My beast can't be a demon.

"To control the beast, you must control yourself first."

"You can't even lift three tons of super star stone, what kind of beastmaster are you?"

"So young man, are you interested in practicing martial arts with me? I have three ancient martial arts novels here..."

Zhou Lu came to the laboratory as promised and stood in front of the window sill, looking at the little goblin in front of him with his hands on his hips and making a fuss, and turned to look at Wu Xiaoqing who was embarrassed beside him: "So, this is what you are talking about?"

However, this is not what he is most concerned about.

The moment this little goblin appeared in front of him, the system in his body jumped out a new task.

[Optional Task 3: Kill the General Goblin Xiao Xi]

[Task Introduction: General Goblin Xiao Xi, one of the guides who pointed out the spiritual beast training route for Zhou Lu, took special care of Zhou Lu for unknown reasons and is an indispensable role in Zhou Lu's growth. Killing her may prevent the birth of the demon king. 】

[Task Reward: Spirit Beast Advanced Growth Potion*5, Beast Tamer Random Permanent Skill Card (Grade A)*1]

This noisy little guy is actually my future guide?

"Of course not!" Wu Xiaoqing nervously glanced at the little fairy flying around Zhou Lu again and again, and said, "You are at least a student of the Beast Taming Academy in name, don't you even know that there is a general fairy in the academy?"

Wu Xiaoqing was wearing a white research suit, and the loose clothes could not hide her proud figure, plus her beautiful face, it is no wonder that even a research madman was pursued by many boys in the academy, and there were even rumors that professors pursued her.

General fairy, to be precise, is not a kind of spirit beast, it is the fruit of the true god spirit beast Qiudaomu.

Qiudaomu is the spirit pet of the king Yuan Gensheng, who feeds on knowledge.

And Yuan Gensheng is also the editor-in-chief of the "Spirit Beast Science" magazine. One of the responsibilities of notifying the fairy is to "check for plagiarism" and determine the priority and importance of spirit beast research through the fairy network.

Of course, you can also trade the new information you have obtained with the general goblins, and get goblin coins in exchange for the evolutionary route of your own spirit beast or the skills you can learn, or other knowledge that the Seeking Dao Wood knows.

"So." After explaining, Wu Xiaoqing sighed, "How did you get into the academy at that time?"

"Your father is not a professor, you don't understand." Zhou Lu said nonsense.

"...Teacher is not such a person..." Wu Xiaoqing's pupils shrank slightly, and she was shocked.

Zhou Lu was speechless: "Do you really believe it? I passed the exam properly, didn't I?"

"Yes." Teacher Xiao Xi nodded and said, "I can testify to this. Although I got 20 extra points, I did get in."

Wu Xiaoqing looked at Zhou Lu with admiration: "What did you do? You can get 20 extra points?"

Before Zhou Lu could speak, Xiao Xi spoke first: "A paper in the journal "Spiritual Animal Science", although I was the second author."

Wu Xiaoqing was surprised and said: "So Xiao Lu is so good?"

"Oh, right." Xiao Xi was looking at the fireworks brought by Zhou Lu, and suddenly remembered something and said, "I remember that article, his father was the first author."

Wu Xiaoqing fell into a long silence.

Zhou Lu touched his nose: "I told you, your dad is not a professor, you don't understand."

At this time, Xiao Xi, who was observing Hua Huo, spoke again: "Old Zhou really doesn't consider you at all, and really let you make a contract with a grass? To be honest, this is the first time I have seen an initial pet contract with a plant beast. I don't know how you will pass the first combat test..."

Pah!

Before the little fairy finished speaking, two leaves hit its head from the left and right, knocking it unconscious.

Hua Huo skillfully stretched out the branches and wrapped the little fairy's falling body, and actually inserted the little fairy into the soil of the potted plant under her body with her head down.

All these movements were so smooth that Zhou Lu and the others didn't react.

"Xiao-Xi-Teacher!!!" Wu Xiaoqing, who was the first to react, hugged her face with both hands and said in horror.

Zhou Lu rubbed his eyebrows, and after some persuasion, he finally let Hua Huo loosen the vines that were wrapped around Xiao Xi and pulled the little fairy out.

Wu Xiaoqing hurriedly carried Xiao Xi, who was covered in dirt, to the pool to wash.

[Ding! Mission failed. ]

Just then, Zhou Lu heard the system's voice.

[You attempted to kill the general fairy Xiao Xi, but the mission ultimately failed. ]

[But your behavior is worthy of praise. ]

[You received 1% of the mission reward, please check. ]

[The system has reset the mission, please keep up the good work. ]

Hmm? There are rewards for failed missions?

And it will be reset after failure... Doesn't that mean that I can use this to repeatedly brush rewards? As long as I can't complete the mission, my expected income can be unlimited?

I finally understand why the villains in those works repeatedly let the protagonist go. It feels like it's because doing so is more profitable, right?

If my fate is not blocked, then is it possible that other people who get this system will also let me go repeatedly in pursuit of higher rewards?

1% of the reward is not small. Although it has been reduced from five bottles of high-level growth potions and one beastmaster skill to three bottles of low-level growth potions, in this era when the cost of cultivating spirit beasts has skyrocketed, this is equivalent to a reward of 90,000 yuan.

At this moment, Zhou Lu was really tempted.

He looked at Wu Xiaoqing who was preparing something not far away. But this thought just disappeared. Although the task reward was very tempting, he was not a devil. He would not hurt someone who treated him sincerely for such a reward.

However... Zhou Lu looked at Hua Huo helplessly: "What are you doing?"

Hua Huo waved its leaves: It is a seed.

"Hui?" Zhou Lu was a little confused.

Hua Huo's leaves drooped, and he answered carefully: I want to plant it, just in case it sprouts.

Zhou Lu was stunned and smiled. Although he didn't quite understand what Hua Huo was saying, Zhou Lu could still feel its emotions through the beast control contract.

He raised his hand and rubbed Hua Huo's furry young leaves, and smiled: "Don't rush to prove yourself. No matter what others say, you are my initial spiritual pet. And who said that plant spiritual beasts are weak? Isn't the Seeking Dao Wood also a plant spiritual beast?"

Having said that, the Seeking Dao Wood is not Yuan Gensheng's initial spiritual pet.

Plant spiritual beasts cannot metamorphose and shed their soil before the second stage, which is a fact that cannot be changed at all.

Although it is a little weak, it is too absolute to say that it has no fighting power at all. Plant spirit beasts are just inconvenient to move, not incapable of fighting.

Entangling, poisoning, whipping... these are the specialties of plant spirit beasts. Although their actual fighting power is not as good as other animal spirit beasts of the same grass system, they are still capable after all.

However, these skills need to be learned.

To acquire skills, either let Hua Huo learn from other spirit beasts, or Hua Huo comprehends them by himself...

Thinking of this, Zhou Lu's eyes fell on Xiao Xi, who had just been rescued. He could also use fairy coins to exchange ready-made skill cards with the general fairy.

However, the skill cards exchanged are standard mass-produced universal skills, and their power is not as good as the inherent skills learned or comprehended.

"Teacher Xiao Xi, Zhou Lu..." Wu Xiaoqing was very nervous. This is a general fairy, the object that the whole college wants to please.

Xiao Xi seemed to have not recovered from the dizziness just now, and flew to Hua Huo again.

However, what Wu Xiaoqing was worried about did not happen. Xiao Xi looked at Hua Huo and said with great appreciation: "Very good! Young people are very energetic! Plant spirit beasts should be like this!"

I almost forgot that Xiao Xi's main body Qiu Dao Mu is a standard plant spirit beast.

"But next time, don't do this kind of sneak attack, it's scary." Xiao Xi rubbed his head and turned to Zhou Lu and said, "I can probably guess why your father asked you to contract Meng Yu Hua. Although Meng Yu Hua rarely enters the transformation period, as long as they transform into spirit beasts, their racial skills can bring them unlimited possibilities. The training cycle is indeed a bit longer, but once they grow up, it is still very likely to become a coach-level beastmaster."

Zhou Lu nodded repeatedly, and knew that Xiao Xi was not wrong.

Although Hua Huo is weak, its racial skill [Absorb] is extremely powerful. As long as Hua Huo defeats an enemy, there is a certain probability that it will acquire skills or random attributes from the opponent. Although the acquired skills and attributes are likely to be time-limited, there is a possibility of absorbing permanent skills and attributes. Hua Huo's [Carry] is a permanent skill that has been absorbed.

That [Carry] skill is obviously the skill that Hua Huo absorbed from the bees it killed.

[Carry]: Fei Yu Bee racial skill, you can carry items with a mass of up to 100 times your weight.

Bee Carry absorbs items into its legs, while Hua Huo probably stuffs them into its own flower pot, but no matter what, this is a very good auxiliary skill.

However, before Hua Huo learned to walk, this skill was basically negative. No matter how much Hua Huo could carry, it was a burden for Zhou Lu.

"Teacher Xiao Xi." Since Xiao Xi seemed easy to talk to, Zhou Lu asked, "Do you know the special evolution route of Meng Yu Hua?"

"Special evolution?" Xiao Xi pointed at Hua Huo and rolled her eyes. "Yours is the second Meng Yu Hua that I have seen transformed into a spirit beast. There are so few samples. I don't even know the specific route of ordinary evolution, let alone special evolution. What's more, even if I know, it may not be suitable for your Meng Yu Hua."

Special evolution is similar to gene mutation that can be actively induced. Once special evolution occurs, even the race of the spirit beast will change.

But special evolution is extremely rare. Sometimes it is inextricably linked to the individual spirit beast. It is very likely that it is only suitable for the current spirit beast, and other spirit beasts of the same race are not suitable at all.

Zhou Lu was a little disappointed when he heard this. This means that even Qiu Dao Mu didn't know the evolution information about Hua Huo. He could only look for information from ancient books on the college forum.

I looked at the college forum before I came here, but I didn't see any posts related to ancient books. It seems that I have to pay attention to it frequently in the future.

"Let's not talk about this for now." At this time, Wu Xiaoqing came up with a pot of mushrooms, "Help me fry some mushrooms first, Xiao Lu."

New author, new book, please read it! This is really important to me!