Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 90: Full of Mysteries

"Is there any connection between these things?" Wu Anbang asked, his eyes darkening as if he had just thought of something.

"I'm just guessing, but my knowledge in this area is very limited. I'll have to consult my second senior brother and see what he has to say."

Lin Manman originally wanted to make a video call to Gao Zhixian directly, but thinking that he might still be busy studying the spirit beast's corpse, she changed it to sending a text message.

She recounted in detail how Wu Anbang had brought her to treat her wife, and then subtly inquired about the specific reasons why beast tamers might suffer the backlash of their contracts.

"He'll cut off communication when he gets into his research, so I'll have to wait until he's free to contact me. If I get any useful information then, I'll let you know..." Lin Manman felt a little regretful that she couldn't help.

She glanced at Wu Jingyu; perhaps misfortune is the norm in life.

Wu Anbang looked down silently at his wife in the incubation chamber. The setting sun shone in from behind him, obscuring his face in the darkness.

"I understand. Although it didn't work, thank you anyway. You can go now; I'd like to stay here with him a little longer."

Lin Manman sighed softly, pulled Wu Jingyu, who was equally reluctant, and walked downstairs. Before going downstairs, she looked back at Wu Anbang.

The man's broad back carried a hint of loneliness, and perhaps some other emotion as well. Not wanting to disturb him further, she quickly went downstairs with Wu Jingyu.

Back in the emergency room on the first floor, seeing that Xiao Qi had almost recovered, I let it go back to work.

In just a short while, several more wounded soldiers were brought into the emergency room by its brothers and sisters.

"Sister Manman, have you discovered something?" Seeing that no one was paying attention to the two of them, Wu Jingyu pulled Lin Manman aside and asked curiously.

Lin Manman sized her up, thinking that since she had always lived in the capital, she must have picked up some knowledge about spirit beasts from her teacher and second senior brother.

Now that the second senior brother doesn't know when he'll see any news about her, he might as well try to find out from this girl first.

"Let me ask you something. When you were in the capital, did you often follow your grandmaster and your second uncle to learn about spirit beasts?"

"Their research is too advanced for me, but I can still understand some of the more basic knowledge occasionally. Over time, my understanding of spirit beasts has become more advanced than that of the average person," Wu Jingyu said with a confident smile.

"Have you ever heard of cases where a spirit pet contract backfires?"

Beastmasters and their spirit pets sign a contract and usually protect each other.

Because if either party dies unnaturally, the other will suffer a severe blow to its soul. Therefore, there are very few beast tamers who are bad to their spirit pets, and very few spirit pets that will voluntarily betray their masters.

Therefore, there are almost no reports of beast taming contracts backfiring.

Wu Jingyu frowned and thought for a moment. "Contract backlash... I've never heard of such a thing before. But I do know of another incident that was quite a sensation in the capital."

"There was a beast tamer who wasn't born into a good family, but because of his talent, he was taken in and supported by a large family. Before joining this family, he had a contract with a wild wolfhound of very low quality. After he was taken in, he disliked the poor quality of this wild wolfhound, which affected his strength and his development."

"Later, he treated the wolfhound extremely badly, even trying to induce a disease within it to cause its natural death. Upon realizing this, the wolfhound chose to self-destruct. The beast tamer's soul was severely damaged, and he fell into a coma, and I heard he died not long after."

Lin Manman stroked her chin, frowning in thought. If a spirit pet dies unnaturally, although it will severely damage the beast tamer's soul, it doesn't necessarily mean death.

This beast tamer's situation is somewhat similar to that of Wu Anbang's wife. Before dying, she fell into a coma, but perhaps no one went to great lengths to find a way to save her, so she died quickly in the end.

Could it be that Wu Anbang's wife abused the spirit pets before she fell ill, leading the spirit pets to ultimately choose suicide in retaliation against the beast tamer?

Lin Manman thought it was unlikely.

Given Wu Anbang's status, she is fundamentally different from the beast tamer in the story in this matter.

That beast tamer was supported by someone else's family. Wealthy families naturally wouldn't support only one beast tamer, so there would be competition between beast tamers.

If he cannot improve his own strength, it means he will lose more resources, so he will care more about having a low-quality spirit pet that lowers his strength.

Wu Anbang's wife shouldn't have such concerns. Given Wu Anbang's position and status, she wouldn't need to compete with anyone to obtain excellent cultivation resources.

In this situation, she had no reason to mistreat her spirit pet to death.

"That person wouldn't..." Wu Jingyu had obviously also thought of Wu Anbang's wife, who resembled the beast tamer in the incident.

"It shouldn't be... but the problem most likely lies with the spirit beast. Let's wait for news from your second uncle." One thing after another, and still no results, she felt a growing unease.

Seeing that she was deep in thought, Wu Jingyu had no choice but to stop talking and turn to help Xiao Qi with her work.

Lin Manman thought for a long time but couldn't think of any other possibilities, so she simply gave up and waited patiently for news from her second senior brother.

When she remembered to go to the training ground to see her spirit pets, they were already exhausted and lying there, being happily petted by a group of soldiers.

Fortunately, with the priest Xia Shuo helping them recover, they were just exhausted and not seriously injured.

The amber statue was surrounded by the largest number of people, with some even queuing up to take photos.

Lin Manman sighed and rubbed her forehead in exasperation. The influence of the Mythical White Tiger was truly not to be underestimated; even the most disciplined soldiers couldn't control themselves.

"Make way, everyone, let's stop here for today. I'll have Pastor Xia let you know when you come back tomorrow. Let them rest well today."

As she spoke, she squeezed into the crowd and put the aggrieved Amber into her spirit pet space. It had really gone to great lengths today to get a good meal of meat.

Then she put away the spirit pets one by one, leaving the soldiers in circles to bid her a regretful farewell.

Xia Shuo grinned and leaned closer, "You have no manners! You dare to order me around on your first day here?"

Seeing the undisguised smile on his face, you could tell he'd been spoiling Amber rotten.

"My Amber will soon become a big star. You must have been masturbating quite a bit today, right? I didn't charge you, I'm just asking you to do a little favor, that's already letting you off easy." Lin Manman crossed her arms and rolled her eyes.

Xia Shuo was taken aback, but he wasn't angry. He had taken quite a few photos of amber today, and once amber gained fame, these would become his capital for showing off.

Moreover, he thoroughly enjoyed being in charge, making a huge profit.

"It's nothing, it's nothing! Just kidding. Come on, let's go back. Your little spirit pet must be exhausted by now, and I should go back to work too."

Seeing Xia Shuo turn around and run towards the emergency room, Lin Manman slowly followed behind him.

By the time Xia Ming returned to the emergency room, the sun was almost completely below the horizon. In the afterglow of the setting sun, Xia Ming stood quietly at the door, as if he had been waiting for a while.

Standing next to him was Wu Jingyu, who was holding Xiao Qi in his hands.

"Miss, shall we eat here, or go back to the hotel?"

"Will the food here be good?" Wu Jingyu asked Xia Ming, expressing his doubt.

Xia Ming: ...

Although Wu Jingyu and Lin Manman only spent one day together, it seems that even their style of conversation has been influenced.

"If you're interested, we can give it a try." Lin Manman laughed. She was actually a little curious about what the food was like at the base.

Xia Ming nodded and walked ahead of the two, leading the way for them.

Soon they arrived at the canteen of a three-story building. It was lunchtime, and the canteen was bustling with people.

Some of the opponents who had sparred with Lin Manman's spirit pet today even greeted her warmly.

The first floor of this mess hall is for ordinary soldiers, the second floor requires at least a second lieutenant to dine on, and the third floor is for majors and above. There are also private rooms on the third floor, which are only for officers of general rank.

Xia Ming led them all the way to the top floor and even booked a private room.

Lin Manman felt that this must be due to the use of Wu Anbang's authority. Thinking that she had also experienced the benefits of a general-level officer, she couldn't help but feel a little excited.

While Xia Ming was ordering food, Lin Manman and Wu Jingyu fed the spirit pets as well.

Having gotten a couple more pieces of meat, Amber abandoned all pretense of being an idol and just focused on eating.

"Sister Manman, your beast taming is truly different. The beast tamers I've seen before all entrusted their spirit pets to specialized beast breeders for feeding and training. The beast tamers themselves focused more on understanding the spirit pets' skills and maximizing their combat power."

"It's rare to find a beast tamer who trains their own spirit pet. Most of them choose to use skill books to teach their spirit pet skills, and then they have a dedicated sparring partner to train with their spirit pet."

After all, beast tamers themselves need to cultivate to improve, and most beast tamers who have the means will not choose to train their spirit pets themselves.

Lin Manman single-handedly handled both the tasks of taming and raising beasts, and would also arrange their training according to their different personalities, either by enticing or punishing them.

Lin Manman thought about it. It wasn't that she didn't want to be lazy, but she felt that only by feeding the spirit pets herself could she better understand their individual personalities and thus train them according to their individual needs.

As for the skill books... it's not that she didn't want to use them, it's just that she was too poor to afford them before!

However, through this period of eating and training with her spirit pets, she discovered that the tacit understanding she had with them in battle was unmatched by other beast tamers.

"It's not that I want to be special, but my family doesn't have the means to provide me with these things..."

As Lin Manman was smiling and talking to Wu Jingyu, something suddenly flashed through her mind, and she abruptly stood up.

She suddenly realized that since most other beast tamers did not raise and nurture their spirit pets themselves, Wu Anbang's wife must be in that situation.

Did someone take this opportunity to abuse her spirit pet?

That doesn't make sense either. How could a spirit pet not tell its tamer after being abused by them? And in this situation, it's impossible for the spirit pet to retaliate against its tamer...

_(:з」∠)_ The extra words have been incorporated into the chapter count. I have to check and revise before each update, and 6000+ words a day is really my limit. If I'm in a particularly good mood later, I'll release extra chapters from time to time. The next big update will probably be during the day…

Thank you again to all the readers who have read this book. Your support is my motivation!

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