Chapter 35

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After selling a total of 29 Luminous Spiders, Li Pu walked out of Laboratory Building No. 3 with 2320 crystal coins in hand.

“Elder Tu, do we really not need to ask about the specific situation?” The girl on duty looked at the limping back and had some doubts.

She suspected that even the school’s laboratory might not have that many Luminous Spiders. Moreover, was “picked them up” even a reasonable explanation? She felt that if the boy said that he had pried open the school’s laboratory, it would’ve been more convincing.

“There’s no need to investigate further,” In response, Elder Tu only chuckled and waved his hand.

One of the reasons why the Luminous Spiders were consumable materials for scientific research was that they were not a threat and had no attack power. Even a newbie could easily capture them if one could find them. He knew countless methods to find the Luminous Spiders, so he was not the least bit curious.

“What you said does make sense,” After hearing Elder Tu’s explanation, the girl on duty wanted to nod in agreement.

However, the next second, he froze.

“E-E-El-Elder Tu! He’s back!” She pointed to the door, her eyes wide open.

“Back? Is there an error in the number?” At this moment, Elder Tu was still checking the list with his back turned.

As Li Pu didn’t have a student card yet, they could only temporarily save his records on paper.

“I don’t think it’s a number problem!” The girl on duty couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

The freshman who had just left had returned, and he wasn’t alone this time. Instead, he was dragging a lizard that was as large as a rhinoceros!

As a non-combat Summoner, such a scene was very shocking to her.

Especially how the boys limping steps formed a sharp contrast with the heavy body of the magical beast.

As for the Scarecrow beside the Summoner, she chose to ignore it.

Scarecrow: Cao.

“What’s with that expression?” At this moment, Elder Tu finally noticed that something was wrong with his subordinate.

He turned around and saw Li Pu.

“This…” Although he didn’t lose his composure like the girl on duty, he was still stunned.

“Uh, I picked this up too,” Li Pu dragged the big lizard to the front desk and scratched his face.

Even this was picked up? Was the boy treating him as a blind man?

Elder Tu was getting displeased at this point. However, being experienced, he naturally understood that this was an excuse that indicated the other party was unwilling to explain, so he did not ask further.

The corpse of the giant lizard caught his attention, instead.

A D-grade magical beast, Mushroom-eating Lizard. Judging from its body shape, the shape of its claws, and the color of its skin, it was at level four.

However… Where did all the mushrooms on its back go?

Those mushrooms didn’t actually have much value. Strictly speaking, they were just parasites living on the Mushroom-eating Lizard’s skin. Now, only dense black holes were left on its back, which looked quite cruel. He wondered who had removed the mushrooms.

In reality, Li Pu was the one who removed the mushrooms. All of them were converted into related items and thus into a skill before being given to the Scarecrow.

Mushroom Poison Antibody was a D-grade passive skill, and it wasn’t too strong nor too weak.

Being immune to mushroom-type toxins was indeed powerful. It would give the Scarecrow a unique advantage when it faced mushroom-type magical beasts in the future.

However, its weakness was that it was too targeted. Other than against mushrooms, it was useless at other times. Thus, it was understandable that it was only a D-class skill.

If it was someone else who had the opportunity to obtain this skill, they might not even think it was rare.

However, Li Pu was different. He really liked the Mushroom Poison Antibody. Such a passive immunity skill was something that could only be encountered by luck. The most important thing was that he could use the Friend of Magical Beasts function to fuse and strengthen the skill in the future.

Who said that it could only make one immune to mushrooms? Who knew, it might even make one become waterproof, anti-theft, and fireproof in the future.

Of course, Li Pu had paid a huge price to let the Scarecrow learn this skill. A total of 2000 crystal coins.

But this was something that couldn’t be helped. After all, the freshness of those mushrooms was timed, and time waited for no one.

Now, he could only hope that the price of eating the Mushroom-eating Lizard would be higher.

“Oh, let me appraise it first,” Elder Tu held his chin, walked out of the reception, and came to the front of the Mushroom-eating Lizard.

The situation was different from before, the Luminous Spiders just now were still alive. If he were to purchase corpses, he would definitely have to check their condition first.

“From the outside, it’s still very complete. I should be able to offer you something close to the highest purchase price, but we still have to check the internal situation,” With that, Elder Tu reached out and pressed on the body of the beast, and closed his eyes.

As the person in charge of the trading station, checking the situation of a magical beast’s internal organs through its belly was just a piece of cake. He didn’t need to slit through the surface of the body, which would ensure that the magical beast was in good condition to the greatest extent.

“Uh, a comminuted fracture of the jaw?” In the next second, Elder Tu’s movements slightly paused.

He could already imagine the scene of the Mushroom-eating Lizard’s jaw being hit hard.

“Good Lord, most of the internal organs have turned into tofu pudding,” He did not expect the magical beast’s insides to be a mess while its outer appearance was so intact.

From a normal point of view, such a battle result must be attributed to the summoned beasts. Elder Tu suspected that Li Pu’s Scarecrow had obtained some powerful skill through the random skill light balls given by the school.

“Your Scarecrow should have reached level 4, right?” Thus, his gaze fell on the straw doll.

Unlike the Mushroom-eating Lizard, the level of the Scarecrow could not be determined by the naked eye and experience.

This was because a Scarecrow was simply a walking pile of grass. There was simply no observation value in it.

In addition, having been in charge of the trading station for so many years, Elder Tu had purchased quite a few Mushroom-eating Lizards, but in contrast, he lacked experience in dealing with Scarecrows. After all, no one had ever come here to sell a Scarecrow. They had no value.

To be able to tell the Scarecrow’s true level at a glance, he was already very experienced.

“Your eyes are very accurate. It is indeed at level four,” As Li Pu admitted it, he couldn’t help but be secretly amazed by the other party’s eyesight.

However, he didn’t know that Elder Tu was even more shocked.

Having speculations was one thing, but having them proved was another.

“How did this kid train his summoned beast? Didn’t he just summon the Scarecrow the day before yesterday? Could it be that he is a genius in nurturing magical beasts? Or is this Scarecrow a monster?” Elder Tu didn’t know the answer. At this moment, he could only conclude with one phrase: It was simply ridiculous.

He had been working at Western Capital University for so many years, but he had never heard of any new student who could train his first summoned beast to level four in just a few days.

If it was just a fortuitous encounter, it would be more acceptable. But if the boy had nurtured his summoned beast personally, then…

To be honest, Elder Tu didn’t dare to think about it because he simply couldn’t imagine it.