I Have the Classic of Mountains and Seas, So Why Would I Need a Beast Tamer's Bloodline?

In this world of magic and magical beasts, there is also a special profession: Beast Tamer.

Beast Tamers are an ancient and rare human bloodline. Those who awaken this bloodline can tame magical beasts and use them as their own, making them highly sought after.

Ying Wangshu, whose soul transmigrated into this world, was born into a Beast Tamer family. But her original body was a beautiful but useless girl whose own pets wouldn't even get close to her.

Her only purpose in the family was to be sacrificed to the family beast god on the day she came of age, in exchange for the possibility that more Beast Tamers might awaken in the future.

Ying Wangshu looked at the black book in her mind, titled The Classic of Mountains and Seas, and slowly typed a question mark.

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Magical beasts were battling in a thrilling match in the family arena, but Ying Wangshu couldn't care less. As she munched on cookies and stared at the mysterious interface only she could see, she fell into thought:

[The Ran Yi fish has a fish's body, a snake's head, and six legs. Eating it keeps one from sleeping and helps ward off evil.]

Does that mean eating it will keep people from falling asleep???

In the bestiary of The Classic of Mountains and Seas, the nine-tailed fox tucked in its nine fluffy tails to make itself less noticeable. The Shushu deer glanced at its entry and relaxed when it saw there was no mention of it being edible. Qiongqi proudly puffed out its chest: It ate people.

As for the Ran Yi fish: …

It can't keep people from falling asleep, but I think I can still salvage this. How about eating those two noisy fish outside? Or that dark, muddy monster underground could work too.

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On the day the Duke of Byrd's family held its beast god sacrifice, the altar exploded: literally.

Later, the Krenber Empire, where the ducal family lived, exploded too: in a figurative sense.

Because Miss Isichel, the one who had blown up the Duke of Byrd's estate, ridden off on a gigantic phoenix no one had ever seen before, and taken the family's beast god, became the ruler of the Snow-White Mountains.

The Snow-White Mountains were known as a forbidden land on the continent, a treasure trove that drew countless people despite being the place where so many had met their end.

[Reading Guide]

1. The heroine is the strongest throughout, but she isn't max-level from the start.

2. This is a fictional world and my take on Western fantasy. Some elements may not seem like Western fantasy to you, but I like them. (Important!)

3. The blurb may be revised before the novel begins, but the premise won't change.

4. There will be a male lead, though I don't know who yet.

Theme: You have to take your hopes into your own hands.