Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 110 is not a show-off.

Although Fang Yaqi's words sounded somewhat gloating, she wasn't actually worried that Lin Manman would lose. After all, she still vividly remembered Lin Manman's feat of eliminating forty-nine people single-handedly during the previous Junior Professional Tournament.

Besides, she's already a Level 3 professional. At Jinling Affiliated High School, those who have reached Level 3 are all senior students, busy preparing for university entrance exams. How many of them would be interested in participating in something like this?

"Stop talking so much, let's hurry to the auditorium, isn't the ceremony about to start?" Lin Manman didn't expect that after missing a day of school, she would receive so many surprises.

"Just keep going in," Fang Yaqi said, pulling her along as they jogged towards the school's auditorium.

When the two arrived at the auditorium, there were already quite a few people inside. They found their seats according to their names and sat down.

Behind the stage in the auditorium, a row of teachers was already seated. Judging by their uniforms, there were teachers from various professions. Sitting in the middle was the elderly Mr. Lin—who turned out to be the principal himself!

Lin Manman silently thought to herself that she might have really underestimated this old man.

Taking advantage of the large number of people around, Lin Manman secretly opened the system to peek at the teachers. She found that most of the teachers were around level five or six, but when she saw Old Man Lin, she couldn't help but be shocked.

On the personal panel displayed in the system, the old man's level was shown as undetectable.

In fact, with her professional level upgrade, the system also improved. Not only did it add the function of actively prompting when a spirit beast that meets the awakening conditions is found, but many of the original panel descriptions were also given more detailed explanations.

Just like the old man Lin's level that she saw this time, although it was shown as undetectable, there was a description after it: "[Level difference is too large to view]".

Lin Manman frowned. Before this, although she hadn't dared to check Meng Wenbin and Wu Jingfeng's levels, she had checked the levels of level seven and eight professionals when she was level two.

Based on the level difference, she's currently level three, so checking level nine professionals shouldn't be a problem. However, the system shows a huge level gap between her and Old Man Lin, which means Old Man Lin is very likely a powerhouse beyond level nine.

Beyond level nine... it really does exist...

Lin Manman recalled the first time she met Fu Mingyuan, and she thought, it's possible that she had already come into contact with beings beyond level nine...

She knew far too little about the world of professionals; it was a far more complex and vast world than she had ever seen or imagined.

It will probably be only when she formally begins to study professional courses that she will truly begin to understand what the world is really like.

As she was lost in thought, Lin Minsheng on the stage cast a fleeting glance at her.

When the opening ceremony officially began, Lin Minsheng gave the first speech to the new students. His gentle and slow voice was like a spring breeze, but what he said was quite different.

"Hello, freshmen of the Class of 167. I am your principal, Lin Minsheng. If there are no unforeseen circumstances, you will be studying and living at our school for three years."

"Over the next three years, we will guide you into the first stage of your professional training. In this stage, you will need to learn a lot of basic theoretical knowledge while also focusing on your training and improvement."

"Studying and practicing may be arduous, but please believe that this knowledge may very well become the life-saving common sense that you will rely on in the future."

"Professional high schools or professional universities don't take teaching you knowledge as their mission. We just want to guide you as professionals on how to go further and live longer."

"I hope that in your future studies, you will think more about your own life and death, rather than the school's tests."

Lin Minsheng's words were undoubtedly a wake-up call for the newcomers who had just become professionals.

Most of the freshmen present were still basking in the glory and honor of becoming professionals, believing that by becoming professionals and studying at prestigious schools, they could live a life that many people envied.

However, Lin Minsheng's words were telling them that becoming a professional was just the beginning, and that learning knowledge was not to embellish their lives, but to increase their chances of survival in the future.

Lin Manman sighed, "Old ginger is spicier. After Old Man Lin said those words, I'm afraid few of these self-proclaimed extraordinary freshmen will be able to get cocky."

Afterwards, the teacher representative briefly talked about the teaching content and arrangements for the past three years. Then, the freshman representative spoke. Before Lin Manman, there was also the top scorer in this year's major exam, who was also invited to speak as a freshman representative.

Upon hearing the other person's speech, Lin Manman thought to herself, "No wonder he's the top scorer in the exam; his speech is much better than the one I wrote after pulling my hair out for two days."

With others having already delivered such excellent speeches, Lin Manman felt a little embarrassed to go up. However, to her surprise, her conventional speech received a warm response from the freshmen, which made her feel quite flattered.

However, Lin Manman, who was initially quite pleased with herself, quickly learned the reason for everyone's enthusiasm after the freshman ceremony ended...

After Lin Minsheng announced the end of this year's freshman ceremony, the teachers left the auditorium one after another from backstage, but the freshmen were blocked at the door.

The group blocking the door consisted of a group of older students, about forty or fifty in number, also dressed in various student uniforms.

The freshmen, who were just about to leave, all hid behind her.

Lin Manman looked around, speechless. No wonder he was so enthusiastic before; he wanted her as his protector.

The group was led by five senior students from the third year of high school. One of them, a burly and resolute-looking senior, stepped forward and addressed all the freshmen.

"Hello, fellow freshmen. We are seniors two years ahead of you. I'm sure some of you have already heard about our school's unwritten tradition."

"Actually, we third-year students didn't need to step in, but we heard that you freshmen this year are really impressive. Not only did you have one student who got first place in the major exam, but you also have another student who is already in the third year of high school."

"If we don't step in, I'm afraid the second-year students won't be able to keep you in check."

"The senior students won't make things difficult for you. There are forty-seven of us here, and you freshmen only need to send ten of you to be randomly selected as opponents. As long as you win five matches, you will have passed this traditional freshman trial."

"If you can't win five games, then... you freshmen are probably going to have a tough time for a long time to come." The senior laughed, and the dozens of followers behind him, along with many upperclassmen watching the commotion outside the door, all laughed along.

Lin Manman wasn't one to show off, but she couldn't stand seeing others being too arrogant, so she replied with a smile, "Win five games? Are you looking down on us, senior? Forty-seven opponents aren't quite enough, how about you find a few more?"

(End of this chapter)