"That, my current beast-taming level is now Level One."
At these words, the two of them looked over together.
With a thought from Chen Shu, a golden slime appeared in his hand.
Every beast tamer has their own beast-taming space, where their contracted beasts usually stay.
Before, Chen Shu just treated the slime as a pet for fun, so he kept it at home.
"It really is."
Both of them sensed the slime's strength—it had already become a Level One contracted beast.
Once a beast tamer's level rises, the contracted beast's strength also improves, with upgrades to various attributes.
If the contracted beast's potential rating is high, it might even awaken new talents or skills.
Chen Shu's last choice gave him a reward of moderate beast power, which allowed him to advance to Level One beast tamer.
...
...
"Old Li, no problem now, right?"
Chen Ping didn't expect his son to have quietly leveled up.
It seemed Chen Shu wasn't joking around.
"Alright, since you insist, I'll inform the school."
Chen Shu and his father left the office feeling satisfied.
"Honestly, not sure if that's good or bad."
Li Yuan sighed and was about to light another cigarette.
"Hey, where's my lighter on the desk? Damn it, Old Chen Ping swiped it again."
...
Chen Shu returned to class and was immediately surrounded by a crowd of classmates, all expressing concern.
When they confirmed Chen Ping was unharmed, they couldn't help but feel disappointed.
"We thought there'd be a big feast, what a pity... I wanted to sit with the kid."
Zhang Dali sighed, wearing a face full of regret.
"Feast? What feast!"
Chen Shu laughed and insulted Zhang Dali, then took his seat at the corner.
"Did Black Whirlwind really not give you a hard time?" someone asked.
Chen Shu: "Of course he did."
"Old Li insisted I go to the beast-taming class, but I said I don't want to. I just want to be an ordinary person. I have no interest in becoming strong, but he kept pushing."
"Get lost!"
The surrounding classmates all sneered and returned to their seats, ignoring him.
Seeing this, Chen Shu laughed even more happily and loudly said,
"Northwest Xuantian is a lone cloud, really like a phoenix fallen among crows."
But all he got was scornful looks from the class.
Everyone had obviously gotten used to Chen Shu's personality and had even nicknamed him Chen Pi or Chen Jian instead.
Ding ding ding!
The class bell rang.
All the students sat up straight and took out their textbooks, ready for class.
But the person who walked in wasn't the "Black Whirlwind," but a refined, gentle male teacher.
"Who is Chen Shu? Step outside."
Chen Shu slowly stood up and deliberately coughed a few times to assert his presence, then casually walked out of the classroom.
"That's the teacher from the beast-taming class. Chen Pi really might transfer?"
"Seems so. He originally had beast-taming talent, but his contracted beast rating was too low, so he gave up."
"Looks like the world has one less troublemaker."
The classmates whispered, and the classroom atmosphere suddenly felt much lighter.
"Huh? You? Feeling better?"
Outside the classroom stood Teacher Fang Ke, the same teacher who saw Chen Shu wandering around last Saturday.
He was also the head teacher of Beast-Taming Class Five.
Chen Shu thought for a moment and said, "Better, but not fully recovered."
Fang Ke looked speechless: "Old Li told me to inform you, pack your things this afternoon and report directly to Beast-Taming Class Five."
"Teacher, why Class Five? What about the Class One head teacher?"
"Are you daydreaming?"
Fang Ke finally lost patience.
Beast-Taming Class One is for top students in the grade, each student's contracted beast is at least D-level.
Unlike ordinary students, competition in the beast-taming classes is extremely fierce.
There are five beast-taming classes in total, divided according to overall student grades.
The purpose is to cultivate students' sense of competition, making them more eager to improve their strength.
From the start, Chen Shu wanted to enter Beast-Taming Class One, which was naturally just wishful thinking.
Even getting into Beast-Taming Class Five was already very difficult.
Chen Shu sighed. Beast-Taming Class Five was fine, anyway his strength would improve sooner or later.
One choice had already made him a Level One beast tamer; after a few more, wouldn't he just take off?
By afternoon, Chen Shu had packed all his belongings and waited outside the classroom of Beast-Taming Class Five.
"Classmates, today our Beast-Taming Class Five will welcome a new student."
"He is Chen Shu from the ordinary class, everyone welcome him!"
Fang Ke, wearing black-framed glasses, spoke and gestured for Chen Shu to enter the classroom.
"Hello everyone, I am Chen Shu from Ordinary Class Three."
Chen Shu stood with his hands behind his back, as if inspecting the troops.
"I am healthy, handsome, with no bad habits!"
"I am proficient in language, math, foreign language, and science, known as the spotless handsome youth, honest and reliable young gentleman!"
"If you don't mind, you can just call me Uncle Chen or Uncle!"
"..."
The classroom fell silent, no one expected such a ridiculous self-introduction.
"Alright! Alright! That's enough!"
Fang Ke forced a smile, sweat forming on his forehead.
All kinds of weirdos are coming to Beast-Taming Class Five, looks like the team is getting harder to manage.
"Teacher, I haven't finished introducing myself yet..."
"Chen Shu, your seat is over there."
Fang Ke pointed to a seat at the back of the classroom.
If Chen Shu kept talking, he might lose control.
Just like Old Li said, Chen Shu was no easy case.
Chen Shu looked disappointed. He had prepared a 1,000-word self-introduction, mostly full of compliments, but had no chance to show it.
He hugged a stack of books and returned to his seat. Many people looked at him.
Chen Shu smiled and nodded politely, showing a very approachable demeanor.
The number of students in each beast-taming class is fixed, only twenty-four per class.
But with Chen Shu joining, Beast-Taming Class Five became the only special class in the grade.
"Class starts now. Chen Shu, since you are new, I hope you can quickly catch up with the class progress."
Fang Ke returned to a serious expression and started the afternoon lesson.
"Take out 'Three Years of Beast-Taming, Five Years to Talent.' Today we will do a test from it. This is the monthly exam, so please take it seriously!"
"That name sounds weird, kind of oppressive," Chen Shu muttered.