Time flew by.
Lin Chuan had been in seclusion creating for two days—or rather, copying books for two days.
Of course, he was far from finished; it would likely take at least half a month, or even a full month, to complete.
After all, he was writing by hand, and he had to make sure the characters were beautiful, the layout neat, and avoid any typos. In short, he had to concentrate while copying.
However, Lin Chuan did not continue copying books today.
On one hand, he was tired of copying and planned to take a break, balancing work with rest.
On the other hand, there were two courses that interested him today, scheduled for this morning and this afternoon, respectively.
The morning class was on Spiritual Beast Interaction.
The afternoon class was on Synergy Dance.
Spiritual Beast Interaction.
This could be said to be a mandatory course for Beast Masters. If a Beast Master couldn't properly handle the relationship between themselves and their spiritual beasts, or between spiritual beasts themselves, then there was no future development to speak of for that Beast Master.
As for Synergy Dance, needless to say, this was advanced knowledge that ordinary Beast Masters could not access.
Although it required performing very awkward dances, it could help rapidly enhance the intimacy and tacit agreement between a Beast Master and their spiritual beast, allowing them to communicate without words, their spirits becoming one.
More crucially, it could improve the quality of the feedback energy when a spiritual beast levels up, advances, or undergoes metamorphosis.
The further a Beast Master progresses, the higher the energy requirements for leveling up and advancing.
If one doesn't improve intimacy and tacit agreement, but instead casually contracts spiritual beasts, then even if they level up and evolve, the energy feedback received will be very little.
A spiritual beast that is intimately connected, spiritually one, and can communicate telepathically with its Beast Master, might provide more energy feedback upon leveling up than the combined energy feedback of 10 ordinary spiritual beasts with average intimacy.
Lin Chuan brought Guoguo along.
Because the Synergy Dance class might require Guoguo's cooperation.
As for Wan Wan.
It was obvious at a glance that she was not good at dancing.
On one hand, her motor skills were very poor, and on the other hand, due to her shy and introverted personality, asking her to perform an awkward dance would likely result in Wan Wan putting on a show of shyness so intense she might literally explode from embarrassment.
Lin Chuan asked Wan Wan to stay home, look after the Cherry Blossom, and record its various growth data.
It was around today, according to Wan Wan's calculations, probably around 6 or 7 PM.
The Cherry Blossom was about to pass its juvenile stage and grow limbs.
He wondered if the Cherry Blossom's limbs would be short, stout, and round like an ordinary Flower Leaf Leaf, or more slender?
Judging by the Cherry Blossom's current physique and appearance, it was slightly more slender and graceful than an ordinary Flower Leaf Leaf. If an ordinary Flower Leaf Leaf was a round potato, then the current Cherry Blossom resembled a mango.
Hmm, he wouldn't think about it for now; he would know after class.
Lin Chuan called a Tian Yu Bird and flew to the class location.
The Spiritual Beast Interaction class was an indoor class, held in Classroom 9 of Building 7 in the Academic Affairs District.
Upon arrival, Lin Chuan was a bit puzzled.
There should be around 400 new students this year, yet when he looked around, why were there fewer than 100 people attending the class?
Moreover, among these 100 people, some were not even first-year students but second-year students.
Ever since he broke through and condensed the Spiritual Core of Illusion Attribute in his upper Dantian, with the significant increase in his spiritual power, Lin Chuan's perception ability had also greatly improved. For students without special concealment abilities, Lin Chuan could roughly determine their specific Beast Master level, and even their Spiritual Core Attribute, with just a glance and his inner perception.
First-year students, for the most part, had not yet condensed their Spiritual Cores; they probably still had about a month before breaking through to the first stage, after all, not everyone was a cheat like him, Lin Chuan.
The second-year students were easy to understand; they might want to review Spiritual Beast Interaction. After all, even with the same professor, teaching at different times would involve some new and interesting things, and besides, it's good to review and learn new things.
As for the first-year students of his own cohort, Lin Chuan was puzzled. Only about 50 people had shown up. The remaining 350 people, were they so confident in themselves? That they could handle their relationships with spiritual beasts? Not afraid of encountering some strange, hard-to-serve spiritual beast that would throw their team into chaos?
Never mind, it wasn't his business. Lin Chuan found an empty seat and sat down, quietly waiting for the professor to arrive.
About 10 minutes later.
A handsome middle-aged man walked in, wearing a colorful beach short-sleeved shirt and sunglasses, as if he had just returned from vacation, with a somewhat flamboyant style.
For some reason, seeing this professor and his attire, Lin Chuan had a bad feeling.
A very, very bad feeling!
Just like his attire, this handsome middle-aged man's speaking style was also a bit flamboyant:
“Hello everyone, my name is Cui Ye.”
“You can also call me Professor Cui, but I prefer you call me Grandfather Cui, the 'grandfather' of 'Grandpa.' ”
“If you call me Grandpa directly, I will happily accept you as my grandsons and granddaughters.”
The students below burst into laughter.
Those laughing were all second-year students, while the first-year students were mostly confused, many of them, like Lin Chuan, completely bewildered.
What was wrong with this professor? Was he so casual?
Looking at the the students' reactions below, Cui Ye clicked his tongue, but his gaze turned to the second-year students.
“You bunch, why are you here for my class again? Didn't we agree you wouldn't come again? Liang Dongyu! You even signed a written agreement, saying if you came to my class again, you'd be a dog!”
Cui Ye looked at a second-year student.
That second-year student named Liang Dongyu was an old-looking, honest, and simple-minded student. He blushed, and then:
“Woof.”
Cui Ye: …
First-year students: …
Liang Dongyang: “Didn't I come to seek advice from you, Professor? The spiritual beasts in my backyard have been making a huge ruckus lately, so I need your guidance.”
“Alright, alright, I get it. Come find me after class.”
“Now, I'm going to officially teach your junior students. You can listen or not, just don't cause trouble for me.”
The second-year students again made a commotion, but no one left; they all sat there quietly listening to the lecture.
Perhaps this professor wasn't bad?
Otherwise, why would so many second-year students specifically come to his class?
Such a thought spontaneously arose in Lin Chuan's mind, and at the same time, his expression and demeanor became more serious.
Many other first-year students shared Lin Chuan's thoughts, and even their sitting posture became much more upright.
“Everyone, before we begin the class, I'd like to ask you a few questions.”
“How do you perceive the relationship between a Beast Master and a spiritual beast?”
“Is it a friend, a partner, a close friend, a comrade-in-arms, a superior-subordinate, or do you treat the spiritual beast as personal property, an absolutely obedient slave? Or, a companion?”
Towards the end, Cui Ye's tone became a meaningful tease.
This question was clearly directed at the first-year students.
After Cui Ye asked, the first-year students below were no longer quiet, each speaking up, producing various rustling sounds.
Most of the answers were along the lines of friends, partners, or family, with a very small number directly answering personal property.
As for companion, no one said that, and even if they did, they wouldn't admit it.
And Lin Chuan's answer was family.
The sounds from below were mixed and chaotic, but Cui Ye seemed to be able to hear everyone's voice, as he kept nodding.
“Very good. Although your answers vary, none of you lied, none of you deceived me, and none of you deceived yourselves.”
“It should be said, are you truly worthy of being students of the Sixth Academy? Very pragmatic, very direct.”
“I want to say, whether it's family, friends, or even personal property, all can be considered 'correct' answers.”
“As long as your intention towards the spiritual beast is sincere!”
“Yes, it is sincerity!”
“Sincerity is the eternal ultimate skill. This is the foundation of Beast Master and Spiritual Beast Interaction!”
“Spiritual beasts sometimes lack intelligence and cannot understand the meaning of your actions.”
“But please do not doubt, those who have formed a contract with you can instinctively sense whether your actions are truly sincere.”
“If you are truly acting with their best interests at heart, then even if you are harsh with them—for example, a certain third-year senior sister of yours who likes to smash her spiritual beast with a huge wolf-tooth club, smashing it until its head is bloody—her spiritual beast will still willingly endure it and even feel happy.”
Lin Chuan raised an eyebrow.
This Professor Cui must be talking about Senior Sister Liu Wenrou, right?
Senior Sister Wenrou seems very famous?
"And if the intentions you harbor in your heart are impure, if you are insincere towards your Spirit Beast, saying how cute and how hardworking it is, constantly giving positive verbal encouragement, yet deep down you despise its inferior bloodline quality, the Spirit Beast will instinctively sense it, and your relationship with it will become rigid."
"Being insincere towards Spirit Beasts is a common mistake many new Beast Masters make. However, such Beast Masters cannot get into the Eight Great Academies."
Hearing this, Lin Chuan nodded slightly, agreeing wholeheartedly.
Many of his classmates in Class 7, Grade 3, at Tianshang Town First Academy, were exactly like this.
They clearly despised their Contract Spirit Beast's bloodline quality to death, yet on the surface, they pretended not to care, constantly hyping up the Spirit Beast during training, but they themselves did not lead by example. Such people were not worthy of being called Beast Masters.
"Then, I'll ask everyone another question."
Cui Ye posed another question.
"How do you think the relationship between a Beast Master and their Contract Spirit Beast compares to love? How does it compare to other emotions?"
There was a chaotic chorus of answers from below the stage.
The first-year students' answers were mostly similar, perhaps a bit deeper, but the difference wouldn't be too great.
As for the second-year students, they mostly scoffed. How could rubbish like love be compared to the bond between a Beast Master and their Contract Spirit Beast?
Lin Chuan's answer, while not as extreme as the disdain shown by the second-year students,
also indicated that so-called love could not compare to the bond between a Beast Master and their Contract Spirit Beast.
"Exactly!"
Cui Ye suddenly slammed the table.
"First-year students, listen up! I'll just say this directly. You can think I'm spouting nonsense, or raise any objections you have, but I don't care!"
"I believe that damned love, how can it be compared to the bond between a Beast Master and a Spirit Beast!"
"Among humans, which couple can completely disregard themselves and sacrifice their lives for the other?"
"Which couple, or even husband and wife, knowing the other is wrong, will unconditionally support the other, even if it means opposing the world, they will firmly help the other!"
"Perhaps there are, but such couples are extremely rare. Every single one will be recorded in history and continuously praised and circulated as a beautiful story by netizens."
"Compared to that, what about Contract Spirit Beasts?"
"In fact, as long as you treat a Spirit Beast sincerely, then to follow you in life and death, without hesitation, is something every Spirit Beast can do for its Beast Master."
"Remember! Without exception, it's truly without exception!!"
"Every Contract Spirit Beast will be willing to sacrifice its life for its Beast Master, even if the Beast Master is a heinous criminal, as long as he treats his Contract Spirit Beast sincerely, the Contract Spirit Beast will firmly stand by the Beast Master and oppose the world for him."
"If the Beast Master dies, killed by an enemy, then the Contract Spirit Beast will madly seek revenge on the enemy."
"And if the Beast Master dies accidentally for other reasons, if the Beast Master has any unfulfilled regrets, then this regret will become the only faith and eternal pursuit for its Contract Spirit Beast to live on. And if the Beast Master has no regrets, then, at the moment the Beast Master dies unexpectedly, its Contract Spirit Beast will surely follow him in life and death."
"The relationship between a Beast Master and a Spirit Beast far surpasses love, kinship, and all other emotional relationships; it is a bond of destiny!!"
It must be said, it was indeed a radical statement.
If such extreme remarks were posted on the external internet, they would surely be lambasted by countless netizens until nothing was left of them.
However, the students present, not to mention the second-year students, even the first-year students were geniuses among geniuses who had emerged from various examination centers. They were either among the top three in their respective examination centers or were talents with special Beast Master talents.
Their understanding of the relationship with their Contract Spirit Beasts was indeed very different from that of other ordinary Beast Masters.
There were even a few new students who had personally experienced their Spirit Beast sacrificing its life to save them. Hearing Cui Ye's words, these students all had tears in their eyes.
"So, as Beast Masters, how should we get along with such Contract Spirit Beasts?"
"How should we treat these adorable beings who regard us as their only one, willing to follow us in life and death, without hesitation?"
"My answer will always be just one! Sincerity, sincerity, and still sincerity!"
"Sincerity is the eternal and only answer."
"Spirit Beasts don't ask anything of you; as long as you treat them sincerely, they will be satisfied."
"Hmm, these are general principles, the most core key. As long as you grasp this core key, even if everyone's attitude, methods, and means of treating Spirit Beasts are different, the results obtained will surely be good."
At this point, Cui Ye paused, a smile appearing on his face, a meaningful smile.
The first-year students were still confused, but the second-year students also showed the same smile.
"Next, I will talk about some practical techniques for getting along with Spirit Beasts."
"Regarding techniques for getting along with Spirit Beasts, senior Beast Masters have summarized many schools of thought."
"Today, I will introduce to you one of the schools of thought that is considered a deviant path."
"Love Stream: Treat your Spirit Beasts as romantic lovers, and use the methods and means of pursuing a lover to conquer your Spirit Beasts."
Lin Chuan: (+_+)?
First-year students: (＃°Д°)
Second-year students: ╰(*°▽°*)╯
"But! Please remember!"
"Guard your original intention, guard that sincerity!"
"Remember, love is just a means, not for you to truly fall in love."
"Falling in love will only diminish the true bond between you and your Spirit Beast."
"However, many Beast Masters often fail to grasp the proper measure and fall into low-level love, which is why this school of thought is called a deviant path."
"But! In other words, as long as you don't fall into that damned low-level love, then you can do whatever you want! Do whatever you want! Do whatever you want!"
Cui Ye slammed the table frantically, shouting.
"Do whatever you want! Do whatever you want!"
"This is the fastest, most direct, and most effective way to get along with Spirit Beasts."
...
Something's not right!
It's too wrong!
Twelve out of ten parts are wrong!!
Lin Chuan quickly logged into the academy's internal network to check on Professor Cui Ye's information.
Cui Ye, 39 years old, Beast Master level confidential, Spirit Beast Relationship Studies Level 7 Professor, Love Stream expert.
【Note: His wives are a Three-Tailed Fox Human and a Moon Spirit Cat Girl. His course is not suitable for most students. Students should carefully choose this professor's course.】
Oh no, I've entered a pervert's den!
Lin Chuan was speechless for a moment.
It wasn't that only one professor offered the Spirit Beast Relationship Studies course; other professors also taught this subject.
Today's situation could only be attributed to Lin Chuan's poor choice, selecting a course from a professor unsuitable for him. He believed that certain students with special preferences would definitely love this professor's class, referring to those second-year students!!
No wonder, out of 400 new students, only so few came.
Presumably, most of the first-year students who came to class were like him, mistakenly choosing the course without realizing it. There probably weren't many who genuinely wanted to come, right?
I'm not coming anymore!
Never again!
Whoever comes to Cui Ye's class again is a dog!
Whoever wants to take this perverted class can take it!
Without hesitation, having made the mistake of choosing the wrong course once, Lin Chuan quickly checked the teacher for the Synergy Dance class in the afternoon.
If it was another pervert, he wouldn't attend and would wait for a professor with a normal style.
According to the course description, the professor for the afternoon's Synergy Dance class was a very young and beautiful, petite and slender young woman, whose appearance wasn't much older than the first-year students, and even younger than many second-year students.
An Qianqian, 26 years old, Wood Attribute specialized Beast Master, Beast Master Level Tier 3, Level 1, Synergy Dance Level 7 Professor, Master of the Moon Dance and Flower Dance schools.
【Note: Moon Dance, one of the most widely applicable Synergy Dance schools, along with Sun Dance, is considered the foundation of Synergy Dance. All schools of Synergy Dance are adapted from Sun and Moon Dance. All students are recommended to master Moon Dance.】
