Beast Taming: Starting From Zero
Chapter 670: Shell Attachment Trait

T/n: Thank you @a nice dude for the Ko-Fi support, I appreciate it😊🥹! And thank you to my readers too for the continous support!

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On the road, the two chatted casually, with no real topic in mind.

Before long, they had gotten much more familiar with each other.

Doreen finally asked something that had piqued her curiosity for a while: “What’s your ghost-type pet beast called? I searched for a long time on my pet beast identifier but couldn’t find anything.”

“He’s called Ghost Ring Phantom.” Qiao Sang replied.

“Maybe it’s a Blue Star pet beast, so regular market identifiers don’t have any information on it.”

Doreen was stunned, staring in shock at the little Seeker who was still playing “cat’s cradle.”

To be honest, she’d considered many reasons why a pet beast couldn’t be identified, but she had never expected that the beast in front of her wasn’t from Chaosu Star!

“How did you end up contracting a pet beast from Blue Star?” Doreen couldn’t help but ask.

Qiao Sang glanced at her.

“Because I’m from Blue Star.”

Doreen: !!!

A Blue Star human?!

This was her first time meeting a human from another planet in real life!

For a moment, the girl in front of her became shrouded in mystery.

Doreen’s eyes sparkled as she stared at Qiao Sang, no longer calm, and fired off a barrage of questions:

“How did you get to our Chaosu Star?”

“What kind of procedures are required to go to another planet?”

“I heard there are no wild pet beasts on Blue Star’s roads, is that true?”

“Have you ever been to a secret realm? What does it look like?”

Qiao Sang answered patiently.

Honestly, it actually felt kind of nice to answer questions like this for someone older than herself.

Suddenly, Qiao Sang remembered something and asked, “What about your ghost-type pet beast? What’s its name? I saw it sticking to you the whole time after.”

“You mean the Smoky Wraith.” Doreen replied with a smile.

“It has a special trait called Shell Attachment. It can stay on my body and boost my defense.”

“Earlier in the morgue, I took a direct hit from that aggressive Hidden Resentment Yodu. If the Smoky Wraith hadn’t attached to me in time, I’d probably be lying in the ICU right now.”

Qiao Sang felt a twinge of envy as she listened.

If only Little Treasure had a trait like that, she wouldn’t have had to keep spending money getting beat up all the time lately.

But then she remembered: The pain from bond evolution came from the inside out, Shell Attachment wouldn’t help much with that. That thought gave her some comfort. Maybe being a punching bag hadn’t been for nothing after all...

The two chatted a little more, and when they reached a street intersection, Doreen said:

“Let’s add each other as friends. If there’s another ghost-type pet beast competition in the future, I’ll call you.”

“Sure.” Qiao Sang pulled out her phone and exchanged contact info with her.

After saying goodbye and watching Doreen leave, Qiao Sang walked a short distance along the road, reached a spacious area, formed a seal with both hands, and summoned Yabao.

She couldn’t quite explain her emotions at the moment, she just wanted Yabao to come out and relax a bit.

1st District didn’t forbid large pet beasts from being out on the streets. In fact, a lot of people would go out of their way to rent huge beasts just to show off.

After all, pet beast size generally correlated with strength.

Previously, Qiao Sang had been afraid Yabao might cause some kind of accident just by moving around, so she hadn’t summoned him.

But now she realized that most powerful beast tamers were actually quite carefree. Even if they summoned large beasts in public, incidents were rare, people would instinctively avoid high-level, large pet beasts.

Qiao Sang figured it was time to change her mindset.

Otherwise, constantly worrying about everything would just lead to burnout.

“Yap!”

Yabao roared with excitement as soon as he appeared, not the living room or the training ground this time.

The passersby all gave him a wide berth. Some who had never seen a beast like him even summoned their flying pet beasts to rise into the air and snap photos from a better angle.

“Let’s go back the way we used to.” Qiao Sang said with a smile.

“Yap!”

Yap wagged his tail and barked happily.

His eyes glowed blue, and with a bit of psychic energy, Qiao Sang was gently lifted onto his back.

She had to admit, after spending all this time riding on Gangbao, being back on Yabao felt amazing. She stroked the fur on his back, noting the softness beneath her, and couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

Seeing this, Little Treasure's eyes lit up. He stopped playing “cat’s cradle” and floated onto Yabao’s back.

“Xun~”

He rolled around comfortably, clearly enjoying himself.

“Yap!”

Yabao let out a long cry. The flame-forged wings spread fully, and like a blaze, they soared into the sky-

Leaving a streak of crimson across the night.

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After dinner, Qiao Sang returned to her bedroom and drew the curtains.

She sat cross-legged on the bed and began meditating.

It was unclear how much time passed before her phone began to vibrate.

Qiao Sang opened her eyes and saw Little Treasure just two meters in front of her, practicing his Shadow Control.

“Xun~”

Seeing his tamer watching, Little Treasure grinned and began training even harder.

This competition had definitely been worth it... Qiao Sang felt a small joy inside, though she wore a melancholic expression as she picked up her phone and answered.

A low voice came through:

“Is this Miss Qiao Sang?”

“This is her.” Qiao Sang replied.

“Hello, I’m a staff member from the Ghost-type Pet Beast Negative Energy Collection Tournament. The emotional energy collection bottle is still with you.” The voice said.

Thinking they wanted to retrieve it, Qiao Sang replied, “Something came up midway, so I didn’t return in time. Are you sending someone to collect it, or should I bring it over?”

The person chuckled lightly: “We had a livestream the entire time, we’re aware of your situation. The reason I’m calling is to offer a proposal. Would you be willing to bring your ghost-type pet beast to shoot a promotional video for the competition? In that case, we won’t need the bottle or the energy you collected.”

Qiao Sang hesitated.

“How long would filming take?”

“Not long, just about half an hour.” The staffer said.

“If you can’t come to us, we can bring our equipment to you. The next competition is a quarter away, just film within the month and it’s fine.”

Qiao Sang nodded immediately.

“Sure. Once I figure out the timing, I’ll text this number.”

“Great. Have a nice day.” The person said and hung up.

Looks like the organizers already know Little Treasure is a Blue Star pet beast... Qiao Sang wasn’t too surprised by the request.

Although Chaosu Star normally forbade pet beasts from absorbing emotional energy at will, for competition organizers, those energy bottles and the emotions inside weren’t particularly valuable.

Getting a Blue Star ghost-type pet beast to star in a promo video? That was a win-win for them.

Just as she was thinking this, the doorbell rang.

Who could that be, this late at night...? Qiao Sang put on her shoes and went to check the monitor.

A face appeared on the screen, slightly more haggard than she remembered.

It was the Vice Principal.

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T/n: All the Study Gods among my readers, please bless me with a big brain for this coming next week. My midterms are coming🥹.