Beast Taming Begins with Inheriting a Legacy.

Chapter 9 The Development Direction of Xianjiu

"Of course it's true."

The video of the second evolution of the Thunder Cat, which Gu Ling had saved on the tablet, was played.

Xianjiu leaned her little head closer and, seeing that the Thunder Seal Cat inside had indeed evolved into the Thunder Extreme Cat on TV, completely believed her Beastmaster's words!

Xian Jiu was overjoyed: "Meow meow!" This cat wants to evolve too! I want to become beautiful too!

Gu Ling smiled and said, "Then starting tomorrow, Xian Jiu, you need to keep training and improve your level and strength. The harder you work, the sooner you can evolve into a Thunder Cat."

Xian Jiu immediately puffed out her chest and said: (_) Meow~

Gu Ling seized the opportunity and played a video of pet battles that she had downloaded on her tablet for Xian Jiu to watch.

Having learned from her first experience, Xian Jiu wasn't frightened this time and even watched with great interest.

In the video, every time one of those majestic electric-type pets won a match, Xianjiu's cat eyes would immediately sparkle, and she would be extremely excited, as if she herself had won the match.

Little did they know, all of this was specially arranged by Gu Ling.

The match being broadcast on TV was actually a replay; Gu Ling had specifically checked that a match in which Lei Ji Mao won would be broadcast during this time slot.

The tablet contained a bunch of videos of electric-type pets winning, which Gu Ling had specifically selected and saved.

In addition to the videos of Electric-type Pokémon winning, videos of Fire-type, Water-type, Flying-type, and Grass-type Pokémon winning have also been saved.

Since Gu Ling didn't know what kind of pet she would eventually contract, she simply prepared for all possibilities, just in case.

Oh, except for Bug-type.

And the current results...

Gu Ling turned her head and glanced at the excited little cutie Xian Jiu again, and chuckled to herself.

The effect is outstanding!

Gu Ling felt no guilt whatsoever for deceiving the newly hatched Thunder Seal Cat cub. She set up the tablet in front of Xian Jiu, then picked up her notebook and pen and began planning tomorrow's training schedule.

Nanping County is a small county town with relatively complete pet infrastructure, such as the six iconic pet facilities: pet hatchery, pet guild, pet training hall, pet medical center, pet alliance branch, and pet dojo.

Except for the Pet Alliance branch and the Pet Gym, which were not built, all four other iconic buildings are complete.

Pet Alliance branches are generally located in city-level cities, such as Hailan City, which is directly under the jurisdiction of Nanping County. They are mainly responsible for assisting judicial organs in maintaining urban security, managing and restraining beast tamers in the city, handling related pet affairs, and conducting monthly beast tamer level assessments.

Pet Gyms are generally located in the capital cities of provinces. For example, Baihua City is the capital of Nanfu Province, where Nanping County is located. There are 34 provincial-level administrative regions in Longxuan Kingdom, and there are 34 Pet Gyms. Pet Gyms are places with high-end pet combat power, apart from the Pet Alliance. They also bear the responsibility of maintaining social harmony and stability in their respective areas.

After obtaining the title of Professional Beastmaster, every Beastmaster can challenge various Beastmaster Gyms to hone their skills. Winners will receive an exclusive Gym Medal awarded by the Beastmaster Gym.

All of this is still far from what Gu Ling, who is currently just a novice beast tamer, has come to be.

Gu Ling tapped the tip of her pen on the paper and murmured, "The Pet Beast Guild can accept quests, but the minimum requirement is to become a bronze-level professional beast tamer... We don't need to consider that for now."

"At the pet training center, you can go in and use the training equipment as long as you pay. You can also choose opponents to compete against or watch competitions. You can go there."

"Some shops in Nanping County use pets to attract customers, and there are also dedicated pet clubs that allow customers to get up close to the pets and enjoy the joy of owning a pet. It's a good time to go to those places to refresh your points."

"..."

Gu Ling took out her phone and searched on a map app for the nearest pet training center, pet club, and shops that used pets as a gimmick.

Subsequently, further investigation was conducted into the type of pets that were permanently stationed in the clubs and shops, with a focus on Electric, Normal, and Psychic types.

Most of the shops use pets that are small and not very destructive. As for pets with strong destructive power like electric ones, almost no shop chooses electric pets to work for them. Gu Ling only found four shops.

As for super-powered pets, no shop has them.

Most super-powered pets have unpredictable personalities. Because they have higher intelligence than ordinary pets, they are not easily fooled by humans into forming contracts.

Gu Ling found that there are a total of 28 pet clubs in Nanping County.

Among them, 13 clubs have electric-type pets, and 2 clubs have psychic-type pets.

However, the two clubs that have super-powered pets are quite far apart and in different directions, so it would take about an hour to get there by car.

Gu Ling thought to herself, "Tomorrow morning, I'll take Xian Jiu to the pet training hall to get used to it, and in the afternoon we'll go to a club with super-powered pets."

Psychic-type pets are so rare to encounter. Now that we've discovered that there are Psychic-type pets available for interaction, we should definitely go as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen circumstances.

If the club's super-powered pets suddenly stop operating, she'll have to go to another county to look for them.

Gu Ling circled the above content in her notebook and put a question mark next to it.

"I'm not sure if I can keep refreshing for skill slots tomorrow. If not... or if it's not refreshing every day as I'd like..."

"We cannot rely too much on the Beast Taming Manual."

She is the Beast Tamer of Xianjiu, and Xianjiu's training ultimately depends on her. We cannot place all our hopes on uncontrollable external forces.

Xianjiu has currently mastered seven skills:

The call indicates that the animal does not pose an actual threat.

Bite and Lightning Strike are melee attack skills, while Electric Shock and Telekinesis are ranged attack skills.

【Scream】: A Normal-type move that lets the opponent hear a cute scream, diverting their attention and causing them to be careless, thereby reducing the opponent's attack.

【Detect】: A normal-type skill that can see through disguise skills. When a pet is in a detected state, its evasion rate increase is ineffective, and skills that are ineffective against ghost-type pets become hitable for a short period of time.

"You can start with [Scream] to disrupt your opponent's rhythm, then use [Speed ​​Strike] for a quick dash attack, followed by [Double Kick], [Bite], [Electric Shock], and other attack skills as needed."

Gu Ling had previously searched online for a lot about the training direction of Thunder Seal Cats, and most of them suggested training them as special attack assassins.

Disrupt the enemy with absolute speed, and strike them with lightning speed when they are off guard.

However, Thundercat is weak in defense and unlike Grass and Water type pets, it cannot fight while healing. This means that if Thundercat cannot dodge attacks in battle, it is easy to overexert itself and fall into a disadvantageous position.

"Speed! With extreme speed, you can dodge attacks."

This is also the conventional approach to training Thunder Seal Cats. Since there is experience summarized by predecessors, Gu Ling can simply use it.

(End of this chapter)