Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

at this time.

Inside the faculty housing area of ​​Shanghai University.

"...Uncle Meng! Happy New Year!"

An old man with white hair was glaring at Ye Wuyan, who was standing in front of him with a sincere and innocent smile, and he almost couldn't help but smash the watering can in his hand into Ye Wuyan's face.

"You brat, that's enough! You come every day! The third day of the Lunar New Year has passed, and you're still eyeing the few dollars in my pocket!"

Behind Ye Wuyan, Ye Xiaobai was holding a duck plush toy, standing somewhat uneasy with her head bowed and her face flushed.

A few days ago, during the Spring Festival, Ye Xiaobai was sitting in his living room watching TV.

Because Ye Hui didn't have many entertainment facilities here, besides the game consoles in Ye Wuyan's room, there was only one TV to relieve boredom, so Ye Hui let Ye Xiaobai watch some TV programs he liked.

That day, Ye Wuyan, who was usually afraid of the cold and unwilling to go out, unusually got up early in the morning and even took the initiative to ask to go out: "Xiaobai, come out with me."

Seeing Ye Wuyan's mysterious expression, Ye Xiaobai looked puzzled and asked, "Teacher, is there something you need?"

"It's important, very important! Come with me!"

Hearing this, Ye Xiaobai was even more puzzled, but she still obediently got up and followed him out.

result--

Ye Wuyan took Ye Xiaobai to visit every household, greeting everyone with a smile.

Not only did he shout it himself, but he also pulled Ye Xiaobai to shout it together.

"Grandma Jiang, Happy New Year."

"Uncle Meng, Happy New Year."

"..."

This area is mostly populated by professors of Ye Hui's generation, some of whom are nearing retirement and enjoying a leisurely retirement life at home.

Ye Wuyan grew up in Shanghai University and was watched by these old professors. When their own child came to pay New Year's greetings, they naturally gave him a red envelope.

If it's a gentle old lady, like Granny Jiang, she'll always happily hand over a red envelope: "Yan Yan, Happy New Year!"

However, there were also elderly people who couldn't stand Ye Wuyan, this troublemaker. For example, Grandpa Meng, who lived next door to Granny Jiang, rolled his eyes at Ye Wuyan and said, "You brat, aren't you ashamed! How old are you? Still thinking about this old man's red envelope?"

Every time this happened, Ye Wuyan would shamelessly say, "I'm not as old as you, and besides, it's only right to accept a gift from an elder... Thank you, sir!"

"..."

After receiving the red envelope from this store, Ye Wuyan immediately took Ye Xiaobai to the next store.

"Xiao Bai, here's your red envelope. I'll only demonstrate once, okay? We're going to the next house to collect... cough cough, to pay New Year's visits."

"Teacher, this..."

Ye Xiaobai, who was inexperienced in the ways of the world, was a little confused, but seeing that Ye Wuyan had already walked away excitedly, he could only obediently follow behind Ye Wuyan.

So, during the first few days of the Lunar New Year, Ye Wuyan took Ye Xiaobai around the school every day. Whenever they met an elderly person, he would immediately pull Ye Xiaobai over to offer New Year's greetings and stare at the old person with his beautiful, deep eyes.

The old man felt embarrassed, so he sent out two red envelopes.

Once is fine.

But Ye Wuyan has been wandering around these days, calling out to anyone he encounters.

Ye Xiaobai was initially at a loss, but later realized how... Ye Wuyan was... and repeatedly lowered his head in shame, as if trying to shrink himself into the ground.

Grandpa Meng, as the victim who had suffered the most at Ye Wuyan's hands, was still glaring angrily at the latter, cursing him incessantly: "It's one thing for Xiaobai to be young! But you brat, aren't you ashamed? Don't corrupt Xiaobai too..."

"Grandpa, how about I water the flowers for you?" Ye Wuyan said in a flattering tone.

To everyone's surprise, upon hearing this, Grandpa Meng became so angry that his beard trembled wildly: "Get out! Get out! You little brat, you still want to harm my precious darling, don't you?!"

"Look at that flower field fence over there! It still has the marks left from when that little monkey burned it when you were 14!" With that, Grandpa Meng angrily pointed to the charred fence not far away.

Upon hearing this, Ye Wuyan touched his nose sheepishly: "That was just an accident. I was just trying to burn the bugs..."

Finally, Grandpa Meng gave Ye Wuyan a good scolding and then kicked him out.

However, Ye Wuyan was still all smiles, because he had received another red envelope.

Ye Xiaobai suggested softly, "Teacher, why don't we go back?"

"Let's go back then."

Ye Wuyan happily pocketed the red envelope, casually took out his phone to check the time, and just then saw the message from Gu Ling.

After reading Gu Ling's message, Ye Wuyan was somewhat surprised: "Little classmate, are you going to do a guild quest?"

Ye Xiaobai paused for a moment, then asked, "Is this Sister Lingling?"

"Yes." Ye Wuyan replied to Ye Xiaobai while carefully reading the task link sent by Gu Ling: "...Resolve the conflict between the Blue Peacock and the Mad Bird?"

Soon, Ye Wuyan made a video call.

A few seconds later, Gu Ling answered the call on the other end.

"Little student, are you choosing this task for your winter break training?"

Gu Ling nodded: "Yes, Senior Ye."

"I have a general understanding of this mission. The leader of the Blue Peacocks left the group last year due to old age and poor health. The Blue Peacocks have not yet elected a new leader, and they are currently in a critical breeding period, so they have been overtaken by the Mad Birds."

"If the blue peacocks cannot successfully survive this breeding season, the number of newborn pet cubs in the subsequent blue peacock population will decrease sharply. As a result, the Mad Bird will completely gain the upper hand and become the overlord of the Bishugang Nature Reserve."

Ye Wuyan didn't rush to share his insights, but instead continued, "So, little student, what do you plan to do? How will you help the Blue Peacock? And how will you deal with the Mad Bird?"

"Right now, the peacocks are facing two main problems. First, the group is leaderless. Second, their focus is on successfully getting through the breeding season. The fight with the mad birds is secondary."

Upon hearing this, a smile appeared in Ye Wuyan's eyes.

Gu Ling's role is quite clear; this task is not for the Beastmaster to intervene in the conflict between two pet beast groups.

In nature, survival of the fittest and natural selection always apply, and the same applies to pets; humans should not interfere arbitrarily.

The reason why a Beastmaster is needed to intervene in this task is that this matter may affect the continuation of a race, rather than being a simple individual conflict.

Furthermore, if the power of the Azure Peacock weakens and it becomes unable to control the Mad Bird, then given the Mad Bird's irritable, belligerent, and domineering nature, the other pets in the Green Tree Ridge Nature Reserve will not be at peace, and the balance will be broken.

Maintaining a balanced development among wild pet animals is the core of this task.