This was the most comfortable sleep he had had in a month.
Indeed, cultivating oneself was more comfortable than enhancing a pet beast.
"Today..."
After washing up, Shiyu turned on his phone and looked at the number Lu Qingyi had given him.
Shiyu thought for a moment. Since Lu Qingyi had arranged for someone to show him around the school, he might as well take advantage of it.
If he wandered around on his own, he would be completely lost and might end up spending the whole afternoon in one place, just like yesterday, with nothing to show for it.
"872373877..." Shiyu dialed the number, intending to find a guide for himself.
After a while, a clear and efficient female voice came from the other end.
"Who is this?"
"Hello, this is the number given to me by Senior Lu Qingyi..."
Before Shiyu could continue, the other end immediately understood and said, "I see, you want to visit Gudu University?"
"Yes."
"In an hour, outside the 18th Arena in the North Campus, I'll be waiting for you."
Shiyu scratched his head and could only silently say, "Okay."
Sigh, the other party didn't even give him a chance to say anything unnecessary. Well, he would ask when they met.
"Eleven, come out and rest a bit!"
Just as he was about to leave, Shiyu remembered something and called out to Eleven inside the relic bead, not giving it a chance to refuse. Using his authority as the relic's master, he directly teleported Eleven out.
In the room, Eleven looked at Shiyu in confusion.
"Chirp!"
No, if he didn't work harder, he wouldn't even be able to beat a bug.
"It's fine, even the bug can't work hard."
Shiyu then summoned the sleeping Qingmian Worm and put it in his backpack.
At the same time, he instructed the Qingmian Worm, "Don't materialize randomly. Just sleep and dream today."
Qingmian Worm: "Zzz..."
Eleven was silent, feeling unreliable, but Shiyu's hand was already on the back of its neck.
With its fate in Shiyu's hands, Eleven had a pained expression and could only shrink down to a size that could perch on Shiyu's shoulder, where Shiyu placed it.
"Training is important, but broadening your horizons is also important!"
"Do you know how many exciting battles you missed yesterday?" Shiyu began to educate Eleven.
Eleven perked up its ears to listen.
"As the saying goes, 'Know thyself and know thy enemy, and you will never be defeated.' Broadening your experience is also a way to improve your strength. Starting tomorrow, you will set aside 2 hours of training time to recite the Pet Beast Encyclopedia with me."
Eleven: "Chirp???"
Eleven was confused. Wasn't it enough for a pet beast to just fight? Why did it have to memorize books?
Isn't that the job of a Beast Tamer?
"You need to develop comprehensively!" Saving points on Eleven's training, it wasn't too much to ask it to memorize the data of thousands of pet beasts.
If you have enough energy, comprehensive development to avoid any weaknesses is definitely not a bad thing.
In battle, it's more convenient to know the data of the opponent's pet beast yourself rather than relying on the Beast Tamer to provide it.
In any case, by making Eleven memorize, Shiyu felt that when he encountered questions he didn't know in exams, he could ask Eleven.
Truly, he was ahead of his time by 80 versions in his breeding philosophy.
...
Thus, Shiyu left with Eleven perched on his shoulder.
This was the first time Shiyu had let Eleven appear in this manner, but it didn't matter because the passersby didn't react much as he walked by.
In such a big city, there were too many rare pet beasts, including mutant pet beasts, different-colored pet beasts, pet beasts wearing clothes, and pet beasts with makeup, all kinds of strange pet beasts that were hard to see in Pingcheng.
In comparison, the small Eleven on Shiyu's shoulder was often mistaken for a well-developed young Iron Eater, and that was it.
After buying two ice creams, one for himself and one for Eleven, Shiyu headed to the agreed destination.
He arrived 20 minutes early, and just like yesterday, although it was early in the morning, there were already quite a few people outside the Gudu University Arena.
[How about it, can you feel that the pet beasts around here are very strong?]
While waiting, Shiyu used telepathy to communicate with Eleven on his shoulder.
"Chirp."
Eleven's eyes scanned the surroundings and indeed noticed that many of the pet beasts around the Beast Tamers had strong energy fluctuations.
However, Eleven couldn't tell the exact strength, but perhaps using the Master-level Intimidate skill could detect it?
[If you don't want us to be ganged up on, you'd better not do that.]
Good grief, using a group Intimidate in such a place is a provocation. Get ready to be targeted.
Shiyu held his phone, trying to detect the energy fluctuations around him, but he couldn't detect anything.
This meant that the pet beasts around here were mostly Extraordinary-level or higher, with very few in the Awakening stage.
What did this mean?
Did it mean that the Beast Tamers in big cities were very skilled? No, it meant he needed to change his phone.
Although he had only bought this phone recently, it seemed to be insufficient now. For the next one... it should at least have a more advanced combat detection feature.
As for this one, he would leave it to Qingmian Worm and Eleven!
They could use it to watch Ice Dragon movies or take selfies.
Just as Shiyu was considering whether to get a phone with a seven-digit number, his old phone rang.
"I'm under the streetlight." Shiyu answered, and a voice came from the other end.
"I see you."
Shiyu looked around and immediately saw a girl in fighting shorts, a short-sleeved shirt, and knee pads under a nearby streetlight.
She was not very tall, with short black hair, fair skin, and a petite, well-toned body, the standard physique of a fitness enthusiast, with no extra fat.
Is this the person?
Shiyu walked over, and the girl also saw him, giving him a scrutinizing look.
"Are you Shiyu, the one introduced by Senior Lu?"
Shiyu nodded and said, "Hello."
The fighting girl nodded and said, "Hello, I'm Bai Xi, a student in the Combat Department of Gudu University, and also a reserve member of Senior Lu's archaeological team. Since I promised Senior Lu, I'll show you around Gudu University for the next two days."
After saying this, she looked at the Eleven on Shiyu's shoulder, which was staring at her with black eyes, and fell silent for a moment.
"You seem to still be an Apprentice Beast Tamer?"
"Um, is there a problem with that?"
"No, do you have any preferences for the tour?" Bai Xi asked.
"Can I give you a suggestion?"
Shiyu was taken aback and nodded.
"Then follow me." Bai Xi smiled and said, "Actually, it's not my suggestion, but Senior Lu's."
"Huh?"
"She said that if you came to me, you don't have to visit the Archaeology Department first. Instead, I should help you improve your strength."
"My strength??"
Bai Xi didn't say more but quickly led Shiyu to a training ground on the side of the arena that was not open to the public.
Then, she stepped away from Shiyu, and a large summoning array appeared not far from Bai Xi and Shiyu.
"Roar!!!"
A loud cry followed, and a creature resembling a fox, over a meter tall, covered in white fur, with blue eyes, and a graceful and elegant body, with six long, smooth tails, appeared.
[Name]: Six-Tailed White Fox
[Attribute]: Light
[Race Level]: High Commander
"I'm not talking about your ability to command pet beasts, but your own ability to face the threat of pet beasts."
As Bai Xi spoke, the Six-Tailed White Fox gathered a white light column in its mouth and, with a "Boom," launched it at Bai Xi, leaving Shiyu and Eleven stunned.
Mid-level skill, Destruction Beam.
In an instant, Bai Xi's entire body was engulfed in light, and a violent explosion occurred where she stood, the ground cracking open, and a strong wind and dust forcing Shiyu to take a step back.
"Damn." "Roar!!!" The Six-Tailed White Fox shook its tail, looked at Shiyu and Eleven, and scared them again.
What happened?
"This is what I mean. As a Beast Tamer, do you have the strength to protect yourself from the attacks of Extraordinary creatures?"
At this moment, Bai Xi's voice came from the smoke, and she was seen standing on the cracked ground, completely unharmed despite the destruction around her.
"My Beast Tamer talent is 'Fusion,' so I can fuse with my pet beast to gain physical attributes that surpass both myself and the pet beast. It doesn't matter if you don't have such a talent, but a Beast Tamer must at least master a practical combat skill to ensure their own safety in battle."
"Even more so, protecting yourself is just the basic part. Being able to fight against pet beasts is true safety. For example, in my current state, I can tear apart Commander-level creatures."
"Senior Lu said you might apply to the Archaeology Department. Do you know that the most important thing in archaeology is not professional knowledge, but strength. Various relics are fraught with danger, and archaeologists without sufficient strength cannot enter this field, no matter how many bodyguards they have. This profession is not necessarily less demanding in terms of comprehensive strength than traditional Beast Tamers."
As she finished speaking, Shiyu's mouth was slightly open, not because the strange woman had really withstood a pet beast's skill, but because of her current appearance...
Her short black hair had completely turned into fluffy white hair, her eyes had turned blue, and she had grown two cat-like or tiger-like ears!!!