After the experiment was completed, Shi Yu was hungry, tired, and sleepy.
Originally, he planned to clean the courtyard and the room first, but given his current state, he decided to just make do for the night and do it tomorrow.
"It's not early anymore, I'll go prepare dinner now."
"Shi Shi, you can rest for a while. Wait for me to call you for dinner."
Shi Yu turned to Shi Shi and said.
The Iron-Eater behind the tree: ｜д•´)!!
Rest?
It shook its head vigorously.
How could it rest?
It had just awakened its hardening ability, and it couldn't rest now.
It was already far behind other Iron-Eaters of the same age.
It needed to train as soon as possible.
If it didn't complete two hours of training, it wouldn't feel right eating dinner.
Shi Yu, who had telepathic abilities: ???
Shi Yu was shocked. The caretaker Lin Xiuzhu was right; this Iron-Eater was indeed a bit off.
Clearly, it wanted to eat delicious food, but because it hadn't trained, it felt uneasy about eating dinner???
You're being too disciplined.
"You don't have to be so hasty. Today is special, so it's fine to rest well." Shi Yu advised.
The Iron-Eater shook its head vigorously.
"Alright..."
"Then you can practice your hardening ability in the courtyard." Shi Yu said.
"Ow—" Shi Shi nodded, completely forgetting that Shi Yu also needed to eat its bamboo shoots, and its expression became serious.
It started to practice... looking at the surrounding walls.
This gaze made Shi Yu jump.
"Wait a moment, you should practice maintaining and controlling your hardening ability first."
"Try to quickly harden a specific part of your body in the shortest time possible."
"Leave the rest for later."
How to practice the hardening ability is actually quite simple.
The training methods for low-level skills are generally very basic.
The cultivation manual given by Lin Xiuzhu clearly recorded this.
The proficiency of the hardening ability can be divided into four aspects.
Duration, coverage area, speed of activation and deactivation, and hardness!
Just now, the Iron-Eater's gaze clearly indicated it wanted to practice hardness.
The basic method to practice hardness, which Shi Shi had learned at the breeding base, involved hammering and forging its body like steel.
In other words, it involved continuously taking hits or using its body to break things.
Before, when Shi Shi hadn't mastered hardening, it was fine, but now that it had learned hardening, if Shi Yu let it practice hardness here, his home would be in ruins!
So, Shi Yu quickly stopped the eager Iron-Eater and had it practice maintaining and controlling its hardening ability, which wouldn't cause too much commotion.
"Training for hardness can be done later."
After Shi Yu's advice, Shi Shi scratched its face and nodded, okay.
At the same time, Shi Yu felt relieved.
However, he felt a bit exhausted.
Clearly, it's a good thing for a pet to be disciplined, but why do I feel so exhausted? How strange...
"Phew."
After arranging for the Iron-Eater, Shi Yu didn't think too much about it. He glanced at the Green Silk Worm in the corner, found a bundle of wire at home, and made a simple birdcage to keep it.
After the experiment with the Green Silk Worm, seeing the increase in the proficiency of its silk skill, Shi Yu had an idea to make money.
Depending on the cultivation method, the silk from the Green Silk Worm has a wide range of uses.
In the textile industry, medical field, and industrial sector, Green Silk Worm silk is widely used.
Therefore, in both Pingcheng and Bingyuan City, there are specialized breeding bases for raising Green Silk Worms to produce silk.
However, the quality of the silk produced by these assembly line methods, although not low, is not very high.
The highest quality silk is often produced by Beastmasters who specialize in raising Green Silk Worms.
Many channels are willing to buy the silk produced by these Beastmasters' pets at high prices.
The higher the quality of the silk, the higher the purchase price!
This is quite common, not just for silk, but many parts of pets have a wide range of uses, and many Beastmasters treat raising pets as a business.
Beastmasters who contract with wood-type pets help mature spirit plants, and those who contract with healing-type pets help people with medical issues, which are all ways for Beastmasters to earn extra income.
So, Shi Yu thought, since he could easily increase the proficiency of the Green Silk Worm's skills, and selling silk is a common business, why not use this method to make some money first.
While raising the Iron-Eater... he could also raise this Green Silk Worm. After all, it currently only eats ordinary plant leaves, which are abundant.
In the future, once its silk proficiency reaches a perfect level, the quality of the silk will certainly be high.
This way, selling a bundle of silk could instantly alleviate the financial pressure at home.
"Ji—" The Green Silk Worm in the cage lay down dejectedly.
Shi Yu looked at it with a smile, sorry, but life is tough.
Unfortunately, the Green Silk Worm isn't very intelligent; otherwise, if it were another pet, it would be eager to seize the opportunity to quickly increase its skill proficiency.
...
Night.
After dinner, both Shi Yu and the Iron-Eater were very tired.
Frequent use of the hardening ability during training had drained Shi Shi of much of its energy.
After eating, it immediately fell asleep, its round body sprawled out.
Although it was in a strange environment, it slept soundly and peacefully, and even smiled in its sleep.
Shi Yu smiled as he watched the Iron-Eater, which was still smacking its lips even in its sleep.
Its personality, shaped by its innate qualities and perhaps different experiences, was indeed a concern for it.
Clearly, it loved to eat, but it wouldn't eat dinner without completing its training, perhaps worried that if it didn't show enough effort, it would be abandoned again.
As the Iron-Eater's Beastmaster, Shi Yu could vaguely sense its thoughts. In Shi Shi's view, the reason the previous Beastmaster didn't choose it or recognize it was because it performed poorly.
"Don't worry, no matter what, I won't abandon you."
Beastmasters changing pets is quite common, especially for those who have grown and choose to replace their low-rank pets with higher-rank ones. Shi Yu didn't know what level of Beastmaster he would become, but he was determined not to abandon any of his contracted pets.
Even if the contracted pet is of a low rank, it doesn't matter. He would risk being drained to learn a couple of divine skills!
Speaking of which... does the Iron-Eater have an evolution path? Shi Yu wasn't sure about this.
Next, Shi Yu returned Shi Shi to the Beast Space, where it could rest and recover better than outside, and sleep more comfortably.
After that, Shi Yu lay down on his bed and fell into deep thought.
"Maybe I shouldn't summon it back. I haven't experienced using a panda as a pillow yet..."
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Thank you, Momo, for another two Alliance Leader positions, and thank you, Master of Nothing to Read, for your support!