In Locke, beast taming begins with a black pot.

The food truck owner looked at the old man and the young man in front of him, his lips twitched, but he still turned around to prepare.

Ten minutes later.

Chen Xun and Old Man Han each carried five boxes of lunch and returned to their second-class seats.

The surrounding passengers were looking at them like they were idiots.

"Are these two reincarnated starving ghosts? Ten boxed lunches?"

"Mind your own business. Maybe they just have a big appetite."

"That young man was carrying a pot; could it be for serving rice?"

……

Ignoring the surrounding chatter, Chen Xun placed the small black pot on the small table and opened the first boxed meal.

The shredded pork with garlic sauce over rice is still steaming hot.

The lid of the small black pot was flung open with a "snap," revealing the dark bottom of the pot, which made a rapid "gurgling" sound, as if saying "Hurry up, hurry up."

Chen Xun poured the entire boxed lunch directly into the pot.

[Small Black Pot Fish-Flavored Shredded Pork Rice Bowl, Experience Points +5]

Current Level: 1 (67/100)

"efficient!"

Old Han was even more excited than Chen Xun, and quickly opened the second boxed lunch: "Quick, quick, continue!"

The second dish was Kung Pao Chicken Rice.

Pour it in.

Experience points +5, current 72/100

The third dish was braised pork over rice.

Experience points +5, current 77/100

The fourth dish was a rice bowl with scrambled eggs and tomatoes.

Experience points +5, current 82/100

The fifth dish was a rice bowl with stir-fried potatoes, eggplant, and green peppers.

Experience points +5, current 87/100

……

The small black pot was steaming hot, filling the entire second-class cabin with a wonderful aroma of mixed food.

The passengers nearby were stunned.

"Is that pot really used for eating?"

"Wait, how can you eat from a single pot? That doesn't make sense!"

"You're talking to me about elf science? Elves themselves are the biggest unscientific thing."

"I've lived for thirty years, and this is the first time I've ever seen a pot used for eating. It's quite an eye-opener."

……

The sixth dish was a rice bowl with green peppers and shredded pork.

Pour it in.

Experience points +5, current 92/100

The seventh dish was Mapo Tofu over rice.

Pour it in.

Experience points +5, current 97/100

Three more points of experience needed!

Chen Xun frowned as he looked at the last three boxed meals.

Five tips for a boxed meal: eating one meal is too much and will be wasteful.

"Old Han, do you have any food that only adds a little experience?"

Old Han rummaged through his bag and pulled out a packet of pickled vegetables: "Will this work?"

Chen Xun took it, and a notification immediately popped up on the panel:

【Item: Pickled Mustard Greens (Common)】

[Contains trace amounts of energy, +1 experience point per pack]

"Perfect!"

Chen Xun tore open the pickled mustard tuber and poured it into the small black pot.

[Small black pot for eating pickled mustard greens, experience points +1]

Current Level: 1 (98/100)

One more pack, please!

Experience points +1, current 99/100

Last pack!

Experience points +1, current 100/100

[Ding! The little black pot has leveled up: Level 1 → Level 2]

[Unlock Skill: Mud Jet]

Current Level: 2 (0/200)

……

A faint, earthy yellow light shone from the small black pot, and the dark gold patterns on the pot seemed to come alive, flowing in circles and emitting a faint luster.

The whole pot looks shinier than before.

Chen Xun felt a warmth coming from his spirit channel, as if something was awakening.

The little black pot excitedly spun around three times, its lid opening and closing with a "clattering" sound, before suddenly yanking off the lid and spraying a stream of yellowish-brown mud out the window.

The mud sprayed out like a high-pressure water gun, drawing an arc in the air and precisely smearing the face of a flying sprite passing by.

The flying sprite screamed, turned around, and flew away unsteadily.

Chen Xun: "..."

Old Man Han: "..."

The surrounding passengers: "???"

"What did that pot just spray?"

"It looks like mud? Wow, this pot can be used as a water gun?"

"It's not surprising that Earth-type Pokémon can spray mud, is it?"

"What's strange isn't the mud it's spraying, but why is it spraying that bird? What did that bird do to it?"

……

Old Man Han didn't have time to complain about the little black pot's silly behavior. He hurriedly took off the elf detector and scanned the little black pot.

drop……

【Elf: Little Black Pot】

[Attribute: Earth]

[Quality: Blue]

[Level: 2]

【Special Feature: Mud Armor】

[Skill: Mud Jet (Newly Unlocked)]

……

"Two...two levels already?"

Old Han's voice trembled, and his hand holding the detector shook like a leaf: "Really level two? How long has it been? From level 1 to level 2, less than an hour?"

He jumped up, hitting his head on the luggage rack, wincing in pain but oblivious to it, and grabbed Chen Xun's shoulder:

"We're rich! We're really rich! Do you know how long it takes for a normal Pokémon to level up from level 1 to level 2? Even grinding in the secret realm, a good Pokémon will take two or three days, while a poor one might not even level up after a week!"

"Where's your little black pot? In just one hour, you've only eaten a few boxed lunches! A few lousy boxed lunches!"

His voice grew louder and louder until everyone in the second-class cabin could hear it.

"What? You can level up by eating a boxed lunch?"

"Impossible, right? I've been raising Pokémon for so many years, and I've never heard of anything like this before."

"Is that old man crazy?"

"I think it's like, what normal person would hug a pot and act like an elf?"

……

Chen Xun quickly covered Old Man Han's mouth and lowered his voice, "Keep your voice down! Do you want the whole spaceship to know?"

Old Han realized he had lost his composure and quickly covered his mouth, but the light in his eyes was impossible to suppress, shining like two 500-watt light bulbs, frighteningly bright.

"Xiao Xun, no, Master Chen, Father Chen!"

Old Han rubbed his hands together, his face full of flattery: "Look at our technology, shouldn't we hurry up and apply for a patent? What if someone else beats us to it?"

"What a load of rubbish about patents."

Chen Xun rolled his eyes: "You don't even know the principle, how can you apply? Are you going to write on the patent application, 'My pot was upgraded after eating a boxed lunch, and as for why, I have no idea'?"

Old Han was taken aback, then became anxious: "We have to find a way! This is a groundbreaking discovery! If someone else steals it, we'll have nowhere to turn for help!"

"What's the rush?"

Chen Xun picked up the little black pot and wiped the mud off its lid: "Only the little black pot can do this. We don't know if other elves can do it. You can't exactly patent the little black pot too, can you?"

Old Han's eyes darted around, and suddenly a cunning smile appeared on his face:

"Then let's register the little black pot as a trademark! From now on, all pot-shaped sprites will be under our control! Anyone who wants to raise a pot will have to pay us copyright fees!"

Chen Xun: "..."

"Do you have some misunderstanding about trademark law?"

"What misunderstanding?"

Old Man Han argued confidently, "Look at Ma Huateng! He patented the asexual reproduction technology for Grass-type Pokémon. Now anyone who wants to grow Grass-type Pokémon will have to pay him. He's making billions a year just by lying down!"

"Ours is way better than his! The Grass-type Pokémon he grows are all trash, only good as pets. Ours is real, high-level battle Pokémon leveling technology!"

"Just think about it, in the future, every Beastmaster in the world who raises pot-shaped Pokémon will have to use our 'dry rice' leveling method and pay us money. Hundreds of billions a year wouldn't be an exaggeration!"

Chen Xun sighed as he looked at Old Man Han's greedy expression.

"Stop dreaming. First, think about where you'll stay in the capital. You can't expect me to sleep on the streets with this little black pot in my hands, can you?"

Old Han patted his chest and declared, "Forget about staying on the main street! Once we get to the capital, we'll stay in a five-star hotel! A presidential suite! It's on me!"

"Where did you get the money?"

"Uh... I'll owe you for now."

"roll!"

……