Beast Taming Starts with Ground Mushrooms

Chapter 46: Evolutionary Construction, Thunderous Baptism

If you suddenly become rich one day, the first thing you must do is stay calm and not get carried away...

Although Lin Yi now has a huge sum of 40 million, he remains calm. 40 million may seem like a lot, but it is not a small amount at all. However, if he were to use it for a beast tamer, it would be a little more than enough.

The only difference from before was that Lin Yi and Gu Zai no longer had to worry about money every day, but they still couldn't stop making money. In the next few days, Lin Yi's life seemed to return to normal, but it didn't seem to have fully recovered.

The day after the special training ended, he took the mushroom cub to the back mountain as usual and began the daily training. The little guy, in his eighth-level evolved form, had a damage range of five meters in radius. The destructive power of the azure sword light was terrifying even to Lin Yi.

But on the third day after the special training ended, the Department of Spirit Plant Cultivation Research was in an uproar.

The news that the special training program had produced "selected students" swept through the entire Department of Spirit Plants, causing a huge uproar within the department. Beast Tamers were all talking about a certain person's name, especially when the special training results were announced, Beast Taming Class 26 was completely in an uproar.

The astonishing data and the fact that the "curse of no selection for spiritual plants" was shocking the nerves of all the spiritual plant tamers. An unprecedented energy burst forth from the students of the department, and countless spiritual plant tamers were filled with enthusiasm, as if they had seen a light guiding them forward.

The fourth day after the special training ended.

Early that morning, on the same back mountain, in the same grove of trees, Lin Yi sat on another protruding rock and finally began to determine the evolutionary direction for the mushroom cub.

According to my senior, there are three ways to construct an evolutionary path.

The first method is "inherent evolution construction," which is the most popular path for beast tamers. After all, following the evolution direction of the beast's own race is a natural process, requiring no guidance or indoctrination; the beast can instinctively evolve on its own.

The second type is 'similar to the evolution of the same race'. As the beast race has developed to this point, their bloodlines have long been intertwined. Different beast races are mixed with the bloodlines of other races. As far as Lin Yi knows, three hundred years ago, in the Spirit Sea north of Tiannan City, there was a beast race with dragon bloodlines... [Deep Sea Crocodile].

This beast race is also known as the [Deep Sea Crocodile Dragon] race. It is said that they are the descendants of a fallen dragon and a [Deep Sea Giant Crocodile] from countless ages ago. They have multiplied to this day, and some of the [Deep Sea Giant Crocodiles] have created their own evolutionary path for dragons, evolving dragon scales and even dragon horns, and awakening some of the dragon race's original skills.

Unfortunately, none of the members of this beast race have ever transformed into dragons. However, they are exceptionally powerful, possessing the bloodline of a dragon. Once awakened, they are extremely arrogant and almost never accept contracts from beast tamers.

The third type is the "cross-species evolution construction" that Lin Yi is involved in, similar to Liu Bochuan's research on cross-species skill education. This path has been forged by countless beast tamers over thousands of years, and even though the difficulty level is unparalleled, there are still genius beast tamers who have achieved dazzling success.

However, Lin Yi did not choose any of the above three options; he still had a fourth path to take.

Unscientific evolutionary construction!

This cheat code that appeared from the very beginning is finally going to come in handy.

"Although there are three types of evolution construction, the evolution direction still needs to be determined according to the attributes of the pet. Apart from the 'evolution construction path', there are hundreds of element evolution directions to build for each type of evolution construction."

"Since we're going to build it, we'll definitely choose the ten strongest ones."

Due to the limitations of his cheat-like abilities, Lin Yi could only designate ten evolution paths for his beast pets. However, of the hundreds of evolution paths Chen Shiqi had told him, the ten strongest could be summarized in ten words:

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Thunder, Wind, Ice, Snow, Fog…

Each character represents an element, which is the elemental evolution direction of the pet. Once one element is chosen, the pet will evolve along that element and can communicate with the elemental power of heaven and earth to launch attacks through "Pet Secret Techniques" or training skills.

For example, Chen Shiqi's [Snow Eagle] follows the first evolutionary construction, the 'inherent evolution construction' and the 'ice element evolution direction'. So when [Snow Eagle] used the skill [Freeze] that day, it instantly connected with the surrounding 'ice elements', turning all things in heaven and earth into a frozen kingdom, with astonishing destructive power.

This world contains tens of thousands of elements, which constantly fill the surroundings, thus giving rise to extraordinary power.

In short, after a Beastmaster raises their pet to the first stage, the first thing they need to do is choose one of the three evolutionary paths and then build the corresponding 'elemental evolution direction'.

However, Lin Yi, who possessed the "unscientific evolution construction" cheat, obviously ignored the first step. What he needed to consider was the second step... that is, the construction of the evolution direction.

"The ten evolutionary directions of the elements are also one of the most expensive evolutionary constructions."

Thinking of this, Lin Yi felt a headache coming on again. Forty million seemed not so rich in the face of evolution construction. If we take his senior's words as an example, these ten 'elemental evolution directions' are all powerful but expensive choices, or even as difficult as climbing to the sky.

"Choosing these ten evolution paths means that once the mushroom reaches its first stage, only evolutionary ingredients containing the corresponding elements will be effective."

If you choose the 'Ice Attribute Evolution Direction', after that first stage, only ice element evolution ingredients can help the mushroom continue to evolve.

This ingredient has always been very rare and difficult to cultivate artificially. Only beast tamers can obtain it by venturing into undeveloped, primitive mountains. This is akin to snatching food from the jaws of beastmen. It is conceivable how high the price would be after such an evolved ingredient was brought back to human cities.

"No matter how expensive it is, we can't let our children go hungry."

After several days of deliberation and consideration, Lin Yi finally decided that he wanted all ten of the strongest 'elemental evolution directions'. Only children make choices; adults accept them all.

"However, we still have to take it one step at a time. We can't let the mushroom cub accept so many evolutionary directions all at once."

Let's start with the 'evolution direction of lightning element'. It's reasonable for a cross-species research beast tamer's ground mushroom to know how to use lightning.

Having made up his mind, Lin Yi looked at Gu Zai with a serious expression: "Gu Zai, do you know why I chose you at first sight?"

Mushroom Boy: (˶'ᵕ'˶)

Of course, it's because Mushroom is handsome and very strong.

Lin Yi: ? ? ?

"Of course not... uh, not entirely." Lin Yi choked on his words, then immediately said seriously, "Little Mushroom, the reason I chose to form a contract with you was actually because..."

Lin Yi's tone became much firmer as he spoke: "Because you have the bloodline of the [Thunder Dragon] within you, you... are actually a descendant of the [Thunder Dragon]."

Mushroom Boy: (ﾟoﾟ)?

What are you saying?

I'm GuGu.

Just as the little mushroom was looking puzzled, the "Unscientific Evolution Construction" was activated.

Boom... At this moment, the little guy felt a tremendous change happening inside his body, and an unprecedented sensation suddenly emerged.

Even Lin Yi could sense this power – it was lightning element!

The moment Lin Yi started to deceive... no, the moment Lin Yi began to evolve and construct, some subtle aspects of the mushroom's body were reshaped by the cheat code, and it actually sensed the fluctuations of the 'lightning element' around it. This allowed Lin Yi, who had a symbiotic connection with it, to discover it immediately.

"Holy crap, it's done already?"

Lin Yi exclaimed in surprise, "As expected of the Golden Finger Brother, at least give me some mental preparation!" He had originally thought of many mythical stories to guide and educate the mushroom boy in order to make him believe it without a doubt, but he did not expect the Golden Finger Brother to be so simple and crude, without giving him any mental preparation at all.

Mushroom Boy: (˶✧▽✧˶) Shocked and excited

Is Mushroom really a descendant of the Thunder Dragon?

The little guy initially didn't believe Lin Yi's nonsense, but when he actually sensed the lightning element, he was bewildered.

Lin Yi: "Little Mushroom, you are a descendant of the Thunder Dragon. The place where you were born was once a battleground for ten great beast clans. Their blood dripped onto the land where you grew up, and you absorbed that blood. Therefore, you possess the bloodline of the Thunder Dragon within you, and now that bloodline has awakened."

Lin Yi didn't care anymore and directly started his deception mode. Whether it would actually turn into a mushroom dragon in the end was not important. What he wanted at this moment was to plant the seed of lightning element evolution in the hearts of the mushroom cubs. The premise of beast pet evolution is that they themselves must believe it without a doubt.

The little guy's eyes lit up with stars as he listened to the sound. Mushroom is a descendant of the Thunder Dragon; Mushroom absorbed the Thunder Dragon's bloodline.

Gradually, the little one was deeply shocked. His short hand loosened, and the Cold String Sword fell to the ground. His clear little eyes became more and more convinced.

"It's done."

Seeing this, Lin Yi was secretly delighted. Children are so easy to fool; he believed that Ultraman really could shine.

Everything was ready except for the final push. In the following days, Lin Yi frantically studied the details of the "evolution direction of the lightning attribute" and made ample preparations. To this end, he also sent a message to Chen Shiqi, informing her of the final evolution direction of the mushroom.

When Chen Shiqi received the answer regarding the "evolution direction of lightning attribute," she remained silent for a moment before sending three messages to Lin Yi.

【it is good】

Tomorrow I'll have the shop staff send some evolution ingredients containing lightning attributes to Mushroom. These ingredients are very rare on the market; even if you have money, you might not be able to buy them.

This is for the little mushroom, not for you.

Lin Yi was immediately moved to tears. His senior was so good to him. He didn't know how to repay her in the future. Would it be too old-fashioned to repay her with his body?

Never mind, we'll talk about it later.

Three days later, Lin Yi received some evolution ingredients with lightning element attributes, as well as a [Thunder Tempering Pill], which he would use to temper the mushroom cub's body.

As instructed by Chen Shiqi, after completing its evolutionary construction, the Mushroom Cub must first find a stormy night with thunder and lightning, stand at the highest point Lin Yi can find, and undergo a baptism of thunder to cleanse the impurities in the beast's body before it can absorb thunder-attribute evolutionary ingredients. This is a necessary step for the 'Thunder Element Evolution Direction'.

Well... in short, it's like getting struck by lightning!

Therefore, after making thorough preparations, Lin Yi and Gu Zai waited for a stormy night with thunder and lightning over the next few days.

The southern part of the country is rainy, and soon, this day arrived for both the man and the beast.

As night fell and thunder roared, Lin Yi, carrying a flashlight, wearing a hooded raincoat, and holding Mushroom Cub, climbed the highest and closest mountain he could find behind Tiannan Beast Taming University.

At the same time, in the opposite direction from Lin Yi, a girl wearing a pink raincoat was also struggling to climb, heading towards the same mountain peak.

Su Shiyue looked up at the torrential rain pouring down from the night sky and the lightning tearing through half the firmament, a smile appearing on her lips.

"Waiting for a rainy night is really too difficult, Little Thunder. After you receive the baptism of thunder, you will be able to absorb evolutionary ingredients containing thunder elements."

She patted the pet [Thunder Spirit Wolf] cub in her arms. Although it was still a cub, it had reached the first-tier evolution stage a month ago. She and the [Thunder Spirit Wolf] had been waiting for this night for a long time.

Su Shiyue chose the back mountain of the spirit plant category because there were almost no beast tamers here who could baptize their beast pets with lightning. The other mountain peaks of the combat category had already been taken by others, and she had gone there several times without having the chance.

Thinking to herself, Su Shiyue patted the head of the Thunder Spirit Wolf cub and comforted it.

"Don't worry, Xiao Lei, here, no one will steal all the Thunder that belongs to you."