Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 51 The Living Yama

"Stop pretending! You said you'd prove yourself with your skills, but you're just lying to me!" Han Yue felt that his opponent could have won fair and square, but instead chose to use tricks to toy with him, which was clearly an insult to him!

Lin Manman felt wronged upon hearing this, "How is that not considered strength? You're allowed to have a full set of level three equipment, but I don't have any strength when I wear protective gear?"

Han Yue choked, then roared in anger and embarrassment, "Then why are you apologizing?"

Lin Manman suddenly remembered that she had come to apologize, and quickly composed herself. "I'm sorry! I shouldn't have provoked you on purpose. I really didn't expect you to be so petty."

Upon hearing this, not only Han Yue's expression changed, but also the expressions of the onlookers, including the referee. Was he here to apologize, or to infuriate someone?

"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it that way. I really came here sincerely to apologize. Just because you helped my honey badger learn a new skill, I couldn't have come here to upset you. Hey? Hey... what's wrong?"

Seeing Han Yue faint again from Lin Manman's anger, the medical team quickly carried him off the stage with expressions that said, "Are you a devil?" Han Yue's teammates glared at Lin Manman but dared not say anything before leaving.

Lin Manman looked innocently at her teammate. She was genuinely grateful to the other party for helping Honey Badger learn the skill! That was a domain-level skill! This gratitude made her feel guilty about using underhanded tactics to provoke the other party.

Fang Yaqi opened the live stream webpage and showed it to her, her expression complicated.

"Shrimp and pork heart, my little sister."

"My god, this is hilarious. This guy is like a living Yama!"

"Alright, alright, I feel sorry for the Han family's kid. He'll be furious even if he's not beaten to death."

Lin Manman: ……

Anyway, no one will believe her now that she's sincerely apologizing.

"Pfft, hahaha... The living Yama, hahaha... I'm dying of laughter."

After winning the match, Lin Manman returned to Xu Yuemei and Qiu Xiangjing's side. Xu Yuemei lost interest in watching the match and couldn't stop smiling at her.

"Auntie, stop laughing." Lin Manman covered her face, looking like she had died and was utterly devastated.

She was now filled with regret. If it weren't for the honey badger's mastery of a domain-level skill, which had clouded her judgment with joy, she wouldn't have rushed off to apologize to Han Yue.

Now everyone thinks she deliberately went to provoke Han Yue, and they've even given her the nickname "Living Yama."

She was too embarrassed to watch the next two matches while enduring the audience's teasing gazes, so she secretly slipped back to the hotel by herself.

Back in her hotel room, she immediately released her beloved spirit pets; Honey Badger had suffered quite a bit today. Even with Xue Songwen and Fang Yaqi's timely treatment, it was still in pain.

Lin Manman prepared a large amount of spirit beast meat and spirit food for them to reward them well.

"Hiss." Boss, how are you?

"Chirp." Are you alright?

"Ouch." Is the injury fully healed?

"Waaah." Do I need treatment?

"Ouch." Does it hurt?

Seeing everyone gather around Honey Badger with concern as soon as they came out, Lin Manman felt very gratified. Although Honey Badger and Ah-Dai, this pair of sworn enemies, liked to secretly compete with each other, Silver Moon preferred to hang out with Amber, the new little sister, and Rainbow Jade and Little Seven liked to stick to her, they still cared for each other very much in their hearts.

"Hoo." It's okay, I'm completely healed!

The honey badger patted his chest and, adopting the air of a leader, began to instruct his younger siblings.

"Roar." As a spirit pet, battles are inevitable. Don't be afraid of getting hurt and dare not charge into battle. Only by bravely facing danger can you become stronger!

"Hiss." The boss is right!

After Hongyu responded, her friends all expressed their agreement.

Wow, I hadn't realized! This honey badger has the potential to be a top student; it's worth nurturing. Lin Manman stroked her chin, pondering to herself.

After Lin Manman distributed the spirit beast meat and spirit food to her friends, she also came over and sat down to begin a new round of brainwashing.

"The honey badger is right; only by bravely facing danger can we break through. But when facing danger, we must assess our own capabilities and not act recklessly. If we are strong enough, we will be more at ease when facing danger. This requires us to train harder and improve and accumulate our skills."

"Of course, working hard alone doesn't necessarily guarantee improvement. Everyone can learn from each other, share their skills and insights, and learn from one another. Even if you don't learn new skills, you'll gain more combat experience and know how to deal with the same skills when you encounter them."

"Do you all understand what I mean?" Lin Manman looked around and saw that her friends all had a look of conviction that made sense, and smiled with satisfaction.

The spirit pets quickly finished their food and then huddled together, chattering away.

After a while, Xiao Qi sadly snuggled into Lin Manman's arms. It seemed that none of the skills were suitable for it, and it couldn't understand them at all.

Lin Manman touched the sad Xiao Qi, thought for a moment, and then opened her smart bracelet to contact her second senior brother.

"Is this a tree spirit?" Upon receiving Lin Manman's message, Gao Zhixian immediately called her on video.

Seeing the little girl she was holding in her arms, he couldn't help but push up his glasses.

"Yes." Meng Wenbin had just given it to her on a whim.

"Tree spirits are a rather special kind of spirit beast. Unlike other spirit beasts that rely on sexual reproduction, they are more like pure elemental life forms, with one generation dying before the next is born. Therefore, as they grow to different stages, they will naturally learn the skills of their species. If you want it to learn more skills, you can consider buying spirit beast skill books for it. However, you should also know that skill books do not guarantee that it will learn skills 100% of the time."

Lin Manman's face lit up with joy. She knew that her second senior brother, who studied spirit beasts with their teacher, must know a lot!

"Little Seven, did you hear that? You're still young. As long as you grow up properly, you'll become stronger." Skill books and stuff like that—they don't guarantee you'll master everything, what a waste of money! When she's rich enough to spend all her money later, she'll definitely buy them like crazy!

Little Seven happily flapped her little wings and flew towards her friends, eager to share her news.

Lin Manman watched it fly away with a smile, and was about to end the call with her second senior brother when the notification sound suddenly froze her expression.

[Amber, the spirit pet, has learned the skill: Flame Clone: ​​It condenses fire element to form a clone, possessing 60% of the original's strength and all its skills.]

She quickly looked up at Amber and saw that the Silver Moon, twice the size of Amber, had released shadow clones beside it, with two figures, one silver and one black, standing to one side of Amber. Beside Amber stood a phantom of a white tiger engulfed in raging flames.

Si had considered the possibility that the spirit pets might exchange skills with each other, which might lead to them learning new skills, but she never expected the effect to be this good!

(End of this chapter)