Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

Chapter 72 Scaring ghosts, insulting ghosts, and even making ghosts fierce!

Gu Ling only considered it for a second before deciding to rest on the spot.

After sitting down under a tree, Gu Ling held Xian Jiu tightly in her arms, while the Fire Rat stood beside her, alert to the surrounding situation.

Gu Ling took out her phone from her backpack and opened a small monitoring app.

During the day, Gu Ling temporarily bought a night camera and installed it at the scene when he fled. Now he can directly check the situation at the scene through the monitoring software on his mobile phone.

Gu Ling didn't want to miss this live battle between warrior-level pets, but she couldn't just stand there doing nothing.

She was the weakest among them, and Xian Jiu had even used her detection skill, catching the mysterious beast off guard. Once the mysterious beast realized what was happening, it might hold a grudge against Xian Jiu.

So when Gu Mingsheng asked Gu Ling to leave first, Gu Ling left without hesitation.

On the phone screen, the aftershocks of the battle stirred up layers of smoke and dust, and since it was nighttime, visibility was very low.

Gu Ling could only vaguely see the figures of the three pet beasts fighting.

"...Don't let it get away!"

Gu Mingsheng's voice came from the screen.

Then, a figure was blasted away, and upon hitting the ground, it turned into a black shadow, disappearing directly into the ground and fleeing quickly in one direction.

"How did it get away?" Gu Ling looked at the scene with some regret.

Ghost-type pets appear and disappear without a trace, making them quite difficult to catch.

"Second Uncle has also injured the mysterious pet beast. With the speed of the White Feathered Eagle, no matter how much the Ghost-type pet beast tries to run away, it will be caught sooner or later..." Gu Ling stood up from the ground, preparing to go back to find Gu Mingsheng and the others.

"...Wait a minute? The direction the mysterious pet fled from looks familiar?"

A thought flashed through Gu Ling's mind, and she quickly recalled the last video of the mysterious pet beast escaping, then observed the surrounding environment on the screen.

"The moon is facing the camera, and the mysterious pet is running this way..." The route is exactly aligned.

Gu Ling's eyes widened instantly.

I rely on!

Why does the mysterious pet seem to be running this way?!

Just then, Gu Mingsheng called.

After Gu Ling answered the call, Gu Mingsheng's voice came through: "Little Ling, that ghost-type pet has escaped. Find a place to hide now and don't wander off. I'm coming to find you right away."

Looking at the pitch-black surroundings, Gu Ling swallowed hard and said, "...Second Uncle, the mysterious pet seems to be heading this way."

"What? Where are you right now? Is there anywhere to hide nearby? We need to find cover right away!"

"I'll set up location sharing first, a secluded spot..." Gu Ling said, her eyes searching around before settling on an old house not far up the mountain: "There it is, I've found a place to hide."

Gu Mingsheng: "Alright, don't worry. With the Incineroar by your side, that Ghost-type Pokémon is already injured and can't beat the Incineroar now. I'll head over there to meet up with you right now."

After hanging up the call, Gu Ling immediately opened WeChat, took a picture of the old house in the distance, sent it to Gu Mingsheng, and then shared her location.

After doing all that, Gu Ling casually put her phone on silent mode and turned to Hot Rat, saying, "Hot Rat, let's go hide in the house up there."

"Boom~" Fiery Rat responded softly, then took the lead and walked in front of Gu Ling to clear the way for her.

Seeing this, Xian Jiu crawled out of Gu Ling's arms and onto Gu Ling's shoulder, her beautiful blue cat eyes intently watching the surrounding environment.

Xian Jiu did not forget what Gu Mingsheng had said before: in the wild, there must be two pet beasts in front and behind each other to take care of the safety of the beast tamer.

Seeing Xian Jiu's serious expression, Gu Ling reached out and patted Xian Jiu's head before following closely behind the Fire Rat.

Along the way, Gu Ling was a little nervous, afraid that a ghostly face would suddenly appear halfway. Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened, and the two pets and the person entered the old house smoothly.

Gu Ling found a corner to hide in and just breathed a sigh of relief when a dark figure suddenly appeared outside the house.

For a moment, Gu Ling held her breath.

...Hiss! Could it be such a coincidence?

Gu Ling suddenly remembered the ghost stories she had heard a few days ago, and then looked at the old house she was in.

"...Is the ghost inside the haunted house?"

A haunted house?!

As if sensing something approaching, the fiery rat stared intently out the window, its expression wary.

Seeing that the flames on the Infernal Rat's back were about to burst forth, giving it a ready-to-fight stance, Gu Ling immediately reached out and patted the Infernal Rat's head, whispering, "Don't let the flames on your back rise yet..."

The fiery rat understood Gu Ling's meaning, and the sparks that had just risen on its back immediately disappeared.

The dark shadow outside the window quickly slipped into the room along the corner of the wall, and then, like a lump of black mud, it gradually sculpted a three-dimensional shape, and soon, a large, fat man covered in green light appeared on the spot.

When Gu Ling saw the mysterious pet actually appear in the house, her last remaining illusion was completely shattered.

She actually hid in the mysterious beast's lair.

This luck... is just incredible.

Gu Ling glanced at the mysterious pet beast lying on the ground not far away, panting and resting, and her mind began to work frantically.

What do we do now?

The mysterious pet looks very weak? And it hasn't noticed me.

"But this mysterious pet looks strange. It looks a bit like a glutton, and a bit like a monster. Has it mutated genetically?"

"My second uncle said the mysterious pet beast is injured and can't beat the Fire Rat now."

"But the 'Detection' effect that Immortal Nine originally applied to the Mysterious Beast has worn off. For the Fiery Rat to attack the Mysterious Beast, it must land another 'Detection' hit."

Within a minute, Gu Ling pondered for a moment and came to a conclusion—

It's doable!

And my second uncle will be here soon too.

With someone backing you up, there's absolutely no need to fear this mysterious pet.

But if my second uncle comes up then, it might alert the mysterious beast and cause it to escape.

If the mysterious pet runs away without even leaving its lair, it will take a lot of effort to catch it again later.

"Fiery Rat, Immortal Nine, we need to catch this mysterious pet beast together..." Gu Ling said to the two pet beasts in a low voice.

The two pets nodded.

"Fire Rat, go out and draw its attention. Use Spark to block its movement around the mysterious pet."

"Xian Jiu, run up to the second floor now, jump down through the hole in the second floor floor, and use the 'Detect' skill on the mysterious pet."

"Now it's up to you, Hot Rat, to perform."

After Gu Ling gave her brief instructions, the two pets set off.

Explosive Rat walked to the side of the stairs, looked up at the hole in the ceiling, and saw that Xianjiu was sticking her head out. Xianjiu then nodded twice in Explosive Rat's direction.

Seeing that Xianjiu was in position, the flames on the back of the Fiery Rat surged out, and with one mouth, it spat out four sparks in succession towards the direction of the mysterious pet!

Bang bang bang bang!

The mysterious pet was so frightened that it scrambled to its feet.

However, the four sparks from the fiery rat accurately struck the mysterious beast around its perimeter, leaving the beast unable to dodge or run away, and frozen in place.

Seizing the opportunity, Xian Jiu leaped down from the second floor and launched a detection attack on the unsuspecting mysterious pet below!

See through destiny!

"...Jie?"

The mysterious beast froze, and that strange, unsettling feeling returned to its heart.

After seeing Xianjiu's skill successfully activate, the Fire Rat held nothing back and unleashed a burst of flames towards the mysterious pet!

The mysterious pet was unable to dodge in time and was hit by the flames, collapsing to the ground, powerless.

Seeing this, Gu Ling, who had been hiding, finally came out. Fire Rat and Xian Jiu followed closely by her, keeping a close watch on the mysterious pet beast on the ground.

"Finally caught you! Let me see what kind of thing you are..."

Gu Ling muttered to himself as he reached out his "devilish claws" towards the mysterious pet beast—

【Name】：Glutton (Evolution has been discontinued: Nightmare Eater → Glutton)

[Type]: Ghost

【Characteristics】: Characteristic 1: Levitate (Levitates from the ground, thus becoming immune to Ground-type moves)

Trait 2: Cursed Body (When attacked, there is a 30% chance to immobilize the opponent)

[Qualification]: 544~566 (Advanced)

[Rank]: Warrior General

【Skill】:

[Normal-type moves]: Black Eye, Smoke

[Ghost-type moves]: Lick, Spectral Ray, Night Curse, Shadow Ball

[Description]: It likes to hide in the dark or in the shadows of creatures, and jumps out to intimidate its prey when it relaxes its guard.

Gu Ling was stunned for a moment when she saw the data displayed in the Beast Taming Ancient Book.

Evolution halted?

And that aptitude... how come there are two aptitude values?

How can the Levitate and Cursed Body traits be possessed simultaneously by a Glutton whose evolution has been halted?

This is completely unreasonable!

After reviewing the Gluttonous Ghost's information, Gu Ling looked it up and down with a curious gaze: "So you're the legendary monster... You don't look that scary, and why are you green? I remember Gluttonous Ghosts and Nightmare Ghosts are both blackish-purple, right?"

The Gluttonous Ghost's evolution may have stopped, resulting in its upper body becoming the chubby shape of a Gluttonous Ghost, with equally chubby hands, while its lower body retains the original floating, gaseous form of the Nightmare Ghost, without legs.

An adult gluttonous ghost is 1.8m to 2m tall, but this gluttonous ghost in front of us is at most 1.2m tall, so it is obviously still a baby.

"Hehehe~" The glutton came to his senses and his face immediately turned angry.

You can say it's ugly!

But we must not insult its non-horror!

But then the gluttonous ghost thought again and realized that it hadn't scared the human in front of it at all; on the contrary, it had been the human who had scared it.

The glutton grew angrier and angrier, and finally collapsed to the ground in a pathetic manner, bursting into loud sobs:

"Hehehe~ Waaaaah~"

The gluttonous ghost cries without tears, but its piercing cries are so loud they could almost shatter the roof.

"Hey, hey, don't cry." Gu Ling felt a terrible headache.

"Gurgle~"

At that moment, a voice came from inside the glutton's stomach.

The glutton instinctively clutched his stomach, but when he looked up, his eyes met Gu Ling's. He immediately felt hot and embarrassed.

"Do you want to eat this?" Seeing this, Gu Ling rummaged through her backpack and took out snacks such as cat treats and small cakes, placing them in front of the glutton.

"Meow?" Xian Jiu, who was standing to the side, saw her cat treat being taken out and her face puffed up with anger.

The beast tamer actually used its snacks to coax other beasts!

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and Xian Jiu glared fiercely at the gluttonous ghost.

The gluttonous child, glared at, pouted and continued to wail and cry, rolling around on the ground.

"Hehehe... Waaaaah..."

It not only frightens ghosts, but also insults them.

Still acting like a fierce ghost QAQ~

Xian Jiu's face turned pale, and she quickly covered her ears with both hands.

Beastmaster, give it to me quickly! Give it to me quickly!

Stop crying!!

Gu Ling placed the cat treats and small cakes on the floor in front of the glutton.

The glutton stopped crying, his eyes red, and looked at the cat treats, then at the little cake.

Finally, the glutton's gaze settled on the small cake. It reached out its paw, grabbed the plastic bag containing the cake, and after tearing it open, the sweet aroma of the small cake wafted out.

The glutton sniffed the air twice, and his eyes lit up immediately.

He grabbed four or five small cakes, opened his mouth wide with a loud thud, and swallowed them whole, then began to chew them noisily.

Seeing that the gluttonous child had stopped crying, Gu Ling breathed a slight sigh of relief: "Gluttonous child, have you been staying here all along? How long have you been here? Do you have any family or friends?"

This was the first time Gu Ling had come into close contact with a wild pet that had not been domesticated by humans, and she found it quite novel.

However, most wild pets live in groups. Gu Ling remembered that the Gluttonous Ghosts were social pets.

"Jeh..."

Upon hearing this, the glutton, who had been soothed by the sweet little cake, suddenly looked heartbroken again.

Although the human in front of it had startled it in a rather uncivilized manner, the gluttonous ghost didn't hold a grudge against Gu Ling for the sake of the little cake.

Perhaps no one had asked about its origins in a long time, and the gluttonous child couldn't help but tell its story while eating the small cake—

When the gluttonous ghost was originally a nightmare ghost, it was always ostracized and bullied in the tribe because its color was different from that of its companions.

The gluttonous ghost tried all sorts of ways to repair his relationship with his fellow tribesmen, but none of them worked.

Later, the Netherworld Mine in the original habitat of the Gluttonous Ghost Clan, which could provide energy for Ghost-type pets, was depleted, and the entire clan needed to migrate to find the next Netherworld Mine.

At that time, the gluttonous ghost, because he was a loner, hid in a cave to take a nap and missed the migration of the main group.

The gluttonous ghost initially searched everywhere for its own kind, crossing oceans and mountains, going to many places, but it couldn't find it and gradually gave up.

Eighty years ago, a gluttonous ghost came to this island. The original owner of this house had no descendants, and after the original owner passed away, the gluttonous ghost made it his new home.

If anyone tries to buy this land and live here, the gluttonous ghost will try every means to scare them away.

Over time, it became a haunted house, and ghost stories began to circulate on the island. No one dared to touch it anymore.

until……

Seventy years ago, a 14-year-old boy got lost and accidentally wandered in, where he unexpectedly encountered a gluttonous ghost.

Unlike the others, the little boy wasn't scared when he first saw the gluttonous ghost; instead, he was filled with curiosity.

Because of the little boy's special nature, the gluttonous ghost became interested in him. Later, as they spent more time together, the gluttonous ghost became friends with the boy and they agreed to visit him every three days.

But a few months later, the little boy suddenly disappeared, and the gluttonous boy searched the entire island but couldn't find him.

Later, all the humans on the island moved away, leaving only the gluttonous ghost on the island.

The gluttonous boy considered leaving the island to find someone, but he was afraid that if he left, the little boy wouldn't be able to find him when he returned, so he could only continue to wait for the little boy to come back on the island.

And this wait lasted for seventy years...

(End of this chapter)