Chapter 56

It's been over a month, and it's still not finished…

The meat is dried, a bit hard, and a bit salty!

Su Yang suddenly felt a pang of regret—he should have brought back a corpse of a ferocious beast when he left the Mount Qixing training ground.

Zhang Xiuru picked up a piece of meat and placed it in Su Yang's bowl: "Son, how's your schoolwork going?"

"Not bad!"

"How are you getting along with your classmates?"

"Very well!" Su Yang thought of his classmates who had been beaten to the point of losing teeth. "... They're all nice people, very kind to me."

"That's good, that's good. Study hard, don't put pressure on yourself—just graduate normally!"

Su Xiaoxiao asked: "Brother, when can we move to the city?"

Su Yang stroked Su Xiaoxiao's hair and smiled: "Soon, soon, don't worry, Xiao Xiao!"

"Mm-hmm!"

"Eat more!"

"Okay!"

Su Yang looked at his sister's long black hair—it had gained some luster!

It must be because of the recent consumption of mutated sparrow meat, replenishing her nutrition.

After dinner, Su Yang knocked on Zhou Hai's door; it was Zhou Hai's mother who opened it.

Zhou Hai's mother, the moment she saw Su Yang, warmly invited him in and called down Zhou Hai.

In half a month, Zhou Hai had grown much more muscular.

The moment Zhou Hai saw Su Yang, he lunged forward and hugged him.

"Su Yang, you're so damn awesome!"

"Uh! Not that much, not that much!"

"Come on, to my room!"

Su Yang had been to Zhou Hai's bedroom before—not for the first time.

A bed, with messy blankets never folded.

Two stools, a wooden desk riddled with wormholes, covered in many textbooks.

The current education system inherited human civilization from before the Great Catastrophe.

There is still compulsory education, lasting six years total: children start at age seven, four years of primary school, two years of junior high.

But this compulsory education is not mandatory!

You can come or not—the teachers at the town's school won't care.

Many children living outside Mount Qixing City, after six years of compulsory education, can barely read and barely do arithmetic!

Because they skip class to go work!

Otherwise, they might not have enough to eat!

In this world, civilians living outside the base cities struggle just to survive!

Those civilians who awaken the Beast Tamer talent have leaped over the Dragon Gate!

Zhou Hai shut the door and looked at Su Yang: "Su Yang, you're truly awesome—I heard you skipped grades, even to third grade, right?"

"Right!"

Upon hearing Zhou Hai's confirmation, Su Yang nearly knelt before him!

"Big Brother Su, I don't even know what to say!"

"Say whatever you want!" Su Yang laughed. "I just came to check on you—after a month of practical training, have you gotten stronger?"

"I'm still not good enough—my Green Wind Wolf can't even beat a regular Black-Iron Low-Grade ferocious beast!"

Zhou Hai's situation? That's the norm for most civilian Beast Tamers!

They rarely get access to ferocious beast eggs with high growth potential—they can only slowly improve using the ordinary-potential beasts provided by the authorities!

"It's fine—beast companions grow slowly. I'm just an exception!"

"Of course you're just an exception!" Zhou Hai said, lying on his bed. "At first, I was a little jealous of you, but after hearing you skipped grades, I suddenly didn't feel anything anymore…"

"Huh?"

Zhou Hai sighed: "You're too strong—you've left me so far behind I can't even see your taillights… Since I can't catch up, I've just given up completely!"

"Mm."

"I didn't tell Aunt Zhang or your sister about your school punishment—I made sure all the students from No. 1 Middle School in our town stayed quiet!"