Before leaving, Jiang Guiju left an invitation.

She said she'd take Li Pu out for training past the east gate after this month's exams.

Li Pu was quite interested in this matter.

Because he felt that the current southern forest no longer posed any challenge to him.

Especially with the help of the scarecrow, he could walk around boldly, if not defeat everyone he encountered.

The East Wilderness Ridge, where the beasts are stronger than in the southern forest, is indeed worth exploring.

If going for the first time with a senior guiding him, it would be a good choice.

But more importantly, it was her other remark that gave Li Pu a great insight.

Since the training efficiency of himself and the scarecrow duo is so high, could he make money by taking on training commissions?

Back at the market, he remembered that there were seniors taking training commissions.

However, the market isn't there every day, so he could only plan for the long term.

Returning to the dormitory, the temporarily incapacitated Wu Guinan was lying on the bed, seemingly asleep, with the mini tortoise lying motionless on his belly.

The little treant was nowhere to be found; this little guy often ran back to the southern forest, treating it as its hometown.

The school provides good welfare, equipping each dormitory with a computer.

Initially, Wu Guinan attempted to teach the three non-human residents in the dormitory to use the internet via this computer.

But unfortunately, the scarecrow showed little interest and couldn't read.

The tortoise was interested but was too clumsy to operate it.

Only the little treant could use it and was hooked on watching children's cartoons.

Li Pu turned on the computer and logged onto the school's forum.

Initially, he didn't know the forum existed; he learned about it from Wu Guinan.

After some searching, he found the dedicated commission section.

It must be said that the students at Xidu University are quite active online; there are all kinds of commissions available.

And a significant portion of them have nothing to do with summoners.

For instance, mixers for male and females, rank boosting, and even door-to-door cleaning services — although the cleaning fees were outrageously high, so high that Li Pu couldn't understand them.

Luckily, the forum has filtering functions, so he quickly filtered out those odd commissions.

[Training Commission]:

0-Grade LV3 berserk-type summoned beast, Boxing Rock.

Looking for a punching bag-type summoned beast sparring partner, compensation of 30 Crystal Coins/hour or 100 Crystal Coins for LV3→LV4.

Nutritive supplies provided; details in private chat.

Development department students preferred.

"This looks promising."

Li Pu glanced over and found something suitable for himself.

Primarily because the other party provides ample nutritive supplies and only requires advancing from LV3 to LV4 to earn 100 Crystal Coins.

Such a low level increase might just be the matter of the scarecrow delivering a dozen lashes.

And it was mentioned that development department students are preferred.

Meaning his chances were high.

So he clicked on the private chat link to request a conversation with the other party.

The response came quickly, with introductions included.

It turned out to be a second-year life department senior who had just contracted a second summoned beast.

Boxing Rock, a summoned beast belonging to the stone life type.

Its primary attack method was striking enemies with its hardened stone fists.

Using a punching bag training model could speed up the digestion of nutritional energy.

As for why development department students were prioritized, there was naturally a reason.

Every summoner's summoned beast is different, and even within the same species of summoned beast, individual differences result in nuances between development and training.

Apart from the summoner themselves, it's difficult for others to handle these details.

But development department students are different; they specifically study this, so they can quickly grasp and become familiar with the nuances.

Sometimes, they might even do it better than the summoner themselves.

Initially, Li Pu had a decent conversation with that senior.

However, they hit a roadblock at one point.

That was when the other party inquired about his specific situation and, upon learning that Li Pu was a first-year freshman, immediately cut off the conversation.

Can't really blame that senior, since for first-year freshmen, being in the development department doesn't really matter.

Because freshmen have just started school and haven't learned anything yet, what development and cultivation are they capable of?

This predicament made Li Pu feel troubled.

He couldn't lie about it, as eventually everyone would meet face-to-face.

He privately messaged several training commissions in succession, encountering seniors and seniors of ambiguous gender, but they all asked about his status, and upon learning he was a freshman, the conversation was over.

Some commissions explicitly stated freshmen were not welcome.

"Ah, I guess I was too optimistic."

"Let's try one last one."

Feeling a bit discouraged after being rejected repeatedly, Li Pu's gaze fell on the last commission.

[Training Commission]:

0-Grade LV2 steadfast-type summoned beast, Rice Sack.

Looking for a powerful sparring partner; compensation of an F-Grade skill light orb.

Details in private chat.

This employer doesn't even demand development department students.

And the compensation is an F-Grade skill light orb?

The most curious aspect is, what on earth is a Rice Sack?

Is this even considered a summoned beast?

Although there are summoned beasts existing in object form, referred to as summoned objects.

But a rice sack becoming a summoned object is just too ridiculous.

"A skill light orb, even if it's F-grade, should be worth quite a bit."

"Why hasn't anyone taken this, could it be newly posted?"

Li Pu raised an eyebrow, sending a private chat request.

The other party seemed to be sitting in front of the computer, responding almost immediately.

[Rice Seller Girl]: Hello.

[Plain Jane]: Hello.

Without waiting for Li Pu to say anything, the other party sent over some information.

[LV1-Night Vision (F)]

Active Effect: Gain night-time vision capability

Attribute Requirement: None

Type Requirement: Balanced

Species Requirement: None

Clearly, this was the skill offered as compensation.

It then became evident to Li Pu why nobody took this commission.

The Night Vision skill isn't particularly necessary for many summoned beasts.

Since they can rely on smell, sound, magnetic fields, and various other means to ignore nighttime visibility issues.

Many summoned beasts even naturally possess night vision capabilities.

The skill slots for everyone's summoned beasts are very precious; few would want an F-grade skill to occupy a slot.

"That's interesting."

But Li Pu was different; he was, after all, still human.

Humans don't have night vision capabilities — having this skill would make his nighttime actions much more convenient.

The key point is that he really could acquire this [Night Vision] skill.

After several experiences, he had roughly grasped what skills he could and couldn't learn.

He couldn't acquire other types of skills, but these balanced types, he could!

After a few more exchanges, Li Pu discovered that the other party was also a freshman and didn't mind that he was one too.

So they quickly agreed to meet at the training ground tonight.

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