I dreamed of returning to ancient times, and I became a beast tamer

It is said that in ancient times, there was a ferocious beast named "Nian".

It has blood-red eyes and a snow-white body. It is violent by nature, large and hairy, and looks like a wolf or a dog. It has sharp claws and is extremely powerful.

Usually it hides in the mountains and forests, eating birds, beasts, reptiles and insects, constantly changing its taste.

There are 365 days in a year, from eating praying mantises to eating living people, there is a pattern to be followed. When the Nian beast comes to eat people, it is the time for the new year to come.

Therefore, resisting the disaster of the Nian beast is also called "celebrating the New Year".

The ferocity of the Nian beast left a deep impression on all human beings. From ancient times to a thousand years ago, the Nian beast had been eating humans and had never stopped its annual pace of eating humans.

It was not until the dynasty changed to the Yan Dynasty that the idea of ​​scientific beast taming swept across the country. Only then did people begin to study the Nian Beast, gradually come into contact with it, learn the truth, and change the Nian Beast group.

Many ancient people believed that the Nian beast simply changed its taste 365 times a year, and got tired of it on the last day of the year, so it came out to change its taste.

As long as new game is offered to the Nian beast on New Year's Day, it will stop eating humans.

In fact, this is not the root cause.

The key is that the Nian beast eats people at a very precise time, always during the New Year.

They are not purely for the meat, but for something deeper.

This thing is called "Sui".

The Nian beast chases something called "Sui".

"Year" is an extremely abstract concept.

Every year that passes is equivalent to one year older.

"Sui" is the essence of human time condensed for a whole year.

Eating a human is equivalent to eating one year, which can increase the power of the Nian beast.

At the same time, this is also the key to the star upgrade of the Nian beasts. The older they are, the greater the success rate of promotion to a higher star level.

This is the key to the Nian beast's hunting every New Year.

Because most wild Nian beasts have low IQ and don’t like to use their brains.

When they saw humans during the New Year, they started eating them violently without knowing how to maintain long-term survival.

The Nian beast wanted to eat "Sui", but it ate the person who gave birth to "Sui".

If humans become extinct, who will produce “years”?

Why doesn't the Nian beast eat other spiritual beasts? It's because the "years" produced by other spiritual beasts have no wisdom, so it is useless to eat them.

However, humans cannot use the power of "years". It is a time attribute resource unique to humans. It exists in humans, but they cannot use it.

Secondly, even if the "year" is eaten, it will not affect the growth of human beings themselves.

After knowing the truth, the human beastmaster took the lead in communicating with the Nian Beast King.

Since you are eating "Sui" and not eating people, don't eat people too.

Developing long-term profits is the path to sustainable development.

The King of Nian Beasts thought it made sense and agreed.

The human race has come up with a solution that is the best of both worlds.

Humans provided the "year", and the Nian beast used its body as a bond to stay by humans' side, swallowing one year every New Year.

This not only helps the Nian beast grow, but also protects the safety of human children.

When Lu Yuan was a child, he didn't know about this reason. He only knew that the Nian beast would show an invisible object at him every New Year's Eve.

His father told him that humans possess something that can increase the power of the Nian beast, but this thing is only available during the New Year.

Looking back now, it turns out that the agreement made thousands of years ago has been passed down from generation to generation. Everyone has forgotten why they did this. They only know that this is a cultural custom that has been passed down for thousands of years. It has been like this since ancient times, and there is no need to think about why.

This is beneficial to both parties. No boring people will delve into the causes and consequences. It is enough to know the general idea.

"The cause has been found, but this is not something I can solve alone."

Lu Yuan looked at the laptop and felt the difficulty of changing the ethnic group.

He needs the help of a group of powerful beast masters to find the king of the Nian beast.

You can't win by simply reasoning with them.

He must use the majority against the minority, and use physical persuasion to calm the other side down. Only then can he follow the example of his ancestors and establish a friendly and mutually beneficial contract for peaceful coexistence between the two tribes.

He moved his chopsticks and found that he had finished the rice in the bowl and the dish next to it was almost gone.

It's time to dream.

"Dabai, eat the remaining food and get ready to fall asleep." Lu Yuan said.

“Ah!”

Dabai had already finished his food and his eyes were fixed on Lu Yuan's plate.

It just rolled its big tongue and cleaned the plate instantly without leaving a drop of oil.

"Da Li, please help me wash the dishes. This is my reward."

Lu Yuan took out a freeze-dried concentrated essence and placed it on the table.

The fat raccoon assumed the posture of a fat otaku lying down, lying on a wooden recliner, squinting his eyes to rest, with his hands on his barrel belly.

I saw the cat's whiskers tremble slightly, and its mouth opened a crack and then quickly closed.

"Meow~"

understood.

The Nian Beast Dabai standing by looked at the freeze-dried concentrated essence on the table, sniffed a few times with his big nose, and drooled uncontrollably.

Freeze-dried delicious!

I really want to eat it.

next second.

Dabai was dragged into the dream, uttering an unwilling howl, and bid farewell to Xiaodonggan forever.

……

In a dream.

Lu Yuan returned to the ancient village. It was noon in the village. Jiang Bo and Jiang Xue had just finished lunch and were taking a short rest outside.

After scientific breeding, the two small mantis larvae have grown to a length of ten centimeters and are doing mountain-opening frontal gymnastics facing the mountains.

Lu Yuan's appearance immediately alarmed the two of them.

"There are a few movements here that are not up to standard. Please remember them and correct them every day."

Lu Yuan watched for a minute and pointed out that the force postures of several movements were not standard.

The two tried hard to remember and personally guided the mantis beast to do it again. They stopped the gymnastics only after Lu Yuan was satisfied.

"Jiang Xue, how many children are there in your village? I can open an introductory class on beast taming knowledge and teach the children during the New Year period." Lu Yuan said.

"There are eighty." Jiang Xue blurted out without even thinking, as she had already counted how many people there were in the village.

"So many." Lu Yuan was surprised. The total population of this village was no more than a thousand, but there were eighty children.

When asked about their ages carefully, they were all under twelve years old. Jiang Xue did not count those over twelve years old.

"Because we have the blessing of our ancestors, they will ensure that our family will be prosperous." Uncle Jiang praised the power of his ancestors at the right time.

"Can your ancestors help you have many children and good fortune?" Lu Yuan asked.

Since the Nian Beast is the nemesis of evil creatures, as its beastmaster, he naturally knows a lot of evil knowledge.

There are pets that can increase human fertility, but most of them are of evil origin.

Take a very simple example.

Humans prayed to evil spirits for many children and good fortune. The evil spirits took the life spans offered by humans, captured their souls and stuffed them into women's wombs, causing them to give birth to another child.

Whether these extra children are smart or stupid depends on whether the ghost that the evil spirit stuffed into them is a complete soul or a residual soul.

This is like creating a living being out of thin air and completely ignoring the process of fertilization. It is against the will of heaven and is likely to be punished by heaven.

Divine punishment usually does not come in the form of thunder, but slowly takes the form of another invisible force of fate.

For example, the disaster caused by the Nian beast would be more violent than the following year, or due to some accident, one would be possessed by other evil spirits and die.