My starting summon is a small skeleton

Lu Wu's brain always worked pretty well, especially when it came to matters of welfare, where his gears spun even faster.

A single success leads to a hundred!

"Are you saying if I were to win the overall championship in the high school league, and then join Jiangnan University as the champion, wouldn't that greatly enhance our university's fame?"

Lu Wu didn't mention rewards, but the excitement plastered on his face made his thoughts abundantly clear.

He was just shy of grabbing Zhang Wentao by the collar and saying, 'hand over the money.'

Regarding this, Zhang Wentao was particularly helpless.

Could you not add your own drama, please?

He valued Lu Wu for his Cultivation Master talent, which had nothing to do with his Summoner Talent.

Nor did he expect Lu Wu to perform well in the high school league.

Because he knew better than Lu Wu how much of a talent-show the league, particularly the provincial competition, would become.

Forget the provincial competition, even in the city contest, Lu Wu's Little Skeleton at his house wouldn't likely achieve much.

So Zhang Wentao really wanted to tell Lu Wu, stop fussing about the high school league, and focus on preparing for the Cultivation Master competition next year.

But seeing Lu Wu's face brimming with excitement and vigor, Zhang Wentao ultimately held back his words.

Anyway, it was like coaxing a child, and the old man just nodded and agreed on the spot.

This made Lu Wu even more excited.

"There will be rewards for my teammates too, right?"

"Yes, for everyone!"

"As long as you guys can make it into the top three in the city contest, I'll give you C-level welfare.

If you make it into the top 50 in the provincial contest, you'll get B-level welfare.

And for the top 30, A-level welfare.

Oh, and I only recognize individual competition results."

This was part of Jiangnan University's talent support program, and it didn't seem too difficult for Lu Wu.

"Yeah, I'm definitely going to secure an A-level support benefit for Dudu!"

Zhang Wentao indicated that it was nice to hear, but didn't want to say much else, thinking the kid had yet to be crushed by competition; after that happens, he surely wouldn't speak such words.

Afterward, Zhang Wentao stopped the hot-blooded Lu Wu, who was about to sign his name on the document.

Although he would've liked Lu Wu to do so, such matters still required his family's consent.

He asked Lu Wu to take the documents home and, with his family's agreement, to sign them.

Of course, other than access to the internal network, any welfare had to wait until after Lu Wu signed.

Lu Wu felt it was unnecessary; his parents gave him a lot of freedom, and he could make his own decisions.

But after contemplating, realizing he could show off to the old man at home, Lu Wu nodded in agreement.

At the same time, Lu Wu remembered, "Crap, I haven't contacted home in almost half a month."

Saying this, Lu Wu reached for his phone to call home, turned to Little Skeleton to ask for it, but Little Skeleton backed up several steps, even dropping the baseball bat, holding the phone behind its back with Pupil Fire flickering.

Seeing its antics, and recalling Little Skeleton's earlier state, Lu Wu finally lowered his hand.

"Forget it, the phone's dead anyway. Besides, it's been half a month; a little longer won't hurt. I'll call after I've taken care of everything."

With that said, Lu Wu turned around.

"Old Zhang, I remember you guys said if someone performed exceptionally well in the assessment, they could use the Professional Center's Cultivation Room, right?"

Zhang Wentao glanced at Lu Wu's lively Little Skeleton, "You want to improve Little Skeleton's Quality?"

"Yep!"

What Zhang Wentao really wanted to say was that Little Skeleton wasn't worth cultivating.

After all, the Little Skeleton was hard to cultivate; the same effort on another Summoned Beast could possibly make it silver, while Little Skeleton was still Bronze. Anyway, once Lu Wu signed, he'd get the Divine Origin Fruit, and then he could just switch to another beast with higher potential to cultivate.

However, after thinking about it, Lu Wu was on the path of a Cultivation Master. It was a good thing that he could think for the sake of his Summoned Beast.

Besides, he was also curious about what breeding plan Lu Wu had now, and just how far he could develop Little Skeleton.

The previous assessment had been interrupted halfway through, so this could be considered a makeup exam for Lu Wu.

Therefore, Zhang Wentao had someone take Lu Wu to the Cultivation Room at the Professional Center.

The Cultivation Room, though called a "room", was actually a huge white building.

The entire Cultivation Room was divided into several areas.

Materials Area, Breeding Area, Experiment Area, and so on...

Lu Wu was directly taken to the Breeding Area.

Upon arriving at the Breeding Area, the first thing Lu Wu received was a form.

Lu Wu glanced at it. It was a form for applying to use the Cultivation Room.

From the type of equipment needed to the materials required, Lu Wu needed to fill it out completely.

Of course, if Lu Wu didn't need materials provided by the Professional Center, he wouldn't have to fill in the materials section.

Lu Wu, holding the form, didn't hesitate at all, quickly ticking and selecting options on it.

He was fast, finishing in less than ten minutes. The reason he was so quick was that Lu Wu had further refined the "Little Skeleton Soup" plan during the past half month.

With a mature plan in mind, he was very clear on what materials were needed, which naturally sped up his writing.

After filling out the form, the Professional Center quickly completed the approval process. Then, Lu Wu was taken to a cultivation room about twenty square meters in size, equipped with the machines that Lu Wu had listed.

At the same time, the materials Lu Wu had listed on the form were also delivered.

While surveying this Cultivation Room, Lu Wu pulled over Little Skeleton who was stashing its hands behind its back and eyeing the pot-like machine in the room with Pupil Fire.

He opened Little Skeleton's attribute panel.

...

Name: Little Skeleton

Power: 2 stars (Ordinary)

Quality: Black Iron (Improved) (one line)

Attribute: Undead

Companion Equipment: Little Skeleton's Charging Baseball Bat

State: Puzzled (This pot looks so familiar!)

Skill: Charge (Optimized version) (Master)

Block (Optimized version) (Skilled)

Dodge (Optimized version) (Skilled)

Heavy Slash (Skilled)

Weakness: Light, Fire, Thunder

Description: Little Skeleton's state seems a bit abnormal. Perhaps there will be a surprise if it's advanced now.

...

As Lu Wu read the description, he paused and scrutinized Little Skeleton, trying to see if there was something different about it, only to have Little Skeleton hide its cellphone even more carefully.

Its state also changed.

"Nervous (Is Lu Wu going to snatch the cellphone again? Little Skeleton must hide the cellphone well and can't let Lu Wu see it!)"

"You're so nervous about your phone. If I throw it into the soup along with the phone, I wonder if I'll brew up a companion cellphone?"

Hmm, Lu Wu thought that was quite possible.

So, he opened Little Skeleton's [Improvement] tab, preparing to check out Little Skeleton's improvement plan before taking action to see if he could tweak it a bit, aiming to help Little Skeleton come up with a companion cellphone...