AMSSO-Chapter 71: Toys

The zoo director—no, the Sect Master of Wanxuan Sect, Mu Shiyue—summoned Jiang Yunnuan over.

“Make some toys for them.”

For little cubs, playing is the top priority!

“What kind of toys should I make?” Jiang Yunnuan had never done anything like this before and had no idea where to start.

After all, who had ever made toys for spirit beast cubs?

Mu Shiyue may not have raised spirit beast babies before, but she had raised small animals.

Since they’re all little cuties, the things they liked to play with should be more or less the same.

“Make a ball.”

“A ball?” Jiang Yunnuan was confused. “Like a ball made of hide?”

There were balls in this world, but not leather balls.

“Exactly,” Mu Shiyue nodded and explained briefly.

Jiang Yunnuan nodded enthusiastically, “Alright, I got it!”

Then she went to Qin Yiwei to gather materials.

There were some animal hides among the belongings taken from those Golden Core cultivators’ storage rings, those would do.

With materials ready, Jiang Yunnuan quickly made three leather balls.

Yes, three.

There’re three spirit beast cubs in the household. She couldn’t show favoritism.

The ball for the calf was much larger, since its body was much bigger than Tiger Baby and Little Sesame’s.

Still, their strengths were the same, all little Qi Refining Stage weaklings.

Jiang Yunnuan handed the finished leather balls to Mu Shiyue and said excitedly, “Master, I have an idea!”

“Hm?”

“These leather balls are really bouncy!”

“Mm?”

“So if I coat the outside, or maybe fill the inside with medicinal powder, then when we throw it at an enemy, and it bounces off them onto others, wouldn’t the area of effect be much larger?”

Previously, she and Qin Yiwei had made an iron ball together.

The iron ball wasn’t bouncy and was filled with medicinal powder.

It performed splendidly.

Now that she had these leather balls, Jiang Yunnuan figured she could make several leather balls, then coat them inside or outside with powder for wide-range attacks. The effect would definitely be great.

Hearing that, Mu Shiyue was both surprised and pleased, “Good idea! Very clever.”

Her third disciple had great creativity.

“Thank you, Master! I’ll go make them right now!”

With her master’s praise, Jiang Yunnuan was thrilled. She immediately ran off to find Qin Yiwei so they could work together.

Mu Shiyue then picked up the leather balls and called over Tiger Baby, Little Sesame, and Ah Lang, the calf.

Yes, she named the calf Ah Lang, as in cowherd!

The others didn’t understand her terrible sense of humor, but they followed along anyway. Who made her the master?

Ah Lang was rather shy, but in front of Mu Shiyue, it wasn’t afraid. In fact, it happily trotted over and rubbed itself against her, openly affectionate.

Earlier, Mu Shiyue had fed it some grass. It enjoyed it so much that it had become quite attached to her.

Plus, with its mother nearby, it wasn’t scared.

“Ah Lang, this is for you,” Mu Shiyue said, waving the leather ball in front of it before tossing it.

Ah Lang froze for a moment, then, drawn to the ball, bounded after it joyfully.

At first, it wasn’t very adept and almost slipped into a full split.

But it wasn’t hard, and it quickly got the hang of it.

“Moo~”

It played very happily, letting out cheerful calls from time to time.

Seeing it so delighted, Mu Shiyue smiled as well.

“Cry——”

The Black Abyss Falcon screeched, pulling her attention back.

She turned and couldn’t help twitching at the corner of her mouth.

The Black Abyss Falcon had just landed and hadn’t even steadied itself when Tiger Baby pounced from behind, grabbing its tail feather.

For a tiny cub, its strength was impressive, it nearly ripped the feather clean off.

Frightened, the Black Abyss Falcon struggled free and flew up into a tree.

Its wounds weren’t fully healed yet, and after such a scuffle, several small feathers floated down.

“Aw~”

Tiger Baby lunged excitedly after the fallen feathers, biting one and tearing at it.

Mu Shiyue: “……”

Truly a big cat, the feline behavior was one and the same!

Little Sesame wobbled over too, picking up a feather and playing with it.

Watching the two cubs playing with its feathers, the Black Abyss Falcon flapped its wings in outrage.

Tiger Baby soon shredded its feather and, spotting Little Sesame’s, immediately pounced again.

“Ying~” Little Sesame cried out as it was tackled, rolling across the ground.

Mu Shiyue quickly rushed over to separate them.

“There are new toys over here. Stop fighting!”

Mu Shiyue threw the leather balls down in front of them.

Tiger Baby eyed the round thing curiously, tilted its head, then let out a roar and pounced.

Its strength sent the ball bouncing far away.

Heh!

Now it’s interested. It immediately chased after the ball.

When it caught the ball, it tried biting it too. Luckily, its teeth weren’t sharp yet, and the ball was durable, so it remained unscathed.

Little Sesame watched it having fun and cried eagerly.

“Don’t worry, you have one too.”

Mu Shiyue placed another small leather ball into Little Sesame’s arms.

The ball was a bit big, and Little Sesame’s limbs were short, unable to fully wrap around it.

It squeezed hard, and the ball rolled away.

“Ying ying!”

Panicking, it chased after the ball.

Seeing the cubs all running after their balls happily, Mu Shiyue finally let out a breath of relief.

spirit beast cubs were really hard to take care of!

She had newfound respect for kindergarten teachers, who managed to face so many cubs at once.

With toys to distract them, Tiger Baby and Little Sesame stopped fighting.

Of course, infant attention spans were short. After a while, they grew bored of the balls.

At that point, it’s Mu Shiyue’s turn.

She picked up the balls and threw them, then they would run to fetch them.

To her surprise, they loved that game endlessly.

During the process, they fell several times, making Mu Shiyue laugh loudly.

spirit beast cubs were so fun!

Her laughter drew the attention of others, who joined in to play with the cubs.

Before long, Mu Shiyue even developed new toys.

Like cat teasers, mini seesaws, and slides.

With all these things, Little Sesame and Tiger Baby stopped fighting entirely.

Though busy raising cubs, Mu Shiyue still kept to her strict routine.

When it’s time, she would eat and sleep, leaving the two cubs in the disciples’ care.

The disciples also adored the cubs.

Who else had the chance to interact so closely with spirit beast cubs?

They’re the lucky ones!

Plus, holding cubs while cultivating improved their progress!

Thankfully, there’re three cubs, so they didn’t have to fight over them.

Originally, the cubs only liked to be near Mu Shiyue. But after playing with the disciples enough, they became less resistant.

—Most importantly, they weren’t strong enough to escape the disciples’ “ravaging,” so in the end, they resigned themselves to it.

Tiger Baby had initially been the fiercest, unwilling to let them near.

But when Chu Jingzhuo went into Hu Niu’s “postpartum retreat chamber” to complain tearfully, Tiger Baby got scolded by its mother.

Since these were Mu Shiyue’s disciples, and Tiger Baby was being served by them, they’re all family, no need to be so hostile.

In the end, Tiger Baby had no choice but to let itself be carried, petted, and kissed.

After a few days, it was even able to fall asleep snoring in their arms.