"Fang!"
The Fire Fang Dog gave a cheerful bark, seeming very satisfied with the name.
"That name's been done to death. The Fire Fang Dog my neighbor Auntie's daughter's boyfriend brought over last time was called that too," Bai Yunmiao said.
Qiao Sang fell into deep thought beside her.
She really hadn't thought about the naming issue.
Not every Beastmaster in this society gave their Pet Beasts names.
Some Beastmasters gave their Pet Beasts names like online usernames rather than proper ones.
The purpose was to stand out from the crowd and attract attention.
Others sought out masters who specialized in naming Pet Beasts, basing the names on their attributes, date of birth, and birthplace.
But more often, they simply picked part of the species name and added a repeated syllable to it.
However, these repeated names became rather awkward to call out as Pet Beasts grew.
Because Pet Beasts evolved.
Never mind what the Beastmasters thought; many Pet Beasts became dissatisfied with their original names after evolving.
Take Cotton Segment Worms, for example.
Many Beastmasters called Cotton Segment Worms "Wormy," but their evolved forms, such as Ba Xue Butterflies and Ba Du Butterflies, had already undergone a perfect transformation.
By then, they were not too happy about still being called Wormy.
But Wormy had been used for so long that it had become a habit, and changing it to "Butterfly" at that point would feel just as awkward.
Because of this, some Beastmasters simply addressed their Pet Beasts directly by their species names.
After all, they were bound by contract, so the Pet Beasts knew perfectly well who was being called.
Calling them by their species names was usually no problem, but it was different once a Pet Beast had an endorsement. It definitely needed a name of its