Beast Taming: the More the Better

Chapter 1275: Chapter 523: Qian Yi’s ’Sword Core’!

Looking at Qian Yi at this moment, Su Ping pursed his lips.

He suddenly stepped into Qian Yi’s energy-isolated combat room. Under the surprised gazes of Master Yin Luo and Jian Yue, who was drilling the other Five Elements Paper Spirits nearby, he arrived beside the Paperman Qian Yi.

It was unclear what he said to Qian Yi, but the Paperman—who had spent the vast majority of its time lately accompanying them and helping them breed the extremely difficult and troublesome Great Revolution Five Elements Physique—suddenly underwent a change.

They had seen Qian Yi make three Papermen assemble into a single sword more than once. However, this was their first time seeing Qian Yi itself transforming into a sword.

That was right.

As a Paperman, Qian Yi had also mastered the Racial Skill, Paper Body Folding. In fact, Qian Yi’s Paper Body Folding was at the Perfection Level. Thus, right before their eyes, Qian Yi’s body slowly folded into a sword. It was slightly larger than ordinary Paper Swords.

Yet at this moment, it was not just Su Ping who frowned and then relaxed, revealing an expression that said he had expected this all along. Even Jian Yue and Yin Luo, who were watching this scene with curiosity, furrowed their brows slightly.

Although the Paper Sword Qian Yi had transformed into was larger, imbued with more abundant Energy, and possessed a terrifyingly sharp edge that chilled the heart, the sword just felt like it was lacking something. Perhaps it was because it was currently held in Su Ping’s hand, but they could not quite put into words exactly what was missing.

So, what exactly was missing?

Su Ping had also been pondering this question, but just a moment ago, Qian Yi had given him an answer. Back then, based on its profound understanding of swords, Qian Yi had told him that the folding of Paper Swords consisted of three parts: the Sword Heart—or rather, the Sword Core—the hilt, and the blade.

But if Qian Yi were to transform on its own, it seemed to be missing one crucial element.

The Sword Core!

The sword Qian Yi had condensed was entirely too hollow!

True, but this was also completely normal. Qian Yi’s paper body could not be extended indefinitely. If it wanted to form a sword composed of three Papermen, it could not possibly solidify the foundation of the blade and condense the sturdiest, most compact Sword Core. Without being able to condense a Sword Core, it lacked even the most basic foundation. How could it strengthen its paper body?

Of course, this might just be Su Ping’s speculation. After all, Qian Yi was ultimately not a sword, but a Paperman, a Paper Immortal Swordsman. A sword was merely one of the forms it could transform into. It could just as easily turn into a saber, a Square Sky Halberd, or any other object.

It seemed it did not actually need to take the form of a sword to solidify its so-called foundation. Yet as Su Ping pondered this, he felt a certain degree of confidence.

The reason was simple. Aside from Qian Yi’s own Attribute inexplicably changing from the Gold Attribute to the highly abstract Sword Attribute—a Mutation Attribute heavily leaning toward the Gold Element—after its last Evolution, there was a more crucial point.

What was Qian Yi originally? A Paperman?

No!

In the Fengdu Sword King’s Secret Realm, the Spirit of the Secret Realm had made it very clear. It was also a promise Su Ping had made. Qian Yi’s true body and Origin was a Sword Soul! It was a soul-type Undead Pet Beast based on a sword, driven by a Soul Seed and the Sword Intent Origin!

It was the Fengdu Sword King’s final attempt. He had wanted to rely on this endeavor to create an entirely new Advanced Pet Beast. It was just that back in the Secret Realm, the Sword Soul and the Paperman had merged into one. Extracting it was one thing, but the Spirit of the Secret Realm had also wanted to wipe away Qian Yi’s self-awareness and the memory of its birth.

As far as Su Ping was concerned, doing that would mean replacing it with an entirely different Pet Beast. Naturally, he could not accept such an outcome.

But in the end, Qian Yi’s soul itself was still that very same Sword Soul! It was not the so-called Sword Soul found within the Sword Dao Incarnation that had fused with the Sword Body and other Skills back then, but the true source of its soul. It was still that Sword Soul.

Since it was a Sword Soul, shouldn’t its most suitable vessel naturally be the body of a sword?

As his understanding of Pet Beast Breeding deepened, Su Ping was no longer the green Breeder who solely focused on breeding Papermen. In fact, from his current perspective, this deduction and idea of his should have been utilized during the First Segment of Qian Yi’s Evolution, because this was what the continuation of Qian Yi’s path should truly be!

At the time, Su Ping had been quite satisfied with the first stage of Qian Yi’s Evolution. Whether it was the Swordsmanship that emerged during its subsequent growth or its ability to control other Papermen, both had granted Qian Yi incredibly formidable combat power. This was especially true with the later emergence of the Great Revolution Five Elements Physique and the Sword Dao Incarnation. Not to mention the terrifying improvement brought about when the Jinge Technique reached Divine Perfection.

However, in essence, these actually had very little to do with its Evolution. To put it bluntly, there was almost no connection at all.

The Sword Soul went without saying; it was related to the Sword Intent Origin and its origins. The improvement of the Jinge Technique was entirely due to Qian Yi’s own Talent. The Great Revolution Five Elements Physique was a major achievement for the entire Paperman Pet Beast race, not a strength brought about by Qian Yi’s Evolution.

Of course, without Qian Yi, it would likely be extremely difficult for ordinary Papermen to breed the Great Revolution Five Elements Body without several years of strict training. But the point remained—Qian Yi’s true body was actually not that strong.

Particularly when it came to improvements based on Evolution. Skills like the Paper Flying Immortal seemed decent at the time, but looking back now, they were rather useless.