Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

The next morning.

Gu Ling sent Xian Jiu to the training ground next door, and then let the mischievous ghost do physical training with the other pets in the elite class.

After the physical training, Gu Ling approached a short-haired female teacher: "Hello, Teacher He, this is my naughty dog. Could you please guide it in its skills training?"

The short-haired female teacher is named He Shujing, and she is one of the teachers responsible for training the elite class's pets in skills.

"No problem." He Shujing handed Gu Ling a form and a pen: "Fill out the skills form first. You've already done the 'Mischievous Kid' skills test, right?"

"Yes, most of the skills have been tested. There were two skills that didn't meet the requirements, so they weren't tested," Gu Ling answered while filling out the form.

The two tables listed more than a dozen Ghost-type skills. Gu Ling ticked the skills that Mischievous Ghost possessed, and then wrote down the Normal-type skills that Mischievous Ghost possessed in the blank space below.

He Shujing took the filled-out form, glanced at it, and smiled, "That's alright. Doing a few more skill training sessions will give you a general idea of ​​your proficiency level."

Gu Ling turned to look at the mischievous boy: "Mischievous boy, you're training with Teacher He, so you have to follow Teacher He's instructions."

He Shujing is the only four-star beast tamer among the many instructors who specializes in ghost-type beasts. All four of her contracted pets are ghost-type pets.

"Hehe~" The mischievous boy nodded obediently.

Because of the need for skills training, Gu Ling temporarily removed the pet suppressor from the mischievous ghost.

After arranging the training for the naughty boy, Gu Ling didn't rush back to the classroom. Instead, she turned a corner and went to the teachers' office, where she found Zhou Mengran: "Teacher Zhou, I'd like to ask you for a favor."

Zhou Mengran looked puzzled: "What is it?"

"Teacher Zhou, could you send out a warrior-level pet to have a battle training session with my naughty friend every afternoon at 19 pm?"

Gu Ling blinked and tentatively held up one finger: "Just one match! About ten minutes."

The Mischievous One is at the Warrior level. Even if it wins a battle against other students' extraordinary-level pets, it won't make much progress.

Going to an outside arena to randomly select an opponent is not only a waste of time, but it's also difficult to control the strength of the random opponents.

Therefore, Gu Ling thought of finding a teacher at the school to be her free sparring partner.

Even with the elite class's high-intensity special training, the training every afternoon ended at 19 PM. Gu Ling's request to conduct combat training after 19 PM would require taking up the teacher's rest time.

Therefore, Gu Ling had no choice but to shamelessly bother Zhou Mengran, whom he was relatively familiar with, especially since Gu Ling had prior knowledge that Zhou Mengran had contracted a powerful evil-type pet.

Ghost-type Pokémon are weak against the same type and Dark-type Pokémon. With Teacher He Shujing guiding his daily skill training, Mischievous Ghost has no shortage of opportunities to battle Ghost-type Pokémon. Therefore, Gu Ling hopes to find a Dark-type Pokémon for his daily training battle.

"Do you really want to become a two-star Beastmaster before the friendly match even starts, then contract the Mischievous Monster and have it participate in the competition?"

Zhou Mengran recalled that Gu Ling had spent a lot of time meditating over the past few days, and now he was making this request. The intention behind it was obvious.

Gu Ling nodded: "That's the plan, so the mischievous kids' combat training can't be neglected."

"Okay." Zhou Mengran readily agreed: "I happen to have a Crescent Moon Wolf with both Fire and Evil elemental attributes, and its strength is at the Warrior level."

Upon hearing that it was a dark-type pet, Gu Ling was overjoyed.

Sure enough, Zhou Mengran had the Crescent Moon Demon Wolf act as the mischievous boy's sparring partner.

"Thank you, Teacher Zhou."

Zhou Mengran smiled slightly: "No need to thank me, I'm counting on you to have a good performance in the friendly match."

"Absolutely! I promise I won't let the organization down!"

"..."

Throughout the day, Gu Ling went to class and meditated in a routine manner.

At 19 p.m., after a day of special training, Gu Ling first picked up Xian Jiu from the training, and then took the mischievous ghost to find Zhou Mengran for combat training.

Zhou Mengran summoned the Crescent Moon Wolf, allowing Gu Ling to launch the first attack.

"You little rascal, use smoke!"

Surprisingly, Gu Ling did not choose to attack the Crescent Moon Wolf directly, but instead wanted to defend against its attack.

"I want to use smoke to distract the Crescent Wolf, making it unable to pinpoint the Mischievous Ghost's location..." Zhou Mengran smiled, but the next second, her eyes sharpened.

"Crescent Moon Wolf, use your fire vortex to sweep away the smoke!"

The Crescent Moon Wolf opened its mouth and spat out a rapidly spinning fireball into the sky.

The fireball continued to expand, forming a vortex of fire that stirred up the surrounding smoke.

The mischievous boy hiding in the smoke was forced to come out in order to avoid being attacked by the vortex of flames.

"A wave of evil!" Zhou Mengran exclaimed.

Whether it's Flame Vortex or Evil Wave, the Crescent Wolf's skill proficiency is quite high, and it can launch an attack in just a few seconds.

Seeing that there was no time to dodge, Gu Ling chose to fight head-on: "You little rascal! Use Shadow Ball!"

The two attack waves collided, and before they could even last a few seconds, the Shadow Ball was annihilated by the Dark Wave, which then struck the Mischievous Ghost with undiminished power.

Bang!

The mischievous boy was knocked to the ground by the blow and couldn't get up for a long time.

"...We lost." Gu Ling sighed.

Although I knew I would lose, the loss happened rather quickly.

Zhou Mengran saw through her intentions immediately and dealt with them swiftly and decisively, giving her no chance to catch her breath.

Gu Ling quickly walked towards the mischievous ghost, picked him up from the ground, and sprayed the prepared healing spray on his wounds.

The mischievous boy looked utterly disappointed: "Hehehe~"

Gu Ling freed one hand and patted the mischievous boy's head, comforting him, "It's okay. Teacher Zhou's Crescent Moon Wolf is very strong and has an attribute advantage over you, so it's normal that you can't beat it. We'll try to win next time."

"Mwah~" Xian Jiu nodded with her hands on her hips.

"Hehehe~"

Suddenly, the mischievous boy's eyes welled up with tears.

On the other side, Zhou Mengran recalled the Crescent Moon Demon Wolf into her pet space: "Gu Ling, your mischievous little devil has no way to counter evil-type pets. If you encounter an evil-type pet in a friendly match, you will be at a great disadvantage."

Gu Ling nodded: "Okay, I understand, thank you, Teacher Zhou."

"Um."

After the battle, Gu Ling took the mischievous boy to the medical room, where Lilu Egg treated him, and then went to the teaching building to pick up Ye Xiaobai so they could go home together.

……

Inside the stairwell of a residential building in the community.

"Xiaobai, from now on I'll pick you up a little later every day..."

"……Um."

As soon as Gu Ling and Ye Xiaobai walked up to the third floor, they saw a tall, slender man leaning against the door of room 305.

The man had a lollipop dangling from his mouth, and his bright, star-like eyes swept over us, so deep they seemed to hold the entire glittering Milky Way.

"Teacher." Ye Xiaobai's eyes lit up when she saw the man, and she quickly walked over.

Hearing Ye Xiaobai call for someone, a look of surprise appeared in Gu Ling's eyes.

...Is this Senior Ye?

Ye Wuyan was unusually not "fully armed" today, which prevented Gu Ling from recognizing him immediately.

Strangely enough, as the former number one genius beast tamer in Shanghai, there is not a single real photo of Ye Wuyan that can be found online now, only some blurry photos with unclear facial features.

Ye Wuyan is very handsome.

无可挑剔。

When the corners of the eyes are inadvertently turned up, they can also reveal a hint of sharpness.

There's something a little strange about him to Gu Ling...

Gu Ling turned to look at Ye Xiaobai, and after comparing the two, she suddenly understood.

……hiss.

Senior Ye actually has the same "well-behaved student" vibe as Xiao Bai!

At this moment, Ye Wuyan raised his hand and waved slightly, his tone light and cheerful: "Hi~ You guys are back~"

Hmm... this opening line doesn't sound like something a well-behaved student would say.

"Senior Ye? You're back, why aren't you coming in?" Gu Ling remembered that this was Ye Wuyan's rented apartment, right? He should have kept a spare key, right?

"I have a surprise for you," Ye Wuyan said with a grin.

Seeing that both of them seemed quite calm, he scratched his head and had no choice but to tell the truth: "...Okay, I don't have the key to go in."

Gu Ling: "..."

She felt there was no need to ask any further questions.

It's simply a matter of forgetting to keep a spare key or losing the key.

Let's give Ye Wuyan some face in front of Xiaobai.

Gu Ling took out the key to room 305 and opened the door. After the two of them came in, she turned to ask, "Senior Ye, have you finished taking care of everything?"

"Everything is taken care of, so I came to find you."

Ye Wuyan raised his hand and ruffled Ye Xiaobai's hair, looking at the messy hair with satisfaction, and said, "Xiaobai, did you miss me?"

"...Mmm." Ye Xiaobai raised her hand to tidy her messy hair and responded softly.

"Go and pour me a cup of hot tea."

"it is good."

After Ye Xiaobai left, Gu Ling asked, "Senior Ye, is it alright that Xiaobai can already contract two pet beasts?"

Even students at the Beast Taming Vocational School, at the age of 14, can only contract one pet beast at most.

Ye Wuyan turned to the side and leaned against the balcony: "Xiao Bai is a bit special. His mental strength seems to be naturally higher than that of ordinary people. I took him to be tested before and found that he has reached the mental strength of a two-star beast tamer. His meditation speed is twice as fast as that of ordinary people. So he is able to contract two pet beasts at such a young age."

"Since Xiaobai is so talented, why does she need to stay here to study?" Gu Ling found this rather strange.

Nanping No.1 Middle School is only outstanding within the county, but it appears rather ordinary when viewed in the context of the entire Nanping Province or even the whole country.

Given Ye Wuyan's status, he could easily send Ye Xiaobai to a school with better educational resources, which would not waste his talent.

Ye Wuyan shook his head slightly: "Although Xiaobai has high talent, he has no experience in dealing with people. Letting him stay in an ordinary school for a while will allow him to adapt as soon as possible."

"Perfect timing! You're the only high school student I know here, so I'll have to ask you for help."

Gu Ling asked, "So, Senior Ye, what are your plans for the future?"

"It's too cold now, I don't really want to go out, so I'll stay here for now."

A cold wind blew by, and Ye Wuyan couldn't help but shrink his neck and quickly walked back into the living room.

Originally, Ye Wuyan planned to go to the South China Sea to escape the cold, but since Ye Xiaobai is currently studying here, he decided to stay for a while.

Inside the living room.

Both air conditioners were turned on and set to hot air, and the whole room became warm and cozy in no time.

Gu Ling then understood why there were four air conditioners installed in this room.

"It's a pity there's no underfloor heating here, so we'll have to make do with the air conditioning for now," Ye Wuyan said casually, sitting on the carpeted floor and sipping the hot tea Ye Xiaobai handed him.

"Newbie! I'll teach you how to play games!"

The next second, as if by magic, Ye Wuyan pulled a game disc from his pocket, quickly put it into the disc player in the living room, and then looked at Ye Xiaobai with anticipation.

"……Um."

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaobai calmly put down the illustrated book in her hand.

Two minutes later—

Ye Wuyan's incredulous voice echoed from inside the room!

"...Aaaaaah!"

"How could we lose again? I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"

"Little White! They bullied me! Help me get revenge!"

Ye Xiaobai, a complete newbie who didn't even understand the game rules, was lucky enough to defeat several monsters.

Ye Wuyan was like someone who had stirred up a monster's den, and was relentlessly attacked, dying several times in just a few minutes.

Gu Ling glanced at it briefly, and the record was truly unbearable to look at.

But seeing Ye Wuyan's repeated defeats yet undiminished enthusiasm, in short—

People are addicted to food.

Gu Ling felt that her previously positive view of Ye Wuyan had shattered almost completely.

Seeing that there was nothing more for her to do, Gu Ling went straight back.

"Senior Ye, I'm leaving now."

"Go ahead, go ahead~"

"..."

And so, another two weeks passed peacefully, and the elite class's special training proceeded smoothly...

One evening.

Gu Ling slowly opened her eyes and exited the meditative state.

"Sigh..." Gu Ling couldn't help but sigh.

The condensation speed of the spiritual beads has been too slow over the past two weeks.

The fourth time he consumed the Strange Spirit Fruit, from November 7th to 15th, lasting for 8 days, he condensed 680 Spirit Beads.

The fifth time I consumed the Strange Spirit Fruit, from November 16th to 23rd, lasting 8 days, I condensed 650 Spirit Beads.

Currently, I am still 2170 spirit beads away from breaking through to the second-star Beastmaster.

At this rate, she probably won't be able to become a two-star Beastmaster by the time the friendly matches begin.

"Should I eat the other Glazed Wood Fruit first?" Gu Ling was a little conflicted.

The quality of the Glazed Wood Fruit is even higher than that of the Strange Spirit Fruit, and correspondingly, the speed at which spirit beads are condensed will also be faster.

However, given Gu Ling's current mental strength, after consuming that fruit, he can only absorb about 50% to 60% of its energy; the rest will simply be wasted.

Gu Ling's original plan was to become a two-star Beast Tamer before consuming the Glazed Wonderwood Fruit.

As Gu Ling stepped out of her room, she glanced at the living room and study.

Xianjiu and the mischievous ghost were also engrossed in their studies.

These days, Xian Jiu is like she's on steroids, not even glancing at her favorite cartoons anymore. She's either meditating or training all day long, so the mischievous guy can't find a chance to scare her.

The mischievous ghost spent almost all his time in the study, only floating out for a short period each night when he soaked in the River Styx.

Gu Ling took out a few loaves of bread from the refrigerator and, as usual, started browsing her phone while eating. Seeing that there were 99+ new messages in the WeChat class group, she casually clicked on them.

"The start time for the friendly match has been announced? It's on December 12th..."

"Temporarily suspend classes in December? Students are free to arrange their own time?"

After the two notices were sent out by the homeroom teacher, many students in the elite class asked about the specific time of the final monthly exam.

After all, the results of this final monthly exam will determine which six students will represent Nanping No. 6 Middle School in the friendly match.

Gu Ling scrolled down again and found another teacher responding to the monthly exam schedule. If nothing unexpected happened, it would still be in the last two or three days of the month.

However, Gu Ling was more concerned about the notice of class suspension.

If she doesn't have to go to class, wouldn't she have an extra 4 hours to meditate?

"14 hours of meditation a day..." Gu Ling's eyes lit up slightly, and she quickly returned to her room to start calculating with her computer.

Finally, Gu Ling circled the date "11" in her notebook, staring intently at the number.

"...There's a chance!"

It's just 14 hours, isn't it?

Just do it!

But this meant Gu Ling couldn't accompany Xiao Bai to and from school anymore, so she went next door to inform a senior who had been staying home playing games for half a month.

……

One minute later.

Inside room 305 next door.

"14 hours?!"

Ye Wuyan was shocked: "Young man, have some decency. You're making me look like a piece of trash."

Gu Ling blinked: "Uh..." If Ye Wuyan is a good-for-nothing, then everyone else is as stupid as a pig.

"Little student, how can you sit still like that?"

Ye Wuyan didn't understand.

He didn't understand at all!

Even Ye Wuyan himself couldn't keep meditating for four hours straight, mainly because it was too boring.

Gu Ling felt it necessary to clarify a little: "I didn't meditate continuously. I would take a few minutes off every two or three hours and eat something."

"You're amazing!" Ye Wuyan exclaimed in admiration. "At this rate, you might actually become a two-star Beastmaster before the friendly match even starts."

"Good luck, kid! Try your best to win the friendly match!"

Gu Ling nodded: "I will do my best. After all, I really want the hundreds of thousands of yuan prize money for the friendly match."

Ye Wuyan said casually, "It might be more than just the bonus."

Gu Ling paused, then quickly pressed, "Are there any other rewards? What kind of resources or something? Senior Ye, do you know something inside?"

"Keep it a secret."

Ye Wuyan smiled mysteriously and didn't continue: "You'll know when you win the friendly match."

He stopped halfway through his sentence, leaving Gu Ling feeling restless and unable to contain her curiosity.

What makes this year's champion so special?

Nanping No. 1 High School is taking this friendly match more seriously than ever before. Is it simply because they want to break the record? Could it be related to the "secrecy" that Senior Ye mentioned?

Even when she was giving the mischievous boy a bath in Styx water that evening, Gu Ling was still thinking about this.

"Hehe~" The mischievous boy stretched comfortably in the water, then opened his mouth wide at Gu Ling.

Seeing this, Gu Ling picked up a few grapes from the fruit plate and accurately tossed them into the mischievous boy's mouth.

Immediately, the mischievous boy squinted his eyes happily: "Hehehe~"

Gu Ling put down the fruit plate, patted the mischievous boy's head again, and then went outside to continue meditating.

There's no use thinking about it now.

Once she wins the friendly match, everything will be clear.

"However..."

Gu Ling's eyes darted around slightly, revealing a sly glint in them: "The number one genius beast tamer lives right next door. It would be such a waste not to make use of such a good 'resource'."

Once a thought arises, it's like wildly growing weeds, impossible to burn off no matter how hard you try.

then……

In the following days, whenever Gu Ling had free time, she would go next door to ask Ye Wuyan for advice.

"Senior Ye, I'd like to ask you a question."

"Senior Ye, I have a question."

"Senior Ye, there's one last question..."

"..."

After several attempts, Ye Wuyan was somewhat bewildered by the questions.

Wasn't he here to take a vacation and slack off?

Why do I still need to teach students?!

Ye Wuyan said, feeling wronged, "Little classmate, I still want to play games."

Upon hearing this, Gu Ling silently turned her head to glance at the grayed-out battle record displayed on the TV screen.

She's been here so many times, and she's never seen Ye Wuyan win even once!

How can someone be tortured by a game a thousand times and still treat it like their first love?

"Cough cough..." Ye Wuyan noticed that Gu Ling had seen the screen, and without changing his expression, he pressed the remote control and switched the game screen.

Gu Ling clasped her hands together and said sincerely, "I promise! This is definitely the last question."

"Uh... I'm very busy..." Ye Wuyan's eyes darted around.

"After I finish my friendly match, I'll teach you how to play games!"

Do you play video games?

"Guaranteed to win!"

"make a deal!"

"..."

So, Gu Ling quickly asked her question: "When a Ghost-type Pokémon of the same level battles a Dark-type Pokémon and is at a type disadvantage, how can it defeat the Dark-type Pokémon against its type advantage?"

"Senior Ye, I've considered many possibilities, but they had absolutely no effect when I fought against Teacher Zhou's Crescent Moon Wolf."

A few hours ago, Zhou Mengran posted a list of some of the confirmed participants and their information from other schools in the group chat.

Among them, Yu Xiliang, the top student in the senior year beast-taming class at Hailan No.1 Middle School, had his contracted evil-type pet, the Gatling Hound, break through to the warrior level a few days ago.

Xian Jiu's Psychic-type Pokémon was completely countered by the Dark-type Gatling Dog, and there was also a level difference. Unless absolutely necessary, Gu Ling did not want Xian Jiu to fight that Dark-type Pokémon Gatling Dog head-on.

Therefore, Gu Ling placed her hopes on the mischievous boy.

Although Ghost-type pets are also countered by Dark-type pets, Mischievous Ghost is a Warrior-level pet, so it's not as disadvantaged as in Fairy 9.

Ye Wuyan answered without hesitation: "Go for it! Believe in yourself!"

Gu Ling paused for a second, then asked sincerely, "Senior Ye, is there really no other way?"

No way, really?

The number one genius beast tamer in Shanghai can't even answer a question from a high school student?

"...I can ask a professional in this field for you!" Ye Wuyan gritted his teeth slightly at that suspicious look; he really couldn't stand it at all!

"..."

Five minutes later.

A freshly printed note was sent to Gu Ling on WeChat.

Upon seeing the signature "Meng Wenxin" in the notebook, Gu Ling paused for half a second, then looked at Ye Wuyan with surprise: "This... this couldn't be the notebook of Meng Wenxin, who was named the new generation Ghost-type Heavenly King by the Pet Alliance seven years ago, could it?"

"Yes." Ye Wuyan nodded. "I originally got it for Xiaobai. He's better suited to specializing in Ghost-type attacks. If you need it, take a look."

"Thank you, Senior Ye!"

Gu Ling thanked him sincerely and then left immediately.

Once outside, Gu Ling paused, frowning as she fell into deep thought.

and many more?

Did she just hear something incredible?

"...Never mind, let's go back and find the troublemaker!"

Find a nice background image and try incorporating the cat into it to see how it looks!

I love both cats so much, I'm so torn! QAQ

Also, Happy National Day! 6000 chapters today! The friendly match storyline should start in the next chapter or the chapter after that!