Chapter 229: Chapter 229: Breaking Old Views! The True Definition of Magic Beast Level?
After leaving the small dark room, Qian Qi hurried to the Contracted Beast storage room upstairs.
The Contracted Beast storage room, as the name implies, is where students of the Beast Taming Department store their own Contracted Beasts. When they’re in class or sleeping and not training, their Contracted Beasts are kept here to prevent any harm to other students.
Both Zhang Feng’s and Liang Yuting’s Contracted Beasts were kept here.
"Xiao Zhang! Xiao Liang!" Qian Qi greeted Xiao Zhang and Xiao Liang enthusiastically and immediately aimed the system panel at the two of them.
"Tongzi! Unlock the Flame Dog’s evolution direction! I want Ah Tu to become a D-level magical beast first!"
After contracting with a magical beast, the Contractor inherits a skill level from the Contracted Beast that is one level lower than the beast’s level. Since she wanted to contract with Ah Tu, why not contract with a D-level Ah Tu instead of an E-level Ah Tu!
The D-level Ah Tu could at least give her a mature E-level Fire Skill, while the E-level Ah Tu could only offer her a lighter skill!
Might as well take advantage of this opportunity!
However, the system had previously mentioned that to unlock the evolution panel, it had to be a Contracted Beast, and Ah Tu wasn’t one, so she had to ask Xiao Zhang and Xiao Liang for help~
Qian Qi rubbed her hands eagerly, unable to wait: "Quickly let me see, what evolution directions does the Flame Dog have~"
[Friendly reminder: The Flame Dog currently only has one evolution direction, please unlock its cultivation method directly~]
"Huh? What do you mean it currently only has one evolution direction?" Qian Qi asked curiously.
[It means that even I can’t guarantee that several billion years later, the Flame Dog will be able to break through the bottleneck of evolving genes and unlock more evolution directions.]
Qian Qi:...
Why talk so deeply, just say the Flame Dog’s genes are too basic to evolve into more breeds!
Qian Qi excitedly opened the cultivation method on the panel and found the unlock cost from E-level to D-level cultivation for the Flame Dog was only 300,000, and she bought it without hesitation.
[Magic Beast Name: Flame Dog
Magic Beast Level: E-level→D-level
Cultivation Method: 3 Fire Willow Red Flame Fruits, 1 Nine-leaf Red Flame Vine, 2 Vermilion Blood Grass]
"Hmm?" Qian Qi looked at the three types of magic plants on the panel and immediately sensed something was off.
"Fire Willow Red Flame Fruit, Nine-leaf Red Flame Vine, Vermilion Blood Grass are all beneficial magic plants that enhance the Flame Dog’s power!"
Moreover, as these three types are all D-level magic plants, the power enhancement effect on the Flame Dog is much more prominent than that of the E-level Fire Qilin Fruit, so these three types of magical plants in external instances are practically harvested by Magic Plant traders.
Due to the great difficulty in cultivating magic plants and their low yield, even if someone cultivates them, the price is extremely high.
For instance, that Vermilion Blood Grass can even sell for 1.8 million per plant!
Given this, surely some wealthy Flame Dog has eaten these three types of magic plants, right? It should have evolved by now, why doesn’t anyone know about it? Must they be eaten together to be effective?
[Congratulations, Qian Qi, on discovering the anomaly!]
The system expressed much appreciation for Qian Qi’s keen mind, [Let me educate you on the actual definitions of magic beast levels!]
[Human-defined levels from E to S reflect a magic beast’s power level. With each level rise, a magic beast awakens one new advanced skill autonomously, and the power of previously acquired skills also boosts. When an E-level magical beast rises to D-level, it awakes a D-level skill, and its E-level skill power also elevates to D-level.]
[However, human-perceived levels from E to S are truly the evolution levels of magic beasts. The higher a magic beast’s evolution level, the stronger its skills become~]
Qian Qi tapped the panel thoughtfully, her eyes revealing a moment of deep contemplation, "Do you mean the levels E to S are actually evolution levels? Under the same evolution level, should the magical beast’s power level use a new set of theoretical level systems?"
[Correct.]
"And as evolution levels rise, the power of all skills increases..." Qian Qi suddenly gasped sharply, excited, "Hey hey hey, isn’t that implying even an E-level magic beast can use six types of skills?!"
That explains it! Why did this world’s magic beasts seem so basic, E-level magic beasts only knew one skill!
Apparently, they were meant to inherently know several?!
[I truly appreciate your intellect.]
The system expressed appreciation, [Initially born as A-level evolution bodies, magic beasts inherently possess five magic beast skills, whereas magical beasts evolving from E-level bodies to A-level due to fortuitous opportunities are bounded by environmental training constraints; only evolution can enable them to awaken new magic beast skills autonomously.]
Indeed, having the fortune to climb from E-level to A-level akin to a blessed prodigy in a cultivation novel.
[Thus, possessing specific environmental training, even E-level magical beasts could preemptively unleash the remainder of several skills, though their power won’t match A-level magical beasts.]
Qian Qi gasped.
She understood now, E-level evolutionary magical beasts could, via special training, trigger skills only possessed by highly evolved magic beasts, whereas evolution itself could enhance the power of their magic beast skills.
So, all this time, humans had gotten the definitions of magic beast levels wrong!
And the sequence of nurturing Contracted Beasts was erroneous as well!
Beast Masters should first, through specific training, have their Contracted Beasts activate more magic beast skills, then find ways for their Contracted Beasts to evolve into high-level magic beasts, not wait until their Contracted Beasts self-evolve into high-level magic beasts and then autonomously awaken new skills!
"If Contracted Beasts can unleash 6 types of skills while at E-level, that would also be a gigantic breakthrough!"
Qian Qi rubbed her chin, analyzing, "Many E-level Contracted Beasts can only use one skill, if they could wield six skills, against E-level magical beasts using a single skill, their winning chances leap upward!"
[Allow me to interject.] The system reminded, [Different magical beasts have maximum evolution levels, some can only evolve to A-level, then they can develop up to just 5 skills, some only to B-level, then up to just 4 skills.]
"Oh~" Qian Qi expressed understanding, "I see~ Like Moyu, choosing ominous evolution, it can evolve beyond S-Class, whereas choosing another evolution path, it can only evolve to S-Class~"
As for the Flame Dog having only one evolution path... "Then what’s the Flame Dog’s limit?"
[A-level.]
A-level is still decent, Qian Qi nodded, "Then the specific environmental training you mentioned refers to?"
A particular type of environmental training could enable the Flame Dog to trigger more skills, so she certainly had to inquire further, to ensure her Ah Tu had 5 skills, securing its victory from the start!
[That pertains to the Beast Taming Space training I previously mentioned! Detailed information can be found in Volume 2 of ’Spiritual Power Training Method’ dear darling＾ｖ＾~]
Qian Qi eagerly opened Volume 2 of ’Spiritual Power Training Method’, only to discover displayed on the page was a large: [Unlocking this volume requires 300 million yuan~]
Qian Qi:...
"System! I’ve put up with you for too long!" Qian Qi directly picked up a nearby poop-scooping metal shovel and swung it at the system panel.
[Aaaaaa stay calm—!] The unexpected assault almost scared the painstakingly tidy system to the point of deformity, quickly dodging, [How could you be so heartless! I was merely joking with you!]
"Fun is fun, jokes are jokes, but don’t mess with my money!" Qian Qi bared her teeth menacingly like a wild wolf, threatening, "Unless you want the panel to be covered in crap, unlock it for me now!"
The system felt genuinely hurt: [You don’t truly love me! You only love the knowledge I possess!]
"How could that be?" Qian Qi smiled, "The knowledge you possess is also a part of you, loving your knowledge also means loving you!"
The system:...
The system sulked a bit and finally unlocked the contents of Volume 2.