Chapter 31 Chapter 31 “She was the one who stole my gold…
Outdoor weekly test, the location of the quiz is Cuixi Mausoleum.
There are many slimes of various attributes here and some earth-attributed monsters that are good at digging.
After the gunshots rang out, Zhao Peng and Jiang Qing set off at the same time.
"Fire-attribute slimes are aggressive, but they're smaller, and wind-attribute slimes tend to be more defensive, so they don't seem well-suited to armor," Zhao Peng said. "The wolf-fanged rat is better. Both its size and attributes perfectly complement my armor's weaknesses."
"What about you? Jiang Qing, who are you going to choose as your opponent for Zhu Tianba?" Zhao Peng suddenly turned his head and asked Jiang Qing.
Jiang Qing felt the gentle breeze from Cuixi Mausoleum brushing against his face and shook his head slowly, "I have no idea."
"No idea?" Zhao Peng paused, a look of "are you kidding me?" "This is a weekly exam, and it's related to the final review! You're not prepared at all?"
Jiang Qing shrugged and glanced at the lush greenery and winding streams of Cuixi Mausoleum in front of him.
The air was filled with the scent of moist soil and grass, occasionally mixed with a faint smell of exotic animals.
She could feel the restlessness of Zhu Tianba in the contract, an emotional fluctuation mixed with excitement and a primitive desire for destruction, clearly transmitted through the seal of the contract.
"Superficial." Jiang Qing glanced at him indifferently.
Zhao Peng choked at Jiang Qing's lighthearted words, then sneered, "Alright, alright, Jiang Qing, you have depth. Then let's see what kind of opponent you, a pig with 'unlimited potential', can pick."
He deliberately emphasized the words "unlimited potential" with obvious disbelief.
Jiang Qing ignored him and looked at the assessment areas scattered across the hills.
The teachers and teaching assistants in charge of supervising the exam are already in place, and many students are also choosing their opponents.
The slime area is colorful. Wind-attribute slimes look like balls of translucent blue jelly, fire-attribute slimes look like jumping flames, and earth-attribute slimes look like slowly moving mud balls.
On the other hand, the sturdy rock pangolin, which is good at digging holes, and the wolf-toothed rat, which is swift and has sharp claws, are more common targets in actual combat.
Zhao Peng obviously had a clear goal and walked straight towards an adult wolf-toothed rat that was gnawing on grass roots.
The mouse was about the size of a calf, with shiny gray-brown fur and incisors that gleamed with metallic luster. Feeling threatened, it immediately arched its back and let out a threatening hissing sound.
At Zhao Peng's command, the Iron-Armored Bull let out a low moo and pawed the ground with its hooves. Its metallic armor reflected a cold light under the mottled shadows of the trees, and the battle was about to break out.
Jiang Qing seemed aimless.
She folded her arms and paced slowly around the periphery of each area. She seemed to be observing, but in fact her mind was immersed in the seal of the contract, feeling Zhu Tianba's "opinion".
"this?"
She pointed her mind at a giant water slime lying lazily by the pool.
Zhu Tianba yawned and turned his head away without even looking at it.
"It's soft and feels bad, and it's not even big enough for him to bite it with one claw."
Jiang Qing continued to move forward.
"What about that?"
She turned to a Level 3 Mortal Rockhorn Sheep that was banging its hard head against the rocks.
Zhu Tianba continued to remain silent.
"It's too slow, and a little dumb. Don't fight dumb beasts."
"How about the wolf-fanged rat? Is it the same as the one in the armor?"
This time, Zhu Tianba barely managed a grunt, but Jiang Qing could still clearly see that his ambition was not high.
Zhu Tianba was very picky about his opponents. Jiang Qing also knew that after its awakening, there was a lot of restless energy in its body that needed to be released. Ordinary beasts were not enough for it to sharpen its claws, so she patiently took it with her to continue to select slowly.
Anyway, the exam lasts for one day.
After circling Cuixi Mausoleum for a long time, Jiang Qing still didn't find the opponent Zhu Tianba wanted, and was about to move on to the next place.
Suddenly, she felt the ground beneath her feet loosen and she quickly jumped away.
The next second, she was surrounded by a group of earthy brown slimes that were half her height.
"?" Jiang Qing was forced to stop.
"Hello? Are you okay?" She blinked and looked at the group of slimes in front of her strangely.
After she finished speaking, a slime that was only 0.5 times the size of the group of slimes walked out.
The water-like body swayed up and down, and it was unknown what it said to the group of big slimes, and then the group of big slimes surrounded it.
In fact, it said: "Uncle, Second Uncle, Third Aunt, Fourth Uncle, it was she who stole my gold and let her pig beat me up!"
It stayed in the old place for a long time, and this person was never seen setting foot in Cuixi Mausoleum again. Until today, this person finally showed up again!
So it called its relatives and was determined to avenge what had happened that day.
Jiang Qing had no idea that the box of gold belonged to her. She was still immersed in the chaos of these slimes.
At this time, Zhu Tianba in the Seal of Contract felt the movement outside and suddenly jumped out on his own initiative.
The moment the little slime saw Zhu Tianba, bad memories came to his mind again, and his little body shook more and more violently.
'That's it! That's it!'
As soon as Zhu Tianba appeared, he shook his small body, and a strong fighting spirit burst out in his little eyes.
It obviously still remembered the little slime in front of it and the scene of being pushed away by it that day. Now seeing the other party and a group of its kind surrounding it, it was not afraid at all. Instead, it bared its teeth threateningly and dug several deep marks on the ground with its front hooves.
"How dare you come!"
'Your gold is mine!'
The little slime pig Tianba was so angry at his arrogant look that he was shaking all over. He commanded the big earth-brown slimes beside him to rush forward.
The body of the earth slime is like sticky mud, with yellowish mucus constantly dripping from its surface, making a "patting" sound when it falls on the ground. Wherever it passes, the grass and trees are instantly corroded and turned yellow.
"The Earth Slime's body possesses the properties of sticky mud, a distinctive feature that distinguishes it from other beasts. This form not only affects its movement, but also provides a certain degree of buffering ability when subjected to physical attacks, reducing the damage it receives."
"Almost all of their abilities are related to the earthy yellow mucus on their bodies. Their corrosive ability relies on this mucus, and the sounds they make when they move are also produced by the mucus dripping. Mucus is the core element of their survival and combat. If the mucus becomes abnormal, such as losing its corrosive properties or failing to produce, it will greatly affect their overall capabilities."
Jiang Qing told this to Zhu Tianba through the seal of the contract.
These are among the skills that a beastmaster must master in a beast battle.
Quickly determine the characteristics, strengths and weaknesses of the opponent's spirit/animal, and inform your own spirit pet.
This is why beastmasters are required to read more, have a good cultural background, and be knowledgeable and versatile.
"The biggest drawback of earth slimes is that they rely too much on their mucus attacks," Jiang Qing said.
The first to attack was the closest big slime. It suddenly leaped forward and smashed towards Zhu Tianba like a heavy lump of mud.
Zhu Tianba did not dodge or evade, but suddenly sank his huge body and took the blow head-on.
There was a dull "bang" sound, and the slime was bounced back several meters, while the ground under Zhu Tianba's feet cracked into spider-web-like fine lines.
However, after the slime was bounced back and landed on the ground, its body only trembled slightly. The sticky mud body dissipated the impact force like water waves and quickly returned to its original state, but the dripping mucus seemed to splash more.
"The physical impact isn't very effective, just as the analysis indicated." Jiang Qing immediately concluded, his eyes sharp. "Zhu Tianba, consume its slime, but be careful of corrosion, don't get caught!"
Zhu Tianba felt that the collision did not cause the expected damage to the opponent. Instead, a few drops of mucus splashed out and burned a tuft of hair under his feet, causing it to curl slightly.
In an instant, it felt a little disgusted with this slippery and highly corrosive thing.
At this time, the other large slimes that surrounded them also moved.
Instead of ramming in like the first one, they were smarter and began to wriggle their bodies closer to the ground around Zhu Tianba.
As they moved, the sound of "pattering" of dripping mucus became continuous, and visible ochre water stains spread and gathered under them.
The grass covered with mucus withered, turned black, and rotted at an alarming rate, forming an expanding muddy trap that emitted a pungent smell of earth and humic acid.
"They're changing the terrain." Jiang Qing said to Zhu Tianba while dodging the slimes that were ready to attack at any time, "Don't let them surround you and kill you. Watch your step."
Zhu Tianba took a nimble leap to avoid the ground beneath his feet that had just begun to corrode and turn black.
But several large slimes strategically squeezed in sync, constantly contaminating its foothold with mucus and forcing it to retreat.
At the same time, the surface of their bodies squirmed violently, and more mucus was secreted at an accelerated rate, splashing towards Zhu Tianba like a small fountain.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak—”
Dots of ochre mud fell like rain, covering the area where Zhu Tianba was dodging.
Zhu Tianba dodged with ease, his meatball-like body showing unnatural agility as he moved left and right, although he was still inevitably hit by a few drops of mucus.
Fortunately, Yuan Xiaogu did not cheat her. The clothes that cost more than 5,000 yuan were corrosion-resistant. The mud spots that hit them slid directly to the sides without leaving any marks on the clothes.
But Jiang Qing was not so lucky.
She was paying attention to what was happening on Zhu Tianba's side, and accidentally a spot of mud splashed onto her clothes, which immediately burned a hole in them.
Zhu Tianba shook his head, shook off all the mud on his body, looked back, and the expression on the pig's face began to become serious.
"Kang, you're not the only ones who can change the terrain. I can do that, too!"
It snorted with its little nose, then used its front paws to lift its body up and tapped the ground lightly.
Then the ground beneath the feet of five or six slimes cracked at the same time, and the earth shook.
It was as if the earth had opened a huge mouth.
The slime fell into the crack, and as the huge mouth slowly closed, the slime turned into a bunch of emoj images in front of Jiang Qing.
The bright yellow beast core crystal was spit out from the "giant mouth" with a "pop" sound.
Jiang Qing quickly jumped up to catch it.
The beast core crystal fell into his arms.
Then a slime began to cry silently.
Next, Zhu Tianba used Earthquake continuously to harvest the remaining slimes.
The level of large earth slimes is around level four in the mortal class, and Zhu Tianba can deal with them with ease.
His claws were itching, and Zhu Tianba originally planned to practice with them, but suddenly changed his mind halfway.
The sticky mud on their bodies looks a bit disgusting, is corrosive and splashes everywhere.
So it decided to fight quickly and decisively.
Different from the earth attribute of slime, the skill released by Zhu Tianba is to harden first and then shatter.
In less than a few minutes, the surrounding slime groups were completely cleared out by Zhu Tianba's "Earthquake".
The grass, which had been charred black by the mucus, was now covered with hideous cracks and rolled-up soil, as if it had been plowed by a huge plow or ravaged by a violent explosion. It was a horrible sight.
Several bright yellow mortal-grade beast cores rolled on the bumpy ground. Jiang Qing quickly picked them up and put them into the trophy storage bag he carried with him.
In the end, only the little slime at the beginning was still standing on the grass.
The surroundings suddenly became quiet, with only the sound of the breeze blowing across the open ground and other battle sounds faintly coming from the distance.
The little slime was frightened by the scene before him.
I didn't notice it just now, but now I just feel that this pig is much bigger than the last time I saw it, and it's only been a week.
Zhu Tianba slowly approached the direction of the little slime, with an aura of "you are seeking revenge on me".
The little slime slowly retreated towards the grass. At this moment, it just wanted to find a crack in the ground to quickly crawl into.
'Woo, woo, woo, that's horrible.'
"Cough... cough cough..." Jiang Qing coughed twice, "Forget it, Zhu Tianba, let it go."
Fishermen all know to release the fry and harvest them when they grow a little bigger.
This little slime is too small. It looks like a tiny seedling. I don’t plan to touch it today.
"Confirmed." Zhu Tianba turned around and ran towards Jiang Qing with satisfaction.
"Is it released?" Jiang Qing put his hand on its head and rubbed it hard.
Zhu Tianba: 'Satisfied! But not satisfied yet.'
Slime is too weak to be a good opponent for it.
"It's okay, we have another show tonight," Jiang Qing said.
After a thorough tour of Cuixi Mausoleum, Zhu Tianba found that the levels of the exotic beasts here were generally not high and could not meet his needs.
Zhu Tianba nodded.
The man and the pig returned to the examination site before sunset.
There are almost no people left after coming out at this time.
Zhao Peng was still waiting at the exit, wanting to witness what kind of exotic beast Jiang Qing had hunted.
"Student Jiang Qing, where is the beast core you obtained?" asked Teacher Songyue.
Jiang Qing casually took one out of the bag.
Zhao Peng recognized it immediately: "Earth attribute slime beast core?"
"Is this the opponent you chose?" Zhao Peng said with some disgust.
Teacher Songyue took the beast core she handed over and examined it carefully. She nodded and said, "Yes, it is indeed an earth-attributed slime crystal. But yours is only at the second level of the Mortal Rank. It doesn't seem to meet the Mortal Rank third level requirement for our exam."
Just when Songyue was about to reject the application, she saw Jiang Qing lowering his head and rummaging in his pocket.
It seemed that she had not found what she wanted after searching for a long time, so she poured out all the beast core crystals in her pocket.
"All the beast cores I got are here. Teacher Songyue, please see if you can find any level three mortal cores." Jiang Qing wiped his nose and smiled embarrassedly.
There were so many large slimes of different levels, and she didn't have time to carefully judge their specific levels during the battle.
Song Yue and Zhao Peng were stunned looking at the dozen or so slime beast cores lying clearly on the ground.
Although they are all low-level beast cores, their number is large enough and shocking enough.
"You killed all these? Ordinary level two, ordinary level three, ordinary level five..." Zhao Peng's eyes were full of shock. With so many slimes gathered together, it wouldn't be easy to fight them.
"Yeah." Jiang Qing seemed to be afraid that Song Yue would mistakenly think she was cheating, so she quickly explained, "We were besieged by this group of slimes at the time, so we took care of them all at once."
Zhao Peng: “…” I’m pretending for you.
But he also slowly breathed a sigh of relief. Since last weekend, he had been worried about Jiang Qing, fearing that she would not pass this week's test.
He originally had a beast core hidden in his arms. If Jiang Qing came out empty-handed, he would say that she had given him this beast core.
Zhao Peng just felt that after all, the four of them went out together, and Jiang Qing's spirit pet had an accident and caused him to fail the assessment, so he felt that he was also responsible.
Teacher Songyue nodded, made a mark on the list, and said to Jiang Qing with a smile, "You exceeded your expectations on this week's test. Congratulations, Jiang Qing."
"Thank you, teacher." Jiang Qing squatted on the ground and picked up the crystal cores again.
Teacher Songyue stretched and said, "Okay, all the students in Class A7 have finished the quiz. It's time for me to go back and rest."
......
It was past seven o'clock.
Jiang Qing had just finished his meal when a message popped up on Lingtong.
[8pm, Red Mansion Training Room, A3010, the room is ready, I'll be waiting for you.] Xu Weiran.
Jiang Qing: Senior sister is really impatient.
She also fed Zhu Tianba some food, then packed up and went to room A3010.
Along the way, Jiang Qing gave Zhu Tianba instructions, his tone filled with deep regret: "You don't need to accept the beads from senior sister this time. Senior sister won't let you."
The A3010 indoor training ground was brightly lit, and the air was much drier than outside, filled with the faint smell of spirit beast disinfectant and the scent of energy equipment running.
A special impact-resistant floor is laid in the center of the venue, and the surrounding walls are made of dark energy-absorbing materials.
There is a huge constant temperature aquarium installed near one wall. The sound of flowing water can be faintly heard, and it seems that something is swimming inside.
When Jiang Qing arrived at the training ground, Xu Weiran was already waiting there.
She changed into a smart navy blue training suit that outlined her well-proportioned figure. Her long hair was neatly tied behind her head. She looked less gaudy and more neat.
When she saw Jiang Qing coming in, her eyes immediately locked on Zhu Tianba who was following at Jiang Qing's feet.
After seeing the clothes on it, a look of obvious satisfaction appeared on its face.
Yes, this aesthetic has improved a lot!
Xu Weiran's voice was calm, yet it carried an undeniable aura: "I've adjusted the venue. The energy barrier is strong enough."
"Just train enough. I won't use any real pressure on you," said Xu Weiran.
"Thank you so much." Jiang Qing forced a smile.
There's a huge difference in level between the two, and the combat experience of their spirit beasts is also different.
Xu Weiran: "To have a beastmaster as formidable as me, a ground-level beastmaster, spend time and energy training with you late at night is something many freshmen can't even ask for, and yet you still despise me."
Her gaze fell back on Zhu Tianba, and a hint of imperceptible surprise and strong interest flashed in her eyes.
This pig...seems to have grown a little, not just a little, but a lot.
"Okay, let's get started. We don't have much time left." The combat training room in the Red Mansion charges money by the minute, and the price for renting it for two hours is 200 Beast Taming Coins.
The academy believes that only by linking training with money will students realize that training is not for the teacher, but for themselves. In this way, they will be more attentive and hardworking when training.
After all, you have to make the 200 Beast Taming Coins you spent worthwhile.
However, the disadvantage of doing this is that poor people like Jiang Qing and Li Xiu will never spend this money on training. They would rather go to the wild.
Jiang Qing has made full preparations, and Zhu Tianba is also sharpening his claws to attack Clam.
As Xu Weiran's fingers gently slid across a special emblem on his wrist, a blue light flashed in the center of the training ground, and a complex summoning array instantly condensed and took shape, spreading out to the surroundings, enveloping the two of them.
The next second, the two of them were in the Colosseum.
Jiang Qing had never seen such a scene before, and she was amazed.
"This is the exclusive battle venue in the simulation training room, which allows us to immerse ourselves in the battle more." Xu Weiran said.
Not everyone has the skin in this training ground. You have to buy it with money. What you spend here is not the general Beast Taming Coins, but the training points obtained from training. It takes 1,000 training points to exchange for such a skin.
Training points are accumulated based on the results of regular training. In a 2-hour training session, the average training points gained are between 10 and 15 points.
1,000 training points would cost 13,200 yuan, which is more expensive than simply purchasing them with Beast Taming Coins.
Xu Weiran spends most of her time on this. The money she has spent on the training room over the years has long exceeded ten or twenty thousand.
Most beastmasters are also happy to spend money and buy skins in it. Each cool training ground represents a symbol of their wealth and strength.
Of course, Jiang Qing didn't know this, otherwise she would have to lick what these more than ten thousand pieces of skin were made of on the spot.
After saying this, Xu Weiran released his clams.
Xu Weiran: "Zhu Guang, let those two guys learn your true strength."
It was the same as last time, with all kinds of pearls inlaid on the glittering shell.
The moment the clam was released, Jiang Qing's eyes flashed.
The dazzling shell was already shiny enough, and Xu Weiran even inlaid it with many gems to make it look even more noble.
Jiang Qing coveted those pearls, but now was the time for battle.
"Go ahead, Zhu Tianba." Jiang Qing said.
This time she did her homework in advance and memorized all the properties of clams.
Clams are medium to large shellfish. The shell of an adult can reach a diameter of 1.5-2 meters. The shell is not the traditional grayish white, but has a translucent glass texture with a deep blue-purple or sea green base color, and the surface flows with an iridescent halo that changes like the aurora.
It is especially mysterious in dark waters.
Its properties include "condensing and spitting out beads", which is the most core and unique ability of the glass pearl mother, and also its value.
Clams efficiently absorb the surrounding water energy, light energy, and even free spiritual essence, and then purify and compress them in special glands and "origin spirit beads" in their bodies, shaping the condensed energy into "spiritual beads" with different forms, properties, and functions.
Unlike the artificial pearls it saw last time, this real "spiritual pearl" is its most deadly threat.
As for the clams' attack methods.
Jiang Qing counted them carefully, and they were not limited to water explosion beads, light burning, ice freezing, anchor mark, etc.
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Author has something to say: Jiang Qing x Zhu Tianba
How can this not be considered a cultivation system? (He holds his head with his hands)
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