9: Poison the slime to death!

The Consultant casually held the Slime on his head in his arms, gently rubbing its chubby body... After some preparation, the pharmacy was filled with a faint sweet scent, and the thick medicinal liquid in the alchemy furnace continuously bubbled.

After the medicinal liquid was completely boiled down into a concentrated ointment, Zuo Dao used a wooden spatula to scoop out the ointment, put on a pair of gloves, and began drying and grinding it... "Success!"

After a while, Zuo Dao let out a tired sigh, turned around, and handed over a bag of medicinal powder wrapped in paper.

These powders were light purple, smelled somewhat sweet, and contained some small, unground particles.

They looked like popping candy.

The Consultant gazed at the packet of powder, using the system's ability to observe it.

[water poison violet Powder: A highly poisonous substance, also retaining the paralyzing effect of water poison violet!]

This is it!

The Consultant's heart filled with joy. He carefully held the powder in his hand and followed the instructions from his Beast Taming Knowledge.

He placed the Slime from his arms onto the table and carefully presented the powder to it.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

Zuo Dao was startled by the Consultant's actions and asked in a panic.

"It's nothing, trust me!" The Consultant waved his hand, signaling him not to disturb him, then commanded the Slime: "Go, Bing Dwen Dwen, use 'Eat' on the water poison violet Powder!"

Gurgle... Gurgle... The Consultant's Beast Tamer was obedient. After slowly wriggling on the table for a while, it came to the water poison violet Powder, then rolled around wildly on the powder, looking as if it was preparing some kind of food.

The light purple powder stuck to the Slime within seconds and quickly merged into its body.

[Bing Dwen Dwen has successfully devoured 'water poison violet Powder'!]

The system's voice rang in his ears. The originally light blue Bing Dwen Dwen had now turned light purple.

But to the Consultant's surprise, the next moment Bing Dwen Dwen's body trembled, then began to melt, becoming like a viscous liquid, collapsing on the table.

This time, not only Zuo Dao but also the Consultant was startled!

"System, what's going on?!"

[Detecting...]

[Your Beast Tamer is digesting 'water poison violet Powder'. Success rate 100%. Estimated time needed: 3 days. Please take good care of your Beast Tamer during this period.]

"Oh, you scared me to death!"

He thought his beast cub had been poisoned to death... The Consultant breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the 'table full' of Bing Dwen Dwen, and called to Zuo Dao beside him: "Quick, get a bucket!"

"Oh, oh, oh!" Zuo Dao thought they were going to 'collect the corpse' of the Slime and quickly brought a relatively clean bucket from the pharmacy.

The two of them worked together to put the Slime, which had turned into a puddle of liquid, into the bucket. After carefully checking to make sure it wasn't 'missing any limbs', they finally sat down on chairs.

"Brother, what kind of act is this? Even if this Slime isn't powerful, you don't need to poison it to death, do you?"

Zuo Dao looked at the light purple liquid in the bucket, his face full of black lines.

The Consultant casually explained: "I didn't mean to poison it to death. This is my method of cultivating Beast Tamers, what do you know!"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, you're absolutely right, brother. I hope the next time I see you, your Beast Tamer has resurrected from the bucket," Zuo Dao said jokingly, not entirely believing the Consultant.

The Consultant didn't dwell on the issue with him.

It would take three days for the Slime to fully digest, so the Consultant thought for a moment, decisively said goodbye to Zuo Dao, and ran home with the bucket... These three days passed quickly.

During this time, let alone running around, the Consultant didn't even leave his house. Like caring for a sick pet, he watched the Slime in the bucket every day, watering it occasionally.

As the system said, on the morning of the third day, as soon as he woke up, he saw a purple blob lying on his chest.

"Oh, it's recovered?!"

The Consultant exclaimed, got up, and lifted the Slime. The system's voice also sounded in his ear at the opportune moment.

[Your Beast Tamer has completed digestion.]

"Quick, show me its attributes!"

A virtual panel appeared before his eyes—

[Soul-bound Beast Tamer: Bing Dwen Dwen (Slime).]

[Beast Tamer Personality: Absolutely Neutral.]

[Beast Tamer Level: Level 5.]

[Beast Tamer Attribute: Poison.]

[Beast Tamer Race: Slime Species.]

[Beast Tamer Abilities: Eat (Note: Simply eating); Gigantification (Can increase body size); water poison violet Juice (Can actively spray venom, passively possesses the effect of absorbing toxins).]

From this panel, his Beast Tamer didn't seem to have changed much.

Aside from its level increasing to 5 and gaining a water poison violet Juice skill... However, its appearance had turned purple, which was a bit ugly.

But when the Consultant opened his own information panel, he was greatly surprised!

[Name: Consultant.]

[Race: Human.]

[Awakened Profession: Beast Tamer.]

[Level: Level 1.]

[Constitution: 20.]

[Magic Power: 28.]

[Strength: 20.]

[Spirit: 28.]

[Resistance: Poison Resistance 30%.]

[Beast Tamer: Bing Dwen Dwen (Slime).]

[Beast Tamer Compatibility: 100%.]

[Mastered Abilities: Observation, Power of Dominion, Beast Taming Knowledge.]

As a Beast Tamer, his level hadn't changed, but all his attributes had almost doubled!

The Consultant clenched his fist and roughly estimated that with his current physical fitness, he was strong enough to arm wrestle many beginner swordsmen!

"It seems that level isn't that important. As long as the Beast Tamer's attributes and level are high, I can share attributes through the Power of Dominion..."

The Consultant looked at the panel, pondered for a moment, and then eagerly checked his Beast Taming Knowledge again, looking for the next stage of upgrade methods.

[There are 3 current Beast Tamer evolution routes.]

[First: Release, allow 'Bing Dwen Dwen' to return to nature and fend for itself.]

[Second: Continue to strengthen the poison attribute. The level of toxins that can be fed increases; other elemental materials can also be fed to allow the Beast Tamer to gain abilities of other attributes.]

[Third: Bionic Teardrop. Provide a rare God-Level Magical Beast core for the Beast Tamer to absorb, enabling the Beast Tamer to shapeshift and replicate the abilities and attributes of a God-Level Magical Beast!]

As before, the first option was directly rejected.

The second option still involved feeding elemental materials. In short, it was either feeding poison or precious materials to make the Beast Tamer stronger, and at the same time, enhance the Master's strength.

But this third option was very different from before.

It also involved feeding a 'God-Level Magical Beast' core and materials, but this time it wasn't just inheriting attributes, but replicating and shapeshifting!

Of course, the Consultant was well aware of his situation.

Given the current circumstances, he definitely couldn't get anything related to a God-Level Magical Beast, so he could only continue to choose the second evolution route.

[Second route has been selected.]

[Current evolution route suggests continuing to seek and feed poison-attribute magical beast cores.]

[Currently available poison-attribute cores for the Beast Tamer to devour are: Magic Poison Frog Core, Blue Crystal Jellyfish Core, Silver Vine Demon Realm Flower Core.]

The Consultant had never heard of any of these three magical beast cores.

Furthermore, these weren't medicines, and Zuo Dao didn't have them at home.

"System, where can I get these magical beast cores?"

[You can find them inside the Magic Poison Frog, Blue Crystal Jellyfish, and Silver Vine Demon Realm Flower.]

"I mean, how can I obtain them?" the Consultant continued to ask.

The system continued to answer—

[You can obtain them by killing a Magic Poison Frog, Blue Crystal Jellyfish, or Silver Vine Demon Realm Flower, then finding them within their bodies.]

"Good! What a great answer! As expected of the system, now learn from me... Pfft!"

The Consultant pouted, deliberately covering his mouth with his hand, imitating the sound of passing gas.

The system did not respond to this teasing, only displaying a message before the Consultant's eyes—

[This system is only responsible for guidance and hints to help you improve your strength faster, not for directly turning you into a 'waste'.]

[If you wish to gain without effort or level up by lying down, please go to other worlds.]

[By the way, your fart sounded truly delightful!]

“...”

Looking at these lines of text, the Consultant immediately deflated.

He had read so many novels, and this was the first system with a temper and dignity.

It even teased him, its owner... "Fine, you win!"

The Consultant clenched his fists, then put on his clothes and sat up from the bed, flattening his messy hair. He then placed the Slime on his head like a hat, went out the door, and once again got on his broken bicycle.

He thought that the magical beast cores needed to evolve the Slime would definitely be sold at the Tail Feather Market.

But the problem was, magical beast cores... were too valuable!

Even low-level magical beast cores were the core of a magical beast's power and could be used to make weapons and medicines!

He definitely couldn't afford them with the pocket money he had, so he could only try his luck in one place.

This place was the Bounty Hunter Guild in Dragon County!