Water Cloud Beast

"I want the method for establishing a connection with pets!" Claire stated directly.

Their world was not lacking in strange creatures like magical beasts, but few people could tame those wild and arrogant magical beasts. If it were intelligent and orderly species like orcs, half-orcs, or the beast-eared girls many people longed for, mages could use contracts to forcibly establish a master-servant relationship with them. However, that was a forced relationship, nothing like the friendly bond between Lan Zhao and the slime before him.

Therefore, Claire concluded that the other person's world must have a specific method for communicating with pets, one that could improve their relationship.

Otherwise, how could slimes, being the same species, become so difficult to tame in his own world?

Lan Zhao was taken aback. "How did you know our world has a specific method for establishing contracts with pets? Never mind, it's not something worth hiding. If you want it, we can trade. But are you really not considering the Electric Tail Cat? A single ordinary electrical attack from it can pierce a three-centimeter iron plate."

Lan Zhao was enthusiastically recommending the Electric Tail Cat unique to their region. He himself had contracted one and adored it.

"No, it's better to seek skill than a tool, and better to seek the Way than skill. Since the Way of your world cannot be sought, let's trade for the method to establish a contract with pets."

"Then what do you have to trade?" Lan Zhao asked.

Claire thought for a moment, picked up the Magic Book within reach, and said, "I'll trade this book with you."

"Is there anything special about this book?" Lan Zhao asked curiously.

Claire chuckled, "You'll know soon enough."

With that, he snapped his fingers, and a fireball the size of a human head appeared before him. Claire snapped his fingers again, and the fireball split into four, each the size of a fist and spinning rapidly. As the speed increased, the spinning fireballs transformed into rings of fire.

Lan Zhao's eyes widened. He had never seen a human control flames; only fire-element pets could do so.

Claire wasn't finished with his demonstration. He clenched his fist, and the rings of fire extinguished. Then, he chanted a spell, and an arc of electricity soon appeared in his hand.

"Let's see, can your Electric Tail Cat's electrical attack be this powerful?"

After speaking, Claire hesitated for a moment. He decided not to make Regan run back and forth, so he pointed his finger out the window. The next second, a blue lightning bolt shot from Claire's fingertip, soaring straight into the sky, which completely stunned Lan Zhao.

Claire was very satisfied with the other's reaction. The "Lightning Strike" he had just used was an intermediate-level magic, the spell with the greatest attack power he could currently cast.

After the demonstration, Claire picked up the Magic Book in his hand. "The spells I just used are all recorded in here. What do you say? Can we trade for that method now?"

"Of course!" Lan Zhao exclaimed excitedly. If he could learn the spells recorded in it, he could defeat some elite monsters with his bare hands.

"Then I'll introduce you to our method for establishing a connection with pets," Lan Zhao said excitedly. "Generally, if a pet can be raised from the pet egg, its obedience level will be the highest. However, we often have to capture pets from the wild. That's when this method is needed. It can establish a connection with pets, allowing you to transmit your emotions to them and receive their emotions in return. This way, the two parties understand each other, and forming a contract becomes much easier."

"Mm-hmm!" Claire nodded as he listened, but the actual effect would depend on how it performed in this world.

"Then let's begin the trade," Claire said softly, placing the Magic Book in his hand into the trading space.

"Alright! But please wait a moment. That book is considered a most basic tutorial here, so I need to find it." Lan Zhao said, as more advanced books taught how to command pets in battle.

Lan Zhao rummaged through his room, searching through boxes and drawers. It took him several minutes to find it at the very bottom of a pile of books.

Looking at the somewhat worn book cover, Lan Zhao scratched his head sheepishly. "Um... this book is a bit damaged. How about I give you a pet egg as well? Your Magic Book is definitely more valuable than our basic tutorial."

This is a true businessman! Claire thought to himself.

"You can choose any of the three-star eggs!" Lan Zhao generously offered.

"Then I'll take this water-blue one," Claire said casually, pointing. It was a gift anyway, and he didn't have high expectations for these pets, so he might as well pick one with a nice color.

"A Water Cloud Beast! I'll put it in the trading space then!" Lan Zhao said, picking up the water-blue egg and placing it in the trading space.

After both sides pressed agree, the trade commenced!

A book and a water-blue egg appeared in Claire's trading space. A pleasant trade was successfully concluded.

After the trade, the countdown appeared. Lan Zhao gave Claire some key tips on caring for the pet egg and shared some magic casting techniques with him before the trading channel closed.

The other party had mentioned adding friends. Claire felt tempted but then remembered he didn't have any trading points. He could only add friends later when he was more affluent.

The interface returned to the original trading panel, and the items in the trading space were transferred to his personal space. Claire habitually glanced at the upper right corner. Where there were only trading points before, a countdown had appeared: "Ten more days until energy storage is complete!"

Claire narrowed his eyes, quickly understanding the reason.

The plane matched for this one-star cross-world trade was completely different from the previously matched planes. It consumed three times the trading points. Therefore, after the trading panel was upgraded, the energy storage time also became three times the original.

However, half a month was a reasonable waiting time. Not to mention half a month, even five or six years wouldn't be a problem. The lifespan of an intermediate mage already exceeded that of ordinary people. As long as there were no accidents, living to three hundred years old was not an issue. Moreover, his strength wasn't stagnant; he estimated that the energy storage time would shorten again when he advanced to a senior mage.

He first took out the somewhat worn book and, as with last time, the book was immediately enveloped in a bright light upon appearing. This was the book adapting to the laws of this world, something Claire was accustomed to.

However, when the water-blue egg was released, there was no unusual reaction. It was probably because this world already had magical beasts that could wield strange powers.

Claire placed the water-blue egg on a table nearby. He wasn't worried about anyone breaking it; access to the sixth floor of the castle was generally restricted.

Then, he picked up the book, whose text had been translated, and began to study it carefully. It contained the profound knowledge from another world; how could it not be captivating?