Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 12 Making Money Through Cooperation

After settling the Golden-Winged Gale Falcon, Lin Manman returned to the lobby. Seeing few customers and no sign of Fang's mother, Lin Manman quickly and furtively activated the system to perform a thorough scan of the spirit beasts in the shop.

Unfortunately, after checking all the spirit beasts in the spirit beast shop, only two met the requirements for bloodline awakening: a high-level bronze-grade megalodon with a high-level legendary moon-devouring dragon bloodline and a low-level bronze-grade iron-skinned frog with a high-level gold-grade green-eyed toad bloodline.

The probability of a low-level Megalodon awakening into a mid-level Silver-grade Silvertooth Megalodon is 100%. The probability of a mid-level awakened low-level Gold-grade Gorgonback Tiger Shark is 70%. The probability of a high-level awakened mid-level Gold-grade Whale Devourer is 50%.

The Iron-skinned Frog's low-level awakening has a 100% probability of becoming a Medium-level Bronze-backed Poisonous Frog. The Medium-level awakening of a Low-level Silver-level Insightful Toad has a 90% probability. The High-level awakening of a Medium-level Silver-level Green Poison Fire Toad has a 70% probability.

The spirit beast shop currently has over thirty spirit beasts for sale, but only two meet the requirements for bloodline awakening, which is quite a low probability. Lin Manman was a little disappointed; Fang's mother had said that another batch of spirit beasts would be delivered in a few days, and she hoped that more of them would meet the requirements.

Now that she has a goal, she's facing a problem of how to monetize her upgraded spirit beast. According to Aunt Fang, spirit beasts that don't come from the Spirit Beast Research Institute need to be registered, and how is she going to explain where her upgraded pet came from? If she exposes her talent, she won't be able to go to school, and she won't even be able to live a peaceful life.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up. She remembered Qiu Xiangjing, the vice-captain of Lin's father's team and also Lin's father's good friend. Perhaps he would be willing to help, no, cooperate with her! Thinking this, she didn't hesitate and immediately sent him a message, hoping that he could help her buy the two spirit beasts from the spirit beast shop. She also transferred the 600,000 yuan for the purchase to him.

Qiu Xiangjing arrived quickly and, as Lin Manman requested, pretended to be an ordinary customer and purchased the two spirit beasts from her.

On her first day at work, Lin Manman successfully closed two deals and received a lot of praise from Fang's mother, to which Lin Manman could only smile awkwardly.

During the lunch break, Lin Manman told Fang's mother and rushed to the materials store to buy the materials needed for the awakening of two spirit beasts before heading to the restaurant where she had arranged to meet Qiu Xiangjing.

"Manman, over here." Qiu Xiangjing waved to Lin Manman from a secluded corner.

This was exactly what Lin Manman wanted; the secluded corner where no one was looking was perfect for a conversation.

"Uncle Qiu, I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting." Lin Manman put down the package she was holding, panting.

"It's alright. I don't have any tasks lately, and I'm just at home with plenty of free time." Qiu Xiangjing looked at Lin Manman and thought of her father, feeling a pang of guilt.

"I just learned about your brother's situation yesterday, and I was planning to visit him in the hospital today when I received your message. Since you sounded quite anxious, I came over first. Just tell me what's wrong, and I'll definitely help if I can."

Lin Manman sat down, took a sip of water, removed the mimicry-like Hongyu from her neck, and fed it a water lily fruit. "Uncle Qiu, you and my father have always had a very good relationship, and you are also my father's most trusted friend. I hope you can keep what I say today a secret."

As soon as Hongyu was taken off, it broke free of its mimicry and happily circled around the water lotus fruit in Lin Manman's hand. The well-informed Qiu Xiangjing understood many things the moment he saw Hongyu, and upon hearing Lin Manman's request, he couldn't help but start to speculate.

"My brother's condition is not good. His soul is injured and can only be slowly healed. It costs more than 50,000 Chinese yuan every day to keep the equipment running, and the doctor can't say for sure when he will wake up. As you can see, I have also awakened the Beastmaster profession at this time. Not to mention the cost of schooling in the future, the spirit pets and their food are also money-burning."

"I still have 800,000 yuan in savings here, all my money. I'll give it to you first. I'll think of something else later." Qiu Xiangjing frowned. He had heard that Lin Ruochen was injured, but he never expected that it was a spiritual injury. Priests can heal both physical and mental injuries, but there is no effective treatment for the soul.

"Uncle Qiu, I appreciate your kindness, but it's just a drop in the ocean for us. The reason I asked you to come here today is that I hope to cooperate with you and make money in the long term." Lin Manman's smile towards Qiu Xiangjing became more genuine.

"That's why I awakened my talent at the same time as I awakened my profession."

Before he could finish speaking, Qiu Xiangjing jumped up, his eyes wide, and asked, "What did you say? You've awakened a talent?"

"Yes, the reason I had Uncle Qiu buy these two spirit beasts today is because of my talent. My talent can help spirit beasts improve their rank, but I can't figure out how to sell them after they've been upgraded."

Qiu Xiangjing stared wide-eyed for a long time before slowly exhaling a breath of stale air. "So you want me to sell it to the spirit beast shop under the name of the expedition team?"

"Uncle Qiu is really smart, he understands right away." Lin Manman chuckled.

Qiu Xiangjing lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then called over a waiter and asked to be upgraded to a private room.

When only the two of them remained in the private room, Qiu Xiangjing looked at Lin Manman and said, "Why don't you try to upgrade these two spirit beasts first?"

Lin Manman had the same idea. To achieve long-term cooperation, it was necessary to establish a certain level of trust. This was also the intention when she asked Qiu Xiangjing to buy the spirit beast.

She took out the materials she had prepared beforehand, all of which were for advanced awakening, and she even prepared double the amount in case of failure. Then she put the Iron Frog on the table, brought up the system interface, and clicked on the option to awaken the Iron Frog's bloodline.

Qiu Xiangjing couldn't see the system, so in his eyes, his little niece pointed at the materials in the air, and the materials turned into a ball of energy that rushed into the iron frog's body.

Then, right before his eyes, the metal frog with its metallic sheen swelled up dramatically, growing from the size of a palm to the size of a basketball. Its metallic skin turned a mix of blue and red, and its black pupils became blood red. A faint red glow could be seen as it moved its mouth in and out.

Species: Green Poison Toad

Grade: Mid-level Silver

Level: 1

Status: Juvenile (1 months)

Bloodline: High-grade Golden Jade-eyed Toad (Extremely High)

Skill: 1. Poison Resistance: Immune to all poison-related negative effects, and greatly reduces poison damage.

2. Spraying poison: The saliva sprayed out is poisonous.

3. Fire Breath: Spews out fire-attribute gas, causing damage. (Upgradeable)

4. Devouring: Using the tongue to wrap around prey and swallow it whole.

Basic attributes:

Qi and blood: 70

Spirit: 60