Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

Chapter 66 Trouble Ensued

Half an hour later.

Gu Ling returned home after her run.

Seeing Xiang Jinli taking new bowls and chopsticks out of the sterilizer, he quickly walked over.

Seeing the freshly cooked porridge in the kitchen, Gu Ling brought the rice cooker to the dining table and began to chat casually, "Second Aunt, didn't the people of Ping'an Town used to live here? Did they live on that island across the sea?"

"Yes." Xiang Jinli placed the new bowls and chopsticks on the table: "Decades ago, the residents of Ping'an Town lived on a nearby island. Later, due to the migration of sea creatures, more and more creatures settled in the nearby waters. For the safety of the island's residents, the government moved them here."

"Gradually, not many people lived on those islands anymore."

Gu Ling pondered for a moment.

That year, Grandpa went to see the sea every day... Was he looking in the direction of the islands?

Does he want to go to the island?

Gu Ling shared her thoughts.

Upon hearing this, Xiang Jinli also felt that there was some truth to it: "Maybe it really is true. Considering the age of the Nian family patriarch, he was only around ten years old when the island residents migrated. Sigh... time really flies."

"The people who lived on the island in Ping'an Town in the past have almost all passed away, and few people remember that the residents of Ping'an Town used to live on the island."

As they spoke, Gu Zhou yawned and came downstairs: "Gu Ling, why are you up so early?"

Xiang Jinli retorted instinctively, "Do you think everyone is like you, slacking off as soon as they have a holiday? Xiao Ling went out for a run early this morning."

Gu Zhou always ignored his mother's nagging. He plopped down at the dining table, looked around, but didn't see Gu Ya.

"Where's my sister?"

When we were upstairs, Gu Zhou knocked on Gu Ya's door, but no one was home.

"Your sister just went out to buy some things," Xiang Jinli explained.

"What are you buying...?"

Gu Zhou had just muttered something when Gu Ya appeared from the doorway, carrying a bag of medicine.

As Gu Ya walked in, she placed the bag she was carrying on the coffee table in the living room: "I went to the pet pharmacy and bought some medicine. Aren't you going to have a pet battle later? There's no pet medical center in town, so remember to stop when you're done. If your pet gets injured, just use these medicines for now."

After putting the bag down, Gu Ya walked over.

"Sister Ya Ya, you've really thought of everything for Gu Zhou." Gu Ling couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

"that is……"

Gu Zhou nodded subconsciously, then suddenly realized something was wrong and turned to glare at Gu Ling: "Gu Ling, what do you mean by that?"

What does it mean to think of things very thoughtfully for him?

This guy isn't even pretending anymore, he's so arrogant, he's convinced he'll lose, right?

"It doesn't mean anything. I just meant I care about you." Gu Ling ladled out half a bowl of lean meat porridge, then casually grabbed a meat bun, took a bite, and squinted her eyes in enjoyment.

"Second Aunt, your steamed buns are still so delicious."

Upon hearing this, Xiang Jinli smiled brightly: "Really? I haven't made this in a long time, I'm a bit rusty. If you like it, have some more."

Gu Zhou gritted his teeth, picked up a steamed bun with a resentful expression, stuffed it into his mouth, and then chewed it viciously, as if he were eating someone's flesh.

"Gu Ling, hurry up and finish your breakfast! Then go and start the battle!" Gu Zhou refused to believe that the Stubborn Stone, with its attribute advantage, couldn't defeat a mere Thunder Seal Cat.

"Okay, okay." Gu Ling nodded indifferently, picked up a bun with her chopsticks, and waved it in front of Xian Jiu.

Xianjiu was sitting at the dining table, her two paws holding the edge of her rice bowl, slurping the lean meat porridge in her little mouth, and soon the bowl was empty.

Upon seeing the fragrant meat buns in front of her, Xian Jiu subconsciously used her telekinesis to control the buns to float to her mouth, and then took a big bite.

Gu Ling blocked the steamed bun with her hand, so from the perspective of Gu Ya and the other two, it looked like Gu Ling was feeding Xian Jiu the steamed bun.

"Don't be lazy, take it and eat it yourself." Gu Ling poked Xian Jiu's little paw with her other hand and gave Xian Jiu a wink.

It's not a big secret that Xianjiu has a superpower attribute, so it's okay even if her second aunt and the others find out.

The main problem is that I haven't fought Gu Zhou yet. If he finds out beforehand and suspects something is amiss, he might just cheat and refuse to fight.

Gu Ling didn't want her pocket money, which was almost in her mouth, to just slip away.

"Mwah~" Xian Jiu pouted her little mouth and reluctantly continued to nibble on the bun with her paws.

Xiang Jinli glanced at Xian Jiu's nearly empty rice bowl, somewhat surprised: "Xian Jiu finished eating so quickly?"

Gu Ya's hunting bird and Gu Zhou's stubborn stone don't really like eating human food. They usually eat special pet food. After returning home from shopping last night, the two pets were released and have been staying in the backyard ever since.

While preparing breakfast, Xiang Jinli went to the backyard and poured food into the two pets' bowls. They are currently eating breakfast in the backyard.

"...I didn't expect Xian Jiu to like human food. Would you like another bowl?"

Upon hearing this, Xian Jiu's cat eyes brightened slightly, and her cat tail swayed happily behind her: "Meow~"

Auntie~ I want more (≧≦)~

"Second Aunt, I'll serve it."

Gu Ling gave Xian Jiu's head a hard rub.

Xianjiu is really not at all shy.

It's only the second day, and he's already so good at winning over his second aunt.

……

After breakfast, the battle between Gu Ling and Gu Zhou could finally begin.

There are no proper battlegrounds in town. If you go outside to fight on the roadside, the aftershocks of your pets' skills can easily injure passersby.

So, Gu Ling and Gu Zhou discussed it and decided to fight in the backyard.

In the backyard.

Xiang Jinli planted a lot of fruit trees in her early years. Even though she has now moved to Yangxi County to live permanently, she is used to coming back every few months to take care of the fruit trees and spray them with pesticides to kill pests.

In the past two days, Xiang Jinli even turned over the soil in the corner of the wall and fenced off a small area to grow vegetables, treasuring it immensely.

"You can fight all you want, but don't damage the flowers and plants in the yard," Gu Ya reminded them.

"I know, I know, I know what I'm doing."

Gu Zhou called over Stubborn Stone, who was hiding under a tree to enjoy the shade: "Stubborn Stone, come here, come here."

Up in the tree, the hunting bird was preening its feathers, its two eyes blinking brightly as it watched the battle about to begin below.

Meanwhile, Gu Ling was mentally calculating which skill to use to instantly destroy the stubborn stone.

But we can't seriously injure the stubborn stone, otherwise we'll waste medicine.

Forget it, let Xianjiu do whatever she wants.

"Xian Jiu, just play around in this match," Gu Ling said.

"Meow~"

Xian Jiu subconsciously stood up straight, puffed out his chest, and pretended to have a profound and inscrutable expression, nodding his head little by little.

Don't worry, Beast Tamer~ I'll go easy on you.

"...That's too arrogant!"

Gu Zhou, who heard everything, gritted his teeth, but a sense of crisis gradually arose in his heart.

Based on his understanding of Gu Ling, he couldn't possibly be so arrogant and inflated, unless he was 100% certain of success.

After the battle began, Xianjiu used Lightning Flash to attack the direction of the stubborn stone.

"Stubborn stone, hardens with use!"

【Harden】: A normal-type skill that allows you to harden your body by exerting all your strength, thereby increasing your defense.

Knowing he couldn't outspeed Lei Yinmao, Gu Zhou chose to remain still and wait for Lei Yinmao to get close before making his move.

Halfway there, Xianjiu's figure began to split into six, and the six "Xianjiu" all dispersed and continued to attack the stubborn stone in different directions.

The stubborn stone placed its two stone hands in front of it, in a defensive posture.

One by one, the immortals crashed into the stubborn stone. The stubborn stone reached out to grab them, but all its grasps came up empty.

These are all clones.

Meanwhile, the real Xianjiu had quietly slipped to the side of the stubborn rock and then crashed into it heavily.

boom!

The heavy, stubborn rock was knocked away and rolled out.

"What happened?"

Seeing that the stubborn stone had actually been sent flying by Xian Jiu, Gu Zhou's face was filled with disbelief: "...Why does Gu Ling's Thunder Seal Cat seem so powerful?"

Gu Ling originally thought that if the Stubborn Stone could withstand the Lightning Flash, it could then launch a counterattack.

However, Xian Jiu first used her shadow clone to interfere, making it impossible for the stubborn stone to determine which one was the real Xian Jiu. Now, the power of the lightning flash far exceeded Gu Zhou's calculations, catching him off guard.

Since passive defense was ineffective, Gu Zhou had no choice but to take the initiative: "Stubborn Stone, use Roll!"

【Roll】: A Rock-type move that allows you to use Roll to attack five times in a row. The power increases with each hit.

After standing up from the ground, the stubborn stone covered its face with its hands, curled its whole body into a stone ball, and rolled out towards Xianjiu.

"Gu Ling, you'd better be careful, the rolling attack of the Stubborn Stone is very powerful."

Gu Zhou had just finished reminding her when he glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and saw that Xian Jiu showed no sign of dodging, her two cat-like eyes staring straight at the stubborn stone rolling towards her.

Gu Ling remained calm and composed.

"What's going on... Holy crap!"

Xianjiu's cat tail shone with a steely white light, its soft tail instantly hardening. With a flick of its wrist, the iron tail struck the rolling stubborn stone.

The stubborn rock, which was rolling at high speed, was abruptly stopped rolling by the iron tail.

"Meow~"

Xianjiu let out a fierce-looking cry, and then Tiewei continued to exert force, sending the stubborn stone flying.

Thus, a perfect parabola was born.

"No, no, no..."

Seeing the stubborn stone flying towards him, Gu Zhou's expression changed drastically, and in a panic, he chose to cover his head and squat down.

With a "whoosh," the stubborn rock flew over Gu Zhou's head, but landed directly in the vegetable garden behind him, crushing a large patch of vegetable leaves.

Upon seeing this, Gu Ya's expression changed: "Oh no!"

When Gu Ling and Gu Zhou saw the ravaged vegetable garden, they were stunned.

Gu Ya called out anxiously, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and help the seedlings up! These are seedlings that Mom just borrowed from Aunt Li's house a couple of days ago, and she's been treasuring them lately..."

Upon hearing this, Gu Ling and Gu Zhou immediately ran over, squatted down on the vegetable patch, and used their hands to straighten each seedling.

Seeing how nervous the Beastmaster was, Wan Gu Shi and Xian Jiu followed suit and ran over to help up the nearest seedling.

"Quickly... add some soil to solidify it..."

"They've fallen over there..."

"What if this part breaks? Can we bury it in the ground and pretend we don't know?"

"..."

As the three were frantically trying various remedies, a gentle voice suddenly came from behind them: "...Of course not, otherwise I'd like to bury you all in the ground and pretend you never existed."

The three of them froze, turning their heads mechanically—

Xiang Jinli stood with her hands on her hips, a smile playing on her lips, but her face was as black as the bottom of a pot, her eyes fixed on the three men with a sinister gaze.

The three were terrified.

At the same time, a thought flashed through the minds of both Gu Zhou and Gu Ling, the culprits:

It’s over.

……

Ten minutes later.

Inside the living room.

Xiang Jinli sat on the sofa, holding a feather duster in her right hand, and rhythmically tapping her left palm with it, her eyes fixed on Gu Ling and Gu Zhou, who were busy cleaning the living room.

With a dustpan in her left hand and a broom in her right, Gu Zhou carefully swept the living room floor, determined not to miss a single speck of dust.

Gu Ling was holding a wet rag and wiping the window glass incessantly. Whenever she encountered a stain, she would rub it back and forth hundreds of times until the glass became clean and clear.

Gu Ya, the eldest of the two, was standing next to Xiang Jinli, gently massaging her shoulders and neck.

Gu Ya felt powerless to change her younger siblings' current situation.

In Xiang Jinli's arms, Xian Jiu curled up into a ball, looking just like a soft cotton candy.

"Meow~" Xian Jiu blinked her cat eyes, her cat tail wagging back and forth. Even though Xiang Jinli had ravaged her so much that her fur was all puffed up, she still didn't dare to move.

Beside him, Wan Gu Shi was holding a teapot with both hands. Xiang Jinli glanced at him indifferently, and he immediately poured tea into an empty cup on the coffee table before holding the cup in front of Xiang Jinli.

After taking a sip of tea, Xiang Jinli placed the cup on the coffee table. The crisp sound made the three people and two pets even more afraid to breathe, each trying their best to make their presence known.

Xiang Jinli sighed softly.

If a naughty child suddenly becomes quiet, don't doubt it—they're definitely up to no good!

"Gu Zhou, get your game console out."

She destroyed her vegetable garden just for a game console.

Ha~ then she confiscated it.

"Huh?!" Gu Zhou, who was sweeping the floor, looked up in surprise.

Xiang Jinli glared at him, "What? Gu Zhou, you have a problem with that? You dare to secretly take your allowance to buy a game console? You think you have too much allowance?"

"No, no, no!"

Gu Zhou shook his head repeatedly in denial, but he was still a little unwilling, so he quickly gave Gu Ling a look.

Gu Zhou: Why don't you say something?

Gu Ling: What did you say? I dare not say anything...

Gu Zhou: Isn't my mom always the one who dotes on you the most? Just be a little cute and the game console will come back, right?

Gu Ling: Good idea. Why don't you just act cute? The game console is yours, not mine.

Gu Zhou: I'd love to! But my mom doesn't like seeing me act cute! She thinks it sounds more like the wailing of a circus monkey...

Gu Ling: Pfft...

(End of this chapter)