Chapter 4: Chapter 4: Beast Taming Talent
Without paying any more attention to Old Dan, who was suffering from a continued attack of his chuunibyou, Chris went back with the two Patchy Leaves in his arms.
Because they have just passed their infancy, these two Patchy Leaves cannot leave the soil environment for a long time, at least not for about 8 hours at night, otherwise, it will be detrimental to their growth.
However, there is a way, and it is very simple. It is the same principle as transplanting plants. Just take a piece of cloth to half-wrap the body of the flower leaf and stuff some soil in it.
He wrapped the two leaves with a cloth stuffed with soil, revealing their short and plump limbs, as if they were wearing clothes. Chris also tied them with a beautiful bow to prevent the cloth from falling off easily, and then patted the dirt off his hands.
"Very cute."
He couldn't say the outrageous words like Old Dan's that Patchy Leaf was the cutest in the world, but as for the ordinary yet sincere compliments, Chris was still okay.
Hearing Chris praising them for being cute, the two Patchy Leaves immediately chirped and jumped on the table, and finally jumped into Chris's arms. It was obvious that they were very happy from the bottom of their hearts.
The two Patchy Leaves were so purely happy and blessed, but Chris felt a little troubled in his heart.
Left, right.
Fruit, Cherry.
Which one should I choose?
Sighing in his heart, Chris shook his head.
Without thinking any more, Chris went to wash up and change into his pajamas, then came back and put the two Patchy Leaves on his thighs, holding one in each hand, and they watched the spirit beast TV series together.
It was 10 o'clock in the evening before Chris returned to his room, turned off the lights, and went to bed.
As for sleeping with two Patchy Leaves in his arms, it was just talk. It's inappropriate. It's not for any crooked reason. It's simply not good for Patchy Leaf's health.
Because humans sleep lying down, at least Chris can't sleep standing or sitting, and Patchy Leaf is planted in the ground, which means they sleep upright.
Once it lies down for a little longer, the flowers on top of the Patchy Leaves will grow crooked due to the pressure of natural gravity.
If it was like his mother's pet Little Moon Dog, or Boo mentioned in the previous class group message, a spirit beast created from the soul of a doll, or Flower Spirit, who was a more humanoid three-year-old girl after the evolution of Patchy Leaf, then Chris would definitely hold her in his arms and sleep with her in the same bed.
Chris placed the two flower-leaves in an exquisite small flowerpot with cute cartoon patterns printed on the outer shell and placed them on the left and right bedside tables.
Chris lay down and just closed his eyes.
Yiyayiya~
Yiyingying~
The two flower leaves made a low, ethereal, and long sound, like they were whispering or humming a song.
Some mothers will sing lullabies when they put their children to sleep, while others will light up faint and pleasant-smelling sandalwood. These are all ways to help them sleep. The whispering and humming of the two Patchy Leaves at this moment is a way to help them sleep. It is a wood-attribute skill called Grass Flute, which has the effect of making others fall into a deep sleep.
All the Patchy Leaves on the farm have this skill. The breeding plan formulated by Old Dan includes playing soothing music to them regularly every day when the Patchy Leaves are young. Over time, even if the Patchy Leaves do not actively learn, they can passively learn it through their natural instincts as wood-attributed spirit beasts.
The two Patchy Leaves had just left their infancy and had not received any special skill training. The grass flutes they played did not contain wood energy, only emotion. The grass flutes they played could not be used for fighting, but at most could be used to help them sleep.
Well, it's a great sleep aid!
In less than half a minute, Chris fell asleep with his eyes closed. Judging from the stable state of his body, the slightly rising and falling chest, and the long and rhythmic breathing, his sleep quality was very good!
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A week passed in the blink of an eye.
Skytown's No. 1 Beast Taming Middle School, Grade 3, Class 7.
The class was noisy and everyone was so excited that they couldn't suppress their excitement and anticipation.
This week of rest has obviously been very effective.
When we were studying before, not only did we have to do a lot of cultural classes and spiritual beast-related homework every day, we also had to take care of the spiritual beasts in the school, brushing their fur, trimming their claws, cleaning their poop, and feeding them. As a result, most students often looked nervous and had kidney deficiency.
But this situation is no longer seen now. Everyone in the class is now full of energy and vitality!
Among them, Chris, who sat in the window seat on the left side of the second-to-last row of the classroom, was the best.
Chris looked radiant, and his originally wheat-colored skin even glowed faintly, which was better than any high-end skincare products.
The reason, of course, is the credit of the two flower leaves, which bring him a happy mood during the day and give him baby-like sleep quality at night.
There was a lot of noise in the classroom, and everyone was talking about the awakening ceremony that was about to take place.
Everyone was daydreaming about what kind of beast taming talent they would like to awaken, such as King's Power, Molten Heart, or Fairy Eye. It was as if the various powerful beast taming talents were small commodities sold on the street and they could choose by themselves.
Many students, while chatting and fantasizing, began to smile like perverts.
Just then, a male teacher in his early thirties with a short haircut and a slightly plump figure slowly walked into the classroom. He was the head teacher of Class 7, Grade 3, Mr. Lewis, who had sent a message in the class group before. His full name was Lewis Stevens, and he was known as Little Fat Lewis! This was a nickname given by some naughty students in the class. Because it was very descriptive, it spread, and even Lewis Stevens himself accepted it.
The noisy classroom suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Lewis Stevens who walked to the podium.
"Little Fat, you look so handsome today~"
Jake, the naughty king of the class, whistled and teased.
The other students also started to make a fuss, including Chris, who was sitting in the second-to-last row of the class, next to the window.
He usually dresses casually or even a little sloppy, but today, Lewis Stevens was wearing a very formal suit and tie, and he even had a haircut. It's true, he looks like a handsome little fat boy in this suit and tie!
Instead of joking and chatting with the students as he did in the past, nor did he punish Jake to stand guard at the door as usual. Lewis Stevens knocked on the desk, and the class instantly became quiet.
"I have a lot to say, but there are really too many, so I'll just skip it."
Lewis was just about to open his mouth when he heard a chorus of boos from the audience. He smiled.
"The awakening ceremony will be held in half an hour."
"By then, you will all awaken your beast taming talent, become a glorious beast tamer, and contract your own spirit beast."
"Here, I wish you all can awaken your powerful beast taming talent, contract a suitable spirit beast of your choice, and wish you all a smooth journey of beast taming..."
Before Lewis Stevens had finished speaking, the students began to applaud spontaneously, and the applause was enthusiastic and passionate.
"I wish you all good luck in military affairs!"
Lewis Stevens finally stopped here.
The applause became even louder, but Lewis Stevens did not stop it immediately because the applause was not only a response to him, but also a blessing from the students present to themselves and to each other.
Half a minute later, Lewis Stevens raised his hand to signal to stop.
The applause stopped and the classroom became quiet again.
"Just listen to those kind words and blessings I said just now. Of course, they were all sincere."
Lewis Stevens said in a joking tone, and then his expression gradually turned solemn, making the students feel uneasy for a moment.
Dong Dong Dong! Lewis was knocking on the table of the podium. His voice was prolonged and his tone was low. He opened his mouth and continued.
"But the reality is often not as good as we expected."
"Ninety percent of people will awaken a first-level beast taming talent, and the effect is very average, or even useless. I believe this will be the case for most of you."
As Lewis Stevens spoke, many students in the class lowered their heads, biting their lips, with complicated expressions.
Lewis Stevens's eyes flashed. He said this at this time not to undermine the students' self-confidence.
This is a kind of speech technique, a technique of first suppressing and then praising. The words just now were suppressing, but too much suppression is not good. You have to grasp the degree to be able to praise better.
Lewis knocked on the table again, trying to draw everyone's attention back.
"Okay, here, I will give you one last lesson. You don't need textbooks or notes. I will just ask you a few questions."
"About the talent for taming beasts!"
"Who can answer me what the talent for taming beasts is and how it came about? And is the talent for taming beasts fixed? Can it be improved?"
Lewis Stevens asked in a calm tone.
After a moment of silence, the crowd began to talk in low voices.
The students looked at each other, wondering what the hell this Fatty Lewis was doing.
Finally, many students raised their hands.
Lewis Stevens looked around and chose a female student to answer, a girl with average looks and wearing glasses.
Sarah is the top student in the class who always ranks first on the academic table. Even in the whole school, her academic performance is among the top three.
Standing up, Sarah sorted out her thoughts and prepared her words before she spoke:
"Beast Taming Talent is an extraordinary ability that humans directly or indirectly cultivate to assist in controlling spirit beasts. Some can temporarily enhance the various abilities of spirit beasts in battle, while others can improve the growth efficiency of spirit beasts in daily training. Depending on the different and strong talents of beast taming, when using the talents, the beast tamer will consume an indefinite amount of physical strength, mental energy, or other more mysterious things."
"Beast Taming Talent is divided into levels similar to the strength levels of spirit beasts. The effect of low-level talents on high-level spirit beasts will be significantly weakened."
"For example, great strength is a beast taming talent that can temporarily increase the strength of spirit beasts."
"Depending on the strength of the talent, great strength can be divided into first-level great strength, second-level great strength, and third-level great strength."
"First-level great strength can increase the strength of first-level spirit beasts, turning the original strength of 1 into 1.5 in a short period of time. However, the effect of first-level great strength on second-level spirit beasts will become weaker, and the effect will decrease exponentially as the level increases."
"On the contrary, if the second-level giant force is used to amplify the first-level spirit beast, then the original strength of 1 will become 3 in a short period of time. The higher the talent, the stronger the gain effect on the lower-level spirit beast, and the specific value also increases exponentially. But there is also a gain limit, and this limit is the limit that the spirit beast or its body or mind can bear."
"Then, it is the origin of the talent for taming beasts, and that has to start from the earliest humans."
"Humans, in the beginning, did not have the so-called talent for taming beasts, and even their physical strength was much worse than that of humans today."
"From ancient times to the Middle Ages and then to modern times, they have experienced the battle between dragons and phoenixes, and have gone through countless hardships and tribulations."
"As history progresses, humans have improved and perfected the contract."
"Establish a contract with a spirit beast, become a beastmaster, and then cultivate the spirit beast, grow and live with it, and fight side by side. During this period, as the spirit beast grows stronger, its level increases, and it evolves beyond the shackles of its bloodline, it will give the beastmaster a certain degree of feedback, leaving behind extraordinary factors of corresponding attributes and racial abilities on the beastmaster's body. These factors will eventually be integrated into the beastmaster's blood, genes, and even the depths of his soul."
"Eventually, with the reproduction of humans, the monsters and spirit beasts that originally had reproductive isolation and could not produce offspring, and the bloodlines that could not have been mixed, their attributes, powers, racial characteristics, and other extraordinary factors blended, collided, and merged in humans, giving birth to new factors, and these are extraordinary factors that can be driven by humans."
"This is the origin of the talent for taming beasts!"
Sarah stopped here. It was inevitable that she would be out of breath after saying so many words in one breath.
After taking a short break and swallowing twice, Sarah continued,
"The talent for taming beasts can be improved! Just like the first humans were created from nothing."
"As long as you choose the right spirit beast to contract with, and keep working hard."
"For example, a beastmaster who possesses a fire-related beast taming talent chooses to contract with one, two, or even more spirit beasts with fire attributes, and then cultivates them with perseverance. As the spirit beasts grow, break through, and evolve again and again, the fire-attributed extraordinary factors given to the beastmaster continue to accumulate, reaching the level where quantitative change leads to qualitative change, and the beast taming talent will be improved and even transformed. From the first level to the second level, the third level, the fourth level..."
So far, Sarah has answered all of Lewis Stevens's questions, and her answers are quite perfect.
Lewis Stevens gave Sarah an appreciative look at the right time and signaled her to sit down.
However, perhaps out of vanity, in order to show off in this last class and demonstrate her academic excellence, Sarah hesitated for a moment before moving her lips and continuing to speak, revealing a secret that ordinary people, even ordinary beastmasters, did not know.
"We have three sects, five families, and eight schools in the Star Federation."
"Five of them are the beast taming families with the surnames of Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, and Anderson."
"These five beast taming families have been created by breeding spirit beasts of the same attributes and species, generation after generation, for hundreds or thousands of years."
"Anyone who comes out of the five great families has an extraordinary and powerful talent for beast taming."
"The lowest level among those born is level four, the average is level five, and the top is level six. There are even those who are born with level seven beast taming talent, which is comparable to or even better than the Heavenly King Beast Tamers. Such beings are the ones with the greatest hope of breaking through to become level eight beast tamers, and are called..."
Before Sarah could finish her words, Lewis Stevens, with sweat on his forehead, raised his hand to stop her.
"Okay, that's enough, Sarah, please sit down."
He intended to use the tactic of first suppressing and then praising to motivate the students, but he didn't want to discourage them further.
If Sarah continued talking, and let the other students know the huge gap in talent between them and the people from the Beast Taming Family, which is like a chasm, they would probably despair.
Before, Lewis thought Sarah was a good student and had everything right, but now, she was giving him a headache!
There was no way for Sarah to take back what had already been said, nor could she tell other students not to care about it, as that would only make them more concerned and curious.
So, what to do?
Lewis Stevens said he was not panicking and there was still room for maneuver. Having been a teacher for more than ten years, his speaking skills were still pretty good. At this time, he had to shift the focus of the topic.
"Sarah said it very well and correctly. She said so much to help everyone review what they have learned."
"Well, I guess the students are curious about why I am asking these questions when we are about to have the awakening ceremony."
"I want to tell you that even if you awaken a low-level ordinary beast taming talent, don't be too disappointed, and don't give up on yourself and go astray."
"If you still have the dream of becoming a professional beast tamer, then stick to it!"
"Low talent, it's okay, it's just a slow start."
"Believe in your future contracted spirit beast, take care of it, cultivate it carefully, don't abandon it, don't give up, and believe that one day, the spirit beast will repay you."
"Sarah talked about the five major families. The gap in talent between you and them is indeed huge, but! That is the result of the efforts of their ancestors and predecessors from generation to generation. You are not as good as them, but your ancestors and predecessors are not as hard-working as their ancestors and predecessors. It does not mean that you are worse than them."
"As long as you work hard and persist in not giving up, you may be slower than them, and much slower, and the road to taming beasts will be more difficult and arduous, but you will never reach that step! You may not be unable to become a titled Heavenly King!"
"Maybe, you can also be the one who creates a family tree! Let future generations kneel down, kowtow, burn incense, and respectfully call you ancestor in front of your portrait!"
The situation was reversed by Lewis Stevens.
The classroom, which had been somewhat depressing due to Sarah's words, now felt like a hot pot about to boil.
Lewis Stevens is clearly qualified as a teacher, and can even be said to be excellent.
Without his words, many people would be disappointed with their inferior beast taming talents or even give up on themselves and go astray after the awakening ceremony. But now, the students in the class feel that nothing is a big deal and their blood is boiling.
So what if the awakened beast tamer has inferior talent!
It just means starting a little slower! It's not like your talent for taming beasts cannot be improved!
As long as you persist, don't give up, and don't abandon, the spirit beast will reward you one day!
Even ordinary flowers can bloom with peerless colors!