Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 156 A Dog Relying on Its Master's Power (Thank you for the monthly ticket, Purple Robe, and thank you to everyone who voted for monthly tickets)

"Xiaoyu, what's the relationship between the Wang family and your master?" Lin Manman asked Wu Jingyu while keeping a close eye on the increasingly tense atmosphere between the two sides.

Wu Jingyu was taken aback when he heard this. "On the surface, things are alright, but right now, among the ten families, apart from the Mei family which is relatively neutral, the relationships between the other families and the alliance are quite tense."

Meng Wenbin naturally belongs to the alliance.

Lin Manman nodded inwardly. Well, that's good. Anyway, their relationship wasn't exactly good, so she wasn't worried if she really offended him later.

"Excuse me, I'm interrupting you. If you keep arguing like this, that two-winged saber-toothed tiger over there might die," Lin Manman said, leaning closer to the manager and the salesman surnamed Yao.

The salesman surnamed Yao and the manager exchanged a glance, somewhat surprised that she suddenly interrupted. However, after her reminder, they had a chance to stall for time and quickly picked up the conversation.

"What the young lady says is true. Please wait a moment. Since you want to return the goods, you should at least ensure that this two-winged saber-toothed tiger doesn't die, right? I'll go find someone to treat it right away."

When the manager turned around, he gave Lin Manman a grateful look, then turned back to find someone to treat the two-winged saber-toothed tiger, while also trying to buy time to report the matter.

Although their pet market is low-key, it has considerable influence behind it, enough to handle even a young master from a collateral branch of the Wang family.

Unfortunately, she hadn't taken two steps when she was blocked by a wall of fire. The scorching heat made the manager's expression change drastically, and she quickly raised her hand to summon a large-eyed anchovy wrapped in water bubbles.

Under the manager's command, the big-eyed anchovies sprayed water to extinguish the fire wall.

Lin Manman, who was standing to the side watching the show, widened her eyes slightly. She had been so focused on watching the show that she hadn't noticed that the manager was also a beast tamer.

"What do you two mean by this?" The manager's smile vanished as he turned to look at the tall, thin level-five mage.

That wall of fire was unleashed by the opponent.

"What I mean is, you're not going anywhere until this is resolved." The mage arrogantly raised his hand, flames leaping in his palm.

"Gentlemen, gentlemen! Let's talk this out. Our manager just wants to find someone to treat this spirit beast, oh dear..."

When the salesman surnamed Yao saw that these two scoundrels were actually attacking the manager, he was so anxious that he quickly put his hands together in an attempt to appease them. However, he was pushed to the ground by the short, fat soldier.

"Who do you think you are? You think you're qualified to negotiate with us?" The short, fat soldier spat on the salesman surnamed Yao.

Although these words were directed at the salesperson surnamed Yao, they were clearly meant for the manager's ears.

Lin Manman, who had been quietly watching the show from the sidelines, felt a surge of disgust and anger.

This saleswoman surnamed Yao is just like her family in the past, just like the millions of people from the lower classes struggling to survive. In order to live in this world where the strong are respected, they have to do everything they can.

Mr. Lin was willing to bleed and risk his life in the secret realm for the sake of his family. Although this salesman surnamed Yao was not in mortal danger, working at the cost of his dignity was also a form of risking his life.

And what about these so-called upper-class people? They can easily disregard the rules, act unreasonably, and even arbitrarily humiliate those weaker than them.

Oh, these two can hardly be considered real upper-class people; they're just lackeys of those upper-class people, dogs relying on their masters' power.

Lin Manman stepped forward to help the fallen salesman up, and glanced indifferently at the short, fat soldier who was about to lash out.

"What a coincidence, I happen to have a spirit pet that has healing skills, so I'll do a good deed and help you save your spirit beast first."

The salesman surnamed Yao was naturally very grateful, because if things really came to a head, at least the spirit beast being alive would minimize the loss.

With Lin Manman's intervention, the tense atmosphere that had just been tense eased, and the manager expressed his gratitude to Lin Manman.

However, she couldn't figure out what Lin Manman's intentions were, so she remained somewhat wary of Lin Manman.

The short, stout warrior and the tall, thin mage exchanged glances, wanting to step forward to stop her, but this time Lin Manman was not the salesperson she had been before.

Before the short, stout soldier could even reach Lin Manman's hand, it was violently slapped away by another, much thinner but stronger hand.

"Take your dirty hands off."

Lu Xia, a female level seven warrior who had been closely following Lin Manman, released the pressure of a level seven warrior, causing the two who were about to make trouble to change their expressions drastically.

His gaze toward Lin Manman turned to one of surprise and uncertainty.

Seeing that Lin Manman was an unfamiliar face and he couldn't recognize which family's daughter she was, he turned to look at Wu Jingyu, who was not far from her and had obviously come with her.

Wu Jingfeng is a low-key person, and Wu Jingyu rarely appears in public. Few people in the top circles of power in the capital can recognize her, let alone her two lackeys.

The more they couldn't figure out Lin Manman and her companion's background, the more panicked they became.

But their panic wasn't just about that; there was also the real reason they didn't want the saber-toothed tiger to wake up.

However, with the two level-seven warriors blocking their way, they couldn't do anything and could only watch helplessly as Lin Manman summoned Xiao Qi.

The two-winged saber-toothed tiger was covered in too many and too varied wounds, including both internal and external injuries, and it was also poisoned.

Xiao Qi spent a long time hoarsely using her skills to heal the more serious internal injuries and external wounds of the two-winged saber-toothed tiger, and also purified the toxins. However, rebuilding its wings and teeth would take time.

After finishing her work, Xiao Qi, panting and whimpering, told Lin Manman what had happened.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you for your hard work, Xiaoqi." Lin Manman took out a meatball to reward it. Since Xiaoqi leveled up, it can eat more meal replacement meatballs every day.

"When will it wake up?"

As Lin Manman was speaking, she heard the two-winged saber-toothed tiger exhale a heavy breath and slowly wake up.

Seeing that it had woken up, Lin Manman's covetous heart began to beat as well.

Struggling to suppress her overly eager gaze, she turned to the female manager and whispered, "Alright, I've rescued the two-winged saber-toothed tiger for you. Perhaps you can ask it if it was because it refused to sign a contract with Young Master Wang that he was injured."

Why would someone who believes they have a chance to become the heir of the Wang family, one of the ten most powerful families in the world, insist on signing a contract with a spirit beast captured in a secret realm, even though they know it's dangerous?

Once he truly becomes the heir to the Wang family, what kind of resources won't he have? With the Wang family's power and wealth, mythical-level spirit beasts might not be easy to find, but legendary-level spirit beasts shouldn't be difficult to obtain.

Why would this young master Wang risk his promising future for a mid-level legendary spirit beast?

A fleeting look of surprise crossed the manager's face; she hadn't considered this possibility before, but she wasn't stupid.

With Lin Manman's reminder, she thought of many things. So she recalled the Big-Eyed Anchovy and summoned a Three-Eyed Snow Leopard.

Lin Manman was slightly surprised when she saw the three-eyed snow leopard. This three-eyed snow leopard was not of high rank, only high-grade silver.

However, it has a talent ability called "Welcome of All Beasts", which can increase the favorability and trust of spirit beasts towards it.

Come to think of it, whether it's wild spirit beasts in secret realms or wild spirit beasts in the wild, they all look down on spirit pets that are driven by beast tamers through contracts.

In addition, this two-winged saber-toothed tiger was forcibly captured from the secret realm, sold several times, and suffered such severe injuries that it almost died.

It would be a miracle if they were willing to answer their questions under such circumstances.

(End of this chapter)