Beast Taming: I have unique beast-collecting skills

"Xiao Tu, is this really a pet egg? Is it still alive?" Lin Su called out in her mind.

The mechanical voice that rang out was completely flat:

"The outer layer is petrified fossil soil. The small image can only give you a judgment on the specific condition inside after you touch it with your hands."

She understood; it was basically a fossil, and the pet egg was inside. No wonder it was so big… Lin Su mentally prepared herself, took off her gloves, and touched it.

"The specific race is unknown, but it can be determined that there is still a faint life energy."

After assessing the situation, Xiao Tu provided incubation guidance: "The soil crust needs to be thoroughly removed so that it can absorb external energy more quickly; otherwise, incubation will take at least a hundred years and is very likely to fail midway."

More than a hundred years?

Lin Su had already taken out the 50cm tall egg. There was a cushioning device underneath, plus two small tranquil stones.

The Tranquil Stone allows organisms to maintain respiration in a confined space. After its effect takes effect, it will shrink and disappear over time.

It's clear that the old man is very thoughtful in creating an incubation environment for it, but why not just remove the shell?

Lin Su consulted the expert AI Xiaotu.

"Because the eggshell has grown together with the soil, it is impossible to determine the exact location and boundaries of the pet egg. If it is violently damaged, it may accidentally injure the already fragile pet inside, leading to its death."

"Is there any way?" Lin Su asked while unpacking another box.

No matter how clearly you explain it, it's not as good as giving a solution directly.

Xiao Tu quickly compiled two solutions that it considered to be more feasible after calculation:

"The first method is to form a bond with it in advance, so that the pet egg can break through the earthen shell from the inside with the help of the Beast Taming Encyclopedia."

"The second method is to utilize the dissolution process, which can also loosen the soil crust and cause it to shrink slowly."

However, the earthen crust provides protection for the pet egg. If it doesn't want to hatch immediately, the part closest to the eggshell cannot be eroded away, no matter how much time passes.

After hearing this, Lin Su had some questions: "You can directly form a contract with a pet egg?"

She was naive and had never heard of such a thing.

This would be hilarious. What if someone who can't afford a beast sees a rare pet egg and tries to force a contract with it? And the pet is still in the egg and hasn't hatched yet, so they can't refuse.

The mechanical sound immediately provided supplementary explanations:

"It's not a contract, it's a bond."

Extraordinary beings with ancient bloodlines can be temporarily awakened within the contract array and decide whether to form a contract with the beast tamer in the future. Even if the beast tamer does not currently have a contract slot, the contract can still be formed.

This is equivalent to it reserving your next contract slot. When it hatches, the contract with it will be automatically completed when a new page of the Beast Taming Encyclopedia is awakened.

After forming a bond, it can grow and hatch faster using the power of the Beast Taming Encyclopedia, just like a normally contracted pet.

Lin Su asked curiously:

"What if it never hatches, or I never break through, or I contract a new pet before it hatches, is that okay?"

"Yes."

The small image provides an affirmative answer.

"Oh," Lin Su responded, not asking any further questions about the giant stone egg, and turned her attention to the newly opened box beside her.

The other box contained some individually packaged odds and ends, which Ali helped to unpack and arrange neatly in a row on the ground.

I don't see much value in it.

"Huanhuan?"

Ahri stretched out her short paws and poked at a brown fruit pit, curiously indicating that it looked a bit like the leftovers she had eaten the night before.

"This is a greenwood fruit pit," Lin Su said after confirming with Xiao Tu in her mind.

This thing is both useless and quite useful.

The seeds of the Aoki fruit are actually the seeds of the Aoki tree. They have no other use except for growing Aoki trees. However, another seedless fruit of the Aoki tree is very useful.

The fruit, once consumed, can enhance physical fitness and increase body rigidity, and is beneficial and harmless to pets of all attributes.

The market price is around 7000 Alliance Coins.

Moreover, the seeds of the Aokiji fruit have a long dormancy period, so there is no need to worry about the seeds dying after being stored for a long time.

The problem is, she doesn't know how to grow it.

Even if it miraculously sprouts after being buried in the soil, she has absolutely no knowledge of the cultivation techniques for fruit trees, such as soil selection, pruning, fertilization, and pest and disease management.

And she doesn't want to learn either.

Instead of wasting her time, she should learn some other money-making skills, such as the potion-making that she initially planned to do.

But there's really no need to throw them away; the Aoki tree only produces one seed per year, which is already considered quite rare...

"We'll find a place to plant it later," Lin Su said to Ah Li, placing the fruit pit next to the pet egg.

Whether it survives or not depends on fate; one can only hope that this greenwood tree was born with a good destiny.

"Huanhuan!"

Ali nodded, his gaze drifting to the next plant, which looked no different from an ordinary tree branch but was carefully placed in a packaging box.

Lin Su picked it up and examined it.

She didn't recognize this either, but her smart encyclopedia helped her cheat: "Small image?"

"Master, this is a branch of ambergris, one of the materials for the rejuvenating potion. However, it is 10 years old, so its efficacy may not be very good."

Lin Su paused, then put the small tree branch, worth at least tens of millions, back into its original box and closed it.

Dragon's Saliva Wood requires a dragon-attribute pet of royal rank or higher to spit on the same branch ten times; any tree will do.

It sounds bizarre, but it is indeed rare.

After all, it's not easy to find a royal-level dragon. It's even harder to find one that's that high-level and doesn't care about its image at all, drooling or spitting. And if it's so bizarre that it spits at the same branch, it's even more difficult.

As for the age, the age is determined by the time between when the branch spoils and when it is broken off. Therefore, even if you directly ask a beastmaster with a contracted dragon element for help, it is very difficult to obtain a high-age dragon saliva branch.

The mechanical sound was very calm:

"Of these five items, the Dragon Saliva Tree Branch is the most valuable, followed by the Grade A Netherworld Pearl. As for the Stone Coffin Soil and Wind and Thunder Bamboo, their value is about the same as that of the Green Wood Fruit Core."

"Stone coffin soil can catalyze plants to take root and sprout within a month. You can use it to plant greenwood trees and wind and thunder bamboo."

Lin Su couldn't help but sigh.

Xiao Tu's suggestions always seem to lack a little bit of feasibility.

The soil from the stone coffin is a reusable resource, but it is considered unlucky and is usually found near wild graves.

Wind and thunder bamboo can attract some natural lightning energy during thunderstorms. If there is a large bamboo forest, it is very suitable for physical exercise, but the use of a single bamboo is very limited.

Lin Su glanced at her own little garden.

Her yard wasn't big enough to grow a bamboo grove, and planting a fruit tree would already make it too crowded, unless she risked being fined to plant it outside.

If you really want to plant both, you can only do so along the fence or by a small pond.

"Xiao Tu, give me a recipe for the liquid needed to dissolve the shell of that pet egg. It should be reasonably priced," Lin Su said in her mind.