Beast Taming Starts with Ground Mushrooms

Chapter 23: Fighting Beyond the Level, A Great Victory in the First Battle

There are many things in this world that should never be touched, such as Pandora's box. Once opened, the gates of hell will be difficult to close again.

Another thing is the stomach of the ground mushroom, which is simply an insatiable pit, a pure money-burning machine with increased power.

"Mushroom, it's not that I'm stingy, it's just that we're really too poor. One evolution pill a day, two energy blocks, plus 500mL of evolution fluid for the tenth generation, that's all we can afford."

"Don't worry, this evolution fluid is brand new, it's definitely not for level 2 evolved beasts. You'll have to put up with this for a while, but trust me, we'll soon be able to live a life of financial hardship."

Inside the dormitory, Lin Yi cut open the packaging of the evolution fluid with scissors while patiently lecturing the children, repeatedly assuring them that he would soon earn a lot of money to buy enough extraordinary evolution ingredients for them.

Lin Yi felt a little ashamed when he said this.

While other beast tamers complain that their pets evolve too slowly and provide them with all sorts of good food and drink, he has to rack his brains to be frugal with his pet, trying to maximize the use of the evolution pills and energy blocks he has.

However, this was the best possible combination that Lin Yi had obtained after three days of experimentation.

He had secretly observed that if the mushroom was truly fed, even six evolution pills a day wouldn't be enough for it to produce, and the absorption effect wouldn't be maximized.

However, if you only give one mushroom a day, the mushroom can absorb it very well, with an absorption efficiency of over 90%, which is making the most of it.

Of course, the result of such frugality was that the mushrooms got hungry very quickly every day.

Fortunately, there are energy blocks that can be used as a substitute. Although the extraordinary evolutionary power contained in these things is far less than that of evolution pills, the key point is that they can provide energy for the mushroom cubs while also satisfying their hunger.

"This stuff wasn't designed for evolution, and five thousand a piece is really not worth it."

Lin Yi couldn't help but complain that once he had enough money in the future, he would most likely not buy this kind of "junk food" for Gu Zai anymore.

However, even with two energy blocks a day, it is still far from enough. Ten additional 500mL bags of Level 3 Evolution Liquid must be supplied in order to barely sustain the body.

The little guy has a huge appetite.

"This cannot continue indefinitely."

Lin Yi figured that as the little mushroom grew, its appetite would definitely continue to increase, and his own savings wouldn't be enough to keep it going.

Sigh... I need to make money quickly again. Lin Yi had already decided on the way to make money: selling training skills for combat-type pets on the forum.

However, the prerequisite for developing the combat-type market is to have a paper on the education of combat-type beast pets; cheat codes cannot be copied out of thin air.

Buying is out of the question. A paper on combat-type pet skills can cost anywhere from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan. It is said that some high-level combat-type pet skills can even fetch astronomical prices.

As far as Lin Yi knew, Chen Shiqi had once purchased a racial taming skill for her combat-type pet, the Snow Eagle, for a staggering 37 million.

"I definitely can't afford to buy it. Even the worst level 10 combat pet with the worst skills will cost over 100,000."

One hundred thousand... that's enough for five or six days' worth of food for Mushroom Boy.

After much deliberation, Lin Yi finally decided to just take it for free.

Liu Bochuan once said that he would have Tang Xinyi give him a reading card for a thesis library, which would allow him to read all the papers within the scope of spiritual plant cultivation research. There must be papers on combat-type pet skills education in it, otherwise why would he be doing cross-species research?

With that thought in mind, Lin Yi immediately picked up his phone, intending to urge Tang Xinyi, since he couldn't wait until he ran out of money before taking action.

Today, the sales of the refined version of the [Grass Sword Technique] have almost stopped, and the sales of [Triple Absorption] and [Leap] are also dismal. After all, few people would contract a [Bamboo Beast], let alone a [Flea Beast]. Who would bother to contract a flea?

Beastmasters are really short of money.

Lin Yi opened his contacts and found Tang Xinyi's contact information. He first typed out a message, but then changed it to a video call.

The video call was quickly answered, and a pleasing, pretty face appeared on the phone screen.

"Three days from now, I'll take care of it for you once I've finished what I'm doing."

"Thank you, senior."

My senior is beautiful and kind-hearted; she'll definitely find a good husband in the future.

They agreed to pick up the reading card in three days. As Lin Yi instinctively looked down, Mushroom had already finished off a bag of Level 3 Evolution Liquid. "Since that's the case," he thought, "let's train."

Half an hour later, at the back mountain of Tiannan Beast Taming University.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh… The azure sword light tore through the void. Lin Yi frantically threw stones at the side. Mushroom was training hard. With each improvement, the little guy’s sword power was already beyond what it used to be. Especially after evolving to the third level, the sword light was even more sharp.

At one point, Lin Yi suddenly sensed something, and his eyes sharpened instantly.

"A breakthrough?"

This does not refer to a breakthrough in evolutionary form, but rather to the [Grass Sword Technique].

Lin Yi could not only sense this from the mushroom's surging evolutionary sword power, but also read this information through the symbiotic connection.

[Contracted Beast Pet: Ground Mushroom]

【Attribute: Wood】

[Race Rank: Low-level Transcendent]

[Current pseudo-native skills: Grass Sword Technique slightly mastered (1/200), Leaping Technique beginner level (36/100), Triple Absorption mastered (max level)...]

The [Cao Zi Sword Technique] has progressed from the initial stages to a point of slight mastery, and the [Leap] skill is also slowly improving.

The azure sword light unleashed by the mushroom slash also increased dramatically from about half a meter to eighty centimeters... In other words, the mushroom's damage range expanded from the initial half meter to more than eighty centimeters.

Of course, that's not important; what's important is that the lethality has been significantly increased.

Although it's not very strong yet, it's still an exciting thing for Lin Yi and Gu Zai.

The little guy seemed to know he had made a breakthrough, and excitedly made "plop plop" sounds.

"Haha, little mushroom, now I'm going to put my strength into it."

Seeing that the little guy had improved a lot, Lin Yi increased the force in his hand. After this period of training, the little guy could handle the stones he threw with ease, so Lin Yi had fewer concerns.

Just as Lin Yi finished throwing away the stone in his hand and bent down to pick up more stones, he suddenly saw something out of the corner of his eye.

Not far from the man and the beast, outside the bushes, a small creature stood, munching on the roots of an unknown plant, watching the man and the beast as it chewed, like a bystander... no, a bystander beast.

Groundhog?

Lin Yi recognized the wild little guy at a glance; it seemed to be a wild evolved pet, a groundhog.

The two, one human and one animal, locked eyes. When the groundhog saw the human looking at it, its chewing motion froze.

After a three-second pause, the groundhog realized what was happening, dropped the delicious treat in its hand, and turned to run away.

What an adorable mouse! It's an earth-type wild pet.

"Mushroom, stop it!"

Lin Yi's first reaction was to call for Mushroom.

The little mushroom understood immediately upon hearing the sound, leaped forward, and with a few quick movements, blocked the groundhog's path.

Groundhog: (ﾟДﾟ) Stands up and roars, ha~

Looking at the tiny creature in front of it, smaller than itself, it revealed a cute yet fierce expression.

At the same time, a faint layer of extraordinary evolution protective shield instantly condensed on the surface of the rat's body, protecting it tightly inside, and terrifying extraordinary sound waves rippled out, sweeping towards the ground mushroom.

Groundhog's signature skill: [Adorable Roar]

The mushroom also emanated extraordinary power, neutralizing the extraordinary sound waves.

The brave wins when we meet on a narrow road.

The forest was suddenly filled with azure light, and the two little ones began to fight.

Boom… Thirty seconds later, the groundhog crashed to the ground, landing several meters away. It rolled to its feet, its face bruised and swollen, roaring incessantly, but dared not go any further and gave up the idea of ​​escaping. It was no match for that little guy with the [Leap] skill.

"Mushroom, stop."

Seeing this, Lin Yi quickly called for a halt to the mushroom.

A look of shock immediately crossed his face; he had underestimated the mushroom's fighting power.

Lin Yi was stunned for a moment. He had only become interested when he saw the groundhog, as such pet animals were not common. He wanted to keep it to observe it, which was why he had asked Gu Zai to stop it. He never expected that the two little guys would start fighting. After a brief moment of surprise, Lin Yi almost blurted out.

"Little mushroom, beautiful."

"A resounding victory in your first battle against a much stronger opponent—well done!"

A major victory in the first battle against a higher-level opponent is something to be encouraged.

Mushroom cub: (๑•ㅂ•)و✧ Little face full of pride

Groundhog: (ﾟДﾟ)？ (Completely bewildered)

Isn't there something seriously wrong with this human and animal?

A level 3 evolved beast not only bullied a level 2 evolved mouse, but also acted very proud of it.

Groundhog: (●´﹏●) The groundhog is feeling wronged.