Chapter 33 Chapter 33 "My master asked you to be my sparring partner, ...

Jiang Qing's weekend schedule is very full. As long as he is willing to work hard, there will always be endless work to do in the college.

In one morning and afternoon, Jiang Qing collected a total of 48 blood grape vines, walked animals for people twice, and ran errands three times.

Seeing the balance in his account replenished again, Jiang Qing was satisfied.

It is true that if you don’t raise animals, you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are.

She gathered herself and prepared to go to the next location to serve as a sparring partner for Zhao Peng's Tiejia when her Lingtong vibrated twice and an unexpected person called her.

Jiang Qing stared at the note "Mom" on the screen, then thought for two seconds before picking up the phone.

After the fusion of the souls of the two worlds, her feelings for "Mom" became less pure.

Her chats with her parents were limited to a few weeks ago, when they gave her a "bonus" to celebrate her successful contract with the spirit beast.

Jiang Qing gently placed Lingtong next to his ear.

"Hey, dear Qingqing, how's life as a Beast Tamer? Are you able to keep up with your classmates and teachers in school? Being a Beast Tamer is expensive, isn't it? If not, your parents will help you out."

The familiar voice came into her ears without any preparation, and Jiang Qing's nose suddenly felt sore.

Lingtong was quick to notice Jiang Qing's abnormality. After a while, there was a commotion. Then Jiang's father snatched Jiang's mother's Lingtong and said softly, "Qingqing, what's wrong?"

"I'm fine, Mom and Dad. I have enough money to spend. You don't need to send me more money." Jiang Qing said casually.

The Jiang family still has two spirit beasts to raise. Although they can help with some work, they also eat a lot. Mr. and Ms. Jiang are not rich people, and they have to save money from their teeth to provide for her, which is already very difficult.

"Really?" Jiang's father's tone was a little doubtful. Seeing this, Jiang's mother took back Lingtong again, "Qingqing, why haven't you called Mom in two weeks? Is there really nothing wrong?"

Jiang Qing was stunned, then he remembered that he forgot to increase his family affection.

In the past, she contacted her parents very frequently, almost calling them every two to three days. So it was really abnormal not to have any contact for two weeks.

"Oh, it's because the Beast Tamer course load is quite heavy, I was so busy that I forgot." Jiang Qing smiled, he really forgot this time.

"Okay." Jiang's father and mother hesitated to speak, and finally sighed. Jiang's father said, "I heard that your spirit pet is a mutated mortal-level second-level white-haired scaly pig. If I had known earlier, why would I let you suffer so much? I could have just picked one from the pig farm at home..."

Before Jiang's father could finish his words, Jiang's mother slapped him hard on the back of the head: "How can the things at home be the same as those in the wild?"

As soon as Jiang Qing heard the word "pig farm" in his home, he knew that he was completely in trouble with pigs...

After Jiang Ma finished talking about Jiang Dad, she continued to speak softly to Jiang Qing, "It's okay, Qingqing. Pigs are good too. They can be used as spiritual pets, and you can kill them and eat them when you're hungry."

Jiang Qing quickly turned down the volume: "..." This must not be heard by Zhu Tianba.

Father Jiang: "You sound like you're encouraging your daughter?"

"Why not? It's better than taking your own pig and your daughter's pig."

On the other end of Lingtong, Jiang's father and Jiang's mother started arguing.

Jiang Qing smiled helplessly: "Ms. Jiang, Mr. Jiang, I'm doing well in school, and my pig is also doing well. I will definitely carry forward your fine traditions and shine brightly in school! That's all, I have something else to do, goodbye."

The phone was hung up, and Jiang's father and mother suddenly stopped arguing. They looked at each other in confusion.

Jiang Ma: "What fine traditions do we have?"

Father Jiang shrugged.

In the end, the two concluded that their daughter had grown up and had her own ideas.

......

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Qing also came to the Red Mansion.

She arrived at the training room with ease. Zhao Peng had already booked a room and was waiting for her inside.

"Today's training goal is to increase Tiejia's dodge skill speed by 0.2 seconds. You can let Zhu Tianba launch targeted attack moves against Tiejia later." Zhao Peng said.

Jiang Qing made an OK gesture.

Zhu Tianba and Tiejia were released.

"Let me register your training account." Zhao Peng said, standing in front of a screen.

Training account?

There is also this thing?

When she was fighting against senior Xu Weiran yesterday, she didn't even ask for this thing.

"How do I do it?" Jiang Qing walked over, and Zhao Peng logged in for her step by step.

After a series of operations, Zhao Peng was surprised: "You have already registered?"

Seeing the familiar ID number [No money for food], Jiang Qing's mouth twitched.

Zhao Peng explained, "The training account is linked to the Beast Tamer Forum account. If this is your first time using the training room, the administrator will automatically register you."

Jiang Qing pointed at the name column on the screen: "This, won't take another year to change the name?"

Zhao Peng: "You don't need that. You just need a name change card. You can buy a name change card with points. You can buy one for 100 points."

"So how many points do I have now?" Jiang Qing asked.

Zhao Peng looked at her information and said, "10 points."

10 points, 100 points.

It’s okay, that’s pretty quick, and it will be full after 9 more times.

What Jiang Qing didn't know was that the reason she had 10 points in her account was because when Xu Weiran set up the training time reward yesterday, he chose the battle mode and counted the points to the winner, so Jiang Qing had 10 extra points in her account.

And this kind of good thing doesn't happen every day.

After setting the training goals and parameters, the training officially begins.

"Come on," Zhao Peng patted the armored bull covered with metallic armor beside him. The armored bull let out a steady moo, stepped firmly on the ground with its four hooves, and was ready.

On the other hand, Zhu Tianba yawned lazily, his eyes half-closed, and he slowly walked to the center of the venue.

Zhao Peng looked at it like this, frowning slightly, muttering in his heart: Is it in this state? Forget about improving it by 0.2 seconds, it would be good if it didn't make the armor slack.

He couldn't help but say, "Jiang Qing, you pig... you don't seem to be in the right state today. We can practice another day."

Jiang Qing glanced at Zhu Tianba after hearing this.

"Is there?"

Isn't Zhu Tianba always like this? What's the difference between this and usual?

"Let's get started. You talk too much nonsense. Let's save time." Ever since Jiang Qing knew that the training room charged by time, he didn't dare to waste a minute here.

Every time you take a breath here, the air is filled with the smell of money.

The armored bull growled, exerted force with its four hooves, and with a heavy sense of oppression, rushed straight towards Zhu Tianba like a small tank that had started.

This is the most basic collision attack, the purpose of which is to force Zhu Tianba to take action.

According to the plan, Zhu Tianba should use Earthquake or Rock Spike to create obstacles or attacks, forcing Tiejia to use dodge skills while moving at high speed.

However, Zhu Tianba's reaction surprised them both.

It just raised its eyelids lazily, looked at the armored car rushing towards it, and calmly... took a small step to the side.

The movement was slow and the amplitude was not large, just avoiding the sharp impact of the frontal collision of the armor.

The armored beast hit nothing, and the huge inertia made it rush forward several steps before it could stabilize its body. It turned its head, and its eyes were full of confusion.

Is this... is this the end? Where's the attack? Where's the interference?

Zhao Peng: “???”

Jiang Qing: “…”

"Hey, man, cheer up, the other party has paid." Jiang Qing said to Zhu Tianba.

Zhu Tianba then made a "kang" sound as if he had just woken up, slowly raised one of his front paws, and symbolically tapped it lightly on the floor.

Buzz...

There was an extremely slight, almost imperceptible vibration from the ground.

Rather than saying "the earth shook", it would be more accurate to say "the earth yawned".

An imperceptible ochre-colored ripple spread out extremely slowly with Zhu Tianba's claw as the center. The range was pitifully small and the intensity was so weak that it couldn't even shake up a speck of dust on the floor.

The Iron-Armored Bull stood where it was, tilting its big head, watching the weak waves slowly coming over, without even the desire to lift its hooves.

This little noise was not even a tickle to its hooves covered with metal armor.

The corners of Jiang Qing's mouth twitched as well, but she knew that this was Zhu Tianba adjusting his attack method.

After all, they are cubs that lack guidance from their mothers and lack fighting skills.

Zhu Tianba was smart enough to notice that the energy flow was not right and immediately made adjustments.

Meeting Zhao Peng's gaze, which conveyed "That's your attitude," Jiang Qing coughed lightly twice and explained his previous behavior: "This is just a warm-up. The real show will begin soon."

As she finished her words, Zhu Tianba dug the ground with his claws twice and then started to get serious.

A more restrained and condensed ochre-colored light, different from the violent one of yesterday, emanated from its small body, rising and falling slightly like its breathing.

Zhao Peng keenly sensed a hint of unusual aura.

Although the light was not dazzling, it exuded a heavy feeling.

Zhu Tianba did not create large-scale ground cracks or rock spikes. His eyes were fixed on a point where the Armored Bull was about to land.

Just as the Iron-Armored Bull followed Zhao Peng's command and launched another charge, at the moment when its front hooves were raised and about to fall, invisible source power was precisely poured into the small area under the Iron-Armored Bull's hooves.

"sieve--"

There was no earth-shattering roar, only an extremely short and sharp sound of breaking ground.

A black rock spike, only as thick as an arm but with an extremely sharp tip and gleaming luster, suddenly shot out with incredible precision from less than half a foot in front of the iron-clad bull's hoof landing point, like a lurking poisonous snake.

The timing, angle and speed were all extremely tricky.

This was completely beyond the expectations of the Iron-Armored Bull.

It was exerting force to rush forward, its center of gravity shifting forward, and it had no time to make any large movements. The rock spike appeared right in the gap between its landing and the conversion of force, making it unavoidable.

"Moo!"

At this moment, Tiejia felt that if he could not avoid it, he would really die under this cluster of rock spikes.

A trace of genuine horror flashed in Tiejia's eyes, and the strong sense of crisis caused the source power in his body to burst out instantly.

"Okay, okay, my master asked you to be my sparring partner, but you want to kill me!"

A layer of pale golden light instantly covered the front hoof that was about to step on the rock thorn. The light flowed, carrying a sense of force dissipation and deflection.

At the same time, its huge body made a tiny, inertial-defying lateral twist in mid-air with an agility that was extremely disproportionate to its size and almost weird.

The sharp tip of the rock spike scraped against the edge of the armored bull's hoof, leaving behind a trail of dazzling sparks and a "sizzling" sound as it rubbed against the golden surface.

Although it failed to completely hit the target, the penetrating power and the sudden shock allowed the Armored Bull to complete a "dodge" action that far exceeded its usual limit.

"Beautiful!" Zhao Peng couldn't help but blurt out, his eyes lighting up instantly.

He had just seen clearly that the Iron Bull's evasion at the critical moment, both its reaction speed and the smoothness of its movements, were far beyond the level of its usual training.

That 0.2 second improvement may even be more than that.

Jiang Qing curled his lips and chuckled softly.

While serving as a sparring partner for Tiejia, wasn't he also training Zhu Tianba?

"Tieyar, let's do it again." Zhao Peng shouted excitedly.

Tiejia had just dodged a fatal attack, his heart was pounding, and he was so scared that his soul had not yet returned to its place when he heard Zhao Peng's next words. It was like a bolt from the blue, and a crack appeared on his bull face.

'Born! You are truly born!'

Zhu Tianba received a signal from Jiang Qing and attacked Tiejia again.

It was like an experienced hunter, its eyes calmly locked on the movements of the armored bull.

It no longer deliberately pursues the power of skills, but focuses on "timing" and "precision".

The slender, sharp, deadly black rock thorns, like the stings of poisonous bees, always suddenly pierce the Iron-clad Bull at the most uncomfortable and unexpected position and time.

Sometimes you stab it in the abdomen the moment it jumps, sometimes you block its path when it makes a sharp turn, and sometimes you even sneak attack it when its source power is converted just after it activates a skill.

"Moo moo moo!"

The Iron-Armored Bull was cornered into a state of extreme distress, its mooing filled with exasperation.

Its thick metal armor cannot bring absolute security in the face of those tricky rock spikes.

Every time a rock spike appeared, it was forced to react with extreme force, launching a "dodge" again and again.

Under tremendous pressure and precise threats, its dodging skills were squeezed to the extreme, and its movements became faster and smoother each time.

On the control panel, the real-time monitoring data curve changed rapidly. The activation speed indicator of the Iron Bull's "Dodge" skill was rising at an astonishing rate. It had already exceeded the target of 0.2 seconds and was even steadily increasing. The value finally stopped at 0.485 seconds.

Zhao Peng looked at the data on the screen. As Tiejia's screams became more and more miserable, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and even served as light bulbs.

With only ten minutes left, Tiejia was so tired that he fell to the ground. He no longer had the strength to move. He was exhausted and could not work anymore.

It mooed weakly.

'born! '

Zhao Peng was satisfied with Tiejia's performance today. He paid Jiang Qing today's settlement fee promptly and gave her an extra tip of 200.

In fact, when he asked Jiang Qing to be his sparring partner, he had a bit of sympathy and investment in mind. He hoped that Jiang Qing could devote more to learning beast taming instead of wasting time working, so he didn't have much hope that Zhu Tianba could improve Tiejia's strength.

In fact, there are only a handful of spiritual beasts that can improve the armor, and they all have their own specializations to practice, so they won't come here to serve as sparring partners.

The figure of Meng Yanlang suddenly appeared in Zhao Peng's mind.

Meng Yanlang's undead rat focuses on speed, while his iron armor focuses on strength. If the speed of the iron armor is improved, Meng Yanlang will be nothing in front of him.

But he seems to be quite familiar with Jiang Qing. I wonder if he will also go to find Zhu Tianba to be a sparring partner.

Oh, if I had known last time, I wouldn't have said to his face that he wanted Jiang Qing to be his sparring partner. Now I reminded him for nothing!

But fortunately, he had foresight and acted quickly.

Thinking of this, Zhao Peng said, "Jiang Qing, I will take care of Zhu Tianba's training from now on. You can name any price you want. It's not a problem."

"That won't do." Jiang Qing looked at the long-term meal ticket in front of him with a smile, "It was only agreed to be a two-hour sparring partner. You can't interfere with the training freedom of Zhu Tianba and me."

Although the conditions offered by Zhao Peng were very attractive, it did not mean that she had to sign a contract to sell herself to Zhu Tianba. If she agreed to it, it meant that as long as Zhao Peng needed her, she and Zhu Tianba would have to practice with him.

How will Zhu Tianba improve herself in the future and how will she become a veterinarian?

"Okay." Zhao Peng did not force Jiang Qing. He was already very satisfied with the situation now.

In short, this sparring match brought the satisfaction of both parties to a peak.

Zhu Tianba slowly walked back to Jiang Qing's feet and rubbed her trouser leg, as if he was just taking a walk.

Jiang Qing lowered his head and looked at Zhu Tianba's calm look of "hiding his merits and fame", and couldn't help but smile.

After digesting the power, this little thing's control over the power of the earth seemed to have entered a new and more subtle level.

This skill of making things seem effortless and precise surprised her more than the destructive power of yesterday's bold and aggressive moves.

After a ten-minute break, the training end signal sounded.

Jiang Qing looked at the points issued to his training account after the training was over.

Only 2 points were added.

It's nothing compared to yesterday's 10 o'clock.

But these 2 points were completely free, so Jiang Qing still felt that he had made a profit.

She now has a total of 12 points.

For the next day, Jiang Qing worked during the day and was busy reading the book on basic treatment of spiritual beasts borrowed from the library at night. He had already read two-thirds of the book.

The densely packed notes between the pages were the result of her two nights' work. Many of the medicinal properties and compatibility taboos in the spirit beast world were quite different from the veterinary medicine she knew in her previous life, and required careful identification and memorization.

"Kang Kang..." Zhu Tianba lay on the mat in the spirit pet dormitory, making a slight snoring sound.

Jiang Qing habitually opened Lingtong and prepared to browse the Beast Tamer Forum for a while to relax.

As her finger slid across the interface, she accidentally clicked on a bookmark she had stumbled upon during a previous search, and she clicked on it.

The forum interface is extremely simple, even a bit crude. There are no fancy advertisements or spam areas, only two core sections: [Benevolence of Doctors] and [Healing of All Souls].

This seems to be a hidden forum for therapeutic sharing.

Jiang Qing clicked on the [Healing of Living Beings] section.

The posts in the section are neatly arranged, and most of the titles directly address the core issues, such as [New ideas for dealing with source energy burns in low-level fire-type spirit pets], [On the prevention of joint wear and tear of earth-attributed spirit beasts and herbal alternatives], [Help needed: Water-feathered bird feathers falling off accompanied by source energy stagnation], etc.

An atmosphere of professionalism, pragmatism and even a bit of "underground" comes over you.

This is obviously not an official platform, but more like a small circle of animal tamers, veterinarians and even pharmacists who truly care about therapeutic practices and gather spontaneously.

Posting here requires consuming a special kind of "Green Leaf Points", which seem to be obtained by giving high-quality replies to other people's posts.

Jiang Qing's spirits lifted, and his fatigue disappeared.

Compared with the systematic but slightly outdated tomes in the college library, this place is full of "local remedies" summarized from actual combat and cutting-edge discussions.

She seemed to have opened up a new world and immediately began to browse through it calmly.

[Urgent! My Level 3 Rock Armor Lizard has a poor appetite, is listless, and has a dull shell. Suspected of indigestion/mild poisoning? Looking for a low-cost solution!]

[Description: The rock-armored lizard, contracted for a week, has been refusing its favorite food, iron ore crumbs, for the past two days. Its movements are sluggish, and its normally hard shell feels a bit soft and less lustrous. I took it to the college veterinary station for a preliminary examination, and they suggested indigestion, possibly from ingesting contaminated ore or a minor imbalance in its energy. However, the prescribed "Qingyuan Jianwei Powder" costs 500 Beastmaster Coins per small packet, which I can't afford, as I've just started school... Has anyone experienced a similar situation? Are there any inexpensive and effective alternatives? Or are there herbs I can gather myself? Thank you very much! Urgent! The child is still in the treatment room at the veterinary station.]

The post was published an hour and a half ago, and there are several replies below:

1L: [Try boiling water with mild 'Earth Vein Grass' and giving it a bath? It can soothe the source energy of earth-type spirit pets.]

2L: [500 per pack is indeed expensive, but the veterinary station's medicine is guaranteed to be effective. You can go to the Beastmaster's quest hall to see if there are any quests for collecting 'Qingyuan Grass'. You can earn points while collecting some yourself.]

3L: [It's common for rock armored lizards to eat randomly. Have you observed their feces? Is there anything unusual?]

Jiang Qing carefully read the description and the replies above.

The Dimai grass mentioned in the first reply is used to soothe and calm the restless spirit beast, and it doesn't address the root causes of indigestion and food poisoning. The Qingyuan grass mentioned in the second reply is used to clear the heart and lungs, promote smooth and nourishing qi, and is derived from the same source as the Qingyuan Jianwei Powder prescribed by veterinarians, and is one of the ingredients used in the powder.

It's just that the second post didn't mention that the collected Qingyuan grass cannot be used directly as medicine. It has a certain degree of toxicity and needs to be washed clean by the power of the beast before it can be given to the spirit beast to eat.

Moreover, the method on the second floor is completely too late. According to the time when the person seeking help posted the message, an hour and a half has passed. If we go to the wild to collect Qingyuan grass, the longer we delay, the more serious the condition of the rock armored lizard will become.

Speaking of folk methods to save money, Jiang Qing had an idea for treatment in his mind.

She clicked on the reply box and began tapping quickly on the virtual keyboard.

The ID displayed in the input box was once again linked to her Beast Taming Forum account, and Jiang Qing once again regretted choosing such a name.

Respondent 4L | No money for food: [Another core ingredient in Qingyuan Jianwei Powder is activated mineral charcoal, which is used to absorb potential intestinal toxins or irritants. You can find a small amount of completely burned charcoal ash, mix it with a small amount of the baby's regular drinking water, and carefully feed it with a dropper or spoon. Be careful to use a small amount, once a day, and monitor the stool. Charcoal ash has an absorbent effect, but excessive use or contaminants can be harmful.]

5L responder | No money for food: [Additional information: You can soak it in a shallow basin of warm water for a short time. You can add a few pieces of dried hot vein grass (cost: 30-50 yuan) to the water to help relax it and promote blood circulation.]

After typing a long paragraph, Jiang Qing checked it carefully and repeatedly to confirm that the logic was clear and the suggestions were feasible before clicking "Send".

When sending, the system prompt pops up: [Reply with valid information to get Green Leaf Points +1].

Jiang Qing raised his eyebrows. It seemed that the points mechanism of this forum was to encourage valuable sharing.

She continued to browse other posts, absorbing different treatment ideas and herbal knowledge, and felt that she had gained a lot.

He continued to reply to a few more posts, watching the points in the background increase little by little. After counting, he found that he had obtained a total of 5 Green Leaf points tonight. Only then did Jiang Qing turn off Lingtong with satisfaction and prepare to go to bed.

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The author has something to say: Jiang’s father and Jiang’s mother both have the same surname, Jiang.