Beast Taming: Starting From Zero

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Early morning.
8:15 AM.
Qiao Sang woke up naturally, and the first thing she saw was Little Treasure's huge face only 0.1 cm away from hers, almost giving her a heart attack.
“Holy crap, why are you so close to me?” Qiao Sang jolted awake and sat up instantly, all drowsiness gone.
“Xun xun~”
Seeing that his Beast Master was finally awake, Little Treasure grinned, and his eyes began to glow blue.
The next second, all the objects in the room started to float.
Even Lubao, who was in the water tank, was suspended in midair.
She opened one eye, glanced around, paused for a moment, and then shut her eye again.
Qiao Sang jumped in shock.
“Why are you suddenly using telekinesis?”
“Xun xun~”
Little Treasure pointed at the floating objects, then at himself, indicating that he now found controlling things to be super easy.
. Qiao Sang looked exasperated.
“Put me down, now.”
“Xun xun~”
Little Treasure chirped, and all the items in the room gently settled back to their original places.
Qiao Sang stared at him, suddenly sensing something off.
Usually, at this hour, when she wasn't blocking internet access, Little Treasure would be on the computer.
The thought gave Qiao Sang a headache.
“Xun xun?”
As she was thinking, Little Treasure let out an expectant chirp, asking if he could pull another all-nighter on the computer tonight.
Qiao Sang immediately perked up.
“Yes, of course you can!”
“Xun xun!”
Little Treasure lit up and zoomed out of the room.
Qiao Sang sighed in relief, then a thought crossed her mind.
Frowning slightly, Qiao Sang closed her eyes and entered the Beast Master Codex.
The pages flipped, and she quickly found the entry for Little Treasure.
She scanned the information and froze at one line.
[Telekinesis (Ultimate 20000/20000) max]
“!!!”
Stunned at first, Qiao Sang was soon thrilled but then something occurred to her. She exited the Codex, leapt out of bed, put on her slippers, and hurried to the living room, shouting:
“Don’t play on the computer yet!”
“Xun xun?”
Little Treasure had just begun using telekinesis to play and looked up in confusion, the blue glow in his eyes fading.
Qiao Sang said seriously:
“I forgot to mention, if you want to play on the computer now, use your Substitute. And same as before, you must recast it every minute.”
“Xun xun?”
Little Treasure tilted his head, puzzled.
Qiao Sang thought for a moment and said:
“You can play directly while casting the substitute, or have the clone play instead. Either is fine.”
“Xun xun…”
Little Treasure imagined both options and didn’t like either.
Qiao Sang considered it.
The key difference was that with shadow control and telekinesis, Little Treasure was directly in contact with the computer.
But using a Substitute meant the clone operated the computer while the real body had to monitor it every minute.
And if he controlled the clone to play, most of his attention would be on the clone, making the game less fun.
Qiao Sang thought for a bit and said, “How about this, don’t play for now.”
“!!!”
“Xun xun!”
Panicked, Little Treasure immediately summoned his clone to show he could multitask, play with his paws while the clone quietly sat nearby.
Qiao Sang: …
She rubbed the twitching corner of her eye.
“Go practice Psychic Headbutt outside for an hour first. We’ll talk about the computer later.”
“Xun xun…” Little Treasure looked back at her pitifully, but still obediently dismissed the clone and floated toward the outdoor training area, head drooping, looking completely out of energy.
Qiao Sang felt somewhat comforted. She sat on the couch, picked up her phone, opened a shopping app, and bought the most expensive computer in 1st District with instant delivery.
Forty minutes later, the doorbell rang.
Qiao Sang opened the door to find a well-muscled fighting-type pet delivering a package.
“Is it the computer?” She asked.
“Kuai kuai.” The fighting-type pet nodded.
Qiao Sang accepted the package and closed the door.
At that exact moment, a sharp pain shot through her body. She staggered, almost dropping the package.
She gritted her teeth and carefully set the box on the table.
The pain came suddenly and disappeared just as quickly.
Qiao Sang took a moment to recover.
“Yap Yap!”
Yabao teleported into the living room, looking flustered.
Qiao Sang blinked.
“Why?”
“Yap…”
Yabao sighed.
Qiao Sang: …
“Lubao.” Qiao Sang called.
“Lu.” Lubao slowly walked out of the room.
“Gangbao passed out. Go heal her.” She said.
“Lu.” Lubao flicked her tail in acknowledgment and drifted toward the outdoor training area.
Yabao followed.
Qiao Sang opened the package and took out the new computer.
But the second she did, the familiar pain struck again.
The word “F*ck” practically floated through her mind.
When it finally subsided, she took a deep breath and went outside.
There lay Gangbao, charred like a lump of coal.
“Yap…”
Yabao saw her and gave a helpless expression.
Qiao Sang: …
The strength gap between Yabao and Gangbao was just too big. Even with the meteor’s power toned down, Gangbao, still at intermediate level, just couldn’t withstand it.
She opened her mouth to speak.
Suddenly, a chill swept over her.
Qiao Sang turned instinctively to the left.
“Lu…”
Lubao stood there, body taut, radiating icy energy. She stared daggers at Yabao and called out:
Qiao Sang: …