Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 43 The Sheep-Grabbing in Progress

Fu Mingyuan couldn't help but rub his forehead, glancing at his teacher with a hint of skepticism in his eyes, as if to say, "Look at the kind of disciple you've taken on."

Meng Wenbin couldn't help but shift his gaze, awkwardly pinching his beard.

Fu Mingyuan rummaged through his spatial ring for a long time before finally finding a light purple bracelet. This bracelet, however, seemed to be made of jade, and was lustrous, clear, and very beautiful.

"This is also a piece of protective gear that can withstand attacks of around level 5. If the energy is insufficient, it can be recharged using a spirit beast crystal core."

It's a rechargeable model! I love it! Lin Manman's eyes sparkled with surprise, but she restrained herself and politely accepted it quickly.

"Senior brother, you are truly a wealthy, elegant, generous, friendly, and reliable elder brother—even better to me than my own brother. From now on, whenever you need me, your junior sister will be there without hesitation!"

Fu Mingyuan: ...

Meng Wenbin felt his face burning with embarrassment. He had a lifetime of illustrious reputation, and his disciples were either exceptionally talented or from prominent families. Now, in his old age, he had finally taken a liking to someone, only to find this person acting like a shameless rogue, thick-skinned and smooth-talking.

"Oh right, teacher, you said you could talk to me about my dad. Well..." After happily finishing her shopping spree, Lin Manman remembered the purpose of her visit today.

Meng Wenbin raised an eyebrow at her, then glanced at the spirit beasts on the cart. "Of course we can talk, but first tell me, how did you evolve them?"

Fu Mingyuan keenly realized that this was the reason why his teacher insisted on taking Lin Manman as his apprentice. He followed Meng Wenbin's gaze to the spirit pet on the cart.

Lin Manman's eyes darted around. Now that she had acknowledged a master and received the apprenticeship gifts, and given the other party's status, even if they knew about her talent, it wouldn't be worth it for them to do anything to her.

"When I awakened my profession, I also awakened my talent at the same time. My talent is called Bloodline Awakening, which can enhance the bloodline of spirit beasts that meet certain conditions, thereby evolving their rank."

Fu Mingyuan frowned slightly after hearing this. "Isn't your talent related to reconnaissance?"

Lin Manman was stunned. Why did they say her talent was related to detection? Suddenly remembering that she had used the system to spy on him, her expression became a little embarrassed.

Meng Wenbin's interest was piqued. "What kind of investigation? Is there anything else you haven't told me?"

"Haha, the first time I saw you, Senior Brother, I thought you were exceptionally brave and heroic, so I wanted to use my appraisal skill to check your level. Who knew you would discover me, hehe."

Fu Mingyuan lowered his eyelids and looked down at her, making Lin Manman break out in a cold sweat.

Seeing that his third apprentice remained silent, Meng Wenbin snorted in dissatisfaction. Was there some little secret he couldn't tell him?

"Mingyuan, you've heard about your junior sister's abilities. I have a request for you. I know you have a good relationship with the Feng family's young man, but I hope you won't reveal your junior sister's abilities to anyone." As he spoke, Meng Wenbin abandoned his playful demeanor and adopted a more serious tone.

Fu Mingyuan frowned. Thinking of his friend's family, he understood his teacher's intentions.

"I understand." So that's why his teacher didn't want to tell him the secret about Lin Manman.

"And you, my dear, we must keep your talent a secret for now. Your senior brother and I are about to enter the secret realm and won't have time to take care of you. We won't announce that we're taking you as our disciple for the time being; this is for your own good. Once your senior brother and I return from the secret realm, we'll take you to the capital and give you official disciple status." Meng Wenbin patted Lin Manman's head, his eyes earnest as he gave his instructions.

"After your senior brother and I enter the secret realm, I'll have Xia Ming accompany you. You can ask him to handle any trivial matters in your life. Here, take this too. Don't use it unless absolutely necessary. If you encounter a problem that even Xia Ming can't solve, take this to any branch of the Professional Alliance, and someone will help you." Meng Wenbin took out a card engraved with a mysterious star array and handed it to Lin Manman. The card looked like it was carved from some kind of unknown energy mineral, with the star array inside glowing faintly, appearing ancient and mysterious.

Fu Mingyuan was slightly surprised; the teacher had even given Lin Manman this. Seeing Lin Manman curiously turning the card over and over in her hand, he couldn't help but remind her, "Don't take this identity card out easily; always keep it safe with you."

Lin Manman blinked, and judging from Fu Mingyuan's reaction, she could tell that this must be something extraordinary.

"Okay, I understand." She then obediently put the card into her spatial bracelet.

"Give me your contact information." Meng Wenbin nodded in satisfaction.

After Lin Manman did as instructed, she discovered that her teacher had added her to a group chat, and the group's name was "A Loving Family." She couldn't help but mentally rant, "I never experienced this kind of cheesy family group chat in my previous life, but now I'm experiencing it in this one!"

"Your eldest brother is leading the team in the secret realm and we can't contact him right now. Once your third brother and I enter the secret realm, the communication devices will be useless. This is your second brother; he's in the capital right now. If you have any questions or problems that you can't solve, you can contact him." Meng Wenbin casually sent a message in the group.

"Zhixian, come out and meet your junior sister."

Lin Manman squinted and chuckled. Was she going to receive another gift?

Meng Wenbin could tell what she was thinking just by looking at her expression, and immediately glared at her in annoyance. "Your second senior brother is currently busy breeding spirit beasts at the spirit beast research institute at headquarters. He's not as rich as your third senior brother, so don't get any ideas about him."

Fu Mingyuan: ...

So he's a victim of injustice?

Upon hearing this, Lin Manman's smile widened, and she said shyly, "Teacher, actually, I still have space in my spirit beast space, and I can still contract... one more." It seemed a bit scary to say that she could contract five more, but oh well, she'd just take one if she could.

Meng Wenbin's expression was priceless; he pointed at Lin Manman's nose but couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

Lin Manman blinked innocently. Wasn't she the youngest in her sect? Asking for a small gift wasn't unreasonable, was it?

"Hehe, okay, I got it. Do you like this little thing?" A gentle voice came from behind, startling Lin Manman, who turned her head to look and found that her third senior brother had turned on video communication with his bracelet at some point.

"Hello, junior sister. I'm your second senior brother, Gao Zhixian." In the video, a man with refined and handsome features, wearing silver-rimmed glasses and a clean white lab coat, looked every bit the academic genius doing research. He was also holding a chubby, round little tiger in his arms, the tiger's amber eyes looking curiously at Lin Manman through the screen.

Species: Giant Glass Tiger

Rank: Mid-Legend

Level: 1

Status: Juvenile (1 months)

Bloodline: High-level Mythical Four-Winged White Tiger (Extremely High)

Talent: Divine Flame Glazed Body: Can transform into a fire elemental body, immune to all physical attacks, and have all elemental attacks (except water) halved. Can also transform into a glazed body, immune to all magical attacks, and have physical attack effects halved.

Racial Talent: King of Beasts: Can make spirit beasts of lower rank and bloodline than oneself submit.

Skill: 1. Claws: Attacks using sharp claws. (Upgradeable)

2. Bite: Attacks using sharp teeth. (Upgradeable)

3. Fireball: Condenses fire element for an attack. (Upgradeable)

4. Fiery Claws: A claw attack that inflicts fire damage. (Upgradeable)

5. Fire Breath: Unleashes a fire elemental attack with a breath. (Upgradeable)

6. Fire Resistance: Reduces damage from fire-attribute attacks by 80%.

7. Fury: In a state of extreme rage, one loses reason, and all attributes and attacks are doubled.

Basic attributes:

Qi and blood: 220

Spirit: 120

Soul: 80

Contract Status: Contractable

[Special Note: The Giant-Toothed Glass Tiger has met the conditions for bloodline awakening. The low-level awakening Divine Flame Spirit Tiger (high-level Legendary) has a 100% awakening probability. The medium-level awakening Mythical White Tiger (low-level Mythical) has a 60% awakening probability. The high-level awakening Twin-Winged White Tiger (medium-level Mythical) has a 40% awakening probability.]

(End of this chapter)