Beast Taming: Starting From Zero-Chapter 739: Withering

The page transitioned quickly, giving an answer: [If you want waterproofing, you need to use specialized waterproof materials.]

Not to mention Little Treasure, but Lubao soaked in water every day, and Yabao often held it, both of them needed to be waterproof... She should mention it to Director Li later... Qiao Sang thought as she put away her phone.

Suddenly, a voice rang out abruptly on the quiet street: "It seems like you were having a pleasant conversation."

Qiao Sang looked in the direction of the voice.

A woman who looked around twenty-five or twenty-six appeared where no one had been near the wall earlier. She stood about 1.68 meters tall, wore a light blue long dress with ruffled edges and a stand-up collar. Her blond hair hung in soft curls, and her light blue eyes carried a playful smile as she looked this way.

"And you are?" Qiao Sang asked, her tone rising in curiosity.

"Dean of the Medical Department, Liz North." The woman said as she walked over.

Dean of the Medical Department? That young?! Qiao Sang's eyes filled with shock.

Was there such a young dean among the nine bigshots who welcomed the freshmen?

No impression at all!

Dean Liz immediately understood Qiao Sang’s look and smiled as she asked: "Are you thinking I look too young to be a dean?"

Qiao Sang was about to nod when she heard Liz say meaningfully: "That's because our department has pet beasts capable of altering one's mental state and appearance."

Qiao Sang thought she understood.

"So you're not in your original form right now?"

Ever since learning the woman was a dean, she instinctively switched to using the more respectful form of you.

She had suspected the woman’s claim, after all, in her mind, a dean should look trustworthy. But the woman before her seemed neither mature nor reliable.

Still, this was Yulianton University. No one would dare impersonate a dean.

Most importantly, she knew that sooner or later, she’d meet the other deans too.

"This is my original appearance. I just use a pet beast’s skill to maintain a 25-year-old look for a short time." Dean Liz said, subtly glancing at Qiao Sang’s backpack.

"Interested in a chat?"

A minute later, Qiao Sang was back in the private room at the Yiwei Restaurant, but with a different dining companion.

"Order whatever you'd like." Said Dean Liz.

Qiao Sang declined.

"No need, I’m a bit full..."

After casually ordering a few dishes, Dean Liz finally got to the point: "I heard you have an Ice Aipalu?"

Qiao Sang gave a simple “mm.”

Dean Liz said, "I’m not very familiar with Blue Star’s pet beasts. Someone only recently mentioned the Ice Aipalu to me..."

She paused, then continued: "I was told the Ice Aipalu’s initial form, Water Luriana, has a talent skill called Healing Light."

"I’d like to know, does your Ice Aipalu have it too?"

So she was here for Lubao... Qiao Sang nodded.

"Yes."

Dean Liz’s eyes lit up slightly.

"Healing Light is like a divine skill to patients. Beasts with it are born to save lives."

Is she trying to morally guilt-trip me? Qiao Sang grew alert.

"Lubao and I aren’t interested in that kind of thing."

“Lu Ai-”

Lubao, who had just poked her head out to express discontent, quickly shrank back after hearing her beast master.

Dean Liz went quiet for a few seconds, then suddenly said, "Seems like Director Li and I aren’t the only ones who’ve approached you."

Very sharp... Qiao Sang didn’t answer, which was an unspoken confirmation.

At that moment, a well-dressed pet beast walked in with two cups of coffee and placed them on the table.

Dean Liz sipped her coffee, then set the cup down and looked deeply at Qiao Sang.

"Since you're not interested in that talk, I’ll get to the real reason. I’m not here to recruit you for the Medical Department, but to make a deal."

A deal? Qiao Sang perked up.

"What kind?"

Dean Liz raised one finger.

Qiao Sang and Yabao both looked at the finger, confused.

"100 points per treatment." Dean Liz said.

"I have many terminally ill patients. You treat one, I give you 100 points."

Qiao Sang: !!!

100 points per case?!

"Yap?"

Yabao was still clueless.

Was 100 points worth a lot?

Qiao Sang was moved but didn’t agree immediately.

She asked, "With so many people at the Medical Department, are there really no beasts with super-level healing skills like Healing Light?"

She could believe that at other schools, but this was Yulianton University, the third-ranked school in the galaxy, one of the top medical departents in the world. It should gather the very best in medicine.

Their pet beasts couldn’t possibly lack advanced healing skills.

Dean Liz turned serious.

"Of course our professors and students have beasts with super-level healing skills. But even among super-level skills, the healing types vary."

"Many of them are specialized, some target aging, some focus on genetic disorders."

"But Healing Light doesn’t work on those. And they can’t replace Healing Light either."

She sighed here: "We do have two professors whose beasts have Healing Light, but their skill proficiency is low, just at the 'minor success' level."

"And I believe you understand that the difficulty of the case affects the time and energy Healing Light consumes."

She had suspected that, though she hadn’t confirmed it... Qiao Sang thought silently.

"For regular illnesses, Healing Light is overkill." Dean Liz went on.

"But the ones that need Healing Light are all terminal cases."

"At the moment, a beast with minor success-level Healing Light can only handle one terminal case a day."

"With so many terminal patients and so few suitable beasts, that’s why I’m here to make a deal."

Is Healing Light really that hard to level up? When she first contracted Lubao, she already had Healing Light at the Ultimate level… Qiao Sang was shocked.

And back then, Lubao didn’t even have access to any golden finger cheats...

Being able to treat just one patient a day with minor-level Healing Light made sense.

After all, the worst case Lubao had treated was a woman with severe brain damage who was in a coma. After that, Lubao was obviously drained...

And that was with Healing Light at the Ultimate level...

She’d never even seen a “minor success” version before...

Just as she was thinking that, Dean Liz said: "If you have other requirements, feel free to bring them up."

Ordinary people with terminal illnesses couldn’t possibly contact people from Yulianton’s Medical Department. Only the top elite circles could do that… Qiao Sang had a thought and said:

"I don’t want points. I want money."

Her unlimited card was about to expire, and the cash from her two investments hadn’t come in yet, this could be a good opportunity to make money.

Points were important, but right now, she needed cash the most.

"Fine." Dean Liz said straightforwardly.

"How much do you want?"

For those in the upper circle, money was just numbers. Asking for 100,000 was too little, 10 million sounded more reasonable… After a brief pause, Qiao Sang raised a finger: "One of these per case."

Dean Liz glanced at it and nodded without hesitation.

"Ten million it is."

Qiao Sang: !!!

"Any other requests?" Dean Liz asked again.

"Nope." Qiao Sang shook her head quickly.

Dean Liz pulled out her phone.

"Let’s exchange contact info. I’ll send you patient profiles and we can arrange times."

"Okay!" Qiao Sang eagerly took out her phone.

After adding each other, Dean Liz suddenly asked: "Mind telling me, what’s your Ice Aipalu’s Healing Light proficiency?"

Mind? Not at all... Qiao Sang replied, "Ultimate."

What?!

Dean Liz was completely stunned by those two words.

Qiao Sang added, "So actually, I can treat several terminal patients a day with no problem."

Regret!

Deep regret!

Dean Liz looked utterly pained!

She had spoken too soon!

She should’ve recruited Qiao Sang to the Medical Department!

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Internal Library of Yulianton.

Qiao Sang left the cafeteria and, realizing she still didn’t know enough about most rare pet beasts, made her way to the library.

The library was dome-shaped, with bookshelves arranged along the sides of a spherical hall, stretching from the stairs to the ceiling, filled with books on every level.

After briefly asking a staff member, Qiao Sang approached a screen, tapped the keyword search on the left, and typed: [Rare Pet Beasts]. Instantly, a list of related books appeared.

She glanced through it and finally tapped on The Complete Guide to Rare Pet Beasts.

A minute later, a mechanical-type pet beast, seemingly carrying a tray on its back, flew over flapping its mechanical wings, delivering the book.

“Thank you.” Qiao Sang said, taking the book from the tray and heading to the checkout desk.

“I want to borrow this.

The staff member looked up, glanced at the cover, and said, “One point per day.”

I still have over 400 points… Qiao Sang thought confidently and handed over her student card.

“Alright.”

Leaving the library, she checked the time on her phone, then turned to her Little Treasure.

“Xun xun~”

Before she even finished speaking, Little Treasure understood. His eyes began glowing blue.

Qiao Sang’s vision blacked out.

The next second, she found herself standing in the living room of the villa.

The rich aroma of food filled the air.

Looking toward the dining table, she saw steaming dishes already set, along with several plates of energy pellets.

Vice Principal… I already had dinner… Qiao Sang hesitated a moment, then walked over and picked up her chopsticks.

“Yap!”

“Xun xun~”

Yabao and Little Treasure rushed over to the energy pellets and happily began eating.

Seeing this, Qiao Sang put down her chopsticks, formed a hand seal with both hands, and summoned Gangbao.

“Lu Ai.”

At that moment, Lubao let out a cry, expressing concern that healing might interfere with her training time.

“Of course not.” Qiao Sang reassured her. She placed Gangbao’s portion of the energy pellets in front of her.

“Your Healing Light has already reached its ultimate form, healing only takes an instant now, very fast.”

“Lu Ai?”

Lubao paused, looking confused.

Is money really that important?

“Of course.” Qiao Sang patiently replied.

“With money, you all can have better resources and grow faster.”

“Lu Ai.”

Lubao nodded in understanding and went to eat beside the energy pellets.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

“Gang Slice.”

Gangbao instinctively got up to open the door.

Qiao Sang stopped her.

“You eat. I’ll go.”

Saying that, she walked to the door.

Standing outside was Dean Virginia from the Department of Pet Journalism.

“Good evening.” Dean Virginia smiled as she entered.

“Good evening.” Qiao Sang replied, glancing outside.

“Senior Ivina didn’t come?”

“I let her focus on her own work.” Dean Virginia said as she walked in.

“She’s just started her graduate studies, so she’s very busy. As for teaching the Ghost Ring King…”

Her voice suddenly stopped.

Dean Virginia stared at the Ghost Ring King, now covered in mysterious white spirit patterns, raising her brows.

“Looks like Dean Li from the Rune Inscriptions Department already came to see you.”

Whoa… Qiao Sang thought. Is there something special about Dean Li’s runes that they’re so easily recognized?

She responded, “I attended the Rune Club’s activity this afternoon after class, and he was there.”

Dean Virginia didn’t press further about Dean Li’s intentions. Instead, she asked, “Has Dean Gilbert from your department come to see you?”

Qiao Sang shook her head.

“No.”

A flicker of confusion crossed Dean Virginia’s eyes.

That’s odd. Based on logic, Dean Gilbert should be the one most eager to retain Qiao Sang. Why hasn’t he made a move yet…?

---

Late at night.

Little Treasure's eyes glowed blue as he focused intently on the black flower on the coffee table.

In the dim living room, the runes on his body emitted a faint white glow.

“Chan Chan?”

Suddenly, the nearby Chan Chan Stone nudged Little Treasure's arm curiously, asking what the white markings on his body were.

“Xun xun!”

Little Treasure was startled, his eyes returning to their usual golden hue. He glanced at Chan Chan Stone with a don’t touch me again expression.

This thing was boosting his insight! He was almost about to master Spatial Lockdown! If it got rubbed off, it’d be ruined!

“Chan Chan?”

Chan Chan Stone looked confused.

What’s insight?

“Xun xun.”

Little Treasure pointed at his head with a paw.

It means making your brain smarter.

“Chan chan.”

Chan Chan Stone looked unconvinced.

“Xun xun!”

Little Treasure began arguing with it.

It’s true! He could already feel it, mastery was within reach!

“Chan chan…”

Seeing how serious Little Treasure was, Chan Chan Stone started to believe him a little.

Its eyes darted around, then it quietly crept into Qiao Sang’s bedroom, tiptoed up to the desk, picked up a pen, and drew several markings on itself.

Inside the water tank, Lubao cracked one eye open, saw what Chan-chan Stone was doing, then calmly closed it again.

---

In the living room.

Little Treasure's eyes glowed blue once more, locked intently on the black flower.

Confirm the surrounding coordinates… connect them…

He recalled the human’s advice, then thought of the pet beast who demonstrated the move earlier that evening. The blue glow in his eyes deepened.

At the same time, an invisible barrier began to rise from around the black flower, slowly enclosing it…

As it reached the highest point of convergence, Little Treasure hesitated.

The barrier vanished instantly.

“Xun xun…”

But he didn’t give up. His expression turned serious again.

The invisible barrier rose once more, enclosing the black flower.

“Xun xun…”

Little Treasure didn’t dare be careless.

The white patterns on his body glowed faintly.

Time ticked by, second by second.

Suddenly, the black flower on the coffee table, still in full bloom, withered in an instant.

“Xun xun!”

Little Treasure froze for a moment, then his eyes returned to gold. Excitedly, he floated up toward the ceiling, spinning several joyful loops.

A gentle breeze blew in through the window, making the curtains flutter.

On the coffee table, the once-intact withered petals scattered in all directions.