Beast Taming: I'm Really Not a Cultivation Master

Chapter 186: Chapter 168: Light Absorption

The Silver Fox’s attribute is Light.

Because he had requested it in advance, the Silver Fox Gao Yaxin found had already mastered the two Skills: Light Energy Storage and Light Absorption.

To have mastered two such Skills just after reaching the Elite Level, Li Qian had to admit that this Silver Fox’s aptitude was quite good.

The fact that Gao Yaxin could find such a Pet Beast so quickly was enough to show that in terms of sheer quality, the Pet Beasts at the Changfeng Cultivation Base were beyond what Li Qian’s Jiaoyang Cultivation Base could compare to.

However, despite its outstanding aptitude, this Silver Fox was, after all, just a rookie Pet Beast that had only recently reached the Elite Level.

When faced with a ”Fierce Beast” like Xiaoliu, who looked like it wasn’t to be trifled with, it couldn’t muster the slightest thought of resistance.

It could only obediently follow Li Qian’s command, acting as a Skill demonstration machine and using the Light Absorption Skill.

Li Qian watched with rapt attention, and soon, he witnessed a rather mystical scene.

White light suddenly began to pulse from the tips of the Silver Fox’s pointed ears.

As the white light pulsed, bright motes of light suddenly materialized in mid-air.

Then, like fledgling swallows returning to their nest, these motes of light converged and flowed into the Silver Fox’s glowing, pointed ears.

”So, this is the Light Absorption Skill?” Li Qian watched Silver Fox Xiaobai use the ability and fell into thought.

A moment later, as if he had figured something out, he turned his head to look at Chicken Hair, who was standing not far from Silver Fox Xiaobai.

He looked at Chicken Hair and said in a gentle tone, ”Chicken Hair, did you see that clearly? If not, I can have Xiaobai do it again.”

Before Chicken Hair could respond, he spoke again, adding, ”If you did see it clearly, then try to use it.”

After saying this, he fell silent, a meaningful smile playing on his lips as he glanced at Chicken Hair.

”CLUCK CLUCK CLUCK...” Chicken Hair let out a series of cries, then put on a dazed and helpless expression, as if it had no idea what Li Qian was saying.

’Right now, Chicken Hair was actually quite annoyed.’

’It had been living the good life, leisurely foraging for food in the base, occasionally playing with the young hens. Life was so pleasant.’

’But all of that had come to an abrupt end.’

’The base’s owner, Gao Yaxin, had grabbed it without any explanation and turned it into this human’s guinea pig.’

’So it was in a very foul mood right now.’

’It had already made up its mind: no matter what this human said, it would pretend not to understand or hear him.’

’He could do whatever he wanted; in any case, this Lord Chicken was not going to cooperate.’

Li Qian saw Chicken Hair’s reaction but didn’t get angry. His voice remained gentle. ”Didn’t understand, huh? Xiaobai, do it again.”

Hearing this, Silver Fox Xiaobai couldn’t help but roll its eyes.

’So you’re just going to pick on an honest fox, is that it?’

’Believe it or not, I’m about to quit right now!’

That’s what Xiaobai was thinking, but intimidated by Xiaoliu’s ferocious might, it still obediently followed the order and used the Light Absorption Skill again.

This time, Chicken Hair was still watching, but its gaze was perfunctory, as if it was just going through the motions.

Li Qian pretended not to notice its half-heartedness and continued to play the role of a gentle Breeder. ”Did you see it clearly this time?”

Seeing that Chicken Hair still had that dazed and clueless look, Li Qian chuckled. ”Still didn’t see it clearly? Very good. It seems you’re not taking your studies seriously.”

He muttered to himself, a smile fixed on his face the entire time. ”Xiaoliu, go teach Chicken Hair a lesson. Make it understand what kind of attitude it should have toward learning.”

With that, he immediately stepped back, leaving the area to Xiaoliu.

”ROAR!” Upon hearing the command, Xiaoliu let out a sudden, soul-shaking roar and charged straight for Chicken Hair.

This move of Li Qian’s was what you’d call ’courtesy first, force later.’ Since courtesy had failed, he could only resort to force.

It was just that he felt he wasn’t very good at the ’force’ part. He was a civilized person, after all.

So, this task could only be left to Xiaoliu.

After leaving the area to Xiaoliu, Li Qian retreated some distance, then leisurely took out a pair of VR glasses and began to look over some data.

He had already finished reading the breeding materials from Gao Yaxin, but there was still a lot from the Mu Family, far too much to finish in a short time.

He read at a relaxed pace. About half an hour later, he returned to the spot where the Skill had been demonstrated.

At this moment, Chicken Hair looked like an absolute wreck. There were no obvious injuries on its body, but it had lost quite a few feathers, and its eyes were filled with terror and panic.

It looked like a young maiden who had been ravaged countless times by a villain.

Seeing this, Li Qian couldn’t help but smile. ”It seems your attitude has improved significantly. Now, let’s continue your studies.”

”Xiaobai, keep teaching,” he said, looking at Silver Fox Xiaobai beside him. This move of ”killing the chicken to warn the fox” seemed to be quite effective.

Silver Fox Xiaobai’s eyes were also filled with terror; its condition was not much better than Chicken Hair’s.

Li Qian’s voice was gentle, but his words were as cold as a winter wind. ”If you can’t teach well, I’ll be wearing a fox-fur coat tonight. If you can’t learn well, I’ll be having fried chicken for dinner.”

As his words fell, Xiaoliu chimed in with a few cooperative roars. ”ROAR! ROAR! ROAR...”

Whether it was Chicken Hair or Silver Fox Xiaobai, both couldn’t help but shrink back at the sound.

It was as if this was no ordinary beast’s roar, but a sign of a demon coming to claim their souls.

”Alright, the training can now continue...”

After tossing out this sentence, Li Qian once again backed away, leaving the area to the Three Beasts: Xiaoliu, Xiaobai, and Chicken Hair.

What sort of sparks would fly between them?

Another hour or so passed before Li Qian returned again. He looked at his ”Execution Officer,” Xiaoliu. ”Xiaoliu, how are things?”

”ROAR! ROAR! ROAR...” Xiaoliu roared a few times and looked at Chicken Hair.

Chicken Hair jumped in fright, its feathers nearly standing on end.

”CLUCK CLUCK CLUCK...”

Li Qian ignored Chicken Hair’s terrified state and continued in his gentle voice, ”Show me what you’ve learned.”

Upon hearing this, how could Chicken Hair dare to hesitate? It sprang into action without a moment’s hesitation and used the Skill.

As the Skill activated, Li Qian saw waves of white light begin to emerge from the area of Chicken Hair’s comb.

Following that, bright motes of light began to appear.

Although the effect was much weaker than when Silver Fox Xiaobai used it, with only a few scattered motes of light, Li Qian was certain that this was the Light Absorption Skill.

He watched this scene, lost in thought, and then began to mutter to himself, ”It actually uses its comb to cast it. Different from the Silver Fox... interesting...”

”Wait, the comb!”

In the midst of his thoughts, a flash of insight suddenly struck him.