Beast Taming: I gained the talent of a spirit pet

"With the Iron Tooth talent, wouldn't you say I'm gifted? Cultivating martial arts in the future should also give me an advantage over ordinary people!"

As Gu Yuan pondered this, he heard faint footsteps behind him.

His heart stirred: "They've caught up?!"

The time he spent using Dao rhyme to evolve A'Huang into an Iron Tooth Rat, and even the transformation he underwent himself, wasn't long. Adding it all up, it was less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

However, since the other party had already caught up and was clearly harboring malicious intentions, Gu Yuan naturally wouldn't be polite.

"A'Huang, hide first."

With a thought, Gu Yuan gave the Iron Tooth Rat A'Huang an order.

Having evolved into an Iron Tooth Rat, A'Huang was noticeably smarter. Without making a sound, it scurried into a corner and concealed itself, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Then, Gu Yuan turned around, took down the wood-chopping knife from his lower back, and waited solemnly!

Soon, a middle-aged man with a gloomy face and a hooked nose walked into the alley.

He was strongly built, and his forceful stride exuded a fierce aura. Ordinary people probably wouldn't dare to look at him, let alone confront him.

Upon seeing Gu Yuan, the middle-aged man smiled coldly: "So, you little brat was hiding here. You made me search for quite a while!"

"What, you still want to resist?"

Seeing Gu Yuan holding a wood-chopping knife, seemingly intending to resist, the man cracked his knuckles and grinned menacingly:

"Boy, I advise you to obediently surrender. Otherwise, don't blame me for showing no mercy when I crush your bones later!"

"Who exactly are you?!"

Gu Yuan ignored the threat in the man's words and stared directly at the middle-aged man, asking: "I don't know you, and I believe I have no grievances or grudges with you. I've never offended you, so why are you trying to capture me?"

"No grievances or grudges?"

The middle-aged man chuckled and stepped forward: "Boy, you're too naive. Who said I need a reason to capture you? Blame that old geezer surnamed Xu. He's the one who set his sights on you. I'm just getting paid to do a job."

As he spoke, he waved his hand impatiently: "Alright, enough nonsense. Just obediently come with me, and I guarantee I won't make things difficult for you."

"It really is that dog thing surnamed Xu!"

A hint of coldness seemed to flicker in Gu Yuan's eyes. He took a deep breath and once again felt a sense of absurdity.

He clearly didn't want to offend anyone and just wanted to have enough to eat and wear, to live his life in peace. But why did people always have to make things difficult for him, even to the point of forcing him to die?

Qian Yunjie and Butler Wu of the Qian family were like that before!

So were Dong Gui and Sun Er later!

Now, Shopkeeper Xu and the middle-aged man in front of him are the same!

Just for some aged Yellow Essence, they want to plot against him. This style of greed and disregard for human life is chilling!

"This damn world! And these damned dogs!"

A surge of ferocity welled up in Gu Yuan's heart!

Only now did he truly feel the cruelty of this world!

Perhaps the evolution of A'Huang into an Iron Tooth Rat, as well as his own transformation, had boosted Gu Yuan's confidence, giving him a feeling of possessing a sharp weapon and the urge to kill.

This also led to the accumulated resentment, frustration, and pent-up anger that Gu Yuan had been suppressing since awakening the mystery of his prenatal state, all erupting at this moment.

Even a clay figure has three parts anger, let alone a living person like him?

Gu Yuan really wanted to kill someone now!

"Since you all won't let me live"

Gu Yuan took a deep breath, and the wood-chopping knife in his hand fiercely slashed towards the man's neck:

"Then I'll let you die!"

Originally, the middle-aged man saw Gu Yuan standing still and thought he had been intimidated. He chuckled and said: "That's right, boy. I'm not afraid to tell you, I'm the Third Leader of the Green Bamboo Gang, I-"

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Gu Yuan slash at him with his knife. The force of the blow startled him, and he stepped back to dodge.

However, Gu Yuan missed with one strike and immediately delivered another, hacking down on his head!

"Boy, you're courting death!"

After dodging again, the middle-aged man was furious. He moved like a tiger and rushed in front of Gu Yuan, grabbing his wrist.

Then, he used a grappling technique and squeezed hard!

He expected to hear the sound of bones cracking, but to his surprise, Gu Yuan's bones felt like they were cast in iron and couldn't be crushed at all.

Even when Gu Yuan began to struggle, he found it difficult to suppress him with his strength.

"This kid is so young and doesn't look like he's practiced martial arts, so how can he be so strong?!"

Just as this thought flashed through his mind, the middle-aged man felt a living thing climb onto his shoulder.

Then, he felt a chill on his neck, followed by a sharp pain.

Immediately afterward, streams of warm liquid spurted out, soaking his clothes.

It seemed that his strength was also being sprayed out at the same time.

The hand that was tightly gripping Gu Yuan's wrist was suddenly released by Gu Yuan.

"How could I-"

The middle-aged man staggered backward, instinctively covering his neck with his hand, only to discover in shock that something had bitten off a large chunk of flesh from his neck, and blood was gushing out.

A ferocious-looking, large black rat jumped off him, its mouth stained with blood.

"No! I can't die!"

Fear and despair appeared on his face as he frantically tried to cover the wound and stop the bleeding.

But that was clearly impossible!

As the blood continued to spurt out, his life force was rapidly fading.

His steps faltered, and he collapsed to the ground.

In a daze, he saw Gu Yuan, whose expression was frighteningly calm, walking towards him step by step and raising the wood-chopping knife. He subconsciously opened his mouth to beg for mercy:

"No, spare spare me! I-"

Pfft!

Before he could finish speaking, Gu Yuan's knife fell, and the middle-aged man's voice stopped abruptly.

Gu Yuan didn't stop. He raised his hand and swung the knife several more times until he had destroyed the wound that A'Huang had bitten out, then he stopped.

"Is this a martial master?"

Gu Yuan rolled up his sleeves, looked at the purplish-blue finger marks on his wrist, and felt a sharp pain with the slightest movement. His bones almost felt like they were cracking.

"Although this guy is a martial master, his strength is definitely not high, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to kill him."

His expression was somewhat surprised:

"But even so, his martial arts skills are definitely superior to mine. If it weren't for A'Huang's help, even if I had the Iron Bone talent, I would have been defeated by him!"

Having reached this conclusion, Gu Yuan's interest in martial arts cultivation grew even greater!

Next, he bent down and searched the corpse for a moment, actually finding three taels of silver.

However, there was no joy on Gu Yuan's face:

"Unfortunately, there's no martial arts manual."

That being said, he also knew that although this guy was a martial master, he was definitely not a top expert, so it was normal not to have a martial arts manual.

Besides, under normal circumstances, no one would carry a martial arts manual on their person.