7: Enhance skills, outrageous recipes

He saw that the Black-backed Turtle’s attribute panel had an additional skill, [Damage Reflection]. Its Rank was still two-star, but it wasn't far from three-star.

Lin Chuan thought, it's finally over, I can rest.

As for the pet beast egg of the Spiked Puppet, Lin Chuan hadn't decided how to deal with it. He couldn't really stew it into soup, could he?

Just then, either Lin Chuan pressed too hard, or its time was up.

The pet beast egg on the table directly cracked open, and a black, furball-like object drilled out from the eggshell fragments.

Afterward, this thing let out a series of ear-piercing shrieks.

“Squeak... Squeak...”

The sound was incredibly sharp. Lin Chuan, being the first to bear the brunt, felt as if needles were pricking his ears.

“Damn it...”

Lin Chuan roared, intending to find something to smash the thing to death.

“Squeak, squeak”

The furball, startled, jumped directly off the table. As luck would have it, the Black-backed Turtle was lying below, savoring the deliciousness of the fruit.

“Black-backed Turtle!”

Lin Chuan warned him. That thing was about to fall on the Black-backed Turtle’s head.

“???”

The Black-backed Turtle didn't understand Lin Chuan's meaning, but he had to respond, so he shook his head vigorously, indicating that he had heard.

Just then, the furball fell.

With a “smack,” the furball was directly swatted away like a tennis ball, hitting the wall and splattering.

“Never mind, it’s fine now.”

Lin Chuan walked over to check. The thing hadn't completely died yet, and the unknown liquid flowing out emitted a pungent smell.

Finally, Lin Chuan used a stick to end its short life.

The moment this thing died, Lin Chuan seemed to see a wisp of black Qi rush into his Sea of Consciousness, eventually absorbed by the black fruit.

As for the corpse, it could also be absorbed, ripening one-tenth of a yellow [enhancement fruit].

However, this fruit could no longer ripen naturally afterward; it could only be ripened by Yao Beast flesh and blood.

It was also making the best use of it. Pet beasts that were not contracted were no different from wild Yao Beasts and were not allowed to appear within the city walls.

If it had escaped and caused panic, Lin Chuan estimated he would be invited for tea.

With everything settled, and the floor mopped, Lin Chuan immediately fell asleep.

As for the Black-backed Turtle, he stayed outside to guard the house. Anyway, Lin Chuan’s sea of consciousness space was not a pet beast space and couldn’t accelerate the Black-backed Turtle’s Cultivation. It was better to let him out for some fresh air… The night passed uneventfully.

“Bang”... “Smack”

Lin Chuan slept until noon, only to be awakened by a loud noise.

“Damn it!”

“Black-backed Turtle!!!”

“You're a Turtle, not a husky, damn it!”

“Hungry...”

Lin Chuan’s premonition unfortunately came true. He saw a bowl-sized hole directly smashed into the solid wood door, and the Black-backed Turtle’s head poked out from the hole, peering into the room.

Even after evolving from an ordinary beast to an extraordinary two-star Yao Beast, the Black-backed Turtle’s habits had not changed.

What to eat for lunch. This was a century-old problem.

Especially when you had to raise a Turtle the size of a round table, the difficulty of this problem was directly super doubled.

Lin Chuan had previously memorized the book “The Complete Guide to Turtle Pet Beast Recipes” and vaguely remembered some of it.

He looked up the most common recipe package online:

Turtle Shell Care Package: Main ingredients: fish Yao Beast bone meal. Continuous consumption for half a year can increase shell defense by 5-15%. Price: 1 million / month.

Physique Enhancement Package: Main ingredients: fresh Yao Beast flesh and blood. Continuous consumption for half a year can increase body size by 10-30%. Price: 1.5 million / month.

...“No suitable package found for me, click to inquire...”

Lin Chuan silently closed the pop-up window and fell into contemplation.

The cheapest package, over ten thousand per meal, and it was for a Turtle?!

He took out his phone and checked his balance. Hmm... just enough for the Black-backed Turtle’s one meal.

So, Lin Chuan ordered himself a pork chop rice for over forty yuan.

Then, he ordered five portions of egg fried rice, eight yuan each, for the Black-backed Turtle.

While waiting for the delivery, Lin Chuan also fed the Black-backed Turtle the two [enhancement fruits] he had accumulated yesterday and today.

[Choose which skill to enhance]

“Let’s just enhance Damage Reflection completely first. Hitting me is like hitting yourself, which is very reasonable.”

[Damage Reflection enhanced successfully, Rank +1]

[Damage Reflection enhanced successfully, Rank +1]

At this moment, the Black-backed Turtle’s panel became stronger again:

Pet Beast: Black-backed Turtle (Extraordinary Two-star)

Skills:

Hardening Armor lv2 (Active, physical defense increases by 20% when activated, lasts 15 minutes)

Cranial Super Strength lv1 (Passive, when attacking with the head, gains a tenfold strength enhancement.)

Damage Reflection lv3 (Passive, when subjected to physical attacks, reflects 20% of the damage as energy attacks)

Potential: Unknown

Strength Assessment: Can serve as a whetstone for Elite Rank pet beasts.

Lin Chuan automatically ignored the last sentence.

Soon, the takeout arrived.

The Black-backed Turtle looked at the five portions of egg fried rice placed before him. His marble-like eyes were only slightly confused for a moment before he lowered his head and started eating.

What he ate didn't matter, as long as he was full.

Only the Black-backed Turtle, having grown accustomed to the hard life of three meals in nine days with Lin Chuan, was satisfied with just a bite to eat.

Any other pet beast would have rebelled outright. The dignity of a pet beast must not be desecrated.

After eating and drinking his fill, Lin Chuan thought about his next plan.

He was not in a hurry to go to the pet beast egg shop to take advantage of it today, as the naturally ripened red fruits had already been used up in the early morning, so he couldn't imprint anything even if he wanted to.

Ultimately, he still lacked the resources that a normal Beast Tamer possessed.

Speaking of which, Lin Chuan was still an “unregistered person” and had not registered with the Beast Tamer Association.

This process was generally handled by various Beast Taming High Schools, which registered students uniformly, much like academic records.

However, Lin Chuan had never attended a Beast Taming High School, as the standard for attending high school was to Awaken before the age of 16.

This was awkward. Lin Chuan’s only identity was a dropout from Dongfang Technical School.

When people mentioned Dongfang Technical School, they would think of chefs, poop scoopers… but never Beast Tamers!

Could it be that a poop scooper who couldn't flip a wok wasn't a good Beast Tamer?

Lin Chuan couldn't figure it out, but it still needed to be resolved. He decided to personally visit the Beast Tamer Association branch in District 81 this afternoon, where they would surely provide a solution.

Besides the free resources distributed by the association every month, it was said that Beast Taming High Schools spared no effort in cultivating students, allocating even more resources.

Unfortunately, Lin Chuan couldn't enjoy that. Besides, he was almost 18. If he went back to high school, they wouldn't accept him anyway... District 81, Beast Tamer Association branch.

In the main hall, people were bustling about, constantly coming in and out, receiving or publishing tasks.

Occasionally, an entire team could be seen dragging the limbs of several pet beasts, bypassing the main hall and entering the backyard through a side door, evidently having completed a hunting mission and coming to submit Materials.

There were also teams severely wounded, or even with reduced members, coming in to seek treatment or recruit new members.

The faint scent of blood lingered in the air.

Lin Chuan felt that this was the true appearance of this world.

Everyone was fighting for their lives.

Lin Chuan walked around and finally understood the main functions of the association.

During this time, some people noticed him, either with curiosity or ill intent. However, no one actively approached him.

Perhaps it was because he was just a Black Iron two-star rookie.