30: Chapter 30 The Golden Horned Dragon's Mutation

Li Yu tossed the top-grade fire spirit crystal to the Silver Scale Bubble Fish, letting it absorb it slowly on its own.

The energy within the fire spirit crystal was immense, and since the Silver Scale Bubble Fish was only at Black Iron Level 3, who knew how long it would take for it to finish absorbing it.

Besides that, he also needed to find a way to get his hands on top-grade spirit crystals of other elements, like water spirit crystals and earth spirit crystals.

A single top-grade fire spirit crystal cost over a million, and adding all the others together, it would likely total nearly ten million.

And he himself only had a balance of 200,000.

The road ahead was long and arduous.

...

Time passed until the afternoon.

According to what Yan Shu said yesterday, starting today, the Interns had to follow a Breeder to practice every afternoon for a week.

During this week, if a Breeder acknowledged you and allowed you to continue following them, then you would be with them for the remaining time.

Conversely, if the Breeder did not acknowledge you, you would be assigned to a new Breeder the next day.

After seven days, each Breeder would grade the Interns they had mentored.

Those with high scores and high levels of approval could continue to learn from that Breeder, while those with low scores who weren't approved would be randomly assigned.

In the training room.

Just as Yan Shu projected the images of the 13 Breeders onto the blackboard, a wave of commotion erupted from below.

"Whoa! A beautiful Breeder!"

"Why is there only one woman? What a pity... I was hoping that if I could hook up with one, my future in the company would be more secure."

"Get lost, why should she belong to you?"

"Who do you think is the most skilled among them? I've never heard of any of these people."

"..."

The Interns discussed it amongst themselves, looking at the projected images while making their own calculations.

There were 13 Breeders in total, corresponding to each Intern, and the image of one female Breeder attracted everyone's attention.

She had shoulder-length hair, wore glasses, had an oval face, and delicate features. She looked to be in her twenties and was a total beauty, but her expression was indifferent, her head slightly lowered, and her eyes seemed to be looking at the ground when the photo was taken.

Against the backdrop of the 12 male Breeders, this female Breeder was even more eye-catching.

Even Li Yu couldn't help but take a few extra glances.

After all, how should one put it...

Interns had to follow a Breeder anyway, and every selected Breeder had proven their competence, so in this situation, choosing an easy-on-the-eyes Breeder was naturally a plus.

"Students."

Yan Shu tapped the table and looked around, letting his gaze rest on Li Yu for a moment with a hint of faint admiration.

Supervisor Song had told him about yesterday's breeding.

Another two S-rank ones!

And one of them was even S+!

Even if it was just the breeding of low-level beast pets, such a result was enough to shock the entire breeding world.

It was only because Supervisor Song had suppressed the news and Li Yu was still in the internship stage that the breeding records hadn't been uploaded.

Once he passed his certification and became an official Breeder, and then uploaded all his breeding records to the company and the official breeding websites.

It would definitely cause a huge sensation.

"These 13 individuals are the best among the company's Junior Cultivators. I have carefully selected them to guide you as you enter the field. You must study diligently, work hard, and make the most of this opportunity."

At this point, Yan Shu suddenly paused, his expression becoming a bit strange.

An opportunity?

It was an opportunity.

For these Interns, following one of the best among the Junior Cultivators was an excellent opportunity.

But what about Li Yu?

He achieved S-rank for extraordinary quality every single time. It was just that he hadn't taken the certification exam yet. In terms of strength, he was probably no weaker than a Junior Cultivator. If he could breed a high-quality Lord-rank beast...

That would be completely crushing the Junior Cultivators, wouldn't it?

"Teacher, how will we be assigned?" an Intern asked, seeing that he hadn't spoken for a while.

"Teacher, can I choose Zhou Ya? I promise to study hard!" another Intern said.

"Is that really for the sake of studying?"

"Hahaha..."

Everyone laughed.

Zhou Ya was the only female Breeder.

Yan Shu's train of thought was interrupted. He glanced at those few people with dissatisfaction and said, "I will now announce the assignments."

Everyone immediately quieted down.

"Zhao Yang, you go with Wang Long on the Seventh Floor."

"Li Yu, you go with Zhou Ya on the Seventh Floor."

"Zeng Huo..."

Everyone turned to look at Li Yu, their eyes filled with envy and jealousy.

The only female Breeder.

Resentment aside, and envy aside, everyone had to listen to Yan Shu. However, in private, they were all discussing whether Li Yu was a nepotism hire, whether Yan Shu was being biased, and things like that.

It was just that these things weren't said out loud.

Otherwise, Yan Shu would definitely have slammed the table and shouted, "Yes! I am biased, so what!"

Li Yu went to the Seventh Floor, but learned from Supervisor Song that Zhou Ya was currently breeding. Following Supervisor Song's instructions, Li Yu arrived outside a breeding room.

Knock, knock, knock...

"Who is it?!" a cold female voice came from inside.

"Hello, I am Li Yu, the Intern here to learn today. Teacher Yan sent me," Li Yu said.

Before long.

The laboratory door opened.

Zhou Ya was currently breeding a beast pet. With her head lowered and an expression of concentration, she said without looking back, "Come in, and help me bring the multi-line spectrometer next to the door."

"Okay!"

Li Yu nodded seriously and walked over while pushing the instrument.

...

Meanwhile.

The home of the Cultivation Department head was lively.

Today was Wang Mengting's birthday, and to celebrate her obtaining two fire spirit crystals in the Huo Rong Mystic Realm, she had invited her good friends over to host a small birthday party.

Everyone was laughing and chatting around a long table filled with pastries, tea, and other items. Their beast pets had also been let out, each with a bowl of top-grade rations supplemented with plenty of beast pet meat, eating quite contentedly.

"Mengting, did you hear that there was a riot in the Huo Rong Mystic Realm yesterday and many people were fighting in a melee?" asked a girl with a few freckles on her cheeks and shrewd eyes.

"I don't know, I only went in the evening." Wang Mengting shook her head, holding a small piece of cake and eating it in small bites. "Aren't melees quite common?"

"They are common, but I heard that among those people yesterday, two new breeds of beast pets appeared, and one of them even found a top-grade fire spirit crystal in the lava!" the freckled girl said.

"A top-grade fire spirit crystal!"

Everyone exclaimed.

Those who could be close friends with Wang Mengting were not from ordinary families; at the very least, they were the daughters of some corporate executives.

Only rare items like top-grade fire spirit crystals could make them slightly surprised.

After their surprise, they all began to express regret.

"What a pity, if Mengting had gone yesterday, maybe the top-grade fire spirit crystal would have been hers."

"Isn't that right? The Golden Horned Small Dragon can even take a bath in lava, so finding a top-grade fire spirit crystal would be a piece of cake, right?"

"..."

Wang Mengting listened and smiled slightly, not caring much.

She didn't really like fighting. Her father's status meant that her beast pets would never lack anything to eat. Although her father always regretted that her Golden Horned Small Dragon couldn't evolve, in her view, as long as the Golden Horned Small Dragon was healthy, that was enough.

The time it was severely ill before had really scared her quite a bit.

Thinking of this, Wang Mengting looked toward where the beast pets were and called out, "Small Dragon, come over, it's time to eat cake."

However, the Golden Horned Small Dragon did not respond to her.

"Small Dragon, come here quickly!" Wang Mengting called.

Other beast pets heard her and went over to nudge the Golden Horned Small Dragon with their noses, but the Golden Horned Small Dragon's body simply went limp, collapsed to the ground, and began to ooze blood all over.

Within a few seconds, the blood pooled together, startling the group of beast pets and causing everyone else to freeze in shock.

"Small Dragon!!!"

Wang Mengting screamed in terror.