piratefiction Chapter 48: Dad, have you ever seen a ground mushroom that can attract lightning?
Chapter 48: Dad, have you ever seen a ground mushroom that can attract lightning?
Crackling... Boom...
Above the forest, lightning struck down, crashing down on the Thunder Spirit Wolf cub in Su Shiyue's hopeful gaze. At that moment, neither the owner nor the pet could suppress the joy in their eyes.
The Thunder Wolf even revealed a human-like smile, its eyes sparkling with stars. It was just young, not lacking in spiritual awareness, and knew what experiencing this thunderous baptism meant.
However, just as the emotions between the human and the beast were about to reach their peak, and just as the lightning was about to strike the Thunder Spirit Wolf, an unexpected event occurred.
"Puji puji (Oh dear)"
A small figure shot into the sky, radiating an invigorating aura, and appeared at the most crucial moment. The little guy quickly rose above the Thunder Spirit Wolf and, to the wolf's astonishment, charged headlong at the lightning bolt.
A terrifying bolt of lightning struck the mushroom, instantly penetrating its body and knocking the little guy down.
The little mushroom fell onto the hillside and sat down on the ground with a thud. Crackling lightning appeared on the little guy, crackling loudly.
The little mushroom blinked, watching the arcs of electricity that seemed to be electrified all over, flickering like a spider web, and lingering for a long time.
The power of thunder permeated the entire body, instantly blasting countless lightning-resistant impurities into nothingness and cleansing this small body.
Mushroom Boy: (˶˚ᵌ˚˶) Waaah~
Ah, that feels so good.
The little guy seemed to have discovered a new continent, looking completely captivated.
The Thunder Wolf that had fallen to the side stared blankly at the guy, belatedly realizing that it seemed to have been beaten to it.
In the woods... Su Shiyue, who had been looking forward to this, suddenly froze, caught off guard, and only reacted after a moment.
"Lin, your pet is being unethical; it stole Xiao Lei's Thunder."
Su Shiyue instinctively spoke up, somewhat angry, clearly not yet realizing the seriousness of the problem. In her view, the mushroom cub had taken advantage of the situation to steal the Thunder Spirit Wolf cub's Thunder Baptism.
Lin Yi, however, noticed something amiss. Due to his symbiotic relationship with the mushroom cub, he could sense that the lightning bolt was clearly aimed at the little guy. The reason it looked like it was striking the [Thunder Spirit Wolf] was because the two beast pets were too close together.
However, he did not speak, but instead gazed at the night sky again, where thousands of lightning bolts were pulsating. For some reason, the thunder tonight was particularly terrifying.
Lin Yi had already sensed something, and sure enough, a loud bang was heard, and another bolt of lightning struck.
"Xiao Lei, go."
Seeing the power of another bolt of lightning, Su Shiyue felt a glimmer of hope and immediately called upon her beast pet to meet the lightning.
[Thunder Wolf] followed the sound without hesitation, seemingly fearing that the little guy would once again compete with it for the baptism opportunity. It immediately leaped up, but the next moment, the thunder that was clearly right in front of it watched helplessly as it... slipped away.
Boom… The speed of the lightning was too fast. It narrowly missed the [Thunder Spirit Wolf] and crashed down on the little guy sitting on the ground with his eyes shining.
"Puji puji".
Struck by lightning again, Mushroom felt a tingling, numbing sensation that was incredibly pleasurable, and the lightning arcs on its body intensified.
But that wasn't all. Then, several more bolts of lightning came in succession. As if they had eyes, the lightning bombarded the mushroom cub from all directions. Su Shiyue's [Thunder Spirit Wolf] jumped frantically, trying to catch the lightning, but it was always a step too late.
Thus, a comical scene unfolded on the hillside: one person desperately tried to touch the lightning but couldn't manage it, while another simply lay there, accepting the lightning's gift.
"How could this happen?"
As Su Shiyue watched that scene, the anticipation on her face vanished instantly, turning into nothingness. She could hardly believe her eyes.
Lin Yi then kindly explained, "Do you think it's possible that one of them can sense more lightning element?"
Su Shiyue paused upon hearing the voice, looking at Lin Yi with a questioning gaze. She immediately retorted:
"That's impossible! Little Lei is a lightning-attribute beast pet; that's its strongest talent. What are you talking about?"
As Su Shiyue spoke, she belatedly looked at Lin Yi, her beautiful eyes filled with question marks, as if to say: What do you mean? What do you mean, Lin? Are you saying that my [Thunder Spirit Wolf] is not as good as a ground mushroom?
Meeting those beautiful eyes that seemed to want to devour him, Lin Yi shrugged helplessly, cursing himself for being so talkative. He ignored Su Shiyue and instead focused on sensing the changes in the mushroom cub.
Su Shiyue cheered on her pet beast from the side: "Little Lei, over there, over there, no, over here, quick, catch that lightning..."
However, no matter how hard she tried to direct it, and no matter how hard the Thunder Wolf cub chased after it, how could a beast pet that had only just broken through to the first level possibly keep up with the speed of lightning?
[Thunder Wolf]: My lord, I can't touch it, I can't touch it at all.
Time passed slowly, and in the rainy night, with each failed attempt, Su Shiyue's eyes gradually changed.
In fact, she understood that Lin Yi was probably right. The Thunder Baptism was a process where a beast pet that could sense the thunder element would sense the thunder element around its body during a thunderstorm, forcing that thunder element to become active and thus resonate with the lightning in the sky, guiding the lightning to fall. But she just couldn't accept this scene.
But as the lightning continued to bombard the mushroom cub's body, and as more and more arcs of lightning wrapped around the little guy, Su Shiyue's cheering voice gradually faded away.
At this moment, Lin Yi also sensed through the symbiotic relationship that it was almost over. The 'lightning-resistant impurities' in the mushroom's body had been cleaned up, and a trace of extraordinary evolutionary power with lightning attributes had also been generated in its body. So he immediately stopped the mushroom.
"Little mushroom, that's enough. You can't play anymore. If you keep sensing the lightning elements around you, you'll be turned into mushroom charcoal."
Of course, there was another reason why Lin Yi called a halt: the [Thunder Tempering Pill] in the mushroom's body was about to be exhausted, and if the little guy continued to attract lightning, he might end up destroying himself.
The little mushroom was also clever, knowing when to stop. It immediately stopped sensing the surrounding lightning elements, and the moment it stopped, the lightning all over the mountain seemed to have captured a new target and engulfed the [Thunder Spirit Wolf] cub.
Seeing this, Su Shiyue did not stop the Thunder Spirit Wolf. Her pet was originally a thunder-attribute pet, so she could minimize the consumption of the Thunder Tempering Pill... No, it seems that it hasn't even started to consume it yet.
Although the Thunder Wolf was also cleansed by lightning, Su Shiyue's defenses were somewhat broken. If she could still make excuses before, at this moment, it directly confirmed the fact that the Thunder Wolf's ability to sense lightning elements was indeed inferior to that of the ground mushroom.
The moment the ground mushroom stopped sensing the lightning element, lightning surged towards the Thunder Wolf cub.
Impossible, impossible, this is impossible!
Su Shiyue cried out in her heart, "How could Xiao Lei's ability to sense lightning elements be inferior to that ground mushroom?"
That's a wood-attribute pet.
A wood-type pet, specifically a ground mushroom, is being subjected to a thunderous baptism, and...
Is this scientifically sound?
This is unscientific, this is so unscientific.
Su Shiyue felt a mix of emotions, her thoughts racing. An unprecedented sense of frustration arose inexplicably. But then, she suddenly remembered something and subconsciously looked at the boy standing next to her who was calling out to the ground mushroom.
It's common knowledge that free-growing mushrooms could never attract lightning, yet she witnessed it with her own eyes.
Hmm... no, nine out of ten parts are wrong.
Su Shiyue instantly grasped something, as if struck by a sudden enlightenment.
What's illogical isn't the ground mushroom, but the beast tamer behind it...
Thinking of this, she could no longer calm down. In fact, Xiao Su had known for a long time that there was a Beast Tamer who had contracted with a Ground Mushroom on the list of "selected students" of Tiannan Beast Taming University.
Moreover, she had seen this beast tamer before, but her father hadn't taken a liking to him and had passed him on to Li Zhenbei of the Fifth Branch like a burden.
Su Shiyue was thinking to herself, no longer caring about her frustration, but realizing something. It was already illogical that a spirit plant-type beast tamer could make it into the 'selection list', and now this scene only made things more clear.
However, by the time she realized what had happened, the boy had already said goodbye and led his pet into the rainy night, heading down the mountain.
"So...is it really a free-growing mushroom?"
Standing in the rainforest at night, Su Shiyue watched the boy disappear into the rain and felt increasingly uneasy. So she silently dialed Su Guoan's number.
A moment later... the phone was answered, and Su Shiyue's shocked and incredulous voice rang out in the forest.
"Dad, have you ever seen a ground mushroom that can attract lightning?"
……
Su Shiyue hung up the phone not long after.
At Tiannan Beast Taming University, in the office of the fifth branch of the Beast Tamer Association, Li Zhenbei quickly received a call from Su Guoan.
"Old Li, cough... well, I've been thinking about this carefully these past few days, and the distribution that day did seem a bit unfair to your Fifth Branch. The Beast Tamer Association, after all, sometimes needs to balance things out."
"How about this? To make up for the absence of the Fifth Branch this year, I promise you, you can choose one of Xie Linzhou and Xia Zhiyu to join your Fifth Branch."
Upon hearing these words, Li Zhenbei was so excited that he sat up abruptly, and even the vice president next to him was overjoyed.
However, Su Guoan immediately changed the subject and said calmly, "But the allocation of quotas must be fair, so as not to cause any problems for Lao Wu and the others. How about this, you give Lin Yi to one of our branches, so that I can give them an explanation."
Li Zhenbei smiled broadly at the sound, and was about to agree when he suddenly remembered something. That's right, he remembered Old Su's personality.
Given Su Guoan's temperament, would such a good thing fall into his Fifth Branch's lap? If his daughter hadn't been on the 'selection' list this year, the top three would probably have been from his First Branch. Something's definitely fishy about this.
Meanwhile, seeing that Li Zhenbei hadn't responded for a while, Su Guoan said impatiently, "Old Li...why aren't you saying anything? Huh? Is it stuck?"
Li Zhenbei: "Old Su, forget it, this is too much to ask of you, we... won't trade!!!"
Su Guoan: ? ? ?
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