Beast Taming Starts with Ground Mushrooms

Chapter 69: Xie Linzhou's Little Pride

"Looking at this year's freshmen at Tiannan Beast Taming University, no one has more talent than you. After all, who else can reach the level of a Tier 1 Level 5 Beast Tamer in less than three months?"

Bu Kongyun said with a kind face, "You can't blame us for this. You can only blame yourself for being too outstanding."

Lin Yi instinctively retorted, "I've been enrolled for nine months now, and in another two months or so, it will be a year. I'm not the only first-tier, level-five beast tamer in Tiannan City. I wouldn't call myself particularly outstanding, would I?"

Lin Yi wanted to keep a low profile, but Li Hong laughed and said, "That's right. There are indeed more than one person in Tiannan City who has reached your level. Xie Linzhou and Xia Zhiyu have also reached it, and there are also people from the thirty-six Beast Tamer Universities who have taken this step."

He paused for a moment, his aged eyes filled with admiration: "However, as you said, they have been in school for more than nine months, while you, although you entered school at the same time, have only been contracting your beast pet for less than four months at most."

Tell me, in the entire city of Tiannan, who is more outrageous than you?

Lin Yi was speechless. The other party even knew exactly when he had signed the contract with the mushroom cub, which meant that a background check had obviously been done.

This is not surprising, after all, many people saw him when he contracted mushrooms at Chen Shiqi's shop.

"So, how many flag bearers are there in Tiannan City?" Lin Yi asked. The so-called flag bearer obviously couldn't be just him alone. As the other party had just said, he was just a flag bearer for Tiannan Beast Taming University and would be the leader of the top ten in the grade.

In this way, there will definitely be other flag-bearing beast tamers. Furthermore, Bu Kongyun and the others will not gather all the top ten freshmen of the beast taming universities in Tiannan City together. If they are all wiped out in the "Extraordinary Secret Realm", it would be a loss.

Bu Kongyun said, "Besides you, there are thirty-five others."

With Lin Yi included, there are exactly thirty-six people. Even a fool could tell that this would correspond to thirty-six Beast Tamer Universities.

"So, you've agreed?" Li Hong asked first.

Lin Yi pondered for a moment, then nodded emphatically.

There was no other way; he couldn't afford not to go to the "Extraordinary Realm," even if it was risky. As the saying goes, if you're a step behind, you'll fall behind in every step. He couldn't possibly give up this opportunity on his own.

As for the "Fallen Beast Tamers of the Fallen Beast Taming Demon Kingdom," we'll meet them sooner or later, so it's better to take this opportunity to run into them now, so we don't run into them later and not know how to deal with it.

Of course, there's also the fact that Bu Kongyun's promises are incredibly generous. The City Lord's Mansion will be the support for these flag bearers from now on, and Tiannan City will do its utmost to cultivate these people, as well as the "Tongxiang Secret Technique," and so on.

This is a promise from the lord of a city, a promise from the entire Tiannan Province. It's something that can't be sought after. After all, even if you are excellent enough, there are many excellent people. If the opportunity is in front of you and you don't seize it, it will go to someone else. If you want to get more, you must also make sacrifices.

"Alright, since you're willing to take the lead for Tiannan this time, there's no need to say anything more."

Bu Kongyun immediately made a decision: "There are still about forty days before we enter the 'Transcendental Secret Realm.' During these forty days, the City Lord's Mansion will reshape you completely according to your own situation. Go back and wait for news. Pay attention to the City Lord's Mansion's contact in the next few days and make preparations."

"A complete transformation?" Lin Yi was a little confused. Lord City Lord, why do you always speak with such preconceived notions? At least explain what a complete transformation means.

"You'll find out in a few days. Go back and get ready. Lao Li and I are looking forward to your performance."

After the two finished speaking, they didn't say anything more. Lin Yi walked out of the side hall with a nervous heart. Tang Xinyi was equally nervous. She never expected that a simple conversation would lead this guy to the City Lord's Mansion.

That's the city lord, the top official of the province. Normally, not even Liu Bochuan and Li Zhenbei could get a seat in a side hall, let alone him.

Lin Yi was still pondering Bu Kongyun's words and subconsciously asked, "Senior, what do you mean by the city lord and the others talking about a complete transformation?"

Tang Xinyi thought for a moment: "It's probably about letting you take your little one on a dangerous adventure before entering the 'Extraordinary Secret Realm'."

Lin Yi: ? ? ?

Tang Xinyi's words gave Lin Yi a little bit of mental preparation.

As the two walked out of the city lord's mansion, they were greeted by a boy of similar age to Lin Yi, who was obviously also a beast tamer summoned by the city lord's mansion.

Presumably, they are the chosen flag bearers from other Beast Taming Universities.

As Lin Yi pondered this, he couldn't help but take a few more glances at the other person. The boy also kept staring at Lin Yi, seemingly quite surprised that someone else could enter the city lord's mansion at this sensitive time.

After returning to Tiannan Beast Taming University, Lin Yi thought a lot, wondering what Bu Kongyun's so-called transformation would be like, but in the end he couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

"When soldiers come, we'll block them; when water comes, we'll dam it. Who cares about anything else? Just do it!"

Instead of thinking about this, it's more practical to think about a small goal that you'll achieve tomorrow.

Having endured a difficult night, Lin Yi arrived at the awards ceremony early the next morning. Standing in the sparsely populated open area, he looked at the bright red and purple awards platform in front of him, feeling somewhat depressed.

It seems we arrived too early.

Lin Yi was a little confused. Were these people who were giving out bonuses not interested in the money? Why weren't they so enthusiastic?

After a while, Lin Yi finally saw someone who was just as enthusiastic as himself. That person was none other than Xie Linzhou.

"Lin Yi".

Xie Linzhou spotted Lin Yi from afar and immediately strode over: "Lin Yi, what did the City Lord and Principal Li want with you yesterday?"

After returning home yesterday, Xie Linzhou felt increasingly distressed. Although he didn't know why the city lord and the principal had summoned this spirit plant-type beast tamer, he was sure it was for something important. Moreover, it happened right at the time when the city's training was about to end, making it hard not to overthink things.

Xie Linzhou felt that even if something happened, the city lord and the principal should have summoned him, the top student in his grade.

That night, he tossed and turned, unable to sleep. He rushed over early, thinking that if he met that guy, he would definitely ask him something.

"It's nothing really, just a few questions." Lin Yi said with a smile. He dared not tell them now that he would be their leader for a while. He'd leave such a troublesome matter to the principal.

Xie Linzhou looked skeptical upon hearing this, immediately asking, "Are you asking about cross-elemental beast tamers?"

Lin Yi thought for a moment: "Some of them were mentioned."

Seeing that the other party was clearly unwilling to reveal anything, Xie Linzhou felt embarrassed to continue asking, after all, the two were not very familiar with each other, and they had only met twice in total.

Left with no other option, Xie Linzhou changed the subject: "Today is the day our school awards the bonuses for this experience. The finance department is probably going to have to spend a lot of money."

"This amount of money is just a drop in the ocean for our school," Lin Yi said. For a prestigious university like Tiannan Beast Taming University, this amount of money is definitely nothing.

Little did he know that this was a nightmare for Liu Sheng, who was used to living a frugal life.

Seeing Lin Yi join the conversation, Xie Linzhou immediately continued, "By the way, Lin Yi, you got your bonus too, right? Tell me, how much did you get? Wow, you didn't get more than me, did you?"

Given Xie Linzhou's family background, he didn't really care about the prize money. What he cared about was Lin Yi's performance during the city-wide training. He wanted to get a sense of the outcome of the training from the sidelines.

Lin Yi was a shrewd man, how could he not understand the other party's intention? However, he did not answer directly, but instead asked, "How much did you get?"

"Not much, just thirty million."

When talking about his prize money, Xie Linzhou's face immediately lit up with pride. He was not proud of the amount, but of the significance it represented.

The higher the amount, the greater the potential and talent. Last night, he tried every means to find out the amounts of the top ten freshmen at Tiannan University. Apart from Xia Zhiyu, who could barely match him, the others had already been left far behind.

Although he is only three and four million behind Xia Zhiyu, this ten million gap is like an insurmountable chasm. Ten million is equivalent to the number of kills of one hundred of the same level.

One hundred heads—that's a crushing victory in terms of strength, so Xie Linzhou was quite satisfied with the result, and it certainly lived up to his title of first in the grade.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yi pondered for a moment and then said calmly, "In that case, I might have a little more than you by a few hundred million."

Upon hearing this, Xie Linzhou's pride froze, and he could hardly believe his ears: "A little bit more than me?"

How is that possible?

This 30 million was earned through his best efforts. If Xia Zhiyu could catch up with him, he could understand, after all, that girl's talent for taming beasts was also extraordinary.

Even so, although the two received the same amount of prize money, Xie Linzhou's kill count reached 398, just two more Fallen Beasts of the same level away from joining the 50 million rank, while Xia Zhiyu only had 306 kills, so there was still a gap between them.

But you, who ranked tenth in the grade, actually said your prize money was higher than mine?

Xie Linzhou froze on the spot, and after a long while, he finally said, "No way, you've already reached the forty million level?"

Lin Yi simply smiled and remained silent. It wasn't that he intended to say he had a little more than the other person, but Xie Linzhou had spoken up, and he couldn't very well lie and say that he didn't have as many as Xie Linzhou. After all, the awards would be announced on the spot during the ceremony, and he couldn't hide it from the audience.

Just as Lin Yi was wondering how to answer, Wen Tao arrived unexpectedly.

"Lin Yi, so early?" Wen Tao walked towards the two from afar. "Old Xie, you're here too?"

Wen Tao's appearance immediately interrupted Lin Yi and Xie Linzhou's conversation, and Lin Yi took the opportunity to find an excuse and slip away.

Wen Tao and Xie Linzhou watched Lin Yi walk towards the toilet in the distance, their expressions quite different.

Xie Linzhou leaned closer to Wen Tao and asked with some skepticism, "Old Wen, I just subtly inquired about Lin Yi's training results, and this guy actually said his bonus level is slightly higher than mine. Do you believe that?"

Xie Linzhou suspected that the guy might be bragging and just messing with him.

Unexpectedly, Wen Tao blurted out, "Believe it, why wouldn't I believe it? If it were someone else, I might not believe it, but if it's this guy, no matter how outrageous something is that happens to him, I won't doubt it at all."

This was Wen Tao's true feeling. After suffering a little bit of harm, he had come to admire that guy immensely.

Especially when Lin Yi contracted the mushroom cub, he was one of the few spectators. In less than four months, he became a level 5 first-tier beast tamer. Is this something a normal person can do?

Seeing this, Xie Linzhou looked at Wen Tao with a blank expression. Wen Tao, seeing the expression on Xie Linzhou's face, immediately guessed what Xie Linzhou was thinking and immediately tried to dissuade him:

"Old Xie, take my advice: don't compare yourself to this family."

This guy is abnormal; if you compete with him, you'll lose so badly you'll question your existence.