"Beast taming is indeed magical; a palm-sized creature can consume Bee King honey much larger than itself."
Watching Mo Jin grow larger, Mo Qingchen felt that the hard work over the past few days was worth it!
The growth of the Guardian Beast itself enhances the four hidden Basic Attributes and the Energy Value on the Attribute Panel.
Level advancement for a Guardian Beast is a breakthrough, a promotion in the hierarchy of life, with the most significant effect being lifespan.
The higher the Level, the longer it lives.
Many Exotic Beasts, being short-lived species, have some populations that can only live for a few months.
Just like the Unihorn Insect tribe where Mo Jin belongs, if evolution fails, the lifespan is only a mere year long.
But if Mo Jin steps into Tier One, reaching Level 10, the lifespan will double.
With each Tier advancement, lifespans grow exponentially.
Theoretically, as long as Tier keeps advancing, achieving longevity isn't impossible.
Unfortunately, the Abyssal Rules also impose limitations on the lifespan of Guardian Beasts.
Every 3 Tiers, it can increase by up to 100 years, meaning a Tier Nine Guardian Beast has a minimum of three hundred years of lifespan.
Only by breaking through above Tier Nine can the restriction of the Abyssal Rules be broken.
Considering lifespan now is premature; Mo Qingchen is a man with a cheat, so as long as he plays it safe, reaching the peak won't be a concern.
And as his Guardian Beast, as long as Mo Jin doesn't fall midway, he will surely follow in Mo Qingchen's footsteps and reach the pinnacle of this world.
"Jin Jin, we're out of resources today, so let's go out, hunt some monsters, recover a bit, and by the way, level you up."
In three days, by hunting, they earned over 70,000 Dragon Coins but ended up spending 50,000 Dragon Coins in one shopping spree.
Mo Jin needs to evolve into an Iron Shell Insect by raising the Level to at least Tier One, which is Level 10 at the minimum.
However, in its newly born larval form, even with a decent talent, its actual battle prowess is limited.
Yet, despite being limited, with Mo Jin's current strength, it can handle the sewer rat monsters at Levels 1 to 3 in a one-on-one fight.
These rat monsters, due to malnutrition and poor living conditions, have talents generally degraded to F-level (Deterioration), with strength barely surpassing an awakened adult at age 18.
This is why Mo Qingchen could stab them to death before awakening as a Beastmaster.
Storing valuable items from the room into the Space Backpack.
It was then that Mo Qingchen realized that a cubic Space Backpack was no longer sufficient for storing items.
But thinking about the ten-cubic Space Backpack costing 100,000 Dragon Coins gave him a headache.
Nurturing Mo Jin is about to drain him, and wanting to change the backpack isn't easy.
Shaking his head, Mo Qingchen continued to embrace Mo Jin, hiding it inside his clothes, while placing some steel rods, daggers, and other weapons within easy reach.
Upon entering the sewer, his Spiritual Power spread out directly, cautiously navigating the complex passageways while not forgetting to mark the path, to avoid losing the way.
No choice, the entire sewer of White Crane City is interconnected, with countless pipelines crisscrossing, making it easy to get lost with a little carelessness.
And being lost in the sewer, by the time someone finds you, there might only be a few broken bones left.
The sewer is the domain of the rat monsters!
After walking over two hundred meters in a passage, Mo Qingchen stopped in his tracks, leaned against a corner wall, and pulled out various weapons.
The 20-meter range of Spiritual detection allowed him to discover the rat monsters' movements in advance.
Just around the corner, a mutated ratman stood up, its pair of jet-black eyes glinting with a trace of green, vigilantly gazing in Mo Qingchen's direction.
Sensing Mo Jin in his arms quietly poking its head out from his clothes, its soft insect body half-hanging around his neck, Mo Qingchen raised a finger to his lips in a gesture of silence.
Mo Jin obediently nodded, gently rubbing its head against Mo Qingchen's cheek, and then hung quietly around his neck.
At this moment, a sharpened steel rod, chopstick-length, under the control of Telekinesis, silently flew over from above the passage and hovered above the mutated rat's head.
The next moment, the steel rod spun and dropped rapidly, cutting through the air with a whistling sound, and pierced directly into the mutated rat's eye with precision.
Blood spurted, brains splattered, and the huge rat collapsed onto the ground with a "thud," dead beyond doubt.
[Hint: Beastmaster killed a mutated rat (Level 5), Guardian Beast gains 5 Experience Points.]
The annoying prompt tone made Mo Qingchen's face darken slightly, but feeling Mo Jin's nuzzle against his neck, his expression returned to normal.
He has now contracted a Guardian Beast; a Beastmaster killing monsters to grant the Guardian Beast experience is fine.
Right now, Mo Jin is too weak, but in the future when it becomes strong, won't he be the one clinging to its thigh for support?
What he needs to do now is to cultivate Mo Jin well, striving to ensure its talent won't be a shackle on the road to advancement.
Having solved the rat monster, Mo Qingchen carried Mo Jin out of the corner, stepping over the rat monster corpse lying on the ground not far ahead, whose body occasionally twitched, the vicinity drenched in blood.
The Level 5 mutated rat was the first encountered in these days, and its size was noticeably larger than those below Level 5.
Grabbing the rat tail and placing it into a net bag hung on his waist, Mo Qingchen continued to advance.
From this point onwards, the frequency of encountering rat monsters increased, ranging from one or two to as many as four or five, yet none could withstand Mo's hunting.
[Hint: Beastmaster killed a mutated rat (Level 3), Guardian Beast gains 3 Experience Points.]
[Hint: Beastmaster killed a mutated rat (Level 4), Guardian Beast gains 4 Experience Points.]
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[Hint: Congratulations, your Guardian Beast (Mo Jin) has reached Level 2!]
After hunting in the sewer for over three hours, having eliminated more than twenty rat monsters, Mo Jin's Level finally rose by one.
Seeing that the Experience Points required for the next Level increased from 100 to 200, Mo Qingchen quietly calculated in his heart.
Wanting to help Mo Jin reach Tier One Level 10 within seven days is a long and arduous journey.
"Seems like I can't keep hunting on the sewer outskirts; the rat monster Levels here are low, and their density is not high."
Three hours only earned 100 Experience Points, and this efficiency is already not low among Apprentice Beastmasters who can't afford Dungeon tickets.
However, it didn't meet Mo Qingchen's expectations at all.
Taking out the pre-prepared Compass for directions, Mo Qingchen headed towards the sewers of the South City District.
He entered the sewer from the slums of the South City Suburb; the sewage from this sewer is diverted into the large river outside of White Crane City.
Thus, the rat monster population in these suburban sewer areas is not as abundant as inside the city.
To improve the efficiency of gaining Experience Points from hunting, venturing into the city sewer is imperative.