Beast Taming Patrol

“Stand up straight! All of you, stand up straight!” Li Hong barked as his gaze swept across the members of Xing Yun’s squad, pausing briefly on Lin Su who stood at the head of the line, “Does Instructor Xing know that his own team members can’t even stand properly? It’s embarrassing!”

Members of Xing Yun’s squad: “…”

After more than an hour of morning exercises, when everyone had finished breakfast and returned to the courtyard, they were not met by Xing Yun, but by the devilish Li Hong.

Right from the start, Li Hong showed everyone his training style, which was utterly different from Xing Yun’s.

If Xing Yun had not given them a heads-up, some of the squad members might have already started to feel resentful by now.

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Seeing that the members of Xing Yun’s squad were standing in a straight line at his command, Li Hong nodded slightly, his expression solemn, “This morning and afternoon, you will undergo Guardian Beast Co-operation bonding index enhancement training under my guidance. Before that, let me ask, among you, does anyone have an understanding of what the bonding index entails?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Su raised his hand, and apart from him, only Zhao Tianchen and a boy named Ye Han in the team raised their hands.

The other seven, obviously, had no clue.

“Then let me explain the general concept of the bonding index to you.” Li Hong was clearly not surprised by their lack of knowledge, “The bonding index refers to the degree of understanding and cooperation between a Beast Tamer and a particular Guardian Beast, and note, it’s about a particular one!”

“Most of you currently have only one Guardian Beast, but you will definitely contract more in the future. Different Guardian Beasts have different personalities and may get along differently, so naturally, the level of understanding varies. If you are more in sync with a particular Guardian Beast, then your bonding index with it will be higher!”

“Generally, the bonding index is the highest with the first Guardian Beast!”

“Meeeh! (｡òωó｡)” (That’s right!)

As Li Hong spoke, Qiuqiu, standing on the other side of the courtyard with the other members’ Guardian Beasts of Xing Yun’s squad, shook its head and looked proudly at Gui Gui next to it.

Your big brother will always be your big brother!

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My bonding index with Lin Su is definitely going to be higher than yours!

When it comes to Guardian Beast Co-operation in the future, you’ll have to rely on your big brother!

“Gyah! (◯‸◯)” (I don’t believe it!)

Gui Gui put its hands up and crossed them in the air, rolling its eyes in disbelief.

When it comes to understanding, how can big brother, who always lies on top of Lin Su’s head, compare to oneself who always stays in Lin Su’s shadow?

Big brother, you definitely haven’t learned idioms.

Do you know what “like a shadow” means?

I, Gui Gui, will surely surpass you!

The quiet discussion between the two Guardian Beasts did not interfere with Li Hong’s lesson.

Standing in front of the squad members, he continued his explanation.

“The bonding index ranges from 1 to 100,” Li Hong’s gaze slowly swept across the members, “Remember one very important number, 30!”

“If the bonding index between you and your Guardian Beast is not even 30, then you won’t be able to engage in Guardian Beast Co-operation in battle!”

Upon hearing this, the expressions on everyone’s faces instantly turned serious.

Most of the members in the squad were hearing about this threshold for Guardian Beast Co-operation for the first time, and started to worry whether the understanding with their Guardian Beasts would meet the standard. ȓαɴȎβËᶊ

“Reporting to Instructor Xing!” Zhang Xiaoyu gritted his teeth and raised his hand, “I want to know how the bonding index is measured?”

Among all those present, he was the most worried.

His relationship with his Guardian Beast, Mushroom, had always been somewhat discordant—he wanted Mushroom to become a healing-type Guardian Beast, but Mushroom wanted to become a powerful combat-type Guardian Beast.

Such a significant divergence in the development direction between a Beast Tamer and a Guardian Beast was rare.

Could this cause his bonding index with Mushroom to fall below 30?

“You can’t measure it,” Li Hong shook his head, “To be precise, it’s impossible to test the bonding index before you first engage in Guardian Beast Co-operation; it’s a value calculated based on the energy of your Cooperative Body, as well as the combat power actually demonstrated in battle. So, at this stage, you cannot test the bonding index; you can only try to improve it as much as possible!”

This…

Zhang Xiaoyu grew nervous, his gaze unconsciously wandering to Mushroom, who stood among the Guardian Beasts.

Could his bonding index with Mushroom… meet the standard?

Sensing the mood of his Beast Tamer, Mushroom punched the air towards Zhang Xiaoyu’s direction, and at the same time, telepathic thoughts came through.

“Don’t worry, we can definitely do it!”

Mushroom’s face was full of confidence.

Isn’t it just about tacit cooperation?

No big deal!

Starting today, I will make the Beast Tamer a man who loves battle!

Mushroom is so confident?

Zhang Xiaoyu’s anxiety eased at that moment.

Then, as a Beast Tamer, he couldn’t fall behind!

He had to work even harder!

Starting today, I will make Mushroom a lover of peace and a nurturing care-giver!

Standing beside Zhang Xiaoyu, Lin Su glanced at Qiuqiu and Gui Gui who were whispering on the other side of the courtyard and smiled faintly.

This issue was not much of a concern for him.

Qin Nan had mentioned to him before that as long as there were no severe conflicts between the Beast Tamer and the Guardian Beast, it was quite easy to reach a bonding index of 30.

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