[{"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-258":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},1459081,1907,"Chapter 258: Partial Color Variation","beast-taming-starting-from-zero-chapter-258",258,"\u003Cp>\"Xun?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure looked confused when he heard his Beast Master's call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, he hurriedly teleported to the full-length mirror in the living room to inspect himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, Little Treasure's scream echoed throughout the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xun!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two minutes later, in the living room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yap Yap.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yabao patted the sobbing Xiao Xunbao with his paw, trying to comfort him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you've shrunk after evolving. It's no big deal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure glanced at Yabao, who was now several times bigger than him, and burst into even louder sobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could the difference be this big, even though they both evolved?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lu lu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside them, Lubao nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was indeed a big difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xun!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang, sitting on the sofa, felt a sense of relief watching her three pet beasts interacting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Yabao and Lubao comforting Little Treasure, things should be fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took out her phone to search for answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Little Treasure looked better now than a typical Treasure-Seeking Demon, this wasn’t exactly normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was rare to find someone who had a contract with a Treasure-Seeking Demon in real life, but online, searching forTreasure-Seeking Demonwould reveal countless discussions among Beast Masters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang entered a forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She posted:#Why did my Treasure-Seeking Ghost evolve into a smaller-sized Treasure-Seeking Demon, and with a slightly different color?#\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In no time, her post received dozens of comments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Is this some kind of humble brag?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[No pics, no proof. Post a photo if it's real.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Just from the OP’s ID, you can tell they’re a pro at humble-bragging.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humble-bragging?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang was a bit bewildered.What did this have to do with humble-bragging?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she pondered, the replies kept piling up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Maybe the Treasure-Seeking Ghost had malnutrition, so it evolved into a smaller Treasure-Seeking Demon?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That’s an honest comment right there.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Why are we all here listening to the OP’s flexing session?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Come on, don’t you know that everyone online supposedly has a rare-colored pet?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rare color?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang froze at those words. She suddenly understood why everyone thought she was humble-bragging, they believed she was showing off Little Treasure’s unique color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at the sorrowful Little Treasure and quickly shook off that unrealistic idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure already had psychic powers,if he was also rare-colored, wouldn’t that make him overpowered?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way, that’s absolutely impossible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang typed a response:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I’m seriously asking. I can guarantee that my Treasure-Seeking Demon isn’t rare-colored. His body is the usual gray for Treasure-Seeking Demon, except the tip of his tail is a different color. Let’s put the color aside; the main issue is his size, I just don’t get it.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, a user replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Doesn’t the OP know about partial rare color variations?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Whoa, I thought the OP was joking, but now it actually seems legit.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If I’m not mistaken, OP’s Treasure-Seeking Demon might be partially rare-colored. Some rare-colored pets can experience energy anomalies, making their evolution outcomes different in size. For instance, Cui Tong’s Gale Horse has only a rare-colored tail but is twice the size of other Gale Horses.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wow, someone actually believes that?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[User #47 has a good point, but have you considered that OP only noticed the color change after Treasure-Seeking Ghost evolved? This means the color was normal before, and rare-colored pets usually have their traits from birth. It’s unlikely they’d change color only after evolving.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Good point, my bad.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[So the OP is just bragging. Saying their Treasure-Seeking Demon had a different color is one thing, but insisting it’s changed after evolution is a stretch.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The replies continued, but Qiao Sang didn’t scroll further. Instead, she fixated on User #47’s response and fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Partial rare color variation...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, she hadn’t considered this possibility. On the one hand, Little Treasure looked just like an ordinary Treasure-Seeking Ghost before evolving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, rare-colored pets are incredibly rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure already has a psychic attribute. If he also has a rare color, it would be a combination so powerful that even the developers of beast games wouldn’t design such a creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that she thought about it, Little Treasure’s eye color had always been different from normal Treasure-Seeking Ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure’s eyes are golden, while normal Treasure-Seeking Ghosts have amber eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this isn’t due to genetics and he was naturally born with rare colors, then everything makes sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he’s a rare-colored pet, he had a lucky energy mutation, giving him both ghost and psychic attributes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because he’s rare-colored, his Treasure-Seeking Demon form evolved smaller than his counterparts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It all makes sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Qiao Sang could almost hear her heart racing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at the still-crying Little Treasure, took a deep breath, pulled out two tissues from the coffee table, and walked over to hand them to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xun.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure looked up at her with teary eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang gently said, “Stop crying. Crying won’t make you grow bigger.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure: ...!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After nearly ten minutes of explanation, Little Treasure finally stopped pouting and returned to his usual self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xun Xun!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure floated over to the full-length mirror and excitedly examined his tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turns out, he’s rare-colored!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder he always felt cooler than other Treasure-Seeking Demon he saw online!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>9:15 p.m.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Hongying Beast Battle Club.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yiding stared at the transformed Xiao Xunbao in shock and asked, “Master Qiao, did your Treasure-Seeking Ghost evolve?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang smiled, “Just today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yiding was speechless for a moment before muttering, “No wonder it’s you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Sang wasn’t called a pro for nothing. Both of her pets had evolved to intermediate stages, and this Treasure-Seeking Demon was visibly different from regular ones, being noticeably smaller.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were anyone else’s Treasure-Seeking Demon, he would’ve suspected stunted growth. But with Qiao Sang, he could only think of one phrase:Good things come in small packages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s start the trai-” Qiao Sang was halfway through her sentence when-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xun~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure spun around, deliberately showing off his golden tail tip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yiding’s attention was immediately drawn to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exclaimed, “Master Qiao, did you dye your Treasure-Seeking Demon’s tail?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure: ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s getting late. Let’s get started with the training.” Qiao Sang quickly changed the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Treasure’s rare color was only partial, not as obvious as other rare-colored pets, making it too complex to explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, rare-colored pets are hard to come by in real life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several rare pet owners have even complained online that whenever they claim their pets are naturally rare-colored and not dyed, people insist they give their pets a bath to prove it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the bath water shows no dye, people then ask which salon the pet visited to get a color job that won’t wash out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, no matter how much they explained, there were still people who doubted whether their pets were truly rare-colored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than getting into it, it was better to avoid the topic altogether from the start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yiding’s goal was to teach Crowned Meow teleportation, so he didn’t mind the change in topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Qiao Sang didn’t go sit on the sidelines. Instead, she accompanied Little Treasure and Crowned Meow to the training area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once in position, she looked at Little Treasure and said, “Hypnosis.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xun~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crown?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1212,"2026-06-06T02:23:08.562Z",1,"novelbin.me","9b20fb17515efc88edec735f27408b5f957abb22518814a4d5f70bd6fbcdacf4","beast-taming-starting-from-zero-chapter-259","beast-taming-starting-from-zero-chapter-257",1023,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbeast-taming-starting-from-zero-cover.jpg"]