Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

"Ye Wuyan" Encyclopedia -

At the age of 10, Professor Ye Hui of Shanghai University, who was engaged in the study of wild animal behavior, unexpectedly discovered Ye Wuyan, who had been abandoned in the wild and had lived with the same animal tribe for ten years, during a field expedition. After negotiating with the animal tribe, Professor Ye Hui took Ye Wuyan back to human society and later adopted him.

At the age of 15, he passed the Pet Alliance's assessment, became a top-tier professional Beast Tamer, and was exceptionally admitted to Shanghai University.

At the age of 16, he went to many prestigious universities in the country to "challenge" them, and fought and exchanged ideas with genius beast tamers from all sides. In battles between beast tamers of the same level, he won every single one of his battles.

At the age of 17, he represented Shanghai University in the National College Beast Taming Competition of Longxuan Kingdom, leading the team to first place in the group stage and winning first place in the individual competition.

At 18, she was granted special permission to graduate early by Shanghai University and was selected as an "Outstanding Graduate" of Shanghai University in the same year.

At the age of 20, along with two other outstanding graduates from Shanghai University, he represented Longxuan Kingdom in the 110th International Youth Beast Taming Championship. He led his team to first place in the group stage and won first place in the individual competition. He was recognized by the International Beast Taming Competition Alliance as "the most promising young genius beast tamer in a century".

At 21, he passed the Pet Alliance's assessment and became a master-level beast tamer.

22 years old... suspected of being ambushed by a terrorist organization, whereabouts unknown.

23 years old...suspected death.

24 years old... suspected of appearing in the high-altitude region of Xuezang Province, Longxuan Kingdom.

"..."

Gu Ling read through Ye Wuyan's life trajectory up to this point on the encyclopedia in one go, and her emotions remained unsettled for a long time.

"Senior Ye's background is actually that of an abandoned baby who lived in the wild for ten years with a group of pet animals..."

Abandoned babies are a common phenomenon in any era.

Ye Wuyan was abandoned in the wild as a child, but he was not bitten or eaten by the ferocious beasts. He was even fortunate enough to be taken in by a kind beast clan and carefully raised for ten years... His luck was truly amazing.

"However, what exactly happened to Senior Ye, who became a master-level beast tamer at the age of 21? He almost disappeared without a trace..."

"22 years old, suspected of being ambushed by a terrorist organization, whereabouts unknown..." Gu Ling flipped back to the record of Ye Wuyan's deeds when he was 22 years old.

In that same year, Ye Wuyan, who had always been shining brightly, disappeared like a shooting star in the night sky. After that, most of the online information about Ye Wuyan was just hearsay and had little truth to it.

During the six years that Ye Wuyan almost disappeared, every year there were hundreds of ways Ye Wuyan died circulating online.

A genius who is too outstanding is like a tree that stands out in the forest; it will surely be felled by the wind.

"Why did Teacher Zhou suddenly tell me about Senior Ye's identity now, when she had previously concealed it from me? Was it just because of my previous curiosity? Or was Teacher Zhou trying to hint at something...?"

Gu Ling's feelings were somewhat complicated.

"...Lingling, it's time to sleep."

Just then, Gu Ya's voice rang out from outside the door.

Gu Ling snapped out of her daze and replied, "Okay, I'll turn off the lights and go to sleep after I've dried my hair."

"Okay, goodnight..." The footsteps outside the door faded into the distance; Gu Ya had left.

Gu Ling spent twenty minutes drying her hair completely before turning off the lights and going to bed.

"Meow~"

In the darkness, Xian Jiu skillfully slipped into the covers and lay down close to Gu Ling's neck.

Gu Ling patted Xian Jiu's head, then closed her eyes.

"..."

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Ling turned over and opened her eyes. The room was pitch black.

Relying on her memory, Gu Ling reached for her phone on the bedside table and pressed the power button.

The phone screen lights up, displaying the time as follows:

1:35 minutes

Gu Ling leaned against the headboard, somewhat frustrated: "I can't sleep..."

After scrolling through short videos for a while, Gu Ling put her phone back down and lay back down, but she still couldn't fall asleep, tossing and turning.

When Gu Ling opened her eyes again, she checked the time on her phone once more.

2:20 minutes

"...I still can't sleep!" Gu Ling scratched her hair in frustration and sat up.

"Meow~" On the bed, Xian Jiu groggily opened her cat eyes, subconsciously raised her little paw, and rubbed her sleepy cat eyes.

Seeing that she had accidentally woken Xian Jiu, Gu Ling turned around and gently stroked Xian Jiu's head: "Xian Jiu, if you're sleepy, go back to sleep. I'm going out for a walk."

Upon hearing this, Xian Jiu immediately shook her head and perked up: "Meow~" This cat wants to go too.

"Alright, but we need to go down quietly so as not to disturb Auntie..." Gu Ling scratched Xian Jiu's chin a couple more times, then casually put on a coat, put the keys and phone in his pocket, and carried Xian Jiu out of the room.

Gu Ling tiptoed down the stairs, then opened the door and went out.

"Meow~" Xian Jiu huddled next to Gu Ling's neck, her little paws pulling the hood of his coat over herself to block the wind.

At around 2 a.m., Ping'an Town was not as brightly lit as big cities; instead, it was quiet and blended into the night.

Gu Ling turned on her phone's flashlight and walked out along the main road.

Because Ping'an Town is located by the sea, the night breeze blowing from the sea still carries a faint scent of the ocean.

The only place still lit in the entire Ping'an Town is a small lighthouse standing by the sea.

The lighthouse's light wasn't very bright, but it was always there.

Before she knew it, Gu Ling had arrived at the beach.

The wind at the beach picked up a bit, and with the temperature dropping at night, Gu Ling zipped up her jacket and continued her stroll toward the beach.

"call……"

Gu Ling took a deep breath, letting her chaotic thoughts settle into the quiet surroundings, like a drop of ink falling into a clean lake.

It seemed insignificant, and the traces were gradually erased.

"Meow~" At this moment, Xian Jiu poked Gu Ling's face, and pointed in a direction with her other paw trembling.

Gu Ling turned her head and looked closely: "There... looks like a person?"

"Meow~" Xian Jiu peeked out and looked in that direction, her little paws clinging tightly to Gu Ling.

Gu Ling swallowed hard, picked up Xian Jiu, and walked over.

Gradually, Gu Ling realized that it was an old man.

"Grandpa Nian?"

Gu Ling had some recollection of the old man in front of her.

In my memory, this old man seemed to have had an accident several decades ago. He was rescued but remained in a vegetative state for more than ten years. Just when his family thought he would be like this for the rest of his life, he suddenly regained his ability to move and speak.

But before the Nian family could be happy for long, the doctor diagnosed that Grandpa Nian seemed to have a mental problem. He didn't remember many things or recognize people, but he kept muttering the words "go back".

The family thought about it for a long time and concluded that Grandpa Nian missed his hometown, so they brought him back here.

After returning to his hometown, Grandpa Nian was still mentally unclear and couldn't remember people or things, but he was able to start eating and dressing by himself.

When Gu Ling was a child, she often went back to her hometown. Whenever she passed by this place, she would always see Grandpa Nian sitting on the threshold, staring blankly at the sky, sitting there for a whole day.

As dusk approaches, Grandpa Nian goes for a walk, and his favorite is to walk by the sea.

At first, Grandpa Nian's family was worried that something might happen, so they sent someone to accompany him every day.

Later, when they found out that Grandpa Nian went to the beach, he just stood there looking at the sea and did nothing else, they gradually felt relieved.

Gu Ling turned and looked around the vicinity, not seeing anyone else, then spoke to the old man again, "Why are you out so late at night? Do you want me to take you home?"

The old man did not react, still staring blankly at the sea.

"……dad."

Just as Gu Ling was considering whether to go back to her family to look for someone, a middle-aged man's voice came from behind her.

A flashlight beam shone on Gu Ling and the old man.

Gu Ling turned to look at the person who had come in and recalled the events in her mind.

...It seems this is Grandpa Nian's eldest son, Nian Huailin.

Gu Ling called out, "Uncle Nian."

According to seniority, Gu Ling should indeed call him uncle.

When Nian Huailin saw Gu Ling, he thought for a moment and remembered her: "Oh, it's Xiao Ling. You're back from your vacation?"

"Yes." Gu Ling nodded, then glanced at Grandpa Nian: "Grandpa Nian, why are you out in the middle of the night...?"

"Sigh..." Nian Huailin sighed, "The old man was fine when he ate dinner. He went back to his room after he finished eating. I had just woken up and went to check on him, but he was gone. I didn't expect him to have secretly come to the beach again."

"Again?" Gu Ling's expression froze. "Does Grandpa Nian often come to the beach at night?"

"It's only been in the last two weeks or so; it hasn't happened before."

Nian Huailin went over and helped the old man up: "I'm not going to say anything more. I'll take the old man home first. Xiao Ling, you should go back to sleep too."

"Okay, Uncle Nian."

Gu Ling glanced at the spot where Grandpa Nian had been standing, and on a sudden impulse, walked over there, facing the direction of the sea.

"What's so interesting about this place... Hmm? What's that dark patch over there... Is it just my imagination?"

Gu Ling narrowed her eyes and stared intently at a dark shadow on the other side of the sea, which looked like a giant beast lying there quietly.

Topographical map of the area near Ping'an Town... There seems to be an island over there?

"..."

After enjoying the sea breeze at the beach for a while, Gu Ling carried the drowsy Xian Jiu back home.

As soon as Gu Ling lay down, her previously chaotic mind suddenly calmed down, and she quickly fell asleep.

……

The next day, in the morning.

After being woken up by the alarm clock, Gu Ling got up to brush her teeth and wash her face while checking the amount of money in her bank account on her phone.

A wonderful day begins with settling accounts in the savings account.

He originally had 28 in savings, and with the 70 bounty from the protected area this time, he has a total of 98 Dragon Xuan coins.

Rounding up, she's a millionaire!

Looking at the string of numbers in her bank account, Gu Ling couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder the Beast Tamer profession is so popular; making hundreds of thousands so easily... Awesome!"

Once you have money, you should use it wisely.

Gu Ling pondered, "I haven't decided which attribute to choose for my second pet, and the level of my pet space hasn't been upgraded yet... I'll put the matter of contracting a second pet on hold for now."

First, we need to improve Xianjiu's strength to prepare for the friendly match two months later.

Gu Ling hadn't forgotten that the prize money for the friendly match champion was at least several hundred thousand!

"The pet supplies I bought during the summer vacation are all used up, it's time to buy a new one."

The Beast Taming Manual's outrageous tricks keep coming one after another.

Gu Ling couldn't handle it.

We can't rely entirely on that unstable little piece of junk, the Beast Taming Ancient Book.

With that in mind, Gu Ling immediately opened the shopping app on her phone.

"The canned Xiangbobo is finished, we can buy Xianjiu another one."

Xian Jiu was a great help in retrieving the dragon-type pet egg, so giving her a small reward is not unreasonable.

"I've bought the electromagnetic fruit before, so I'll buy three boxes this time..."

"The training direction for Xianjiu is still focused on speed. If there were portable training equipment for speed training, so that training could be done anytime, anywhere, even while walking, that would be ideal."

Gu Ling's fingertips kept swiping across the interface. After comparing training equipment from several brands, she finally selected a customizable weight training belt, priced at 10 yuan.

It's a bit pricey, but this weighted training belt can still provide some training benefits for warrior-level pets.

Even if Xianjiu is promoted to a War General-level pet in the future, it can still be used for a period of time.

"Strange Superpower Stone..."

Gu Ling opened the collection interface and saw the strange superpower stone that she hadn't been willing to buy for Xian Jiu last time.

And this time...

Gu Ling clicked on it without hesitation, and without even looking at it, very extravagantly chose... the lowest quality Strange Superpower Stone worth 20 yuan.

Payment made! Order placed!

...cough cough.

It wasn't that Gu Ling didn't want to buy Xian Jiu a higher-quality exotic super-power stone, but rather that her financial situation didn't allow it.

The next price range for the Strange Superpower Stone is 50 Dragon Mystic Coins.

Gu Ling was thinking of buying other things, but if she bought the 50 yuan Strange Superpower Stone, she probably wouldn't have enough money to buy more.

After washing up, Gu Ling returned to her room and saw that Xian Jiu had already gotten up and was about to start playing games on her tablet. So she quickly walked over and picked Xian Jiu up in her arms.

"Sword Nine..."

Xian Jiu looked bewildered, staring at her beast tamer who seemed hesitant and restrained, finally letting out a soft sigh: "I believe you!"

Xianjiu: (_) Meow?

"Go on having fun."

Gu Ling lowered her head, took a deep breath of the cat, and then rubbed the soft cat's head before letting go of Xian Jiu.

After being thoroughly ravaged, Xianjiu's fur was all messy and not pretty at all; she looked more like a stray cat raised by a beggar.

"Meow!" Xian Jiu glanced at her own fur and immediately became unhappy, her little face puffing up in a huff.

I just brushed my fur after I woke up!!

Gu Ling looked down and continued browsing the shopping app on her phone: "Oh, right, I just ordered some bubble tea for you. It should arrive the day after tomorrow..."

Upon hearing this, Xian Jiu, who was about to use her "Hungry Wolf Pounce" attack on Gu Ling, paused, her cat-like eyes instantly lighting up: "Meow~"

This cat is incredibly generous~

Since the Beast Tamer bought me canned Xiangbo food again, I'll reluctantly forgive him!

Xianjiu went back to playing games.

On the other side, after the chill on her back disappeared, Gu Ling secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Stingy cat~

It's just a little bit of masturbation~

Fortunately, she reacted quickly enough and saved her long, smooth hair.

"...Found it!"

[Strange Spirit Fruit: When consumed by humans or pets, it helps to rapidly enhance mental strength]

Gu Ling glanced at the price and gasped.

A box of 5 fruits costs 15, which is equivalent to 3 yuan for a single Strange Spirit Fruit.

"A robbery?!"

Gu Ling was heartbroken, but she had no choice but to grit her teeth and place an order for two boxes of Strange Spirit Fruits, totaling 30 yuan.

Generally speaking, it takes a Beast Tamer two to three years to advance from one star to two stars in their pet space level without any external assistance.

But two or three years is too long for Gu Ling.

Gu Ling set a goal for herself to upgrade her pet space to two stars within six months.

In addition to daily meditation practice, one needs to rely on external help such as strange spiritual fruits.

Gu Ling calculated the expenses for this shopping trip—

Xiangbo Bobo canned food: 6 yuan

Ray-InCat Custom Weight Training Belt: 10 RMB

Three boxes of electromagnetic fruit: 9 yuan

Strange Superpower Stone: 20 pieces

Two boxes of strange spiritual fruits: 30 yuan

...A total of 75 Dragon Xuan Coins.

"Only 23 left..." Gu Ling hesitated, wondering whether she should buy more resources. After some deliberation, she decided against it.

"Forget it, let's keep around 20. If Xianjiu damages anything else, at least we'll have money to pay for it..."

and many more? !

Why did she think of this?

Gu Ling immediately shook her head in alarm.

"Impossible! Such a horrific thing could never happen again!"

Gu Ling took one last look at her current bank account balance and sighed deeply.

The happiness of a millionaire is so fleeting.

Beastmaster is a profession that brings in money quickly, but it's also very expensive.

She had to win the prize money from the friendly match; otherwise, she wouldn't have the money to buy the various resources she needed later.

"Xian Jiu, time to go out for your daily training."

Upon hearing Gu Ling's words, Xian Jiu reluctantly put down her tablet and jumped off the bed, whimpering.

When Gu Ling came down from the second floor, she saw Xiang Jinli already busy making breakfast in the kitchen.

"Second Aunt, I'm going out for a run!"

"Hey! Remember to come back in half an hour..."

After a quick warm-up at their doorstep, Gu Ling led Xian Jiu on a run along the road.

As Gu Ling walked past the small houses, she adjusted her breathing while taking in the surrounding scenery.

As we passed by an old tree, several tiny children, looking like little radish heads, gathered together, chattering away.

"...I heard there's a haunted house on the island."

"There must be a haunted house! My grandpa's told me about it too!"

Gu Ling keenly heard the words "island," and her steps faltered as she stopped to catch her breath.

One of the little boys looked serious, waving his hands in the air like claws: "Yes, my grandpa said so too! There are terrifying monsters in haunted houses that eat children... Their long tongues can tie up five children together and swallow them whole..."

The vivid description terrified the few timid children, turning their faces pale.

A slightly older boy next to him curled his lip and said, "I've heard my dad mention it too, but that island was abandoned many years ago and no one lives there anymore. What ghosts could there be? Even if there were monsters, they'd be trapped up there and couldn't come down to eat children."

A little girl asked curiously, "That monster is all alone up there, isn't it lonely...?"

"Niu Niu, if you think the monster is lonely, why don't you become its bride and keep it company..."

Upon hearing this, the little girl was terrified and immediately shook her head, saying, "No way! I don't want to leave my mom..."

"..."

Gu Ling wanted to hear more, but many of the kids seemed to be frightened and scattered in a panic.

"An island? A haunted house? A monster?"

Gu Ling didn't believe there were any monsters. At most, there were some terrifying-looking pets on the island, which were then passed down by word of mouth by uninformed people and became known as "monsters."