Beast taming, starting from zero point
Chapter 380 - 363: Opportunities Only Come Once

Chapter 380: Chapter 363: Opportunities Only Come Once

During his lunch break, Liu Yao tapped away at the keyboard in his office.

In recent days, his mood was a mix of excitement and mental exhaustion.

He was thrilled that the Flame Listening Dog had evolved and it even seemed to have transformed into a special form, which truly held enormous research value.

What drained him was the fact that the Flame Listening Dog had already evolved into the Liaoxing Dog, yet the project to research how the Fire-Toothed Dog evolved into the Flame Listening Dog hadn’t even been approved!

Although he knew that initiating a research project, from proposal to approval, usually took over three months at the fastest, it had been almost three months since the proposal, and now that the sole Flame Listening Dog had evolved into a higher form, the research project still hadn’t officially started—was this appropriate?!

For the first time, Liu Yao felt that the higher-ups’ actions were infuriatingly slow!

He furiously typed messages into the chat software:

[I know that things need to follow a procedure, but since the Flame Listening Dog has already evolved, without the testing data for the Flame Listening Dog, you clearly understand how much harder our research will become.]

[Don’t give me the same excuses you used on people yesterday. When Xie Jiageng was researching the extraction of psychic energy from Qibu Mu, it took less than a week to get approved.]

Just as he was about to continue typing, there came a knock at the door.

Liu Yao responded, "Come in."

"Vice Principal." Qiao Sang pushed open the door.

"Ah, you’re here." Seeing who it was, Liu Yao’s lips curled up into a smile.

There were many geniuses in this world, but in the field of Beast Taming, Qiao Sang was the most outrageous one he had ever seen. Her peers couldn’t compare to her, and there were even signs that she was beginning to look down on all high school students.

Of course, these were not his main concerns.

The most important thing was that Qiao Sang had bred the Flame Listening Dog, and in an extremely short time, had even enabled it to evolve again.

It’s known that whenever a Pet Beast reveals a new evolutionary form, researching its subsequent evolutionary path is often a lengthy process.

A few years ago when the new evolutionary form of the Red Bat Monster appeared, the research team at the time spent over four years to study its next evolutionary phase.

And that was a team composed of researchers who had received honors and had considerable expertise in academic research. It took a bunch of them over four years, yet Qiao Sang completed the evolution of a new form Pet Beast in just a few short months.

If it was simply a common evolution induced by using items, it would not be noteworthy, but that was clearly not the case with the Flame Listening Dog.

And then there was Binglu Qia...

Liu Yao stopped typing, his eyes lighting up with eagerness, and he couldn’t wait to ask, "You sent a message saying you wanted me to take a look at Binglu Qia?"

Qiao Sang nodded and said, "My Binglu Qia drank a bottle of potential-enhancing potion yesterday and then it underwent some changes."

With that, she formed a seal with her hands and summoned Lubao.

"Lubao."

As soon as Lubao appeared, it surveyed its surroundings and then turned and leapt into Qiao Sang’s arms.

Although Lubao had grown considerably in size, Qiao Sang, after Yaobao’s evolution and subsequent empowerment, had become stronger, and she easily caught Lubao.

Liu Yao was taken aback, his expression visibly turning to one of astonishment.

He stood up and walked over, surprised, "It’s grown so much!"

Qiao Sang explained, "It might be because the potential-enhancing potion it drank was S-rank."

"An S-rank potential-enhancing potion?" Liu Yao looked at her incredulously, "You gave it an S-rank potential-enhancing potion?!"

Qiao Sang was somewhat baffled by the Vice Principal’s strong reaction.

"Is it not okay to give an S-rank potential-enhancing potion?" Qiao Sang asked carefully.

"That’s not it," Liu Yao said with a complex expression, "it’s just that I haven’t heard of a Pet Beast being given an S-rank potential-enhancing potion at the intermediate stage before."

Talking to a Breeder is quite frightening, almost thought something was wrong...Qiao Sang let out a sigh of relief, then asked, "Ever since I gave Lubao the potential enhancement potion yesterday, not only has its size increased, but there has also been a significant increase in its internal energy."

"Isn’t the potential enhancement potion supposed to increase a Pet Beast’s potential? How can it increase its energy?"

"That’s because you gave it an S-rank potential enhancement potion," Liu Yao explained. "Any S-rank potion itself contains a huge amount of energy."

"The potential enhancement potion can increase a Pet Beast’s potential, but it’s not about forcibly increasing the pet’s potential, rather, it enhances based on the pet’s tolerance and its originally constrained potential."

"If a Pet Beast feels pain after drinking the potential enhancement potion, then it indicates that the potion’s rank is not suitable for use at its current state; even if it drinks through the pain, most of the potion’s effects will largely go to waste."

"The higher the level of the Pet Beast, the better it absorbs."

"Under normal circumstances, it’s like reaching the ceiling when a mid-level Pet Beast can absorb a Grade-A potential enhancement potion."

"Your Binglu Qia being able to absorb an S-rank potential enhancement potion indicates that its tolerance and potential are very remarkable, the increase in size and energy is due to the Pet Beast’s lower level and the exceptionally good effects of the potion, which is also a normal situation."

An S-rank potential enhancement potion, even Imperial-level Pet Beasts could use it; he remembered Qiao Sang was clearly a child from an ordinary family, could it be she had some formidable background? That’s right, how could she possibly have contracted a Binglu Qia otherwise, but what kind of background would allow someone to contract an endangered Pet Beast... Liu Yao’s mind was in turmoil.

After listening for a while, Qiao Sang understood.

This was a normal phenomenon for Lubao.

It really is beneficial having a high-level Breeder around...

At that moment, Liu Yao suddenly turned and walked over to the computer on the desk, bent down and began to operate it, saying:

"Right, I asked a friend from the Ancient Mist Region for some materials about the Shuilu Yana species and now I’m sending it to you, have a look when you get back."

Just as Qiao Sang was about to speak, her eyes lit up:

"Thank you, Vice Principal."

This material couldn’t have come at a better time!

Lubao is also about to evolve, and she could now familiarize herself with the advanced forms of the Shuilu Yana.

...

In the afternoon, school ended, and the dismissal bell rang.

Training Ground No. 1.

He Daotao’s plump physique was, unprecedentedly, standing up straight, his expression earnest, giving off a very upright vibe.

"Stop faking it," Xu Yixuan nudged He Daotao with her elbow. "They’re not here to see you."

His expression fell, but He Daotao quickly put on a serious face again, whispering, "I know, but there are so many people watching right now."

Qiao Sang turned her head upon hearing their conversation.

The group of students outside the glass window immediately waved in excitement.

It seemed she had truly become a celebrity. Thankfully, everyone went to lunch at noon, and no one was by the restrooms, otherwise, if they had seen her coming out of the men’s toilet, where would her reputation be? Not gonna lie, this feeling is quite thrilling... Qiao Sang turned back around, standing a bit straighter in silence.

Sun Boyi operated on the tablet in his hands, and a huge virtual screen instantly appeared on the field.

The virtual screen was displaying the avatars of several young boys and girls.

"Next up is the knockout round, unlike the preliminaries and group stages, you only get one chance here, lose and you have nothing left," Sun Boyi said, tapping on the tablet.

The virtual screen immediately shifted to display the portrait and profile of a young boy.

"Let me introduce a few of the competitors with relatively outstanding abilities in the knockout round, listen carefully," he said.

"First is Liao Chaonan."