My tamed beasts can't be demons.

Chapter 8 Learning to Walk

A single bottle of low-level growth potion sells for 30,000 on the market.

In the Beast Taming Academy, you can use credits to exchange for three low-level growth potions, but no student would be foolish enough to use credits to exchange for such potions. It's better to save up five credits to exchange for a chance to explore the safe zone of the secret realm.

Zhou Lu currently has only fifteen credits, all of which come from his first-year academic courses.

There's still a month until the first official battle exam, so it's definitely too late to evolve Hanabi. But since he plans to perform well in the exam to earn more credits, he needs to make the most of the credits he has.

Of course, you should also make full use of the systems you have.

Under the influence of the medicine, Hanabi is growing happily, and in no time she has grown taller.

Although the low-level growth potion didn't allow the flower to grow to the point of blooming, the visible effect still satisfied Zhou Lu.

It's a pity that Teacher Xiaoxi can't be seen every day, otherwise Hanabi could keep applying potions to her.

The thought that he would one day be thinking about how to get Teacher Bao's gold coins made Zhou Lu feel a little guilty but also excited.

When you summon Hanabi's Beast Taming Card, there are no obvious changes except for the addition of two new skills.

This is normal. Beast Taming Cards were actually created with the help of modern technology to allow Beast Tamers to better observe the status of their spirit pets, enabling them to know the status of their spirit pets more clearly.

Furthermore, in addition to the original name, attributes, rank, and skills, the Beast Taming Card also has an extra level.

The so-called level is a quantitative indicator used to estimate the evolution degree of a spirit pet. It is calculated using big data and the natural computing power of the Seeking Dao Wood, so it does not change in real time. You need to go to the nearest growth calculation device to calculate and record it.

Of course, this is a paid service, costing 1.5 million per session.

You can also choose not to use this service, but instead use your own experience and intuition to determine whether your pet has reached the evolution standard, and then prepare the necessary materials to facilitate its evolution.

If your prediction is wrong and your pet hasn't reached the evolution stage yet, then the evolution will fail, and your materials will be wasted.

Compared to the wasted materials, this cost is actually not much. Moreover, at the Beast Taming Academy, you can exchange credits for growth predictions, ten credits per prediction, and there is also one free growth prediction per academic year—including the first year when most students do not have spirit pets.

Zhou Lu has one free growth prediction, but he's not in a hurry to use it. He'll wait until the fireworks show signs of blooming before using it.

In fact, credits can also be used as currency in the college forum to buy materials obtained by other students from the dungeon.

Zhou Lu quickly remembered the system's task.

The ancient book containing the unique evolution path of the Dream Rain Flower seems to have been obtained from the forum.

Thinking of this, Zhou Lu opened his phone and browsed the forum. The vast majority of posts were about buying and selling materials, and there were also posts asking to buy evolution paths for their spirit pets.

After searching around without finding any information related to the ancient book, Zhou Lu closed the forum with some disappointment and decided to check the forum three times a day, morning, noon and night, to finally get his hands on this ancient book.

This year is 996 in the Gregorian calendar, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, I should be able to get it before the end of the year. At that time, not only will Fireworks' special evolution be secured, but the five optional evolution materials rewarded by the system mission will also be very tempting.

Snapped!

Just as Zhou Lu was making plans for the future, the familiar voice came again.

Firework lay sprawled on the floor, its flowerpot shattered on the ground. Fortunately, Firework had managed to hold onto all the soil firmly with its roots; otherwise, it would have been a complete mess.

While Zhou Lu was thinking, Huahuo couldn't wait to practice the two new skills it had just learned and try to walk.

Unfortunately, it wasn't skilled enough at connecting skills, and soon it fell to the ground.

The aggrieved little grass hugged its new shoot with two leaves, afraid of Zhou Lu's blame. Its white roots writhed uneasily, as if waiting for the curse to come.

Zhou Lu smiled helplessly; he had been mentally prepared for this. The potion had already been absorbed by the flowers, so even if the flowerpot broke, it wouldn't be a big loss.

He walked up to Hanabi, picked up another flowerpot and placed it next to her. He raised his hand and touched Hanabi's new shoots, saying, "It's okay. You just learned the skill today. It's normal to fall down. Get up and continue practicing."

As he spoke, Zhou Lu pointed to the basin beside him and said, "Go in by yourself, you should be able to, right?"

Zhou Lu's gentle voice soothed the firework, and it carefully used the [Stem] ability to grow vines, following Zhou Lu's instructions.

With the [Transport] skill, it easily lifted its entire body and then used [Wild Growth] to extend its vines.

Although she didn't align it properly at first, after some effort, Hanabi managed to complete the potting process on her own.

Once back in the flowerpot, Huahuo, feeling safe again, visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, let's continue." Zhou Lu gently patted the fireworks.

Hanabi seemed a little uneasy, as if she had developed a fear of walking.

Zhou Lu squatted down, watching the fireworks, and gently comforted her: "Don't be afraid. I fell much more times when I was learning to walk as a child than you. Walk it again, and let me see where your problem lies."

Encouraged by Zhou Lu, Huahuo finally mustered the courage to sprout vines again.

Just as Zhou Lu had seen before, Hua Huo used vines to lift herself up along with the flowerpot, and then let the fixed branches on the ground grow outwards to complete her walking.

Hanabi hadn't gone far when, just like before, she stumbled and was about to fall.

This time, Zhou Lu was quick-witted and caught the firework.

Fireworks withdrew all its vines, its leaves shaking sadly.

It was already much smarter than the average plant-type spirit pet, but it was precisely because of this intelligence that it felt frustrated.

I can't even learn to walk...

"I've found the problem!"

Just as the fireworks were losing their spark, Zhou Lu's gentle voice came again.

Fireworks straightened up and listened to the advice from its owner.

Zhou Lu squatted down and placed the fireworks back on the floor: "You don't need to lift yourself to the same height as me. That will make your center of gravity too concentrated at the top."

Fireworks are swaying with leaves: But I want to go with my owner!

Zhou Lu sensed the emotions emanating from Hanabi and smiled, "Learn to walk first, walk faster and more steadily, so you can help me better, right? Come on, do as I say, lower your center of gravity, and the length of your walking stem doesn't need to be too long. As long as the frequency is high enough, you can walk very quickly too."

Fireworks was initially reluctant, but when it heard Zhou Lu say that he needed its help, it immediately perked up.

Following Zhou Lu's instructions, it sprouted vines again, but this time it did not lift itself high, but only lifted the flowerpot off the ground.

"Don't let the runners grow too long; they should ideally not extend beyond the edge of the flowerpot," Zhou Lu instructed the firework from his seat.

Following Zhou Lu's instructions, Huahuo slowly moved her body forward a short distance.

"Yes! That's it!" Zhou Lu clapped his hands and said, "Increase the frequency and alternate forward."

rustling...

Fireworks followed this pattern, walking from the living room all the way to the door.

It was very stable the whole way.

Carrying a flowerpot and walking close to the ground, it looks like a uniquely shaped snail.

But this alone is enough to surpass all plant-type spirit beasts of the same rank.

(End of this chapter)