Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

Chapter 81: Giving Xianjiu a pre-match buff

After school in the afternoon, Gu Ling took her two pets to a computer store to choose a tablet.

As soon as they entered the store, Xian Jiu and the mischievous boy ran to the counter with great interest to choose. However, after walking around for a long time and looking at the dazzling array of tablet brands, the two little guys did not know which one to choose. They then ran back to Gu Ling's side and stared at Gu Ling with longing eyes.

Afterwards, Gu Ling compared the internal configurations of several popular brands, selected the one with the best cost performance, and then left the style of the tablet to her two pets to choose themselves.

"Mew~" I want a cool silver one!

"Hehehe~" I want mysterious black!

Finally, the two little ones chose silver and black respectively. Gu Ling's tablet was originally pink, so this way they could distinguish it by color.

Since there were no training classes in the evening, Gu Ling simply took her two pets home.

Anyway, Gu Ling can do meditation training at home without having to go back and forth between school and home, which allows her to squeeze out more time.

……

When Gu Ling got home, she received a call from the deliveryman, who said that the Styx Water and other resources she had ordered earlier had been delivered to the entrance of her residential compound.

Because items like Styx water are quite special, they are prone to problems with ordinary express delivery channels, so there are also dedicated couriers who deliver them directly to the door.

A moment later, Gu Ling signed for the package at the entrance of the residential compound.

After carrying all the packages home, as soon as they had a free moment, Xianjiu and the mischievous boy couldn't wait to try out the new tablet.

Gu Ling turned on her computer and started searching online for the "Beast Taming Vocational School" that Zhou Mengran had mentioned earlier.

Originally, Gu Ling thought that with the multiple mastery-level skills that Xian Jiu had mastered, he should have a good chance of winning against a novice beast tamer who had only been training for a few months.

But now Gu Ling can't guarantee it anymore.

Name: Rai-Yin Cat

[Attribute]: Electric (Mutant: Psychic)

【Characteristics】: Static electricity, mental strength (Hidden characteristic: Magic defense)

[Qualification]: 398 (Intermediate)

[Level]: Extraordinary

【Skill】:

[普通系技能]：叫声（入门90/100）、二连踢（小成95/500）、识破（精通30/2000）、电光一闪（精通185/2000）、影子分身（精通75/2000）、高速移动（小成275/500）

[Electric-type skills]: Electric Shock (Minor Mastery 41/500), Thunderbolt (Minor Mastery 120/500)

[超能系技能]：冥想（小成310/500）、念力（精通100/2000）、瞬间移动（小成240/500）

[Dark-type move]: Bite (Mastery 22/2000)

[Steel-type move]: Iron Tail (Mastery 32/2000)

[Introduction]: Naturally proud and combative, they like to chase lightning on the vast grasslands. They live in groups as children and live alone as adults.

Gu Ling looked at the current data of Xianjiu several times and sighed slightly.

The students at the Beast Taming Vocational School are all from wealthy and noble families. They have no shortage of money to buy high-quality pets, nor do they lack resources to train them. Perhaps some students have already advanced their pets to the level of Warrior General.

Xianjiu is currently only at the Transcendent level, and may not be able to defeat a Warrior-level pet.

Gu Ling is currently unable to form a contract with the mischievous beast. According to the official competition rules, pets without a contract cannot participate in the competition.

There are still two months until the friendly match. Unless Xianjiu's strength is improved as soon as possible, even if he cannot advance to the Warrior level, he should at least be able to fight against Warrior level pets.

Alternatively, she could become a two-star beast tamer as soon as possible, so that she could contract the mischievous ghost.

Gu Ling frowned slightly: "Relying solely on canned delicacies isn't enough to motivate Xian Jiu; we need to add more fuel to the fire..."

With two recent bounty payments, Gu Ling bought a lot of Xiangbo canned food for Xian Jiu.

Although the goal is to win the championship, Xianjiu's enthusiasm recently is clearly not as high as it was during the summer training.

After a moment's thought, Gu Ling opened WeChat on her phone and sent a private message to Zhou Mengran: [Teacher Zhou, have you found out who the Beast Taming Vocational School has confirmed for the friendly match? What kind of beasts do they have?]

Two minutes later, Zhou Mengran replied to the message.

Don't put too much pressure on yourself.

Zhou Mengran thought that Gu Ling was influenced by the information about the Beast Taming Vocational School that was revealed today.

Gu Ling typed an explanation: [I want to give Xianjiu some motivation so it can train harder.]

Zhou Mengran: [We have indeed done some research. Currently, two people have been confirmed to participate, and their performance is outstanding. They will most likely represent Beast Taming Vocational High School in the friendly match.]

Soon, Zhou Mengran sent over a document.

Gu Ling glanced closer and, upon seeing that both of them were two-star beast tamers and had each contracted two pet beasts, showed no particular surprise.

Now that I've seen the answer, I feel a sense of calm, as if I knew it all along.

Gu Ling glanced at the pet's aptitude; they were all high-level.

Gu Ling noted down the species of the four pets and then posted an order on a certain platform.

—Produce three related pet videos, urgent.

Because Gu Ling offered a relatively attractive price, several studios quickly sent her private messages indicating they could take her orders.

Gu Ling didn't rush to agree. Instead, she first went to the account pages of all the studios to check their information, and then went online to search for some of the works produced by these studios.

After comparing prices from three different studios, Gu Ling chose one with the best reputation and the most exquisite production, and sent her requirements to them.

"For the first video, make a compilation video of these four pets fighting. Make it as cool and majestic as possible, and ideally, their opponent should be a Thunder Cat..."

"For the second video, make a short film about these four pets as villains who bully a group of Rai-Yin cats. It's essential to establish the villains well, making them as vicious as possible to highlight the pitifulness and misery of the Rai-Yin cats. The emotional impact must be effective..."

"For the third video, make one of these four pets making arrogant remarks before the competition, looking down on everyone else and thinking they're trash. It should be the kind of video that makes you want to jump through the internet and beat those four pets to a pulp just by hearing it..."

Gu Ling spent an hour discussing various details with the studio.

Finally, Gu Ling asked about the deadline: "Could you submit the first edited video this week?"

Money makes the world go round.

Gu Ling offered a generous reward, and the studio readily agreed, promising that the first video would be edited within three days.

However, the latter two videos are not simply a matter of editing and compositing, so the progress will be a little slower, but I have promised to deliver them within a month.

After Gu Ling paid the deposit, the chat ended.

Turning around, Gu Ling saw Xian Jiu, who was still oblivious and playing games on her tablet. For a moment, she felt guilty, but then her heart immediately hardened like iron.

She did all this for the sake of winning the championship, for the prize money, and so that Xian Jiu could live a happy life eating delicious canned food every day in the future.

Xianjiu will surely understand my good intentions!

Finally, Gu Ling's slight sense of guilt disappeared, and she began to ponder again.

Besides giving Xianjiu several layers of anger buff before the competition, we also need to genuinely improve Xianjiu's strength.

"I haven't had a big influx of points in a while, and I haven't had time to wander around this month, so I'll wait until next month..."

Next month, Gu Ling will ask Zhou Mengran for a few more days off to explore the nearby pet sanctuary.

Gu Ling previously felt that the journey to the reserve was too far, and then having to pay an entrance fee to see the animals was not worth it.

But things are different now. If you can use a little ticket money to win hundreds of thousands in prize money, anyone would be happy to do so.

"...Besides adding points, we need to think of other ways to improve our strength."

Friendly matches are not like competitive matches or class placement exams.

The talent of the character in "Sword and Fairy 9" can be excellent, and the strength can be outstanding, but it cannot be too monstrous.

For a pet that has only been hatched for a few months, reaching the mastery level in skill proficiency is already the absolute limit.

Even with enough points to add to the skill proficiency, Gu Ling wouldn't dare to raise Xian Jiu's skill proficiency too high all at once.

Being too sharp and outspoken is not a good thing.

"Let's wait until Xianjiu learns Reflection and Hypnosis first, then continue practicing move combinations."

"In addition to improving strength, we also need to improve our tactics."

There isn't much information about our friendly match opponents right now, so it's difficult to devise tactics in advance. However, there is one tactic that we can start practicing now.

That is……

"Meow!"

A scream rang out, interrupting Gu Ling's thoughts.

Xian Jiu was so angry that she was jumping up and down, constantly using all sorts of beautiful meow language to "praise" the other players in the game.

Xianjiu's two claws seemed to leave afterimages on the tablet, as a series of sarcastic remarks popped up on the screen like a machine gun firing, almost without any thought. As soon as one insult was finished, the next one was already almost written.

The speed was so fast that even Gu Ling was speechless.

Who would have thought that just over a month ago, Xianjiu was a little kitten who would get teary-eyed after being scolded a few times in the game, not knowing how to scold back, and could only look pitiful in the end?

Gu Ling had previously considered having Xian Jiu use trash talk tactics to distract the opponent's pets during the battle.

During the class placement exam, he used the same tactic and easily defeated the Electric Bull.

At that time, the trash-talking tactics of Sword and Fairy 9 were not yet fully developed.

But now...

Gu Ling looked at Xian Jiu, who had her hands on her hips, looking like she could still argue with the other players for another 300 rounds, and nodded with satisfaction.

The time is ripe.

However, simply learning to argue with others through games shows a narrow perspective.

Gu Ling took out her notebook and began to develop a training plan for "The Art of Language in Xianjiro 9"—

First, search online for various "elegant" collections of sarcastic remarks and have Xianjiu memorize them in their entirety.

Second, download various crosstalk programs and debate videos for Xianjiu.

Third, buy various books on language arts, and have the student memorize and understand the meaning of the entire novel "Xian Jiu".

"...Learning must be followed by practice!"

"As for how to put it into practice... it's impossible to encounter weirdos to fight in every game, and playing too many games will also reduce the enthusiasm for Sword and Fairy 9."

Gu Ling finally decided to use her money to hire someone on a certain online chat app to chat with Xian Jiu and have the chat partner banter with her.

Gu Ling had just posted her order on the platform when she thought about it and felt it was a bit too bizarre. Worried that no one would take the order, she edited it again.

Gu Ling added a note: If you can keep going for four hours, there will be an extra tip, and you will get a five-star review for every order.

After editing, Gu Ling posted the order again.

After finishing these tasks, Gu Ling got up and went to find the mischievous kid who was watching a game video: "Mischievous kid, can I borrow your tablet? I'll download some study materials for you."

When the mischievous boy heard that it was study material, he immediately thought it might be material on how to scare people, and readily handed over the tablet.

Gu Ling used the mischievous ghost's tablet to search online for various popular suspense and horror TV series and movies, as well as documentaries about various cases of psychopathic killers, and downloaded them all to the tablet.

Then, Gu Ling downloaded hundreds of popular suspense and horror novels.

Considering that the little rascal was just beginning to learn to read and still didn't understand many words, Gu Ling directly taught him how to use audiobook software and even downloaded several audiobook software programs specifically for him.

After downloading the novel, Gu Ling also downloaded many short videos of psychological experts analyzing human nature, as well as various electronic professional books on psychology.

After doing all that, Gu Ling also set up a red lock screen wallpaper with the "Twenty-Four-Character Mantra" for the mischievous boy, and emphasized to him: "From now on, you must read these 24 characters every morning when you get up or when you go to bed."

"Hehehe?" The mischievous boy scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.

So, Gu Ling shared her thoughts with the mischievous boy.

The mischievous boy was initially confused, but as he heard the rest, his large, blood-red eyes lit up, as if a new world had suddenly opened up for him.

Coming to his senses, the mischievous boy looked at Gu Ling with eyes full of admiration.

As expected of a beast tamer!

You can actually play like this?!

Gu Ling patted the mischievous boy's head: "Mischievous boy, when you study, stay alone in the study, remember to turn off the lights and wear headphones."

"Hehehe~"

The mischievous boy nodded obediently, then happily floated into the study, clutching his tablet which was loaded with downloaded "study materials."

"Meow~"

Seeing that her gaming buddy had been lured away, Xian Jiu pounced on Gu Ling's arms, raised her little head, and started muttering to herself.

Beastmaster, what good stuff did you download for that naughty kid?

I want one too!

"Don't worry, you'll get a share too." Gu Ling rubbed Xian Jiu's head.

Gu Ling sighed inwardly: Compared to the cool, cuddly touch of the mischievous boy, Xian Jiu's soft little head is so much easier to pet!

"Meow~"

Xian Jiu's eyes lit up, and she quickly used her telekinesis to control the tablet to fly over, urging Gu Ling to download it as well.

"Xian Jiu, this is also training for the friendly match, to win prize money to buy canned Xiang Bo Bo for winter break." Gu Ling sat down on the living room sofa with Xian Jiu in her arms.

Upon hearing "Xiangbo Bobo canned food," Xian Jiu raised her little head, full of confidence.

"Meow~"

This mere friendly match championship is mine to take!

In the afternoon, when Zhou Mengran introduced the situation of the Beast Taming Vocational School, Xian Jiu went to training and was not present. At this moment, Xian Jiu did not realize that the opponent in the friendly match was not easy to deal with at all.

Gu Ling didn't say anything at the moment, but changed the subject, bringing up the mischievous boy who was "studying" in the study:

"The mischievous kid is at the general level, and he's working so hard to learn and train now."

"Once the Mischievous Ghost officially joins the team through a contract, even though he's new, he already possesses the strength of a War General, while you, Xian Jiu, are only at the Extraordinary level right now..."

Finally, Gu Ling sighed softly and looked at Xian Jiu with a hesitant expression:

"When new members arrive later, if they only consider strength, they'll probably call the mischievous one 'boss,' right?"

"Xian Jiu, will you become number two?"

Upon hearing this, Xian Jiu was immediately shocked.

The thought that she was the first pet to come to the Beastmaster's side, but failed to keep her position as the leader and could only silently retreat to the second place, made Xian Jiu anxious!

"Meow!"

It's impossible!

I, the cat, must be the boss!

Xian Jiu turned her head, her beautiful, round cat-like eyes glaring fiercely at the closed study.

You little rascal!

On the surface, you seem honest and obedient, playing games with me, but secretly you're trying to steal my top spot, aren't you?

"Meow~" Xian Jiu's little paws grabbed Gu Ling's wrist and shook it back and forth, her face full of urgency.

Beastmaster!

Hurry up and make a training plan for me!

(End of this chapter)