Beast Taming: Starting From Zero-Chapter 683: Half a Month Later

An hour after sending Yuna off, the doorbell rang again.

Qiao Sang glanced at the surveillance monitor and saw that it was Hulis.

She wasn’t surprised by his arrival. Today, she had scheduled meetings with classmates who were interested in starting a business at different times, Hulis was the second.

Qiao Sang opened the door.

"You're pretty close to Yulianton University." Hulis said as he stepped inside and handed over a gift box.

"This Lightweight Miniaturization Bracelet was originally supposed to be delivered, but since I was coming here today, I figured I’d just bring it myself."

"Lightweight Miniaturization Bracelet?" Qiao Sang’s eyes lit up as she reached out to take it.

"Thanks."

"Try it on Fire Qilu, see if it fits." Hulis said with a smile.

"Alright." Qiao Sang turned her head, right in time to meet Gangbao’s gaze.

"Gang Guard."

Gangbao nodded in understanding and walked toward the outdoor training field.

I didn’t even say anything. What exactly did you understand…? Qiao Sang stared at Gangbao’s back, slightly stunned.

Just as she was about to follow, she suddenly sensed something, and the next moment, she saw Yabao stride inside.

Following close behind was the low-key Gangbao.

"Yap?"

Yabao wagged his tail and let out an excited bark.

His Lightweight Miniaturization Bracelet had arrived?

In that instant, Qiao Sang finally understood why so many people loved butler-type pet beasts, why there were even training schools just for them.

Honestly, having a pet beast that understood your intent without needing many words, and even managed everything in the house so perfectly, was incredibly convenient…

"Yep, the Lightweight Miniaturization Bracelet is here. Try it on and see if it fits." Qiao Sang opened the gift box while speaking and took out the bracelet.

She noticed this bracelet was slightly different from the ones sold on the market. It wasn’t just a plain solid color, it had flame patterns, and upon closer look, there was even a Qiao character engraved on it.

Qiao Sang turned to Hulis, intending to ask, only to find him staring at Yabao.

It was that kind of gaze someone would give a goddess, completely stunned by its beauty.

Qiao Sang: …

"Nice to look at?" She asked.

"Beautiful!" Hulis was full of admiration as he studied the flame-winged pet beast, practically itching to reach out and touch it.

At yesterday’s dinner, Qiao Sang had only let them see the Ghost Ring King, saying Fire Qilu was too large to summon in the restaurant. No one questioned it.

Everyone had assumed it was just an alien beast that looked strange because no one had seen it before. Most of the classmates had come because of Qiao Sang, so they suppressed their curiosity and didn’t bring up anything that might make her uncomfortable.

But Hulis hadn’t expected Fire Qilu to look like this!

Powerful, majestic, noble, gorgeous, easily outclassing over 90% of pet beasts on Chaosu Star.

In other words, it was exactly his type.

"Yap!"

Hearing someone compliment him, Yabao proudly lifted his head into a 45-degree upward tilt.

In theory, this should’ve looked cool but at over six meters tall, tilting his head made it so that others could only see his chin and nostrils, which immediately sobered Hulis up.

"Yabao, wear this." Qiao Sang held out her hand to reveal the Lightweight Miniaturization Bracelet.

"Yap!"

Yabao barked again, and his eyes lit up with a blue glow.

The next second, a button on the bracelet clicked downward.

Then, the bracelet slowly expanded until it fit perfectly around Yabao’s leg.

Pet beast sizes vary, but the precise fit was because Qiao Sang had sent over Yabao’s body data the day before.

Under the control of psychic power, Yabao put on the bracelet.

An invisible pulse spread from the bracelet, covering Yabao’s whole body. His size began to shrink.

Watching the transformation, Hulis said:

"This model is specially customized, fire-resistant. Even if your Fire Qilu goes into a volcano again, as long as it comes out within three minutes, there won't be any damage."

Qiao Sang had guessed as much from the design and engraved Qiao, but still looked a bit surprised upon hearing that.

"It could be customized that quickly?"

Hulis smiled:

"The prototype bracelets are kept in stock all the time. Fire-resistant, waterproof, shockproof, you just input the data and engrave the name."

Since Qiao Sang wasn’t from Chaosu Star and had pre-ordered online, it was clear her family wasn’t in the pet gear business. So Hulis didn’t mind sharing more.

Damn capitalism… clearly capable of fast production, yet they make people wait half a month for the basic models to create scarcity. Qiao Sang silently cursed while maintaining a smile on the surface:

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"Still, I really appreciate it. I wouldn’t have gotten to use the bracelet so soon otherwise."

"You’re too polite with me." Helius laughed.

While they spoke, Yabao had shrunk down to his Fire Fang Dog size.

"Yap!"

He looked up at his now similarly sized beast tamer with a nostalgic expression. Then, wagging his tail excitedly, he leapt toward her.

Qiao Sang instinctively dodged and Yabao landed on empty air.

"Yap…"

Yabao froze for a moment, then looked heartbroken and disbelieving.

You didn’t catch me!

You really didn’t catch me!

Seeing Yabao on the verge of tears, Qiao Sang quickly said:

"Look at your two giant wings, how am I supposed to catch you?"

"Yap!"

At her words, Yabao’s tears vanished instantly. He gathered his energy, and the flame-formed wings gradually shrank, then disappeared entirely.

"Yap!"

With the wings gone, Yabao wagged his tail and leapt into her arms again.

This time, Qiao Sang caught him firmly.

She had known for some time that Yabao could control the appearance of his flame wings. During Lava Purgatory training, he had once depleted all his energy, causing the wings to vanish.

That’s when she realized the wings directly reflected Yabao’s internal energy levels.

This worried Qiao Sang.

Because if the wings revealed Yabao’s energy status, then in future matches, opponents who researched his background could easily take advantage of that.

That would be a major disadvantage, so she had Yabao train to control the wings.

To her surprise, it only took one day for Yabao to learn how to hide or reveal them at will.

He still couldn’t control the size of the wings but that was fine by her.

Hulis watched the flame wings disappear, looking as if he were watching a goddess perform. Then he suddenly sobered, scanned the living room, and asked:

"Shall we talk here?"

"Let’s go to the study." Qiao Sang said, carrying Yabao upstairs.

The two entered the study and sat down.

Just as they began discussing, Gangbao came in carrying a tray with three cups of tea on her wings. She set them down and exited quietly.

Qiao Sang remained calm this time and said:

"Try it. Gangbao brewed it."

Hulis politely picked up a cup and took a sip.

"Not bad."

"Yap…"

Yabao poured it all into his mouth in one gulp, then made a slightly disgusted face.

He didn’t like the taste of tea…

"Let’s get back to the topic." Hulis set his cup down.

"I have no objections to the partnership. I can give you shares based on your investment but no more than 15%, since you'll be leaving Chaosu Star in six months, and you won't be able to handle many key decisions."

Truthfully, there were plenty of people he could partner with, it didn’t make sense to choose someone from another planet.

But this was Qiao Sang. A once-in-a-lifetime genius.

This branded pet accessory store? It was just a business. In their world, all relationships were built on purpose.

He had already prepared for losses when starting the brand. But if the partner was Qiao Sang, he wanted to make it succeed.

Because friendships might not last but shared interests would bind them together.

---

After Hulis left, Owen came next, and finally Wen Xiao arrived.

Owen was planning to open a purebred pet beast base, intending to bring in a batch of purely bred pet beasts for breeding and sale.

Any pet beast, as long as it's purebred, would have its price doubled.

These types of pet beasts weren’t easy to find, and the target customer base was all high-end. With Ouen’s existing background and connections, Qiao Sang was actually quite optimistic about the business. In the end, they agreed to share based on investment proportion, he got 25% of the shares.

Wen Xiao was from the Dragon Nation, though she was a Dragon Nation native on Chaosu Star.

Because they were from the same country, Qiao Sang got along with her quite well.

Wen Xiao wanted to start a pet beast beauty service.

On Chaosu Star, although people respected strength above all else, there were still those who liked managing the appearance of their pet beasts and working as coordinators. Qiao Sang thought this business was feasible too, so she invested and took 30% of the shares.

All the collaboration talks went very smoothly.

This slightly surprised Qiao Sang, she hadn’t expected her classmates from Sainan High to be so easy to talk to, with none of the typical capitalist attitude.

She had originally been prepared to just throw money at them, but unfortunately, no one gave her the chance.

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8:00 p.m.

After dinner, Qiao Sang took Yabao to the open-air training field and handed over a lava crystal.

“Absorb this.”

“Yap?”

Yabao tilted his head, showing a confused expression.

What’s this?

“It’s called a lava crystal. Absorbing it will enhance your Lava Purgatory.” Qiao Sang explained.

“Yap!”

Upon hearing this, Yabao’s eyes lit up, and he swallowed the lava crystal in one gulp.

Soon, energy began to boil within his body.

Qiao Sang couldn’t see what was happening inside Yabao, but she saw the flame wings on his sides suddenly surge, becoming extremely fierce.

Suddenly, scorching magma slowly oozed out from the areas where the flame wings were.

Blazing bright magma flowed onto the ground, and in an instant, terrifying heat swept through the surroundings.

Qiao Sang was about to retreat-

Just then, a blue blur darted out and whisked her away in the blink of an eye.

Qiao Sang looked down, it was Lubao.

“Lu.”

Lubao stopped at a spot unaffected by Yabao’s eruption.

“Were you here the whole time?” Qiao Sang climbed down from Lubao and asked.

“Lu.”

Lubao looked in Yabao’s direction and nodded.

Looks like she had been here in her liquid form… Qiao Sang sighed inwardly.

Probably came just to see how Yabao was getting stronger…

Even though Lubao didn’t say anything and her expression hadn’t changed much, Qiao Sang still somehow understood her feelings at this moment.

The flame-forged wings flapped wildly, and as magma covered the ground, Yabao’s aura grew ever more commanding.

Lubao watched Yabao like this, unconsciously clawing at the ground, a sense of powerlessness rising in her heart.

He had grown stronger again…

“Don’t worry.” At that moment, a soft, warm hand patted her head.

“You’ll become strong too. It’s just a matter of time.”

“Lu.”

Lubao turned her head to look at that familiar face, relaxed her claws, and let out a small cry.

She knew.

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S-class lava crystals weren’t a joke, they directly added 302 points to Yabao’s Lava Purgatory skill.

At his peak, Yabao could only use Lava Purgatory three times in a row by gritting his teeth. After taking an S-class energy recovery potion, it trained the skill to the mastery level.

The higher the skill level and proficiency, the more powerful the skill becomes, and the more energy it consumes, so its original three uses dropped to two.

302 points meant it was as if it had been used 302 times. You can imagine how thrilled Qiao Sang was.

Without energy recovery potions, this would’ve saved Yabao 151 days of training time.

Unfortunately, even among items of the same S-tier, there were value differences.

Other S-tier items or materials might just cost money, and if you visited a few well-known stores, you could get them. But not many beastmasters needed S-class lava crystals.

Low demand meant low supply.

When something has high intrinsic value but is also rare, its value goes up even more.

So Qiao Sang hadn’t found any stores selling S-class lava crystals directly on the market. Otherwise, she definitely would've bought several.

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Half a month later.

Late night.

Two Ghost Ring Kings were madly typing on their keyboards in the living room.

Little Treasure was playing a co-op dungeon game. He had created two accounts, both in the same team.

The computer’s glow reflected in his golden eyes, you could see a hint of excitement there.

“Xun xun!”

Little Treasure controlled his character to cast Flame Vortex on a group of monsters.

“Xun xun…”

Suddenly, the substitute next to him called out.

He was hungry…

Little Treasure felt it, he really did feel hungry.

“Xun xun.”

Little Treasure pointed his substitute in the direction of the kitchen.

The substitute nodded and floated away.

Soon, it came back with a big bag of snacks and opened it.

“Xun xun~”

Little Treasure took the bag, grabbing chips one by one and stuffing them into his mouth.

The substitute didn’t eat, but as Little Treasure chewed, it smacked its lips once and showed a satisfied expression, then resumed gaming.