20: Fire resistance maxed out, Iron Eating Technique

The next day, Lin Chuan didn't cause any more trouble and went to school as usual.

During morning Cultivation, Lin Chuan's eyes darted around, and he casually walked over to Yan Hao's small group, sitting down as if no one else was there.

"Young Master Yan, look, what is he doing here?" Huang Wei whispered.

Before Yan Hao could speak, Zhao Hu, another classmate in the group, laughed, "Blondie, with so many of us, are we still afraid of him? Were you beaten so badly you're scared?"

"What the hell am I scared of?" Huang Wei retorted stubbornly.

"Alright, let him sit wherever he wants. Let him enjoy himself for a few days first."

Yan Hao said coldly.

Yesterday, Lin Chuan stole the spotlight, which made Yan Hao very unhappy.

Especially those girls, who were screaming at the sight of a Turtle, how shallow... "When the class exam comes, I'll teach him a lesson..."

Coincidentally, Lin Chuan was planning the same thing...

The Formation activated, and this time the Spiritual Qi concentration was normal. The students quickly entered a Cultivation state.

This time, Lin Chuan didn't absorb with all his might; instead, he took a burst every few minutes, then another every few minutes...

This way, only this small area was affected, with little impact on the entire classroom.

However, Yan Hao's side was having a tough time.

Every time these few people were about to enter a state, the Spiritual Qi concentration would suddenly drop.

Although it quickly returned to normal, disrupting the Cultivation rhythm required time to adjust.

It was like sleeping; if someone woke you up every half hour, even the Buddha would be furious.

"Damn it, what's wrong with this Spiritual Qi? Is the machine not fixed?" Blondie muttered to himself.

"Maybe it's a loose connection, it'll be fine soon," Zhao Hu replied.

"What the hell do you mean, loose connection? Why don't you say the classroom is drafty?"

"Stop arguing, why is everyone else fine? It'll be alright soon."

Yan Hao suppressed his irritation and forced himself into a Cultivation state...

Du Yong was on the platform, occasionally observing the students' Cultivation states and checking the consumption rate of the Spirit Stone.

"It's still normal. Although the consumption is still a bit faster than before, at least it won't affect the students' Cultivation."

It's just some Spirit Stone; Third High School can afford it. If there was a problem with the Formation, that would truly be a disaster. They wouldn't even need to wait for College Entrance Examination results; the Ministry of Education could directly use that reason to shut down the school.

"Maybe the equipment is just aging..." Du Yong thought with some relief...

After the morning Cultivation ended, Lin Chuan managed to absorb enough Spiritual Qi to ripen more than half of an enhancement fruit.

"Ah, Cultivation is so refreshing!"

Lin Chuan yawned and stretched.

"Did you even Cultivate, you bastard?!"

Du Yong's eye twitched; he could see clearly from the platform.

This kid was either looking around, or daydreaming and dozing off, not Cultivating for even a minute.

No wonder his Rank was so low; he was already at the bottom of the first class, and still not working hard. He was a lost cause. It seemed he was just here to get a high school diploma.

Du Yong smiled bitterly to himself, regretting that he had thought this kid could be salvaged. It seemed he had overthought it.

He made up his mind not to bother with him anymore.

He should focus his energy on Yan Hao, the hope of Third High School. For three years, Du Yong had watched him steadily improve, step by step.

He was from a good background and was destined for greatness...

In a blink of an eye, more than a week passed.

These days, Lin Chuan freeloaded Spiritual Qi in the morning and took advantage of opportunities to exploit others in the afternoon, which was absolutely exhilarating.

The Cultivation life in the Beast Tamer world was just this simple, unadorned, and boring!

Most of Lin Chuan's enhancement fruit these days had been used on the skill [Fire Element Resistance].

Don't ask, just assume it's maxed out.

[Fire Element Resistance] Lv9 (Passive, reduces fire attribute damage by 50%)

Under normal circumstances, without taking potions or treasures, a Beast Tamer could choose to upgrade one skill by one level for every star they gained.

Most Beast Tamers would choose to max out their active skills first.

As for such a specialized passive attribute, unless there was nothing better, or there was a special need, few people would waste skill upgrade opportunities on it in the early stages.

But Lin Chuan was clearly not an ordinary person; he played a targeted game.

No other reason, he was just willful, just domineering.

He still had a few enhancement fruit left, which Lin Chuan kept as backup, just in case.

Other skills could be used at Rank 1 for now; he would deal with special situations as they arose.

At this stage, what Lin Chuan urgently needed was to master the combined use of his skills.

Generally speaking, Black Iron Rank battles were basically a punch-for-punch, kick-for-kick affair, going straight into close combat or long-range bombardment.

It was very simple and unadorned, with little to see. There was no other way; skills were simply too few. Most only had one active skill; those with high talent might comprehend one or two more, which would usually give them an absolute advantage.

Over these days, Lin Chuan had basically copied all the useful skills he found; he had pretty much exploited all the available skills in the first class.

There were still some skills that could be copied, but Lin Chuan shook his head when he saw them.

For example, the skill [Lush Fur] (Passive, accelerates whole body hair growth), from a sheep.

"Can Old Black learn this skill?"

Lin Chuan was astonished, but the golden tree told him it could be copied, so he could only believe it. Did Old Black have the potential to become a green-haired Turtle?

However, Lin Chuan was absolutely not going to learn this thing.

He only wanted to exploit others, not actually get hair, no, perhaps Turtle hair?

All in all, it was quite a fruitful harvest.

He only had one active skill: [Attack Acceleration] Lv1 (Active, increases target's normal attack speed by 30%). This was a support skill that could be applied to himself or teammates, and there were no restrictions on applying it to opponents.

Attack acceleration, applying it to Old Black was not very useful, but better than nothing.

As for passive skills, there were many more:

Firstly, Lin Chuan had collected all the Five Elements elemental defense passive skills: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth.

In fact, many Beast Tamers' passive skills were these, leading to repetition, so the number of skills Lin Chuan could copy was not actually that many.

The more valuable ones included [Hibernation Self-Healing] Lv1 (Passive, slightly increases wound healing speed when sleeping), from a snake-type Beast Tamer. It was usable for now and made up for a small deficiency, as Old Black would also get injured.

Another was the passive skill [Iron Eating Art] (Passive, consuming metal increases armor defense) contributed by the chubby Xu Dazhi's Ironclad Beast.

Inside the villa.

When Lin Chuan placed an empty iron bowl in front of Old Black, Old Black was directly confused: "What the hell, what do you mean by giving me an empty bowl? Am I not even worthy of eating egg fried rice anymore?"

Seeing Old Black looking at him with an expression as if he were looking at an idiot, Lin Chuan had no choice but to fill Old Black's bowl with egg fried rice again.

On second thought, Old Black didn't really lack that bit of armor. If he were to be fed precious metals, Lin Chuan's wallet wouldn't be enough no matter how much money he had.

So, egg fried rice was still better. From this perspective, Old Black was also a thrifty Beast Tamer!!

Actually, Lin Chuan was more interested in Xu Dazhi's Ironclad Beast's other skill, [Charge] (Active, locks onto a target and launches a fierce impact towards them).

An active homing skill, Lin Chuan drooled at the sight of it, but unfortunately, Old Black couldn't learn it.