Chapter 110 Training Wolves? Training Humans?
Chapter 110 Training Wolves? Training Humans?
"One times one equals one..."
"Cover this body and hair..."
Ziyi and Zian are at different paces in their studies.
One student focused on memorizing the second paragraph of the Thousand Character Classic, while the other tried to memorize everything taught yesterday.
As Li Mosi listened to make sure their pronunciation was accurate and without errors, he roasted the five wolf cubs like sweet potatoes.
The four wolf cubs, whose eyes were still closed, were relatively well-behaved and dared not move around much.
The only little one who opened his eyes was more troublesome.
It's curious about everything!
She would sometimes gravitate towards Li Mosi, and sometimes run towards the campfire. Even when he held her down, she would turn her head and look around.
Unfortunately, the little guy had a lot of energy, which kept Li Mosi busy.
Everyone has their own things to do.
The saintess, sitting on the haystack, had long since fallen asleep.
Although Ziyi and Zian learn slowly, they are very steady.
This left Li Mosi both busy and somewhat bored.
He decided to train the wolf cubs again.
Seeing the little cub trying to slap the campfire with its paws again, he took out a piece of donkey liver.
"Suckling sound—"
"Eek!"
"Eek—"
A series of soft moaning sounds suddenly echoed from inside the leader's cave.
What are you doing, you little brat who hasn't even opened your eyes yet?
Li Mosi just stared at the little guy with his eyes open and waved the slice of donkey liver in her hand.
"Eek~"
The wolf cub swayed as it tried to get closer to him.
"come over."
"Eek!"
despair.
"That's great."
To avoid disturbing others, he spoke much softer.
But Zian's attention immediately shifted to Li Mosi and the wolf cub with open eyes.
Zi Yi also looked over.
Although they could read it quite fluently, they were still some distance from memorizing it.
Zi'an asked, "Master, may we rest?"
Li Mosi turned to look at his two disciples, then reached out and touched the bellies of the cubs.
It's completely dry.
Based on his experience, at least an hour had passed.
He nodded to his two disciples: "Alright, you can rest for a while before continuing your studies."
"Phew~"
Ziyi and Zian breathed a sigh of relief.
They exchanged a glance, left the stone table, and moved closer to Li Mosi.
The wolf cub shrank back in fright at Zi'an, only returning to normal after she squatted down.
It was as if she wouldn't recognize him if he just stood there.
The first pair doesn't have this problem.
Zi'an casually stroked its fur and looked at Li Mosi: "Master, can you teach me how to tame beasts?"
She's always been quite interested in this.
Li Mosi just told her to go study first, so she didn't have a chance to say it out loud.
Zi Yi also looked over.
He was clearly interested in this as well.
Li Mosi nodded: "Sure. The first thing in taming an animal is to see if it can understand what you mean. Some cubs are too young to handle that."
Zi Yi nodded: "So, Master, you wanted to test me first."
Zi'an also understood.
"That's right."
Li Mosi continued.
"Once you've confirmed that the beast understands you, you can begin training."
Zi'an was somewhat excited, and leaned forward slightly.
"Master, you spoke first, and then did this and gave me some food. What is this?"
She didn't understand the instruction and tried to snap her fingers like Li Mosi, but she failed.
However, Li Mosi understood what she wanted to ask.
He began by saying, "This is called a conditioned reflex."
As he spoke, he wrote on the ground.
"Conditions are the essential elements for accomplishing something. For example, if Ziyi fetches a bucket of water, the water and the bucket are the conditions. When you eat, firstly, you need to be able to eat; your mouths can't be blocked. And there also needs to be food for you to eat."
Zi'an looked at the two characters and lowered his head in deep thought.
Zi Yi asked, "Then food, water, fire, and the pot used for cooking are also conditions for cooking?"
Li Mosi nodded: "You're right."
He wrote down another word.
"Reflection is the reaction of an object to an action. For example, if I tickle you, you will flinch or laugh, or if I tap the area below your knee in this position, your leg will spring back on its own."
As Li Mosi spoke, she crossed her legs and demonstrated a knee-jerk reflex.
Zi'an also tried it out.
Wow! It really works!
For a split second just now, she thought her legs were no longer her responsibility!
Thump—
A muffled thud suddenly came from the cave entrance.
The three of them turned to look, and saw that the Holy Maiden had sat up at some point and was now touching her knees.
She tried to turn her head to look outside the cave entrance, pretending not to notice the gazes of the three masters and disciples.
Li Moss continued, "My method of taming animals is to create conditioned reflexes in wolf cubs."
"When I said 'sit down,' I meant for it to sit down. And when I said 'come over,' I meant for it to come over."
"Once it does it, I snap my fingers to mark its behavior and give it a stimulus. Then I reward it with food to help it remember the command."
"Snap, condition, reflex, sit down, come here."
Zi'an listened to Li Mosi's words and softly murmured these new words.
After Li Mosi finished speaking, she asked, "Can I try, Master?"
"Eek!"
Before Li Mosi could answer, she felt the donkey liver in her hand being pulled outwards.
The wolf cubs were already craving it!
boom.
"Eek!"
He gently tapped the open-eyed wolf cub's head with his knuckles, and the cub, in pain, released its grip.
Li Mosi grabbed the wolf cub by the scruff of its neck with one hand: "You two can try. By the way, do you know how to snap your fingers?"
Zi'an had already tried it and shook his head immediately.
Ziyi tried to imitate it, but there was no sound, so he shook his head.
Li Mosi casually picked up two not-too-hot stones from beside the campfire: "You can just hit the ground with the stones, it's not important. Remember, you must feed them quickly after hitting them."
Zi'an nodded.
She mouthed the words a few times, then nervously called out to the wolf cub, "Come here."
"Eek."
The wolf cub watched Li Mosi take a step forward, but then crawled towards Zi'an halfway there.
Zi'an watched as the wolf cub approached him.
When the boy walked up to her, she immediately picked up a stone and tapped the ground.
despair.
Li Mosi quickly stuffed a small piece of donkey liver into the cub's mouth.
"Eek~ Click".
"That's awesome."
Zi'an imitated Li Mosi's previous training methods and quickly completed the last step.
"sit down."
"Eek."
despair.
"That's great."
Zian tried out the wolf cub's two commands once each.
The wolf cubs all performed the commands correctly.
Zi Yi quickly moved closer to the wolf cub: "Let me try."
The two of them had a lot of fun, but the continuous commands left the wolf cub exhausted.
A few minutes later, the wolf cub opened its eyes. Whether it was completely full or tired, it sat down on the ground and didn't move.
No matter what you say, they just turn their heads to look over, and at most let out a soft moan.
"Alright, alright, break's over. You can go back to your studies now."
Li Mosi stopped her two disciples from continuing their training.
"This training method can only be done for a few minutes at a time, just a short while. If you do it for too long, you'll feel tired, just like when you're studying."
He realized halfway through his speech that this era did not yet have a precise concept of time, and immediately changed his tune.
The two disciples didn't pay any attention, they just watched as the wolf cub stood up.
They were still somewhat reluctant to part ways.
Looking into the wolf cub's eyes, which were unique to young cubs, Zi'an inexplicably thought of his younger sister.
She didn't know what she was thinking, but suddenly asked, "Master, can this method be used to tame people?"
Zi Yi and Li Mosi were both stunned for a moment.
After a brief silence, Li Mosi nodded: "Of course you can, but that's not called taming, that's called controlling people."
"How is that possible! How can humans and wild animals be the same!"
Holy crap, Hachiman is enraged!
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