It seems the Caocao has already apprenticed under the East Gate Old Lady, learning Tai Chi.

This kind of apprenticeship isn't exclusive to the human world.

Summoned beasts, magical beasts, and other races have it too.

And as far as he knows, there's a trend of respecting teachers and traditions in their circles.

Not that they planned it or anything; it's just always been a tradition.

Who knows, maybe Caocao also...

[Grass!]

Caocao: Master above, please accept my bow!

While Li Pu was still pondering, Caocao had swiftly performed the ceremony.

"Alright, I forgot you're just a patch of grass..."

He silently wiped away some sweat.

The term "fence-sitter" was meant for this guy; it's so fitting.

However, in Caocao's eyes, it's not like that.

Apprenticing under Shenxu Tiger doesn't affect the master-disciple relationship with the old lady.

Moreover, the old lady wouldn't mind, as she wouldn't even know, so why would she?

[Roar roar roar!]

[Grass!]

[Roar roar!]

[Grass grass grass!]

Caocao and the Climbing Wall Vine began interacting directly.

Soon after, Caocao turned to wave at Li Pu.

[Grass!]

Caocao: Summoner, Ben Cao will head off now.

"..., you really are everyone's disciple, aren't you."

"Also, do you even know what 'head off now' means?"

Li Pu was left speechless.

Rumble...

A crevice in the big stone wall suddenly opened, dark and unclear.

But thanks to Night Vision, Li Pu could see that it looked like an abyss.

Then a vine emerged, wrapping around Caocao's waist and pulling.

Whoosh!

[Graaassssss!]

Caocao screamed while plunging into the abyss.

Rumble...

The stone wall closed once more.

As if swallowing Caocao never even happened.

Li Pu appeared indifferent to the scene.

For the Climbing Wall Vine, as it wouldn't harm Caocao.

Sure enough, from the text spelled out by the vines, he got the message.

Turns out, the Climbing Wall Vine has been watching over Caocao since the Wolf Corridor.

Noticing this guy also uses vines, but the technique was rough beyond recognition.

So, it plans to help train him properly in these few days, preventing embarrassment of their 10 Wood line.

However, Li Pu needed to deliver certain specified cultivation materials for Caocao daily, according to Climbing Wall Vine's different requests.

"Then I'll leave it to you, senior, thank you."

After jotting down the list of materials, Li Pu thanked the Climbing Wall Vine.

Unexpectedly, Caocao's first proper cultivation is under the hand of a magical beast.

He felt he really is a... distinguished Summoner.

...

A few hours later, as dawn slightly broke.

Lan Feng appeared in the Wolf Corridor, riding a lizard the size of a small car.

The lizard's color closely matched the surrounding earth tones and rocks, a magical beast capable of changing color based on its environment.

It could shift to any natural color except one—green.

Thus, it's technically named "Non-Green Mount Lizard."

Grade B, born with dual transformations, a summoned beast with high talent and power.

Non-Green Mount Lizard is large and its tread is almost silent, ideal for a mount in the wild.

Additionally, it has another trait.

Whoosh!

A shadow darted out of its mouth, then retreated as it made a certain aphid its dish.

This trait is its uncanny ability to eat bugs.

[Gaga!] xN

The Non-Green Mount Lizard's arrival scared away the aphids around.

Its natural restraint made them flee.

Even though this corridor is now their territory.

"Ruined, ruined."

Looking at the corridors filled with imperfect Cloud Wolf corpses chewed by aphids, Lan Feng couldn't help shaking his head.

Cloud Wolves, being Grade D magical beasts, have incredibly nutrient-rich meat.

As food for suitable summoned beasts, it not only serves as their forage but can also become cultivation material.

As the head of cultivation, he understood the benefit of Cloud Wolf meat.

They aren't just cloud-like in appearance, they also have some resonance with thunder and lightning.

Every year, a few lucky ones gain new abilities related to lightning upon reincarnation after being fed Cloud Wolf meat for cultivation.

Now that it's in the aphids' bellies, its only purpose was enriching the soil.

He waved his hand, opening the storage space.

[Accelerating... accelerating...]

A multi-armed mechanical summoned beast crawled out.

Multi-arm is the best description for this robot.

It mainly features many mechanical arms, having only arms.

No legs for walking, no tracks, no thrusters.

Yet despite that, its features are comprehensive, and it operates very fast.

Summoned a few years back in collaboration with the Mechanical Life department, a Wind-Chaser summoned beast.

Grade B quality, third transformation LV60.

As long as it didn't challenge the guardian beasts in Four Districts, this prowess was enough to roam the school surroundings freely.

"Go ahead and gather all Cloud Wolf corpses in this corridor for me."

He wouldn't bother collecting worthless aphids, leaving them for local decomposition into soil nourishment.

He fetched an electric baton and gave the multi-arm robot a fierce jolt.

Sizzle sizzle!

Dazzling electric sparks danced across its shell.

It's not that Lan Feng has an eccentric hobby; this is part of how he nurtures rapport with his own summoned beast.

Even robots have feelings.

Like petting animals or watering plants.

Some mechanical summoned beasts enjoy being electrocuted.

[Buzz buzz...]

Sure enough, the multi-arm robot twisted into odd shapes, then put all arms on the ground.

[Order received...]

[Accelerating...start...]

Chanting in mechanical monotone, it got to work.

Boom!

Dust erupted, and the multi-arm robot vanished.

Thirty minutes later, a massive pile of Cloud Wolf corpses stood before Lan Feng.

Aside from the wolf corpses, the multi-arm robot also picked up three skill spheres, two from the Cloud Wolves, one from an aphid.

With such a huge death toll, dropping skills isn't strange.

Unfortunately, they were all useless skills, totaling at most only a few thousand to sell.

Though the Cloud Wolf mountain practically clogged the corridor, the aphids didn't dare object.

"What the heck."

After a cursory examination of the Cloud Wolves, Lan Feng frowned.

"Is every wolf here aged, with their teeth all gone?"

Repeated checks of both intact and fragmented Cloud Wolves revealed no teeth or nails.

Teeth and nails are the most valuable parts of Cloud Wolves.

Durable for crafting basic magical items and Summoner weapons.

Also, there were no tails.

On the way here, he noticed many aphids gnawing on wolf tails.

As an expert in cultivation, he excelled at analyzing cultivation materials.

Upon closer inspection of a Cloud Wolf, he found aphid bite marks on its mouth and toes.

"The aphid race doesn't have a habit of collecting hard objects."

"So likely it's ordered by the Climbing Wall Vine senior."

"Has it run low on funds for wine lately or something."

"A shame, but it can't be helped."

Ultimately, Lan Feng came up with the most reasonable explanation.

It's unlikely a little thief came just to steal teeth and tails.

Since they ended in the Climbing Wall Vine's pocket, there's no point in pursuing it.

Strictly speaking, these are the opponent's war spoils.

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