A Special Beast Taming Space

Having learned the method to activate the little guy's racial skills, Xu Bai felt fully confident.

"I choose you, come on out, little guy."

With a thought from Xu Bai, ripples stirred in the space before him, and the little guy walked out looking dazed, as if it had just woken from a nap.

However, the moment it saw Xu Bai, the tiger instantly perked up.

Are you ready to help me get stronger?

The little guy was eager to try, its eyes fixed on Xu Bai with a burning desire for strength.

"I need to prepare the materials to help you grow stronger. It's too late today, so let's do it tomorrow." Xu Bai rubbed the little guy's head and said with a smile.

"Awoo?" The little guy tilted its head in confusion. Then why did you call me out?

"To give you a name, of course." Xu Bai said with great interest, "You've become my beast now; if I don't give you a name, am I supposed to just keep calling you 'little guy' forever?"

A name...

The little guy realized, then looked at Xu Bai curiously, wondering what name its beastmaster would choose for it.

Xu Bai thought for a moment and said, "Since you're my first beast, how about I just call you 'First'?"

I don't like it.

The little guy let out a cry, hoping Xu Bai would pick another one.

However, Xu Bai just smiled and said, "You think this name suits you perfectly, too? Then it's settled. From now on, you'll be called First."

The little guy froze, and only after confirming it hadn't misheard did it look at Xu Bai in bewilderment.

Can't you understand what I'm saying?

"Do you want to go back and rest? Fine, I'll send you back now." Xu Bai nodded, then with a thought, he recalled First into the beast space.

First: ?????

Watching First's figure vanish, Xu Bai curled his lip. "My parents didn't even let me pick my own name, and you, as my beast, are being picky?"

The night passed without incident, and in the blink of an eye, it was noon the next day.

In Xu Bai's courtyard, the sound of "thump, thump" echoed.

Zooming in, one could see that Xu Bai had found a massive stone mortar from somewhere and was currently pounding away at it with great effort.

Not far away, First crouched on the ground, watching curiously, unable to understand what its beastmaster was doing.

As for the name, First had long since thrown that to the back of its mind; soul beasts didn't care about such things anyway.

After a long while, Xu Bai finally stopped, picked up a wooden spoon, and scooped the contents out of the mortar into a wooden basin nearby.

It was black and powdery.

He touched it with his hand—hmm, very fine, with no obvious grit.

"Perfect." Xu Bai nodded in satisfaction, then looked at First. "First, I promised to help you get stronger today. The materials are ready, but I'm not sure if you can handle it."

"Awoo!"

As long as I can get stronger, I'll do anything!

First was excited. It hadn't expected its beastmaster to be tinkering with this stuff all morning just to help it grow stronger. It was touched—truly, deeply touched.

"This is the first stage. You don't need to sacrifice anything; you just need to rub this powder all over your body."

Xu Bai held the wooden basin, smiling brightly.

The black, powdery substance inside was, naturally, ground magnetite.

He had bought the magnetite first thing in the morning. It wasn't too expensive—one gold soul coin could buy forty catties—so he had generously bought four hundred catties.

He had only taken a small portion to grind into powder, storing the rest in his beast space.

He didn't know if it was because of his transmigration or if the beast space was simply like this.

In any case, although Xu Bai's beast space was called a space, it could essentially be viewed as a small, improvable world.

And as the beastmaster, he was like the world-lord of that space.

At the beginning, the beast space was empty. Aside from being able to slightly accelerate a soul beast's cultivation, it was no different from a clean, void space.

But the feedback he received when he awakened the beast space told Xu Bai that he could introduce external materials into it and, through his intent, influence the space to gradually evolve into whatever he desired.

Xu Bai had thought about experimenting, but limited by his strength, age, and financial resources, the beast space could only be used as a portable storage space in the early days.

Now, of course, it was much the same.

After all, his beast space was quite large. To complete the initial evolution of the ground, he would need enough soil, rocks, and other materials to form a small hill at least fifty meters high.

Whether he purchased them or gathered them locally, it would be too eye-catching. The only way was to go to a no-man's land to get them.

But on the Douluo Continent, a no-man's land was synonymous with a gathering place for soul beasts.

Digging for soil in such a dangerous place?

With his current strength, he certainly couldn't manage that.

"Perhaps when I reach level thirty or forty, I can let my beast-taming help out..."

Xu Bai mused to himself while using a brush to evenly apply magnetic powder onto Di Yi's body.

Di Yi was initially suspicious of Xu Bai's actions, but once the black powder was actually applied to its fur, its doubts vanished.

It could feel a distinct, mild warmth emanating from the areas covered in the black powder.

It was as if its body was absorbing the energy contained within the powder.

The energy inside the black powder seemed to be drawing something out from within its own body.

It could vaguely sense that something inside it was about to emerge, which felt truly miraculous.

The only thing Di Yi couldn't quite figure out was why, despite being covered in the warm powder and feeling cozy all over, a sudden chill had inexplicably crept up the back of its head, as if something bad was about to happen.

However, that chill came and went as quickly as a hallucination, and immersed in the cozy warmth, Di Yi soon cast the matter to the back of its mind.

The manual stated that applying the magnetic powder twice a day, morning and evening, yielded the best results, but this first application had taken place at noon.

That was a minor issue, though; he would just correct the schedule starting tomorrow.

Once Di Yi was fully coated, it lay down comfortably and drifted off to sleep, a state that would likely last for about an hour.

Xu Bai raised his hand and promptly recalled Di Yi into the beast-taming space.

With Di Yi's matters settled, it was time to attend to his own.

Nothing else, really—he was simply going to register as a Spirit Master at the Spirit Hall and fleece them for some benefits.

He had originally lived in a city within the Balaque Kingdom, and it had taken a long journey westward to enter the Fasinuo Province, followed by another few dozen miles to reach his current location, Huangshan City.

This trip had essentially crossed provincial borders, so he wasn't worried about his "good uncle" finding out.

Therefore, registering as a Spirit Master at the Spirit Hall was virtually risk-free; a gold spirit coin a month was free money, and he would be a fool not to take it.

He was a beast-tamer, a profession notorious in novels for burning through money. He currently wished he could split a single gold spirit coin in two, so he certainly wouldn't miss out on a way to get them for free.

Don't let the fact that awakening Di Yi's racial talent didn't cost many gold spirit coins fool you; that was just luck, as he had happened to use inexpensive materials.

But he might not be so lucky when it came to the materials needed for increasing cultivation speed or racial evolution in the future.

After a quick wash of his hands, Xu Bai left the small courtyard and headed toward the Spirit Hall branch in Huangshan City.

The Spirit Hall branch was located in the center of Huangshan City, directly across from the City Lord's Mansion.

It didn't take Xu Bai long to travel from his home to the branch.

Upon entering, he stated his request.

A deacon then tested his spirit power and registered him as a Spirit Master.

The entire process was swift and efficient, without a single hitch.

Then again, it made sense; his first spirit ring was a ten-year ring. Countless Spirit Masters like him appeared every year, and he was far too ordinary for anyone to take notice.

What Xu Bai hadn't expected, however, was that his spirit power was now at level twelve.

Could a ten-year spirit ring really boost spirit power by two levels?

If he remembered correctly, Tang San, the child of destiny in this world, was able to jump two levels after absorbing his first spirit ring because his ring was at the absolute limit for a first ring and had been dropped by a top-tier predator like a Datura Snake.

But in his own case...

Was it due to the unique nature of his beast-taming space spirit?

Xu Bai pondered this inwardly as he took his first monthly stipend and walked straight out of the Spirit Hall branch.