I can understand what the furry creatures are saying, and I've become the number one beast tame

Chapter 39 Isn't this a rip-off?
Even Hua Shen was shocked.

After confirming that Nan Ran was indeed at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment, he was indeed unable to use spiritual power. He frowned and said, "Could it be because of his pure spiritual body?"

Shi Song shook his head.

She had never heard of such a situation before.

"Keep this matter quiet for now!"

Hua Shen's expression was serious, and his voice was low: "Otherwise, if those with ulterior motives find out..."

Nan Ran is probably in grave danger.

More likely, it will be regarded as a furnace or cauldron.

They can understand the language of monsters and know how to raise monsters better and faster.

His cultivation level advanced very rapidly.

However, they lack any ability to protect themselves, possessing cultivation but unable to mobilize spiritual power...

Isn't this the running ginseng fruit?
Nan Ran nodded.

She is very obedient when it comes to matters of life and death.

Shi Song patted her shoulder: "You don't need to be too nervous, don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"I do know some people in the inner sect. I'll contact them."

She was very generous: "When the time comes, I'll let you join the trial team that guarantees you'll pass, and I'll cover the expenses."

"cost?"

Nan Ran looked at her in surprise.

Shi Song nodded: "Yes! That's why Elder Hua Shen just said that no matter whether you pass the trial or not, you won't be allowed to go directly to the inner sect."

"Where there are people, there will inevitably be business..."

Shi Song didn't elaborate, but patted Nan Ran on the shoulder and made a promise: "You'll understand when you advance to the inner sect!"

Nan Ran immediately lost even more interest in going to the inner sect.

It sounds like a place that costs a lot of money!
Even the trials cost money...

If there were any make-up exams, retakes, or proxy exams (not really), she suddenly thought of something and her lips twitched slightly: "Could it be that participating in this trial also requires an application fee?"

To graduate/complete your studies, you must pass a certain professional exam. However, you have to pay for the exam yourself…

"nature!"

Nan Ran was thinking, "This inner sect is indeed a money-grabbing place. I absolutely cannot go there, I absolutely cannot go there!"
Shi Song then delivered a blow to his head: "It's the same in our outer sect!"

She looked at Nan Ran teasingly: "You don't actually think that once you've passed the promotion exam, smoothly entered the outer sect, and become a formal disciple, you can rest easy, do you?"

Nan Ran: ...

Isn't that right?!
"The outer sect assessments are not as strict as those for the inner sect, and they mostly do not involve elimination, but they are still conducted every six months. Each assessment requires paying three hundred sect contribution points."

Three hundred sect contribution points?!

Nan Ran exclaimed in surprise, "So expensive?!"

The reward for her advancement was only two hundred contribution points!
Wait a minute… “The two hundred contribution points I got last time, could it be—”

"That's for each disciple who successfully advances, to help them adapt to life in the outer sect."

Shi Song smiled and said, "After all, whether you are in the outer sect or the inner sect, you need sect contribution points to pay for or exchange for anything related to food, clothing, housing and transportation."

"For example, the dormitories where ordinary outer disciples live are ten people per room, and each person needs to pay three contribution points per day."

That's ninety contribution points per month, right?
So, the 200 contribution points I get for advancing only cover a little over two months of living in a ten-person dormitory!
Shi Song quickly shattered her illusions.

"Besides accommodation, you still need to eat, right? The sect's spirit rice, spirit vegetables, and monster meat are all ingredients that need to be exchanged with contribution points."

"In addition, if you need to use the sect's kitchen, you must pay the fee on a per-use and per-time basis."

"Of course, you can also choose to fast."

Nan Ran: ...

She suddenly seemed to understand why it was always a different person who brought her food each time.

Sometimes it's Huiyao, sometimes it's Ye Zhi, sometimes it's Shi Qing...

This is no sect!

Isn't this a total rip-off?!

(End of this chapter)