My starting summon is a small skeleton

Underground Cave Secret Realm backend.

This place fell into a brief silence after Lu Wu had used the summoning stone, summoned a summoned beast, and had its quality assessed.

After a good while, the four wily old birds finally burst out.

"How is this possible? How can it be bronze?"

"Didn't they say that these summoning stones have been sifted through time and time again? How could there still be a bronze quality one left? What is the logistics department even doing?

We weren't planning any gimmicks recently!

This is a business secret realm, not a charity one, okay!"

"Also, how did he manage to pick out such a bronze one from amongst these hundred-plus summoning stones?

Could it be that his talent is really that monstrous? That he could learn the art of summoning stone appraisal in just a few hours?

Or is he truly some chosen one, with astonishing luck?"

......

From their words, it was not hard to discern that they truly did not want to believe this reality; after all, although they manage the backend of the secret realm, they aren't any big shots, and those 200 points were really a heavy burden for them.

Only at this moment did they deeply understand what it means to cherish life and stay away from gambling!

......

Meanwhile, over at Lu Wu's side.

At this moment, he was frantically wiping his hands because he had just touched the summoned beast that had been summoned.

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Name: Rotten Corpse Monster

Power: 0 stars (newly summoned baby)

Quality: Bronze (Inferior) (Upgrade)

Attribute: Undead, Undead Type

State: Hungry (Aba Aba)

Weakness: Light

Description: A summoned beast with some potential, its initial quality is far better than Little Skeleton's.

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Looking at this summoned beast's attributes, Lu Wu took several steps back in disdain and gestured with his head towards the stupefied staff member beside him: "Do you guys take this thing?"

"What?"

The staff member was a bit dazed; he hadn't yet gotten over the fact that Lu Wu had summoned a bronze quality summoned beast.

"I said, do you want to buy this summoning beast baby?"

Lu Wu repeated himself, and this time the staff member understood, but was even more confused: "You don't want it?"

How could Lu Wu possibly want this thing?

Having discovered that he could sense the attributes of the summoning stones, he was now feeling quite proud, deeming that bronze level summoned beasts were beneath him.

His second summoned beast had to start at gold level, at least?!

Another point was that Lu Wu himself knew that even though he had a cheating tool and could cultivate ordinary summoned beasts, it was too exhausting to train ordinary ones.

For now, aside from Little Skeleton, he didn't plan on cultivating any others.

Of course, Lu Wu wasn't going to honestly explain this to the staff member; he'd just toss any old excuse their way.

"I've already got an Undead Type summoned beast, our Little Skeleton is quite good, I don't need another Undead Type!

Besides, it's too ugly, I'm afraid it might scare our Dudu."

Hmm, Lu Wuqing might not be the most emotionally intelligent, but every now and then, he would say something quite impressive.

Upon hearing this, the Little Skeleton, who was curiously poking the rotten corpse monster with an electric stick, along with Dudu, who was somewhat timidly hiding behind Lu Wu, were both exceptionally happy.

The Little Skeleton even showed off its electricity on the spot.

As if to say, the Little Skeleton is super amazing, the Little Skeleton looks super cool, Lu Wu really loves the Little Skeleton!

It's just that the staff nearby were somewhat powerless to complain.

What kind of crap reason is that?

You don't want it because it's the same type? Go tell that to the Summoners who specialize in nurturing the same type!

Besides, if you're only keeping one of the same type, wouldn't it make more sense to trade the trashy Little Skeleton for the rotten corpse monster?

What's more outrageous, you're rejecting it because it's ugly, as if you're choosing a Summoned Beast, not a wife.

And since when do you care about looks in a Summoned Beast? How come you're not picky about looks when choosing a girlfriend? How did your standards drop so drastically that you end up marrying a chubby girl?

Of course, these thoughts are merely in the mind of the staff who don't dare to utter a word out loud, much less show it. Besides, they'd be too happy if Lu Wu sold them this Bronze Quality Summoned Beast Baby.

Lu Wu might find it ugly, but there are plenty of others who won't.

However, such a trade is not their decision to make; they can only report it to management, namely those four who had just had an epiphany about the true meaning of "cherish life, stay away from gambling."

When they heard that Lu Wu wanted to sell this Summoned Beast Baby, they were stunned too, but then they thought about it.

This guy is a Cultivation Master, and well, Cultivation Masters are not only cunning but also rich!

Plus, among hundreds of Summoning Stones, he precisely found a Bronze Quality Summoning Stone, clearly mastering a certain level of Summoning Stone identification. He wouldn't miss this one Bronze Quality Summoned Beast.

What's treasured by them might be nothing more than a blade of grass to someone else.

Thinking this way, the managers' hearts ached even more.

Heartache aside, the trade must go on.

After confirming that Lu Wu was indeed interested in trading, they swiftly sent a representative. Hmm, those four old slicks, citing poor heart health, immediately sent a young fellow to conduct the trade with Lu Wu.

And maybe it was because Lu Wu helped the young fellow earn a big sum of points, but the young guy was particularly enthusiastic towards Lu Wu and pretty agreeable during the trade.

He even kept suggesting higher prices for Lu Wu.

Eventually, with the assistance of the young guy, Lu Wu sold the rotten corpse monster for 800 points to the Secret Realm.

This price was something Lu Wu looked up on the Internal Network; it was about right for a Bronze Quality Summoned Beast Baby.

And with the sale of this Summoned Beast Baby, Lu Wu's first journey into the Secret Realm was almost at its end.

This trip to the Secret Realm had brought him quite significant gains.

His Summoned Beast's power increased, his knowledge of Summoned Beast Cultivation improved further, he made a splash by climbing the ranks, struck a blow against the Hengheng Monster, and incidentally made 800 Internal Network points.

"Great, I'll spend a few days organizing what I've learned, prepare everything I need to, test out all the methods I've thought of, and then help Little Skeleton undergo its first Evolution as soon as possible."

After getting his gains in order, Lu Wu called Li Kai to come pick them up.

Li Kai was on call and arrived promptly.

One phone call from Lu Wu, and he immediately left his store in the hands of Wang Dashan, who had been lounging around and refusing to leave, and drove over to pick them up.

Lu Wu didn't really have any friends in the Secret Realm, so there was no need for farewells when departing.

Quietly they came, quietly they left.

What Lu Wu didn't know was that two individuals were secretly watching him leave.

One was the Hengheng Monster that had been made to cry today, now holding a grudge.

The other was the young guy who had just traded with him for the rotten corpse monster and added him as a friend.

The difference was that the Hengheng Monster was full of resentment, while the young guy, upon seeing Li Kai arrive, felt a bit regretful, though what he regretted, no one knew.