124: Professor Jiang

The next day, Lin Chen went to Jiang University to meet Professor Jiang.

Unlike his Maternal Grandparents, who looked so young, his hair was already gray, marking him as a true elder.

According to Teacher Zhang, Professor Jiang was already over four hundred years old. This age was considered advanced for a Six-Star Beast Tamer, and unless he could break through to Seven-Star Beast Master, he only had a few decades left.

But how difficult was it to break through to Seven-Star Beast Master? His spirit beasts had successively passed away during several disasters in his early years, virtually eliminating the possibility of him advancing to Seven-Star Beast Master.

"You're a good young man. Prepare well for the College Entrance Examination first; there's no rush for your Breeder studies!" Professor Jiang said with a kindly smile. He wasn't as strict as Jiang Hongling and the others had described; instead, he carried a playful air, like an old mischievous child.

He did not ask Lin Chen to formally apprentice yet, planning to wait until after he enrolled in the second half of the year. Formal apprenticeship was different from a simple mentor-student relationship; it was equivalent to ancient lineage inheritance, carrying a unique significance in Huaxia. Both taking an apprentice and becoming one were treated with extreme caution.

"I heard you also raised a Little Spirit Sparrow and even comprehended a Light-Type Skill? Summon it out for me to see!" After they were acquainted, Professor Jiang suggested to Lin Chen.

Teacher Zhang had already sent him a video showing that Morning Dew had comprehended a Light-Type Skill. If not for this, he wouldn't have rushed back from the Imperial Capital so quickly, as this was a major breakthrough in his research.

Lin Chen didn't hide anything. He was hoping Professor Jiang could give him some pointers on Little Spirit Sparrow breeding techniques, so he immediately summoned Morning Dew.

"Cheep cheep?" Morning Dew stood on his shoulder, looking somewhat bewildered. It had been training diligently in the beast taming space recently and hadn't expected to be summoned out so suddenly.

"Perform Refraction Leap for the mentor to see!" Lin Chen said, looking at Morning Dew.

"Cheep~~"

Morning Dew's figure gradually faded, and when it reappeared, it was already near the window, flapping its wings before flying back.

"Excellent! It truly is Refraction Leap. How did you think of having it comprehend this skill?"

"Also, the energy on its body—it has a very strong Light-elemental Energy aura. Relatively speaking, however, the energies of the Ice, Fire, and Thunder attributes are much weaker. Are you trying to make it evolve toward the Light Element direction?"

Professor Jiang looked excitedly at the Little Spirit Sparrow. He had researched this type of spirit beast for countless years and had tried letting them learn Light-Type Skills and evolve toward the Light Element direction, but he had never succeeded.

Light Element and Dark Element do not belong to the basic elemental series. It is very difficult for spirit beasts that do not inherently possess these two attributes to learn the corresponding skills. Therefore, after repeated unsuccessful attempts, he had shifted his focus back to the basic elements. He never expected to see a Spirit Sparrow that had comprehended a Light-Type Skill.

Not only that, but the dense Light-elemental Energy aura emanating from it was completely different from the Spirit Sparrows in his Research Institute. This gave him hope for the Spirit Sparrow evolving toward the Light Element direction.

"It was comprehended accidentally during a battle. As for the Light Element evolutionary direction, I am attempting it, since it seems to like the Light Element quite a bit itself," Lin Chen answered truthfully, without mentioning his own talent. He felt it was enough that he knew.

"Good, good, good! Would it be convenient for me to test its data?" Professor Jiang asked.

However, before Lin Chen could answer, he was already walking toward the testing equipment.

Was that even a question?

"Of course you can!" Lin Chen shrugged helplessly, signaling to Morning Dew on his shoulder to fly toward the equipment.

What Lin Chen and the Little Spirit Sparrow hadn't expected was that this data testing session would take so long. After a full afternoon, Professor Jiang finally sat down in front of them, holding a thick stack of data reports, his face beaming with excitement.

"The Light-elemental Energy accounts for 5% of the total energy, far exceeding the energy of other attributes, and judging by the situation, this proportion still has a lot of room for growth."

"It's just that its physical fitness is a bit weak. Take some training potions back with you later. I'll have the mentors from the combat department customize a training plan for it, which I will send to you tomorrow or the day after."

"Also, regarding the study of Light-Type Skills, if you want it to evolve toward the Light Element direction, relying solely on Refraction Leap is definitely not enough. It would be best if Light-Type Skills become its main combat skills, becoming instinctual and habitual for its body. Only then can the probability of evolving into a Light-Element Spirit Beast be increased."

"Furthermore, its diet needs some adjustments. You are probably still relying mainly on regular tree fruits and spirit beast food, right? I will compile a diet plan for you later; you must prepare its food according to this plan, as it will accelerate the Absorb of Light-elemental Energy."

"And also..."

Only when they truly delved into the research topic did Lin Chen finally understand what Jiang Hongling meant by 'strictness.' Professor Jiang spoke fragmentedly for over half an hour, and Lin Chen took notes, filling several pages in his notebook.

After raising spirit beasts for so long, this was the first time he realized that breeding could be so refined? Even the exact amount of radiance stone energy it needed to consume daily was calculated for him. Could this be the correct way to approach being a Breeder?

Looking at the densely filled notebook in his hand, Lin Chen couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. Compared to this, what was all the stuff he had compiled before? Did that even count as a breeding plan?

"Mentor, I have another spirit beast, a Fragrant Flower Rabbit. Could you perhaps take a look at it too?" Seeing that the instructions for the Little Spirit Sparrow were nearly complete, Lin Chen summoned the Fragrant Flower Rabbit as well.

"A Fragrant Flower Rabbit? Although this type of spirit beast can currently only evolve into a Fragrant Rabbit, its abilities in healing and mental soothing are quite good. Put it on the equipment; let's give it a physical examination first," Professor Jiang said after glancing at the Fragrant Flower Rabbit, waving for a graduate student assistant to take it for a check-up.

"sound?" The Fragrant Flower Rabbit was a bit scared. Morning Dew's recent series of tests had left a lingering sense of dread, and the bird was currently still lying on the table, seemingly having turned into a useless avian.

Lin Chen gave it a look that said he couldn't help. These examinations were indeed tedious, but only by obtaining accurate physical data could targeted breeding be carried out, allowing them to grow faster and better.

"Regarding the breeding method for the Great Spirit Sparrow, let's leave it at this for now. I will send you the detailed plan later. Remember to come here once a week for a data update so we can monitor its physical condition at all times."

"As for the Fragrant Flower Rabbit, I will look at its data once it comes out later and reply to you via communicator. It's getting late now, so hurry up and go eat!"

Having finished his instructions regarding the spirit beast breeding, Professor Jiang didn't keep them any longer and started ushering them out.

Morning Dew's data today had given him completely new ideas. He needed to quickly digest this data now, hoping he could research the Little Spirit Sparrow's brand-new evolutionary form before the university cut his research project.

"Professor Jiang, we'll be leaving now! The rest of you, remember to remind the Professor to eat properly; don't let him ruin his health!" Teacher Zhang instructed the graduate student assistants inside the Research Institute.

"Teacher Zhang, please don't worry. We already have a student getting food for the Professor!"