050 One month

A blink of an eye, and a month had passed since Hao Zhijian joined Lu Wu and the team.

Speaking of this past month, Hao Zhijian was a mix of snot and tears.

Damn it, these days were truly unbearable.

He was bullied by Lu Wu in various ways.

Almost every other day, Lu Wu found random excuses to beat him up.

At first, Hao Zhijian was bewildered. What exactly had he done to provoke this guy, who bullied him every day out of boredom?

He had tried his best to avoid Lu Wu, but it was of no use.

When he couldn't take the bullying anymore, Hao Zhijian had no choice but to mention it to Li Kai.

He hoped to get some protection from Li Kai.

After all, he was a major client of Li Kai, having spent a fortune.

Not to mention the initial five million, he later added another three million for equipment, without even a guarantee of receiving anything.

Having spent nearly ten million, he didn't expect Li Kai to be partial, but at least to be objective and fair, right?

As soon as he started complaining to Li Kai, Li Kai gave him a sideways glance and said, "Serves you right." This almost pushed Hao Zhijian into depression.

It was Li Chun who, seeing him bullied by Lu Wu every day, quietly pointed out the reason for his suffering.

Maybe, possibly, probably because of Dudu.

When Hao Zhijian first heard this, he scoffed!

Lu Wu bullied him because of that chubby girl?

Ridiculous!

He didn't believe Lu Wu treated Dudu well because he liked her; he thought Lu Wu was using Dudu, interested in her Summoned Beast's power.

So, he believed being bullied wasn't due to this reason alone.

But after observing closely, Hao Zhijian discovered that his bullying was indeed related to this.

That Lu bastard had a huge jealous streak.

Whenever he dared to call out "Dudu," he would get beaten up.

If he got within half a meter of Dudu, it got even worse. Lu Wu wouldn't stop until he had him crying.

Understanding the reason he was being beaten, Hao Zhijian's feelings were complicated.

He realized that Lu Wu truly liked that chubby girl and treasured her, fearing anyone would take her away.

Please, with that chubby girl, who had such heavy taste to challenge Lu Wu for her?

Of course, he didn't dare say this out loud, as it would definitely get him beaten up. He could only keep his distance from Dudu, not coming within a meter of her, and addressing her by her full name.

Even so, he still occasionally got bullied by Lu Wu.

Fortunately, getting bullied wasn't his entire month.

After all, Lu Wu couldn't beat him up all day long.

Lu Wu was also busy. He had to train Little Skeleton, research Summoned Beast cultivation, and work on Summoning Beast equipment projects, only bullying him in spare time.

So, besides being bullied by Lu Wu, Hao Zhijian spent most of his time on Summoned Beast cultivation.

Or rather, on the training plan Li Kai provided for his Frozen Bird's physical to magic system transition.

Honestly, although Lu Wu added him to the team because they needed a money jar and a fat sheep, he wasn't just exploiting him.

In fact, the training plan Lu Wu provided was worth its cost.

Lu Wu didn't just hand over the training plan; he optimized it several times after giving it.

Did you really think Lu Wu bullied him because he was jealous and narrow-minded?

Um, okay, maybe he was!

But besides this, he also needed to understand the Frozen Bird's training progress and optimize the plan accordingly.

Speaking of the Frozen Bird's training plan, Lu Wu had to sigh about what it meant to be wealthy.

Originally, Lu Wu thought spending five million on a training plan was already luxurious, but he realized that the five million was just the beginning once the training started.

Besides the five million, the Hao Family sent over training plans for "Ice Needle" and "Ice Shield" to Li Kai during the training process.

Lu Wu didn't know where the Hao Family got these plans from or how much they spent.

But that wasn't important; what mattered was these plans expanded Lu Wu's knowledge, essentially giving him two free skill training methods.

However, neither Little Skeleton nor Tuantuan were of the Ice system, so they couldn't master Ice Skills. After mastering these skills himself, he could only teach them to the Frozen Bird.

In this regard, Lu Wu had some professional ethics.

He didn't hide anything, learning thoroughly and then teaching Li Kai, who then taught Hao Zhijian.

And since Li Kai took it as a learning opportunity,

He taught Hao Zhijian with utmost patience.

During that period, Hao Zhijian even felt Li Kai had discovered his extraordinary talent and had taken a liking to him.

This made Hao Zhijian feel a bit light-headed.

He thought he was finally about to rise, finally able to stop acting according to Lu Wu's whims, and finally enjoy fair and just treatment.

No longer like before,

Betting three million on uncertain Companion Equipment.

No longer being trampled upon by Lu Wu.

And soon, Li Kai might shift all his affection to him.

When that happens, he would repay all the resentment he had suffered from Lu Wu.

Thinking about this bright future, Hao Zhijian's mentality swelled a bit.

Of course, this small swell wasn't enough to make Hao Zhijian lose control, as he had experienced the harshness of society.

He was quite adept at adjusting his mindset.

He still had his rationality.

He knew victory was within reach and couldn't afford to be arrogant; he had to be low-key and humble.

But the problem was, just as he was adjusting his mindset, trying not to let himself float away, his Frozen Bird, after a month of training, finally mastered "Ice Needle" and "Ice Shield," as well as "Cold Aura."

With these three skills, the Frozen Bird now had five skills and had successfully transitioned from physical to magical.

In other words!

He, Hao Zhijian, was awesome!

At this point, Hao Zhijian couldn't contain himself.

His little heart began to swell, he started to feel the skies clearing, the rain stopping, and he, Hao Zhijian, had risen.

So, joining Lu Wu's team for a month, Hao Zhijian, for the first time, wanted to actively challenge Lu Wu!