60: Chapter 60 Bonds, Lucky Treasure Mouse
For his next beast, he planned to choose a support type. After all, given his unique circumstances, there was a high probability he would be a lone wolf in the future, so he needed to carry a support that could heal him.
So this monster... could temporarily serve as his first beast. Since the Broodmother wasn't by his side, he would wait until its strength could no longer keep up with him before replacing it.
As for blood energy, although it seemed like he had a lot right now, if he actually used it, it wouldn't even be enough for the three little ones. The amount he could spend on other monsters was even more negligible.
He caught Xiao Xing, who was being flown around in the air by a bat, and planned to try fusing it with a Lucky Cat in a moment.
But before that... Chi Anlin opened the system's new function, which was the Monster Evolution Path.
In the next second, Xiao Xing's attribute panel appeared in Chi Anlin's vision.
[Name]: Treasure-Seeking Mouse
[Attribute]: Metal
[Level]: Mortal Rank Fifth Stage
[Potential]: Spirit Rank Low-Grade
[Evolution Paths]:
Gold Essence Mouse: Spirit Rank Mid-Grade
Required blood energy: 300,000 (blood energy can unlock the description of required materials for evolution)
Spirit Ore Mouse: Spirit Rank High-Grade
Required blood energy: 500,000
"Hmm, so this is how the evolution path works." Chi Anlin stroked his chin, showing a 'just as I thought' expression. This way, maybe he could even act as a Spirit Nurturer?
The profession of Spirit Nurturer was relatively niche and required more knowledge. This profession specifically served Beast Tamers, primarily focusing on evolving their beasts.
After all, once many Beast Tamers formed a contract with a monster, it was generally difficult to abandon them. So, to progress further, they could only evolve the monster.
Therefore, most Spirit Nurturers were Beast Tamers themselves. After all, cultivators of other professions didn't have the leisure to learn about monsters.
After checking the Treasure-Seeking Mouse's evolution range, Chi Anlin shook his head. These evolution directions weren't what he wanted.
The poor rely on mutations, the rich rely on technology, and the lucky kings rely on luck.
With luck on his side, he naturally chose Fusion.
He extracted the Lucky Cat from the system. It was a golden cat with spots like copper coins all over its body, looking extremely wealthy.
"Ding, do you wish to fuse [Treasure-Seeking Mouse] and [Lucky Cat]?"
Required blood energy: 350,000
Fusion Success Rate: 90%
The compatibility was indeed very high. Since Xiao Xing's own quality was relatively high, the blood energy required was quite substantial, directly consuming more than half of the blood energy Chi Anlin possessed.
Without hesitation, Chi Anlin directly chose to fuse.
When fusing with a monster, the monster in the primary Fusion slot would be preserved, while the monster in the secondary slot would disappear. In other words, the Treasure-Seeking Mouse would absorb the Lucky Cat.
It sounded a bit inhumane, but thinking about the monsters he had killed, Chi Anlin felt at ease. Having arrived in this world, he should adapt to its rules of survival and shouldn't have too much mercy.
A blood cocoon wrapped the Treasure-Seeking Mouse and the Lucky Cat. After Chi Anlin moved it into the house, he looked at Xiao Yue.
The Fusion time was twenty-four hours. Chi Anlin planned to see if Xiao Yue could fuse with the Frost Battle Soul.
He summoned the Frost Battle Soul. This thing looked a bit like a Blue Buff from a game, except it was surrounded by elements and had no physical body.
"Ding, do you wish to fuse [Polar Ice Battle Wolf] and [Frost Battle Soul]?"
Required blood energy: 800,000
Fusion Success Rate: 30%
As expected, Chi Anlin stroked his chin. Although they were both ice-attribute monsters, the compatibility between Xiao Yue and the Frost Battle Soul wasn't high. After all, the Frost Battle Soul was an elemental body, which was vastly different from Xiao Yue's flesh and blood body.
The Frost Battle Soul also needed to be fused, or it wouldn't follow his commands. Chi Anlin had Xiao Yue create a block of ice out of thin air and then used Fusion on the Frost Battle Soul.
"Ding, do you wish to fuse [Frost Battle Soul] and [Ice Block]?"
Required blood energy: 5,000
Fusion Success Rate: 80%
The Frost Battle Soul was a Mortal Rank Ninth Stage monster. If it were an ordinary beast, fusing it with an ice block might only require a dozen or so points of blood energy. Most of the 5,000 blood energy here was to change the Frost Battle Soul's loyalty.
After choosing to fuse, the Frost Battle Soul was wrapped in a blood cocoon and emerged five minutes later.
Its attributes hadn't changed at all. Chi Anlin put it into the beast taming pouch. This monster would disguise itself as his first beast. Since there was no contract, he could only command it verbally.
He had previously checked information about Beast Tamers online, and it seemed that other Beast Tamers all commanded their beasts verbally. It seemed different from how he could communicate directly within his sea of consciousness.
A creature like the Frost Battle Soul was relatively countered by Qi Cultivators, but for ordinary Body Cultivators, it could be considered an absolute suppression.
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[host]: Chi Anlin
[Realm]: Mortal Rank Ninth Stage
[Profession]: Beast Tamer, Body Cultivator, Qi Cultivator
[blood energy]: 250,000
[Beasts]: Xiao Yi (Mortal Rank Ninth Stage), Xiao Yue (Mortal Rank Ninth Stage), Xiao Xing (Mortal Rank Sixth Stage)
[Techniques]: Omitted
[Bonds]:
sea of consciousness: Possesses partial functions of the Broodmother, significantly increases mental power, and expands the capacity of the sea of consciousness.
Ice Soul Dantian: Increases spiritual energy recovery and absorption speed. Every time Xiao Yue breaks through, the host receives a large amount of Source Ice Power to expand the dantian and improve the constitution.
Luck: Fortune increases, and the chance of obtaining fortuitous encounters increases.
Twenty-four hours had passed. Xiao Xing's Fusion was complete, and it had evolved again. Chi Anlin also found a new prompt from the system.
Bonds.
No wonder he suddenly had a dantian; it turned out Xiao Yue had given it to him.
Looking at it this way, every time he contracted a monster, he would gain a bond. Therefore, he should be even more cautious in his choice of beasts.
[Name]: Lucky Treasure-Seeking Mouse
[Attribute]: Metal
[Level]: Mortal Rank Sixth Stage
[Potential]: Spirit Rank High-Grade
[Skills]:
Invisible Me: Yellow Grade Low-Grade. Can reduce one's own sense of presence, making it difficult for enemies to notice oneself.
Luck: Special passive. Fortune increases as the level rises.
Treasure Seeking: Yellow Grade Peak-Grade. Possesses a special sensing ability for treasures, able to sense treasures within a hundred-meter radius.
Xiao Xing didn't seem to have changed much, but in reality, its luck had improved significantly due to this Fusion, moving from the description section to becoming an actual skill.
Unfortunately, this Luck skill couldn't be leveled up using blood energy, otherwise Chi Anlin would have started spending blood energy points long ago.
After upgrading Xiao Yue's Gale Step to Yellow Grade Low-Grade, Chi Anlin stretched, packed up, and prepared to head out.
The so-called College Entrance Exam inspection was today. He wondered exactly how these people tested talent.
After contacting Ji Jiji, Chu Xinying, and the others, Chi Anlin headed out with his beast taming pouch.
He felt a faint sense of anticipation. It was finally his turn to show off and slap some faces!