The First High-Level Skill

Since he didn't know exactly how effective each supplement was, Shi Yu didn't dare buy too much at once.

After careful selection, he chose three kinds of supplements and bought a little of each.

Five Ginseng Baby whiskers, worth 250,000 yuan (minimum purchase of five).

A small bottle of Hundred Flowers Queen Bee royal jelly, worth 300,000 yuan.

Five rather shriveled Divine Beans, worth 500,000 yuan (minimum purchase of five).

Shi Yu had spent 1.05 million yuan in one go... Even with the discount, nearly a tenth of his starting funds of ten million was gone.

Shi Yu winced at the expense. How could he be so extravagant?

But when he thought that these supplements might let him teach Eleven all the high-level skills and max out the proficiency of a few other skills along the way, he accepted it.

Money was meant to be spent!

Besides, spending that million on food and nutritional supplements for Eleven might not be as effective as buying supplements for himself.

"And these are still among the cheapest supplements..."

Shi Yu sighed. After placing his order, he went back to sleep.

When he woke up again, it was already evening.

If he stayed up late meditating or playing on his phone, it might affect his condition during the day.

Shi Yu decided to go back to sleep, but the problem was that after sleeping all afternoon, he wasn't very sleepy anymore.

So, after preparing dinner for his two pets, Shi Yu had no choice but to teach Worm Silk to the Green Silkworm in the birdcage in the yard.

Only after his stamina dropped did sleepiness come over him again.

The Skill Index seemed to have a function for treating insomnia too. Nice.

The next day was bright and sunny.

Shi Yu got up feeling refreshed. He had originally planned to visit the Bamboo Stone Dojo today, but a message on his phone made him change his mind.

The supplements he had bought yesterday were already out for delivery. They had arrived in Icefield City and would reach him today.

"That was fast..."

"In that case, I'll wait at home today."

That morning, Eleven was working on Thunder Palm in the yard, the Green Silkworm continued to sleep, and Shi Yu meditated.

Around noon, just as Shi Yu was about to prepare lunch, someone knocked on the front gate.

"Delivery for you."

"Coming."

Having experienced the community's last visit to spread warmth, Shi Yu hurriedly answered, afraid his home would get blasted open again.

He opened the gate and saw a young man in a blue courier uniform. Beside him was a fully armed giant bird over two meters tall.

The giant bird had powerful muscles, magnificent golden-brown feathers, and a sharp gaze. Though it looked imposing, it was currently doing the work of a utility pet, with a huge delivery box hanging from its body.

[Name]: Sky-Sweeping Wings

[Attribute]: Wind

[Species Level]: High-Level Transcendent

[Species Skills]: Wind Wings, Ripping Claw, Super Vision, Wind Blade

The young man took the box containing the supplements from the delivery box hanging on Sky-Sweeping Wings and handed it to Shi Yu.

"Please sign for it."

Shi Yu: "..."

They were actually using a Transcendent Level creature to deliver packages.

Among creatures with a Transcendent Level species, Sky-Sweeping Wings was the bird pet with the most impressive bearing and the greatest overall strength.

"Are you a professional Beast Tamer?"

Shi Yu asked casually as he signed.

"Yeah, I only started the job this year. Please bear with me if there's anything I haven't done well," the young courier said.

After accepting the goods, Shi Yu felt a pang in his chest.

Were the entry requirements for the delivery industry so high these days? The pay had to be good, though. After all, the resources delivered by that website were all high-end goods.

After signing, Shi Yu handed the delivery slip over.

The courier took the slip and looked at Shi Yu.

This young customer... is an apprentice Beast Tamer, right?

Come to think of it, why did he buy so many high-grade supplements...? Even I, a professional, don't need that many.

Well, forget it. None of my business. He can't possibly be that depleted at his level, right?

"Then have a pleasant day."

"Thank you."

After the bird-riding courier and Shi Yu thanked each other, the delivery was complete.

Then, in the yard, Shi Yu began taking out the supplements one by one, handling them with great care for fear of scratching or damaging them.

He first took out a bottle containing five little green beans. After looking over the included instructions, Shi Yu called Eleven over.

"Eleven, come here."

"Ying?"

Eleven, who had been playing with electricity in the yard, came trotting over.

Now that he had higher-grade supplements, Shi Yu's heart surged.

[Skill]: Size Alteration

[Skill Level]: High

[Description]: A special-type ability that can shrink or enlarge the body. While shrunken, strength decreases and the rate of energy recovery increases. While enlarged, energy consumption increases and strength increases.

[Status]: Can be taught

Shi Yu planned to teach Eleven Size Alteration first.

As for why he hadn't chosen Intimidation, which could give Eleven the makings of a king, or Absolute Sleep, which could improve his and Eleven's training efficiency, the reason was simple... Size Alteration was more fun!

Now that he had so many supplements, it made no difference whether he taught the three high-level skills sooner or later, so Shi Yu chose Size Alteration first because he found it more interesting.

While enlarged, Eleven could boost his combat power; while shrunken, he could recover his stamina faster. Learning this skill first was no loss either.

Shi Yu took out a Divine Bean and put it in his mouth.

"Index, teach!"

As Shi Yu chose to teach the skill, a white glow once again spread over his right hand.

Seeing this familiar sight, Eleven froze.

He panicked.

Is the Beast Tamer... going to make me reap without sowing again?

"Awoo!"

I just learned Thunder Palm on my own, and now the Beast Tamer is going to use his cheat to corrupt my mind again... This is just...

Eleven willingly stretched out his head. Since he couldn't resist, he might as well enjoy it.

At worst, he could make up for it by working twice as hard afterward.

And so, the white light representing the experience of the Size Alteration skill flowed into Eleven's body, while Shi Yu's legs began to buckle repeatedly.

[Cooldown]: 168 hours

The unranked Worm Silk took around 8 hours.

Low-level skills took around 24 hours.

Mid-level skills took around 48 hours.

Shi Yu had originally thought high-level skills would take 72 hours, but instead... it was more than twice that.

Extremely weak, Shi Yu felt as though he was about to die. He hurriedly swallowed the Divine Bean.

The next second, a flow of energy began moving through Shi Yu's body.

Just as the description said, within a very short time, the Divine Bean released an enormous amount of nourishment that began replenishing Shi Yu's body.

One second, two seconds, three seconds... Strength suddenly surged through Shi Yu's body.

[Cooldown]: 48 hours.

Although it didn't completely restore Shi Yu, it immediately reduced the strain to a level he could bear.

All at once, Shi Yu felt as though he had just taught a mid-level skill rather than a high-level one.

Drawing on his well-practiced experience of the weakness that followed teaching mid-level skills, Shi Yu was up to it again.

It seemed... high-level skills were his current teaching limit. Until his constitution made a substantial leap, he absolutely couldn't touch super-level skills, even if he had more powerful supplements...

"That nearly killed me-"

Shi Yu let out a long breath. No longer caring that the ground was dirty, he plopped down where he stood and looked at Eleven.

Eleven's eyes were slightly closed as he digested the experience of the high-level skill Size Alteration.

Shi Yu watched him for nearly a minute before Eleven came back to his senses.

"Got it?" Shi Yu asked.

Eleven nodded vigorously.

"Then get bigger and let me see."

As soon as Shi Yu finished speaking, round little Eleven nodded earnestly and used Size Alteration with a serious look in his eyes.

The next second...

Hum!

Ripples seemed to spread around Eleven, and his body began to tremble slightly with them. Then, as the transparent ripples vibrated, his body began to grow larger, ring by ring!

Hum!

Hum!

He didn't grow all at once. His body gradually expanded in proportion, his limbs, torso, head, and fur all changing at that moment!

"Awoo!!!"

A moment later, Eleven stood before Shi Yu, still round and looking much the same as before, but twice as large in height, build, and every other respect.

Eleven slowly waved an arm he wasn't used to, feeling the energy inside him drain rapidly. At the same time, though, his strength seemed to have grown by more than a little.

It was roughly the difference in strength between a young panda and an adult giant panda in real life.

In this state, Eleven felt that if he encountered those Long-Spined Wild Boars again, he could send them flying more than ten meters with a single slap!

Eleven's eyes filled with fighting spirit.

"Gurgle..."

His stomach, however, had no fighting spirit.

Eleven: ..@_@|||||..

In less than ten seconds, Eleven began to feel dizzy. After all, his training earlier had already consumed quite a bit of his stamina.

"All right, all right, shrink down and let's see."

Since it was called Size Alteration, if there was one times, two times, and three times, there was naturally also one-half times, one-quarter times... the so-called shrunken state.

After sensing Eleven's strength in his enlarged state, Shi Yu, as his Beast Tamer, hurriedly told him to shrink and recover his stamina.

The next second, Eleven deflated like a leaking balloon, rapidly shrinking ring by ring back to his normal size of about one meter tall.

Then he continued shrinking. Before long, he had shrunk into a truly round little creature, half a meter tall, round and short.

In this state, he looked more like he had when he was younger. He seemed harmless to humans and animals alike, his big eyes full of innocence.

"Ying." Eleven rubbed his belly and gave an aggrieved cry.

He had gotten smaller, but he was still hungry.

"Ahem, it looks like doubling in size and shrinking to half size are the limits of Entry Level Size Alteration."

He still needed some more proficiency before he could become the Ultraman-sized giant Iron-Eating Beast or the keychain-sized miniature Iron-Eating Beast that could stand on a shoulder, as Shi Yu envisioned.

But this was already very good, considering he had only just learned it.

"All right, let's eat, then." Looking at the little Iron-Eating Beast, Shi Yu was in a cheerful mood.

"Let's eat like this from now on. I bet it'll save quite a bit on food," he joked.

Eleven: (｡◕ˇεˇ◕｡)??? What!!!