Beast Tamer: I'm invincible because I can see the evolution path!

Chapter 57 So you were originally on the path of a demon father?

"Huh?" Li Gan stared blankly at Qiao Bai.

Qiao Bai closed his eyes, unsure how to tell Li Gan that the dragon lizard not only had no problems at all, but seemed to be in heat right now.

Just now I thought this thick, long thing looked a lot like a mythical dragon.

The imagined voice was added in.

Oh wow.

The filter shattered into pieces instantly.

Qiao Bai bent down and, before Li Gan and the dragon lizard could react, suddenly reached out and touched the dragon lizard's belly.

Dragon Lizard: "?"

Li Gan: "?"

What happened?

Something appeared with a "whoosh" and then disappeared with a "whoosh"?

"His stomach is bulging. It's not just that he's full, he's a little stuffed." As soon as Qiao Bai's hand touched it, the dragon lizard instinctively twisted its body.

Qiao Bai was all too familiar with that gesture; Xiao Wu always made him rub his tummy in that way when he was full.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Li Gan's eyes widened like saucers, almost gleaming. "I fed Xiao Qi before I left, and Xiao Qi didn't eat a single bite!"

Qiao Bai said expressionlessly, "Obviously, it ate it without your knowledge."

A look of doubt appeared on Li Gan's face as he looked hesitantly at the dragon lizard on the ground.

Qiao Bai had no reason to deceive him.

So... the problem can only lie with our own side.

Li Gan's eyes sharpened.

The lizard's supple body, which had been lying on the ground, gradually stiffened.

But it still held on, looking like it was "groaning and whining" and "I'm so weak."

This made Li Gan's gaze less firm again.

"But... if it's like you said, why would Xiao Qi lie to me?" Li Gan turned his gaze away from the dragon lizard and looked at Qiao Bai with a puzzled expression.

If you're not actually feeling unwell and are just faking a hunger strike, you must be trying to achieve something, right?

There are no dragon lizards.

For over a month, he had been whining, listless, and lacking energy. Li Gan couldn't think of any reason why the dragon lizard would need to lie to him.

After hesitating for a while, he turned to Qiao Bai for help: "Qiao, what's going on?"

Li Gan's brain was almost completely shut down.

Qiao Bai stared at the dragon lizard without saying a word, his fingers tapping the table absently.

kindness……

Qiao Bai's innate skill, [Eye of Insight], does indeed allow him to see what his pets want to say, but before the Dragon Lizard, Qiao Bai had never used his innate skill to communicate with his pets.

It's not that Qiao Bai didn't want to.

Qiao Bai had tried it; the pet's thoughts manifested by the innate skill did not change in a timely manner according to the pet's thoughts.

Instead, it will reveal the strongest thought in the pet's mind within a short period of three to five minutes.

Just like.

After Qiao Bai exposed that the dragon lizard had never actually been hungry, and after being stared at with an oppressive gaze by Li Gan for a while, his thoughts changed after seeing it through his innate skill.

[A lie...? But Little Dragon said... hiccup—hiccup hiccup!]

The dragon lizard seemed a little frightened.

Qiao Bai was also helpless.

He doesn't seem like a bad person, does he?

However, Qiao Bai also felt a sense of relief.

Although they still don't fully understand what's going on, Li Gan's dragon lizard is definitely not sick.

At most... it's just that there are some psychological problems?

After thinking for a moment, Qiao Bai picked up Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu tilted its head and looked at Qiao Bai with a puzzled expression, as if asking Qiao Bai why he was lifting it up at this moment.

Li Gan's gaze also fell on Xiao Wu.

Li Gan: "What? Are you sending your daughter to reform my son?"

Qiao Bai rolled her eyes at him: "Dream on."

Then Qiao Bai said, "What I mean is, let Xiao Wu and your dragon lizard fight each other and see how it goes."

Battle.

Upon hearing those two words, his little black bean eyes lit up instantly.

A battle is great!

Good match!

Since his last encounter with the fox, Little Crow has not encountered a suitable opponent.

None of the birds in Yanglin Village are any of the extraordinary creatures that can fight them!

They all ran away completely!

This made Xiao Wu very unhappy.

Why is it so hard to find a suitable opponent?

Little Crow sighs.jpg

Upon hearing that he could fight this giant in front of him, Xiao Wu's eyes lit up with excitement!

Okay, okay, now it can fly up and beat this big bug up!

"Huh?!" Li Gan looked shocked again.

He looked at Xiao Qi, the dragon lizard, who was lying listlessly on the ground. Even though it was nearly a meter long and as thick as a thigh, its body was covered with layers of fine, interwoven blue and green scales.

Turning his head, he looked at the little bird bouncing around in Qiao Bai's palm. It was round and dark, and Qiao Bai could easily cup it in both hands, like a small sesame-skinned glutinous rice ball.

His mouth opened slightly, and his gaze gradually shifted to Qiao Bai.

It was filled with condemnation of Qiao Bai.

"I didn't realize you were on the path of a 'devil father'?"

Before Qiao Bai could even give him a "what nonsense are you talking about?" look, Li Gan pointed at the dragon lizard, then at the little bird: "Look at the size difference! I'm not kidding, my Xiao Qi could eat ten of these birds in one bite!"

Upon hearing this, the dragon lizard on the ground trembled.

Oops... I suddenly feel so cold!

The long dragon lizard coiled itself up, trying to curl itself into a ball, its big eyes scanning the surroundings vividly.

Could it be that it's misjudging?

Unlike the dragon lizard that was trying to find the source of the cold, Xiao Wu, who understood what Li Gan was saying, was extremely angry.

Xiaowu: (へ╬)! ! !

Nobody's here!

No one has ever dared to underestimate it!

We have to teach this guy a lesson today, or he won't know why the flowers are so red!

If Qiao Bai hadn't stopped Xiao Wu in time, Xiao Wu could have rushed up and attacked Li Gan at any moment, and blood would have been spilled in no time.

"Don't get angry or hold a grudge if others look down on you. After all, people are biased." Qiao Bai gently stroked the tuft of hair on Xiao Wu's head and said in a gentle tone, "Just like he thinks his Xiao Qi is the strongest, I also think Xiao Wu is stronger."

Li Gan was startled the moment the little bird started flapping its wings.

Fortunately, Qiao Bai intervened the next second and began to persuade Xiao Wu. Li Gan was so moved that he burst into tears on the spot. He opened his mouth to apologize when he heard Qiao Bai continue speaking.

"We can retaliate on the spot. Hitting a beast tamer is uncivilized, impolite, and may even be illegal, but we can hit that pet beast back without any problem."

Little Wu nodded its head frantically.

Xiao Wu: OVO

Listen to the beast tamer!

That's right!

There's no point in fighting that weakling; let's fight the big guy lying on the ground!

Dragon Lizard, Big Guy, Little Seven: "?"

Xiaoqi was shocked.

What happened?

Since it appeared here, it has never opened its mouth, and there has been no indication that it has provoked anyone.

Why was it suddenly targeted?

Seven-Eyed didn't understand, Seven-Eyed was shocked, but Seven-Eyed was an obedient and good Seven-Eyed! Seven-Eyed promised Little Dragon! I won't fight—anyway, this bird can't beat me!

Qiao Bai raised an eyebrow.

kindness?

There's something there.

Qiao Bai's suggestion to have Xiao Wu fight the dragon lizard was actually an attempt to buy some time and see if he could glean any insights from the dragon lizard's psychological changes.

Unexpectedly... before the fight even started, we'd already discovered something interesting.

I had seen the nickname "Little Meilong" before.

Qiao Bai didn't think much of it, simply assuming it was the dragon lizard in heat.

Although a dragon lizard less than a year old should theoretically still be a baby, dragon lizards are somewhat related to the legendary creature "dragon".

Dragon nature is... cough cough!

It's not impossible that dragon lizards are indeed in heat, right?

It wasn't until the dragon lizard mentioned Little Dragon again that Qiao Bai finally realized something was wrong.

Could Xiao Qi's changes be because of this little dragon?

more importantly.

For a dragon lizard to be able to go into heat and be called a "little beautiful dragon," the other party, even if not a dragon lizard, must at least be a supernatural creature related to "dragon."

The problem is coming.

Even a dragon-like lizard that isn't a true dragon can be worth tens of millions.

Ordinary people simply cannot afford to contract such expensive pets.

The probability of encountering a dragon-type supernatural creature in forbidden lands is extremely small.

I really encountered it.

Forbidden Land, Wilderness, Wild Dragons.

What would a normal person think of when these words are put together?

Extremely dangerous!

It's hard to say whether they'll come back alive after being hit!

So where and how did Xiaoqi meet this little dragon?

"Did you encounter any danger when you took Xiaoqi to the forbidden land?" Qiao Bai asked.

Li Gan was taken aback: "Danger? What danger could there be? I just circled around the perimeter and didn't go any deeper."

"It's quite big, though. It took me a whole day and night to get back from the city gate."

"Luckily, I hired an expedition team before I set off, otherwise I wouldn't have dared to take Xiaoqi to spend the night in the forbidden land."

Qiao Bai frowned: "Didn't you go to a forbidden place in our city?"

If Qiao Bai remembers correctly.

From June to October, no one is allowed to stay overnight in forbidden areas of New York City.

Otherwise, Qi Yue wouldn't have spent time traveling back and forth to the mine every day.

"It's a forbidden place in the neighboring Eastern Continent. Their curfew is different from ours; it's from November to May every year."

Qiao Bai nodded.

I seem to have some ideas, but I'm missing some key information.

"Alright." Qiao Bai patted Xiao Wu. "Then let's get ready for the battle."

Li Gan: "No? Qiao Bai, are you serious?"

"Otherwise, you don't think I'm joking with you, do you? It's not funny at all." Qiao Bai gave him a questioning look.

Li Gan: "..."

Li Gan wiped his face.

"If you really want Xiao Wu and Xiao Qi to fight, I have no objection."

Respect others.

Understand others.

Li Gan had no say in Qiao Bai's methods of training his pets.

If Qiao Bai really intended to have the two pet beasts fight, Li Gan naturally had no objection.

"But Xiao Qi might not agree." Li Gan put on a mask of pain.

This is the second source of his troubles.

One is that Xiao Qi went on a hunger strike, which has now been confirmed. It seems that Xiao Qi had been secretly eating when he wasn't looking.

Li Gan was both angry and amused.

In any case, Xiao Qi won't starve herself to death, so Li Gan won't say anything for now.

Another problem is that Xiao Qi refuses to fight.

"I'm not a battle maniac, but Xiao Qi's refusal to fight is a big problem for me!" Li Gan sighed, glancing down at Xiao Qi lying on the ground.

Xiao Qi turned around stiffly, pointing the smooth tip of its tail at Li Gan, but refusing to look into Li Gan's eyes.

Li Gan sighed again.

This scene was witnessed by Qiao Bai.

He nodded.

Yep.

Okay.

The dragon lizard seemed somewhat guilty about its body.

Feeling guilty gives you a chance to resolve your inner conflict.

If the dragon lizard could act so self-righteously, then Qiao Bai really had no choice.

A person who is determined to pretend to be asleep cannot be woken up by external forces.

The dragon lizard is currently in a Schrödinger-like state of feigned sleep.

On one side is "Little Meilong," who has been talking to Xiaoqi for who knows what, and on the other side is Li Gan, Xiaoqi's hardworking father.

All Qiao Bai had to do was get Xiao Qi to open its eyes and take a good look at its old father, Li Gan, who was losing hair faster because of it!

Going bald is inevitable sooner or later.

Qiao Bai said with a confident expression, "As long as you don't mind Xiao Wu attacking Xiao Qi unilaterally."

Li Gan understood.

So you're just going to let Xiaoqi stand there like a statue if you don't hit it?

Li Gan was a little conflicted. Was this not a good idea?

But then he glanced at Xiao Wu's petite and delicate figure.

In an instant, all my thoughts vanished.

"No problem." Li Gan waved his hand: "Even if Xiao Qi doesn't retaliate, his defense is quite good and won't be easily broken."

As he spoke, Li Gan glanced at Xiao Wu again.

What he didn't say was—

In Li Gan's view, the inherent differences in breed and quality between the small black lizard and the dragon lizard are not easily overcome.

Moreover, it seems that Qiao Bai said that Xiao Wu is a Chinese bird that is mutating in a bad direction.

Li Gan was still a little worried that even if he let the dragon lizard stand still and let Xiao Wu hit it, would Xiao Wu eventually be unable to leave any marks on the dragon lizard?

The more Li Gan thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

His gaze toward Xiao Wu was filled with kindness.

"Go ahead and fight, fight however you want, it would be best if you could break through their defenses," Li Gan said with a kind smile to Xiao Wu.

Qiao Bai shuddered.

The little bird flying in mid-air also trembled.

"Turn your eyes off me, or I'll have Xiao Wu beat you up too," Qiao Bai said with a look of disgust.

Li Gan chuckled: "Your daughter is my granddaughter. Can't I even look at my own granddaughter?"

Then he said to Xiao Wu, "Go for it, Xiao Wu!"

The little bird flapped its wings in mid-air, held its head high and puffed out its chest, looking proud and imposing.

"Little Wu, you have the aura of a king."

Qiao Bai had just finished speaking.

A powerful aura erupted from Xiao Wu in all directions!

Even if humans are not easily affected by the aura of extraordinary beings.

Qiao Bai and Li Gan felt the strong airflow rushing towards them!

My mind was filled with nothing but shock!

Qiao Bai, who had already experienced Xiao Wu's skills, was fine, but Li Gan's eyes went blank, as if he hadn't realized what was happening.

What surprised Li Gan even more was...

A damp atmosphere filled the air, and wisps of white, ethereal mist gathered around the dragon lizard.

Li Gan, whose mind went blank from being stunned by Xiao Wu's intimidation skill, slowly began to process the moisture and smoke.

This is... Xiao Qi's skill, [Swallowing Clouds and Spitting Mist]?

Didn't Xiaoqi refuse to fight?

When did you use the skill?

Li Gan felt like his brain wasn't quite up to the task.

"Son, lend your brain to your father for a moment...?" He slowly turned his head to look at Qiao Bai.

Qiao Bai immediately smacked Li Gan on the forehead, instantly waking him from his daze.

Once Li Gan regained his senses, he immediately remembered what Qiao Bai had just said: "A kingly aura? That doesn't make sense, does it? Little Wu really know that skill?"

He looked Xiao Wu up and down, left and right, but he couldn't find any signs of royal attributes on Xiao Wu.

Extraordinary beings with royal attributes naturally exude a different aura.

It's the kind of creature that—you can tell at a glance that this extraordinary being must be a "king"!

Xiao Wu doesn't have that kind of temperament.

When nestled next to Qiao Bai, Xiao Wu was a tiny, adorable little ball that didn't evoke any fear at all.

Li Gan wanted to ask a few more questions.

He saw the clouds and mist on the field increasing, more and more... He should have been happy that the dragon lizard had regained its fighting power, but he immediately noticed the problem.

"This isn't right! Why is Xiao Qi attacking itself!" Li Gan slapped his thigh and looked at his pet beast with a shocked expression.

No?

Xiaoqi, you're so silly!

Even if you want to refute Qiao Bai's words, even if you don't want to fight, even if you want to make the little bird happy, you shouldn't use such obviously uncooperative methods!

Who would let their pet attack itself?

"How do you know that this was Xiao Qi's own idea?" Qiao Bai gave Li Gan a look.

He couldn't understand what was going on in Li Gan's head.

Why do we still firmly believe that the dragon lizard was letting this little bird have its way?

[King's Aura] Xiao Wu has already used it, doesn't Li Gan realize that Xiao Wu's strength is far from as weak as he imagined?

Li Gan was confused: "Surely Xiao Wu couldn't have used that 'swallowing clouds and spitting mist' skill? Xiao Wu couldn't possibly have that ability!"

Qiao Bai shook his head.

The logic doesn't hold water, so let Li Gan see for himself.

More and more mist and water vapor swirled around the dragon lizard's thick, long body. The water vapor condensed and seeped into the dragon lizard's fine scales little by little, and the mist also seeped into the dragon lizard's body from the inside out.

The dragon lizard's expression gradually became ferocious and painful, with a hint of shock and blankness in its eyes.

What happened?

The dragon lizard's brain was initially filled with gibberish.

Immediately afterwards...

[Waaah...it hurts, it's so scary...Seven wants to cry...! Little Dragon Girl says no...The Beast Tamer will...can't hold back! The dragon's going to hit the bird! Bad bird! Seven, you're okay! The bird is bad!]

"roar--!"

As the dragon lizard thought to itself, "I can't take it anymore" and "This is terrible!" it let out a clear roar!

Its body and claws tried to exert force, but they were limp and powerless.

This is the intimidating power that Little Black King's aura brings to the dragon lizard!

Even though the natural advantage of its bloodline meant that the dragon lizard didn't fear Xiao Wu from the inside out like the other extraordinary bird creatures that had fled Yanglin Village before, the dragon lizard was not a dragon, much less a king.

The king's aura brought a powerful sense of intimidation, causing the dragon lizard to stiffen its body for a short period of time, completely separating its body from its brain.

The dragon lizard's brain: I can do it! I'll shoot the bad birds now!

The dragon lizard's body: Threatened by a powerful presence, its physiological response takes over, causing it to shut down, freeze, and temporarily become unable to move.

So the dragon lizard could only let out pitiful and helpless roars.

Mental activity also became very rapid.

[Shoot the bird, bad bird, shoot the bird, bad bird—Seven Little Bird is good, no beast tamer would dislike Seven Little Bird!]

Qiao Bai frowned.

Wait... this mental activity...

Could it be that the dragon lizard thinks Li Gan will dislike it if it fights?

Is the dragon lizard's logic flawed, or has he misunderstood?

"Have you said anything you shouldn't have to Xiaoqi, like saying you'd abandon her or that you don't like her?" Qiao Bai asked in a low voice, in a tone that only Li Gan, who was standing next to him, could hear.

Li Gan was practically jumping up and down on the spot.

He glared angrily at Qiao Bai, but then realized that his good brother was helping him solve a problem. He suppressed his anger and responded in a low voice through gritted teeth.

"You really don't trust my character? How could I say something like that to Xiao Qi!"

Suppressing his anger, Li Gan glanced at the dragon lizard struggling in pain, and the little crow that had temporarily ceased its attack without Qiao Bai's command.

He then continued, "Xiao Qi is still a cub, which translates to an infant in human terms. It takes at least two and a half years for him to develop an intelligence and comprehension similar to that of a teenager. How could I possibly say such a thing to an infant?"

"Xiaoqi will take this seriously!"

"Can you be sure that no one else has said similar things to Xiao Qi?" Qiao Bai didn't mean to question Li Gan's character.

But Qiao Bai felt that this was the problem.

It seems that dragon lizards have actually come to this realization.

Fighting and eating will make beast tamers unhappy and dislike them.

If it wasn't Li Gan who said it to the dragon lizard, then who else could it be?

Li Gan: "After I signed the contract with Xiao Qi, I took care of her myself. No matter where we went or who we met, I accompanied her. I can confirm that I never let Xiao Qi hear anything like that."

Li Gan, who had always been slow to realize things, seemed to finally understand the problem after Qiao Bai pressed him repeatedly.

His expression was serious and earnest.

I carefully recalled the people who had contact or conversations with the dragon lizard and confirmed it again.

no problem.

"I guarantee it, absolutely not."

Qiao Bai didn't press the matter further.

Since Li Gan said so, he wouldn't joke about Xiao Qi's issue, which means there really isn't a problem.

Qiao Bai also thought of one last suspect—

The dragon lizard kept repeating "Little Beautiful Dragon".

What message did Little Dragon convey to the dragon lizard that caused it to behave in a way that was different from its usual behavior?

Although I don't know what's going on with this little dragon.

Fortunately, the key to Xiaoqi's problem has been found.

It's easy to solve once you get to it.

"Okay, I understand. Let Xiao Wu and Xiao Qi finish this battle first," Qiao Bai said with a relaxed expression and a smile in his voice.

"Xiao Qi also looks like she really wants to fight back."

He definitely wasn't trying to get revenge because Li Gan had belittled Xiao Wu's abilities.

(End of this chapter)