Chapter 399 - 288: Beastmaster Grandmaster (2)

Chapter 399: Chapter 288: Beastmaster Grandmaster (2)

Tang Wen was a little bored.

Li Zi had fallen asleep in his arms.

In her sleep, she clung tightly to his left arm, like an insecure little daughter nestled in her father’s embrace.

Behind him, a long sash was wrapped around his waist, securing Zhou Bing, who felt unsafe on her first flight, to his back.

Carrying his wife on his back and holding his daughter in his arms.

It really made them feel like a family of three.

Tang Wen idly stroked Hu Qi’s head.

As a Peak Fifth Grade member of the White Tiger Race, flying was practically instinct for Hu Qi.

She could even doze off mid-flight without any issue.

On the other side, Xia Qingge had also lost her initial excitement from the start of the journey. She was yawning and continuously taking swigs from a flask.

Tang Wen summoned his Experience Panel.

He browsed through it casually.

His eyes finally landed on this entry:

[Beast Taming Skill, Expert (9011/12000); Traits: spiritual soothing]

His Beast Taming Skill had broken through to the Expert Level a long time ago.

He had to admit, it had been incredibly useful in the early stages.

It was all thanks to this skill that he had managed to establish himself in Ganshan City.

But he had acquired too many Skills since then.

He couldn’t afford to pay attention to it.

He only used it with any frequency when catching hummingbirds.

He used [spiritual soothing] on Hu Qi’s head.

She immediately perked up, her telepathic voice ringing out:

"What do you think you’re doing, kid?"

[Beast Taming Skill, Expert (9011→9019/12000); Traits: spiritual soothing]

His Experience Points for an Expert Level Skill had increased by 8.

’How rare!’

"Nothing. How did that feel just now?"

As he spoke, Tang Wen cast another `calm` on her.

Hu Qi shook her body uncomfortably, wondering what to say.

But Tang Wen didn’t stay idle.

He bombarded her with one `calm` after another.

At first, Hu Qi’s fur stood on end, and she wanted to throw Tang Wen off. ℯ

But after being hit with seven or eight "spiritual soothings" in a row, she actually found it wasn’t so awkward anymore.

Seeing that she wasn’t saying anything, Tang Wen naturally didn’t stop.

Relying on his abundant Spiritual Power, he cast "spiritual soothing" again and again.

In the blink of an eye, he had done it over a hundred times.

Hu Qi wasn’t giving much experience anymore.

The Experience Points he received from each `calm` had dropped to three.

He didn’t know if she had developed a resistance to "spiritual soothing" or if he had maxed out her affection meter.

After another hundred or so casts,

the Experience Points dropped to one.

Then to nothing at all, and finally, he had to use `calm` two or three times in a row just to get a single point in return.

Just a measly point of experience.

He stopped casting and rubbed the bridge of his nose, a trace of exhaustion on his face.

[Beast Taming Skill, Expert (...→10321/12000); Traits: spiritual soothing]

"Hey? Why’d you stop?"

Hu Qi sounded displeased, her tone unusually intimate and tinged with a special emotion.

Like a wife asking her husband.

Tang Wen shivered, suddenly remembering that Hu Qi was, in fact, a female tiger.

"Ah Qi, Sister Qi, constantly using a Skill is tiring, you know!" His heart leaped into his throat.

’Did I raise her affection level too high?’

’Ah Qi doesn’t have any... inappropriate ideas, does she?’

HISS!

Tang Wen was not prepared to start an interspecies romance.

"Hmph." The White Tiger rolled her eyes.

Tang Wen couldn’t handle it and quickly asked, "Was it really uncomfortable at first, and then it got more and more pleasant?"

Just as he finished asking, Li Zi stirred in his arms.

Tang Wen recalled that he seemed to have said the same thing to a woman before and was instantly filled with a bit of regret.

Fortunately, White Tiger Ah Qi didn’t understand the implication.

She hesitated. "At first, it felt very, very awkward, like someone you don’t know well trying to give you a big hug after only meeting a few times. But then, slowly, you start to think, ’Hey, their hugs are actually pretty comfortable!’"

After saying this, she asked, "Have you ever experienced that?"

Tang Wen breathed a sigh of relief. ’Thank goodness, thank goodness. White Tiger Ah Qi is still into other White Tigers.’

"No! Unless it’s a beautiful woman hugging me, I wouldn’t find it comfortable at all! Wait, no, I wouldn’t let a man hug me in the first place!" Tang Wen declared decisively.

He understood what Ah Qi meant, though.

Having finished grinding experience from Hu Qi,

Tang Wen set his sights on the other White Tiger.

It wasn’t that he was greedy; it was just that the White Tigers gave so many Experience Points.

Ordinary people have to endure decades of hard work, on top of having considerable natural Talent, just to become a Beastmaster.

But here Tang Wen was, earning Experience Points effortlessly while flying pleasantly through the air.

Who could possibly resist the joy of watching their experience rise?

’Can’t resist!’

’Absolutely can’t resist.’

He sent a telepathic message directly to Xia Qingge.

She snapped out of her drowsy state.

"What? You want to come ride over here?" Xia Qingge looked as if she’d seen a ghost.

"No, I mean, let’s switch White Tigers. The three of us—"

"Tch! As if I don’t know what you’re thinking!" Xia Qingge’s almond-shaped eyes narrowed, her gaze unfriendly as she sized up Tang Wen.

"What am I thinking?"

With the great beauty smiling at him like that, Tang Wen’s mind started to wander.

The scene he had witnessed in the bathroom that night couldn’t help but surface in his mind.

’Her legs are so big—no, so fair!’

Unforgettable at first sight.

Xia Qingge pouted but didn’t voice her thoughts. "Fine, switch! Let’s switch! I’ll talk to Niannian. But there’s no guarantee it’ll let you ride!"

Hu Niannian was young and liked to play.

It didn’t like carrying passengers at all.

It was only after getting familiar with Xia Qingge that it became willing to carry her.

Now, upon hearing it had to carry Tang Wen’s group of three,

it surprisingly had no objections.

Xia Qingge was very displeased and rubbed its head forcefully.

She had a look on her face that said, ’How could you betray me like this!’

Hu Qi was a bit reluctant to part with Tang Wen but couldn’t win an argument against him.

Before long, the two White Tigers slowly descended.

They landed on a mountainside.

It was a patch of withered forest.

It seemed a wildfire had also broken out here at some point, as many trees were burned to charcoal.

Zhou Bing looked at the unfamiliar environment and commented casually, "Even if it starts raining next year, who knows how long it will take for this to recover."