Beast Taming: My spirit beast bloodline is overloaded

Chapter 131 Evolution of Laws, The Third Spirit Beast
Lin Chen's final destination was the Beast Selling Shop.

This journey is long, so we need to prepare enough medicinal herbs.

Although Lin Chen's designed routes all passed through major cities, he was unfamiliar with the area and did not intend to linger.

The purpose of this trip is to reach the Spirit Institute as soon as possible.

"Our little star is here again." The saleswoman who greeted Lin Chen was the same one as before, always enthusiastic, and now she was all smiles.

Someone spread the word that Lin Chen bought his plow-horned beast here, so many people came here to buy plow-horned beasts.

This store is now considered a semi-"internet celebrity" store.

Therefore, the "little star" the female salesperson mentioned was not referring to Lin Chen, but rather to Xiao Bai.

After making a profit, the owner of the pet shop decided that Lin Chen would get a 50% discount on all the spirit herbs he bought there.

So, Xiaobai also started eating another kind of grass:

Blue Spirit Grass.

This herb tastes better, but it costs twice as much as the inferior herb.

Lin Chen didn't hesitate and stockpiled a lot this time.

"Welcome back again," the saleswoman said with a smile after taking the money.

Lin Chen nodded slightly and prepared to leave when suddenly several burly men walked in, saying as they entered:
"Now that the Monster Hunter Guild is gone, we don't dare to go deep into the mountains anymore. We can only hunt on the outskirts. Today we only managed to catch a few worthless monsters, and some of them were even abandoned."

Lin Chen deduced from this sentence that this must be the store's supplier.

He didn't pay much attention and was about to leave when Xiaobai poked his arm.

Following Lin Chen's gaze, Lin Chen saw a familiar face.

"Iron Paw Bear?" Lin Chen exclaimed in surprise.

This Iron Paw Bear is Li Zaiqing's Iron Paw Bear. It is currently locked in a cage, silently bowing its head and not uttering a word.

Lin Chen checked its level:
Level 20.

The next second, Lin Chen guessed what was going on.

Ironpaw Bear failed to evolve and was abandoned.

Lin Chen sighed. He couldn't blame Li Zaiqing. He had already used the best things to help the Iron Paw Bear evolve. The things he bought at the auction last time far exceeded the price of the Iron Paw Bear itself.

However, things are unpredictable, and no one can say for sure about evolution.

Just like some classic sayings from gambling addicts:

"As long as I'm at the gambling table, my odds of winning are fifty-fifty."

Lin Chen understood that the Iron Paw Bear must have been abandoned in the wild and then captured by these individual monster hunters.

After some thought, Lin Chen finally stepped forward.

After all, Li Zaiqing and Iron Palm Bear had fought side by side before. Although the former abandoned it, he certainly didn't want to see it captured again.

Because basic spirit beasts that fail to evolve and are abandoned have three possible fates:
First, they can return to being monsters, but they will generally only become low-level monsters, which is very miserable.

Secondly, if they are not accepted by the monsters or captured by humans, they can only wait for a kind person to adopt them as pets, but this possibility is very low.

Third, it becomes meat on the dinner table.

The Cangling Ancient Kingdom has a clear rule: once a spirit beast and a beast tamer form a contract, the spirit beast cannot be intentionally killed or eaten. Violators will be subject to the highest-level rule, and in serious cases, they will be killed. In less serious cases, they will be disqualified as beast tamers and have their spirit beast contracts forcibly broken.

However, despite the explicit regulations, there is no shortage of people who secretly break the law, no matter the world.

Iron Paw Bear's paws are a best-selling product, so Lin Chen felt it was necessary to help it.

"Hello."

"Who are you?" the burly man asked rudely, looking at Lin Chen with hostility.

Fortunately, the female saleswoman quickly stepped forward and said, "Brother Song, this is one of our customers, the champion of the Beef King Competition."

"Oh," Song Ge remembered, and his attitude softened. He said, "That's just how we manual laborers are, don't mind it."

Lin Chen ignored these minor details and pointed to the Iron Paw Bear behind him, asking, "How much does it cost?"

“It…” Song Ge thought for a moment, then immediately made an outrageous offer, saying, “It’s a failed evolutionary animal, so I’ll give it 500,000.”

Lin Chen frowned.

Taller.

This was beyond his expectations. Lin Chen's target was 300,000.

The saleswoman quickly said, "Brother Song, you'd only sell this to us for 150,000. How about this, you sell it to him for 250,000, and you can make an extra 100,000."

Lin Chen glanced gratefully at the saleswoman.

Song thought about it again and finally said, "Alright, twenty-five it is, I'll give you face."

"Thank you, Brother Song." The saleswoman smiled.

Lin Chen thanked her and walked up to the cage. The saleswoman asked, "Do you know her?"

"It's a friend's spirit beast. Although it failed, let's give it another chance at life," Lin Chen said.

"That's true." The saleswoman nodded.

Having successfully freed himself from the cage, Iron Paw Bear's mood didn't improve when he saw Lin Chen and the others.

Iron Paw Bear's life will be bleak now.

It trained very hard, and Li Zaiqing stopped subjecting it to such hellish training.

However, it still failed in the process of evolution.

It used to be on the same starting line as Xiaobai, but now it has fallen far behind Xiaobai.

"Let's go," Lin Chen said to it.

Little White also let out a moo, to comfort this former familiar beast.

Lin Chen took it out of the city and to the forest behind it, saying to it, "I can't take care of you, so this is all I can do to help you."

Iron Palm Bear nodded and gave Lin Chen and the others a grateful look.

"Wait." Lin Chen grabbed it, intending to give it a pound of meat as a reserve food, but his movements stopped at this moment.

Iron Paw Bear

[Advanced Mortal Beast]

[Dominant bloodline: Iron Paw Bear 74.8%, Black Armor Bear 1.332%, Frost Bear 1.8%]

[Hidden bloodline: 16.2%]

[Contaminated bloodline: 2%]

"This bloodline."

Lin Chen was extremely surprised.

According to the research of "mad scientists," after evolution fails, bloodlines become fragmented, like the dominant bloodline shown above, followed by a long, thin segment.

This is reasonable.

However, 74.8% of the Iron Paw Bear bloodline is already quite exceptional, and it also has 16.2% of latent bloodline.

Lin Chen still remembers what the first time he detected the Iron Paw Bear's bloodline data was like:
[Dominant bloodline: Iron Paw Bear 38.8%, Black Armor Bear 11.2%, Frost Bear 8.8%]

[Hidden bloodline: 11.2%]

[Contaminated bloodline: 30%]

Although Ironpaw Bear failed to evolve, its bloodline was greatly enhanced, which is equivalent to transferring most of the polluted bloodline into its original bloodline.

This kind of spirit beast is practically tailor-made for the third evolutionary path.

"Roar?"

Iron Palm Bear looked at Lin Chen with a puzzled expression.

Lin Chen also came to his senses. At this moment, he had thought it through clearly. If the Iron Palm Bear had a good temperament, then Lin Chen would not mind cultivating it as his third spirit beast.

After all, Lin Chen had always been quite curious about the evolution of the "mad scientist's" laws.

Because it is hailed as the strongest of the three laws.

Successful people do exist on Earth today, but they are few and far between.

After all, it's extremely difficult to gamble on a spirit beast with 99% of its bloodline.

But Lin Chen possesses the Midas Touch, which allows him to accomplish this.

(End of this chapter)