In a sense, Su Ping doesn't seem like a qualified beast tamer.
Because relatively speaking, Su Ping didn't devote much energy to his own soul-contracted pet beast.
In many ways, they are not even as good as the little paper doll and Old Sha.
However, no matter what, a soul-contracted pet is the most important proof of a beast tamer's true strength.
Fortunately, although Xiao Qing occasionally tries to win Su Ping's attention and requires him to spend some time alone with her during the day, she is otherwise well-behaved and ambitious.
Perhaps, in Xiaoqing's heart, it is precisely because it is not hard-working enough and not strong enough that its owner does not value it so much.
Therefore, Xiaoqing can be considered one of the most hardworking members of the entire Wood Heart Wolf Pack.
As it turns out, with good talent, enough hard work, and an owner giving you a cheat code, a pet can do whatever it wants.
For example, right now.
They placed Xiaoqing on the life monitoring device, prepared the treatment tools, and had Lao Sha outside ready to use any treatment methods at any time.
Su Ping used his Eye of Truth to look at Xiao Qing in front of him.
In less than two months, the little guy in front of us has transformed from a newly weaned wolf cub into what he looks like now:
[Mutant Forest Wolf (Contracted)]
[Attributes: Wood, Poison]
Current Level: Common Tier 10
[Racial Potential: Tier 3 Commander]
[Skills: Sunlight Absorption (Mastery), Poison Ivy Strangler (Mastery), Self-Healing (Proficient), Accelerated Growth (Proficient), Mutation: Heart of Poison Wood (Proficient)]
A mutated wolf cub that had not yet advanced to the elite level had, in just one month, mastered both the strangling vine technique and the sunlight absorption technique.
The rest, including the mutated Poison Heart, are also at the proficient level.
Such a speed of skill improvement goes beyond mere natural talent.
It was precisely because of his improved skills and the Poisonous Wood Heart that Su Ping dared to agree to Xiao Qing's suggestion to try it.
He certainly understood Xiaoqing's desire to become stronger.
After everything was ready.
Under Xiaoqing's unwavering gaze, Su Ping took something out.
It was only the size and thickness of a finger, but it was pitch black with purplish-red veins. At first glance, it didn't look like the leaves of any plant, but rather resembled the sharp horns of a legendary abyss demon.
However, Xiaoqing became excited when she saw it.
Items with the same attributes are extremely attractive to pets.
Therefore, some high-level resources that are born in the wild are also guarded by some pet beasts.
Now, the Devil Willow Leaf's attraction to Xiao Qing is based on its poisonous properties and its more fitting Poisonous Wood Heart.
However, this time, Su Ping was not careless. He put on gloves and a mask, split the devil willow leaf into two pieces, and first put one piece to Xiao Qing's mouth.
The leaf was too small; half of it was swallowed by Xiaoqing without making a sound.
However, a reaction occurred in just three minutes!
Su Ping instinctively stepped back.
A faint, dark green aura emanated from Xiaoqing's mouth and nose.
To Su Ping's surprise, the faint mist absorbed the remaining half of the Demon Willow Leaf the moment it touched it, as if the Heart of Wood was absorbing the power of the plant.
Clearly, for Xiaoqing, half a devil's willow leaf was not enough!
That's far from enough!
Su Ping held his breath, his gaze fixed intently on the life detection instrument and Xiao Qing's true form.
Xiao Qing had fallen into a deep sleep, but her body, besides the mist that almost enveloped her, also had a faint glow.
No wonder it's said that poison-type pets are the most dangerous pets, perhaps even the most dangerous.
Su Ping has now witnessed it firsthand.
Just by consuming resources in an attempt to break through to a higher realm, the surrounding mist is enough to teach any unscrupulous individuals who might try to take advantage of this opportunity a lesson.
At the same time, Su Ping could see that Xiao Qing's heartbeat on the vital signs monitoring instrument suddenly accelerated.
Moreover, all other indicators have seen a significant increase.
The next moment, a low wolf howl rang out.
The faint mist that filled the air all disappeared.
At the same time, Su Ping could clearly feel an indescribable sense of exhilaration within his soul and spirit.
It was fed back directly to Su Ping from the deepest part of his spirit!
breakthrough!
Elite level!
There is a hierarchy between beast tamers and their pets.
When a Beastmaster levels up, the results will be reflected in their pet; at the same time, the pet will also reflect in its effect on the Beastmaster.
This is especially noticeable in the early stages.
And naturally, there is a bond between the two realms.
Generally speaking, as long as you are at the same level, there shouldn't be any problems.
It's barely acceptable for a pet to be a level higher than its master, like the one in the current situation.
Although Su Ping felt that if he put Xiao Qing back into the Beast Taming Space, even with the soul contract, the talent constraints of the Pet Beast House would be useless to Xiao Qing, but his own Beast Taming Space would still feel swollen and painful.
These are some of the side effects of a pet's level exceeding that of a beast tamer by one major level.
Fortunately, Su Ping could also sense that with the feedback from Xiao Qing's soul contract, his own spiritual power had also reached a peak.
If he wanted, he could break through that vague barrier at any time and become a true elite beast tamer, which also meant becoming an elite beast tamer qualified to participate in the beast tamer professional assessment.
However, it's clear that there's no rush now.
Su Ping's spirits were wavering, but his gaze remained firmly fixed on Xiao Qing.
The glimmer of breakthrough vanished, and the hazy poisonous mist was drawn back into its body.
Xiao Qing, who had digested the devil willow leaf for less than half an hour, lightly leaped down from the life detection instrument.
There's still no change, except that he's grown a little taller.
But soon, Su Ping noticed something was wrong.
After all, Xiaoqing was his soul-contracted pet.
He could sense even the slightest changes and differences most directly, let alone Xiao Qing in front of him, whose changes and differences were definitely not minor.
Instantly, the Eye of Truth, which had just been activated, locked onto Xiao Qing in front of him once again!
The stark contrast between the past half hour and the present moment also occurred to Su Ping.
[Mutant Forest Wolf (Contracted)]
[Attributes: Wood, Poison]
[Current Level: Elite Tier 1]
[Racial Potential: Tier 3 Commander]
[Skills: Omitted, Poison Flower (Beginner)]
Su Ping didn't pay attention to the breakthrough in level.
Su Ping didn't care that his skill level hadn't increased. At this moment, all of Su Ping's attention was firmly locked on the last skill that appeared among Xiao Qing's skills!
With this level breakthrough, Xiao Qing awakened a new skill?
Even for mutated pets, it is extremely difficult to learn entirely new skills beyond their original species.
However, Xiaoqing managed to do it.
Moreover, it is clearly a derivative ability derived from poison-type mutation!
Su Ping eagerly looked at Xiao Qing's skill changes:
[Poison Flower (Beginner): A special skill combining poison and wood elements. It can be used alone to create a pungent fragrance with poisonous effects. It can also be attached to other wood-type objects to imbue the corresponding wood-type abilities with poisonous effects.]
It's a very simple skill.
It can't even be described as powerful.
However, it gave Su Ping a very strange sense of déjà vu.
Wolfsbane Flower, is my Little Green going to further enhance the 'Tree World Descent' of the Thousand Tree Wolves?
However, Su Ping also knew that this was just a feeling of déjà vu based on the skill description.
This skill itself is used to enhance Xiaoqing's own combat power.
He gently patted Xiaoqing's excited head:
"amazing!"
That's truly remarkable; in fact, it's not just a matter of skill.
Rather, it refers to what Vice President Liu discussed in his course: skills are the specific demonstration and derivation of a pet's abilities.
Evolution, on the other hand, is the transformation that occurs when a pet's ability reaches its peak.
Therefore, the evolution of many pets can be achieved by focusing on specific skills.
For example, the Wolf of Ten Thousand Trees is essentially a transformation that is the peak of the most basic racial skill of the forest wolf, which is to absorb sunlight.
Xiaoqing's new skill acquisition undoubtedly represents the direction of its evolutionary research.
Of course, this is just a direction, without any concrete plan.
Su Ping shook his head and was about to lead Xiao Qing out when, as expected, the Myriad Spirits Catalogue provided direct feedback:
[The training of poison-type mutated bloodline pets has been improved.]
[A mutated poison-type pet has advanced to elite level and learned the poison skill: Poison Flower. Gained 300 Forest Wolf experience points!]
[Further analysis has been conducted on the cause of the mutated poison-type forest wolf. This guide, costing 42,700 experience points, can be used to forcibly analyze the cause of the forest wolf's poison-type bloodline mutation and obtain the mutation cultivation method.]
really!
Not only did we gain experience points from the Forest Wolf Catalogue, but the experience points required for Poison Mutation Analysis were also significantly reduced.
Although it was undoubtedly a huge drain on me, at least I saw some glimmer of hope, didn't I?
Thinking of this, Su Ping glanced at the Linlang Pictorial Record, which had already changed its appearance:
[Photo Album: Lin Lang]
[Current catalog level: 3 (619/20000)]
The increase in experience is insignificant compared to the terrifying experience required to level up.
Su Ping had never imagined that after the catalog reached LV3, it would require so much experience to upgrade it further.
This is one of the reasons why Su Ping plans to focus his efforts on lighting up the catalogs of the other pets.
The requirement of 20,000 experience points doesn't even include the experience you'll consume during the process. Reaching LV4 won't be easy.
After glancing at it, Su Ping ignored it again and, with Xiao Qing's excitement, said directly:
"Let's go try out the new skill!"
"Awoo!"
"Old Sha, come along too!"
"Awoo!"
In the middle of the night, Lao Guan yawned, went to the toilet, and as was his habit as the gatekeeper, went out for a short stroll.
Although Su Ping never made such a request, Lao Guan, despite complaining, actually did a lot more than necessary.
For example, right now,
After inspecting the area and finding nothing unusual, Lao Guan finally came to the monitoring room for one last look.
However, Guan Qianshan, who was originally drowsy, was slightly taken aback.
Under the dark night sky, the forest area in front of Wood Heart was brightly illuminated by searchlights.
What should have been a quiet area remains bustling with activity.
In the video footage from the surveillance camera, neither of the two wolves nor one person showed any signs of being sleepy.
On that open space, skills were being continuously unleashed.
Su Ping, meanwhile, was giving instructions from the sidelines while rapidly jotting something down in his brand-new notebook.
This wasn't the first time Lao Guan had witnessed such a scene.
Especially a few days ago, when the old wolf hadn't finished evolving, he could almost always see Su Ping whenever he got up at night.
Over the past few days, Guan Qianshan has received many beast tamers who came to train their beasts.
Almost everyone praised Su Ping highly:
A true genius nurturer!
There's great potential!
The future is bright!
Because the forest wolves they fostered all acquired the skills of the Heart of Wood.
At such a young age, to have such cultivation and achievements, it seems that this little guy truly deserves such praise.
Especially after learning the significance of the Wolf of Ten Thousand Trees.
However, only Guan Qianshan could see the hard work Su Ping had put in behind the scenes, in addition to his natural talent.
Talent plus hard work is the limit of a beast tamer!
In this world, the upper limit is always created by those who have both talent and hard work.
However, there was such a person in front of him.
So, where is Su Ping's potential?
Thinking of this, Lao Guan let out a slight sigh of relief, and even his original drowsiness subsided considerably.
Damn it, what's with this inexplicable urge to work overtime?!
However, in the end, Lao Guan's urge to work overtime was not fulfilled.
Not long after, Su Ping saw that Lao Guan was still awake. He asked Lao Guan to cook him some late-night snacks. After eating, Su Ping returned to his room under Guan Qianshan's relieved gaze.
It's good that he's rested; with rest, he can go back to sleep at 2 a.m. with a clear conscience.
However, Lao Guan thought Su Ping was finally taking a break.
After washing up, Su Ping lay on the bed and took a deep breath.
For Xiao Qing, an elite-level breakthrough is actually nothing special.
However, for Beast Tamers, breaking through to the elite level is of paramount importance!
Only when a Beastmaster reaches the elite level can their Beast Taming Space be effective.
And now, he's about to advance to the elite level!