6: Chapter 6: Profit Moves the Heart, Bai Muxue's Beast Taming

"Boss, what do you think? Should we mess with him? That way, when we get assigned to the Beast Taming Class, there won't be any competition left."

The so-called class monitor isn't synonymous with responsibility, but rather with rewards.

Because for the Beast Taming Class monitor, the scholarship alone in the first semester of senior year is 200,000 federal currency, to say nothing of the rest.

The second semester is an even more astronomical figure, as that's when the federal government provides direct subsidies.

Usually, the class monitor is selected primarily through Beast Tamer duels, and being class monitor is just the beginning.

Because after that, there are school competitions, city competitions, and so on and so forth...

Since ancient times, profit has moved people's hearts. It was obvious that the leader of this group had fallen silent, clearly tempted.

Li Dong didn't reply, but instead looked thoughtfully at the lackey who had just made the suggestion to him.

Qin Ding is in Class 1, and he is in Class 3. There are twelve classes in total. If they are truly assigned to the Beast Taming Class, in order, he would indeed be in the same class as Qin Ding.

And at that time, Qin Ding would indeed be his only obstacle.

However... Qin Ding, who has been first in the school physical fitness test for eight times over two years—four times a year—can he really beat him with just these few lackeys?

Someone like that must be very proficient in using cold weapons, right?

"Wait until the physical fitness test scores come out."

Inside the cafeteria, Qin Ding, who had just sat down to eat, suddenly turned his head to look at the cafeteria entrance, but saw no one standing there.

Seeing this, Qin Ding couldn't help but frown. "Did I feel wrong?"

"Just now, over there, there was clearly hostility... Hmm? Hostility?"

Realizing it belatedly, Qin Ding suddenly understood. Is it the Life and Death Contract, where the beast influences the human? Did I just possess the beast's danger perception? Or was it my Mental Energy strength combined with Big Black's influence??

Qin Ding couldn't figure it out for a moment, but he didn't doubt that his feelings were wrong.

He studies martial arts, not liberal arts, and with the existence of Mental Energy, if he didn't even have this bit of self-confidence, he should just go back and think about how to waste the rest of his life.

A cool, familiar voice sounded from the side. Qin Ding looked up and saw Bai Muxue had arrived at the cafeteria at some point, also carrying a food tray.

"What are you thinking about?"

"I was spacing out for a moment. I felt like someone was looking at me, and I was wondering if I felt wrong."

"You felt like someone was looking at you?"

Bai Muxue, who was just about to sit down, paused for a moment before returning to normal, her tone very decisive.

"Class 3, Li Dong, a person who likes to solve things with his fists."

"Li Dong's physical fitness test score can rank in the top five of the entire senior year at our No. 11 High School. Just now, he brought a few lackeys; he probably wanted to make it so you couldn't participate in the class monitor selection after the Beast Taming Class assignment."

"After all, if the classes merge, you are his only opponent. The 200,000 class monitor subsidy, plus the fact that basically all the children at our No. 11 High School are from ordinary families..."

The voice stopped abruptly there, only because Bai Muxue thought of how, when she discovered the other party, he had shown her a flattering smile, making Bai Muxue feel somewhat irritated and impatient.

As for what Bai Muxue said, it was very tactful. As for the meaning? It was that the other party wanted to beat Qin Ding so he couldn't participate in the Beast Taming Class monitor selection. So, under what circumstances would someone not be able to participate in the selection?

The answer was already obvious; it was just that for some reason, the other party backed down.

Qin Ding didn't speak. In his mind, he recalled the look of disgust that had flashed across Bai Muxue's face when she mentioned Li Dong just now.

Beautiful girls never lack admiring pursuers, and handsome boys never lack girls' adoration; this is a very normal thing.

But for Bai Muxue to show that kind of expression, it was not normal.

Qin Ding nodded slightly. "I understand. I will be prepared."

"Hmm?" Hearing this, Bai Muxue looked up in surprise, looking at Qin Ding in confusion, but Qin Ding didn't answer, instead burying his head in his meal, so she had to let it go.

After the meal, the two returned to the classroom together, preparing for the afternoon classes.

The day ended quickly. As soon as he returned home, Qin Ding checked the bank card Aunt Zhao had given him yesterday. [Balance: 100,000 federal currency]

"100,000 federal currency? Does Uncle Bai have this much secret money?"

A strange, inexplicable look flashed across Qin Ding's face, but he didn't think much of it. He took out his phone, looked at the price of the advanced cultivation fluid, which was 10,000 per bottle, pondered for a moment, and then decisively placed two orders to test the waters.

He also glanced at the price of the blood spirit fruit; a single one cost 100,000 federal currency, and it only had an effect on spirit beasts with ordinary and inferior aptitude.

Big Black's aptitude was inferior. To get better, it had to reach level ten and consume the blood spirit fruit to improve its aptitude. In the worst-case scenario, it could at least raise its aptitude to good, which would make it possible to obtain better abilities during subsequent breakthroughs and evolutions.

"So... in the class assignment in six days, I must become the class monitor, get that 200,000 class monitor subsidy, and use it to change my fate."

Change his fate? Big Black, which could already fully understand Qin Ding's words, cast its gaze over immediately upon hearing what Qin Ding said. Those originally silly dog eyes were now covered with a layer of human-like coldness.

"Woof woof?" [Change fate? Boss, does someone want to kill you and eat you?]

The concept of slaughter for spirit beasts is innate, engraved in their genes, because most spirit beasts must hunt to survive. In their view, there is no essential difference between humans and spirit beasts; they are all living lives.

It's just that Qin Ding has been feeding and raising Big Black well, so Big Black's hunting instinct has diminished a lot, but that doesn't mean it has disappeared. Now, hearing the words 'change fate' from Qin Ding, it almost instinctively revealed the side that a Black Dog should have.

Qin Ding was silent for a moment, thinking of that Li Dong. The other party treated him as the only opponent, and Li Dong was likewise his only opponent.

"No, it's just an enemy. On the day of the class assignment, I will take you to school."

An enemy? Love me, love my dog; naturally, hate me, hate my dog.

As Big Black, which was raised by Qin Ding from a young age and was the offspring of Qin Ding's parents' spirit beast, after hearing Qin Ding say the word 'enemy,' it seemed to trigger some instinct, immediately baring its fangs, its eyes filled with the ferocity of a wild beast.

The atmosphere in the room began to feel wrong. Just at this moment, the click of a lock turning sounded, and Big Black instantly returned to its usual silly appearance, looking toward the door.

Having been a dog in Qin Ding's house for six years, it knew all too well who could open the door.

Bai Muxue walked into the house, holding a fox that was looking around curiously. The moment Big Black saw that white fox, the silliness in its eyes seemed to become real.

"Qin Ding, look, the spirit beast my mom bought for me, a white fox."

Bai Muxue, holding a white fox, was like a child who had received a beloved toy, coming to share the joy with Qin Ding for the first time.