Beast Taming: I Can Add Points

"Woof!"

Early in the morning, Yu Bao leaped onto the bed and, with a SWISH, yanked Su Zhi’s blanket away.

The three-year mark had arrived! This was the moment for the Great Sage Yu Bao to finally show off!

"Stop messing around." Su Zhi lifted Yu Bao off, then rolled himself back in the blanket and went back to sleep.

"Woof woof." Yu Bao was telling him to stop sleeping. ’Look, I’m not even sleeping. I get up this early every day.’

’Of course,’ Su Zhi thought. ’An hour of sleep in your Tier Four Beast Taming Space is as good as four hours out here. How can we be the same...’ Su Zhi pretended not to hear and continued sleeping.

In reality, after awakening his Tier Four Beast Taming Space, his own constitution and sleep efficiency had also far surpassed that of an ordinary person. He didn’t need much sleep to feel fully rested, and nearly all of it was deep sleep.

But he hadn’t told Yu Bao that... Otherwise, how could he justify lazing around in bed...?

"Woof."

Wise Yu gave him a look that said, ’You’ll get what’s coming to you,’ then beckoned for Shan Bao to get on the bed.

"Chirp!" At Yu Bao’s signal, Shan Bao jumped onto Su Zhi, deciding to demonstrate the results of its Super Heavy Gold Fall training.

"That really won’t be necessary..." Su Zhi was off the bed in a second.

You ask why he stopped lazing in bed?

What a joke. As a Beast Tamer, he had to lead by example and be a role model for his Pet Beasts. How could he possibly laze around in bed?

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[Pet Beast: Yu Bao (Yu Dian Farm Dog)

Power: 1.30

Agility: 2.26

Intelligence: 3.20—3.30

Constitution: 1.42

Perception: 3.84—3.99]

[Real-time Energy Value: 5425]

"Woof..."

"Alright, alright, next." Before Yu Bao could throw a fit, Su Zhi cut him off and cupped Shan Bao in his hands.

’Shan Bao is so much nicer,’ he thought. ’Just a fluffy little ball, easy to hold in one hand~’

[Pet Beast: Shan Bao (Flash Gold Sparrow)

Power: 1.00

Agility: 1.05

Intelligence: 1.04

Constitution: 3.58—3.99

Perception: 1.02]

[Real-time Energy Value: 3000]

After the intense qualifying matches, everything briefly returned to normal.

The second year of high school was intense, and the training required by the curriculum was noticeably more voluminous and difficult than in the first year.

In fact, starting from the second semester of their second year, all Pet Beasts were expected to have learned every Skill on the exam syllabus, after which they would begin the long process of a first round of review, a second round of review, a third round of review...

This continued until they could execute all their Skills with machine-like precision, perform all their combos subconsciously, and finally face the ultimate test for high school students—the Gaokao.

It was destined to be a long and tedious road...

But none of that had much to do with Su Zhi.

While most students were supervising their Pet Beasts, miserably grinding through the curriculum’s exercises, Su Zhi and his "treasures" were venturing further and further down the path of unique Skills.

Zhou Shengfa was a very strict supervisor, demanding that everyone in Class 10 complete 1.1 times the training volume stipulated in the exam syllabus. The sole exception was Su Zhi, towards whom he adopted a hands-off approach.

What? You want to follow a custom path too? Fine. You just have to beat Su Zhi’s second pet.

In reality, almost no student objected to Zhou Shengfa’s methods.

Students from other classes would occasionally gossip, feeling that Su Zhi was using his talent to get out of hard work, and that it was unfair to those who were truly putting in the effort.

But the students of Class 10 all knew that Yu Bao and Shan Bao’s training regimen was absurdly intense. When it came to effort, they were in a league of their own.

Perhaps geniuses truly did exist, but all talent could only be realized through an accumulation of sweat.

"Yu Bao, are you even trying? You’ve only gained this few Points in a whole week. Look at Shan Bao, he’s gaining so much more. His Constitution stat is already the same as your highest stat, Perception."

Su Zhi delivered this merciless taunt to Yu Bao while getting dressed and folding his blanket.

"?" Yu Bao’s eyes went wide.

"You’ve been allocating Points for so long, and your Perception stat still hasn’t broken 4? Shan Bao made a pact with me way later than you, and his Constitution is already about to break 4. This Yu Bao is just no good."

"Woof woof!" Yu Bao grew anxious, circling him. TAP TAP TAP.

’You can’t blame me for that! I haven’t slacked on a single one of my required Skills. But after evolving, the number of Points I can get from training has just gone down...’

’I remember the old days, when I could gain a whole bunch of Points from one Skill in a single day. Now, I can train several Skills all day and might not get many Points at all.’

’I can get a lot of Points from actual combat, that’s true, but where am I supposed to find so many evenly matched opponents to fight?’

’It’s not like Shan Bao, who’s still in his newbie bonus period. He just has to focus on training his Skills, and tons of Points come rolling in...’

"Alright, alright," Su Zhi said.

Wise Yu had wanted to reason with him patiently, but seeing his dismissive attitude, he grew even more frantic, scratching his head in frustration.

"Chirp chirp." Shan Bao patted Yu Bao comfortingly with its foot.

’It’s okay~ A little bit is great, too~’

Su Zhi watched his two treasures, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and grew thoughtful.

After evolving, although the Energy Value increase from a single Point allocation for Yu Bao had grown larger, the difficulty of obtaining Points had also increased.

Before, during the team tournament, there were frequent Pet Beast Battles, so Yu Bao’s Points still rolled in steadily, and the effect wasn’t significant.

Now that they were in a "period of peace," his progress had stagnated.

’So this Point Allocation System is encouraging me and Yu Bao to stir up more trouble...? It really seems to fear a world without chaos, huh.’

But this was all temporary. In a little while, the national team tournament would officially begin, and there would be plenty of real combat opportunities for Yu Bao to earn Points.

’I hope our opponents then aren’t too weak!’

"Oh, right, where’s Wu Bao?" Su Zhi asked, looking curiously out the window.

Wu Bao was usually up by this time, but he was nowhere to be seen today.

Shan Bao hopped over to the garage to take a look, but it didn’t see him either, shaking its head in confusion.

Just as Su Zhi was wondering, a rustling sound suddenly came from under the bed.

"Wuu!"

Following a familiar insectoid cry, Wu Bao shot out from under the bed with a WHOOSH and pounced on Su Zhi.

[Pet Beast: Black Fighting Emperor (Note: Wu Bao)

Attribute: Wood, Fighting Element

Race: Middle Elite

Real-time Energy Value: 4290]