In the Zoo.
Su Mu came to the three wooden houses again and asked Gong Li, "Excuse me, is Teacher Bai here?"
After a while, the door of the middle wooden house creaked open, and the big hen Haoji with bright feathers poked her head out. She was stunned when she saw that the person coming was Sumu.
"Why are you here? What do you want from my master?"
"Hello, Professor Haoji." Su Mu greeted him first, and then said, "Didn't Professor Bai ask me to write a paper on beast taming for publication? I have already done it, and I came here specially to hand in the task."
"You finished your paper so quickly?"
The big hen was surprised, but did not question it. She just asked Su Mu to wait and turned into the wooden house to report.
A moment later, Teacher Bai, wearing combat gear and heavy armor, walked out of the wooden house, with fire and smoke on his body.
Su Mu was stunned.
Isn't this wooden house a laboratory? Why is Teacher Bai dressed like this? What happened to the fire?
Teacher Bai noticed Su Mu's expression, looked down, cast a spell to put out the flames, and said, "It's just a lab coat, don't be surprised."
Lab coat...
Are all the experiments in the animal taming department so dangerous? Are they always risking their lives?
Su Mu guessed that although the wooden house looked small from the outside, it must have something special inside, otherwise it would have been demolished because of the experiment.
Teacher Bai took off his helmet mask and asked three questions in a row: "Have you published a paper? Is it a paper on beast taming? Is it published in a first-tier academic journal?"
Su Mu's answer was concise and clear, quite like a goddess: "Yeah, ah, yes."
"Which journal? I have no impression of it." Teacher Bai frowned and turned to look at the big hen, who shook her head and said, "I didn't see Su Mu's name in this month's Beast Taming Journal."
Su Mu replied, "I submitted my article to the Journal of Beast Taming. It has just been approved and has not been officially published yet. But Professor Bai, you are used to publishing articles. You should know that for these first-tier journals, as long as the article is approved, it will be published. I am anxious to recruit spirit beasts, so I came here in advance. I hope Professor Bai will give me some convenience."
Teacher Bai nodded and didn't embarrass him. He just said, "I can give you a favor, but do you have any evidence to prove that your manuscript has been accepted by the Journal of Beast Taming?"
"I have an email from the Journal of Beast Taming that the manuscript has been accepted. You can also call their editor to inquire about the situation."
Su Mu took out his mobile phone, opened the relevant email, and handed it to Teacher Bai.
Teacher Bai was very familiar with the Journal of Beast Taming. She immediately recognized that the sender was indeed the official email address of the Journal of Beast Taming. She also looked at the wording of the acceptance notice and found that it was indeed correct. However, she still wanted to confirm it: "I'll make a call. Wait a minute."
She didn't suspect Su Mu of lying, but that Su Mu was doing things too quickly.
Originally, she thought that no matter how talented Su Mu was, it would take him several months to write a paper on beast taming. After all, Su Mu did not study this major, so he would have to spend some time learning the basic theoretical knowledge first, right?
Even this, she felt was a bit too fast.
What was the result? Su Mu wrote the paper in less than a month, not to mention a few months, and it was approved by the review committee. Moreover, it was not published in an ordinary first-tier journal, but directly in the "Journal of Beast Taming"!
No matter how much Teacher Bai trusts Su Mu, he can't help but have doubts.
Su Mu understood the situation and said "OK" with a smile.
Teacher Bai quickly called her acquaintance in the Journal of Beast Taming and asked about the matter.
The other party not only gave affirmation, but also praised the article written by Su Mu.
Finally, he said, "Old Bai, let me tell you, from this article we can see that Su Mu is extremely talented in beast taming, at least in the theory of beast taming. I heard that he didn't take the beast taming major? For such a talented person, it would be a waste of talent if he didn't learn beast taming or do beast taming research! You have to persuade him well."
Teacher Bai opened his mouth wide.
If she didn't know that the person on the other end of the phone was not surnamed Su, she would have been unable to help but wonder if the other party was a relative of Su Mu. Otherwise, why would he brag so much?
She couldn't help but ask, "Is Su Mu's article really as good as you said?"
The other party said, "Why would I lie to you? There's no benefit! Let me tell you this, our deputy editor-in-chief had a quarrel with Wen Wubin from your school in order to get Su Mu to learn animal taming, and the two of them almost came to a fight..."
"Shouldn't we start fighting?" Teacher Bai said.
It seems that the teachers at Qingcheng Mountain Cultivation University are very familiar with Wen Wubin's personality and style.
The other party lowered his voice and said, "That's because our deputy editor-in-chief's bird is fast enough."
Teacher Bai understood, and automatically blocked out the other party's words asking him to persuade Su Mu to learn animal taming instead.
Even your deputy editor-in-chief doesn't dare to offend Principal Wen, so how could I dare to offend him? Are you kidding me!
After the call, Teacher Bai returned to the cabin and said to Su Mu, "I have consulted and found that one of your articles has been reviewed by the Journal of Beast Taming."
The big hen was so envious. She had always wanted to publish a paper in the Journal of Beast Taming, but she had not been able to get her paper accepted after submitting it many times.
I am a spiritual beast, and I wrote an article researching myself, but it couldn't even be approved by the Journal of Beast Taming. Who can I go to for justice?
"Can I go and summon the spirit beast?" Su Mu asked.
"Go ahead." Teacher Bai still keeps his word.
Su Mu thanked him and turned to leave.
"Hey, wait a minute." Teacher Bai called him again. "Can you show me the article you wrote?"
"Of course." Su Mu was well prepared. He took out a paper manuscript from his space bracelet and handed it to Teacher Bai.
Teacher Bai took a quick look and was attracted by several interesting arguments in it. He nodded and said, "No wonder it was accepted by the Journal of Beast Taming. There is indeed something worth studying..."
Although she was attracted by the article, she did not forget to instruct Su Mu: "You can recruit spirit beasts, but they must be willing to follow you, and you cannot force them by force!"
Su Mu responded: "Don't worry, Mr. Bai, I know the rules."
Teacher Bai nodded, took the manuscript, turned around and went into the wooden house to read and study it carefully.
The big hen did not return to the house, but followed Sumu, acting as a guide and monitor to prevent Sumu from using any means to force the spirit beast.
"What spirit beast do you want to recruit? Take you to their gathering area."
"I want to go see Tushan Fox first."
The big hen glanced at him and said, "Do you really want to recruit a Tushan fox? Don't blame me for not reminding you. Tushan foxes are smart, but they are also famous for their arrogant tempers. It is not easy to recruit them as spiritual pets. After all, their ancestors were once rich, and their ancestor was Dayu's wife. Ordinary people are really not in their eyes."
Su Mu said: "It's okay, I'll go over and take a look first. If it doesn't work, I'll change to another spirit beast."
"All right."
The big hen didn't give any more advice.
"Every year, there are many students who want to recruit Tushan foxes. Some even think of recruiting Tushan foxes as their spirit pets and cultivating their feelings for them. When they can transform into human forms, they can imitate Dayu and marry a Tushan fox as their wife or husband. Unfortunately, most of them leave with high hopes but return with low hopes."
Su Mu couldn't help but sigh: "You beast tamers are the ones who know how to play."
"Come with me." The big hen glared at him, spread its wings and flew into the sky.
Su Mu hurriedly took out a flying sword as big as a bed board and followed.
Led by the big hen, they soon arrived at the gathering area of Tushan foxes in the Wanshou Garden. From afar, they saw a group of white foxes busy in this area.
Compared with other spiritual beasts around them, the Tushan foxes are undoubtedly much smarter. Even though many of them have not yet opened their spiritual minds, they can still walk upright and use tools to work under the guidance of their elders.
The Tushan fox, whose spiritual awareness had been awakened, held a book in his hands and, under the guidance of an old fox in the tribe, recited the contents of the book with his head shaking.
If they were not still in the form of foxes and unable to transform into human form, Su Mu would have wondered if he had encountered a human family that passed down farming and studying as their tradition.
The big hen stopped at a certain distance away from the Tushan fox gathering area.
"Tushan Fox is right there, go there by yourself, I'll wait for you here."
Chickens are afraid of foxes. Even though the big hen has become a spirit and is stronger than the Tushan foxes in the Garden of Beasts, she is still unwilling to get too close to them.
It’s not that I’m afraid of these Tushan foxes, I just feel uncomfortable.
"Okay." Su Mu responded, flying on his own sword towards the group of Tushan foxes in front.
The big hen hovered in the air, her eyes slightly narrowed, staring at Su Mu.
At this moment, a familiar voice sounded beside its ears: "Little Jiji, long time no see, did you miss me? I miss you very much."
The big hen was so frightened by the sound that all her feathers stood up.
Several peacocks not far away were immediately displeased when they saw the hen's gesture. They thought, "How dare you, a chicken, spread your feathers to show off in front of us? You are so rebellious!" The leading peacock called twice and spread its feathers one after another, wanting to compete with the big hen for splendor.
The big hen had no intention of paying attention to these conceited peacocks. She turned her head quickly and saw Chun Huyue sitting on the flying carpet, waving at her.
"You, you, you...when did you come back?"
The big hen was so scared that she stuttered.
"It's been a few days since I came back. Why, did you miss me?"
Chun Huyue opened her mouth, revealing a row of teeth that were flashing with a cold light, and she even stuck out her tongue to lick her lips.
The big hen flapped her wings and ran away without saying a word.
Chun Huyue followed closely behind him: "Don't go, don't you miss me after not seeing each other for so long? Don't you have anything to say to me? How about we go to the river to talk? I have some wild mushrooms and bamboo shoots here, I can use them to boil water for you to take a bath."
What the hell is there for me to talk to you about? You're just greedy for my body! And you want to take a bath? Who would put wild mushrooms and bamboo shoots in their bath? You just want to make chicken soup with me!
The big hen flew faster.
It was so focused on escaping that it didn't notice that Chun Huyue, who was chasing it from behind, made a gesture to Sumu, and Sumu gave her a thumbs up in return.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
