24: Future Group

A week passed, and Lin Ye made significant progress.

He felt that if he practiced for another half a month, all his skills would reach minor completion, and then after reaching the third stage, he would be able to cultivate a great many skills, which made him a little excited.

He followed Jiang Xiaoyu to his current girlfriend's house.

Future Group is the nation's top technology company, involved in various tech-related industries such as optical computers, maglev cars, smart homes, and domestic robots. It is a massive enterprise with a market value exceeding tens of trillions, a giant company on par with Tengda, though one focuses on physical industries and the other on virtual industries.

And Xu Qian is the current president, a new star of the Xu Family, a super genius, the younger sister of Xu Weilai, who broke through to the ninth stage at only 45 years old.

This was dozens of times stronger than Prosperity, and Lin Ye was secretly amazed at Jiang Xiaoyu's ability to woo women. To be in a relationship with a woman of such a background and still maintain his playboy style, he was impressed!

Jiang Xiaoyu looked a bit smug, raising an eyebrow at Lin Ye. Xu Qian was right beside him.

Looking at Xu Qian, who was like a gentle bird leaning on him, Lin Ye was even more impressed.

Xu Qian was very good to him; she loved him because she loved Jiang Xiaoyu. As soon as they entered, she gave Lin Ye a big gift—a Strength Energy Control ability seed.

Lin Ye hadn't expected to obtain Strength Energy Control so easily. Strength Energy Control is a gold-level ability, valued at eight million.

Although he still had a good balance in his cultivation fund, it was good to save where he could.

He just sweetened his words, calling her 'Shiniang' (master's wife) repeatedly, which made Xu Qian beam with joy.

He also realized that Jiang Xiaoyu seemed to be serious this time. To make a 'sea king' settle down, it was terrifying!

Many people arrived one after another. Lin Ye knew that those who came this time were mainly those affiliated with the Xu Family, as those on the same level as the Xu Family already had channels to acquire Star Spirits.

He now also understood why both little dragon people were already at the third stage. It wasn't necessarily that the 'whales' had good talent; it didn't make sense for them all to be at the third stage. Now, thinking about it, those 'whales' probably all had Star Spirits.

Lin Ye also learned a bit about the other little dragon person; he was even richer than Jiang Xiaoyu's family.

However, it was understandable. A set of dragon person abilities costs over a billion, and assembling a complete set is comparable to gathering the seven Dragon Balls. The actual human and financial resources spent far exceed the actual value. Moreover, finding a teacher is also a huge expense, as only dragon people of the same type can provide guidance, and the identity of a dragon person is never simple.

With all these conditions met, acquiring a Star Spirit was naturally very simple.

Everyone had arrived, a total of seven contestants and their elders.

They went to the Xu Family's training room. Xu Qian briefly announced the rules, and then the competition began.

Lin Ye looked at his opponent, whose expression seemed somewhat despairing.

"You know me?"

The opponent smiled bitterly: "Lin Ye, I didn't expect to meet you. I am XXX, a new student at Magic University. Please go easy on me." But after knowing the relationship between Jiang Xiaoyu and Xu Qian, he somewhat understood why Lin Ye was also here.

Lin Ye suddenly understood and indicated that he would go easy on him.

Although he kept an eye out, he didn't expect the opponent to truly be an ordinary second-stage cultivator. A Cannon Fist with 20% of his power sent him flying.

Instant kill!

The other competitors below felt a bit flustered. After checking Lin Ye's combat record, they also despaired.

As expected, none of his opponents lasted a single round against Lin Ye.

The others left regretfully. Xu Qian gave Lin Ye some instructions, then pulled Jiang Xiaoyu away.

Before leaving, Jiang Xiaoyu told him to go back after he finished absorbing it, as he still had some matters to attend to.

Lin Ye naturally understood.

The smart housekeeper robot brought the Star Spirit: a white, snake-like creature less than ten centimeters long, with a single horn on its head and wings on its back. It was very brave and quite intelligent, and seeing Lin Ye, it probably understood that this was its Contractor.

Star Spirits come in various forms: snake-shaped, turtle-shaped, or even a flying rock.

The little snake flew to Lin Ye's head. Lin Ye felt a surge of energy enter his body, which he could easily dispel if he resisted.

He naturally wouldn't dispel it; this was the Star Spirit's Contract. After about ten minutes, the Contract was successful. Lin Ye felt his Soul connected to another Soul, easily sensing the other's thoughts.

At the same time, the quantity and quality of his Star Power were greatly improved, and his affinity also increased.

Lin Ye sent a thought to the Star Spirit, and it gradually dissipated from his head, merging into his internal Star Power.

The Star Spirit's intelligence was roughly equivalent to a four or five-year-old child, but it couldn't grow.

Lin Ye's thought moved again, and it appeared from his fingertip.

"Since you're so white, I'll call you Xiao Bai."

The Star Spirit didn't understand human language, but the vibrations from its Soul let it know that the pronunciation 'Xiao Bai' was its name.

Lin Ye looked at his panel. A new item, 'Contract,' had appeared in the panel information.

Contractor: Star Spirit Xiao Bai

Skills: Star Child (Initiation 1.6%) Contract (Cannot be upgraded, Contracted)

Lin Ye simply couldn't believe his eyes.

He could feel that the Star Spirit could also add points.

Star Child was naturally the special reason for the Star Spirit, and the Contract could share its talent with the Contractor.

He also realized a problem: the external perception of Star Spirit levels didn't exist. The so-called different levels of Star Spirits were merely changes brought about by different proficiencies of Star Child.

Super breaking news! If this news were released, the top echelons would be in an uproar.

Although Star Spirits were quite intelligent, their intelligence was limited. They couldn't describe their own existence, and they themselves didn't understand their own situation; Star Child was a passive ability.

What a huge gain! It had to be the panel. Lin Ye declared that the panel was the one true god.

Having gained such significant news, Lin Ye didn't plan to spread it. He decided to use this to profit only after he had the strength to protect himself.

Leaving Future Group, Lin Ye returned to his dormitory to continue his arduous cultivation.

Xiao Bai was very lively. Although it only had three hours of activity a day and slept inside Lin Ye's body the rest of the time, it was particularly energetic during those three active hours and had strong curiosity. However, it was very obedient. After Lin Ye set some guidelines for it, he let it go play.

When Jiang Xiaoyu returned, his complexion was rosy, suggesting that things had gone very smoothly.

He was also quite curious about Xiao Bai. He had been unlucky back then, not getting a Star Spirit in either the first or second stage. His girlfriend did have one, but her Star Spirit was different from Lin Ye's.

He couldn't help but marvel at his disciple's good fortune. Everything he hadn't obtained, this kid had. This guy was simply outrageous.

Xiao Bai was full of respect for this higher-level existence, its Contractor, and was especially well-behaved.

In the Star Spirit's cognition, there were only higher, equal, and lower existences; they didn't understand human relationships.

"What a peculiar Life," Jiang Xiaoyu sighed. "It makes me want to raise one too, but unfortunately, high-level Star Spirits are too expensive to buy."

High-level Star Spirits need to grow for a long time in places with extremely high Star Power concentration.

Lin Ye guessed that the reason for the body explosion when there was a large difference in Contract levels was that low-level Star Children couldn't withstand the huge consumption required when sharing with high-level ones, and high-level Star Children's abilities were too rich for low-level ability users to bear, which would also cause their bodies to explode.