"Chirp?"
Seemingly sensing Chen Mo's troubles, Xiao Jiu, who was beside him flaunting a hamburger, stopped.
After hesitating for a moment, it put down the hamburger in its hands and packed it up along with the remaining ones, meaning they could be eaten for dinner, and if there were leftovers, they could eat them tomorrow.
"Chirp!" (I'm super thrifty!)
The little fox tilted its head, its long white tail swaying left and right.
Watching the cute movements of the little fox, Chen Mo felt both amused and touched, gently rubbed the little fox's head, and said:
"Alright! I won't hide it from you, my spirit talent actually gets special abilities from completing certain challenges. Like eating hamburgers now and previous ones like the Thunder Baptism, flaunting gourmet food, eating stinky tofu, and so on. Jiu Bao, go on and eat! I'll handle the money-making."
"Chirp!" (Let's earn some money together!)
Chen Mo felt a warm feeling in his heart.
Now, he was no longer alone; as the spiritual beast bonded to him by contract, Xiao Jiu was his most trusted partner.
Seemingly smelling the hamburger, She Pili at the side who had been sleeping like Detective Conan twitched his nose and suddenly opened his eyes, immediately spotting Chen Mo and the Blazing Flame Fox flaunting the hamburgers.
"Wow! Junior brother, did you buy a hamburger for me too?"
Seeing several more hamburgers in the food bag, She Pili asked with some surprise.
"Um, I got one for you."
Seeing She Pili's expectant eyes, Chen Mo felt awkward to say that the remaining six hamburgers were their lunch.
"Thanks, junior brother."
She Pili didn't hold back and grabbed a hamburger and started biting into it bigly.
"Senior brother, do you know any quick ways to make money?"
Using the mealtime as an opportunity, Chen Mo asked.
"There are many ways for a Spirit Master to make quick money, but the most common are two types: one is exploring the Spirit Realm, whether it's taking commissions from the Spirit Control Bureau or gathering spiritual materials and such can all earn big money. However, you are not yet a Primary Spirit Master, so you don't qualify to go to the Spirit Realm. The other type is through competing."
She Pili said while eating.
"Competitions? Are there any suitable competitions for me coming up?"
Hearing about competitions, Chen Mo's eyes lit up; wouldn't Xiao Jiu's combat power be unbeatable at the Awakening Level?
"Let me see. There is one, Shenghai City has a tournament called 'Fledgling Cup' and today is the last day to register. Ok, I've sent you the link."
Chen Mo clicked on the link and found out that the organizer of the "Fledgling Cup" was the Shenghai City Spirit Master Association, held annually.
Good, it's very official!
The competition dates are from August 24th to August 29th, which is the last week of summer vacation.
The requirements for participants are Spirit Masters from Shenghai City under 20 years old.
The prize for the first place is 300,000, the second place 100,000, and the third place is 50,000.
"Under 20 years old, and no restrictions on the growth level of the participating spiritual beasts, wouldn't a 20-year-old High-level Spirit Master just rampage?"
Chen Mo couldn't help but say.
This land of Blue Star has never lacked geniuses; although there are no 20-year-old Master Spirit Masters, there are still quite a few 20-year-old High-level Spirit Masters.
Some people opened their Spiritual Space at age 10, which can be said to be way ahead of Chen Mo.
"Don't worry! The appearance fees for those level Spirit Masters far exceed this amount, I guess the highest level in this kind of tournament will only have Extraordinary 4th Rank, 5th Rank Spiritual Beasts, although it doesn't make much difference to you."
Chen Mo: "..."
"By the way, if you get a good rank, remember to promote our Thunderbolt Daoist School, ha!"
She Pili didn't actually think Chen Mo had the capability to win any important place; he just mentioned it casually.
"Definitely!"
The next day, after completing the daily challenge [Long-Distance Running Enthusiast], Chen Mo went to the Thunderbolt Daoist School for his usual classes and training.
Today's schedule included a moves teaching session and a practical combat class.
And the teacher of the class... was still Senior Brother Lin Lan.
During the practical combat class, She Pili appeared again, just like yesterday, finding a secluded corner to close his eyes and rest.
Initially, Chen Mo thought this senior brother had overexerted himself the day before, but seeing it happen several days in a row, along with the nonchalant expressions of others.
Perhaps Senior Brother She's sleepiness had some hidden reasons behind it.
At the end of the practical combat class, She Pili finally woke up.
Chen Mo asked curiously:
"Senior Brother She, why don't you practice with other seniors?"
During the past two days of practical combat classes, he had seen the spiritual beasts of others, albeit intermittently, but he had never seen the spiritual beast of Brother She Pili.
"Because there is no one among my peers who can match me!"
She Pili revealed the lonely expression of a master.
Chen Mo shivered inwardly, truly, appearances can be deceiving.
Who would have thought that the seemingly lazy Brother She had such formidable strength!
"Indeed, no one can match you, but who can you defeat then?"
Generous Senior Sister Liu, hearing their conversation, couldn't help but laugh and said.
"Sister, why are you doing this – don't ruin my grand image in front of the junior brother, okay?"
She Pili's tone still carried his usual laziness, seeing the curious baby expression on Chen Mo, he helplessly opened his mouth:
"Alright then, I shall show you my spiritual beast!"
The next moment, a deep blue summoning array, shimmering with countless electric arcs, appeared beneath his feet.
Subsequently, a colossal turtle beast, over 7 meters long and 2 meters high, appeared in front of Chen Mo. The turtle's shell was covered with purple patterns similar to fish scales, and three golden runes were engraved in the center of the shell, making it look rather mystical.
However, the size of this Thunder Qilin Turtle was too unusual; typically, a Thunder Scale Turtle would be no more than 1 meter long at most, while She Pili's Thunder Qilin Turtle was almost comparable to its evolved form – the Thunder Prison Mountain.
Chen Mo used the spiritual beast scanning feature on his Spirit Master Bracelet app and a virtual screen displayed the information on this Thunder Qilin Turtle.
[Spiritual Beast Name: Thunder Scale Turtle]
[Growth Level: Transcendent 9th Rank]
[Race Level: Commander 1st Rank]
[Description: Electric Type Spiritual Beast, a rare spiritual beast believed to possess the Xuanwu Bloodline from Mythical Creatures, with incredibly strong defensive power.]
"A variant spiritual beast? Transcendent 9th Rank!?"
Chen Mo exclaimed in surprise.
"Yes, Abu is a variant spiritual beast; that's why it's so huge. Due to its massive size, Abu is somewhat clumsy. It's almost impossible for Abu to hit opponents in close combat, and the spiritual beasts of my seniors mostly focus on attack speed and long-range attacks can't hit either."
"Although it's hard for Abu to defeat opponents, no one dreams of defeating my Abu. The Thunder Scale Turtle already has an impressive defensive power, and mutation has greatly enhanced its defenses. Then, I designed a counter-shell tactic based on Abu's characteristics, mainly learning the skills of Thunder Armor and Thorny Thunder Spur, making it impossible for even general Commander rank spiritual beasts to break through its defense!"
She Pili explained.
"I see!"
Chen Mo was somewhat astonished.