Doomsday: Gain experience by hunting

This kid's got something.

Elder Li and Vice-Chief Zhao exchanged glances, the same thought flashing through their minds.

Master Zhang panicked.

No longer with his leisurely demeanor from before, he rummaged through his robes, pulling out one oilskin packet after another in a flurry.

Tang Wen kept reassuring the Water Fiend not to rush out of its cage, while secretly cheering for his opponent:

Faster!

Tame it faster!

Skip the unnecessary steps, please!

You're not some nameless beast tamer; you're a half-step master...

He barely managed to stall for more than ten minutes.

Suddenly, the mother Water Fiend, carrying her cub, woke up from her slumber, looking at her husband and child with worried eyes.

She let out bursts of roars.

Bang, bang, bang!

The mother Water Fiend began kicking the cage.

Her mood was becoming agitated.

Not good!

Tang Wen frowned, 'Why did these guys bring her here, knowing she can't be stimulated?'

“Chirr, chirr.”

The male Water Fiend turned his head and exchanged a series of sounds with the female Water Fiend.

This is bad!

It can't be hidden that the male Water Fiend has been tamed.

Sure enough,

The next moment, the male Water Fiend turned to look at Tang Wen, gently shaking the bars with his hand, making a low, gentle sound.

It looked like a large dog asking its owner, who had raised it for over a decade, for food.

In fact, that's pretty much what it was expressing.

It wanted its owner, Tang Wen, to open its cage so it could go see the mother Water Fiend.

“This?”

Everyone present had been paying close attention to Tang Wen's every move.

They saw the male Water Fiend's transformation.

Stalling for time wouldn't work anymore.

Tang Wen sighed silently. On the other side, Master Zhang had just barely reached the step of getting the young Water Fiend to eat something.

It would take at least half a day to tame it.

Forget it.

Hopefully, they won't think it's too exaggerated.

Tang Wen turned around and said, “Vice-Chief Zhao, Elder Li, I think, um, I mean, I've already finished taming it.”

What?

The Boat Gang couldn't accept it.

“What a joke!”

“It's only been a few minutes?”

“Less than half an hour.”

“Really? If you've got the skills, let it out and let us see!”

“That's right, let it out and let us see.”

They frowned and started shouting.

The money that was about to be in their hands had flown away; who could accept that?

The Black Water Gang members naturally looked delighted.

The reversal had come too quickly.

Most of them were still hesitant to believe it, unsure if Tang Wen had really completed the taming.

For a moment, no one shouted anything.

Let it out, then!

Tang Wen shook his head.

He used the brass key to unlock the lock on the outside of the cage, then creaked open the cage door.

The male Water Fiend immediately ran out, like a domesticated dog being released from its cage, without the slightest fear, heading straight for the mother Water Fiend.

The martial artists guarding the cages nearby retreated one after another, expanding the defensive circle.

They weren't afraid of the Water Fiends themselves, but they were worried about them running away.

Tang Wen stepped forward to the mother Water Fiend's cage, and after two [Mental Soothe] spells, all of the mother Water Fiend's hostility disappeared.

He lingered there for a while.

Turning his head, he saw the cage in front of Master Zhang, where the half-grown male Water Fiend was eating heartily.

Master Zhang was still calm, and regardless of the surrounding environment, as long as the elders and gang leader hadn't said Tang Wen had won,

He ignored everything else and focused on taming the Water Fiend in front of him.

“Eat, eat, eat, eat quickly!”

“After you finish these, Daddy has more here.”

“……”

He tentatively reached his hand holding the food into the cage.

He wanted to touch the half-grown male Water Fiend's fur.

The mother Water Fiend happened to see his sneaky hand.

“Chirr, chirr!”

The mother beast was anxious to protect her cub.

The male Water Fiend also turned his head and roared fiercely at his child.

“Chirp!”

The half-grown Water Fiend immediately jumped up and chirped at its parents.

After they exchanged sounds, it turned to look at Master Zhang, revealing a fierce look.

Master Zhang was unwilling and continued to try to get close.

The half-grown Water Fiend completely turned hostile.

It roared and screamed at him.

It even knocked the food he offered to the ground.

Seeing this, Tang Wen ordered, “Alright, go over there. Tell your child not to be afraid. No one will bully it anymore. Your family is safe.”

“Chirp.”

The male Water Fiend cried out excitedly and walked to the other cage, first baring its teeth at Master Zhang.

Then, it reached its paw in and touched the half-grown Water Fiend's head.

Everyone was silent.

The situation was already obvious.

Master Zhang's face was pale, as if he had lost his parents.

He couldn't understand.

He didn't see Tang Wen using any powerful techniques, so how could he have tamed it so quickly?

Could it be that the Black Water Gang was cheating?

But.

The three Water Fiends had been transported together by members of the Black Water Gang and the Boat Gang in the early hours of the morning.

Even if the Black Water Gang wanted to cheat, they wouldn't have had the time or opportunity to arrange it.

Cough!

Elder Li coughed, attracting everyone's attention:

“It seems the outcome is decided.”

The Boat Gang's vice-chief looked at Tang Wen: “Young man, you are to be feared! In that case, there's a pool up ahead. Let's go test it out!”

The male Water Fiend seemed obedient, but the necessary tests still had to be done.

Tang Wen led the male Water Fiend in front, while the others followed behind with the other two Water Fiends.

Turning a corner, they arrived in front of a lotus pond.

The pond was half-dry, with water only about halfway up the pond walls. The lotus flowers hadn't all withered yet, and lotus seedpods had already grown.

Tang Wen pointed to the flowers and leaves in the pond: “Go down, pick lotus seedpods, and try not to hurt the lotus flowers.”

Without the slightest hesitation, the male Water Fiend slid into the water along the bank, nimbly avoiding the lotus flowers and leaves, and quickly picked dozens of lotus seedpods.

Elder Li, Chief Zhao, and the others all looked at the Boat Gang members.

This time, the Boat Gang's vice-chief had nothing more to say and could only dryly utter two words: “Not bad.”

The Boat Gang was also straightforward and didn't dwell on it.

Their elder directly snorted:

“Consider it your win. You'll be in charge of this salvage this time. Brothers, let's go!”

The Boat Gang members left grumbling, with Master Zhang walking at the back, dejectedly.

He kept turning his head back, constantly looking at Tang Wen, muttering something.

“Good kid! Well done!”

“Hahahaha, Brother Tang Wen, today's battle really gave us face!”

“Not only face, but also a lot of money.”

“……”

The Black Water Gang members were all beaming, taking turns coming over to pat Tang Wen's shoulders and back.

Sweeping away their previous dejectedness, they were so happy that their eyes disappeared behind their smiles.

Unexpected wealth!

They thought they were doomed to lose, but they didn't expect this kid Tang Wen, who didn't look like much,

To reveal his skills on the field and even defeat the famous Master Zhang!

“One to two odds, hahaha, those Boat Gang guys will have to tighten their belts for a few days!”

“They not only have to tighten their belts, but they also have to control their crotches.”

“Hahahahaha.”

The laughter was full of impropriety.

From their smiles, you could tell how their money would be spent.

“Yours!”

Wu Hao walked over and handed Tang Wen the thickest stack of silver notes.

Everyone smiled as they divided the money.

Their ill feelings towards Tang Wen were also taken away by the white silver notes.

“Let's go! Let's talk more back at the gang.”

Everyone left together, talking and laughing, very happy.

But Tang Wen's heart was not as relaxed as it seemed.

The three Water Fiends were taken back to the Black Water Gang headquarters.

“You did well, you didn't lose face for our Black Water Gang.”

As soon as they returned to the main altar, Vice-Chief Zhao approached Tang Wen and said, “However, one Water Fiend isn't enough. Tame that half-grown one too. Is an hour enough?”

An hour?

Tang Wen's heart skipped a beat.

Too short.

Sure enough, he had tamed the Water Fiend too quickly, and they were suspicious of him.

Were they suspecting that he was hiding his martial arts level and beast-taming abilities?