After selling a total of 29 night-glow spiders and pocketing 2320 crystal coins, Li Pu happily walked out of Laboratory Building No. 3.
"Mr. Tu, do we really not need to inquire about the specifics?"
The girl on duty looked at the limping figure with some doubts.
She suspected that not even the school's laboratory housed that many night-glow spiders.
And what kind of explanation is calling them "found"?
She felt that even if this young man claimed to have pried them from the school's laboratory, it would sound more convincing.
"No need to delve into it."
In response, Mr. Tu just cheerfully waved his hand.
One reason night-glow spiders can be used as research materials is because these magical creatures are non-threatening and have basically no attack power.
Even a freshman could easily catch them once they're found.
As for how to find night-glow spiders, he actually knew a lot of ways, so he wasn't curious at all.
"What you said makes sense."
After hearing Mr. Tu's explanation, the girl on duty nodded in agreement.
But the next second, her whole body froze.
"M-M-Mr. Tu, he's back!"
She pointed outside the door, eyes wide open in surprise.
"Back? Did he miss something on the list?"
At that moment, Mr. Tu was still checking the forms with his back turned.
Since there were no student ID cards, they could only temporarily archive Li Pu's records on paper.
"I don't think that's it...!"
The girl on duty could hardly believe what she was seeing.
The freshman who had just left returned, and this time he wasn't alone.
He was dragging a lizard the size of a rhino!
As a non-combat summoner, such a sight was shocking for her.
Especially the stark contrast between the limping stride and the heavy magical creature's body.
As for the grass puppet following beside, she chose to ignore it.
Grass Puppet: Grass.
"What's with that expression of yours."
By this time, Mr. Tu finally noticed something was off with his subordinate.
Turning around, he saw Li Pu.
"This..."
Although he wasn't as visibly shocked as the girl on duty, he was indeed stunned.
"Uh, also found it."
Dragging the large lizard to the front desk, Li Pu scratched his cheek.
Even this was "found"?
Are you treating me like a blind man?
Mr. Tu was a bit displeased at this point.
However, as an old hand, he understood that this was simply an excuse for not wanting to explain, so he didn't press further.
But the corpse of the big lizard piqued his interest.
A D-level magical beast, the Mushroom-Eating Lizard.
Judging from its size, claw shape, skin color, and other aspects, it was LV4.
But...
But where did all the mushrooms on its back go?
To know that these mushrooms weren't worth much; strictly speaking, they were just outgrowths on the Mushroom-Eating Lizard's skin.
Now its back was left with densely packed small black holes, looking rather brutal, no clue who took them off.
In fact, those little mushrooms were removed by Li Pu.
All converted into related materials to imbue skills onto the grass puppet.
This D-level passive skill, 'Mushroom Poison Antibody,' is both strong and not strong.
Being able to immunize against mushroom-type toxins is indeed great, giving the grass puppet a natural advantage against mushroom-type magical beasts in the future.
But its downside is that it's too specialized.
Except for fighting mushrooms, it's useless in other situations.
Therefore, it's understandable that it's only a D-level skill.
If someone else had the chance to acquire this skill, they might not even find it rare.
But Li Pu was different; he appreciated the 'Mushroom Poison Antibody.'
Such passive immunity skills are hard to come by.
The key point is that he could use 'Friend of Magical Beasts' to fuse and enhance it in the future.
Who says it can only defend against mushrooms? Maybe it could eventually defend against water, fire, and theft too.
Of course, Li Pu paid a steep price for the grass puppet to acquire this skill.
A total of 2000 crystal coins.
But there was no other option, as the freshness of those mushrooms was limited, time was of the essence.
Now he just hoped that the Mushroom-Eating Lizard could sell for a higher price.
"Hmm, let me appraise it first."
Mr. Tu stroked his chin and walked out to the Mushroom-Eating Lizard.
The situation was different from before; the night-glow spiders were alive.
When buying a carcass, it surely needed checking for completeness first.
"From the appearance, it's still very complete."
"It should be near the maximum purchase price, but let's still check the internal condition."
Then he placed his hand on the magical beast and closed his eyes.
As the person in charge of the trade station, discerning the internal state through the magical beast's skin was a small feat for Mr. Tu. No need to break the surface, ensuring maximum preservation of the magical beast.
"Uh, a comminuted fracture of the jaw?"
In the next second, Mr. Tu's action paused slightly.
He had already visualized the scene where the Mushroom-Eating Lizard's jaw took a heavy blow.
"Goodness, most of the internal organs turned into tofu pudding."
Unexpectedly, while the magical beast's exterior remained so intact, its insides were in such a mess.
Thinking normally, one would attribute such a feat to the summoned beast.
Mr. Tu suspected that Li Pu's grass puppet might have acquired some exceptionally strong skill from the school's allotted random skill globes.
"This grass puppet of yours should be... LV4, right?"
Hence, his gaze fell on the grass puppet.
Unlike the Mushroom-Eating Lizard, it wasn't easy to judge the grass puppet's level by sight and experience.
Because, to speak frankly, a grass puppet is just a pile of walking grass, with no features worth observing.
Moreover, having managed the trade station for so many years, he's actually dealt with a good number of Mushroom-Eating Lizards.
Conversely, he's quite inexperienced with grass puppets.
After all, no one has ever brought a grass puppet here for sale; the thing's valueless.
Being able to discern its true level at a glance was already a testament to his seasoned expertise.
"Your observation is spot-on. It is indeed LV4."
While admitting, Li Pu couldn't help but marvel at Mr. Tu's keen eyesight.
However, he was unaware that Mr. Tu was even more astonished on his end.
Guessing was one thing, obtaining the actual answer was another.
(How on earth did this kid cultivate it?!)
(Wasn't the grass puppet just summoned the day before yesterday?)
(Could it be that he's a cultivation prodigy?)
(Or perhaps the grass puppet is some kind of monster?)
Mr. Tu couldn't deduce the answer. At this very moment, he could only sum it up with one word: simply incredible.
Having worked at Xidu University for many years, he had never heard of any freshman nurturing their first summoned beast to LV4 within just a few days.
If this was merely due to some stroke of luck, it would be more acceptable.
But if it truly was cultivated by hand...
Honestly, Mr. Tu didn't dare to think about it, because he couldn't even imagine it.
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