Chapter 18: Proficiency

Attribute counter is common sense, and Chen Tongtong certainly knew that.

However, he had never fought with a Fire-type Pet, which was true; there were only two fierce individuals in their entire school who dared to contract a Fire-type Pet as their first one.

Both of them were in their second year of high school, and there wasn’t a single one in their current year.

Is attribute suppression that strong? Chen Tongtong felt depressed.

He was so distracted after paying that he didn’t even notice when the other party left, until Jiang Liu patted him on the shoulder.

“Why didn’t you add her contact information before transferring the money? That way, you could have pushed her contact information to me.”

Chen Tongtong: “…Get lost!”

…

After Qiao Sang finished her third battle, her mother called.

“Why aren’t you home yet?”

Qiao Sang checked the time: 6:17 PM.

Wencheng Middle School’s dismissal time was 5:00 PM sharp, and home was close to the school; it only took a dozen minutes by bus, and even if she dragged her feet, she could usually be home by 5:30 PM.

“I took Fire Fang Dog out for training,” Qiao Sang replied.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the line, then she said, “Come back early, the food’s already getting cold.”

“I know.”

Qiao Sang hung up the phone and tore off the paper stuck to her backpack.

She was very dissatisfied with today’s results; the peak dismissal time at school was so short, and by the time she finished three battles, most people had already left.

The efficiency was too slow.

Qiao Sang felt that waiting around at other people’s schools like this wasn’t going to work.

She pondered for a moment, then her consciousness entered the yu beast codex.

[Name: Fire Fang Dog]

[Attribute: Fire]

[Level: Beginner (115/1000) +]

[Skills: Bite (Beginner 74/100) +, Ram (Mastery 138/500) +, Fire Fang (Beginner 5/100) +, Spark (Beginner 5/100) +]

[Point: 55]

The values for all skills had increased by varying amounts, but why wasn’t this Point a multiple of 3? Could it be that defeating different Pets yielded different Points?

She had battled three times today: Little Chubby Dove, Cotton Section Worm, and White Sand Fox. They were all Beginner Pets. The only difference was that Cotton Section Worm was defeated in one hit, while the others took several rounds of battle.

Did Cotton Section Worm lower the Point?

Qiao Sang looked at the data in front of her and suddenly thought of something.

“Fire Fang Dog, use Fire Fang,” Qiao Sang suddenly said.

“Ya!”

Although Fire Fang Dog didn’t understand Qiao Sang’s intention, it obediently used Fire Fang. Because there was no attack target, Fire Fang quickly retracted.

Qiao Sang looked at the yu beast codex again.

[Name: Fire Fang Dog]

[Attribute: Fire]

[Level: Beginner (115/1000) +]

[Skills: Bite (Beginner 73/100) +, Ram (Mastery 135/500) +, Fire Fang (Beginner 6/100) +, Spark (Beginner 3/100) +]

[Point: 55]

The value after Fire Fang increased!

Doesn’t that mean that practicing by oneself, without an attack target, can also increase skill proficiency!

She had misunderstood earlier; skill proficiency is gained through practice, and it doesn’t necessarily require an attack target to increase proficiency.

However, if releasing a skill once could increase proficiency, wouldn’t everyone’s Pets be able to reach a superb level of skill?

Qiao Sang didn’t know about other people’s skill proficiency, but it seemed that hers did indeed increase with each release.

To verify her idea, Qiao Sang asked Fire Fang Dog to release Fire Fang one more time.

After Fire Fang Dog finished, sure enough, the value of Fire Fang changed from 6 to 7.

Qiao Sang was silent for a moment, then her consciousness exited the yu beast codex, and she immediately told Fire Fang Dog to release Fire Fang 100 times to see what would happen.

Fire Fang Dog nodded, looking like it had everything under control.

But reality was cruel; just after Fire Fang Dog continuously released Fire Fang for the fourth time, it became… listless.

The value of Fire Fang stopped at 10.

Releasing skills also requires energy and stamina, and it was clear that the current Fire Fang Dog could only use Fire Fang a few times.

Fire Fang Dog had already fought three consecutive battles, consuming a lot of stamina and energy.

Qiao Sang judged that, in a state of full mental alertness, continuously using Fire Fang 10 times should not be a problem.

If she released it 10 times in the morning and 10 times in the evening, wouldn’t Fire Fang’s proficiency reach Mastery after 5 days?!

Can a Pet’s skill go from Beginner to Mastery that quickly?

Qiao Sang reviewed her limited knowledge of Beast Taming.

No.

Even low-level skills, practiced daily, would take nearly a month to go from Beginner to Mastery. The next stage after Mastery is Minor Accomplishment, which multiplies the power several times and would require at least half a year.

Fire Fang is a mid-level skill, and it would take at least 5-7 months to go from Beginner to Mastery.

But Fire Fang Dog could do it in 5 days.

This was clearly the power of the Gold Finger!

With this Gold Finger, was she still afraid of not getting first place in the Saint Water Middle School special recruitment? By then, all her skills would be at the Mastery level; what would they use to fight her!

By that time…

“Ya!”

Fire Fang Dog’s bark pulled Qiao Sang back from her fantasy.

Qiao Sang snapped back to reality, only to see some people around looking at her with strange eyes. She subconsciously adjusted her facial expression.

Her lips dropped, and her muscles pulled, feeling a bit sore.

Qiao Sang then realized that she had been smiling so much her face was numb…

“Cough, let’s go home,” Qiao Sang said, picking up Fire Fang Dog.

“Ya!”

Fire Fang Dog pointed its small paws towards the barbecue stall in the distance.

Qiao Sang took a look and realized she was hungry too; otherwise, how could she smell the cumin wafting from so far away?

“No, dinner is already made at home,” Qiao Sang turned her head away, resisting the temptation.

“Ya~” Fire Fang Dog looked up at Qiao Sang with its wet eyes.

This little fellow actually knows how to act spoiled…

“Only two skewers,” Qiao Sang compromised.

Fire Fang Dog nodded happily.

They arrived at the barbecue stall.

“Student, you haven’t gone back yet?” The aunt running the barbecue stall recognized Qiao Sang.

“That’s right,” Qiao Sang replied. She sniffed the smell of the barbecue. “Auntie, 20 lamb skewers, please.”

In the end, Qiao Sang ate 5 skewers, and Fire Fang Dog ate 15 skewers.

On the way back, Qiao Sang said earnestly, “When we eat dinner later, you must pretend you’re not full and finish your meal, okay?”

“Ya.”

Fire Fang Dog responded, then let out a satisfied burp.

Qiao Sang: “…”

Qiao Sang comforted herself, it would take more than half an hour to get home by bus from the Hang Gang No. 37 Beast Taming High School’s nearest bus stop, so it should be digested by then…

Pets can usually eat human food, but to develop well and get good nutrition, they must eat specially prepared energy-rich food.

Her mother prepared the Pet food separately at home, which took a lot of time. If Fire Fang Dog was too full from eating lamb skewers to eat what her mother made…

Qiao Sang shook her head, not daring to think about it further.

It would only take a dozen minutes to get home by subway from here, but for Fire Fang Dog’s sake, Qiao Sang still chose to take the bus.

On bus No. 66, perhaps because its energy was depleted and it was full, Fire Fang Dog was unusually quiet, lying by the window and looking at the scenery outside.