Leaving the Principal's office, Ye Qin takes a quick stretch in the hallway then walks out along with Kong Bo. On the way out, Ye Qin's homeroom teacher Mo Qiu dressed in a white jacket and blue blouse along with a matching white skirt that showed off her perky bottom noticed the former and walked past him as he nodded.

"Old man, can you do me a favor?" Ye Qin asked as they walked, "Sure what do you need?" Kong Bo replied as if it were natural.

"I have a list here of materials I need for my monster, call me when you have the materials." Ye Qin said as he sent over a list of materials to Kong Bo's smartwatch.

Kong Bo nodded and looked through the materials as he thought "The kid needs quite a lot of materials huh, isn't his monster a [Common] grade? Why does he need so many Monster cores of each element? Could it be? Another new species? If so the kid is indeed a genius in his field!"

Ye Qin watched Kong Bo who was thinking inwardly and asked: "They aren't a problem for you right?". "No no, of course not. Tell me when you start evolving your monster I want to watch the process." the latter replied.

"Alright, see you." Ye Qin said as he walked off on his own to who knows where.

"..."

Kong Bo then walked out of Qingzhou High at his own pace as he looked around.

…

The next day, Ye Qin calls Wang Tao out as the two boys skip classes and venture off. Arriving at a location with plenty of water from lakes and rivers, Ye Qin says "Fatty Tao, let's battle here".

Wang Tao looked at his best friend puzzled before coming to a realization and replied: "So that's why you brought me here"

Ye Qin nodded as he sent out his monster.

Woosh*

With a flash of gold light, a golden koi jumps into the lake. The biggest reason why Ye Qin is considered trash is because of his Koi, not only is it a common monster, it has almost zero combat ability and to top it off it cannot fight on land and only in the seas though that wouldn't make any difference.

Wang Tao followed and called out his Blackgold Python Tiger. Ye Qin thought "Now how should I do this, my monster currently has zero combat power, to fight against a strong foe is harder than going to heaven. Even if I just let it hit the tiger would it gain any XP?"

He then told Wang Tao to let his Python Tiger stay still without fighting back as Ye Qin told his gold koi to smash its entire body onto the tiger.

Ding! Ding!

[+5 xp]

[+5 xp]

[Gold Koi (10/50)]

"I see, it does indeed gain XP just for hitting a superior monster even without doing any damage, thank god or else even with this I wouldn't be able to do anything." Ye Qin thought.

Ding! Ding!

[Level up]

[Level up]

After spending an hour or two grinding exp, the Gold Koi finally reached level 10 and is finally ready for upgrading and evolution. Wang Tao who had thought his job was over was about to run toward Ye Qin excitedly before a flash of Silver light blinded the former, as a Silver Koi appeared floating atop a nearby lake.

"What!? Boss you… Two monsters!!!!" Wang Tao shouted.

"Oi, you're too loud, keep it a secret for me. Right now you are the only person who knows about this other than I of course." Ye Qin said.

"This… got it! I swear upon our brotherly bonds!" Wang Tao said as he slammed a fist onto his heart causing him some slight pain.

"..."

Wang Tao then ran back to his original position without needing Ye Qin to say anything as the two once again repeated the process of grinding XP for the Koi.

…

After another hour or so, Ye Qin and Wang Tao were wiped out as they sat down and rested for a while. "So boss, what now?" the Wang Tao asked.

"Let's see, I need to wait for the old man to gather the necessary materials before I can increase both monsters' grade and evolve them." the latter replied.

"I see, will it be a new species again?" Wang Tao whispered, though Ye Qin still heard him but didn't utter a word. Suddenly he heard a notification on his smartwatch.

Ding!

[Sender: Kong Bo - The materials are ready to come to this address to collect them when you're ready]

Ye Qin then stood up and said: "Let's go fatty after I evolve them let's ask your father for a temporary pass to the abandoned lands"

The Abandoned Lands was the home of humanity before the world collapsed a millennium ago, those lands now filled with monsters everywhere along with military bases hence given the name 'abandoned lands'.

"Huh? You want to go there already? Isn't it dangerous even with our monsters? Will your parents agree?" Wang Tao asked.

"Yup, but there's another secret I haven't told you yet. Your dad will surely agree once he learns of it. As for my family, I doubt they would care, once my father knows he will convince my mother to let me do whatever I want anyway." Ye Qin said confidently.

"..."

The two then left the area as they headed off to the location Kong Bo had sent them.