The Boss's Beginnings

Contracting nine pet beasts required one's Brain Domain to be developed to 90%. Was Teacher Pili Te placing a little too much faith in her...

There were only a handful of people in the entire interstellar world whose Brain Domains had been developed to that extent...

Qiao Sang wore a complicated expression. She gave an "OK" gesture and began playing the first instructional video.

"First, interlock your fingers. Then raise the little fingers of both hands and press them together. At the same time, communicate with your Brain Domain and connect with the two pet beasts you wish to summon. Next, hook your little, ring, and middle fingers together, while keeping your thumbs and index fingers straight and overlapping. Then press your palms together, and finally flatten them... Remember, when making the later hand gestures, you must not sever the connection between your Brain Domain and the pet beasts..."

Qiao Sang copied the movements in the video and began forming the corresponding hand seals.

Very soon, two orange-yellow star arrays of equal size lit up on the floor.

"Ya Bao..."

Ya Bao vanished from the bed and appeared lying in the star array, still fast asleep.

"Steel Slash."

Gang Bao stared fixedly at its pet tamer, its eyes seeming to say: Why did you summon me over here?

So it was this simple... Qiao Sang was delighted inside, though she merely coughed and said, "Nothing. I was just trying out the hand seals. Go back to what you were doing."

After hearing that, Gang Bao immediately prepared to return to training in the open-air grounds. But then it seemed to remember something, paused, turned around, and called out.

"Steel Slash?"

Wait, weren't we supposed to keep practicing?

"Mm." Qiao Sang nodded.

Although she had succeeded on her first attempt at