Chapter 045 Chapter 45 (Updated)
The place recommended by Teacher Li was not an actual workplace, but an online forum called "Adventurer's Home".
"This forum is open only to those who have passed the Adventurer Qualification Exam and officially become adventurers. It's populated by experts registered with the Beastmaster Association, unlike the mixed crowd out there."
Teacher Li cheerfully explained, "For someone like you, since it's still early for the qualification exam, you can register for a trial account. While there are some restrictions on posting missions and accepting high-difficulty exploration missions, it's generally sufficient."
"You can earn points by completing tasks posted by others. Sometimes the Beastmaster Association will also issue official tasks, which are great opportunities to earn points. The points you earn can be exchanged for bonuses at the Association, or you can accumulate contribution points, which can be used to redeem various levels of cultivation resources. You need money to buy cultivation resources, right?"
"Using this to exchange is official, guaranteed, safe and convenient, and you might even get resources you can't buy elsewhere. So, isn't it a good thing?"
Xia Muqing's eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly.
It's not just good, it's tailor-made for her!
Just now, she had just borrowed Teacher Li's account and briefly browsed around, and she saw a lot of tasks she could complete. Probationary accounts were limited in their ability to accept exploration tasks, but they were free to respond to bounties. She had a wealth of knowledge hidden in her head.
Most importantly, everyone's real-name information is kept strictly confidential by the Beast Tamer Association. As long as the Beast Tamer Association's encrypted lines are not hacked, no one will know who is behind the account, and security is very guaranteed.
Moreover, there are many experts in the forum who can provide good cover for Xia Muqing and prevent people from guessing her true identity.
"The evolution of the Yellow-Tear Monkey has failed twice. The materials are the same as those on the Internet. What's the problem?"
"Urgent! Can the Wind Crystal be used with the Queen Flower when evolving? Will there be any strange changes?"
"How do I increase the power of the combined skills of Blue Conch and Jade Coral?"
There were too many similar questions. Xia Muqing looked at them eagerly, as if she saw the mountains of points waving at her from afar - this was not the "Adventurer's Home", this was clearly her happy hometown!
However, at this moment, her application to register for a trial account has not yet been approved by the Beastmaster Association, so she can only watch and watch all the questions without being able to respond.
Xia Muqing swallowed silently and smiled at Teacher Li: "Thank you, teacher."
Teacher Li waved his hand and said, "You're welcome."
"By the way, don't tell the other students about this forum. They're not good enough, and the focus right now should still be on the college entrance exam."
Xia Muqing nodded.
After all, this is an internal forum for adventurers, and there are many difficult tasks such as "exploring different spaces". With Xia Muqing's strength, it is a bit difficult for her to get in, let alone others.
Like her classmates, many of them didn't even have a first-level evolved profound beast, so there was no need to be so ambitious.
"But..." Xia Muqing thought for a moment, "Xu Ling and Lu Wenshen, should they be able to do it?"
Teacher Li stroked his chin and said, "Xu Ling is fine. She's a great kid. Let her come in and take a look. The focus isn't on making money, but on learning and broadening her horizons."
"Lu Wenzhen doesn't need to. His family has already made plans. He will know about this forum sooner or later."
…
North of the city.
In a high-end villa community, bright lights are on, the Western-style doors are elegant and exquisite, and clusters of roses are hanging on the retro arched railings, and the pink flowers are trembling slightly in the night breeze.
Lu Wenshen sat quietly in front of the window.
Mother Lu stood to his right, chin slightly raised. "Not getting first place in the competition is such a waste of such a good beast like Yuntu."
"Next, you have to work harder for me, otherwise people will laugh at our family behind our backs. With such good resources, we can't even compare to a girl from an ordinary family."
She was wearing a cheongsam and had a great temperament. She was in her forties but looked like she was less than thirty. As she had been in a high position for many years, she had an air of arrogance when chatting about family matters. Her tone was as if she was sitting at a conference table, giving an annual summary meeting to CEOs from various regions.
"Speed up Yu Luan's training. Make sure she evolves to the first level within two months."
Mother Lu arranged everything calmly. She had thought about her son's development path many times in her mind and was already familiar with it.
"I've already issued a task and assigned people to collect the materials needed for the second-stage evolution of the Cloud Beast. The probability of evolution failing is very high, so one set of materials might not be enough. I'll prepare three sets and let you try before the college entrance exam."
"However, three copies isn't enough. I will prepare the materials for Yu Luan's second-stage evolution in advance, and strive to give you a perfectly evolved second-stage profound beast before the college entrance examination."
"That way, when you go to Magic City University, you can legitimately become Professor Xuan's disciple..."
When Lu's mother talked about other things, Lu Wenzhen just listened quietly, nodding from time to time.
Hearing only the last sentence, he clenched his fingers and whispered, "Mom, can I not go to Demon University?"
Mother Lu was slightly stunned, with a gleam in her eyes: "Why?"
"Demon University is your father's alma mater. Professor Xuan was his advisor at the time. He is highly respected in the academic community, and his students are very accomplished, including many outstanding beastmasters."
"These seniors will become your connections and support once you become Professor Xuan's student. Professor Xuan has only been training doctoral researchers these days. If it weren't for your father's intervention, he wouldn't have accepted a single freshman as his student."
"These opportunities and resources are enough to ensure that you will always be one step ahead of others. I can't think of any reason why you wouldn't go to the Magic University."
She spoke slowly and her voice, though not loud, was quite oppressive.
Lu Wenzhen's palms were covered with sweat, and he pursed his lips: "I think Yan University is also good, with a deep foundation..."
Mother Lu: "But our family's sphere of influence is all in the south. Yandu is too far away. Your father and I can't take care of it."
Lu Wenshen: "I don't need..."
He wanted to say that he could make a name for himself in the world without his parents' care, but facing Lu's mother's puzzled eyes, thinking of the huge cost of cultivating Yuntu Beast and Yuluan, and the evolutionary materials that Lu's mother was mobilizing multiple channels to collect, Lu Wenshen's voice paused, and all the words in his heart were choked in his throat, and he couldn't say a word.
Mother Lu looked at her son who seemed to be hesitant to speak and sighed in understanding.
"Everything your parents arranged for you is the best," she said. "When you were born, you were already at a starting point that no one else could catch up to in their lifetime. Don't let us down with all the effort we put into you."
"Others can't get these resources you have, so you have to learn to cherish them."
Lu Wenshen: “…”
He lowered his head slightly and said nothing more, but his hands hanging by his side clenched tighter and tighter, his nails digging deep into his palms.
Yes, resources. All his achievements are based on his parents' resources. If you take those aside, he is just an ordinary student.
Lu Wenzhen felt a deep sense of frustration. At the same time, Xia Muqing's figure emerged in his mind uncontrollably.
Born an orphan, he had no property at home and had to work after school. The beasts he contracted were all the most common ones. If Lu Wenzhen's resources were a lake, Xia Muqing's were just a small puddle. The difference between the two was more than just a world of difference.
But she relied on this small puddle of water to cultivate the prototype of divine skills, surpassing the divine beast cubs that he had cultivated with countless resources, and became the strongest beastmaster of this generation and even countless generations before.
Lu Wenshen closed his eyes slightly and sighed heavily in his heart.
…
Xia Muqing didn't know how much pressure her outstanding performance brought to Lu Wenshen.
Her entire attention was focused on the "Adventurer's Home" forum. At this moment, she was like a child who had received a new toy, curiously holding her phone in her hand and scrolling through it non-stop.
There were all sorts of quests within the forum, the most common being invitations to team up for exploration or collecting specific materials. However, these trial accounts didn't have permissions, so Xia Muqing couldn't participate. All she could do was answer questions in the Q&A section, which contained many questions about cultivating profound beasts, failed evolutions, and so on.
Xia Muqing was watching excitedly when suddenly a post appeared on the forum homepage.
While exploring a different dimension, I encountered an unknown poisonous dark beast king. My contracted second-level golden dog fought to protect me, but it was severely injured. The poison penetrated its bones, damaging its very foundation, and it has now degenerated into a puppy. I've tried various antidotes on the market and even had healing beasts treat it, but it still bleeds from its mouth and nose, and its internal profound energy is overflowing, making it unable to make ends meet. Is there any other way to save it?
【Posted by: Dog Lover】
[Reward Points: 1000]
Xia Muqing's breathing paused slightly.
Teacher Li explained to her the forum's points exchange rules. Every 1 point can be exchanged for 100 star coins. 1,000 points is a full 100,000 star coins, which can also be used to exchange for a third-level resource.
A big deal, absolutely a big deal!
The idea of making money grew wildly in her mind, and the excited blood surged back and forth in her chest. Xia Muqing couldn't wait to open the post, enlarge the picture of the Tibetan golden dog taken by the other party, and observe it carefully with her eyes wide open.
The second-level golden dog is a giant dog half the height of a human, with fur of a handsome golden color. When the sun shines on it, a mysterious light flows, as if there are bits of golden light hidden in its fur.
The poster posted a set of comparison pictures. The front showed the Tibetan golden retriever standing on the top of a mountain, roaring majestically, like a majestic wild lion; the back showed it injured and degenerated, its body shrunk to less than one-fifth of its original size, slumped listlessly on the bed, its body covered with wounds, the flowing blood a strange black and red, mixed with bits of light, like fine mercury.
After Xia Muqing raised the Gale Dog, she had an inexplicable liking for canine-like mysterious beasts. Now, seeing the miserable state of the Tibetan Golden Dog, she suddenly felt a little distressed.
The biggest problem of this Tibetan gold dog is poisoning. The toxin presses on its meridians, causing nerve disorders. No matter how much Xuan Qi is injected into it, it cannot be preserved. The body can only release all the replenished essence and energy like a sieve.
The reason why the toxin is difficult to resolve is because of the "unknown poisonous dark beast king" mentioned by the poster. Poison is something that can be said to be ever-changing. If its source and composition are not found out, there is no way to prescribe the right medicine, and the Tibetan Golden Dog can only endure the torture of the residual poison.
But fortunately, Xia Muqing happened to know this "unknown poisonous beast".
From the Tibetan Golden Dog's black-red blood with a silver sheen, and the rotten wounds that refused to heal, she could tell that the poster had encountered a black-crowned leech.
Just at this moment, the system popped up a prompt: [Your trial account registration application has been approved! ]
Xia Muqing couldn't wait to create a nickname, clicked on the post, and typed quickly: "The toxin of the black-crowned leech is actually not a poison in the standard sense, but a kind of Gu. The reason why the Tibetan Golden Dog can't recover so long is that there are tiny leeches hidden in its blood, which are too small to be seen even under a microscope."
"As long as we know the source of the poison, it's actually very easy to cure. We just need to..."
Xia Muqing was afraid that if she answered too late, this big deal would be snatched away by someone else, so her fingers flew as she typed, leaving a shadow on the phone screen.
Therefore, she simply ignored the posting date next to it, as well as the comments left by many netizens below.
[378L: Damn, who pushed this old post from three years ago up again? Do you understand the rules? Just post it now and only disturb if you're serious, okay?]
[379L: Who among the old forum members doesn't know about this thread now? Most of them are newcomers, greedy for 1000 points, and will feel the pain when their 3 free replies are used up.]
[380L: I don't understand the forum rules, so I suggest you read the top post first.]
[381L: Newcomers don't have that kind of patience; they just want to get rich overnight.]
[382L: Tried to answer, couldn't, fabricated answers, intentionally provided false information, got blocked due to complaints... Tsk, this scene is so familiar, I'll sit back and wait for the new blacklist this month.]
[383L: Hahaha, this made the above person laugh to death. Newcomers come and go, but the hidden gold dog remains forever!]
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