Continue escaping from William Carter's clutches——

　　It had no idea at all that William Carter was a thick thigh, or that the changes to its body were brought about by William Carter; it just wanted to slip away and find a safe place to enjoy the breeze and cool off.

　　The green silkworm twisted its body and tried to run again, but was blocked by William Carter once more.

　　“Chirp——”

　　White silk threads spewed from the green silkworm’s mouth again as it launched a second round of resistance, but the silk was still mercilessly torn apart.

　　Right now, William Carter might be weak, but dealing with the green silkworm was still more than enough for him.

　　In the green silkworm’s desperate gaze, William Carter subdued it again. This time, it simply gave up struggling and curled up to the side.

　　“The strength of the silk has indeed improved…”

　　“And it’s using it more skillfully than before…”

　　While engaging in a battle of wits and strength with the green silkworm, William Carter was making his assessment.

　　He glanced at the marks on his hand, then looked at the green silkworm.

　　Does this count as silk proficiency, going from beginner to skilled level?

　　This level of silk strength was already on par with the high-quality green silkworms cultivated with spirit plants at the Bingyuan City breeding base.

　　Its growth level might not be as high, but in terms of silk proficiency, it was definitely the best.

　　The improvement in the green silkworm’s silk skill proficiency was within William Carter’s expectations, but the increase in its growth level was something he hadn’t anticipated.

　　Could it be that a deeper understanding of its racial skill led to an overall growth in its strength, triggering a second awakening and transformation?

　　Or perhaps, when teaching the skill, he had also fed back some of his own power to it.

　　Either way, all these changes made William Carter very satisfied with the effect of the skill compendium.

　　As for the experimental results…

　　William Carter’s expression suddenly changed.

　　Because…

　　As he flipped open the skill compendium,

　　he discovered that all the pages had dimmed in color.

　　A cooldown timer had appeared below the status bar of every skill.

　　[Cooldown]: 8 hours

　　Meaning, he’d have to wait another 8 hours before he could use the skill compendium again.

　　William Carter: ???

　　There’s a cooldown?

　　William Carter was taken aback.

　　But it seemed reasonable.

　　This experiment of teaching a non-level skill like silk, although the consumption was within his tolerance, wasn’t negligible.

　　This cooldown was more like a self-protection mechanism, preventing him from overusing the skill compendium and getting drained.

　　Eight hours… He’d probably need to have a meal and a good sleep to recover.

　　To make good use of this skill compendium, he’d have to train his body… If even a non-level skill required an 8-hour recovery, low-level skills might take a day or two.

　　What about intermediate, high-level, or super-level skills?

　　William Carter suddenly realized the skill compendium wasn’t all that great—his pet was the one enjoying it, while he was the one getting exhausted.

　　He wondered if eating more nutritious food could speed up recovery?

　　If so, he could prepare some in advance, so after teaching a skill, he could quickly replenish himself. Since pets have supplements, beastmasters surely do too.

　　William Carter looked over at the completely confused iron-eating beast beside him; Henry still had no idea what his beastmaster had done.

　　“I brought back some bamboo shoots from the breeding base. Tonight, we’ll have shredded pork with bamboo shoots and white rice.”

　　Iron bamboo stalks are hard, but the shoots are edible and very nutritious—much more so than common vegetables. William Carter felt he needed to replenish himself, so he could be in top shape to teach the iron-eating beast the hardening skill tomorrow.

　　Eat bamboo shoots?

　　The iron-eating beast’s eyes lit up.

　　But soon, it realized a serious problem.

　　“Roar…!”

　　Weren’t the bamboo shoots supposed to be for it???

Chapter 11: Ways to Make Money

　　After the experiment, William Carter was hungry, tired, and sleepy.

　　He had originally planned to clean up the yard and his room, but given his current state, he decided to make do for the night and do it tomorrow.

　　“It’s getting late. I’ll go prepare dinner now.”

　　“Henry, you go rest for a bit. I’ll call you when it’s time to eat.”

　　William Carter turned to Henry and said.

　　The iron-eating beast behind the tree: ｜д·′)!!

　　Rest?

　　It shook its head vigorously.

　　No way.

　　It had finally awakened its hardening ability—how could it rest now?

　　It was already far behind its peers.

　　It had to seize the time to train.

　　If it didn’t complete two hours of training, it wouldn’t feel at ease eating dinner.

　　With telepathy, William Carter: ???

　　William Carter was shocked. What James Harper the breeder said was true—this iron-eating beast really was a bit unusual.

　　It clearly wanted to eat delicious food, but because it hadn’t trained yet, it didn’t feel at ease eating dinner???

　　Aren’t you being a bit too self-disciplined?

　　“There’s no need to rush. Today’s a special case, so it’s okay to rest well,” William Carter advised.

　　The iron-eating beast shook its head vigorously.

　　“Fine then…”

　　“Go ahead and practice your hardening ability in the yard for now,” William Carter said.

　　“Roar——” Henry nodded, completely forgetting that William Carter was going to eat its bamboo shoots, its expression growing more and more serious.