61: Official signing

Time quickly arrived at Friday.

The Binzhou Cup matches from the previous two days saw him easily defeat his opponents and advance to the next round.

Today was also the day Bai Sheng reminded him to go to White Cloud Arena for the photoshoot and official endorsement.

Over the past few days, Lin Shu had continued to train daily with the school team, occasionally joining team matches as a sparring partner.

This allowed Lin Shu to gain a general understanding of the team competition's content and some of its details.

His proficiency had accumulated 350 points within this week.

He conveniently raised his level, spending 205 proficiency points.

At its current level, Black Night was becoming difficult to improve at this rate.

It was no wonder Lin Shu wanted to enter the Otherworld to gain proficiency.

Tu Yao had made great progress in nearly a month, under the guidance of Lin Shu and the two teachers.

It could already fight Min Hu's spiritual objects to a standstill.

This scene greatly disheartened Min Hu, as he realized he couldn't even defeat Lin Shu's second spiritual object anymore.

It made him question his life.

Name: Mountain Rock Golem

Level: lv14 (22/140)

Level Cap: lv25

Status: Healthy

Quality: Common

Attribute: Earth

Talent: Tu Yao Physique - Beginner (172/200)

Skills: Basic — Ram - Proficient (26/200), Rock Skin (Passive) - Proficient (11/200), Dust - Proficient (15/200), Burst Fist - Beginner (1/20), Clay Shield - Proficient (12/200), Earth Spike - Beginner (1/20)

Intermediate — Mudslide Rush - Accomplished (22/60), Earth Rock Armor - Beginner (5/40)

The Tu Yao Physique Talent was close to reaching Accomplished, invisibly strengthening Tu Yao's physical fitness, defense, and skills significantly.

Its level reached 14, the same as Min Hu's spiritual object. This was the power of spiritual objects combined with advanced nutrients.

It awakened three skills: the basic Earth Spike, and the intermediate Mudslide Rush and Earth Rock Armor.

These were all highly practical skills, capable of both assisting in combat and attacking.

Its outstanding defense was further enhanced by the Earth Rock Armor.

Lin Shu also had Black Night try to attack Tu Yao and found that ordinary basic skills were already very difficult to break through its defense.

This showed how strong Tu Yao's defense was.

Tu Yao's body was also growing larger, now measuring 1.93m in length alone.

It was taller than Lin Shu, who was 1.8m, and its rocky surface was prominently ridged and uneven.

It looked like a professional fitness coach.

Its formerly dull andSilly expression was no longer present.

Its eyes had become resolute, though they lacked agility and appeared somewhat rigid.

It would still occasionally space out by itself in a corner, which wasn't a major issue.

It also learned to show affection towards Lin Shu, but its strength was always hard to control, making it a bit much for Lin Shu to handle.

"Beep beep!"

A message came from his phone; it was from Bai Sheng, saying that a car was already waiting outside the school.

Lin Shu didn't linger, directly recalling Black Night and Tu Yao into his spiritual object space and getting into the car.

The commercial vehicle steadily headed towards the Central District.

An hour later, Lin Shu entered the White Cloud Arena.

Walking into the VIP room, Bai Sheng was currently patting the Blue Thunder Pattern Bear's head, likely because it had made a mistake.

Upon seeing Lin Shu, he finally let it go. The Blue Thunder Pattern Bear quickly left that troubled place, with a hint of glee in its eyes as it departed.

"You're here. Everything is ready."

"Take a look."

As he spoke, he pointed to the table, where a contract and a pen lay.

This contract detailed the specifics of the White Cloud Arena endorsement.

"Okay."

Lin Shu sat on the sofa, picked up the contract from the table, and slowly began to examine it.

There wasn't much content, especially regarding restrictions on Lin Shu, which were practically nonexistent.

He could terminate the contract at any time without any penalty, entirely based on his own wishes.

Lin Shu's image photos would be used for promotion by White Cloud Arena, but his image could not be used elsewhere.

Next was the salary portion of this endorsement.

The content indicated that this portion of the salary would be replaced by spiritual object resources.

It would be distributed once a month, not as a one-time buyout, just like a monthly salary.

It listed the resources to be obtained each month.

A choice of thirty third-tier spiritual objects, with the ability to specify the spiritual object's attribute.

Thirty bottles of advanced nutrient solution.

This meant that the monthly resources, converted into cash, would essentially exceed a million daxia currency.

Such terms were quite generous for Lin Shu, who wasn't even a second-tier Beastmaster yet.

It clearly showed White Cloud Arena's sincerity, and the intention to invest in Lin Shu was self-evident.

Furthermore, these items could all be exchanged for cash.

Or other items of equivalent value, all at Lin Shu's discretion.

And besides participating in some photoshoots and videos today, there was nothing else Lin Shu needed to do.

The rest was essentially free gain.

There was no other content; it was all standard template.

"This contract, aren't you afraid of losing money?"

Bai Sheng shook his head.

"Given your potential, this isn't much."

Upon hearing this, Lin Shu nodded, understanding the meaning, and promptly signed his name with a flourish.

"Done, here."

Bai Sheng then carefully put away the contract.

"The items are already prepared for you; you can take them whenever you want."

"It depends on your needs."

Lin Shu heard this without surprise; Bai Sheng always acted this way, thoroughly prepared.

"Let's wait until the Chu Niao Cup ends in these two days."

"I'll just need them ready before I return to City South. For the spiritual object attributes, half dark and half earth will be fine."

Lin Shu wasn't in a hurry about this; his current resources were quite sufficient.

"Alright, I'll prepare them for you then."

Bai Sheng noted down the spiritual object information Lin Shu needed and tapped on his phone, clearly sending a notification.

"The staff are ready now."

"How about we finish the promotional photos and such now?"

"It won't take long, an hour will be enough."

Lin Shu nodded slightly.

"That's good, let's do it now then."

"Getting it done early is less stressful."

Seeing Lin Shu agree, Bai Sheng began to contact the personnel in charge of endorsement business.

Soon, Lin Shu followed several staff members into a photography studio specifically used for photoshoots.

After receiving guidance, he put on a special costume and posed for photos, then recorded a short video lasting a few minutes.

The work concluded there, taking only about forty minutes in total.

Lin Shu glanced at the retouched photos, then at himself, finding no significant difference.

It just appeared more vibrant and handsome after the retouching.

Lin Shu was very satisfied with this effect and approved this version.

Returning to the VIP room, he discussed the Trial Tower with Bai Sheng.

Bai Sheng had also made significant progress in this month, with his Blue Thunder Pattern Bear reaching Level 17.

After all, he lacked nothing in terms of resources, so this speed was normal.

However, even with all his effort, he only reached the fifth floor before failing.

If it were normally, he would have been very happy with such a result, but after learning of Lin Shu's achievement on the eighth floor, he had no mood to show off.

After all, it seemed the gap between them was still too large; he was still not strong enough.

Not to mention catching up to Lin Shu, but he couldn't be left too far behind either.

Lin Shu could only encourage him to keep up the good work...