Chapter 7 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

After Wang Che left and the sun set, Xu Haifeng, along with the others, went to take a look at the second, third and fourth floors.

After everyone moved out, Lin Xi and Professor Yan headed to the sixth floor’s board of directors.

“Miss Xi, your classmate was pretty good,” commented the professor.

“What else can he do?” Lin Xi asked.

“Given the current circumstances, the only way is probably to undo the life contract and wait a few years to pick a new soul pet.”

Professor Yan shook his head as he explained. “When the time comes, the initial soul pets that can be chosen won’t look too good either. Young soul pets have yet to develop intelligence, so they can only choose humans as companions by relying on their innate affinity with soul beasts.

“Over the thousands of years of the existence of life contracts, our human genes have evolved. We have a high affinity with soul pets from birth. Therefore, the first soul pet contract won’t fail. However, if we pull out and try a second time, it will be rather troublesome.

“This is unless you sign a soul beast that has already been born with extremely high intelligence. However, that would be a soul pet choosing its human, not the other way round.

“That kind of soul beast would never choose someone who has yet to awaken his martial soul as a Contract Soul Master.

“The difference in strength between the two would be too great. If a soul beast possessed such great intellect, it would surely weigh its pros and cons as well.”

At this point, Professor Yan smiled and added, “Actually, there’s no need to worry about it, Miss Xi. The green caterpillar’s race has low potential and its lifespan is not high, it’s very weak.

“However, if one nurtured it seriously, one’s martial soul can still be awakened. It’s just that the innate soul power will be left in a state much worse.

“Moreover, its species evolves very quickly. After becoming a Green Nether Butterfly, its combat strength will also be upgraded to a certain level, but its future prospect is very limited.

“You must have asked me to come today because of this student, right?”

Professor Yan seemed to have suddenly thought of something and a strange expression overtook his face.

“To be honest, this is the first time I’ve heard of the idea of raising a green caterpillar to a million years of cultivation. It’s really quite something.

“Also, you asked me to allow him to work at the research facility, but I just met him for the first time. It’s too obvious, he probably knows it’s because of you.

“By doing this…”

Professor Yan glanced at Lin Xi in confusion as he trailed off.

Lin Xi noted, “I didn’t do this with any other intentions. He rejected my suggestion and I was a bit disheartened, but no matter what, he’s still the genius of the school. Now that a green caterpillar, out of all species, has hatched from his soul pet egg… I just want to help as a classmate.”

Professor Yan could not help but beam, and he did not voice his thoughts.

Although he did not know what had happened between them, he knew that she had wanted Wang Che to come to her for help…

That was why he blabbered so much to Wang Che today.

If that classmate had left without saying a word, it meant that there was still some possibility of him turning to Miss Xi for help.

However, when that student left, he had thanked them instead.

This made it clear that Wang Che had grasped the truth.

Therefore, it was basically impossible at this point that he’d come back to her for assistance.

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After Wang Che left the soul pet base, he headed straight home.

This trip had been worth it.

He got to see many soul pets, grasping the tip of the iceberg of this world.

Wang Che’s memories from his first 18 years of life were mostly ordinary.

There was a limit to what a school could teach, after all, let alone a regular high school.

On top of that, his family background wasn’t any special, so the education he had access to was limited.

This was with the fact that Wang Che had been studying hard enough to get to where he was.

Although there was a network in this world, and technology was more advanced, the knowledge he could find on the Internet was just superficial.

For example, what Professor Yan had said about the mutated evolution of the green caterpillar soul pet and the Linguistic Spirit Tree.

The mutation happened in the Clear Capital War Zone, but the reason for it had not been revealed directly.

It was hard to find any information on the Internet about this incident as well.

Professor Yan did not mention this, but Wang Che could guess; the path of mutation had too great of an impact in politics.

Although the Martial Soul Federation was highly unified, the seven war zones each had their own unique characteristics and strengths.

Naturally, there were fights between them, so it was impossible to announce the complete evolution route directly.

The green caterpillar itself was a very weak, young soul pet.

However, being feeble meant that there were many of them roaming around. They could be found everywhere in the wilderness, and were cheap.

If there was really a new evolution path for it, it would change the potential of the species, and become a powerful soul pet.