My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 142 - 141 You have it now

Lu Wu had finally gotten a break.

After facing five seed teams consecutively, they finally came up against the Chaff Team on their sixth.

This team 038 only had the captain’s Summoned Beast at Elite Level, while the other two Summoned Beasts were Ordinary, nearing Elite.

Naturally, they were no match for Lu Wu’s team.

However, precisely because this team had no hope of making it into the top eight, they weren’t fixated on the score and wanted to do well in every match they could.

After all, in the provincial competition, as long as you don’t make it into the top eight, the rest of the rankings don’t matter much, and teams that performed brilliantly during the matches were more likely to be remembered.

So, team 038 was the only team so far that Lu Wu had fought from start to finish, playing all three rounds to completion.

And because of the discovery of the benefits of advertising, Lu Wu let Little Skeleton handle all the fights in this battle.

Three fights, three victories, and after each victory, the little one had to play the BGM three times.

As soon as the BGM played, Little Skeleton was happy, Lu Wu was happy, and Zhang Wentao was happy too.

Only the referees were not too pleased.

And the audience was a bit amused.

Having been held for so long, the high school league had seen all sorts of bizarre things, but this was the first time someone treated a match as an advertisement, and they didn’t stop once they started.

After every match, it was like watching a drama at home.

But considering his main occupation was a Cultivation Master, the viewers and referees could understand.

Well, that’s a Cultivation Master for you, doing such things isn’t strange!

After defeating team 038, Lu Wu went over to see them as per usual.

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As soon as he arrived, he shook hands with the opposing captain, which left the captain, chaff, and battered by Lu Wu all the way, feeling rather flattered.

"You actually performed very well just now, but with some of the Summoned Beasts’ cultivation and training, I, from the perspective of a Cultivation Master, would like to discuss it with you."

Starting with these words, Lu Wu began to chat with team 038.

An hour later, when Lu Wu left, team 038 looked at him with such admiration, almost like looking at a respected teacher.

They felt they had profited.

Though they lost the match, they gained guidance from Lu Wu.

Even though it was only for a brief hour, they indeed benefited greatly, especially the two Ordinary Summoned Beasts; they already had some ideas for their promotion.

And as for Lu Wu leaving, he was also smiling slightly; his gains were likewise not small.

Team 038 had let him ’shear quite a bit of wool’.

Though they couldn’t possibly explain in detail their skills training and cultivation schemes to Lu Wu, but just having some clues, some bits of information were very useful for him; he even came away with an idea for skill optimization.

This made Lu Wu resolve that he should ’shear some wool’ every time after a match in the future.

This move of Lu Wu’s was witnessed by Zhang Wentao through live streaming, and it really moved the old man!

In his view, Lu Wu seeking out his opponents after the matches ended, what was he up to?

He was using Cultivation of Summoned Beasts as a pretext to foster connections, and digging deeper, why else would Lu Wu bother to cultivate these relationships if not to strive for Jiangnan University’s recruitment efforts?

Realizing Lu Wu’s painstaking efforts, the old man even felt that maybe the rewards were too little, wondering if he should add a bit more?

Good thing there were people around to stop him, otherwise Lu Wu would probably have received another message by now.

…

After returning from team 038, Lu Wu’s second day of competitions came to an end.

Once the competition was over, Lu Wu didn’t waste a moment and hurried home.

One reason was his eagerness to review his gains from the match and work on the research related to Little Skeleton’s accompanying cellphone; another was, while chatting with Su Lan from team 007, Lu Wu noticed another significant boost in his spiritual power.

He initially thought it was his Little Skeleton upgrading again, but when he turned around, his Little Skeleton was curiously petting Gouzi and tapping on a bird, showing no signs of an upgrade.

Instead, while petting the dog and teasing the bird, Little Skeleton seemed to undergo some mental changes, showing faint signs of interest in beating up Lu Wu.

This gave Lu Wu a good scare, prompting him to immediately end the chat with team 007, grab Little Skeleton, and run, fearing his Little Skeleton would be corrupted, and end up learning from Su Lan’s bird to gang up on him.

Upon returning, Lu Wu was still a bit worried and gave Little Skeleton a good half-hour of ideological education.

He told Little Skeleton to resolutely follow Lu Wu’s leadership and firmly eliminate all such evil energy.

Within Lu Wu’s team, there couldn’t be Summoned Beasts that didn’t align with Lu Wu’s core values.

Disobedient Little Skeletons must be resolutely thrown out!

After a mixture of coaxing and tricking, Lu Wu finally called Zhao Kai Ming to inquire about his spiritual power enhancement.

This question came so suddenly that Zhao Kai Ming didn’t know what was going on, so he agreed to wait for Lu Wu at Lu Wu’s house.

After Lu Wu’s match ended, Zhao Kai Ming went over to check on him.

Speaking of which, Lu Wu really had nerves of steel. He hadn’t even had a body check yet and after the match with Team 038, he could still chat with people for an hour. That was really something.

Not long after Lu Wu returned home, Zhao Kai Ming showed up.

He started by giving Lu Wu a body check.

After fiddling around together for a bit, Zhao Kai Ming looked at Lu Wu with a complex expression and concluded, "You have one?"

"You have one?"

Lu Wu was a bit baffled, "Male or female? How many months?"

"No, no, no. What do I have?"

Zhao Kai Ming squinted his eyes, "You’ve got yourself a second contract! In other words, you have a second summoned beast?"

"How is that possible?"

Lu Wu felt that Zhao Kai Ming was making things up, "I should know if I myself didn’t make a contract. Certainly not!

Anyway, I’ve definitely never actively made a contract with a summoned beast, and it’s not like the summoned beast can stick itself to me, right?"

Zhao Kai Ming glanced at Lu Wu.

It’s impossible for others.

But if it’s you, it’s hard to tell.

He knew who Lu Wu’s father was, and sneaking a summoned beast to him wasn’t out of the question.

"But it looks like that is the case. There’s indeed an additional contract in your consciousness and judging from the traces of this second contract, it should have been formed just recently.

No more than ten days!

Moreover, the summoned beast from your contract seems to grow quickly; it’s already reached the elite level in just a few days.

However, your contract power is a bit weak, so the summoned beast must not be near you."

Zhao Kai Ming, being part of the high-level management at the Fucheng Cultivation Master Professional Center, had his ways, and a simple fiddling gave him a good idea of Lu Wu’s situation.

Understanding this, Zhao Kai Ming felt sure about Lu Wu’s situation.

It must have been that person who secretly arranged this for Lu Wu. As for why the summoned beast isn’t with Lu Wu?

No need to ask!

Clearly, that person must have his own schemes!

Could it be that Lu Wu lost the summoned beast?

That couldn’t be possible. Xiao Lu seemed pretty sharp, and if such a blunder did happen, it was that person’s responsibility since Xiao Lu didn’t even know he had a summoned beast – he was completely clueless!

But would that person make such a stupid mistake? Zhao Kai Ming thought not!

So, Zhao Kai Ming wasn’t worried about Lu Wu’s situation at all but Lu Wu was panicked!

Hearing this, he immediately became nervous.

"So, it’s true that I have an extra summoned beast?

But when did it happen? How come I have no memory of it? And what does this summoned beast look like? Where is it now? Should I go look for it?"

Zhao Kai Ming, believing himself to be fully aware of everything, reassured Lu Wu, "Actually, you don’t need to worry too much about this. Having an extra contract is not a bad thing for you. With your current spiritual power, you’re almost capable of making a third contract. Even if there’s an issue with the extra contract that backlashes, you can handle it.

So, just relax and enjoy the occasional boosts in spiritual power.

As for looking? No need to look for it. There’s nowhere you could even begin to search. It will find you itself, and who knows? Maybe someday a summoned beast will just jump in front of you and tell you it’s your cute little buddy!"

"Is that so?"

Lu Wu felt somewhat skeptical.

Meanwhile, as Lu Wu consulted Zhao Kai Ming about the spiritual power issue,

near the seas of Quan City, a large group of summoned beasts gathered together.

This group of summoned beasts was quite diverse, including fish, shrimp, crabs, turtles, and even snakes. The types of summoned beasts varied, but if there had to be something in common among them, there actually were two.

One, all these summoned beasts were aquatic.

And another, they were all clustering around a little goldfish.

Dozens of summoned beasts followed behind the little goldfish. Although they were varied and appeared disorganized, their presence felt somewhat imposing.

Especially when the leading little goldfish encountered other summoned beasts blocking the way and called upon them to join in, the scene of dozens of summoned beasts moving in unison was quite something.

Thus, this motley crew, under the lead of the little goldfish, kept growing stronger as they moved upwards…