Water World Beast Taming: My Pets Can Evolve Infinitely

Chapter 146 New Pet Beast, Seven-Star Knife Fish (Daily 10,000 words, please subscribe)

Upon hearing Jiang Henian's words, Jiang Chen immediately understood that Jiang Henian was trying to help him find a good spiritual martial arts technique.

"Do you have any claw techniques?" Jiang Chen asked.

"Yes," Jiang Henian replied.

Jiang Henian opened the light and shadow shell in front of him (it was written as a communication shell in the previous chapter, but it has been changed). The shell lit up and a password window appeared.

Jiang Henian used his spiritual power to enter the password, and immediately the Light and Shadow Shell displayed several tables.

Jiang Henian clicked on a form labeled "Claw Technique," which displayed seven or eight lines of text:

"Rui Zhiyong, 'Mad Claw Technique,' pet beast: Berserk Sea Dog."

"Chen Haoying, 'Three Yin Centipede Claws', Pet: Wild Centipede."

"Zhao Shuo, 'Mighty Lion Claw Kung Fu,' pet beast: Emperor Tooth Sea Lion."

"Chen Dong, Mysterious Claw Technique, Pet: Mysterious Water Crocodile Turtle."

"Tong Boyan, Dragon Claw Kung Fu, Pet Beast: Ironclad Dragon Shark".

"Hong Hezhi..."

At the end of the table, some basic information and contact methods for the creators of these exercises are also noted.

Jiang Henian said, "The Martial God Hall was founded by me. It is an organization for body cultivators and has only been established for about ten years."

"Ten years is a long time, but the number of body cultivators is already very small."

"And the number of body cultivators who have achieved mastery and are able to create their own cultivation techniques, or deduce cultivation techniques from the skills of the sea creatures that can be practiced by humans, is even smaller."

"Not everyone is willing to exchange their own techniques, so the Martial God Hall currently doesn't have many claw techniques; only those listed in the table."

Jiang Chen understood what Jiang Henian meant.

Creating cultivation techniques is no easy task; only geniuses among body cultivators can deduce them from the skills of the sea race or create them themselves.

Since the number of people who practice body cultivation is already small, the number of cultivation techniques is naturally even smaller.

Jiang Chen looked at the claw techniques in the table and shook his head slightly. Spiritual martial arts techniques can only be used if the cultivation method and the pet's skills match, and there were no claw techniques for the fishing cat listed.

Unless Jiang Chen goes to the pet on the contract form.

"Besides claw techniques, what other martial arts techniques do you particularly want to learn?" Jiang Henian asked again.

"Hmm... knife technique or sword technique, I guess!" Jiang Chen said.

"Do you like knife skills or sword skills?"

"No, wielding swords and knives looks cooler, which suits my style perfectly," Jiang Chen said seriously.

Jiang Henian rolled his eyes.

Jiang Henian thought for a moment, then pondered and said, "Sword techniques, I suppose. I remember there are more sword techniques available!"

"You can learn it first, and when you reach the third level of Beast Tamer, you can contract a pet that matches the skill."

"Okay." Jiang Chen nodded.

"The sword is the courage of all weapons!"

"The knife, emphasizing its fierce and powerful spirit, displays a sense of ferocity and decisiveness!"

"The knife is all about using force to overcome skill, unlike swords and spears which are often versatile and rely on finesse to win. That's why, since ancient times, the knife has been the most domineering weapon of killing."

"The knife represents dominance and ferocity, and those who wield it usually possess extraordinary courage and wisdom."

"Primarily used for slashing and chopping, it can be used for both offense and defense, is flexible and sharp, and can play a significant role in battlefield combat, martial arts practice, or self-defense while traveling!"

Jiang Chen nodded. Indeed, in times of chaos, a knife is much more useful than a sword!

Especially on the battlefield, the knife plays an even greater role!

Jiang Chen replied, "Then let's talk about swordsmanship!"

Jiang Henian clicked on the sword techniques category, and sure enough, there were more than ten sets of techniques in the "Sword Techniques" table:

"Lu Ke, 'Silver Blade Wave Slash,' pet: Silverback Knife Fish."

"Huang Lehe, 'Golden Blade Parting Waves,' pet: Golden-backed Knife Fish."

"Zhuo Jinglue, 'Shura Slash,' Pet: Azure Water Shura"

"Ji Chiming, *Blood Blade Slash*, Pet: Blood Blade Fish"

"Lai Chia-Yu, 'Lightning Slash,' Pet: Scythe Mantis Shrimp"

"Huang Zheng..."

"Yan Chao, 'Star Slash,' pet: Seven-Star Knife Fish."

Seeing that Jiang Chen had finished looking at the form, Jiang Henian asked, "Is there anything you like?"

Jiang Chen's gaze fell on "Asura Slash" and "Star Slash".

Among the sea beasts with the highest growth potential in this sword technique chart, the Azure Water Asura and the Seven-Star Knife Fish are the two.

Jiang Chen possesses the "Illustrated Compendium of Marine Creatures," so the pet beasts he contracts with should naturally have the strongest growth potential the better!

Some sea creatures have limited growth potential and find it difficult to continue leveling up.

For example, the highest growth level of the Silverback Knifefish should be a Level 5 General or a Level 6 Overlord Sea Beast, which is determined by their racial bloodline.

Although Jiang Chen could potentially continue to level up and extract various bloodlines by frantically adding points using the Little Yellow Book, why choose the inferior option when there are better ones available, thus wasting all his effort?

Adding stat points is really bad for your health...

Azure Water Asura, a special advanced bloodline of underwater cutters, is one of the four overlords of the Southern Wilderness Sea. Together with the Red Skull Devil Fangfish, the King Kong Fish, and the Dragon Head Eel, it rules the Southern Wilderness Sea, which shows how powerful this sea beast is.

The Seven-Star Knife Fish has the strongest growth potential of all knife fish, bar none!

The Seven-Star Knife Fish is quite magical. When it is a Level 1 Awakened Sea Beast, it looks no different from an ordinary knife fish, and its strength is also average.

When they reach the level two elite sea beast stage, these sea beasts begin to show their prowess, with the Big Dipper array appearing on their bodies. At this point, their strength begins to increase, reaching the level of the Silverback Knife Fish.

The Level 3 Transcendent Sea Beast, the Seven-Star Knife Fish, lit up its first Big Dipper star, Tian Shu, on its body. Its strength surged to that of the Golden-Backed Knife Fish, which was at the same level.

The fourth-level sea beast, the Seven-Star Knife Fish, lit up the second Big Dipper star, and its strength increased dramatically once again!

Level 5 generals, including sea beasts and seven-star knife fish, light up the third Big Dipper; level 6 overlords light up the fourth, and so on!

Legend has it that when all seven stars of the Big Dipper on the back of the Seven-Star Knife Fish are lit up, it signifies the descent of the Star God and the inverted Milky Way, a truly terrifying sight!

If the Azure Water Asura is the king of swords, then the Seven Star Swordfish is the god of swords!

The most terrifying thing about the Seven-Star Knife Fish is that it belongs to three types of sea beasts: water, metal, and spirit.

When it attacks, it automatically adds both physical and mental attacks, which is extremely overpowered, almost like a cheating sea monster!

If he really had to choose, Jiang Chen would naturally choose the Seven-Star Knife Fish without hesitation, as it is the pet that all beast tamers dream of obtaining.

However, this kind of sea beast is extremely rare, the kind that is extremely rare, and can only be encountered once every ten years in the desolate sea!

If it's so rare to find in the desolate ocean, it's even more impossible to buy in human kingdoms.

In fact, in the human kingdoms today, the only pet bloodlines that can be stably supplied are generally only at the commander level.

The higher-ranking general-level bloodlines are usually encountered by beast tamers when they go on adventures in the desolate sea.

Pets of that caliber would cause a frenzy at auctions as soon as they appeared, with people from all walks of life scrambling to buy them!

It's something that can only be encountered by chance, not something you can seek out; you can only wait for luck.

As for creatures like the Seven-Star Knife Fish, which are born with the bloodlines of a Level 6 Overlord and a Level 7 Emperor, they wouldn't even be auctioned off; they would be directly consumed by various top-tier powerhouses and within organizations.

If you don't have enough status or connections, you won't even hear the news.

Jiang Chen sighed. To be honest, this kind of sea beast with extremely high growth potential was a perfect match for him!

With his little yellow books, he would definitely put all his energy into them and level them up to the maximum!

Well, he had no choice but to back down and choose the Azure Water Asura pet.

These pets are pretty good too. The Seven-Star Knife Fish is a top-tier pet, while the Azure Water Asura is a first-tier pet.

However, the Azure Water Asura is also very difficult to buy on the market; it can only be obtained through auctions, requiring patience to wait.

However, there is the Azure Water Asura in the Southern Wilderness Sea, so it shouldn't be difficult to send Jiang Henian to steal a pet beast egg.

After all, as someone's mentor, this is a basic requirement that must be met, right?

Seeing Jiang Chen standing there, Jiang Henian revealed a sly smile: "Don't know what to choose, huh?"

"And when you made your choice, did you overlook a very important issue?"

"What's the problem?" Jiang Chen was taken aback.

"That's a matter of matching the cultivation technique with the pet's skills," Jiang Henian said. "You want to choose the Azure Water Asura, right?"

"However, you've overlooked something important: Asura Slash is a high-level skill of the Azure Water Asura!"

"If you really choose this cultivation method, then you must at least cultivate the Azure Water Asura to a level five sea beast before you can unleash this spiritual martial skill!"

What the hell!

Jiang Chen froze on the spot, speechless!

He suddenly understood why he had never heard of spiritual martial arts techniques before; these things had far too many restrictions!

He also understood why there was no Two-Tailed Fishing Cat among the claw-type skills, because the Two-Tailed Fishing Cat's level was too low!

Once the Two-Tailed Fishing Cat reaches a certain level, it will learn advanced skills, rendering its spirit weapon skills useless!

Gan!

"Principal, why didn't you say so sooner?" Jiang Chen was so angry he almost suffered internal injuries.

"You didn't ask earlier!" Jiang Henian said with a smile.

Damn it, Jiang Chen almost unleashed a national treasure!

"Therefore, body cultivators like you with relatively low cultivation levels generally don't practice spiritual martial arts techniques."

"Unless, it's a skill without a rank!"

"Among the sword techniques listed here, the only skill without a rank is the Seven Star Swordfish's 'Star Slash'!"

Jiang Chen was speechless: "I also want to contract a Seven-Star Knife Fish as a pet, but Seven-Star Knife Fish are extremely rare. How could I possibly find one?"

"Principal, are you kidding me?"

Seeing Jiang Chen's exasperation, Jiang Henian revealed a smug smile like a wicked old man. He stroked his beard and said with a grin, "You're one of the only two disciples left in my refining system. Why would I want to mess with you?"

"You're making me choose the Seven-Star Knife Fish? Aren't you just messing with me?" Jiang Chen said angrily.

Jiang Henian raised his head slightly, and said with a smug and proud expression, "You may not be able to find the juvenile Seven-Star Knife Fish, but I can!"

"kindness???"

Jiang Chen, who had been cursing, froze, suddenly looked up, stared intently at Jiang Henian, his heart pounding: "Grandpa... what did you mean by what you just said?"

Now it was Jiang Henian's turn to be speechless.

You little brat, you have no backbone at all, calling me grandpa right away?

Alright, kid, you've got a wide road ahead of you!

"The Yan Chao on the form is the second general of our Southern Great Wall. He owes me a favor."

Jiang Henian slowly said, "The pet beast he contracted is a Seven-Star Knife Fish, a female."

"A few years ago, his pet got together with a passing male seven-spotted knife fish while it was out, and it became pregnant and gave birth to two seven-spotted knife fish."

One of them has already been taken, but there's still one left.

What the hell!

Holy crap!

Jiang Chen was stunned; this was an unexpected delight!

He once again experienced the benefits of currying favor with powerful figures!

If he joins a combat-oriented team, would he benefit from this?

Absolutely not!

The department head, Yu Ming, might treat him a little better and allocate slightly more resources to him, but that's probably the limit!

There are far more monks than porridge in the combat department. No matter how much Yu Ming admires him, he can't openly show favoritism, as that would cause dissatisfaction among others.

But he joined a small department, and it was a small department with the college principal in charge. The entire department only had two members, so the principal had no chance to be nice to others!

Moreover, in this situation, the principal's connections have also become his connections.

This is so awesome!

"Grandpa, can you really get me a Seven-Star Knife Fish pet?" Jiang Chen asked, his voice trembling with a mixture of elation and excitement.

Jiang Henian was slightly speechless. Had he gotten addicted to calling him "Grandpa"?

He suddenly gained a grandson out of nowhere?

Jiang Henian replied, "Don't worry, Yan Chao still has to give me, Jiang Henian, face."

"Moreover, I heard that this Seven-Star Knife Fish has already advanced to the Extraordinary level, so it can be your third pet."

"The Seven-Star Knife Fish is a top-tier pet, so the resources and evolution materials required to raise it are also astonishing."

"But you've only just earned 7 million, it's not a big problem!"

"You also have the talent for 'dual cultivation' of beast taming, so that's not a big problem either!"

"I'll make a trip for you right away and get back the Star Slash technique and the baby Seven-Star Knife Fish."

Uh, Old Man Jiang actually knew that I swindled 7 million from Yan Mengmeng...

Is this old man following me?

"Grandpa, isn't it a bit excessive for us to want both cultivation techniques and pet beasts?" Jiang Chen rubbed his hands together, a little embarrassed.

"That is indeed very excessive."

"That……"

Jiang Henian waved his hand: "Don't worry, I will give you the corresponding price in return."

Jiang Henian said earnestly, "The Martial God Hall will try its best to publish some low-level free cultivation techniques to the public. For example, some basic body-refining techniques circulating in the market are provided by the Martial God Hall, and the Martial God Hall did not charge a single penny for them."

"As for the more upscale options, then there will be an additional charge. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Jiang Chen.

Jiang Henian nodded: "Jiang Chen, you must remember, it's too idealistic and unrealistic to expect all cultivation techniques to be released for free."

"Everyone has selfish desires, especially since the creation of cultivation techniques is extremely difficult. They are all created by a large number of body-refining predecessors with painstaking efforts, consuming a lot of time, energy and resources."

"Let me ask you, if you painstakingly spend one or two years creating a cultivation technique, and during that time you also give up cultivation and devote yourself wholeheartedly to the technique, and there is even a possibility of going into qi deviation during the process of creating the technique."

"After going through countless hardships to successfully create this cultivation technique, would you be willing to share it publicly for free?"

Jiang Chen replied without hesitation, "I'm not willing."

Jiang Henian: "That's right. Admittedly, there will be some people who are selfless and will disclose information for free for the collective good, but what happens after one or two times?"

"He definitely wouldn't want to make it public, which would greatly dampen his own enthusiasm and that of others in creating cultivation techniques."

"No one is willing to selflessly give to a stranger. If anything is to develop in a healthy, orderly, and positive way, then we must strive to eliminate the behavior of taking advantage of others."

Jiang Chen nodded; he was never one to take advantage of others for free.

Let's stop freeloading, starting with me!

"Principal, do you have enough money? I have some saved here..." Jiang Chen coughed lightly and said with some pain.

A Seven-Star Knife Fish pet, and one that has already grown to the extraordinary level, it must be very expensive, right?

Then there's the training manual that comes with the Seven-Star Knife Fish, which is definitely not cheap!

The 7 million they just received, won't it all disappear before they even have a chance to enjoy it?

If that's the case, then it's too painful...

Jiang Henian was speechless!

He was speechless not because of what Jiang Chen said, but because of how Jiang Chen addressed him!

Damn it, he was calling me grandpa so affectionately just now.

Now that money is involved, he immediately transforms into a school principal again!

Luckily, I made 80 billion using your method, otherwise I would have killed you right now!

Jiang Henian said irritably, "Alright, your little bit of money isn't even enough to fill a tooth gap!"

"Thank you, Grandpa. You're so generous! May you enjoy boundless happiness and longevity!"

"..."

Jiang Henian really wanted to beat someone up!

The two chatted for a few more minutes about pets and cultivation techniques, when Jiang Henian suddenly changed the subject and casually asked, "I heard that our school's new geography teacher was your high school homeroom teacher?"

Jiang Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he replied, "Yes."

"You seem to get along quite well with your former homeroom teacher!"

"It's alright, it's alright."

"Okay, it's good that you're alright."

Jiang Henian casually changed the subject: "Although you stood out in the Typhoon Newcomer Competition this time, you must not slack off. Continue to train diligently, understand?"

"Yu Zhicheng has set up an elite class, and now he is putting Jin Yue, Gong Hao, and Xie Enze through grueling training every day, in an effort to reclaim the honor of the combat department."

"Don't be all smiles now, or you'll be overtaken later. That would be too embarrassing."

"So if you need anything, just let me know, and I can give you intensive training anytime, guaranteed to be even more effective than theirs!"

"..." Jiang Chen.

However, I have to say, the Fighting type really went all out this time!

Yu Zhicheng is the vice principal of Yingtian Academy and the older brother of Yu Ming, the head of the combat department.

Goodness, it seems the younger brother is no good, so the older brother has to step in!

If Principal Jiang Henian is this capable, the Vice Principal must be quite something too!

Jiang Chen couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. Sure enough, these people were not to be trifled with; they were not the kind of people who could be dealt with easily!

Having earned 7 million this time, he must train even harder and not slack off!

The two exchanged a few more words before parting ways. Jiang Chen went back to continue his cultivation, while Jiang Henian got up and went to the Southern Great Wall to find Yan Chao.

However, when Jiang Henian walked out of the Biyue Bamboo Forest, he hesitated slightly and turned around to walk towards the teachers' dormitory of Yingtian Academy.

That target was Jian Qingqiu.

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