Beast taming, starting from zero point novel Chapter 153

Chapter 153: Chapter 148: Vitality and Death Energy

Qiao Sang had just finished asking this question when she felt a bit foolish.

“Only if the old lady’s Beast Tamer level had reached a D level and she had been nourished by her Pet Beast could this be possible,” she thought.

However, the old lady looked completely as one would expect for her age, naturally aged.

One must understand that a Beast Tamer who has been nurtured by a Pet Beast can’t simply be judged by appearance; high-level Beast Tamers could look like young people even in their seventies or eighties.

This also led to fewer people daring to hit on good-looking men and women they met on the road.

Because you couldn’t be sure if the person you were hitting on belonged to your grandparents’ generation.

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Of course, such individuals weren’t something one could encounter just by wishing for it.

However, there were quite a few who hit on people of their parents’ generation, which often served as a humorous cautionary tale to teach the public not to judge by appearance, lest the next social death be yours.

Clearly, the old lady, with her age and appearance, had not been nourished by a Pet Beast. Naturally, she couldn’t have heard the conversation that had been deliberately lowered from such a distance.

Qiao Sang finished putting on her shoes and stood up, voicing her doubt, “Did the old lady come down with some illness?”

Besides the smell of medicine that permeated the room, she couldn’t see anything wrong with the old lady’s health.

A person about to pass away suddenly becoming lively could only be a case of ‘returning light’ before death.

But studies have shown that this ‘returning light’ typically lasts for an hour or two or three at most; it’s usually not a lasting phenomenon, and the old lady did not fit into this category.

The auntie paused at first, then seemed to remember something and hesitated before speaking, “It’s just the normal weakening of organ functions due to old age.” She paused again and added, “Speaking of which, there is something strange. On the 28th of last month, the old lady was delirious and couldn’t eat anything. The doctors at the hospital said she wouldn’t last till tomorrow.”

“At that time, I was so frightened that I called Mr. Jiang—that is, the old lady’s son. Then their whole family rushed over on the same day, and they were all ready to deal with a funeral.”

“Who would have known…” The auntie swallowed hard, “After they arrived, the old lady suddenly got better, and she seemed even more spirited than before. After a checkup, the doctors said her physical condition hadn’t improved, and guessed it might be ‘returning light,’ but it’s been over half a month, and the old lady is still spirited.”

After saying this, she laughed awkwardly, “I’m just saying; don’t be scared. After all, the old lady is a Beast Tamer; her situation might be different from ordinary people.”

“But the day before yesterday, after another visit to the hospital, the doctors still said it would only be a matter of days. I figure the old lady doesn’t have much time left, and since the Ghost-absorbing Lantern couldn’t be found in such a short time, I thought I’d give you a heads-up.”

Qiao Sang naturally wasn’t scared. It was just a person who was almost gone suddenly being fine again. She had even experienced the transition to a world full of Extraordinary Creatures; what bizarre thing couldn’t she accept?

However, this situation was indeed not normal…

After thinking for a short while, Qiao Sang asked, “Did Mr. Jiang and his family arrive on the same day the Ghost-absorbing Lantern went missing?”

“Yes, it was that night when the old lady’s granddaughter took the Ghost-absorbing Lantern out to play, and then it got lost.” The auntie answered without hesitation, clearly remembering the events of that day very well.

A chill went down Qiao Sang’s spine.

Something was not right, very not right…

Who would go out to play when their elderly relative was declared by the doctor to be on the brink? Moreover, upon hearing the news of the Ghost-absorbing Lantern’s disappearance, the old lady’s condition did not worsen but inexplicably improved… _{freewebnovel.cσ๓}

With this in mind, Qiao Sang asked, “Do you have the phone number of the old lady’s granddaughter?”

The auntie paused, took out her mobile phone, and said, “I don’t have it, but would Mr. Jiang’s number do? They should be together.”

Qiao Sang said with a smile, “Of course, but I didn’t bring my mobile phone, can you write it down on paper for me?”

“Just wait a moment, let me find some paper,” the auntie replied and turned to go back inside.

At that moment, Qiao Sang reminded her, “I remember seeing some paper on the desk in the old lady’s room just now.”

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After descending the stairs and arriving at a shady spot beneath building unit 5, Qiao Sang took out the piece of paper with the number written on it.

Claiming she didn’t carry her phone was, of course, a lie. In this day and age, who would go out without some sort of communication device?

But she didn’t take out her phone to make a call, instead summoning Yaobao.

“Yaa!”

Yaobao looked around excitedly—finally, it was out again!

Just as it was about to run a lap to stretch its limbs, Qiao Sang promptly called out, “Quick! Use your Sensing Power to check this paper. There’s an old granny on the bed next to it; help me see what she’s been doing.”

The Sensing Power replay time was only around ten minutes at the moment, so they certainly needed to hurry.

“Yaa…”

Yaobao’s right front paw, which had just stepped forward, was retracted, and although a bit confused as to why it had to do this, it obeyed and placed its paw on the paper.

Closing its eyes, it soon saw the events of the past ten minutes unfolding in its mind from the perspective of an observer.

The dark room.