Chapter 262: The Scarecrow Emerges from Seclusion
There are less than two weeks left until the Southwest Star Cup begins.
After selling the Black Cloud Wolf parts, plus some extra cash, Li Pu still has over 3W Crystal Coins in his pocket.
This money is basically untouchable.
Because it's needed to purchase the materials for training scarecrows with the Climbing Wall Vine.
So, for the final level sprint, he could only take Bubu and start hanging around in the East Wilderness Ridge.
The tactic of one person and one Bubu working together is very simple.
Li Pu alone activates [Hardening] and confronts the magic beasts head-on, while Bubu stands at a distance hurling flying kicks.
After a day, the hunting results could yield roughly 1000 Crystal Coins.
Compared to the seniors in the second year, this efficiency is even higher.
Sometimes, when encountering second-year hunting teams, Li Pu would chat with them for a while.
The usual configuration for a second-year hunting team is eight people, and the normal hunting duration is about 12 to 16 hours.
After a trip, the value of the loot they can harvest is about 1W.
On average, each person can earn over 1000 Crystal Coins, which is a bit more than Li Pu.
But Li Pu's hunting time is shorter, generally less than 8 hours.
And the biggest difference between him and the seniors is — he doesn't attend classes.
The seniors come from different major classes, and their class schedules often conflict, so many teams can only gather two or three times a week.
But Li Pu comes every day.
Of course, he didn't mention these details about himself during the chats.
Seeing this sophomore with a big-headed small kangaroo who's also limping, every team they encounter invites him to join temporarily, worried about his safety.
However, after Li Pu runs one or two laps, the seniors stop insisting.
They all regard him as the kind of freshman whose individual combat power might not be strong but is very good at escaping, and out of curiosity, he's come to the East Wilderness Ridge for a stroll.
There are always a few of such freshmen every year, nothing unusual.
Regarding his current efficiency, Li Pu feels quite satisfied.
Moreover, during these ten days, he was fortunate enough to finally get two Dream Silkworms in the Stone Forest Maze.
It's just a pity that these fat worms are very fragile, a slight attack would cause them to leak and shrivel up, making it impossible for him to catch a living one.
However, the intact Dream Silkworm corpses are also very valuable, earning him over 1W Crystal Coins.
Li Pu's life rhythm during these days is quite simple:
Deliver new materials to the Great Rock Wall, and by the way, offer up the materials collected the day before to the scarecrow → continue hunting in the East Wilderness Ridge → sell the loot at the trading station and purchase the materials needed for the next day according to the Climbing Wall Vine's list → practice the 6+1 card game in the card room → a new day.
Just like this, with only 3 days left until the Southwest Star Cup, the scarecrow finally came out.
[Grass!]
When the scarecrow re-entered the campus of Xidu University, it felt deeply moved.
This period under the tutelage of the Shenxu Tiger Master was simply dark and dreary.
The only motivation for it to persist was the box of cola Li Pu brought every day.
Without that cola, it felt like it couldn't survive.
The first thing the scarecrow did upon returning from training was being taken by Li Pu to the training ground.
[Buwu~]
As soon as they entered the training ground, the Ugly Little Wolf started to run wildly around the edges.
After some time together, Li Pu and this little guy have established a basic level of trust.
Speaking of the Black Cloud Element monster, it is surprisingly easy to maintain.
Because what it needs to eat is actually the wind.
Comparable to the scarecrow sunbathing and drinking water, it's very cheap.
What Li Pu has to do is buy an electric fan and turn it on during mealtime, blowing it crazily at the Ugly Little Wolf.
The Ugly Little Wolf lives a rough life in the East Wilderness Ridge, in an environment where the wind sometimes blows, sometimes doesn't, it's either full or hungry.
It has never experienced the life of being blown to content every day.
Holding the fan remote control, Li Pu's image is increasingly lofty in its eyes.
The only thing Li Pu finds a bit unpleasant is the little guy's excretion problem, or more specifically, its urination problem.
The Ugly Little Wolf's poop is little cloud-shaped turdlets.
This is easy to solve, a breeze will scatter them completely.
But its pee, isn't conventionally understood as pee at all.
It's lightning, it pees out lightning bolts.
The key point is this little guy especially loves to pee on sockets.
Causing their dormitory recently to experience frequent power trips, forcibly helping Wu Guinan to quit his internet addiction.
Just like now, it has already started to sniff and pee around the training ground's edge.
The dignified Black Cloud Element, unexpectedly acquiring dog-like habits, is rather speechless.
Compared to it, Bubu is more worry-free.
The brief ten minutes of meeting time every day wasn't enough to quench its thirst.
Today, as soon as the scarecrow came out, it clung onto the scarecrow's head completely and hasn't let go since.
As for the scarecrow, the nearly 3W spent on materials by Li Pu was not in vain.
Under the special training of the Climbing Wall Vine, its [Entangle] jumped directly from D+ level across a major tier, reaching level B.
If level C skills are a normal configuration for a mature summoned beast, then possessing a B-level skill means it already belongs to the upper echelon in this aspect.
However, although the level was increased, Li Pu couldn't discern much from the skill information.
"Alright, come on."
"It's time to inspect the results of your special training."
So he stood in the center of the training ground, gesturing for the scarecrow to use him as a demonstration object.
[Caocao!]
The scarecrow raised both hands in response, clearly eager to demonstrate.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh...
Under its command, several vines emerged from the ground.
The texture of these vines is almost jade-like, although not to the extent of the Climbing Wall Vine, they've reached about sixty to seventy percent.
Li Pu wasn't too surprised by this situation.
Although the material list provided by the Climbing Wall Vine changes daily, several core materials were always on the list.
The most expensive one is called Jade Fiber.
Its function is to increase the plasticity and toughness of the vines.
The price of Jade Fiber at the trading station is extremely high, just 1g costs 1000 Crystal Coins.
Most of Li Pu's Crystal Coins were spent on this stuff.
However, the situation afterwards is the main event.
[Grass!]
Scarecrow: Summoner, look, Ben Cao is now also a Summoner!
Under the scarecrow's control, more and more vines emerged, gradually intertwining together.
Soon, several vinemen appeared before Li Pu.
"This, this is..."
For a moment, he didn't know how to describe it.
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