[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-beast-taming-starting-from-zero":3,"chapter-beast-taming-starting-from-zero-beast-taming-starting-from-zero-chapter-108":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Beast Taming: Starting From Zero",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1459131,1907,"Chapter 108: Little Ball Pofu","beast-taming-starting-from-zero-chapter-108",108,"\u003Cp>Jin Feifan's forced smile froze on her face, not knowing how to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been seen through…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would her roommate think she wasn’t being welcoming?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang observed Jin Feifan for a moment and said seriously, \"I get it. You have slightly downturned eyebrows, which naturally gives you a worried expression. If you shave off the droopy ends and draw them more arched, it'll look better.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really?” Jin Feifan blinked in surprise, then asked in a small voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course.” Qiao Sang smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But since we're just in the first year of high school, it might be a bit early to start drawing your eyebrows. You look fine as you are—quite unique, actually.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This roommate was just like her contracted beast, so timid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While talking, Qiao Sang glanced at the two bedrooms. One of them already had a bed made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need, it doesn't matter which room I take.” Qiao Sang replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two rooms were side by side, both furnished with a bed, a desk, a wardrobe, and a window, nothing different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yabao stayed close to his beast master, inspecting the place they would be living in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the empty room for a moment, then ran to the living room, looking around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still not finding what he was looking for, he ran to the bathroom, searching every corner of the dorm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yap!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yap-yap!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yabao rushed to his beast master, gesturing frantically with his paws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing how anxious the Fire Fang Dog looked, Jin Feifan stepped back several paces in alarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh no, what’s going on? It’s so scary…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang looked at Yabao and said calmly, “We’re here to get stronger. It’s perfectly normal there’s no TV.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yabao froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Get stronger?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that case, watching TV wasn’t so important after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Feifan was still processing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s it? Fire-type beasts are this easy to calm down?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is a Little Ball Pofu, right?” Qiao Sang asked, changing the topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Ball Pofu, a grass-type beast, had inherited healing skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang had once considered it as her second contracted beast, but the price was far beyond her expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even if she had the money, it was almost impossible to reserve one without political connections or insider access.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pofu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Ball Pofu, which had been hiding in its beast master’s arms, timidly turned its head and let out a soft sound when it heard someone mention it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was about 20 centimeters tall, green all over, with short limbs, resembling a large round ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its eyes were also green, but they looked a bit red from recent crying. On its head, a white dandelion puff was growing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure stared intently at the dandelion on its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, I call it Little Ball.” Jin Feifan said, smiling genuinely for the first time when talking about her contracted beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xuuuuun~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Little Treasure floated over to Little Ball Pofu, skillfully taking out a bottle of milk from his ring and handing it over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang blinked, a bad feeling creeping into her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Little Treasure always followed her around, and she knew that the milk it gave out was never free—except when given to Yabao…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pofu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Ball Pofu buried its head back into its beast master’s arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“L-Little Ball, take it! The treasure-seeking ghost is greeting you.” Jin Feifan stammered, her voice trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh my god, a ghost-type beast! And it’s so close to me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yap.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yap-yap.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yabao spoke up on behalf of his little companion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t understand.His little buddy was so well-behaved, so why were so many people afraid of it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yabao had completely forgotten his own reaction the first time he met Little Treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little Ball, hurry… just take it!” Jin Feifan urged, on the verge of tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh no, the Fire Fang Dog is also getting too close!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pofu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Ball Pofu wailed, refusing to turn its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing both Jin Feifan and Little Ball Pofu backed into a corner, Qiao Sang suppressed a smile and said, “Little Treasure, come back. You’re running low on milk. If you give it all away, there won’t be any left for yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure paused, quickly comparing the two options in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Milk or dandelion…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something to eat or something to play with…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm, milk was more important. He wouldn’t do to have none to drink later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure stopped offering the milk, opened the bottle, and floated back to Qiao Sang, drinking it by himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Feifan stood frozen, speechless, as if she had been stunned by what she just witnessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghost-type beasts could be this obedient too…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang returned to her room and shut the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All her belongings were inside Little Treasure’s ring. Since there was no need for school supplies during the training, she hadn’t asked her mother to send anything over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After tidying up the room a bit, Qiao Sang lay down on the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure began glowing blue and stretched out his tiny paws, attempting to use telekinesis to lift the Yabao into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure, just a few days short of a full month old, wasn’t strong enough yet, but one out of every five attempts could lift the Yabao’s paws slightly off the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever he succeeded, the room would fill with his excited cries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the benefit of having two contracted beasts, they could entertain themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, without a TV, the energetic Yabao might not be able to stay cooped up in such a small room. At least this way, Qiao Sang had time to focus on other things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lying on the bed, Qiao Sang began thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She still had 10 bottles of F-rank energy recovery liquid, which would be enough for 10 more days of intense skill training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that the location had changed, some skills would be harder to practice, like Ember and Meteor Rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The proficiency of Ember was already at (Mastery 14,626\u002F20,000), and with nine more days of regular practice, it would reach its peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When a beast’s skill proficiency reached the top, the associated attribute would grow significantly stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was eager to see how the fire attribute within Yabao would evolve once Ember reached its peak proficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, she couldn’t continue the training for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current power of Ember, at near-master level, was much stronger than before. Without a body of water nearby, she didn’t dare let the Yabao use it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a public school, and even if she trained in the empty sports field late at night, she worried the flames might damage the grounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was much more convenient to live off-campus. She wondered how she could manage to stay off-campus during the school year…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang spent the entire night thinking about this problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, Qiao Sang emerged from her room with dark circles under her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qiao Sang, you’re up! I bought breakfast for you.” Jin Feifan nervously called out from the table in the living room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang paused for a moment and walked over to see what she had brought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fried buns, soup dumplings, sticky rice rolls, crab roe soup buns, mini wontons, shaomai, spring rolls, congee, tea eggs, fried dough sticks, soy milk…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of silence, Qiao Sang couldn’t help but ask, “Did you buy all this just for the two of us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t know what you liked, so I bought a little bit of everything.” Jin Feifan explained in a small voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang pulled out a chair and sat down, sighing, “Thank you. But next time, don’t spend so much. I’m good with just one bun and a bowl of soy milk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, she picked up a shaomai and started eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Qiao Sang didn’t reject the food, Jin Feifan smiled happily, “Got it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you want for lunch? I’ll treat you,” Qiao Sang said after taking a sip of soy milk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lunch?” Jin Feifan blinked, then hesitated, “You didn’t know? The school has prepared a group lunch for us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang was confused. “A group lunch?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t you check the messages in the group chat?” Jin Feifan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang was even more confused. “What group chat?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The one on Shengshui High School’s website, where all the training camp participants were asked to join.” Jin Feifan replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang: …\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why does this conversation feel so familiar?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-----\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-----\u003C\u002Fp>",1400,"2026-06-06T02:23:08.562Z",1,"novelbin.me","23bd791f0dbfc92da63553219b29f3d5e707e8fba160f43a4611f3d6c7fff7dd","beast-taming-starting-from-zero-chapter-109","beast-taming-starting-from-zero-chapter-107",1023,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbeast-taming-starting-from-zero-cover.jpg"]