Beast Taming Starts from Zero

"Keep it safe for now." Qiao Sang handed the black columnar crystal in her hand to Little Treasure Hunter.

She planned to ask Teacher Michaela what it was tomorrow.

"Searching..."

The little treasure hunter listlessly removed the ring and placed the black cylindrical crystal inside.

Seeing this, Qiao Sang asked, "Qi Yufeng gave you resources, aren't you happy?"

"Searching..."

Little Treasure Hunter revealed a smile that was more like a grimace, and let out a cry of joy.

Qiao Sang chuckled and said, "Stop laughing, it's too fake. I'm going to sleep now. I'll take you to get your screen replaced tomorrow."

"Search, search?"

The little treasure hunter, who had just been listless, suddenly brightened up and eagerly confirmed it.

Should I get the screen replaced tomorrow?

“Yes,” Qiao Sang said as she got into bed.

"Searching..."

Little Treasure Hunter seemed to remember something and called out cautiously.

But the Rain-Praying Phoenix has already provided it with resources...

“I didn’t say that if they give you the resources, they won’t replace your screen,” Qiao Sang said with a smile.

"Search!"

Upon hearing this, Little Treasure Hunter showed an excited expression, floated to the side of its Beastmaster, and happily rubbed its head against its Beastmaster's cheek.

"Okay, okay." Qiao Sang pushed its head away and said, "Use your phone less at night, I'm going to sleep."

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter floated to the side, nodded repeatedly, and considerately pulled the blanket closer to his beast tamer.

Qiao Sang closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep.

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter floated onto the sofa and happily picked up her phone.

Then it seemed to remember something, put the phone down again, and floated out the window.

Even her own beast tamer has changed her screen, so she might as well go train; she prefers training by herself...

……

The next day, early morning.

Qiao Sang got up with a yawn.

As soon as she got up, she saw Xiao Xunbao staring intently at her from the side.

"Good morning," Qiao Sang greeted.

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure grinned and let out a cry.

早~
Qiao Sang got up and went to the bathroom to wash up.

Little Treasure Hunter followed.

Josan looked at it while brushing her teeth.

"Looking around~"

Seeing his beast tamer looking at him, Little Treasure Hunter quickly grinned.

Qiao Sang said helplessly, "You don't need to follow me like this. I haven't forgotten what I said last night. Once the Fairy Jade arrives today, I'll take you to get your screen replaced."

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter's eyes lit up, he nodded, and floated outside.

"So easy to understand..." Qiao Sang thought to himself.

SteelBrick has evolved now, but in Little Treasure Hunter's mind, getting a new screen still seems more important than resources...

This won't do. The mission assessment has already begun, so I need to hurry up and become stronger. I wonder what the black crystal Qi Yufeng gave me yesterday is. I hope it's a material that can increase energy...

After washing up, Qiao Sang left the bathroom.

After half an hour.

In the hotel restaurant.

The waiters were busy setting breakfast on the tables.

“Qi Yufeng came yesterday,” Qiao Sang said.

“I know,” Michaela said, gracefully cutting the bread.

As an S-rank Beast Tamer, she had heard the commotion long ago, but unlike her students, she couldn't understand Qi Yufeng's words immediately. She would only be a background character if she came out, so she stayed in her room without moving.

“It also gave me a black crystal, but I didn’t recognize what it was,” Qiao Sang said, looking at Little Treasure Hunter.

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter noticed its Beastmaster's gaze, quickly removed the ring, took out the cylindrical black crystal that had been placed there yesterday, and put it on the dining table.

Michaela glanced down, his expression hardening slightly, and explained, "This is a curse crystal. Generally, only ghost-type pets with powerful curses have a chance to condense it after death. If a non-ghost-type pet comes into contact with it for a long time or uses it, it will be cursed. However, if a ghost-type pet uses it, it can increase the power of the curse within its body."

So this is called the Cursed Crystal… Qiao Sang picked up the crystal and examined it in the sunlight streaming in from the window.

She wasn't afraid; Ya Bao possessed sacred fire, which could purify even if she was cursed.

Michaela's lips twitched as he watched Josan examine the Cursed Crystal, and he continued his explanation:

"The amount of cursed power within the cursed crystal is determined by the ghost-type pet that condenses it, and only ghost-type pets that have reached the royal level can condense a cursed crystal."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang suddenly felt a burning sensation in his hand and quickly placed the black crystal on the table.

Ya Bao is only at the early stage of the Royal level and has never purified a curse of the Royal level Ghost type pet. It's best not to stay in contact with it for too long as you can be cautious.

"Does the Cursed Crystal have the effect of increasing energy?" Josang asked the question that concerned him.

Little Treasure Hunter looked over.

“Yes,” Michaela said, “but not much. Its main function is to increase the power of the curse.”

“That’s good too.” Qiao Sang smiled.

After absorbing so much Necrophyte in the Soundbird Valley, Little Treasure Hunter's energy has increased considerably. With a little more, it will reach the mid-stage. A beast capable of condensing a Curse Crystal is at least a Royal-level pet, so even if its energy increase isn't significant, it should still allow Little Treasure Hunter to reach the mid-stage, or nearly the mid-stage.

For the latter, simply add points to quickly advance it to the mid-game. Then, by taking the King's Potion, Little Treasure Hunt can reach the late-game King level, resulting in a significant increase in combat power.

Thinking of this, Qiao Sang's appetite was whetted, and she quickly finished off the food in front of her.

……

4:10 pm.

In the open-air training ground, Little Treasure Hunt was training absentmindedly while sensing the movements around him.

When will the spirit jade that my beast tamer promised arrive? This delivery speed is too slow. If I were the courier, I would have delivered it by morning...

Just then, lightning struck down from above.

Little Treasure Hunter instinctively dodged to the side.

"boom!"

The lightning missed it and struck the ground.

After this period of training, Little Treasure's extrasensory perception seems to have improved a lot, and it doesn't seem to be as afraid of lightning as before. After all, if it were before, it would definitely be so scared that it would have used teleportation... Qiao Sang thought calmly.

Suddenly, my phone vibrated.

Qiao Sang realized something, her eyes lit up, she quickly took out her phone and answered the call.

"Hello? Is this Ms. Qiao? You have a package from Blue Star that you need to sign for."

"Where are you now... Okay, I'll be right there."

Qiao Sang hung up the phone.

"Xunxun?" Little Xunbao teleported over, its eyes lit up, and it called out, indicating that the Fairy Spirit Jade had arrived.
Qingbao, who was training hard, stopped what she was doing when Xiao Xunbao suddenly disappeared, and showed a dissatisfied expression.

Upon hearing the conversation, it seemed to realize something, its eyes lit up, and it floated over.

Look how happy you are, even more so than Qingbao! Anyone who didn't know better would think the Fairy Jade was for you… Qiao Sang looked at Xiao Xunbao and smiled, “Yes, I'm going to pick up the package now.” “Xunxun~”

Upon seeing that it was indeed the Fairy Spirit Jade, Little Treasure Hunter immediately showed an excited expression, barked, and indicated where it was so it could go get it right away.

“In the hotel lobby,” Qiao Sang said. “I have to go with you; I need to sign for it myself.”

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter's eyes glowed blue, and he disappeared from the spot with his beast tamer and Qingbao.

In about half a minute, the man and the two beasts returned to their original spot.

The difference is that Qiao Sang now has a package in his hand.

"Qingqing."

Qingbao called out.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp blade formed from wind sliced ​​the package in half.

Qiao Sang took out the box inside, entered the password, and opened it.

A piece of jade with a faint pinkish glow suddenly appeared before my eyes.

"Qingqing."

Upon seeing this, Qingbao's eyes lit up, and it stretched out its paw to touch it.

"Don't touch it now," Qiao Sang said, quickly closing the box.

"Qingqing?"

Qingbao looked puzzled and called out.

“You haven’t reached the energy limit for a general-level being yet,” Josang patiently explained. “If you touch it now, it could trigger evolution, and then you won’t be a perfect evolution.”

As he spoke, he handed the box in his hand to Little Treasure Hunter.

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter quickly placed the box into the ring, then looked at his Beastmaster with expectant eyes.

"Qingqing?"

Qingbao called out, indicating when he would reach the upper limit of the general rank.

"It'll be soon," Qiao Sang said with a smile. "It should be within the next day or two."

Actually, if she didn't need to make a special trip to Jia Kingdom, she would have added the points to Qingbao tonight to help it evolve.

"Qingqing."

After evolving, it will be on the same level as Little Treasure Hunter... Qingbao's eyes crinkled into a smile, revealing a happy expression, and it called out.

At the same time, a cheerful breeze blew around.

“Get ready, we’re going to Jia Kingdom,” Qiao Sang said.

After saying that, she took out her phone and prepared to contact Teacher Michaela.

However, at that moment, Little Treasure Hunter seemed to be injured and took a step back.

Qiao Sang looked up and saw Xiao Xunbao looking at her with a resentful expression.

She suddenly realized something and added, "But before we go to Jia Kingdom, Little Treasure Hunter, come with me to change your screen."

"Search!"

Little Treasure Hunter immediately showed an excited expression and shouted.

……

6:20 p.m.

high in the air.

A dazzling figure was running high in the sky.

Little Treasure sat on Toothpick's lap, happily playing with his phone whose screen had been replaced.

“The Kingdom of Jia is vast; a normal search would definitely not yield the Hidden Shadow Grass within a month,” Michaela asked. “What are your thoughts?”

After pondering for a moment, Qiao Sang said, "I plan to first issue a quest to find Hidden Shadow Grass, and then hire some Ghost-type pets to help with the search."

“Good idea, but you need to screen the Ghost-type pets you find,” Michaela said.

"Why?" Josang asked.

Hidden Grass can only be seen by Ghost-type pets and Beastmasters with Spirit Vision, so what's the point of screening? As long as Ghost-type pets can see it, isn't that enough?
"Because it's said that Hidden Shadow Grass has a fatal attraction for Ghost-type pets," Michaela said calmly. "If they don't have absolute self-control, they might just take it themselves after finding it."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang couldn't help but glance at Xiao Xunbao.

In her opinion, Xiao Xunbao's self-control was somewhat lacking.

Little Treasure Hunter noticed his Beastmaster's gaze, looked up, and grinned.

...Qiao Sang withdrew her gaze and said seriously, "I will carefully screen them."

Then she suddenly remembered something and asked, "Could you help me look for it?"

Jiu Bugu was right beside him, looking up at the moon, radiating loneliness, and seemed not to have heard what he said.

Michaela glanced at Ju Bugu and sighed:
"It's possible, but don't have too high hopes for it..."

"Grind."

Before he could finish speaking, the Dragon King added with a shout, indicating that this guy was thinking about getting rid of his Smiling Eyes Night Spirit nine out of ten minutes a day, and couldn't possibly concentrate on helping you find it.

When the smiling-eyed night spirit was mentioned, Jiu Bugu looked over, but quickly looked away and returned his gaze to the moon.

Michaela nodded in agreement.

How could that be? It still needs to contact the tenth seat itself, and then contact Shi Pante... Qiao Sang pretended to sigh and said, "If I don't complete this mission assessment, I may have to stay on Yan Tian Star for another year and wait until next year to take the assessment again."

This means that if you fail to complete your mission, you will have to stay away from Yantian Star for an extended period of time, and you will also have to wait longer to meet the tenth seat.

"Investigate further."

Jiu Bugu understood the meaning behind the words, turned its head and called out seriously, indicating that it would help search together.

The Dragon King didn't understand immediately and showed a surprised expression.

"Your mind works really fast..." Michaela paused for a moment, looked at Jossan, and secretly admired him.

She is very confident in her abilities and intelligence, but she admits that she lacks the talent to communicate with her pets.

"Thank you," Qiao Sang said.

“Jiujiu.” Jiu Bugu responded and continued to look at the moon.

"How far has Qingyun Nainai's energy reached?" Michaela changed the subject.

She remembered the fairy spirit jade.

"We're almost at the limit," Qiao Sang said.

“When we reach the Kingdom of Jia, we can have it tested,” Michaela said.

"How much longer until we reach Jia Kingdom?" Qiao Sang asked.

Michaela took out her phone and looked at it, saying, "About half an hour."

Actually, both Penjame and Little Treasure Hunt can be directly transported to Jia Kingdom, but the hotel I booked could not be checked in until 7 pm, so I did not come directly.

Searching for a plant in a country is never a matter of aimless searching; one must first thoroughly understand the terrain. Therefore, Qiao Sang was not in a hurry to go there immediately.

Originally, after checking into the hotel, I planned to go out and inquire about the Hidden Shadow Grass, and then find some Ghost-type pets. However, Teacher Michaela said she wanted to test Qingbao's energy, so there was no need to refuse. Perhaps I could just let Qingbao evolve during the inspection; otherwise, if Teacher Michaela saw that Qingbao's energy was already close to the upper limit of a General-level pet, she would definitely have her tested for the next few days, which would be a waste of time searching for the Hidden Shadow Grass… Qiao Sang then suddenly thought of something and asked:

"After absorbing the cursed crystal, will Little Treasure Hunter fall into a long sleep due to digestion?"

Little Treasure Hunter looked over when he heard this.

“No,” Michaela said.

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter's eyes lit up. He immediately took off the ring, pulled out the Cursed Crystal from it, and stuffed it into his mouth. With a "crunch," he crushed it.

Seeing this, Qiao Sang did not stop it.

If taking the Cursed Crystal would cause a long period of slumber, she would definitely wait until the mission assessment was completed before asking Little Treasure Hunter to take it.

“However, after absorbing the Cursed Crystal, there will be a period of time when you will be unable to control the cursed power within your body, and you will want to curse the people and pets around you,” Michaela continued. (End of this chapter)