Chapter 516: Chapter 515: Pet Beast Psychologist
“Captain, Captain!”
As they were chatting idly, a figure rushed over with a gust of wind. Li Yiming gave Shao Zifeng a knowing look, raising his right hand again.
“It’s Shiwu!” Shao Zifeng understood imdiately, smiling warmly at the unfamiliar person before him.
He surveyed the man from head to toe, hoping to discern so clues from his appearance, but sadly, the several light spots in the periphery of his vision showed no reaction whatsoever.
In fact, upon closer consideration, this ability was almost like a bug for Shao Zifeng—his cheat had to be activated by looking directly at soone, while for Hu Shiwu it was the exact opposite; the more he was out of sight, the more he would slowly be forgotten by others.
What was even more troubling was that at this point, several people had their backs to Hu Shiwu, which ant his ability worked when everyone disregarded his presence, an utterly unresolvable issue.
Could it be that he was actually an SCP containnt subject?
In Shao Zifeng’s mory, only the SCP-173 statue had an ability similar to this, attacking as soon as it was out of soone’s line of sight.
“It’s , it’s ,” Hu Shiwu nodded briskly.
His excitent was so palpable that even if a tail wagging furiously were attached to his back, it wouldn’t have seed out of place.
“What did you want to see about?” Shao Zifeng asked curiously.
“The dragon, Captain, your dragon—show us, please!” Hu Shiwu added excitedly, “I saw the video, Captain, the dragon you just contracted is so cool!”
Upon hearing this, the others also gathered around, including Casar, whose pet beast was no longer in any trouble, all of them looking expectantly at Shao Zifeng.
“Okay then,” Shao Zifeng nodded with a smile. “It’s a good opportunity for Yaya to get to know you all a bit.”
After saying this, he extended his hand to draw in the air, and a space rift slowly opened up. Everyone’s gaze was fixed on the rift with eager anticipation.
That was a dragon-type pet beast, and an ancient dragon-type at that.
Boom!
Heavy footsteps resounded as Yaya slowly erged from the space rift.
The little guy seed a bit nervous at being watched by so many people, its amber vertical pupils constantly searching, until they rested on Shao Zifeng’s figure and it relaxed.
It approached Shao Zifeng and nuzzled his shoulder with its head, purring softly—it couldn’t have looked any more obedient.
“Good Yaya,” Shao Zifeng patted its large head.
“Wow! So cool!” Hu Shiwu’s eyes shone as he looked at Yaya, circling around it like an excited husky, full of enthusiasm.
The others stepped forward and pointed at Yaya, discussing among themselves.
Yaya wasn’t used to close contact with people, and thus felt a little nervous under their gaze, sidling closer to Shao Zifeng with small cautious steps. If it hadn’t been so large, it might have hidden behind him by now.
“Big Brother Shao, are you planning to use this dragon in the competition?” Li Yiren inquired, furrowing her brows slightly as she looked at Yaya.
Shao Zifeng looked at her in surprise. “Yes, why do you ask?”
“Well, it seems…” Li Yiren hesitated, then continued, “It seems that it’s not used to interacting with the outside world, or should I say, it has been living alone from a young age?”
“How do you know?” Shao Zifeng was sowhat shocked.
Even Chen Yixin and the others didn’t know much about Yaya’s specifics. Shao Zifeng had only ntioned it briefly to his mother, and Li Yiren was seeing Yaya for the first ti, so her remark took Shao Zifeng by surprise.
Perhaps sensing his astonishnt inside, Li Yiren explained, “My dream is to be a Pet Beast Psychologist, so when I et pet beasts, I subconsciously try to understand their thoughts. When your dragon, Big Brother Shao, looks at people or other pet beasts, it instinctively avoids eye contact, so I thought it must have lived alone in a relatively isolated environnt since a young age.”
She looked at Shao Zifeng with a hint of admiration in her eyes. “However, it’s clear to that Big Brother Shao must be a very reliable person. It really depends heavily on you.”
Hearing her explanation reminded Shao Zifeng that the profession of Pet Beast Psychologist could be considered a branch of pet beast cultivation studies. But it’s a niche profession, not many people choose to pursue it.
Mainly, pet beasts aren’t humans, so it’s very difficult to communicate with them, especially if they are already contracted and have psychological issues—communication then becos even harder and can be life-threatening if one is not careful. That’s why the profession has been declining. Shao Zifeng wouldn’t have even known about it had it not been ntioned by one of his forr teachers in the cultivation departnt.
With this in mind, Shao Zifeng smiled encouragingly. “Then, Yiren, you must work hard to beco an excellent psychologist.”
“Heehee,” Li Yiren playfully saluted. “Mission guaranteed to be accomplished.”
“Alright, let’s continue training. Who wants to have a match with my Yaya?” Shao Zifeng looked towards Xiang Nan, who snorted and turned his head away.
“ !” Hu Shiwu raised his hand, “Captain, I’ll give it a go!”
Before long, wails and howls resounded through the training field from Hu Shiwu: “Sleepy Orchid, what are you shaking for, stop staring blankly, go for it!!”
…
After several days of joint training, this temporary school team beca more familiar with one another.
But it also exposed more issues, it was a mix of good news and bad.
The upside was that because the haunted village in ‘Xiangshan City’ was rarely visited, they successfully contracted four ‘spectral attribute’ pet beasts with just five tickets.
This was largely thanks to Hu Shiwu tagging along. According to him, the spectral attribute mutant creatures, known for scaring people, were nearly scared silly by his unexpected appearances. Then they hid behind the others seeking comfort, which naturally led to the contracts.
Hmm.
Except for Hu Shiwu himself.
As for this, Hu Shiwu had an open-minded attitude. In his words, the mutant creatures that couldn’t rember him didn’t deserve to be his pet beasts.
As for the worrying aspects, they were a bit troubleso.
First of all, it was his own problem. Qiuqiu was currently at the critical juncture of ‘abnormal evolution,’ and Lingling and the Fawn Deer were in a state where they might evolve at any ti due to needing to digest and absorb the energy from the virus. As a result, the only pet beasts he could use now were Yaya and Jingjing.
Hmm.
Jingjing was the na he just gave to the Cold River Dragon Whale.
Although he had planned on using Yaya and Jingjing as his main fighters all along, the condition was that Qiuqiu and the others would be present as reinforcents. His confidence was sowhat shaken now that he couldn’t rely on them.
Another point was regarding their team. Li Yiming, Casar, and his own main pet beasts were all of the ice attribute.
The attribute structure was too one-dinsional, but that was not too worriso. After all, their Su City University was considered weak, and it was unlikely that any other schools would target them specifically in the early stages.
As the national tournant’s opening ceremony approached, Shao Zifeng had brought up this issue with Yu Xiaoyu.
However, Yu Xiaoyu just smiled and said not to worry too much about it and to go with the flow, treating it as if it were a trip funded by the public purse.
Shao Zifeng felt helpless; the attitude of their university really was laid-back.
June 23rd.
Today was the official opening day of the National Cup. When Shao Zifeng woke up in the morning, he felt sothing pressing on his chest.
He opened his bleary eyes, and in a haze, saw Qiuqiu sitting on his chest, its little paws propped under its chin, staring unblinkingly at him.
“Qiuqiu, have you completed your evolution?”
Shao Zifeng sat up excitedly from his bed and took Qiuqiu into his arms.
Suddenly he paused.
So soft.
Qiuqiu wasn’t that soft.
He squeezed it again. The feel wasn’t right. He looked down at the little guy in his arms. It looked exactly like Qiuqiu, but its whole body was impeccably white.
They sat on the bed, staring at each other with wide eyes.
In the end, Shao Zifeng was the first to give in, “By the way, who are you?”
The white “Qiuqiu” blinked its eyes.
“Biebie?”
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