Originally, Tang Rou felt a bit puzzled by Jiang Fan's unusual behavior today.
Now, hearing Jiang Fan say he wants to participate in the Beast Master Entrance Exam, Tang Rou's eyes showed a look of realization.
She smiled lightly and said to Jiang Fan, "Participating in the Beast Master Entrance Exam is a good thing; I heard from our factory director that you need a beast egg to take the exam.
I happen to have some money in this card, take it and choose a good beast egg, don't delay yourself."
The money in the card was saved up by Tang Rou through frugal living. Although Jiang Fan didn't know how much was in there, he was certain it was enough to cover his university tuition and living expenses for four years.
Initially, Jiang Fan was not planning to accept it. But now, he was strapped for cash, and cultivating a beast required a lot of money.
So, he could only thicken his skin and take the bank card from Tang Rou.
"The Beast Master Entrance Exam is a big deal; spend the money if you need to, don't be frugal."
Tang Rou advised Jiang Fan.
After they both had their fill, Jiang Fan tidied up the dishes and returned to his room.
His room faced the house of his senior Wang Bingning, who got admitted to Jinling Beast Master University.
"Aunt Tang said their family should have moved out long ago, so why is the light still on over there?"
Jiang Fan was puzzled but didn't think much of it.
Just when Tang Rou handed him the bank card, Jiang Fan heard the system's voice.
[Wealth increased by 100,000.]
[Points increased by 10.]
For an ordinary person, having a savings of 100,000 yuan is already a lot. But standing out in the Beast Master Entrance Exam would still be somewhat difficult.
Jiang Fan sighed lightly.
The Beast Master Entrance Exam is a competition of knowledge, luck, strength, and many other factors; it's not absolutely fair.
What the Dragon Country can do is to provide everyone with a relatively fair competitive platform.
To stand out on such a platform, effort and talent are indispensable.
Many students in Jiang Fan's class didn't sign up for the Beast Master Entrance Exam because the risk was too high.
Ordinary families find it hard to guarantee victory over wealthy people;
Wealthy people find it hard to guarantee victory over descendants of beast master families;
Descendants of beast master families find it hard to guarantee victory over wealthy and powerful beast master families.
...
If it weren't for his system, Jiang Fan wouldn't be willing to take this risk himself.
Taking out the beast egg with a somewhat dull shell, Jiang Fan let out a long breath.
"Hoo, now it's time to perform the contract."
Jiang Fan steeled himself and directly cut his palm.
In the next moment, bright red blood dripped onto the beast egg, which was almost as tall as half a person.
Veins like capillaries crisscrossed the egg shell.
A faint, dark light haloed out from the egg shell.
In a daze, Jiang Fan seemed to feel a crack appear deep in his mind, and a spot the size of a mung bean drilled out from the crack, then quietly stood in the depths of his mind.
An invisible thread connected him and the egg shell.
Done.
Jiang Fan was delighted.
Then he heard the system's voice:
[Ding, beast egg contracted successfully.]
[Beast Egg]
[Type: Demon Type Beast Egg]
[Level: SSS, infinite growth potential]
[Status: Unhatched]
[Species Value: 80 points]
[Vitality: 108 points]
[Spirit: 35 points]
[Exoskeleton: 0]
[Endoskeleton: 0]
Originally, both vitality and spirit were at 0 points, but after forming the contract with the beast, both attributes increased significantly.
And there was an additional [Species Value] panel.
Jiang Fan was very satisfied with this effect.
He still had 15 points in his hand.
He wasn't quite sure where to allocate these points.
After thinking for a while, Jiang Fan picked up his phone and called Xu Zhiwei.
"Zhiwei, if you could allocate points to your beast egg's values, where would you put them?"
Generally, beast eggs have a species value of around 50 points. Only hatching or evolution can increase the species value.
"Species value can't be increased by external means; I suggest you stop daydreaming. Just focus on nurturing the beast egg's vitality or spirit."
...
After finishing the call with Xu Zhiwei, Jiang Fan had a strange expression.
Beast eggs generally have a species value around 50?
Doesn't that mean his beast egg with a species value of 80 would crush many beast eggs?
SSS-level beast egg, truly extraordinary.
Since Xu Zhiwei said species value is the most important for a beast, Jiang Fan decided to test what adding points to the species value would do.
With that in mind, Jiang Fan added one of his 15 points to the species value.
[Species Value: 80 -> 81]
[Your beast egg's species value has increased!]
[Species value increased, resulting in changes to your beast egg's vitality and spirit]
[Vitality: 108 -> 113]
[Spirit: 35 -> 40]
Increasing the species value by one point also increased vitality and spirit.
But Jiang Fan was somewhat dissatisfied.
The single-digit increase felt a bit too small.
Then, Jiang Fan opened his personal attribute panel:
[Jiang Fan]
[Wealth: 150,000]
[Points: 14]
[Vitality: 113]
[Spirit: 40]
"The improvement isn't very significant," Jiang Fan smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Jiang Fan didn't know that if Xu Zhiwei knew what he was thinking, Xu Zhiwei would probably want to kill him.
"Forget it, let's leave it at that for now. I'll check the library at school for more information tomorrow."
Jiang Fan lay down on his bed.
Soon after, he heard a knock on the door:
"Xiao Fan, come out and take a bath. I have prepared hot water for you."
Tang Rou's voice sounded outside the door.
Only then did Jiang Fan remember that he hadn't taken a bath yet.
Thinking of how Aunt Tang used to prepare his bath water like this, Jiang Fan couldn't help but smile.
In the past, he resisted everything Aunt Tang did, but now he felt a long-lost warmth.
As soon as he opened the door, a refreshing fragrance hit Jiang Fan's nose.
At this time, Tang Rou was wrapped in a bathrobe, her long hair casually draped behind her, carrying a hint of lily fragrance.
Although the loose bathrobe covered most of her curves, the fair and translucent collarbone was like a captivating abyss, making one's heart long for it.
She stood there, like a blooming white lotus.
Jiang Fan was a bit stunned.
"Damn, I didn't react this way after seeing her for so long. Why can't I hold it back today?"
Jiang Fan mumbled a few words but didn't pay much attention.
Meanwhile, in his room, Tang Rou, wearing a bathrobe, seemed to be in a daze as she slowly walked to the beast egg.
She stretched out her hands towards the beast egg, and the bathrobe slipped off...