Beast Taming: Starting From Zero

Chapter 142: The Task

Qiao Sang took a deep breath and walked with heavy steps toward Water Luriana. Her mind was in disarray.

In the wreckage of the courtyard, surrounded by a smug-looking Yabao eager for praise, and Little Treasure incessantly poking Water Luriana's tail, Qiao Sang just wanted a moment of peace.

If only the Beast Master Codex had a blank third page, she would definitely seize the opportunity while Water Luriana was unconscious to try forming a contract.

Unfortunately, it didn’t.

After two incidents like this, she had no confidence left in repairing her relationship with Water Luriana…

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When Water Luriana woke up and saw the familiar sight of blue in front of her, she instinctively wagged her tail a few times.

She was in the water…

She surfaced, revealing only half of her eyes above the water.

The new human and her two beasts were nowhere to be found.

With a flick of her tail, Water Luriana was about to return to the pool when something familiar caught her eye near the edge.

Swimming closer, Water Luriana was momentarily stunned.

It was a bottle of milk.

Meanwhile, inside the house…

Qiao Sang was busy installing a newly delivered oversized full-length mirror.

The one most excited about having a full-length mirror was, without a doubt, Yabao.

Once the mirror was installed, Yabao carefully levitated it with psychic power, placing it gently in the spot with the best light near the glass wall.

The experience of looking at himself in the blurry reflection of the water versus seeing his image clearly in the mirror was completely different.

Half-sitting in front of the mirror, Yabao was once again immersed in his own handsomeness.

On the other side…

"Just keep levitating this coin, and when you get tired, let it drop." Qiao Sang handed a coin to Little Treasure, giving instructions.

Little Treasure was now over a month old, and today marked the official start of his training.

"Xun~"

Little Treasure nodded, raising a small paw glowing with blue light.

Soon, under the control of his psychic power, the coin was floating in midair.

Qiao Sang was quite satisfied. Some beasts tend to resist training at first, unwilling to cooperate.

Since Little Treasure had never been trained before, she was somewhat concerned.

But now, it seemed her worries were unfounded.

Relieved, Qiao Sang sat down, pulled out her phone, and began searching for local stores that sold Root Grass and Ghost Flame Fruit.

Meanwhile, Little Treasure, having levitated the coin for a short time, started to get bored.

He absentmindedly wiggled his paw, manipulating the coin.

As his fingers moved, the coin began spinning and twirling in circles.

"Xun~"

Little Treasure’s eyes lit up, and he started moving his fingers more dramatically.

The coin, following his gestures, shot up to the ceiling and then dropped sharply, nearly hitting the floor before stopping just in time. It then quickly darted toward Yabao.

The sudden appearance of the coin snapped Yabao out of his admiration of his reflection.

He turned to look at his little companion.

"Xun!"

Little Treasure issued a challenge.

"Yap!"

Yabao’s expression shifted, indicating he accepted the challenge.

Soon, his eyes began to glow blue.

By the time Qiao Sang had finished finding a store and looked up, she was stunned.

The television, remote control, cups, plants, cushions, everything in the room that could be seen was floating in midair.

Qiao Sang’s brain froze for two seconds.

Little Treasure was only a low-level beast, and his psychic power was just in the beginning stages. There was no way he could control this many objects.

Aside from Yabao, she couldn’t think of anyone else capable of doing this.

She stiffly turned her head and, as expected, saw Yabao's eyes and body glowing blue, while Little Treasure, who had initially been using just one glowing finger, was now radiating blue light from his entire body.

These two…

Qiao Sang took a deep breath, trying to calm herself.

It wasn’t their fault, they were both not even six months old yet. What could they possibly know?

This was the time for a Beast Master to teach them properly.

Thinking this, Qiao Sang felt a bit better and her expression softened.

She was just about to speak calmly when she suddenly realized her feet were off the ground, and she was floating away from the couch.

"…"

"Both of you, stop it right now!!!"

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In the days that followed, training finally entered a regular routine.

Every day, before going to school, Yabao would leave a clone at home. Once the clone disappeared after reaching a certain distance, he would use psychic power to levitate and head to school.

On the way home, hr would also use psychic power. Occasionally, he would play with Little Treasure, floating objects around the house.

His psychic ability points were steadily increasing, with his proficiency successfully reaching the Small Success stage, and rising by over 200 points daily, pushing it closer to Great Success.

His Ember skill had also reached the peak of mastery by the fifth day after moving.

Little Treasure’s psychic power and Hypnosis had both reached proficiency levels.

He practiced Hypnosis on Yabao, whose mental strength far exceeded that of Little Treasure, so he wasn’t easily hypnotized.

Even when he was, Yabao could break free using sheer willpower, which also helped train his mental strength.

Everything seemed to be progressing in a good direction.

Except for one thing… his relationship with Water Luriana…

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One week later.

7:22 AM.

Qiao Sang opened her eyes and saw Yabai calmly using his Flame Body to evaporate the water off himself.

Recently, Yabao had been soaking wet every morning. From his initial irritation to his current acceptance, hr had grown used to it.

He no longer made any excuses to avoid baths.

Water Luriana wasn’t doing much better. Several times, whenever Qiao Sang was preoccupied, Yabao would dash into the courtyard and unleash a barrage of skills.

Then Water Luriana would faint…

Not only that, but every time Water Luriana fainted, Yabao would run over to show off his victory to Qiao Sang.

Qiao Sang’s emotional journey went from initial panic, to utter frustration, and finally, to numb acceptance. The emotional rollercoaster had been intense.

But one thing puzzled Qiao Sang, despite being bullied by Yabao every day, Water Luriana still chose to stay at the house.

Though the outside world might be dangerous, surely nothing was more dangerous than the relentless daily battles instigated by Yabao…

Pushing aside her jumbled thoughts, Qiao Sang headed to school.

In the training field…

"Qiao Sang, how’s the range training for your Fire Whirl going?" Wang Yao asked with a smile.

"Not bad." Qiao Sang replied.

The school team was still focusing on skill compression training. Aside from practicing at school, Qiao Sang hadn't been doing much.

"I'll tell you, my Little Flame has already met the training target, it can now hit anything within a 30-meter range with 100% accuracy." Wang Yao said in a hushed tone.

Last time, Flame Sparrow’s range had almost reached the red target but hadn’t quite gotten there. Skill compression was easy to start but hard to improve as you progressed.

"That’s impressive. You might be the first in our group to meet Zheng Baolong’s requirements." Qiao Sang said.

"If there’s an inspection today, I bet you’ll be the only one who doesn’t get scolded."

"Don’t forget to count yourself in." Wang Yao laughed.

"But there won’t be any inspection today."

"Why not?" Qiao Sang asked, puzzled.

"Every now and then, we have to go on a mission, and if I remember correctly, today’s the day." Wang Yao answered.