of Beast Tamer before enrolling in our school!

"When was this banner put up?" Could it have been hastily put up by the school after she enrolled?

Lin Manman felt she had figured out the truth. After all, she needed to provide a professional certificate to register, and the school probably didn't know she had already advanced before that.

"Anyway, the banner was already up when I registered this afternoon," Fang Yaqi shrugged.

"I also heard yesterday that the school has a 'Wall of Fame' where the gifted students who were admitted in the past and the students who graduated with outstanding grades are displayed."

"And you! As the sixth Level 3 professional freshman in all these years at Jinling Affiliated High School, your information is being processed at an expedited pace and will soon be displayed on the wall."

Lin Manman slapped her forehead. She thought that agreeing to give a speech as a freshman representative was already a very high-profile thing. But she didn't expect the school to make such a big deal out of it.

"Surprised? Unexpected? There's more. I heard yesterday that every year after the new students enroll, some troublesome upperclassmen come to challenge them."

"Actually, there's no particular purpose. It's just because I was bullied by the previous students, and I want to pass on this tradition to the next generation."

"You're quite famous throughout the school now, but I wonder if you'll become the target of everyone's criticism after the opening ceremony."

Please ignore the previous chapter title; only the editor can modify the VIP chapter title. (So frustrating...)

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