Beast taming, starting from zero point

Chapter 114: CHAPTER 109: The Little Ball Reeds

Jin Feifan’s smile stiffened, and he didn’t know how to respond for a moment.

He’s been found out…

Would his roommate think he actually didn’t welcome her…

Qiao Sang observed Jin Feifan for a while and said seriously, “I’ve got it, you have a bit of frown lines, carrying a naturally sorrowful air. If you shave off the drooping ends of your eyebrows and draw a more upturned shape, that’d be good.”

“Really?” Jin Feifan was taken aback for a moment and asked in a low voice.

“Really,” Qiao Sang smiled. “But we’re just in the first year of high school, it’s a bit early for eyebrow makeup. You look good this way too, with a unique personal touch.”

This roommate is quite like her Pet Beast, both so timid.

While talking, Qiao Sang glanced over the two bedrooms, one of which had already been made up with a bed.

“If you want to stay in this room, I can move my stuff out,” Jin Feifan hurriedly said when she noticed her roommate looking at the bedroom where she had placed her belongings.

“No need, I don’t mind which room I stay in,” Qiao Sang said.

The two rooms were side by side, each with a bed, a desk, a cabinet, and a window, no real difference.

The Fire-Toothed Dog looked around the place it would be living in alongside its Beast Tamer.

It paused as it looked at the empty room and then ran around the living room looking from east to west, but still didn’t find what it wanted.

Not giving up, it then ran into the bathroom and rummaged through the entire dorm block to no avail.

“Ya!”

“Ya Ya!”

The Fire-Toothed Dog, anxious, ran up to its Beast Tamer and started gesturing with its paws.

Seeing the Fire-Toothed Dog’s eager face, Jin Feifan stepped back several paces in a panic.

Oh my, what’s going on, so scary…

Qiao Sang, unfazed, said to the Fire-Toothed Dog, “We’re here to become stronger, it’s normal not to have a TV.”

The Fire-Toothed Dog was taken aback.

Become stronger?

Then whether they had a TV was not that important.

Jin Feifan was a bit slow to catch on.

Is that it?! This is enough to placate a Fire Attribute Beast?!

“This is Xiaoqiu Puba, right?” Qiao Sang said, joining the conversation.

Xiaoqiu Puba, a Grass-type Pet Beast, was a creature with a healing Inherited Skill.

When Qiao Sang was researching her second Pet Beast, she considered it, but the price exceeded her expectations.

Besides, purchasing it directly was out of the question, and without political backing or internal channels, it would be almost impossible to place a reservation.

“Qiu.”

Xiaoqiu Puba, which had been hiding in the arms of its Beast Tamer, timidly turned its head and mumbled in response when it heard someone mention its name.

About 20 centimeters tall, it was green, with short limbs, resembling a large round ball. Its eyes were also green, but slightly red from recent crying, and on its head grew a white dandelion.

The Treasure-seeking Ghost stared blankly at the dandelion on Xiaoqiu Puba’s head as it turned around.

“Yeah, I call it Xiaoqiu,” Jin Feifan said, his smile becoming genuine when mentioning his Pet Beast.

“Xun~”

At that moment, the little Treasure-seeking Ghost floated in front of Xiaoqiu Puba, deftly removing the ring and pulling out milk to offer it.

Qiao Sang blinked, a bad feeling welling up inside her.

Having the Treasure-seeking Ghost with her every day, she was acutely aware that its gifts of milk, except when offered to the Fire-Toothed Dog, were never for free…

“Qiu!”

Xiaoqiu Puba buried its head back into its Beast Tamer’s embrace.

“Xiao… Xiaoqiu, go ahead and take it, the Treasure-seeking Ghost is just greeting you,” Jin Feifan said with a trembling voice.

Oh no, a Spectral-type Pet Beast! It’s so close to her!

“Ya.”

“Ya Ya.”

The Fire-Toothed Dog spoke up for its little brother.

It just didn’t understand why so many people were afraid of such a well-behaved little brother.

The Fire-Toothed Dog had completely forgotten the way it reacted when it first saw the little Treasure-seeking Ghost.

“Xiaoqiu, come on… take it!” Jin Feifan almost cried out.

Mommy, the Fire-Toothed Dog is so close to her too!

“Ball!”

The little ball cried and refused to turn its head.

Seeing that Jin Feifan and the little ball were both backed into a corner, Qiao Sang held back her laughter and said, “Xiao Xunbao, come back. There might not be many bottles of milk left in your ring. If you give it away, there won’t be any for you.”

Startled by her words, Xiao Xunbao paused, rapidly weighing her options in its mind.

Milk versus dandelions…

Food versus fun…

Well, food is more important; running out of milk would not be good.

Xiao Xunbao no longer offered the milk. It opened the cap with its paw and floated back onto Qiao Sang’s head to drink it itself.

Jin Feifan was dumbfounded and forgot how to speak, as if stunned by the sight before him.

Spectral-type pets obedient too…?

…

Qiao Sang went back to her room and closed the door.

All her luggage was in Xiao Xunbao’s ring, and since she didn’t have to study during the training camp, Qiao Sang didn’t ask her mother to send anything over.

After simplifying sorting her room, Qiao Sang lay down on her bed.

Xiao Xunbao glowed blue, and it stretched out two short claws, attempting to use telekinesis to make the Fire-Toothed Dog float.

As Xiao Xunbao was still a few days from being full moon, its telekinesis was not strong enough to make the Fire-Toothed Dog float, but one in every five tries would make the dog’s limbs lift slightly off the ground.

Whenever it managed to lift off the ground, even a little, excited barks would follow.

This was the advantage of having two pets; they could entertain each other.

Otherwise, without a TV and with the Fire-Toothed Dog being so lively, it really might not stay put in such a small room, and she could also have time to do other things.

Qiao Sang pondered while lying in bed.

There were 10 bottles left of the Grade F Energy Recovery Potion, enough for ten more days of high-intensity skill-casting training.

But now that the location had changed, some skills were inconvenient to train, such as Spark and Mars Rain.

Spark’s proficiency was currently (Mystique 14626/20000), and it would only need nine more days of regular training to max out the proficiency.

When a pet beast’s skill reached its proficiency peak, the attribute related to that skill would become stronger.

She was also curious to see how the Fire Element inside the Fire-Toothed Dog would change once Spark’s proficiency was maxed out.

Unfortunately, she couldn’t continue training now.

With Spark’s proficiency reaching Mystique level, its power was different from before, and without a body of water or a river, she dared not let the Fire-Toothed Dog release it.

The school was a public place, and even training on the playground late at night when no one was around seemed risky, for fear that the fire might damage the ground.

It was more convenient living outside. She wondered how she could live off-campus during the school term…

Qiao Sang thought about this problem all night long.

…

The next morning, Qiao Sang walked out of her room with dark circles under her eyes.

“Qiao Sang, you’re up. I bought breakfast for you,” Jin Feifan greeted her courageously from the living room table.

Qiao Sang paused for a long while before walking over to take a look.

Pan-fried buns, steamed soup dumplings, rice balls, crab roe soup dumplings, small wontons, shumai, spring rolls, porridge, tea eggs, fried dough sticks, soy milk…

After a moment of silence, Qiao Sang couldn’t help asking, “Did you buy all this just for us to eat?”

“I didn’t know what you like, so I bought a bit of everything,” Jin Feifan explained softly.

Qiao Sang pulled out a chair and sat down, saying helplessly, “Thanks, but don’t go to such expense next time. Actually, a bun and a bowl of soy milk are enough for me.”

As she spoke, she picked up a shumai and started eating.

Seeing that Qiao Sang didn’t refuse, Jin Feifan said happily, “Got it.”

“What do you want to eat at noon? I’ll treat you,” Qiao Sang said, taking a sip of soy milk.

“At noon?” Jin Feifan hesitated before replying, “Don’t you know? The school has prepared a special group meal for us at lunchtime.”

Qiao Sang was perplexed, “Group meal?”

“Didn’t you check the message in the group?” Jin Feifan asked.

Qiao Sang was even more perplexed, “What group?”

“The group that everyone participating in the training camp was required to join through the official Shengshui Middle School website,” Jin Feifan answered.

Qiao Sang: “…”

Why does this conversation feel so familiar…