Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 3 contains damaged spirit beast eggs.

Time seemed to have passed for a long time, but when Lin Manman opened her eyes and checked the time, only a minute had passed.

Upon reopening the system panel, a row of data was prominently displayed on the system.

Lin Manman

Cardinality attribute:

Qi and blood: 18

Spirit: 50

Soul: 390

Occupation: Beastmaster (First Occupation)

Talent: Bloodline Awakening: Can identify the bloodline of spirit beasts. If the spirit beast meets the conditions, it can perform bloodline evolution on spirit beasts with the same or lower soul power based on the host's own soul power. (Depending on the bloodline level, the spirit pet will receive different rank upgrades, with a small probability of reverting to its ancestral form.)

For ordinary people, reaching 50 points in Qi, Blood, Spirit, and Soul is roughly the threshold for professional awakening. Lin Manman seems to have an exceptionally high Soul value because she is a reborn individual, which is one of the reasons she chose to become a Beast Tamer.

Lin Manman was thrilled when she saw the added description after seeing the talent.

Currently, the animal breeding industry classifies the quality of spirit beasts into five grades: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Legendary, and Mythical. Each grade is further divided into three levels based on combat power: High, Medium, and Low.

Among them, the most important factor in determining the rank of a spirit beast is its bloodline. For example, elemental dragons, flying dragons, wyverns, and even the lowest-ranking crocodile dragons with dragon bloodlines are all of medium legendary rank.

Spirit pets are relatively easy to upgrade, with a chance to improve through combat breakthroughs and various rare and precious materials containing power. However, their rank is mostly determined at birth, and they may never have the opportunity to activate their bloodline to advance further in their lifetime.

No wonder Lin Manman, a lazy bum who only wants to live off her parents, was so excited that she lost all control of her emotions. This means that if the conditions are met, she can cultivate the lowest-level bronze-grade spirit beast all the way up to the high-level mythical-grade.

It's worth noting that a low-grade bronze-level spirit beast costs between 100,000 and 500,000 Chinese yuan, while a low-grade silver-level spirit beast of the next higher grade would cost over 2 million Chinese yuan.

If she can directly upgrade the rank of spirit beasts, it not only means that she can greatly reduce the cost of becoming a beast tamer, but also a steady stream of money.

Although she hadn't slept all night, Lin Manman didn't feel tired at all.

After a quick wash, she went to school and asked her homeroom teacher for leave. She wanted to tell her mother the good news as soon as possible, so that at least she wouldn't have to worry about the cost of her brother's follow-up treatment.

When the homeroom teacher heard about the Lin family's current situation, she didn't make things difficult for her. She just reminded her not to fall behind in her studies since the exams were approaching, and then granted her leave.

Lin Manman rushed to the hospital and ran into her second uncle's family.

This family has a history of fawning over the powerful and belittling the weak. Before Lin's father disappeared, they always greeted her and her brother with smiles. But after hearing about his disappearance, they haven't even come to visit. They're probably here because they heard the organizers of the intermediate professional tournament are offering her brother a substantial compensation payment.

Grandma had always looked down on her for being a girl, for her mediocre academic performance, and for not developing the self-discipline to become a professional like her grandson. Now that Lin's father was missing and her brother was in a coma, she would probably help her second uncle's family bully her mother.

Unfortunately, they never imagined that their family would produce two geniuses who awakened their talents independently and at the same time.

………………

Hearing her mother's calm breathing next door, Lin Manman sorted out her chaotic thoughts, took a deep breath, and began to think about her next steps.

The brother's daily treatment costs more than 50,000 Chinese yuan. Without compensation from the professional competition organizers, the Lin family's financial situation will likely only last for two months at most.

However, the professional exam is in a week, and the tuition for professional high school is more expensive than the tuition for social studies. After all, the income of professionals is much higher than that of ordinary people.

If you want a school with tuition waivers and good benefits, it has to be one of the top 10% schools in the entire Jinling District.

However, with over 600 vocational high schools in the entire Jinling District, the acceptance rate of the top 10% is predictably low. Given her usual academic performance... the words "forget about it" immediately came to mind.

Just as Lin Manman was feeling extremely annoyed, the ward door was pushed open from the outside.

"Manman, is your mother asleep?" A clear female voice whispered.

Lin Manman looked up and saw a beautiful woman wearing a pastor's white robe and carrying a large bag gently push open the ward door and walk in.

"Yeah, I just fell asleep. Auntie, why are you here so early?" Lin Manman quickly stood up and took the big bag from the other person's hand.

Lin Manman's aunt is a light-attribute priest. Her talent is rather average; she's currently only a level three priest. However, she's extremely beautiful and her profession is popular, so she always has many suitors. This has led to her having very high standards, and she's over thirty-five and still unmarried.

"I'm on duty today, so I'm bringing you some food on my way. I'll be leaving soon. Tell your mom not to worry too much about the money; your aunt and I are here for you. If the competition organizers don't give a reasonable explanation, we absolutely will not settle." Xu Yuemei patted Lin Manman's thin shoulder.

"Yes, I'll tell Mom. Don't worry. The doctor didn't say he wouldn't wake up; it's just a matter of time."

Seeing her nephew, who had just made a name for himself in the competition a couple of days ago, lying motionless on the capsule hospital bed, Xu Yuemei's eyes reddened, and she couldn't help but sigh softly: "How could a level 5 Dream Eater suddenly appear at the competition venue? What kind of security did the organizers do? ... Sigh, it seems that in the past two years, there have been many secret realm creatures escaping from spatial rifts. I've rarely heard of such things before."

Something flashed through Lin Manman's mind after her aunt's words, but upon closer reflection, she felt somewhat dazed.

"This incident has had a significant impact, and Ruochen isn't the only victim. I heard that the Jinling City Professionals Alliance has even sent experts to investigate the scene. We should have results soon." Xu Yuemei turned around and rubbed her niece's head.

"I have to go to work now. Your aunt will be over later. You can talk to her about anything then."

Lin Manman nodded and saw Xu Yuemei out.

Less than half an hour later, Aunt Xu Yueyun arrived. Unlike her younger aunt's striking beauty, Aunt Xu Yueyun had more dignified and elegant features, and her figure was not as tall as her younger aunt's, but rather more rounded and full-figured. Compared to them, Lin's mother was more gentle and intellectual. It could be said that the three sisters each had their own unique style of beauty.

After exchanging pleasantries with her aunt for a while, Lin Manman didn't stand on ceremony and expressed her hope that her aunt could stay and take care of her mother and brother, as she had some things to take care of back home.

Although the spirit beast egg brought back by Lin's father's teammate could not be identified in terms of its grade, according to the other party, it was very likely to be a gold-level spirit pet.

Unfortunately, during their hasty retreat, the egg was accidentally cracked, causing the life energy of the spirit pet inside to leak out and risk a drop in its rank.

The spirit beast shop wanted to use this to lower the price. Since there was no urgent need for money at home, they hadn't planned to sell it yet, so Lin's mother deposited the spirit beast egg in a bank safe deposit box.

After all, if it really is a gold-level pet egg, it would cost at least five or six million Chinese yuan, so it would definitely not be safe to keep it at home.

Lin Manman took the storage receipt from her mother's bag, said goodbye to her aunt, and went out.

(End of this chapter)