On the other side, Yi Tian left the school in a great mood.
His steps were much lighter. He turned to look at Da Sheng.
"Our family is about to get rich! Do you know that?"
"Awoooo? (What is 'get rich'? Can I drink it?)"
Yi Tian rolled his eyes.
Da Sheng's realm grew fast, but obviously, his IQ hadn't caught up yet.
Thinking about it, he summarized for him.
"'Get rich' means drinks! I'll buy you good wine."
Hearing "good wine," Da Sheng got excited.
Howling while clapping his hands.
Among the rewards, besides evolution materials, there were 1100 grams of Spirit Stones. They might be important to others, but they were useless to Yi Tian.
Spirit Stones were used to aid cultivation, but Da Sheng didn't need to cultivate at all.
So Yi Tian thought about selling the Spirit Stones directly for money, using part of it to buy wine for Da Sheng.
Some legitimate large stores had channels to buy Spirit Stones, but the problem was the purchase price would be much lower than the market price.
"Before the rewards are issued, I'll go look for channels with higher prices."
Yi Tian muttered to himself, planning.
Just as he was about to cross the road nearest to the school, he suddenly heard someone call him.
"Yi Tian?"
Looking over, it was his classmate, Zhao Liang.
Zhao Liang's screen name was "If You Don't Love, Don't Hurt"—the one who messaged in the group chat yesterday saying he also contracted a Stone Monkey.
Zhao Liang saw Yi Tian walking out of the school from afar and was confused.
"Yi Tian, what are you doing at school?"
He paused, smiling spuriously.
"You didn't come to register your beast breaking through to Bronze, did you?"
Yi Tian nodded. Since it would be announced in a month anyway, he couldn't hide it.
Pfft.
Seeing Yi Tian nod.
Zhao Liang laughed out loud.
"Haha, you're really humorous."
He was just joking, yet Yi Tian dared to agree.
"I left something in the classroom and forgot to take it. I guess your purpose is about the same, right?"
He went to the breeding base with Yi Tian yesterday and saw Yi Tian choose the most rebellious monkey in the end.
He also saw Yi Tian get the Stone Monkey drunk right after contracting it.
So he could conclude Yi Tian was joking.
A Stone Monkey breaking through to Bronze in one day? Stop kidding.
Yi Tian felt helpless.
These days, no one believed the truth.
However, he had no interest in explaining. Think whatever you want.
Since both contracted Stone Monkeys, Zhao Liang couldn't help but chat with Yi Tian.
"My monkey started making a fuss about wanting to drink as soon as we got home yesterday."
Speaking of this, Zhao Liang had a headache.
"If I don't give it wine, it absolutely refuses to learn the technique!"
"I satisfied it, but it passed out right after drinking. It couldn't cultivate at all. It hasn't even started the technique yet."
"To raise a Stone Monkey to Bronze, I'm afraid I can't do it without two or three months."
Yi Tian thought for a moment.
"What a coincidence, my monkey also passed out yesterday, more than once."
Zhao Liang asked again.
"Then has your monkey started the technique yet?"
Yi Tian thought again.
"Nope."
He swore he was telling the truth.
Zhao Liang seemed to have found a kindred spirit, his eyes looking at Yi Tian with more softness.
"Then we really are fellow sufferers."
Presumably, Yi Tian's monkey was even harder to raise than his own, right?
Yi Tian nodded.
"Yeah."
After chatting for a while, Yi Tian made an excuse about having family matters and left.
Zhao Liang watched Yi Tian's retreating figure, then looked at Da Sheng on his shoulder, feeling puzzled.
"Speaking of which, why do I feel Yi Tian's monkey is bigger than mine?"
He shook his head to drive the thought out of his mind. Must be an illusion.
On the other side, Yi Tian didn't go home directly but went to the largest shopping district nearby to ask about the price of Spirit Stones.
Along the way, his phone kept vibrating. For the past two days, the classmates' enthusiasm for chatting was more vigorous than in the previous three years combined.
Sad Swordsman: [So hard! My Sky Sound Bird refuses to learn the cultivation technique. What should I do?]
Green Bottle: [My Sticky Slime is willing to learn, but the problem is it can't learn it at all. Sob sob sob, one whole night and hasn't started yet.]
Many students were complaining about the difficulty of making beasts cultivate.
Green Bottle: [@Monitor Zhang Hao, Brother Hao, how are you doing?]
Monitor Zhang Hao: [My Gale Mantis started the technique at 8 PM last night and cultivated all night.]
Green Bottle: [Strong! Strong! Strong!]
Sad Swordsman: [Is this a big shot? So jealous!]
If You Don't Love, Don't Hurt: [Boo hoo hoo, so envious! I just went to school to get stuff and met Yi Tian. We both contracted Stone Monkeys. After talking, we found out both our monkeys got drunk last night and couldn't learn the technique at all.]
At this moment, many students who contracted Stone Monkeys came out to speak.
Denouncing the laziness of the Stone Monkey species!
If You Don't Love, Don't Hurt: [@Monitor Zhang Hao, The class's face depends on you. If no one gets into the top 100, we really won't be able to lift our heads in front of other classes.]
Monitor Zhang Hao: [I'll do my best! (Effort!)]
Monitor Zhang Hao: [Speaking of which, I heard many students from other classes are using Spirit Stones to aid cultivation. I really envy them. Especially Song Qinghang. Seeing the Moments he posted, that handful of Spirit Stones is at least 500g!!!]
Sad Swordsman: [Envy the rich. Speaking of which, Brother Hao, your connections are wide. You actually have Song Qinghang's contact info.]
Monitor Zhang Hao: [Sigh, it's whatever. Not talking anymore, I'm going to supervise the beast's cultivation. Striving to break through within half a month to win face for us!]
In the afternoon, Yi Tian returned home, feeling a bit of heartache.
After comparing dozens of merchant guilds, the highest price offered for Spirit Stones right now was 90% of the market price.
Calculated at the market price of 10,000 Dragon Coins per 100g, 1100g could sell for 99,000 Dragon Coins.
For Yi Tian, this was a huge sum.
Lying on the bed, planning the future.
"Da Sheng has already broken through to Bronze. Next is to evolve Da Sheng into a Stone Monkey King and break through to Silver."
"Then find a way to increase combat power and see if I can pass the Professional Assessment."
After passing the Professional Assessment, he and Yi Ying's days would truly be considered good.
Even if a Professional Beast Tamer did nothing, they could receive a subsidy of several thousand Dragon Coins every month.
In some public places, they even had the privilege of priority resource access.
For example, on trains and planes, ordinary people had to queue, while professionals could walk directly through the VIP channel.
"To increase combat power, the fastest way is to let the beast learn skills."
"I wonder if the process of learning skills can be simplified by the System."
"After getting the money tomorrow, I'll go buy a skill to try."
There was still less than half a bottle of the wine bought yesterday left. Yi Tian let Da Sheng drink it, then discovered...
Da Sheng's level didn't even increase by 1%.
He guessed in his heart.
"It seems low-quality wine can no longer satisfy Da Sheng."
Beasts had grades, and many resources and materials related to beasts also had grades.
Like wine, from low to high: Unranked, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond.
Corresponding one-to-one with beast levels.
According to Yi Tian's estimation.
"Da Sheng needs to drink at least Bronze-grade Spirit Wine to continue improving."
He sighed helplessly.
"The cost of raising Da Sheng isn't small either."
Higher-grade wine was naturally more expensive. There was no Bronze-grade wine cheaper than 1000 Dragon Coins.
After sorting out his mood and checking the time, Yi Ying was about to get off work.
Yi Tian began to prepare dinner.