Chapter 35: Sparring Fees Are This Expensive?!
“That martial arts school was opened by my second uncle. They specialize in training small, agile pet beasts.”
Ran Cai Jiao didn’t forget to introduce the basic situation of that martial arts school to Ge Bai.
“It can perfectly spar with your Big Willow.”
It did make sense. Ge Bai became even more expectant about that martial arts school.
“Bai Bai, I want extra training!”
Big Willow on her shoulder perked up with fighting spirit upon hearing this. The previous battle hadn’t drained it too much.
But that crushing defeat had indeed shaken its young mind a bit.
“Mm!” Ge Bai tapped Big Willow’s willow threads with her finger. She would cheer on Big Willow together.
Only now did Ge Bai notice that Ran Cai Jiao was taking her down a small path.
The two exited from the back door of Heng Ran Martial Arts School, passing through a steel corridor installed on the outer side of the building. This corridor was about three or four stories high from the ground, with a spacious alley below.
They hadn’t walked two steps before Ran Cai Jiao stopped and nimbly summoned Silver Armor Vajra.
A pet beast summoning array appeared in mid-air right above the alley. Spiritual power flashed, and Silver Armor Vajra’s figure materialized.
It seemed already accustomed to this aerial summoning. Before its body fully solidified, it turned to survey the surroundings and immediately assumed a landing stance.
Clang!
King Kong landed steadily, but the windows of the surrounding buildings still visibly trembled.
“Xiao La Jiao! You’re taking the small path again! Be gentler!”
A window on the opposite building was suddenly flung open. A curly-haired middle-aged auntie wearing half-frame reading glasses stuck her head out and yelled at Ran Cai Jiao and Silver Armor Vajra.
Ge Bai saw it clearly. King Kong quietly shrank its neck upon hearing the shout.
Ran Cai Jiao chuckled and looked up at the window, shouting, “Got it, got it. I’ll be careful next time.”
The middle-aged auntie didn’t dwell on it and slammed the window shut with a bang.
Ran Cai Jiao turned back to Ge Bai and playfully stuck out her tongue, complaining, “I think if Aunt Wu’s window breaks, it’s definitely because she smashed it herself. It has little to do with me.”
With that, she flipped over the corridor railing and lightly jumped down toward King Kong.
King Kong proficiently extended both hands and steadily caught Ran Cai Jiao, smoothly placing her on its shoulder.
Once seated, Ran Cai Jiao hugged King Kong’s head and waved at Ge Bai.
“Come on, Ge Bai, jump down quick.”
Black lines flashed behind Ge Bai’s head. This path was really something. Judging by how proficient Xiao La Jiao looked, she took it often.
Although Ran Cai Jiao clearly meant for King Kong to catch Ge Bai too, that wasn’t what Ge Bai had in mind.
Even if it was only three or four stories high, she had no interest in entrusting her life to someone else’s pet beast.
Big Willow on her shoulder had watched Ran Cai Jiao and Silver Armor Vajra’s maneuver with wide eyes, utterly engrossed.
“Bai Bai, I can do it too! Let me down, and I’ll catch you.”
Big Willow stood eagerly on Ge Bai’s shoulder.
Ge Bai glanced at Big Willow and assessed the situation. Fine, even if it couldn’t catch her, it wouldn’t be a big deal.
But she definitely couldn’t let Big Willow know that thought, or it would jump in anger again.
“Alright.”
Hearing Ge Bai agree, Big Willow hurriedly jumped from her shoulder to the corridor railing and leaped down from there.
In its mini form, Big Willow adjusted its landing pose mid-air while returning to normal size.
Thud!
Before landing, Big Willow carefully used its roots to cushion the impact. The landing sound was much quieter than King Kong’s and more stable.
Ran Cai Jiao sat on King Kong’s shoulder, watching this with great interest.
After landing steadily, Big Willow proficiently infused spiritual power into its willow threads. Several tough clusters of willow threads extended upward and hooked onto the railing.
Ge Bai pushed off with her right hand, swung her leg over, and flipped out over the railing.
Big Willow’s willow threads quickly wrapped around Ge Bai, providing her support at multiple points.
After catching Ge Bai, the willow threads holding her were smoothly retracted by Big Willow.
The moment she touched Big Willow’s willow threads, Ge Bai inexplicably felt at ease and relaxed into the net formed by the threads.
Holding onto Big Willow’s trunk, Ge Bai landed steadily.
Ran Cai Jiao also jumped down from King Kong’s shoulder. The Weeping Ancient Willow and Silver Armor Vajra, which took up similar space, both shrank down. Everyone chatted and laughed as they walked toward the alley entrance.
Just as they exited the alley, they saw a silver-white auspicious cloud-text standing sign: “Yun He Martial Arts School”.
Ran Cai Jiao bounced along, leading Ge Bai into the martial arts school, and familiarly greeted a boy at the front desk.
“Hu Ming, this is my friend. She’s very strong.”
With that, Ran Cai Jiao pushed Ge Bai forward.
“She’s in your hands now. For the fees, give her the best discount.”
Before Ge Bai could react, the boy named Hu Ming came forward to greet her.
“Don’t worry, Jiao Jie! We’ll definitely take good care of your friend.”
After a bit of chit-chat, Ran Cai Jiao waved and left first with King Kong.
Hu Ming, beaming with smiles, prepared to start introducing his own martial arts school to Ge Bai.
Ge Bai had good reason to suspect that the front desk staff at these two martial arts schools were trained in the same place. The introduction style, sequence, and even guiding gestures were identical.
No choice, time to watch it again.
Besides, a martial arts school specializing in small, agile pet beast training definitely differed a lot from Heng Ran Martial Arts School.
This martial arts school had a sizable area, with noticeably fewer strength-training machines.
The arenas were no longer open-style. The three-story martial arts school space was divided into individual battle spaces, each room containing only one battle arena.
This was probably a specialized design for agile pet beasts.
Through the floor-to-ceiling tempered glass windows, Ge Bai saw ongoing battles in many venues.
Some had two pet beasts trading blows evenly, while in others, it was clearly one side sparring for the other.
“Our martial arts school mainly encourages pet beasts to do more actual combat training.” Hu Ming casually pointed to one venue as he introduced it to Ge Bai.
In that venue, the training pair was a Green Shell Water Arrow Turtle and a Striped Ghost-Eyed Lynx.
The Green Shell Water Arrow Turtle stood at one end of the arena, firing water bullets at the Striped Ghost-Eyed Lynx at a rate of one per second.
The lynx didn’t launch attack skills either, mainly jumping and evading. Even when hit by a water bullet, it didn’t mind, shaking off its fur and continuing.
The water arrow turtle was also very patient. When a water bullet hit the lynx, it stopped attacking and waited for it to be ready before resuming.
The beast tamer standing beside the Green Shell Water Arrow Turtle wore Yun He Martial Arts School’s uniform and held a touchscreen control panel, seriously observing both pet beasts and occasionally recording something.
The beast tamer of the opposing Striped Ghost-Eyed Lynx looked much more relaxed, dressed in a flower shirt and jeans, focused only on his own lynx, occasionally pulling out a mobile terminal to snap photos.
This lynx was here as a customer. Ge Bai glanced twice and reached that conclusion.
Hu Ming had just introduced this part.
“This is mainly customized training for the Striped Ghost-Eyed Lynx’s agility. Our trainers adjust attack strength and speed to help pet beasts rapidly improve.”
The water bullets’ attack power was indeed deliberately lowered.
If the water arrow turtle sparred with Big Willow, it should quickly boost Big Willow’s wind blade accuracy and firing frequency.
“What’s the price for this kind of training?”
“4000 alliance coins per hour. Every 15 minutes, the trainer needs a 10-minute break.”
Seeing Ge Bai interested, Hu Ming enthusiastically explained.
“What pet beast do you have? If the requirements for attack strength and frequency aren’t too high, there are discounts.”
……
Can’t afford it.
This kind of training wouldn’t show effects in just one or two hours. For intensive training, it needed 4 to 5 hours a day, every day.
Ge Bai was very clear about how thin her wallet was.
Seeing Ge Bai silent, Hu Ming professionally added, “Cards come with a 9% discount.”
Was she short that 400 discount?
She was short 3600, obviously.
No, not just 3600—it was 3600 times N hours!
Poverty makes one silent.
