"Chen Shu!"
Just then, Fang Ke walked over with a stern expression.
"If you can't do the problems, just lie there quietly. Stop constantly flipping through your test paper!"
Wasn't this obviously disrupting other people's exams?
"My hand was cramping badly earlier, but it's better now." Chen Shu put his head down and went to sleep. The reward was already in hand anyway.
Since each exam took half a day, the liberal arts portion was finished after two days, prompting the students to gather and discuss the results.
"This exam was really difficult. I guess it was designed to filter out the top students."
"Sigh, I hope I can score at least 320 points on liberal arts."
"Yeah, the third-year special training class is out of reach for us, but at least we can't do too poorly."
Chen Shu smiled quietly on the side without saying anything. Generally, academic aces acted this way—smiling without speaking, then shocking everyone when the scores ca out.
"Alright, everyone, stop discussing!"
Fang Ke suddenly walked into the classroom. "No matter what the results are, the exams are over. The key now is the upcoming Beast Taming exam."
Liberal arts had a total of 400 points. Student scores generally ranged from 340 to 380 points, so the gap wasn't too large.
Beast Taming had a total of 360 points. So students might not even reach 100 points, while others could achieve two or three hundred.
This was where the real differences would show.
"I hope everyone can follow proper discipline during the final exam and not imitate certain people!"
Fang Ke's gaze fell on Chen Shu. He was actually sowhat afraid now, worried that Chen Shu might pull off so other outrageous stunt.
After school that afternoon, Zhang Dali was already waiting outside the classroom early.
Zhang Dali looked over and said, "Finally made it to sumr vacation! Chen Pi, you're not really going to work for two whole months, are you?"
Regular classes naturally didn't have Beast Taming exams, so Zhang Dali was completely free now.
Chen Shu nodded. "Of course. I'm really short on cash. What are your plans for sumr vacation?"
The two walked out of school together.
Zhang Dali said excitedly, "Online gaming, obviously! I'm going to grind my way to King tier in Beast Taming Glory."
"Oh right, my mom's back. She invited you to dinner at my house tonight."
Chen Shu readily agreed without even thinking about it.
Who could refuse a free al?
"Chen Pi, I'm going to have to rely on you from now on!"
Zhang Dali suddenly slung an arm around his shoulder, his expression grave. "Dog! When you're rich and famous, don't forget !¹"
"..." Chen Shu was speechless. "Can you not put so much emphasis on the 'dog' part? You make it sound like I'm the dog."
The two joked around as they returned to the residential complex.
Chen Shu's father had sothing co up and wasn't coming ho for dinner tonight, so they went directly to Zhang Dali's house.
"Mom! Dad! I'm ho."
The two of them threw down their backpacks and collapsed comfortably onto the sofa, with Chen Shu making himself right at ho as if he owned the place—after years of friendship between their families, the Zhang household was practically his second ho.
"Ah my two sons are back?" A middle-aged woman ca out of the kitchen with a kind smile on her face.
This was Zhang Dali's mother, Xue Yuan.
"Aunt Xue, hello!" Chen Shu stood up and politely greeted her.
Zhang Dali lay there lazily. "Mom, where's Dad? I don't see him around."
"Old Zhang is in the study, buying things. You can go take a look."
"Never mind, I wouldn't understand it anyway." Zhang Dali closed his eyes and sprawled on the sofa.
But Chen Shu looked sowhat interested. Zhang Dali's parents were both Black Iron rank Beast Tars, so whatever they were buying must be related to beast taming.
He didn't hesitate and headed toward the study.
"Look who’s here, hey buddy"
Zhang Feng, with his sturdy build, was seriously looking at his computer screen while gesturing for Chen Shu to sit down beside him.
Chen Shu ca over and was imdiately drawn to what was on the computer screen.
"Tianyuan Ginseng, Price: 300,000 Chinese yuan!"
"Yunding Peak Stone Milk (one liang), Price: 500,000 Chinese yuan!"
"Level 2 Gigantification Fruit, Price: 100,000 Chinese yuan!"
"Ice Snow Wolf King Beast Core, Price: 1,000,000 Chinese yuan!"
...
Chen Shu swallowed hard. While he recognized most of the general resources from his high school studies, he'd never imagined they would be so astronomically expensive. His previous belief that brewing a few Strength Potions had made him wealthy now seed laughable—looking at these prices, he realized that to beco a high-level Beast Tar, he was nowhere close to having enough money.
"Little Chen," Zhang Feng explained with a smile, "this is all stuff for Black Iron rank Beast Tars, so of course it's a little pricier."
Anyone below Black Iron rank counts as just an apprentice—no access to the good stuff yet.
"Uncle Zhang, what website is this?" Chen Shu's eyes showed curiosity.
Everything sold here was what Beast Tars needed—all materials from dinsional spaces that would be extrely useful to him.
"It's the Beast Tar Association Website," Zhang Feng explained. "It was specially built by the country for communication and trading among Beast Tars. Once you beco a Black Iron rank, soone will specifically invite you to join."
Chen Shu sighed. It seed Apprentice Beast Tars knew far too little.
No wonder the physical stores in the residential area didn't have many dinsional space materials—they only carried things that Apprentice Beast Tars would use.
The precious dinsional space materials were mostly sold on the Beast Tar Association website. Other than Beast Tars, ordinary people simply couldn't afford them.
Chen Shu watched in amazent as Zhang Feng spent a million Chinese yuan, purchasing materials that Black Iron rank Beast Tars needed.
If it were Silver rank or Gold rank materials, how expensive would those various dicinal ingredients be?
"Co on, Little Chen, let's go eat."
Zhang Feng stretched and closed his computer. The things he'd ordered would be delivered in two days.
Slling the aroma of food wafting from the living room, Zhang Feng's appetite was stimulated.
All four gathered around the dinner table in a harmonious atmosphere.
"Little Chen, you still have the Beast Taming exam tomorrow, right?" Aunt Xue suddenly spoke up. "If you get a chance to enter the special training class, you absolutely must not let that opportunity slip by."
"Aunt Xue, you know about the special training class too?" Chen Shu said.
"Of course. Your Aunt Xue was actually a mber of Nanjiang Second High's very first special training class." Zhang Feng's mouth curved in a smile.
"Students who get into prestigious universities basically all co from the special training class," Aunt Xue explained. "The various resources provided there will give your Beast Taming abilities a major boost."
Third-year special training classes weren't unique to Nanjiang Second High—basically every Beast Taming school in the country had them, though the resources provided would vary.
In Chen Shu's previous world, the third year of high school was indeed an extrely important stage that would give students' academic performance a comprehensive boost.
In this world, it was the sa.
For the college entrance exam, every family would spare no effort and give everything they had.
So families would even go deep into debt, hoping only that their children could get into their ideal Beast Taming university.
¹ "Dog wealth and honor, don't forget each other" - This is Zhang Dali's playful twist on the famous historical saying "苟富貴,勿相忘" (If you achieve wealth and honor, don't forget each other), originally spoken by Chen She during his peasant rebellion in the Qin Dynasty. Zhang Dali deliberately emphasizes "狗" (dog) instead of "苟" (if), creating a humorous effect that Chen Shu objects to because it makes him sound like an actual dog.
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