Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

Chapter 71 Going to the Island

After the scheduled departure time, Gu Ling checked the equipment, then shouldered her backpack, took Xian Jiu downstairs, and met up with Gu Mingsheng.

Xiang Jinli and the other two were also in the living room on the first floor.

After Gu Ling came down, Xiang Jinli stuffed a plastic bag containing several small cakes into Gu Ling's hand: "Xiao Ling, take these small cakes with you. If you feel hungry, take one out to eat."

Gu Ling was a little confused: "Second Aunt, Second Uncle and I are only going to the island for a few hours. We might be back by midnight."

Xiang Jinli waved her hand: "It's fine to bring them along. What if we're too tired and get hungry?"

Ok.

There's a kind of hunger called: your parents think you're hungry.

Gu Ling had no choice but to stuff the small cake into her backpack.

After saying goodbye to Xiang Jinli and the other two, they set off for the port with Gu Mingsheng.

When they arrived at the port, a small boat was already waiting to pick them up. On the boat was a familiar face, none other than the man in the suit who had recruited beast tamers at the cultural building during the day.

After the two boarded the boat, the man in the suit immediately ordered the crew to start the boat and head towards the island.

on board.

The man in the suit looked at the island in the distance, which was gradually becoming clearer, and turned to Gu Ling and Gu Mingsheng, saying, "That ghost-type pet usually appears at night, and it's elusive, so the time to land on the island was set for 19 pm."

"Among the original beast tamers in the fleet, there were also contracted pets that learned skills like 'seeing through,' but they couldn't defeat them in the first encounter. That ghost-type pet was very intelligent; it seemed to have memorized the appearances of those beast tamers. Whenever those people appeared, the ghost-type pet would not show itself but would instead go and harass the others."

"Therefore, you only have one chance. If you fail the first time, it will become wary, and it will be even more difficult to deal with later."

Gu Mingsheng asked, "What species is that ghost-type pet? Have you found out?"

The man in the suit replied, "That ghost-type pet always appears and disappears mysteriously, using smoke as cover when it appears, so no one can see it clearly, only a pair of large, blood-red eyes. However, the pet's body seems to glow green..."

Gu Mingsheng pondered for a moment before speaking: "Among the many ghost-type pets in the Asia-Pacific region, there are quite a few races marked with blood-red eyes, such as the Blood Soul Eye race, the Nightmare Demon race, the Gluttonous Ghost race..."

"But none of these match the characteristic of its body emitting green light... Could it be a night-wandering moth? A firefly from the underworld? Or a jack-o'-lantern monster?"

This goes against Gu Mingsheng's common sense.

Listening to their conversation, Gu Ling couldn't help but become curious.

What is the origin of the ghost-type pets on the island?

As the island drew closer, Gu Mingsheng turned to Gu Ling and instructed her, "Once we get to the island, you must stay by my side at all times and don't get separated from me."

"Have Xianjiu be ready to use the Detect skill at any time. Once it successfully hits a Ghost-type pet, you all run far away. Leave the rest to me."

"Yes, I know." Gu Ling nodded.

A few moments later, the boat docked at the shore, and the group disembarked on the island.

Gu Mingsheng activated two yellow summoning arrays. As the light faded, a majestic white-feathered eagle and a domineering fiery rat appeared before everyone's eyes.

Sensing the aura emanating from the two pet beasts, which was stronger than the extraordinary level, Gu Ling instantly understood: "They are both at the Battle General level..."

"Second Uncle, your pet space level has broken through?"

In his memory, Gu Mingsheng was only a three-star Beastmaster, but now the summoning circle has turned yellow, which means he is now a four-star Beastmaster.

"Yes, he just broke through not long ago." Gu Mingsheng nodded.

Gu Ling couldn't help but wonder if the task Gu Mingsheng had spent so much time on was particularly special and important, resulting in such a generous reward?

Upon returning, Gu Mingsheng not only casually gifted three Glazed Wood Fruits worth 60, but also became a four-star Beast Tamer. It's just unknown whether Gu Mingsheng has contracted a fourth pet beast yet.

Even if a contract is formed, it will probably only be a pet cub and will not yet have developed combat power.

As for whether she would directly contract with a wild adult pet, Gu Ling felt it was unlikely.

Most beast tamers raise their contracted pets from pet eggs or cubs. This not only helps in building a bond, but also because the cubs are untrained and their potential is yet to be developed.

In contrast, wild adult pets are less likely to form bonds, and due to the need to survive, they often suffer from some kind of hidden injury that is difficult to heal, and may also prematurely exhaust their potential and force themselves to evolve.

"White Feathered Eagle, be alert to your surroundings." Gu Mingsheng sent the White Feathered Eagle into the air to keep watch, and then sent the Fiery Rat to stay by Gu Ling's side for protection.

"Fiery Rat, your main task in a moment is to protect Little Zero."

Fiery Rat nodded and then walked over to Gu Ling's side.

Gu Ling took the opportunity to stroke the dark blue fur on the back of the Fire Rat, but the Fire Rat only glanced at Gu Ling before turning its head away and dutifully acting as a bodyguard.

The fiery rat recognized Gu Ling and knew that she was a relative of the Beast Tamer. In addition, it had a gentle personality and did not resist Gu Ling's petting.

[Name]: Fiery Rat

[Attribute]: Fire

【Characteristics】: Blazing Fire

[Qualification]: 425 (Advanced)

[Rank]: Warrior General

【Skill】:

[Normal-type moves]: Tackle, Roar, Headbutt, Smoke Screen, Quick Attack

[Fire-type skills]: Spark, Flame Wheel, Flame Jet

[Ground-type skill]: Dig

[Description]: Generally mild-mannered, but once provoked, the fire behind them can become fierce.

Gu Ling was secretly shocked when she saw that the Fire Rat's aptitude was 425 points.

In his memory, when Gu Mingsheng first obtained the unevolved form of the Fire Rat, the Explosive Rat, it only had a medium aptitude of 390 points.

A pet's racial aptitude is innate and almost impossible to change; the only common way to increase aptitude is through evolution.

After a pet evolves, it undergoes a qualitative change, and its racial attributes will also improve.

"When Xianjiu evolves, her 398 points of medium aptitude should be able to break through to high aptitude..." Gu Ling turned her head and glanced at Xianjiu, who was sitting on her shoulder and looking around. She thought to herself.

Evolution is different from simply increasing one's strength level.

The factors that influence pet evolution are complex, and no pet researcher has yet fully understood the theory of pet evolution. Some pets evolve simply because they want to become stronger; some pets evolve directly after taking a nap; and some pets evolve due to a strong will to survive in a life-or-death situation...

Evolution is generally more beneficial than harmful. Among pets of the same level, evolved pets are usually stronger than unevolved pets.

However, evolution also has some drawbacks. For example, some cute-looking pets become fierce and ugly after evolving, so the Everstone, which prevents pets from evolving, has always sold very well on the market.

For example, in the Ghost-type Pokémon family, the Gluttonous Pokémon evolves from the Gluttonous Pokémon into its final form, Gluttonous Pokémon. Its original Levitate ability, which made it immune to all Ground-type moves, is replaced by Cursed Body. Although Cursed Body has a 30% chance to immobilize the opponent after being attacked, it is still not as useful as the Levitate ability.

On the way, the man in the suit led the way while explaining the subsequent plans:

"We've already investigated beforehand. The Ghost-type pet is most likely hiding in those abandoned houses to the east. We'll have workers deliberately make noise there to lure the Ghost-type pet over."

Gu Ling asked, "After the ghost-type pet appears, will it attack the workers?"

Man in suit: "Yes."

"Then we can hide my Immortal Nine, and when the workers pretend to run away, we can lure the Ghost-type pets over. That way, the detection skill will be easier to hit," Gu Ling suggested.

"This is a good idea, and we will fully cooperate." The man in the suit nodded.

Before reaching the abandoned housing area, Gu Mingsheng said to Gu Ling, "When beast tamers travel in the wild, they usually leave one or two pets outside, and they also keep one or two pets in their own pet space."

Upon hearing this, Gu Ling subconsciously glanced at the white-feathered eagle flying in the sky and the fiery rat walking beside her.

If you look closely at the white-feathered eagle's flight path, you'll see that it has been circling in the same direction as the group of people.

Each time, they would fly there in advance to scout out the route they were going to take, and also to be alert to the surrounding movements.

The fiery rat was very close to Gu Ling, only two or three steps apart, and would occasionally turn around to check on the two of them.

"The primary responsibility of pets placed outside is to protect the safety of their Beastmasters, and they must be constantly vigilant about any potential dangers in their surroundings. Whether it's scouting ahead or covering the rear, these tasks must be performed by the pets."

"With the Beastmaster at the center, the two pets are positioned one in front of the other. This way, no matter if danger comes from the front or the back, the pets can defend themselves immediately. The Beastmaster only needs to walk on the safe route that the pets have already checked to ensure there is no danger."

Gu Ling felt a little itchy to touch it.

If circumstances allowed, she would have liked to take out her notebook and start taking notes.

"Meow~" Xian Jiu gently nuzzled Gu Ling with her head, her cat eyes full of seriousness.

Beastmaster, rest assured!

This cat will protect you~

Gu Ling smiled and patted Xian Jiu's head: "Okay."

Fifteen minutes later.

The group arrived at the designated abandoned housing area.

There were already seven or eight workers staying behind here.

Upon seeing the man in the suit arrive, he immediately turned on the machine.

Gu Ling looked around and hid Xian Jiu inside an empty cardboard box. The top of the box was only slightly ajar, so Xian Jiu could easily jump out.

Afterwards, Gu Ling placed Xian Jiu along with the cardboard box next to a passageway, then turned to the workers and instructed them, "You all run this way later."

"Okay," the workers replied.

Once everything was ready, the others found places to hide nearby and quietly waited for the arrival of the ghost-type pet.

"rumble--"

The noise of the machines echoed all around, sounding unusually loud and jarring in the otherwise quiet night.

Hidden in the shadows, Gu Ling held her breath and focused intently on the operating machine, her peripheral vision constantly scanning her surroundings.

rustling --

The surrounding trees cast dappled shadows on the ground.

Time passed slowly, and in the darkness, something seemed to be rushing towards them at high speed.

The fiery rat beside Gu Ling seemed to sense something, arching its body slightly and revealing a hint of ferocity on its face.

At that moment, a cloud of black mist erupted from a nearby abandoned house, spreading at a visible speed and surging toward the machine.

Within the black mist, a pair of large, blood-red eyes suddenly appeared!

"Aaaaaah! The monster's here!"

"Run!"

"..."

Several workers were so frightened that they started running in all directions, but none of them forgot Gu Ling's words, and they intentionally or unintentionally ran towards the cardboard box.

The monster in the black mist followed closely behind, chasing after the workers.

Inside the cardboard box, Xian Jiu peered through a crack, keeping a close eye on the approaching black mist and blood-red eyes. Just as the black mist was about to engulf a worker, Xian Jiu immediately jumped out of the cardboard box and used her ability to see through it.

A faint blue light flashed from the cat's eyes, like an invisible ray piercing through the thick black mist and locking onto the "monster" inside.

"...Jie?"

From within the black mist, the monster uttered a strange sound that seemed to be filled with doubt.

The next second, the black mist monster, which was previously invisible, gradually revealed its form to everyone.

Gu Ling looked at it from afar and felt for a moment that she was blinded by the light.

Because this monster is like a giant balloon emitting green light, with a pair of blood-red eyes and a gaping maw on its surface.

Red and green...it looks both bizarre and comical.

"White Feathered Eagle! Use your wings to attack!"

Upon hearing the command, the white-feathered eagle in the sky swiftly swooped down, its powerful wings flashing white light as it slashed towards the 'monster' in the black mist!

Bang!

The monster was unable to dodge in time and was cleaved out of the black mist by a single blow.

"Xiao Ling, take Xian Jiu and retreat first!" Gu Mingsheng only had time to give this one instruction before rushing out to continue directing the White Feather Eagle's attack.

"White Feathered Eagle, use Air Slash!"

The monster recovered and rolled several times on the ground before barely dodging the air slash.

At the same time, Gu Mingsheng raised his hand and cast a summoning spell, summoning his third pet beast to block the 'monster's' rear.

Gu Ling picked up Xian Jiu, who had slipped over, and glanced in that direction.

Gu Mingsheng's third pet is a Fighting-type Valiron, no wonder it wasn't released beforehand.

Normally, Fighting-type moves are ineffective against Ghost-type Pokémon. However, since the Mysterious Pokémon is currently in a brief physical state after being hit by Xianjiu's "See Through" move, the Fighting-type Wario can attack it during this time.

"Walri! Approach the past! Use Brick Break!"

"..."

Gu Ling didn't continue watching the battle unfold.

Instead, he listened to Gu Mingsheng's words, let the Fiery Rat lead the way, and carried Xian Jiu away from the scene quickly.

"Huff...huff..."

After passing through a dense forest, Gu Ling emerged from the other end.

By this time, the sounds of fighting had become very faint.

Gu Ling then had time to observe the surrounding situation.

It was too dark nearby, and even with the flames on the backs of the Fire Rat providing illumination, visibility was still low, so Gu Ling took out a flashlight from her backpack.

After turning on the flashlight, Gu Ling shone it around.

Not far away, halfway up the mountain, there was a blurry black shadow. When the beam of the flashlight shone on it, Gu Ling could vaguely see that it was a detached villa.

However, the house looked very old and dusty, with the white paint on the walls almost completely peeled off and covered with various moss and green plants.

Gu Ling tightened her arms slightly, holding Xian Jiu even closer: "This house looks quite old. Its shape and structure are different from those in the abandoned housing area, and it looks like it could collapse at any moment..."

Moreover, it felt more like a haunted house late at night.

(End of this chapter)