My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 65 - 0 2-star

In Fu City, the capital of Jiangnan Province,

which is also the headquarters of both the Summoner Center and the Cultivator Center of Jiangnan Province.

As the absolute center of Jiangnan Province, the prosperity of Fu City is beyond the imagination of Lu Wu, a youngster from a smaller city like Quan City.

From the moment he stepped out of the carriage, he was struck by the grandeur of Fu City’s train station.

As a behemoth that handles tens of thousands of people every day, Fu City takes its security very seriously.

In this world, where hot weapons are ineffective and summoners and their Summoned Beasts are highly integrated, many functions are carried out by the Summoned Beasts.

Lu Wu saw Summoned Beasts skilled in detection at the security checkpoint.

And some Summoned Beasts responsible for security tasks.

Lu Wu noticed that these Summoned Beasts were primarily canine in type.

And in terms of the power of these Summoned Beasts,

Lu Wu had some experience with the ones responsible for security checks; their Quality was around Bronze, and their Power was generally at the Boss Level.

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Name: Guard Dog

Power: 1 Star [Boss]

Quality: Black Iron (Upgradable)

Attribute: Wind

State: Serious (I love my job, don’t ask me to stop!)

Skill: Super Scent (Master), Danger Alert (Master),

Pounce Kill (Master), Tear (Master)

Weakness: Ice, Poison

Description: A Summoned Beast specially cultivated for surveillance, characterized by loyalty, kindness, and gentleness. It is especially friendly to humans; as long as you pose no threat, touching it should not be a problem.

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A large city is indeed a large city, where even a random Summoned Beast is at the Boss Level.

And when Lu Wu saw its attributes, he felt somewhat reassured.

Previously, when he saw Li Kai’s family’s bear, all he got were question marks, and he was worried that his Golden Finger was broken.

Now, Lu Wu thought it must be a matter of power levels.

He estimated he could only discern the attributes of Summoned Beasts a higher level than his own, as evidenced by the fact that when he touched another Guard Dog, he got question marks; that one must have been above the Boss 1 Star level.

What Lu Wu didn’t notice was that when he was touching the Guard Dog, his own Little Skeleton’s Pupil Fire also flickered with curiosity, and it couldn’t help but want to reach out a bony hand to touch it too.

As a result, the friendly Guard Dog in front of Lu Wu immediately hardened its gaze and barked at Little Skeleton, and then they were met with misfortune— the security team immediately surrounded them.

Although it was quickly proven that Lu Wu and his group were no trouble, Lu Wu still got a lecture before being let go, which left him so irritated that he slapped Little Skeleton on the head as soon as they were out.

"You better behave next time. Don’t move without my command."

Little Skeleton’s Pupil Fire swayed; lacking much experience, it didn’t understand what it did wrong or why Lu Wu would hit it, and felt aggrieved.

Little Skeleton decided not to cover Lu Wu with a blanket that night, but then felt that it might be too cruel. After some thought, it decided that missing the blanket once would suffice!

Lu Wu had no idea what Little Skeleton was thinking.

After scolding Little Skeleton, Lu Wu followed Li Kai and continued on their way. They hailed a car and traveled nearly an hour before arriving and settling in at a hotel near the Fu City Cultivator Center.

Lu Wu and Li Kai had intended to get separate rooms, but perhaps due to a bounty from the Fu City Professional Center, there was only one room left.

No other choice, Lu Wu’s first room-sharing experience since his transmigration was given to Li Kai.

After settling in, it was already past one in the morning, and Lu Wu wasn’t planning on going to bed yet; he still had things to do.

Today, he had dug up a lot of information about Professional Summoners from Li Kai.

Such information might not have been useful to Li Kai, but it was a different story for Lu Wu.

Influenced by the information from Li Kai, Lu Wu had an idea, a thought on how to enhance Little Skeleton’s power.

Little Skeleton had been at 1 Star for quite some time, and during this period, Little Skeleton hadn’t slacked in training, stewing soups, or brawls. Logically, it should have hit 2 Stars by now, but it just hadn’t happened.

Initially, Lu Wu didn’t pay much attention to this, as it seemed there was no shortcut to increasing a Summoned Beast’s strength.

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Everyone seemed to improve by simply training and fighting.

Lu Wu himself was more focused on improving Little Skeleton’s quality, and he hadn’t really bothered much with strength before. But today, partly inspired by Li Kai and partly realizing the limitations of his Golden Finger—

he could only see attributes of Little Skeleton up to one major level above—made Lu Wu want to work on this aspect.

After all, a Summoner’s power is tied to their Summoned Beast’s, and a quicker increase in Little Skeleton’s strength would also be beneficial for him. Moreover, Lu Wu was worried that the Summoned Beast at the Fu City Professional Center the next day might be a Boss 2 Stars, leaving him totally clueless.

After all, setting aside his Golden Finger, he was essentially just a newbie close to professional standards.

So, upon arriving at the hotel, Lu Wu began diligently searching for ways to augment Little Skeleton’s power.

And his method was quite simple when spoken of.

If put loftily, it was called belief guidance; if said in plainer terms, it was known as bamboozling.

Today, on the high-speed train, Li Kai shared many amusing stories with Lu Wu to divert his attention from topics Li Kai didn’t want to discuss. Among them was one where a friend’s Summoned Beast hadn’t leveled up for years, but did so after its food bowl was broken.

Li Kai had only mentioned this as a fun fact, yet Lu Wu took it to heart.

He felt that in this case, the Summoned Beast’s power—or experience—had accumulated to the necessary standards but hadn’t advanced due to a lack of a catalyst.

This kind of catalyst could be anger or something else, something emotion-related.

Lu Wu thought it was worth a shot.

So, once at the hotel, Lu Wu went about sweet-talking Little Skeleton.

The feel-good version involved Lu Wu starting from Little Skeleton’s quality, narrating the struggles, how others looked down on it, the efforts he had made, and how Little Skeleton needed to fortify itself.

It was a touching, motivationally urinating spiel, but to no avail—Little Skeleton couldn’t understand it.

After all, it was still just a few months old, and its spiritual wisdom wouldn’t improve until after reaching Black Iron, so all of Lu Wu’s motivational talks were gibberish to it.

With no other option, Lu Wu could only switch to sarcasm mode.

He ridiculed Little Skeleton for being inferior to Tuantuan and praised Tuantuan constantly, hoping to infuriate Little Skeleton into leveling up.

This did elicit some reaction from Little Skeleton, but despite Lu Wu’s effort, he still couldn’t get Little Skeleton to level up.

Watching for quite a while, Li Kai handed Lu Wu a cup of water: "Mr. Lu, take a sip of water, and rest for a bit, maybe this little guy just isn’t experienced enough."

Li Kai didn’t dare to say that Lu Wu’s idea might be wrong.

After all, this was his teacher, but he wasn’t optimistic about this sudden idea from Lu Wu—stimulation prompting a Summoned Beast to level up? It couldn’t be that easy, could it?

"Thank you."

Lu Wu felt somewhat dejected at this point but hadn’t given up. After taking a sip of the water, he set the glass down, ready to continue his efforts.

But because he wasn’t paying attention as he placed the glass on his phone, he didn’t set it properly, causing the glass to tip over and drench his phone, surprising Lu Wu.

"Crap, my phone’s going to be ruined!"

As he was about to rescue his phone, suddenly, he felt a cool stream rush toward his forehead.