6: Chapter 6 Gu Yuexi wants to transfer to the Beast Taming Department

Chu Sheng also noticed that his body size had undergone a massive change.

His tiny body, which was originally only about 0.4 centimeters, had now ballooned to 1.5 centimeters! His wings had become broader and more powerful, and his six legs were a full circle thicker, bursting with explosive power.

Though in the eyes of humans, he was still an unremarkable little bug.

But in the mosquito world, he was now an absolute juggernaut!

"Not bad! Not bad at all!"

Chu Sheng excitedly flapped his wings, and even the "buzzing" sound he made became more robust and powerful.

He felt full of energy now and couldn't wait to find a target to see just how fierce his Level 2 mouthparts were!

However...

He slammed headfirst into the inner wall of the plastic box and was bounced back.

...

Only then did Chu Sheng remember that he was still in solitary confinement.

My Lady Empress!

Let me out! I can still suck! I feel like I can suck a ten-centimeter bump in one go!!

Unfortunately, Gu Yuexi couldn't hear his inner thoughts at all. She had already arrived in front of the Academic Affairs building, took a deep breath, and stepped inside.

...

Academic Affairs Office, Beast Taming Department Office.

The person in charge of student records and department transfers was a somewhat rigid-looking middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, named Wang Zhiming.

"Knock, knock, knock."

The sound of knocking echoed.

"Come in," Wang Zhiming said without looking up.

Gu Yuexi pushed the door open and walked calmly to the desk.

"Teacher Wang, hello."

Wang Zhiming finally looked up, and a flash of surprise crossed his eyes when he saw it was Gu Yuexi.

He still had an impression of this school-famous "flower vase" beauty.

She looked like a celestial descending to earth, but unfortunately, her martial arts talent was a complete mess—a classic case of God handing her a bowl of rice, but she didn't even have a mouth to eat it.

"It's Student Gu Yuexi. Is there something you need?" Wang Zhiming pushed up his glasses and asked in a flat tone.

"Teacher, I want to apply for a department transfer," Gu Yuexi said, getting straight to the point.

"Transfer?" Wang Zhiming was stunned. "From the Martial Arts Department to the Logistics Department? Well, with your grades, planning ahead for the future is a good choice..."

In his view, for a student like Gu Yuexi with no hope in martial arts, transferring to clerical subjects like logistics or pill theory was the only way out.

However, Gu Yuexi shook her head and said word for word, "No, I want to transfer to the Beast Taming Department."

Her purpose for doing this was simple.

Martial arts and beast taming were the mainstream cultivation systems of this world.

Participating in this Third-year Joint Exam as a student of either the Martial Arts or Beast Taming Department, if one could take first place, they would not only receive a 500,000-yuan prize but also different additional special rewards.

For a martial artist, the extra reward would be a high-grade weapon.

For a beast tamer, the extra reward would be a monster cub with a King-grade bloodline!

Monster bloodline levels were divided into: Low-grade, Mid-grade, High-grade, King-grade, Emperor-grade, and Deity-grade.

The bloodline level represented a monster's upper limit!

A Low-grade bloodline's growth limit is a Rank 3 monster, unless the bloodline evolves—like the Big-Eared Rabbit Gu Yuexi contracted in her previous life, which evolved three times just to barely break through to Rank 5!

A Mid-grade bloodline's limit is a Rank 6 monster.

A High-grade bloodline's limit is a Rank 9 monster!

As for a King-grade bloodline... as long as it reaches adulthood, it's a Rank 9 monster!

Its limit is growing into a King-rank monster beyond Rank 9!

That's right, Gu Yuexi's goal in transferring to the Beast Taming Department was to get that King-grade monster cub reward and then... consume its essence blood!

The essence blood of a King-grade bloodline was far purer than that of a High-grade bloodline.

After refining it with the 'Myriad Beasts Furnace Art,' her strength would increase more, while the side effects and the risk of cultivation deviation would be smaller!

"What?!"

The pen in Wang Zhiming's hand almost dropped in shock. He looked at Gu Yuexi in disbelief, as if he were hearing a massive joke.

"Student Gu, you're not joking, are you? The Beast Taming Department? Do you know what the threshold for entering the Beast Taming Department is?"

"I know." Gu Yuexi's expression remained unchanged. "One must successfully contract a beast of their own."

"Then you..." Wang Zhiming's voice was full of doubt.

The degree to which beast tamers burned money was even greater than that of martial artists.

Buying monster cubs, cultivation resources, learning blood-contract arrays... which of these wasn't an astronomical sum?

He knew Gu Yuexi came from an ordinary background; where would she get the money to contract a monster?

Faced with Wang Zhiming's doubts, Gu Yuexi didn't say much.

She simply placed her backpack on the desk silently, unzipped it, and took out that unremarkable plastic takeout box.

*Clack.*

The box was placed in front of Wang Zhiming.

Wang Zhiming frowned and looked down. Inside the box, a black-and-white mosquito, several times larger than a normal one, was lying there motionless.

Chu Sheng also looked at him silently: "..."

"...What is the meaning of this?" Wang Zhiming was completely bewildered.

"This is my Contracted Beast." Gu Yuexi's tone was still calm, but her words were nothing short of a bombshell.

A deathly silence fell over the office.

It took a full ten seconds for Wang Zhiming to react. He took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, put them back on, and stared intently at the mosquito for a long time.

"You're saying... this mosquito... is your Contracted Beast?" His voice cracked slightly.

"Yes." Gu Yuexi nodded. At the same time, with a thought, she commanded Chu Sheng in the box to flap his wings through their mental link.

Buzz—!

Chu Sheng helplessly cooperated, letting out a faint buzz.

Wang Zhiming's eyelids twitched wildly.

He could feel that there was indeed a faint but real mental connection between Gu Yuexi and this mosquito.

This was the unique bond between a beast tamer and their Contracted Beast!

So... everything she said was true!

She really contracted a mosquito?!

Crazy! This student is absolutely insane!

Wang Zhiming roared in his heart. Having been a teacher for over twenty years, he had seen people contract cats and dogs, pigs and cows, and even a weirdo who contracted a cockroach... but at least that was a giant Southern cockroach!

But contracting a mosquito... this was a first in history!

He looked at Gu Yuexi's cold and beautiful face, his expression shifting from shock to regret and sympathy.

This child... could she have been so discouraged by her lack of martial arts prospects that she suffered some kind of mental breakdown?

"Student Gu..."

Wang Zhiming sighed and said earnestly, "The school rules are set, but people are flexible. Although you do have a Contracted Beast and meet the requirements for a transfer..."

"...have you ever considered if contracting a mosquito will be of any help to your future path? Its lifespan is only a few days; you'd have to use your own vitality just to forcibly extend its life! And it has no combat power whatsoever, this..."

"Teacher," Gu Yuexi interrupted him directly. "I only want to ask, according to the regulations, can I transfer to the Beast Taming Department and register for the Third-year Joint Exam as a student of that department?"

Her unquestionable gaze and incredibly firm tone made Wang Zhiming swallow the rest of his words.

He was silent for a long time before finally nodding helplessly.

"...You can."

Rules were rules; he couldn't refuse.

"Thank you, teacher."

Gu Yuexi took back the box containing Chu Sheng and turned to leave without the slightest hesitation.

Watching her departing figure, Wang Zhiming sighed long and hard again, shaking his head.

"What a pity for such a good girl. She's really... throwing herself away."