The index really had updated.
When Shi Yu noticed the change, his heart immediately stirred.
"I successfully copied the Intimidation skill."
"According to the rules, as long as I find a target, I should be able to teach this skill to another pet beast at any time!"
Intimidation... was the ability the wolf king used to command its pack.
If he could teach this skill to ordinary Snow Wolves, couldn't he manually mass-produce wolf kings?
And if he could also teach this skill to pet beasts of other species, he could probably raise "kings" of those species too.
The more he thought about it, the more broken it seemed.
But being broken was what made it fun.
He actually possessed such a powerful Beast Taming Talent. As expected of him.
Shi Yu smiled. When he came back to his senses, he saw the Snow Wolf King watching him with a puzzled look.
"Grrrooowl-"
The wolf king let out a low growl and frowned.
Shi Yu understood. Seeing him grinning foolishly, it suspected something was wrong with him...
Let it suspect what it wanted. Shi Yu wasn't angry.
The wolf king could never understand his happiness. The joys of man and wolf were not the same.
Having just taken advantage of it, Shi Yu found the Snow Wolf King very pleasing to the eye.
Your Intimidation skill seems impressive, but as of this second, it's mine.
The Snow Wolf King still didn't know that its skill had been copied. After confirming that it hadn't scared Shi Yu into such a state, it turned its head and began devouring the meat.
Only after it had eaten and drunk its fill did the ordinary Snow Wolves in the pack dare to gather around.
It had to be because the wolf king had left its scent on him. After the wolf king left, the ordinary Snow Wolves were noticeably less fierce toward Shi Yu than before.
Just as the other interns had said, they were very well-behaved.
Their good behavior made both the rest of Shi Yu's feeding work and his study of the index in his mind go much more smoothly.
I really can teach it. After portioning out food to the Snow Wolves, Shi Yu was excited.
Just now, when the Snow Wolves had been in his sight, the information on the first page of the stone index in his mind had changed.
The skill's status had gone from no teaching target available to teachable.
In other words, he really could impart the Intimidation skill in the index to every Snow Wolf he had just fed!
True manual wolf king production!
Of course, just because he could didn't mean Shi Yu would recklessly use the teaching ability.
Leaving aside the unknown amount of stamina it would consume, casually helping the breeding base's Snow Wolves learn Intimidation would definitely cause major problems too...
Back to feeding-
Shi Yu threw himself into the work and soon finished. Unfortunately, during the feeding, he hadn't managed to copy any of the Snow Wolves' other skills.
After all, aside from the wolf king, which displayed Intimidation at all times, the other Snow Wolves had nothing better to do than use their racial skills while eating.
Oh well. Shi Yu wasn't greedy. A single high-level mental-type Intimidation skill had already made this a huge windfall.
After finishing the Snow Wolf pack's feeding, Shi Yu moved on to other tasks.
At the breeding base, Shi Yu saw an Azure-Backed Eagle sweeping across the sky on patrol.
He fixed his gaze and thoughts on it. Although it was quite far away, the status of Intimidation in the index in his mind changed once again from no teaching target available to teachable.
Look at that. Not only could he raise wolf kings... he could raise bird kings too!
Shi Yu really wanted to try it.
But reason made him choose to work.
Interns had it rough. The hardest, most exhausting tasks all fell to them, and the work didn't require much skill either.
There was no helping it. After all, they were still learning.
Even if Shi Yu and the others were assigned difficult tasks like training pet beasts, they would need to be capable of doing them.
Take the wolf pack just now. Without a wolf king that knew Intimidation, managing and training them would be extremely difficult.
Training those Snow Wolves into pet beasts suitable for Beast Tamers to raise and contract was the job of the other, full-fledged breeders and trainers.
Shi Yu and the other interns could only handle more basic work.
Of course, besides the basic work, the full-fledged breeders regularly led interns like Shi Yu and the others in other tasks, allowing the interns to learn many new things.
There are still three months left in the internship. I'd better settle down and learn for now.
His predecessor had always wanted to become a Beast Tamer and had made many preparations. The job of pet beast breeder was a stepping stone he had prepared for himself.
Although he had gained a cheat, Shi Yu considered how limited his understanding of Beast Tamers really was. The little knowledge in his memories wasn't nearly enough for him to go wild, so for now, it was better to develop steadily.
The Skill Index had undoubtedly been made for becoming a Beast Tamer. It would be a shame not to become one, but apart from the index's teaching ability, he currently had nothing else to help him become a Beast Tamer.
For now, Shi Yu decided to take his job as a pet beast breeder seriously and use the opportunity to learn more about the Skill Index and this world before making any other plans.
Besides, he needed proof of this internship to claim the pet beast cub he had reserved from the Iron Bamboo Breeding Base in Pingcheng District, Icefield City.
Considering Shi Yu's ability to repay the loan, the Iron Bamboo Breeding Base had determined that he wasn't yet qualified to claim the pet beast. But once he finished his internship and obtained a breeder's certificate, he would qualify for the loan.
Thus, Shi Yu really couldn't afford to be careless about this internship.
If all of Shi Yu's plans went smoothly, becoming a Beast Tamer shouldn't be a problem. After that, however, he would face a long life of loan repayments. In the process, becoming a Beast Tamer might send him soaring into the heavens, or it might drag him down... After all, raising pet beasts really did consume resources.
Iron-Eating Beast!
That was the name of the pet beast Shi Yu had reserved.
[Name]: Iron-Eating Beast. [Attribute]: Metal [Species Level]: Mid-Level Transcendent. [Racial Skill]: Hardening
Iron-Eating Beasts... were actually giant pandas.
Shi Yu hadn't expected the giant pandas of this world to have evolved into Iron-Eating Beasts with a Mid-Level Transcendent species level.
Shi Yu was fairly satisfied with the starter pet beast his predecessor had chosen.
The national treasure's looks and rarity were huge points in its favor!
Unless something unexpected happened, he wasn't going to change his choice. After all, he had already paid the deposit.
Still, it was rather tragic that the national treasure of his previous life had fallen to this point.
In a fight between an ordinary giant panda and an ordinary wolf, the giant panda could slap the wolf senseless with one paw.
But the Iron-Eating Beast was a whole species level below the Snow Wolf.
Shi Yu understood, however, that this had to do with racial skills.
Compared to the Snow Wolf's four racial skills-Ice Shatter Fang, Ice Crack Claw, Frost Breath, and Snow Concealment-the Iron-Eating Beast had only one.
Just like its name suggested, after the giant pandas of this world evolved, they could eat metallic minerals to harden their bodies, making them as tough as steel.
The racial skill Hardening had a low ceiling and could only be used in close combat. It was low-level and naturally couldn't compare to the Snow Wolf, which was favored by the heavens.
Taking its low-level racial skill and excellent physical qualities together, the Iron-Eating Beast's species level was mid-level. It actually wasn't low, though it was a little disappointing.
At least in Earth's legends, it was Chi You's mount. In another world, it had completely lost its prestige... plain and utterly ordinary.
Shi Yu suspected that giant pandas had evolved slowly because they were too lazy, doing nothing but eating bamboo or sleeping, and because they were gentle by nature.
If they had even a little fighting spirit... would they have ended up like this?!
Still, that was just as well. Otherwise, Shi Yu wouldn't have been able to afford an Iron-Eating Beast.
Even then, he could only afford one because his household registration was in Pingcheng District and locals received preferential treatment. Otherwise, he could forget about it.
"An Iron-Eating Beast is actually pretty good..."
"The Iron-Eating Beast's skill of eating metallic minerals and converting them into a hardened body works for both offense and defense. It's decent."
If he wasn't mistaken, the Iron-Eating Beast could definitely learn the Intimidation skill he had just copied. Compatibility shouldn't be a problem.
With the Skill Index, he could try to have it master the skill.
Intimidation, the skill that represented the "qualifications of a king," could weaken an opponent's will to fight and strengthen one's own!
Hardening could increase one's defense and attack power, serving both offense and defense!
The combination of these two skills made Shi Yu think of something strange.
So, was all that was missing a perception-type skill to increase speed?
If he could copy a similar skill...
Then the Iron-Eating Beast could be renamed the Panda King.
Probably no Beast Tamer with an Iron-Eating Beast had ever tried this skill combination...
At that thought, Shi Yu felt it might be worth a try...
Staying at the pet beast breeding base wasn't just for learning. The environment here also seemed quite conducive to collecting rare skills.
He would collect more for now. In the future, when other Beast Tamers were fretting over how to teach their pet beasts various skills, he could quickly put together a set of divine skills for his own pet beast!