Beast Taming Starts from Zero

She pressed the speakerphone button.

A deep male voice came from within:

"I am Lei Da."

Qiao Sang fell silent.

Steel Treasure also paused for a moment, then flapped its wings and turned to leave the room.

This name is so sloppy, I'd think it was chosen by a pet... Qiao Sang suppressed the urge to complain, turned off the speakerphone, put the phone to her ear, and asked, "When can you come over?"

“I can come anytime,” the deep male voice said, “but before I go, I’d like to change my payment.”

“What do you want?” Jossan asked.

The reward for the mission she just posted is 10 Alliance Coins per day.

Yantian Star is sunny all year round, and it rarely rains or thunders. Beastmasters and pets who can make the weather rain, snow, or thunder are extremely valuable. It takes a lot of money to get them to change the weather once. However, Qiao Sang added 10,000 to 20,000 Alliance Coins on top of the general market price so that beastmasters or pets could accept the mission more quickly.

“I’ve actually been following you for a while now. You’re quite famous in the curse purification circle,” the man said. “I want you to help me purify a curse.”

As he spoke, he said with a wry smile, "I sent you a private message before, but unfortunately you didn't reply."

Beastmasters can view their success rate, completion status, completed tasks, and the other party's evaluation of quests through the official software of the Beastmaster Center, unless they have set it to be hidden.

So you were following me before, no wonder you accepted the mission so quickly… Qiao Sang asked, “What curse?”

After several days of practice, Ya Bao has successfully mastered both the ability to purify curses and the ability to attack, and can skillfully use them separately without making mistakes.

“The Curse of Aging.” The man said in a deep voice, “My pet beast is cursed with aging. It looks like it’s aged several years every day. If possible, I hope you can pay me first. No matter how many days of thunder you want, I will do my best to cast it for you.”

The Curse of Aging is one of the more malevolent types of ghost-type curses. The target of this curse will age at a visible rate every day, and will die when they reach the point where they cannot age any further.

I had seen this curse before when I was looking for a quest to purify curses, but it seemed too evil and too difficult, so I didn't accept it.

She hesitated for a moment, then said honestly, "I can't guarantee that the purification will be successful."

After all, this level of evil curse has not yet been purified.

"It's alright, you're already the beast tamer with the highest purification success rate I've ever seen." The man quickly said, "As long as you help me purify it, I'll complete this task for you regardless of whether it succeeds or not."

“Okay, then come over now.” Qiao Sang gave the address of the villa.

"I'm coming right now," the man said, and hung up the phone.

"Ding dong~"

Half an hour later, the doorbell rang.

Qiao Sang, who had been waiting in the living room, got up and went to open the door.

A man who looked to be around fifty years old stood at the door with a yellow bird pet with very sparse feathers and wearing a miniature shrinking bracelet.

Thunderbird, a king-level pet with dual electric and flying attributes, loves thunderstorms. Unfortunately, such weather is rare on Yantian Star, so they are often in low spirits. However, they often create thunderstorms on their own to cheer themselves up. If you encounter thunderstorms, it is not necessarily natural weather, but rather because a Thunderbird is nearby... Qiao Sang recalled the information about the yellow bird pet in front of him.

"Hello, I'm Lei Da," the man introduced himself.

"Lei Lei," the thunderbird called out.

Its voice sounded very old.

"So the Thunderbird was cursed with aging?" Qiao Sang asked.

The signs of aging in most bird pets are not visible on their faces, but some bird pets will have very few feathers as they age.

Lei Da gave a heavy "hmm": "It has been cursed for a week. During this time, I have sought out many beast tamers and pets who specialize in removing curses, but none of them have been able to remove the curse."

He didn't underestimate the girl in front of him just because she looked like she was only a teenager. The information he found on the Beast Taming Center software clearly stated that the person in front of him was a B-level big shot.

"Come in first," Qiao Sang said, stepping aside.

Lei Da and Lei Yu Niao walked into the living room.

Before they could even sit down on the sofa, Ya Bao walked in and called out:
"Ya?"

Who wants to purify?
After the other party accepted the task, Qiao Sang mentioned the purification to Ya Bao.

Ya Bao glanced at Lei Da and Lei Yu Niao, and finally his gaze settled on Lei Da.

Without a word, it opened its mouth, and golden flames instantly appeared deep in its throat.

Its own beast tamer said it was an aging curse, and in its eyes, this human looked rather old.

"Leilei!"

The Thunderbird was startled and quickly stood in front of its beast tamer.

“Ya Bao.” Qiao Sang’s lips twitched. “It’s not him who needs the curse purified, but the Thunder Bird.”

Ya Bao didn't know who Thunderbird was, but in front of him was only a human and a pet beast.

It turned its gaze to the yellow bird pet blocking its way.

"Leilei..."

Even though the royal-level pet beast was just looking at it calmly, the Thunderbird still felt a strange fear and couldn't help but cower and take a step back.

"Don't be afraid," Lei Da reassured him. "It's just a pet that helped with the purification."

He knew about the B-rank expert in front of him and had seen the evaluation of the mission completion. He knew that the pet that purified the curse was a fire-type pet.

Thunderbird paused for a moment.

Just as it was stunned, Toothpick unleashed a burst of golden flames, which landed entirely on Thunderbird.

"Leilei..."

Thunderbird initially tensed up instinctively, then revealed a comfortable expression.

Upon seeing this, Lei Da showed a tense expression.

Toothbone kept his mouth open, maintaining the sacred fire.

After about three minutes, the flames disappeared.

The Thunderbird felt its light body. It paused for a moment, hopped around a couple of times, then looked at its Beastmaster with an excited expression and cried out:
"Leilei!"

Its voice was crisp and clear, completely unlike its previous aged sound.

Lei Da, not knowing what he had heard, also showed an excited expression and began to pick up Lei Yu Niao, shouting "Great! Great!"

"Is it completely purified?" Qiao Sang looked at Ya Bao with a questioning gaze.

"Tooth."

Ya Bao nodded and called out.

Although it took a little longer, it seems that even a curse as evil as Tooth Treasure can be purified... Qiao Sang looked at Lei Da and said, "The curse has been lifted, can you help me with the mission now?"

Lei Da put down the Thunder Bird and nodded, "Of course!"

As he spoke, he looked embarrassed and continued, "There's something I might not have made clear before: the lightning weather created by Thunderbird can only last for half a minute."

Qiao Sang: "???"

Seeing the strange expression on the B-rank boss's face, Lei Da quickly added, "But once the thunderstorm is almost over, Thunderbird can continue to use it."

Qiao Sang's expression softened, and she smiled, "It's alright." Lei Da breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this and asked, "How long do you need the thunderstorm to last?"

"It should only take about a minute," Qiao Sang said.

The main issue is that it takes time to ascend to a high altitude to swallow the lightning.

"Should we perform it right here?" Lei Da asked.

Rain, snow, hail, and thunder are relatively rare weather conditions on Yantian Star. Many beast tamers get tired of looking at the sun and will call on their pets that can change the weather to perform near their homes, while they stay at home and enjoy the show.

“No,” Qiao Sang said, “we have to go to Gaoqiu Mountain.”

Gaoqiu Mountain? Lei Da was taken aback: "Isn't that the territory of the fragrance moth?"

He remembered that the scent moth was afraid of lightning.

“It’s the territory of the scent moth,” Qiao Sang said.

Why would a rank B- lord scare the scent moths with thunder and lightning? Does he have a grudge against them? But that doesn't seem right. With the strength of a rank B- lord, dealing with a group of scent moths would be a piece of cake... Lei Da thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out. He didn't ask any more questions and said, "Let's go. I can go now."

"Lei Lei." The thunderbird nodded and called out, indicating that it was ready as well.

"No rush, let me call my pet back first." After saying that, Qiao Sang called out, "Qing Bao."

She could summon Xiao Xunbao and Tingbao back directly, but Tingbao is currently in a competition, and it wouldn't be good to summon him back during a battle.

"Qingqing."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qingbao appeared beside him.

Lei Da was stunned for a moment when he saw the pet that suddenly appeared.

Although he couldn't recognize what kind of pet it was, it was clearly an extremely rare one.

"Is your clone currently following Little Treasure Hunter and the others?" Qiao Sang asked.

She remembered that Qingbao was also in the room just now.

"Qingqing." Qingbao nodded.

The wind had already told it where the little treasure hunters were.

“Call Xiao Xunbao and Tingbao back,” Qiao Sang said.

"Qingqing." Qingbao called out obediently, then focused on controlling the clone.

About three minutes later, Xiao Xunbao appeared out of thin air with Tingbao.

"Tingting?"

Tingbao couldn't wait to call out, indicating that it was time to quickly collect points.
"Before you go, practice holding your breath for one minute," Qiao Sang said calmly.

"Tingting".

Tingbao didn't understand, but Tingbao did as instructed.

Lei Da's gaze fell on the score recorder worn by the dragon-type pet in front of him, and he instantly understood what was going on. He asked:

"Are you trying to defeat a swarm of scent moths and accumulate points?"

Qiao Sang hummed in agreement.

She hadn't intended to keep this a secret.

“But thunderstorms can only change the weather; they can’t make lightning attack the Scented Moth,” Lei Da suggested. “How about I have the Thunderbird hide in the clouds and secretly use other lightning skills?”

Despite the various restrictions on the Pet Free Points Battle Tournament, the competition venues are spread throughout Huachang City, so there is still a lot of room for maneuver if you want to accumulate points quickly.

Generally speaking, contestants will arrange to meet their opponents in a venue that is advantageous to them.

He also had a mid-level pet registered for the Pet Free Points Battle Tournament, so he naturally knew the ins and outs of it.

He originally wanted his pet to get the most points, but he later found that the top-ranked contestants were all manipulating their scores to some extent, and he couldn't compete with them, so he gave up after the first month of the competition.

Goodness, even more ruthless than me… Qiao Sang’s lips twitched slightly as she said, “There’s no need for that.”

“But you went to all that trouble to have your pet unleash lightning weather, you must be trying to get first place in the points, right?” Lei Da couldn’t help but say, “I heard that the top three pets in the points are ridiculously high. The third-ranked Swaying Grass is said to be the most talented in the entire species. Their entire species has made deals with many other grass-type and insect-type species, and they specifically sent weaker contestants to help Swaying Grass gain points.”

"If the competition wasn't so formal, with records and referees watching the whole process, making it difficult to fix matches, I guess Sway Grass could have accumulated more points."

"The second-ranked Firepower Monkey is truly powerful. It possesses the characteristic of solar power, making it virtually invincible among pets of the same rank as long as there is sunlight. It can perform at its peak performance no matter where it competes in Huachang City."

"However, a pet battle club behind it recognized its talent and sponsored it with energy recovery fluid, which is why it can fight so many battles every day."

"The number one ranked Garuda is not only strong, but also has a group of Bug-type minions. Those Bug-type minions have given it countless points. If it weren't for the rule that you can't fight the same pet again after winning, Garuda's score would probably double again."

Qiao Sang listened silently, then, holding a different opinion, said:
"I don't know about other pets, but the Earth Dragon would never use its Bug-type minion to farm points."

Even Thunderbolt wouldn't fight the Earth Dragon a second time, so how could it possibly keep using a weak pet to farm points?

Lei Da was taken aback: "You recognize it?"

“Tingbao has fought against it before,” Qiao Sang said.

Lei Da's gaze fell upon the dragon-type pet he didn't recognize. Just as he was about to ask who had won the competition, Tingbao took a deep breath and cried out:
“Tingting…”

It couldn't hold on any longer...

“It’s been a minute.” Qiao Sang, who had been keeping track of the time, said, “Let’s go now.”

After saying that, he instructed, "When you fight the scent moth later, remember to hold your breath."

"Tingting".

Tingbao's eyes lit up, and he nodded vigorously.

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter remembered the coordinates he had set earlier. His eyes glowed blue, and he disappeared from the spot with the group of figures in the living room.

……

Gaoqiu Mountain.

Standing on the mountaintop, Qiao Sang looked around but didn't see many fragrant moths.

"How are you going to convince so many scent moths to come out and fight?" Lei Da asked.

Qiao Sang looked at Xiao Xunbao and said, "Take out Xiang Wanli."

Fragrant Thousand Miles, an item bought on Super Star, can spread a rich fragrance around, attracting pets that like fragrance.

When the salesperson introduced the product, they said that any pet that likes fragrance would be attracted to it. Even if only a little bit was sprayed, a pet that likes fragrance might be able to smell it from thousands of miles away and come all the way here.

If it were as miraculous as the salesperson claims, then just spraying it with Xiang Wanli would attract all the scent moths from the entire Gaoqiu Mountain.

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter called out, took off the ring, pulled out a brown bottle from it, and teleported into the air to spray it in various directions.

Before long, the branches and leaves of the mountain rustled and swayed, and groups of pet beasts suddenly emerged from the ground, in the grass, in the trees and in the air, and gathered together.

Besides the scent moth, there are all sorts of other species.

Holy crap, so many pet beasts… Qiao Sang’s expression changed slightly as she looked at the pet beasts gathering from all directions. (End of Chapter)