Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 24 I love it even more if it's a boy

"Alright, then let your spirit pet stop using its talent and continue training." Liu Ping's family was not wealthy; they were already struggling to afford his schooling, and there was simply no extra money to support his training.

Rainbow Jade and Ah-Dai were forbidden from using their talents, making their attacks monotonous and difficult.

Ah Dai flew through the air, constantly using wind blades and diving down to attack with his claws, but Liu Ping easily blocked them all with his shield. Since Hong Yu couldn't use her talent, she lost her elusive agility, and relying solely on spatial teleportation to launch tail attacks from different directions was equally difficult to break through her defenses.

The two little ones couldn't break through the defense, but Liu Ping didn't just defend. He took the opportunity to send a sword aura at Ah Dai in the air.

Enraged by the narrow escape, Ah-Dai, whose beautiful feathers had almost been grazed by the sword wind, flapped its wings wildly. Unable to break through its defenses with ordinary wind blades, it concentrated all its wind blades into a single attack.

[The pet Ah-Dai has learned the skill: Gathering Wind Slash: Compresses wind blades into a single slash.]

Lin Manman, who was drinking water while keeping an eye on things, choked and spat out a mouthful of water from her nose. Before she could recover, she heard her spirit pets talking.

"Chirp." Pass this to the person behind him.

"Hiss." Okay.

Lin Manman's eyes widened. These two actually knew how to strategize?

Liu Ping couldn't understand what the spirit pet was saying, but the slash, which was significantly larger than the wind blade, seemed to have considerable power. He quickly raised his shield and activated his defensive skill. However, the slash didn't hit his shield; instead, it suddenly appeared behind him and struck him directly in the back.

Although he had activated his protective skill beforehand, he was still struck and knocked to the ground.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Rainbow Jade used a tail strike to knock away his shield, while Ah-Dai simultaneously swooped down and used his claws.

Liu Ping reacted quickly, leaping to dodge. Ah Dai could fly and was extremely agile in the air, making his sword strikes difficult to land. So, while defending against Ah Dai in the air, he focused his attention on Hong Yu, intending to find a breakthrough with her.

Lin Manman forbade Rainbow Jade from using its talent, which made it very inflexible when sliding on the ground to dodge. When targeted by Liu Ping, Rainbow Jade could only use Hardening to increase its defense and then use its tail to deflect the sword's edge.

Just as Hong Yu was being targeted and dodging left and right in a very sorry state, suddenly streaks of water reflected from beneath her. Hong Yu's movement suddenly accelerated, and even while dodging the attacks, she used the water ripples beneath her to create arrows that shot towards Liu Ping.

[The pet Rainbow Jade learns the skill: Whirlpool: Concentrates water element to form a vortex.]

[The pet Rainbow Jade learns the skill: Water Arrow: Uses water element to create arrows to attack the target.]

[The spirit pet Rainbow Jade activates its racial talent: Swimming: Movement speed is tripled in water-rich environments.]

Lin Manman: ?

Liu Ping: ?

Fang Yaqi: ?

"Little sister, isn't your spirit pet a bit unscientific??????" Liu Ping threw down his sword, completely breaking down on the spot. Even if he couldn't win, it wasn't the real problem; the real problem was that his boast had been refuted so quickly.

Lin Manman quickly called Hongyu and Adai back. Adai, perched on its owner's shoulder, even snorted at Liu Ping. Hongyu, having just learned a new skill, was clinging to Lin Manman, begging for praise.

"Wow, our Rainbow Jade is amazing! It's only been a few days and it's already mastered a new skill. And it's water-based! That's incredible!" Lin Manman promptly showered Rainbow Jade with compliments, and only then did it contentedly curl up on its owner.

After coaxing the two little ones, Lin Manman looked at Liu Ping, whose face was pale, and thought for a moment before saying, "My Rainbow Jade should have been of a higher grade, but it was downgraded because it was injured when it hatched, causing its soul power to dissipate. As for Ah Dai, he is of a mid-grade gold level, and his aptitude is even better." After saying that, Lin Manman glanced at the honey badger who had been watching eagerly from the side for a while. Just by looking at him, one could tell that his grade was not low.

"..." Liu Ping was speechless. "Whose young lady are you? Trying to amuse us ordinary professionals with your extraordinary spirit pets?"

"It wasn't me, I didn't do it, and I didn't expect this to happen." Of course, the original purpose was to improve the combat power of the spirit pets, but the surprise came unexpectedly.

Seeing that although he said that, his tone wasn't very agitated, Lin Manman knew he was just a little discouraged. So she quickly added, "Actually, my original intention was indeed to train my spirit pet for the beginner professional competition in a month. But because the competition format has changed this year, I have another goal: I'd like to find some willing teammates to participate together. I wonder if you'd be interested?"

Liu Ping was slightly taken aback. Why wouldn't he want to participate? He had participated every year during high school, but he was always eliminated in the knockout rounds and never made it into the competition. He had originally planned to give up this year, since he was already in university and still only a Level 2 player. It would be a bit embarrassing to participate in a lower-level competition.

"If you are interested in participating in this year's Junior Professional Competition but do not have teammates, then I sincerely invite you to join us and participate in the team competition with us." Lin Manman smiled and extended her slender white palm to him.

Liu Ping stared blankly at Lin Manman's hand, somewhat dazed, while Fang Yaqi looked at him with hope in her eyes.

"Okay, I'll join." Liu Ping smiled helplessly. He had no chance of qualifying for the individual competition, and the extra team competition this year might be his only opportunity. With his skill level, he estimated it would be difficult to assemble a level 2 team. Oh well, consider it an apology for his three years of high school. Whether he succeeds or fails, this is the last time.

Fang Yaqi was overjoyed; she finally saw hope for her to participate in the competition.

Lin Manman glanced at her. "Don't get too excited. We're still short two people."

"If we really can't find anyone, the three of us can still participate." Fang Yaqi chuckled, now having a mysterious confidence in Lin Manman.

"My sister, you really dare to dream." Lin Manman rolled her eyes.

"I do have two other friends..." Liu Ping seemed to have thought of something, and a hint of malice flashed across his honest and simple face.

"Good brothers should be all together. The beatings I took, they should experience too."

Lin Manman silently mourned for a second for his resentful friends. Fang Yaqi had already jumped up and down; she was already thinking about what position she should lie down in.

Liu Ping went to the side to contact his friends, while Lin Manman took out the spiritual food she had prepared for the three little ones and rewarded them one by one.

"This one belongs to Rainbow Jade. She not only mastered a new skill but also a new attribute—truly remarkable. You get the biggest one. Ah-Dai also mastered a skill, which is also impressive, but because Rainbow Jade not only mastered two new skills but also activated her racial talent, we can only temporarily give up first place to her today. Let's keep up the good work tomorrow and try to catch up..."

Lin Manman was still pushing her child, while Hong Yu was happily munching on spiritual food. At that moment, she opened her mouth wide, and the spiritual food spilled out.

"Hiss." But Master... he's a boy...

Lin Manman's expression cracked; she was utterly shocked.

Her incredibly beautiful, spoiled, shy, and super clingy little darling, Hongyu, is actually not a female snake, but a male snake!!!

As if she knew her gender was being rejected, Hongyu curled up into a ball, burying her head under her body, revealing only a pair of innocent, pitiful pink eyes that looked like they were about to cry.

Lin Manman: !!! !!!

Oh no, I think I love it even more now!

(End of this chapter)