Beast Taming: The Beginning of Hatching an Ancient Dragon

Chapter 28: Medicine Grinding

Mu Qingqing’s face stiffened as she asked, “Xiao An, what did you just ask? I think I heard something quite extraordinary.”

“What kind of talent is Medicine Grinding?”

Mu Qingqing’s expression immediately turned serious. “Where did you hear about Medicine Grinding?”

Li Chang’an pointed at Yaoyao and said, “Yaoyao’s talent.”

“Isn’t Yaoyao a mutated Double-leaf Rabbit?”

“It seems so.”

Mother and son fell into silence.

After a while, Mu Qingqing was the first to break the silence. “Medicine Grinding is a unique talent of the Medicine Grinding Rabbit clan.”

“Why haven’t I heard of the Medicine Grinding Rabbit before?”

“The Medicine Grinding Rabbit clan is strictly regulated by the Donghuang Kingdom, so ordinary people naturally wouldn’t have access to them. Moreover, the evolution of Medicine Grinding Rabbits is related to mythical clans, which is why textbooks don’t mention them.”

Li Chang’an suddenly understood. “So that’s how it is.”

Mu Qingqing asked again, “Are you sure Yaoyao has the Medicine Grinding talent?”

Li Chang’an dropped another bombshell. “Yes, not only does Yaoyao have the Medicine Grinding talent, but she also has an affinity for moonlight.”

This statement completely convinced Mu Qingqing that Yaoyao’s bloodline was undoubtedly that of a Medicine Grinding Rabbit, as the evolution of Medicine Grinding Rabbits is indeed related to the moon.

Tsk, her son’s luck was something she couldn’t help but envy.

Yaoyao was obtained from the Ecological Research Institute. If Li Mingxuan heard about this, he might just have a heart attack. As a researcher, he hadn’t noticed Yaoyao’s uniqueness.

Thinking of that scene, Mu Qingqing’s rosy smile grew even brighter.

Li Chang’an knew better than to interrupt his mother’s reverie at this moment, or else he would be the one to suffer the consequences.

Xiao Bai, upon hearing about Yaoyao’s uniqueness from Wen Miaohua, was also greatly surprised.

Xiao Bai: “Holy crap, moonlight affinity plus Medicine Grinding? This little rabbit is destined to evolve into a Jade Rabbit of the Moon. In human terms, it’s one of the strongest harmonizer clans.”

Moreover, Xiao Bai urged Wen Miaohua to get along well with Yaoyao, hoping that in the future, she could help make some Moon Toad Osmanthus Cake and maybe some Jade Rabbit Osmanthus Dew.

That stuff, in its inherited memories, was absolutely divine!

Wen Miaohua ignored Xiao Bai’s rambling and instead noted down in her little notebook that Xiao Bai had cursed today.

So even divine beasts curse!

Xiao Bai: …

After chatting with Mu Qingqing for a while, Feng Sisi and Wen Miaohua bid farewell and left.

After they left, Mu Qingqing grabbed Li Chang’an and took him to the family’s workshop.

While guiding Li Chang’an on the shortcomings of the intermediate Lava Set, she also focused on teaching Yaoyao the basics of harmonization.

According to Mu Qingqing’s explanation of the [Medicine Grinding] talent, this skill not only increases the success rate of harmonization but, when developed deeply, can also enhance the quality of harmonized items, allowing them to break through their own limitations.

Li Chang’an compared this with the explanation of [Medicine Grinding] in the soul contract and realized that Mu Qingqing’s understanding was too limited.

There was no need for development.

Yaoyao’s Medicine Grinding talent already had the effect of enhancing harmonized items from the start.

Does the probability seem low?

Not at all. Considering this is the talent effect of a young one in the awakening period, it’s quite impressive.

A pet’s talent will continuously improve with advancement and personal development.

Yaoyao’s probability is already quite good.

Especially the enhancement effect. Often, the difficulty of going from 0 to 1 is much greater than from 1 to 99.

Yaoyao has already completed the 0 to 1 transformation.

Upon learning that Yaoyao’s talent already included the effect of enhancing quality, Mu Qingqing’s envy and jealousy were almost overflowing.

When she heard that Yaoyao also mastered [Grass Blessing], a harmonizer divine skill, Mu Qingqing was completely crazy.

What kind of divine pet is this!

She didn’t even have one yet!

So the petty Mu Qingqing kicked Li Chang’an out of the workshop, claiming she was going to live with Yaoyao.

Li Chang’an could only smile wryly, but it wasn’t a bad thing.

With Mu Qingqing’s dedicated guidance, Yaoyao would be of greater help to Li Chang’an in the future.

Li Chang’an finally understood that his mother was paving the way for his future.

Mu Qingqing had put aside her precious seclusion time for advancement to second-level harmonization master to personally guide his pet in the basics.

Ask yourself, would someone about to break through to second-level harmonization master lack top-tier harmonization pet assistants?

The heart of a parent is truly pitiful, and Li Chang’an felt a warm feeling in his heart.

But Mu Qingqing’s answer was yes, she was damn lacking!

While guiding Yaoyao, Mu Qingqing saw Yaoyao accidentally trigger the process of enhancing spiritual food quality.

This process was very rare. Without a contract with the Medicine Grinding Rabbit clan, one could only see it when a harmonization master went all out.

Not to mention watching the entire process up close.

This had a profound impact on Mu Qingqing. That night, she created a second-level spiritual food set in the workshop and conveniently upgraded Li Chang’an’s Lava Set to the king-tier limit.

Mu Qingqing, originally from Tianheng City, Z Province, became the youngest second-level harmonization master in Z Province at the age of 39 in July 5531 of the Donghuang calendar.

The next day, Li Chang’an heard the good news and sincerely congratulated his mother.

Mu Qingqing was beaming with joy today and specially prepared a big meal for Li Chang’an and his pets like Maomao.

After handing Li Chang’an a large food box and a ring, she hugged Yaoyao and kicked Li Chang’an out of the house.

Li Chang’an, carrying the food box with Maomao perched on his shoulder, looked helplessly at the closed door of the Li family.

Maomao didn’t mind. With its ancient memories, its thoughts were similar to Xiao Bai’s. Hurry up and train Yaoyao well, and in the future, they could eat and drink well.

Envy all those lonely clan members.

Li Chang’an had no choice but to head to the Hunter’s Guild training ground to practice his memory and take advantage of the guild’s energy diversion array.

Especially near the school and Old Mu’s cabin, the life energy was incredibly dense.

On the subway ride, Li Chang’an discovered that the ring Mu Qingqing gave him was actually a spatial storage device.

A space ring, as often seen in novels, not too big, about twenty cubic meters.

Similar spatial storage devices weren’t rare on Canglan Star, as among the beast tamer community with average spatial affinity, creating a small space wasn’t too difficult for king-tier beast tamers.

High-tier beast tamers could also create spatial storage equipment with the help of pets and instruments.

Although not rare, space rings were still expensive, at least a luxury Li Chang’an couldn’t afford with over a decade of pocket money.

After getting off, he found an empty restroom, used his mental power to bind the space ring, stored the food box inside, and then walked lightly towards the Hunter’s Guild.

The young man guarding the Hunter’s Guild entrance had been replaced by a bespectacled cute girl.

According to her, the front desk position was on rotation, and today it happened to be her turn.

Passing through the black gate, Li Chang’an first went to the second-floor reading room to look up information on hunters and hunting skills.

He gained a lot, finding many seniors’ opinions and… jokes.

The latter was something he couldn’t learn, as it wasn’t in his character, but it was good for expanding his knowledge.

Besides these, Li Chang’an also borrowed books on ancient dragons. To his surprise, information on ancient dragons, which was strictly blocked outside, could be freely read here.

No defenses at all.

Then the book’s opinion page answered Li Chang’an’s question.

It turned out that compared to beast tamers, hunters had a much higher chance of encountering ancient dragons.

Therefore, to increase hunters’ survival rate, some unnecessary blocked ancient dragon information was naturally disclosed here.

Of course, it couldn’t be leaked. The contract Li Chang’an signed had confidentiality clauses.

Besides the four ancient dragons in Xiao Chang’an’s memory, Li Chang’an learned about ten more from the book.

It was eye-opening.

The master of the sea controlling tsunamis, “Phantom Light Crying Sea Dragon,”

The sacred life walking through the rainforest, “Fairy Banyan Dragon,”

The raging axe roaming the desert, “Xun Sand Axe Mountain Dragon,”

…

The four ancient dragons in Xiao Chang’an’s memory were actually known to everyone in Donghuang.

Every spring, every Donghuang citizen would hear the thunder of the Purple Thunder Lord “Yu Dian Xiang Long,”

Every summer, the Blue Wind Lord “Rainbow Dragon” represents the arrival of typhoons,

Every autumn, the God of Harvest “Six-winged Golden Dream Dragon” sprinkles golden dreams in the sky,

And in winter, the stunning existence “Jade Scale Dragon” blows cold wind from the Tianzhu Mountain.

They were all closely related to people’s lives, impossible to hide.

Seeing Li Chang’an so fascinated by ancient dragons, Maomao was also anxious.

“Meow! Meow! (Chang’an, look at me! I’m also very powerful. When I grow up, none of these can beat me!)”

Li Chang’an chuckled and lovingly hugged Maomao, saying, “Yes, I know you’re the most powerful. You’re the future Primordial Dragon!”

Hearing this, Maomao happily rolled around in Li Chang’an’s arms.

Li Chang’an knew Maomao wasn’t boasting, as the ancient dragons recorded here weren’t Primordial Dragons, but Maomao indeed had a high probability of becoming the Primordial Inferno Dragon in the future.

He still remembered the scene of that shadow incinerating a planet.

That was Maomao’s future!