Chapter 4 Chapter 4 "Raising a child is not easy, the owner has to sell his skills." ...

As soon as I walked out of the laboratory, Li Xiu, who had been waiting for a long time, came over and asked, "How is it? What did Teacher Chen Ming say?"

"It just needs to be brought here regularly to cooperate with research and inspection." Jiang Qing repeated Chen Ming's original words to Li Xiu.

"Wow!" Li Xiu lowered her head and tried to tease Zhu Tianba in Jiang Qing's arms, but Zhu Tianba dodged her. She awkwardly withdrew her hand and said to Jiang Qing, "Since Teacher Chen Ming said so, then this spirit beast you contracted must be extraordinary."

"What's its name?" Li Xiu asked.

Jiang Qing: "Zhu Tianba."

Li Xiu: “Ah?” What a weird name!

Jiang Qing: "How is it?"

"Absolutely..." Li Xiu gritted his teeth and gave a thumbs up.

She really shouldn't have had too high hopes for Jiang Qing's naming skills. She remembered that Jiang Qing had named her "Xiu'er" before.

Although she still calls him that now, "Xiu" and "Xiu" have the same pronunciation but different characters, so she got used to it after calling him that. Every time, she could only try to tell herself in her heart that Jiang Qing was calling her "Xiu'er."

"There's something I've been wanting to ask you." Li Xiu had been thinking about it for a long time. "Why did you contract a pig as your spirit beast?"

"It's all tears if I talk too much." Jiang Qing shrugged and sighed.

He told Li Xiu how he had contracted Zhu Tianba and how he had secretly asked to terminate the contract.

After hearing this, Li Xiu also sighed.

She pondered for a long time, her eyes rolling around in her sockets several times before she said, "The teacher is right, but just because the contract can't be terminated doesn't mean there's no other way."

"What?" Jiang Qing's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this.

Li Xiu raised her chin towards Zhu Tianba in her arms and said lightly, "If you don't want to die, then he will die."

"In the past, many people picked up 'sesame seeds' and encountered 'watermelons' in the middle of the process. They did this. Although it was unethical, it was effective," said Li Xiu.

The two men lowered their heads and their gazes fell on Zhu Tianba in their arms.

"No, no." Jiang Qing rejected the idea immediately. "Zhu Tianba has already been put on file at the academy, and Teacher Chen Ming is watching closely. An unnatural death will definitely arouse Teacher Chen's suspicion."

And she always thought this thing was weird.

Jiang Qing later carefully recalled the scene in the examination room. Her contract was too coincidental, and it was successful as if it was a joke.

It is true that the contract method relies on a blood contract, but the spirit beast must also be willing. Otherwise, any drop of blood that falls accidentally can be used to contract a strange beast.

She remembered that the sow came close to Zhu Tianba, and the two animals briefly "whispered" for a while, then Zhu Tianba came to rub her trouser legs, and then she was bitten.

Jiang Qing felt that the sow must have been involved.

So it is more accurate to say that it was Zhu Tianba who chose her rather than her accidentally contracting with him.

This contract is difficult to decipher.

She didn't say the latter part to Li Xiu.

"That's right." Li Xiu nodded. She tilted her head and looked at Jiang Qing sympathetically: "Dear, why are you so unlucky?"

"Who said it wasn't?" Jiang Qing shed bitter tears as he recalled what he had experienced in the past two days.

Both the original owner and she were a little too unlucky.

I heard that some spirit beasts have blessing skills that can add a luck buff, so she will have to ask for it someday.

The two were silent for a long time. Li Xiu finally pointed at Zhu Tianba in confusion and said, "Is your pig... Tianba hungry? Why does it keep gnawing on your finger?"

"Yeah." Jiang Qing nodded, "I was just about to take it back and get it something to eat."

Strangely enough, the most important thing for piglets right after birth is to keep them warm, otherwise they will easily die from hypothermia.

But Zhu Tianba followed her around and was studied and cared for twice, but his vital signs did not show any obvious decline.

Jiang Qing guessed that it might be because of the contract. There was a little spiritual energy in the contract itself that could nourish the spiritual consciousness of the pet.

Jiang Qing brought Zhu Tianba back to the dormitory. It was still too young to be left alone in the contract all the time.

Regardless of age or class, all dormitories at the Beastmaster Academy are double rooms.

She and Li Xiu are good friends and roommates.

As soon as the two returned to the dormitory, Li Xiu found a cardboard box for her. Jiang Qing put Zhu Tianba in the cardboard box and temporarily placed it on the balcony.

"Just bear with it for two more days until we move to the Beast Tamer's dormitory. Each Beast Tamer's dormitory is equipped with a separate space for spirit pets." Li Xiu said.

Li Xiu squatted beside the cardboard box and observed Zhu Tianba carefully. During this time, Jiang Qing was busy creating a breeding environment for Zhu Tianba.

There were limited things in the dormitory, so she could only use a towel to cushion him temporarily.

The only thing missing now is food.

Newborn piglets need to be fed within 24 hours, otherwise they are likely to die prematurely.

"What does it need to eat? I have a few bottles of milk here. Why don't you try feeding it some?" Li Xiu said.

"No." Jiang Qing shook his head. "Regular milk has a different nutritional structure. Besides, it's just been born, and its stomach is fragile. It needs to be specially made."

She quickly searched her memory for the original owner's knowledge, combining it with her own professional experience. "Exotic beast cubs... I remember the course mentioned that they need liquid food rich in mild spiritual energy, or a special cub nutrition paste... The school should sell them, right?"

Spirit pets are divided into male and female, and can also reproduce offspring, so the school's industry in this area is also very mature.

"Yes! There's a spirit pet training center in the logistics department, there must be one!" Li Xiu slapped his head, "I'll go with you!"

The two men put down what they were holding and rushed to the logistics department without stopping.

The Logistics Department is located on an artificial lake between the dormitory area and the teaching building, and the Cultivation Center is one of the buildings with a unique flower-like shape.

Jiang Qing walked in from under one of the flower receptacles.

The inside and outside of the breeding center are decorated in pink and blue tones, and the environment is similar to a comprehensive pet supermarket.

From food, nutrients, toys, to cleaning supplies for spirit pets, everything is available here, and each spirit animal species can find a corresponding label here.

Jiang Qing was thinking about Zhu Tianba and had no time to pay attention to the dazzling array of things in front of him.

As soon as she and Li Xiu entered, they went straight to the mother and baby area.

The two of them followed the labels on the shelves and carefully identified them.

"General nutritional paste for mortal cubs, special milk paste for mortals below level three, enhanced mortal level five..." Li Xiu frowned as she looked at it. "With so many options, how should I choose?"

"Student, do you need help?" A staff member wearing the training center uniform came over.

"Hello, I want to buy some colostrum powder or nutritional paste for the cubs." Jiang Qing said.

"What kind of spiritual pet is it?" the staff asked politely.

Jiang Qing: "Pig."

The descriptions of Zhu Tianba by Lingshoutai and Chen Ming are basically consistent with the physiological characteristics of Artiodactyla - Suidae cubs.

So she temporarily treated Zhu Tianba as a piglet, and there was no big problem.

"Pigs...right?" This was the first time the staff member had encountered such a situation. He hesitated for a long time before finally saying carefully, "Then maybe we don't have what you're looking for here. How about...you go to the breeding pig farm across the street and have a look?"

The staff member's tone was very sincere, without any hint of sarcasm.

"......" Jiang Qing felt a little offended.

Perhaps it was because pigs were rare spiritual animals, and the staff misunderstood for a moment.

So Jiang Qing gritted his teeth and explained, "Well, my spirit pet is a pig."

The staff member reacted quickly. He looked around and finally fixed his eyes under the most inconspicuous shelf.

He bent down and took out a few boxes of [General Nutrition Cream for Mortals] and a box of [Mild Attribute Spiritual Power Liquid] from the shelf. He handed the nutritional paste to Jiang Qing, muttering, "Spiritual pets of the Suidae family are rare, so we generally recommend this one. The nutritional paste combined with the spiritual power liquid can quickly replenish the nutrients needed by the cubs. It can be used for pets below the Mortal level."

Jiang Qing took it from the staff and put several boxes of nutritional cream and spiritual liquid into the shopping cart he was pushing.

"After the cubs are born, we must also pay attention to the mother's nutrition. We also have [General Maternal Supplement for Ordinary People] here. Do you want to take some with you?" The staff took the opportunity to push another product in front of her.

There was no disdain in his eyes for the contracted pig as a spiritual pet, only stars rising from his eyes for the money in her pocket.

"No thanks." Jiang Qing raised her hand to reject him. "There's no sow, just a piglet."

"Oh, I see." The staff member paused, turned and left.

Jiang Qing originally thought that he had just left, but he didn't expect that the next second, he came back with a box of things.

As she walked towards them, a warm smile spread across her face. "You definitely need the colostrum powder. Nutrient cream and spiritual energy liquid can only supplement the cub's nutrition, but without breast milk, the cub will still be hungry."

"......Thank you." Jiang Qing accepted this statement. Her original plan was to buy some colostrum powder, but later on, following his introduction, she also bought the nutritional paste and spiritual power liquid.

After all, spirit pets are not ordinary animals. She felt that she might need to go to the library later and borrow two professional books to study.

Jiang Qing stared at the colostrum powder in her hand, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the staff walking towards the shelf nearby, so she quickly stopped them.

"What's wrong with you getting an extra commission if I buy one more thing?" Jiang Qing couldn't help but complain.

"Yes." The staff nodded honestly, revealing a standard smile with eight teeth.

Seeing that he was about to make another move, Jiang Qing quickly grabbed him and said, "These are enough for me. Check out."

She was afraid that if she stayed any longer, this man would stuff everything in the supermarket into her pocket.

"good."

The staff took the two people to the cashier.

Jiang Qing noticed that he was wearing a school uniform underneath his work clothes. She asked, "Are you a student at the Beastmaster Academy?"

"Yes, my name is Yuan Xiaogu." He responded enthusiastically.

"Why are you...?" Li Xiu looked at him curiously.

"Work-study program, can't you tell?" Yuan Xiaogu opened his hands, revealing his work clothes.

"Looking at the two of you, you must be new students who have just become beastmasters." He looked at them and said meaningfully, "Raising a child is not easy. The master is selling his skills."

"You two will understand later." Yuan Xiaogu said, "Well, we're here, let's pay the bill."

Next, Jiang Qing and Li Xiu deeply understood Yuan Xiaogu's words "raising a child is not easy".

Just these three boxes cost a total of 580.

After Jiang Qing paid, he looked at the receipt and gasped, "It's too expensive!"

"It's too expensive!" Li Xiu repeated.

"What's that?" Yuan Xiaogu, receiving his commission, kindly reminded, "Those three boxes you have, you'll probably have to buy four times a month."

"Four times!" Li Xiu couldn't help but pinch her philtrum.

So, this little bit of food is enough for Zhu Tianba to eat for a week?!

"Not only that, but it also includes spiritual beast rations, nutritional supplements, and so on." Yuan Xiaogu laughed again, "Anyway, come to see me often in the future. I'll give you a 99% discount as a regular customer."

In the eyes of Jiang Qing and Li Xiu, his smile was like a giant beast swallowing gold.

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