As Su Bai was lost in thought, Su Xiaomei noticed Little Kitty betraying her and pouted unhappily.

What was even more infuriating was that Little Kitty was so attached to Su Bai, yet Su Bai only gave a wry smile, looking quite disdainful.

Seeing Xiaomei's unhappy expression, Su Zihao quickly changed the subject, "By the way, Su Bai, how's Little Eight, the one you're raising? Can you let us see it?"

Su Bai snapped out of his thoughts, glanced at the living room, and shrugged, "No, I can't. The living room is too small. I'll take you to the mountains tomorrow to see it."

Su Zihao looked at Su Bai in disbelief, "What? Are you joking? Our house isn't that small. How can it not fit a turtle?"

Su Bai sighed and explained, "Little Eight is about the size of a big truck now."

The whole family was shocked, their mouths agape wide enough to fit an egg.

"A big truck? Are you talking about Little Eight?"

...

The next morning, Su Bai took his family to a clearing in the mountains outside the city.

Little Eight was released from Su Bai's system space, landing with a thunderous thud.

"Boom!"

Seeing a turtle as big as a truck, Su Zihao instinctively stepped back several paces, almost falling to the ground.

"Is this really the Little Eight I used to raise?"

Su Bai nodded, confirming it.

Su Xiaomei murmured, "Little Eight is huge! It's even bigger than a truck!"

Finally gathering his courage, Su Zihao cautiously approached Little Eight, who turned its head.

With eyes as big as lanterns, Little Eight glanced at Su Zihao.

Even though Little Eight didn't display its Bronze Tier aura in front of Su Bai's family, just one look was enough to make Su Zihao's legs go weak, preventing him from getting any closer.

However, Su Zihao thought that with Little Eight's terrifying size, Su Bai would be relatively safer taking it to the battlefield.

Seeing his family so frightened by Little Eight, Su Bai quickly returned it to the system space.

"Humans use sand to build the Tower of Babel in their dreams, sparing no cost for greed~"

Just then, Su Bai's phone rang. It was a call from Lin Yanran.

"Su Bai, I just arrived in Yushan County this morning. Shall we have lunch together?"

Su Bai agreed, and after they settled on a location, he told his family that a high school classmate was visiting and left.

Su Mother looked playfully at Su Zihao, "I think I heard a girl on the phone inviting Su Bai?"

Su Zihao nodded, "I heard it too. It's normal for girls to invite Su Bai; he's outstanding."

"He's in college; it's time for him to date."

...

At a hot pot restaurant near Yushan County's school.

After ordering, Lin Yanran took a small bag from her purse and handed it to Su Bai.

"Here are ten Bronze Tier beast cores. Little Eight should like them, right?"

"Uncle Wenyuan said that thanks to you defeating the Silver Tier Nether Cat, the students of Jiangzhou Martial Academy could win the battle. He wanted to thank you properly, so he asked me to bring these ten beast cores to you."

Seeing that the beast cores were from Mr. Wenyuan, Su Bai accepted them without hesitation and smiled, "Thank you, Yanran, and please thank Uncle Wenyuan for me."

Su Bai knew that Mr. Wenyuan had never seen Little Eight eat beast cores; only Lin Yanran, who was always by his side, knew.

Even if the items were from Wenyuan, it was Lin Yanran who mentioned it, and Mr. Wenyuan naturally agreed.

So, Su Bai should be most grateful to Lin Yanran.

This girl always thought of him first, no matter the situation.

She never boasted about her contributions to Su Bai but quietly supported and helped him.

Having such a girl by his side warmed Su Bai's heart.

Over the next six days, Su Bai spent most of his time with his family and Lin Yanran.

After much consideration, Su Bai decided to let Little Eight have the ten Bronze Tier beast cores, as the Hundred Schools Tournament was about to start, and the rewards were said to be plentiful.

Now that Su Bai had two "sons" to raise, he wouldn't miss any opportunity to make money.

Little Eight had awakened the Basalt Bloodline, and with the corresponding resources invested, its attributes would naturally grow more than Little Kitty's.

Moreover, after consuming a Silver Tier beast core last time, Little Eight was close to breaking through to Bronze Mid Tier.

Su Bai had hoped the ten beast cores would help Little Eight reach mid-tier, but it only increased its attributes slightly, remaining at Bronze Initial Tier.

This left Su Bai speechless. What kind of Basalt Bloodline was this?

It was more like a bottomless pit!

If he had a pot big enough, Su Bai might have considered cooking it!

On the seventh day, Su Bai and Lin Yanran returned to the Martial Academy together.

As soon as he entered the dormitory, Su Bai saw that his three roommates had already returned.

Han Jiagang, seeing Su Bai return, put down his game.

"Su, you're finally back. Are you free tonight? My dad said I survived thanks to you and insisted on thanking you properly. He's in Jiangzhou for some business today, so since you're back, let's go out for dinner tonight?"

Su Bai nodded in agreement, though he was surprised that Han Zhengqing wanted to meet him.

After all, while Su Bai had a good relationship with the Han family, it was primarily due to a previous rare beast blood transaction.

Mr. Wenyuan worked for the military and appreciated Su Bai's indirect role in saving over five hundred Jiangzhou Martial Academy students by defeating the Silver Tier beast.

The Martial Academy was a talent pool for the military, meaning Su Bai indirectly saved over five hundred future officers.

So Mr. Wenyuan's gratitude was understandable, but Han Zhengqing had no ties to the military.

However, since Han Jiagang invited him, Su Bai, as a roommate, naturally wouldn't refuse.

Just as Su Bai finished organizing his things, his mentor Liao Yuxin called.

"Hello, Su Bai, I heard you're back at school. The principal wants you to visit his office now."