The sweltering weather lasted for half a month. Although the temperature was not very high, it was only hot in the afternoon. But after experiencing the snow disaster, it was hard not to worry.

Lin Qian looked at the sun, his heart heavy. If a major drought were to occur, that wouldn't be fun at all.

Although the snow disaster was difficult to endure, it was still better than a severe drought.

Water is the source of life; without it, all living things would go mad.

Just as humans were getting nervous and began stockpiling water, dark clouds suddenly gathered in the sky.

Seeing the dark clouds, all living things breathed a sigh of relief.

Yes, all of them.

This was a dark cloud covering the entire world. Lin Qian looked at the dark cloud with a somewhat heavy gaze, and his spiritual sense detected a subtle fluctuation of spiritual energy.

Tiger Mom and Tiger Dad also looked at the dark clouds. They also sensed the fluctuation, which was the perception of a level three spirit beast.

After hesitating for a few seconds, the mother panda decisively picked up her cub and rushed out of the bamboo forest.

"Waaah!"

The red panda landed with a thud, rolled on the ground, and cried out, accusing its mother of violence.

The chipmunk jumped down from the tree hole, climbed onto the red panda's shoulder, and swished its fluffy tail to comfort its playmate.

Lin Qian was somewhat surprised to see the panda mother who had brought her cubs, but it was also within expectations. The strategy over the past month had been quite effective!

Lin Qian looked at the chipmunk and smiled with satisfaction. The little guy was good. First-class merit!

The mother panda sat quietly to one side, not forgetting to ask the chipmunk for the bamboo shoots she had stored there. Indeed, the mother panda and her cub had become "customers" of the chipmunk's storage.

With the chipmunk by his side and watching his mother eat bamboo shoots, the little panda immediately relaxed and happily munched on the bamboo shoots.

Lin Qian stared at the round little panda with shining eyes, and quietly walked over. Seeing that the little panda didn't notice, the mother panda didn't stop her immediately either.

The tiger cubs grew bolder, pressing their fluffy paws against the round panda head and purring them around.

The little panda, with a bamboo shoot in its mouth, froze, its dark eyes staring blankly at the big tail swaying at its feet, too afraid to move.

The mother panda stopped eating the bamboo shoots. When she realized that Lin Qian was just stroking her cub's head and seemed quite happy, she lowered her guard and became slightly flustered.

What's going on? The tiger likes my cub?

Is my baby very popular?

The giant panda mother was a little confused. She knew that humans liked them, but tigers, these fierce beasts... she just couldn't believe it!

Courage was a little confused about his older brother touching the cubs of other fierce beasts. His brother seemed very happy, but Courage looked at the chubby bear cub from all angles and couldn't see anything good about it.

Its body was patchy with black and white markings, and its fur had no patterns; it was nowhere near as attractive as a tiger.

The three big cats were also a little puzzled by Lin Qian's actions, but they were used to it. The eldest cat's hobbies were particularly unusual; he always liked some strange and unusual animals.

But with the chipmunk as a successful example, none of the family had any doubts, and the three big cats thought about it and walked over together.

In their minds, the things their kids like are probably useful, so we should just follow along—it'll be beneficial!

The giant panda mother was terrified when she saw a group of tigers suddenly surrounding her.

Hey, what's wrong? Is it finally going to eat us up?!

Before the panda mother could do anything, the tiger mother had already placed a paw on the top of her head.

The tiger mom stroked the panda mom a couple of times, then looked down at her seriously, her tiger eyes full of doubt.

I didn't feel anything special, it's just a bear.

The tiger mother silently withdrew her paw, then touched the red panda again. Under the red panda's timid gaze, the tiger swished its tail and dejectedly lay back down on the grass.

After the three big cats had petted both the mother and cub, the panda mother and cub were completely bewildered.

Seeing that everyone else had done it, Yongqi also reached out his tiger paw to touch the giant panda mother's head, seemingly disgusted, but it didn't feel anything when touched.

The red panda, on the other hand, has a tiger paw that fits perfectly, round and full, a nice paw!

The little panda, whose head had been gently stroked by courage, snapped back to reality and felt like crying!

Waaah, my head is so dizzy... but the bear dared not make a sound!

The giant panda mother watched the tigers go back to lie down after being petted on the head and pondered. This time, she was finally completely certain that the tigers were indeed not interested in their meat.

Seeing the panda about to cry and the bewildered panda mom, Lin Qian felt awkward. He was just liking to pet the panda, it wasn't a group activity!

Speechless, but the deed is done, and since we're all spirit beasts, we should at least offer an explanation. Otherwise, it's too strange for one tiger to be patting another's head!

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After thinking for a moment, the little tiger leaned closer and let out a very serious low growl.

"Roar!" Don't be afraid, this is our tiger family's welcome ceremony! Welcome to our group!

"Huh...?" Officially joined?

The panda mother was puzzled. So, all this time the bears had been bowing and scraping their heads, and they still hadn't joined you?!

Lin Qian's gaze towards the panda mother changed, and she quickly added a sentence.

"Awooo!" Probation period! It was a probation period before! A one-month probation period! All the spirit beasts that join us have a probation period!

After thinking for a moment, the panda mother reluctantly accepted Lin Qian's explanation.

It had heard humans mention this word before when it was at the panda enclosure. Although it didn't quite understand what it meant, the young tiger cub said that there was always a trial period, so it let it go.

Seeing that the panda mother didn't understand, Lin Qian thought for a moment and explained it to her, also explaining it to the tiger and the chipmunk family at the same time.

Although the trial period was just something he made up on the spot, thinking about it, we'll still need to recruit spirit beasts in the future, so an evaluation is still necessary. In the long run, a trial period is essential.

Without rules, nothing can be accomplished.

Although Lin Qian has no immediate plans to expand his power, Tiger Dad is eager to recruit subordinates. Therefore, Lin Qian feels that the concept of a trial period must be explained properly, so that Tiger Dad doesn't think about taking back every spirit beast.

This wasn't just Lin Qian's wild imagination. After all, Tiger Dad could even dig up mutated vines to use as his subordinates, so it wouldn't be surprising what he might do in the future.

With Lin Qian's careful explanation, the group of spirit beasts all understood the concept of a "probationary period".

The panda mother suddenly understood, and even felt a little relieved. It turned out that the tigers had been testing the bear before, but thankfully the bear had behaved itself!

Tiger Mom and the others just let it go after hearing it, since they had no interest in taking on subordinates anyway.

On the contrary, Tiger Dad listened very attentively and deeply agreed with Lin Qian's statement that "quality is more important than quantity."

One strong person can be worth countless weak ones. This is a concept that tigers have always held, so Tiger Dad accepted it quickly and deeply believed in it.

(Going out for National Day tomorrow~)

I need to take a day off~??(′?｀?)???

Consider this an early update from me today, hehe.

(ヽ(??▽?)ノ Happy National Day everyone!)