Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

Chapter 67 The Heinous Stone!

Xiang Jinli sighed helplessly as she watched the two children exchanging glances in private, but she still kept a stern face:

"Let it go this time, it's just some worthless vegetable leaves anyway. But you should be more careful when you're out and about in the future, and don't accidentally damage other people's property..."

Hearing this, Gu Ling couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

"The most important thing is that you can't get hurt, and you absolutely can't hurt anyone else. If you hurt an elderly person or a child, can you take the responsibility...?"

"..."

Xiang Jinli started rambling on and on.

This time, all three were in the wrong and were forced to listen to a long period of nagging and admonition.

Ultimately, this farcical situation ended with Xiang Jinli lecturing the three of them for a full two hours, and Gu Zhou having his game console confiscated.

……

Two hours later.

Gu Ling and Xian Jiu walked along the roadside, both of them looking dejected, and couldn't help but sigh after taking a few steps.

"I can't train at home anymore, my aunt will scold me to death if I cause any more trouble... But there are too many people in the small parks and squares outside, so I can't train there either..."

"Mwah~" Xian Jiu nodded in agreement.

"Where in town can I find a quiet, secluded spot with no buildings nearby and plenty of space?"

After racking his brains, Gu Ling finally had a flash of inspiration—

Oh, right! The beach!

When Gu Ling brought Xian Jiu to the beach and saw people on the sand, Fei Yang's eyebrows immediately drooped: "There are still quite a few people..."

Most of the people there were fishermen who came to collect seashells, while groups of children gathered on the beach to pick up seashells or catch small fish and crabs.

Gu Ling gritted her teeth slightly: "The beach is so big, I refuse to believe we can't find a spot where no one is around!"

Gu Ling walked along the coastline.

After walking for a while, we finally saw no one on the nearby beach, making it a good training ground.

Gu Ling stopped, picked up a stone from the ground at random, and then drew a large five-pointed star pattern on the beach.

After finishing the drawing, Gu Ling turned to Xian Jiu and said, "Xian Jiu, practice the Lightning Five-Star Flash a few times first."

"Meow~"

A white light shone from Xian Jiu's body as she used the Lightning Flash technique, moving continuously along the lines of the five-pointed star. Just before she was about to run off the lines, she immediately used Instant Teleportation to adjust her position and continued practicing in a repetitive manner.

While Xian Jiu was practicing the Lightning Five-Star Flash, Gu Ling wasn't idle either. She bent down and picked up various stones nearby, most of which were about the size of a fist.

The proficiency level of the skills that are commonly used in Xianjiu is all at the master level, and the power of the skills is sufficient for the time being.

What we need to do now is to improve the hit rate of our skills and prevent our opponents from dodging them during battles. Otherwise, no matter how powerful the skills are, they are useless if we can't hit them.

During the month-long intensive training before the start of the semester, Gu Ling could only think of three ways to improve her accuracy:

First, increase your own speed. As long as you shoot fast enough, you won't give your opponent any time to react, and your hit rate will be greatly improved.

Second, launch a surprise attack, using unexpected attack methods and approaches to catch the opponent off guard.

Third, use deception to confuse the opponent, making it difficult for them to distinguish which direction the attack is coming from or what attack method is being used, thus making it difficult for them to defend or dodge in advance.

Since Xianjiu hasn't learned any skills similar to illusions, it's quite difficult for her to fool her opponent directly, as her opponent isn't stupid.

However, you can combine regular single skills to create combos that make it difficult for your opponent to predict, which can also have a deceptive effect.

Gu Ling has come up with a few possible combinations.

1. The combination of Quick Attack and Teleportation results in the move: 【Quick Attack Five-Star Flash】

The "Lightning Flash" skill is a straight-line attack with a relatively simple attack method, making it easy for opponents to dodge. However, when combined with the "Unpredictable Instantaneous Movement," it makes it impossible for opponents to predict the attack trajectory, allowing them to dodge in advance and making it easier to hit the opponent.

However, this moveset has a drawback: constantly dodging around makes Xianjiu (a character in the game) prone to motion sickness.

2. The combination of Quick Attack and Shadow Clone creates the move: [Lightning Meteor Flash]

Multiple shadow clones simultaneously unleashed a lightning flash, making it look like a streak of shooting stars—a truly masterful illusion.

However, this move combination has significant flaws. If the opponent disperses all the clones first, or if the opponent has a skill that can see through illusions, the illusion effect of this move combination will be greatly reduced.

3. High-speed movement + Shadow Clone creates the following move combination: [High-Speed ​​Shadowless Step]

This move combination is quite effective at creating confusion. Xianjiu had used it many times before, but each time the duration was short because both skills consume a lot of stamina, and the stamina of the Thunder Seal Cat race is not particularly high, so it cannot be used for a long time.

While improving the speed of the 9th generation, training in physical strength and endurance should not be neglected.

4. The combination of a double kick and teleportation results in the move: [Whirlwind Multi-Kick]

Gu Ling carefully examined the details of the Double Kick skill. The Double Kick is actually a small control skill, especially when it kicks an opponent who cannot fly or hover into the air, which can temporarily restrict their movement.

According to Gu Ling's idea, after the first kick, if he could use teleportation to adjust his position and get close to the opponent again in a short time, he could use a double kick to achieve a continuous control effect.

If the electrostatic properties can be triggered during this process, multiple paralysis effects can be achieved, and the control effect can be optimized.

During the fight, just when the opponent thought the two-part double kick was over and was thinking of counterattacking...

Hehe~

You didn't expect that, did you?

I can still kick! Kick! Kick!

Therefore, the current training task is—

The first is that Xianjiu needs to be proficient in combining two or more skills into a set of moves.

The second is to improve Xianjiu's stamina and endurance.

An hour later, Xian Jiu collapsed on the beach, exhausted.

Within that hour, Xianjiu practiced the Five-Star Lightning Flash four times. Each time, he could only use the Five-Star Lightning Flash for about five minutes before resting for 10 minutes and then continuing to practice.

Gu Ling let Xian Jiu rest for 10 minutes as usual, and then began practicing the next move, [Lightning Meteor Flash].

Therefore, Gu Ling had already marked the spot with two large stones, about 100 meters apart.

"Xian Jiu, see these two rocks? Use Lightning Meteor Flash to run back and forth."

"Meow~"

Xianjiu stood next to a rock, let out a soft cry, and then quickly ran forward. At the same time, she used Shadow Clone, and instantly, six Xianjiu clones were running back and forth on the beach.

Gu Ling was using a stopwatch on her phone to record the duration of each run when she suddenly noticed something.

The clones created by the shadow clones are not materialized and have no effect on reality. They run back and forth on the soft sand without leaving any trace.

Only Xianjiu's original body leaves behind a string of footprints. Moreover, because the field is sand, Xianjiu's speed is also slowed down. After running back and forth a few times, the clone runs faster than the original body.

"Xian Jiu, watch out for your clone. The sand is affecting your speed and has revealed your footprints. This makes it easy for your opponent to spot your true form," Gu Ling warned.

Upon hearing this, Xian Jiu subconsciously looked down and saw a series of cat paw prints behind her.

Turning her head to look ahead, she saw that all five clones had run ahead, making her look like the last one. Xian Jiu immediately pouted angrily: "Meow~"

At that moment, Xian Jiu accidentally stepped on a stone, tripped, and fell headfirst into a pile of sand.

The main body stopped moving, and the five clones naturally disappeared as well.

Seeing this, Gu Ling shook her head helplessly: "Still too young, so careless..."

Then, Gu Ling silently noted down in her notebook the weaknesses exposed by Xian Jiu's shadow clone on the sand field.

Gu Ling hasn't come up with a good solution yet, so she can only make a note of it and deal with it later!

Xian Jiu struggled out of the sand pile, turned her head and grumbled defiantly, pointing her little paw at Gu Ling with a strong accusatory look in her eyes: "...Meow!"

It's clearly because you, Beast Tamer, didn't clean the track properly that I had to eat sand!

Gu Ling immediately retorted, "In a friendly match, there will definitely be battlefields with various attributes. Some battlefields are even harsher than beaches. Do you expect me to help you dig out every single stone on the ground then?"

Hearing this, Xian Jiu's ears, which had been perked up in anger, slowly drooped: "...Meow." That makes some sense.

"What if we go into the wild in the future? If we encounter wild animals that want to fight, we can't just stop fighting and find a flat, open battlefield to start fighting again, can we?"

"Meow..."

Selene was speechless after being rebuked, so she chose to lie down on the sand and roll around in the sand with her little paws covering her face.

I don't care~ I don't care~

This nasty rock is bullying me!

"Why……"

Gu Ling sighed and had no choice but to walk towards Xian Jiu.

First, squat down, pick up Xian Jiu, and then gently pat the sand off Xian Jiu's fur.

"Which blind rock dared to offend our invincible and most adorable Xian Jiu?"

"...I will punish it in the name of the moon!"

Xianjiu perked up and immediately stretched out her little paw, pointing to a rock that was half-exposed from the sand not far away.

"Meow!" That's it!

The rock wasn't very big, but the lower half was pressed down quite firmly, which is why Xian Jiu tripped over it.

"This is the cunning and wicked stone, isn't it? Very well! You asked for this!"

Gu Ling picked up the stone, aimed it at the sea, and then flicked it!

The stone, embodying "heinous crimes," was thus flung out, skipping across the sea several times before finally sinking and disappearing without a trace.

"Meow~"

Seeing the cool way Xian Jiu skipped stones, her cat-like eyes lit up, and she excitedly began picking up small stones nearby and throwing them onto the sea, just like him.

However, the stones that Xianjiu threw all sank into the sea immediately, without skipping any stones.

Xianjiu was somewhat dissatisfied and continued searching for stones in the sand.

Gu Ling stared at the sea, recalling the scene of the stone skipping across the water, and an idea suddenly popped into her head.

...How about letting Xianjiu practice her combo moves, High-Speed ​​Shadowless Step, at sea?

Theoretically speaking, as long as the speed of the 9th generation is fast enough, it will not fall into the water and can keep running on the water surface.

"Sword Nine! Let's go practice the High-Speed ​​Shadowless Step at sea!"

Gu Ling excitedly told Xian Jiu about this idea.

With two "plop" sounds, the stone that Xian Jiu had just picked up fell into the sand.

Xian Jiu was stunned, then shook her head repeatedly!

Has the beast tamer gone mad?

It's not an aquatic pet, so how could it possibly run on the sea surface without falling into the water?

And its beautiful fur will get wet when it gets wet!

"Xian Jiu, this is actually very simple, any human can do it."

"Mwah?" Xian Jiu was somewhat incredulous.

So, Gu Ling searched online and, after finding the video she wanted, placed her phone in front of Xian Jiu.

"Look at Xianjiu..."

In the video, two men with long hair are seen fighting on the water, running and jumping as if the water were flat ground, showing no signs of falling in.

Most importantly, he looks incredibly dashing and handsome!

Xian Jiu's cat-like eyes widened instantly, filled with disbelief.

How did these two humans manage to walk on water?!

Xianjiu had only recently started using the internet and usually only watched cartoons and movies about pets. She didn't know all the characters, so naturally she didn't know that there was a genre of TV dramas starring humans called martial arts dramas.

They were even less aware of the term "filming".

The light-footed movement, like walking on water.

In the innocent eyes of Xian Jiu, it was as if she possessed abilities as incredible as those of a pet beast.

Gu Ling said without batting an eye, "I wasn't lying to you, was I? If someone can do it, you can definitely do it too, Xian Jiu."

"Meow!"

Upon hearing this, Xian Jiu clenched her little paws with a determined look in her eyes.

That's right!

If a mere two-legged creature can do it, then I, the cat, can definitely do it too!

Seeing that Xian Jiu was completely convinced, Gu Ling secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually, she didn't know if this would even work.

Among human martial arts, perhaps when cultivated to a high level, there really are reclusive masters who can walk lightly on water.

Even if Xian Jiu cannot successfully achieve the lightness skill of walking on water, she can practice the high-speed Shadowless Step in the sea. With the seawater as resistance, if Xian Jiu can practice to the point where her speed is not much different from running on flat ground, that can be considered a training result.

Having been swayed, Xian Jiu cheered herself up and strode confidently toward the sea.

Upon reaching the seaside, Xian Jiu simultaneously used High Speed ​​Movement and Shadow Clone Technique, leaping lightly towards the sea surface. The next second—

"thump……"

Glug glug~

As expected, Xian Jiu fell into the sea and swallowed some seawater.

After standing up, Xianjiu continued to use her signature move, High-Speed ​​Shadowless Step. This time, she fell into the sea again after only two seconds.

Glug glug~

"thump……"

Glug glug~

After falling several times in a row, Xianjiu began to doubt her existence as a cat.

On the shore, Gu Ling encouraged, "Xian Jiu, we've only just started training, so we definitely can't master it all at once. Let's start with the simple things, like running in the sea..."

"Go, Xian Jiu! Go, Xian Jiu! You're the best Thunder Seal Cat!"

"Whether we can win the prize money from the friendly match and keep buying Xiangbobo canned goods depends on you!"

Gu Ling recorded these two sentences on her phone, then turned the volume up to the maximum and played them repeatedly while she continued to study the specific training to follow.

Upon hearing the words "Xiang Bobo" in the sea, Xian Jiu was filled with energy, her eyes fixed firmly on the ocean ahead.

"Meow~"

For fragrant kisses!

train!

……

At noon, Gu Ling received a WeChat message from Gu Ya on her phone.

Gu Ya: [Lunch is ready, come back and eat!]

Gu Ling: [Okay]

So, Gu Ling turned to look at Xian Jiu, who was still struggling against the sea, and called out, "Xian Jiu, it's time to go home for lunch."

As soon as she heard it was time to eat, Xian Jiu immediately ran over like a madwoman, meowing excitedly.

"Mmm~" Do you have canned boba for lunch?

Under Xian Jiu's expectant gaze, Gu Ling spoke cruelly: "It won't be that fast. I just ordered the Xiangbobo this morning. The delivery probably won't arrive until the day after tomorrow."

"Meow~" Upon hearing this, Xian Jiu pouted, somewhat dissatisfied.

"Oh, right."

Seeing that Xianjiu was refusing to move, it was obvious that she wanted to carry it herself, so Gu Ling said, "Before the delivery arrives, Xianjiu, you should start using your telekinesis to walk from now on."

Xian Jiu tilted her head, indicating that she didn't quite understand.

Gu Ling explained, "Skills like telekinesis can manipulate objects and creatures to float, and the same applies to yourself. That way you won't have to walk anymore, which is so convenient, and you won't have to worry about getting your hair dirty."

After thinking about it for a moment, Xian Jiu realized that what the Beast Tamer said made sense.

"Meow~"

Why didn't you say so sooner, Beast Tamer? This is such a great idea!

Xian Jiu doesn't like to walk when she goes out, not because she's lazy, but because she doesn't want to get her fur dirty. So she usually has Gu Ling carry her or sit on Gu Ling's shoulders.

"I just thought of that too." Gu Ling wasn't trying to fool Xian Jiu with this statement.

Telekinesis can control a certain object or creature, and it can also be applied to oneself, allowing one to levitate and fly, and move.

For some flying-type pets, if they are too agile in the sky to be hit, they can use telekinesis to levitate and achieve the effect of flight, making it easier to approach the opponent.

However, Electric-type Pokémon are type-advantageous against Flying-type Pokémon. Generally, when facing a Flying-type Pokémon, a single Thunderbolt attack will either instantly kill or severely damage it if it hits, and you don't really need to use Psychic to levitate.

……

And so, Xianjiu began to try using her telekinesis to levitate, gradually getting the hang of it from the initial discomfort.

Once home, Gu Ling didn't hide Xian Jiu's superpower attribute this time. Under the surprised gazes of Gu Ya and Gu Zhou, Gu Ling explained it to them.

At a pet breeding base in Nanping County, a Thunder Seal Cat with superpowers was purchased for only a few hundred thousand yuan.

This luck... even made Gu Zhou envious and jealous.

"You deliberately hid it this morning, didn't you?"

If Gu Zhou had known that Xianjiu had a superpower attribute, he probably wouldn't have been so impulsive in the battle, and his game console wouldn't have been confiscated...

Gu Ling gave him an approving look: "You're a little smarter this time."

"Damn it!" That's a real jerk!

"..."

After lunch, Gu Ling didn't rush to the beach for training. Instead, she meditated at home for two hours, allowing Xian Jiu to rest for a while.

At 2 PM, Gu Ling took Xian Jiu out to the beach again.

However, when Gu Ling arrived at the beach this time, she saw a familiar face...

"Grandpa Nian?"

(End of this chapter)