9: Lanlan. Absorbs potion. Four stars.

Walking out of the Beast Tamer Association's doors, Lin Chuan was in high spirits.

Not only did he receive free resources, but he also had a plan for his future direction and seemed to have latched onto a powerful backer.

No matter what, it was a win-win situation for him.

Of course, everything still depended on Lin Chuan's growth rate. If Lin Chuan couldn't meet Qin Yan's expectations, while it probably wouldn't lead to Qin Yan taking his anger out on Lin Chuan, it was likely that they wouldn't have much interaction afterward.

From Qin Yan's tone, the high school's operating conditions probably weren't very good. However, Lin Chuan didn't care about any of that. His only concern was the eligibility for Beast Tamer University enrollment. No matter how bad a Beast Taming High School was, it was still a high school, a stepping stone to entering a Beast Tamer University.

Once he entered a university, he would have a strong backing and more resources.

Lin Chuan was determined to get into this Beast Tamer University.

Or, rather, be taken in by the university...

After Lin Chuan left, Qin Yan's face showed three parts excitement, three parts astonishment, three parts confusion, and one part shyness.

He took out his phone and made a call.

"Old Qin? What's up?"

The call connected, and a soft female voice came through, asking directly and to the point.

"Lan Lan, it's nothing really, it's just..."

Qin Yan was suddenly a bit hesitant and nervous.

"If it's nothing, then I'll hang up. I'm busy here."

"What are you so busy with? Those..."

In his excitement, Qin Yan almost blurted out his true thoughts.

"Old Qin!"

The person on the other end clearly knew what Qin Yan was about to say and was a little angry.

"Alright, I won't talk about that anymore. I have a promising talent here. I'll bring him to your place next week."

"Let's talk about it if he can make it through this year. If he's really a good talent, he shouldn't be wasted here with me. If the school is still around next year..." When it came to serious matters, the woman's voice returned to its soft tone.

"It's fine, he can catch this year's university enrollment," Qin Yan replied indifferently.

"How old is he? What Rank?"

"He's almost 18, Black Iron Rank Three."

"Old Qin! Are you kidding me?! Cough, cough..."

"Lan Lan, don't get excited. It's not clear over the phone; you'll understand when you see him."

After saying that, without waiting for the other side to respond, Qin Yan hung up the phone first.

Damn, this is the first time I, Old Qin, have hung up on Lan Lan. I'm a little excited.

Lin Chuan, oh Lin Chuan, you absolutely must not mess up when the time comes.

No, I need to investigate further. Three Ranks in three days, tsk tsk...

As for the talent Rank, the machine can detect from SSS Rank down to F Rank, and it has never made a mistake.

Qin Yan dared not imagine the possibilities represented by a situation where it couldn't be detected.

Future matters can be discussed later.

What does the machine's problem have to do with me, Old Qin? Anyway, there's no evidence.

The shattered instrument fragments: "6."

"This Old Qin..."

On the other end of the phone, Lan Lan looked at the disconnected call, a little dazed.

Her silver-grey hair showed that she was no longer young.

However, her face didn't show much age, appearing elegant and composed.

"Old Qin wouldn't have been conned, would he? What kind of new scam could trick a Diamond Rank Seven expert..."

Over the years, a few talented students occasionally emerged, but they were often poached by other schools as soon as they showed promise, leading to the school's academic performance getting worse and worse, year after year.

It had been ten years since any student entered the top fifty in District 81 in the enrollment exam.

The top fifty in the district was merely the threshold for entering a key university.

Under this vicious cycle, many people in District 81 now only knew about First High School and Second High School, but not that there was also Third High School.

Even though Third High School was once the top-ranked Beast Taming High School in District 81 twenty years ago.

Now, Third High School's student body is less than one-third of First and Second High Schools, and as for talent, they are all the leftovers, the undesirable ones.

As for resource allocation, it was cut down to only one-fifth, and this was after her strong arguments.

Thinking of this, a hint of pain flashed across Lan Lan's face.

"I promised him back then that I would protect this school. Is it really going to perish in my hands?"

Thinking of that sword-like figure, Lan Lan's eyes became firm again: "No, there's still hope, there must be hope this year..."

...

As soon as Lin Chuan returned home, he eagerly opened the potion box and took out the two potions inside for careful observation.

One was a light blue Spiritual Qi Potion, and the other was a light red Soul Power Potion. Both were labeled Black Iron Rank and could be consumed directly.

However, the Spiritual Qi Potion was for pet beasts to drink; it was useless for humans.

The Soul Power Potion was for Beast Tamers to drink and was also effective for certain special pet beasts.

"I want to drink..."

Old Hei's thoughts kept coming through.

Lin Chuan ignored him directly. Such good stuff would be a waste to drink. The public price for one vial was over ten thousand, and it was even more expensive on the black market.

Resisting the urge to sell them, Lin Chuan tried to communicate with the golden tree to see if it could absorb them.

Lin Chuan had already figured it out: no matter what resource potion it was, it probably wasn't as effective as his special fruits.

Only by transforming them into fruits could the resources be utilized to their maximum potential.

In an instant, the two bottles of potions disappeared.

"It really works!"

Subsequently, within the mental space, on the golden tree.

Two green fruits gradually matured. One of them was already half-ripe, which was the one that had been stimulated by absorbing Spiritual Qi in the shop earlier.

Additionally, a red fruit also matured.

It seemed that one bottle of Black Iron Rank Spiritual Qi Potion was equivalent to one and a half green fruits.

One bottle of Black Iron Rank Soul Power Potion was equivalent to one red fruit. Moreover, this Soul Power Potion was probably made from Yao Beast crystal cores.

Without hesitation, the two green fruits were fed to Old Hei in the mental space.

Old Hei stopped whining and closed his eyes to sleep contentedly.

Lin Chuan checked, and he was now Rank Four.

Aside from Hardening Armor increasing to Lv4, the biggest change was Old Hei's size.

He had grown another circle, as if he had eaten pig feed, growing rapidly.

"Old Hei, control yourself! If you keep growing, my room won't be able to fit you!"

While complaining, Lin Chuan pondered what skill to imprint on Old Hei next.

However, after thinking for a few seconds, he was too lazy to think anymore.

Who cares? He'd just learn whatever he encountered.

How would he know which pet beast skills were suitable for Old Hei? He just went with the flow.

Besides, even if he knew which ones were suitable, he currently had no opportunity to access them.

After much thought, fleecing the pet beast egg shop was the most suitable option.

Freebies were the best.

Lin Chuan decided that starting tomorrow, he would visit several pet beast shops over the next few days to imprint more useful skills.

After all, he was going to Beast Taming High School next Monday, and he probably wouldn't be back for a while.

At Beast Taming High School, everyone has a pet beast, and every pet beast has skills... How much wool would that be? Guffaw, guffaw, guffaw...