10: Reward: Fish Plague

Chapter 10: Rewards, Fish Plague

Jiang Chen stayed with his father until dusk, and only returned to Ningshui Town on Xiao Jiu as it grew dark.

Rongcheng City's curfew was very strict. If Jiang Chen couldn't leave before dark, he would have to stay in the city.

And hotels in the city were not cheap, starting at least at one hundred yuan per night.

This hundred yuan was an unbearable burden in Jiang Chen's life right now!

He had just counted it that morning; his entire fortune was now only 8 yuan and 7 mao. The money from his part-time job at school wouldn't be paid until the 15th of next month.

This meant that if his trip to the Nanhu Underwater Grassland the day after tomorrow yielded no results, he would have to eat steamed buns for half a month.

Of course, even if Jiang Chen really had enough money to stay in a hotel, he could only stay in Rongcheng City for a maximum of 3 days before being mercilessly driven away by the Rongcheng Patrol.

Only citizens with permanent residency in Rongcheng City could live freely on this safe island group, protected by many powerful Beast Tamers.

As mentioned before, a Rongcheng City Citizen Residence Permit cost 200,000 yuan!

After a safe journey back to Ningshui Town, Jiang Chen continued to cultivate with Xiao Jiu until 12 AM before falling into a deep sleep.

The next day, Ningshui Beast Taming Academy.

As the class bell rang, the pure and ethereal Jian Qingqiu walked in, as usual, right on time. Her voice was like flowing water, clear and pleasant: "Good morning, students. Today, I have two announcements."

"The first matter is tomorrow's practical training at the Nanhu Underwater Grassland," Jian Qingqiu smiled slightly: "I believe you all should have received the news, which is that to motivate everyone's fighting spirit, the school will issue rewards to those who achieve outstanding results in practical hunting."

"Yay!"

"There really are rewards!"

As soon as Jian Qingqiu finished speaking, the entire classroom excitedly erupted, and Jiang Chen's eyes also lit up!

He had to strive to get every reward to grow stronger as quickly as possible!

Jian Qingqiu stood gracefully at the podium and continued: "Tomorrow's practical training will be attended by all Senior Class students in our school, a total of 200 students."

"Rankings will be determined by the number of sea beasts you hunt. The first-place winner will be rewarded with 10 sea spirit pearls and 10 drops of awakening level sea beast essence blood by the school."

"Second place will receive 9 sea spirit pearls and 9 drops of awakening level sea beast essence blood."

"And so on, the tenth place will receive 1 sea spirit pearl and 1 drop of awakening level sea beast essence blood."

"As for the specific type of sea beast essence blood, as long as it's awakening level, everyone can choose."

As soon as Jian Qingqiu said this, the entire Senior High Class 3 (3) classroom immediately became excited and boisterous again.

However, after a brief clamor, everyone's gaze involuntarily turned to two figures in the class: Zhang Caiying and Ke Zixuan.

Even Jian Qingqiu's beautiful eyes couldn't help but look at these two.

Only the top ten in this practical training would receive rewards, and Zhang Caiying and Ke Zixuan's strengths were among the top ten in their grade. As long as they performed normally, these rewards were definitely theirs!

Feeling everyone's gaze, Zhang Caiying, with his short-cropped hair, immediately straightened his back. Although his facial expression still pretended to be calm, the excitement in his eyebrows was evident.

Ke Zixuan also couldn't help but slightly curl her lips, her delicate face radiant. She definitely had to hunt more sea beasts tomorrow!

This wasn't just about gaining fame and prestige; most importantly, the rewards were very generous!

When Jiang Chen heard about the rewards for the top ten, he almost drooled!

The value of ten drops of awakening level sea beast essence blood goes without saying, and the sea spirit pearl was also a rare good item!

The so-called sea spirit pearl was a mutated form of the pearls Jiang Chen had seen in his previous life.

Pearls are ancient organic gemstones, primarily produced within pearl oysters and mother-of-pearl bivalve mollusks.

Pearls are mineral beads containing calcium carbonate, formed by the internal secretion of shellfish, and are composed of a large number of tiny aragonite crystals.

However, in this water world with extraordinary power, generally, the deeper the seawater, the more spiritual power it contains.

Therefore, during the formation of pearls, a large amount of spiritual power continuously gathered, gradually evolving into a bead rich in spiritual power!

Thus, the sea spirit pearl was born!

Beast Tamers using sea spirit pearls for cultivation was like placing themselves in a place rich in spiritual power, achieving twice the result with half the effort!

So, after hearing about the rewards for tomorrow's practical training, Jiang Chen was practically itching with anticipation!

He definitely had to break into the top ten!

"Next, let's talk about the second matter," after everyone had mostly digested the news, Jian Qingqiu opened her red lips and said: "This afternoon, a medical team from Rongcheng City will come to conduct physical examinations for everyone."

Jian Qingqiu's words made everyone pause: "Physical examination?"

"Why a sudden physical examination?"

"It's just routine medical check-ups," Jian Qingqiu said: "After all, there has been a very serious fish plague epidemic recently in the countries of Elephant and Sea Eagle."

"So, recently, all personnel entering and exiting the Barren Sea will undergo a routine inspection. Everyone just needs to cooperate."

Everyone suddenly understood, so that was it.

Jiang Chen also didn't pay much attention. In the past two years, very serious fish plague epidemics had broken out in the countries of Elephant, Sea Eagle, and Lion.

The epidemic had spread, and the death toll had already exceeded hundreds of thousands, which was very severe.

Our country, the Dragon Country, takes this epidemic very seriously, and quarantine measures are very strict.

Moreover, this was everyone's first time entering the Barren Sea, so a physical examination was also good.

Jiang Chen thought, pulling out "The Encyclopedia of Common Sea Beasts in the Southern Wasteland Sea" from his desk and began to recite it.

Tomorrow, he would be facing these sea beasts in real combat. Only by being familiar with the basic knowledge, attributes, living habits, and skills of each sea beast, knowing himself and his enemy, could he win every battle!