Starting With Contract Pets

Chapter 203: Imperial Beast Gymnasium

After Zhou Ling’an left, Su Bai and Ruoxue inspected the house. From these two people’s eyes, there was almost nothing to fault. It should be difficult to rent a better house than this one.

“Let’s go shopping on the street and buy some daily necessities along the way,” Chen Xue looked at him and said.

Although the house had complete things, no one had stayed here long term, so they must still purchase other things.

“Alright, let’s go.” Su Bai nodded.

He also wanted to be familiar with the situation in East Capital.

As they strolled on the street for about three to four hours, the two bought a lot of various things, including snacks and some daily necessities, like bed sheets and clothes.

They rested at home for a while and then went out shopping again. They had not gone to school yet and decided to do so tomorrow, instead.

This time, they came out mainly to have a general idea of the neighborhood.

After walking around for a while, the two returned home. East Capital was beautiful and the urban area was highly developed. It was a city known at the center of the world.

“This house is pretty good. You can see our university’s education building from this side and the Spirit Alliance’s octagonal building from the other,” Chen Ruoxue said while lying on the large sofa and eating fruit pudding.

“It’s really good; let’s check it when we have time.” Su Bai glanced at the octagonal building in the distance. It was a blend of ancient and modern designs, with the most advanced monster technology found in it.

With a height of 1,500 meters, it was the tallest building in the entire East Capital.

The most admirable was the huge Frost Dragon statue on top of the octagon building. Color blue and lifelike, it was said to have been made by the Frost Dragon of Fang Ziyu, the founder of the Pet Alliance.

Every Pet Tamer who came to East Capital could not help but marvel at this Frost Dragon statue.

“It is said that there’s a larger statue of the same design at the gate of Fuyao Gymnasium. Unfortunately, the headquarters is outside this city, so we can’t see it from here.” Chen Ruoxue shrugged.

After seeing the large Heavenly Abyss space crack, people felt infinite admiration for Fang Ziyu, who had single-handedly sealed it.

Su Bai looked at the statue for a while and then shook his head, no longer gazing in the distance.

He turned around and released the Blue Sea Kraken first.

“Onom!”

Blue Sea Kraken came out of the contract book and dashed over to rub Su Bai as soon as it landed. It opened its mouth widely.

After a day of training, it had become more obedient.

“Okay, keep your mouth open.”

Su Bai took out a bottle of potion, uncorked it, and poured its content inside his pet’s mouth.

The kun’s food intake was very scary. They were very strong and ate incessantly.

Compared with the Blue Sea Kraken, the original glutton dino seemed insignificant.

Especially this guy, the more he grew up, the more terrifying of a glutton he would be.

Once this bottle of potion was finished, Su Bai poured another. The aura of the Blue Sea Kraken was now at the peak mid-level servant, and it was possible to break through or evolve at any time.

As another bottle of medicine was emptied, the Blue Sea Kraken suddenly burst forth with a large spiritual vortex. It then exuded a silver basket and two-color terrifying aura, which directly swallowed the surrounding aura.

Its breath soared to the high-level servant grade.

“Krakens are indeed strong; they can swallow the surrounding aura in an instant.” Chen Ruoxue was a little surprised. Krakens were indeed worthy of their reputation.

Su Bai was also quite surprised and rewarded it with a potion.

Generally, pets could only rely on the spiritual power vortex to absorb a part of the external aura. The Blue Sea Kraken directly swallowed it, regardless of its attributes.

“OK, go back and rest in the contract book; I’ll call you when it’s time for dinner.”

Su Bai said and kept the kraken. He was afraid this gluttonous guy would chew on the furniture if left outside for too long.

After putting it away, he released his other pets.

The Blood Dragon remained in the contract book.

“Howl?” Is this our new home?

The cub looked around and jumped onto the back of the sofa. It yawned lazily and lay down.

“Roar.” Nothing else is as important as eating.

The Little Tyrant found a corner to sit down, then it skillfully took out an ore which it had placed in its space pendant.

The Mewling Fox looked around and settled down in Chen Ruoxue’s arms when she hooked her fingers to it.

The Ice Phoenix glanced at the two humans. This time, it did not use its skills to determine their authenticity, but it still turned on its perception skill and checked the surrounding situation.

“Quack?” Why can’t I activate my perception?

The phoenix was shocked that its perception could only explore the situation of the house.

“Of course, this is a residence. If you could perceive the situation of other people’s homes, what kind of privacy would there be left for them?”

Su Bai rolled his eyes. There were insulating materials on the walls of every house, and the purpose of which was to protect the privacy of others.

Hope Community was a high-end residential area. Many of Heavenly Abyss University’s title-level teachers with emperor pets resided here, and the insulation materials on the walls were of high quality.

The Ice Phoenix looked around, found the safest position, and looked at him eagerly.

It was mealtime.

Su Bai was not stingy, either. He took out the medicinal cakes and fed them to his pets. With the help of his master, he could stop worrying about not having enough food at all.

As for his dragon, no matter how much it ate now, it could not advance, and it did want to eat anymore in the meantime, too.

After eating, the pets played by themselves. The phoenix began wandering around the house to check the situation.

“Hubby, I’ve got good news for you. Sister Tingting and Jiang Yang will come to East Capital tomorrow. Zhao Li and Wang Li are here, too.”

“That’s great. We can get together, then.”

Su Bai was a little surprised to hear this. “Which school are they attending?”

Because he had been very busy during the summer vacation, he had not chatted with his classmates and was not very clear about their choices.

“They’re going to Battle Pets University in the east city district.” Chen Ruoxue sighed. “It’s a first-tier school which has somewhat declined. Chen Tingting can report to a better school, but Jiang Yang’s grades aren’t high enough.”

He nodded, having anticipated this already.

The gap between Chen Tingting and Jiang Yang’s performances was quite big. If they wanted to attend the same school, then one would have to make the sacrifice.

Fortunately, Jiang Yang had listened to Su Bai and studied hard in their third year of high school, or else the two would really be over.

As for Zhao Li and Wang Li, they would not be going to the same school but both were in East Capital.

The afternoon passed quickly; the pair did not go out in the evening and cooked their meals at home, instead.

The next day, the two went out to meet up with Jiang Yang, Chen Tingting, and the others. They all spent some time on the streets of East Capital, visiting many scenic spots and getting a general picture of the city.

Today, August 20, was the first day of the couple in East Capital Heavenly Abyss University.

“Hubby, do you think I look good in this?” Chen Ruoxue turned around in front of Su Bai and asked.

She was dressed very simply. Her white short-sleeved shirt and sky-blue jeans were matched with a pair of white sneakers.

“Yes, you look great.” He nodded.

“Hehe! Let’s go then,” she did his necktie for him and urged.

“Okay.”

The two walked out of the house with their backpacks. Purple Jade in the form of a cat and Ice Phoenix in the shape of a duck were beside Su Bai. The cub sashayed haughtily with its head raised as if it were looking down on the world, much like how a big sister would behave…

The phoenix followed him as it exuded a chilling aura which reduced the surrounding heat. It vigilantly kept watch of the surroundings and would inform its owner of every suspicious thing they encountered on the road.

As long as there was something strange, it would swing its wings to poison that thing.

Since it learned to read, it read most of the books in Su Bai’s laboratory.

It quietly prepared various medicinal potions, poisons, and other powders with various effects.

These medicinal powders were hidden under its wings and in other parts of its body, sealed with a layer of ice which was less than a millimeter. Anything appeared wrong to it, the phoenix would quietly uncork these things and strike without warning to gain the upper hand.

However, under normal circumstances, the phoenix would not use these methods, for all its powders were hard-won, and it would only decide to shoot if the cub could not beat the opponents.

Unless absolutely necessary, it was more willing to pretend as a useless duck.

Chen Ruoxue’s Super Big Demon circled around the two people, showing a grimace from time to time.

At this time, it was the hottest point in summer; Super Big Demon thoughtfully used its body as a parasol to shield them from the sun, while the Ice Phoenix acted as an air conditioner. The sweltering summer, thus, appeared nonexistent to the two people.

After two days of familiarizing themselves with the area, the two already knew the roads to take to reach the school and arrived at East Capital Heavenly Abyss University smoothly and without a hitch.

“This school gate is really domineering!” Su Bai looked at the school gate and exclaimed.

Generally, the gate of a school would have a flowerbed in front, with a stone in the middle, which had the vigorous and powerful school’s name.

However, at the entrance of East Capital Heavenly Abyss University, there were ten five- or six-meter-high monster statues. These statues were lifelike and exuded terrifying breaths.

The six statues in the middle each had letters, which made up the words for ‘East Capital Heavenly Abyss University’.

“Of course, it’s domineering; these are all statues of sovereign pets!” Chen Ruoxue also exclaimed.

These statues were the emperor pets of ten students from East Capital Heavenly Abyss University. These statues emitted the aura of the ten pets, which were all capable of easily destroying a big city.

“Let’s go report,” Su Bai took a deep breath and said; just looking at the gate showed that the school was worth it.

Because the school was so big, it even looked a bit empty after entering. They could even spot some large monsters on the road occasionally.

Fortunately, the reporting office was set up in a small square, about eight hundred meters away from the school entrance.

“Let’s report separately; we can meet later,” Chen Ruoxue let go of Su Bai’s hand and said.

Although the two were in the same school, they were in different departments. Chen Ruoxue, who mainly bred dragon pets, took up a course related to dragons, so she was assigned to the imperial dragon department.

Su Bai’s course was about the research of various pet battle strategies; it was one of the major courses offered by the East Capital Heavenly Abyss University.

He would, therefore, be in the comprehensive department, which was where most of the students who owned pets with complicated attributes gathered. It was also the largest department in this school.

Su Bai originally wanted to be in the grassroots department, but after thinking about it, he felt that the comprehensive department was more suitable for him.

“Okay.” He nodded and went to report in the general department’s office.

“Excuse me. Do you need help, brother?” asked a big-eyed senior smilingly as soon as he got there.

Su Bai glanced at this sister. She had long black hair and a pair of white legs which attracted attention.

“Thank you, but no need.”

He shook his head, quite indifferent to the girl’s gentle smile.

He knew that this was a common tactic of most clubs to draw in people and she was just gentle to all the hopeful juniors.

He had attended university once before transmigrating to this world and was very familiar with how things worked. Even though the world had changed drastically, the practices and environments in universities and colleges remained the same.

“…Alright.” The senior sister blinked and only said this in response.

Because Su Bai came early, only four or five people were ahead of him in the line, and soon, it was his turn.

He showed his ID and the admission notice which he had readied long ago.

The older girl, who was in charge of the examination and stamping, looked at Su Bai’s name, stamped the admission notice, and then searched for his name in the logbook.

After some time, he prompted the senior sister. “It’s probably the first one in the first line.”

“Huh, Su Bai?”

She looked up with a start and then carefully checked the ID number. Her face could not help but show a surprised expression.

“Oh, you’re Su Bai, the one who obtained a perfect score in the college entrance examination. You came so early,” the woman said in surprise. The roster was arranged according to the results of the college entrance examination. She knew that their comprehensive department had someone who got a perfect score in the college entrance examination, but she did not react when she saw the name the first time.

“I guess so; I arrived yesterday,” replied Su Bai.

“Welcome. My name is Wang Yue. If you have any questions, you can ask me for help,” she said with a smile.

“Thank you.” He nodded.

“Liu Shiya, take the junior to get the meal card and the quilt.”

Wang Yue slipped a bill to him and then told the one next to him.

“Junior Su Bai, let’s go; I’ll bring you around.” Liu Shiya walked over and spoke with a smile. “I just didn’t realize that you’re one of the top scorers in our school this time.”

This was the black-haired, big-eyed senior who had greeted him moments ago.

In East Capital Heavenly Abyss University, handsome men and beautiful women were very common because everyone was strong and looked good with their pets’ backfeeding.

In this era, a person’s appearance and aura could often be used to determine their strength.

“I just spent more time on the exam. If other people worked harder, it wouldn’t be difficult to obtain a full score, too.”

Su Bai was telling the truth. It was precisely because of this that he had not been too arrogant about obtaining a full score.

“You can’t say that. Getting a perfect score in the test is still a skill.” Liu Shiya smiled. “Not many students in our school are as impressive as you. You can pay attention to the girls you like in the last few days. You can easily find a girlfriend here with your standards.”

“Actually, I already have a girlfriend,” he said.

“Is it a long-distance relationship?” Liu Shiya asked curiously.

“No, she’s from the same school, but she reported to the imperial dragon department.”

“…” This senior sister was speechless.

“Wow, you started early. It’s so impressive that you could find a girl from the imperial dragon department.”

“No, in fact, she’s my girlfriend in high school and we were admitted together.”

“…” Liu Shiya was speechless again.

Why did this person not play cards accordingly?

“By the way, junior, are you interested in joining a club? Each club has different benefits, such as the ability to organize groups to spawn monsters, having professional trainers to guide you, and the existence of some special quotas.

“It allows you to enter some gymnasiums or do minor operations in other places.

“The War To The End Club I belong to is a large-scale fight club.

“We’re in the Hunting Hall or the Hunting Union. There’s a seven-star hunting team in it. You are very welcome to join. If an outstanding student like you joins us, we’ll do our best to help you defeat high-level monsters.”

Liu Shiya decided to go straight to the point. Ordinary junior brothers could be fooled with charming sisters, but this guy actually already had a girlfriend, so it would be more difficult.

Outstanding students like this one were highly sought-after everywhere, so it was totally worth it to pay some price.

“What level of monsters is your club capable of hunting down?” Su Bai asked. He had already seen that Liu Shiya was a member of a major club.

These colleges and universities operated in small groups, and many people were very keen, as there were many benefits to joining them.

“We can handle high-level monarchs,” Liu Shiya raised her chin and said.

“This junior student, if you’re planning to join their club, you might as well come to our Green Tree Club. We specialize in researching the cultivation techniques of various spiritual plants. You can get a lot of potions by joining us.”

“How are those things you make called potions? You should come to our pharmacy club. Junior brother, you are also a cultivator; we can all study pharmacology together. As you know, pharmacology knowledge is vast.”

It seemed that more people had received news of Su Bai’s arrival, for three more people had come over to pull him into their clubs.

This was not a treatment reserved to him but to all outstanding new students, too. Many clubs had been keeping an eye on all the promising fresh blood.

Su Bai knew that he would be highly sought-after, so he was ready to wait for a good offer. He would not choose right away and would wait to see what club had more benefits before joining that. As long as there was no conflict, he could also join more than one club.

“Would you like to try to join our Imperial Beast Club?”

Just when he was about to reject all the invitations, another senior came over. He had jade-like white skin, and wore loose-fitting sportswear.

“We urgently need a few more people in our club. If you pass the test, your pet can get into the Imperial Beast Gymnasium to study. Would you like to try it?”

“That Imperial Beast Gymnasium made up of monsters?” Su Bai asked aloud.

There were many gymnasiums in the Pet Alliance, but only ten of them were at the peak. They were known as the top ten gymnasiums. Reigning over the other gymnasiums in the world, they each had their strengths and specialties.

Among the top ten gymnasiums were Fuyao Gymnasium, Yin Yang Gymnasium, Imperial Dragon Gymnasium, and Giant Kraken Gymnasium.

Of these ten was a gymnasium called Imperial Beast, too. This gym was extremely special; it was not formed by people but by a group of monsters and pets, instead.

More than a hundred years ago, the aura was revived. When the monsters invaded, some capable people stayed behind to resist the monster invasion and died with their pets as a result. The original Imperial Beast Gymnasium was composed of such pets.

Later, the gym grew stronger until it made it to the top ten pinnacle gymnasiums, accepting all the pets which wanted to improve and become stronger.

Generally speaking, as long as one entered this gymnasium, they would be able to increase their level by at least one or two. They could also learn some good skills. The smarter and more powerful the pet was, the more benefits it could obtain.

If it was this gym, then Su Bai was tempted.

“Yes, that’s right. We’re among the top ten gyms.” The young man in sportswear nodded.

“Then I’m willing to give it a try.” He followed after the young man. “My name is Su Bai; what is your surname, senior?”

“My surname is Jiu; you can call me Jiu Jue. Let’s add each other on WeChat, and I’ll let you know the specific time.” The young man took out his mobile phone as he said this.

“Thank you, senior brother.” Su Bai nodded and added him.

“Hmph. I obviously came first; d*mn it.”

Seeing Jiu Jue leave, Liu Shiya said, dissatisfied, “Fortunately, we don’t conflict with the Imperial Beast Club, so you can join both.”

“Erm, I still have to consider these clubs for the time being,” Su Bai looked at the pile of flyers in his hand and said.

The others had already left, but Liu Shiya was still there.

“Don’t worry. Even if you reject me, I’ll bring you around to settle everything. I’m not one to be biased.” She blinked at him.

“Thank you, senior sister.”

He actually still had some questions to ask.

“If you have any questions, you can ask me.”

“Um, is there a process I must do if I don’t live in school?”

“Well, it doesn’t really matter. The school dorm check isn’t strict; you just need to show your face once a week.

“Moreover, the school class doesn’t have such strict requirements. It doesn’t matter if you don’t go. As long as you don’t fail your exams and inspections and participate often in some school tasks to get the credits, the other things won’t matter.

“There will usually be a tutor to guide you, too, and this will be assigned at that time, or there may be a tutor specifically looking for you. I think that you must be the target of the tutors.

“After you have a tutor, you can directly ask them if you don’t understand something,” Liu Shiya said.

“The school is very open in discipline because many people often go to monster wildernesses and space cracks.

“After all, summoners are basically cultivating pets. It’s not enough to learn knowledge blindly at schools. It’s very simple to report to a teacher where you are going and ask for leave.

“Correspondingly, the difficulty of school exams and obtaining credits can be said to be high. The result of insufficient credits and grades is failure to graduate without a room for discussion.

“You have to be mentally prepared for this, ” Liu Shiya added.

“Thank you. I understand.” Su Bai nodded.

Schools here were completely different from the ones on Earth.

“If you want to thank me, join my club.” The older girl smiled.

“Erm, if I wanna join a combat club, I’ll definitely give priority to yours.” He smiled.

“Ruthless.” She side-eyed him and then led him into a building.

Soon, his admission report was completed, and both the meal card and the quilt were received by him.

“Next, go to the dormitory to report by yourself. Go straight and turn a corner to the accommodation area,” instructed Liu Shiya.

“Thank you, senior sister. Bye.” Su Bai nodded and walked toward the dormitory building.