My tamed beasts can't be demons.

Chapter 77 The Enlarged Delicious Mushroom with Specialized Attributes (Please continue reading!)

When Zhou Lu emerged from the secret realm and returned to the Explorers' Association hall, almost everyone present looked at Zhou Lu and Hua Huo.

The fireworks are so beautiful, and they're like walking flowers, it's hard not to attract attention.

Little Flower was very pleased with the attention it received from passersby. It proudly wagged its tail, wriggled its roots, and walked gracefully beside Zhou Lu.

Soon someone recognized Zhou Lu.

As a perfect scorer in the new battle preliminary exam, and with his initial spirit pet being Dream Rain Flower, he is a legendary figure on the forum.

After discovering that the other party was Zhou Lu, many people had a slight doubt when they looked at Hua Huo.

Did they contract another spirit pet, or did Fireworks evolve?

No! For the beast tamers of this world, these two answers are the same.

Only after Fireworks achieves its evolution can Zhou Lu evolve into a second-tier Beastmaster and unlock the second Beastmaster slot.

Soon, the news that Zhou Lu's spirit pet had evolved spread throughout the entire academy via the academy's forum network.

When Zhou Lu arrived at Wu Xiaoqing's lab wanting to discuss the results with her, Wu Xiaoqing had already been waiting for a long time.

"Wow! Is this the evolved fireworks? It's so beautiful!"

Wu Xiaoqing's eyes lit up when she saw the fireworks.

She has absolutely no resistance to flowers.

Fireworks proudly raised their blossoms.

Wu Xiaoqing carefully examined the fireworks and then said, "Hmm, it really is a species that isn't recorded in the encyclopedia."

"After all, it is the extinct Nine-Lives Immortal Herb."

"I wonder why it's called that," Wu Xiaoqing pondered, then asked Zhou Lu, "What's Firework's new racial skill?"

Zhou Lu did not hide anything from Wu Xiaoqing and directly told her about the effects of the trickery skill.

"No wonder..." Wu Xiaoqing nodded. "So that's the effect. I was wondering why the documents Xiaoxi provided said that immortals always had several beast tamers with them when they went out. It turns out it was to ward off disasters."

The original Nine-Lives Immortal Grass doesn't have as many racial skills as Fireworks, so their [Fooling] is basically a one-time skill.

Even if it's a one-time event, dodging a key skill can turn the tide of battle.

"In that case, the second exam at the end of the year, two months from now, should be no problem for you," Wu Xiaoqing said with a smile.

"Ah... there are only two months left until the end of the year? Time flies so fast..." Zhou Lu sighed.

Just four months ago, he was thinking of becoming a salted fish.

However, it only took four months for Hanabi to evolve once... Thinking about it that way, my progress is a bit slow.

Four months is enough time for many main characters to accomplish a lot.

Some protagonists become invincible within a year.

Firework wriggled and broke free from Wu Xiaoqing's grasp, then quickly slipped into Zhou Lu's arms.

Zhou Lu held the fireworks in his arms and then began to recount his encounter in the secret realm.

Hearing about Zhou Lu's miserable seven days, Wu Xiaoqing smiled helplessly and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. That's how it is in the secret realm. Every year, countless soldiers of the pioneering army die on the way to explore and develop."

As she spoke, Wu Xiaoqing pointed to the mushroom field in the distance and said, "Look, the Pioneer Army has another order, and this time it's a custom order."

Zhou Lu looked in the direction Wu Xiaoqing was pointing and saw a large patch of plump, delicious mushrooms.

"The color looks different than before..."

"Yes, this is a custom-made model, a desert-adapted one," Wu Xiaoqing said. "It needs to have additional damage reduction against fire."

"Can this be customized?"

"Mushrooms, which reproduce quickly, are the easiest to customize," Wu Xiaoqing said. "They also produce results quickly, which is why I chose them as my research topic."

As she spoke, Wu Xiaoqing pointed to the next room: "Next are plant-type spirit beasts. Those that grow fast are fine, but if it's a tree-type spirit beast, if you want to develop a specific trait, you have to wait several years for them to flower and bear fruit, which is why there are grafting techniques."

"The same goes for animal-type spirit beasts. Insects and rats, which reproduce quickly, are fine, but those with long breeding cycles can be fatal. The cats and dogs that are popular on the market can't reproduce more than a few times a year," Wu Xiaoqing said. "That's why you see many popular spirit pets on the market are breeds that have been around for several years."

Zhou Lu listened attentively. Although he didn't do research, he thought these words might give him some inspiration.

Fireworks is now at level two, which means it can learn Class B skills.

This time, Zhou Lu, who had already profited greatly from the system, no longer needed to buy skill cards from Xiao Xi.

He's all set. Once he gets back, he'll have a thrilling card draw to see what useful skills he can pull from these available random permanent skill cards.

While the two were chatting, Hanabi started picking mushrooms from the mushroom field again.

It found the colorful mushrooms inside particularly interesting.

In no time, the vines of the fireworks plant were covered with plump and delicious mushrooms of various colors.

"Didn't you say you only customized fire-attribute damage reduction?" Zhou Lu asked curiously, seeing the mushrooms of various colors.

Wu Xiaoqing crossed her long legs in black stockings and casually said, "Since we've already done it, we might as well make the mushrooms with the other attributes as well."

"..." Is this "by the way" something that other researchers do in several months?

In the blink of an eye, the fireworks had almost destroyed all the mushrooms in the mushroom field.

Zhou Lu, sitting next to Wu Xiaoqing, immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

Although Wu Xiaoqing tacitly agreed to this, it was still going too far.

"Fireworks." Zhou Lu hugged Fireworks and whispered, "Don't take so many..."

"It's okay." Although Wu Xiaoqing didn't hear what Zhou Lu said, she could guess the gist of it and said, "Let Huahuo take them and play with them. These are all defective products."

Take it to play with...

Zhou Lu couldn't help but recall the scene in the Linxi Secret Realm where the six muscular mushroom-like figures charged towards him.

Are you sure this is just for fun?

The defective products that Wu Xiaoqing mentioned were more about issues with duration and personality.

Defective mushrooms will have a shorter lifespan and a more volatile temperament.

However, this was no problem for Hanabi. Having mastered the technique of division and parasitism, it had the power of life and death over the mushrooms it released.

"Oh, by the way," Wu Xiaoqing glanced at Huahuo and Zhou Lu, "Are you free lately?"

Zhou Lu thought for a moment: "Tomorrow I'm going to work part-time at the nursing team, at the electric rat breeding base, to sterilize the electric rats."

"Um... this thing really should be spayed/neutered, it reproduces way too much," Wu Xiaoqing said. "But shouldn't the pet owner do that themselves?"

"Spirit pet neutering is quite expensive; it's kind of a disguised price reduction marketing tactic." Zhou Lu looked at Wu Xiaoqing. "Sister Xiaoqing, is there something you need? Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Let's talk about it after you get back from the breeding base," Wu Xiaoqing said. "It's a small project, and we need a helper."

(End of this chapter)