137: Treasure Land

Time came to Thursday.

Lin Shu subsequently stayed in the Soul Severing Mountain Range for another three days.

The itinerary and activities for these days were largely similar to before.

The three of them did not encounter any more attacks from thealien race (foreign race).

Li Wen's mission was successfully completed.

With Lin Shu's help, they acquired a total of thirty-five Black Scale Beetle corpses.

They would receive a total of 525 academic credits.

Because Lin Shu's contributions were too great, and he couldn't refuse the two of them, he accepted 350 academic credits, which was the majority of the earnings.

As evening approached, Lin Shu finally returned to his villa after several days away.

Over these past few days, his proficiency had truly increased significantly.

This would allow his Beastmaster strength to greatly improve.

At this rate, he should soon catch up to the average Beastmaster level for freshmen.

Upon entering the living room, he first prepared food for everyone.

Over the past few days, the supplies they carried were almost completely depleted.

This was one of the reasons why they returned—they had no more provisions.

After eating and drinking their fill,

Lin Shu lay on the sofa, looking at the proficiency displayed on his panel.

Black Night Saturn and Ziyu sat quietly on the floor like kindergarten children,

waiting for the teacher to call their names.

Just as he was about to make progress for everyone,

his phone, placed nearby, suddenly rang.

He picked it up and found a message from the Zhongzhou app.

It was a notification pop-up, colored bright red, indicating its importance.

"Hello, student Lin Shu, the time for your reserved Earth Vein Tide has been confirmed. It will last a total of 12 hours. Please arrive near the Central Teaching Area before 9 AM tomorrow. Please do not be late — Central State University."

Earth Vein Tide?

Lin Shu knew clearly that he hadn't reserved such a thing.

Evidently, this was something his mentor had arranged for him.

Just as he was about to ask his mentor for details, a message from his mentor had already arrived on Feixin.

"Did you receive the message?"

"I booked it for you."

Although he had been busy recently, he always paid attention to things that would help Lin Shu's growth.

This Earth Vein Tide offered many benefits for low-level Beastmasters and was very suitable for Lin Shu.

"Received, Mentor."

"The message says 9 AM tomorrow."

Lin Shu replied quickly after seeing Gu Li's message.

His mentor had been quite busy lately and hadn't contacted him for some time.

"Hmm, this Earth Vein Tide is a treasure trove."

"You know the concept of a treasure trove, right?"

"I reviewed content on that topic a couple of days ago."

Lin Shu was naturally familiar with this.

These treasure troves were divided into innate and acquired.

Innate ones were environments where the energy generated far exceeded the normal scale, while acquired ones were created by Beastmasters who spent great effort to transform spiritual objects and various treasures.

Both had their merits, and it was hard to say which was better; it simply depended on whether it suited the Beast.

The energy within them far surpassed that of ordinary places, and they could even directly release stored energy,

thereby achieving the effect of rapidly increasing a Beast's level.

There were even treasure troves specifically for tempering a Beastmaster's Mental energy.

However, these were too rare, far beyond what an ordinary Beastmaster could afford.

These treasure troves were vastly different from the 'blessed lands' in cultivation novels from his previous life.

Even if you put a pig in there, its level would rapidly increase.

The attributes of a treasure trove were also similar to those of Beasts. Beasts that matched the treasure trove's attributes would naturally improve faster than those with non-matching attributes.

Of course, there were also attribute-less treasure troves, suitable for all Beasts to absorb, making them the most popular type.

This Earth Vein Tide belonged to the attribute-less type, even though its name contained 'Earth Vein'.

"This spot wasn't arranged by me."

"As a top-tier special recruit like you, you naturally get to enjoy these benefits."

"And it's available every month. When it's arranged for you, you'll receive a notification."

Gu Li continued to send messages, clarifying the source of the treasure trove spot.

Lin Shu was quite satisfied; being a top-tier special recruit was truly beneficial, offering many advantages. He wondered if Chu Yu had such an opportunity.

"Alright then, message delivered."

"Since you understand, I won't say more."

"I'm busy now. You should focus on improving your strength and don't be lazy."

"I'll come check on you in a while."

A string of messages arrived, and a moment later, his mentor's avatar instantly turned black.

"Don't worry, Mentor."

He had clearly gone offline, and Lin Shu didn't know what he was doing.

He was so busy.

Lin Shu's message hadn't even had time to be sent.

However, these were not his concerns.

After ending the communication with his mentor,

Lin Shu began to search for more specific information about the Earth Vein Tide.

He had only a superficial understanding and needed to delve deeper.

There weren't too many posts on this topic, only about a hundred.

Clearly, not many students had enjoyed the effects of this treasure trove.

He casually opened a recent post and found some discussions within it.

"The effect is great; both of my Beasts improved several levels inside."

"You're so rich, brother. Three hours for three hundred academic credits, I couldn't afford that."

"I'm a special recruit, I get three hours free every month (◠‿◠)."

"The person upstairs is amazing. After floor 30 in the Tower of Rewards, there's also a chance to get usage time for the Earth Vein Tide."

These were some of the comments, all discussing the effects of the Earth Vein Tide and various ways to obtain access.

Usage slots could be exchanged for academic credits, but the price was quite steep.

Three hours for three hundred academic credits—probably not many students could afford that.

That special recruit only got three hours, while he had 12 hours. The difference was truly significant.

Clearly, the other party might have just met the special recruit threshold.

After understanding most of it, Lin Shu put down his phone.

The situation within the Earth Vein Tide was simple: there was dense energy, and this energy was extremely easy to refine, thereby achieving rapid improvement.

Its effect was similar to the panel, but it was certainly not as convenient as the panel.

The posts also mentioned that the higher the Beast's level, the more energy it could absorb and refine.

If that was the case, then it was very necessary to first raise his Beasts' levels.

(Proficiency: 3865)

Looking at the proficiency that had reached a new high over the past few days,

Lin Shu was very satisfied.

The reason he hadn't spent it was because he wanted to first check the next evolution forms of Black Night and Ziyu.

This would also give him some time to prepare.

The panel appeared, and Lin Shu skillfully looked at the 'Quality' column on Black Night's panel.

Unfortunately, the familiar '+' sign did not appear.

Clearly, the current proficiency was still insufficient.

It was a bit of a shame, but Lin Shu wasn't too upset.

Even if it showed up now, he would only be satisfying his curiosity; he couldn't actually evolve it.

He didn't dwell on these thoughts.

Black Night and Ziyu, sitting on the ground, could no longer hold back.

He began to allocate the proficiency according to a ratio.

First, for Black Night, he directly spent 1758 proficiency points to raise him to Level 48, an instant increase of 4 levels.

Surging energy, like a flowing river, coursed through his body. Black Night's aura surged dramatically, and an invisible wave of air rolled out.

The immense power had nowhere to be released.

He was terrifyingly strong now.

Next was Saturn, also increasing by four levels as usual, reaching Level 39, costing a total of 1321 proficiency points.

The remaining few hundred points were all given to Ziyu,

bringing him to Level 31.

Looking at the current strength of his Beasts,

they were Level 48, 39, and 31 respectively.

They were still in the lower ranks among freshmen; others' main Beasts were all above Level 50. While he had some advantages in other Beasts, he was still a bit weak.

Just like the fouralien race (foreign race) a few days ago, he still couldn't handle them alone.

The path of a Beastmaster was long, and he still needed to climb step by step...