After Shi Yu returned home, he started preparing dinner for Shi Yiyi.
In the evening, after the Iron-Eating Beast had finished eating the iron bamboo, Shi Yu also took two Ming Shen capsules.
Immediately after, Shi Yu called Shi Yiyi over to teach it a new skill.
"Shi Yiyi, come over."
Shi Yiyi, having eaten and drunk its fill, was about to celebrate its victory for the day. The celebration would be doubling its training for the night.
With food and drink, it only needed to train hard to gain powerful strength, thereby achieving easy victories in battles. This kind of life made the Iron-Eating Beast feel very fulfilled.
The only downside was that when Shi Yu used the Skill Codex, it felt uneasy.
ćSkillć: Super Vision
ćSkill Levelć: Intermediate
ćDescriptionć: A mental skill that consumes mental energy to greatly enhance vision.
ćStatusć: Teachable
Shi Yu once again taught the Super Vision skill to Shi Yiyi, who looked bewildered.
At that moment, Shi Yiyi's heart skipped a beat.
It really wanted to tell everyone, "All my strength comes from my own efforts!"
Iron-Eating Beast: (Ā°ć¼Ā°ć)
Unfortunately, it couldn't bring itself to say it.
Sigh, this strength feels so unstable.
"That skill I just taught you is Super Vision. You can activate it by consuming mental energy. Your vision should now be significantly enhanced, and you should be able to see clearly at night."
"Ying?"
Shi Yiyi was conflicted, but upon hearing that its vision had been enhanced and it could see clearly at night, its expression gradually became serious.
"Ouā"
Shi Yiyi rubbed its black eye circles and immediately ran out the door, looking at the dark night. Its expression then gradually turned excited.
It jumped up in excitement.
Yay!
Now, night training will be much more convenient!
It would make up for the effort it had been lacking, including this time, by training all night long!
Meanwhile, as the cooldown time of the Skill Codex reset to "48 hours," Shi Yu plopped onto the bed, feeling lifeless.
He expected to recover his mental energy by the next morning.
Right now, Shi Yu just wanted Shi Yiyi not to bang on the steel plates tonight so he could get a good night's sleep!
It would be better to save that energy for catching moles tomorrow.
...
In a luxurious neighborhood not far from the Pingcheng Beast Tamer Association, in one of the households.
Chen Kai, having returned home, was about to call people in the class group to go mole hunting the next day. However, at that moment, a private message popped up on his communication app.
ćZhuang Yueć: I saw you at the battle arena this afternoon.
ćChen Kaić: ???
ćChen Kaić: What did you see?
ćZhuang Yueć: Everything I needed to see.
Chen Kai's lips twitched as he held his phone.
His reputation.
Chen Kai's mind flashed with the image of his classmate Zhuang Yue, who wore glasses, and he felt a surge of anger.
If she saw it, wouldn't all the girls in the class know? And then the whole class would know that he was defeated by a passerby.
ćZhuang Yueć: Do you know the Beast Tamer of that Iron-Eating Beast?
ćChen Kaić: What, do you want to learn from him about raising an Iron-Eating Beast?
ćZhuang Yueć: Something like that. He left too quickly yesterday, and I couldn't catch up.
ćChen Kaić: ...You asked the right person. We're short of two for mole hunting. Are you coming? Oh, and find a Beast Tamer with a control-type pet. We have enough damage dealers, no more.
...
The next day.
At the usual place, the task hall of the Beast Tamer Association.
Shi Yu arrived early, but Chen Kai was even earlier.
"Um, didn't you sleep well last night?"
Chen Kai asked in confusion when he noticed Shi Yu yawning all the way over.
"Indeed, I didn't rest well, but it's fine."
Although Shi Yiyi was very well-behaved and stayed quietly all night, the aftereffects of teaching an intermediate skill were still significant...
However, Shi Yu could still handle this state. After all, during his senior year of high school, he was in this state for the entire year, and he was used to it. A bit of fresh air would perk him up.
After all, even before he crossed over, he was a super student who excelled academically, physically, and in all aspects of development, despite poor sleep and diet. This level of fatigue couldn't break his will.
"Who did you find?" Shi Yu asked next.
Chen Kai: "They haven't arrived yet... but they should be here soon."
After waiting for a while, the people Chen Kai called arrived.
They were two girls around his age, both wearing ordinary sportswear.
One had a round face, wore glasses, and had a single ponytail.
The other had a standard oval face, short student hair, and was not short.
"Shi Yu, this is my classmate, Zhuang Yue."
"The other one is her friend, a Beast Tamer from Experimental High School, Yu Jingjing."
"Hello." Shi Yu nodded.
"Hello, Great God!" the two said in unison.
Shi Yu: "..."
What kind of title is this, so awkward.
Chen Kai cleared his throat and said, "Both of them passed by the battle arena yesterday and saw our battle..."
"Alright, let's introduce ourselves." Chen Kai quickly changed the subject, not wanting to dwell on yesterday's battle.
"My pet is a Level 6 Ice Armor Beast, skilled in Ice Claw and Ice Armor at the proficient level."
"My pet is a Level 6 Iron-Eating Beast, skilled in Hardening at the beginner level." The round-faced girl, Zhuang Yue, said.
After speaking, she glanced at Shi Yu... After all, her beginner-level Hardening couldn't compare to Shi Yu's proficient-level Hardening.
"My pet is a Level 6 Thorn Monster, skilled in Entangle at the proficient level." The tall girl, Yu Jingjing, said.
The Thorn Monster is a plant-type wood pet, resembling a thorn and similar to a snake, covered in thorns. It can freely control the thorns it produces, and any prey entangled by it would either die or be severely injured.
"My pet is a Level 5 Iron-Eating Beast, skilled in Hardening at the proficient level."
Shi Yu introduced himself, and the three of them were momentarily speechless.
Because the growth level and skill proficiency were not proportional.
"That's too exaggerated." Zhuang Yue couldn't help but say.
Shi Yu thought it was fine. After they saw Shi Yiyi's diligence, they would probably understand...
Shi Yu looked forward to their expressions when they saw the Iron-Eating Beast's relentless and disciplined training.
"Go register for the task now."
"We'll set off at eight o'clock." Chen Kai said.
At 8:00 AM.
The group boarded the bus on time, heading to the countryside around Pingcheng District.
Their destination was Bai Xi Village, which is under the jurisdiction of Yuan'an Town in Bingyuan City, Pingcheng District, a relatively economically underdeveloped village.
The village is primarily agricultural, so the presence of wind locusts and ground moles is a significant problem.
On the bus, after a brief respite, the four people sitting in a row couldn't help but chat. Chen Kai was the first to ask Shi Yu.
"I forgot to ask yesterday, you said you've already graduated. So, you're not a combat-specialized Beast Tamer?"
Not a combat-specialized Beast Tamer?
Zhuang Yue and Yu Jingjing, sitting beside them, seemed to have heard some explosive news.
A non-combat-specialized pet could be so strong???
"Not really, I'm a breeding-specialized Beast Tamer." Shi Yu said calmly.
Compared to combat, raising and breeding pets was his forte.
Fighting and killing are so crude; mastering breeding is the way to go. It's reasonable for a breeding-specialized Beast Tamer to train a pet to the proficient level in Hardening!