Chapter 93: Problem Soul Pet?
Chapter 93: Problem Soul Pet?
“After the three tests… the current grade of the Life Soul Pact between you and Green Caterpillar is: S-.”
The research director handed the assessment report to Wang Che. “With a Life Soul Pact grade this high, the potential of your Martial Soul shouldn’t be bad. Congratulations in advance.”
“This is also the only Life Soul Pact grade reaching the S-level so far. The reason it’s S- is mainly because you and Green Caterpillar shouldn’t have had telepathy before. But high-intensity training allowed you two to develop a teamwork similar to telepathy. That’s truly remarkable.”
The research director said warmly: “Based on the combined test results, your training grade is: S-. It’s hard to imagine a student achieving this level.”
“Your talent for nurturing Soul Pets is incredibly high! Calling you a genius isn’t an exaggeration! With this training grade, you could even raise Supreme Soul Pets from their infant stages right now! Those misbehaved or troublesome Soul Pets would be even easier for you to handle.”
“You show great promise! Young people are formidable indeed!”
The research director was delighted, showering him with praise.
“You flatter me. If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave for now,” Wang Che said.
“Of course. All student testing should wrap up this afternoon.”
…
Wang Che walked out with Green Caterpillar, holding the test results.
“How was it?” Teacher Zheng asked first.
“A bit worse than I imagined,” Wang Che replied.
Hearing this, Teacher Zheng didn’t show disappointment.
The other students all breathed temporary sighs of relief.
“See, I told you… our training grades are all around level D or E.”
“Wang Che’s should be higher, but not by too much.”
“The training grade is a combined evaluation. If any one of those three tests goes poorly, it won’t be high.”
“He says it was worse than he expected. Sounds like a B-level or so.”
“I was pretty beat down, but now I feel encouraged! In terms of nurturing ability, the gap between me and a genius might only be small!”
…
Instantly, the students went from feeling dejected and sighing over their own results.
To mutually bolstering, comforting, and cheering each other up.
Teacher Zheng took the report sheet from Wang Che and looked.
He stared at it silently for quite some time, as if stunned by an electric shock.
After a moment, he nodded slightly and said:
“Hmm. Indeed, just a bit off.”
Having looked, he immediately returned the report sheet to Wang Che.
Of course it was just “a bit off”. A tiny bit short of a perfect S training grade.
As a Soul Pact Master, one naturally needs to achieve an S-grade training level later on. Otherwise, it becomes difficult to handle powerful, rare Soul Pets with eccentric temperaments. Like Lin Xi’s Zhiyun Snake.
Being an Ultra-Rare Soul Pet, it wasn’t easy to tame. Without sufficient personal skill, there was no good way to properly nurture a Zhiyun Snake. If an even more powerful infant Soul Pet were given, one couldn’t form a Life Soul Pact without the necessary foundation.
But Teacher Zheng had rarely seen anyone achieve an S training grade while still a student. Especially even before awakening their Martial Soul.
Wang Che receiving an S training evaluation now meant he already had the ability to nurture the vast majority of infant Soul Pets.
‘This must be what a genius is like.’
Teacher Zheng sighed inwardly.
After that, the time for testing quickly passed.
Soon it was afternoon.
The students gradually recovered from the shock of their test results.
Then came the time to announce the final rankings.
Most students were just there for the crowd, as they already had a rough idea of their own standing.
Row after row hit, most grading around levels C to E.
Occasionally, one or two B-levels popped up.
No A-levels.
Not even an A-.
The exact final scores weren’t publicly announced.
Only the top three names were revealed: Wang Che, plus two students from other academies.
This result wasn’t really a surprise.
As the Dawn Cup champion, among all the senior high students, if Wang Che’s training grade had been low, Green Caterpillar simply wouldn’t have possessed such strength.
It was a deserved win.
As for exactly what his training grade was, everyone had their own guess.
The prize-giving ceremony afterward was what everyone was most interested in.
They’d get Soul Pets as rewards!
At least Rare-grade Soul Pets or above!
And they included precious Soul Pet Treasure Boxes, effectively resolving the current difficulty of being unable to form a second Life Soul Pact.
How thoughtfully planned!
Apart from Wang Che, the other two students shared the same training grade: B+.
While the grade was the same, their scores within that grade had subtle differences.
Each of the three tests had detailed scores; a grade was only awarded within a certain score range.
So, even with the same grade, their scores could be significantly apart.
But this wasn’t actually important.
Professor Yan was the presenter.
Wang Che knew him well.
Standing on the simple stage set up in the hall, Professor Yan, with a genial smile, handed the two Soul Pet Treasure Boxes to the other students.
Then he came to Wang Che.
His smile grew even warmer and more intimate.
Wang Che noticed that Professor Yan seemed to have dark circles under his eyes, despite his kindly, warm smile.
But there was a hard-to-conceal weariness in his spirit.
‘Research staff truly work hard.’
Wang Che did not think much of it.
“Student Wang, long time no see.” Professor Yan greeted Wang Che with a bright smile. “I actually had a feeling you would achieve the highest breeding grade this time. But to get such a high grade really surprised me.”
“I am very happy!”
“Tianxin City has such a beast-raising genius!”
Professor Yan’s smile was warm.
As if deeply moved, tears welled up in his eyes.
Wang Che: “…”
He felt something was off.
Wasn’t this a bit exaggerated?
“Come, come, this is your reward this time!” With tears in his eyes, Professor Yan handed the Soul Pet Treasure Box to Wang Che. “Inside is a Magnetic Sword that our Research Base worked hard to raise for a month.”
“This is a rare and precious Mechanical Soul Pet!”
“What changes it will undergo in the future all depends on how you raise it!”
“By the way, open the treasure box when you get back. I believe, with your breeding skills, you will surely be able to raise it well!”
Wang Che looked at that Soul Pet Treasure Box.
A Magnetic Sword—that was indeed pretty good!
Wang Che felt a bit nostalgic for Chief Li Yanming’s Magnetic Sword.
Just then, as Professor Yan handed the Soul Pet Treasure Box to Wang Che, his expression suddenly changed.
“What’s wrong?” Wang Che asked.
“Something’s wrong. It seems there’s no Soul Pet inside this Soul Pet Treasure Box…” Professor Yan’s face changed, and he immediately turned to the staff nearby. “What happened? Where is the Magnetic Sword?”
Suddenly, a staff member rushed over with a panicked expression, flustered and said:
“Professor, it’s bad! That Magnetic Sword flew away again just now when we moved the treasure box—it took advantage of our inattention!”
Professor Yan’s face immediately changed.
Right at that moment.
The lights in the hall on the first floor started flickering erratically.
A flash of bright red light descended from above.
The ancient hilt and the light-sword-like body seemed like the dream of countless boys.
That was exactly a cool, compact Magnetic Sword!
“Oh no!”
Professor Yan’s expression instantly changed dramatically!
But the students below seemed completely unaware.
They all exclaimed in amazement.
“Hmm?”
Wang Che looked at Professor Yan’s expression.
A single Magnetic Sword shouldn’t make a dignified professor react so strongly…
Could it be…
Just then, the Magnetic Sword flew a circle in the air, crackling with red electric threads all over its body.
It seemed to be searching for a target.
Then, it descended cheerfully, accompanied by numbing electric threads swirling in the air.
A chain of students were quickly electrocuted and paralyzed… causing a chain reaction, and a large group of students quickly collapsed.
Their faces still bore expressions of shock and confusion.
However, since the electric threads were not very strong, many students were only paralyzed and fell down, without suffering any real harm.
“Zzzz…”
The Magnetic Sword emitted a sound of cheerful laughter in mid-air.
One by one, researchers dressed in insulated clothing came down from above, carefully approaching with experienced caution.
They didn’t dare make any sudden moves.
But this Magnetic Sword, swift as red lightning, seemed already familiar with this.
It simply wasn’t caught by them…
Plus, with its small size, after a few consecutive leaps, it quickly headed toward Professor Yan.
Professor Yan immediately panicked…
He was truly afraid of being electrocuted.
“So it’s a problem Soul Pet.” Wang Che said speechlessly.
He finally understood…
So the Tianxin City Research Base held this event to find a Soul Pact Master for this problematic Soul Pet.
After being exposed, Professor Yan didn’t seem embarrassed, just a bit helpless.
At that moment, as the Magnetic Sword drew near.
Surrounding lightning flashed, and the light grew intense.
Wang Che pondered for a few seconds, then fearlessly stepped forward and looked at the Magnetic Sword.
Suddenly, he reached out and pointed his index finger forward.
Their eyes met, as if countless meanings were exchanged at that point of convergence.
Abruptly, the Magnetic Sword sped toward Wang Che.
“Be careful!” Professor Yan exclaimed in shock. “This little one is very unstable! You…”
However, before he could finish speaking.
He saw the Magnetic Sword, with its tip aimed at Wang Che, precisely touch Wang Che’s fingertip without deviation!
It stopped!
The electric threads formed a backdrop, and time seemed to freeze at that moment.
The scene became still.
That sight left Professor Yan and everyone else stunned…