Yi Tian discovered with surprise that Da Sheng seemed to have grown a bit larger.
Before, he was about half the length of a forearm; now, he was nearly two-thirds.
At the same time, the yellow fur all over his body looked denser and sleeker.
"Awoooo~"
Da Sheng stretched comfortably.
The surprises for Yi Tian weren't over yet.
A warm power generated out of nowhere inside Yi Tian's body and spread throughout.
His bones cracked.
When the warm feeling disappeared, Yi Tian clenched his fist. His strength seemed to have increased.
He tried lifting the bed. The bed, which originally required the combined effort of him and Yi Ying to lift, was actually lifted by him with one hand.
His body also became healthier. He had caught a cold a few days ago and was close to recovering, but now it was completely gone.
When a beast broke through a major realm, it could feedback a portion of power to the Beast Tamer, helping the Beast Tamer become stronger too.
It was said that some high-level Beast Tamers were not only individually tough but also lived much longer than ordinary people.
This was because they received more feedback from their beasts.
"I should be the first one to raise a beast to Bronze, right?"
Yi Tian showed excitement on his face.
It hadn't even been a day since contracting the beast—to be precise, it was 5 hours.
Unfortunately, the school was already closed, so he could only report his results tomorrow morning.
Lying on the bed hugging Da Sheng, Yi Tian slowly drifted off to sleep.
In his dream, he became a professional Beast Tamer admired by thousands.
And Da Sheng became the true "Great Sage," piercing a hole through the sky with a single strike of his staff.
The next morning.
To ensure he could reach the school before it opened, Yi Tian got up very early.
But Yi Ying was even earlier than him and had prepared breakfast.
Since they were young, Yi Ying had always taken care of him like this.
Eating with a warm heart, Yi Tian waved to Yi Ying.
"Sis, Da Sheng broke through to Bronze. I'm going to school to report my results and claim the reward. When I get the money, I'll treat you to a big meal!"
"I'll pay back your 1000 bucks tenfold!"
Yi Ying watched Yi Tian leave with a smile.
Then her face instantly fell.
"Oh no, Xiao Tian is even worse than I expected."
"I don't know what this kid is going out to do today. I hope nothing bad happens."
"I have to contact a psychologist immediately."
After tidying up a bit, Yi Ying went to work with a heavy heart.
...
Fog Mountain No. 2 High School, Academic Affairs Office.
Two duty teachers were lying on the table chatting idly.
"The school leaders are truly retarded. We finally finished guiding a batch through contracts; couldn't they let us teachers rest for a few days?"
"They insisted on scheduling people for duty starting from the first day."
"How could a student possibly raise a beast to Bronze on the first day?"
"Exactly! Based on the experience of the past dozen years, the fastest would be at least the third day before a student comes to register. Scheduling duty for the first two days is completely meaningless."
Both teachers were full of grievances. As they chatted, they started talking about which student they were most optimistic about.
"Song Qinghang, of course."
The two teachers exchanged a glance of understanding; the answer was unanimous.
"I heard that kid contracted a Moon Cat at the Perfection stage of Infancy. His future is truly limitless."
"And his family background is one of the best among all students. The help they can provide is substantial. I estimate he'll likely come to register the day after tomorrow."
Suddenly, one of them looked around. After confirming no one was there, he whispered cautiously.
"I heard... the reason the school raised the rewards this time is because of the Song family's sponsorship."
"You could say the first-place reward was prepared entirely for Song Qinghang."
The other teacher was somewhat surprised.
"The Song family is that confident?"
Thinking about it, he said, "True, they do have the capital to be confident."
Just then, a knock sounded on the door.
Both teachers looked toward the source of the sound in confusion.
"Come in."
Then they saw a handsome young man walk in with a small monkey draped over his shoulder.
"Yi Tian?"
One of the teachers recognized Yi Tian; it was Liu Zheng, the team leader from yesterday.
Yi Tian greeted him politely.
"Mr. Liu."
Liu Zheng was confused.
"What business do you have at school?"
He didn't connect Yi Tian with registering for Bronze rank; he thought it was something else.
"Ahem, Mr. Liu, I'm here to register. My beast broke through to Bronze."
"What?"
Liu Zheng's eyebrows shot up. After a brief surprise, his first reaction was disbelief.
"Don't joke around."
Yi Tian was speechless.
"Teacher, I'm not joking."
"Yi Tian, let me tell you, when a beast breaks through to Bronze, a phenomenon occurs. Are you sure you experienced it?"
"Teacher, is the phenomenon you're talking about a white light? If so, then my beast indeed experienced it."
Liu Zheng glanced at Da Sheng on Yi Tian's shoulder, feeling it was utterly absurd.
Although rationality told him this was absolutely impossible, seeing Yi Tian's persistence, he could only fulfill his duty.
Liu Zheng picked up the beast level inspection instrument on the table and placed it in front of Da Sheng, lowering it from top to bottom.
The inspection instrument was connected to a screen.
The moment the check was completed, it immediately displayed Da Sheng's realm.
"Bronze!?"
"It really is Bronze?"
Both teachers froze.
They couldn't believe their eyes.
Liu Zheng, unwilling to give up, tested it several more times with the instrument, getting the same result each time.
Only then did he have to believe it.
He remembered clearly that in the breeding base, this batch of Stone Monkeys were all in the early Infancy stage.
In other words, Yi Tian used less than a day to make the Stone Monkey break through three small levels and one major level consecutively?
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would dare believe it?
Weren't Stone Monkeys supposed to have low potential?
Searching through the school's history, there was no record of a Stone Monkey breaking through first. Let alone first, not a single Beast Tamer in the top 50 had done it.
Song Qinghang, whom they were discussing earlier, had a beast that was naturally at Infancy Perfection.
And his beast was a rare one with ridiculously high potential.
He hadn't even broken through, so how did you, Yi Tian, do it?!
Liu Zheng recalled the scene from yesterday. He had thought in his heart that Yi Tian had definitely given up on himself.
Now it seemed that wasn't the case!
Fortunately, because of his disdain yesterday, he hadn't shown it too obviously.
The two teachers looked at each other, both seeing the shock and confusion in each other's eyes.
Liu Zheng couldn't help but ask Yi Tian.
"Yi Tian, how... how did you do it?"
Asking about someone else's secrets rashly was a taboo, even for a teacher asking a student, but Liu Zheng really couldn't help it.
Yi Tian rubbed his head, looking honest and simple.
"I don't know either. Yesterday, after I got the cultivation manual, I went home and started letting my Da Sheng cultivate."
"Maybe he's relatively suited for cultivation, so the speed was a little fast."
He couldn't explain the cheat, so he just pretended not to know and pushed it all onto talent.
The corners of the two teachers' mouths twitched.
You call this "a little" fast?