Light Spring Murmur
Chapter 45: End of the Training
Although staying in Magnetic Mountain allowed them to continue searching for electric ore to strengthen Shi Yi's newly learned lightning-type skill, it wasn't very meaningful.
Electric ore was just a level one resource, not very expensive or rare. Its value wasn't much different from Iron Bamboo. Buying in bulk or purchasing higher-level resources after returning would be a better option.
The more exposed electric ore spots in the Magnetic Mountain area, such as the mines in the three electric caves, had basically been plundered by them. The remaining ones were hidden and not easy to find, so searching for them would not be very efficient.
It was better to take advantage of the remaining time to gather some other resources.
"Shi Yi, next, let's find some nutritious food for Qing Mian Worm," Shi Yu said to Shi Yi after considering it. Qing Mian Worm had been following them for so long and hadn't seemed to have eaten anything decent.
Qing Mian Worm had helped a lot in the past two days. It deserved some reward for its efforts.
"En!!!"
Shi Yi nodded indifferently. It should be!
Every day after training, the worm looked like it was about to die. Shi Yi was really afraid of losing this little partner.
"Ji ji!!!" Qing Mian Worm in the backpack teared up.
Generally speaking, evolution materials for Qing Mian Worm were prepared when it was around level nine or ten, close to pupating.
The value of using rare materials during other growth stages wasn't very high. After all, only during the pupation stage, with the nourishment of the cocoon, did Qing Mian Worm have a high probability of comprehending new racial skills.
In other stages, it seemed that only the Silk skill was worth strengthening.
At this time, Shi Yu also began to consider which evolutionary direction he should cultivate Qing Mian Worm in.
To cultivate a pet, determining its position was very important.
Like Shi Yi, Shi Yu was cultivating it according to the standard battle pet template. It just needed to be strong and versatile in combat.
But for Qing Mian Worm, Shi Yu didn't want it to be like a traditional battle pet. After all, he had the Skill Index and it was relatively easy to DIY.
It was better to choose some rare and more practically valuable evolutionary directions.
Healing-type butterfly?
That way, it might learn a skill to help him, the Beast Tamer, recover stamina and energy, which he could use in combination with the Skill Index.
Support-type butterfly?
For example, the Light Goddess Butterfly, which possessed light manipulation and illusion abilities, was a very good bodyguard for Beast Tamers, with a wide range of abilities.
Or... cultivate it towards a mythical direction?
Traditional mythical creatures were nothing more than dragons, phoenixes, etc., which were inherently noble races.
Like the Ice Phoenix Moth evolved from Qing Mian Worm with outstanding Silk skill, mentioned by Lu Qingyi, it completed its evolution by integrating the Ice Phoenix bloodline during the evolution process.
It was precisely because it possessed the mythical bloodline that this Qing Mian Worm could directly rise from the lowest level of the pet world to become a noble monarch-level race.
Also... if the compatibility was sufficient, choosing some rare attributes was also possible.
Such as space-type, time-type!
If he had a pet that could master the Instant Transmission skill, his escaping skills would be maxed out, and he could basically be fearless in the face of danger.
Moreover, these rare attributes might not be weak in other aspects either.
With this idea, Shi Yu discovered that there were simply too many evolutionary routes for Qing Mian Worm, making him dizzy and unable to choose.
"The key is skills and materials!"
"It's not so easy to get rare skills and materials. For example, where can I find the evolution materials used for the Ice Phoenix Moth? I guess I can only get them from the Eleven Bureau's channels."
"Forget it, it's too early to think so much. Let's see what materials I can encounter first."
"For now, the most important thing is to cultivate the Silk skill to the highest level!"
Shi Yu flipped through the illustrated book and found a spiritual plant that was very suitable for Qing Mian Worm as food.
Dragon Beard Grass.
A level one spiritual plant, named because it resembled the beard of an Eastern dragon.
It was the favorite food of pets that mastered silk-type skills, and could effectively increase the toughness and sharpness of the silk.
"This is it."
While searching for Dragon Beard Grass, they could challenge powerful fierce beasts along the way. That's how the next day would be spent.
Collecting Dragon Beard Grass was actually much easier because the spider-type fierce beasts near Dragon Beard Grass were generally not very powerful.
The most powerful one was a level ten awakened fierce beast, the Grimace Tarantula, worth 4000 points.
But the ending was, of course, it was killed by Shi Yi.
Although the battle process was a little more difficult than the fight with the Electric Slime, it did prove that Shi Yi's current combat power was stronger than these untrained level ten wild fierce beasts.
The reason was simple: even if these wild creatures had a higher growth level, their skill proficiency was too low. They basically relied on instinct to use them, and few creatures would train on their own.
For example, those two slimes, whether it was the discharge or the multiplication skill, were both at the entry level.
Later, the most difficult Grimace Tarantula Shi Yu encountered only had one racial skill that was at the proficient level, so when facing Shi Yi, who had multiple proficient or even expert-level skills, the level gap was not so obvious.
In fact, Shi Yu hoped that the nearby spider-type fierce beasts would be stronger, preferably with a danger-predicting skill similar to Spider-Sense... that would make him very happy.
Shi Yu wanted Shi Yi to cosplay the three colors of Haki from the famous Earth manga One Piece. Now that Armament Haki hardening was available, and Conqueror's Haki intimidation was available, all that was missing was Observation Haki, which could sense things.
But if not, then so be it. He could pretend to make do with Super Vision.
Proficient-level Super Vision allowed Shi Yi to have extremely strong dynamic vision, allowing it to clearly lock onto targets in various extreme environments, such as in heavy fog. It was already very powerful.
In the future, at the expert and perfect levels, according to the information Shi Yu found through his phone, it could even have a 360° view and see the flow of energy.
As for transcendent-level... he wasn't sure, but the effect would definitely be stronger. At that time, with max-level Super Vision as a reconnaissance skill, the effect wouldn't be too bad.
In short, Qing Mian Worm was very happy on this last day and felt that this training trip was not in vain. This Dragon Beard Grass was much tastier than Shi Yu's leftovers.
In less than three days, Shi Yu, Shi Yi, and Qing Mian Worm all had different gains.
Shi Yu gained the Multiplication skill, Shi Yi independently learned Thunder Palm, and Qing Mian Worm had a snack... it was clear who profited the most.
In the blink of an eye, this three-day Tian Mang Mountain training activity was coming to an end.
Inside the training base.
Five professional Beast Tamers carefully watched the final score displayed on the big screen.
First place, Shi Yu, 20,000 points.
In addition to the four level ten creatures and five long-thorned wild boars, Shi Yu also collected some resources along the way and turned them in, reaching a total of 20,000 points.
"The first place is indeed him."
"Although there was some trickery in hunting the slimes, the subsequent solo hunting of the Grimace Tarantula undoubtedly proved their true strength."
Zhou Wanshan, the overall person in charge, listened to the evaluations of his teammates and silently looked at Shi Yu's information.
"The average level of the pets of the trainee Beast Tamers we are responsible for at this training base is relatively low. None of the Beast Tamers' pets have reached level ten."
"Level ten is currently the strongest fierce beast in Tian Mang Mountain. He can command a level six Iron-Eating Beast to defeat four level ten fierce beasts. It's indeed remarkable. This first place is well-deserved."
"It's rare to see a Beast Tamer who can fight beyond their level in Pingcheng... I wonder how he will perform in the ruins next."
With Shi Yu's current score, there was no doubt that he had obtained the qualifications to enter the ruins!
...
"It's over!!"
"It's finally f***ing over. I ate tree fruits for two whole days. I'm going to throw up."
"I want to take a bath, I want to take a bath. I'm going to die if I can't take a bath!"
"Am I just so attractive to mosquitoes? I got 49 bites in less than three days."
After the training base announced the end of the training assessment through a mechanical bird, the trainee Beast Tamers on Tian Mang Mountain complained as they went down the mountain.
Shi Yu, on the other hand, looked at the sky with a calm expression as he walked. He had worked hard on this training trip, so he might as well take out some of that 10 million to reward himself and buy some high-end supplements.