Guoguo Sakura and White Snow got along well.
Wan Wan, by her nature, could manifest miniature human forms.
In such a situation, it seemed he, as the Beast Master, didn't need to do anything, right?
Actually, that wasn't the case.
There were still many things, many details, that he, the Beast Master, could do, and which only he could do.
Training, cultivation, and various arrangements in daily life, these naturally went without saying.
From time to time, he, the Beast Master, also had to initiate and gather the spirit beasts for various small activities, such as a small fairytale story session or a small barbecue, to enhance their mutual feelings.
Time passed quietly, and night fell.
Today, besides contracting White Snow and bringing her back, Lin Chuan didn't do anything else.
He didn't go to class, nor did he let Guoguo and Sakura train. He didn't let Wan Wan go out for part-time work or auditing classes. It was a collective holiday.
The entire day, Lin Chuan simply relaxed and played with the four spirit beasts.
Sakura and Wan Wan were perched on White Snow's head.
As for Lin Chuan and Guoguo, their faces were constantly wet with White Snow's drool throughout the day.
Lin Chuan and Guoguo exchanged glances.
At this moment, the eyes of both the human and the spirit beast were numb, filled with a sense of utter despair.
At this moment, Lin Chuan and Guoguo simultaneously felt a sense of shared misery.
Suddenly, Lin Chuan's numb face twitched, and his eyes gradually lit up, regaining their spirit.
Through the contract, he heard Guoguo's thoughts!
“Fortunately, I have my Master to suffer with me.”
“Since Master is like this, I, Guo Di, am not losing face.”
Although Guoguo didn't make any 'yi ya' sounds, he could hear her thoughts.
Lin Chuan was pleasantly surprised.
This meant that the depth of their contract frequency had reached 80%!
One must know that Guoguo hadn't even reincarnated yet.
Nor was it the profound 'author and work' relationship he had with Wan Wan.
Guoguo simply danced the Flower Moon Dance with him for 10 minutes every day!
According to An Qianqian's estimated progress, it would take at least two more months for him and Guoguo to reach 80% contract depth and achieve direct telepathic communication.
He didn't expect it to happen so soon!?
This works too?
Lin Chuan thought about it and was no longer confused.
After all, this could be considered sharing adversity.
After a Beast Master and a spirit beast share adversity, it's natural for their intimacy and tacit understanding to increase.
This is very reasonable! No problem at all!
This situation immediately improved Lin Chuan's mood, and he felt that being licked madly by White Snow all day was worth it.
However, Lin Chuan's joyful mood didn't last long.
Soon after, it turned into a daze.
White Snow's eating schedule was different from humans and most spirit beasts, or rather, most sub-dragon spirit beasts had such eating habits.
One meal a day.
And now, it was White Snow's feeding time.
Lin Chuan watched with wide eyes.
White Snow devoured half of the two tons of high-grade, exquisite daily food suitable for young dragons, equivalent to custom meals from a five-star hotel, including meat, dairy products, and fruits, which he had just bought from the Academy's resource platform for two academic credits.
Without even tearing the packaging, White Snow directly threw bag after bag of luxurious dairy products into her mouth.
Lin Chuan's face turned pale, and his lips trembled.
She directly consumed half, which was a full one ton!!
Although he had long anticipated that the appetite of sub-dragon spirit beasts would be terrifying, he didn't expect it to be this terrifying!!
Lin Chuan thought that White Snow, being just a young dragon, shouldn't be able to eat that much, and two tons should be enough for her for a week.
In fact, for a normal Tian Yu Dragon that had just passed its juvenile period, two tons of food would indeed be enough for a week.
However, Lin Chuan's White Snow was special.
This was a point that the Tian Yu Dragon leader had not mentioned before.
Any personality or habit formation, while undeniably having innate factors, relies more on acquired development, and there are always underlying reasons.
Why was White Snow more affectionate towards humans than other Tian Yu Dragons?
Why was she an incurable Beast Master-phile?
The initial reason was that White Snow was a natural glutton!
Every time humans came to the Tian Yu Dragon tribe, they would bring cartloads of food.
White Snow always got a lot, which made her full and satisfied.
Thus, as time went on, the equation of 'humans equal full and well-fed' formed in White Snow's naive mind.
Coupled with the Tian Yu Dragon race's innate affinity for humans, White Snow became a severe human-phile, even more so than other Tian Yu Dragons.
Then, one day, an adult Tian Yu Dragon in the tribe told her that once contracted by a Beast Master as a spirit beast, she would get a permanent meal ticket!!
A Beast Master could provide her with endless food!
Thus, after becoming a severe human-phile, White Snow became an incurable Beast Master-phile!
Every day, she looked forward to a human Beast Master contracting her.
For this, she even got a human Beast Master pillow, which she hugged every day.
Hugging a human meant hugging a temporary meal ticket.
Hugging a Beast Master meant hugging a permanent meal ticket.
However, White Snow's intelligence at that time was even lower than it is now. She quickly forgot why she hugged humans. In short, hugging humans made her feel at ease and happy.
Hugging them became a habit.
This was the original origin of Hao Bao.
Awoo, woo woo woo~
White Snow let out happy cries towards Lin Chuan. Lin Chuan didn't understand, so he asked Wan Wan to translate.
Wan Wan's face was also pale.
“Master, White Snow says she's not full yet. If Master allows, she wants to eat the remaining half too.”
Tactical retreat.
Lin Chuan suffocated on the spot.
...
Time passed quietly.
On the third day of contracting White Snow, Lin Chuan returned to his normal study and life rhythm.
Well, within these three days.
Lin Chuan discovered another problem, a rather urgent one.
That was the Pet Space Device!
Normally, in the manor, there was no problem.
The manor's space was large enough to fully accommodate Guoguo, Sakura, Wan Wan, and White Snow for various training and daily life and play needs. It could even accommodate several more spirit beasts.
However, once they went out, especially for future travels.
The spirit beasts would have to stay in the Pet Space Device for extended periods.
Currently, the sci-fi mechanical-style wristwatch Pet Space Device Lin Chuan wore on his left wrist was perfectly sufficient. It didn't need any auxiliary training effects either, as he wasn't like students from ordinary Imperial Beast Universities who needed to rely on the Pet Space Device's auxiliary cultivation effects to squeeze out time and catch up.
For him, as a Sixth Academy student, no matter how powerful the Pet Space Device's auxiliary cultivation effect was, could it compare to the professional training rooms and facilities of the Sixth Academy?
It certainly couldn't.
It couldn't even catch up to the dust, let alone the exhaust.
Therefore, until now, Lin Chuan had never considered replacing his Pet Space Device.
Guoguo, Sakura, and Wan Wan were all small-sized spirit beasts, and the current Pet Space Device was completely sufficient.
But after this, it might not be the case.
White Snow, although she was still just a young dragon, currently only three meters long.
However, with subsequent cultivation and the investment of large amounts of resources, as her level and strength increased, her body size would grow at a very fast rate.
Perhaps in less than half a year, she could grow to the normal Tian Yu Dragon length of 20 meters.
Thus, the current Pet Space Device, for a future 20-meter White Snow, would be enough for her to sleep, but she wouldn't be able to stretch her body well, and a slight jump might even hit her head.
If White Snow were a cat-type spirit beast, she might really like such a small but just-right environment.
But White Snow was a sub-dragon!
Her nature was to prefer larger, more spacious environments.
Moreover, this wristwatch Pet Space Device did not have separate compartments; its internal space was a single, integrated unit.
When Guoguo, Sakura, and Wan Wan were brought into the Pet Space Device, they all stayed in the same area.
White Snow was not suitable for this. It wasn't about differential treatment, but about care based on the situation.
During daytime activities, the few spirit beasts could be together, whether playing or training.
However, when resting at night, White Snow and the other three spirit beasts had to be separated.
Dragon-type spirit beasts, including sub-dragon-type spirit beasts, generally snored when Sleeping, each one louder than the last, and might even spray dragon breath due to snoring.
Previously, Lin Chuan had attended a class on the ecology of spirit beast races, and the lecturing professor specifically mentioned it.
Some powerful dragons, just by snoring in their sleep, could shake heaven and earth, affect natural climates, and cause lightning storms in the regional scope.
White Snow obviously couldn't reach that level, but her snoring during sleep was not ordinary either.
For these three days, Lin Chuan had White Snow stay in the Meditation Room, which had good sound insulation.
If White Snow and the other three spirit beasts were arranged to rest in the same environment, Guoguo and the others probably wouldn't be able to sleep well at night.
If this small detail was not paid attention to, it would inevitably plant a landmine and become a trigger point for future internal conflicts within the team.
Therefore, replacing the Pet Space Device was imperative!
After much thought, Lin Chuan decided to custom-order a 'well'-shaped, multi-compartment, multi-level large Pet Space Device.
It would be roughly equivalent to moving the entire manor they currently lived in.
It would have public areas like a garden, front yard, training ground, and various leisure and entertainment facilities.
There would also need to be individual compartments and upper and lower levels, serving as exclusive spaces for each spirit beast.
Within each exclusive space, environments suitable for each spirit beast would be arranged.
For Guoguo, it would be a natural forest environment completely biased towards the Wood Attribute.
For Sakura, it would be an illusory forest environment biased towards the Illusion Attribute.
Wan Wan's exclusive room would be set up as a small library, filled with bookshelves and various collections of books, and also a small snack cabinet.
White Snow's exclusive room would be a cave-like, magnificent pure white palace dragon's nest.
Of course, some empty space would also need to be reserved for future spirit beasts.
Lin Chuan called Wan Wan over, preparing to discuss the customization of the Pet Space Device.
Currently, the academic credits of the Sixth Academy, the points of the Beastmaster Association, and the contribution value of the Star Rock Federation, these three special 'currencies', were all managed by Lin Chuan himself.
As for star rock coin, this relatively basic daily 'currency'.
Except for a small amount of his own living expenses, about 500,000 would be kept, and the rest of the star rock coin, Lin Chuan transferred to Wan Wan's account, letting Wan Wan manage it for him.
For some daily consumables and auxiliary props used to practice certain skills, there was no need to report to him; Wan Wan could purchase them herself.
And there were also some spirit beast snacks.
They had no specific effect, but they were very delicious, especially delicious, which could keep the spirit beasts in a pleasant mood during boring daily training and improve the efficiency of cultivation.
“Wan Wan, how many star rock coins do we have in our account now?”
Lin Chuan asked. He planned to use star rock coin to customize the Pet Space Device.
Wan Wan immediately reported the relevant figures.
“There are still 16,549,421.”
Lin Chuan pondered.
This figure was not far from what he had expected.
Before, when he hadn't come to the Sixth Academy, in Qinghe City, he had spent a lot of money luxuriously.
He bought the top-tier exclusive cultivation resources below Tier 3 for Wan Wan, Guoguo, and Sakura, which consumed almost 20 million star rock coins at that time.
The remaining amount now was reasonable.
Excluding the odd amount, looking at 16 million.
He didn't know if this money would be enough to customize the Pet Space Device he wanted.
The starting price for customizing a Pet Space Device was 1 million.
However, according to his ideas and requirements, 16 million might indeed be a bit tight.
“Um, Master, although I don't know your plans, I'm afraid you can't use this money freely anymore.”
Wan Wan said weakly.
Lin Chuan was puzzled, what was going on?
“Before, when you hadn't contracted White Snow, I calculated based on the consumption of Guoguo and Sakura. This money was enough for us for two years, or even more.”
“But now, I have already included White Snow's daily consumption in the calculations.”
“You also know White Snow's appetite.”
Wan Wan said softly, afraid of stimulating Lin Chuan's little heart.
Lin Chuan's expression was calm, indicating that he no longer cared, truly not at all, and had completely come to terms with it.
It was just one meal a day, two tons per meal, right!
“Excluding resources for cultivation and growth, just for basic daily food consumption, fruits, meat, and dairy products, White Snow needs at least 2 million star rock coins per month. This is the minimum. If White Snow is allowed to eat her fill and to her heart's content every meal, it would require at least 5 million star rock coins per month.”
“This is still when White Snow is small. When she further grows and develops, and her body size becomes larger, it will require at least 8 million star rock coins per month as a baseline.”
After Wan Wan finished speaking.
Lin Chuan's calm expression gradually twisted.
Deep breath, deep breath, damn it!
Is it still too late for him to return her now!?
Alright, returning her was a joke.
Even if White Snow could eat a lot, Lin Chuan wouldn't dislike her.
Lin Chuan would only tighten his belt and squeeze out more funds to buy food for White Snow.
Based on 5 million.
No, White Snow would grow very fast, so calculate based on 8 million consumption.
In other words, the star rock coin he had could only last for two months.
This was a financial crisis.
However, the problem wasn't too big.
Although he didn't have star rock coin, he could exchange it with academic credits.
It was just a bit unworthy to use academic credits for these common basic resources.
But this was unavoidable.
Given Lin Chuan's current situation, he didn't really have a good way to earn star rock coin.
He couldn't possibly participate in commercial activities or compete everywhere, could he?
Or sign a sponsorship contract with some very wealthy chaebol companies or dojos.
For example, with Nine Leaves Dojo, although he could obtain sufficient star rock coin sponsorship, he would have to serve these organizations for a period in the future.
For this, Lin Chuan said he'd rather not.
Money is valuable, but freedom is more precious!
When dealing with these company dojos, he still had to keep the initiative in his own hands.
Just like when An Qianqian came to him to ask for the family's inherited Flower Leaf Leaf cultivation method, as a Sixth Academy student, he could choose to trade or not trade, he could choose to ask for Nine Leaves Dojo's secret Combination Skill, or he could choose to establish a cooperative relationship with Nine Leaves Dojo.
However, if the situation were reversed, if he had to ask Nine Leaves Dojo for something, the situation would be different.
Intermediate Meditation and related ritual resources.
Customizing a new Pet Space Device.
Plus a year's worth of various food-related basic materials, and top-tier cultivation consumables for several spirit beasts.
Lin Chuan and Wan Wan worked together, calculating item by item.
Finally, they reached a conclusion.
It would probably require about 800 academic credits, or to be safe, 1,000 academic credits would be enough.
Before this, starting from creating
new fairytale compilation
, Wan Wan worked part-time at the library. After Wan Wan's reincarnation was completed, it took almost half a month again, earning academic credits in Synergy Dance class and working part-time with Guoguo at the school clinic.
In total, over about a month and a half, he earned 607 academic credits.
So, looking at this progress.
If he pushed himself to the limit, he should be able to earn 1,000 academic credits within two months!
With the materials ready, it would almost be time to prepare for travel!