My starting summon is a small skeleton

Lu Wu browsed through the options and finally decided to choose Goblin as his second main offensive Summoned Beast.

It wasn't because Lu Wu was interested in this Summoned Beast and wanted to raise one, nor was it because of Lin Jianying's influence.

The main reason was that Goblins were quite popular as Summoned Beasts.

There were a lot of owners and cultivators.

With more cultivators, the market naturally grew larger.

There was one right next to him, which made sourcing materials convenient. Moreover, a bigger reason was that they were cheap!

Lu Wu's learning approach differed from others. People usually focused on a single scheme, learning the basics, and setting up their research labs for various studies and experiments.

However, Lu Wu's method was more costly. When he focused on Little Skeleton, he bought up all of the available schemes for that category in one go.

He then memorized all the schemes and, with the help of his sharp mind and Golden Finger, gradually turned other people's schemes into his personal knowledge.

This learning method was especially suited to Lu Wu, but the problem was that it was extremely expensive!

After all, even on the internal network, there was a limit to Summoned Beast Cultivation schemes.

The limit mentioned here was mostly the Quality limit for cultivation. For instance, for creatures like Little Skeleton, the internal network had just over a hundred schemes with the Quality limit at Bronze.

Lu Wu himself had almost reached the peak in this domain.

To go beyond, he would need to purchase and thoroughly understand the cultivation methods of other Summoned Beasts in the same series and integrate them into the cultivation of Little Skeleton.

Now that Little Skeleton's cultivation had reached this point, going further would require a vast amount of money.

What made Lu Wu wish he could slap himself was that at the beginning, he was naïve and pushed the Little Skeleton cultivation scheme to its peak.

Especially with the final "Little Skull Soup" scheme, he pretty much applied all the knowledge he had learned.

This allowed him to reach the summit of the Skeleton Summon Beast field, but it also meant he missed many opportunities to make money.

If he had broken down the "Little Skull Soup" scheme and watered it down to create at least a dozen different schemes, he could have made a couple thousand points. But now that he had given away all his knowledge points, he couldn't water them down even if he wanted to.

After all, the rewards for submitting schemes were a strategy meant to provide support.

With his own greatest achievements already laid out, the internal network wouldn't offer any rewards unless he made a breakthrough.

At most, they would just list his watered-down schemes for sale, and he would only get money when someone bought them.

In such circumstances, if Lu Wu wanted to make money, he would have to switch to cultivating another Summoned Beast.

And choosing Goblin was because Goblin schemes were cheap; with just over three hundred points in his pocket, Lu Wu could feel the weight of his investment and hoped to learn something new from it.

After all, he only had a little over three hundred points left. If he couldn't make good use of them, before the evolution scheme of Little Skeleton was verified, Lu Wuke would be cut off from funding.

"Damn it, if I don't bleed the internal network dry this time, I won't carry the Lu surname!"

It was with such resentful emotions that Lu Wu began his frantic study!

Well, okay, it wasn't exactly frantic.

He couldn't afford to be too crazy lately.

After all, Dudu had finally managed to lose some weight, and inevitably, Lu Wu's attention was somewhat diverted.

Of course, Lu Wu didn't do anything too outrageous.

He simply took Dudu out every day and spent all day sticking close to Dudu.

Lu Wu couldn't understand why, when Dudu was chubby before, although Dudu's father glared at him and wasn't too fond of him, he hadn't been too guarded against him.

Once Dudu lost weight, Dudu's dad's level of vigilance had increased by hundreds of times.

If not for Dudu's mother, getting Dudu out would have been harder than climbing to the heavens. Even if Lu Wu did manage to take Dudu out, Dudu's dad checked in so frequently it was like being online, calling every ten minutes, messaging every five.

Dare to not answer, and he would immediately call the police!

At that point, Lu Wu was unhappy.

Feeling particularly irritated!

What was wrong with the world? Couldn't there be a little more trust between people?

Did Lu Wu really look that much like a scumbag? Would he definitely do something indescribable when he took Dudu out?

Couldn't they just have a little time and space?

However, fortunately, this situation was gradually improving.

It started with a call every five minutes, then every ten minutes, then every half hour, and finally, Dudu's dad simply stopped calling.

It wasn't out of resignation, but rather reassurance.

Don't misunderstand, it wasn't because he saw any good qualities in Lu Wu, but because Dudu's weight reassured him.

In just under ten days of a crazy father's feeding, Dudu ballooned from under 100 pounds to 160, transforming from sexy back to cute, and Dudu's dad's mind was put at ease.

Hmm, that way, his precious daughter couldn't be snatched away so easily.

Although he hadn't avoided being beaten up for it, breaking several washboards by kneeling on them, he still felt his efforts were worthwhile!

He was ultimately the one who silently bore everything.

On Lu Wu's end, his diligence in studying increased steadily with Dudu's weight gain.

In the past few days when he went out with Dudu, he hardly studied at all.

Later, Lu Wu thought about it and realized this wasn't right, this wasn't the way to go. He needed to study hard to have a bright future!

So, Lu Wu adjusted his mindset and began to study with newfound seriousness.

In just half a month, he had spent all of his three hundred plus points.

Of course, the money was not wasted; those spent points eventually became Lu Wu's knowledge, accompanying him in another way forever.

However, compared to this form of company, Lu Wu would still prefer to see the points reflected in his account backend.

And so, Lu Wu began to synthesize the knowledge he had acquired.

Using Lin Jianying's Goblin as a blueprint, it took Lu Wu only five days to perfect a cultivation scheme.

...

Plan: Goblin Transforming Needle 8.0

Plan Effect: Can enhance a goblin and the quality of a goblin after one evolution.

The former can be enhanced to Bronze, the latter to Black Iron.

Plan Description: Come, get an injection, and you'll get candy!

...

From the moment Lu Wu started focusing on goblin improvement to finally coming up with this cultivation plan, Lu Wu only spent 20 hours.

And that included several days when Lu Wu was just slacking off.

Such efficiency was terrifying, far surpassing the time it took to work on Little Skeleton.

However, this wasn't because Lu Wu had more talent in goblin cultivation than in cultivating Little Skeleton; it was partly due to starting points and partly skill levels.

When Lu Wu worked on the Little Skeleton plan, he had only a flawed system and limited access to information, essentially starting from scratch.

But it was different with the goblins.

By that time, he already had certain resources at his disposal, and he himself had a certain level of skill in Summoned Beast Cultivation, which naturally made the process much faster than it had been with Little Skeleton.

But for Lu Wu, speed wasn't important; what mattered most now was making money.

"The plan is done; it's time to fleece the internal network!"

Lu Wu's eyes lit up as he opened the internal network and submitted his streamlined "injection" plan.

Lu Wu's internal network login permission was granted by the Fu City Professional Center.

The Fu City Professional Center was also closely watching Lu Wu, especially with his research on new Summoned Beast Cultivation plans. Whenever Lu Wu posted something, they would rush to take on the task of validating it.

This time was no different.

As soon as Lu Wu's injection plan was posted, Fu City immediately claimed it.

The person responsible for validation was Zhao Kai Ming, who recently had nothing much to do.

"Has Xiao Lu recently switched to goblin cultivation?

Hmm, learning more knowledge as a young person is good. Let me guide and guard him!"

With the mindset of wanting to mentor Lu Wu, Zhao Kai Ming personally went to the Cultivation Room to experiment with Lu Wu's "injection" cultivation plan.

After the results came out, a smile appeared on Zhao Kai Ming's face.

"Not bad, not bad at all. Xiao Lu's talent is indeed good. He's switched to goblin cultivation for just a few months, hasn't he?

And yet he managed to innovate, coming up with a new cultivation plan. Very impressive!

Truly worthy of being a disciple seen fit by me, Zhao Kai Ming, and truly the son of that person!

However, in the details of the plan, there's still some refinement needed. This child is still too young."

With that, he passed Lu Wu's plan and then began to write an evaluation, meticulously pointing out the issues in Lu Wu's plan.

After finishing, Zhao Kai Ming looked over it, nodding to himself in satisfaction.

"Though goblin isn't my main focus, guiding Xiao Lu is no problem at all!"

Just as Zhao Kai Ming was about to send this to Lu Wu, Lu Wu had already received 50 points in reward, and the "Injection 1.0" version was posted.

"Huh, a new version's up?"

Zhao Kai Ming was startled at first, but quickly grasped the situation: "This kid must have learned his lesson with Little Skeleton, playing it smart now. It seems this new version is his true level.

All right, let's see what his real skill level is!"

Saying this, Zhao Kai Ming spent some time validating the 1.0 version, and after completing the validation, he nodded with satisfaction.

"Good, good, there's improvement. With this, the suggestions I'm going to give him need some adjustments!"

While he was revising his advice, the 2.0 version came out.

Old Zhao was a bit confused, but he quickly regained his composure.

"No worries, no worries, as expected. But this should be Xiao Lu's final plan!"

Rubbing his nose, Zhao Kai Ming validated it once again, revised his advice, and then the 3.0 version came in.

Old Zhao's composure started to crumble, but he still held on.

"That's enough, that must be the final plan!"

Slapping his face, Zhao Kai Ming geared himself up once more!

However, half an hour later, the 4.0 version arrived.

Old Zhao was going slightly insane.

"This has to be the final plan! There can't possibly be more, I swear it!"

Another half hour.

"We're at 5.0 now, if there's more, I'll eat the lab myself!"

Half an hour later.

"6.0 now, is this kid a demon? Is he trying to bleed the internal network dry?"

Still half an hour.

"Another one? I can't give you any more advice!"

"I'm just a waste!"

...

No one knew what Zhao Kai Ming went through that day, but after that, Zhao Kai Ming had not set foot in a Cultivation Room for several months.

Lu Wu didn't know what had happened on Fu City's end, or who had been demoralized.

He just felt that the efficiency on Fu City's end was quite fast; in less than a day, they had completed the validation of 9 versions, netting him a whopping 2,000 points and a tidy profit.

Lu Wu was in a good mood, while at that moment, Lin Jianying in school wasn't feeling quite so happy...