Taming beasts is not as good as taming yourself

"Mi Gao, what's wrong?"

The young security guard was somewhat bewildered by his pet's sudden loud cry. He knew perfectly well that it was his pet issuing a warning as it sensed a dangerous creature approaching.

But apart from a student from the Sprout Academy, there was nothing else in front of him. It couldn't possibly be this boy who was the dangerous creature.

Just kidding, his pet is at least a level 5 guard dog, whose combat power is already at the ceiling level for ordinary people. It's no exaggeration to say that if an ordinary person gets close, his Mi Gao won't even lift an eyelid.

"What's going on?"

Seeing his companion's guard dog raise an alarm, another older security guard walked over. He also glanced at his own pet, which was not moving. His pet was also a canine, but unlike the younger security guard's guard dog, it was a hunting dog, which was good at tracking and fighting.

Name: Hunting Dog

Grade: Common.

Attribute: Normal.

Level: 10.

Feature: Tracking.

Skills: Speed, Impact, Bite, Claw Strike.

"Excuse me, would you mind undergoing further examination?" Although he didn't understand why his teammate's pet had issued an alarm because of a teenager, trusting his companion's pet's sense of danger, the older security guard prepared to conduct a more thorough check.

"Can."

Wu Xiao nodded. At this moment, he also wanted to know why the guard dog was so wary of him. There must be something he didn't know about.

After obtaining Wu Xiao's approval, the security officer that year took out his police guidebook, which had more functions than Wu Xiao's ordinary version.

One of its functions can detect pets that are good at hiding. If a pet that is good at hiding is following the boy in front of him, it is entirely possible that it will alert Mi Gao.

"Um?"

The older security officer frowned slightly as he scanned the police encyclopedia. The encyclopedia showed no abnormalities, indicating that there were no hidden pets around the boy. However, the encyclopedia showed that there was residual energy on the boy's body, the kind of energy that pets lose when they fail in battle.

Pets can level up faster by absorbing this energy, but why would such energy appear in a teenager?

"I don't know either."

When questioned by the older security guard, Wu Xiao shrugged, indicating that he didn't know, but he suddenly realized the reason.

The remaining energy on his body was probably from when he killed that level 8 Shadow Wolf cub. However, Wu Xiao was not a pet beast and could not absorb this energy. In addition, his energy had been constantly being lost along the way, and he didn't have much left.

If this had happened right after killing the level 8 Shadow Wolf cub, when the energy was at its peak, the guard dog probably wouldn't have just barked a few warnings; it would have immediately assumed a fighting stance.

"If only I could absorb that energy, wouldn't that be the same as having internal energy?" Wu Xiao thought to himself with a sense of regret. However, he couldn't sense that energy, so he naturally didn't know how to absorb it.

"I wonder if I'll be able to sense it when my mental strength is stronger." Wu Xiao felt that this was likely an opportunity for him to obtain internal energy. As for not being able to sense it now, he would wait until he had stronger mental strength before trying again. As long as he could sense that power, Wu Xiao could use the simulator to continuously try to absorb it.

If he can absorb the energy released from the defeated pet beast, his martial arts will reach a new level.

"You live in the suburbs, right? Maybe you passed by a place where pets were fighting and got infected by the energy that was leaking out there." After thinking hard for a while, the old security officer came to this conclusion after seeing Wu Xiao's address.

Pet battles can quickly level up, so many pet tamers engage in them in private. In the city, the police keep an eye on things, so no one dares to mess around. However, in the deserted suburbs, there are still quite a few private pet battles, which results in energy residue in many places.

It's understandable that ordinary people would get some energy on them if they passed by those places without knowing it, but the boy in front of me seems to have gotten quite a lot on him. I guess there was just a battle between beasts there.

"Alright, go in." The older security guard, who thought he had figured out the key to the matter, waved his hand and let them through.

Thank you!

Wu Xiao took his student ID and strode into the college.

As Wu Xiao stepped into the academy, his image was displayed on a large screen in the academy's conference room, along with a list of his academic achievements in various subjects at the Sprout Academy.

"Student No. 456 has good grades in humanities subjects, but unfortunately he failed to condense his spiritual power and does not have the talent to become a beast tamer." In the conference room sat representatives from various forces in Liuquan City.

They came from Beastmaster Academy, the Public Security Bureau, various pet dojos, and companies engaged in pet-related industries. They all had only one purpose in coming here: to recruit talent.

At this moment, Wu Xiao is being evaluated by these people. However, Wu Xiao's excellent academic performance in humanities subjects is obviously not enough to impress these representatives. To be considered a talent, one must at least be a student who has condensed spiritual power and has the potential to become a beast tamer.

Those apprentice beast tamers who have successfully inscribed contract runes will become the target of competition among various forces.

The graduation age for Beast Tamers at Sprout Academy is 16, and at that age, calling them geniuses is no exaggeration. And this year's graduating class has produced several such geniuses.

Seeing that Wu Xiao was not their target, the representatives from all sides in the conference room shifted their attention away from the screen and began to plan how to compete with other forces for those geniuses who had condensed the contract runes.

"Hmm? This is...?"

Wu Xiao stared at the scene before him, slightly taken aback. He had come here following the signs, thinking this was the venue for the graduation ceremony, but it seemed that wasn't the case.

At this moment, Wu Xiao should be in the academy square, but today the square has been divided into several areas, and Wu Xiao can even hear shouts coming from the nearby areas.

"It's the final assessment before graduation," Wu Xiao followed the directions to a deserted area and then saw a sign.

The sign is very simple, instructing trainees to guide their pets to complete corresponding tasks.

Commanding pets is not only a basic skill for beast tamers, but even an ordinary person should know a little bit about it. For example, the driver who rode the packhorse was not a beast tamer, but he still knew how to command his pet to follow the route.

Looking around, Wu Xiao spotted his test target: a giant blue wolf. Meeting the wolf's gaze, Wu Xiao's hair stood on end.

If this weren't an academy, Wu Xiao would have turned and run away right now. His martial arts intuition told him that the giant blue wolf in front of him was extremely dangerous, far more so than the Shadow Wolf cub he had encountered before.

Commanding and controlling such a pet beast—isn't this assessment a bit too difficult? Did the academy make a mistake?