[{"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-18":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},1459291,1907,"Chapter 18: Profiency","beast-taming-starting-from-zero-chapter-18",18,"\u003Cp>Attribute restraint is common knowledge. Of course, Chen Tongtong knew that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it was true that he had never fought against a fire-type pet before. After all, in the entire school, only two brave souls dared to contract a fire-type pet as their first choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them were in the second year of high school; None were in his grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is the suppression of attributes really that strong?\" Chen Tongtong was feeling depressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He absentmindedly handed over the money, not even noticing when the other party left until Jiang Liu patted him on the shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why didn’t you get her contact information before transferring the money? That way, you could have shared her contact with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Tongtong: \"…Get lost!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Qiao Sang finished her third battle, her mother called.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang checked the time: 6:17 PM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wencheng Middle School finishes at 5 PM. Her home is close to the school, only a ten-minute bus ride away. Even if she dawdled, she should have been home by 5:30 PM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I took Fire fang Dog out for some training,\" Qiao Sang replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a brief silence on the other end before her mother said, \"Come home soon; the food’s getting cold.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hanging up, Qiao Sang tore off the paper stuck to her backpack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was dissatisfied with today’s results. The school’s peak dismissal time was brief, and by the time she finished three battles, most of the students had already left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang realized that waiting around at another school wasn’t a good strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some thought, she focused her consciousness into the Beast Codex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Name: Fire fang Dog\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attribute: Fire\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level: Beginner (115\u002F1000) +\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skills: Bite (Beginner 74\u002F100) +, Charge (Intermediate 138\u002F500) +, Fire Fang (Beginner 5\u002F100) +, Ember (Beginner 5\u002F100) +\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Points: 55\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the skill values had increased slightly, but why was the point total not a multiple of three?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that different opponents award different points?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had fought three times today: Against a Fat Dove, a Cottonseed Worm, and a White Sand Fox, all beginner-level pets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only difference was that, unlike the Cottonseed Worm, which was knocked out in one hit, the other two put up a fight for a few rounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did the Cottonseed Worm lower the point total?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the data, a thought suddenly occurred to Qiao Sang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fire fang Dog, use Fire Fang,\" Qiao Sang instructed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yap.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire fang Dog didn’t understand her purpose, but it obediently used Fire Fang. Since there was no target, the skill quickly dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang checked the Beast Codex again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Name: Fire fang Dog\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attribute: Fire\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level: Beginner (115\u002F1000) +\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skills: Bite (Beginner 73\u002F100) +, Charge (Intermediate 135\u002F500) +, Fire Fang (Beginner 6\u002F100) +, Ember (Beginner3\u002F100) +\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Points: 55\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The value behind Fire Fang had increased!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That means the skill's proficiency increases even without a target!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had misunderstood earlier. Skill proficiency comes from practice; it doesn’t necessarily require a target to improve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if using a skill just once increases proficiency, wouldn't everyone's pets master their skills quickly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang didn’t know how proficiency works for others, but for her, it seemed like using a skill once did increase proficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To test her theory, Qiao Sang had Fire fang Dog use Fire Fang again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After it was done, the value for Fire Fang increased from 6 to 7, just as she expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang paused for a moment and then decided to have Fire fang Dog use Fire Fang a hundred times right then and there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire fang Dog nodded, determined to succeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But reality hit hard. After using Fire Fang four times in a row, Fire fang Dog was exhausted and listless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fire Fang value stopped at 10.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using skills consumes energy and stamina, and it was clear that Fire fang Dog could only manage about four uses of Fire Fang in its current state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire fang Dog had already fought three battles today, depleting its energy and stamina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang assessed the situation. If fully rested, Fire fang Dog could likely use Fire Fang about ten times in a row without issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they practiced ten times in the morning and ten times in the evening, the Fire Fang skill could reach proficiency in five days!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can pet skills really improve from beginner to proficient that quickly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang recalled her limited knowledge of beast-taming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even low-level skills take about a month of daily practice to progress from novice to proficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next stage, mastery, would take at least six months, with its power increasing several fold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire Fang is a mid-level skill, and progressing from beginner to proficient would usually take five to seven months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Fire fang Dog could do it in five days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is clearly the work of a cheat code!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this ability, how could she not aim to be the top recruit at Shengshui High School?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, she’d have all her skills at a proficient level—how could they possibly beat her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the time comes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yap!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire fang Dog’s bark snapped Qiao Sang out of her daydream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang came to her senses and noticed that some people around were giving her strange looks. She instinctively adjusted her expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she tried to relax her face, she realized her muscles were sore. She had been smiling too hard...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem, let’s go home,\" Qiao Sang said, picking up Fire fang Dog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire fang Dog pointed its little paw toward a barbecue stand in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang glanced at it and suddenly felt hungry herself. No wonder she could smell the cumin from so far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, there’s food at home.\" Qiao Sang resisted the temptation and turned her head away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fang…\" Fire fang Dog looked up at her with big, pleading eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This little guy knows how to act cute now…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can have two skewers.\" Qiao Sang relented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire fang Dog nodded happily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the barbecue stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, you’re still here.\" The lady running the stand recognized Qiao Sang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah.\" Qiao Sang replied, inhaling the aroma of grilled meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Auntie, I’ll take 20 lamb skewers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Qiao Sang ate five skewers, and Fire fang Dog ate fifteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way home, Qiao Sang earnestly instructed, \"When we have dinner later, you need to pretend you’re still hungry and finish your food, got it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yap.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire fang Dog let out a satisfied belch in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She consoled herself, thinking that it would take over half an hour to get home from the bus stop near the Thirty-Seventh Beast-Taming High School. By then, the food should be digested…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pets can eat human food, but for proper growth and nutrition, they need specially prepared meals with energy-rich ingredients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pet food at home was prepared by her mother, who spent considerable time making it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Fire fang Dog couldn’t eat her mother’s meal because it was too full from lamb skewers…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang shook her head, refusing to dwell on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking the subway would get her home in just over ten minutes, but for Fire fang Dog’s sake, she chose the bus instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On bus number 66, likely due to exhaustion and a full stomach, Firefang Dog uncharacteristically rested quietly by the window, watching the scenery pass by.\u003C\u002Fp>",1220,"2026-06-06T02:23:08.562Z",1,"novelbin.me","e0e86f43c152811c36b877c499eec24a5d1879b658076644381b0b186641bdf2","beast-taming-starting-from-zero-chapter-19","beast-taming-starting-from-zero-chapter-17",1023,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbeast-taming-starting-from-zero-cover.jpg"]