Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 136 Little Ba's Unique Taste

"Choo..." The griffin looked down at the girl in front of it. The girl's expression changed from grief and indignation to rage, which surprised the griffin.

"Awoo!" Amber crouched on her forelegs, wary of the griffin.

"Hiss?" Hongyu looked at the griffin with curiosity.

"What was it just saying?" Lin Manman asked Xiao Qi in her arms with a long face.

"Aww~" Xiao Qi replied obediently.

Lin Manman's face twitched involuntarily. Spectacular? Her expression was quite spectacled?

It's not that she can't beat them; she really wants to give the griffin a good beating.

No, she seems to have overlooked a problem!

"Are you Meng Wenbin's spirit pet?" Lin Manman addressed her teacher by his full name without any politeness. Well, when they met again, he wouldn't be her teacher anymore!

"Cheers." The griffin tilted its head, then nodded.

Lin Manman's expression froze. If she remembered correctly, Meng Wenbin was a mage before.

"You...signed a soul contract?"

The griffin nodded again.

Lin Manman fell into deep thought. Ever since she discovered that the system panel showed a first profession, she had wondered if a second profession could be awakened after certain conditions were met.

It seems that breaking through level nine is probably the condition for awakening a second profession.

"You...girl, is this your spirit pet?" Zhao Gui hesitated for a moment before asking hesitantly.

If this griffin were her spirit pet, she wouldn't have needed to come to their village for help at all; she could have broken through the encirclement of the beast tide on her own.

Lin Manman's train of thought was interrupted. She noticed a hint of suspicion in Zhao Gui's expression and then she realized what was happening.

Having such a powerful spirit beast, yet not using it immediately when danger struck, must have made the people of Zhao Family Village suspicious of her ulterior motives.

"It's not my contracted spirit pet. Before I left home, my teacher gave me some things to protect myself. It was just for training purposes, and he didn't tell me exactly what they were. I only just found out that one of them was a spirit beast."

Even with a level nine griffin around, she had no need to fear the people of Zhao Family Village.

However, as a teammate who had just gone through thick and thin with her, and who had shown her kindness and protection, she should explain herself properly, both morally and logically.

Zhao Gui's face showed a look of sudden realization. He had thought that this girl only had the strength of level three, so how could she possibly sign such a powerful spirit pet?

Moreover, if she had known about such methods beforehand, she would have had no reason to seek refuge in Zhao Family Village.

"Uncle Gui, this is not the time to chat. The spirit beasts on Second Master's side haven't stopped attacking yet." The female warrior who rushed to Zhao Zixu's side to protect him after he was injured spoke anxiously.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Gui slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "Right, right, right! Let's hurry and help them!"

"Um...girl, could you please help me?" Zhao Gui had only taken two steps when he suddenly looked at Lin Manman pleadingly.

If Lin Manman is willing to help, with the level nine griffins around, they can quell the beast tide more quickly and reduce many casualties.

"Of course, Uncle Gui, you go ahead first, we'll be there shortly."

Lin Manman nodded to him. Whether she could return to Jinling afterward might depend on whether the people of Zhao Family Village could help her inquire. Now was a good time to curry favor with them.

While the group from Zhao Family Village headed towards the western city wall, Lin Manman spoke with the griffin about the current situation, hoping to get its help.

"Cheers!" The griffin flapped its wings, readily indicating that there was no problem.

Through Xiao Qi's communication, Lin Manman also learned that the griffin's name was Xiao Ba...

She couldn't help but glance at her own little Qi, then at the griffin that was nearly four meters tall. Hmm, it seemed quite destined to be with her little Qi...

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Xiao Ba!" Lin Manman carried Xiao Qi and climbed onto Yin Yue's back, then led the Honey Badger, Amber, and Rainbow Jade westward.

With a flap of its wings, Xiao Ba flew down from the top of the wall and began clearing away the remaining spirit beasts along the outer perimeter of the city wall.

Upon reaching the western city wall of Zhao Family Village, Lin Manman was shocked by the devastation before her eyes.

It turns out that there is more than one level eight spirit beast, the Wind Shadow Leopard; there is also a level eight Thunderfire Two-Headed Dog to the west.

This two-headed dog's attack power is even greater than that of the Wind Shadow Leopard. The other level seven warrior from Zhao Family Village whom we saw earlier has now lost his left arm and half of his body is charred black.

Thanks to the priest's relentless and continuous treatment, and his own strong will, he did not collapse and continued to fight the Thunderfire Two-Headed Dog.

Fortunately, Zhao Gui and his team arrived in time to provide support; otherwise, this level-seven warrior would likely be in grave danger today.

Lin Manman quickly asked Xiao Qi to help the priest with the treatment. Although it was impossible for his hand to grow back in a short time, stopping the bleeding and healing the more serious injuries would ensure that his life was not in immediate danger.

With more priests and the addition of Xiao Qi, the level seven warrior recovered quickly.

With Zhao Gui joining the fight, the two level-seven warriors barely managed to withstand the attack of the Thunderfire Two-Headed Dog.

As Xiao Ba's group cleared out many spirit beasts through killing or frightening, the people of Zhao Family Village gradually gathered on the west wall.

After the number of people increased, three more level-six warriors formed a three-person team and jumped down from the wall to help.

Just then, Little Eight the Griffin cleared out most of the other spirit beasts around and finally arrived in the west.

The Thunderfire Two-Headed Dog reacted even faster than the Wind Shadow Leopard, turning tail and running away the moment it saw Hachiko.

However, the level nine griffin had an absolute advantage in the air and quickly flew back with its corpse in its arms.

"Chirp~ Chirp~" Xiao Ba threw the corpse of the Thunderfire Two-Headed Dog back next to Lin Manman, spread its huge wings, and seemed to be very happy.

Lin Manman initially thought it was happy because it had won a fight, but through Xiao Qi's translation, she realized it actually wanted her to grill meat for it!

Lin Manman's eyes widened in shock.

Generally speaking, most spirit beasts that like to eat meat also prefer to eat raw meat.

Is this a griffin that prefers to eat cooked food?

It's not that spirit beasts can't eat processed food, but rather that unprocessed raw meat retains more energy, allowing it to be digested and absorbed by the beast itself after consumption.

"You... have quite a unique taste... But, it's not that I'm trying to help you, I really don't know how. Let me ask someone else if they know how to grill meat..."

Lin Manman didn't understand, but she respected it.

But while I respect her, the problem is that she herself doesn't know how!

Now we can only hope that someone in Zhao Village knows how to roast some meat for it, and that Xiao Ba, being its savior, will be able to do so.

When she turned to look at the Zhao family, they were carrying the corpses of their clansmen out of the battlefield. The words stuck in her throat, and she couldn't say them.

The spirit beasts retreated, and the village was saved, but the people of Zhao Family Village did not smile; instead, they remained silent and somewhat numb.

They have experienced such beast tides many times before, and have lost many loved ones.

Because this is the norm in their lives, each of them has lost the ability to shed tears of pain.

They knew that tears would be useless, and that perhaps in the near future, they themselves would be lying there.

Zhao Gui instructed the sorcerer Zhao Ziyan to take Lin Manman back to the village to rest first. He and the village elders would first bury the deceased clansmen and then clean up the corpses of the surrounding ferocious beasts and spirit beasts.

Lin Manman put the corpses of the Thunderfire Two-Headed Dog and the Wind Shadow Leopard into her spatial bracelet, appeased Xiao Ba's dissatisfaction, and then followed Zhao Ziyan into the village.

(End of this chapter)