Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 199 Karl Hatches

Lin Manman then released her eldest son, annoyed that he couldn't control his constant chatter, and gave him a whack on the back of the head.

"You speak to my senior brother's spirit pet like that, and you expect him to teach you spear techniques?"

The eldest brother scratched the back of his head and stole a glance at Fu Mingyuan, "...My wise and mighty teacher would never be such a petty person."

Lin Manman: ……

The way this guy is praising me looks kind of familiar.

"It's alright, let's stop the demonstration here. Now you can come up and try it yourself." A hint of a smile flashed in Fu Mingyuan's eyes, hidden behind his mask.

Shana is proud and vain. It's normal for her to throw a tantrum when she's being beaten by herself in front of an audience.

However, he hadn't expected that it could become friends with Lin Manman's spirit pet.

The eldest brother's eyes gleamed with excitement upon hearing his words. He had already memorized many moves, but without trying them out, he felt he couldn't truly master them.

Fu Mingyuan clearly knew this, so he had it spar with him directly.

Lin Manman was originally looking forward to seeing her boss get beaten up, but then a strange feeling suddenly came from her pet space.

Her eyes lit up. This commotion... it looked like Karl was trying to break out of the eggshell?

The eldest sister had already confronted Fu Mingyuan, and not wanting to disturb them, she pulled Meng Wenbin back.

"What's wrong?" Meng Wenbin asked, puzzled.

"Karl seems to be trying to break through the eggshell, but it's uncertain whether he'll succeed. Teacher, do you have any suggestions on how to help?"

After the two walked a distance, Lin Manman summoned Karl's egg. The jet-black dragon egg was now emitting a faint white light, and the eggshell covered with scales had a slightly protruding part on the side.

This should be the point where Karl is trying to break through.

Meng Wenbin stared at it with a serious expression. "We've tried all the incubation technologies the Spirit Pet Research Institute has, but none of them have worked. I can't think of any other way to help it."

Indeed, it was for this reason that Lin Manman did not choose to incubate Karl in an incubator.

Although the pet space does not have an incubation function, it absorbs energy faster than the outside world. Perhaps for this reason, after absorbing energy for two days, Karl attempted to break through the eggshell for the first time.

Lin Manman could sense Karl's anxiety and frustration through the contract, which made her frown as well.

"Karl, don't rush, take your time, concentrate all your strength on one point. It's okay, if you can't get out this time, just absorb energy for a few more days and try again."

Lin Manman gently encouraged Karl inside the eggshell, and the jet-black dragon egg swayed twice, as if responding to her.

After ten breaths, Karl concentrated his power in one place in an attempt to break through, causing the whole egg to sway in Lin Manman's arms. Lin Manman quickly hugged it tightly and quickened her pace, wanting to return to the manor as soon as possible to settle it.

She wasn't worried that the energy shock when Karl hatched would hurt her, after all, she was already a level three Beastmaster, and she was wearing the soft armor of the Wang sisters.

No matter how monstrous Carl is, he couldn't possibly harm her right after she was born.

The soft armor on her body reminded her of something: the school's training room was said to have an energy concentration several times higher than the outside world due to the energy-gathering array, which might help Karl absorb energy and break out of his shell as soon as possible.

Just then, Karl's second attempt to hatch failed, and the dark dragon egg fell silent once more.

"Teacher, didn't you build a training room in this villa? One with an energy-gathering array?" Lin Manman asked anxiously.

Meng Wenbin pondered for a moment upon hearing this, "Yes, there is... but the energy-gathering array I built is much stronger than the one at your school. If your cultivation level is insufficient, your body may be harmed."

This is also why he didn't tell her that there was a training room built inside the villa.

This training room is for his own practice, so the energy-gathering array is more advanced and can gather more surging energy. If a low-level professional accidentally enters, there is even a risk of being squeezed and exploded.

Lin Manman was somewhat discouraged. Was there really no way to help Karl?

"I can try to take it in, but I can't guarantee the outcome." Meng Wenbin pinched his little mustache, unable to bear seeing her dejected look.

A hint of surprise flashed across Lin Manman's face. "Whether it succeeds or not doesn't matter, as long as safety can be guaranteed."

Meng Wenbin took the dragon egg from Karl, glanced at her, and seemed somewhat dismissive.

If you don't care about the result, why were you so frustrated just now?

"Let's go."

Meng Wenbin led Lin Manman to the basement of the villa. This was the first time Lin Manman had entered the basement since moving in.

Upon entering the underground area, there were three doors that required Meng Wenbin's personal authentication. After passing through a spacious training room, he arrived at a hidden room.

"You can't come in, just wait outside." Meng Wenbin left her with these words, then led Karl into the secret room without turning his head.

After the door to the secret room closed, it blended into the surrounding walls. Lin Manman sat on the floor, feeling like an old father anxiously waiting for his newborn outside a hospital delivery room.

Time stretched out endlessly as she waited anxiously. When the door to the secret room opened again, she looked at her bracelet. Although only half an hour had passed, it felt like two or three hours had gone by.

Seeing that Meng Wenbin came out alone and had no dragon egg in his hand, she was pleasantly surprised, thinking that Karl had successfully hatched. She scanned Meng Wenbin from all sides but could not find Karl hiding.

"teacher?"

Meng Wenbin said with a solemn and regretful expression, "We failed."

Lin Manman's heart skipped a beat. "Then...where's my Karl?"

"It's inside. The energy-gathering array works on it. I've set up a defensive array for it so it can safely absorb energy inside. I'll come back tomorrow morning to check on it."

Lin Manman: ……

"Teacher, can you finish your sentence in one go next time? Your heavy breathing is terrifying!" Lin Manman gritted her teeth in anger; she had just been so frightened that tears were about to fall.

I almost thought I was going to lose my baby!!

Meng Wenbin raised an eyebrow innocently. "You're too nervous. Relax. It's getting late, go to sleep early. Maybe you'll see it hatch tomorrow morning."

Lin Manman nodded helplessly. On the way here, Meng Wenbin had told her about the training room. With her strength, she wouldn't be able to go in and guard Karl.

Although Meng Wenbin could set up a defensive magic array for Karl, it was not applicable to Lin Manman.

Karl himself came from the secret realm, where the energy concentration was naturally higher than in this world. However, Lin Manman was born in this world, so the excessively high energy concentration was like poison to her.

This is similar to how people who have lived at low altitudes for a long time may experience maladjustment when they go to places at high altitudes.

QAQ I'm having writer's block and getting stuck on certain points, it's so frustrating, I feel like dying.

(End of this chapter)