Chapter 267 Monster Behavior

"Ordinary spirit beast meat exchanged by the sect."

Nan Ran touched his nose: "Snacks for my big cat..."

Big cat?

At first, Fengchun thought that the big cat referred to a pet-type monster.

Later I realized - "The big cat you are talking about, could it be a flaming lion?"

The fact that Nan Ran had contracted a fiery lion was no longer a secret in the Beast Taming Sect.

Especially in the outer sect, there is almost no one who is not envious.

You hear people talking about it every now and then.

There were even many people who wanted to make friends with Nan Ran, but Nan Ran never showed up in the outer sect, so they had no idea where to start.

However, judging by the familiarity with which Huiyao and Nanran spoke just now, they must have a very good relationship.

She vaguely remembered that Hui Yao and others formed a team with Nan Ran, which was why they were successfully promoted to outer disciples.

At that time, many people mocked them with sourness for taking the backdoor, believing that their true colors would be revealed when they were assessed, and they would be eliminated and become registered disciples again.

However, during this period, Hui Yao and the others' strength improved rapidly, and their assessment results were generally excellent, which severely slapped everyone in the face, and such doubts gradually became less.

Nan Ran guessed that the fact that he had contracted the Flame Lion should have been known to everyone a long time ago, so naturally he would not deny it.

He nodded and didn't say much.

Fengchun was tactful enough not to ask any more questions.

However, she obviously took Nan Ran's words to heart.

Therefore, after arriving at the sect cafeteria with others, Fengchun specifically ordered a lot of food that carnivorous monsters liked.

The mud horse beast was indeed very happy when it saw the meat.

He was in stark contrast to his usual anorexic appearance, almost burying his head in the bowls of meat and vegetables, devouring them all in a flash.

wuniang～wuniang～

So delicious.

but--

It’s still not as good as the meat strips Nanran gave me.

The mud horse beast couldn't help but raise its head and look at Nan Ran.

Watching eagerly.

It was obvious that he was still thinking about the meat strips he had eaten in the morning.

Nan Ran's attention had long since flown away, and he didn't know where it was going.

She was sighing.

In this era, one can still see some traces of her life scenes in her previous life.

For example, the cafeteria...

It’s similar to the university cafeteria in my previous life.

There are many stalls around it.

Disciples can order whatever they want to eat and pay with sect contribution points.

but……

The prices in this place are really not cheap at all.

A stir-fried Qingling vegetable costs fifty sect contribution points!

It’s equivalent to the reward for a small task!

Even if you complete a simple sect mission, you may not even get a reward of 50 sect contribution points.

Not to mention the meat dishes.

A meatball that is not even as big as her fist actually costs three hundred sect contribution points!

Not to mention the more precious ingredients.

Fengchun was very generous to his pet beast. He ordered several meat dishes and spent a full three thousand sect contribution points.

Nan Ran simply ordered one meat dish and one vegetable dish, and spent 500 sect contribution points.

This price really shocked her.

The registration fee for participating in a sect assessment is as expensive as a meal!

However, many outer disciples find it difficult to even raise the registration fees for the regular assessments.

"Who usually comes to this cafeteria..."

Nan Ran really doubted whether ordinary outer disciples could really afford meals of this price.

Feng Chun was stunned: "The ingredients here are quite ordinary, usually only the old disciples from the outer sect patronize it."

Except for the time when new disciples were promoted, each of them was rewarded with 200 sect contribution points. They had no extra sect contribution points at all. As long as they had a little understanding of the survival rules in the outer sect and the use of their own sect contribution points, no one dared to squander them.

Not to mention coming to the cafeteria to eat just to satisfy your appetite.

Most people prefer fasting.

Inner disciples have their own dining hall, and the food there is said to be much better than what’s served here.

Outer disciples are not qualified to go.

Even if I went, I couldn't afford to order a single dish.

I heard that in the inner sect cafeteria, even the cheapest dish of spiritual rice costs at least 5,000 sect contribution points.

There, spending contribution points is like flowing water.

Fengchun was a little nervous.

Speaking of which, the quality of the ingredients here is not very good. Will Nan Ran think that she is being negligent?

But this was the best meal she could afford.

She had accumulated more than 3,000 sect contribution points for two full years.

"Junior Sister Nanran, do you think..." Is this place not good?

Fengchun had heard of Nanran to some extent and knew that she was wealthy. He thought that she rarely came to eat in such a cheap restaurant.

He felt even more embarrassed when he saw that most of the meat and vegetables had gone into the stomach of his pet.

We agreed to treat them to a meal, but it seems like they barely ate anything?

It's really neglectful.

"Nothing, it's just my first time here, and I'm curious."

It feels like a robbery here. They could have directly taken away the sect contribution points, but instead they gave them two bites of food.

The taste of the food is not that good...

My cooking skills are not as good as Senior Sister Huiyao's!

But there is really no need to say the latter part.

After all, it was someone else's invitation.

It's impolite to pour cold water on someone.

Fengchun breathed a sigh of relief, but soon realized that Nanran had probably never been to the outer sect before...

However, since he was able to contract the Flame Lion, he probably just needed to wait until he had enough experience, take part in the inner sect promotion assessment, and become an inner sect disciple.

There is really no need to learn these low-level techniques in the outer sect.

Fengchun found that she could not see through Nanran's cultivation level, and thought that he was much higher than hers.

He can not only contract a flaming lion, but also knows the correct way to raise a mud horse beast... I'm afraid he has already learned the advanced techniques and knowledge that are only taught in the inner sect?

There was a bit more envy and determination in Fengchun's eyes.

She also wants to work hard to get into the inner gate!

Nan Ran felt that the way the child looked at her seemed a little different.

After Fengchun calmed down, he put on a bigger smile and asked Nanran if he wanted two more dishes.

The first step to enter the inner door: hold on tightly to the golden thigh in front of you!

After all, Nan Ran is the only one she knows who knows how to breed mud horse beasts!

As long as she can successfully cultivate the mud horse beast, with the strength of her cultivation as a basis, her chances of being promoted to an inner disciple will naturally be better.

Nan Ran didn't know what she was thinking, she just felt that Fengchun looked at her like a hungry wolf seeing meat.

She smiled and declined: "I'm full."

Fengchun naturally wouldn't force it, and even felt a little relieved.

She doesn't have many sect contribution points left.

but--

[Chirp!] People! More!

The mud horse beast, which tasted meat for the first time, was obviously not full.

It chirped a few times at Fengchun.

Fengchun didn't understand what it meant, but just touched its head lovingly as he always did.

[Chiu!] Meat, meat, meat!

The mud horse beast cried a few times, but Fengchun just touched its head as if to comfort it. It immediately understood that it could not be relied upon.

Thinking of the days when he had to eat bran and grass, the mud horse beast suddenly felt that his life was hopeless.

It would be fine if I had never tasted meat.

Having lived his whole life in a muddle, it won't be long before Fengchun kills him.

Perhaps until death, it will never know what is torturing it, making it suffer and resisting and unwilling to eat grass.

It's instinct!

It's a carnivore, craving for blood and raw meat!

Of course, cooked ones are also fine.

The mud horse beast couldn't help but recall the strips of meat that Nan Ran gave him.

It's delicious. After chewing it carefully, a salty taste spreads in your mouth.

When the salty taste dissipated, it felt that the whole animal was full of strength!

My limbs are not as soft as before.

That was a long-lost feeling of power!

The mud horse beast immediately turned its gaze towards Nan Ran: [Chiu!]

people!

Meat!

It wants to eat that black strip of meat!

It tastes better than what we just ate!

After eating these things, I only regained a little bit of strength!

But that piece of meat is different!

The meat strips gave it back a lot of strength!

[Chirp!] Meat! Give me some meat! Strips!

[Chirp!]

The mud horse beast roared louder and louder, immediately attracting the attention of many people.

Fengchun looked embarrassed, like an incompetent parent who couldn't bear to hit his naughty child: "Stop yelling..."

"Don't call me dear...what do you want? Tell me, okay?"

"Do you want to go back?"

"Are you afraid of too many people?"

"I'll take you back now, okay?"

Based on his "experience" and the theory of beast taming he had learned, Fengchun quickly determined that the mud horse beast was suffering from stress caused by too many people.

She looked at Nan Ran embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Junior Sister Nan Ran, I'm really sorry. I originally wanted to take you around the outer gate to familiarize you with the environment, but the mud horse beast is afraid of people and must be a little stressed now. I want to take it back to comfort it..."

Nan Ran pointed at the mud horse beast that was cursing at her and asking for meat strips to eat.

"It, stress?"

Fengchun nodded, feeling more and more eyes looking at her, and she felt very embarrassed.

Nan Ran was speechless for a moment.

He glanced at the Mud Horse Beast who was trying hard to protest.

This is not stress at all.

...He's obviously starving.

"It's not stressed." Nan Ran hesitated for a moment, then said, "There's no need to comfort it."

She wasn't quite sure what comfort meant here.

But this chirping little fellow certainly doesn't need comforting.

If you really need to appease someone, probably only meat strips are needed.

"Ah?" Fengchun was stunned.

Not stress?

But this symptom - unprovoked irritability, loud yelling, and aggressive tendencies - is clearly a manifestation of stress!

Why did Junior Sister Nanran say this wasn’t stress?

Nan Ran took a deep breath, looked at the mud horse beast, and shouted in a deep voice: "Shut up!"

[Cheek!] No, no! I want meat! Give me meat!

What a naughty kid!

"Otherwise I won't let you eat the meat strips." Nan Ran threatened softly.

[……] Okay, okay.

Looking at the mud horse beast that suddenly became quiet and even sat obediently, Fengchun blinked his eyes and began to doubt his life.

"Junior Sister Nanran, this? You——" can communicate with monsters?

Fengchun opened his mouth in surprise, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Nan Ran came up with a reason he had already prepared.

"By observing some of the monster's behaviors and vocalizations, one can roughly determine its current mental state. This is fundamental knowledge in monster behavior."

"It's also a required course for beastmasters to learn animal language, understand the needs of monsters, and achieve basic communication with them!"

It was obviously unrealistic to say that she couldn't understand animal language at all. Fortunately, in this world, there was indeed behavioral studies of monsters and beasts. More powerful beastmasters could also communicate with monsters in a simple way, rather than having to rely entirely on force to make contracts.

So, the reason she gave was very reasonable.

But the behavior of monsters is difficult to learn.

Of course, you will learn external knowledge, but it is all basic theories, which may even be quite rigid and can only be used as an entry-level foundation.

Once you enter the inner gate, you will learn more profound content.

Even the basic knowledge of the outer sects can be corrected and expanded.

Just like most people’s childhood, they may have learned to steal light by drilling a hole in the wall, and took it as a model of diligence and love of learning. Only when they grew up did they realize… stealing light when they were young, and evading taxes when they grew up!

For example, when we were young, we learned the saying “Who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is hard-earned?” This was a warning to teach people to cherish food. However, the person who said this was actually a corrupt official who exploited the people!

For example, when I was a child, I often saw various public service announcements saying things like there would be no killing if there was no buying and selling, and that eating shark fins and tiger bones was wrong. But in fact... many people will never see this in their entire lives.

The basic knowledge of the outer door and the in-depth knowledge of the inner door are probably different, just like the cognition of a child and the cognition of an adult.

Fengchun's eyes suddenly lit up!

Monster behavior!

Of course, she had heard of this course.

There is a course in the outer sect called Basic Theory of Monster Behavior.

The elders in charge of teaching often said, "You only need to have a general understanding of these theoretical knowledge. The official name of this course is Monster Behavior. It is a very profound and complex subject. You can't access it now. It is an advanced technique that can only be learned by entering the inner sect and becoming an elite disciple!"

Junior Sister Nanran has never appeared in the outer sect, and it turns out it’s not because she has learned the inner sect knowledge!

No wonder he was able to contract a high-level monster like the Flame Lion!

Nan Ran had no idea that the rumors about her had gradually changed from "a waste of the sect", "a poor student at the bottom of the class", "can't even memorize the complete monster encyclopedia" to "a genius who can teach herself the inner sect's elite subjects".

If she knew, she would definitely think that as long as there are people, rumors will grow quietly, then spread widely, and then be believed by people, and finally regarded as facts.

Today you may be called a genius, and tomorrow you may be called a fool.

True or false, you can say whatever you want just by talking.

Even if there is no real evidence, as long as more people say it, countless people will naturally believe it.

Humans are such cute yet annoying creatures!

After Fengchun knew that Nanran understood the behavior of monsters, he looked at her with even more admiration and envy.

"What was that mud horse beast just now—" Hungry?

After eating so much meat, you're still hungry? You want more meat?

Fengchun looked at the mud horse beast with some heartache, and at the same time felt a little sorry for himself.

I feel sorry for the mud horse beast. It probably has never had a full meal since it followed her.

She felt sorry for herself—it seemed like she simply couldn't afford to support such a carnivorous monster.

If she can't even meet the basic dietary requirements, can she successfully breed the mud horse beast?