Beast taming, starting from zero point-Chapter 102 - 98: Spirit Mark

Chapter 102: Chapter 98: Spirit Mark

Back in her room, the Fire-Toothed Dog was watching the Hangkang sports channel as usual.

Qiao Sang, on the other hand, was watching an online course about Pet Beast Spirit Engravers while drawing on the cheeks of Xiao Xunbao with a brush specially made for Spirit Carvers.

It wasn’t that she was idly using her holiday time to acquire a new skill, she simply wanted to help her Fire-Toothed Dog with the aspect of condensing Energy Spheres.

After some time of training, she could more or less perceive the existing problems with the Fire-Toothed Dog’s practice of Mars Rain.

Mars Rain was an advanced skill, and even though she had awarded points to her Fire-Toothed Dog, its current energy was far from sufficient to unleash it.

Don’t be fooled by its rapid progress in the first step of condensing Energy Spheres.

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But even if the internal structure of the Energy Sphere stabilized, I feared that the explosion formed in the sky would not be Mars Rain, but rather a drizzle.

And the kind of drizzle that had hardly any droplets at all.

There were three possible solutions.

The first was evolution.

Practicing Mars Rain was just an attempt and not urgent, and it wouldn’t matter if the Fire-Toothed Dog evolved into a Blazehound even after more than a month of continuous practice.

But what worried her was that even after evolving into a Blazehound, the energy might still be insufficient, as the basics of a mid-level Pet Beast learning a high-level skill were also in textbooks.

The second solution was to use an item.

The reason for discarding this option was simple.

There was no money, at least not at the moment.

The third was to engrave energy patterns.

This mostly required skillful techniques; while individual materials might be expensive, compared to items, it was practically nothing.

The materials needed for those simple patterns and the proportions they needed to be mixed could be bought online with money, and with Qiao Sang’s current financial situation, it was still affordable.

Engraving patterns mainly tested one’s technique; each stroke had to be completed in a single breath.

Besides, the Spirit Power infused in each stroke had to be the same.

Uneven Spirit Power could lead to an imbalance in the energy structure of the pattern and ultimately lead to failure.

Simply put, using Spirit Power meant activating the Beast Taming Codex inside the brain.

Beast Tamers didn’t feel anything when summoning their Pet Beasts using the Beast Taming Codex, but constantly operating the Codex to use spiritual power and engrave the patterns would definitely be strenuous.

Qiao Sang had been learning how to engrave energy patterns for three days and had yet to encounter such distress.

Pet Beasts mainly relied on their own internal energy to release skills, and the energy patterns she was learning were designed to absorb outside energy when releasing skills.

Qiao Sang specifically signed up for an online course on this type of pattern for a month, and her test subject was Xiao Xunbao.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to experiment directly on the Fire-Toothed Dog, but the thing detested water, and bath time was always a drag.

Given the Fire-Toothed Dog’s aversion to water, experimenting with this pattern on it would probably take forever to succeed.

Xiao Xunbao didn’t have this problem.

On the contrary, it had been quite enthusiastic about the pattern engraving these past three days, even proactively retrieving the materials each time.

“All done, give it a try,” Qiao Sang said as she set down the brush.

“Xun~”

Xiao Xunbao stretched out a short claw and opened its hand wide to indicate there was no hurry.

It picked up a small mirror that had already been prepared nearby and started looking at its face, occasionally squeezing its eyebrows and making all sorts of silly faces.

Qiao Sang watched on, feeling helpless.

If someone uninformed saw this, they might think she was drawing faces instead of Spirit Marks.

“Xun~”

Xiao Xunbao put down the mirror and let out a happy chirp, seemingly very pleased with its facial masterpiece.

The next second, a faint purple light emerged from its body, but soon dissipated.

“Xun.”

Xiao Xunbao spread its hands and shook its head, indicating it was no use.

It was another failure.

Although Qiao Sang had been prepared mentally, she couldn’t help feeling somewhat disappointed.

“Thud, thud.”

Just as she was preparing to wash off the markings from Xiao Xunbao’s ghostly face, someone knocked on the door.

“Xun~”

Xiao Xunbao floated eagerly over to open the door.

“Ah Sang, why did you paint a ghostly face on the Treasure-seeking Ghost?” Ye Ranran was taken aback upon seeing the door opened by Xiao Xunbao and asked with confusion.

“Xun~”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xunbao laughed uproariously, floated over to the table, picked up a small mirror, and started admiring itself again.

Qiao Sang: “…!”

This is a Spirit Mark!

Qiao Sang moved her lips, wanting to explain.

But being thought of in this way when Xiao Xunbao wasn’t making a ghostly face, she felt that trying to explain would be somewhat humiliating…

“Is this powder from Bright Frost Coral?” Qiao Sang looked at the bowl in Ye Ranran’s hand, choosing to ignore her previous question.

“Yes, I just made some and brought a bowl over for you on my way.” Ye Ranran entered the room and placed the bowl on the table.

Qiao Sang took a sip, it was slightly sweet.

“What’s the deal with Third Uncle? How can it be that he can’t even muster two people to form a team for the race?” Qiao Sang asked.

In truth, she had wanted to ask this for a while, but it wasn’t appropriate to raise the question in front of Third Uncle at the dinner table, fearing she might touch a sore spot.

“What do you mean we can’t muster up people? Aren’t you and I human?” Ye Ranran teased.

Qiao Sang: “…”

“Just kidding. The main problem with Third Uncle is that the person he initially found wanted the same prize, and others also had Pet Beasts that overlapped in racing capabilities.”

“The marathon relay race this time is divided into sea, land, and air segments, each requiring two Pet Beasts. Third Uncle doesn’t have any friends left who own a Flight Type Pet Beast that can take on the air segment of the race. Your Treasure-seeking Ghost can barely count as one for that segment,” Ye Ranran explained.

So, it wasn’t because of poor relationships or ostracization…

“By the way, these next few days you should take the Fire-Toothed Dog out for some practice runs. Land is the first leg of the race, and the Fire-Toothed Dog will likely be the second runner. Third Uncle mainly wants to rely on the Howling Swamp Crocodile to clinch first place for the individuals.”

“However, since water is the second leg, I’m worried that if your leg is too far behind, it might put psychological pressure on the Howling Swamp Crocodile. Recently, I don’t know why, but it’s been getting frightened very easily, and it seems its mental resilience isn’t all that strong,” Ye Ranran continued to say.

The pressure was on the Fire-Toothed Dog.

Qiao Sang turned her head to look at the Fire-Toothed Dog, which was intently watching a racing channel. She didn’t foresee a problem.

“Is Xiao Xunbao the last runner?” Qiao Sang asked.

Ye Ranran nodded and said, “Yes, the last one. Don’t worry, there aren’t really any expectations on winning the team race. Even if your Xiao Xunbao doesn’t run, it’ll be fine.”

Qiao Sang glanced at Xiao Xunbao, who was still holding the mirror and making ghostly faces.

Hmm, even if it doesn’t run, it’ll be fine, then she could rest assured…

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In the following days, the schedule for the Fire-Toothed Dog became even fuller.

In the morning, it would go through skill release training, then drink half a bottle of F-grade Energy Recovery Potion to practice condensing Energy Spheres.

In the afternoon, it would continue the same training from the morning.

After finishing the F-grade Energy Recovery Potion, it wouldn’t practice Energy Spheres to the point of exhaustion but would instead reserve time to run several laps around Liugan Creek.

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At night, after recovering on its own from drinking milk, it still had to go practice concentrating on the Energy Spheres.

It was even more intense than when Qiao Sang wanted to get into Shengshui Middle School.

Her own Pet Beast was so competitive that Qiao Sang was also affected.

During a pleasant holiday, she ended up reading books to supplement her knowledge and practicing Spirit Marks on Xiao Xunbao’s ghostly face.

…

July 24.

Sunny.

The day of the Qitang Town Marathon Relay Race.