Chapter 95: Exchanging Fifth-Tier Exotic Beast Materials

“Come with me. I’ll show you around the First Laboratory.”

With that, she turned and walked deeper into the lab.

Xu Han followed behind her and asked, “Professor, will all the classes from now on be held in the laboratory?”

Night Butterfly shook her head. “No. The others aren’t strong enough. They study and improve their strength on campus, and only afterward do they go into the wild with researchers to search for exotic beasts.”

“But your strength is greater than all of theirs, so I gave you the status of a trainee researcher.”

“You can take on tasks from the academy by yourself and earn academic credits.”

“When you complete twenty beginner tasks, you’ll be promoted and become a level-one researcher.”

Xu Han nodded in understanding.

That suited him perfectly.

If he were shut up in a laboratory every day, he would probably go insane.

Hunting exotic beasts in the wild was far more suited to him.

“By the way, I remember you have two pets, right?” Night Butterfly turned and looked at Xu Han.

Xu Han had the strange feeling that her gaze could see straight through him, laying bare all his secrets.

He nodded slightly.

“Summon them and let me take a look,” she said.

Xu Han did not understand why.

Still, he activated the magic circle.

Little Tiger and Little Hawk were both summoned.

Their bodies had shrunk down, like a kitten and a bird.

As soon as they appeared, they affectionately pressed themselves against Xu Han.

Night Butterfly studied Little Tiger and Little Hawk, and a flicker of light appeared in her eyes.

“I can sense that your pets contain the bloodline of divine beasts.”

“And it’s very rich.”

“How did you purify it?”

Xu Han froze.

He had never expected Night Butterfly to know about purifying exotic beast bloodlines.

But how was he supposed to explain it?

The methods had all been provided by the system. How could he possibly know?

But the system was his trump card. He absolutely could not reveal it.

Not even to Night Butterfly.

Seeing Xu Han remain silent, Night Butterfly continued, “If you don’t want to say, then forget it.”

“Everyone has their own secrets.”

“But if possible, I still hope you can tell me the method for purifying your pets’ bloodlines.”

“After all... humanity does not have much time left.”

Xu Han frowned slightly. “What do you mean?”

“Have you heard of void rifts?” Night Butterfly asked.

Xu Han shook his head in confusion.

Night Butterfly stared ahead, her expression growing grave. “They are passages that connect the human world to another world.”

“That other world is also known as the Void World.”

“In the Void World live certain powerful monsters, which we call void demons.”

“Recently, void rifts have been appearing more and more frequently, and they have already begun affecting certain places.”

“The exotic beasts in those places have started to mutate.”

Xu Han’s expression tightened.

He had never imagined that the exotic beasts would undergo change again.

“Then within our Dragon Nation, are there any void rifts at present?” Xu Han asked.

“Not at the moment. Every void rift is being sealed by powerful experts.”

“But the rate at which they appear is accelerating nonstop.”

“Ten years ago, one would appear every six months, and most of them were first-tier.”

“Five years ago, it was about once every three months.”

“In the past year, one has appeared almost every month.”

“And the old Copper Mountain in the Western Strong Nation has even produced a third-tier void rift.”

“So we must also guard against the possibility of a third-tier void rift appearing here.”

Xu Han nodded slightly.

When the sky fell, tall people would be the ones to hold it up.

For now, it was not his concern.

“Also, one month from now is the freshman competition among the academies.”

“Do your best then.”

Xu Han blinked. “Freshman competition?”

Night Butterfly nodded slightly. “It’s a contest among the academies. Those who place higher can receive credit rewards.”

“First place gets three hundred credits, second place two hundred, and third place one hundred.”

“As for everyone else, they get nothing.”

“If you can’t take first place... you’d better prepare yourself.”

Xu Han wore a bitter expression.

His teacher really did enjoy threatening people.

After touring the laboratory with Night Butterfly, she left on her own.

Xu Han decided to go to the credit exchange office first and see what good things he could trade for.

He currently had four hundred credits.

Three hundred of them had been given by Zheng Zucai.

The remaining one hundred had been a gift from the academy when he enrolled as a freshman.

The credit exchange office was about two kilometers from the Exotic Beast Research Institute.

Ten minutes later, Xu Han arrived at the entrance.

The credit exchange office occupied several thousand square meters.

It was divided into two floors.

The first floor was the task posting area.

Inside, it was packed with people.

Many stood before the task board, searching for suitable missions.

A few were even fighting over a single task.

Xu Han squeezed in and took a look.

There were not only academy tasks, but also missions issued by individuals and even by the Dragon Nation military.

They ranged from finding a certain item to hunting a leader-level exotic beast.

There were even tasks to track spies from other nations.

All tasks were divided into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.

Beginner tasks only offered single-digit points.

Intermediate tasks offered only a few dozen.

Advanced tasks, however, could offer several hundred.

But the higher the task level, the greater the restrictions.

At his current strength, Xu Han could only accept beginner tasks.

After wandering around the task area for a while, he headed to the second floor.

The second floor was filled with machines that looked like computers.

Xu Han went to one of them and entered his student number and password.

His information immediately appeared on the screen.

He clicked on the store option.

The store had many categories.

Equipment, skill books, materials, and more.

Xu Han first opened the equipment category.

A long list of equipment appeared.

The lowest grade was bronze, while the highest was epic.

Xu Han clicked on epic equipment and was stunned.

The cheapest epic item cost at least ten thousand credits.

The more expensive ones reached several hundred thousand.

Who could afford that?

He then opened the skill book page.

He took one look and closed it at once.

Even a casual bronze-level skill book cost a thousand credits.

If it were a more advanced skill book, it would go straight into the tens of thousands.

After all, compared with equipment, skills could be learned for life. The price naturally was much steeper.

Next, he opened the materials store.

The materials store contained quite a few ordinary materials.

They were mostly low-level exotic beast materials, and most could be exchanged for only one or two points.

But these materials were of little use to Xu Han.

He scrolled downward directly.

He reached the materials from fourth-tier exotic beasts.

Fang of the Flame Lion: 300 points

Tentacle of the Deep-Sea Octopus: 300 points

...

Xu Han was somewhat tempted.

If he exchanged for a fourth-tier exotic beast material and ate it, his strength might improve quite a bit.

He kept scrolling.

He reached the materials from fifth-tier exotic beasts.

Claws of the Black Armor Dragon: 500 points

Beak of the Sky-Piercing Eagle: 500 points

...

The exchange cost for fifth-tier exotic beast materials was all 500 points.

But he had a special privilege, so he could get an 80 percent discount.

That meant he only needed 400 points to obtain one of them.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Han set his eyes on the claws of the Black Armor Dragon.

The Black Armor Dragon was a wyvern.

Its body contained a trace of dragon bloodline.

He was somewhat tempted.

If he could obtain another skill related to dragons, the boost to his combat strength would be tremendous.

He reached out and tapped the screen.

A prompt popped up.

Exchange for the claws of the Black Armor Dragon?

Xu Han tapped yes without the slightest hesitation.

A dialog box appeared.

Exchange successful. Please collect it at the front desk.