Beast Taming: Starting From Zero - Chapter 1390

Chapter 1390. Chapter 1385: Harmony of Roots (Two Chapters Combined)

“Yuanzhou University…” Qiao Sang repeated these four words in her mind, then asked, “What kind of pet beast did they send?”

Yuanzhou University is the fourth-ranked university in the interstellar world.

Normally, when it comes to schools, people focus on the top three or ten, but in the interstellar academies of the Beast Taming Society, the focus is usually on the top four.

The reason is simple: each of the top four universities in the interstellar world occupies one spot, and students from each planet consider it an honor to join the highest-ranked university on their own planet.

The highest university on Tianyuan Star is Yuanzhou University.

Speaking of which, among the top four interstellar academies, Yuanzhou University is the one she’s least familiar with.

“Feng Fu’s teacher is called Li Chaoyuan, and among his pet beasts, the only one with this ability can be Cunzhupa.”

“Cunzhupa?” Qiao Sang was stunned.

She didn’t have any knowledge about this pet beast.

Just as Qiao Sang was about to ask further questions, Xiao Xunbao took out a pet identification device at some point and called out,

“Xunxun~”

Immediately afterward, a mechanical voice with the same tone as Xiao Xunbao rang out:

“Master, Master, you haven’t used me in a long time~ You finally remembered me! Let me see… Cunzhupa, a dual-attribute Emperor-level pet with both Grass and Psychic attributes, also a unique pet on Tianyuan Star. It can spray fresh and delicious oil from its mouth, has a friendly personality, and is willing to share the oil from its mouth with humans. It has the innate ability to synchronize its roots, allowing it to connect its consciousness with the roots of plants and share senses with the connected plants… Master, although you are now at the Emperor level, it is an Emperor…”

Before it could finish speaking, Xiao Xunbao turned off the pet identification device, silently put it back into the ring, and kept its merit hidden.

“Root Synchronization…” Qiao Sang exclaimed, “This is the first time I’ve ever heard of such an ability.”

“This is an ability unique to pet beasts on Tianyuan Star,” Michaela explained. “However, it’s not common even on Tianyuan Star. Cunzhupa is considered a very rare pet beast there.”

“Pfft.” Penjiamei nodded in agreement.

“Is there any way to prevent Cunzhupa from using Root Synchronization?” Qiao Sang asked.

“It’s already at the Emperor level. There’s no way to stop it from using this ability that’s inherent in its bloodline,” Michaela said, a slight smile playing on his lips. “However, there is a way to prevent Cunzhupa from being monitored even through Root Synchronization.”

“What way?” Qiao Sang asked, playing along.

“As long as there are no plants around you,” Michaela said. “Without any plants, it has nothing to attach its roots to, and therefore can’t monitor your area.”

Upon hearing this, Josan’s eyes lit up. She thought to herself, “That’s a great idea!” But then, she quickly realized something, turned to look at Sharara beside her, paused for two seconds, and asked,

“Are there any other methods?”

Sharara loved plants; Michaela had specifically chosen this location and residence for it.

The plants in the room could be moved, but the plants around the training area couldn’t be destroyed right in front of it…

Michaela followed Josan’s gaze to Sharara and fell silent.

Clearly, she had thought of this too.

Sharara noticed the gaze, paused for a moment, then realized something and showed a touched expression.

Just as it was about to say something, Toothpick called out, “Toothpick!”

It would go and destroy all those plants right now!

With that, it opened its mouth, ready to shoot flames at the potted plants placed against the wall.

Qiao Sang: “!!!”

Xia Lala: “!!!”

“Xunxun!” Seeing this, Xiao Xunbao quickly called out to stop it.

“Ya Ya?” Ya Bao stopped what it was doing and looked at it with a puzzled expression.

Seeing Ya Bao stop, Qiao Sang and Xia Lala breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

“Xunxun~” Xiao Xunbao called out earnestly, indicating that the house would burn down if it spewed fire here, and it had to be burned outside.

“Ya Ya.” Ya Bao nodded, showing a “makes sense” expression.

“Xunxun~”

Xiao Xunbao looked at the potted plant, its eyes glowing blue, preparing to move the potted plant outside and let its big brother Ya Bao burn it.

“Qing Qing.” Qing Bao called out, indicating that it would help.

The remaining potted plants around suddenly rose up without any wind.

“Wait!”

“Qing Qing!”

Qiao Sang and Xia Lala spoke at the same time.

Ya Bao and the others all looked over.

“Qing Qing.”

Xia Lala quickly called out, indicating that if the other party was monitoring it by connecting with the plant roots, it had other ways to stop it.

“What method?” Qiao Sang’s eyes lit up as she asked.

“Qingqing.” Xia Lala called out, indicating that it could communicate with the plants and make them reject the pet beast named Cunzhupa.

“I’m afraid that won’t work.” Qiao Sang sighed, “Cunzhupa is an Emperor-level pet beast. Even if the plants reject it, it should be able to force a connection.”

“Qingqing…” Xia Lala’s expression fell.

So it won’t work…

“Let’s not destroy the plants in the room for now.” Qiao Sang looked at Ya Bao and the others, and continued, “Just move them to the yard outside. As for training, we can find a place without plants. Anyway, this is Tan Kingdom, and there are many desert areas without any plants. Little Xunbao can also teleport, so it will be convenient for him to come and go.”

“Qingqing…”

Xia Lala looked over, showing a touched expression.

“Ya Ya.”

Ya Bao nodded, indicating that this was also acceptable.

Even if it was slow to understand, it could tell that Xia Lala didn’t want the plants to be burned.

“Xun Xun~”

“Qingqing.”

Little Xunbao and Qingbao called out respectively, and then moved the potted plants outside.

“This method is good,” Michaela said, “but the training will be a bit more troublesome afterward.”

“I’m not afraid of trouble,” Josang immediately replied.

“Qingqing…”

Sharara was even more touched upon hearing this.

“Okay,” Michaela smiled, “I’ll scout out the training locations for you, and Meimei and I will go with you during training.”

The Mirror Realm’s range is limited. While it can cover the training grounds in the villa, it might not be able to cover everything in another location.

After all, she specifically chose an oasis-like environment for a short-term stay; the distance to the desert would be much greater.

Qiao Sang hummed in agreement: “Thank you, teacher.”

…

Tan Kingdom.

Saye International Arena.

VIP Room.

“Cun Cun.”

On the sofa, Cun Zhu Pa opened its eyes, frowned, and called out, indicating it had been discovered by the same pet again.

“Qiao Sang’s teacher is an honorary professor at the Imperial Beast Taming Academy. She participated in the Interstellar Cup a hundred years ago; it’s normal for her pet to discover you,” the half-white-haired old man said calmly, taking a sip of his tea.

“Cun Cun.”

Cun Zhu Pa called out, indicating it would try again.

Then it closed its eyes again.

On the field, after the commentator introduced today’s guests, enthusiastic cheers erupted from the audience.

“Teacher Li, I’ll go prepare now,” Feng Fu said, standing up.

“Go.” Li Chaoyuan nodded slightly.

The pet, mostly white, had blue eyes, and in the next second, it disappeared with Feng Fu.

About five minutes later, Cunzhupa opened its eyes and called out,

“Cun Cun.”

It could no longer find any plants in the original spot; the plants too far away couldn’t see inside the house.

Li Chaoyuan put down his teacup and said, “Qiao Sang will go out to train sooner or later; we just need to keep an eye on her.”

An hour later.

“Cun Cun.” Cunzhupa opened its eyes and called out, indicating that it hadn’t seen Qiao Sang go to train yet.

“No rush.” Li Chaoyuan said while making tea.

Two hours later.

“Cun Cun.”

Cunzhupa opened its eyes and called out, indicating that Qiao Sang hadn’t gone to train yet.

“No rush.” Li Chaoyuan stood outside the French windows, watching the competition outside, and said calmly.

Three hours later.

“Cun Cun.”

Cunzhupa opened its eyes and called out, indicating that it hadn’t seen Qiao Sang training.

Li Chaoyuan sat on the sofa, elegantly blowing on the steaming tea: “No rush.”

Time passed quickly, and it was soon 2 PM.

VIP room.

Cunzhupa opened its eyes, looked at its beast tamer beside it, and said nothing.

“No rush.”

3 PM.

Cunzhupa opened its eyes again.

“No rush.”

4 PM.

Cunzhupa opened its eyes once more.

“No rush.”

“…”

Until 8 PM, Cunzhupa opened its eyes for the nth time.

Li Chaoyuan stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with his arms crossed behind his back: “No…”

“Cun Cun.”

Cunzhupa called impatiently, interrupting him.

“I know you’re in a hurry, but don’t rush,” Li Chaoyuan said calmly, glancing at the match outside the French windows. “Qiao Sang and her teacher probably discovered you were monitoring them through some means and are on guard. Or maybe they just won yesterday and want to rest today instead of training. We’ll find out which is it.”

“Cun Cun,”

Cunzhupa, a man of action, immediately went to investigate as soon as its master finished speaking.

Just as it was about to leave, Li Chaoyuan said slowly,

“No rush, Feng Fu’s match is about to start. You can watch her match first.”

“Cun Cun,”

Cunzhupa nodded, walked to its master’s side, and looked at the arena through the French windows.

…

Villa.

Living room.

Qiao Sang sat on the sofa, cracking sunflower seeds while watching the Master Challenge match on TV.

At this moment, the commentator announced loudly, “Let’s welcome contestant Feng Fu and…”

“Ya Ya?” Ya Bao called out from the side, indicating that the name sounded familiar.

It always forgets foreign names, but it always has some recollection of Chinese names once it’s heard them.

“Xunxun…”

Little Xunbao called out while cracking sunflower seeds.

It also felt…

“Gangquan,” Gangbao called out calmly.

Its own beast tamer’s teacher had mentioned yesterday and today that the pet named Cunzhupa was sent by this human’s teacher.

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao was startled at first, then glared at Feng Fu on TV with a dissatisfied expression and called out, indicating that this human would definitely lose the match.

Qiao Sang: “…”

I originally thought it was a 50/50 chance, but now that you say it like that, I think her chances of winning are much higher…

Just then, Xia Lala floated over with a water glass, naturally landing in Qiao Sang’s lap and sitting down, looking at the TV.

Michaela sat on the single sofa next to her and suddenly said, “Although Yuanzhou University only ranks fourth among the top interstellar universities, their students are not weak. They consistently rank fourth, mainly because Tianyuan Star has so many diverse cultures, and everyone is very interested in other cultures and industries. Therefore, it’s far less common than the other three planets, where so many beast tamers aim to become professional beast tamers.”

She laughed as she spoke, “Tianyuan Star is a very interesting planet. I’ll take you there next time.”

When I learned that some pet beasts even built their own countries, I knew Tianyuan Star was very interesting… Qiao Sang then suddenly remembered something and asked curiously,

“How did you contract Penjami?”

After a pause, she added, “And Jiu Bugu.”

She remembered that both Penjami and Jiu Bugu were pet beasts from Tianyuan Star.

Michaela glanced at Penjami and smiled as he recalled, “I met it when I was about five years old. I lived on Tianyuan Star for a long time then. My elders were often away, and they were afraid I’d be bored, so they found many pets to keep me company. I got along best with Meimei, and it naturally became my first pet.”

So it was his first pet, no wonder their bond seemed so strong… Qiao Sang asked,

“What about Jiu Bu Gu?”

“At that time, I had just obtained a new contract page and, after careful consideration, wanted to contract a Ghost-type pet.” Michaela said, “Jiu Bu Gu lived in a country full of Ghost-type pets. I happened to go to that country to search and saw it being attacked by a group of Ghost-type pets. I rescued it, and later Jiu Bu Gu followed me for a while. I saw that its race and talent were not bad, so I contracted it.”

After hearing this, Qiao Sang couldn’t help but ask,

“Why was it attacked by a group of Ghost-type pets?”

Michaela was about to answer when Jiu Bu Gu suddenly appeared and called out,

“Jiu Jiu.”

It’s all in the past, better not to talk about it.

“MoMo.”

The Dragon King picked its nose and called out, directly exposing the truth: it had been harassing a female ghost-type pet, which was why it had been beaten up by that ghost-type pet’s own kind.

“Jiujiu!”

“Jiujiu!”

Jiu Bugu was dissatisfied after hearing this.

What do you mean by harassment? This is pursuit! Pursuit!

“Momo,” the Dragon King grumbled, picking his nose.

Would they beat you up if it were just pursuit?

“Jiu Jiu,”

Jiu Bugu snorted coldly, indicating that he couldn’t be bothered to talk to him.

After saying that, he disappeared into the shadows.

Michaela said helplessly, “It’s just what you heard, but it can’t really be called harassment. It’s just that Jiu Bugu didn’t grasp the degree of pursuit well. That ghost-type pet rejected it, but it still picked flowers for the other party every day. When that ghost-type pet got annoyed, it called its own kind of pet to beat it up.” (End of this chapter)