Beast taming, starting from zero point-Chapter 154 - 149: Lamp Wick

Chapter 154: Chapter 149: Lamp Wick

Qiao Sang’s pupils suddenly constricted.

One must know that spiritual energy is characteristic of a living being, and the more abundant the spiritual energy, the more vibrant and lively the person seems.

As long as a person is alive, they possess spiritual energy, it’s just a matter of degree, but attracting the attention of Spectral-type Pet Beasts requires more than simply being alive.

Instead, one’s body must be filled with a great amount of spiritual energy.

Spectral-type Pet Beasts in horror movies prefer to feed on the spiritual energy of young people; they’ve never been seen purposefully seeking out the elderly to feed.

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An elderly person’s spiritual energy is naturally diminishing and is concealed within their body, which Spectral-type Pet Beasts cannot even detect.

For Pet Beasts like Ghost-absorbing Lanterns that like to find people who are lost and guide them in exchange for their spiritual energy, the big data shows that they also help young people find their way.

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And death energy is a kind of aura of lifelessness.

The most death energy is found in places like funeral homes, morgues, and cemeteries.

When death energy appears on a person, it indicates that their life is nearing its end.

The death energy that can attract Spectral-type Pet Beasts must be very strong, and feeling it in a living person usually means they are doomed within three days.

Logically speaking, both the spiritual energy and death energy that can be perceived by Spectral-type Pet Beasts should exceed the normal energy range.

However, Xiao Xunbao had sensed both on the old lady.

This doesn’t make sense!

Qiao Sang speculated internally that all phenomena which are not normal must be caused by Extraordinary Creatures, could this be related to the disappearance of the Ghost-absorbing Lantern?

For a moment, Qiao Sang’s mind raced.

She tried to connect all the events, the old lady herself was about to pass away, but on the same day her family rushed over, and then, after the disappearance of the Ghost-absorbing Lantern, the old lady revived.

Connecting the sequence of events that happened before and after…

Qiao Sang’s right hand subconsciously propped up her chin as she began to theorize a conspiracy.

Could it be the old lady’s family knew about some capabilities of the Ghost-absorbing Lantern, then forced it to use them to extend the old lady’s life?

But doing so resulted in death, so the Ghost-absorbing Lantern disappeared and the old lady, unaware of this, foolishly continued to issue tasks to find the Ghost-absorbing Lantern.

No, that’s not right…

Qiao Sang quickly dismissed her own guess.

If the Ghost-absorbing Lantern had died, as its Beast Tamer, the old lady would have known immediately…

But what if the Ghost-absorbing Lantern saved the old lady and didn’t die?

Qiao Sang took out her cellphone and started searching.

[What abilities does the Ghost-absorbing Lantern have that can bring a dying person back to life?]

The webpage quickly provided an answer.

[Sorry, no pages relating to “What abilities does the Ghost-absorbing Lantern have that can bring a dying person back to life” were found.]

Qiao Sang: “…”

It seems that no one has asked this question before…

Undeterred, she logged onto a forum and posted about this question.

No more than a dozen seconds after she posted, a few replies appeared beneath.

[I don’t know how a Ghost-absorbing Lantern could revive a dying person, but I do know how it can make a dying person die faster. Want to hear it?]

[Why did I stumble upon this question?]

[Bro, your thinking is a bit off]

[Come on! That’s a Spectral-type Pet Beast we’re talking about, do you think it’s like some Divine-level healing pet?]

[Gotta educate our host here, the Ghost-absorbing Lantern absorbs vital energy, it doesn’t give it away]

Qiao Sang looked at the last reply and fell into deep thought.

Right, the Ghost-absorbing Lantern’s favorite thing is vital energy; it must have stored some inside. If it could transfer this energy to a person on their deathbed…

Qiao Sang exited the forum and quickly scrolled through her recent call history to find the number she wanted to call.

For a question that the public wouldn’t discuss, of course, it was more reliable to ask someone with profound knowledge.

The phone rang twice and then connected.

“Hello, what’s up?” came a steady voice from the speaker.

“Vice-Principal, I wanted to ask if the Ghost-absorbing Lantern could transfer vital energy to a person?” Qiao Sang got straight to the point.

Liu Yao set down the document he was reading. Lately, Qiao Sang had been contacting him quite often; he didn’t even need caller ID to know it was her as soon as he heard her voice.

But he hadn’t expected her to ask such a question right off the bat.

Although Qiao Sang wasn’t great in cultural studies, the questions she liked to explore were already far beyond the level of high school students.

After a few seconds of thought, Liu Yao replied, “No, the Ghost-absorbing Lantern uses its lamp wick to absorb vital energy. Even if it releases the absorbed energy, it just disperses, and it won’t transfer into a person’s body in any specific way.”

“The human body is different, it can’t absorb energy like a Spectral-series Pet Beast.”

Qiao Sang’s brow furrowed slightly. Had she guessed wrong?

“Then can the Ghost-absorbing Lantern’s lamp wick be transplanted into a human body?”

If the Ghost-absorbing Lantern’s lamp wick was the key to absorbing vital energy, then wouldn’t it work the same inside a human body?

Liu Yao’s expression became serious; he hadn’t expected Qiao Sang to ask this question.

Wanting to transplant the Ghost-absorbing Lantern’s lamp wick into a human body would be equivalent to removing a pet beast’s most vital organ.

Centuries ago, some researchers, in their quest to gain certain abilities of pet beasts, conducted such heartless experiments, which were eventually strictly forbidden by the Alliance.

He hadn’t thought that Qiao Sang, so young, would delve into such a dark topic.

He felt it was necessary to correct Qiao Sang’s thinking. With her level of genius, her future was bound to be limitless, but twisted thoughts could lead to great disaster.

Liu Yao said seriously, “Of course not, the Ghost-absorbing Lantern without its wick is like a person without a heart. Moreover, the human body cannot bear that kind of energy. If such a thing were done, both the Ghost-absorbing Lantern and the person receiving the wick would perish.”

Qiao Sang pondered; if that was the case, all her reasoning was wrong.

What about the changes that had occurred to the old lady then?

Liu Yao didn’t hear Qiao Sang speak and, concerned, said, “Where are you now? Did you see something, or did someone tell you something? Why did you suddenly ask about this?”

Qiao Sang sighed and said, “I’m out on a mission. Today we went to the Beast Taming Center…”

She took two minutes to explain the situation, and then realized there was no sound from the other end of the phone.

Qiao Sang brought the phone in front of her; the call was still connected.

“Vice-Principal?” Qiao Sang held the phone to her ear and called out uncertainly.

“…I’m here, the signal just dropped for a moment.”

Liu Yao felt a bit awkward. Other people were out working hard on missions, and he was here suspecting her of dangerous thoughts…

“Actually, the Ghost-absorbing Lantern’s lamp wick isn’t entirely impossible to be in a human body for a short period,” Liu Yao cleared his throat, “but it can’t stay too long or the Ghost-absorbing Lantern itself will perish, and the wick has to be willingly removed by the Ghost-absorbing Lantern.”

“There have been studies on it, no matter if scanned with machines or dissected after the Ghost-absorbing Lantern’s death, its lamp wick can’t be found.”