Chapter 563: Capture Competition (First update, requesting everything)

During the days of secluded cultivation, nearly two months passed by without notice.

On August 29th, with two days remaining until the annual freshman enrollment, the Yuanling Academy had opened the freshman assessment the day before yesterday and taken the opportunity to hold the Capture Competition.

The Capture Competition can be considered a traditional event of the Yuanling Academy, with a history of over a hundred years; the top ten in the Capture Competition can receive a certain amount of Academic Credit as a reward.

Li Zhangsheng did not participate in the Capture Competition; for one, the champion of the Capture Competition only receives a reward of one thousand Academic Credit.

Secondly, the Capture Competition mainly depends on the quantity of wild Spirit Beasts, not their so-called quality. Even though Li Zhangsheng is a Fifth-tier Beastmaster, and his endurance and contracting efficiency far exceed those of ordinary students, theoretically, there is still a possibility of failure.

Thirdly, the Capture Competition lasts for five days, and Li Zhangsheng naturally had no intention of wasting time.

Fourthly, he can maintain his "idol" aura; he is not like the senior Miao Yinfeng who has already graduated and pursues it every year. His stated reason is that he intends to leave the opportunity to others.

For these various reasons, the appeal of the Capture Competition to him became minimal.

In the bedroom of the Number One Courtyard!

Li Zhangsheng put down the letter in his hand and let out a light breath.

Soon, the letter ignited without wind, turning into ashes that scattered all over the floor.

Li Zhangsheng did not feel surprised, because at the first glance he had seen that the letter carried a Self-Destruction Restriction. The moment the envelope was opened, this letter could only last for five minutes, mainly to avoid leaving evidence.

This was a letter sent by Dou Yuanhua, in which he specified that he would be able to obtain the Xuanqiong Five-Colored Glazed Fruit in a while, and hoped that Li Zhangsheng would absolutely not trade away the Thunder Element Crystal.

As for the method by which Dou Yuanhua would obtain the Xuanqiong Five-Colored Glazed Fruit, it was not written in the letter.

However, it could only be one of two methods: either using his own status, though this possibility is not high, as this is military merit; or, like Xu Wenhua exchanging for the Xuanqiong Five-Colored Glazed Fruit, finding a Stronger Beastmaster who has accumulated a large amount of military merit and persuading them to exchange for the Xuanqiong Five-Colored Glazed Fruit.

The latter possibility is very high, but to gather enough military merit to exchange for the Xuanqiong Five-Colored Glazed Fruit, it is feared that there is still a shortfall, which is why some time is needed to gather it.

Li Zhangsheng blew a light breath, and a gentle breeze formed, blowing the ashes all over the floor into the air, drifting straight out the window.

In nearly two months, Li Zhangsheng could be said to have taken another step closer to the critical point of the Fifth Rank, having successfully condensed a half-moon yesterday.

According to Li Zhangsheng's calculations, it would take about another four or five months to attempt to break through to the Sixth Rank.

This is even faster than he expected. The reason for this deviation is mainly related to the progress of his nine official Demon Pets.

The quality and realm of Demon Pets can effectively amplify a Beastmaster's cultivation speed. With Baitian, Heiye, and Adai successively becoming Half-Step Epic Quality, plus the fact that the Demon Pets' realms are also constantly improving, this has more or less accelerated his cultivation speed.

Not long ago, the Ancestral Leopard-Lin Beast also successfully broke through to the Lord level.

In this way, all nine of Li Zhangsheng's official Demon Pets have reached the Lord level.

Except for the newly promoted Ancestral Leopard-Lin Beast, the fastest progressing ones, Aixi and Kailan, have already reached Lord 7th Rank, and the other Demon Pets are mostly around Lord 5th Stage.

"I've held them back again!"

Li Zhangsheng did not know how many times he had sighed this. Even though he never slacked off and his progress was theoretically rapid, compared to his Demon Pets, there was still a gap.

By the time Li Zhangsheng attempts to break through to the Sixth Rank, some Demon Pets will likely be stuck at Lord 9th Rank, and only after he breaks through to the Sixth Rank can they attempt to break through to the Demon King level.

There is no other way for this; otherwise, if the master is weak and the servant is strong, the spiritual channel between the two will collapse, and at that time, both the Beastmaster and the Demon Pet will suffer heavy injuries. If it really comes to that point, and if the conflict between the Demon Pet and the Beastmaster is deep, they could choose to run away or even kill their master.

If a Demon Pet that has lost its spiritual connection runs away, this is almost no different from having one less contract slot.

At this time, Li Zhangsheng took out a Jade Box.

Inside the Jade Box lay a Dragon Scale of a Time Dragon. He had a total of two Time Dragon Dragon Scales, one large and one small, but their auras were slightly different; they were likely from two Time Dragons from different periods.

For a Mythical Spirit Beast like a Time Dragon, the multiverse generally only gives birth to one. Unless the previous Time Dragon dies, it is almost impossible for two Time Dragons to exist at the same time.

It is not just the Time Dragon; the Candle Dragon, World Serpent, Ancestral Dragon, Platinum Dragon, Five-Colored Dragon, Dijiang, etc., are all similar existences. The Hundred-Armed Giant brothers who invaded the Fairy World last time were merely a very rare exception.

Recently, whenever he had free time, Li Zhangsheng would study the Time Dragon's Dragon Scale, hoping to extract the power of time from the scale and prepare to create a restriction for localized time dilation to significantly accelerate his cultivation speed.

However, the Time Dragon's Dragon Scale is quite miraculous; even though Li Zhangsheng possesses some of Di Zhiyi's experience, he still has not developed the technique to extract the power of time.

Through a large number of experiments, Li Zhangsheng has more or less gained some inspiration. If things go smoothly, perhaps he could research it after spending some time.

But this requires time and a large amount of resources.

During this period, Li Zhangsheng's resources have been consumed heavily. The resources accumulated some time ago are shrinking rapidly; even though the Starry Sky Auction House brings in gold daily, it still cannot make up for the consumption.

There is no help for this. In addition to the resources required daily by Li Zhangsheng and his Demon Pets, Li Zhangsheng specifically built a Training Ground in his backyard, whose functions are identical to the third floor of the Paid Training Ground, just with a much smaller area.

Building this Training Ground cost over ten thousand Soul Crystals, and helplessly, it requires hundreds of Soul Crystals every day for the Demon Pets to train. Added to the fact that Li Zhangsheng's Demon Pets are basically big eaters, and the daily needs for basic resources like Demon Cores, the daily expenditure alone reached four digits.

With such luxurious conditions, the results are naturally gratifying; otherwise, the Demon Pets would not have progressed so quickly.

Besides this, Kailan is also a major consumer. In order to improve her alchemy skills as quickly as possible, Li Zhangsheng always lets Kailan refine high-level Alchemical Pills at the level of an Intermediate Alchemist. Even though Kailan has a natural talent in this area, the success rate is still very low, and she cannot even cover the costs.

Under the crazy "pay-to-win" approach, Kailan's alchemy skills can be said to have risen with the tide. A few days ago, she successfully reached the level of an Advanced Alchemist, and theoretically, she can already refine top-tier Alchemical Pills, it's just that the success rate is unusually pit-like.

Because the "wallet" is shrinking quite severely and the materials for top-tier pill recipes are not easy to gather, Kailan has had to refine Beauty-Fixing Pills recently to earn a profit first.

No matter which world it is in, the money of women and children is always the easiest to earn.

"It seems I will have to make a trip to the Fire Flame Secret Realm soon. The Soul Imprint on Liu Xudong's Space Ring must have completely dissolved by now."

Li Zhangsheng thought to himself. He was still quite looking forward to Liu Xudong's Space Ring, mainly wanting to recover some funds.

Roar~ Roar~

Just at this moment, two Dragon Roars interrupted Li Zhangsheng's deep thoughts.

(End of chapter)