Beast Taming: I have unique beast-collecting skills

Lin Su glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw that the pool water had been drained. She put her phone back in her pocket and prepared to use a high-pressure water gun to wash away the green algae.

Borrowing a water-type pet would be much faster.

However, she has no neighbors, and renting one to clean it would cost almost a thousand yuan just for spraying water a few times, so she might as well do it herself.

Just after she connected the water pipe, changed into rubber shoes, and stood by the pool, she noticed a round, yellowish-brown bead lying near the edge of the pool.

There was something underneath, which appeared to be a transparent plastic bag containing documents.

Lin Su: "..."

This turn of events was something she hadn't expected.

It was as if some creature had stayed in her pond for a while, and before leaving, it even paid rent and left a letter.

She doesn't keep fish in her pond, and the water turned green all winter because it wasn't cleaned. How can anyone live there?

"Ah Li".

Just as Lin Su opened her mouth, the snow-white dumpling peeked its little head out from the flowering tree.

"Huanhuan~"

The beads and plastic bag at the bottom of the pool were floated up by the light blue telekinetic power and placed next to the faucet at Lin Su's instruction.

"Pfft—"

A household water gun is used to wash away the loosely growing algae from the pool walls before moving on to another spot.

Lin Su endured the recoil from the water jets, and by the time she finished rinsing the entire pool, her arms were sore and achy.

No other suspicious objects were found in the clean little pool.

"Huanhuan?"

Are you not going to turn on the water?

Ahri helped her beast tamer put away the water gun and then called out curiously at the empty pool.

After Lin Su finished tidying up her rubber boots and tools, she washed her hands as she answered:

"The bottom of the pool needs to be exposed to the sun for a few days, and then it needs to be disinfected before new water can be added."

She didn't even want to change the water anymore; cleaning up without a water-type pet was too much trouble. Just covering it with a dust net would be so much easier...

Next to her were translucent beads and a plastic bag; she mentally recalled the small image:

"Xiao Tu, what's that bead?"

I've never seen it before.

A monotonous, mechanical voice sounded:

[It should be an earth-type skill stone, but a more accurate assessment can only be made by touching it with your hand and looking at the small image.]

Earth-type skill stones?

Lin Su paused for a moment, then immediately took the yellowish-brown beads and the plastic bag to the tap and rinsed them clean.

It is very difficult for pets to learn new skills.

Aside from awakening during evolution, relying on chance, or trying and figuring things out on your own, most other methods are quite expensive.

For example, virtual skill teaching devices cost hundreds of thousands of dollars per machine, and a single beginner skill CD costs over ten thousand dollars. There is no guarantee that the pet will learn the skills, and it may even cause the pet to become addicted to the internet. The only advantage is that once purchased, the device can be reused.

Pet skill training courses, which teach a common beginner skill in six months to a year, will cost at least 200,000 yuan if they are reliable. Intermediate and advanced skills are even more expensive. Can you teach that? You'll be set for life.

Both of these are systematic teaching methods developed based on the patterns people have discovered.

It takes a long time, and there's no guarantee it will work.

There is an even faster and more successful method, which is skill stones.

Skill stones are teaching tools that extraordinary beings condense their mastered skills and energy into.

If the attributes are suitable, there is a chance to awaken that skill by fusing the corresponding skill stone. The probability is determined by both the pet's talent and the level of the skill stone.

The higher the pet's level and skill proficiency, the higher the level of the skill stone.

What if your pet's talent isn't high enough and it just can't learn the skill? Don't worry, you can keep using the same type of skill stone.

One pill isn't enough? Two, three, ten... As long as you have money, you can take as many as you want, and there are no side effects.

Therefore, even basic skill stones are not sold on the market, and for most people they are resources that they have only heard of.

I never expected that this translucent yellow bead would be a skill stone. What incredible luck! How much would it fetch?

Lin Su couldn't help but smile.

"what?"

The water pipe in front of her suddenly seemed to get stuck. She leaned closer to look and was unexpectedly sprayed in the face by a sudden burst of water.

[This is an earth-type life skill stone; its skill is unknown, but the Phantom Moon Fox can absorb it.]

The small diagram quickly provided the conclusion.

Life Skill Stone... Lin Su, who was just secretly pleased, suddenly wanted to throw the skill stone away...

"How long will my bad luck last?"

Lin Su immediately turned off the tap, brushed the wet hair off her face, and asked, trying to remain calm.

Refining skill stones requires a huge amount of energy. Under normal circumstances, only pets of general level or above can refine them, and the skills inside can also be determined.

But there are always exceptions.

Life Skill Stones are formed from the life energy of pets and store their inherited skills or the skills they have the highest proficiency in.

Misfortune and fortune are intertwined.

Because it involves the loss of life, it is said that the first living being to come into contact with it will suffer bad luck. Just as a pet cannot control the stored skills when refining a life skill stone, it cannot prevent this bad luck from taking effect.

The only saving grace is that this misfortune is not life-threatening; at most, it's just the kind of mild mold that causes diarrhea when you drink cold water, and it will weaken over time.

Xiao Tu answered just as calmly:

[It depends on the specific skill level; a smaller image would be better for making a judgment. Beginner skills typically take 3 hours, intermediate skills 12 hours, and advanced skills typically take 2 days.]

I don't know what level of skill this is... And this plastic bag, it seems to contain a handwritten letter.

Lin Su stood there, hesitated for two seconds, and then carefully tore open the seal.

"hiss--"

"Huanhuan?"

Ahri was floating nearby and called out with concern when she saw this.

"fine."

Lin Su shook her fingers, which were scratched by the edge of the paper, and decided to go back to her room first.

She was afraid the letter would be blown away before she could read it.

After nearly tripping over a threshold, almost getting her hand caught in a door, and inexplicably missing her seat when she sat down on the sofa, she gained a profound understanding of her luck at that moment.

Ahri took on the heavy responsibility.

"Huanhuan!"

Leave it to it with confidence!

Under the instructions of its beastmaster, it poured the plastic bag onto the coffee table, and two pieces of paper and a beastmaster badge fell out.

After placing the skill stones and badges together and flattening out the two pages of paper with writing on them, Ahri craned her neck to read the letter.

It's as if it can understand it.

[Greetings!]

Looking at this opening, Lin Su thought to herself, "I'm not good at this."

If you see this letter, my children have probably already sold No. 17 Anyun Road, and my old friend is no longer here.

It will take out the letter to show that it trusts you will take good care of the old house.

Haha, were you scared?

Unaware that they had been living under the same roof with some strange, extraordinary creature for so long.

You probably don't feel anything. It's a very timid yet considerate creature...