Beast taming, starting from zero point-Chapter 138 - 133: Body of Flame
Chapter 138: Chapter 133: Body of Flame
Xiao Xunbao Ghost was then drifting toward the courtyard from inside the house, following the scent.
Qiao Sang got up and followed behind, curious about what sort of smell could appeal to the Xiao Xunbao Ghost.
In the corner of the wall, the pet beast’s ears, rippling like water, twitched slightly, immediately sensing someone approaching.
The next second, two bubbles hanging under its nostrils burst open, and it leapt into the water splashed out by Spark’s attack, dissolving completely and vanishing from sight.
If one looked carefully, they would notice that the patch of water was slightly larger than before.
“Xun?”
...
The Xiao Xunbao Ghost stopped.
Huh? Where did the smell go?
Not giving up, the Xiao Xunbao Ghost sped up and drifted outside the courtyard, sniffing around.
“Xun…” It tilted its head, looking somewhat confused.
It’s really gone…
Qiao Sang came to the side of the Xiao Xunbao Ghost and looked around, seeing nothing but 15 Flame Listening Dogs.
Was it possible that the Xiao Xunbao Ghost smelled something outside the wall?
If that was the case, its sense of smell seemed much sharper than before.
Qiao Sang suddenly realized that tomorrow would mark one month since Xiao Xunbao’s arrival, which meant it was time to start training with Yaobao.
The Xiao Xunbao Ghost was still regretting the loss of the pleasant scent, not realizing that its days of lying flat were over…
10:33 PM.
Qiao Sang, after taking a shower, lay on the bed browsing the data in the Beast Taming Codex.
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Spark (Mystique 15532/20000). It was the first time Yaobao, having evolved into a Flame Listening Dog, engaged in a long session of Skill release training.
Without using an F-grade Energy Recovery Potion, the 15 doppelgangers could use Spark an average of 60 times each, directly adding 900 to Spark’s proficiency.
This was not the limit. Had Yaobao not been using both ends of its brain, with part of its attention on the TV, and if it hadn’t squandered too much spiritual power, the proficiency could have increased even further.
With a thought from Qiao Sang, the Beast Taming Codex turned by itself to the page about the Treasure-seeking Ghost.
[Level: Beginner (255/1000) +]
Different from Yaobao, Xiao Xunbao Ghost seemed to have higher talent, which was why its level points automatically increased by 3 each day, just like the Concentration Beads increased by 5 points similar to the Condensing Fire Bead.
After drinking the Dark Liquid Specter, it gained an additional 40 points to its level, leading Xiao Xunbao Ghost to accumulate over 200 points in a month without any training.
If left unchecked and allowed to play, it would evolve into an intermediate-level Treasure-seeking Demon in three months.
This was the advantage of high talent and resources.
If talent was lacking and resources were poor, even training hard for a month might not achieve the current level of Xiao Xunbao Ghost.
Qiao Sang’s gaze moved downward.
[Skill: Tongue Licking (Beginner 1/100) +, Hypnotism (Beginner 1/100) +, Dream Eater (Beginner 1/100) +, Barrier (Beginner 1/100) +, Telekinesis (Beginner 23/100) +, Teleportation (Beginner 11/100) +]
Xiao Xunbao Ghost currently possessed 6 skills, with all but Dream Eater being train-able without a specific target.
After some thought, Qiao Sang decided to focus on training Hypnotism, Dream Eater, and Telekinesis first.
She preferred offense over defense.
Hypnotism, combined with Dream Eater, were a nauseating pair of skills for disturbing opponents, and adding Psychic Control, it would be difficult to find a match among same-tier pet beasts.
But Dream Eater needed a target to work.
Whom to practice on…
…
August 6th.
Xiao Xunbao Ghost’s one-month anniversary.
Qiao Sang awoke abruptly to the sound of screams.
“What’s happening! What’s happening!” Qiao Sang sat bolt upright in bed, her heart missing a beat.
Was it a fire at home or what?
“Yaobao!!!”
Following the sound, Qiao Sang saw Yaobao, completely drenched, standing beside the bed, wailing with tears streaming down.
Seeing her awake.
Yaobao’s mouth puckered, the sound abruptly stopped, and in the next second, the tears in its eyes multiplied and its cries grew even more pitiful.
“Yaobao!!!”
“Yaobao!!!”
Qiao Sang stared blankly for a long moment, she had never seen Yaobao cry so miserably before…
She tried hard to piece together the sequence of events.
“Are you saying you woke up to find your whole body wet?”
“Yaobao!”
Yaobao nodded its head in aggrieved agreement.
Qiao Sang fell into thought, Yaobao didn’t sleepwalk, so it couldn’t have been playing with water while unconscious.
Of course, it would be even less likely to play with water when it was awake.
Although Xiao Xunbao, the Treasure-seeking Ghost, was naughty, it wouldn’t engage in such pranks.
Even if Yaobao had peed in its sleep, it was unrealistic to think the urine would have drenched its whole body, right? Who would wet their entire body with urine?
If it wasn’t any of those things, then where did the water come from?
After thinking for a long time with no conclusion, Qiao Sang turned her head and asked Xiao Xunbao, “Did you see what happened?”
Xiao Xunbao didn’t love sleep, so it might have seen something.
“Xunbao.”
Xiao Xunbao shook its head while drinking milk.
It hadn’t seen anything.
“Yaobao!!”
Yaobao’s ears drooped, and it wore a face that suggested a loss of all hope to live.
Qiao Sang understood Yaobao’s current psychological state, it inherently disliked water, and coping with it while conscious and emotionally prepared was one thing.
But waking up to find oneself covered in the very substance one hated was potentially crushing.
It’s like some people hate cockroaches.
Ordinarily, if awake, you’d avoid them at all costs, but waking up to find yourself covered in cockroaches would probably lead to a breakdown.
That said, Qiao Sang still found it somewhat amusing to see Yaobao so downcast simply because it was wet.
“Yaobao, you now have a fire body; you can simply dry yourself off,” Qiao Sang said helplessly.
“Yaobao…”
Yaobao stopped its pitiful cries abruptly, staring blankly at its Beast Tamer, and then it felt itself.
The next second, the red stripes on its body and the red fur on its feet burst into intense flames, engulfing its entire body.
Before long, the flames dissipated, and a Flame Listening Dog with a dry and smooth coat appeared before Qiao Sang.
The fire body trait could be activated at any time, although it only had a chance of inflicting burn effects on an opponent when hit by an attack as they closed in.
But this didn’t prevent its use in everyday life.
“Yaobao!”
Yaobao excitedly spun around in place, looking at itself.
The water was gone!
But soon, it fell into a new confusion.
Why hadn’t its own Beast Tamer told it that the fire body could be used like this after its bath a few days ago…
Qiao Sang knew what Yaobao was thinking just by looking at its expression.
She felt a bit guilty; she had just forgotten about it…
To prevent Yaobao from continuing to dwell on this issue, Qiao Sang cleared her throat and said, “Try using your touch-knowing ability to see if you can recall how the water got on you.”
The touch-knowing ability allows one to sense past events that have happened to a person or object through touch.
She had always wanted to properly test it out, but had not found the right opportunity at the school.
“Yaobao!”
Yaobao nodded seriously and immediately forgot what it had been thinking about just a moment ago.
