Song Wei smiled.
"What is a Gold-level staff?"
"Consider it an early investment in Yi Tian's future."
"I never do business that loses money."
Ma Bang hissed.
"Brother Wei, you think so highly of him!"
"But his first Beast is just a Stone Monkey."
Song Wei curled his lip and asked back, "Have you ever seen such a ridiculous monkey?"
"And you said it yourself, this is only his first Beast."
"I guess that Yi Tian must be someone with a special Beast Taming talent. With his current speed of improvement, he will soon reach the standard for contracting a second Beast."
"When that time comes, just find a Beast with good talent."
Ma Bang was convinced.
"Hiss... that makes sense..."
Song Wei patted Song Qinghang's head again.
"Hang'er, you also try to have a good relationship with Yi Tian. It would be best if you can become close friends."
Song Qinghang didn't speak.
He hadn't recovered yet!
On the other side, Yi Tian returned home excitedly.
The harvest from this trip far exceeded his imagination!
Originally, he went for the 100,000 Dragon Coins, but he didn't expect to scoop up a Gold-level stick as well.
The condition for Great Sage's Eight-Direction Staff upgrade was also met. In the data panel, the proficiency level went straight to Perfect.
Unfortunately, he wanted to test it but didn't dare.
Mastery level was already that scary; he was worried Perfect level would destroy the whole house.
At this moment, another prompt sounded.
Asking if he wanted to simplify from Perfect to Transcendence, requiring 500,000 Dragon Coins.
He refused without hesitation.
He really didn't have that much money.
Adding the 100,000 Song Qinghang just gave, the total balance was only 220,000, not even half.
Moreover, Yi Tian discovered that after simplification, certain conditions still needed to be met to advance, and those conditions cost money too!!!
He set a flag in his heart: before his savings reached 1 million, he would absolutely not choose simplification.
At the same time, his anticipation for becoming a professional Beast Tamer grew stronger.
Only professional Beast Tamers could actively earn big money.
He checked the time for the next vocational exam; it was about half a month later.
It was a few days later than the Research Institute exam.
Calculating Great Sage's current improvement speed, the plan to evolve into the Stone Monkey King was already prepared.
The vocational exam required the Beast to reach Silver rank or above to be eligible.
There was still time.
He paid the registration fee directly and entered Great Sage's information.
For the level, he wrote Silver.
They would check on-site anyway.
"I wonder if the Perfect-level Eight-Direction Staff can give Great Sage the strength to pass the exam?"
Shaking his head, Yi Tian decided not to think about it.
Pass the Research Institute exam first.
Continue reading!
No, continue staring blankly at the book.
Time passed like this for four days. Nearly half of the knowledge in the two big books had been imprinted in Great Sage's head.
Then synchronized to Yi Tian's brain.
In these few days, Yi Tian went out and purchased a batch of wine for Great Sage.
Great Sage's level progress also rose steadily.
[Race: Stone Monkey] [Level: Bronze (9% → 60%)] [Potential: Bronze] [Skills: Drunkenness - Mastery (0%), Eight-Direction Staff - Perfect (0%)]
Great Sage had reached the late Bronze stage, and the improvement speed began to slow down.
And Drunkenness had finally transformed into a Mastery-level skill.
Glug glug~
Great Sage fell into a drunken state. His steps were stumbling, but his movements were incredibly fast.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh.
The small monkey figure constantly shifted and moved within the cramped room.
Creating trails of afterimages.
"So fast."
Yi Tian couldn't help but exclaim.
At the same time, his eyes lit up.
If he had possessed Mastery-level Drunkenness when fighting the Moon Cat before, dodging would definitely have been much easier.
Even without attacking, the Moon Cat absolutely wouldn't have been able to touch a hair on Great Sage.
Watching Great Sage playing happily, Yi Tian's mood also became happy.
He stroked his chin and thought.
"The current house is a bit small; Great Sage can't display his skills at all."
"Hmm... once I pass the vocational exam and make money, I must move to a new place first."
At night, after dinner, he suddenly received a call from Zhou Tiangang.
"Xiao Tian, how is your Great Sage's cultivation progress? Are you confident in reaching Silver rank within two months?"
This was out of concern for Yi Tian.
Yi Tian thought about it. It was already at the late stage; two months was more than enough, so he responded:
"I am confident."
Zhou Tiangang laughed twice. He was happy knowing the student was capable.
Only Yi Tian dared to say he was confident. If it were anyone else, Zhou Tiangang wouldn't even believe it.
For most people, let alone reaching Silver, going from Childhood to Bronze in two months was difficult.
After laughing, he got to the main topic.
"Tell you some good news."
"In two months, our Mist Mountain City's Ancient Battlefield Secret Realm will open. Only Silver-level Beast Tamers can enter."
"There are all kinds of rare Beasts inside available for contract."
"However, the Secret Realm only opens for one day, so you must ensure you raise Great Sage to Silver within two months."
Yi Tian's eyes moved slightly, recalling the information he had learned about the Ancient Battlefield Secret Realm.
Secret Realms were small worlds independent of this world, their origins unknown.
Every discovered Secret Realm had a unique opening pattern. For example, the Ancient Battlefield Secret Realm opened once every five years for one day.
The Ancient Battlefield Secret Realm, although named with "Battlefield," didn't have much to do with fighting.
The name was chosen purely because when it was first discovered, the first scene researchers saw inside was a wasteland that had experienced battle.
After hundreds of years of development, this Secret Realm had been transformed into a special Secret Realm for contracting Beasts.
After walking in, one would stand on a platform and display oneself to the Secret Realm.
If a certain Beast inside the Secret Realm took a fancy to you, it would walk onto the platform, allowing you to contract it.
Yi Tian's evaluation of this was: A blind dating platform.
Beast Tamers gained a chance to contract a new Beast every time they raised two realms.
For Yi Tian, Silver wasn't far away, so it was indeed time to consider the next Beast.
However, two months was a bit long. It could be a backup option. If he found a suitable one within two months, he would contract it. If not, he would go to the Ancient Battlefield Secret Realm to try his luck.
"Okay, thank you Elder Zhou for telling me this news."
Yi Tian responded. After all, it was out of kindness.
Zhou Tiangang smiled, then sighed again.
"It's a pity. It was my negligence as a principal not to discover your talent earlier."
"Otherwise, I wouldn't have allowed you to contract a Stone Monkey."
He paused, then added.
"Xiao Tian, when contracting your second Beast, you must choose carefully."
"Your combat Beasts are naturally one fewer than Beast Tamers of the same level, so the second Beast is especially important!"
Yi Tian felt somewhat helpless.
Great Sage, do you know you're being looked down upon again!
If he just said with his mouth that Great Sage could actually fight, and his combat ability wasn't weak, Zhou Tiangang would probably find it hard to believe.
To save trouble, Yi Tian chose to brush it off.
"Okay, Elder Zhou, thank you for your advice."