Beast Taming Starts with Ground Mushrooms

Chapter 56 Li Qingyi's Surprise

At this moment, Leng Le stood in the wind, bewildered and extremely embarrassed.

Especially when he heard Li Zhenbei's words, his face turned liver-colored in an instant.

Good, good, you're so high and mighty, you're so amazing.

However, Leng Le was more shocked. The other party had only been in Tiannan Beast Taming University for about nine months, yet he had broken through to the first-level beast tamer. How did he do that?

Although Leng Le's talent was mediocre, he wasn't the worst either. It took him a year and a half to reach the level eight Beastmaster... Level eight, that does seem a bit weak.

Comparing goods will only lead to losses; comparing people will only make you miserable.

Leng Le now seriously suspects that Li Zhenbei brought her here just to highlight Lin Yi's excellence, which is going too far.

After a brief moment of surprise, Li Qingyi's beautiful eyes were filled with disbelief and astonishment as she began to look the young man up and down. Apart from being handsome, he didn't seem to be entirely without merit.

Very good, you've successfully caught my attention.

Thinking to herself, Li Qingyi took two steps forward and said, "Dad, how about I spar with Lin Yi from now on? I recently signed a new pet, which is also a first-tier, first-level beast."

As soon as Li Qingyi finished speaking, all three of them looked at her. Leng Le, who was standing to the side, hesitated and said, "Senior, what do you mean? Do you also think I'm not good enough for you?"

After Li Qingyi finished speaking, she added, "It's not very meaningful for a level eight evolved battle beast to train against Lin Yi, but my [Wolf Tiger] should be a good fit for him."

She had indeed just contracted a Tier 1 [Wolf-Tiger] cub, a symbiotic bloodline of the wolf and tiger clans. Li Qingyi volunteered at this time, not because she wanted combat experience or to exchange growth tips, but simply because she was interested in Lin Yi.

An unknown freshman, yet in just over two months, news about him has been flying everywhere. She wanted to see what was so special about this freshman.

Seeing this, Li Zhenbei pondered for a moment and said, "Alright, then come over whenever you have time in the future. You will be in charge of deciding on Lin Yi's training plan from now on."

"Okay." Li Qingyi smiled sweetly, her beautiful eyes involuntarily turning to Lin Yi: "Junior Brother Lin, we should keep in touch more often in the future."

Leng Le was stunned. Why did this sentence sound so familiar? It seemed like she had just said it three minutes ago.

Looking at Li Zhenbei and Li Qingyi, Lin Yi couldn't help but feel a strange sensation. It turned out that the president had brought not senior students, but his senior and his daughter.

"Lin Yi, with Qingyi accompanying you in battle training, I believe your ground mushroom will soon be able to acquire a combat form." Li Zhenbei looked at Lin Yi and said earnestly, "This girl is now a third-tier level one beast tamer. In terms of combat experience and battle experience, she is indeed far beyond what ordinary people can compare to."

Leng Le felt even more uncomfortable upon hearing this. What did he mean by being far beyond the reach of ordinary people? Who was an ordinary person?

As Li Zhenbei spoke, he patted Lin Yi on the shoulder: "Kid, work hard and don't let me down."

After saying that, he didn't intend to linger any longer. Instead, he immediately summoned his battle beast and was about to leap up when he suddenly remembered something. He turned around and asked, "By the way, have you signed up for the city-wide training? This is a rare opportunity. Your pet has reached the first-tier evolution stage, which meets the registration requirements. If you haven't registered, I'll have someone make the trip for you."

Lin Yi's answer was naturally that he had reported it, but he didn't say who had reported it to him. Li Zhenbei nodded in response, having already guessed the general idea.

He gave Li Qingyi a deep look, then leaped onto his war beast, glancing at the disheveled boy in the wind: "Leng Le, what are you standing there for? Let's go."

A moment later, a strong wind swept through the mountains and forests, making Lin Yi unable to open his eyes again. Li Zhenbei left with an extremely depressed and cold laugh.

Only after the two people and the beast had gone far away did Li Qingyi turn around and reintroduce herself: "Junior Brother Lin, hello, my name is Li Qingyi, the president's daughter, a beast tamer in Class 1, Grade 3 of the Combat Department."

"Lin Yi." Lin Yi shook hands with the other party, slightly surprised. Combat Department, Class 1 of Beast Taming, third year, elite class of Tiannan Beast Taming University, also known as the strongest class of the Little Genius Class by the whole school.

I never imagined that Li Zhenbei's daughter would be so outstanding.

As Li Qingyi spoke, she pulled out two apples from somewhere, tossed one to Lin Yi, and started eating it herself. In the following days, the two did not rush to spar and train, but Li Qingyi would arrive on time every day, sometimes even earlier than Lin Yi.

Old Li's daughter is quite a beauty. If looks were graded out of ten, Lin Yi would give her around seven points. It's not that she's not pretty enough, but Lin Yi's grading standard is based on Chen Shiqi. Among the girls he's seen, the only one who could reach around nine points is Xu Youran, whom he saw at the training base that day.

Lin Yi's first impression of Li Qingyi was that she loved eating apples. She almost always had apples in her hand and would occasionally throw one or two to Lin Yi. Even Gu Zai tasted the apple flavor with the fragrance of a young girl.

At first, Lin Yi was a little uncomfortable with the sudden appearance of an observer by his side, but as the two spent more and more time together, he gradually got used to it. Lin Yi's impression of Li Qingyi was that she loved eating apples and was very easy to get along with.

However, in the past few days, Lin Yi and Gu Zai have been training in Mantis Boxing, Heavenly Crippled Kick, and Leaping Technique, so nothing particularly special has emerged.

As for the [Grass Sword Technique], Mushroom Boy has already reached the 'Mastery Level'. Lin Yi feels there's no rush to continue training him. With the citywide trial imminent, he definitely needs to develop in all aspects and not specialize in any one area.

So for several days in a row, all Li Qingyi saw was the little guy punching and kicking on a big rock. Since these two skills were only at the "slightly advanced" level, Li Qingyi felt that they were just average and his combat power was still relatively weak.

Besides paying attention to the little mushroom, she also paid attention to Lin Yi. This junior Lin spent his time either training with that cute little guy or studying a thesis, which was quite boring.

Little did they know, Lin Yi was currently searching for new teaching skills for the mushroom cub, or perhaps refining other skills.

On this day, amidst towering ancient trees reaching into the clouds, Lin Yi closed the text of his skill instruction thesis and slowly stood up.

"Little mushroom, come here."

Lin Yi called out, and the little mushroom immediately understood that it was time to gain a new skill.

It immediately leaped up and landed in front of Lin Yi. Li Qingyi also stopped biting into the apple and instinctively walked over.

"You've already mastered it?" She was somewhat surprised. The skill teaching paper in Lin Yi's hand was new; she had only seen him start studying it yesterday. Was he already going to teach it to his pet?

Li Qingyi's "thorough understanding" naturally refers to her comprehension and familiarity with the paper on taming skills, and how to apply those skills to her pets.

"Pretty much, might as well give it a try," Lin Yi said casually. He was already playing the role of a top student, so naturally, a top student should be different from others.

As he spoke, he immediately grabbed the mushroom and started...flicking it like crazy.

Since this was a first-tier skill, the instruction was very difficult. Lin Yi's movements became faster and faster, and in the end he even picked up the mushroom and placed it under its lower abdomen to support it... This was more convenient.

Li Qingyi's pretty face flushed slightly, her beautiful eyes filled with a hint of shyness: "Junior Lin, what are you doing?"

"To educate them," Lin Yi replied casually, then worked even harder, his body trembling with the effort.

Suddenly, the mushroom-like creature shone brightly, and star patterns appeared on its body. That guy was really teaching the beast pet skills, but... did he really have to use this method? The more I look at it, the more something seems wrong.

Fifteen minutes later, Lin Yi finally let out a long sigh of relief, ending the lesson.

Li Qingyi was stunned. What kind of skill was this that could teach someone for as long as fifteen minutes?

And just then...

Mushroom Boy: (☆▽☆)

The little guy's eyes lit up, and he immediately tried to unlock the new skill.

Under Li Qingyi's gaze, the little guy suddenly lifted his mushroom cap, his whole body began to harden, and his skin became as hard as iron at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Skill [Hardening], Beginner Level.

"It's hard?" Li Qingyi exclaimed in surprise, immediately realizing what skill Lin Yi had taught her.

She even reached towards Lin Yi's lower abdomen, her delicate hand grasping the mushroom-shaped object, her beautiful eyes filled with astonishment: "Beginner-level hardening?"

It's so hard.

This scene stirred up a storm in Li Qingyi's heart.

How could this be? As far as she knew, hardening was a skill inherent to Stone Clan pets. How could it possibly appear on a Ground Mushroom?

"My God, I can't believe it, Junior Lin, how did you do that?" Li Qingyi said subconsciously, realizing that he had actually made her hard.

Lin Yi smiled slightly at this: "Senior, don't forget, I'm a top-tier academic genius."

That day, Li Qingyi was completely distraught and her opinion of Lin Yi changed entirely.

Is this the kind of shock brought about by top university students?

This is so unscientific! Even in cross-species research, this is... a bit too genius-like.

Time flies, and three days have passed in the blink of an eye.

On the third day, Lin Yizhen found a skill for Mushroom Cub that could track by smell, called "Spirit Nose," a kind of innate skill of canine pets.

On the fourth day, Li Qingyi saw Lin Yi start petting the mushroom again. He had successfully taught Lin Yi a new skill, and he had even mastered it at the beginner level. After several days of this, Li Qingyi couldn't take it anymore.

Even geniuses don't need to be this genius; it's too discouraging. It takes her at least a month to teach her pet a skill, but she's only been with this guy for a few days, yet it's already caused her such a huge shock.

Watching Li Qingyi's changing expressions day after day, Lin Yi asked, almost as if possessed, "Senior, am I amazing?"

Li Qingyi: "Amazing."

This isn't just impressive, it's abnormally strong. In just a few days, it has taught two skills in a row. Is this something a human could do?