My beast taming system has absolutely no problems!

Xia Yu tapped the table lightly, looking at the qualification cube in his hand that was still marked as "damaged" by the system.

He muttered to himself, "I need to figure this out as soon as possible..."

The ensuing turmoil was far more intense than Xia Yu had anticipated.

Less than half an hour after the system notified that the pet house had been upgraded, a series of noisy sounds came from the doorway.

"Is this the Miaomiao Pet House?"

"Hey bro, you just got here from watching the live stream too?"

"I don't know. There are more than a dozen companies with this name in Shanghai alone. Let's go in and ask?"

"Boss, is the boss in?"

The glass door was pushed open, and four or five young men and women, around twenty years old, walked in.

Xia Yu stood up to greet the guest, flashing his standard business smile.

"Welcome to Miaomiao Pet House. If you want to learn [Taunt] and [Rain Summon], this is the place for you."

The young man with chestnut-colored hair at the head of the group was overjoyed and asked, "Boss, can I teach my Flame Chicken the [Rain Summoning] skill?"

Xia Yu: "......"

No, even if I were nitpicking, I wouldn't say that, would I?

How do you teach a fire-attribute pet the skill "Rain Dance"?

What kind of rain are you asking for? Fire rain, is it?

He said with a dark expression, "Sorry, fire-type pets probably can't learn this."

A girl behind him chimed in, "Yeah, what are you doing causing trouble? Boss, I'll take care of it!"

She shoved the chestnut-haired boy aside and leaned close to the counter. "My pet is a water-type Leopard Ball. Can it learn [Rainball]?"

Xia Yu was greatly relieved and nodded, saying, "Of course, most water-attribute pets can learn [Rain Summoning]."

The girl nodded happily and said, "Okay, boss."

As she spoke, a light blue six-pointed star array appeared in front of her, and a round pet appeared.

It was none other than the inescapable feces of the sea eggplant, the inescapable hanging of the extreme ice bear, and the leopard ball of the buffet!

"By the way, how much does [Rain Summoning] cost?"

The girl squatted down and asked while rubbing Leopard Ball's head.

As Xia Yu took out the move learning machine, he replied, "Five hundred thousand per session. If it's your first time, I can give you a free box..."

Before he could finish speaking, the leopard ball in front of him was enveloped in a beam of light and disappeared onto the floor.

The girl muttered to herself expressionlessly, "Ah, looks like I've come to the wrong place. This shouldn't be the Miaomiao Pet House..."

With that, she turned to leave.

The others around them exchanged glances and silently left together.

Xia Yu: "......"

Hesitating, that's respectable enough.

Xia Yu put away the learning machine he was about to take out and sat back down behind the counter.

He stared at the glass door that had been pushed open and then closed, and his lips twitched slightly.

"Aunt Xue."

He turned to look at Madam Xueling, who was brewing tea, and asked, "Do you think I should put up a price list at the entrance?"

Lady Xueling let out a soft "yelp" and shrugged.

It roughly means "You decide what to do."

Chapter 48. Fifty thousand... then it's just a dollar? (Please vote and keep reading!)

In fact, Xia Yu didn't have high expectations for this deal.

the reason is simple.

Even for beast tamers, 500,000 is not a small amount.

Most people probably can't even afford this price for their first pet.

Didn't you see that the young men from wealthy families like Lin Sisi, Zhao Yuankang, and Tang Yun all had pets worth hundreds of thousands of yuan at the start?

It's not that I can't afford something more expensive.

More importantly, beast taming is an extremely expensive profession.

Buying a pet is just the simplest step.

There's a saying in the pet-taming community: "Buying a pet is easy, but raising one is difficult."

Daily nurturing, combat medical care, skill learning, and even the evolution of some pets all require the assistance of spiritual materials.

Generally speaking, raising a pet to a level with sufficient combat power usually requires more than ten times the amount of money needed to purchase the pet itself.

It's very similar to some games where the base game is very cheap, but the essence is all in a bunch of DLCs.

To put it bluntly, if Xia Yu didn't have the system, the script he would have been "What kind of beast tamer can you be if you don't have money?"

Of course, things aren't much better now.

Meow Meow Shop's pay-to-win nature is so extreme that it's practically a case of "If you don't have money, you can't open a pet shop..."

In short, for a beast tamer with average financial means, spending 500,000 to buy a skill is still too extravagant.

Especially this newly emerging skill.

Those professions, even those master-level beast tamers and king-level beast tamers, can be used immediately to compete and explore secret realms, and the cost of 500,000 can be earned back quickly.

Why would a beast tamer who is still in the developmental stage get involved?

Why not just learn this skill at a lower price once it's widely available?

This is the mental journey of the vast majority of ordinary beast tamers.

As a result, Xia Yu spent the entire afternoon in endless inquiries and price comparisons.

At first, he was patient enough to chat for a bit.

What are the attributes of your pet?

"A compatibility test is required before learning a skill."

"The effect of taunting is to block debuff skills, yes, that means turning the opponent's pet into a big, dumb monster."

Later on, he was so bored from asking so many questions that his throat went dry.

His very first sentence was, "Provocation forty, rain for fifty."

"Fifty doesn't equal ten thousand... so it's just a dollar, right?"

"...What do you think?"

Chats usually end in this style.

Xia Yu didn't know if they would post his name on some social media platform under the harsh comments section, like "store manager" or something similar.

He doesn't care either.

There will always be someone willing to pay for these skills.

After all, this is Shanghai.

In fact, there are quite a few people willing to spend 500,000 yuan to learn how to pray for rain.

In one afternoon, Xia Yu taught five classes.

Of course, the five lessons were taught by five different water-attribute beast tamers.

There are very few wealthy tycoons like Lin Zhengyao and Jiang Yuxi who insist on teaching every pet the same skills.

After closing for the day, Xia Yu put the last box of energy cubes back on the shelf and stretched.

He looked at Madam Xueling and said, "Aunt Xue, you can watch the shop downstairs for the next couple of days. I need to go and study other things."

It's too time-consuming to be downstairs serving customers all the time.

Xia Yu felt that he should spend his precious time researching aptitude blocks, since this was a new direction that could help Miaomiao Pet House level up.

"If someone really wants to learn, then come up and call me."

Xia Yu said this.

Lady Xue Ling stopped what she was doing and tilted her head to look at him.

"Eek?"

We've just made a lot of money, there's no need to be in such a hurry...

This is what Xia Yu read from Madam Xue Ling's eyes.

"Don't worry, Aunt Xue."

Xia Yu walked over and patted her head.

"I'm just allocating my time and energy to more important things. I'm not in a hurry. With you here, I'm completely at ease."

Lady Xueling was silent for a moment, then nodded gently.

"Hey~"

She reached out her slender fingers and straightened Xia Yu's collar, her movements as gentle as a wife seeing her husband off to work.

Xia Yu was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said, "Aunt Xue, once I develop the aptitude cube, I'll give it to you as the first one."

Lady Snow Spirit's eyes curved into crescent moons.

"Hey~"