Beast Taming: My spirit beast bloodline is overloaded

Chapter 153 1% Probability, Successful Evolution

When Lin Chen arrived at the mentor's residence, the medicinal herbs had not yet been prepared for cooking.

Lin Chen came here entirely to verify his own ideas.
Is this Devouring Beast a real Pixiu?

If even 1% of hidden bloodlines can make it evolve, then it's 100% authentic.

Of course, saying it's 1% is actually quite a high probability, since Bai Ling uses top-tier evolution materials and has Liu Gu as a catalyst.

Bai Ling was still comforting the Devouring Beast, telling it that even if it failed to evolve, she would not despise it.

In fact, the success rate of the Devouring Beast's evolution is not low, so quite a few have evolved. However, the evolution of this spirit beast is the same as not evolving at all, as it still has the same skills.

"I've heard about what happened to you," Liu Gu said to Lin Chen while working. "I asked the mentors in the ranking competition area to change your permissions. Now your senior classmates can also send you challenge invitations."

Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

For a spirit beast to become better, it needs not only to cultivate but also to enhance its animalistic nature.

Animals react to danger more strongly than humans, but their learning ability is much worse than that of humans. That is why they need more opportunities to fight.

While they were talking, Liu Gu finally finished processing the medicinal herbs and then prepared to start heating the large vat.

"Go inside," Liu Gu said to the Devouring Beast.

The Devouring Beast didn't hesitate and jumped right in.

Then Liu Gu began to summon his spirit beasts; the water-attribute one was a goldfish, and the wood-attribute one was a trumpet flower.

The latter is not particularly outstanding, but the former is quite different.

It is said that his spirit beast has dragon blood in it.

That makes sense; Liu Gu's ability to become an instructor in a place like the Spirit Academy is certainly no small feat.

While catalysts are valuable, the status of a Spirit Academy mentor is even more precious.

After the Devouring Beast went inside, the goldfish spat out a mouthful of golden water, and immediately the wood-attribute flower spirit released pollen.

The Devourer's eyes were wide open; it didn't seem sleepy at all.
I've been working on it for five or six hours, and it's still the same.

"Could something have gone wrong?" Lin Chen asked.

These words made Liu Gudu a little unsure of himself.

Bai Ling was extremely worried.

Finally, after eight hours, the Devouring Beast finally fell asleep.

Liu Gu, covered in sweat, looked at Lin Chen and said, "Do you believe me when I say this is an isolated case?"

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Lin Chen remained silent.

He already said that he came to watch not to test his mentor, so why doesn't Liu Gu believe him?

At this moment, Lin Chen also felt a little insecure.
It seems that people around me always misunderstand me.

Is this his problem?
Lin Chen had thought that since he had been simmering the soup for eight hours, the time it would take to evolve and form a cocoon would be very long. However, he was surprised to find that the Great White Bear had returned and told him that he had formed a cocoon after only three days.

"So fast!" Lin Chen exclaimed in surprise.

Generally speaking, the faster the cocoon forms, the weaker the talent.

Because less is being absorbed.

But it also represents one thing:
Evolution is prone to failure.

Two days later, Lin Chen went to the mentor's academy again and found that there were actually signs of him breaking out of his cocoon.

"It's highly likely that it's gone." Liu Gu said this to Lin Chen in private.

He dared not tell Bai Ling, for fear of hurting her.

Lin Chen nodded. In fact, the more he had interacted with Bai Ling, the more he had come to understand her personality.

This girl may appear weak, but she may be stronger than many others.

Her main desire was simple: she only wished that she, as well as the people and animals around her, could live peacefully, without harm or disease.

As for world domination, that's not within her consideration.

After all, she had been tormented by injuries for eighteen years.

For her, survival was the primary goal in life.

Two more days passed, and it was finally time for her to emerge from her cocoon. Lin Chen squatted beside her, though he didn't have high hopes for it.

The Devourer's transformation was uneventful; the cocoon itself slowly fell off rather than bursting open like when Little White successfully evolved.

Liu Gu and Lin Chen exchanged a glance, their eyes already conveying the answer.

Bai Ling's eyes, however, remained bright and alert.
She certainly hoped that the Devourer would be able to evolve successfully.

But it doesn't matter if it doesn't evolve successfully, it will still be her favorite Xiu Xiu.

Finally, the Devouring Beast's short legs emerged first, and it actually used its legs to kick through the cocoon, which was both funny and absurd.

and many more!

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Lin Chen and Liu Gu's pupils contracted as they both noticed the unusual change.

The Devourer's legs seem to have grown a bit?
Just then, the Devouring Beast's appearance changed significantly; its skin turned platinum gold, and its belly became much larger than before.

As for its mouth, it's even bigger.

"The evolution was successful?"

Lin Chen stood there, stunned, remembering that 1% probability. He was speechless for a moment, swallowing hard.

As a data analyst, I'm having some existential questions right now.

Tento
National Teachers College

Zhang Jin knocked gently on the door, waited three seconds, and heard a dry cough coming from inside before knocking and going in.

This is the courtyard where Zhong Nan lives.

The layout of the courtyard was quite elaborate, designed by the best feng shui master from the Cangling Ancient Kingdom.
However, Zhong Nan often told him that it was useless.

His life was taken by Heaven.

When it's time to leave, no one can stop you.

Upon arriving at the courtyard corridor, Zhang Jin saw Zhong Nan sitting in a chair and greeted him with a bow, "Teacher."

"You're back, cough cough~~"

Zhong Nan coughed again. His health was deteriorating. He looked like a dry twig, very thin, and his face had more spots.

Seeing this, Zhang Jin sighed inwardly.

Zhong Nan dedicated his life to the Cangling Ancient Kingdom, but his ending was not good.

"How is it?" Zhong Nan asked.

“I found a few people, and these are their files.” Zhang Jin said, handing over several files and saying, “Teacher, let me read them to you.”

"Okay, cough cough~~"

Zhong Nan's health is really poor.

Zhang Jin read it out quickly, while Zhong Nan sat to the side without much reaction; anyone who didn't know better would have thought he was asleep.

He only reacted when Zhang Jin read out Bai Ling's file.

"Is he the owner of that unicorn that's been causing such a stir in the city lately?"

"Yes."

"Have you met her?"

"I've met her," Zhang Jin said. "Does the teacher think she's a good fit?"

"What do you think?"

"I don't think she's suitable."

"Why?"

"Her personality is not suited to be the Imperial Advisor."

"Just because she's a woman?"

“No, this has nothing to do with gender,” Zhang Jin said. “I’ve checked her records. She was born sickly and weak, but her health only improved after she contracted with the Devouring Beast.”

"Although she was very lucky to find two good spirit beasts, you said, teacher, that luck alone isn't enough to establish oneself in this world." Zhong Nan listened to his entire explanation and said:

Do you still remember the first Imperial Preceptor?

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jin fell silent.

The first Imperial Preceptor?

In Zhang Jin's eyes, he is not a man, but a god!
A god that no one can surpass!
The term "First National Preceptor" refers to history after the Heavenly Beast Era, but his glorious deeds began at the end of the Primordial Era.

During the years of the war between humans and demons, the human race suffered repeated defeats, and the human army was in despair and even prepared to surrender.

Just then, the first Imperial Preceptor appeared out of nowhere, overruling all objections and advising them to choose to detour around Mount Ling, using it as their base for a counterattack.

His proposal naturally met with opposition from many people, but fortunately he won at the time, so the remaining human army later occupied Ling Mountain, which led to the later Cangling Ancient Kingdom.

In the first year of the Heavenly Beast Era, he was officially appointed as the Imperial Preceptor, becoming the first generation.

The peaceful years did not last long before the human war began.

Surrounded by enemies on all sides, he once again pointed out the direction for the Cangling Ancient Kingdom: to make an example of someone to scare others.

This chicken is the ancient kingdom of Nanfen.

The Southern Burning Kingdom was almost destroyed, its army was routed, and all its important cities were captured by the Cangling Kingdom.

The fact that the Southern Burning Kingdom is now the weakest of the six kingdoms is inextricably linked to this great war.

The three countries in the east, west, and north did not hesitate or fear. On the contrary, they believed that the Cangling Ancient Kingdom's forces were all in the south, and began a large-scale attack.

The people of Tiandu began to question the actions of the first imperial advisor again, but unexpectedly, the first imperial advisor uttered harsh words:
"History may be burned, the Nine Tripods may be overturned, but the last wisp of remnant soul will surely entangle the enemy's lifeline—if one is to die, let the entire Spring and Autumn Annals be buried with this page of ashes."

Simply put, the Cangling Ancient Kingdom can be destroyed, but it is still possible to exchange one for another before it dies.

Only then did the three great powers become wary and choose to retreat.

A peace agreement was eventually reached, and although there were frictions afterward, neither side attacked again.

Unfortunately, after doing all this, the first national advisor perished, never witnessing the prosperous years of the Cangling Ancient Kingdom.

"Teacher, what do you want to say?" Zhang Jin asked.

“He was just an ordinary person at the beginning,” Zhong Nan said. “Who knows what the future holds?”

Zhang Jin was stunned and remained silent for a long time, unable to utter a word.

When the complete Devouring Beast appeared, Lin Chen and Liu Gu were certain that the Devouring Beast had truly evolved successfully.

Bai Ling stepped forward excitedly, grinning from ear to ear, and said, "Xiu Xiu, you're so much bigger than before."

The Devouring Beast opened its mouth, let out a cry, and then clutched its stomach, indicating that it was hungry.

Lin Chen remained silent.

At this time, Xiaobai usually needs to take a bath, but its first reaction is to eat rice.

Sure enough, spirit beasts all have some unique quirks.

Bai Ling turned to look at Liu Gu, who said, "Then let's eat first."

The Devouring Beast's eyes lit up instantly, like light bulbs.

The Devouring Beast wasn't good at fighting, but it was a master at eating. It quickly finished all the food before it was satisfied.

Lin Chen, watching from the side, felt a bit embarrassed. This kind of spirit beast rice was so powerful that Lin Chen would never want it.

Bai Ling was quite willing to spend money. Her family was neither well-off nor poor, but rather middle-class. She herself lived a simple life, but she was very generous to the Devouring Beast.

She certainly doesn't have to worry about food and clothing now at the Spirit Courtyard, but she is also frugal.
"Let's try out the skills," Liu Gu said.

Bai Ling was also full of anticipation and nodded.

The Devourer's skill is [Death Devour], which, simply put, is to throw things into its mouth and swallow them whole.

This test is simple; just throw some random things in.

"I think I already know the result," Lin Chen said.

"Me too." Liu Gu said, sweating profusely.

All that could be seen was the Devouring Beast opening its blood-red maw and swallowing it whole.

Based on previous observations...
It can eat more.

"Hehe, you're amazing! You're still very weak now, but when you become a higher-level spirit beast, you'll definitely be able to devour your enemies in one bite." Bai Ling could naturally see that the Devouring Beast hadn't changed much, but she still encouraged it.

Lin Chen and Liu Gu were sweating bullets.
The enemy isn't stupid; won't they just run away on their own?

Waiting for you to swallow it?

This is encouraging. Zero points.

The Devouring Beast nodded, as if it thought so too.

Lin Chen's urge to touch it returned, and he went up to ask, "Can I touch it? I'm very interested in what it will look like after it evolves."

The Devouring Beast squinted at Lin Chen, but it wasn't averse to him, because it had become quite familiar with Little White and the others over this period of time.

The red-feathered chicken beside him was furious with Lin Chen and would never let him touch it again.

Lin Chen placed his hand on the Devouring Beast's belly, and its data appeared:
【Devouring Beast】

[Advanced Spiritual Metamorphosis]

The name hasn't changed, but the level has; it has indeed evolved.

[Dominant Bloodline: Devouring Beast 30.4%]

[Hidden bloodline: 1%]

[Contaminated bloodline: 68.6%]

Or 1%?

Lin Chen recalled that the Devouring Beast's manifest bloodline had changed by seven points, while its polluted bloodline had decreased by seven points.

That's a bit strange; according to the logic of evolution, it shouldn't be like this.

However, this Devouring Beast was a freak to begin with.
If there's a 1% chance of successfully evolving, what else is there to say?

Lin Chen is now fairly certain that Bai Ling and this Devouring Beast possess special passive skills:
luck.

Returning from the mentor's academy, it's time for another tedious period of cultivation.

Lin Chen bought the medicine from the pharmacy at Lingyuan Academy. The medicine for Xiaobai and Iron Palm Bear cost a total of two million.

Lin Chen sighed, realizing that he would never have dared to imagine such a number in the past.

However, times have changed, and the future of Little White and Iron Palm Bear is much brighter than those two million.

Especially for beginners, cultivating spiritual power is an inherently difficult process.

In comparison, Liu Gu's prescription is more valuable.

Liu Gu also sent Iron Palm Bear back and told Lin Chen that he only needed to take his medicine on time and that he should stop training for a while and rest.

Lin Chen also stayed in the courtyard for twenty days, which marked the beginning of his sixth month at the Spirit Academy.

Finally, seeing that Little White and the Great White Bear, two spirit beasts who loved to fight, were really bored, Lin Chen decided to take them to the battlefield chessboard to hone their skills.

Because the Spirit Academy has made it clear that only spiritual energy can enter the battlefield chessboard; people cannot enter it.

Therefore, the fight between the polar bear and the little polar bear inside doesn't really have any impact.

The battlefield chess game was held on the secondary peak of the Spirit Academy. It wasn't a popular area, but there were still quite a few students there.

Lin Chen found the mentor for this area, who glanced at him from behind and said, "You need a resource token of level six or higher to enter."

Lin Chen handed over the sign.

The instructor glanced at him and said, "You're Lin Chen?"

Lin Chen cupped his hands in greeting.

The mentor seemed to have a good impression of Lin Chen, but not because of Lin Chen's strength. He said, "I heard that when you faced the Ghost Hunting Wolf, you used the unicorn's spatial hole to severely injure it, which is how you managed to save the unicorn."

"Very good. The world of beast taming is not just about the strength of the spirit beasts. As long as the method is right, it is not impossible to defeat the strong with the weak."

"The same goes for war."

Lin Chen cupped his hands in greeting again, having learned from the plaque on the table that the other party's name was Ding Feng.

Ding Feng pointed ahead and said, "What lies before you now is the war history of our Cangling Ancient Kingdom."

(End of this chapter)