She was 10 years older than Lin Chuan.
However, because she was a Beast Master specializing in Wood Attribute, and coupled with her petite figure, Lin Chuan even looked a bit older than An Qianqian from their appearance.
An Qianqian was very beautiful, and her temperament was perfect; she was an undeniable super beauty.
At this moment, from an outsider's perspective,
the two people sitting opposite each other, drinking coffee, looked like a perfectly matched couple.
If it were anyone else, they would definitely be thinking of something happening with such a beautiful professor sister like An Qianqian, or at least going shopping with her to deepen their relationship.
However, Lin Chuan had no such thoughts at all.
An Qianqian was indeed beautiful, but how could she compare to the beautiful and exquisite Little Teacher Wan Wan at home!
She was also very cute, but ultimately not as good as Guo Guo and Sakura.
How could a mere human female compare to his contracted Spirit Beast!
After finishing their business, Lin Chuan quickly drank the remaining half-cup of coffee and bid farewell cleanly and decisively, leaving no trace of attachment or lingering thoughts.
Although she had anticipated it, An Qianqian still rolled her eyes.
The students of the Sixth Academy were all outstanding talents, but whether male or female, they basically devoted all their energy to Beast Mastering, focusing on learning various knowledge, researching Combination Skills, Secret Skills, and techniques for cultivating Spirit Beasts. As for things like male-female relationships, they wouldn't even touch them.
If this were outside, at the Nine Leaves Dojo,
how many people would be eager to invite her, An Qianqian, for a meal or a cup of coffee.
And how many people would be lining up, wanting to go shopping with her.
It was nothing like the Sixth Academy, where everyone was an insensitive blockhead.
However, An Qianqian actually preferred the atmosphere of the Sixth Academy and these insensitive blockheads here.
Outside, at the Nine Leaves Dojo, she had to deal with persistent suitors like flies every day, which exhausted her. This was one of the reasons she came to the Sixth Academy as an external Synergy Dance professor.
...
Back at the manor,
Lin Chuan did not immediately call Old Deng to discuss the trade proposed by An Qianqian.
He also needed to think about it a little.
Compared to exchanging the Nine Leaves Dojo's secret Combination Skill with Professor An Qianqian,
he wanted his Hua Ye Ye Breeding Base to establish a more long-term cooperative relationship with the Nine Leaves Dojo.
He could acquire Combination Skills relatively easily through inheritance, picking them up as opportunities arose.
However, personal connections were not so easy to obtain; at least, they couldn't be gained by simply adding a few points.
Lin Chuan was destined to go to higher and farther places in the future, become a Heavenly King, and venture beyond human territory.
To explore, to conquer, to open up unknown areas that humans had not yet set foot in.
To represent humanity and contend with those powerful demon beast races.
To meet, get to know, negotiate, and battle with those Mythic Rank demon beasts.
To forge the path of Beast Mastering civilization.
This was Lin Chuan's ambition, his vision for the future.
In the future, there would be many times when he, as such a person, might not be able to personally take care of his family members.
Therefore, he had to take advantage of the present, while he had time and opportunity, to build more connections and resources within the Beast Master upper circles for his family.
Even if he couldn't take care of his family in the future, these connections and resources would help him take very good care of them.
Getting back to the main topic.
Lin Chuan was currently still conceptualizing these matters in his mind. Once he had a good plan, he would discuss it with Old Deng and his mother.
At this moment, Lin Chuan first went to the training room in the basement of the manor.
Sakura and Wan Wan were in the training room.
Sakura was bathing in the simulated sunlight in the training room, which was the most suitable summer morning light for absorption.
Wan Wan, on the other hand, was floating back and forth, constantly using various equipment to observe and record Sakura's various information.
When Lin Chuan came in, he did not disturb Wan Wan, but instead observed silently from the side.
In just this one day, Sakura was already a size larger than she was in the morning. Her hands and feet had already grown into rudimentary forms, and it was believed that she would fully mature in at most two more hours, which would mean passing through the Flower Leaf Leaf's infancy and entering the rapid growth period.
Lin Chuan clicked his tongue, this speed was truly terrifying, like she had taken some magical fertilizer.
If Old Deng knew, he would probably have to completely overturn his 30 years of Flower Leaf Leaf research experience.
One must know that an ordinary Flower Leaf Leaf takes at least half a year to pass through its infancy.
Seemingly having finished recording data, Wan Wan wiped her sweat and let out a breath. Only then did she control her main body, the book, to fly over and report the situation to Lin Chuan.
"Master."
"Just like the past two days, today, I conducted a full body data test on Sakura every half hour on average, recording any and all data, and so on."
"When she first reincarnated, Sakura was Level 3. In the past two days, Sakura naturally leveled up to Level 6, but today, she did not level up. However, there was still some improvement, but the effect of the improvement is becoming less and less."
"From the known data, Sakura's unscientific rapid development speed gradually weakens as time passes."
"Although it cannot be detected, based on my reasonable guess, it should be that the strange energy from Master's special Beast Master talent still remains in Sakura's body, and those strange energies prompted Sakura to pass through her infancy at an extremely fast speed."
"When Sakura passes through her infancy, that will be when those strange energies are depleted."
Listening to Wan Wan's analysis and report, Lin Chuan stroked his chin and nodded slightly.
That should be correct.
His Reincarnation talent's black and white energy remained in Sakura's body, helping Sakura quickly pass through her infancy.
Or rather, quickly passing through infancy was itself a part of the reincarnation process.
Otherwise, one reincarnation would require enduring half a year of infancy?
And this was just a Flower Leaf Leaf.
If it were something like a dragon, phoenix, or qilin, whose infancy typically lasts at least ten years, wouldn't that be a lifetime's work?
If that were the case, the practical value of reincarnation would be greatly reduced.
Now it seems that being able to quickly pass through infancy is very good.
"You've worked hard, Wan Wan."
Without continuing to focus on these cold data, Lin Chuan cared for Wan Wan, saying:
"You've been working all day today too. Go rest and relax for a while first."
"When Sakura's hands and feet grow out, I'll notify you through the contract, and you can come back then."
"Hmm, I've also finished writing a few more fairy tales today, which will be used to bind and create your new main body later. They are still on the desk in the study. You can go and read them first to see if you like those stories, and pick out the ones you don't like, so they won't be bound in."
Lin Chuan said.
Wan Wan's eyes immediately lit up, already eager to read Lin Chuan's newly written fairy tales.
However, Wan Wan still insisted on maintaining her attitude as an all-purpose little secretary for logistics, bowing respectfully to Lin Chuan, her Master. Only then did she float away, swaying but at extreme speed.
In the manor's study.
Wan Wan immediately pounced on the fairy tales Lin Chuan had just written today.
The Ugly Duckling, the little mermaid, Bai Xue Princess, Little Red Riding Hood, Aladdin's Lamp, Jingwei Filling the Sea, Kuafu Chasing the Sun.
Undoubtedly, they were all very wonderful fairy tales.
Wan Wan loved every single one of them, but of course, her favorite was thumbelina.
Would these pages of manuscript, these beautiful fairy tales, later be bound into a book, becoming her, Wan Wan's, future main body?
Wan Wan was already impatient.
Suddenly.
Wan Wan discovered a beautifully made bookmark and a note at the very bottom of these manuscripts.
On the front and back of the bookmark, a line of poetry was written respectively:
"A silkworm spins until death, its silk exhausted; a candle weeps until it's ashes, its tears dry."
The note, on the other hand, contained a single sentence:
"Thank you, Little Teacher Wan Wan, for your tireless help since our contract began, up until now."
At that instant,
Wan Wan froze, then her nose tingled, her thoughts became muddled, and she no longer knew what to think in her heart.
An instinctive thought emerged.
If it was for Lin Chuan, even if it meant sacrificing her life and everything she had, it would be worth it.
Even if Lin Chuan became a heinous villain and an enemy of the world,
she, Wan Wan, would resolutely stand by Beast Master Lin Chuan.
And smash this world!
...
Lin Chuan, on his side, looked towards the training room door, a slight smile on his face.
Wan Wan must have seen that bookmark and note, right? She must be incredibly moved, right?
Lin Chuan had always kept it in mind.
Just like Guo Guo and Sakura liked small flowers, when buying those scented papers before, Wan Wan had indirectly and subtly indicated that she liked exquisite letters and similar things.
So, Lin Chuan specifically prepared this bookmark and thank-you note.
As for why he didn't give the bookmark and thank-you letter to Wan Wan in person, it was due to Wan Wan's personality.
Although direct approaches can overcome tsundere and introverted personalities,
sometimes, one cannot be completely direct.
One must adapt to the situation and the opponent. For Spirit Beasts with different personalities, different races, and different hobbies, one must use specific strategies.
Direct, yet not losing subtlety and reserve.
This was the best strategy for an introverted and shy literary girl.
Lin Chuan refused to admit that this was not a strategy he had just learned today from Professor Cui Ye, that Love Stream expert in Spirit Beast interaction studies.
Time passed quietly, and two hours later, at 7:30 PM.
Sakura's hands and feet, which were originally rudimentary, had now fully grown.
From reincarnation until now, 3 days and 19 hours had passed.
Sakura had passed through her infancy and entered her rapid growth period.
Her level had naturally grown from the initial Level 3 to Level 7. Yes, it was Level 7. In just the past 2 hours, Sakura had leveled up by 1. This was still natural leveling without high-intensity training. It must be said, it was truly terrifying, so terrifying that Lin Chuan gasped, once again contributing to the control of air pollution.
Through the connection of their contract, Lin Chuan poked Wan Wan.
Wan Wan quickly arrived at the training room, her small face flushed, and her head still steaming.
Even though she was extremely shy, Wan Wan's lips couldn't help but curve upwards.
Clearly, Wan Wan's condition proved that she had received the bookmark and small note, and she liked them very much and was very happy.
The sharp-eyed Lin Chuan even saw a corner of the bookmark tucked within Wan Wan's main body book.
He didn't expose it, otherwise Wan Wan would probably explode on the spot.
Lin Chuan led the conversation to Sakura, who had completely passed through her infancy.
Wan Wan nodded slightly and immediately began to observe carefully, recording various data.
At this moment,
Sakura's appearance, compared to an ordinary Flower Leaf Leaf, was more refined and more beautiful.
Ordinary Flower Leaf Leaf were round, plump, and simple-minded.
As for Sakura, well, she was still plump and round overall, but she had gone from being extremely plump to just plump.
Her skin was also not the brownish-green of an ordinary Flower Leaf Leaf, but rather pinkish-white, like a peeled boiled egg, very soft and springy.
The flower on her head was pink, a size larger than that of an ordinary Flower Leaf Leaf, and more delicate and beautiful. It was also constantly enveloped in a thin, hazy white mist, which would quickly regenerate even if dispersed. That was, thin Illusion Attribute energy!
Lin Chuan had just picked up Sakura, who was soft and bouncy, and hadn't even gotten to pet her twice.
Guo Guo was already impatient. She raised her hands, gesturing for Lin Chuan to let her hold Sakura.
Lin Chuan didn't think much of it and handed Sakura to Guo Guo.
Then, Lin Chuan saw Guo Guo lift Sakura high up, which was nothing unusual.
However, the next second!
Lifting high turned into throwing high.
Throw high, catch.
Throw high again, catch again.
She even used Vine Armor Shield, setting up a shield wall, and Guo Guo threw Sakura against the shield wall like a rubber ball.
Lin Chuan's eyelids twitched. Just as he was about to stop Guo Guo, who was having too much fun,
he heard Sakura's voice in his mind.
After reincarnation, Sakura's compatibility with him seemed to have increased a lot. Their frequency synchronization was almost 80%, allowing for direct silent communication through the contract.
Sakura had already conveyed her thoughts to Lin Chuan through the contract.
Telling him, the Beast Master, not to interfere.
There weren't many opportunities. She wanted to take advantage of Guo Guo not fully understanding her current state to personally educate her chuunibyou little sister.
It was at the moment Sakura was thrown onto the Vine Armor Shield wall, bouncing back like a rubber ball with a thud.
Sakura's light pink, large, captivating eyes met Guo Guo's emerald green eyes.
In the instant their gazes crossed,
Guo Guo fell into an illusion. She saw Sakura turn from one into two, then into three, and then the sky was filled with Sakura resembling peeled boiled eggs.
Guo Guo instantly realized she had fallen for an illusion.
She immediately concentrated her mind and actively resisted.
Guo Guo still couldn't believe it; she was a Tier 2 Level 1 Spirit Beast, Flower Spirit, and she couldn't possibly be hard-controlled by an illusion from a Flower Leaf Leaf that had just completed reincarnation and wasn't even Tier 1, could she?
Just as Guo Guo thought, as soon as she concentrated her mind, the illusion was broken.
The countless Sakura figures in the sky disappeared, leaving only the real one.
However, that single real one, in the short less than 1 second that she was under the illusion,
had spun and landed, then dashed forward with an impossible speed for a Flower Leaf Leaf, like an agile Spirit Beast, rushing right in front of her.
Sakura jumped up.
A large head bumped against Guo Guo's soft, slender waist.
The damage was minimal, or rather, non-existent, but it successfully knocked Guo Guo down.
Sakura stepped on Guo Guo's chest, who had fallen to the ground, and bounced up and down.
"Ying ying ying."
(Guo-mei, you lost!)