Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 11 Working at the Spirit Beast Shop

Lin Manman was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered that when a Beast Tamer contracts a spirit pet that is higher than their own level, they can receive a reward.

Generally, a higher-level spirit pet naturally possesses stronger soul energy. Cross-level contracts have an extremely low success rate unless the spirit pet's soul is extremely weak, or someone like Lin Manman possesses naturally strong soul power. Failure can also cause damage to one's own soul.

Looking up at the bright moonlight, I was overwhelmed with emotion.

She walked on thin ice all day, racking her brains over many things, rushing around to many places, and somehow stumbled upon over ten million yuan. Afterwards, she even got a promotion without any trouble.

"Rainbow Jade, you must be my lucky star." Lin Manman put the honey badger into her spirit pet space so it could recover from its injuries. She then picked up Rainbow Jade and the Golden-Winged Gale Falcon and gave them a big bite.

Finally, Lin Manman, with a rainbow jade pendant around her neck, a golden-winged swift falcon in her pocket, and two large bags in her hands, walked into the ward. Her smiling mother had no idea what her beautiful and well-behaved daughter had gone through that day.

To reassure her mother and give her confidence, Lin Manman briefly recounted her day's experiences, omitting the fact that she had rescued two spirit beasts on her way back.

She also concealed the fact that she had already reached the level of a second-level beast tamer, fearing that too many surprises would frighten her mother. Even so, this wonderful day kept Lin's mother's mouth agape.

"That's it. I'm going to work at Yaqi's mom's shop tomorrow. I won't give you this million for now; it'll be seed money. I'll give it to you later when I've saved up more." Lin Manman nestled on her mother's shoulder, while Hongyu was also held in her mother's arms.

"You can make the arrangements. Mom is just an ordinary person with limited abilities. Now, you are the head of this family." The emotions in Lin's mother's eyes were very complicated. Just two days ago, her daughter was still a little girl in her eyes, but it seemed that she had grown up overnight and was now able to stand on her own.

"Just leave everything to me. You stay here with your brother and don't worry about the money. As long as we have money, your brother will wake up eventually. Then we'll grow stronger together and go to the secret realm to find Dad. Our family will be reunited."

Hearing her daughter's words, Lin's mother couldn't stop the tears from streaming down her face. At that moment, she truly felt hope for the future; sooner or later, her family would be reunited…

The mother and daughter snuggled together on the bed in the hospital ward's rest room, spending a peaceful and warm night together.

The next morning, Lin Manman bought breakfast for her mother and rushed to catch the public land vehicle. Based on the location given by Fang Yaqi, she found the spirit beast shop where Fang's mother worked.

The spirit beast shop is called Extraordinary Spirit Beast Shop. It is a well-known chain spirit beast shop with branches in sixteen major urban areas of China.

"Manman's here?" As soon as Lin Manman pushed open the door of the spirit beast shop, a middle-aged woman with a round face, short stature, and plump figure came to greet her.

"Good morning, Aunt Fang. Have you had breakfast? I brought you some food." Fang Yaqi comes from a single-parent family. After her parents divorced, she lived with her mother and changed her surname to her mother's.

"Oh dear, why did you bring me breakfast to work? I ate before coming to work." Fang's mother gave Lin Manman a reproachful look. She had heard about what happened to the Lin family and felt very sorry for this sensible child.

"You and Yaqi are good friends; I've practically watched you grow up these past two years. I can't really help with your family matters, but since you're coming to work here, I'll definitely take care of you. Don't be so reserved, okay?"

Fang Yaqi inherited her generous and frank personality largely from her mother, who also disliked formalities. Moreover, Fang Yaqi didn't have many friends; Lin Manman was arguably her mother's favorite.

"Hehe, I didn't buy it on purpose. I bought it while I was buying breakfast for my mom this morning. You can keep it as a snack after you've eaten it." Lin Manman smiled ingratiatingly at Fang's mother and casually stuffed the item into her arms.

"Okay, don't buy it again next time. Come here, let me take you to get your work clothes first, so you can change in and avoid getting them dirty later." Fang's mother couldn't bear to scold her.

Lin Manman followed Fang's mother to get her work clothes and changed into them. Fang's mother then introduced her to two other shop assistants. Currently, the three of them are the only permanent employees in the shop. They are responsible for introducing and selling spirit beasts, accepting customer reservations, and recording requests.

Because a large number of secondary school students will soon be undergoing career awakening ceremonies, a significant increase in customer traffic is foreseeable in the near future. Therefore, we are urgently recruiting summer workers.

After introducing the employees, Fang's mother led Lin Manman to show her the store, where the spirit beasts were divided into three areas based on their living attributes: water, land, and air. Aquatic spirit beasts were the fewest, and most of them were amphibious.

However, it's understandable, since Jinling city is mainly plains, while Xiahai city, where half of the main city is on water, must be the domain of aquatic spirit pets.

"The spirit beasts in the store are all under one year old, and some are even unhatched, so we only need to feed them once a day. Professional cleaners will come regularly to clean them, so the work is generally very easy." After showing Lin Manman around, Fang's mother finally arrived at the hatching area.

"Have all the spirit beasts over 1 year old been sold?" Lin Manman asked, puzzled.

"Spirit beasts older than one year old pose a certain danger, so the Professional Alliance requires that any spirit beast older than one year that has not been contracted must be returned to the Spirit Beast Research Institute. I heard from Yaqi that you awakened your Beast Tamer status on your own?" Fang's mother smiled as she explained to Lin Manman.

"I just woke up the night before last." Lin Manman scratched her head sheepishly.

"Then there are some things you need to know. Most spirit beasts come from secret realms and possess a certain level of intelligence. The spirit beasts we sell in our shop are mostly bred and domesticated by the Spirit Beast Research Institute, so they are relatively safe."

"Spirit beast shops can only accept spirit beasts under one year old or unhatched from expedition teams, and they must also report to the Spirit Beast Research Institute. Spirit beasts older than one year old must be sold to the Spirit Beast Research Institute by the expedition team."

"Spirit beasts that are over 1 year old are already capable of independent thinking and possess a certain degree of attack power, therefore they are not allowed to be sold in spirit beast shops on the market."

"Oh." Lin Manman suddenly realized that in the past two hundred years, as professionals have changed, the rules of this world have also changed.

"This is the final incubation area. Each incubation box will display the specific incubation time. Just come and take the spirit beast out when the time comes."

Lin Manman's eyes lit up upon hearing this. "Aunt Fang, I have a newly contracted spirit beast egg that I can put here to hatch?"

"You've contracted another one?" Fang's mother was surprised, clearly Fang Yaqi had already told her about Lin Manman's first contract with a spirit pet.

"Hehe, I just happened to run into them." Lin Manman couldn't very well say that she had rescued the two spirit beasts by honesty, so she could only laugh awkwardly and brush it off.

"Okay, okay, I won't ask too many questions. It's fine, it's not a big deal, just keep an eye on it yourself. You can explore the rest on your own. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. If I'm not at the bar, I'll be in my office on the second floor."

Fang's mother waved her hand, not minding Lin Manman's perfunctory attitude, and turned to leave after speaking.

The incubator was very easy to operate. Following the instruction manual, Lin Manman placed the Golden-winged Falcon's egg into the central recess of the incubator and then turned it on. The lights inside the incubator turned on, and the instrument's screen displayed the incubation countdown: "6 hours, 12 minutes, and 57 seconds."

Last night, she used the system to check that the Golden-Winged Gale Falcon's incubation time was still over 22 hours. It seems this incubator can shorten the incubation time. "Great!" Lin Manman thought, smacking her lips.

(End of this chapter)