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The sky was just beginning to brighten.
Some frost decorated the monotonous courtyard. A young man was holding a big broom and cleaning the public area with a face full of resentment. There were many large pieces of Dragon Whelp's skin, broken scales, spit, and most of them were the remains of those cheap wooden dummies and scarecrows.
"I thought we wouldn't have to do such heavy chores here. Big Horn, you're too disappointing. Why couldn't you send that Big Wolf Spirit flying? Then we wouldn't have to clean the courtyard." Li Shaoying grumbled as she recalled the scene of the dragon fight yesterday.
The opponent was a Wolf Spirit Dragon Whelp. Logically speaking, its body was not as strong as her Horned Bull Dragon Whelp. However, her Horned Bull Dragon Whelp was extremely clumsy during the fight and was played for a fool.
"We have to work harder and regain our dignity next time!" Li Shaoying continued to talk to herself.
"Creak!"
The courtyard door was pushed open and made a loud noise. Li Shaoying looked at the door in surprise.
Who woke up so early??
There was actually someone so hardworking that he finished his morning training and came back before the sun rose??
Soon, Li Shaoying saw Zhu Minglang walking back from outside. From his footsteps, she could tell that he was tired.
"Zhu Minglang." Li Shaoying saw him and her eyes lit up. She immediately called out to him.
This courtyard was a public area where everyone practiced dragon taming. The cleaning work was actually done by the people who lived here.
However, she did not know when it started, but there was an unspoken rule in the courtyard. That was, there would be a Dragon Whelp Battle every week. The weakest person would be responsible for all the chores in the courtyard, including cleaning the Dragon Whelp's feces behind everyone's house!
She had lost!
However, Zhu Minglang did not participate. Why did he get away with it?
"What's the matter?" Zhu Minglang asked.
"Let me tell you about the rules here … Ugh, what's wrong with you? You stink like you fell into a dung pool!" Li Shaoying pinched her nose and almost vomited.
"I worked for a night in the Dragon Storage Palace in exchange for some good food. If there's nothing else, I'll go and take a nap," Zhu Minglang said.
"You went to clean the dragon feces, right?" Li Shaoying asked.
"Okay." Zhu Minglang didn't mind Li Shaoying's tone.
Li Shaoying looked at Zhu Minglang's sloppy appearance and couldn't help but feel a little lucky.
This person was a few years older than him, but was much more lowly than him. The cleaning of the Dragon Storage Palace was done by the slaves of the academy. As a student of the Li Chuan Dragon Tamer Academy, how could he do such a lowly thing for such a small amount of food!
"Since that's the case, why don't you clean up the back of our rooms when you wake up? Since you've already cleaned up such a large hall, it won't make a difference to the back of our rooms." Li Shaoying subconsciously raised her head as she spoke, as if she was superior to others.
"That's your own business," Zhu Minglang flatly refused.
"You didn't come to the Dragon Whelp Competition yesterday afternoon, which means you forfeited. The weakest one should clean the front and back of the courtyard!" Li Shaoying said loudly.
Zhu Minglang stopped in his tracks when he heard this.
He walked towards Li Shaoying and looked into her eyes. That dispirited and tired look suddenly disappeared and was replaced by a fierceness that made Li Shaoying a little afraid!
"Those who choose to participate in the rules have to accept defeat. It's reasonable. If I don't participate in the rules that you guys set, it means that I don't need you to help me clean up my area. I also don't need to do chores for any of you. Do you understand? "Zhu Minglang said.
Li Shaoying was stunned. After a while, she nodded her head.
What he said made a lot of sense.
But when Zhu Minglang returned to his room, Li Shaoying regained her senses. She was so angry that she almost threw the broom away.
What was there to be proud of!
This logic was the same as that Hong Hao who raised the wolf in the courtyard!
…
When he returned to his room, Zhu Minglang put down the big bamboo basket on his back.
He walked to the back of his room and saw the little crocodile spirit lying on the sand. It was biting into the fishy grouper. Looking at the speed at which it ate, he knew that the smell of these things was difficult for it to swallow.
Zhu Minglang smiled bitterly.
Sigh, the little guy seemed to know that he was poor. Even if it tasted bad, it would swallow it.
"Black Tooth, look at what this is." Zhu Minglang put the big bamboo basket in front of the little crocodile spirit.
The bamboo basket tipped over, and a big fat meat silkworm rolled out. When the little crocodile spirit saw them, its round eyes lit up!
It dashed over and first swallowed the few big meat silkworms that were scattered out. Then, its entire head drilled into the big bamboo basket, turning into a gluttonous domestic pig. As it ate, it twisted its fat buttocks and tail.
After a while, the little crocodile spirit was finally full. There was not a single silkworm left in the bamboo basket. With a satisfied look, it crawled to Zhu Minglang's side. It stuck its big tongue out to show its affection.
"No, no, no. I stink. I need to take a shower." Zhu Minglang pushed the sticky little crocodile dragon away.
The little crocodile dragon did not mind at all. It kept coming until Zhu Minglang's face was bathed in its saliva. Then, it went back to its own pool, satisfied.
Zhu Minglang also got up. He planned to clean up the smelly grouper first. However, the little crocodile dragon was a little reluctant. It looked at Zhu Minglang.
Little Black Tooth was not stupid.
It seemed to know that Zhu Minglang had worked hard the whole night in exchange for a basket of meat silkworms. It planned to keep the grouper. If it was hungry again, it could make do with it.
"Don't worry. There will be more for the next meal. Tomorrow morning, you will see a bigger basket than today. We don't need these." Zhu Minglang comforted the little crocodile dragon.
The little crocodile dragon was very happy to hear that. It offered its ugly head to Zhu Minglang so that he could pet it.
"Go back to sleep. When you wake up, you have to train. Let me say this first. During training, I am an emotionless demon. "Zhu Minglang said.
"Ohhhh!" The little crocodile dragon responded. It was also eager to become stronger.
After taking a shower, Zhu Minglang lay down. Although he was very tired, he still could not fall asleep immediately.
Cleaning the Dragon Storage Hall for the whole night only gave him a basket of meat silkworms. If he went again tonight, the little crocodile dragon's food would be guaranteed tomorrow. However, this was not the way to go.
Little Bai Qi would wake up at any time. The value of nectar was far above that of meat silkworms. It was not something that could be exchanged for by doing these miscellaneous chores. However, maintaining the little crocodile dragon's food had already taken up most of Zhu Minglang's time …
The little crocodile dragon's body would continue to grow. When it was two to three meters long, its appetite would increase several times. Zhu Minglang would not be able to feed it even if he did chores all day and night. Where would he find the time to train?
"When I came back from the Dragon Storage Hall, there seems to be a job with a good reward at the academy's Appointment Office. I'll take a nap and try it at noon."
There were some jobs in the academy that students or dragon herders would take on. Raising dragons and young dragons cost a lot of money. The grassroots students with no background would either work to maintain their income or rely on the academy's Appointment Office to earn money.
Among them, there were jobs that paid well to catch dragons.
There were also jobs that sold their physical strength for money, such as looking after young dragons and young spirits, or cleaning dragon dens.
Zhu Minglang had talked with the old master of the Dragon Storage Hall. He could go to the Dragon Storage Hall at night to help look after young spirits. The new slaves would clean the Dragon Storage Hall. After all, the slaves did not know the habits of young spirits and young dragons. He was qualified to be a proper student of dragon taming.
One night, he could exchange for two baskets of meat silkworms.
The old master wanted Zhu Minglang to go over that night. Zhu Minglang would go and keep watch for the night. The food supply for the next two days would be solved.
He had to take advantage of the next two days to find a better job and prepare the nectar.
"Alas, it's been a long time since I've had such a planned life!" Zhu Minglang heaved a sigh.
Although the future would be more difficult, life had become full of expectations.
…
Zhu Minglang didn't sleep for long. There wasn't enough time, so it was reasonable for him to sleep less.
He had to hurry up and prepare food for the young crocodile dragon and the young Bai Qi.
In the cafeteria, Zhu Minglang stuffed himself with some food and hurried to the academy's Appointment Office to see if there was anything he could do.
"Hiss, there's also the matter of going to the battlefield and attacking a city … This must be the Dragon Herder's Appointment Office. The academy is really overstepping its boundaries." Zhu Minglang looked at the complicated Appointment Office and felt a headache coming on.
The reward for going to the battlefield was quite ridiculous. It was a quarter of the city's tax!
If the young Bai Qi hadn't devolved, Zhu Minglang would have given it a try.
The tax of a city could be exchanged for several mountains of silkworms … Well, why did he use silkworms as a unit? There was no future for him.
"The fish monsters in Lake Li Chuan are overflowing. They are mating at night and crying noisily. The eggs they lay on the shore are as hard as rocks, which seriously affects the beauty of the academy and Lake Li Chuan. Some arrogant fish monsters even attacked the fishermen in the town.
It's very bad … "Zhu Minglang read out the Appointment Office.
Eliminate the Spotted Blue Fish Monsters!
It was an awkward Appointment Office.
The Dragon Herder, who had a True Dragon, didn't bother to eliminate the little monsters. The little monsters all had their own ways of escaping and hiding from the strong. It was very time-consuming for a dragon to do such a thing, and the pay wasn't high either.
Among the young dragons, they had to be good at swimming and keen at hunting and killing. Most of the young dragons weren't up to the task, and they might even be surrounded and killed by the fish monsters.
It just so happened that the young crocodile spirit was good at hunting fish!
Every afternoon, the young crocodile spirit would train. It could strengthen its body with the waterfall and hunt the grouper monsters at the same time. It was the best of both worlds!
"It's half a month. Blackfang will have a clear training direction in the next half a month. If it's successful, I'll get a grain of golden sand." Zhu Minglang smiled.
Training and making money. Two things at the same time!
That grain of golden sand could greatly alleviate the food crisis!
He accepted the job!
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