Chapter 5: Beast-Taming Codex

A minute passed.

Her mother's volume was a few notches higher than usual, but her facial expression was very calm. "I'm going to the bathroom."

The staff member said, "Turn left ahead to the end and then turn right, and you'll see it."

Her mother nodded and lifted her leg to walk to the right.

"Ma'am, it's to the left," the staff member reminded.

Her mother's back stiffened for a moment, then she turned to the left as if nothing had happened.

This made Qiao Sang unable to laugh or cry. She controlled the corners of her mouth that were turning up.

*Mom, your persona as a strong, independent woman has collapsed. *

She turned her head to look at the Fire-Tooth Dogs, her thoughts returning to them.

Qiao Sang discovered that Fire-Tooth Dogs were active and energetic; not one of them was staying quiet.

It really wasn't without reason that new beast-tamers chose the Little Fat Pigeon and the others as their first pet beasts...

Qiao Sang couldn't help but ask, "Are there any Fire-Tooth Dogs with quieter personalities?"

The staff member said euphemistically, "Actually, our base has many other pet beasts."

Qiao Sang understood in a second.

After all, her soul was an adult; even without beast-taming experience, she didn't think she would be helpless against a pet beast with an unpleasant temperament like a 15-year-old child.

Since that was the case, never mind the personality; she would just choose a Fire-Tooth Dog she had an eye for.

"Can I see that one?"

Qiao Sang noticed that the Fire-Tooth Dog had been hitting a tree, not the kind of reckless crashing, but a purposeful crash with accumulated strength.

Qiao Sang felt its target wasn't the tree, but itself.

After all, who would stupidly crash into a tree without a purpose?

"Of course," the staff member answered.

"Toot!" She picked up the iron whistle hanging on her chest and blew it, making a harsh sound.

All the Fire-Tooth Dogs stopped their actions, their gazes all concentrated here, no longer causing destruction.

A few Fire-Tooth Dogs tilted their heads.

"Tooth?"

Is it time to eat?

Without the obstruction of flames, the staff member walked into the Fire-Tooth Dog base and picked up the chosen Fire-Tooth Dog.

"Tooth?"

The Fire-Tooth Dog blinked its confused eyes, its flame-like wind-catching ears moving.

The Fire-Tooth Dog was placed in front of Qiao Sang.

The Fire-Tooth Dog is a small canine pet beast, with flame-red fur accompanied by a few black stripes, and a tuft of orange-tangerine short hair on the top of its head.

The Fire-Tooth Dog in front of her was about 60 centimeters tall, its body clearly a size smaller than the other Fire-Tooth Dogs, with scars on its forehead from the crashing just now, and its black pupils looking at her wetly, giving an impulse to want to touch it.

It didn't look as fiery as the other Fire-Tooth Dogs; instead, it felt a bit pitiful.

Qiao Sang's brain had already automatically filled in a bitter history of a weak Fire-Tooth Dog being excluded, having its food stolen, then being malnourished, and finally training desperately.

Crashing into the tree just now must have been wanting to practice some stunt.

Like a Flame Impact or something.

The staff member introduced, "This Fire-Tooth Dog is the youngest one currently here in our base, born less than a month ago."

*So it's not weak, it's just young... *

But young is good. Many beast-tamers choose to cultivate pet beasts when they are still eggs, as this often makes it easy to build feelings and rapport with the pet beast.

Qiao Sang had also had the idea of buying a young beast egg before, but she quickly denied it.

After all, she still had to go to school, and she couldn't take an egg to school; it was both eye-catching and unsafe.

If she left it at home, her mother would have to go out to work, and she wouldn't be at ease with no one to look after it.

Qiao Sang squatted down and reached out to stroke the Fire-Tooth Dog's head.

The Fire-Tooth Dog narrowed its eyes comfortably, its red tail shaking unconsciously.

It looked quite obedient.

Qiao Sang felt the soft fur in her hand for a while and was more and more satisfied.

She stared into the Fire-Tooth Dog's eyes and smiled. "Are you willing to go with me?"

The staff member's expression was a bit strange. This Fire-Tooth Dog's temper wasn't good; it relied on being young to be unscrupulous, always fighting with other Fire-Tooth Dogs for no reason.

Older Fire-Tooth Dogs saw it was just born, didn't even know the Ember skill, its claws hadn't grown sharp, and the fighting didn't hurt or itch, so they let it toss around.

Sometimes they would even play with it, pretending to be defeated, and it thought others couldn't beat it, becoming more and more arrogant.

As a professional receptionist, she still had the eye for what kind of pet beast a customer wanted and what kind of needs they had.

This girl clearly wanted to find a Fire-Tooth Dog with a quiet personality.

Should she remind her...

This base didn't have any Fire-Tooth Dogs with good tempers.

She thought about the commission for one Fire-Tooth Dog, then thought about her son's school district house, and finally didn't speak.

Go?

The Fire-Tooth Dog naturally knew what that meant.

Go or not?

Of course it had to go; it had no opponents here anymore, and this human's hand felt very comfortable to touch...

It seemed it was time to go out and find new opponents!

"Tooth!"

The Fire-Tooth Dog nodded solemnly and stretched out its fleshy paw.

Qiao Sang paused slightly, then shook it.

This was much smoother than she had imagined...

One person and one dog reached an agreement just like that.

The contract between humans and extraordinary creatures is established under the action of the Beast-Taming Codex.

The Beast-Taming Codex is like a medium that tightly connects the relationship between the two. Generally speaking, to succeed in contracting, it must be voluntary on both sides.

However, one can also contract after thoroughly defeating the extraordinary creature while it is off guard.

In the latter case, there are many hidden dangers, and without enough intimacy, the pet beast is easily disobedient. Only high-level beast-tamers don't worry about this.

As long as the beast-tamer's brain domain is developed enough and the Beast-Taming Codex is powerful enough, the pet beast cannot dissolve the contract even if it suffers backlash.

Qiao Sang's consciousness was currently connected to her brain domain.

The Beast-Taming Codex in her brain domain was staying quietly without movement. Although it was called a Beast-Taming Codex, it was as thin as an envelope, with only a blank page inside.

Qiao Sang had seen in books that the Beast-Taming Codex is white when it first awakens, and it only has one contract space to contract a pet beast.

When the brain domain develops to 10%, the Beast-Taming Codex will awaken into gray, and the contract space inside can become two.

Following the hand gestures for opening the Beast-Taming Codex in her memory, Qiao Sang made a seal in front of her.

Soon, the Beast-Taming Codex started in her brain domain, slowly flipping to the only page.

A white faint light slowly gathered from all directions to the top of the Fire-Tooth Dog's head, gradually forming a small circular star array.

In fact, there is also a very simple way to distinguish the rank of a beast-tamer: whether it's contracting or summoning, you just look at the light that appears on the pet beast.

It's the same as the Beast-Taming Codex; whatever color it is, the star array summoned by the pet beast is that color.

However, this can only be used as a reference, because even if the Beast-Taming Codex awakens again, without a pet beast of corresponding strength, one cannot pass the Beast-Taming Alliance's beast-tamer rank assessment.

The light of the star array covered the Fire-Tooth Dog's head. It looked up at the star array with novelty and did not resist. ===== CHAPTER 6 =====