The next day.

Shi Yu woke up refreshed.

This was the most peaceful sleep he had gotten in a month.

He had to admit, cultivating himself was more comfortable than boosting his pets.

"Today..."

After washing up, Shi Yu opened his phone and looked at the number Lu Qingyi had given him.

Shi Yu thought for a moment. Since Lu Qingyi had arranged for someone to show him around the school, he might as well take advantage of it.

If he wandered around on his own, he would be clueless and probably end up stuck in one place all afternoon like yesterday, gaining nothing.

"872373877..." Shi Yu dialed the number, planning to find himself a guide.

After a while, a clear and efficient female voice came from the other end.

"Who is this?"

"Hello, Lu Qingyi Senior gave me this number..."

Before Shi Yu could explain further, the other end immediately understood and said, "I see. You're planning to visit Ancient Capital University?"

"Yes."

"One hour from now, outside Arena 18 in the North Campus. I'll wait for you."

Shi Yu scratched his head and could only silently say okay.

Sigh, she didn't give him a chance to say anything unnecessary. Oh well, he would ask when they met.

"Eleven, come out and take a break!"

Just as he was about to leave, Shi Yu remembered something and called out to Eleven, who was in the relic bead. Without giving it a chance to refuse, he directly used his identity as the relic owner to teleport Eleven out.

Inside the room, Eleven looked at Shi Yu blankly.

"Ying!"

No, if it didn't work harder, it wouldn't even be able to beat Wormy.

"It's okay, this time it won't have the opportunity to work hard."

Shi Yu summoned the sleeping Green Silkworm and threw it into his backpack.

At the same time, he instructed the Green Silkworm, "Don't materialize randomly. Just sleep and dream today."

Green Silkworm: "zzz..."

Eleven was silent, feeling unreliable, but Shi Yu's hand had already grabbed the back of its neck.

After being grabbed by the nape of destiny, Eleven looked distressed and could only shrink down, shrinking to the point where it could perch on Shi Yu's shoulder. Shi Yu threw it onto his shoulder.

"Training is important, but broadening your horizons is also important!"

"Do you know how many exciting battles you missed yesterday?" Shi Yu lectured Eleven.

Eleven pricked up its ears to listen.

"As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. Increasing your experience is also a way to improve your strength. Starting tomorrow, you will spend 2 hours of training time with me to memorize the Pet Encyclopedia."

Eleven: Ying???

Eleven was confused. Weren't pets supposed to just fight? Why did it have to memorize books!

Wasn't that something the beast tamer should do?

"You have to develop in an all-round way!" With the points saved, Eleven had a lot of training time. It wasn't too much to ask it to memorize the information of thousands of pets.

With enough energy, it was definitely not a bad thing to develop in an all-round way so that you had no weaknesses.

It was more convenient to know the information of the opposing pet than to have the beast tamer prompt it during battle.

In short, Shi Yu felt that he could ask Eleven if he encountered a problem he didn't know during the exam.

As expected of himself, this was a cultivation idea that was 80 versions ahead of this era.

...

In this way, the Yingying Bear was hung on Shi Yu's shoulder and went out.

This was the first time Shi Yu had allowed Eleven to appear in this posture, but it didn't matter, because no one showed any expression as he walked along the way.

In this big city, there were too many rare pets, mutant pets, differently colored pets, pets wearing clothes, pets with makeup drawn on by their owners, and all kinds of strange pets that were difficult to see in Pingcheng.

In comparison, many people directly regarded the shrunken Eleven on Shi Yu's shoulder as a baby Iron Eating Beast with a relatively good development in all aspects. It was that simple.

After buying two ice creams by the roadside, one for himself and one for Eleven, Shi Yu headed towards the destination he had agreed upon with the other party.

He arrived here 20 minutes early. Like yesterday, although it was early in the morning, there were already many people outside the Ancient Capital University arena.

[How is it? Do you feel that the pets nearby are very strong?]

Waiting was boring, so Shi Yu telepathically communicated with Eleven on his shoulder.

"Ying."

Eleven's eyes kept scanning around, and it did find that the pets around many beast tamers had strong energy fluctuations.

However, Eleven didn't know the specific strength, but perhaps it could be detected with proficient Intimidation?

[If you don't want to be ganged up on, you better not do that.]

Good lord, using group Intimidation in this kind of place was just provocation. Just wait to be targeted.

Shi Yu held his phone and detected the surrounding energy fluctuations, but he couldn't detect anything.

This meant that the pets nearby were basically Extraordinary level or higher, and there were very few Awakening levels.

What did this represent?

Did it mean that the level of beast tamers in big cities was very high? No, it meant that he should change his phone.

Although this phone was only bought recently, it seemed to be no longer sufficient at this time. The next one... should at least come with a more advanced combat power detector.

As for this one, leave it to Green Silkworm and Eleven!

They could use it to watch Ice Dragon movies or take selfies.

Just as Shi Yu was considering whether to change to a seven-figure phone for himself, his broken phone rang.

"I'm under the streetlight," a voice came from the other end after Shi Yu answered the phone.

"I see it."

Shi Yu looked around and immediately saw a girl wearing fighting shorts, a short-sleeved shirt, and knee pads under a nearby streetlight.

The other party was not tall, had short black hair, fair skin, and a petite figure. She had a standard fitness figure with no extra fat.

Was this the person?

Shi Yu walked over, and the other party also saw Shi Yu and then showed a scrutinizing gaze.

"You're Shi Yu, the one Lu Senior introduced?"

Shi Yu nodded and said, "Hello."

The fighting girl nodded and said, "Hello, I'm Bai Xi, a student in the battle department of Ancient Capital University. I'm also a prospective member of Lu Senior's archaeological team. Since I promised Lu Senior, I'll take you to visit Ancient Capital University for the next two days."

After saying that, she looked at Eleven, who was staring at her with dark circles under his eyes, on Shi Yu's shoulder, and was slightly silent.

"You seem to be a trainee beast tamer?"

"Yes, is there a problem?"

"No, do you have any visiting intentions?" Bai Xi asked.

"How about I give you a suggestion?"

Shi Yu was stunned and nodded.

"Then follow me." Bai Xi smiled and said, "Actually, it's not my suggestion, but Lu Senior's suggestion."

"Uh?"

"She said that if you look for me, you don't have to take you to the archaeology department first, but help you improve your strength."

"My strength??"

Bai Xi didn't say much, but quickly took Shi Yu to a training ground on the side of the battle arena that was not open to the public.

Then, she moved away from Shi Yu step by step, and at the same time, a huge summoning array appeared not far from Bai Xi and Shi Yu.

"Wu'er!!!"

After a loud cry, a transcendent creature that looked like a fox, was more than a meter tall, covered in white fur, had blue eyes, and a well-proportioned body that appeared noble and elegant, with six slender and smooth tails appeared.

[Name]: Six-Tailed White Fox

[Attribute]: Light

[Race Level]: High Lord

"It's not about your strength in commanding pets, but about your own strength in the face of the threat of pets."

As Bai Xi spoke, the six-tailed white fox she summoned condensed a white beam of light in its mouth and blasted towards Bai Xi with a "boom" under the astonished expressions of Shi Yu and Eleven!

Mid-level skill, Destruction Beam.

In an instant, Bai Xi's entire body was swallowed by the light. A violent explosion occurred where she was, and even the ground was directly cracked open. A burst of dust and strong wind suddenly lifted up, forcing Shi Yu, who was not far away, to take a step back.

"Damn." "Aow Ying!!" The six-tailed white fox flicked its tail, glanced at Shi Yu and them, and startled Shi Yu and Eleven again.

What happened?

"It's like this. As a beast tamer, do you have enough strength to protect yourself in the face of attacks from extraordinary creatures?"

At this time, Bai Xi's voice came from the smoke and broken ground. She directly withstood the six-tailed white fox's Destruction Beam with her body. The surrounding area was a mess, but she didn't seem to be injured at all.

"My beast taming talent is 'Fusion', so I can fuse with my pet to gain physical qualities that surpass myself and my pet. It doesn't matter if you don't have such a beast taming talent, but no matter what method you use, beast tamers must at least master a combat skill that allows their pet to fight and also guarantee their own safety."

"Even, protecting your own safety is only a basic part. If you can also have the strength to fight against pets, that is true safety. For example, in my current state, I can tear apart Lord-level creatures with my bare hands."

"Lu Senior said that you should be applying for the archaeology department. Then do you know that the most important thing in the archaeological process is not how professional your archaeological skills are, but your strength. Various ruins are fraught with danger. If archaeologists themselves don't have enough strength, even if they have more bodyguards, they won't be able to enter the door of this industry. This profession is not necessarily less demanding on comprehensive strength than traditional professional beast tamers."

As her voice fell, Shi Yu had already slightly opened his mouth, not because this strange woman really withstood the pet's skill, but because of the way the other party looked now...

Her short black hair had completely turned into fluffy short white hair, her eyes had turned blue, and she had two things that looked like cat ears or tiger ears!!!

A special type of fusion beast taming talent?

This was a beast-eared girl?!