Beast Taming Starts from Zero

"Hello, I'm here to redeem the reward for first place in the Pet Free Points Battle Tournament." After arriving at the designated redemption window, Qiao Sang said as she handed over her and Ting Bao's ID cards.

There are many competitions on Yantian Star, and the beast tamers or pets that come here are basically the champions, runners-up, and third-place winners of some small or medium-sized competitions, so redeeming the champion's reward is not a particularly eye-catching thing.

However, quite a few passersby and their pets still took a look.

Because Ya Bao and the others had never seen their appearance before.

After verifying his identity, the staff led him to a large gate. He entered the password, opened the gate, and respectfully said:
"Thunder Dragon's prize energy pool is inside. It can be used for one day. I will notify you in 24 hours."

Qiao Sang's heart skipped a beat, and she asked, "To what extent can a mid-level pet absorb energy from the energy pool inside?"

24 hours—Lu Bao and Gang Bao had never spent this long soaking in the energy pool before.

"If the energy in the energy pool is fully absorbed, it can evolve a mid-level pet into a high-level pet," the staff member replied.

Qiao Sang: "..."

What?! I thought that after using it for such a long time, there would be a lot of energy inside. But if I fully absorb it, I can only evolve to a higher level. This energy pool is probably diluted...

However, even if the energy pool here can allow intermediate-level pets to absorb energy to the level of advanced perfection, it doesn't seem to have any effect on Tingbao.

After all, Tingbao hasn't shed its skin for the third time yet, so it's impossible for it to evolve so quickly.

Qiao Sang led Tingbao inside, and the door closed.

What comes into view is a pool of water that looks like a small swimming pool.

Qiao Sang already had experience with letting pets soak in energy pools, and calmly gave instructions:
"Once you go in, just focus on absorbing the energy into your body. Don't remove the Everstone. When you can no longer absorb energy, don't force it; just come out."

"Tingting".

Tingbao nodded and called out, then twisted its body and flew headfirst into the energy pool.

Qiao Sang sat down on a nearby bench, then suddenly remembered something, took out her phone, opened a live streaming app, and searched for Xiao Xunbao's newly created account.

Little Treasure just started its live stream, so there probably aren't many people or pets watching. I can pretend to be a netizen to give it some confidence.

Little Treasure Hunt is currently live streaming.

When Qiao Sang clicked in, she saw the scene where the little treasure hunter's claw emitted a rich white light and split the rock in front of it in two.

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter grinned and cried out.

The screen was filled with comments praising it.

It seems I was worrying too much… Qiao Sang’s lips unconsciously curled up.

Unbeknownst to her, Xia Lala, who resembled a fresh cattail, floated to the edge of the energy pool and dipped a short toe in to feel it.

"Xia Xia..."

Xia Lala glanced at Tingbao, who was absorbing energy, and suddenly a green light appeared on her fingertips.

The next second, the entire energy pool rippled with a faint green light.

"Tingting?"

Tingbao stared blankly at the energy pool that suddenly glowed green, then forgot to continue absorbing it.

"Ya Ya!"

Ya Bao, who was controlling the clone training, noticed this scene and quickly called out to remind his beast tamer.

Qiao Sang looked up and was momentarily stunned when she saw green ripples appearing in the energy pool. Then, looking at Xia Lala, whose claws were reaching into the energy pool, she asked in surprise:
"Xia Lala, what's going on?"

She wasn't too worried, nor did she try to stop her. Given Xia Lala's high-class demeanor and personality, she certainly wouldn't do anything to harm Tingbao.

"Xia Xia."

Sharara withdrew her paw from the energy pool, turned her head and cried out, indicating that there were some impurities in the energy pool, which would slow down the absorption of energy. She had just been removing the impurities so that Tingbao could absorb the energy faster.

"Ya Ya!"

Ya Bao called out, offering to help translate.

Removing impurities... Qiao Sang paused, then looked at Ting Bao.

Tingbao received a look from her Beastmaster and immediately understood what she wanted her to do, so she continued to circulate and absorb energy.

Energy several times more concentrated than before surged into his body instantly.

"Tingting!"

Tingbao exclaimed with a look of surprise.

It's so much faster!

"What kind of skill is this?" Qiao Sang asked, her eyes lighting up.

"Xia Xia."

Xia Lala thought for a moment, then called out, indicating that it could be considered purification.

If it can be considered purification, then it means it's not entirely purification... Qiao Sang's heart stirred, and she thought of Lu Bao's purification skill.

Lu Bao can purify, but it only purifies water sources. In general, any liquid mixed with other substances will become pure water once it is purified.

Even an energy pool full of energy will become ordinary pool water without energy after purification, which is somewhat different from the purification that Xia Lala is talking about now.

Is this a unique ability of Xia Lala, or will she also possess this ability after Lu Bao's purification proficiency reaches the ultimate level?

Various thoughts flashed through Qiao Sang's mind.

However, she quickly realized that the purification ability that Xia Lala mentioned was probably not the purification that Lu Bao possessed.

After all, the current Sharara is not the Sharara from a hundred years ago. It is a newborn Sharara, which has only been born for a short time and cannot possibly possess highly proficient purification skills.

It seems the only thing to do is ask Teacher Michael what kind of skill this is… Josan gathered his thoughts, looked at Sharara, and sincerely said:

"Thank you."

"Xia Xia."

Sharara blushed, feeling a little embarrassed, and exclaimed that it was nothing.

"That's really great!" Qiao Sang laughed. "Is there anything you want to eat? I'll buy it for you tonight."

"Xia Xia."

After thinking for a moment, Sharara let out a sweet meow, indicating that it didn't want to eat, but wanted to buy some flowers and plants.

"Buy it!" Qiao Sang said boldly, "When we go to the planting base later, just tell me what you like."

After spending time together, she learned that Xia Lala preferred plants with roots to brightly colored flowers that had been trimmed in flower shops.

"Xia Xia."

Xia Lala's eyes crinkled into a sweet smile.

"Ya Ya!"

At this moment, Ya Bao looked at the energy pool and called out.

Qiao Sang looked in that direction and saw that the pool water was swirling towards Ting Bao in a vortex, with Ting Bao at the center.

At the same time, the color of the energy pool is fading at a rate visible to the naked eye.

When energy surges into its body, Tingbao's scales shimmer slightly.

The speed at which energy was absorbed had increased significantly... Qiao Sang's expression faltered slightly.

Although she had only come into contact with the energy pool twice before, she already had a pretty good understanding of it.

The lower the level of the pet, the slower it absorbs energy from the energy pool.

At Zhao Tingbao's level, he shouldn't have been able to draw all the energy into a vortex.

Thinking this way, she didn't say anything to disturb them.

Tingbao was focused on absorbing the nutrients, and his expression even showed some enjoyment, clearly indicating that he was on the right track.

Time passed by minute by minute.

After about an hour, the water in the energy pool had completely cleared. Suddenly, the Everstone flashed with a white light.

Qiao Sang noticed something and looked up sharply, only to see Ting Bao swaying back and forth in the energy pool, drowsy, as if he was about to collapse at any moment.

"Tingting..." Tingbao looked at his beast tamer and called out wearily, indicating that he could no longer absorb anything.

Then, with a swift movement, it attempted to fly towards its own beast tamer.

However, just as it was moving forward, an even stronger drowsiness struck, and a feeling of lethargy enveloped its entire body.

Tingbao could no longer hold on; he closed his eyes and fell down peacefully.

Qiao Sang reacted quickly, waving his hand to retrieve it into the Beast Taming Manual.

"Ya?"

Seeing this, Ya Bao looked puzzled and called out.

Is Tingbao about to shed its skin again?
"It should be." Qiao Sang controlled her excitement and nodded.

Tingbao has shed its skin twice, and Teacher Yakelin has come twice as well. She has also read related books, so now she has a pretty good understanding of pet molting.

The shedding of a pet's skin symbolizes its growth.

Over time, when it reaches a certain stage of development, it will shed its skin.

After undergoing some kind of physical and mental hardship, it will shed its skin.

When the energy reaches a certain level, it will also molt.

The Everstone that Tingbao was wearing just now lit up, which means that it has absorbed energy to the peak of its current stage. With so much energy accumulated at once, it is entirely possible that it will meet the conditions for shedding its skin.

"Let's go, let's go back quickly." Qiao Sang said, picking up the fresh-faced Xia Lala and walking towards the door, opening it.

Ya Bao followed beside him.

As a room for storing energy pools, the entry and exit of any living organism will be monitored in real time.

Qiao Sang had only taken a few steps when a voice she had heard not long ago sounded behind her:
"Miss Qiao, what brings you here? Is there anything you need?"

Qiao Sang looked in the direction of the voice and saw the staff member who had brought her in earlier.

The staff member was a little puzzled. The reward from the energy pool was already considered very valuable among the prizes of the competition. Generally speaking, beast tamers would not leave their pets' side while they were soaking in the energy pool, for fear that something might go wrong.

But the beast tamer in front of him, he remembered that the other party's thunder dragon had only been inside for a short time, it seemed that less than two hours had passed.

“There’s no need. Tingbao has already absorbed all the energy.” After saying that, Qiao Sang turned and left gracefully.

"It's all absorbed?" The staff member was taken aback.

My first reaction was: It's clearly a dual-attribute pet of both dragon and electric types, yet it could only absorb for such a short time.

The next reaction was: If they came out so quickly, wouldn't there still be a lot of energy left in the energy pool?

Thinking of this, the staff member's heart raced, and he looked slightly excited. After looking around and seeing no one or any pets, he quickly walked towards the direction where the energy pool was located.

As a platform that hosts prizes for competitions of all sizes, there's still a fair amount of profit to be made.

For example, some rewards that cannot be carried around and must be used immediately.

If the prizes are not used up and cannot be taken away, the Beastmaster may try to find a way, but most of the pets will simply leave, and the remaining prizes will be divided among the staff.

Energy pools are one type of prize.

This prize is extremely rare; it only comes around once every few years.

Although it was just an energy pool for intermediate-level pets to absorb, he happened to have an intermediate-level pet!
With great excitement, the staff pushed open the door to the energy storage pool as if they were doing something wrong.

Despite this being the unspoken rule, he wanted to keep it all to himself and didn't want to share it with anyone else.

However, when he saw the energy pool inside, he was dumbfounded.

What's going on? Why is this energy pool as clear as water?
Isn't this what it looks like when all the energy has been absorbed?
……

Villa, living room.

"Teacher, is Tingbao going to shed its skin again?" Qiao Sang asked.

Michaela withdrew his hand from the inspection, stood up, and nodded slightly: "That's right."

Absorbing a large amount of energy will shorten the time for dragon-type pets to enter the molting state ahead of time. This is common sense, so she wasn't as surprised as she was the previous two times.

After saying that, she took out her phone and skillfully contacted Jacqueline.

After sending the message, Michaela casually asked, "When are you taking Thunder Dragon to the energy pool today?"

“Just an hour ago,” Qiao Sang said.

Michaela was taken aback: "Thunder Dragon only soaked in the energy pool for an hour?"

Qiao Sang hummed in agreement, then, as if remembering something, said:
“Tingbao doesn’t absorb energy very quickly in the energy pool by itself, but after Xia Lala helped remove the impurities from the energy pool, its energy absorption speed increased significantly.”

Michaela was taken aback again, looking at Sharara in astonishment: "Remove impurities?"

"Xiaxia." Xia Lala nodded.

"What kind of skill is this?" Qiao Sang asked curiously. "Xia Lala said it can be considered purification, but I always feel that this skill is somewhat different from purification."

Michaela remained silent for a long time, then looked at Sharara with a complicated expression and said:
"It's absorption."

"Absorb?" Qiao Sang was stunned.

Grass-type mid-tier skill absorption?
Xia Lala looked over.

“It’s not the mid-level skill absorption that everyone knows about, but a much rarer kind of absorption.” Michaela said in a deep voice, “Although it’s also called absorption, its function is completely different from absorption that can absorb other people’s energy. This kind of absorption absorbs harmful substances.”

"Harmful substances?" Qiao Sang suddenly realized something and looked at Xia Lala anxiously, asking with concern:

"Will absorbing these substances cause any harm to Sharara?"

"Xia Xia."

When Xia Lala saw the human in front of her looking worried for her, she was stunned for a moment, then her eyes crinkled into a smile and she called out.

Don't worry, it won't happen.

"Ya Ya," Ya Bao called out from the side, helping to translate.

It said no.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang breathed a huge sigh of relief.

It's good that it won't cause any harm to the body.

Michael couldn't understand Sharara's words, and neither Penjami nor the Dragon King helped translate. He spoke in a calm voice:

"This absorption ability, which can absorb harmful substances, is classified as a super-tier skill by the Alliance. This skill can absorb harmful substances from any item, such as low-level potions. Most potions are low-level because they are not pure enough or contain impurities. If the harmful substances are absorbed using the absorption skill, the overall level of the potion will increase."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang's expression changed slightly, and he instantly understood why this skill was classified as a super-tier skill.

The price of potions is expensive, and the price can increase several times over for each higher grade.

Michaela continued, "There are also harmful substances in the human body, and this absorption can completely remove these harmful substances."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang instinctively looked at Xia Lala.

Xia Lala happened to look over as well.

Their eyes met, and they both saw a restless desire in each other's gazes.

Qiao Sang sat cross-legged on the ground and said with a slightly excited tone:

"Quick, help me absorb it."

"Xiaxia." Xia Lala had the same thought and immediately stretched out her paw to touch it.

Michaela's eyelids twitched, and he stopped her:
"Wait, I haven't finished yet!"

Qiao Sang and Xia Lala looked over at the same time.

Michaela slowly exhaled, his expression solemn, and said:

"Research indicates that pets possessing the super-tier skill Absorption, and having used this skill multiple times, generally have shorter lifespans than other pets of the same species." (End of Chapter)