My starting summon is a small skeleton

Fucheng, Lu Wu's mansion.

Lu Wu had just sent his underling to call over the underling's underlings.

However, within half an hour, his underlings hadn't arrived, but Jiang Yuexing's call came first.

The queen icily asked, "Do you want to reach the heavens or what?"

Lu Wu, bewildered, replied, "What?"

The queen angrily repeated, "Do you want to reach the heavens?!"

Lu Wu, utterly confused, responded, "What are you talking about?"

The queen exploded, "Tell me, by bringing those hundreds of summoned beasts from Little Goldfish into the city, are you trying to reach the heavens or what?!! Do you realize the trouble this could cause for Fucheng?"

Lu Wu understood and whispered defensively, "I was just thinking, since I'm going to the Inheritance Land tomorrow, I'd bring more underlings to boost my power a bit, so I can help you more in the future?"

"The best help you could give me is not to create any trouble! Immediately, send those fish back to where they came from, or else I'll beat them all into fish head soup!"

Lu Wu could already hear Jiang Yuexing clenching her fists on the other end, totally cowed!

"Alright, alright, I'll send them back right away. Don't get angry, anger isn't good for your health? It can make you age fast!"

"If you truly cared, you'd come to Governor Mansion now and let me do something that's good for your health!"

Lu Wu wouldn't dare go; heading over now would probably get him beaten up.

He quickly uttered some pleasantries then hurriedly ended the call.

"This stingy rich woman, is such a small issue worth blowing up like this? Now great, my plan to raid the Inheritance Land with a few hundred underlings hasn't even started and it's already bankrupt."

Lu Wu felt helpless.

He could only send Little Skeleton riding a pig to tell Little Goldfish to herd the underlings back.

Meanwhile, at the Governor Mansion.

After Jiang Yuexing hung up the phone, she was still fuming.

However, her reason for exploding wasn't entirely directed at Lu Wu.

Or rather, her anger wasn't provoked by Lu Wu, but by someone she deemed a 'shameless woman.'

Lu Wu was just unlucky enough to get caught in the crossfire.

But after scolding Lu Wu, Jiang Yuexing actually felt pretty good.

Her previously stern expression and furrowed brows gradually relaxed.

This noticeable change even caught the attention of the woman in white next to her, who found it unexpected.

Normally, a little provocation from that person, and Jiang Yuexing would be upset for days, but today she recovered surprisingly swiftly, even showing a smugness between her brows.

What's the situation here? Despite being bullied like that, what has she got to be pleased about?

Could it be because of Lu Wu?

The woman in white sensed something fishy!

At that moment, another call from Lu Wu came in on Jiang Yuexing's phone.

Jiang Yuexing's lips curved up as she answered the call, and Lu Wu cautiously asked, "Um, how about I just bring a few dozen, not hundreds?"

"No! Get lost!"

With that, Jiang Yuexing hung up the phone, her smile becoming even broader.

Now, the woman in white felt confident; she'd dropped the word "feel" entirely.

There was definitely something fishy going on between Jiang Yuexing and Lu Wu!

…

Back with Lu Wu, his last request was denied, and his face fell.

He had hoped to grandstand a bit.

Showing up with a few hundred summoned beasts would have been quite an impressive scene!

Now, it seemed he had no hope left.

So he lost all motivation right then and there.

"Forget it, forget it, just sleep and level up in the instance tomorrow."

With those words, Lu Wu threw himself onto the bed ready to sleep, but the frustration in his belly kept him awake.

So, he picked up his phone and browsed the internal network.

…

Account nickname: I Want to Be a Sea King

Account points: 2333

Uploaded cultivation plans: Little Skeleton Training Manual series, Little Skeleton Soup series, Goblin Injection series

Uploaded training regimens: 97 types

…

Looking at the sluggish increase in his account points, Lu Wu curled his lips.

"It's been two weeks, and the ad revenue is almost gone. But it's still decent, the high school league ad revenue, especially during the semi-finals and final, probably added up to close to 20,000. This revenue far exceeded my expectations."

True, Lu Wu's account only showed a bit over 2,000 points on the surface, but over the past fortnight, his account's peak points had briefly reached more than 10,000.

But he had spent most of that.

It went on nurturing three little guys, preparing for tomorrow's trip to the Inheritance Land.

And the value he got for these 10,000-plus points was significant.

Preparation for tomorrow's trip to the Inheritance Land aside, the progress those three little guys made in just two weeks was substantial.

In two weeks' time, with the resources he invested, the three little ones had advanced to 2-star level.

They had each mastered certain skills, substantially boosting their combat power.

Particularly the bird from Lu Wu's house; this silly creature was now something Lu Wu dared not fight.

If he fought it again, he'd just be beaten.

And this silly creature didn't look up to Lu Wu anymore.

Whenever it looked at Lu Wu, it seemed to say:

Proud (Human, I've grown stronger. You're no longer my match!)

Each time Lu Wu saw this attitude, anger involuntarily surged in him.

This silly creature ate his food and drank his water, and while Lu Wu raised it from nothing, it had the gall to feel proud and even mock him?

Could Lu Wu stand this?

Absolutely not!

So every time he saw it acting this way, Lu Wu exercised his authority as master to restrain it and then used it as a punching bag.

But the results were often that the more Lu Wu hit it, the more excited it got; the more he hit it, the happier it became.

After such fights, Lu Wu was exhausted while it was full of energy, its state had changed.

Disappointed (Is that all?)

Every time Lu Wu thought of this, he almost couldn't help but rush down and give the bird a beating.

"I can't think about this, it's making my hands itchy!"

"Ding dong!"

As Lu Wu's blood was up, the email alert sounded; a new email had arrived.

Lu Wu opened his inbox and glanced at it; it was from Jiangbei Research Center.

Unsurprisingly, the email pertained to the White Bone Wild Boar cultivation plan Lu Wu had previously submitted. The center rejected the plan Lu Wu had submitted last time.

The reason was that the plan's concept was juvenile and the cultivation master hadn't cooperated with the research center for validation.

Lu Wu didn't bother to say much.

After all, this was also something he had anticipated.

Jiangbei rejected it, so he'd just send it again and let Fucheng handle it.

However, Lu Wu checked the time and saw it was already past midnight.

They had to go into an instance early tomorrow morning, and Zhao Kai Ming and Zhang Wentao were likely asleep by now. It would be rude to disturb them.

"Let's handle it after we return from the instance."

Saying this, Lu Wu put down his phone and then snatched away Little Skeleton's phone who was hugging a bird and scrolling through short videos while sitting by his bed.

Skilled at this, he opened an encrypted app on Little Skeleton's phone, found his diary, and wrote an entry.

"June 14

The Jiangbei Cultivation Center returned my proposal,

Also, that guy Jiang Beifeng owes me 50,000 points and hasn't paid up,

And that rich woman of mine won't let me bring in Dudu's little brothers — I, Lu Wu, remember these grudges.

Lastly, we're starting an instance tomorrow.

If nothing goes wrong, I'll emerge a professional level existence.

Excited!"

After finishing, Lu Wu locked up his diary and returned the phone to Little Skeleton who was eagerly watching him by the bed.

He casually said, father-like, "No more phone for you, you need to rest early, we've got stuff to do tomorrow!"

Little Skeleton indicated slyly (Does Lu Wu not know? Little Skeleton doesn't need to sleep!)

Lu Wu pointed at the bird.

"You might not need sleep, but this silly bird does, it has important matters tomorrow!"

Little Skeleton's eyes, full of Pupil Fire, flashed as he picked up the bird and then smacked it on the back of its head, knocking the silly bird out cold.

Cunningly (See, silly bird is asleep! Can Little Skeleton play with the phone now?)

"You're really a little mischief-maker!"

Lu Wu laughed, tapped Little Skeleton on the head, and then didn't bother with it anymore, lying down to sleep himself.

It must be said, the adaptability of humans is truly astonishing.

When Little Skeleton just appeared, Lu Wu couldn't sleep at night upon seeing him and had to make Little Skeleton sadly face the wall.

Now, Lu Wu slept soundly with Little Skeleton sitting by his bed.

In fact, nowadays, Little Skeleton even acted as a sleep aid for Lu Wu — without Little Skeleton by the bed, Lu Wu might not even be able to fall asleep.

Watching Little Skeleton play with the phone by his bed, Lu Wu's lips slightly curled up as he quickly drifted into dreamland.

After Lu Wu fell asleep, Little Skeleton who had been playing with the phone suddenly stopped, turned its head to look at Lu Wu, then glanced at the silly bird.

Once it was sure the bird was really knocked out,

Little Skeleton then covered Lu Wu with a blanket!

Though Lu Wu, having nearly caught a cold from Little Skeleton's blanket-covering antics before, had since deprived Little Skeleton of the right to cover him with blankets, Little Skeleton hadn't compromised on this matter.

Every night, it still secretly covered Lu Wu with a blanket.

This was its favorite thing to do, even more enjoyable than playing with a phone, so it would never listen to Lu Wu on this matter.

As long as Lu Wu didn't know, Little Skeleton hadn't covered him with a blanket!

Recently, however, Little Skeleton had grown somewhat unsatisfied with just covering with blankets, as it had learned a new operation called 'warming the bed' from the TV.

It found it very interesting.

But it never found the right opportunity to try it.

Because Lu Wu would wake up.

At times like these, Little Skeleton thought, if only Lu Wu could be knocked out like the silly bird, then it could cover Lu Wu with as many blankets and warm the bed as many times as it wanted without being discovered.

Yes, Lu Wu never knew that the nights after he fell asleep were so terrifying.

...

An uneventful night.

The next early morning, Lu Wu and his team got up early.

After a quick tidy up, Li Kai drove them towards the Governor Mansion.

The entrance to the Inheritance Land was known only by the Governor Mansion, so they had to gather there before setting off together.

Lu Wu had originally thought they would be the earliest team, but to his surprise, both Team 044 and Team 003 had already arrived when they got there.

But this was quite normal, as Lu Wu and his team lived in the outskirts, while 044 and 003 were staying in nearby hotels.

Even if they got up late, they could still arrive early.

The three teams met again after half a month, and everyone's gaze immediately turned towards the people they were interested in.

And the most intriguing person for everyone was, well, obviously Dudu.

Yes, not Lu Wu, but Dudu.

Who would bother staring at Lu Wu, a grown man, all day if not for Dudu?

After all, Dudu was the only girl among the nine people from the three teams.

Moreover, at the award ceremony, although she wore a mask and loose clothing that completely covered her in the scorching heat, she still let off an aura of a goddess.

Thus, at first glance, everyone focused on Goddess Dudu, and they found out she wasn't wearing a mask anymore.

At first, they were quite excited, but soon they were all confused.

What's the situation?

Who is this chubby girl?

Where's the goddess?

What happened to the goddess from the award ceremony?

Watching them doubt their lives and quickly turn their heads, Lu Wu's lips curled up slightly, pleased with the effect.

Indeed, a chubby wife did not attract much attention.

However, he himself felt quite disappointed when he looked at Dudu in her current state.

Although the plumper Dudu wasn't ugly, and could even be considered cute, she really couldn't compare to her peak beauty!

But there was really nothing Lu Wu could do about Dudu's weight.

It was bound to increase after each "Skill."

Fortunately, the upper limit on her weight was decreasing.

When Lu Wu first arrived, Dudu's weight limit was nearly 200. After one Skill Awakening, it dropped to 180.

The second Skill brought it down to 160, and this time it had gone down to 140.

Following this pattern, after two more times, Dudu could maintain her peak beauty indefinitely.

Furthermore, Lu Wu also noticed that with each Skill trigger, her peak beauty seemed to enhance even more.

Dudu looked significantly more beautiful at her third peak appearance than at her first.

A few more times, and his Dudu could really become a fairy.

Thinking about this, Lu Wu felt a mix of disappointment and anticipation.

Meanwhile, over at Teams 044 and 003.

After shifting their focus away from Dudu, they started looking at other things.

Such as Lu Wu, or the new Summoned Beasts that had appeared in their team.

Wang Jun's gaze moved from the Hellish Evil Dog to the Green Cub and finally rested on the Han, who hadn't fully grown its fur yet, beside Lu Wu.

Lu Wu also noticed that Teams 044 and 003 each brought a new Summoned Beast, though only one person from Team 003 had brought one.

This one, Lu Wu recognized as the weirdo identified by the goblin as the one who had bullied Lin Jianying in the restroom.

What made Lu Wu frown was that this guy was staring at Lin Jianying right now.

It made Lin Jianying feel utterly uncomfortable.

Lu Wu was immediately upset, "Damn it, bullying my people right in front of me."

Without another word, he went up and kicked the weirdo straight away.

"Enough is enough! Keep looking and see if I don't twist your head off."

…

Another four thousand, feels like I've grown a lot.