Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 105 You only realize how little money you have when you need it

Xia Ming seemed not to have expected her to ask this question suddenly, and remained silent for a while before slowly beginning to tell her.

"Outside the wall... is a chaotic world, a world where the strong prey on the weak, where there are no laws, no constraints, only barbarity and plunder."

"The relationship between professionals and ordinary people is clearly divided, and the weak can only become the dominated."

"On this eastern continent, apart from the sixteen main urban areas of China, no regime can last long. Countries and powers change very quickly, and many people die every day."

"If one day you go outside the city, remember this: have no compassion, and have none for anyone."

Although Xia Ming's words were concise, Lin Manman was secretly alarmed.

It was only at this moment that she realized that what made the main urban area so peaceful and safe, protecting the many low-level professionals and ordinary people in the city, was not only the sixteen city walls of the main urban area, but also the millions of professionals in China.

I also realized how ridiculous I was when I wanted to just drift through life...

"You're still young, and you need a long time to grow and learn. There are some things you don't need to understand too early." Xia Ming saw that she had fallen silent and thought she was frightened.

"Thank you, Uncle Xia, I understand." Lin Manman smiled slightly.

Yes, our Chinese ancestors painstakingly built city walls, formed alliances, and established new laws and social systems. Wasn't it all to create a safe environment for future generations to grow and cultivate?

The only way for her to live up to the expectations of her Chinese ancestors and the millions of professionals is to work hard and grow.

Today, Xia Ming briefly mentioned the world outside the wall, which served as a reminder to Lin Manman. She knew that she would inevitably have to leave the city when participating in the secret realm exploration in the future, so it was still very necessary to have some knowledge of the outside world and be mentally prepared.

Xia Ming took Lin Manman back to the hospital and then got busy. He didn't contact Lin Manman again for the next few days, and instead sought cooperation from Qiu Xiangjing for any matters.

These past few days, the treasure-hunting rat has been accompanied by her everywhere, with plenty of food and drink and no abuse. It even has a spirit pet to chat with and keep it company. It's living the pinnacle of rat life.

Having spent the past few days together, the Treasure-Hunting Rat had lowered its guard around Lin Manman. It not only told her some information about the Treasure Hunters, but also shared some basic facts about the surrounding forces outside Jinling City.

Lin Manman then realized that the knowledge in the outside world was different from that in the city. For example, in China, children aged fifteen could awaken their profession through an awakening ceremony, and each main city had ten awakening temples.

However, most people in the outside world can only rely on self-awakening, and the awakening ceremony is something that only a very few people are qualified to participate in.

Aside from these two methods, those who wish to awaken their profession can only try their luck in secret realms as ordinary people. However, even in the lowest-level E-rank secret realm, a level 4 professional cannot guarantee a safe return.

Most of those who risk their lives for a way out end up as food for the spirit beasts in the secret realm. Those who survive and awaken their professions are incredibly lucky. Perhaps this is why China has far more professionals than other countries in the Eastern Continent.

After learning about the outside world from Xia Ming and the Treasure-Hunting Rat, Lin Manman was more than once grateful that she was born in China and could spend fifteen years in peace and happiness.

Stimulated by information from the outside world, Lin Manman once again plunged her spirit pets into frantic training, and also took out the skill books she had exchanged after the previous competition to distribute to her spirit pets for them to learn.

Xiao Qi and Hong Yu seem to have naturally strong comprehension abilities, mastering skill books completely on their first try. Most importantly, Hong Yu was taught the domain skill Heavy Water Domain!

In other words, Rainbow Jade perfectly mastered the Heavy Water Domain, which only offered one chance to comprehend! Not a single opportunity was wasted!

After Xiaoqi comprehended the "Growth of Plants" skill, the two extra skill books would directly increase her proficiency when used again, allowing Xiaoqi, who had just learned the skill, to increase her healing range from about one meter to five meters.

Silver Moon's progress was also quite good; she mastered the Ice Arrow Formation using two skill books. After using the extra skill book as an experience book, the combined power of Silver Moon's main body and clone using this skill should be comparable to Amber's Fire Meteor of the same level, much to Lin Manman's delight.

I don't know if it was because his friends performed too well, which put psychological pressure on Ah-Dai or what, but Ah-Dai failed to learn the skill twice in a row and began to doubt his life. He still refused to use the last skill book.

It was only after Lin Manman promised that she would buy it another skill book even if it failed to learn it that it was willing to use the skill to learn.

Fortunately, the two skill books that were used up were not entirely useless. With the accumulated experience, I was able to successfully learn a skill from the third book.

After several setbacks, Ah Dai has completely suppressed his arrogance in front of his friends. Even Xiao Qi, who seems the weakest, will secretly seek out his skills when the other beasts are not paying attention.

On the seventh day after the treasure-hunting mouse was entrusted to Lin Manman for care, Yu Tian finally received news.

The treasure hunter has been secretly taken away by people in the capital. As for the treasure-hunting rat, it will be taken for appraisal and then handed over to a specialized auction house for public auction.

As the treasure-hunting rat was about to be taken away, it eagerly begged to become Lin Manman's contracted spirit pet. Now, it dared not trust anyone but Lin Manman.

However, Lin Manman was worried that the person who released the treasure hunter would continue to look for the treasure-hunting rat, so she did not agree to the treasure-hunting rat's request on the spot.

After all, that person had once let the treasure-hunting rat smell the scent of the treasure. Even if it wasn't for the purpose of continuing to retrieve the treasure, there was a possibility that he might come to silence him.

Although Lin Manman did not agree to the treasure-hunting mouse's contract request, she comforted the mouse and told it not to worry too much, as she would find a way.

Afterwards, she specifically asked Yu Tian about the specific auction process. Yu Tian told her that public auctions like this usually start online and last for three days.

If no one makes a bid within three days, or if the successful bidder changes their mind, the auction will proceed offline.

Lin Manman was pleasantly surprised to hear that she could bid online. She immediately contacted Xia Ming to ask if she could bid on the treasure-hunting rat without revealing her personal information.

This request should have been very easy for Xia Ming, and he answered readily.

Although Xia Ming's help allowed Lin Manman to anonymously bid for the Treasure-Hunting Rat, she didn't expect that when the auction actually started, her net worth would be far from enough!

She considered her own safety, but she didn't consider how attractive the Treasure Rat's talent was to those large corporations and expeditions!

On the first day of the online auction, the auction amount had already exceeded ten million, and it is unknown how fierce the competition will be in the following two days.

Looking at her noticeably shrunken wallet after buying a house and paying for renovations, Lin Manman had a risky idea...

(End of this chapter)