Yesterday, Shi Yu didn't touch the new supplements but instead used the remaining divine bean to enhance Eleven's Absolute Sleep skill to the proficient level, along with other supplements.
After this, he only had one ginseng baby's root left in his inventory.
"Wouldn't it be a bug if I cultivated a ginseng baby myself, taught it the limb regeneration skill, and then had free supplements every day?"
Shi Yu muttered to himself after waking up in the morning, having had a dream about a love-hate relationship with a ginseng baby.
Why do movie protagonists dream about swapping bodies with mermaid princesses and exploring the ocean, while he dreams about chasing and eating supplements?
He clearly had the protagonist's fate... although he lived more like a cheat.
"Never mind, never mind."
Shi Yu quickly shook his head. Wild ginseng babies were one thing, but it would be strange to chase and eat his own pet.
After getting up and washing up, today's Shi Yu planned to enhance Eleven's Size Doubling skill to the proficient level.
This way, he might be able to experience the panda-sized bed tonight.
This was the balanced skill-up method, enhancing one skill after another, ensuring everyone got a share.
Now, it was just that his pet had many skills, but in the future, with more pets, he could become even more generous.
In the courtyard, under the persimmon tree.
After a warm breakfast with his two pets, Shi Yu was about to start a skill-up marathon when the door was suddenly knocked on.
...
"Who is it?"
At this time, it wasn't the usual delivery time for the martial arts school, so Shi Yu was puzzled about who it could be.
However, as the person outside responded, Shi Yu was taken aback.
He hurriedly ran to open the door and saw the gray-suited uncle with a mustache.
"President Feng?"
"How did you come here?"
"Did you rest for only two days and now want me to explore the ruins again?"
Shi Yu touched his liver.
President Feng smiled and said, "Of course not."
"I see, you must be here to discuss the cultivation resources!" Shi Yu suddenly realized.
He almost forgot that the Pingcheng Association had decided to allocate a portion of resources to cultivate apprentice beast tamers.
Could it be that the amount of resources has been finalized?
"Yes, but also something more important."
...
A moment later, inside the house, Shi Yu served President Feng with goji berry water.
"President Feng, what is the important matter you mentioned?"
President Feng chuckled, "It's still related to the ruins."
He took a sip of the goji berry water and praised it.
"Very flavorful."
Shi Yu: "..."
Indeed!
Shi Yu was quite proud of it.
"Let me start with our country's laws."
"According to our country's ruins law, since this ruin appeared in Pingcheng, we have the priority to explore it."
After President Feng finished, Shi Yu nodded.
"But if we can't crack the ruins and gain control within a certain period, the exploration and development rights will gradually be opened to surrounding cities, expanding the scope."
"For example, if Pingcheng can't crack the ruins in a month, other districts and counties of Bingyuan City can also come to explore."
President Feng sighed.
"You know the difficulty of the ruins. Just the fifth level will likely hold us up for a long time, let alone the unknown sixth level."
"Given our current progress, other beast tamer associations in Bingyuan City don't believe that Pingcheng can independently crack the ruins, so they are already preparing in advance."
"To prepare for a challenge in a month..."
President Feng was frustrated but couldn't do anything about it.
He had confidence in Shi Yu, but expecting him to crack the ruins in a month was unrealistic.
Passing the fifth level within a month would be a miracle!
At this moment, after hearing President Feng, Shi Yu was taken aback.
Who are you looking down on? Shi Yu muttered in his heart. You can doubt the iron-eating beast, but you can't doubt that box of supplements!
The ruins will be gone in a month!
Of course, saying this would be too boastful, so Shi Yu could only continue nodding.
"After you left the day before yesterday, I reported the data on the fourth and fifth levels of the ruins."
"Ha, without a doubt, the fourth and fifth levels also shocked the presidents of other associations."
"They all think it's too difficult for apprentice beast tamers to pass."
"However, no matter how difficult, we must overcome it, so Bingyuan City has decided to activate the Holy Spring."
"What is the Holy Spring?"
President Feng explained, "It's a sacred place for pet cultivation in Bingyuan City. It's a fixed resource. Pets can undergo a complete transformation after soaking and absorbing the power of the Holy Spring."
"Let me give you an example. Pets have growth levels and species levels, the latter representing potential."
"Why does a higher species level mean greater potential? Why are they stronger at the same growth level?"
"Besides the species skills, it's because high-species pets have a higher life level. The higher the life level, the more obvious the manifestation, which is a strong constitution and vigorous stamina."
"At the same growth level and skills, a pet of an extraordinary species might use a skill 10 times before exhausting its stamina, but a pet of a commander species might use it 15 times. That's the advantage!"
"The water in the Holy Spring won't increase the pet's growth level, but it can improve the pet's constitution, stimulate its potential, and even enhance its life level."
"It's a rare resource that might increase a pet's species level, or evolution potential. For example, your iron-eating beast might have exhausted its stamina after using Thunder Palm 10 times, but after this baptism, its stamina limit will increase significantly, and using it 15 times might not be a problem."
"Do you understand its value now? In short, you can see this as a super training session for challenging the fourth and fifth levels of the ruins."
"Of course, the Holy Spring is most effective for pets in the awakening stage, and the lower the species level, the better the effect. There have even been cases where pets evolved directly after soaking in the Holy Spring, so it's also called the Evolution Spring, which can increase the chance of evolution, though that depends on luck."
After President Feng finished, Shi Yu was clearly taken aback.
What you lack, you get.
The biggest drawback of Eleven was that it had too many powerful skills, and its stamina was insufficient to use them all.
Increasing the growth level to boost stamina wasn't something that could be done overnight.
Soaking in this Holy Spring could increase Eleven's stamina limit?
That would make the ruins challenge more stable.
As for evolution... he didn't believe that Eleven could evolve just by soaking in a spring.
"What do you mean?"
"To prepare the beast tamers from various cities for the fourth and fifth levels, each of the four districts and five suburbs of Bingyuan City has a recommendation quota for using the Holy Spring."
"The Pingcheng Beast Tamer Association plans to recommend you, as you are currently the strongest apprentice beast tamer in Pingcheng."
"Don't worry, besides this quota, the Pingcheng Association won't skimp on other cultivation resources for you."
Shi Yu genuinely felt that the Pingcheng Association was considerate, not only allowing him to take out a loan to buy a pet but also providing so many resources!
He smiled, but his smile quickly faded when he heard President Feng's next words.
"However, the Holy Spring in Bingyuan City regenerates slowly and can't withstand too many uses, so only one pet can enter at a time, and the first use will have the best effect. To determine the order of entry, you will likely face some competition, so you need to be prepared."
What, even soaking in a hot spring has competition?
Shi Yu's eyes gradually sharpened.
It seems competition is everywhere, but if they are all apprentices, he felt he could handle them easily.