My tamed beasts can't be demons.

Chapter 11: Textbook Knowledge (Please bookmark this page! Please read on!)

The knowledge in the textbook...

Zhou Lu pondered the words Xiao Xi had left behind before she left.

The next second, his brain felt as if it had been electrocuted, and the memories in his mind were triggered.

These are the knowledge and memories he inherited from the original body, but they are like cold data on a hard drive. If you don't reread and rewrite them, you will always subconsciously ignore their existence.

Zhou Lu searched the room for a while and finally found the textbook he remembered in the place where his father's books were stored.

Looking at the pile of books in front of him, Zhou Lu felt that he should read them all.

Although he probably couldn't understand most of the researcher's reference materials, the parts he could understand were still very beneficial to him.

Books were the least valuable part of his father's inheritance, yet also the most priceless. If he wanted to go far enough on the path of beast taming, knowledge would be the ladder to his advancement.

With that in mind, Zhou Lu opened the book "Basic Methods of Spirit Beast Cultivation" in his hand.

This is one of the five required core courses for freshmen. It mainly teaches knowledge about the breeding and training of spirit pets, covering almost all knowledge about spirit beasts, including their breeding and birthing.

The psychological health of spirit pets, reward mechanisms, and skill training are also addressed.

In Zhou Lu's view now, this is practically a "Handbook for Dual-Use Military and Civilian Talents".

The other main courses are Wilderness Survival, Physical Combat, Spirit Beast Identification, and Beast Tamer Principles.

The first three courses are designed to teach students how to survive in the secret realm.

Wilderness survival goes without saying, but if you want to obtain better resources, you will definitely have to go to remote areas.

Exploring secret realms isn't a competition; Beast Tamers can stand outside a safe zone and command their spirit pets in battle. Many wild spirit beasts are uncivilized, so you must have a means of retaliation when necessary—that's the value of physical combat courses. However, Zhou Lu estimates that most students will barely pass this course, as the perfect score requires holding off a non-spirit beast, the Iron-Eating Beast, for five minutes.

However, it seems the class monitor directly fought the iron-eating beast... No wonder he comes from a famous family of tough guys.

Of course, the best way to avoid risks is to know where dangers exist and which spirit beasts are dangerous, and then avoid the risk of encountering them. This is also the value of the spirit beast identification course.

However, among these main courses, the most important one is the Beastmaster's Code.

The system for granting Beast Tamer status in this world is extremely strict. One must be an adult and pass the Beast Tamer Association's Beast Tamer Qualification Examination to become a formal Beast Tamer and contract their own spirit beast. Otherwise, it constitutes illegal possession of a spirit beast, a serious crime.

Originally, there was no such regulation. It was only after several cases of minors using spirit beasts to commit serious crimes that such restrictions were introduced following public outcry. —Of course, this doesn't mean there aren't similar criminals now.

I heard that in the beginning of this era, babies could form contracts with spirit pets, then it was restricted to junior high school, then to high school, and finally, it was only allowed to form contracts with spirit pets in college.

All I can say is that the "Law on the Protection of Minors" combined with the Beast Taming Extraordinary System is simply too invincible; it's unplayable without nerfing it.

After finishing his rant, Zhou Lu quickly found the information he was looking for in "Basic Methods for Cultivating Spirit Beasts".

The book contained far too much information, and given that the original owner had focused all her energy on passing the exam, she hadn't bothered to look at anything outside the exam content. As a university textbook, written twenty-six years ago, its content was already somewhat outdated. It even assumed that students had already formed contracts with spirit pets. I've heard that, under the guidance of major educational companies, the textbook for this course will be revised the following year.

In a time when students need to pass a criterion exam to contract a spirit pet, they didn't have any spirit pets when they took this course, so naturally they couldn't learn any skill training. Although the teacher talked about it in class, this part of the content was not part of the exam content at all, and Zhou Lu didn't pay attention to it at the time.

No wonder the teacher of this course repeatedly told us not to throw away the textbook even if we passed the exam.

Turning to the skills training section, Chapter 3 focuses on training headbutt-type skills.

As the most versatile skill for spirit pets, headbutt-type skills are applicable to all spirit pets with physical forms, and training them is also very simple:

Headfirst, then repeated impacts.

It seems like it's the kind of thing anyone with a brain can learn, but whether you can actually master it depends entirely on the pet's aptitude.

The textbook also specifically mentions several tips for increasing the success rate of training. Among them, the most effective way to increase the success rate is to use a harder object as the target for the spirit pet to collide with.

Harder objects...

Zhou Lu's first thought was of the training hall facilities, where there should be rocks specifically for practicing impacts.

So, is there anything harder than the rocks in the training hall...?

Zhou Lu silently raised his head and looked at the wall in front of him.

It seems there really is.

Zhou Lu quickly looked away. Although he was eager for Hua Huo to start practicing tonight, he decided not to disturb the neighbors late at night, considering that Xiao Xi lived next door.

Shashasha, shashasha.

A slight sound came from beside me.

Looking down, I saw Hanabi practicing [vine entanglement] with the corner of the table.

It can already use [Stemming] and [Wild Growth] quite skillfully, but [Entangling Vines] is not a simple combination of these two skills. It actually tests the experience of the individual spirit pet the most.

Knowing how to use entanglement techniques to better control different enemies is definitely not something you can learn by simply studying in isolation.

To help Hanabi master this skill, you need to take her to a safe zone in the secret realm where spirit beasts frequently appear but are not too dangerous, and find a large number of spirit beasts to practice this skill on.

I just don't know if there's such a suitable place.

Let's ask Sister Xiaoqing later.

Thinking this, Zhou Lu opened the "Illustrated Compendium of Spirit Beasts" next to him.

This book serves as a textbook for the course on identifying spirit beasts and can also be used as a reference book. However, with the availability of much faster and more convenient electronic encyclopedias now available, few people would carry such a thick "Spirit Beast Encyclopedia" when exploring secret realms.

However, having an electronic encyclopedia does not mean that this course is unimportant.

In the most urgent and dangerous situations, the human brain is more efficient than any tool. When faced with a sudden attack from an unknown mythical beast, you may not have time to pull out an electronic encyclopedia to look it up.

Compared to the "Basic Methods of Spirit Beast Breeding" which has remained unchanged for over a decade, the "Spirit Beast Compendium" is updated every year.

Zhou Lu flipped through the illustrated guide in his hand, trying to find the content he remembered.

He quickly found the content he wanted.

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Name: [White Jade Giant Snail]

Properties: Water, Steel

Racial Skill: [Shell Impact]

Location: C0032 (Forest Creek Secret Realm)

Description: A large snail carrying a huge white shell, its shell as beautiful as white jade and exceptionally sturdy, making it a favorite shell of the white jade hermit crab. Their natural enemy, the iron fist wombat, likes to use their shells as boxing gloves.

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The shell of the White Jade Giant Snail is a well-known sturdy object found in nature. Since headbutt-type skills will be the primary means of attack, it is essential for Hanabi to have a sturdy "home".

And it has to be beautiful.

The white jade snail's shell perfectly matches both criteria, making it ideal as a flowerpot for fireworks.

However, precisely because of its beauty and sturdiness, the shell of the White Jade Giant Snail is highly sought after and commands a high price, causing its population in the secret realm to shrink continuously.

If he remembers correctly, there should be a safe zone in the C0032 Secret Realm, but as a C-level Secret Realm, you need to obtain a C-level Exploration Certificate to enter it.

Once Hanabi learns the Headbutt skill and [Vine Entanglement], she can try her luck in the safe zone there.

(End of this chapter)