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Little Skeleton probably would sulk for three or four hours.
With so much time, Lu Wu couldn't just wait around.
He decided it was a good opportunity to plan his summer vacation!
To be honest, after learning about the honors class and the high school competition from his senior, Lu Wu felt a tremendous amount of pressure.
At that moment, he realized his previous confidence had been blind, largely built on ignorance.
The more he understood about the high school competition and summoned beasts, the greater his pressure became.
Given his current situation.
Even if money wasn't an issue and he could complete the "Little Skeleton's Training Manual 2.0" to elevate Little Skeleton's quality to "Ordinary" or maybe even a bit stronger within a month.
It would still be very difficult for him to enter the honors class when school started.
After all, even if Little Skeleton reached "Ordinary," it would merely catch up to everyone else's starting line, and no one would be waiting for Lu Wu at the starting line.
According to his senior who had a Jungle Wolf summoned beast, her beast was "Ordinary" quality right from the start.
On the third day after being summoned, it activated the "Bite" skill.
During the summer vacation, his senior also attended a training class.
After two months of training, by the start of the third year, her Jungle Wolf had already become a one-star summoned beast and had mastered the "Wind Blade" and "Bite" skills.
And such a level was only average in the honors class!
This meant that Lu Wu had to elevate Little Skeleton's quality to "Ordinary," train its power to one star, and make it master two skills within two months.
And even that might not be enough!
Because he learned from his senior that the school had more stringent criteria for admitting students with less promising summoned beasts like Little Skeleton into the honors class.
Little Skeleton needed to perform exceptionally well!
Thinking about this gave Lu Wu a headache.
"What on earth was I thinking, trying to help that girl in such a tough situation for myself?
With my current situation, can I even manage that?"
In that instant, Lu Wu felt an impulse to just abandon helping Pang Duddu and let her fend for herself!
"Forget it, forget it, I should focus on listing my own problems first and then figure out how to solve them!"
Whether due to a remaining sense of conscience or his inability to harm Pang Duddu at the moment, he temporarily put that thought aside.
Then Lu Wu started ticking off the problems he needed to face.
First, improving Little Skeleton's quality.
Training Little Skeleton to reach at least one-star power and master at least two skills.
Simultaneously, he also had to develop a training plan for Pang Duddu and help her family's pig improve its power and master skills.
Combining all these issues together, Lu Wu realized that ultimately, it was still a matter of money!
If he had money, Little Skeleton's advanced materials wouldn't be a problem.
If he had money, he could enroll both himself and Pang Duddu in training classes, ensuring they could learn skills.
But the problem now was, he had no money!
This left Lu Wu feeling very awkward and troubled.
"It seems that in any world, dealing with money is unavoidable."
Lu Wu started brainstorming on how to make money: "Right, didn't the Transcendence Party's first pot of gold often come from being a plagiarist? Should I do that too?
Copy some songs, some novels?
This kind of work is pretty easy and brings fast money.
If I copied to a billion, I could create a whole new world with those gold coins!"
The more Lu Wu thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.
His enthusiasm surged, but when he seriously considered doing it, he realized that being a plagiarist wasn't that easy.
Although he had photographic memory after crossing over, he didn't have that skill before the transmigration. He could hum a few lines or remember some plots from pre-crossing songs and novels, but producing them was beyond his capability.
He couldn't compose music, and his writing skills were poor.
This plan of being a plagiarist was blocked, which made Lu Wu particularly frustrated.
Just when he was feeling down, his phone rang.
Lu Wu picked it up and saw that it was Li Chun.
Lu Wu was a bit puzzled, wondering why Old Li was looking for him during the holidays.
"Hello, teacher, good evening!"
"A part-time job? Umm, four thousand a month?… Okay, got it, I will come over first thing tomorrow morning."
"Not at all, I should be the one thanking you!"
After a few minutes, Lu Wu hung up the call, his expression somewhat complex.
He didn't expect Old Li's call to introduce him to a job.
His uncle had opened a new store and was short of staff, so he wanted Lu Wu to help out for the summer vacation.
Initially hearing this, Lu Wu was a bit hesitant.
Even though he wasn't opposed to the idea, he hadn't actually prepared for it.
But learning there was four thousand a month, working from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Lu Wu immediately felt the job suited him and promptly agreed.
After all, it wasn't billions, but eight thousand was still valuable!
"It looks like working is my fate after all, but at least this means the material for training Little Skeleton would be secured!"
With the job settled and the training material for Little Skeleton assured, Lu Wu started thinking about the skills.
Currently, Lu Wu had two options.
One was to wait for his senior to send over the honors class teaching materials. He remembered it contained some basic skill training plans, although the success rate was very low; no matter, he had an advantage.
The other was pursuing Pang Duddu's close bond route.
Treat Little Skeleton well and see if strengthening their bond could awaken any skills in it.
Of course, being pragmatic, Lu Wu didn't have to choose between the two, he could do both, although this brought another issue.
"If that's the case, should I consider sharing the same bed with it?"
Thinking about this, Lu Wu was particularly hesitant.
He had never shared a bed with anyone before. Should his first time really be for this Little Skeleton?
No way!
Lu Wu couldn't accept it.
"Holding it, there's no way I could sleep. Plus, with its silly appearance, even if we ate and slept together, there's no guarantee we'd bond. It wouldn't really feel anything.
Building a bond required something that could touch its heart or shared interests.
Pang Duddu and her family's pig had a deep appreciation for food and sleep, so their bond grew quickly. To improve my bond with this little guy, I had to find something that would touch it and pique its interest."
Yes, to protect his first time, Lu Wu indeed had to put in a lot of effort!
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