BXBX NOVEL Chapter 534: 507
(Mainly because Pork can’t take leave this month, so I have to use the anti-theft version chapter first, Pork will work overtime to update.)
Year 821 of the Ten Thousand Clans History.
Xu Shanhai looked at the data of his talent test on the screen and sighed, “Why do I only have the talent of a summoner? This profession is very weak, and all the combat power is in the summoning beast.”
“There are also powerful summoners, who can summon divine beasts when they reach the diamond level,” Xu Susu comforted his brother.
“Sister, that’s the exception, summoners are generally weak, and no one wants to team up with them.” Xu Shanhai said gloomily, he had paid attention to this profession before and found it amusing that summoners had to contract exotic beasts by entering the summoning world with their souls in order to summon them.
“Then I’ll introduce you to a steady job, and you can live a good life.” Xu Susu suddenly looked at her brother expectantly, thinking that it would also be great if her brother could be a stable citizen and live a peaceful life under her care.
“Since I have talent, I might as well try my best. What’s wrong with going back to live a normal life? Summoners can make a breakthrough too.” Xu Shanhai put away the screen in front of him and boarded the inter-city maglev train with his sister.
Since it was noon, there were not many people on the train, so the two siblings chose a seat by the window.
“Sister, when I graduate from high school, I’ll apply for the Summoning College. Actually, I wanted to be an elemental manipulator like you, but unfortunately, I don’t have the talent for it.”
“I see. You can apply, don’t worry about tuition fees and all, I have it covered, just study in peace.” Xu Susu patted Xu Shanhai’s head, time flew by so quickly that, in the blink of an eye, her brother was about to graduate from high school and enter college.
“Sister, thank you for all your hard work over the years.” Xu Shanhai said earnestly. Since their parents went missing in a space storm while heading to a frontier star system when he was six, he and his 12-year-old sister relied on each other. She resolutely rejected all offers from relatives to raise them and single-handedly raised him until now.
“We’re family, and you’re my most important relative, so this is all necessary. Besides, you were very sensible when you were younger, just give you something to eat and you were fine. Sometimes I felt you were more like the older brother.” Xu Susu joked, she was very relieved with her brother, now she didn’t even have to cook for him, as he had taken over the responsibility.
“Sister, when are you leaving?” Xu Shanhai asked. After graduating from college, Xu Susu joined a group called Thorns Rose Star Mercenary Group, completing tasks in various star systems and only returning home occasionally.
“I specially took a long vacation this time to spend some quality time at home with you. I will leave after you start college.”
“Alright, I thought you were here just to spend time with me.” Since Xu Shanhai started cooking and doing house chores at the age of 12, his sister turned into a human-shaped ATM, only providing money, and her daily routine at home was sleep, eat, play, eat, sleep.
In the evening, after having dinner, Xu Shanhai sat in the living room and started searching for information about summoners.
“There is a huge world in the summoning profession that is no less than the universe itself, with all kinds of exotic beasts, ranging from bronze level to divine beast king level. If they are so powerful, why are summoners so weak?” Xu Shanhai wondered and continued to read.
“The summoner is a very powerful faction in the 10,000 tribes of the universe, but the human clan is new to the universe, and their overall strength is only mid-level in the universe. Hence, the human clan is weak in the summoning world, and they can’t grab good exotic beast resources.” Xu Shanhai finally understood.
“Summoners need to enter the summoning world with their souls to find exotic beasts and sign contracts to summon exotic beasts.” As Xu Shanhai was reading about how to sign contracts with exotic beasts, he saw a list of 100 must-read books for summoners from the human clan.
“Four Essential Skills for Summoners: Deceive, Cheat, Swindle, Imposter”
“Hobbies and Recipes of Canine Exotic Beasts”
“Summoner: Lick Out a Prosperous Human Race”
“The World View of Exotic Beasts”
“Ten Ways to Stroke Cat-like Exotic Beasts”
“The Three Basic Steps of Contracting Exotic Beasts”
“Summoner: Thirty Years East of the River, Thirty Years West of the River!”
Xu Shanhai had a bad feeling just from looking at the table of contents. He felt that books about Summoners were divided into two factions, either scumbags or lickspittles. Xu Shanhai turned off the computer, got up to pour himself a glass of water to calm down, and then went back to bed to sleep. He’d have to take it one step at a time.
In his sleep, Xu Shanhai once again came to this bizarre world, which he visited every night in his dreams.
“All I did was pick up a copy of the Classic of Mountains and Seas before I crossed over, is it necessary to come to this Mount and Sea world every day? I can’t take anything from here with me.”
Before crossing over, Xu Shanhai had just finished reading the entire Classic of Mountains and Seas, and was marveling at the incredible imagination of the ancients when he was transported to this world.
In the dream, according to the description of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, he was now in Mount Zhaoyao, which was located in the South Mountain Chapter.
Xu Shanhai casually took the Zhu Yu handed over by the ape-man and tasted the pineapple flavor this time. Zhu Yu was the name of a kind of flower, shaped like a leek but with blue flowers. Eating it could stave off hunger, and each bite came with a pleasant surprise of different flavors.
The ape man was originally called Xing Xing, but Xu Shanhai preferred to call him Ape Man. Xu Shanhai had been coming to this dreamworld of Mount and Sea since he was six years old. All the exotic beasts here were very friendly to Xu Shanhai, taking him on tours around Mount Zhaoyao. Xu Shanhai would also tell them stories about his world and teach them how to read, build houses, forge metal, and cook. Now, the ape man could forge his own weapons to defend against the Ancestor Wolves that occasionally caused trouble. This was also a name that Xu Shanhai had given them. Nowadays, he had become the leader of the ape-man tribe and lived a life where his every wish was attended to in the dreamworld.
“Awoo!” A group of Ancestor Wolves were harassing the ape man again. Xu Shanhai watched them engage in PK while standing on the mountaintop. This was the most anticipated regular event for him, as a group of 4-meter-tall ape-men were wielding disc-like metal bars to fight the Ancestor Wolves.
“Although I’ve seen it many times, it’s still thrilling to watch now. An 800-kilogram metal bar, just smashing it straight into the head of the Ancestor Wolf, yet it doesn’t seem to have any effect. Such a brutal battle, but in the end, both sides only suffer minor injuries. These Mount and Sea Exotic Beasts are truly incredible.”
In the end, the Ancestor Wolves won by a narrow margin. Moments later, the former ape-man leader brought a huge Ancestor Wolf over and gestured to Xu Shanhai for a long time. Finally, Xu Shanhai understood that the Ancestor Wolf wanted him to tell them stories.
“You can understand me?” Xu Shanhai asked in doubt. Although the Ancestor Wolf looked like a wolf, it was very different from regular wolves; it had wings on its back and three tails.
The Ancestor Wolf nodded its head.
“So what’s in it for me? I can’t just talk for free,” Xu Shanhai joked.
The leader of the Ancestor Wolves snorted, and another one brought over a jade-like stone, placing it in front of Xu Shanhai.
“This is an Energy Stone!” Xu Shanhai exclaimed excitedly. He had seen his sister holding a small piece of this kind of energy stone while meditating. Then he became dejected, realizing that he couldn’t take anything from this dreamworld with him.