Beast Taming: the More the Better

Chapter 1276: Chapter 523: Qian Yi’s ’Sword Core’!

However, Evolution was the most important phase for a Pet Beast. If it didn’t become stronger after evolving, the Evolution was a failure! At the very least, it couldn’t be called a particular success!

This showed that in the past, apart from the help of his Golden Finger, Su Ping’s understanding of the basic Breeding of Pet Beasts had been extremely immature.

Therefore, after carefully tracing Qian Yi’s origins for such a long Time and experiencing failure in his attempts at Breeding and Evolution starting from the Paperman level, Su Ping finally grasped this point. Even now, he was still in the process of theorizing. But over this period of Time, a large part of this theory could generally be established.

Of course, a theory was just a theory. So, how could he bestow a Sword Heart and Sword Courage upon Qian Yi?

Previously, folding and compressing like a regular Paperman had been useless to Qian Yi. Although its Paper Body Compression could compress other Paperman Pet Beasts, it was mostly used for the "Hundred Swords Release" Swordsmanship. It served no purpose when used on itself.

Thus, according to his theory, the most direct and simple method was to integrate resources into it.

Su Ping thought for a moment before turning to look at Yin Luo. "Master Yin, do you still have any more of the Ore Vein Edge from last time?"

Ore Vein Edge. It was a Metal Element Emperor Level resource that could be born in any ore vein. As its name suggested, it was a resource that condensed the sharpness of the Metal Element. More often than not, it was used for the Breeding and Evolution of Artifact Pet Beasts.

During this Time, relying on his identity as a Breeder for the Heavenly Tomb Special Beast Taming Force, Su Ping had indeed mooched quite a few resources through this connection.

Yin Luo nodded. He rummaged around and quickly found a piece of special metal shaped like a three-pronged ancient drill! The protruding sharp point in the middle was exactly like a sword’s edge, only a bit smaller.

Su Ping pondered again. He inspected the item and said, "Give me another bottle of Gold Melting Paste! Also, bring me some Life Water, Dream Flower Dew, and Soul Crystal ground into powder..."

Following his request, every item was handed to him. In no time, a full ten or so resources had been delivered.

Su Ping grasped the Ore Vein Edge and smeared the bottle of Gold Melting Paste over it. For a Monarch Level Pet Beast, when directly using resources—unless they were relatively special—Emperor Level was the absolute limit for this kind of item. Moreover, precautions had to be taken. Resource damage was one thing, but he couldn’t let his Pet Beast get heavily injured, right?

After completely smearing the pitch-black paste, Su Ping willed it, and Qian Yi appeared before him.

"WAAH?"

Su Ping pursed his lips. "Transform into a sword body. Use the hilt to connect and wrap around this Ore Vein Edge. Let this thing merge with the sword body to become your sword core!"

"WAAH!"

At Su Ping’s command, Qian Yi didn’t hesitate in the slightest. Just like before, it transformed into a sword. During the transformation process, it quickly wrapped around and fused with the Ore Vein Edge smeared with Gold Melting Paste. A bizarre, somewhat bloated longsword appeared before Su Ping’s eyes.

Su Ping didn’t hesitate to place this paper longsword into the Life Water. Although the Life Series had the poorest effect on the Undead Series, the addition of ground Soul Crystal powder would enhance its efficacy. Furthermore, water-form resources had the highest absorption efficiency for a Paperman. Paper dissolving in water was an inevitability.

It had to be said that Su Ping’s idea was extremely brilliant. He had considered all possibilities, including any potential harm to his Pet Beast. However, the final result still left him rather disappointed. Yes, it failed. It just hadn’t failed completely.

A full three Xiaoshis later, Qian Yi, surrounded by a sharp aura, broke free from the water. It opened its eyes in some confusion—or rather, Su Ping guessed this was the case, because Qian Yi began to slowly move at this moment.

It wobbled slightly before quickly turning back into a Paperman. However, even with the protection of the Gold Melting Paste and the recovery from the Life Water, there were still streaks of scratch marks all over Qian Yi’s paper body. The little fellow didn’t mind at all. It blinked its anime-like Big Eyes.

"Such a weird feeling!"

Su Ping ignored it. After sensing that its Life aura was fine, he inspected the pitch-black Ore Vein Edge that seemed to have been excreted by the little creature.

"Breeder Su!"

Jian Yue finally spoke up from the side. Su Ping turned his head to glance at her. Seeing Jian Yue holding a washer device, he nodded.

After washing away the residual Gold Melting Paste, the original appearance of the Ore Vein Edge was revealed once again. However, upon seeing the Ore Vein Edge’s original state, Su Ping slightly raised an eyebrow. His previous contemplation and frown completely vanished.

This was because, at this very moment, an extremely bizarre mark had appeared on the Gold-plated Drill-like Ore Vein Edge. It looked like a mark left by sandpaper vigorously scraping against it tens of millions of times. For an Emperor Level resource like the Ore Vein Edge, such an action could at most make it fade slightly. It wouldn’t change its effects or even the sharp Gold aura on it.

But this single mark was enough to explain many things. Su Ping blinked. He leaned back in the large laboratory chair, watching as Qian Yi shook off the remaining Gold Melting Paste from its body.